Episode 113: Foods to Make You Stronger, Faster, Smarter with Chef Bailey Ruskus

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All right, all right. Okay, you have two options. Chef Bailey, you can do grunting and groaning with us when we start the show and the music pumps up. That's option one. Option two is you can do a Chewbacca imitation. Do you have a preference?

I don't remember the last time I've done either excessively.

Well, let's. Before we go on the air, because we're not recording this, so don't worry about it. What. What's your Chewbacca imitation sound like? Here's mine.

He plays the clip.

Oh, that's not even fair.

I'll do my real one. Not bad.

I don't necessarily think I can even do that.

Try it. Give your best shot. We're not recording, so it doesn't matter. Okay, that was good.

That sounds like mine.

Okay, that's good. That's good. All right, so I'll give you your answer. You're not gonna do the Chewbacca imitation. We're definitely. You're definitely grunting with us in the start. And I think, Chris, we're ready to roll on this side.

That's right. And rolling means you don't have to be.

You do. You have to.

You do.

I don't.

Chrissy, don't talk her up the edge.

I'm going with her.

I'm going with her.

You'll hear when you hear us grunt, just mimic us when we start grunting.

That's the idea. Just do your Chewbacca invitation. It's not like a car racing bike.

So welco. Welcome to the Profit first podcast.

This is the big one, episode 113.

Yes.

Where's the Corruptus?

There you go.

I heard that. That was tremendous. Wow.

Thank you. Wow.

Welcome to the show, everyone. My name is Chris Curran. I'm the founder of Fractal Recording.

And I'm Mike Michalowicz, the author of Profit first and a few other books, including the newly released copy of Surge. Surge. You gotta pick that up. That book is. Wow. It' Life Change. It really is, quite frankly.

Of course.

And I'm joined studio by my colleague, Christina Buldak.

Hello again.

And you. You're listening to the Profit first podcast. This is a show where we explore all elements of profitability. It's not just an accounting kind of program, like, oh, is there buddy there or not? There's all different elements. And today we're going to talk actually about food, and food's implications on your productivity, your focus, which in turn is an implication of your profitability that's right.

We have a great guest every episode. And then Mike and Christina and I. Our takeaways at the end of the episode. You can give your takeaways too. Just go to the website profit first, podcast dot com. See, I paused there. And you can actually comment on this post. It's episode 113, and yeah, you can find our show anywhere. You listen to a podcast. Itunes, Google Play, Stitcher, tunein, any podcast app. It's really great. All our episodes are on the website. And like Mike said, this show's about profit because profitability equals sustainability, and profit equals might be. Oh, sorry, hold on. I messed up.

I like that one. That's a tough one. I can do the rhyme for that.

Go ahead.

You said profit may be and. Oh, no, I'm sorry. Revenue may be. Profit may be. Blah.

Ah, nice.

Oh, thank you. Okay, thank you.

Well, if revenue is any old food, then profit is the super food.

Oh, yeah. It's okay. That's okay. Well, you know what put you in the right mood?

Oh, I love that he nails ain't so crude shot.

It was like the batter when he. The ball is pitched so slowly, he swings and misses the first time, and then he swings, he hits it the second time. It's like a little cartoon segment there.

That's right.

You know, we're gonna be talking about today, Chris.

I do food.

Yeah, food. Yeah. I mean, you teed up.

I'm hungry.

We're. Yeah, we're gonna be talking with a chef that I met at a conference, and she opened up the event by saying, these foods will change how you perform tomorrow. And I swear, people were on their game next day. Maybe it was a psychological phenomenon or maybe the foods, in fact, do have something to do with how we behave.

I can't hear this.

I want to ask her about tea. What does she think of tea anyway? Well, I'll remember to ask her.

And Picky Eaters.

Tea Picky Eaters. So make notes. Tea picky Eaters. Okay. Superfoods. Okay, we got all our questions down now. You know who makes the show possible, Chris?

I actually do. And we love them.

