The Motivation Report

I'll be posting one more episode here in the MREP feed for you listeners who haven't yet subscribed. But head over to our show page on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods and subscribe to History. Rated R. to keep hearing Craig and I's dulcet tones! President James K. Polk wanted more shit (read: more land). So he sacrifices some soldiers in Texas to motivate going to war with Mexico to take more of their land. Only they got it from Indigenous Peoples before them. This begins the Mexican-American war and a long history of coming around to saying, "no one is illegal on stolen land." Plus, the Atta Boy cocktail and the history of its bartender inventor Harry Craddock. (Shout out to Carrie Frazier!) Stir one up and drink along with us! The Atta Boy 2 parts dry gin 1 part dry vermouth 1/4 tsp grenadine Garnish with an aspired orange rind Stir with ice and strain into a chilled glass.

Motivation Report fans, have you listened to History. Rated R. yet?? Head on over to the showpage on apple, spotify, and wherever you get yuor podcasts to rate, review, and subscribe so you don't miss an episode of my new podcast! Andrew Jackson was a big ol' piece a sh*t! And his bid for the President lasted six years. Outside of being responsible for the massacre and mistreatment of indigenous people amongst other awful things, he also...invented the bandwagon? Let's take this guy off the $20 for God's sake. Also, the history of lasagna! Cook, listen, and eat with us using Craig's recipe below! CRAIG'S LASAGNA (for four) Before you start cooking you should read through the recipe to make sure you have all the ingredients prepared and ready to use: Step 1: Cover the bottom of a sauce pan with olive oil, place over a burner, and raise burner to medium heat.  Add half a cup of chopped red onion and half a cup of Anaheim chillies (or green pepper).  Stir and cook until onions are translucent. Step 2: Add three chopped garlic cloves and a pound of Italian sausage to the onion mixture.  Mix thoroughly until meat is cooked. Step 3: Add one can of diced tomatoes and one small can of tomato paste to the meat and onion mix.  Sprinkle with a tablespoon of dried oregano and a tablespoon of  dried basil.  Add salt to taste. Stir in half a cup of water. Step 4: Bring a large pot of water to a boil and place 6 strips of lasagna noodles in the pot.  Cook for eight minutes and then remove the strips from the water with tongues and place the strips on a non-stick surface. Step 5: Lightly coat a loaf pan with oil and then place a thin layer of the meat sauce on the bottom. Step 6: Place two strips of lasagna noodles over the meat sauce, then spoon a layer of meat sauce over the noodles.  Cover the meat sauce with a checkerboard of diced mozzarella and half teaspoons of ricotta cheese. Step 7: Place two strips of lasagna noodles of the cheese, then spoon a layer of meat sauce over the noodles.Cover the meat sauce with a checkerboard of diced mozzarella and half teaspoons of ricotta cheese. Step 8: Cover the cheese with two strips of lasagna noodles, then cover the noodles with the remaining meat sauce.  Sprinkle the top with parmesan cheese. Step 9: Heat your oven to 375 degrees, place the loaf pan in the oven for 45 minutes. Step 10: Remove the lasagna from the oven, slice and serve. WILL'S APPLEBEES-KNEES QUESADILLA APPETIZER Saute jalapenos, garlic, and shallots in 1 tbsp of butter and a dash of salt, pepper, and cumin. Add to a tortilla lined with Kraft American cheese. Top with another tortilla. Fry in 1 tbsp of high smoke point oil until crispy on one side, then flip and fry the other side until crispy and cheese is melted.

Motivation Report fans!! I'm debuting my new podcasting here to help move any of you who still have love in your hearts for ol' Will Sterling. Head on over to the History. Rated R. showpage on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts, subscribe, rate, review, you know the drill. Don't miss out! We have DNA evidence that Thomas Jefferson slept with Sally Hemings, a biracial enslaved woman that he owned (and fathered the children of). So, John Adams tells his son to spread word of this to the papers to try to do Jefferson dirty. In retaliation, Thomas Jefferson accuses John Adams of procuring prostitues for the Czar of Russia (fake news). How did these former friends and founding fathers become bitter rivals in their race for the Presidency? Plus, the history of the martini! Want to sip along while you listen? Here's Craig's recipe for our shared cocktail of choice. Dr. Craig R. Smith's INFAOUS Gin Martini In a shaker with ice...a splash of vodka (calm down!), half a cap of dry vermouth, two ounces London dry gin. Shake twenty times. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a stuffed olive, lemon twist, or slice of cucumber.

