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In which we discuss Vampire slayers, bad SFX, the call, what it would be like being 'the Vicar of Sunnydale', and getting way extra curricular about church as teenagers. This week, the vicars watched S1 E1 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 'Welcome to the Hellmouth' (1997) ------- We are the Vicars Watch Dibley - three real priests who talk about pop culture and what it's taught us about life, faith and the church. We've watched Dibley, and now we're watching everything else! ------- Follow us: Instagram @vicarswatchdibley | Twitter / X @VicarsWatch | Facebook @VicarsWatchDibley Contact us by email at vicarswatchdibley@gmail.com ------- Hosts: Revd Ruthi Gibbons (Instagram @ruthigibbons) Revd Ross Meikle (X @meikle_treacle, Instagram @storytellerross) Revd Cate Thomson (Instagram @revdcate) Producer + music and editing by Revd Natalie Gibbons. ------ Any opinions expressed in this episode are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the Church of England or any other organisations with which we are affiliated.

Bienvenidos a este vídeo donde vamos a hablar sobre la simbología que aparece en el video promocional de La Six Kings Slam con Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev y Rune. El Six Kings Slam es un torneo de exhibición de tenis que se celebrará en Riad, Arabia Saudita, del 16 al 19 de octubre de 2024, como parte del evento Riyadh Season. Este torneo reunirá a seis de los mejores jugadores de tenis del mundo, incluidos grandes leyendas y jóvenes estrellas. Los participantes confirmados son Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev y Holger Rune. El formato del torneo es de eliminación directa, con dos jugadores (Djokovic y Nadal) avanzando directamente a las semifinales. Los enfrentamientos iniciales serán entre Sinner vs. Medvedev y Rune vs. Alcaraz el 16 de octubre, y los ganadores se enfrentarán a Djokovic y Nadal al día siguiente. Tras un día de descanso el 18 de octubre, la final y el partido por el tercer lugar se disputarán el 19 de octubre. Este evento no está sancionado por la ATP, por lo que no otorga puntos de ranking, pero ofrece grandes premios económicos. Cada jugador recibirá un mínimo de 1.5 millones de dólares solo por participar, y el ganador obtendrá el mayor premio en la historia del tenis: 6 millones de dólares 002 Lo primero que podemos ver es una especie de restos arqueológicos en medio de un desierto de arena y un circulo mitad ODS y mitad azul junto al nombre de la entidad que lo organiza, El Riyadh Season. 003 El Riyadh Season es un festival cultural y de entretenimiento organizado anualmente en Riad, la capital de Arabia Saudita. Este evento forma parte de la iniciativa más amplia llamada Saudi Vision 2030, un ambicioso plan del gobierno saudí para diversificar la economía del país y reducir su dependencia del petróleo, impulsando sectores como el turismo, el entretenimiento y el deporte. La organización de este evento está a cargo de la Autoridad General de Entretenimiento de Arabia Saudita, encabezada por Turki Al-Sheikh, un influyente empresario y político que también es asesor del gobierno saudí y ha estado detrás de varias iniciativas para atraer eventos deportivos y de entretenimiento de renombre mundial. Desde su creación en 2019, Riyadh Season ha incluido conciertos de artistas internacionales, espectáculos teatrales, competiciones deportivas (incluidos eventos de la WWE, boxeo, fútbol y ahora tenis con el Six Kings Slam), y exposiciones culturales que atraen a millones de visitantes. El objetivo del Riyadh Season es no solo ofrecer entretenimiento de clase mundial, sino también posicionar a Arabia Saudita como un destino global para el turismo y los grandes eventos internacionales, al mismo tiempo que promueve la modernización social dentro del país. 004 Estos objetivos de desarrollo sostenible vienen impulsados por la ONU mediante la implantación mundial de la Agenda 2030. Todo el mundo, incluso los que parecerían estar en posiciones antagónicas, desde los jesuitas hasta personajes supuestamente de izquierdas como Pablo Iglesias. Un dirigente que como el mismo decía utilizo la crisis sanitaria del Covid 19 para impulsar la Agenda 2030, en forma de palanca, o más bien de esvástica. Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible llamados en su acrónimo como ODS tienen las manos manchadas de sangre y pretenden hacer aquello que decia el Foro Económico Mundial de “no tendrás nada y serás feliz”. Mientras unos tenistas multimillonarios se repartirán unos cuantos millones de dólares una gran cantidad de la población cada vez será más pobre. 005 Luego vemos unas letras de película épica que nos anuncian “La llamada de los reyes”, el proceso mágico ritual para convocar a unos reyes dioses del tenis. La escena siguiente nos muestra el interior de ese monumento que se aprecia en la superficie del desierto sumergiéndonos en un enorme aljibe. Un deposito monumental de agua en pleno desierto. Esto es una inversión simbólica clara entre la sequedad de la superficie y la humedad de las profundidades. Allí tres personajes con antorchas están buscando el mecanismo que permitirá reunir a los seis reyes del tenis que disputarán este torneo. El que avanza primero se nota que es el jefe ya que va mejor vestido y tiene una mascara de hierro de más calidad. No se les ve portar armas por lo que se nos antoja bastante extraño que todos lleven mascaras protectoras y el que hace se jefe porte un yelmo de este estilo. Se trata de un casco parecido al de los espartanos pero con el protector de la nariz que baja tapando la boca y los laterales cerrados. Mas tarde nos muestran una imagen donde se ve a seis figuras jugando al tenis y lo que nosotros entendemos como una pirámide truncada en el centro, donde la parte superior esta formado por una especie de trofeo que tiene un ojo, vamos, lo que viene siendo la pirámide truncada con el ojo que todo lo ve arriba. Todo con aires egipcios y una mística de semidioses paganos. En cuanto a lo de elegir seis reyes del tenis nos parece que esta relacionado con los seis reyes judios que aparecen en la fachada de la Basílica de El Escorial y que pudimos leer en el capitulo 2 del articulo Los reyes del tiempo de puntal de dios. ¿Al igual que nos podemos preguntar como aparecen reyes judios en un lugar tan catolico nos preguntamos porque aparecen una especie de semidioses paganos en un evento patrocinado por un pais fervoroso creyente del Islam? 