It's a group of people. It's a group of. It's true love. It's a group of organizations that step up episode after episode. Nextiva has been around since day one. They're a voiceover IP phone system. We'll give details on them in a little bit. Fundbox, Invoice Finance. We'll talk about them, too. Fundera, who's a different company with a Little different slant. They are loan providers, and then receipt banks are newest and certainly a wonderful ad to our sponsorship roster. And receipt bank is a way to scan in your receipts. You know, if you're a chef, like Chef bae, we're about to bring on, and you have tons of purchases you got to make, and you got to categorize it, and you got to charge the client. Receipt bank does that, all that stuff automatically.

There you go.

So we'll thank them in. In full after the episode, but just want to give them a little shout out.

Yeah. And I just. We. Can we confirm with Barry that links to all these companies are on the actual show post? Barry? Are they?

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Okay.

Oh, good. Christina. Christina, I know people are posting reviews of our PODC on itunes and other formats. What do you got there for me?

Yeah, this comes from Russ, and he just kind of described what our. Our show is all about. And he describes this as a morning show that Mike and the team, we interview guests that are troubleshooting how to move their business to the next level, grow their business using the profit first ideas or experts in the field related to business. And he says that we're always entertaining, and he always takes something away to implement in his side business.

Okay, who was that again?

His name is Russia.

Russ, thank you for that. Thanks for listening to the show.

Thanks, Russ.

Thanks. Thanks for spreading the word, my brother. Her name is Chef BAE now. If you want to go by her full name, it's Bailey Jean Ruskus. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where she is now, but she's on her way to San Diego to start a new business.

Crazy.

Yeah. And ironically, the business was conceived at an event I was at. She struck a deal with a business partner there, and she's moving everything over to San Diego to start a school on cooking. Cooking school and nutrition. She's a big believer in clean, responsible food, unlike the stuff that many of us eat. She's also, by the way, a graduate of the California Culinary Academy and became an integrative health coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. Chef bae, welcome to our show.

Hey, what's up?

Hey, bae. So you say, no, I can't say. You say, are there such a thing as superfoods? I say there is, but I don't know if you believe that.

I don't know. I think superfood is kind of a trendy word to help sell certain things. I definitely think that some foods have a lot more nutritional content and can be used in a lot of different ways. But, yeah, there's superfoods.

I guess so. Okay.

So sometimes when my wife cooks, she'll put something on the table and I'll say, this is super.

Oh, that's cute. That's super food. That therefore it's superfood. I agree that it's a marketing ploy and that if you. Like, the superfood of the day is blueberries. Like, if you only eat blueberries the rest of your life, it will kill you. Yeah. What's the foundation of healthy, clean, responsible foods that entrepreneurs can use to gain focus, energy, and all that good stuff they need?

I think one of the biggest foundations is buying locally and seasonally. You're gonna find foods that are actually super if you're buying them in season. So they're not gonna be shipped super far. They're gonna be, you know, grown right next door to wherever you live. So that, to me, is the biggest foundation of that.

How do you know what's seasonal?

Well, you can look on Google. That usually helps. But it's the Google, by the way. The Google?

Yeah.

I mean, that's probably the best way to look it up. You just look up.

Okay.

What's the, you know, seasonal in my area for summertime, for instance, you know, I mean, everyone knows avocados and watermelons are seasonal for summer, but that's what I would do.

But. So I'm in northern New Jersey. We couldn't grow an avocado here if our lives depended on it. So is that really seasonal? Because it's not local, but it could be imported from a warmer climate like Florida, Southern California. Is it still considered seasonal if it's not in my region?

I mean, yeah, technically it's still considered considered seasonal, but it's definitely not local. You know, I mean, it's. The issue is, when you're buying avocados from Mexico in December, you probably know that it's not going to have the same nutritional content as if you're buying it, you know, in August.

Okay, so let's talk about Mexico for a second. So Mexico, they grow some amazing avocados down there.

True.

A avocado in Mexico is in season in the summer. Right. But it's off season in the winter. So you're saying an avocado from Mexico is perfect, but pick the summer avocado.

I think if you're living in the United States just to buy an avocado from Mexico any season, it just has to travel way too far to get to you. I mean, unless, let's say you're in San Diego or something. Even then, you don't want it to travel, you know, more 1,000 miles to get on your plate. You kind of have to think about, you know, travel time when it comes to the avocado, because the longer it travels, the more nutritional content it loses.

