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Have you ever wanted to refine your proposal process? How do you ruthlessly eliminate waste from your proposals? In today's episode, we are talking to Kathryn Bennett, CPSM about lean principles.We'll be helping you reduce your non-value added activities in your proposals and help you measure your process effectively. You'll understand how to ask “WHY” problems are occurring and start working on how you can fix them.A few highlights you may want to review:Kathryn's experience: 1:40What are the lean principles? 3:39Where do you see inefficiencies in your proposal management today? 5:11Waste - Information for experts: 5:44Waste - Review Purgatory: 6:00Waste - Put your hands on the right content: 6:20Lean process improvement: 8:47Late edits: 10:59Root cause analysis - ASK WHY 5X's:  11:23What should or proposal department measure? 12:47Trends for inefficiencies: 13:58Some metrics to think about: 15:20Go with your gut to make the change: 16:34What one thing can you do to be more efficient? 18:03About our Guests:Kathryn Bennett, CPSMDirector of RFP Excellence, LoopioKathryn Bennett, CPSM is the Director of RFP Excellence at Loopio. She has more than a dozen years of proposal management and technical communications experience. Kathryn believes that every proposal manager should be able to go home at the end of a 40-hour workweek, and she's made it her personal mandate to support better processes so proposal managers don't suffer from burnout. Links Mentioned in this Episode:LoopioLoopicon 2021 Loopicon registration information: Sept. 28-29American Society for QualityEnd Your File Frustration Forever!Loopio 2021 benchmark reportKathryn's LinkedIn PageRate, Review, and Subscribe on Apple PodcastsCheck out this episode on our website, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. And, don't forget to download the app on iTunes or the Podcast app. Leave a review if you found value in listening to this show. Your review will help our show grow and help us connect with more amazing marketers like you. Thank you for being awesome!

This week we are joined by a friend of the show.... CODY! He also enjoys games and reviewing games in his spare time. Please check out his review page! https://codycrumley.wixsite.com/blog also follow him on twitter! https://twitter.com/codycrumleyWe talk all about games that we love and what games we are looking forward to playing this fall and beyond! We also talk about car beds.[Easy Mode] @ 6:55What have we been playing?!______________[Normal Mode] @35:40What should Cody's new PSN be?[Normal Mode Part II] @42:00We ask Cody questions.______________[Expert Mode] @ 55:50Horizon got delayed...but let's talk about other games we want to play that will hopefully come out this year...also we recap how we are doing with our video game fantasy league.Follow us @JKGamesPodcast on Twitter and Instagram. Let us know what you think of the show and share ideas on what content you would like to see next! Also email us at jkgamespodcast@gmail.com for questions, comments, or corrections! You all are are amazing and thanks for listening!

Today...Den has Andrew Fowler in the studio. If you don't know already, Mr. Fowler is the founder of Lux Films which is a UK-based video production company whose bread and butter is filming live events. But COVID hit and now making good money in live events is now like nailing jello to the wall, right? WRONG! In fact, Andrew's video business has doubled since COVID hit. How did he do it?Well, listen to this episode and Andrew will tell you exactly how he did it.Here's a sneak peek at what you'll hear:Why the number “1” is the most dangerous number in business. - 4:30A special way of using your tongue to get clients. (Nothing kinky here... just a clever way of getting new business that almost any video freelancer could start doing immediately. That's right, if you can string together 5 to 7-word sentences, you can use this clever marketing strategy. - 6:00The case for posting content on LinkedIn. - 6:20Proof that implementation is King. - 7:30A little talked about benefit of joining a business network or hiring a business coach. - 8:10A sneaky (but 100% ethical) way to get your competition to happily hand you some of their best business ideas on a silver platter. - 8:30Why you should NEVER hire staff members before doing this one thing mentioned at 8:50The “7-word secret” to achieving time freedom as a business owner. - 10:40What a “hybrid event” is, and... how it could revolutionize the video production industry. - 20:00What clients don't want you to know about their budgets, especially when hiring video production companies to film their events during COVID. - 23:00Why EVERY video production company should hire an extra camera crew when filming an event, and... what they should tell them to shoot. - 25:00A clever (and very effective) way to market your video business while working on a job. Best part: this clever marketing strategy is evergreen and can help you bring in new business, year after year. - 25:45Are you a video business production owner who's lost focus and motivation? Then listen closely at 31:00The single best investment a video freelancer can make right now... or ever! - 32:30What the VBA is, and why many video production owners all over the globe are talking about it. - 33:00Connect with Den on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/denlennie/Get more great resources over at https://www.denlennie.com/Support the show (https://www.denlennie.com/free-training)

A super fun What The Hell Everything podcast today which includes but is not limited to... Smitty's 6 months smoke-free  00:55A new segment Lame Ass News which is exactly like it sounds 02:05Sideshow Nate Verberkmoes from the South Of The Straits and Living Sober Up North podcasts joined Smitty for a bit. 5:00Some poor schmuck logged into his Zoom court appearance as Buttfucker 3000 29:30Can we get rid of phone books, please? 32:10There seems to be a lot of firefighters that start fires 33:40What may be flimsy evidence of a Bigfoot at Yellowstone National Park. Might. Smitty says fake. You be the judge 34:55Thanks to Sideshow Nate for coming on the podcast. Click the link for some great Michigan music and unsigned bands too https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSouthoftheStraitsShow/featuredDig the podcast? Become a subscriber. Other audio ways to check the podcast out…Wanna become a Patreon? Click the link https://www.patreon.com/we3smithsWant to support Smitty’s Five Year Plan without the Patreon rigamarole? Click the link https://www.gofundme.com/manage/smittys-fiveyear-planDon’t know what the Five Year Plan is? Click the link https://youtu.be/-Bm75nHZVy8Thanks for watching, and thanks for sharing in the journey!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Smittydicks)

Laughing Lovebugs, Lauren and Alik Colbert, are a husband and wife team of Certified Laughter Yoga Leaders. Yes... LOL! You read that right they are "Laugh Yogis"...the Laughter Professionals. Studies show when you start laughing, your chemistry changes, your physiology changes, and your chances to experience happiness are much greater. By elevating the mood of those around you by laughing, you may reduce their stress levels and perhaps improve the quality of social interaction you experience with others, reducing your stress level even more! The health benefits in Laughter include: Improved blood flow, cardio and lung function, Increase oxygen intake, Boost energy, Relieves pain, increases “feel good” hormones (serotonin and endorphins) & decreases “stress hormones” (cortisol), Creates a mood boost that lasts, releases your inner child and brings joy, promotes emotional intelligence, deepens your connection with others, clears negative emotions, and so much more!You can choose to be present, happy, and laugh...at any moment. The moment is now on this week's episode. Highlights from the show: What is laughing yoga? 02:50Learn more about physical, emotional and health benefits of laughter. 16:40What are some of the signs that your intuition is speaking to you? 25:10 "I realized I didn't want to be at war with my mind (25:10)How important is self assessment in your life? (26:50)What is your definition of happiness? "We don't laugh because we are happy, we are happy because we laugh." (33:30)Contact the Laughing Lovebugs:www.laughinglovebugs.comInstagramFacebookLinkedInYouTubeContact Keri Faith:Website InstagramFacebookGrab a free copy of how to Instantly Shift Your Mindset for FLOW and Successkerifaithonpurpose@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Instagram : @Dontthink2hardpodcast Listen on YouTube!You even wonder what it’s like stepping over the line, without stepping over the line? We wonder swell. Come Join us and figure out what is the most unmoral thing we would do for the sake of science… And illegal traveling? find out how we would do it.Enjoy and have a great week!Covid 1:15Octopus DNA 2:57Travelling anywhere 6:30Kayaking to Japan 7:48Drinking sea water 9:30Rum as a remedy 10:10TV characters on crack 13:37Pokemon 17:40Real life pokedex 22:10Marianas trench 23:00Accidental discoveries 28:38No results on Google 30:00Procrastination 30:39Fishman community 33:20Cave exploring 34:48Snake island 36:25homeless man experiment 37:40Death note 42:00Thunder storm experiment 44:48Inside Jonny's mind 46:40What to do in a plane crash 48:50No Russian 52:43Train track experiment 56:54Never injured just hurt 1:03:14

Welcome—Thanks for tuning into Redeemer Al Ain’s online service. Our church is currently meeting in person with restrictions on Thursdays from 6:30–7:30pm at the Al Ain Evangelical Church Centre. (For more information about the restrictions click here). As pastors, we also understand that different people have different circumstances and comfort levels for in-person gatherings. We do not want to pressure anyone to attend who would not feel comfortable. We will continue to post the service online so that people can participate digitally. In this service, Pastor John Norris is preaching on Genesis 27, The Unstoppable Blessing. We’d love to connect with you if you have any questions. Email us at info@redeemeralain.com or fill out a connect form by clicking the link below. Connect with Us February 25 Online Service— WORSHIP THROUGH SINGING—Jesus My Only Hope — Sovereign Grace MusicStronger — Hillsong MusicBIBLE READING–26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.” 27 So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!28 May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine.29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me.” 32 His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” 33 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.” 34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” 35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” 36 Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: “Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high.40 By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your
 brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.”41 Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42 But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran 44 and stay with him a while, until your brother's fury turns away— 45 until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?”Genesis 27:26-45SERMON–The Unstoppable BlessingJohn NorrisStudy Questions—Read Genesis 27:1–40What is a “blessing”?What is the importance of the blessing that Isaac is giving in verses 28–29?Why doesn’t Isaac take back the blessing he mistakenly gave to Jacob?Read Hebrews 12:15–17. How does the author of Hebrews use Esau’s story to warn believers?No one looks like the “good guy” in this story. What do we learn about God through that?Song CreditsJesus My Only Hope© Sovereign Grace MusicStronger© Hillsong Music

Let’s revisit our backlog of dooms. There’s so many games to play and we unfortunately have added a few more to the list…but we have also removed some. [Easy Mode] @ 6:40What have we been playing?!____________________________________________[Normal Mode] @20:0Uncharted movie delayed?!Resident Evil Village release date and new footage!____________________________________________[Expert Mode] @ 31:20Let’s see what games we have add/removed from our backlog of doom.Follow us @JKGamesPodcast on Twitter and Instagram. Let us know what you think of the show and share ideas on what content you would like to see next! Also email us at jkgamespodcast@gmail.com for questions, comments, or corrections! You all are are amazing and thanks for listening!

In this episode, we sit down for an honest and powerful discussion with dance luminary Selene Haro. Selene shares her serendipitous audition experience with Studio 429 and walks us through her extensive dance journey. Selene candidly shares the obstacles that life has thrown at her, but tells us her secret to overcoming those hardships. She reflects on her difficult transition away from Cookies and shares her new project, ETHOS, created with partner Isidro Rafael. She talks to us about balancing dance, business and a relationship and discusses the important role that affirmations play in her daily life. We delve deep into Selene’s philosophy on mastering a positive mindset, looking beyond preconceived notions, and allowing reinvention to be the primary force in facing life head on. We chat about how we’ve become professionals at negative self talk and how to consciously take on each day to overcome that. We wrap the episode with our fun rapid fire segment, discuss what’s next for Selene and she shares her thoughts on what’s good in the dance community. In this episode, we explore: 00:32Introduction04:00A serendipitous audition12:40What’s a medley?13:30Fueling your passions15:20 Dance as a luxury18:42 A day in the life of rehearsal at Studio 42920:21Growing up with Cookies23:00Closing one chapter and beginning the next29:26 Selene’s favorite Cookies’ set & a turning point in Selene’s life38:30Navigating through challenging times43:45ETHOS54:50Balancing dance, business, and a relationship1:02:46Looking beyond our preconceived notions1:06:30Selene’s daily routine of mastering a positive mindset1:18:03Rapid fire questions1:22:06Building Block1:25:48What’s next for Selene?1:28:09What’s good in the dance community?1:29:43Closing remarksThis episode’s guest(s):Follow Selene Haro on InstagramChoreography by Selene Haro “Blind Man” Choreography by Selene Haro “Empty”Choreography by Selene Haro “Not You Too”Choreography by Sele Haro “Quick”Choreography by Selene Haro “Noite Após Noite “Choreography by Selene Haro “Passionfruit Summers”Special thanks to: -Jane Banares for creating our Co-Lab Podcast artwork Music by Sam Stan - Das Boo - https://thmatc.co/?l=997FC418Music by SkeetOnTheBeat - Late Night - https://thmatc.co/?l=E76B5749 The conversation continues over on Instagram and TikTokHave a guest suggestion or just want to say hello? Drop us a line at hello@co-labpodcast.com Sign up for exclusive updates and subscribe to our Newsletter

Announcer 0:00Welcome to the CXR channel, our premier podcast for talent acquisition and talent management. Listen in as the CXR community discusses a wide range of topics focused on attracting, engaging and retaining the best talent. We're glad you're here. Chris Hoyt 0:18Hello, everybody. This is Chris Hoyt with CareerXroads. And on this edition of our podcast, we're going to talk a little bit about the CXR Foundation, but I have with me one of the founding members and members of the board of directors. Celeste Luzadder. Celeste, how are you? Celeste Luzadder, Legal Zoom 0:33Hi, how are you? Chris Hoyt 0:35I'm doing well. Thanks for asking. Celeste Luzadder, Legal Zoom 0:38Thanks for having me. Excited to be here. Chris Hoyt 0:41So we've had a couple of these podcasts go out already. And as you know, this, the site has launched and we've got some sort of things in the works. But I just want to set the stage a little bit for those who maybe haven't heard yet. The CXR Foundation is a nonprofit, that that was created just recently, and after months and months and months of work, to sort of put it into place for really the benefit of the community, right, the talent community at large. And in some instances, local communities that don't have anything really to do with our industry or our talent acquisition per se. You sort of been behind the scenes on some of that, as have a number of the other board of directors and a number of the 70-80 plus members that we've we've now had joined. But for those who may not know, it kind of it kind of got kicked off with a projects, or sort of a project that we created when Gerry and myself would come in a day early to our live meetings when we back in the day of traveling. Celeste Luzadder, Legal Zoom 1:40What's that like? Chris Hoyt 1:41And yeah, I'm losing all my miles, I feel like I'm losing all my miles. But we would we would come in a day early Barb Ruess, also, a member of our team would come in and do a community event. We might help stock a food pantry, or a local shelter or work in, you know, any number of locations that we've really felt helped lift up and, and help the communities that we were working in for that week. And that sort of gave birth to the idea of we really needed to be focusing at large, you know, sort of hoping everybody was doing well just wasn't enough, right? Donating money just wasn't enough. And we wanted to put in a little bit of elbow grease. And then that led to a project called recruiters recruiting recruiters when the pandemic hit, an awful lot of recruiters were unfortunately without work. And so we put together and you can learn a little bit more I won't go into too much detail but folks can learn a little bit more on the website about what recruiters recruiting recruiters actually is Celeste Luzadder, Legal Zoom 2:34Wow that was fast, recruiting recruiters recruiting, nope see fail. Chris Hoyt 2:41You were really close, But that's a project that's been sort of propped up and pulled in underneath the CXR Foundation wings. But I want to talk a little bit with you about why the CXR Foundation and why you decided this was a nonprofit that you wanted to lean into and really get involved with. Celeste Luzadder, Legal Zoom 2:59Yeah, well, thanks for asking. And I'm, I'm humbled to be a part of this work because being a part of a nonprofit that is near and dear to the work that you do, but also to the values that you try to live and breathe is is nice that they're combined, right? Helping people in the talent community is really powerful. And the way that we do it, I think looks and feels differently to everybody. You know, you shared a little bit about the charitable work which CXR Cares which I love. You also I think the the beauty of recruiting recruiters recruiting no wrong Chris Hoyt 3:38Still close Celeste Luzadder, Legal Zoom 3:39Recruiters recruiting recruiters.com There you go.