After almost 4 years and 69 episodes, The Motivation Report has reached its final chapter. It has been an undeniably incredible adventure in producing this show. And before I moved on to something new, it was important to me to give the show the ending it deserves. I am a sucker for a good ending, after all. I am so filled with gratitude for your listenership, for sharing these life lessons I've learned along the way. Because, as it turns out, in the end the lessons were not just mine to impart to you. They were also mine to learn. I have become a better man because of this show. Because of you. Thank you for listening. Thank you for supporting. Thank you for writing in. It will always be one of the most important creative projects of my life. Where I am going I could not have gone, without The Motivation Report. And without you. So, wherever that may be, I hope you'll join me on that next adventure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it possible to entirely eliminate suffering from your life? And even if you could, what would your life ACTUALLY look like? We tend to think that finding happiness or peace within our lives requires the elimination suffering. But if there were no bad day, how could we know and appreciate the good days? Suffering isn't simply a byproduct of bad decisions, it is a necessity in life. Unfortunately, you will suffer. But if you can find the tools to help you properly deal with that pain, only then you will come into a place of knowing how to be truly happy. If you can't hide from pain, why not learn to fight it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Cancel culture" has come to represent a lot of things. For some, it's a necessity in order to remove from positions of influence and power, people who are toxic. But for others, it almost feels like no one is safe. Everyone's past has transgressions, and should we be held to the fire for who we used to be or is it more important to focus on the growth and change of who we are becoming? If we hold one another to the standard of perfection, we have no other option but to fail. So let's cancel perfection. Let's become better. Let's be who we are meant to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sonder is the new series I've co-created with my writing partner and guest this episode, Alex Wall. Sonder is defined as, "The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it." We've created a show to explore that, and help discuss how important compassion and patience are for everyone you interact with in your day to day. Give it a follow on Instagram now to stay up to date and catch episodes when it premieres October 16th. @sonder.la. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you can be grateful for your life with you're at your lowest, imagine the happiness you'd experience when you're at your highest. There is no value to a life without struggle or hardships. Challenges are part of the path toward your goal. Find the reasons to be glad that life is difficult, and you will be beyond glad when life is easy. Follow me on social! @WillSterling_ Comments, questions, need advice or motivation? Hit me up, themotivationreport@gmail.com. And be sure to check out more from Straw Hut Media! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How exactly does someone become a failure? Separate from quitting, becoming a "failure" actually comes from taking shortcuts and taking advantage of others in an effort to benefit the self. Except, sooner or later, your being unqualified is going to bite you in the ass. But I can bet, unbeknownst to a lot of you, if you're working to make your life and the world around you a better place...you're already a success. Follow me on socials! Twitter Instagram Have comments, questions, concerns, or need for motivation and advice? Write me at themotivationreport@gmail.com. Love the show? Has it helped you? Help me help you by leaving a rating and review on Apple podcasts and share the show on socials! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It happens to the best of us. Myself included. What happens when we burn out; when the "grind" and the "hustle" just become buzz words for "you're never working hard enough!" The game, the "grind" is important. But most importantly, you need to learn when to "rest the game." There's a lot of "" here. Listen and learn. Follow me on social @WillSterling_ And email me your questions, comments, concerns, or needs for motivation to TheMotivationReport@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is it so hard for us to take the smallest of detours in order to help those outside of ourselves? We get so accustomed to doing things the way we always do that we often ignore the suffering. Oftentimes, the slightest of detours, the smallest of changes made today can make the biggest of changes in the world tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I was 15 years old when I lost my mother. But despite the long, difficult road loss always proves to be, there can be light at the end of the tunnel. If "everything happens for a reason" or "God has a plan", why do those reasons and that plan have to hurt us? Perhaps, when we view it from a new perspective, they don't have to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Craig Smith sits down with me to discuss what being a Conservative truly means, what it used to stand for, and how it's changed so drastically. How can we best reach across the aisle to help change the hearts and minds of those we disagree with? Be sure to vote Nov. 6th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded Thursday, but Saturday saw a significant change. Though the sentiment can, and never should, change for you and I. There can be no debate for a person of character. Live your life knowing the legacy you wish to leave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I said it. Maybe it's heresy. Maybe it's time you start listening to your own God and stop listening to everyone else's. When you seek authenticity and steer yourself down a path of centering yourself, then you will see the true face of God. You. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you living for purpose or for pleasure? You can't just screw around and think your purpose will fall into your lap. You have to work for it. When you're living a life purely for pleasure, you put your purpose on loan. But when you live for purpose you realize the path to success is paved with pleasure along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How much is too much to take? Sometimes life can feel so heavy all we want to do is quit. But oftentimes admitting defeat is the very thing that may save us. You don't get to the dawn unless you endure the darkness. We may not always be able to see life's hardships coming, but we can always have a plan for how to respond. Success is not easy or guaranteed. And if you want it, it's up to you. It's okay to hurt. But don't let your hurt convince you happiness does not exist. (This will be The Motivation Report's last episode before a 2 month hiatus to give me time to recover after surgery. The PERFECT chance to catch up on past episodes you might have missed.