Okay, is it because it is rotting effectively, or why is it losing nutritional content?

Well, they're gonna. They're gonna pick it when it's not even close to being ripe. And so, you know, it's been going on buses and all these things. And even organic. If you're looking for organic down in Mexico, you don't necessarily know if it's organic or not because their, you know, guidelines for being organic or not is completely different.

So I have a phrase I just invented. Shorten the commute of your fruit.

Cute.

Cute, right? Is that cute?

I'm writing that down right now.

Shorten the commute of your fruit. That's yours. Ch Bay Coin. That. So, okay, so we want something that's local because I guess over distance, meaning over time, it degradates in its nutritional content. If it's out of season, it's not as robust of a food item. Is that true, too?

Exactly. And it's cheaper to buy food when it's in season locally because you don't have to pay for shipping costs. The farms want to get rid of it right when it's ripe. It's just like so many pros to buying locally and organically.

Is that one of the indicators of something in season is the price drop? If you see if it's cheaper, that's the time to usually buy, Definitely. Okay, but what now? This sounds like it's all fruits and vegetables. I want to know about the good stuff. Meats and potatoes. What do I do? Is meat ever in season or out of season? Is fish ever in season, out of season?

I think it just depends on, you know, where you're living. You know, like, there's a blue crab season if you're living in Maryland or, you know, in California. But it just depends if you're living in a landlocked place. Wherever you're getting your food from, like, you're probably going to want to buy, you know, fish that swims in a river versus, you know, getting Alaskan salmon, for instance, or with meat. I think it just depends. Like, for me, the best time to buy meat is over the summer. So living in Colorado, people are always elk hunting or deer hunting or that's when they slaughter all the cattle. So the best way to go about it, the cheapest Way to buy organic meat is to go to a local farm and buy a quarter of a cow or find a friend who likes to go deer hunting and then package it and vacuum seal it, and then the meat will last throughout the year for you.

Yeah, but a quarter of a cow? I got a refrigerator the size of a college dorm refrigerator. I couldn't put, like, one. I mean, that's not really that practical. Is there another way to go about and get the healthy stuff even though I can't store it?

Farmers markets are the best way.

Okay, okay, Go with farmers markets. All right, I want to do the Steve Austin test. And I bet you Christina and Bay, you may not even know what that means. No, Chris. Steve Austin, he was what, Stronger, faster, smarter. Is that what it was? The Million Dollar man?

Yeah, the Six Million Dollar man from the 70s TV show. Yeah, he was. He was built stronger.

Yeah, stronger, faster. And I think it was smarter, right? No, I guess I could have done that part. All right, well, whatever. We're gonna do the stronger, faster, smarter test. If I want to build my strength and stamina my energy. Bay, what are the food items that are really good to address that?

I would do dark leafy greens, like kale, spinach, Dandelion greens are really good. Or berries are great for that as well. And I mean, I love smoothies. I'm gonna just go with smoothie for that answer, actually.

Okay.

Yeah. And you do a little. Oh, yeah, that's right. Barry. Barry, you had a little trick around kale. Cause you demonstrated that at the cooking event I was at with you.

I.

And you're like, oh, you just do this and this with kale, and it tastes better. It was shocking. What's the process?

So you gotta give your kale love. That is the biggest thing.

She's making out with her kale.

Hug it.

Yeah, I know it's kind of weird, but real close.

I was trying to, you know, limit my PDA at the retreat, but it's about massaging. Yeah, you really did.

I did. That was gross. That was gross.

Take an ussy with me and my kale. Yep.

It's about massaging your kale, actually. So if you're going to eat kale raw, which I always suggest doing, you want to massage your kale with a little bit of olive oil. Lemon. The acid in the lemon helps break it down. And salt. And if you massage it for two to five minutes, it breaks down the outer cell wall. And so not only is it more palatable in your mouth, but your body can digest it better, and so it tastes like it's almost cooked. And it's a complete difference from eating it without massaging it.

And, Chris, we have a video of Chef BAE with kale. Now, I know you can't see it over a podcast, but you can hear the background. Here's what was happening. There we go. Chef BAE was with her. All right, that's hysterical. All right, next is faster. So we know how to get stronger performance now. Faster, meaning I want to think faster, I want to react faster, I want to be agile in my business. That's the essence to profitability. Where are the foods I should be focusing on for that?

Well, it's interesting because I heard tea was mentioned before that, and I am a huge believer in green tea and drinking yerba mate. I don't drink drinking.

What? I've never heard of that. What's that?

Yerba mate.

What's that?

So it's an Amazonian tea. You could say it's made from a holly tree, and it has more caffeine than coffee. It's cleaner. You don't crash from it. There's over 24 vitamins in it, 15amino acids. There's no actual acid in it, so it doesn't hurt your digestion like coffee. And I drink one of them, and I can literally go for, like, 15 hours in a kitchen without even.

Where do I find this wonderful tea?

What does it taste like anywhere? It just tastes like a black tea. You can get it in different flavors, too. They have, like, a mint version and a berry version.

Really?

Can you smell it for us?

Yeah. How do you spell? I want to order some right now.

It's Y, E, R, B, A, M, A, T, E. And so you can buy it in tea bags. You can also buy it loose leaf, so you can, like, brew it in your espresso machine as well and brew just, like, a double shot of espresso, and it will give you a lot cleaner energy. And I've completely quit drinking coffee.

Wow.

In replacement of it. And it's clean. It makes you think. I'm actually super hyped up on it right now.

Whoa, whoa. Watch out, Kale. Someone's coming your way. So this yerba mate, it sounds like it's gotta commute, and we know that fruit shouldn't commute. Is that an issue with teas and those type of leafy items that the distance they travel to get to you?

I mean, I think it is an issue. It's not local, but in order to get the good stuff, you gotta get it from the source. Right.

So you can either live in the Amazon or you can sacrifice the distance in this case.

Yeah. And I don't know, I'm not into, like, camping or Amazonian camping, so I'm gonna do the import on this one, I think.

Okay, I'm with you. What about tea bags versus tea that.

You put like, loose leaf?

Yeah, I mean, loose leaf is always better. It's a lot less waste. But I mean, if you're on the go, tea bags are the way to go for sure.

Okay, okay. So, all right, so now we're stronger, we're eating kale. Now we're faster. We got yerba mate going on. I gotta get smarter. That's like my biggest issue, as you know. What are the brain foods there?

Avocado is a really, really good brain food.

Okay.

They're really good for your brain cells.

Anything else you got for me?

Nuts are really good if you're having, like a brain crash like I did. The class that I did on the retreat was about writer's block. And so almonds have really, really high levels of omega 3 fatty acids, which is really good for your brain as well as. Salmon is really good for that as well.

Okay, good. So I got some stuff jotted down.

Yeah, but what about us picky eaters? Like those three things you mentioned? I would not touch any of those.

You were talking. Christina started puking. She threw up in her own mouth.

I mean, are there any good substitutions for that kind of stuff?

Yeah, I mean, nuts in general. Do you like nuts at all?

I mean, I like, like peanuts.

Peanuts. Cashews are good. Peanuts have a lot more fat in them, so they're not as fat. But cashews are really good. Absolutely.

Alright, awesome.

And peanuts, for example, they're high in protein and stuff. Doesn't that suppress appetite? Is that a good thing? Bad thing? You know what I'm saying?

Yeah, I think protein's really great. I mean, protein's amazing for energy as long as you're getting a clean source in protein. So like nuts, organic, you know, if you have do whey protein shakes, that's really good too. I'm a big believer in getting organic meat or, you know, going to the farmer's market and getting organic meat. If you're eating meat that's not necessarily organic or treated humanely or fed the right things, you're not really getting a clean source of protein.

Well, here, let me ask you the big challenge now. So everyone here is on the run. You are too, right? You're done with this. And you're shooting over to Vegas for an event and then you're shooting over to San Diego. Everyone's on the move. I don't have time to settle down. Cook for two hours, then freaking clean the plates. Is there some shortcuts, maybe pre prepared foods or some things you suggest I do so that I can achieve at least as close as possible to these foods but without making all that effort?