In this spooky episode we discuss the His Dark Material: Season 2 and the Monster Hunter trailers. The main topic of this year’s Halloween special is our horror ranking.Intro 00:00News 01:40What are we watching? 13:50Horror Ranking Discussion 18:30Wrap-Up 49:10Facebook/Instagram: @OffToTheMoviesPodcast

In this spooky episode we discuss the His Dark Material: Season 2 and the Monster Hunter trailers. The main topic of this year’s Halloween special is our horror ranking.Intro 00:00News 01:40What are we watching? 13:50Horror Ranking Discussion 18:30Wrap-Up 49:10Facebook/Instagram: @OffToTheMoviesPodcast

  Cat Chat 1:20Baldur’s Gate 3 3:00Dungeons and Dragons 6:00Fall Guys season 2 17:00Hades 18:00PS5 games 20:00Among Us 21:00The world is on fire 25:00Changing careers in 2020 26:00How will the Covid Vaccine work? 30:00How Finland solved homelessness 32:30Capitalism is broken and exploitative 34:00Rich people are greedy 38:15Productive and broke 43:00VOTE 45:40The Cult of Trump 49:00The collapse of the American empire 52:00Civil War 2 and Nazis are back 53:40What can we do? 56:00Authoritarian futures 58:00Will the military save us? 1:00:00Twitter @beefy_bois: https://twitter.com/beefy_bois Instagram @officialbeefybois: https://www.instagram.com/officialbeefybois/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74KwEHTfjzdNNqcBB96TKm Website: http://www.beefybois.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGgATtKgo1sJtVwRuggL1hA/

brandon handley00:08All right. Very cool. 00:10Very cool. Well, they'll start it off in 54321 Hey there, spiritual dope. I'm on today with Cody rain Cody rain is like he's a master of all kinds of marketing. He's got the mantas programs got this podcast visceral human 00:27He has a course creators Academy that's powered by the mantas program you're looking to get into video 00:33Code is your guy, he's got the Hitchhiker's Guide to video. He's got so much other he's got so much going on. I personally kind of wonder like how you keep it all together. But you know, it's obvious to me that you've got a system of implementation. 00:46And you just kind of rock it out because you do have your systems in place, but man, thanks for joining us today. How you doing, Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program00:52Hey, thank you so much brother is such a pleasure to be here. Yeah. Man systems in life so many things that we, I love that you talk about systems because we are a system. 01:04We are a series of processes that are constantly executing. We're taking a new devil data developing it, we are processing that data, making decisions utilizing our power of choice and for me. 01:17My brain has been really scattered my whole life, because we'll just say ADHD and all these other random things. And so for me, systems and all that stuff is very, very, I don't want to say it's necessary, but it is important. 01:31And so for me, kind of having that structure is, you know, the one way you do one thing is what you do everything so 01:39I structure my life. 01:40And that reflects in my business man. So with that, yeah, I got a lot going down constantly emotion constantly thinking about the things that a lot of people tend to ignore. 01:50And I appreciate you for having me, man. Today is the best day of my life and I'm so excited. I get to share it with you. brandon handley01:55Now, man. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate that. I always tell people I've waited my entire life for this moment right 02:01Right. 02:01I mean, because here we are. I mean we everything's everything's built up to this moment. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program02:04Yeah. brandon handley02:05As far as we know, right up until now. 02:07So, so, you know, I think you started off with something pretty well there and and i think it would tie into this piece, but I'm gonna go ahead and ask this piece anyways because it may may hit you differently, right. So, 02:19We, we agree, like the kind of universe speaks through us. Right. And that like when somebody listens to this podcast. It's gonna 02:26They're gonna hear something that you and I didn't even hear right in between our dial. I think like that these guys, this is what they're talking about. Oh my god. So to that person through you today. What, what message do they need to hear me to the universe. 02:42The universe, Dorian, Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program02:43Hey, yo. Gotcha. Man, if I was to speak to anybody. My message to 02:48Everyone at all times. It is, isn't it, it is oneness to what happens when I'm sorry what's most important is what's happening right this very second right this second. 03:03In a perfect kind of will say execution of that or example is I woke up today. 03:08And pleasure to be here right woke up. It's amazing. And for whatever reason, had a song stuck in my head. I don't remember my dreams or anything, per se, but I do remember waking up with a feeling 03:19But then I also remember kind of surrendering to the thoughts and then I put on some music wasn't sure what was going to play and that first song just 03:26Just hit man, it means so well you know when music hits you, that you don't feel any pain. 03:33And so it hit me really hard and I had to kind of surrender to the moment and allow myself to remove judgment to remove you know will say the permissions. I might be asking for to express myself. 03:48And I just stood in the middle of the room in his eyes closed and just listen to this song and try to express myself, honestly. 03:57And I'm just in a moment. Man, am I thinking about what's going on for the rest of day. I'm not worried about what happened to me. I'm not worried about the projects and backlogs and clients and business. None of that stuff. 04:09I'm seriously just being one with the moments just looking at it, breathing filling my heart rate feeling this my skin. The breeze from the fan above me. 04:20And I'm just in the moment and I went to the mirror. I looked at myself and for whatever reason, I looked at myself a little bit longer than normal. It's one thing to recognize yourself. 04:31To experience your reflection. But for me, I felt like I was looking into a whole nother world but connecting at the same time. And I realized that Cody, you're not wasting time. You're seriously experiencing the illusion of it. 04:48And so it was that moment the today this morning that I was so in the moments in the expression. I was actually practicing dynamic freedom. 05:02My ability to do anything and being honest and real with who I am today right is second. And I'm thinking about these things. And I realized 05:13Cody, those, those thoughts are in your head, because that's what you actually want to do. Those are the things that you're interested in. 05:18Go outside man do these things. There's no restrictions practices, man. Get in the moment be more in the moment. And that's why once again today is the best day of my life, brother. brandon handley05:31I love that I actually, I interviewed a you know a transformational coach last night. She's been been at the work for quite some time. And one of the first pieces that she has somebody do 05:44You know she she she coaches, people who are on the business side and how and this podcast is related to this, right. Like, how, how do we integrate our spiritual self all of who we are into 05:56Our business mechanical self right like this robot and, you know, checking off the boxes piece. And one of the things that she hasn't do is just what you said there, which is to do the mirror work. 06:07Right. Look at the mirror and say I am here with myself. I am here with myself. Right. So, I love, I love that you're doing that and, you know, to, to others that are listening and I totally. I think that that's something you should give yourself a shot to right I would Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program06:21Like to express this on that notes. 06:24Sure know about mirror work. 06:26I've never done it. And so I will say this man when we feel like we're doing work. 06:33Like me we're work even having that word work and brandon handley06:37Sure, sure. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program06:37Already has that connotation, or like it's gonna be 06:40It's gonna be difficult. I don't like work right. 06:42Like doing. And so for me today. It's once again. It wasn't like I was out to study myself. I was just in a place 06:51Over the last few months, man. I've been developing and constantly evolving to be more and more and more of the person that I really am and more of the person that I actually want to be 07:03And so today, it was a natural thing that happened. It wasn't like, Hey, I'm working on myself do this. What do you notice it just, I just felt like an energy line. It just kind of pulled me there. I actually caught my own reflection and I was like, I'm going to give you a moment of my time. brandon handley07:22Now hundred percent brandon handley00:16He has a course creators Academy that's powered by the mantas program you're looking to get into video 00:22Code is your guy, he's got the Hitchhiker's Guide to video. He's got so much other he's got so much going on. I personally kind of wonder like how you keep it all together. But you know, it's obvious to me that you've got a system of implementation. 00:35And you just kind of rock it out because you do have your systems in place, but man, thanks for joining us today. How you doing, Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program00:41Hey, thank you so much brother is such a pleasure to be here. Yeah. Man systems in life so many things that we, I love that you talk about systems because we are a system. 00:53We are a series of processes that are constantly executing. We're taking a new devil data developing it, we are processing that data, making decisions utilizing our power of choice and for me. 01:06My brain has been really scattered my whole life, because we'll just say ADHD and all these other random things. And so for me, systems and all that stuff is very, very, I don't want to say it's necessary, but it is important. 01:20And so for me, kind of having that structure is, you know, the one way you do one thing is what you do everything so 01:28I structure my life. 01:29And that reflects in my business man. So with that, yeah, I got a lot going down constantly emotion constantly thinking about the things that a lot of people tend to ignore. brandon handley01:44Now, man. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate that. I always tell people I've waited my entire life for this moment right 01:50Right. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program01:53Yeah. brandon handley01:54As far as we know, right up until now. 01:56So, so, you know, I think you started off with something pretty well there and and i think it would tie into this piece, but I'm gonna go ahead and ask this piece anyways because it may may hit you differently, right. So, 02:08We, we agree, like the kind of universe speaks through us. Right. And that like when somebody listens to this podcast. It's gonna 02:15They're gonna hear something that you and I didn't even hear right in between our dial. I think like that these guys, this is what they're talking about. Oh my god. So to that person through you today. What, what message do they need to hear me to the universe. 02:31The universe, Dorian, Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program02:32Hey, yo. Gotcha. Man, if I was to speak to anybody. My message to 02:37Everyone at all times. It is, isn't it, it is oneness to what happens when I'm sorry what's most important is what's happening right this very second right this second. 02:52In a perfect kind of will say execution of that or example is I woke up today. 02:57And pleasure to be here right woke up. It's amazing. And for whatever reason, had a song stuck in my head. I don't remember my dreams or anything, per se, but I do remember waking up with a feeling 03:15Just hit man, it means so well you know when music hits you, that you don't feel any pain. 03:22And so it hit me really hard and I had to kind of surrender to the moment and allow myself to remove judgment to remove you know will say the permissions. I might be asking for to express myself. 03:37And I just stood in the middle of the room in his eyes closed and just listen to this song and try to express myself, honestly. 03:46And I'm just in a moment. Man, am I thinking about what's going on for the rest of day. I'm not worried about what happened to me. I'm not worried about the projects and backlogs and clients and business. None of that stuff. 03:58I'm seriously just being one with the moments just looking at it, breathing filling my heart rate feeling this my skin. The breeze from the fan above me. 04:37And so it was that moment the today this morning that I was so in the moments in the expression. I was actually practicing dynamic freedom. 04:51My ability to do anything and being honest and real with who I am today right is second. And I'm thinking about these things. And I realized 05:07Go outside man do these things. There's no restrictions practices, man. Get in the moment be more in the moment. And that's why once again today is the best day of my life, brother. brandon handley05:20I love that I actually, I interviewed a you know a transformational coach last night. She's been been at the work for quite some time. And one of the first pieces that she has somebody do 05:33You know she she she coaches, people who are on the business side and how and this podcast is related to this, right. Like, how, how do we integrate our spiritual self all of who we are into 05:45Our business mechanical self right like this robot and, you know, checking off the boxes piece. And one of the things that she hasn't do is just what you said there, which is to do the mirror work. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program06:10Like to express this on that notes. 06:13Sure know about mirror work. 06:15I've never done it. And so I will say this man when we feel like we're doing work. 06:22Like me we're work even having that word work and brandon handley06:26Sure, sure. 06:29It's gonna be difficult. I don't like work right. 06:31Like doing. And so for me today. It's once again. It wasn't like I was out to study myself. I was just in a place 06:52And so today, it was a natural thing that happened. It wasn't like, Hey, I'm working on myself do this. What do you notice it just, I just felt like an energy line. It just kind of pulled me there. I actually caught my own reflection and I was like, I'm going to give you a moment of my time. brandon handley07:11Now hundred percent Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program07:11Really interesting to think about brandon handley07:14Now, I love, I love it. I mean, you also you also hit on to you know to experiencing the illusion of time right where you were, you were talking about. 07:31You're looking at yourself as a human. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program07:33Being right brandon handley07:35Right, right, right. 07:37And I also love to, you know, you talked about, you know, the permission for greatness. It makes me think of that Banksy one right. The thing you know and it goes, you know, stop asking for, you know, stop asking for permission to be great. 07:46You know, for greatness and yeah Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program07:49It's amazing how that works. 07:50I realized today. And today, maybe is it, is it a coincidence. Is it meant to be that I have this this experience today before we had a chance to speak. I don't know, man, that's the exciting part about being 08:05Right, I'm excited for those moments. I'm really excited to explore them. More importantly, I'm excited for the experience 08:12Because I'm in a constant state of curiosity. I'm a constant state of growth and I know this, I repeat it to myself, and I know it. I feel I am it's it's a staple in my being. 08:23Is to be in a place of evolution. And then when you surrender. A lot of times people go surrender means you got to give up. No. 08:31You have to allow these emotions to set in. I remember feeling it. Tears welled up. I looked at my smile. And I was like, how I'm smiling right now. 08:39Hold. I'm just being I'm just one. I just feel good. I'm accepting these things and yeah just removing those permissions when you go, man. You're the one granting permission but you're also restricting access at the same time. 08:55Yeah, it's conflicting so today I was on that part where I recognized my restriction and I just let that let that down for a little bit so I can just be brandon handley09:04I love it, I love it. You talked about like a, you know, awareness and becoming more of who you are right. Let's talk about that. What does that mean, you know, becoming more aware of the person of who I am. So who do you know, who do you feel like you are Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program09:19You are your truths. brandon handley09:21You are what you say. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program09:22You are brandon handley09:23Okay, so, I mean, 09:25Right, right. 09:25I mean, so I mean what, what does that mean to you, right. Like I always, I think that when we were talking. I'm not sure if I hit, hit on this or not when you have me on. And thanks for having me on. It was a 09:34Great One 09:35Um, you rise to your level of thinking 09:38Right, right. 09:39So who do you think you are right. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program09:42Right. That makes sense. Well, when you think of who you think you are, it puts people in a place of contrast of going, who, who do I want to be my comparing myself to 09:52There is nobody that's going to do a better job at being you than you and if someone can be a better version of you. Then you've got some real work. 10:01Some people are there. 10:02Right. But who am I right, I am what I say I am I'm happy. 10:07Yeah, that's as simple as I could possibly put it, who I am is also what I am is where I am, as well. 10:15When are you 10:16I'm happening in. Yeah. brandon handley10:17Sorry. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program10:18I'm in a place of happy, you know, brandon handley10:19Right. That's a state of being right like a state. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. I love it. And you have a great question on your podcast and almost, you know, I think that I'm gonna steal it today for you. 10:30The, you know, and you said you hadn't had the state of awareness yet, right, like, and when did you first fully become aware 10:36Right. Do you feel like you're becoming more aware and, you know, what does that, you know, 10:40What's that mean to you was me to become aware Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program10:43That level of awareness. I've noticed that I'll say over the past two months, right, because I've been surrounded by the most amazing people. 10:53Were all practicing boundaries and communication and connection and actual spiritual enlightenment on a day to day what I've noticed about self awareness is you think you got it and then you level up. 11:05Think you understand it and then you actually understand it and then you feel it, you experience it. 11:12It's a whole different level self awareness for me is coming down to, and I'm going to repeat this absolute truth. 11:21It's not this is what I'm going to say because it's going to sound good, or I don't want to hurt your feelings or I don't want to say this, I'm it's removing those restrictions and being like, Man, I don't like that it's being able to go. That's for me, that isn't for me. 11:35That's a yes for me that's a note to know your level of self awareness stems from not looking at your reflection and going this is two separate entities and I'm connecting and I'm self aware, because I can make choices. 11:49It's literally connecting to as much of your personal truths as possible. It doesn't matter what the truth is because you believe it. 12:00When you're honest with yourself and you're going, I like that. But that's not my thing. I love that because it does this for me. I really enjoy this. 12:11When you can connect with those things because of the truth because of what you've told yourself how you feel about them. 12:18You are more real with everything and everyone. And more importantly, more real with yourself. 12:25And you only do the things that can contribute to your progress through life, your happiness, man. Your success and abundance. It's amazing. So self awareness is first off, recognizing that you're in a place of growth and you don't know everything. brandon handley12:40Right, right, right. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program12:42It's knowing what you like what you don't like even not knowing what you like and don't like is still something that, you know, 12:49So when you're in that place of uncertainty, then you're aware of this, it's looking at these things going. I'm unsure. I'm confused or 12:59I am really centered and focused on this and feels good to me. I'm going to use this belief to guide my behavior in a positive way. So being self aware man is is really just, I'll say complete self awareness is not having to think about this stuff ever you just do brandon handley13:18That yeah well I absolutely i mean but i mean i think that you know some of this stuff is a 13:25You gotta peel back to, you know, societal layers, right, that have kind of been been you know enforced on you right, you're like, Wait a second. All the stuff that I've been taught up into this moment. 13:37It was serving those people 13:39You know, but not necessarily me. It was serving this function, but not my function of growth right type of thing. 13:46So now, and I love it. Right. So let's talk about like how are you applying some of this to your business man like I mean how the other question is like how could you not, but like, you know, 13:57How do you not, but like, how does, how does this, like, you know, like I talked about earlier, you talked about like the robotic guy that you know shows up and just 14:05Eight. And, you know, nine to five or whatever, you know, how is your life different because of this call it a spiritual practice right of your life practice and weaving those together. Talk about that so Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program14:17What I do is build this cerebral super suit for entrepreneurs to connect more deeply with their core audience. 14:24The reality with that is you got to step into the shoes of your clients of your customers of the people you serve. 14:32I don't care if it's the homeless guy. I don't care if it's this. I don't care what solution you're providing or what you're doing in life. 14:38When it comes down to really expanding your business. It doesn't come down to the tech, that's the easy stuff. It doesn't come down to your sequences and your landing pages, all that stuff that's easy connecting with the people that you serve. 14:56comes from a place of oneness. 14:59Of understanding of self. So along the spiritual enlightenment along this journey of personal growth. You're actually opening yourself to understand and feel and have more compassion. 15:12For the people that you're most likely to benefit. More importantly, how they're going to benefit from you. 15:19So for me, I look at oneness and connection that is missing. Now I look at where I'm at. I'm paying attention to how I feel what I'm thinking. 15:29I'm going to state of curiosity. So I'm wondering why that's all that's coming in. I'm going to state of health. So I'm changing the foods have it seen how it affects my body. I'm getting rid of things that don't serve my journey. 15:41And do not serve my focus 15:43And don't really deserve my intention. So when I personally develop as a human being and become more of a human doing 15:53I am putting myself to in a place to thoroughly connect to everyone that I'll be serving which helps me 16:01Develop better wording in my copy when I'm writing an email. It helps me reach out to better people. It helps me attract better clients. 16:07It helps me build better websites helps me build stronger teams, it puts you in a place of connection to who they are in their core. So, the stronger, more 16:21Will stay connected you are to yourself, the more likely you're going to be able to connect to the people that are going to benefit from your product and service. brandon handley16:28Now, I love it, I love it. So, I mean, what I'm hearing in there. Those like you know you determine kind of 16:34How you love yourself and and what serving you. Right, letting go. The things that don't deserve your attention. I love that line, you know, you're going in with your journey and you know be being able to write better copy do better marketing. You're in my mind. 16:51You're tuning yourself. You know, like a crystal tuning. Right. You know, like a radio dial. 16:57To your clients to the people who you can serve. You're like, this is, this is what I'm transmit this is what I'm good at this is what I love to do this is if I was working with you. Oh my god, I would serve you so hard. 17:08Right. 17:09Space, right, like I'm and like you know you're going to be blown away by what I give you, because 17:14You're you you tuned in. Not only did you tuned in. But you to deal with, like, an amplifier on your side you turned it up, you're like, 17:20What's up, Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program17:21Yeah, it's amazing. And lately. My clients have been going. They've been they've been reaching out to me personally. 17:27Outside of like business hours, which is the best feeling ever because now we are connected, we are comfortable 17:33We are really considering each other. We're thinking about each other outside of business hours and it's more of a real relationship and a friendship went up. 17:42And what I have noticed is especially over the last couple months is when you are in a place of curiosity and genuine growth and you recognize that you're there. 17:52You listen more you really, you don't have to speak as much, actually there's a reason why we have one mouth and two ears. 18:00were meant to listen and when we listen to people when you deliver what you actually want to say or how you can contribute 18:09Every word that you say has more impact and more value. Now when it comes to connecting with your clients, how it relates to people in a digital space. 18:18I'm telling you this man, the more self aware you are the more connected you are with the universe and how you relate to it. More importantly, how it is relating to you. 18:29When you write your copy. When you say these words when you create that video when you do those things. You're literally creating with purpose and positive intent. 18:40There are times when I will release something, and I'll type it out and I'll put it up into the digital space. 18:47And it will be the same exact words no difference. Everyone's interpreting it differently from their own level of perception, their mind state. 18:56The people that I love working with are the ones that feel the intent behind the message and pick up on the energy when I wrote it and they feel it speaks to them. And those are the people that I attract. This is why I have such a great time doing what I do. brandon handley19:12Now, I love it, I love it. So it's so funny, you brought up purpose and intent because you know I was gonna ask you about that right how to, you know, 19:17We do deliver that message and just like you said, the people that there's there's going to be the one set of people that you know just give you a thumbs up or like or be like, you know, Hey, that was cool. 19:27And then there's going to be the other set of people that are gonna be like wow that was, that was awesome. That was powerful. Right. 19:32And they get, they get kind of where you're coming from on that and it's a totally 19:37That the two different groups, but that doesn't. And what I think I like about that too is that, you know, 19:43The group that doesn't get it today doesn't mean they won't get it tomorrow or see it like you know a little bit later down the road, and they're going to go back to your content and they're gonna be like, I didn't, I didn't even realize you were into all this shit. 19:55Right. Yeah. Yeah. And because because you can. It's funny. 19:59I do that without so my own my own my own stuff. Right. Like, why go and I'll look at other people's content, who I follow it earlier, but I wasn't at my Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program20:09This mind state. Yeah. 20:10You go into through a different lens. brandon handley20:12And I've got a new job or I have a whole brand new lens right whole whole new lens on like, Where have you been, 20:20I never even saw 20:22And so it's really interesting that the content that you put out 20:27People 20:28Come back and take a look later and it'll 20:30It'll be fresh to them. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program20:31I 100% and I was just talking about this yesterday. And the reality is to put the content out. We have to realize there's entire generations of people that are moving through going to go to catch up to us. 20:42We could be saying the perfect thing right now to people that don't even exist yet. 20:47Like 20:48What we put out there is really important. And you think of your overall vibe, man. So as people become more connected and understand 20:55Their power of influence and how we are influenced and just the decisions that they make. 21:00Man, they meet someone may go, Man, I want to create a podcast called spiritual dope. I wonder if that's even a thing could click there's 21:09There is, oh my god, they're talking about all the things I didn't even know it was an idea was connected. I felt it. I mean, I took an action and this is everything I'm looking for and you spark an entire movement, based on your idea man. brandon handley21:23Simple thought simple action. Right. It's just, it's just a matter of taking that action. What's funny. I mean, it's funny you say that though I did prosperity practice before spiritual dope and 21:34Somebody else I spun up prosperity practice like afterwards, after the fact. Like I reached out to her. I was like, I was like, wow, you're doing like the exact same thing I'm doing. I was just like, 21:43So it's really interesting. I'm not sure if you've ever seen like some of those videos or, you know, I forget, like, you know, let's talk about Tesla or being connected to the Akashic Record right or Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program21:52Yeah. brandon handley21:53Hello, say like two thoughts happen at the same time, like 21:56Different receivers. Right, so you'll receive thought somebody else or received thought only one person X on it though, or maybe both people act on it the same time. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program22:04Right. brandon handley22:05And it's not until like later that they converge and and you know you see it show up. So Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program22:10That when I remember saying 22:12interprets that differently. I really never there's no such thing as original I always say this every thoughts already been funk. Like, what are the chances of you thinking of a sentence or something or whatever. 22:22As someone else hasn't already done that you're picking up on something somewhere actually look at that as alignment. 22:29If you're having this thought and it's moving you. That means you may actually be being pushed her poles. 22:34Pulled in that direction. 22:35Hundred percent old yeah brandon handley22:36Yeah. So when we talked, right. We talked about the, the, the idea of everything's already been created. It's just a job. What's your awareness of it right and it's funny that because you talked about the losing time right the future now and the past are all here right now. 22:52Right, so 22:53You've got the, you know, we'll call it the multiverse, right. We've got your, your quantum entanglement kind of guy. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program22:58So, yeah. brandon handley22:59You know you can sit there and you can think for a second, you're like, All right, well, if I make this direction, kind of like a Sherlock Holmes type you know movie right like if I go this direction. This is what will happen right 23:07Right. Or in my case, it's like, you know, the, the, the Green Hornet with like Seth right and he's like sitting there thinking, and he looks like he's gone. Fast as mine is really going five minutes. Anyways, the deal is like Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program23:16I get it. brandon handley23:17You got like all these slices of possible universes, each one of those each thought that you just had they all just happened. 23:24Yeah. He's one of those things happen. 23:26Right, and it's happening right now. So, I mean, 23:28Whichever one you kind of lock into and tune into that's the one is pointing forward. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program23:33Right, the one that you're going to resent so 23:34I'll give everybody a practice right now. I've been doing this. 23:37I've whiteboards all over the house Ivan. What do you walk into every door. There's a small whiteboard and it's it's whiteboard wallpaper. So I put it on the things that I 23:46Hang out around most often. And so what I've been doing is recognizing words. Okay. There's a reason why words stand out to you. So Brendan, I see writing stuff down rather just like this, man. I got notepads and notepads 24:02All this is not just client notes. These are thoughts. 24:04These are things that are standing out to me if I here at once and it gets my attention. It means pay attention if it gets my attention twice. It means focus on that it's get detailed with it. So you'll see random words written all around the house. It'd be like proximity 24:22Right, right. I was Moses. 24:24And then it's just random things and then later I'll go back and connect the dots. Our oneness is 24:30We're, we're basically it's inevitable that we're going to grow based on our environment or as Moses and our proximity to people who are at a higher state of consciousness. 24:38That creates this infinite loop which connects that we're just just doodling manages everything is just total 24:47Brainstorming so if you if it gets your attention once pay attention if it gets your attention twice focus on that. There's a reason why you are being pulled towards that. 24:58Get, get close to whatever that where it is, whatever that thing is if that person if they mentioned somebody towards two people on two separate days mentioned the same person get interested 25:09Yeah, that means that person or that thing is leaving an impact. And it's worth your time. brandon handley25:14Sure. I mean, the person's calling out to you right 25:16If they got what they've got like something something they've got is really, it's meaningful for you so 25:21You know, follow up on that, I love that. Thanks for sharing that. So, one more time. So if it's, you know, if you, if you see it like once you get your interest rate. 25:30See it twice, you know, focusing on that, like, you know, 25:33And then the third time, like, I mean you you're hooked right like you shouldn't be. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program25:36You, you are the third time. brandon handley25:39Right on. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program25:39If it gets your attention. Twice I say this because if we continue to go Wait I need three times right to is the coincidence three is a staple 25:50Rather, if a guy your attention to times. Why are you paying attention. Why is is getting your attention, two times. First off, you could have been thinking everything you could have been doing anything. 26:00It literally stopped you in thought and got your attention. It's there for a reason, our subconscious is very active at that 26:09Moment. And so there's the zoo, there's something you want to get from it. There's something you want to define might be something you just want to explore for understanding but somewhere along the way your mind picked up on something and it needs clarity. There's an open loop somewhere. 26:25Yeah, gotta close this. brandon handley26:27For sure, for sure. And I love that you know programmatic reference right if you've got an open loop. It just keeps going and going and going and going and going until, like, you know, there's some type of closure. Right. 26:38Or control see right Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program26:39You know, just, yeah. Stop, stop at brandon handley26:42The so um you brought up something really cool that I really enjoy too is like the idea of the subconscious always being on the lookout for what you're on the lookout for you. 26:52Programmatically said you set a filter, right, these things are popping up because you set a filter for that. Right. You said you said all right. 27:00Hey, yo, I'm really interested in something like you know give what is something that you're interested in, you know, proximity osmosis where you know and and so now you've got your, your mind and subconscious filter on that. Like for me right now I've got divine and divinity. Right. 27:17That's my thing. 27:18Right. I've got a divine framework set up as my next course right so 27:22Anytime somebody says divine. I'm like, Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program27:24Yeah, it's brandon handley27:25Over there. Amen. Amen. I'm like, What are you saying Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program27:27What do you got the coolest part that so you you look at your mind if we open with this as system. 27:33A series of processes hundred 27:34Percent computers and quantum tech and all that stuff. The quantum computing, man. It's just algorithms. It's going into this than that. If that doesn't this 27:43You're just computing data. 27:45So when you program your mind, based on your intent. This is why I always say define what happiness looks like smells like tastes like feels like 27:56Get like get just seriously go to Amazon buy a bunch of notepads for like six books in just elaborate on what happiness and success looks like to you. Yeah. 28:07Do it right, right, right, right. You're only going to spend like a half hour doing this thing. It's nothing in the illusion of time. brandon handley28:14Well, I caught the the 28:16Real quick, real quick. So I mean, would you would you make them write it down or type it out. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program28:21Does it matter personally 28:23I'm into writing 28:25Okay, now 28:26Now, and I. The reason why is because of the time it takes for me to write it out. If I still commit to that thought. By the end of the sentence, and I still feel good about it. 28:36And it's an actual thought 28:38If in mid sentence. I'm like, this isn't my thing, then it's just a thought. It's just something that popped in here. Probably for contrast 28:45And so when I write it down. I'll say this, there hasn't been a single person that I know that is working on themselves. That isn't writing stuff down 28:54Hasn't been writing a book isn't journaling isn't doing any of this man this is pages I just naturally picked it up. I don't necessarily enjoy writing 29:04But I realized that for me to be honest and express myself. I need to write these things down and go back and label them right 29:13These are all these are all staples in my, in my future, man. brandon handley29:16Now, I love it. I call it 29:18I call it looking at last. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program29:19Thought the programming brother, when we do this when we write all that stuff down or type it out. 29:26Now we get clarity. We're programming our subconscious to look for that. So when we are in a podcast and say, I got a big window right here. And if I was looking for a motorcycle motorcycles make me feel happy. 29:40Anything that's going to get my attention that may resemble a motorcycle. I'm gonna, it's going to get my attention. Oh, is it. No, it's not. It's like somebody you're waiting to arrive. Is that damn is at them. 29:51Right. Your subconscious is going to constantly go out and look for 29:55All the things that satisfy your happiness make you feel successful make you feel to find find divinity, all of those things, man. So programming is really important, but only if it's healthy. brandon handley30:07Well, I mean, I think that, uh, you know, healthy, healthy is also subjective right initially. And I think that even if you begin to 30:18Just even understand the dynamic of what you're talking about like the programming right set yourself up, you make that choice consciously to be programming yourself. Yeah, right. Because up until up until that point. I mean, I'd love to hear when you realize that 30:34You needed to program yourself. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program30:37Yeah, well I was, you know, my story. Man, I'm a liver failure survivor. 30:43Like I was on my deathbed, and I know what it's like for your body to start dying and have to sign away your life surrender to the universe. 30:51I don't know what's happening on it was going on, but all of the decisions every single thought that I've had to that point has led me to my deathbed. Yeah. 31:00And I'm still defending that for some reason, like why am I defending being here. I'm justifying my death. Oh, I lived a good life. I'm doing. Are you serious, I haven't even tried yet I'm 32 at this point on my deathbed, and I'm trying to justify that I lived a long good life. 31:18And I was just meant. That's ridiculous, man. So when I get in. When I start recovering I'm realizing all these thoughts and it wasn't until I started debating my environment. 31:29I'm not in that scene. Am I surrounded by those people am I doing those things am I interested in that stuff. I don't think those thoughts. Why am I still the same person. 31:38Hmm. Why am I still the same guy before I died. This is a whole new me 31:46Right. 31:46But is it really a whole new me, this is, this is just me. 31:51With a new opportunity. So who do I want to be. And then as I call this self auditing. 31:57Then you start to realize where your brain starts to go, you start thinking about happiness and success and these these other things that you want to accomplish. 32:03And then you start recognizing now that's not gonna work. Whoa. I just told me know what the 32:11And I believe that what happened. I just shut myself down. I can do anything. And I said no to me. Why is that a thing. Okay, I can do it. 32:24I am doing it. It's happening go okay and then that thought comes in again. No, no, we're doing this. It's happening. Got it. Go, then it starts to be less and less. And then I'm starting to realize that I have just created a healthy thought pattern. 32:40When it comes to can or cannot there. Is it just is man, you just, are you doing it. 32:45Are you focusing on your happiness. Yes, well then I'm gonna keep doing those things are you building your business. Yeah, I'm gonna keep doing that thing. 32:52I am giving myself permission, I get really good at doing that and anybody can develop healthy habits healthy thought patterns, they can easily reprogram themselves. 33:02From an actual neurological standpoint, we need at least 63 to 64 repetitions of anything to be considered good or for it to be written into our being all those veins in our brain. 33:16Those lumps and things 33:18The valleys. Those are based on repetition. Right. So developing healthy habits. It comes with practice. And once we put ourselves there, man. Then you get really good at practicing. It's not what you're practicing. You just get good at creating good habits. 33:34And then this is kind of all easy peasy. From there it's difficult with there's a lot there's less less difficulty involved right brandon handley33:43I think that it's a you know it's it's the idea that, you know, somebody as they grow older, right, they, they try something once 33:51And it didn't work out. I'll give a couple more shots. But you're saying it's like 64 tries and keep at it and you know it's not like it's you need that repetition. I also you're calling from 34:02Your computer land right I look at that number 64 and I think about like 64 bits, right, like 34:07Yeah yeah so 34:08So that's a, that's interesting. So, you know, you're on your deathbed, and and you you crawl up out of that and you start to recognize 34:18You know, you've got to make these these pattern changes and you've got to develop these healthy life patterns, you know, the challenge that I think that we see is somebody that isn't dying. 34:31That isn't you know isn't dying and has a safe life. Yeah. 34:35Right, I mean you know that they haven't they haven't drunk themselves death, but maybe they have several beers at night and maybe you so 34:44How do we get someone to recognize that they've got patterns that aren't serving them even though they've got quote unquote good are safe life and they can have more Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program34:53Is that familiar do. That's the question is this, is this what you do. Is this your thing. That's where you do these are that that okay 35:02Have you done anything else. Have you tried anything else you realize that you're back in the bar, you have this. How many times have you had this drink. You know what it is. 35:11If you keep doing the same things, you get the same exact results results. Why do you think I became an alcoholic is because I needed more and more and more to feel normal. I've never had this until like yesterday. This is amazing. I'm a 35:27New person holding pineapple. 35:30I had to switch it out, like, what is it synergy raw kombucha 35:35Love this. Right. 35:37Did a hippie. Give it to me. Yes, but does it matter. No, my point with it is that if we keep doing the same things and living in a place of familiarity. 35:46We're never going to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Therefore, we're never going to grow. 35:51Is this as good as it gets. Is this as good as you want it to be. Is this what you really want. Man Seriously, look at this point, you're just writing. Just ask yourself this question, is this what I really want 36:06Is this how I really want to feel if I can relive this my state of being for the end of my existence. Is that good enough for me. Can I achieve more goodness. Is this how you really want it to be nine times out of 10 it's know 36:24Even in a healthy place. 36:27If I asked myself, This Is this really how good you want it to be, or is this really where you want to be. It's really where I want to be right now, but it's only getting better. So know if I get complacent here I get no more results. 36:42I have to continue growing right so we got to look at that complacency and go, you know what, man. Is this as good as it gets. Is this as good as you want it to be right now. 36:51Chances are the same. And then we start taking action. And I know this because just the power of influence from three people, we were able to get an alcoholic to leave the bar. The other day on a podcast and he went home to go play with his dogs. 37:07Hmm. He made the decision to leave the bar, man. 37:11stopped drinking poison not permanently. 37:14But the power of influence is there, he made that decision. It's amazing what happens when you realize that it can be better. brandon handley37:21Yeah, no 100% you know I know when I quit drinking 37:27It has influenced many people right and you know we talked about being pulled you know I was pulled, man. I wasn't, I didn't quit drinking because I didn't like I love drinking Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program37:38Drinking. No, I haven't done it since. brandon handley37:41I have a blast. I you know do stupid shit all day long. 37:46And and but you know it fell away man fell away is something I didn't need anymore. And I found that I could do stupid shit without having to drink. 37:57And I could be there more for people. Right. And so, but but that influence is just like 38:02It's not something we're not doing any force on anybody is because I just feel great. 38:07I get to I get to drive whenever I want. 38:09I get to do and go places, whenever I want. 38:11Because I haven't had a drink. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program38:14It was one of the most interesting compliments. I've received recently is you don't need anything in your system to have a good time. You don't have to smoke. You don't have to drink enough to do anything you're just having a blast all the time right now my 38:31That whoa, you're right. 38:33Well, I know this. 38:34But now you're saying it. So you got my attention. 38:38Whoa, that's cool. And then they're going, I don't, I don't really need to do these things. It's just not really. I mean, I get 38:45You know, it's not necessary. 38:47It's not a staple of my existence anymore. Let's just say that. Yeah. 38:51Wow, man, that's, that's amazing. And people talk about high on life. I get what they're saying. brandon handley38:57Is visual rather than just Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program39:00The Scripture that brandon handley39:01That's it. That's it. That's man. That's exactly what we're here. And what we're doing right 39:07You know, talking about that. And again, you know, being able to live from that space and be successful in business right and leading leading with that right not like that's not your cover. That's not your life, you're not like I go home and I meditate, I go home and I pray. No, I read 39:25When I was with with spirit. Right. 39:27So, I love, I love, I love that you're doing that, and I love you know I see what you're creating 39:33A see the momentum. You've got new built 39:36You know what, what are some other things that you would hit on in this space that you would share with anybody. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program39:42In regards to tech or personal or just just brandon handley39:44In terms of like, you know, you know, 39:46Leading from spirituality. Was it. That's right. Yeah, I heard you say to you came from, like, a hippie. You know, you kind of came from that background to right and that was real similar to me to write hippie mom. 39:58And just 39:59For me, it ends up coming easily because that's how I was raised, I fought it 40:04For a long time, yes. Talk about that. Right. So talk about knowing that it exists, and then being like them being like, Oh, shit. It works. Yeah, I know that resistance. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program40:15Is useless. Honestly, I just posted about this. And yeah, my parents, you know, different what 6070s 40:22Yeah, you know, so they were raised, like that. My parents are definitely hippies, but not like your, your typical hippie not like will say modern day hippies, or what I i actually been thinking about and you're welcome to take this and join me. Not all hippies climb trees like 40:37I want to start a movement. brandon handley40:39Well, that's a special again. That's what spiritual dopes about there is a greatness. And if you go to my website right now says you don't have to wear like beach. You don't have to wear that. 40:47Dress. You don't have to wear sandals. You don't have to 40:50You don't have to put on this uniform to feel this way. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program40:52100%. So we'll talk about that. Absolutely. There's a brandon handley40:55Reverse it what I'm saying. And you see Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program40:57Like we're on the same wavelength. 40:58Yeah, man. And so, so here's the trip is my, my brother, my older brother, he's like a hippie is of all manly man, but he's climbing trees, he's cutting trees down building homes log cabins, he makes his own tea and coffee and everything is from the earth and He is like 100% hippie. 41:15Spiritual Empath all of that stuff. It's really amazing. 41:19Now for me, I always thought that because I'm a tech guy right at artists. I'm an artist in general. 41:25You know I connect with people in different ways, but I've been through an extreme amount of trauma before liver failure. So my trauma. 41:34I've had to process these things differently. And my viewing angle my perspective on will say the hippie approach is it's a little too flu fee for lack of better words this little to brandon handley41:46motherly soft Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program41:48It's not it do, like, just take your shoes off and just seeing one drink like okay brandon handley41:53I want to kick a door. Yeah. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program41:55You can't force this hippie just like religion or anything. brandon handley41:58Right, right, right. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program41:59You have to be open to it. Oh, so on my journey. 42:04As it became more receptive more open, more compassionate towards other people, and more importantly, developed more compassionate towards myself, which I learned from my mentor asara sundry 42:16With that, I started to let down those walls and I started to break those permissions started signing off on my own. brandon handley42:24Certain he Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program42:25Recognizes my permission slip and 42:27Walk down that hall of success and happiness. 42:30And in doing so, I started to realize that people have been telling me this forever. 42:35And I've been to so 42:36Not have it. brandon handley42:38I mean, that's what we talked about earlier, though, too, right, like in writing your content right you're yourself. You're telling people, some things and 42:45They're just not. They're not in that spaceship, they're not they're not there right and it's not until it's not until you kind of come into your own awareness of being and you can look back and be like, Oh my gosh, people been telling me this my entire life. Yeah, right. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program42:59100% brandon handley42:59Now, I love it man. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program43:01It's amazing the way it works. And I'll tell you this, brother. You remember. Oh, sorry about posting with purpose. brandon handley43:06But 43:07I intent, but Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program43:08How do you think I ended up in Texas, dude. 43:10There you go right person, pick up on the intent and the power and energy behind the same message and they open the opportunity like you. We want you to come here. 43:21Right, that's how I ended up in Texas in a series of events had to happen perfectly in alignment. 43:28And I ended up here in the most incredible place I've ever been in my entire life more growth, more happiness more communication more connection. 43:36More forward progress than any other time in my entire life. And I'm beyond humbled all because I posted with purpose man right person felt it. And then we all took action make magic happen. It's really, really cool. brandon handley43:52That's cool, man. So, I mean, you know, again, this is kind of like a follow your bliss type moment right Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program43:57Yeah. brandon handley43:57I love it. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program43:59Though well brandon handley44:00I mean you got you got to do it for yourself. Right. Like each person. Everybody's got everybody's got to find that for themselves, you know, you talk about your truth right you could 44:07You could say, Hey, you know, for me, you know, at this moment, this bliss is my truth right if I'm feeling, you know, and again, I'll talk about that word, you know, vanity, I'm feeling 44:17Or creative source like through me and, you know, or like we talked about resonance and we look at, like, you know, somebody just plucking my divine source string. 44:26Everything has resonated and that was bliss and so I'm following that like somebody, you know, talking to me and just dragging me out and like me, like, yes, this is, oh my gosh, this is uncommon. I'm on my way you 44:37Know how this is going to end. Oh yeah, they are they aware of the path. Now look, you're always on your path right it's like you've got a you're always on your path you're never all fit. It's just, you've got to make that decision. 44:48To to recognize that you're walking. It's at your part of it that you're being it right Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program44:53You know, want to man. 44:54Like, think of it. Think of it like this in like I if I go to the doctors right now and they they put a needle in my arm. Yeah, that's gonna be my only, you know, uncomfortable. I'm not worried about the needle, man. I'm worried about the results. 45:06They want to see how unhealthy. I really am. 45:09Don't want to like surrender to that. 45:11Right. Some people really aren't. They're not good at walking through the doors, man. brandon handley45:15Yeah. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program45:15You're not good at that. That's their out of practice. 45:18And sometimes we got to kick those doors down, they gotta be receptive on the other end. You've got to kick those doors down for yourself. 45:24Man, once you open that door now. 45:27Then you can see the path. brandon handley45:29Yeah. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program45:29And know that you're on it. 45:31And then you can frolic down that bitch as much as you want. You know I'm saying, like, what are 45:34You going to do brandon handley45:36All that. Well, I mean, look, you can't make a wrong decision. You know a lot of people 45:40You know that they've got their systems in place that work for them. And if you get off of their system, they're going to come up and say, Well, well, well, you got it. You're, you're off your system and you're off your path, but 45:50That's not true. You're off of what their path would be you're off and out of their system and so have faith in yourself, man. I love what you're doing, I love, I love that. That's what you know you've developed like kind of this core 46:02Being again and you're, you know, you're, you're leading with that and you're in that space. That's awesome. Where should I send people to go meet up with you and find out more about you. Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program46:12Absolutely. So my primary focus right now is the mantis program so mantis is every single thing that I've ever learned tops mastered 46:25All in one place in regards to not just evolving as a human being but evolving into the strongest and most accurate business mindset that you could ever possibly hope to get yourself into 46:38It's the reason why I can operate at a peak state of performance for forever and cost deliver content get things done while having a family doing all that stuff. 46:48So I want to show people exactly how they can implement 46:52These specific concepts into their life. But more importantly, there's so many people who don't take the necessary steps because they go all but there's technology, there's this and I don't understand that. 47:03I cover it all, every single aspect. So you don't have to be able to business or even bill yourself without fear man like you don't have to do that. You don't have to restrict yourself. And it's basically what I now that I say I give people the permission to evolve as a human. 47:19And then, yeah, so that's the mantis program. So the mantis program com 47:24And then of course graders Academy man the CCA it's an extension of the mantas program. This is for people who want to build an online program. 47:33I have numerous clients 2020 is packed with people who are going. I know what a lot of information. The online learning industry is a $34 billion industry. 47:44If you know something, and you want to get it out there and develop a program for people to get their hands on. 47:51And I hope people evolve through that process developed a program and then also handle all the tech and all that stuff with with just with ease. 48:00Then yeah, then I'm gonna communication artist. So I help people communicate more deeply with their, their core audience, not just as a servant leader, but as a professional graphic designer 20 years in Photoshop. 48:12And yeah and then for everybody who already has a message or is looking to dominate the second most powerful website on the planet YouTube 48:21I have the Hitchhiker's Guide to video marketing and that's showing you, not just how to get video views up into the millions 48:27But I'm actually showing you how to build a complete online digital business or any product or service that you're working on. Or like to get your hands on. That's the secret behind the sauce. brandon handley48:40Yeah, man, that was Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program48:41What 48:42What is there, man. So you can also find me on Facebook or is Cody rain and then you could also go to Cody rain calm. If you guys want to learn more about me or jump on my calendar, we can have a chat about you and your business. brandon handley48:53Awesome, man. Thanks for joining into Kohdi Rayne - The Mantis Program48:56Thank you, man, I appreciate you.

Launching an e-commerce product is tough, not gonna lie. One of the biggest challenges is making sure you have all the right pieces in place to get the word out about your new product and making your launch a success. On today's show, Trevor Carlson, Fresh Fuel CEO, returns to break down the Fresh Fuel approach to product launches and answer the question, "What should I do before launching an e-commerce product?"What social media channels do I need to set up? 0:40What else do I need to have ready for an e-commerce product launch? 2:24What should I include in a customer persona and how can I use this information? 3:18What is "educational-based marketing?" 4:29Jacob blabbers about a great book called "The Go-Giver" 5:47Trevor's plug: www.ethicalconsumerpodcast.comFresh Fuel Website: www.freshfuelmarketing.com

Series: We AreEpisode 3. We Are People on MissionScripture Reading: Acts 1:8, 8:4-8, 12, 26-40What if we had no prior knowledge of church and only had the Bible? If all we had was the Bible what would church look like?

Athlete CEO Podcast How to Coach and How to Be CoachedWhat makes Derek Jeter who he is? What made him great? Coach Dana Cavalea is the former Director of Strength & Conditioning and Performance for the New York Yankees. He joins Brandon and Erik Averill on Athlete CEO to discuss what goes into a “Championship Mindset” and why mental balance is a key for success regardless of business or profession. Guest: Dana Cavalea“Habits of a Champion”Twitterhttps://danacavalea.com/ 2:12Define what is performance and how Dana would define being a champion.Dana Cavalea “You need to be better tomorrow than you are today.”3:01There is no one size fits all. You have to know what works for you. You don’t enhance performance by taking a pill or vitamin once, you get better over time by doing the right things. 4:40“Performance Coach” or “Life Coach” seem to be modern buzzwords. Dana describes his journey and what led him to becoming a life coach, which starts with interning for free with the New York Yankees while in college at the University of Southern Florida.6:26After Dana figured out he wasn’t going to be a professional ballplayer, he followed his passion of training and getting ready for the season, and investigated ways he could make that into a profession.9:25When Dana learned how you can literally go from one side of the fence to the other side of the fence in 24 hours. He had to make some significant sacrifices at the age of 19 that many others that age wouldn’t be willing to make, in order to fulfill his dream of being involved with the New York Yankees.11:17How did Dana end up becoming the Yankees head performance coach at just 23 years old.12:45Dana says he didn’t really know anything about the job he had, that he was just getting started, but he did recognize the importance of truly knowing people and caring about people. Dana Cavalea “Life is bar it’s your job to tend it.”14:18Dana saw an opportunity after starting off as a trainer to become an asset manager of human capital and he came up with a “Player Profile” that became a screening process to identify risk16:19The idea of the growth mindset or a “Champions’ Mindset” and how Cavalea incorporates that into his training and evaluation. Dana Cavalea: “It requires you to do things that the average person doesn't do. It encourages you and forces you to be somebody that's different than everybody else, because champions are different than everybody else. You have to act different, be different, present yourself different, and when you do those things, you get different results than everybody else, which is what champions do, which is what high performers do.”19:20The championship mentality is not just effective for athletes either, it plays big in the business and investment world as well. So many of the people Dana works with in the business world have a life changing event, like a heart attack, or something, that forces them to work on the mental and physical side of their health.26:40The idea of work/life balance from the lens of Dana’s work. Dana believes it’s important to compartmentalize your day and own their schedules.Dana Cavalea: “Own your schedule, own your day, own your life.”  29:40What made Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and the Yankees legends that Cavalea was working with different? Amazingly, it’s that they weren’t “overworking.”38:00 The identity crisis all professional athletes go through when they’re no longer professional athletes. What are Dana’s tips on trying to figure out the next stage of your life?39:10Don’t identify with a title, identify with a process. If you subscribe to that belief you are going to be defied by the processes you undergo everyday.41:28Dana Cavalea on the importance of values and processes.Dana: “When you get too attached or the title of what you do, it becomes really dangerous, because you lose the rest of you and without the rest of you, you lose your edge.”44:02As a coach you have to meet people where they are, because every person is different.48:09Dana has also written children’s books about raising championship families and how we have to understand that we are constantly growing as people. 50:02One of the most important lessons Dana learned about parenting and how to be a champion parent.Dana Cavalea: “You can override their difficulty through your own surrender. Don’t try to control and dominate. Release and surrender.”52:31A great story from Dana about his relationship with Mariano Rivera and what made him special in terms of elite performance in the biggest moments. Listen and Subscribe to the Athlete CEO podcast with Brandon and Erik Averill from Athlete Wealth Management on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever else you listen to podcasts.

Drew Manning is the NY Times Best Selling Author of Fit2Fat2Fit and is best known for his Fit2Fat2Fit.com experiment that went viral online. He's been featured on shows like Dr. Oz, Good Morning America, The View and many more.We discuss:His attempt to do FIT2FAT again at 40What is different this timeHis belief about empathy and fitnessOur GIVEAWAY worth $800 of Accelerated Power Bundle and his Keto Kick Start program.Enter the Giveaway athttps://acceleratedhealthproducts.com/power-keto-kickstart-giveaway/Accelerated Health Radio is broadcast live Wednesday's at 11AM ET.The Accelerated Radio TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Accelerated Radio Show is broadcast on W4HC Radio - Health Cafe Live (www.w4hc.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

You can be doing everything you possibly can to be healthy and still be wreaking havoc on your body. Adrenal dysfunction is a widespread problem that impacts nearly every organ system. It’s often very misunderstood and is at the core of many health issues people face today including fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, and anxiety. In this episode, Brigid Tigemeier, a functional medicine Registered Dietitian who trained under Dr. Mark Hyman, joins us to talk all about adrenal health, common symptoms of adrenal dysfunction and how you can get it back into balance. Episode Highlights:  3:27 How Brigid found her way into functional medicine  7:23 Brigid’s “food as medicine” approach as a Registered Dietitian and the much-needed shift that needs to happen in health care 12:35 What adrenal glands are and how our “always on” culture is contributing to adrenal dysfunction 17:14 Who you should really be listening to when it comes to your health 18:12 The startling majority of people who have adrenal dysfunction and how even those attempting to be “healthy” can be wreaking havoc on their bodies 20:59 Bio-individuality: When it comes to health there is no “one size fits all” 23:39 Four common indicators of adrenal dysfunction 28:41 How COVID-19 is impacting adrenal health 32:06 A shift in perspective around living with the reality of COVID-19 33:40What optimal adrenal health looks like throughout the day 36:50 How to spot high cortisol and common triggers of it 40:20 Mine and Brigid’s experience with coffee and the surprising effects of giving it up 42:57 Nutrition interventions for adrenal dysfunction 47:29 Free lifestyle changes you can make to improve cortisol levels 51:26: Shortcomings of food sensitivity tests and why they might not be the best solution for you 56:46 The gold standard for determining how different foods affect your body 58:13 Brigid’s preferred tests for people interested in exploring their health 59:46 How you can work with Brigid Links and Resources:  Brigid’s Website Brigid on Instagram My Food is Health Program Mind Body Greens Convention Dutch Testing Genova Testing Cyrex Testing 478 Breathing Technique by Dr. Andrew While Byron Katie’s Four Questions Guest Bio Brigid Titgemeier is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with board certification in Integrative and Functional Nutrition. She is on a mission to help more adults use a personalized food is medicine approach to finding health. She is the founder of BeingBrigid Functional Nutrition LLC, a functional nutrition and wellness consulting business.  Brigid is also a graduate-level instructor at Case Western Reserve University, where she teaches graduate students a functional nutrition course that she co-created. Brigid was a founding dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, where she worked with more than 3,000 patients and trained under Dr. Mark Hyman. Prior to that, Brigid worked at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute for Dr. Michael Roizen.  Guest Bio Brigid Titgemeier is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with board certification in Integrative and Functional Nutrition. She is on a mission to help more adults use a personalized food is medicine approach to finding health. She is the founder of BeingBrigid Functional Nutrition LLC, a functional nutrition and wellness consulting business.  Did you enjoy this episode? Please drop a comment below or leave a review on iTunes to let me know! I love hearing what you think and it helps others who want to Do It Different find the podcast as well.

Introduction: How do I know the will of God for my life? Matthew 6:10 - Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Ephesians 5:17 - Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Why "fleeces" aren't the way to know God's Will (Judges 6:36-40): Gideon already Knew God's will. (Judges 6:36-37). Gideon wasn't revealing his trust, he was revealing his Doubt . (Judges 6:36-37). Gideon was Telling God what to do. (Judges 6:37-39). Gideon still wasn't Convinced after the first round. (Judges 6:39). What is God's Will for my Life? Saved 2 Peter 3:9 - The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise vas some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. Sirit-filled Ephesians 5:17-18 - Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit... Sanctified 1 Thessalonians 4:3 - For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality... Submit to the government 1 Peter 2:13-15 - Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Sometimes suffer 1 Peter 4:19 - Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. Showing gratitude 1 Thessalonians 5:18 - give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Sermon Notes (PDF): BLANKHint: Highlight blanks above for answers! Small Group DiscussionRead Judges 6:36-40What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?Why is “fleece-laying”, like Gideon, not the way to learn God’s will? How do we know Gideon didn’t need to do that?How do you know someone’s advice is from the Lord or from their own ideas?Tell of a time you struggled to know God’s will for something in your own life? How did you ultimately make the decision? Did you feel it was the right one?BreakoutPray for one another.

In this weeks episode George and Toms about the new info on Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights while discussing your letters in the Listener letters - Gaming QuestionsAs always they bring you the latest news and opinions for Nintendo , Microsoft and Sony They also take a look in Stingrays boot and offer up this weeks new releases What you been playing - 00:04:56News - 00:10:43Feature - Gaming Questions - Listener Letters- 00:25:10Stingrays boot - 01:13:40What are we hoping to play - 01:24:00

We sit down with former Tottenham defender Chris Hughton to talk to him about his journey in the game. Chris opens up about being a trailblazing manager in England, lifting trophies at Spurs, and becoming the first Black player to represent Ireland. We also explore his Ghanaian roots, experiences of racism, and talk about how we can make football a more equitable game for all.Panel: Zayn Nabbi (host), Francis Nkwain (Sports media executive), Ahmad Yousef (Kingfut.com Editor) and Courtney Freese (former PSL winner).Special Guest: Chris Hughton (Former Tottenham and Ireland defender)SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook Group: On The Whistle PodcastInstagram: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynTwitter: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynWHATSAPP Send us a message here and we can add you to our Broadcast List - +447908 790 474EPISODE NOTES04:10Chris explains his dual Irish and Ghanaian heritage15:45Making history by becoming the first Black player to represent Ireland22:10Lifting three trophies with Tottenham and reminiscing about legends Ardiles, Hoddle, and “Gazza” 29:00Dressing room culture and overt racism faced by Black players in the 1980s35:30Levels of racism in the sport presently – a football problem or society?42:00Racism in the game has prevented Black coaches from getting opportunities52:00Football needs more representative decision makers55:40Transitioning from playing to coaching and eventually management01:04:55Football’s changing ownership and expectations on managers01:08:40What does the future hold, is there the possibility of working in Africa?Duration: 01:16 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We sit down with former Tottenham defender Chris Hughton to talk to him about his journey in the game. Chris opens up about being a trailblazing manager in England, lifting trophies at Spurs, and becoming the first Black player to represent Ireland. We also explore his Ghanaian roots, experiences of racism, and talk about how we can make football a more equitable game for all.Panel: Zayn Nabbi (host), Francis Nkwain (Sports media executive), Ahmad Yousef (Kingfut.com Editor) and Courtney Freese (former PSL winner).Special Guest: Chris Hughton (Former Tottenham and Ireland defender)SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook Group: On The Whistle PodcastInstagram: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynTwitter: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynWHATSAPP Send us a message here and we can add you to our Broadcast List - +447908 790 474EPISODE NOTES04:10Chris explains his dual Irish and Ghanaian heritage15:45Making history by becoming the first Black player to represent Ireland22:10Lifting three trophies with Tottenham and reminiscing about legends Ardiles, Hoddle, and “Gazza” 29:00Dressing room culture and overt racism faced by Black players in the 1980s35:30Levels of racism in the sport presently – a football problem or society?42:00Racism in the game has prevented Black coaches from getting opportunities52:00Football needs more representative decision makers55:40Transitioning from playing to coaching and eventually management01:04:55Football’s changing ownership and expectations on managers01:08:40What does the future hold, is there the possibility of working in Africa?Duration: 01:16 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Transcription:Ken Paulus 0:03Caregivers will be put back in a position to drive these big complicated specialty treatments instead of throwing these patients over the wall to us. And I think pharma will move from a sales model to a knowledge model where their job is to put information in the hands of caregivers, health plans, and members to make the right decisions at the right time in the right placeGary Bisbee 0:28That was Ken Paulus, President and CEO Prime Therapeutics, discussing the fragmented nature of today's healthcare system. I'm Gary Bisbee and this is fireside chat. Ken has been a health plan and large IDN CEO and now leads a pharmacy benefit manager with 30 million lives. He's in a unique position to comment on integration between pharma health plans and providers. Let's listen to Ken express the need for an air traffic controller to manage care for the patientKen Paulus 0:57I'm most concerned about fact that today, for any given American, there's really no captain of the ship. There's really no clear advocate or some person, entity-relationship that is air traffic control for a patient in need.Gary Bisbee 1:17Our conversation includes Ken describing the role of the PBM. And its value equation, barriers to quality and outcomes confronting caregivers, the need for physicians to be in charge complicated care paradigms, how Prime Therapeutics work with the federal government to ensure specialized drugs remain available during the COVID crisis, and the importance of developing a long term relationship with the patient. Let's listenKen Paulus 1:42COVID has shown us that we need somebody to focus on that long term relationship and it's just not happening today. Again, with great challenges come great opportunities now that's a big one. And if I was running a health plan business or an IDN right now I’d be running like heck, to solve that problem and fill that void. Our nation needs it now.Gary Bisbee 2:05I'm delighted to welcome Ken Paulus to the microphone. Well, good afternoon, Ken, and welcome.Ken Paulus 2:16Gary, Thanks for the invite. And I really look forward to talking to you today.Gary Bisbee 2:20I've interviewed you in person a couple of times with live audiences. So we're delighted to have you at the microphone. Let's get right into your background if we could. I know you grew up in the Chicago area. What was it like growing up? You had five siblings, six of you in the family? What was it like growing up with that group?Ken Paulus 2:38It was a very special upbringing, in a way. I'm from a middle-class family. My dad was a grocery store manager. My mom ultimately was a homemaker became a teacher, but neither one of them finished college. Kind of a classic Catholic family where they started having a family early both of them had to quit and basically raised the family. It was kind of a values-based upbringing. In even though we didn't have a lot, it was rich and full and positive and supportive and ended up being what gave me a lot of my resilience and in a lot of ways, feeling supported regardless of the circumstances. It's all good. I mean, I say I had a very good upbringing and nothing I look back on in a negative sense, other than maybe I was a little bit of a rebel and got myself into a little bit of trouble as a teenager.Gary Bisbee 3:25Well, there's learning there as well.Ken Paulus 3:28Yes, there is. I have some scar tissue from those days. But I was blessed in so many ways.Gary Bisbee 3:32Right. We were talking before and you indicated you basically worked your way right from the very early days right through school, that that turned out to be a good experience, any lessons learned there?Ken Paulus 3:43It was interesting. My parents didn't finish college. So it was very clear with them that we were all going to college and there is an expectation you go to college and you go to grad school or medical school or law school, so you're not stopping at a four-year degree and I'm thinking, well, who's paying for that? And the answer was you are. And the only way to pay for it was to work basically every free moment. So I had a paper route until I was 13 or 14 and then I became a busboy at an Italian restaurant and believe it or not, was owned by the mafia, and worked there for two or three years. And then when I was old enough to get a real job, I became various jobs within the grocery business because my dad had friends that could give me jobs. And I did everything. I was literally a night crew worker. I was an apprentice meat cutter a couple of summers, I did it all. And I learned a ton the learnings from how and when you saw good management was fairly readily observed if you were willing to observe us and I have to say I learned a lot about management from all of those crazy jobs. It's a good experience.Gary Bisbee 4:52Six siblings in the family. You're all in healthcare. How did that work out?Ken Paulus 4:57Well, it was interesting. My mom in particular had three things that she expected of us and I'll never forget it. And it really rang true for all of us. One was going to college, as I mentioned, the second one was critical. And she said, and both of them actually did this. They said, You really have to do something where you're making a difference. And then the third one was just an oddball thing. They're both smokers. They both quit in their middle-age years. And the third thing was don't smoke, please. And if you don't smoke by the time you hit 21, you get $100. So, I'm like wow, okay, well, that's worth it. And I never got my hundred dollars, but I never smoked so that was good. So this making a difference. Standard and expectation are what I think led us all into the helping profession of healthcare and it's been exceedingly rewarding and I'm so happy I'm in this business. I really love it.Gary Bisbee 5:46Well, after college at Augustana in Illinois, off to the University of Minnesota, the MHA program was the leading MHA program at that time, what got you to the Minnesota MHA program?Ken Paulus 6:01Gary, it was mostly that it was that they were the best in the nation at the time. I think they're still probably top five or so. And I was a science major. I was a human physiology major. But I have an entrepreneurial business streak in me. And I was literally trying to find an industry that married science with business. And healthcare is really the perfect combination away for me. Once I figured out that that's what I wanted to do, and I wanted to work in the nonprofit side of things. Then I just went on the search for the best program and this program in Minnesota was the best program and I have to say, it was an eye-opener and a critical event in my life to open my eyes to a much bigger opportunity set. It really was very possible.Gary Bisbee 6:47What was your first job then out of the MHA program?Ken Paulus 6:50So this 21 or 22-year-old kid, having never stepped foot in a hospital before this point in time has only worked in grocery stores and restaurants. I literally stepped foot into this hospital as a fellow post-graduate school and became an assistant vice president of a hospital that's part of Catholic healthcare West in Los Angeles. And it was quite the experience. I literally remember the first day on the job, the CEO said, Well, Ken all of your direct reports are waiting for you up in the conference room on the seventh floor. Introduce yourself. I said, Okay. I walked into the meeting. There were 10 folks around the table all roughly in the 40s and 50s. mostly women, as it turns out, running departments like occupational therapy and PT and nursing leaders. And I sat down at the head table and they looked at me and the first woman said, well, who are you? And I said, Well, I think I might be in charge of all these departments and they laughed out loud. No, like They laughed and they said, Are you kidding me? They all had 20 years on me. But I will say, Gary, I made one critical move that was probably saved my career. I just said, Hey, listen, I don't know anything about management and leadership. I've really never done it before. So if you all are willing to teach me, I'm willing to learn and I will try not to annoy. And they became just stunningly good leadership group. And they taught me management and leadership, these middle-aged men and women, mostly women and healthcare, taught me how to lead and forever I will be thankful and in gratitude for that experience, it was really special.Gary Bisbee 8:40What took you from that start to Partners Community Healthcare in Boston.Ken Paulus 8:44I had worked in California for the better part of probably a decade or more. And actually, my boss, the CEO, was pinged by a recruiter to come out to Partners Healthcare System, which is a brand new system that was just been formed. And they wanted him to lead the creating the risk-bearing entity partners called Partners Community Healthcare, Inc. and he declined. And he's a California guy, he's not leaving the state. And in an incredible show of support of me, he said, Ken, I hate to even bring this up to you because you are like, my number two, go-to guy. But I actually think this might be a really great job for you. And I don't want you to go I don't want you to take this wrong. I just want you to know that I'm a mentor, and I'm your friend. I think you should at least have a conversation if you can work for the mass general of Brigham in Harvard Medical School and have that on your CV it's probably gonna change your life. I said, Really? You're telling me you think it's a good idea? He said I don't want you to leave. But I think I owe it to you to take a look at it. So I did and next thing you know, I was In my car driving cross country and working at Partners. As probably the fourth or fifth employee hired post-merger, the Brigham in general.Gary Bisbee 10:07Wow, that was a terrific opportunity. What did you learn about managing risk there?Ken Paulus 10:12Oh, gosh, scary. I have so much scar tissue from those days. We built this risk network, this group of physicians and acquired a number of primary care practices, married them in our network to all the specialists of the Brigham and the general and then took full risk, full capitation risk, but with Blue Cross of Massachusetts. And we proceeded to get our hats handed to us. We just got crushed. We lost so much money so fast that we literally had to go to Blue Cross, we said that we just have to tear up this contract. We can't, we can't do it. And we did. They agreed, thankfully, to tear up the contract and start over. And what I learned was we were ill-equipped to take full risk. We've had no data. I had no systems to manage risk. No way to track patients and patient care. The incentives are completely wrong. Our teaching hospitals nationally Brigham wanted to bring everybody into a tertiary center. And that's just doesn't work with a risk insurance business. So we were just upside down in terms of our ability to take on risk and we lost a lot of money. It was quite a learning experience. I never want to repeat it. But again, that scar tissue is invaluable. And there's so much to be learned from the process.Gary Bisbee 11:28Great foundation, though, ultimately, you made your way to become the CEO at Allina in Minneapolis, what caused you to want to tackle a leading health system?Ken Paulus 11:38It had been on my mind Gary for a while that I was looking for a place where the physicians, the hospitals, and all the ancillary services of pharmacy and lab and home care and hospice and all that could all reside under the same roof. And if I had a chance to run a company that had all those pieces in one place, could I do something different and special to really put a dent in what I think are many intractable problems in healthcare. So that's what attracted me. And I think secondly, I'm from the Midwest, I had always wanted to come back to the Midwest at some point. But it was mostly this engaging opportunity of having all the pieces in one place. And it was quite a good ride. It was there for just under a decade, and I really, really liked it. It was good fun. And I think we made a ton of progress.Gary Bisbee 12:26If you could identify one main lesson that you learn to lead a large health system, what would it be Ken?Ken Paulus 12:32It was plus-minus Gary, On the plus side. I think having the physicians as part of the health system was crucial. I can't imagine a day where we'd ever go back or the caregivers, not just doctors, but doctors and nurse practitioners and all the people that take care of patients every day, day in and day out. Having them on the team was critical and crucial. And I think that allowed us to do some things that we wouldn't have been able to do otherwise, I think the negative or the downside of at least our idea was we were still so acute care centric, that limited our ability to innovate. And we were hooked on the drug of fee for service medicine. And because of that, all of our profits came from our hospitals. And the more acute, the more complex, the more of a specialty nature of treatment. The more we did, the more we made. And we could not get off that treadmill. And I gotta tell you, I'm a fairly transformative thinker. And I like to find ways to disrupt healthcare. I put my shoulder to that wheel, and I made some progress, but not a lot. And it's just part of how healthcare is delivered that acute care was the center of the universe. That's where all the money was. And it was hard to ever leave that and we didn't really make much progress against that. Unfortunately, you know, for that I'll forever have some regrets.Gary Bisbee 13:59You've got an interesting background and just regionally, Los Angeles, Boston, Minneapolis Midwest, and you had some unrest there in Minneapolis. How do you kind of think about the balance between management outcomes, maybe unions, how would you factor all that in with what happened there in Minneapolis?Ken Paulus 14:20Well, it's interesting in all of the markets have worked in, they've all been very high concentrations of union activity. And I'm very neutral on unions. I think they play an important role in some ways. And I'm not anti-union. I'm not pro-union. I think it's part of the system and it can work. It has worked, and most of the places I've worked, it's been a really good outcome. What's really stunning to me in terms of what's happened here with the racial unrest in Minnesota, and particularly this behavioral issue with the police, is that we're finding as we dig deeper into it, that much of the problem lies with management's inability to To act and to deal with poor performance, and the union's ability, or at least creation of a structure that would keep management from moving out poor performers. And unfortunately, the lead actor in this most recent event was a poor performer with multiple examples of performance issues, and he could not be removed. And I think what it tells me is there has to be a new day with how management and labor work together. And we have to have more of a collaborative partnership model. And both parties need to be held accountable for performance. And we're lacking that today. It's more of an advocacy model today. And I think we have to move to a performance model and it's a real opportunity. And it's also one of the root causes of probably ended up where we are, at least in Minnesota, and how policing takes place here. And it's unfortunate but from every bad circumstance comes an opportunity. progress. I think that's what this is going to prove to be.Gary Bisbee 16:02Well, on a happier note, let's talk about Prime Therapeutics. You recently celebrated your one year anniversary with Prime. Will you describe Prime Therapeutics for us?Ken Paulus 16:13It's a very interesting industry and company, we're in the pharmacy benefit management space. And I've always been in the IDN side of things. I spent some time in the health plan business at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care when I was running the physician side of the staff model. So I know the health plan side, I know a lot about risk and capitation. Having done that, in many places across the country, we sit squarely in the middle between pharma, providers, caregivers, IDNs, if you will, and health plans and we are a construct of a broken system in some ways. The fact that the interest of pharma the interests of providers and caregivers and the interests of health plans are not aligned. And as such, the PBM industry came before and we're in the middle trying to get pharma care to reduce prices, through rebates and other management formularies, passing those savings on to health plans and then working with providers to manage utilization. And it is purely a construct of a system that doesn't work. And in the ideal world, if the United States healthcare system really was efficient, there's no need for us. Unfortunately, we aren't efficient, we're not aligned, the incentives don't really work, and we actually are critical right now to make sure that the cost of medicines does not spiral out of control. So we're a reflection of a broken system that's still compartmentalized and still has incentives that don't deliver the outcomes that our nation needs, which is a stunning thing for me to say as a CEO of a PBM. But that's quite frankly where we are.Gary Bisbee 17:48So why the transition to pharmacy benefits manager to Prime, why did you do that Ken?Ken Paulus 17:54Gary, I had run my course of working in the IDN side of things. And I have mostly worked with physicians and caregivers throughout my whole life. And I've loved it. I've absolutely loved it. But I really needed to see a different side of healthcare, I needed to get out from under the IDN space, and see how others view it. And mostly I'm seeing health care from the payer, and PBM pharmacy management space now. And I'll have to say some of the things I'm seeing I wish I would have known as an IDN leader. The fact of the matter is, we're missing some very important issues on the provider side that you don't see when you're in the middle of it. And now that I'm not in it, it's like, wow, it's very apparent that there's an opportunity. So I absolutely love it. I never thought I would. But it's a great learning experience. I've learned a ton about how this system works. And it's very interesting to see how insurance organizations and health plans view the health care world. It's quite different and quite important.Gary Bisbee 18:56So how does Prime work with the patient? How do you work with blue plans?Ken Paulus 19:02The plans really come to us to work with pharma to stand between them and pharma to make sure that they're getting a reasonable deal. That's basically in a nutshell what we do. So they at Prime we represent 30 million Americans across 23 states 23 blues plans, and our job is to make sure we represent with pharma with pharmaceutical industry, that block of business and we buy and procure and source all of the medications and treatments that pharma represents. we acquire those treatments on behalf of our health plan partners and try to do so to create efficiencies, and it's very effective. I have to say, I know there's a lot of unusual perceptions around the PBM space because it is so opaque. The fact of the matter is in at least in our case, we're transparent PBM we pass through everything to our health plans, which you see is what you get. We don't have a lot of these arcane structures to move money around within the system. And we do play a critical role I can tell you, there are billions of dollars of savings that come through to health plans, and then to employers and then ultimately to patients and members. That wouldn't be there, at least in today's healthcare industry, if we weren't doing our jobs. So very interesting. And it's a critical role that said here, I have to say there's some aspects of this business that are incredibly inappropriate and broken, that create undue friction, and actually, harm quality in some ways. Those are some of the things that I'm very excited about working on.Gary Bisbee 20:37How do you work with the IDNs then?Ken Paulus 20:40That's where I do think that we're creating barriers to the very best quality for patient care. And there are two ways I can see with the IDNs that we should be integrated and working with them. One is what I call the friction model. Our model today is built on creating, you know, I hate to say this but barriers and gates for providers and caregivers to get through to make sure that they follow a formulary so that we can then use that formulary to lever pharma to get a better price. And it's a crazy way to do business. But it's the only way we have right now. So we have a very high friction model that we use with caregivers and patients to put them through these barriers and gates if you will hurdles. And that forces the system to drive to an outcome that again, we can use then to save money. That's one big problem. I'm not a fan of using friction for caregivers and patients. And having worked on that side for 30 plus years, the friction is untenable. We are putting caregivers through so many hoops and barriers that they can barely get their jobs done now. So that's one major problem. I think the other major problem or maybe opportunity, is that what's happening and pharma is the science is stunningly good. I mean, if there's one industry in this world that we actually lead-in, it's this bioscience, this creation of new solutions to pithy, complicated healthcare problems through incredible advances in science. And I think we're gonna look back and say this is the golden era of development. It's like when antibiotics were created back 50 years ago, this whole business of using the genome to unlock opportunities to treat patients in very different ways. It's really stunningly good. What's remarkable about that is that while we're breaking through on a daily basis with science and finding these new solutions, they're very complicated. They're very expensive, and there's no integration between pharma what we do and what caregivers do. I think the second big opportunity is for the health plan and the PBM leaders organizations to work very closely with pharma and the provider side to create partnerships in ways that we don't have today. We're basically buying cooperatives now that's interesting. It's a short term solution to a big puffy, complicated, expensive problem. But I just don't think it's going to deliver us to Nirvana, I think we're going to need a very close relationship with providers. And once we have that, and we bring pharma into the equation, I think two really important things will happen. One is caregivers will be put back in a position to drive these big complicated specialty treatments instead of throwing these patients over the wall to us. And I think pharma will move from a sales model to a knowledge model where their job is to put information in the hands of caregivers, health plans, members, to make the right decisions at the right time in the right place. And boy, if those two things happen, we will advance quality lower costs substantially in our healthcare system. So that's what I'm really excited about those two things, taking unnecessary friction out of the system, and bringing in a partnership level perspective for pharma and providers and what we represent so that we can create a breakthrough. And that's what's exciting about this job.Gary Bisbee 24:20Very exciting. What's your guess, I mean, we talking three years, five years, 10 years for this change to unfold?Ken Paulus 24:26Unfortunately, Gary, I'm 61. And I can't do this forever. I am in a hurry. We have got to show improvement and progress on this in the next three, four years, we have got to put a down payment on this. So for lots of different reasons. One is it's what the healthcare system needs. Two, it will save substantial money. Three, it will vastly improve quality. And I think probably most important, if we don't do it, I just can't imagine how this fragmented healthcare system will survive. I just I'm not seeing it. I just don't think it's working today and we have so much to improve. This is probably my last chance to run a big healthcare organization that could make a difference. I have got to go out in good form, I have got to be able to look back and say I was part of the solution not part of the problem?Gary Bisbee 25:16Well, we're looking forward to that. We have some confidence you will make a difference can let's move on to the COVID crisis. What observations from your current vantage point? What observations have you made about trends that might have already been in occurrence but that the COVID crisis accelerated?Ken Paulus 25:34There really is one big one that has me quite concerned. And you can worry about our inability to track infectious disease and our lack of preparedness and all those things. They're all things that we need to improve. But I have to say I'm most concerned about the fact that there's today for any given American there's really no captain of the ship, there's really no clear advocate or some person, entity-relationship that is air traffic control for a patient in need. And this crisis brought that to bear. I mean, if you are sick during this COVID crisis, you couldn't reach a primary care doctor's office, it wasn't clear who you'd go to for advice on well, do I do this test or not? Do I go into urgent care now or not? It is a fragmented combination of solutions and you had to do the best you could. Do I call telehealth? Do I go drive into my office? Do I go to the ER, it just wasn't clear. And we are in this position where COVID put a light on this incredibly broken system of no coordination. And there's really nobody in charge. So the patient's left to his or her own devices. And man that is just not a way to run a healthcare system. And that's what we've got today. And I think What you're seeing across the nation is any number of approaches to how to manage this crazy thing. And we're, of course, we're not getting much leadership from the government, not that that would have made much difference, but there certainly isn't much leadership from healthcare either. The industry hasn't done a great job and we are very fragmented and we're paying the price the fragmentation right now.Gary Bisbee 27:20Did COVID affect Prime's business model at all or Prime's economics at all?Ken Paulus 27:26Not really, because I think we acted relatively quickly. One of our first worries was the run on the bank for medications and there was one early on. And people were so nervous about getting their medications, chronically ill patients that needed their medications that they were stockpiling. And we had to immediately lay in rules that would manage the supply so that they were 30-day supplies or shorter supplies so that we didn't have patients with years of supply and not having other patients that needed medications and they couldn't get them. So we immediately worked with the government to put in rules and structures to manage the stockpile run on the bank kind of circumstance, and we avoided that, thankfully. So we didn't really run into shortages. It was close. There were some shortages around the hydroxychloroquine run that took place after the President made his comments. But they were short-lived. And I think we've managed through them pretty well. So I think, for the most part, we got through it, and we avoided any really significant problems. Thank God.Gary Bisbee 28:26It's evident that public health is now part of national security. We just never thought about it that way. How do you think about that, Ken?Ken Paulus 28:34I think public health has never gotten it's appropriate do in our system? It harkens back to our earlier comments, scary when you ask question around well, how IDNs work, you know, whatever. Public Health just isn't rewarded. Our nation doesn't really prioritize it. Now, I think we're realizing a pandemic. It's critical. And countries around this globe that are really good at public health has have done a great job of managing and pandemic in an incredibly difficult circumstance. We have no public health assets really, in terms of the scale or the integration or the coordination of public health in this country, we don't have it. So we ended up with our fragmented system which we already know isn't really well-coordinated doesn't communicate, put through the wringer. We have no public health system really to rely on and we ended up with the mess we've got and you get what you pay for. We got what we paid for. We've never prioritized public health. So I think we're gonna have to find a balance in the future between acute care, public healthcare, centricity of a patient, where is the place where cares delivered, acute care can be the center of the universe any longer. It's not even urgent care. It's not even home or maybe I think it might actually be virtual that there's a virtual system and public health has to be tied into that virtual system. So we're all coordinating and gosh, it's going to be so hard for us. Our political parties and our constant bickering back and forth, somehow we're gonna have to break down these barriers. And I'm not sure exactly how that's gonna play out.Gary Bisbee 30:08It is hard to see. But I totally agree with you. We need to get there. Well, let's turn to leadership, you've ideally positioned in the sense that you've led a variety of different kinds of companies. All in healthcare, of course, but when you first became aware of the COVID crisis, what was your first thought?Ken Paulus 30:28I really think my first thought was two concerns, one, protect my employees, and to make sure patients get their medication so we don't cause havoc. And I think those two things I thought oh my gosh, we have got to make sure that those two things are intact. And it's a scary time and critical time.Gary Bisbee 30:51So moving from that to what are the most important characteristics of a leader during a crisis, Ken?Ken Paulus 30:57There's much to be written about this. But for me, the first thing was calm in a storm. I mean, we're in a frightening circumstance, we still are, we don't understand it. And I think leaders must stay calm. We can't panic. I think the second thing for me was very regular, transparent, and high levels of communication. At a time of uncertainty. People need to know what's going on. Even if you don't have the answers. It's okay to say that you don't. I think third, it requires action. I mean, you really have to have a propensity to act. Assuming you're calm. Assuming you're highly communicative. I think you have to have some courage to make some tough calls and move. And I think that's critical. So I think for me, those three things really are like the three legs of a stool to get through a crisis. There's that great line from Rahm Emanuel during the financial crisis that I ascribed to and they were going Through with Obama and Rahm Emanuel going through this process of the Great Recession, and he said, You never want to, I'm paraphrasing, but you never want to let a good crisis go to waste. It's your opportunity to do great things. And that's really what we have here is an opportunity to great things. And the question is, do we have the courage to do it? That's really what's gonna come down to and I hope our leadership does and I hope I do. That's really what we need to accomplish today.Gary Bisbee 32:28Well, it's all about leaders at a time like this. No question about that. Has the COVID experience change you as a leader in any way or as a family member?Ken Paulus 32:37For sure it points to the importance of relationships and in health care, we're in the relationship business. It's critical. You can't optimize health for somebody that that's one of your charges, somebody you're responsible for without a really good trusting relationship. And I think we all now are looking at our relationships differently and realizing how important they are to us. I think that's probably the key takeaway for me, Gary is social distancing has put a spotlight on either the ability to maintain or the importance of those relationships and also the some of the challenges of not having a social connection that is a critical part of the human beings needs. So I do think it's all about relationships and social connection. And if I had to say on health care, the patient relationship or not even before they become patients and individual relationships, that trusting relationship is up for grabs. It will be very interesting to see who owns that for a lifetime. Will it be IDNs? Will it be primary care doctors? Will it be some health care, air traffic controller? Will it be a health plan? I don't know. But somebody is going to play that role. And I'll tell you, there's a lot of disruption in healthcare because nobody has stepped in to fill that void. COVID has shown us that we need somebody to focus on that long term relationship and it's just not happening today. Again, with great challenges come great opportunities. Now that's a big one. And if I was running a healthcare business or an IDN right now, I'd be thinking, we have got to be running like heck, to solve that problem and fill that void. Our nation needs it now.Gary Bisbee 34:23That's a terrific finding. This has been an excellent interview. Ken, thanks so much. I have one last question. If I could. You're a board member. Of course, you sit on the board of Teladoc, but you've been experienced boards throughout your career. What are the key questions a board members should be asking in a crisis like this?Ken Paulus 34:41I think it's really a couple things. One is definitely getting through the acute phase of crisis. We're in that now. And it takes all of those leadership skills that we talked about. I think those are really important and staying steady at the helm, communicating the heck out of it and acting and moving, and having the courage to make some really critical, tough decisions. I think that's really important. actually think the bigger opportunity is envisioning what your organization will look like when this thing's all said and done. And this is one of those unique opportunities to take a completely fresh look. blank sheet of paper, we're going to come out of a crisis, a very changed nation in a lot of ways. And could you do something substantially different, that would really advance your organization, your service, your connection to consumers, whatever. I think this is one of those rare moments in all of our careers where you can basically be bold, and go for it. The second thing I suggest to all leaders of the boards I sit on is to get through the crisis phase. But while you're doing that, put equal time in the recovery phase. And in that recovery phase, it's a chance for just incredible transformation. Take advantage of it, run with it. That's where the action is going to be with this.Gary Bisbee 36:00Well said, thanks, Ken, terrific interview much appreciated Good luck to you and Prime as we move forward.Ken Paulus 36:07Thank you so much, Gary. It's been a pleasure talking to you.Gary Bisbee 36:09This episode of Fireside Chat is produced by Strafire. Please subscribe to Fireside Chat on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're listening right now. Be sure to rate and review fireside chat so we can continue to explore key issues with innovative and dynamic healthcare leaders. In addition to subscribing and rating, we have found that podcasts are known through word of mouth. We appreciate your spreading the word to friends or those who might be interested. Fireside Chat is brought to you from our nation's capital in Washington DC, where we explore the intersection of healthcare politics, financing, and delivery. For additional perspectives on health policy and leadership. Read my weekly blog Bisbee's Brief. For questions and suggestions about Fireside Chat, contact me through our website, firesidechatpodcast.com, or gary@hmacademy.com. Thanks for listening.

In this episode we discuss Warner Bros movie delays and Sony's PlayStation 5 reveal event. The main topic of this week is Netflix's Da 5 Bloods and Disney's Artemis Fowl.Intro 00:00News 00:40What did we watch this week? 08:10Da 5 Bloods - Non Spoiler Discussion 14:00Da 5 Bloods - Spoiler Discussion 24:30Artemis Fowl - Non Spoiler Discussion 28:00Wrap-Up 44:30Facebook/Instagram: @OffToTheMoviesPodcast

In this episode we discuss Warner Bros movie delays and Sony's PlayStation 5 reveal event. The main topic of this week is Netflix's Da 5 Bloods and Disney's Artemis Fowl.Intro 00:00News 00:40What did we watch this week? 08:10Da 5 Bloods - Non Spoiler Discussion 14:00Da 5 Bloods - Spoiler Discussion 24:30Artemis Fowl - Non Spoiler Discussion 28:00Wrap-Up 44:30Facebook/Instagram: @OffToTheMoviesPodcast

What You’ll Learn From This Episode: A simplify and strategic way to reach out to people in LinkedIn Why LinkedIn messaging is the best way to start a conversation How LinkedIn inside tag helps you identify your visitors ​ Related Links and Resources: Go to www.tedprodromou.com/messages and you get free access to his Masterclass called "LinkedIn messages that sell", which Ted usually charge 297USD for that course. Summary: Ted Prodromou, America’s Leading LinkedIn Coach, is the award-winning, best-selling author of 5 books including Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn for Business and Ultimate Guide to Twitter for Business (Entrepreneur Press). Ted is a social selling expert and the founder of Search Marketing Simplified, LLC, that's a full-service social media marketing agency. The SMS team creates advanced LinkedIn and social media lead-generation strategies for small to medium-sized businesses with over $100 million in revenue generated for his clients. Here are the highlights of this episode: 1:48 Ted’s ideal Client: Anybody that really needs LinkedIn to generate business. People who asked what do I do on LinkedIn, I don’t know what to do or anything. Treat people like you're meeting face-to-face. Remember those old days when we used to go to conferences together, and meet each other, it's a person having a conversation with. 2:37Problem Ted helps solve: I really help simplify how to reach out to people on LinkedIn, to come up with that strategy. How to get on LinkedIn every day and spend 15-20 minutes and get clients. 3:06Typical symptoms that clients do before reaching out to Ted: In the last two months have been a total shift on how businesses is working. CEOs are now going to LinkedIn every day to reach out to each other and say how are we going to get out of this mess. 3:40What are some of the common mistakes that folks make before finding Ted and his solution: Remember the first time we met at the conference, if I came out to you and say "Hi I'm Ted. I'm the best-selling author of ultimate guide on LinkedIn for business" Would you like to hire me? That's pretty much what people are doing these days. 4:23Ted’s Valuable Free Action (VFA): LinkedIn messaging is the best way to start a conversation with people. Not to sell, but to start a casual conversation like what we're having here today. That leads into mail back and forth, and get to know if we can trust each other. 5:39Ted’s Valuable Free Resource (VFR): I just did recently "LinkedIn messages that sell", you don't really want to sell but you want to build-in relationships. Go to www.tedprodromou.com/messages and you get free access to that, which I charge 297USD for that course. 6:31How do you find the right people on LinkedIn? I get 30 to 50 invitations a day that people come to me. But when I go out and find people, there's a thing called a LinkedIn inside tag in the advertising section. You don't have to run ads, but you put this little code on your website. Every visitor that comes to your website, matches up with LinkedIn profile information. It told me that 60% of my website visitors are in Business Development & Sales, and all of my marketing materials and courses are for coaches, small business owners and consultants. It’s a whole new revenue stream. I consider myself a farmer, I'm planting a seed every day, I'm not going for the kill. I'm just planting seeds. People see my content all day long and they say "I need to hire Ted." My phone's ringing off the hook right now since this whole pandemic.

In this episode we cover: Song - Hotshot by Scott Holmes is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial License; 0:18Co-host and Guest intros; 0:40What this episode entails; 1:46BTS with Victoria; 2:04Last words; 40:26 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe! We love to hear your feedback! You can find us on:Our website: Tipsy Filmmakers Podcast | Let's Wine About Film Facebook: Tipsy Filmmakers Podcast - HomeInstagram: @tipsyfilmmakersTwitter: @tipsyfilmmakers Feel free to connect with us and stay up to date on any of these platforms. Or email us any questions or suggestions you have @ tipsyfilmmakers@gmail.com Our recommendations:Shipt App (Victoria’s) - Available on the App store Also on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Podcasts, Deezer, Blubrry, and our website!

In this episode we cover: Song - Hotshot by Scott Holmes is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial License; 0:17Co-host intros; 0:40What this episodes entails; 0:45Rules of the Episode; 1:15Start of the game; 3:04Nicolle’s Convince Me; 3:20Tori’s Convince Me; 23:00Last words; 40:40 You can find us on:Our website: Tipsy Filmmakers Podcast | Let's Wine About Film Facebook: Tipsy Filmmakers Podcast - HomeInstagram: @tipsyfilmmakersTwitter: @tipsyfilmmakers Feel free to connect with us and stay up to date on any of these platforms. Or email us any questions or suggestions you have @ tipsyfilmmakers@gmail.com Our recommendations: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (Nicolle’s Convince Me)Can be found on NetflixPractical Magic (Tori’s Convince Me)Can be rented on Amazon Prime, Google Play, or Itunes Cheers!

In this episode we discuss the latest details about Thor: Love and Thunder and Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3, and share our thoughts on the Transformers franchise.Intro 00:00News 01:40What did we watch this week? 13:40Transformers Franchise Discussion 26:45Wrap-Up 54:10Facebook/Instagram: @OffToTheMoviesPodcast 

In this episode we discuss the latest details about Thor: Love and Thunder and Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3, and share our thoughts on the Transformers franchise.Intro 00:00News 01:40What did we watch this week? 13:40Transformers Franchise Discussion 26:45Wrap-Up 54:10Facebook/Instagram: @OffToTheMoviesPodcast 

Welcome to another Q&A episode! Here are the timestamps to each question:What to do when strength has plateaued? - 5:40What if you hit your protein before your calories? - 11:30Just joined a gym, looking to lose fat and build muscle, where should I start? - 15:30How to figure out your caloric deficit? - 18:50Download The Macro Starter Kit for FREE:https://lostandlifting.com/the-macro-starter-kit-2Email me your questions:lostandlifting@gmail.comCoaching Info:https://lostandlifting.com/work-with-chaz

Ho Ho Ho, and Happy Holidays! This week we present the Feminist Frequency x Bechdel Cast Christmas Crossover episode. Jamie Loftus and Caitlin Durante join Anita to discuss the Disney+ movie Noelle, starring Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader. Is this film an empowering #girlboss take on the holiday film genre? Well, maybe from the perspective of a “woke dad”. Listen in to hear our real thoughts on rule by divine monarchy, holiday puns, and at least 3 things this movie gets right.Time Stamps:Defining and reminiscing on the DCOM Genre - 1:52Main Discussion on Noelle - 4:40What’s Your Freq Out - 46:46Anita on The End of The Day by Claire NorthCaitlin on the movie Knives OutJamie on She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the Scattered podcast, and the Netflix true crime series Who Killed Little GregoryPS: Today we're proud to announce one of our upcoming initiatives to help challenge the culture of abuse, harassment and sexism in the games industry: The Games and Online Harassment Hotline, a 24/7 service available to anyone who needs it. Help us launch this much-needed resource: https://feministfrequency.com/donate/Follow Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramDonate to our End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign Follow Caitlin and Jamie:The Bechdel Cast@caitlindurante@jamieloftushelp

Welcome to BedtimeGamer’s newest addition to our podcast content, Night School, where we dive into everything you need to know about a specific topic in the nerd world. Our first series will be all about RPGs, focusing specifically on Dungeons and Dragons, 5th Edition. In this episode of Night School: D&D series, Shawn, Emily, Austin, and Drew share their first experiences with tabletop role-playing games. They discuss the definition of an RPG, along with their tips for getting started. Episode ContentPanel Introductions - 00:27Defining an RPG - 4:20Describing a typical D&D session - 10:20How to get started - 17:15What should you buy? - 19:40What if I don't know anyone currently playing? - 22:26Dice! - 24:35Miniatures - 27:42Other RPGs - 32:28Respect yo' DM - 44:10Next Week's Preview and HW - 51:10Intro by Rolemusic - "Omou_matsu", http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

Welcome back to Glitch Gurls Gaming! This week in the news, we discuss the new spooky Halloween updates added into some of our games. We also discuss our recommendations in regards to the PlayStation Store Halloween sale currently going on!Here at GGG podcast we bring you the news that we are super excited about within pop culture and gaming, and cover as much as we can! Here are some time stamps of what we cover this episode if you are wanting to skip ahead:Fan fiction: @ 1:00Apex Halloween Event @ 9:31COD Modern Warfare / Upcoming Games @ 12:18Riot Games “Project A” game trailer thoughts @ 15:15Untitled Goose Chase (Resident Evil 2 Mod) @ 17:45PlayStation Store Halloween Sale @ 20:00Main Topic (actors/actresses portraying characters) @ 22:40What video game would you be in? @ 29:37The Joker spoiler free review @ 35:43Follow us @podcastggg on Twitter and Instagram. Watch us stream some time on Twitch: @GlitchGurlGaming. Let the Glitch Gurls know what games you’d like us to play by emailing us at: glitchgurlspodcast@gmail.com!Freeway Productions

This week we are joined by Mythery & Propane to talk about what design decision we would rewind, the current raiding scene, and Update 36 patch 2!Have thoughts on this show, ideas for round table topics, questions youd like us to answer, or topics youd like to see us debate? Leave us a comment, send us an email (ddocast@gmail.com) or give us a tweet (@ddocast)!Check out www.ddocast.com for mp3 audio, our show calendar, swag, archives, and more!Want to support the show? You can feed the kobolds (give money) on our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/DDOCast)! We use these gifts to support the show and give out prizes.Rewind one design decision - 1:48Are raids on their way out? - 20:40What should be done to improve the raiding scene? - 34:10What is the toughest non-raid boss fight in the game? - 42:22What should a mimic impersonate for the maximum chance of killing an adventurer? - 47:40Game News - 52:00Community News - 1:10:40Lightning Post - 1:16:24Closing - 1:26:14Watch shows live at twitch.tv/ddocastDDO Chronicle 252 - https://www.ddo.com/en/news/ddo-chronicle-issue-252Update 36 Patch 2 - https://www.ddo.com/en/update-36-patch-2Mickis Delirium: Silly Silly Mimic - https://mickisdelirium.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/silly-silly-mimic/DDOCaSplat! Special: Lava Divers Elite Riding the Storm Out - https://youtu.be/8S61G0FQ-0Y

On this episode of B&S, join the regular cast as well as Jay Louzon from the Hardcore Collectors as we talk our hauls this week, Transformers news, and the 80's cartoon recap. Enjoy! The strip club - 0:00Jay's collection - 4:25Levi's Haul - 12:10Mike's Haul - 25:30What pisses Levi off this week? - 29:50The Hardcore Collectors - 38:30Toy News - 44:30Nerd News - 53:40Weird News - 1:32:40What are we drinking? - 1:44:45The 80's Cartoons - 1:46:30Shoutouts - 3:43:00

A Beautiful Mess- Part 17- Women and the Church==========1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.1 Corinthians 14:26-40What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each...

We are joined this week by Mike from FarSight Studios, in the closing days of the Kickstarter. Even though the Kickstarter has surpassed the funding goal, there is still time to talk about it. Don’t let this one fester in your podcatcher. Listen now!TimingsIntroSuperb Owl - 0:45Kickstarter intro - 5:20Starship Troopers TotW - 6:25Kickstarter Q&A - 8:45What does your $17 get you?Will there be a Pro mode on DH:RWill there be custom voice?Are there two different ball packs?What does the Beta testing tier get you?What Doctors will make it into DH:R?Will Companions make it into DH:R?What about new DMD dots?Will there be a rule change?Will DH:R be stand-alone?Will it be exclusive to Kickstarter?Why can this table be so heavily modded?Will Ghostbusters be included in TPA?Can you sneak into a booth at Gallifrey One?Other Kickstarter News - 18:30New tiersHow can the community help?About TAF Gold inclusion? - 20:30Why can’t new adopters purchase TAF Gold?Converting Scripted SS tables to Emulated - 23:50FarSight Android team is growing - 24:46The challenges of keeping ahead of the curve - 25:30VR Update - 26:00Could FarSight Take a Gap Month - 26:40What about a price increase to allow a gap month?Balancing Fan desires vs Casual customersArcade Expo RetrospectiveMobile graphical improvements - 32:00Game of Thrones - 35:00Toppers, and attracting bystanders - 37:50Banzai Run and Pinball Circus? - 38:30Cactus Canyon Continued - 43:50Big Bear Pinball Arcade - 44:55Where’s the cashbox takings going to?Why NIB tables are popular.Locations scouts.Lunar Sale on Steam - 50:00Outro - 52:00

With 3 weeks of NFL preseason games behind us, we've seen all the action that's likely to affect your 2019 fantasy football team (or not). We asked Dwain McFarland to come help us sort it all out, because he has spent those 3 weeks crushing the preseason analysis. What should you make of Arizona's bumpy preseason? Who might be a winner and a loser at wideout? And which TEs should be going higher or lower in fantasy football drafts?Before we get to that, though, we have a big Saturday night AFC South shakeup to deal with.Here's the rundown:Andrew Luck's retirement ... 1:40Lamar Miller's knee blows up ... 11:16Introducing our guest ... 14:40What to watch for in preseason ... 15:48What's in store for the new Arizona Cardinals? ... 19:49Preseason winners ... 29:24Preseason losers ... 51:49​Check out Jared's preseason winners and losers. See where injuries and retirements have moved the Texans and Colts players in our fantasy football rankings. And then make sure your MVP Board is ready to help you dominate your draft.