This is the RTA Coach podcast with Severin Swanson, with a special episode that explores

Kenny Rogers' famous line, need to know when to hold him and when to fold him.

This session was recorded on November 15, 2021 via Zoom video.

You are listening to Severin Swanson, executive coach and curator of the RTA Coach podcast,

where we explore excellence and the art and science of executive coaching.

This episode is about knowing your Kenny Rogers' line.

In business and personal life, you need to know when to hold him and when to fold him,

when to walk away and no wonder run.

Learning to spot sea changes and view data as stylized facts to recognize patterns early

is important.

In this episode, we will explore real life decisions of buying and selling real estate and building

and selling one's business.

We will explore several sea changes from the past and venture into our current inflationary

situation to help listeners think more curiously about the data and signals they see and hear

today.

In 1979, Kenny Rogers won a Grammy Award for Best Mel Country Vocal with this song,

The Gambler.

I have thought about these lyrics of the song many times.

Rogers writes,

Son, I've made a life out of reading people's faces, knowing what the cards were by the

way they held their eyes.

If you're going to play the game boy, you've got to learn to play it right.

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