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Not every day is going to be great. We're not promised a life without struggles. In fact, before Jesus left this earth, He told us we were going to have troubles – John 16:33. What do we do about that? How do we continue on when things of this earth make us sad or heartbroken or frozen in fear? There is an answer. In fact, there are 4 steps that can get you back to peace and moving forward.Today, I want to take you behind the scenes of my own struggles these past few days and show you how I used the very tools I teach you to shift my thinking, regulate my emotions, and anchor myself in God's truth. Resources Mentioned:·       Another Beautiful Life: A Christian's Journey to Finding Peace and Healing in Brokenness by Tricia Zody https://a.co/d/hoPKsBO on Amazon·       Episode 171 – Tools For Emotional Overwhelm·       Episode 179 - Motivation·       Talking Back by Evagrius of Pontus on Amazon·       For more tools, questions for reflection, and resources to help you on your journey, download the Listener's Guide for this episode: https://www.triciazody.com/guideScriptures Mentioned:·       John 16:33, John 14:27, James 1:2, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Isaiah 55:11, Romans 8:28, Psalm 37:23, Ephesians 2:10 Are you wondering how Life Coaching works? Would you like a free, 30-minute session? Click this link to set up a Consult Call: https://calendly.com/triciazodylifecoach/30minConnect:Website: www.triciazody.comFollow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tricia.zody/  and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triciazody/Register for the FREE Emotions Workshop - Feb. 24, 2025 @ 2p CT - HERE!

Episode 269 is back with Steve L. Clark returning for a sample reading of his upcoming thriller, Sinner. It's a haunting, if not riveting reading that you don't want to miss! Be sure to check out last week's episode with Steve AND his previous visits in the links below, as well as his website and more! Steve L Clark website, blog, with social media links Sinner on Amazon Episode 268 with Steve Steve's previous visits on the show in episodes 188 & 217 Leave the show a voicemail by calling 1-816-226-7670! Sample Chapter Tees and more at TeePublic  Support the show through Jason's books via Amazon or his website! Contact the show via email at samplechapterpodcast@gmail.com

Fitness Business Podcast is back! Version 3.0 kicks off with an episode to knock your (gym) socks off. Are you struggling to increase your fitness business's bottom line? This episode of the Fitness Business Podcast reveals five proven strategies that can help you boost profits and take your business to the next level. Key Takeaways: - Maximize lead generation and boost retention. Discover how to audit your sales system and capture more leads to increase revenue, as well as learn effective strategies to keep members engaged and extend their memberships, resulting in higher profitability. - Motivate your team. Uncover how to create a positive and supportive work environment that inspires your staff to deliver exceptional service. - Optimize your gym's finances. Learn how to pay yourself a fair salary and save excess cash in high-yield accounts to build wealth. Listen now to discover actionable steps you can implement today to drive growth and success in your fitness business. Our favourite quotable moments: “If you want a line of people wanting to work for you, including those who already do, then start caring about your team as humans first and team members second.” - Justin Tamsett "To fully understand perceived value, you must see your entire business through the eyes of your customer." - Justin Tamsett "[Digital signage] becomes an additional communication tool that could help increase revenue and reduce costs." - Taylor Watkins "What we leave behind is not set in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." - FBP Community Signoff If you're loving the podcast, please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Resources: Continue the conversation in our LinkedIn Community. Keepme.ai - Website Mystery Shopping for Fitness Businesses - Website Profit First book - Amazon Episode 24 with Mike Michalowicz Dr Paul Bedford - LinkedIn Mike Michalowicz - Website Wise Words Guest: Alan Leach - LinkedIn Sponsor's Pitch: Digital Revenue Systems - Website REX Trusted Suppliers: Wellness Spaces - Website Solutions One - Website Egym - Website REX Roundtables - Website and Email About Your Host: Justin “JT” Tamsett is a seasoned fitness industry veteran and passionate advocate for promoting physical activity. His mission is to reduce the health care costs across the globe by having more people move and move more often.  JT's hope is that his daughter Zoe can grow up in a world full of opportunity rather than one where governments and communities don't have the burden of an ageing and sickening population. With over 30 years of experience, JT has owned gyms, coached fitness classes, and now specialises in business coaching for fitness entrepreneurs.  Through his company, Active Management, JT provides guidance and support to gym owners worldwide, empowering them to build successful businesses and contribute to a healthier society. He also leads 8 REX Roundtables in the US and Australia, spoken at over 40 conferences in 23 countries, and consulted with gyms worldwide. JT's commitment to improving health extends beyond his professional endeavours, as he has also dedicated himself to coaching various sports and actively participates in industry organisations. Related keywords: Fitness Business Lead Generation Strategies, Increase Retention Rate at Fitness Clubs, Staff Training for Fitness Sales, Referral Programs for Fitness Gyms, High-Yield Savings Accounts for Business, Fitness Business Staff Motivation Techniques, Gym Owner Salary Optimization, Digital Signage Solutions for Fitness Clubs, Fitness Industry Government Lobbying

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)"Whether you're just discovering the podcast now, or have been listening since the very beginning, this episode is for you! We're giving you a bonus that recaps the first 13 episodes we've released so far. Covering experiences like recovery, honesty, friendship, self-awareness, trust, affirmation, forgiveness, ownership, and interdependence, these first episodes shine a bright light on many ways we can pursue healthy connection.  Here are ways you can connect with our guests...Episode 3 (Andy Gullahorn & Gabe Scott)CBS story on the High FiveAndy's websiteLadybird Taco (Gabe's restaurant)Episode 4 (Phil Herndon)Tin Man Ministries websiteEpisode 5 (Isaac Adams)Iron City Church (Birmingham AL) web siteUnited? We Pray web siteEpisode 7 (Jill Gullahorn)Jill Gullahorn website (counseling site)Jill Phillips website (artist site)Episode 8 (Steve Brown)Steve Brown's books on AmazonKey Life (radio shows, articles, etc.)Episode 10 (Drew Boa)Husband Material Community web siteDrew's personal web siteEpisode 11 (Michael John Cusick)Restoring the Soul websiteSurfing For God book (on Amazon)Episode 12 (Sharon Hersh)Sharon's websiteSharon's books on AmazonEpisode 13 (Nate Larkin)Samson Society websitePirate Monk podcast (with hosts Nate Larkin & Aaron Porter)Awaken websiteRoots Retreat Men's IntensiveRoots Retreat Women's WorkshopAwaken Men & Women's support meeting info (including virtual)

Today's episode is part four and the final episode of a series looking at successful businesses and taking the techniques they've used to become massively successful and thinking about how we can apply those to our businesses in the online space.  In this episode I cover the Red Bull Effect: building community. Red Bull markets a lifestyle, not just a product, so we need to look at how to align our businesses to a lifestyle or a set of values that our target audience aspires to. Red Bull targets customers that live and enjoy high energy activities, sports, and adventure. Ultimately this makes Red Bull a symbol of vitality and excitement. In today's episode I share how to embody the lifestyle you want your brand associated with so you're a living, breathing example of what you teach and preach.   I'll dig deeper into these questions: How can you sell the lifestyle that your offers provide? What is the physical representation of the emotional aspect that you help people with?  What stories can you tell that will create more community connection? How can you create a legacy for your brand? Does your life represent your message?   Resources & Links: Profit Mavens Summit 150 Free Hooks List Building 101 Manychat Stories that Sell IG University Kajabi 30 day free trial + 20 free story templates Around the Clock Masterclass   Connect with Mya: Follow on Instagram @myanichol Join my email list Check out my website Now on YouTube   Related Episodes:  Episode 67: Business effects part 1 - IKEA Episode 68: Business effects part 2 - Amazon Episode 69: Business effects part 3 - Apple   Make sure to hit subscribe/follow so you never miss an episode! Find the complete show notes here: https://myanichol.com/2024/06/04/business-effects-part-4-red-bull-episode-70/

Are you in a season of feeling stuck in your business? Give yourself permission to answer the question "What is it that you want"? How would your life look if you walked forward believing that if you delight yourself in the Lord, he will grant you the desires of your heart?  Important Links:  Fear is Not the Boss of You on Amazon Episode 413| 4 Questions I'm Asking Myself in Business Right Now Episode 322| Setting Goals (Interview with Jason)  

Episode 248 is our second-half feature with Suspense/Fantasy author, D.M. Murphy and a riveting sample reading from her novel, Down, Down, Down. And believe me, you're absolutely going to want to know what happens next! D.M. Murphy website Down, Down, Down on Amazon Episode 247 Interview with D.M. Murphy Writer's Block Coffee (use code SampleChapter for 10% off!) Pop Goes the Culture Network Sample Chapter Tees and more at TeePublic Contact the show via email at samplechapterpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, I reconnect with former pro soccer player, Tesho Akindele, for a conversation about his unlikely and unexpected journey from pro sports to urbanism and developing, walkable and bike-friendly communities in Charlotte, NC. I first met Tesho at the annual Congress for the New Urbanism gathering in Charlotte and immediately knew I needed to have him on the Channel to chat about his advocacy efforts in the YIMBY and Legalize Housing movements. He also shares how the book Walkable City by Jeff Speck was instrumental in influencing his passion for urbanism. Be sure to pick up a copy of the brand new 10th Anniversary version of Walkable City with 100 pages of bonus material; see links below.Tesho describes his time in college at the Colorado School of Mines: "I didn't have a car, I had my 'Escalegs' as I liked to call them, I walked everywhere..."Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the Podcast on your preferred listening platform, and don't forget to check out the Active Towns Channel for more contentHelpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):- Camp North End- Orlando YIMBY group- Craig Ustler "Mr. Downtown Orlando"- CNU - Congress for the New Urbanism- Walkable City book by Jeff Speck in the Active Towns Bookshop and on Amazon - Episode 121 w/ Jeff Speck - Strong Towns- Reinventing the Front Porch Video Part 1- Reinventing the Front Porch Video Part 2- CNU Charlotte Playlist of videosIf you are a fan of the Active Towns Podcast, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways:1. Join our Patreon community. Contributions start at just $1 per month(Note: Patron benefits include early, ad-free access to content and a 15% discount in the Active Towns Merch Store)2. If you enjoyed this episode, you can also "leave a tip" through "Buy Me a Coffee"3. Pick up some Active Towns #StreetsAreForPeople Merch at my storeCredits:- Video and audio production by John Simmerman- Music via Epidemic SoundResources used during the production of this video:- My recording platform is Ecamm Live- Editing software Adobe Creative Cloud Suite- Equipment: Contact me for a complete listFor more information about the Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit our links below:- Active Towns Website- Active Towns on Twitter- Periodic e-NewsletterBackground:Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I'm a health promotion and public health professional with over 30 years of experience. Over the years, my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization in how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.Since 2010,  I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be while striving to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."The Active Towns Channel features my original video content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them. Thanks once again for tuning in! I hope you find this content helpful and insightful.Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2023 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 246 is the second part of our feature with last week's guest, Joshua Rutherford. Here Josh will be doing a riveting, and gritty reading sample from book one in his Fourpoint Chronicles series, Kinghood. Joshua Rutherford's website with social media links Kinghood on Amazon Episode 245 with Josh Writer's Block Coffee (use code Sample Chapter for 10% off!) Pop Goes the Culture Network Contact the show via email at samplechapterpodcast@gmail.com Visit our TeePublic Store for t-shirts, mugs, pillows, and more!

You can live a supernatural lifestyle with God! Reshma Allen and Michael Van Vlymen join the Busses for a fascinating conversation about being translated by faith, waiting on the Lord, and the great need for discernment for the supernatural. Michael and Reshma each share the story of their individual search for the deeper things of God and give you important keys to being used by God in that realm. They also share some of their experiences being translated by God to bring healing and save lives! Bruce and Reshma Allen, along with Michael and Gordona Van Vlymen, will be teaching on these subjects and much more at the “School of the Supernatural - Translation by Faith,” September 4-9, 2023, at the Global Outpouring headquarters in Jasper, AR. See the link below for more info!  EMAIL: feedback@globaloutpouring.org  WEBSITE: https://globaloutpouring.net    RELATED LINKS:  School of the Supernatural – Translation by Faith, September 4-9, 2023 Bruce and Reshma Allen's Website Episode 136 “Daughter of the King, You Have a Voice!” with Reshma Allen Michael Van Vlymen's books on Amazon Episode 129 “Can a Man Be Translated by Faith?” with Dr. Bruce Allen and Michael Van Vlymen Episode 22 “You Can See in the Spirit“ with Michael Van Vlymen   CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA Global Outpouring Facebook Page  Global Outpouring on Instagram  Global Outpouring YouTube Channel  Global Outpouring on Twitter   

We're getting serious this week again just because it felt like the right time to finally make this episode. It's been one I've wanted to do for a couple years but ironically held back because I was afraid--everyone automatically assumes this topic is only about the pandemic, and while it definitely factors into today's topic, it's not the main focus.   Fear in general is a beast that holds us back from being our full, true selves. And I say it's time to let it go.   If this episode resonates, please be sure to share it to your social media, and remember to tag me!   Join GLOW: The Confidence Club! The monthly membership for energetic support for your confidence using Reiki, meditation, and coming soon--fitness too!   Join The Energy Within Facebook group!   Download your free Confidence meditation here!   The Fear Project by Jaimal Yogis (on Amazon)   Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average, and Do Work That Matters by Jon Acuff (on Amazon)   Episode 87 of The Energy Within: How to Be Happy First: Raise Your Vibration, Own Your Energy and Your Personal Power, with Maureen Gibbons   Release energy blocks, gain CLARITY, and move energy on a SOUL level through Reiki energy healing! Click here to book your session! (**Card pulls always included with Reiki sessions!)   Choose your individual Akashic Records session!   Get the Confidence-Boosting Meditation Collection: 12 Guided Meditations to Increase Mindfulness and Focus, Reconnect to Yourself, and Build True Confidence   Follow me on Instagram!   Download your FREE Abundance Meditation here!   Purchase a 3-card or 8-card Oracle reading here! (All done via email. Please allow up to 24-48 hours for a response.)   Follow me on Facebook!   Create your own positive affirmations without feeling cheesy or fake with the Affirmations Workbook!   Support Operation Underground Railroad and stop child sex trafficking! Listen to Tim Ballard, founder of OUR, on the Jordan Harbinger Show and also here on The Chalene Show.   Hear the important story of Elizabeth Frazier, survivor of sex trafficking at the hands of her own parents, right here in America, on The Chalene Show.