006 Después se les ve atravesar lo que parecen unos pilares flotando en el aire, algo que ya vimos en la película “el chico de oro” cuando Eddie Murphy debe encontrar la daga de Ajanti, un artefacto místico y poderoso que juega un papel crucial en la trama. Aunque aqui no van con la cautela del señor Murphy si no haciendo volteretas y chuleandose. Los tres enmascarados llegan a una cámara hexagonal con un gran tragaluz en forma hexagonal por donde penetra la luz. 006a Luz que llega exactamente en el segundo 33. Esto nos recuerda a la torre octogonal de la Iglesia modernista de San José en Le Havre. La iluminación llega a un altar hexagonal en forma cenital. En la forma como nos muestran la escena diríamos que vemos un ojo encima de dicho altar. La puerta por la que han penetrado a la cámara se cierra tras ellos y vemos claramente como las paredes representan a los 6 reyes del tenis. El jefe saca una gema verde, posiblemente una esmeralda, con forma de pirámide. Eso va a ser el activador para reclamar la presencia de estos seis reyes del tenis. Recordemos que el billete de dólar es verde y contiene múltiples hexagramas. Entendemos que hablan de dinero, ya el millón y medio de dólares por participar sumado a los 6 millones que percibirá el ganador son suficiente reclamo para venir al desierto a jugar tres partidos de tenis. La zona donde encaja la joya en forma de pirámide tiene estilo mudéjar como los techos de muchas de nuestras iglesias cristianas como la Iglesia de la Anunciación de cortes de Baza en Granada. Cuando desde el altar se inicia el proceso de encendido de esta maquina mágica que debe llamar a los reyes observamos las tres fases de la Luna que se dedican en honor de Hecate. 007 Hécate es una antigua diosa griega asociada con la magia, la brujería, las encrucijadas y el inframundo. A menudo se la representa como una deidad triple, vinculada a las tres fases de la luna: creciente, llena y menguante, simbolizando los ciclos de nacimiento, vida y muerte. En la Wicca, Hécate es honrada como una poderosa diosa lunar y protectora de los misterios. Su culto incluye rituales nocturnos, invocaciones en momentos de transición o cambio, y ofrendas en lugares liminales como cruces de caminos. Los wiccanos la veneran como una guía espiritual, especialmente en trabajos relacionados con la magia y la protección. 008 Aparecen unas ondas encima de esas fases lunares simbolizando el poder de la Luna sobre el agua. Y es en este momento cuando los seis paneles de piedra se encienden o activan con la luz que desprende el altar y que se enfoca en una especie de sensores bajo cada uno de ellos. Podemos ver bien tres de los paneles. A la derecha Medvedev a lomos de un oso gigante, en medio a Alcaraz viendo su propio reflejo y a la izquierda a Djokovic rodeado de lobos y flotando en el aire en un cementerio de raquetas. Aqui es cuando la esmeralda verde se convierte en una pelota de tenis dorada al ser encerrada dentro de dicho objeto que surge del altar. Tras esto la pelota empieza a levitar y tras ella surge una mano dorada que le imprime velocidad de rotación, en clara alusión al saque de la pelota en el tenis que surge también de las manos del tenista. La pelota empieza a girar mas y mas rápido hasta que en una explosión de energia asciende por la torre hexagonal disparada como si se tratase de una bala disparada por un cañón. Las piedras habrían aplastado a los enmascarados, pero nos muestran un fundido a negro mientras la salida de la pelota nos recuerda al pelo alborotado de un unicornio rosa. La pelota atraviesa las dunas del desierto hasta dirigirse a una pista de tenis espejada que refleja la figura de un Carlos Alcaraz ataviado con un traje plateado que nos recuerda mas a un traje espacial que al equipamiento de un tenista. Vemos una clara intencionalidad de mostrar la pista con forma de paralelogramo, del típico monolito que nos mostró Kubrick en 2001, una Odisea del Espacio. La forma en que baja el plano es muy parecida a la famosa escena con la conjunción del Sol y la Luna que nos mostró el famoso director de esa aventura espacial. Alcaraz parece estar jugando solo pero una especie de robot aparece de la nada cuando la pelota choca la pista y le devuelve la jugada exactamente en el minuto 11 segundos mientras la raqueta adopta la forma de un ojo apenas perceptible por nuestro cerebro. La cámara nos muestra un primer plano de la cara del robot que nos recuerda mucho a los robots de metal liquido que aparecían en Terminator. El reflejo en su cara del horizonte se nos antoja una linea negra como la rendija del visor del mutante llamado Cíclope de la patrulla X. Lo que decíamos sobre Terminator nos es confirmado cuando el tenista español le hace un agujero al robot al devolverle la pelota de tenis, viéndose a través de un agujero en la espalda del robot. 009 Veremos que el orden de aparición en el clip se debe a la edad y la importancia de los jugadores, aunque deberían haber comenzado por el jugador con menor puntuación en la ATP que es Rafael Nadal, que se ha retirado un 10 del 10, o sea, en un 11 masónico que no aparece en el top 20 debido a su ausencia por lesiones y falta de actividad reciente. Sin embargo Nadal será junto con Novak Djokovic - No. 1 del mundo (9,725 puntos) los que pasen directamente a semifinales y son mostrados al final del clip. Los otros jugadores son, Carlos Alcaraz con el puesto numero 2 de la ATP con 8,805 puntos, Jannik Sinner - No. 3 (8,310 puntos), Daniil Medvedev - No. 4 (7,765 puntos) y en ultimo lugar Holger Rune con el numero 7 (3,875 puntos). Suponemos que no han contado con los tenistas que ocupan el puesto quinto, Alexander Zverev y sexto, Andrey Rublev, por contar ya con un ruso. Alcaraz se encuentra con la bola que lo anda buscando y le da el raquetazo exactamente en el primer minuto y 33 segundos. Iremos viendo a lo largo del trailer como hay momentos cruciales siempre al llegar a los 33 segundos, un nivel muy importante dentro de la masonería. 010 En la siguiente escena vemos al tenista italiano Jannik Sinner ataviado como un centurión romano disparando pelotas de tenis a una figura de David de Miguel Angel con la cara del tenista. Una visión apresurada nos llevaría a la conclusión de que esta destruyendo la escultura, pero es todo lo contrario, la está esculpiendo con sus pelotazos y lo vemos enorgullecerse por ello. Dispara bolas en una sala cuyo suelo nos recuerda una trama de cubos en 3D y es a la vez un ajedrezado masónico. Lo vemos como retira la piedra entre los dedos indice y pulgar de la mano izquierda de la escultura. Luego observamos como se sopla el polvo del mármol que ha caído en su hombro derecho mientras en su hombro izquierdo luce una enorme pajarita. 011 Si buscáis sobre corbatas o pajaritas y masonería vais a encontrar un enorme montón de paginas que os venderán todo tipo de estos elementos dotados de toda la simbología que envuelve a la masonería como las escuadras, el compas, los círculos con un punto, los rombos, el sol, estrellas, escaleras y por supuesto el archiconocido ajedrezado blanco y negro masónico. El uso de la pajarita (o corbata de lazo) en la masonería tiene connotaciones simbólicas que se alinean con el carácter discreto y formal de la orden. La pajarita, al igual que otros elementos del vestuario masónico, se usa en ceremonias y reuniones para simbolizar ciertos valores y principios fundamentales de la masonería. La masonería, como sociedad esotérica, otorga importancia al simbolismo y la indumentaria es parte de ese lenguaje simbólico. En este contexto, la pajarita se asocia a menudo con la sobriedad, elegancia y uniformidad, aspectos clave en los rituales masónicos. El atuendo formal es un reflejo de los ideales de respeto y seriedad en los trabajos de la logia. Además, algunos estudios sugieren que la pajarita, debido a su forma de nudo en el centro, puede estar vinculada simbólicamente al concepto de equilibrio y dualidad, temas recurrentes en la filosofía masónica. Si bien no todos los masones adoptan la pajarita como un accesorio esencial, en varias logias, especialmente en ceremonias más formales, se usa para resaltar la naturaleza solemne del evento. Este uso es menos explícito que otros símbolos masónicos, como el mandil o el compás, pero forma parte de la estética que subraya el orden y la tradición dentro de la masonería. Lo que resulta aún más increíble es que el propio invento de la corbata sea evidentemente utilizado a modo de ritual sin que la gente común se aperciba de ello. Os voy a leer un pequeño extracto del Codex Magica de Texe Marrs un libro imprescindible para poder empezar a reconocer estos símbolos utilizados abiertamente por las sociedades secretas que a su vez practican todo tipo de rituales satanico luciferinos. Este texto nos habla de algo tan mundano, normal y aparentemente aburrido como son las corbatas: “La fraternidad masónica enseña el objetivo ilusorio de que todos los que son iniciados en sus filas están unidos por la "Corbata Mística" de la comunión. Por supuesto, esto es una alegoría, y sin embargo la corbata parece tener un lugar especial en la tradición y la simbología masónicas. Se cree que tanto el corbatín como la corbata tradicional son de diseño simbólico masónico. La corbata tiene dos triángulos que descienden, uno más grande y otro más pequeño. Está atado con un "nudo" en el cuello, lo que significa solidaridad y unidad. El cuello en sí, como parte de la anatomía humana, representa la virtud del sacrificio. En términos de una orden o sociedad secreta, simboliza el sacrificio del individuo para el bien común de la organización. La corbata también se ve como un puente a otros dos triángulos: los del cuello de la camisa. Todos los triángulos, en el lazo y en el cuello de la camisa, tienen su punta, o lanza, hacia abajo, hacia el reino que es la fuerza controladora de la Masonería.” La lanza de longinos apuntando hacia abajo, hacia el reino de Satanas, eso es lo que simboliza todo esto. 012 Mira con orgullo a su obra como constructor, como masón, viéndose reflejado en la cara de la estatua. De repente la pelota que disparo Alcaraz cae exactamente por en medio de la bóveda de cristal rectangular y penetra por la cabeza de la escultura troceandola. El tenista ha cambiado el semblante y devuelve de un raquetazo la pelota destructora de esculturas enviándola al más profundo oceano. 013 La siguiente escena está protagonizada por el tenista danés Holger Rune y suponemos que por eso lo han caracterizado como un guerrero vikingo. No se trata de un simple barco vikingo si no de una escuadra completa de barcos como podemos ver si ampliamos la imagen. Es bastante desconocido que los vikingos llegaron a atacar ciudades tan al sur como Sevilla en el año 844 DC. La imagen se centra en uno de los drakkar vikingos mostrándonos el mascarón de proa en forma de cabeza de dragón con cuernos. Y no, nunca existieron dichos mascarones de proa. Los dragones con cuernos en los mascarones de proa de los drakkar vikingos no son históricamente precisos. Los vikingos sí usaban mascarones de proa en forma de criaturas, especialmente dragones o serpientes, que tenían una función simbólica para infundir temor en los enemigos y proteger la nave. Sin embargo, los cuernos son un mito que se asocia erróneamente con la cultura vikinga, en gran parte debido a interpretaciones artísticas del siglo XIX. Este mito de los cuernos también se aplica a los cascos vikingos, ya que no hay evidencia arqueológica de que los vikingos usaran cascos con cuernos. Los artefactos históricos, como los barcos de Oseberg y Gokstad, muestran que los vikingos preferían diseños más realistas y simples en sus barcos, sin incluir detalles tan extravagantes como los cuernos en los dragones. 014 Nos llama la atención el tocado de este guerrero vikingo en el que vemos la cara de una mujer. No hay constancia de que ninguna mujer vikinga tomase parte en las invasiones vikingas. Luego nos destacan a un vikingo con una herida de espada en el ojo derecho. Es una gran herida que nos recuerda un rayo, precisamente se trata del mismo ojo que lucia David Bowie en la famosa canción Starman. La pelota de tenis se acerca a toda velocidad y este guerrero es el único que se apercibe de ello. 014a Exactamente en el segundo minuto y 33 segundos del trailer, tenemos otro momento crucial en un numero maestro. Rápidamente crean una formación en tortuga con los escudos para intentar soportar el impacto. Por supuesto la formación adopta una forma hexagonal. Ya saben la relación del hexágono con el poder oscuro que nos gobierna. El hexágono está relacionado con el culto a Saturno, al hipercubo y también con la masonería, esto tiene raíces muy antiguas. El 9 11 se puede entender como un culto al hipercubo, o sea, a Saturno. Podemos simbolizarlo como las dos columnas que guardan los secretos de la masonería con su escuadra y su compás o un hexagrama dentro de un círculo. Como he dicho antes, el culto al hexágono significa culto a Saturno, Cronos o el tiempo. La propia NASA nos mostró cómo en un polo del planeta anillado había un hexágono y en el otro un pentágono. Desde muy antiguo los magos negros o hechiceros llevaban el llamado Talisman de Saturno, Salomón o de Renfan (nombre de un demonio) observese como una cara es un pentágono y la otra un hexágono. El culto al cubo negro, Saturno, proviene como digo de la antigüedad, pero se le sigue rindiendo culto hoy dia. No faltaron hexágonos y cabras satánicas en la inauguración del túnel de San Gotardo en Suiza. El culto al cubo es a la vez el culto al 9 11 o el culto a la serpiente infinita. La representación de dicho cubo muestra 8 vértices y una pajarita en medio, un símbolo del infinito, lo cual nos lleva a la estrella de 8 puntas o estrella de Isthar. 015 Atraviesa la vela bicolor vikinga y destruye la apretada formación como si fuese de plastilina. Vemos volar a los guerreros, sus escudos y sus armas, destacando algunas espadas como si fueran cruces. Curiosamente algunas se remarcan como cruces invertidas. Y no se trata de una mera casualidad ya que se mantienen en el tiempo y centradas…tu cerebro lo ha visto. Tras esto volvemos a ver al tenista danés en primer plano teniendo el mascaron de proa detrás de el. Así que parece que tenga cuernos, pero en una mirada más cercana nos recuerda a una mariposa con las alas desplegadas para volar. Las pavesas que flotan en el aire nos recuerda también al vuelo de las mariposas. Ahora veremos que es el rayo lo que da poder a este guerrero vikingo, a este rey del tenis, para enfrentarse a la bola que los está llamando. Despliega una espada y de esta surge una raqueta con forma hexagonal, los rayos y truenos van a darle la fuerza necesaria para golpear la bola. 016 El raquetazo hace que la pelota de tenis abra las aguas como lo hizo Moises en la huida de Egipto. Una escena con un ruso a lomos de un oso gigante en un mundo donde vemos la fuerza del agua, lado izquierdo de la imagen, y del fuego, lado derecho. Esto se remarca cuando Daniil Medvedev hace saltar al oso para recepcionar la bola. Un primer plano con el tenista dando un raquetazo precisamente cuando el Sol está en su ocaso centrándose la raqueta en la zona de dicha puesta de Sol. Es la oscuridad la que le da el poder de devolución de la pelota de tenis. 017 Vamos a irnos ahora a la isla de Mallorca. La bola desciende sobre la isla del tenista mallorquin destacando como veis los dos cuernecitos que forman la bahía de Pollensa. La Bahía de Pollensa, ubicada en la costa norte de Mallorca, está llena de paisajes impresionantes y algunas leyendas locales que han perdurado a lo largo del tiempo. Una de las más populares es la historia relacionada con los "cuernos", unas formaciones rocosas en el entorno del cabo de Formentor, que algunos dicen que parecen cuernos saliendo del mar. Uno de los mitos más conocidos es el de un antiguo demonio que, según cuenta la leyenda, habitaba en esta región. La historia habla de un diablo que acechaba las aguas de la bahía, aterrorizando a los marineros y habitantes de la zona. Este ser malvado, con cuernos que sobresalían como las mismas rocas, causaba tormentas violentas y hacía naufragar a los barcos que navegaban cerca de su dominio. Sin embargo, el demonio fue finalmente derrotado por un monje cristiano que vivía en un monasterio cercano. Se dice que el monje invocó a las fuerzas divinas, y el demonio fue desterrado, quedando atrapado en las rocas de la bahía, sus cuernos visibles para siempre en forma de las formaciones rocosas. Otro cuento popular menos oscuro es el que conecta las formaciones rocosas con la mitología clásica. Algunas versiones locales sugieren que los "cuernos" son el rastro de criaturas mitológicas, como los faunos o sátiros, que habitaban en los bosques y montañas cercanas. Se cree que, en tiempos antiguos, estas criaturas acudían a la bahía para festejar durante la noche, dejando huellas mágicas en el paisaje. En resumen, la Bahía de Pollensa no solo es un lugar de belleza natural, sino también un sitio lleno de mitos que entrelazan elementos sobrenaturales y místicos con la naturaleza. Estas historias han ayudado a mantener un aire de misterio en la zona, haciendo que la bahía no solo sea un destino turístico, sino también un punto de interés para aquellos curiosos por la cultura y las leyendas mallorquinas. 018 Es famosa la propaganda que luce Rafael Nadal que parecen los "cuernos de una cabra”. Oficialmente está relacionada con el logotipo de su patrocinador deportivo Nike. Desde hace años, Nadal lleva una línea de ropa y accesorios que luce el logotipo de un toro estilizado. Este logotipo representa al "Toro de Manacor", el apodo que se le ha dado a Nadal en referencia a su tenacidad y fuerza en la cancha, además de su lugar de origen, Manacor, en la isla de Mallorca. El toro es un símbolo poderoso, asociado tradicionalmente con la fuerza, la determinación y el coraje, cualidades que definen el estilo de juego de Nadal. El logotipo muestra una cabeza de toro con cuernos prominentes, que a veces puede recordar visualmente a los "cuernos de una cabra", pero está inspirado en la figura del toro. Nadal ha adoptado este símbolo como parte de su imagen de marca, reforzando su identidad en el mundo del deporte. El símbolo es especialmente relevante en España, donde el toro tiene una fuerte carga cultural. Sin embargo, en el contexto del tenis y de la imagen de Nadal, la representación del toro con los cuernos tiene más que ver con su mentalidad feroz y la implacable lucha que exhibe en la cancha. Esta imagen ha acompañado a Nadal durante gran parte de su carrera, volviéndose un ícono fácilmente reconocible para sus fans. Nadal es una figura iconica en los medios de comunicación y como celebridad tuvo un papel destacado al pedir que la gente se pusiese la mascarilla, aceptase los estados de alarma ilegales o se vacunase con una pócima experimental. Vendió un montón de bozales con su silueta tras ponerla de moda al ganar Roland Garros. Hablaremos después de su papel supuestamente antagonista en este tema frente a su máximo rival Djkovic. 019 La pelota mensajera cae cerca del cabo de Ferrutx en uno de los entornos naturales mas restringidos de Mallorca dentro del parque natural de la península de Levante. Un paraje donde hacer salir al monstruo de la tierra, a Rafael Nadal. Y lo hace exactamente en el minuto 3 y 33 segundos, ya saben como les gusta el 33 a estos tipos. Rafael Nadal es el indiscutible rey de la tierra batida, un guerrero imparable que domina este terreno como si fuera una extensión de su propio ser. En la pista de arcilla, se transforma en un auténtico monstruo de arena, absorbiendo cada golpe de sus oponentes y devolviendo con más fuerza, como si la tierra misma alimentara su poder. Cada desliz sobre el polvo rojizo deja huellas imborrables, símbolos de su resistencia y tenacidad inquebrantable. Nadal no solo juega en la tierra; es la tierra, una fuerza elemental que moldea su leyenda con cada raquetazo, implacable y devastador como una tormenta de polvo. 020 Se pone en marcha un proceso donde los trozos de tierra que ha arrancado la pelota de tenis terminan convirtiéndose en un tenista gigante. “El monstruo de la tierra batida” mira como la pelota de tenis crea un eclipse anular de Sol al igual que ocurrió este pasado 2 de octubre pudiendo observarlo bien solo desde tierra de fuego. Vemos, como de nuevo, el poder de la oscuridad es el que supuestamente otorga sus poderes a estos reyes del tenis. ¿Nos están diciendo subliminalmente que han firmado un pacto con el rey de las tinieblas? Tras devolver la pelota, se resquebraja la figura de tierra y aparece en carne y hueso el tenista de Manacor tapando con su potente brazo izquierdo el Sol, apenas visible entre nubes de polvo. En la imagen satelital que vemos a continuación vemos como la bola sale proyectada desde una zona cercana a esos cuernos de la bahía de Pollensa que comentamos antes. Obviamente no se trata de un error de racord si no de una forma de volver a destacar esos cuernos naturales que tiene la isla. El raquetazo más bien parece la estela que deja el lanzamiento de un misil balístico. 021 Suponemos que la pelota se dirige a Kopaonik que es definitivamente la montaña serbia más famosa y el centro de esquí más grande de Serbia. Un enorme parque natural donde hay, por supuesto, lobos. La raqueta de tenis atravesada por una bola se antoja un ojo y a través de el vemos al tenista serbio flotando en el aire. Los lobos se dirigen hacia el desde direcciones opuestas, todas las direcciones están controladas. Luego observamos como seis lobos forman de nuevo un hexágono, ya saben, marca de la casa. La pelota de tenis hace su aparición rozando una montaña y casi provocando un alud. Entonces vemos en una imagen circular como Djokovic flota en el aire vestido como un mago. 022 Los lobos le avisan de la inminente llegada de la bola. Pero el permanece impasible en estado de meditación mientras levita en el aire. Poco a poco se produce un primer plano de la cara del tenista serbio apreciando que esta con los ojos cerrados. ¿Saben en que minuto abre los ojos? Ja, ja, ja, sí, precisamente en el cuarto minuto y 33 segundos, en ese 33 que es tan importante para ellos y que simboliza que han llegado a un estadio profundo de maestría o iluminación. Como dice Zawezo en su canción 33: 022a (propia canción) “Que tan importante es el número 33 para los ocultos Hagamos un examen Jesús llevo a cabo 33 milagros y muchos como el A la edad de 33 (Unju!) Fue crucificado, maltratado y enterrado (Yeah!) A la edad de 33 (Walah) Resucita al tercer día 33 grados conectando profecías (Arrgh!) Que tan especial es el número 33 Es lo que queremos entender El rey David reino en total por 40 años Pero en Jerusalén fuen′ 33 3, 6, 9 uva, purple, testla El número arquitecto del universo se refleja 33 columnas, 33 de altura Busca la geometría en la arquitectura 33 rangos, 33 miembros 33 sectores en el mundo entero La columna vertebral humana Adecuadamente cuenta con 33 vértebras Nuestro cuerpo resuena en 33 octavas Mientras la tierra resuena en 33 armónicas” 023 La pelota se posiciona y detiene frente a la cara del tenista e inmediatamente se detiene y congela. Este a su vez pasa de levitar y pone los pies en tierra. Djokovic procede a lanzar un aullido de lobo, dando a entender que su fuerza procede del espíritu de este animal. 024 El espíritu del lobo ha sido asociado, en diversas tradiciones paganas y cultos esotéricos, con una fuerza oscura que encarna lo salvaje, lo indomable y lo oculto. En culturas antiguas, el lobo simbolizaba la conexión con lo primigenio y lo instintivo, siendo venerado en rituales que buscaban canalizar su poder para acceder a dimensiones ocultas de la psique y del mundo espiritual. En algunas prácticas esotéricas, el lobo representaba el lado sombrío del alma, una energía que debía ser comprendida y dominada, pero que también implicaba el riesgo de perderse en el caos y la oscuridad. Esta figura oscura encarnaba tanto la libertad como el peligro inherente a los misterios más profundos de la naturaleza y del ser humano. Volvemos a ver por tanto como la fuerza de estos reyes del tenis procede del mundo oscuro y oculto. Por supuesto, todo esto son elucubraciones y suposiciones que se hacen sin animo de ofender, calumniar ni insultar a nadie. Tan solo buscamos el conocimiento y la verdad. 025 Un lado oscuro de Djokovic que pudimos ver durante los JJOO de Paris alabando a la medalla con el hexágono satanico guardada en un armario de Louis Boutton. 025a (video 0202.mp4) Por cierto, aqui podemos ver a Djokovic rezando ante este baúl. Y es que los héroes que crea el poder-religión para que existan dos bandos y por tanto se genere la dualidad que les permita generar dos polos energéticos son muy necesarios para mantener el sistema tal y como esta. La supuesta revolución anti vacunas que genero este tenista al negarse a inocularse la supuesta vacuna del covid queda empañada cuando miramos en profundidad los hechos. Es más que evidente que este ídolo de masas acompaña sus fotos icónicas con los mismos signos, en este caso el ojo de Horus, que el resto de iconos mundiales. Aquí vemos como su hermana, que es la que gestiona su fundación para apoyar a los niños, le manda un mensaje de agradecimiento a Marina Abramovic que parece que en este video es nuestro portador de la oscuridad. También pidió apoyo a los Clinton en 2013. 025b Un verdadero despierto y más siendo cristiano jamás habría besado de esa manera la medalla satánica de los JJOO de París en forma de hexágono. 