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actor Larry Hankin joins me for this bonus episode of the Motivation Report before its hiatus. We talk about his VERY long career, projects like Home Alone, Escape from Alcatraz, Breaking Bad, and Seinfeld. Plus, he's got a one man show "Street Stories" playing in LA now! The show's hiatus will resume after this and return in June. Be sure to catch up on past episode, rate and review the show on Apple podcasts, and share it with a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I sit down with board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Elliot Hirsch and his patient Onika to discuss her process of transitioning. Learn the importance these doctors play in helping Transgender patients become who they were meant to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The title says it all. Learn holistic ways to recover with Dr. Cali Estes and pave a path toward recovery. Check out her new book at imarriedajunkie.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank Banos, certified Hypnotherapist, explains our natural state of hypnosis and how hypnotherapy, alongside Neuro Linguistic Programming and talk therapy, can help you find life's compass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They call America the "World's Greatest Superpower". So why aren't we acting like it? We're too interested in our possessions, specifically our guns, to keep kids safe. What's it going to take to change hearts and minds of those who need to own a weapon to inform themselves of their worth and power? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being a gentleman is about being respectful. When you respect you treat other people, especially women, as human beings and not objects. Let's learn to further the narrative about sex, consent, and what it means to truly be a gentleman amidst those things in 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evo Health and Wellness founder and Master of Marriage and Family Therapy Koorosh Rassekh joins me to change the conversation on what addiction means. Rather than seek to treat the symptoms and the substances themselves, let's re-write our scripts to help make us stronger in the present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the hardest thing we can face. So how do we use it to move forward? Grief is a blessing and a curse. Re-framing loss as a gift is not easy, nor should it be. But it can be done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A spoken word poem for our commander in chief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tree House Recovery founder Justin McMillen and I discuss finding a sustainable path to addiction recovery. How can you heal yourself through the mind/body connection versus more pills? Learn to heal through finding yourself, not through finding more addictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the 2017 Motivation Report Holiday Extravaganza! Join me as I host a stable of my talented actor and musician pals to celebrate the holidays and ring in the new year with humor and good cheer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I sit down with the "rebel Rabbi" Mark Borovitz to discuss his history working for the mob, finding himself and God, and his important work to help addicts. To donate to the Beit Tshuvah visit beittshuvah.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I sit down to discuss women's heart health with leading cardiologist and heart transplant specialist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Ernst R. Von Schwarz. Make sure you're equipped to spot problems before they happen and learn how best to take care of your ticker to prolong your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Superman and Lois Lane must accept the help of a strange space and time traveler to prevent Lex Luthor from changing Superman's timeline forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Salem Witch trials, much like the Witch trials across the globe, were a horrifying time in history. And despite the fact that we no longer accuse, torture, and put to death women for witchcraft why are we still treating them as "other than" and refusing to embrace egalitarianism? Feminism isn't about a rejection of men, it is about equality across the board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Character actor Brandon Hardesty and I talk about his career in Hollywood, getting started as an OG YouTube sensation, his documentary series "No Small Parts", and how to persevere in the entertainment industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the tragedy in Las Vegas, despite the national conversation turning to arguments and finger pointing, what can our gut reaction be? Feel every emotion you need to feel, but perhaps if we start from a place of love we truly can stop the hate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your questions, our answers! It's the Q&A episode of the Motivation Report! From music to social issues to relationship troubles to dirty jokes...here we are to guide you through life.Special Guest: C Jay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if you had no astrological sign? What if, wherever the sun, the moon, and the stars are right now, that's where you are. Just as we often do with religion, astrology can be the thing we rely on too heavily to dictate our lives. Don't give your power away to other people and things. If you're doing so, don't blame your life's retrograde on a planet. The only thing in retrograde is you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, how do its victims and we as a country move forward? The answer is always easier said than done. But this is not a villain we can fight. Sometimes we're forced to fight nature face to face. And when all hope seems lost, we're left with only one option. Have faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

C Jay and I talk about the events in Charlottesville, how to combat hate, understanding your privilege, and the difference between cultural appropriation vs appreciation.Special Guest: C Jay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're worth more than you know. But oftentimes we associate our value with the material things we collect. There's nothing wrong in appreciating things that bring you joy but your worth in this world is determined by your actions, not your possessions. Do you know what your worth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The President's recent ban on transgender service men and women should be wholly rejected. It is in direct opposition of our inalienable right and what it means to be an American. How do we find peace? We make the transition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Romantic movement of the 1800's lead to some of literature, poetry, and music's greatest works. It is a state of being and creating that is most linked to both the spirit and its relationship to nature. So, we want to save the world? Let's do it by being Romantics.Special Guest: Craig Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As I continue through a pretty busy time in my life I wanted to say thank you to all the listeners who have shown me such love and support after the release of "The Beauty of Being Broken." I love you all more than you know. Thank you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices