Thinking Beyond: Conversations with Strategic Thinkers with Dr. David Flint - #17: Mark and Bethany Douglas Part I—Building a Family’s Future Using V-REEL

#17: Mark and Bethany Douglas Part I—Building a Family’s Future Using V-REEL

08/14/18 • -1 min

Thinking Beyond: Conversations with Strategic Thinkers with Dr. David Flint

While the V of V-REEL stands for Value, after visiting with Mark and Bethany Douglas, I’m thinking of another v word: versatility. The way Mark and Bethany are applying V-REEL is very versatile and, honestly, they surprised me. Mark and Bethany are both entrepreneurs and have used the V-REEL framework in their businesses for a while now. Mark’s business, Fidelis Creative Agency, helps businesses look, sound, and perform better. They handle digital services, websites, media, and are expanding into digital marketing. Bethany’s business, Cloistered Away, is a lifestyle blog that is focused on simple, purposeful family living where she writes about keeping a simple lifestyle, recipes, resources for homeschoolers, and offers encouragement for parents.
But here’s the surprising part: Mark and Bethany shared V-REEL with their kids last year while driving around in their suburban on vacation. Now they’re using it together as a family to implement their strategic thinking at home. Listen in to Part I of my conversation with Mark and Bethany for some really strategic thinking and inventive application of the V-REEL framework.
https://archive.org/download/MarkBethanyPart1/Mark%20%26%20Bethany%20part%201.mp3

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#16: Joey McGee – Successful Artists Think Like Entrepreneurs

Artists often don’t think along business lines when they start out because they’re swept away with the creative process. For some creatives, “strategy” might even sound like a bad word. But long-term success in any art form must be built on more than just talent and drive. Joey McGee is a great singer songwriter who is using V-REEL® to think through his business, prioritize, and put key enablers in place so that he can focus on the aspects of his business most likely to create success. Learn more about Joey McGee at https://www.joeymcgee.com/. To learn more about the V-REEL® Framework, visit my website at drdavidflint.com or get my book "Think Beyond Value: Building Strategy to Win" at your favorite bookseller or online at http://bit.ly/TBVpaperback.
https://archive.org/download/JoeyMcGeePodcast/Joey%20McGee%20podcast.mp3

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#18: Mark and Bethany Douglass Part II—V-REEL for the Whole Family

In Part II of my conversation with Mark and Bethany Douglass, we talk about how the L in V-REEL, Longevity, helps them carry out their family mission statement— training their children in an atmosphere that seeks creativity, education, and fosters the entrepreneurial spirit in their kids. Bethany is quick to point out that as a family, they apply V-REEL to more than business/financial decisions. It also works with abstract and emotional goals and helps the kids better understand who they are. Both creative thinkers, Mark as an executive with Fidelis Creative Agency, and Bethany as a popular lifestyle blogger, this couple has a lot to teach all of us about strategy for business and for life. https://archive.org/download/MarkBethanyPart2/Mark%20%26%20Bethany%20Part.mp3