“Integrity becomes important to you when you realize it may be one of the last things you have any control over. We can be in integrity instantly when we own up to, and fess up to, where we really are, as opposed to where we want people to think we are mentally, emotionally, physically, financially.” - Ray Edwards   Ray Edwards Ray Edwards is a renowned copywriter and a friend. Ray's incredible journey of overcoming adversity and embracing life has been nothing short of inspiring. From redefining his identity to learning how to live the best possible life with Parkinson's, Ray has shown immense courage and resilience. He is the author of Read This or Die and How to Write Copy That Sells.    In this episode you will learn: How to master the PASTOR framework to enhance your writing and marketing skills. How cultivating integrity and positive self-talk for personal growth and success is vital. About Ray's experience with groundbreaking surgery for Parkinson's treatment.   Episode Resources: Read This or Die on Amazon How to Write Copy That Sells on Amazon Episode 238 of the Find My Catalyst podcast - Ray Edwards - Copywriting, Sales and Coffee   Catch up on our last 3 episodes: Experience Mindset with Tiffani Bova Building a Winning Culture: Lessons from the Frontlines with Dan Bradley Slap Shots and Sales Strategies with Jacquelyn Nicholson   Connect With Us! Instagram YouTube Twitter LinkedIn www.findmycatalyst.com   Please share this podcast episode with friends and colleagues and leave us a review and rating via your favorite podcast platform.  

"We use Halloween to scare the kids and bankers to scare the adults." - Anthony T. Hincks Chris and Kayla revisit a past guest to explore a new topic - and take a look at our own biases. Special thanks to returning friend of the show, Mike Rothschild! @rothschildmd on twitter, The Storm is Upon Us on Amazon Episode content warning: Antisemitism  --- *Search Categories* Conspiracy Theory; Business; Anthropological; Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* The Rothschild Family --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitic_canard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_antisemitism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24162 https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/how-the-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-about-the-rothschilds-began-1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/19/the-rothschilds-a-pamphlet-by-satan-and-conspiracy-theories-tied-to-a-battle-200-years-ago/ https://www.salon.com/2022/04/14/do-jewish-bankers-control-the-weather-a-short-history-of-this-dumb-but-ugly-conspiracy-theory/ https://www.britannica.com/story/where-do-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-about-the-rothschild-family-come-from https://paulsalmons.associates/blog/conspiracy-theories https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/Rothschild https://www.jta.org/2022/05/23/culture/a-rothschild-who-debunks-conspiracy-theories-for-a-living-is-writing-the-book-about-jewish-space-lasers   --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Annika Ramen, Zero Serres, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Kelly Smith Upton, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, ISeeSpidersWhereThereAreNone, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish

Stephen Somers is the CEO and Co-founder of Marketplace Superheroes, an 8 figure online education and services business that teaches people how to create a fulltime income selling simple branded products globally on Amazon. Over the last five years, Stephen and his business partner Robert Rickey have grown their company from a single online course…Continue reading ➞ Stephen Somers, CEO and Co-Founder, Marketplace Superheroes, Teaching the Exact Process to Make Millions on Amazon – Episode 165The post Stephen Somers, CEO and Co-Founder, Marketplace Superheroes, Teaching the Exact Process to Make Millions on Amazon – Episode 165 first appeared on Mike Malatesta.

Stephen Somers is the CEO and Co-founder of Marketplace Superheroes, an 8 figure online education and services business that teaches people how to create a fulltime income selling simple branded products globally on Amazon. Over the last five years, Stephen and his business partner Robert Rickey have grown their company from a single online course…Continue reading ➞ Stephen Somers, CEO and Co-Founder, Marketplace Superheroes, Teaching the Exact Process to Make Millions on Amazon – Episode 165

Episode 232 on the PMc podcast is part of a new series we are starting for recommending quality books with a missions focus. Not all books are worth your time. Many books, even "Christian" books, can at best offer you little, and at worst lead you astray. We recommend this book to our ministry partners and friends as a helpful resource to get a more Biblical understanding of the Jesus of the Bible and what He commands or demands from His disciples.  Link:Book on Amazon Episode on YouTube SpeakpipeServe in Italy with PMcPMc AcademiaIf you have been blessed in any way by the PMc podcast ministry we'd like to invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts so more people can learn about this ministry. Leave a Review for PMcSupport the show (https://www.practicalmissions.org/donate)

EP222 - RBC Mark Mahaney on Amazon Episode 222 is an interview with Mark Mahaney, Managing Director at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). RBC is Canada’s biggest bank, and one of the largest in the world based on market capitalization. Mark is one of the top internet analysts in the world, being ranked #1 by Institutional Investor Magazine numerous times. His research on the e-commerce space are all must reads. In this interview, we discuss his new research note on Amazon, raising their price target to a Street-high $3,300 based on the impact of Covid-19 on it's business. In this broad ranging interview, we discuss Covid-19, Amazon's retail business, it's ad business, amazon web services, logistics, as well as competitors, Shopify, eBay, Etsy, and Chewy. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Transcript Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode at 222 being recorded on Tuesday June 9th 2020 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:39] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott show listeners today on the show we are really excited to have someone that is ripped from the headlines. While we were doing our little pre-show I Got a notification that Amazon had an all-time high right now at 2 5 5 2555 eight five five so that's interesting number and here we are in episode 2 2 2 I don't know what all that means I'm sure there's some some conspiracy theory in there and that's because yesterday one of the top internet analysts put out a comprehensive internet Report with some really juicy survey data and as part of the outcome of that he raised his price Target to a street high of $3,300 for Amazon so we've been trying to get on the show and it worked out that because of this report we were able to get him on here real quick so we're really excited to have rbc's managing director Mark mahaney as our guest welcome mark. Mark: [1:31] Hey good to be here thank you Scott. Jason: [1:33] Mark we're thrilled to have you and obviously Scott and I are both super familiar with you and and read all of your stuff but for some of our listeners that may not be as familiar with you can you give us the kind of. The quick highlights of your career and what you do for RBC. Mark: [1:50] Well I'm the oldest and longest lasting internet analysts on Wall Street I say that when I walk into Starbucks I still don't get a discount. But it is true I started in 98 the first week was his company called the eBay that called the office that where I worked at Morgan Stanley and was trying to get through to the lead analyst and they wanted somebody to understand and listen to the story and so I did my best to try to understand it way back then shortly thereafter. I met Scott Wingo so you know both of those were key events in in my life and I've tried to understand. Internet stocks for the last 20 20 22 years now. So that's that includes the e-commerce giants like Amazon and eBay and some smaller named Stitch fix and chewy online ad names like Google and Facebook Snapchat Pinterest and then a bunch of interesting one off so the travel names like booking in Expedia Netflix Spotify like media subscription names like that so I've got a group of there six of us in San Francisco we do our best to stay on top of each of these stocks it's a fascinating industry and that's what that's the day job. Jason: [3:01] Fun fact understanding eBay is really difficult but understanding Scot Wingo is even more challenging. Mark: [3:11] Yes. Scot: [3:12] Yeah and he hasn't Mark you haven't aged at all. Mark: [3:15] That's right same you and me we both actually look younger. Scot: [3:18] Absolutely yeah I think we can agree on that so let's dig in this report you put out yesterday it was really fascinating I've kind of been through it several times the overarching theme was really kind of understanding covid Trends so maybe we'll start there then of course we'll look at kind of the Amazon called that you got out of that what What did the what did the survey kind of surface for you as it relates to kind of covid-19 and what's that doing for e-commerce short and long-term. Mark: [3:43] Look I Eileen pretty heavily on consumer surveys most of the stocks companies I look at our consumer-facing so you have to understand what consumers think about these companies and how their positions have evolved over time and this was our 8th Annual so we can do it for eight years. [4:00] Amazon for 22 years but for the last eight years we've been surveying people we have a decent sized it's all in the US which is that which is a limitation because obviously at least half of Amazon's businesses overseas but we want to try to see what people think about Amazon whether their satisfaction is rising or falling intentions to purchase on Amazon what people are buying on Amazon how much they span are frequently and then we as you pointed out Scott like this isn't happening in a vacuum this year this is happening in. [4:26] During that you know the hopefully the only pandemic of our lives and an event that's had dramatic implications I think is almost been like like a huge billboard for online retail the necessities of purchasing products online the the benefits of purchasing products online too so we thought this the survey would show our assumption was that it would show an accelerated shift to e-commerce it did there's plenty of data out there from the Department of Commerce from companies like I mean my phone is data point of a frankly of last month is that eBay is now growing its gmv general merchandise volume or value I forget which one but it's growing it by 25% eBay hasn't grown at that level in over a decade it says something about how much of a boost to e-commerce as covid crisis has been we all want to shop we all need to shop we just can't go out so we're shopping from home and anyway that's one of the things that came through in the. The survey we saw record high levels of purchases online of frequency and spend and not by the way not just with Amazon but with other companies to. Jason: [5:35] That's amazing I think one of the common conversations I've had with clients is. You know we see that big spike and then you know the magic question is how much of that spike is permanent right like I would imagine you don't expect that eBay is going to be able to maintain that. That 28 percent GMP growth for example. Mark: [5:56] Yeah no I wouldn't expect it and I think spike is the right way to think about it I think it's a spike though within the trend and Scott knows this and you know this just as well Jason you know we've we've we've gone through the last two decades watching a greater and greater percentage of our spend occurring through online channels we all know this we've all lived through it and so we just had kind of an acceleration in this spend it's almost as if you know every year we were going to bounce up a pointer to in terms of online retail share we're going to go from. 9% to 10% to 11% you know annually and instead what we have would happen with this crisis I think we just you know we just kind of did a leap year like we went from we probably gained 2 to 300 bits of of up share shift from offline to online particularly in some of the more entrenched physical Store retail categories think groceries I think Consumer Staples I think those have really gapped up I'm sure that the rate of your rear growth in online retail will we'll add down we'll wave down a little bit but I think you know it's going to waive down from a higher level and so you know net-net we're going to just see this Rising accelerated adoption of online retail and companies that are in the middle of this obviously Amazon eBay to Shopify there's a couple of these platforms that are going to really benefit from this and you'll see it in their fundamentals and the market is already anticipated all this by bidding these stocks up to all-time highs that's true in the case of Shopify it's true in the case of Amazon. Jason: [7:25] Yeah I like to talk about covid as kind of a time machine that you know may be warped as five years in the future and like five minutes. Mark: [7:33] Yeah I like that. Jason: [7:35] The in so cool so you know that's the opening opening premise of your report is me and we rapidly accelerated adoption of digital shopping and then you know the next big Insight is. In Amazon is particularly for Prime to be the structural winner of this growth can you talk to us a little bit about that. Mark: [7:57] Yeah you know you if you would ask anybody what you know who would be the winner off of a surgeon online retail 9 out of 10 people would have said Amazon anyway and by the way that's pretty consistent with what we see in our survey results we have asked people for years which shopping sites do you use most often and. Nine out of 10 times it's Amazon of the last six years the answer has been 90 percent eighty nine ninety three ninety ninety one ninety one I mean also all those are the percentage of respondents who say they shop on Amazon now they've been some interesting fluctuations below that eBay used to have almost 40 percent of respondents say that it was a site that they commonly used that's that's drifted down the 30% and in the meantime Walmart and eBay really kind of switch places one more stop from 30% as an online site where people that people use most commonly up to now over 40% so very interesting turn there but with Amazon they say very consistently at the top we do see that they ranked highest in terms of things like price selection and convenience particularly notable though is the gap between them and their competitors in terms of selection and convenience based on our survey work there are there is one negative thing I know we're going to get to it in terms of satisfaction. [9:11] But the general results here show increased frequency of purchase greater amount of purchase and then they've got this program called Amazon Prime which I imagine I'm sure the window family has been a long-standing member of. And we saw penetration of that Gap up to record high levels and I reach 67 percent. Amazon earlier this year disclosed that they had about a hundred and fifty million Global Prime subscribers based on the survey work thinking about where the numbers could go we think that they are rapidly approaching they will rapidly approach 200 million by the end of this year that's a lot of people they're more loyal than regular Amazon customers they spend more they spend more frequently it's a it's a great Customer Loyalty program it's a great Revenue loyalty program it's a great prophet loyalty program. Scot: [10:01] And when you say 67 percent that's your survey data or your you okay so. Mark: [10:04] Yes that's right 60 67 percent of it of the internet users that we surveyed our no I'm sorry of am of the people that we surveyed who said they were Amazon customers 67% of those said that they were Prime customers. Scot: [10:19] Yeah yeah yeah I've seen some estimates that have 50 to 60 percent of households that kind of drives right in there. Mark: [10:26] Yeah I know. But I bet you it did Gap up Scott I bet you that's what's really happened you know in the last month or two I'm sure people's purchases on Amazon gapped up I mean we know that they did Amazon reported that in the March quarter and and so I'm I guess is that people realize well if I'm going to be ordering I'm staying at home. And I'm going to be ordering a lot of stuff on Amazon I might as well you know gin up for this Prime program I'm pretty certain that's what happened in that so that fifty six fifty to sixty percent that you see in other reports I mean those no I'm sure all those numbers went up I don't, the truth is probably somewhere in between us all but you know that it definitely it definitely moved up and pretty materially during this crisis. Scot: [11:04] And then as you said it wasn't all sunshine and Rainbows in the survey you saw some interesting feedback on Amazon's customer service satisfaction but would you would find there. Mark: [11:14] Yeah and this is this is a stumper I got plenty of theories but you know it's hard to really know what's what's going on but we do ask these questions about you know we give everybody response to the survey about 1,600 people give them a right variety of options are you extremely very moderately slightly or not at all satisfied and of course you would think that if there you know if they're Amazon customers that probably not going to say they're not at all satisfied because then they wouldn't be Amazon customer so you would expect the skew you know towards the extremely in the very satisfied we've asked this question the same way same you know relatively large sample size over the years and we've seen customer scores come down used to be 88 percent of customers back in 2013 Amazon Customer said they were extremely or very satisfied that now it went down to 64 percent in 2020 and you know it dipped down in 2018 we noticed it and then it just dip down again I think the reasons if our survey is right you know I think it's right you know we try to be pretty objective about this we've done the same question over the years so we do have a long time series here I think there's a bunch of things that are happening one is I'm sure there were some quality issues during the covid crisis are still are it's just hard that for a while though they weren't stocking non-essential. [12:33] Items and then there were delays in getting a lot of products so I'm sure that hurt their satisfaction secondly over the years they have increasingly included a lot of third-party Sellers and I think there may that may have increase the the risk of quality control problems not so much in the delivery but in the actual quality of the product in any customer service around that the product if you if you you know the more sellers you put on that Network you add this selection there's almost always going to be a trade-off in terms of quality 32 company is so big that kind of gets embroiled positively or negatively in kind of local controversies labor regulations taxes things like that so it's just it's become so big it's kind of hard for that stuff not to kind of come up fourth is as they move into categories that are really tough to fulfill and groceries this is the top of the list I think that can create satisfaction problems are for one of one of those people who had a hard time getting a slot for Amazon Fresh and I had one delivery that just didn't come through can't recall ever having that with any other Amazon product that. [13:33] A lot so I think a couple of these things have kind of come together and maybe the ad units that they have in their the sponsored listings products Maybe maybe putting a few too many of those you know in the Amazon shopping results is dinged satisfaction I don't know I just throw out five reasons and they're all just guesses on our part but we do know what the trend is based on our survey data that satisfaction is coming down and this is a serious issue of the company needs to address it we think they can if they don't that will that will impact growth if they can solve it they'll be able to sustain the growth they have. [14:06] But what do you think you think I'm full of baloney. Scot: [14:10] I think you're right but I think I think they can recover I think that they they were not expecting from March 15 April 15 I think they got that 30-day window which is probably pretty around when you did your survey the delivery times really spread out Jason our just talking offline and he got up to three or four days I was out weeks here in North Carolina so we're back to normal now so I think they've added a ton of capacity they don't release numbers on this but I know they bought 20,000 delivery vans I would bet they've doubled or tripled that just kind of anecdotally in my area. Actually know where the center is and just the number of trucks in generally is huge now so I think I think they can recover Jason had some more quantitative data Jason what did you see. Jason: [14:57] Yeah I was mentioning that Marketplace pulse monitors reviews of third-party sellers on Amazon so I you know how satisfied buyers where the bottom these third-party Sellers and. In General on average. There are about 400,000 negative reviews of sellers a month on Amazon that's kind of the Baseline and at the peak of covid those negative reviews went up above 800,000 so my premise there is. Amazon totally curtailed FBA the service level for all these third-party sellers fulfillment went down and there were a lot of negative reviews. And then they also speak with positive reviews of Sellers and in general ninety-four percent of all transactions result in a positive review for that cellar. When people write reviews 94% are positive and during covid that 94% fell down to about 85% so like I think there's. Numerous data points here that are all pointing to the same thing that like. Consumers rush to digital the service level on digital dropped because we weren't prepared for that that level of Spike and that that created some negative. My hypothesis certainly would be Amazon's way better suited than almost anyone else to address those capacity issues and recover from that negative. Mark: [16:25] Okay super. Jason: [16:31] So and like so clearly the retail business for Amazon's in a pretty good place like more people are shopping digitally and as you pointed out for variety of reasons Amazon Super well. Well said it situated structurally the benefit from that transaction. But you also talked a little bit about the other parts of Amazon's business in the mix and you know like from a revenue standpoint that's Amazon web services but increasingly that's. Amazon marketing services like what how are you thinking about those when you when you think about Amazon's growth potential. Mark: [17:08] We've referred to Amazon is the greatest mix shift story in technology and what I mean by that what we mean by that is its fastest growing businesses are its highest margin businesses it's a great position to be in like from a business model perspective the opposite is kind of Google they invented this thing which is probably the highest. Margin business ever that search advertising and anything they went into after that would have lower margins and. You know whether that's hardware or Cloud so for Amazon the makeshift story is they have this retail business that's got you know to 3% operating margins growing at you know 15 to 20% year-over-year a faster now and. [17:56] And then you've got these at this advertising business is just probably 30 percent margins that's growing kind of like fifty percent forty to fifty percent year-over-year it is AWS business which is also got about 30% operating margins it's also growing about 40 percent Thirty to forty percent year-over-year so faster growth businesses higher margins means just your overall margins are going to rise so that's kind of the business model so what of of of Amazon that's why it's got will remember this back in 2014 when for the first time ever Amazon disclosed with the margins were like on its AWS business the stock gapped up the stock re-rated it's almost as if the ticker had been changed from amzn to AWS because the market was so surprised that what they what everybody thought including me that the AWS was just a commodity low-margin business turned out it was a high margin business and that was fundamentally really positive for for Amazon because it suggested this mix shift and the idea that long term you're going to have a nice upward Trend in margins Amazon advertising and Amazon. [19:00] Cloud services they're both you know sizable businesses now roughly 10 billion run rate for advertising little bit more than roughly 30 billion for AWS it's a little bit more than that and again highly profitable 8 m is M Asam is an advertising platform is the third largest generator of advertising outside worldwide you know XX China and when we look at all of the ad platforms during this covid crisis and look to see all of them had material impacts on the revenue growth except one that's Amazon Amazon's advertising Revenue looks like it's going to decelerate but just modestly compared to Facebook compared to Google compared to the trade desk or Pinterest or Twitter or snap. [19:46] So they that that they've got lightning in a bottle there and in AWS the cloud business is probably also a big beneficiary it's probably a structure winner from the covid crisis because of the dramatic Ingham dramatically increased capacity needs driven by work from home driven by remote Computing and there was a wonderful data point by this company called Zoom which has now become a household name or at least a business office name and zoom had eight 20x increase in usage total amount of minutes used unzoom went up 20 x like it's hard to Fathom any business dealing with that kind of surge in demand yet they were able to do it and the reason are able to do it is because their cloud provider is Amazon and Amazon allow them to 20x increase their capacity in order to handle that kind of volume increase I mean you couldn't come up with a better advertisement for the for the durability the flexibility and the end the need for cloud services if zoom-zoom wasn't an AWS if they hadn't used AWS I guarantee you they would have had dramatic blackouts they're start and and you know the follow-on less important but their stock wouldn't their stock could be half of where it is now something like that. Jason: [21:13] Yeah it's interesting on the ad business in particular I wonder and part of the reason that it had a slight deceleration isn't even related to. Potential demand for ads or opportunity platform I wonder if it's tied to the issue we talked about earlier that like. Temporarily Amazon supply chain was constrained and they turned down the service level for all those 3-piece hours and fulfillment by Amazon like if if Amazon tells you you have a non-essential product and they're not going to accept new shipments in their warehouse of your product. You're going to turn off the ads for that problem. And I so you know it's not shocking that that the ad sales decelerated a little bit but I wonder if structurally. Give a bigger percentage of customers are shifting online like Amazon competes with Google and Facebook for Ed dollars but Amazon also competes with. Walmart and Target and billboard providers for ad dollars and I'll bet you know my feeling is permanently. Demand for those ad dollars has has has is likely to permanently shift to Amazon so I think even on ad platforms this might be. Like mostly favorable for them. Mark: [22:25] That makes sense Jason that makes a lot of sense. Scot: [22:30] Also some of your your analyst colleagues out there and I'll full disclosure I'll put myself in this camp at some point they feel like Amazon is going to effectively compete directly with FedEx and UPS meaning you could you know you're in San Francisco you could ship me a package on their Network in North Carolina for like maybe four bucks a package versus the FedEx UPS eight to twelve dollars do you see that happening or you're not in that camp. Mark: [22:57] No I think that's a probability we laid that out did a report a couple years ago called the fourth pillar try to figure out the next business that Amazon would go into I think I got an email back from Seattle right after we published that report as long as something along the lines of you idiot why would you think we just have one more pillar. A couple of things in mind we've written deep deep dive reports on their business to business opportunity you know business supplies that sounds like Logistics to me and Amazon's pretty damn good at logistics for consumers so I not for businesses so I think that build that business is nicely building up I'm curious as to what they'll do in Pharmaceuticals he's physical stores that are these. [23:41] What do they call me every it's not the everything stores the go stores thank you the go stores I thought those aims on goes towards I think that's a really interesting really novel concept that actually solves something it gives you more time well I what a wonderful what a wonderful gift that is and anyway so I think there's a lot of areas that I think they're investing in and you know Amazon shipping Services makes a ton of sense to me I did pitch that to them as the title you know is the name for that segment they just they thought about it for a little bit they didn't like the acronym the thought that would be an odd Summit so they decided to go with something else I think they went with shipping with Amazon SWA that's probably better than what I had thought of and my guess is that that building that that business builds up yeah this is like this strikes me just like Amazon building our physical capacity two. [24:33] To ship goods and services you got excess capacity bring on third-party sellers Amazon built out all this compute on that work to manage its own large needs they have excess capacity go ahead and Retail it as AWS Amazon builds out a distribution Network a fulfillment Network a series of trucks too deliver its own products and then third party products sold on its site well why not do it for third-party products sold on on third-party sites it just seems like a natural extension it's kind of like Amazon is the fixed cost business just they've got such bullish long-term views about how big online retail will be those use of been verified year in and year out that what you want to do is you want to vertically integrate and fix those costs therefore you get super high incremental margins so I think it's you know I think it's inevitable I think they're actually darn close to the size of FedEx now in terms of in terms of units and yeah I would imagine that they'll surpass you know UPS within the next five years in terms of raw shipping volume that include a lot of their own shipments but over time I would think they'd pass them in terms of other people's shipments to. Jason: [25:45] Yeah I think Scott and I both agree even before they get there even before they like try to sell those Services I think. A unsung challenge at the moment is with all this increase digital domain and you know most retailers are talking about like seeing volumes that are similar to their traditional Cyber Monday Black Friday volumes. And who doesn't have capacity to fulfill that demand as FedEx and UPS and so you know Frank right. They've all just tacked on a bunch of surcharges and so if you're any retailer besides Amazon. You know one of the the negatives of all this increase digital demand is you don't really have the ability to fulfill all that demand or at least fulfill it cost effectively. And so owning as much of their own fulfillment as Amazon does is I think another huge structural competitive Advantage it's going to help them take more than their fair share of the digital growth. Mark: [26:39] And it's I agree with you Jason and Scott you ask the question you do you have the same answer that I would have that I just gave. Scot: [26:47] Yeah I think I think they yeah there's some incremental costs yeah taking another packages is almost free at some point when they build out all the infrastructure so so yeah I think they get there it's a question of when I've had it on my annual prediction show for three years and then. I'm sticking to it the one time I take it off is when it will happen so. Mark: [27:08] I'll wait then. Jason: [27:10] Yeah that's a great way to invest in it is wait till Scott get throws in the towel on the prediction show. Mark: [27:15] The contrarian indicator I got it. Jason: [27:17] Exactly I do want to Pivot like you have really seen this industry grow up and there's a lot of interesting non Amazon things going on right now when we talked about in our last show was. Like all of these new Commerce initiatives at Facebook and you know are you falling that at all and what what do you think. Is Facebook going to be a viable player in the Commerce base. Mark: [27:43] I'll give you my opinion I'd love to hear yours we we do a survey of social media companies we've done this semi-annually. I think we've done this for four years now and the last one we published just last week we asked people. [28:04] About their usage of Facebook Marketplace and simple question we found a 51 percent of respondents had used Facebook Marketplace back in November last time we ran it was only 33 percent so there's another e-commerce inflection point we ask how many of you people on Instagram have made a purchase on Instagram 23 percent of users said they had six months ago that was. [28:30] That was fifteen percent so you know this Spike that we've seen in e-commerce is also translated onto these social media networks I'm I'm. I'm I think this is a fast fascinating area of to explore I don't know why they wouldn't be they certainly the traffic now it's not it's not conscious traffic it's not qualified traffic I don't want I want to shop I don't go to Facebook when I want to you know I don't go to Instagram but I happen to be on Instagram and Facebook a lot you can put relevant ads in front of me I just may not be in the mood to shop I'm in the mood to shop when I'm on Amazon so there's always going to be limits but if they but with the traffic they have and if they can get a little bit more of a picture of my commercial intent or not my intent my interest then there's a chance for them to tap into what do you call that impulse shopping and then you so you get that part and what we're seeing in this my raw data there says that there are there is the opportunity to tap into impulse shopping on these sites now you got to go to the other side. [29:39] You're not a vertically integrated Marketplace we are Marketplace bring you down vertically integrated so you better be careful not to put ads up there and. [29:47] And then and then for a product where the inventory quickly sells out and then people are going to remember yeah I try to buy on Facebook and you know that it didn't work so what they need to do is partner with somebody who can really help them with the Fulfillment with the design of the site and they need to make it seamless if I'm clicking on an ad and I got to click over and fill out the address and the credit card information that's friction friction friction but if they can if they can if they can like the one thing I don't know what percentage of people on Facebook have their credit card information stored with Facebook I'm guessing it's less than 1% so that's something that Facebook is going to try to have to incentivize people to give them a rationale a reason for putting a credit card data there that gets them closer to one click and then they need to work with a merchant partner like a Shopify which is what they're doing that can make that that that flow seamless and just make sure you get a picture into the inventory such that you're not showing you know the boots when you don't have them in inventory and can't get them you know with them three or four days to the consumer but I think all those pieces are coming together so yeah I'm increasingly bullish on this opportunity and I think the pieces are coming together like I'm seeing the consumer intent in my survey work I'm seeing them work with the right Partners I haven't seen enough of the actual experience I get I've yet to have that mind-blowing. [31:09] He's of sharp like you know I'm checking out at the grocery store I just all I have to do is reach for the Snickers put it on the put it on the conveyor belt it's not that simple yet but if they get there that's they came make that they won't surpass they won't supplant Amazon by God that won't happen but they'll be able to tap into impulse shopping dollars in a way they haven't before I'm very intrigued by it Scott what do you think. Scot: [31:33] Yeah it's interesting because it kind of you have to kind of loop Shopify into the whole thing so there's there's one school of thought that shopify's essentially the shopping engine for Facebook today in this latest announcement they kind of cut Shopify out a little bit like Facebook's kind of introducing their own check out so it's gonna be interesting to see there's almost kind of like a three-way War kind of here so there's like Shopify which is the Battlestar Galactica ragtag group and then you have the social guys kind of going their own way and then you have the death star of Amazon. I don't know you know it's always so hard for these people to compete with Amazon because of the shipping Logistics they have and the only company in those that list that's investing in that is Shopify so it's going to be really interesting to watch this next leg of e-commerce to see can Shopify. In this made it either on framing but the can Shopify the almost like a counter option to 3p Sellers and Brands against Amazon I think you're seeing a lot of people kind of frame it that way kind of. Famously been what's his name the Strategic review guy he's kind of like setting it up that way but other folks kind of say no it's just this that's not the right way to look at it how do you see Shopify fitting into the overall. I think they've surprised everyone with the amount of growth and the gmv that they're producing so it's hard to count them out at this point. Mark: [32:56] I I am I'm trying to count them in and it's a it's a company in a stock I've been ramping up on aggressively over the last six to nine months I'm very intrigued by what they're doing I like the way they think about. Their business I certainly look at their take rate it's like 1.67 percent. And it's like well wait a second you know that they if they can execute well that take great can double or triple that's a lot of growth in the future so I'm very intrigued by their opportunity some of the things I think are maybe false starts their ability this this app that they have I. [33:33] Just don't think I'm ever going to go to a shop app Shopify app to start my shopping I just and I don't know I signed up for it then I realized I just don't need another notification of when my Amazon packages are coming I already got that by the way and you know Amazon will tell me and then Google will tell me to so I get it I don't like Shopify to tell me one of my Amazon packages are coming but but I'm intrigued by the potential to chop has but probably not as a brand Central approach probably is just the the the enabler of D to C of D to C you know Commerce activities they talked in this last earnings call of of enabling I think was Hines and lint I think those are the two examples that they used to sell directly to Consumers. [34:22] So okay that sounds interesting I just don't think I'm going to go to Hines.com when I want to buy catch up but I'm going to want to buy Hines and so but I'm not going to go to Shopify to find a place where I can buy Heinz I think I know where to buy Hines so I don't know it there's an opportunity there but there's a lot of lot of lot of paths that could go the wrong way for them but they seem to be like a very disciplined management team so I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt we have an out perform on that stock for what it's worth and yeah e-commerce opportunities inflicting up for them as it has for Amazon in this in this covid crisis. Jason: [35:03] Yeah so so you kind of look at this big picture. You have dramatic digital acceleration like it seems like it's you know Amazon and Shopify are both currently poised to benefit from that digital acceleration. What about some of the other digital players like who else do you think ends up being a winner in this like you mentioned eBay had a. Sort of unexpected Spike I also think of Stitch fix and chewy is to of though I. Bigger play you know digital digital folks are they is this Rising tide that's going to lift all boats or. Do you think that they're going to lose share to Amazon and this. Mark: [35:44] Well near-term the rising tide will lift all boats achoo as a company they were Prince earnings after tonight I would think this is a company that dramatically benefits from the covid crisis I saw that Smuckers which owns Believe It or Not owns a large array of pet food products like Meow Mix is in there Kibbles and bits and all your other favorite cat food that they had 60 percent growth year over year in online retail sales I mean you know jeez they're doing that I imagine to he's going to put up some pretty big numbers tonight now they better that stock is really gapped up dramatically but I think they will I think they'll put up I think they'll put up really good numbers you had two Trends there and you know one is that people had to buy pet products and and food and supplies online the second one is just kind of tangential for pet owners like myself there was a Dish been a dramatic move towards pet adoption in the last two months because of shelter-in-place regulations that hadn't occurred to me right away but you know people when they're when they're forced to stay in. [36:48] Indoors like that they look for companionship and that led to a lot of people to a lot of people adopting pets and of course you have to feed the things and well you better you know the you've heard about this thing called chewy and so people signed up so I think they have like a two to three year just accelerated adoption of their services and by the way unlike the rest of retail you know where it is interesting to go in and try out things in stores you know for fashion apparel and you know there's experiential shopping I don't think there's such a thing as pet food experiential shopping so I would think that that's a category that's just right for dramatic acceleration online so I Chuy's the name Stitch fix to is just a couple of question marks we have. Around it like I'm surprised the growth isn't better there but they should benefit Etsy clearly as benefited to and not just because of people buying designer face masks my guess is that there they'll have a sustained acceleration but that's TBD. Jason: [37:45] Yeah it's interesting it's funny like I have to do these briefings and I give all these negative Trends and you know the world is going to end and so the the palate cleanser I always throw in there. Is every pet in every shelter has been adopted it's like the one one sort of feel good story and all this and you're exactly right like. We have the largest cohort of new pet owners in the history of the US and none of them could get their pet food or cat litter or toys. Promised or so. We'll see but I'm expecting that this hats had to be super favorable for chewy and then of course Amazon is also a great competitor in the pets page. Yeah so I think that's a great insight and that's actually going to be a great place to leave it because we've used up our allotted time. But Mark super appreciate you taking time out I know you're in high demand right now and a lot going on and we really enjoyed you sharing some of your insights and your. Mark: [38:42] Jason great talking with you Scott always a pleasure talking with you great to I've learned a lot from Scot Wingo over the last 20 years and I plan to learn a lot more of the next 20 years wish you both and your family's health and safety. Scot: [38:54] It's becoming Mark we look forward to seeing you at a one of your shows when we can get back to traveling and back to normal. Mark: [38:59] Absolutely see you buddy. Scot: [39:01] Until next time. Jason: [39:02] Happy commercing.

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Jennifer Louden is a coach, author, and all around delightful powerhouse of self care, and I’m delighted to have her on the show to talk about her upcoming book: Why Bother: Discover the Desire for What’s Next. Considered a pioneer in the self care movement, Jennifer wrote her first book, The Woman’s Comfort Book, in 2005. I really enjoyed talking to Jennifer, and it was an honor to have her on the show. Jennifer Louden and I talk about: -How masterminds and coaches can help shed light on things that you can’t see for yourself -Why Bother: Discover the Desire for What’s Next -Using what bothers you as an invitation to dig deeper and create transformation -Rock bottom as a place to transform from -Why we need to normalize that life has hard parts to it, and struggle -Taking action is the key transforming -Living a human scale life - one that honors your need for boundaries and care instead of being focused on hustle -Why “faster” and “hacking” and “hustle” don’t equate to “better” and why we need to set kind goals for ourselves -“Net joy” and how to keep it as a compass for your life -Change and growth are not linear -How Wonder can help you get your bother on -Grit without compassion is just grind Resources Jennifer Louden’s website The Life Organizer: A Woman’s Guide to a Mindful Year by Jennifer Louden on Amazon Order Why Bother: Discover the Desire for What’s Next by Jennifer Louden on Amazon Episode 247: Why it's time to embrace playing small To sign up for the weekly "Three Joyful Things" newsletter. tap or click here.

Profit Strategy Series We defined your profit strategy in a previous episode. We previously explored how the right business model is the structural key to your profitability. But the next question is: how do you choose between the different options? Well, it starts with evaluating the various business models so you can compare the pros and cons. Jason and Michael dig into frameworks for evaluating the overall business model driving your business. You'll learn The two top-level questions in evaluating business modelsWhy Warren Buffett's "Build a castle with an unbreachable moat" mattersHow to give your business model a simple but robust score out of 10The question of "scaling up"The one criterion which Retail Arbitrage scores highly on!The match between the entrepreneur and the business modelThe "Mesmerizing" power of "Near zero marginal costs"Digital products vs. physical products and scalingThe one characteristic which makes the revenue predictable and the business more valuable if you sell it Resources for Evaluating Business Models Websites Clickminded.com - Google SEO training by Tommy Griffith (former Head SEO for Airbnb and PayPal)Michael's interview with Tommy Griffith about Google SEO for E-commerceAmazon Dash experiment (now discontinued) Business Leaders mentioned Warren Buffett - CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and the richest investor in history. (Charlie Munger, his business partner is also a very famous business thinker) Related Episodes Profit Strategy Overview (how do you pay yourself?)Business Model Overview Upcoming episodes: The Seven Layers of DefensibilityHow physical product sellers can create digital goodsHow to create or engineer recurring revenue (including via Amazon) Episode transcript:​ ​  Transcript Email Download New Tab Michael Veazey Mr. Jason miles in Seattle, Washington. How are you? Jason Miles Good man. How are you in London, England? Michael Veazey London, England. I always love it London, England, like where else could it be? No. Well, it is. But I mean, where else? Jason Miles Was it not the right phrase? Michael Veazey Yep, London, UK. I don't know this thing that is indeed in England and the UK and Britain, and the British Isles just to confuse everyone. But also, I just wonder where else it would be, you know... Jason Miles Man the branding of that country's really screwed up! Michael Veazey Tell me about it. Is it defensible business model, I ask myself? To business here, then we are talking about profit strategy today. Well, that's a subset of profit strategy, which we know is your favorite topic in the world. And I'm sure that's a great thing for your clients. And we talked last time about the critical importance of the business model in the underlying structural thing that drives profits. So there The question became, how do we evaluate a business model? So, right, right, what are your thoughts on evaluating business models? Jason Miles Yeah. Well, when we I think when we left the last conversation, we really teed up sort of these two big questions. The first one is, is it scalable to a large number? And that, you know, that would be the first thing to think about to really evaluate, can you get whatever you're doing? Can you get it to some sizable, meaningful thing? And I think we could probably clarify what we mean by that. But then the second big question is, is it defensible? In some way? I mean, you know, can you can you create a long term value proposition that you benefit from defensibility. So these are the big these are the big top level questions, I think that go into the evaluation process. And then there's, there's questions that flow out of that. Yeah, that's sort of I guess, the opening commentary. Michael Veazey Excellent. Those. They seem like very,

"Pivot" Series With crisis in the air in early Spring 2020, many business are more willing than ever to consider a radical change. That's certainly true in e-commerce (and especially for Amazon sellers). But how to approach it with a clear model? And how to do it professionally? There are so many topics to choose from related to Pivots - and this will certainly be one of our central themes in this show - so this is just opening the box and seeing what pieces this exciting jigsaw holds! You'll learn The three kinds of pivots top Amazon sellers are contemplatingDefining exactly what a pivot isSome examples of typical business pivotsWhy business owners are motivated to pivotMichael and Jason's biggest business and career pivots!Why entrepreneurs struggle mentally with pivots What the solutions are to the mental blocksJason's frank admission of his current pivoting dilemma! Resources for Pivots Websites Ebay Pixiefaire (Jason and Cinnamon's E-Commerce website)Amazing FBA (Michael's podcast home) Books mentioned Influence, The Psychology of Persuasion -  Book by Robert Cialdini (on Amazon USA here;  Amazon UK here)  Related Episodes Profit Strategy Overview (how do you pay yourself?)Business Model OverviewEvaluating a Business Model Upcoming episodes: The Seven Layers of DefensibilityHow physical product sellers can create digital goodsHow to create or engineer recurring revenue (including via Amazon) Episode transcript:​ ​  Transcript Email Download New Tab We are Michael Veazey in London, England, Jason miles in Seattle, Washington. More importantly, you are the owner of a thriving online business. And you want to become the best ecommerce leader you can be. We're here to get you there. Let's jump in. Michael, how are you doing, man? I'm doing well. Thanks. Yes, over COVID-19 or maybe it was just common or garden flew. And the sun is shining here in London and I've just cycled through London today to go and deal with something and it's it's actually really quite nice because no traffic on the roads. I really like it is facing this. Hey, you're a bike around London type guy, right? Because when I met last summer, yeah, it was such a blast. My wife and I were over there for a big show at NBC, which is a big trade show in Birmingham and we met up you bike to meet us. I think I did. Yes, the way to get around London and especially Now Yeah, so not the getting around London we're supposed to be doing very much so you know if anyone hears this I didn't do it. But yeah, you were legal. Okay. All right legal shelter in place. Anyway, all right, let's jump in. Man, let's jump in we I think we got a great topic for today. Yeah, this is when we've we've we've mentioned it just a tiny bit when we talked about our initial, what's the show gonna be about like episode zero or whatever you call it, you know, in our first conversation and, and I want to just dig in a little bit to this idea, which is pivoting, changing your business or, you know, aspects of your business. from one thing to the next. And of course, under great stress, culturally, socially, everybody through this whole COVID thing is going, you know, a lot of stress. It's a time for pivots. You know, I mean, it's, it's a time for people to do things that maybe they buy either being forced, or, you know, maybe they're, they're just looking for opportunities. I think it's a time for people to consider this idea. So what what are your thoughts on it at generally And then let's dig in. Yeah, so I just want to give a bit of feedback on the reality of of some very good Amazon sellers, but not huge, doing 50 million a year or something. But the the take a collective beating had a meeting. mastermind had a meeting a couple of days ago on zoom. And it was actually just as packed and just as har...

What are you hungry for? If you're new around here, this is the first She’s Got Power book club meeting and our pick was Hunger by Roxanne Gay. This book gives perspective on what it's like to be overweight and struggle with feeling seen and understood. In this episode, we dive into the topics that this book brings up including how our bodies (big or small or otherwise) are subject to commentary from others and how health issues can arise from trauma.   You’ll hear about: Why Michelle chose this book for the book club Using cravings as a tool to create a better life for yourself  The next pick for the book club   Related links: This episode’s book club pick: Hunger by Roxane Gay on Amazon Next book club pick: The Middle Finger Project by Ash Ambirge on Amazon Episode mentioned: A Lifetime of Not Feeling Safe Get Michelle’s free Stress Assessment Quiz at http://shesgotpower.com/free   Connect with Michelle: ShesGotPower.com Instagram.com/shesgotpower

Today’s Hook: A shock melting of a glacier sends the party riding a flood wave into an ancient ruin. (by Hjalmar Nordén of @RedMoon_RPG) This episode of Adventure Hook will be of little surprise to those familiar with past shows, as the guys waste no time showing their love of Lovecraft by combining the themes of the Cthulhu Mythos with those of a much less existential threat:  Climate change… Whether envisioning a secret corporate artic drilling facility built on behalf of Arkham Oil to extract some ancient eldritch goo from beneath a newly melted ice shelf… or a post-apocalyptic solarpunk sea/state-walled world where the risen oceans are now fraught with unimaginable dangers for the burgeoning ship-city societies… Aaron and Rob still rarely stray far from the corrupting influences of the Great Old Ones when crafting the details of this episode. In all honesty, both Cthulhu and out of control climate change are ultimately about the slow creep of impending inescapable doom… but of the two, global warming remains far and away the more terrifying… And during one of his many tangents, Aaron regales us with the tale of a daring sea adventure he once undertook with his father which earned them both bonus XP as well as a treasure drop of four fresh lobsters! Banter Topic:  This question was submitted by Patreon supporter Craig Butler who asks:  Hey guys, I've been starting to use the Alphabet of Desire in my own writings and adventures and I'm curious if you have any thoughts or theory on how each point on the holy hexagram relates to the two points it has no natural relationship with? For example Desire is opposite Fear and natural allies with Death and Love; but is there anything general you can say about Desire's relationships with Hate and Life? Or are those interactions just totally based on circumstances? Man, what a great question! And one that took some thinking about, both from a writer’s and from an occultist’s perspective... And so naturally, true to form the Adventure Hook guys did a bit of unpacking on both fronts… so please enjoy yet another installment of Lessons from the Holy Hexagram!  LINKS Adventure Hook (on Patreon) NYCC 2019: DC – House of Horrors Panel Recap (on Horror DNA.com) John Constantine: Hellblazer #1 by Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell  (SEP190456 releases Nov 27th from DC Comics: Black Label) Episode 17: A Very Lovecraft Christmas (with Chris Lackey of the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast) Episode 13: Bad Wizard in A Scary Tower (2018 Halloween episode with Tim Seeley) Episodes that feature the Holy Hexagram heavily: Episode 26: Burn Down City Hall Episode 27: The Glowing Rock Episode 28: Dead or Alive Blackspire Season 0: To Baator and Back – Episode One:  Paradise Lost & Found Scientists Will Deliberately Encase Their Ship In Arctic Sea Ice (on NPR.com) The Terror and the Erebus (on Wikipedia) The Thing (on Amazon) The Stuff (on Amazon) The Tunguska Event (on Wikipedia) Event Horizon (on Amazon) The Keystone XL Pipeline (do your own research on this, berk!) The Road (on Amazon) Birdbox (on NetFlix) At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft (on Amazon) Episode 8: The Impossible Location Episode 20: Save the Wizard’s Familiar Tales from the Yawning Portal (on Amazon) 315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica (on BBC News) Episode 29: Full Disclosure (for more conspiracy theories around Antarctica) Iron Sky (on Amazon) Episode 18: Some Mystical Thing (for more on Yig) The Willows by Algernon Blackwood (on Amazon) Challengers of the Unknown (on Wikipedia) Pulp Cthulhu RPG 7th Edition (on DriveThru RPG) Brazil (on Amazon) Ready Player One (on Amazon) The Doldrums (on Wikipedia) The Essex (not ‘The Exeter’) which inspired Moby Dick (on Wikipedia)  Solarpunk (on Wikipedia)

EP 513 มารู้จัก Jeff Bezos และ Amazon กัน Episode นี้ ผมขอเล่าที่มาที่ไปของ Jeff Bezos นักธุรกิจที่ประสบความสำเร็จระดับโลก ผู้ก่อตั้งและนำพา Amazon ให้กลายเป็นบริษัทที่ยิ่งใหญ่ว่า เขามีเส้นทางชีวิตและการพัฒนาบริษัทอย่างไรครับ

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  Here is the third interview of the new segment, featuring an active BizSugar member. Please listen to my conversation with Janice Wald of MostlyBlogging.com.   Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Part Time Blogger: She’s a Teacher By Day Who Found Blogging Success [EP 21 The Blog Chronicles] - Build Your Own Blog IAM348- Blogger Shares Tips For Bloggers and Marketers Through Her Website - I Am CEO Principles of Marketing: 33 Experts Reveal the Best Ways to Market - BizSugar 33 Experts Reveal the Best Ways to Market - Mostly Blogging Physical Marketing: The Best Ways to Promote Your Business - BizSugar Physical Marketing: The Best Ways to Promote Your Business - Mostly Blogging Lisa Sicard Janice Wald’s blog, Mostly Blogging Janice Wald’s books on Amazon Martin Lindeskog’s author page on Amazon Episode 86 (19 minutes - direct download URL) was recorded on September 11, 2019, by podcaster, Martin Lindeskog, with Ringr app, IK Multimedia iRig Mic Cast podcasting microphone, PreSonus HD7 professional monitoring headphones, and SnapRecorder portable recording booth. Post-production through the podcast maker, Alitu. Notes written in Ulysses app. Bumper and jingle by Jim Jonsson, JTunes Productions. Download EGO NetCast’s standalone app on Amazon appstore for Android, Apple App Store, and Google Play. The podcast app is free of charge. It is easy to send feedback straight from within the app. The users of the app will receive extra bonus material (e.g., video clips and PDFs). Rate and review EGO NetCast podcast on Podchaser. Your support will give me fuel for my blogging and podcasting! Thanks for reading the show notes!

  Here is the third interview of the new segment, featuring an active BizSugar member. Please listen to my conversation with Janice Wald of MostlyBlogging.com.   Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Part Time Blogger: She’s a Teacher By Day Who Found Blogging Success [EP 21 The Blog Chronicles] - Build Your Own Blog IAM348- Blogger Shares Tips For Bloggers and Marketers Through Her Website - I Am CEO Principles of Marketing: 33 Experts Reveal the Best Ways to Market - BizSugar 33 Experts Reveal the Best Ways to Market - Mostly Blogging Physical Marketing: The Best Ways to Promote Your Business - BizSugar Physical Marketing: The Best Ways to Promote Your Business - Mostly Blogging Lisa Sicard Janice Wald’s blog, Mostly Blogging Janice Wald’s books on Amazon Martin Lindeskog’s author page on Amazon Episode 86 (19 minutes - direct download URL) was recorded on September 11, 2019, by podcaster, Martin Lindeskog, with Ringr app, IK Multimedia iRig Mic Cast podcasting microphone, PreSonus HD7 professional monitoring headphones, and SnapRecorder portable recording booth. Post-production through the podcast maker, Alitu. Notes written in Ulysses app. Bumper and jingle by Jim Jonsson, JTunes Productions. Download EGO NetCast’s standalone app on Amazon appstore for Android, Apple App Store, and Google Play. The podcast app is free of charge. It is easy to send feedback straight from within the app. The users of the app will receive extra bonus material (e.g., video clips and PDFs). Rate and review EGO NetCast podcast on Podchaser. Your support will give me fuel for my blogging and podcasting! Thanks for reading the show notes!

Sponsor: www.BlackFamilyApparel.com make sure to grab those Dope Father's Day gifts!!!  Use code: "Family" at checkout for 10% off Sponsor: the Book, "Dynamic Black Fatherhood Manifesto": Order a Copy via Amazon Episode 111 is extremely POWERFUL and Relevant to EVERYONE!!!  How many of us constantly say that "Something" is in our "Past"...yet it consistently bothers us or impacts our life in some way????  That "Thing" is not your Past....it is Actually your "Present!"  Listen in and process this Deep episode... Please Share! visit www.BlackFathersNow.com and check out www.iammikedorsey.com if you're interested in me coming and speaking to your group or organization....I Travel, Therefore Hit Me up!!! Subscribe via: iTunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-fathers-now/id1230596918?mt=2 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-fit-urban-life-show/black-fathers-now YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtczqqU6-ZAwG37LcRpwJ3Q Follow: https://www.facebook.com/blackfathersnow/ https://www.instagram.com/blackfathersnow/ https://twitter.com/blkfathersnow Be Blessed, Well and Wise! Mike D

Laura Vanderkam, author of Off the Clock, shares tips to help us feel less busy while getting more done. And host Keith McArthur speaks with nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin about calcium, dairy, and how much we really need. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else great podcast are found Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 44 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [2:21] Featured interview with Laura Vanderkam Laura is author of several productivity and time management books. Her most recent book is Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done. Her TED Talk on how to gain control of your free time (embedded below) has been viewed more than 10-million times. Laura is also the co-host of the Best of Both Worlds podcast. In this conversation, Keith and Laura discuss: How becoming a mom made Laura so interested in time management [3:45] What Laura's personal time logs taught her about how she spends her time [5:55] What Laura has learned about how other people spend their time and their attitudes towards time [7:21] How spending more time with other people stretches our perceptions of time [9:33] How the brain perceives time and memories [12:09] How does feeling like we have more time help us to get more done? [13:43] The importance of saying 'no' [18:25] Tip: Write next year's performance review now [20:20] Laura's Best of Both Worlds podcast [23:19] [27:40] Laura's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [27:52] Track every waking moment Run at least one mile  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [30:30] The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [31:26]  "Plan it in. Do it anyway." 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [32:25] Dark Chocolate 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [32:40] As someone whose writing helped people to change their lives for the better. [33:38] Where to find Laura Website: Lauravanderkam.com Podcast: Best of Both Worlds Instagram: @lvanderkam Twitter: @lvanderkam [34:44] Nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin on calcium, dairy and how much we really need Michelle Jaelin is both a trained artist and a Registered Dietitian who is known as The NutritionArtist. She appears regularly as in newspapers, magazines and on television as an expert in healthy eating. In this conversation, Keith and Michelle discuss: Non-dairy sources of calcium  [35:22] Changes to Canada's food guide [36:50 Where to find Michelle: Twitter: @nutritionartist  Instagram: /nutritionartist Facebook: /nutritionartistRD [x] Closing words

Allison Melody, host of the Food Heals podcast, talks about the healing power of food. And host Keith McArthur speaks with fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter about the best exercise for weight loss. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 43 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [2:14] Featured interview with Allison Moody Allison Melody is host of the Food Heals podcast. By her 25th birthday, Allison lost both her parents to cancer. This led her to explore non-traditional healing methods, including nutrition. In this conversation, Keith and Allison discuss: How her parents' untimely deaths led to Allison's interest in healing foods [2:15] Food elimination diets [3:45] How to know when to trust your doctor and when to look at other alternatives [4:58] Muscle testing [11:35] [14:05] Allison's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [14:23] Getting enough sleep Drinking enough water Write gratitude journal Don't check cell phone when first wake up Healthiest possible smoothie   2. What personal development book do you recommend? [16:28] The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith by Gabrielle Bernstein    3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [18:15]  "Let thy food be thy medicine; let thy medicine be they food." "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us." --- Marianne Williamson 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [19:18] Wine 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [21:21] As someone who truly made a difference in helping people heal themselves.  [21:55] Where to find Allison Website: FoodHealsNation.com [22:56] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on the best exercise for weight loss Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss: Why exercise is more about overall health benefits than weight loss [24:20]  The importance of getting really specific with weight loss goals [26:10] Kathleen's weight loss recipe [27:25] Where to find Kathleen [33:03] KatheenTrotter.com Instagram: KathleenTrotterFitness Twitter: KTrotterFitness Facebook: KathleenTrotter  [33:31] Closing words

Jim Carrey and Michel Gondry have re-teamed, for the first time since Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, on Kidding, the story of a children's TV host dealing with grief; Rolling Stone's Chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall returns to talk about it (and not as if he's talking to a bunch of four-year-olds). Around The Dial brings us to Lifetime's stalker thriller You; Season 2 of American Vandal; and The Forger's Masterclass. Alan presents the ER episode "Exodus" for submission into the Canon. Then after identifying the week's Winner and Loser(s), we start a new season of Game Time with Before & After III. Grab your favourite puppet friend and join us! GUESTS

Shaun Francis, author of Eat Move Think reveals how we can add years to our lives, while adding life to our years. And host Keith McArthur speaks with mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson about his personal meditation struggles. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 42 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [4:01] Featured interview with Shaun Francis Shaun Francis is author of Eat Move Think: The Path to a Healthier, Stronger, Happier You. He is the CEO of Medcan, a Toronto-based company that provides holistic health services. In this conversation, Keith and Shaun discuss: Is a healthy life really as simple as Eat Move Think? [9:54] What's the best diet? [11:35] Biggest Losers aren't long-term winners [13:45] Can what I eat affect my mental health? [20:23] How many glasses of wine are okay on a Friday night? [22:07] What's the fastest way to get in shape? [24:35] Is it okay to sit all day if I still work out? [27:58] How do I exercise the willpower muscle? [31:00] Can I learn to be more optimistic? [35:00] [39:00] Shaun's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [39:20] Prioritize a workout each day Try to get seven hours of sleep Don't snack much; eat plenty of plant-based, non-processed food  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [42:59] Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [46:44] "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." --- Theodore Roosevelt 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [47:59] Chocolate Chip Cookies 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [48:10] As a positive influence to those closest to him.  [49:30] Where to find Shaun Website: ShaunFrancis.com  Instagram: shauncfrancis Email: shaunfrancis@medcan.com [50:34] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson helps Keith with his meditation struggles. Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss: Keith is doing better with finding mindfulness in the moment, but having a harder time with meditation [51:19] Joelle explains that it's not uncommon to struggle with meditation after a great start. [52:30] Joelle offers tips to break through the meditation wall [54:00] Kernelofwisdom.com YouTube.com/KernelofWisdom1 [56:05] Closing words

With $27,000 in credit card debt, Chris Browning and his wife decided it was time to get serious about their finances. They cut cable, stopped going out to eat, and cancelled vacations. After they paid off their debt, Chris launched the popular Popcorn Finance podcast. He joins us in this episode to talk about how to budget, how to save, and how to get out of debt. And host Keith McArthur speaks with nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin about iron in the first of a new series about minerals. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 41 Show Notes Chris Browning, host of the Popcorn Finance podcast, explains how he and his wife got out from under $27,000 in credit card debt. And host Keith McArthur speaks with nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin about iron in the first of a new series about minerals. [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:57] Featured interview with Chris Browning Chris Browning is the California-based accountant behind the popular Popcorn Finance podcast. He launched the podcast after he and his wife got out from under $27,000 in debt. In this conversation, Keith and Chris discuss: What is Popcorn Finance? [1:40] What do most people get wrong [2:53} How Chris and his wife lost track of their debts [4:59] How they got themselves out of debt [7:07] Chris mentions free website mint.com Is buying a house a good investment? [11:45] [15:00] Chris' Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [15:16] Reading  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [16:06] The Year of Less: How I stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [17:30]  "The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now" --- Chinese proverb 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [18:50] Technology 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [20:35] "As someone who was approachable and giving and someone people could come to as a resource." [21:29] Where to find Chris Website: PopcornFinance.com Twitter: @PopcornFinance Facebook: /PopcornFinance   [22:18] Nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin on iron Michelle Jaelin is both a trained artist and a Registered Dietitian who is known as The NutritionArtist. She appears regularly as in newspapers, magazines and on television as an expert in healthy eating. In this conversation, Keith and Michelle discuss: How a math error led Popeye to each so much spinach in search of iron [22:46] Why do we need iron and how much do we need? [23:32] Where do get iron? [24:05] We need red meat for iron, but isn't it bad for us? [24:30] Why women need extra iron [26:40] Iron for vegans [28:34] Where to find Michelle: Twitter: @nutritionartist  Instagram: /nutritionartist Facebook: /nutritionartistRD [31:50] Closing words  

  Today’s Guest I'm back again, with another solo episode! Today I’m talking about writing a book. Everyone seems to be writing a book these days. Should you write one? In this episode, I walk you through some questions I think you need to ask yourself before you embark on a project like this. Listen to this episode      What You'll Learn How to know if you should write a book or not How to know that it’s the right time for you to write a book What to do if you want to have a book, but you don’t want to write a book How to get clear on what’s stopping you from writing your book How to get the mindset you need to write your book Next steps you can take to get started Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Do you want to? Or is it a should? Or do you just like the idea of being an author? Are you willing to put in the work? Why do you want to write a book? What do you hope to get from writing a book? What are your expectations for the book? Are they reasonable? Are you willing to put in the time and effort to market a book? Things I Discussed Kat Loterzo on Amazon Episode 155: Jo + Holly ~ How to Get a Book Out of Your Head and Onto Amazon (now with downloadable transcript!) Episode 144: Halona Black ~ How to Create Your Signature Book for Your Business Episode 126: Sylvie McCracken ~ How to Create Passive Income Through Ebooks Episode 63: How to Self Publish a Book That Looks Professional, with Michele DeFilippo Joanna Penn Take Action Today Listen to the other episodes on books and writing Answer the questions above Write down a list of things you could write a book about Block out time in your calendar to write the book, launch the book, and market the book START WRITING. KEEP WRITING until you finish Connect With Holly Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Pinterest Google+ LinkedIn  How to Subscribe Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS Click here to subscribe via Stitcher Help Spread the Word If you enjoyed this episode, please head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating and a review! You can also subscribe, so you'll never miss an episode.

What's the most important life lesson you ever learned? I love to ask this question when I meet amazing and inspirational people. Women's Leadership Coach Sally Helgesen tells me her most important life lesson was to claim her place in the presence of powerful men. And emergency room doctor Brian Goldman says an error early in his career taught him that mistakes in medicine can be deadly. You can hear from Sally, Brian and eight more of the most inspirational people on the planet in this episode of the podcast. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 40 Show Notes: The Most Important Life Lesson. Ever. [00:00] Welcome and Intro [2:45] Sally Helgesen: "Claim Your Place" [5:58] Jonathan Rauch: "There is no chance of success without the risk of failure." [9:39] Jason Richardson: "Start Yesterday." [12:09] Alison Green: "You don't have to be right." [13:33] Allison Task: "It's okay to be your best." [16:29] Todd Davis: "Happiness is a choice." [20:04] Dr. Brian Goldman: "Mistakes can be deadly." [27:44] Chantal Heide: "Meditation is the key." [31:04] Tara Mackey: "Hope is Everything." [33:47] Stephanie McArthur: "Compassion and generosity --- even to yourself."

Tara Mackey, author of WILD Habits, talks about growing up with an addict, and how she got hooked on prescription drugs before giving them up cold turkey. And host Keith McArthur speaks with fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter about exercise without equipment. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 39 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro Keith shares a funny story from Podcast Movement [4:14] Featured interview with Tara Mackay Tara Mackey is author of WILD Habits: Unlock Your Mind, Improve Your Health, and Release Your True Power. Tara lives in San Diego. She is an author, singer, speaker, and entrepreneur behind organic skin care brand Genetix. In this conversation, Keith and Tara discuss: Tara talks about her childhood growing up with a mother who was an alcoholic and drug addict [5:38] Tara attempts suicide and decides to quit her meds cold turkey [10:16} Tara explains what are WILD Habits [15:19] Tara's number one tip for healthy eating [16:59] [18:57] Tara's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [19:18] Take a walk Read Spend time with her dogs  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [19:33] Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda "It was the first book that really got me off my ass and made me realize that miracles in everyday life are possible." 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [20:10]  "Stay Open" 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [20:59] Binge watching The Handmaid's Tale 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [21:37] "I want to be remembered for giving people hope." [22:50] Where to find Tara Website: TheOrganicLifeBlog.com Instagram: @Taraamackey Twitter: @taraamackey [23:24] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on Exercising without equipment Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss: Best exercises without equipment including squats, step ups and lunges [24:25] Finding ways to do back-of-body exercise without equipment is challenging but super important [27:52] Make the workout time-based [28:40] Where to find Kathleen [30:37] KatheenTrotter.com Instagram: KathleenTrotterFitness Twitter: KTrotterFitness Facebook: KathleenTrotter [30:32] Closing words  

Dr. Brian Goldman, author of The Power of Kindness, explains why empathy is essential in everyday Life. And host Keith McArthur shares an essay about his special needs son Bryson with music by Julie Maxwell. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 38 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [4:03] "Grateful for Hope." An essay by Keith featuring music by Julie Maxwell. Read the essay here Music is used by permission of the composer Julie Maxwell. She also provides a more limited license under Creative Commons. Title "I Miss You" Author "Julie Maxwell" Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Julie_Maxwells_Piano_Music/ License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ Website: http://www.juliemaxwell.com bandcamp: https://juliemaxwellspianomusic.bandcamp.com/ [10:02] Featured interview with Dr. Brian Goldman Dr. Brian Goldman is author of The Power of Kindness: Why Empathy is Essential in Everyday Life. He's an emergency room doctor and host of the radio program and podcast White Coat, Black Art. In this conversation, Keith and Brian discuss: What led to Bryan's interest in kindness and empathy [10:54] The mistaken idea that doctors need to sacrifice their kindness in order to be brilliant [12:10] Shame in the health-care profession [15:00] The connection between shame and empathy [18:10] Kindness vs empathy [22:06] Why are we becoming less empathetic [30:27] Why Brian was worried he wasn't empathetic [35:09] Keith shares his family's experiences in the medical system [42:02] Brian shares tips to build empathy muscle, including gratitude [45:25] [52:44] Brian's  Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [53:03] List things he's grateful for Re-frame bad experiences Abdominal box breathing Exercise   2. What personal development book do you recommend? [56:02] Man's Search for Meaning By Viktor Frankl Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [1:01:23]  Stop Now 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [1:02:27] The Toronto Maple Leafs 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [1:03:53]  "I want to be remembered as the guy who wrote a book about kindness and ended up being a kind man." [1:04:14] Where to find Brian Website: DoctorBrianGoldman.com Radio show / podcast: cbc.ca/whitecoat [1:05:08] Closing words

Kathleen Trotter, author of Finding Your Fit, talks about the importance of being positive when we talk to ourselves. Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson explains what it means to eat mindfully. And host Keith McArthur does something scary. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 37 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [1:04] Keith's Update Why Keith is feeling scared [1:04] Reminder that podcasts every two weeks over the summer [3:19] Find a curated list of 47 personal development books here [4:44] Join My Instruction Manual's Self Help Book Club on Facebook. In July, we're studying Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection [5:39] Keith's son Bryson has a rare genetic condition known as GRIN1. This weekend he's hosting a conference for families with GRIN1 from around the world. [6:38] Update on Keith's Resolutions book [9:18] [16:32] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on mindful eating Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss: Why talking nicely to yourself is so important [16:44] How Kathleen motivates herself with "Kathleenisms"  [18:03] Self-talk is a muscle we need to build [21:25]] Where to find Kathleen [24:19]    KatheenTrotter.com Instagram: KathleenTrotterFitness Twitter: KTrotterFitness Facebook: KathleenTrotter [25:06] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson on Mindful Eating Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss: What is mindful eating? [25:36] How to get started [26:34] How to balance eating mindfully with the benefits of social eating [28:25] Where to find Joelle [30:00] Kernelofwisdom.com YouTube.com/KernelofWisdom1 [30:25] Closing words

Allison Task, author of the book Personal (R)evolution, joins host Keith McArthur to share her tips to help you reach your biggest goals and wildest dreams. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 35 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:57] Featured interview with Allison Task Allison Task is author of Personal (R)evolution: How to Be Happy, Change Your Life and Do That Thing You've Always Wanted. Allison has worked with dot-com startups, as a TV chef, and now as life and career coach. In this conversation, Keith and Allison discuss: Allison's career: from dot-com to celebrity chef to life coach [1:38] Rejection as a gift [7:30] Allison's on her book Personal Revolution [9:31] The one thing all of Allison's clients have in common [10:50] The Pigmalian Effect [14:14] The Disney model: Creatives, Planners, Critics [19:56] Identifying your stakeholders   [23:56] [25:35] Allison's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [26:00] Go to sleep by 9:30 every night  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [26:43] The Kama Sutra "Having good sex can be fun. And are you connecting to the people closest to you?" 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [27:42]  "If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate." --- Thomas J. Watson 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [28:35] Chocolate Hugging and kissing her kids too much 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [30:24] "As someone who had a positive impact on others."  [31:06] Where to find Allison Website: Allisontask.com Twitter: @allisontask Facebook: /allisontask [31:46] Closing words

Joelle Anderson, a therapist and mindfulness coach, reveals how meditation can help boost our emotional awareness. And host Keith McArthur speaks with fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter about how to pack a gym in your suitcase when you travel. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 34 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [1:00] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson on Emotional Awareness Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss: What do we mean by "emotional awareness" [1:40] We suppress positive emotions as well as negative ones [2:55] The downside of emotional awareness [4:21] Where to find Joelle [5:15] Kernelofwisdom.com YouTube.com/KernelofWisdom1 [5:54] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on a Gym in Your Suitcase Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss: What Kathleen packs in her suitcase [6:13] Three types of fitness travelers [9:52] The importance of having a Plan B [11:36] Where to find Kathleen [13:29] KatheenTrotter.com Instagram: KathleenTrotterFitness Twitter: KTrotterFitness Facebook: KathleenTrotter [13:49] Closing words

Jonathan Rauch, author of The Happiness Curve, explains the science behind why life gets better in our fifties and sixties. Jonathan and host Keith McArthur each share their own happiness curve stories. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 33 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:58] Featured interview with Jonathan Rauch Jonathan Rauch is author of several books including 2018's The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50. He is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. In this conversation, Keith and Jonathan discuss: Keith's happiness curve [00:58] Jonathan's happiness curve [02:31] What is the happiness curve? [5:10] The happiness curve isn't an inevitability; it's a tendancy [7:19] Be cautious about making big life changes during the trough [9:05] How the happiness curve is different from a midlife crisis [10:20]  Why the midlife trough is good for us [11:55] Tips to help you get through the trough [16:45] Tips for society to manage the trough [20:25] [22:54] Jonathan's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [23:20] Exercise Talk to someone he'll disagree with and / or read something he'll disagree with 2. What personal development book do you recommend? [24:45] The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [26:08]  “The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit. Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.” --- Omar Khayyám / Edward Fitzgerald "Just remember that if you see five problems coming towards you, four of them will fall into the ditch before they ever reach you." --- Calvin Coolidge 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [27:32] Dark chocolate 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [28:03] "As being kind and wise, and especially as being kinder and wiser than I am right now." [28:37] Where to find Jonathan Website: happinesscurvebook.com [29:10] Closing words Feedback & Connect Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Check out our Pinterest page: myinstructionmanual

Nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin provides advice on healthy snacking. And host Keith McArthur announces the topic of his next book: Resolutions. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 32 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro Keith's next book will be about resolutions [00:59] The three resolutions Keith is setting as part of his research for the book [01:43] Keith shares feedback from readers about their own guilty pleasures [4:08] [6:20] Nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin on Healthy Snacking Michelle Jaelin is both a trained artist and a Registered Dietitian who is known as The NutritionArtist. She appears regularly as in newspapers, magazines and on television as an expert in healthy eating. In this conversation, Keith and Michelle discuss: A healthy snack combines produce (fruits and vegetables) with protein [6:59] Healthy fats can also be part of healthy snacking [7:33] Try to have healthy snacks on hand. They're hard to find when you're out and suddenly have cravings [9:01} Where to find Michelle: Twitter: @nutritionartist  Instagram: /nutritionartist Facebook: /nutritionartistRD [10:06] Closing words

In this special episode of the podcast, host Keith McArthur ask some of the world's most inspiring people about their guilty pleasures. Guests include Rick Hanson, Sally Helgesen, Morra Aarons-Mele and Greg Wells. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 31 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [0:59] Guilty Pleasures Keith counts down his past guests' guilty pleasures. Jenny Blake, from episode 1 [1:16] Kurek Ashley, from episode 2 [2:05] Robert Puff, from episode 3 [3:14] Luminita D. Saviuc, from episode 4 [4:03] Joelenta Greenberg, from episode 5 [4:55] Greg Wells, from episode 6 [5:34] Fabiana Bacchini, from episode 7 [6:58] Celeste Headlee, from episode 8 [7:41] Morra Aarons-Mele, from episode 9 [8:03] Martin Gibala, from episode 10 [8:39] Andrea Owen, from episode 13 [8:54] Jeff Chegwin, from episode 14 [9:30] Carmela DiClemente, from episode 14 [10:20] Leslie Caubble, from episode, from episode 15 [10:58] Daisy Buchanan, from episode 16 [11:38] Kristen Ulmer, from episode 17 [12:54] Jake Nawrocki, from episode 18 [14:06] Stever Robbbins, from episode 19 [14:56] Olivia D'Silva, from episode 22 [15:15 ] Rick Hanson, from episode 24 [16:10] Chantal Heide, from episode 25 [18:49] Stephanie McArthur, from episode 26 [19:20] Sally Helgesen, from episode 27 [20:44] Todd Davis, from episode 28 [21:34] Jason Richardson, from episode 29 [22:54] Alison Green, from episode 30 [23:57] Keith McArthur, from episode 11 [24:10] Joelle Anderson, from episode 11 [24:42] Michelle Jaelin, from episode 11 [25:35] Kathleen Trotter, from episode 11 [26:44] [28:21] Closing words

Alison Green, author of Ask a Manager offers advice on some common workplace challenges. And host Keith McArthur speaks with mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson about how meditation can help with mental health challenges like depression and anxiety. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 30 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:59} Keith reflects on death and dying [3:52] Featured interview with Alison Green Alison is author of Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-stealing Bosses and the Rest of Your Life at Work. Described as the “Dear Abbey of the workplace," Alison has dishing out workplace advice for more than a decade at AskAManager.org. In this conversation, Keith and Alison discuss: What do you do if you have an employee casting curses on colleagues? [4:34] How Alison became a workplace advice expert [5:50] The answer to most workplace challenges is 'speak up and have the awkward conversations.' [8:07] How Alison's advice has evolved over the past 11 years [11:46] Alison's advice on: What if your boss keeps stealing your lunch [15:56] Why employees should act more like independent consultants [17:23] What if your boss is micro-managing you [18:53] What if your co-worker is writing a mean blog about you [21:45] What if a co-worker asks you to keep a secret from your boss [22:55] What if you have an employee who spends too much time on social media? [24:23] What if you have an employee who is always late? [25:45] [29:24] Alison's  Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [29:40] Spends at least a day every day reading  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [30:17] Emma by Jane Austin "I've read Jane Austin's Emma more times than I can count and it just makes me happy." 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [30:53]  "I don't know if it's a mantra, but I feel really strongly that we should all do what we say we're going to do when we say we're going to do it and I find myself telling that to people a lot." 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [31:32] Naps 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [31:45] Finding ways to make the world a better one [32:08] Where to find Alison Website: Askamanager.org Twitter: @askamanager [32:45] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson on how meditation helps people suffering from mental health challenges such as depression and anxiety Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss: Whether this can be done on own vs with a professional [33:55] How mindfulness helps Joelle's clients  [36:25] Risks of managing mental health through mindfulness [37:01] Where to find Joelle [37:53 ] Kernelofwisdom.com YouTube.com/KernelofWisdom1 [38:16] Closing words

World champion athlete Jason Richardson talks about what it means to have a gold medal mindset. Now a psychologist, Jason teaches people how to live better lives as an author, podcaster, speaker and coach. And host Keith McArthur speaks with fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter about why you need to get in shape before you take up running. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 29 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:59] Featured interview with Jason Richardson Twenty years ago, Jason Richardson was one of the world's top BMX racers. Now a psychologist, he teaches people to live better lives. Jason is the author of It's All BS: We're all Wrong and You're All Right and host of the Gold Medal Mindset podcast. Jason lives in California where he works as a sports and business psychologist and coach. In this conversation, Keith and Jason discuss: Jason's 15-year run as a world champion athlete  [1:20] What being a world-class athlete taught Jason about how to succeed in life [8:40] The Gold Medal Mindset [12:06] Raising our kids to focus on being the best at one things vs. trying many different things [15:05] Jason's book It's all BS [19:30] [20:51] Jason Richardson's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [21:00] Gets up early to meditate five days a week Rides his bike Works on something he's obsessed about  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [23:16] The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [25:00]  The more I do, the more I can do 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [27:08] TV in bed Mexican food 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [28:10] "He did what he thought was right, anyway." [31:12] Where to find Jason Website: drjasonrichardson.com Instagram: @realdrjrich Twitter: @realdrjrich  Podcast on iTunes: Gold Medal Mindset [32:35] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on Training to Run Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss: Why is running so hard on the body?   [33:44] How to get in shape before running [36:00] What about stretching? [37:54} Where to find Kathleen [42:48] KatheenTrotter.com Instagram: KathleenTrotterFitness Twitter: KTrotterFitness Facebook: KathleenTrotter

Todd Davis, author of Get Better, discusses how to build effective relationships at work. And host Keith McArthur speaks with nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin about the role that alcohol plays in your diet. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 28 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [1:00] Featured interview with Todd Davis Todd is author of Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work. He is executive vice president and chief people officer of Franklin Covey Co., which bills itself as the world's leading performance improvement firm. In this conversation, Keith and Todd discuss: What 20th century French philosophy has to do with the 21st century North American workplace [1:35] Why good relationships are fundamental to an organization's success [4:52] Practice #6: Avoid the Pinball syndrome (focus on the things that really make a difference in your life) [6:51] These practices can also apply to relationships outside of  work [9:20] Are there gender differences in these practices? [10:17] Practice #15: Start with humility [12:20] References book Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis by Jeffrey A Krames Practice #8: Take Stock of Your Emotional Bank Accounts [14:01] Practice #11: Get the Volume Right [16:48] Practice #2: Carry Your Own Weather [19:33] Reference to Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl Practice # 10: Talk Less, Listen More [22:08] [24:29] Toodd's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [24:57] Exercise every day Listens to something uplifting or inspiring Commit to be "the positive force" at work  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [27:04] The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Linchpin by Seth Godin 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [30:40]  "Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be. Because sooner or later if you are posing you will forget the pose and then where are you?" - Fanny Bryce "If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do." - Mohatma Gandhi 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [32:46] Diet Coke The TV show  Dateline 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [34:01] As someone who valued and continually nurtured the most important relationships in his life. [35:15] Where to find Todd Website: GetBetterBook.com Twitter: @ToddDavisFC Facebook: /ToddDavisFC [36:10] Nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin on alcohol and nutrition Michelle Jaelin is both a trained artist and a Registered Dietitian who is known as The NutritionArtist. She appears regularly as in newspapers, magazines and on television as an expert in healthy eating. In this conversation, Keith and Michelle discuss: From nutritional perspective, less alcohol is better; no alcohol is best [36:50] Common misconceptions about alcohol [37:50] Are there any health benefits to alcohol? [39:57] Where to find Michelle: Twitter: @nutritionartist  Instagram: /nutritionartist Facebook: /nutritionartistRD

Sally Helgesen, author of How Women Rise, shares the 12 habits that may be holding you back from your next raise, promotion or job. And host Keith McArthur speaks with mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson about the best mindfulness and meditation books. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 27 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:58] Featured interview with Sally Helgesen Sally Helgesen is author of How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back From Your Next Raise, Promotion or Job. Sally is one of the world's leading women's leadership experts. She has developed and delivered leadership programs around the world for 30 years. In this conversation, Keith and Sally discuss: Why women still feel that they need to change if they're going to succeed in the workplace [1:58] We refer to Sally's book The Female Advantage How much less patriarchal are workplaces than they were 30 years ago? [3:15] How the bad habits that hold women back in the workplace are different from those that hold men back [5:01] Sally says these differences apply to women of all ages [7:01] Habit 7: The perfection Trap [8:53] Habit 8: The Disease to Please [10:55] Even as a man, Keith identifies with many of these habits [12:12] Habit 12: Letting Your Radar Distract You  [14:07] Habit 5: Failing to Enlist Allies from Day One [20:17] Habit 2: Expecting Others to Spontaneously Notice and Reward Your Contributions [22:51] How to get started in addressing the habits holding you back [25:39] [27:33] Sally's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [27:53] Start the day with 20 minutes of pilates, followed by reflecting on gratitude  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [28:51] Falling Upwards by Richard Rohr 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [39.33]  "Join the fray with vigor." Tom Peters 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [30:26] Long conversations with her dog when out for walks 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [31:09] As someone who helped women recognize, articulate and act on their greatest strengths. [31:47] Where to find Sally Website: SallyHelgesen.com LinkedIn: Twitter: @ [33:01] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson on Minfulness books. Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss and recommend the following books: Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana 10% Happier by Dan Harris Mindfulness for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach Self Compassion by Kristin Neff Unplug by Suze Yalof-Schwartz Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn Where to find Joelle Kernelofwisdom.com YouTube.com/KernelofWisdom1 Scroll down to watch Joelle's video with book recommendations [39:38] Closing words

Stephanie McArthur shares her experience of donating a kidney with podcast host Keith McArthur, who also happens to be her brother and recipient of the very same kidney. And nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin talks about how to stay healthy when eating at restaurants. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 26 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:58] Featured interview with Stephanie McArthur Stephanie McArthur is my hero. One year ago, she gave me a second chance at life by donating a kidney to me. She joins me in this episode to talk about her kidney transplant journey. In this conversation, Keith and Stephanie discuss: First recollections of Keith's kidney disease [1:38] The death of their father and how that confirmed Stephanie's willingness to donate a kidney to Keith if it ever came to that [3:20] Another sibling gets tested first [5:14] What questions did Stephanie have when she was going through testing process? [7:08] Stephanie and Keith discuss fear ahead of the surgery [13:02] Yes, there was pain... [15:46] ... and nerve damage [18:50] The recovery period after the hospital [21:35] What living donors need to be aware of [22:55] How the transplant changed our lives [24:09] [25:49] Stephanie's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [26:00] Get enough sleep Eat mostly whole foods Drink a lot of water Move your body  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [26:49] Baseball Life Advice by Stacy May Fowles Keith refers to the book he edited featuring Stacy May Fowles: Bat Flip: The Greatest Toronto Blue Jays Stories Ever Told 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [28:22]  "I may be lying in the gutter, but I'm looking at the stars." Similar to the following quote attributed to Oscar Wilde: "We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars." 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [28:52] Sleeping In 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [30:07]  "I just want the people who I shared this journey with to remember the good things that we've done together, and the times that we laughed, and the joy that we had, and I hope that having known me, even if I'm gone, was something positi ve for them, and helped them to move forward in their own journey, in a better way." [31:00] Where to find Stephanie "They can't" [31:49] Nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin on eating healthy at restaurants Michelle Jaelin is both a trained artist and a Registered Dietitian who is known as The NutritionArtist. She appears regularly as in newspapers, magazines and on television as an expert in healthy eating. In this conversation, Keith and Michelle discuss: Why restaurant food is so bad for us [32:09] What steps can we take to eat healthier at restaurants? [32:40] What about fast food? [34:00] Where to find Michelle: Twitter: @nutritionartist  Instagram: /nutritionartist Facebook: /nutritionartistRD

Chantal Heide, author of seven books about relationships reveals the secret to finding love. And host Keith McArthur speaks with mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson about Metta Meditation. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 25 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [1:05] Featured interview with Chantal Heide Chantal Heide, a dating coach who has written several books on dating and relationships including No More Assholes: Your 7 Step Guide to Saying Goodbye to Guys and Finding the Real Man You're Looking For. Chantal’s latest book - Dating 101: Understanding the Drive,s Behaviours and Emotions Behind Love - debuted last week. In this conversation, Keith and Chantal discuss: Chantal's own dating struggles [1:37] Meditation as the secret to finding love [3:12] Keith about how he feels stress build up when he takes a break from meditation [6:53] When we know what we want in a relationship, we'll find that the right person is put in our path [8:50] The difference between "guys" and "men" [10:05] How expectations can kill relationships [11:54] It's impossible to make other people happy [15:50] Why Chantal wanted to write a book for teenagers [17:38] Chantal's "no kissing for three months" rule [18:32] Chantal mentions "phenylethylamine" [21:15] Chantal's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [21:39] Meditation A paleo diet with an emphasis on plants  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [22:24] The dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner  3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [23:31]  "I surrender." 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [25:31] Watching cat videos 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [25:59] As a revolutionist, someone who caused a shift in relationships [27:10] Where to find Chantal Website: canadasdatingcoach.com Instagram: canadasdatingcoach YouTube: Chantal Heide Podcast: iTunes [28:22] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson on Metta meditation Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss: Metta Meditation = Love and Kindness Meditation = Compassion Meditation [28:50] How to do Metta meditation [30:22] Metta m editation can feel like prayer [32:54] Where to find Joelle [34:05] Kernelofwisdom.com YouTube.com/KernelofWisdom1 [35:27] Closing words  

Rick Hanson, New York Times best-selling author of Hardwiring Happiness, talks about his new book Resilient. And host Keith McArthur speaks with mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson about how to overcome the most common meditation stumbling blocks. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 24 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [0:59] Featured interview with Rick Hanson Rick Hanson is the New York Times best-selling author of Hardwiring Happiness and Buddha's Brain. His latest book, Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness comes out this week. Rick is a psychologist who lives in the suburbs of Los Angeles. In this conversation, Keith and Rick discuss: How Hardwiring Happiness created an awkward moment between Keith, his wife and a box of Starbucks coffee pods [2:05} The science behind how we can change the physical structure by changing our thoughts [3:08] How stress re-wires our brains in a harmful way  [5:20] The brain's negativity bias [7:14] What it was like to co-author Resilient with his son Forrest [8:48] What does Rick mean by Resilience?  [12:11] Why we need to acquire inner strengths we may not already have [18:46] Learning as the "superpower of superpowers" [20:08] [22:05] Rick Hanson's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [22:18] Meditate for a minute or more every day To admit fault and move on rapidly Exercise Reset to "green zone" several times each day Try to experience "awestruck gratitude" regularly  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [28:18] Dune by Frank Buddha's Brain by Sati Petth ana by Analayo 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [31:34]   "Think not lightly of good, saying it will not come to me. Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise the wise one, gathering it little by little fills oneself with good." 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [32:20] Righteous Anger Good chocolate, good coffee Being off trail by himself in serious wilderness 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [35:04] "He was a loving guy." Remembered as someone who kept trying As someone for whom "wakefulness  shone through neuroses." [36:10] Where to find Rick Website: RickHanson.net [37:24] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson on meditation stumbling blocks Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss: Stumbling block 1: Meditation isn't always relaxing [38:16] Stumbling block 2: Establishing meditation as a habit [39:35] Stumbling block 3: self doubt  [41:42] Where to find Joelle [43:32] Kernelofwisdom.com YouTube.com/KernelofWisdom1 [44:00] Closing words

In this very special edition of the podcast, life lessons from 10 of the most inspiring people on the planet. Host Keith McArthur speaks with Rick Hanson, Daisy Buchanan, Kristen Ulmer, Olivia D'Silva, Jake Nawrocki, Andrea Owen, Leslie Caubble, Carmela DiClemente, Jeff Chegwin and Stever Robbins. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 23 Show Notes [1:20] Welcome and Intro [1:45] Rick Hanson: 'Love at Will' Rick Hanson is the New York Times bestselling author of is author of Hardwiring Happiness and Buddha's Brain in 2009. His new book Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength and Happiness goes on sale on March 27. Rick will be back for a featured interview on Episode 24 of the My Instruction Manual podcast, which will be available on March 26. It's an amazing conversation so make sure you give it a listen. [3:51] Daisy Buchanan: 'Success isn't permanent. Neither is failure.' Daisy Buchanan is the author of How To Be a Grown Up: You’re Doing Fine and Let Me Tell You Why. Daisy is a freelance journalist living in England. Daisy first appeared on episode 16 of the podcast. Listen here.   [9:03] Kristen Ulmer: 'The most important relationship you will ever have is your relationship with fear' Kristen Ulmer is author of The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to Do Instead. In the nineties, Kristen was known as the best female big mountain extreme skier in the world. Kristen talks first appeared on episode 17 of the podcast. Listen here. [12:13] Olivia D'Silva: 'Don't Take Your Blessings for Granted' Olivia D'Silva is author of Your Whole Life Economy: Recognize Your True Value and Improve Your Quality of Life, in which she describes seven precious resources we all have to offer. She is a life coach living in England. Olivia was my guest last week on episode 22 of the podcast. Listen here.   [15:53] Jake Nawrocki: 'Never Give Up' Jake Nawrocki is the host of the popular podcast Operation Self Reset. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jake first appeared on episode 18 of the podcast. Listen here.   [19:41] Andrea Owen: 'Take Responsibility' Andrea is author of How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t: 14 Habits that Are Holding You Back from Happiness. She is a life coach based on North Carolina and hosts the Your Kick-Ass Life Podcast. Andrea first appeared on episode 13 of the podcast. Listen here. [22:25] Leslie Caubble: 'Progress not Perfection' Leslie Caubble blogs and podcasts about living in Hawaii at The Aloha 360. She was one of more than a million people who woke up on the morning of Jan. 13, 2018 to an errant email that warned ballistic missiles were on the way. Leslie first appeared on episode 15 of the podcast. Listen here.   [28:03] Carmela DiClemente: 'Love is the most important thing in life ' Carmela DiClemente is co-author of Dare to Win: Lessons from 57 of the world’s most successful people. Carmela is former BBC producer who has worked with some of the biggest names in the UK radio business. Carmela appeared on episode 14 with co-author Jeff Chegwin. Listen here. [29:54] Jeff Chegwin: 'If you have a vision, see it through' Jeff Chegwin is co-author of Dare to Win: Lessons from 57 of the world’s most successful people. A veteran of the UK music industry, Jeff has promoted some of the biggest names in the industry including Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello. Jeff appeared on episode 14 with co-author Carmela DiClemente.  Listen here. [30:54] Stever Robbins: 'Less Information. More Doing.' Stever Robins is author of Get-It-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More: Transform Yourself from Overwhelmed to Overachiever and host of the Get-It-Done-Guy Podcast. He is an executive coach and communications consultant who has been involved in multiple startups. Stever first appeared on episode 19 of the podcast. Listen here. [39:35] Closing words Feedback & Connect Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Check out our Pinterest page: myinstructionmanual

Olivia D'Silva, author of The Whole Life Economy shares what she says are the seven essential resources in the economy of life. And host Keith McArthur speaks with nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin about the risks of worrying too much about the foods we put into our bodies. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 22 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [1:46] Featured interview with Olivia D'Silva Olivia is author of Your Whole Life Economy: Recognize Your True Value and Improve Your Quality of Life, in which she describes seven precious resources we all have to offer. She is a life coach living in England. In this conversation, Keith and Olivia discuss: Olivia as Keith's author twin [1:46] Olivia's life-changing event: the death of her brother Andrew [2:37] Live had become a "superficial and soulless experience" [5:15] Olivia moves to France but still feels lost and disconnected [6:15] What Olivia learned from eating livestock she had raised [8:15] Olivia introduces the whole life economy [11:15] Some resources renew over time [12:57] The resource of physicality and appreciating the gift of life [14:15] The challenge of spending the attention resource carefully [18:30] Why love isn't one of the resources [19:36] The difficulty of defining joy [21:09] Olivia's   No. 1 tip for using our resources wisely? Start with joy [22:45] [25:25] Olivia's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [25:42] Yoga and meditation Eating well Not allowing herself to get too busy  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [27:05] The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom by Rob Stryker "If anybody is wanting to find direction in life, I totally recommend this book." Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek "Reading these two books in conjunction really helped me to think about what it is that I want to offer the world." 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [28:21]  "Don't postpone your happiness. The best time to take stock is long before some tragedy strikes to confirm that life doesn't last forever." --- Rob Stryker 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [28:52] Sleeping in on Monday mornings 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [29:45] As someone who brought joy into other peoples' lives [30:56] Where to find Olivia Website: Oliviadsilva.com Instagram: @livdsilva Twitter: @livdsilva Book: Your Whole Life Economy: Recognize Your True Value and Improve Your Quality of Life, [32:00] Nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin on the downside of too much information about nutrition Michelle Jaelin is both a trained artist and a Registered Dietitian who is known as The NutritionArtist. She appears regularly as in newspapers, magazines and on television as an expert in healthy eating. In this conversation, Keith and Michelle discuss: Why too much nutrition information can be a problem [32:26] Orthorexia Nervosa: an obsession with healthy eating [35:15] Solution: eat mindfully [35:43] Where to find Michelle: Twitter: @nutritionartist  Instagram: /nutritionartist Facebook: /nutritionartistRD

Host Keith McArthur reads an excerpt from his new book, 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier, Happier You. It's all about gratitude, including a gratitude hack you don't want to miss. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 21 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:56] Keith on pre-launch jitters and early feedback Keith worries: 'what if nobody buys my book?' [00:56] Keith shares some advance praise for the book [1:40] [3:40] Keith Reads from 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier, Happier You. Step 5: Embrace Gratitude In this excerpt, Keith shares: Why we should be grateful for sharks [4:13] His gratitude birthday [5:11] A gratitude hack [7:00]  [10:04] Closing words

Keith McArthur takes readers behind the scenes of the launch of his upcoming book 18 Steps to Own Your Life.  Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Buy 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Healthier Happier You on Amazon Episode 20 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:57] Keith on 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers For a Healthier, Happier You.  In this episode, Keith talks about: Why this episode is different [00:57] What led him to write this book [4:26] What 18 Steps to Own Your Life is all about [11:15] Behind the scenes of launching a book [14:15] Mentions Launch podcast What a successful book launch will look like [19:00] [21:34] Closing words

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http://www.GetPublishedTV.com Amazon Print on Demand - Get Your Book on Amazon. In this Friday Blue Couch Interview episode Dale Beaumont is joined by Brian Lawrenson who used Amazon Print on Demand services to publish his book. There are many great tips in this video in regards to self publishing, getting your book on amazon.com and printing on demand. Apologizes for the buzzing and the poor audio quality in this video. This was filmed before we got our brand new mic so please bear with us. Despite the poor audio there are a lot of gems in this video so make sure you watch it till the end. By GetPublishedTV Tags : amazon, demand, on, print