026 Tras el raquetazo definitivo, ya que este es el sexto rey oscuro convocado por la bola, veremos como esta va ganando en velocidad y energia conforme avanza hasta llegar a convertirse en el ojo de este trofeo. Nos recuerda un poco a esas esculturas de culto a Baal, o Moloch al que se le ofrecían bebes en sacrificio. Algo que todavía se hace por ejemplo a través de la vacunación. 027 La luz pasa de verde a rojo y es entonces cuando se activa una especie de mecanismo de lava y fuego que terminara conformando una pista de tenis en el suelo. Destacan como cuando dos lineas se cruzan producen una mayor energia, ya saben aquello de encontrar al diablo en los cruces de caminos que cantaba Dylan. Vemos a los seis reyes posando junto a la pirámide truncada que es el propio trofeo en medio de llamas, humo y pavesas. Diriamos que estamos en el infierno. La pista de tenis se ve junto a la silueta de la ciudad donde se disputara el torneo, en Riad, Arabia Saudita, como parte de las festividades de la Riyadh Season en 2024. Se destaca en la imagen el Kingdom Centre, también conocido como Kingdom Tower o Kingdom Center Point, un rascacielos icónico ubicado en Riad, la capital de Arabia Saudita. Nos recuerda a la famosa Barad-dûr (‘torre oscura’ en sindarin) la torre ficticia descrita por el escritor británico J. R. R. Tolkien, que aparece en su novela El Señor de los Anillos. Vemos su arco parabólico invertido iluminado en color violeta, el color del andrógino, el color de la era de Horus, de la combinación del rojo y el azul, de las columnas del Sol rojo y la Luna azul. La inversión simbólica de estos colores la pudimos ver en una escena de Eyes Wid Shut de Kubrick donde el hombre vestía de azul y la mujer de rojo. Una pelota en llamas y al fondo esa icónica torre iluminada de lila, del color del poder. La competencia se desarrollará del 16 al 19 de octubre de 2024, ofreciendo la posibilidad de volver a ver jugar a Nadal tras su retirada que anuncio el 10 del 10…esto es un 11 simbólicamente. Vemos muy importante y simbólica la fecha de la celebración de los partidos con ese 11 que se forma con las primeras cifras y ese 6 9 que simboliza la eternidad, el yin y el yang, lo que nos daría también un 9 11. El trailer finaliza mostrando otras vez los colorines de la Agenda 2030 y como en Arabia Saudi comparten los ideales de todo esto mostrando su compromiso con Visión 2030. ………………………………………………………………………………………. …. UTP Ramón Valero @tecn_preocupado Un técnico Preocupado un FP2 IVOOX UTP http://cutt.ly/dzhhGrf BLOG http://cutt.ly/dzhh2LX Ayúdame desde mi Crowfunding aquí https://cutt.ly/W0DsPVq ………………………………………………………………………………………. Enlaces citados en el podcast: La Six Kings Slam con Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev y Rune pinta realmente bien. https://x.com/jmgmoron/status/1840084411716370464 ………………………………………………………………………………………. Música utilizada en este podcast: Tema inicial Heros Zawezo - 33º https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6iCZ2yjLPDY ………………………………………………………………………………………. Epílogo Canción sobre Shangri-La (autor desconocido) La canción está inspirada en la mítica ciudad utópica de Shangri-La, que aparece en la novela Lost Horizon (1933) de James Hilton, que fue adaptada al cine en 1937 como Horizontes perdidos (o Lost Horizon en inglés). La novela y la película retratan un lugar de paz y armonía en los Himalayas, y el concepto de Shangri-La ha sido un símbolo de paraíso terrenal en la cultura popular.

Being Subversive Isn't As Much Fun As It LooksIn 30 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the podcast at Explicit Novels.             “Friends stand by you through the struggles your enemies create” "You are depraved and despicable," Mhain seethed."I get that a lot; now get out," I growled back, "because I have a thousand other bitches who are, scratch that, 999 other bitches, Doctor Kennedy is growing on me; the rest I'm not so sure about, who are making my life miserable.""Don't get your hopes up, Mr. Braxton," Doctor Kennedy warned me. "I'm happily married.""Cool," I responded. "I hope to be like that one day.""Happily married?" Virginia inquired."No; a female law professor at an all-girls school," I grinned. "It sounds like a real cool job.""Feel free to hit him," Dana interrupted. "I swear that is the only way to get him to learn anything; or the only way we will discuss at this moment." Ah, sex. I thought my life had gone on a bit too long without the mention of sex. "It is also a fun form of stress relief."A painful blow rocked my shoulder and nearly sent me sprawling."You are right," Gabrielle noted clinically. "I feel better." Fuck, she hits hard. I look at her and try not to get pissed off and say something stupid. She makes my life difficult but my existence at FFU makes her life far too interesting as well. Whack! Someone hit me with a briefcase."I have to agree," Doctor Kennedy confirmed. "It has a therapeutic quality to it.""Bloody hell," I blurt out."Everyone, please stop physically abusing Zane," Ms. Goodswell snapped. "He's a student, for Pete's sake. He's not subject to corporal punishment.""Virginia, have you ever punched or slapped Zane?" Dana teased. "Give it a try before dismissing it out of hand.""He likes spanking," Barbie Lynn beamed happiness as she skipped by on her way to my/our bedroom. Technically, it is mine, Vivian's, Barbie Lynn's, Rio's, and Mercy's, plus whoever is feeling lonely on a given night. As for the spanking, I'm more of a giver than a receiver, but I doubt explaining that right now would be appropriate."Uhmm, okay, I think that is my cue to leave," Virginia piped up."I have rounds to make," Gabrielle added."I'm going home to my family," Doctor Kennedy headed out."I'm going to stay here, kick back, and watch some Pay-per-view," Dana grinned."What are you going to watch?" Hudson inquired."BBC America has this show called Copper that I've been meaning to catch," Dana informed her."Mind if I watch an episode with you?" Hudson asked."Sure, knock yourself out. You can pick the second show," Dana yawned. "It's only Zane's money after all." The rest of my guests filed out and I retired to the showers and then to my room. The day's stress revealed itself as the women curled into bed calmly and soon were cuddled together, including the odd ones out.On the far side we had the rather unusual appearance of Valarie. Next to her was Rio, who had her arms wrapped around Mercy. Mercy was snuggled against Barbie Lynn who held the middle spot. I was on my side, face-to-face with Barbie