Totally. I mean, you're gonna have to put time into it. You know, things I like to tell my clients is you have to event like we're all busy. You have to learn how to cook sometimes because you have to eat to stay alive, whether you like it or not. And so you gotta learn how to, you know, like it. So what I suggest is one day out of the week, whether it's Sunday or Saturday or Monday, put away four hours of your time, you know, get your groceries delivered. There's plenty of apps out there now that deliver groceries. So that cuts out time at the grocery store. And then, you know, prep some quinoa, grill some chicken breasts, you know, make a fruit salad and put it in six different mason jars to just grab with you to take to work. And take that time to prep your food one day a week so you don't really have to think about it the rest of the week.

And what do you do? You store in the freezer and then you can heat stuff up or I mean, food goes bad. How do you manage this food that you prepare in advance and keep it healthy?

Usually just the refrigerator, depending on how long you're making it. The reality is that a lot of us do eat out for lunch twice a week or for dinner or whatever. So just kind of making enough, but not too much. And then after day three that it's in the refrigerator, you don't see yourself eating it. Pop it in the freezer and it should be fine.

Gotcha. Okay, so most entrepreneurs are on the road, traveling from appointment to appointment. Maybe they can't bring their food with them, and if they could, they can't reheat it. What about for folks on the road? Do you have places they should go for a quick meal? Is there a way to make the meals that you prepare in advance more portable? Any ideas around that?

I mean, I'm a big believer in smoothies. I actually lately that's all I've been consuming. It's kind of ridiculous because I'm a chef, I should be eating real food. But smoothies are amazing. You can do smoothies with just powders you can put in like a shaker, blender, bottle, whey protein, super greens, chia seeds, flax seeds, all these things that are going to give you all your nutrients and then just mix it with milk or cashew milk or even water. And that's like a meal right there. And it can just.

Does it really give you enough calories and stuff to sustain you?

Dr.

It does. It depends on the type of protein powder that you buy. Some protein powders have up to 400 calories per serving. Some have as little as 80. It's just being really clear and concise on reading the labels on the back of what you're buying.

Do you have a specific protein powder that you suggest that's like the healthiest or the best for you?

Yeah, I really like isagenic.

Okay.

Actually, that's one of my favorites.

Well, give me. So I want to know the recipe for this because a good shake sounds like very convenient, very helpful. How do I go about this? Do I just buy isogenics, some powder from them, and I'm set or.

So you can do that.

How do I go about doing this? Or I.

Give me a formula. Yeah, there's like a. Yeah, I want that.

I want. I want it.

You want a formula?

Give it to me. Give it to me.

Calm down. I'm gonna give you some kale to massage. You'll relax a little bit.

Oh, cute. I love it. The kale isn't served.

Oh, my gosh. Okay.

I know, I know. You're like, what the hell's going on?

Yeah, it's fine.

Barry, what do you think of the flow of this interview?

It's a miss. All right, thanks, Barry. All right, give me your favorite recipe.

Okay, so there is a, you know, breakdown for any good green smoothie. So you're gonna need probably, if it's for one person, 12 ounces of any liquid. So it can be water, coconut water, nut milk, organic cow's milk, juice. Even if you want, you're going to need some type of green. So whether it's spinach, kale, broccoli. Broccoli sprouts, romaine lettuce is actually great to put in smoothies. You would never think, but it has such a high nutritional content. And then you need some type of fleshy fruit. So whether it's pineapples or mangoes or strawberries, and then some type of protein. So you can even crack raw eggs into your smoothies. You can do protein powder or you can do Greek yogurt. And that's the formula for any Smoothie. And then if you just want to do a basic protein powder shake, I would just do. Am I talking too fast?

No, you're not talking too fast. You're talking too slow. Keep it flowing.

Oh, my God. Okay, so if you want to just do the powders and put it in your quick shaker to go bottle in the morning, I would do 5 ounces of protein powder, a couple teaspoons of maca root powder, which is another superfood, as well as chia seeds, flax seeds, and some type of super green powder that you can find at any health store.

Aren't flaxseeds, like, super chewy or something? Don't you need those prepared in a certain way? Otherwise they'll stick to your teeth and stuff?

I don't know. I eat them raw. I love them.

And what about raw eggs? You know, the last time I heard of somebody eating raw eggs was Eric Estrada, which you wouldn't. Neither of you would recognize that name either. But the a. In other words, in the 70s, they were like, yeah, eat raw eggs. And they're like, no, it has botulism.

Alex done that before.

I mean, how do you know raw eggs are healthy and safe?

If you get it from a good source. You know, if you're buying conventional eggs, I would never eat them raw. But if you're getting pasture raised organic eggs, I personally think that they're 100 safe to eat raw. I do it all the time.

Barry, how much percentage do you think that they're safe to eat? 190%. Okay.

Wow.

It's a more high percentage.

That's a high percentage. Yeah. Well, Barry, that's all he does is eat raw things that are eggs, like blue. Whatever. I'm not even gonna go. I was about to say blue jays and blackbird eggs, but it was going down.

What about those entrepreneurs are on, like, are on the road and traveling a lot and they don't really have time to cook and they're eating more in restaurants. Is there better steps you can take while you're ordering off the menu to keep on track with this?

Yeah, I mean, I would avoid fried food. I would avoid pork. You never know where your pork is coming from. Pork has sometimes the highest level of added hormones and antibiotics and all that kind of thing. So I quit eating pork six years ago and I haven't turned back since. And I feel great. As well as trying to stick to a plant based diet as much as possible. Your body is going to thank you so much. You know, you're not going to once you start eating more plant based foods, you're not going to be craving the fried foods and the red meats and all that kind of stuff.

How long does it take to transition to a new diet? You know, I am fried foods and pork, actually, I like to eat fried pork. So I'm going to say double what do I do? And how long will it take for me to transfer to just quinoa and stuff? I mean, does my body need time to adapt or is it just a mind?

I think it's a little bit of both. You know, it'll probably take a couple weeks for you to, you know, instead of having to convince yourself to reach for the kale instead of the fried pork, you know, it'll take a couple weeks for that to become a natural thing, but you'll automatically start feeling better and sleeping better and focusing better when you start to eat a little bit healthier. But, you know, the thing I like to tell my clients all the time is to give yourself the 8020 rule. So 80% of the time, eat healthy, be good, be strict about what you're eating. You know, focus on where you're getting your food from. But then 20% of the time, eat whatever the hell you want.

Ice cream.

Exactly. And then that way you still feel like a human and you're not like, on this strict diet where you ate it. Yeah, exactly.

Right, right. So you can fire down some Twizzlers and stuff. Yeah. So the folks that want to learn more about Uchef Bay and your new, cool, new cooking school, where should they go to get more information?

Right now, just my personal website. Straight to source dot com. I will have more information on the school coming up soon, but we are in the very beginning preliminary stages.

All right, so straight to source.com and if anyone is swinging by the San Diego area, check out what Chef BAE is starting up. It's gonna be a cool cooking school that'll get you acting and working faster, smarter and stronger. Chef bae, thanks for joining us for today's show.

Thanks so much. It was awesome being here.

Thank you, Chef bae. Actually, may I be permitted to try out an interview question on you, Chef bae?

Sure.

I'm thinking for some of the shows I host or co host, I'm thinking of a great first question to ask people, and it is, what is your third favorite hobby, bruh?

My third favorite hobby?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, that's a tough one, silly. I mean, I don't know.

No, but now you gotta say it, because I'm curious.

Okay. My Third favorite hobby would be wake surfing.

Whoa. Is that like, wow, how do you get up on the board? Do you have to get pulled up like a wakeboard and then drop the.

Yeah, you kind of get pulled up on the wakeboard. You catch the wave, and then you drop the. The rope. Yeah, we're working on 360s right now, actually. Wow.

You can do three. And is it on a. Is it on a wakeboard, or are your feet in a boot or is it. No boots?

No, no boots. It's like a smaller surfboard.

That's talent right there.

That is talent. And you can do 360s now?

I'm working on it.

Okay. So I like to wakeboard, and so I can. I can do jumps. I can't do wake to wake yet, and I can do 180s, but not 360s. But you have a. You have a rope. You're pulling the whole time. I couldn't imagine riding the wake. You must be right on top of the boat, basically.

Well, you are. So the boat is, like, weighted down, depending on what type of boat you have. And so it creates this massive wave. So it's like you're surfing, and if that boat.

Fried pork, it'd be really weighted down.

Yeah.

All right, Chef bae, thanks for your third favorite hobby.

Thank you.

All right, we're going to now recap what we learned from Chef bae. Christina, Chris, and I are going to share some stuff, but before we do that, please, we want to thank our corporate partners.

Really. We do.

So I'm going to dig into one of them. I'm going to mention them all. I'm going to dig into one. Christina, I'm going to mention the Ford, and you pick the one you want me to dig into. That's the game we're going to play.

Do it.

Okay, so fund Box, Fund, Dara, nextiva, and Receipt bank are all companies that support the show. Which one should we dig into today?

Can you tell me more about Receipt Bank?

So Receipt bank is the newest application. We use all these companies we benefit from in some degree. Nextiva is our phone system. Funder and Fundbox has worked with many of our clients. We haven't had the user services directly yet. Receipt bank, we live and die by. And I think you're the one who configured it for us too, didn't you?

Yes, I did.

Yeah. So how easy was that?

It was great. No more receipts overflowing in my wallet.

Right, Right. So what happens is, anytime you get a receipt, Rookie 2 today went out and ran out and got sandwiches for us. She brought the receipt back. I scanned it. It's already done. And we did it between recording episodes. It took like three minutes.

It takes in total just to get yourself started with the. With the whole software. It takes maybe 10 minutes to set up, not even. Maybe five, actually.

I take that back.

Yeah. And then our bookkeeper, who's a profit first professional, our bookkeeper then has all the records of our receipts and can categorize stuff to what kind of expense it is. And sometimes there's personal expenses. So today it was my turn to buy, so I had to buy. But it's still a business expense. If I go on Amazon and buy the Echo, which I've been talking about now a few times, that's a personal expense. I also. I did buy it with a credit card. I scanned it in so she can categorize stuff. So it's a very powerful tool. Receipt bank. It's time to get organized. It's time to check them out. Visit all of our sponsors. And by the way, I have a little tip. When you call them and you consider engaging their services, ask for the deal. You heard them on Product, the. The Profit first podcast. Ask for 10. Hell, ask for 50 off. Anything you want, because we don't have any of those deals going on. But what the hell you have to lose?

Doesn't hurt to ask.

I heard you on the Private first podcast. I want 75% off and a new car.

Yeah.

Plus 100 cash back. And, you know. You know, like a gift every year. You surprise me.

There you go.

Now, let's see. I'm going through. I'm going through our show notes.

Okay.

Learn more. Stupid joke. Okay, here we are. Now we're at the takeaways. Yeah, I'm gonna go first because I. I always. You guys go first. Yerba mate. I'm dropping the microphone. There you go. Enough said. Christine, what was your takeaway?

I actually. Did not. No, I'm actually gonna pick up some of that stuff too. It sounds good.

Good.

I didn't realize that protein powder has the same effects as, like, eating actual protein, like meats and stuff like that. I always thought that the protein powder was not good for you because it was like.

Right.

Powder, not chemicals, but you know what I mean? Like altered and not natural, I guess I want to say. So that's. That's interesting to know, especially when you struggle to find a protein to put in, like, a shake that you're making that you can just drop protein powder in there. You'll be fine. I didn't know that.

That's interesting. And yeah, I would check out the brand she suggested. Why not, right?

Yeah.

Chris, how about you?

Well, I like the idea of buying locally and seasonally. I mean, I don't think it's. I don't know. Like, here's the thing. I think it. This whole thing about diet and energy, and if you have more energy, your business will be more profitable, your life will be better. Actually, it takes a shift in habits right at the core. You got to shift your habits, and that's sometimes not easy because it's mental. So. But I think if you kind of shift over to buying locally and seasonally, change your habits, I think that's great advice. In fact, my wife and I just bought some honey that was local here in Colorado Springs. And. And, yeah, I don't know, maybe there are local businesses, too, who sort of. Or like the local farmers market where they make it. Maybe they can make it easy for you. You know what I mean?