Lynn. After a few minutes, Vivian came to bed, wedged up against my back, and put an arm over me. I was in close proximity to several beautiful women but as long as no one doused the room with an aphrodisiac, we'd do just fine."Zane," Barbie Lynn whispered, "my vibrator burned out this morning, and I'm terribly horny."Oh, fuck! Barbie Lynn gazing down at me, I'm not sure another guy should ever see this because it could break one's heart to see it once and never again. She's built a faint sheen of sweat on her body already and she's looking at me with a definite Zen to fuck. My cock is cocooned deep inside her rectum, rubbing inside as she rotates forward on her hips.The distant, dreamy look in her eyes flashes to alertness as she catches me looking at her; 'hi' she whispers. I nod and smile so she inclines into me so that we can start kissing. She leads in with her tongue along my lips. I touch the tip of her tongue with my own, snaking inside her mouth before we are done. She starts murmuring, deepens our kiss, and begins rubbing my nipples."Vivian?" Valarie says softly. She snuck around the bed to settle behind my guardian."Yes?" Vivian replies. She is on her side watching Barbie Lynn and I."I, umm,” Valarie moans.Out of the corner of my eye I catch it as Val's hand brushes Vivian's hair off her neck and her lips start suckling on the exposed flesh. Vivian closes her eyes briefly but doesn't move Valarie away."Oh, Baby," Barbie pants with barely an inch separating our lips, "I know I say this often but I so love this. You tear me up inside and I want it so bad all the time, it scares me.""Vaginal sex with you scares me," I tease back."Will it be even better?" she draws in an even deeper, breast flaunting breath."You never know, but you are so damn good at everything else, I can't imagine you doing anything but haunting my dreams forever," I say, as I coax her movements with my hands on her hips, flanks, and thighs. Barbie shows her appreciation by running her hand through my bangs and pushing my hair back so that she can cover my forehead, eyes and nose with kisses."You like that romantic shit, don't you, Mercy-slut?" Rio grumbles playfully from the other side."Yes," Mercy whispers. I know Rio well enough to know that when a spiteful reply isn't immediately forthcoming, she's dusting off (and unchaining) her Better Angel. Mercy is looking at Barbie Lynn and me, her head facing sideways as she lies on her back. Rio crawls on top of Mercy, prompting Mercy to open her legs, and locks her hands over her head to gaze down on her."Your skin is so pure, your hair so black, and your eyes so full of passion, it breaks my heart to look at you, My Little Whore," Rio begins. She leans in and bites Mercy's earlobe, causing her victim to moan and buck up slightly. "Mercy, you give and give, making me so hot inside that I want to grab you and never let go.""Really?" Mercy gasps. "I, ""Don't get used to this," Rio growls with famished sexual enticement. "But, well, I want you to know that I hope all our children look just like you." Poor Rio was running out of material. It was terribly uncomfortable for me to show her where to go. I ran my hands over Barbie's body, which is an absolute torture I am forced to struggle through repeatedly.I start by massaging Barbie Lynn's tits, rotating three fingers over the nipples before rolling up the whole meaty breast in my palms. Barbie Lynn starts pushing back on my cock harder and grunting to the rhythm."Damn, Mercy," Rio teases, "I love these titties." She accentuates by sucking the top third of one breast into her mouth and twirling her tongue around it.Vivian gives a visible shiver from her side of the bed; Valarie has done something to her beneath the sheets to turn her on. In the interim while I have been watching Rio and Mercy, Valarie has been working over Vivian, temple to shoulder, with her lips. Now I see Vivian pulling up her left (upper) leg until it is resting snugly against my upper ribs, giving someone easier access to her snatch.She's also put her left arm behind her back between herself and Valarie. I'm starting to wonder if there is something in the air filters of my place, some undiscovered aphrodisiac mold, fungi, or spores that turns nice, virtuous girls into promiscuous bi-sexual vixens. To the best of my knowledge and belief, neither Valarie nor Vivian had the slightest lesbian tendencies before they started coming to my room.I give Barbie Lynn's luscious orbs one final squeeze before migrating my hold down to her ass, giving each cheek a double-slap. Barbie Lynn exhales a huff of ecstatic relief as the impact travels through her. Rio smirks and follows suit, her hand reaching between their thighs, prying Mercy's leg up, up and up until Mercy's knee is nearly at her breast."Your body is the first female form that I've ever lusted after," Rio murmurs as she rubs and pats Mercy's buttocks. "I think I've always wanted you, to taste you on my tongue, your scent strong in my mind and your sweet, sweet ass under my hand." Mercy brings one hand up to stroke Rio's cheek as she gives a strangled sob. No matter how much Mercy fears loving a woman, Rio can chisel that away and get her to love openly and freely.Barbie Lynn bounces up and slams down on me repeatedly as she is coming to the end of her fuse."Zane, Zane, oh yeah," she pants. Vivian chooses this moment to sneak her climax in on the rest of us. I am vaguely aware of her biting her lip, rocking her hips under the sheets, and perspiration beginning to bead on her lower lip."Holy God, Christ, and, my, hot damn, Val, ugh, Oh, God!" Vivian squeals as Valarie vigorously whips her hand in a tight pattern, cloaked from sight but obvious to the knowledgeable. Vivian's clit, lips, and the gateway to her cunt are all supers-stimulated. Valarie cools her down and holds her with enough strength to stop Vivian from rolling face-first into the sheets."Jesus Loves Me!" Barbie Lynn screams one last time. Her body bows, her breasts thrust forward and up, bouncing so deliciously while her thighs tremble in climax. Her anal muscles rippling from sphincter toward my cockhead are grinding me toward orgasm. Finally, she collapses against me, still twitching and fighting for breath.With my arms wrapped around her, I roll us over toward Mercy and Rio, placing Barbie Lynn on her back. Barbie Lynn has her legs pulling back before I can even move to push them back. While