Fun sometimes, too. Like. Like Alex, you know, we both. We're both in northern New Jersey, New York area, and there's tons of like. Like farms and stuff, and on a weekend, we'll go. We'll go strawberry picking and pick fresh strawberries, and it's like a day out to do something, and you're getting something nutrition. Nutritious out of it. It's great.

I love that. I want to be a bee farmer one day. Not. Not like full time, but I want to have my own little thing.

Yeah.

Because I love honey.

Yeah.

And who's the famous artist? The Ray guy? Bob Marley. Bob Marley. I visited his home in Jamaica, which is now a museum. And outside his kitchen window, he had a little beehive. And every morning he would get his honey out of his beehive and then put it right there.

It tastes so different when it's, like raw rather than spongy.

Unbelievably good. Okay. All right, Chris, that's our takeaways.

Yeah. And if you listening to this right now, want to give us your takeaways, or maybe even you want to post a recipe, maybe you have a nice, healthy recipe you want to post. Go to the website profit first podcast.com and find this post. It's episode 113. Go ahead and comment on the post. Give us your takeaways, give us your recipes, Give us what you think about Mike, who's gonna soon become a yerba mate addict and sit on his backyard with his watching the deck.

Olympics in Brazil.

Feet up. Yeah. So. And also, you can Give us ratings and reviews. Where you. Wherever you're listening to this podcast, itunes and Stitcher, please do Google Play. You can shower us with stars, as I heard before. So this has been great. We really appreciate this show. We appreciate you listening. Big thanks to our guest, Chef bae. And we really want to just close as always. And maybe we should, you know, really just take a moment of gratitude for Profit First Professionals. I mean, where else can you find an organization that is literally providing businesses? That's you. You have a business, you want to be profitable. Providing businesses with accountants and bookkeepers who are not only adding up the numbers, but damn, they're. They're driving profit. I can't even talk. I'm speechless.

You're speechless. So. So I'll start talking. So, Chris, you're right. Proffers Professionals is a organization of accountants, bookkeepers, and financial experts. And now, if you've listened to the show before, just repeat along with me. If you're a newbie, listen to all of us. The guy next to you, he's probably talking about it right now. If you want to drive the profit in your business, you need to have a profit first mentality, and you need to work with an expert that knows how to do it. Just like Chef BAE told you, here's the foods to eat, because she lives this. A profit first professional tell you this is what you need to do to make your business fiscally healthy, financially healthy. To bring profit, all you have to do is one simple process. You go to profitfirstprofessionals.com right now. If you have trouble typing that in, just Google it. You'll find us. Click on the find button, fill out a little form, and then we'll introduce you to a Profit First Professional. An accountant or bookkeeper or the financial expert. The person properly suited for you to address your needs and drive the most profit you ever see in your business. That's what makes a healthy business. That's the business's superfood. Oh, hey.

Oh, oh, oh.

And come to Profitcon.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Mr. Katu, Mr. Katu, come to Profitcon, please. Yeah, same site, proffersprofessionals.com. click on upcoming events, Click on what's going on there and you'll see ProfitCon 2016. This is where you'll be steeped in profit. Tickets are available right now, but you gotta take action now.

That's right. So, everybody, you have a business. You want to be profitable. I want you to nod your head to the beat right now. Go ahead, nod your head.

Yeah.

Do you want to be more profitable?

Yes. That's my forehead. Yes.

Do you want to be more profitable?

Yes.

Keep nodding your head to the beat. We're brainwashing you. All right, so thanks, everybody. Thanks to Chef bae.

Thank you.

Mike, I hear you smacking a microphone over there.

Me and Christina are both hitting our heads in. Be in tune to this.

Wow. Thanks to Chef bae and of course, everyone in the background over there at Profit First Professionals, including Obi Ron Kenobi and the Hawaiian lumberjack and all the rookies, thank you for listening. Really. We really like the fact that we can all be together on this journey of profit. So thanks for listening. Thank you. All right, we'll see you all next week.

Peace.

Bye.

Yeah, yeah.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Oh, he's bringing it.

Ouch. Oh, gorgeous. Bazinga. Perfect ending. Thank you.