I had never fully pulled out, I was nearly there. I shove my hips forward, forcing my cock back in hard, causing Barbie Lynn to grunt, her mouth to gape open, nostril flaring, as her eyes squeeze shut."Oh, hell, yeah," Barbie Lynn gasps, "hammer me!""Oh, fuck," Valarie moans, "I am so lonely." Vivian is still roaming her hands over Valarie's special place, picking up the pace as she's inspired by Barbie Lynn's passion. Rio expresses her perverse nature by going at Mercy slow while the rest of us are going gangbusters."Here is my baby-smooth, tasty friend," Rio says as she kisses Mercy's bald twat. Rio pushes her thighs apart, her leg muscles taught while laying on the bed. Rio's restraint could only last so long. Every lick became more insistent, every nibble elicited a greater yelp, and every hip-thrust by Mercy into Rio's hungry mouth was more desperate.Valarie gives off one long, cavernous growl, then screams in between Vivian's shoulder blades."Damn," Vivian whispers, as a sympathetic orgasmic shiver coasts through her body. I'm pushing up on my knuckles, Barbie Lynn's legs between them as I rise up until my bulbous head is fixed in her sphincter; then I slam down once more. She's rocking her hips up to maximize the depths I reach as she cries out, again and again and again.When I finally let go, I feel a volcano of lust, frustration, and fulfillment exploding out all at once. Barbie Lynn's head sways rapidly side to side as she comes unglued."Zane, Jesus loves me, Jesus Loves Me!" she howls loud enough to shake the glass panels overhead. Those words ringing in my ears are going to haunt me in whatever church I go to."Ugh, ugh, ugh, Love, right there, feels so good," Mercy drags out with shallow breathes."Umm,” Rio gurgles. Mercy has gotten quite wet and visibly aroused. I'm sure Rio has worked a finger or two into the action and in Mercy's ass. Mercy starts bouncing off the sheets as she hisses out the last of her restraint."Mother-fucker-god-damn!" Mercy cries out. Rio growls, slurps, and sucks up Mercy's cunt juice while lapping up and down her slit."That's my baby," Rio's fluid-marked face looks up from between Mercy's legs and smiles. "Was that good for you?" Rio asks? Mercy nods dreamily. "Are you a happy little whore?" Rio teases. Again, Mercy nods with pleasure. "Did you use the 'L' word, Ass-fuck slut?" Rio hardens.This time Mercy realizes her mistake and shudders. She raises her head and looks into Rio's eyes."Yes. I'm sorry, Rio," Mercy mumbles."Sorry isn't going to cut it this time, Bitch," Rio sneers. "Tomorrow morning you are going to get it coming and going, all day long." I am actually aware of what that threat means."Okay," Vivian sighed, with more contentment than annoyance, "we've all cum so let's try and get some sleep.""I haven't gotten off yet," Rio chuckled. I knew what I had to do before someone else volunteered my services."Come here, Rio." I smile to her and extend a hand. "Let me get another taste of my best bro.""I'll clean you up," Barbie Lynn grins up at me, as she wiggles her body around my own so she's on top again. She slithers down my torso, waggles my still mostly hard cock against her lips, then begins to take it into her mouth. Barbie Lynn's tongue licks along my shaft as she gobbles up more of my rod.I expect Rio to come over but Mercy, following along and lying on her belly, her head propped up on her hands and elbows as she watches my blonde angel's skilled fellatio, is a bonus. Rio ends up near my pillow, one hand on my chest and the other resting between Mercy's ass cheeks. Her fingers are definitely sliding in and out of Mercy's cunt. If Mercy is a bit sore, she's smart enough not to complain to her Mistress about it."What do you have in mind, Zane?" Rio catches my gaze."I want your teeth tearing up the mattress with your ass up in the air as I plow you through the headboard," I inform her. I make a focus group assessment of the situation by slipping a finger into her cunt, she's creaming already.For Rio, the greater physicality of the sex, the better it is for her. She'll let me have my foreplay and some good loving, but she goes wild over the raw, brutal act of sex itself."I think you are ready to put that smile on her face," Barbie Lynn taunts Rio as she informs me she's finished. "Come with me," Barbie Lynn turns to Mercy. "My nipples need some attention. Can you do that for me?"After checking with Rio, Mercy gives a hungry look and lick of the lips at Barbie Lynn. Barbie crawls over Mercy to land on her back on the far side. Mercy twirls around and latches on to Barbie Lynn's left breast with such rapidity, it momentarily causes my visage to blur."I want some of that," Valarie suddenly blurts out.She makes her own quick trek around Rio and me as we are still positioning ourselves to come swooping down on Barbie Lynn's right side. The right nipple disappears into our school biker girl's mouth with a decidedly audible smacking of the lips. Val's hand starts to stroke the inside of Barbie Lynn's thigh but Mercy's free hand reaches over and starts tweaking Valarie's closest nipple. Yes, I definitely must check the air filters.Rio resumes her sensually crawl my way and I give her a beguiling look to lure her in. I'm on her in a flash once she's close enough for me to make my move. She screeches like an alley cat but I've got a hand on the back of her head and the other on her hip as I slam her face first into the pillow."Bastard," she screams through the fabric, but she's not following through with the anger."Give it up, Bitch," I snarl back. My cock slides full-throttle all the way into her cunt on the first pass. Her cunt feels like slick, melted butter as I bottom out in her hole. At the same time, I let up on her head a bit."Oh, fucking-A," Rio gasps. "Did someone sneak a gerbil up behind me or is it Needle-cock pretending he's a man?" I give her another powerful slam. "Oh, fuck, stop that.""What? Too much for the bitch whose had it all?" I tease Rio.

Episode 109 of Inside Quotes! Arrgh! It's PIRATE MONTH here on ye old Inside Quotes. That's right, we are the Captains now. For the month of September, we'll be releasing episodes WEEKLY covering some of our favorite pirate movies. To kick things off, Jeremy picked the 1996 film “Muppet Treasure Island”.   JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/InsideQuotes   On Today's Episode:   Pirate phase of childhood Pirate culture in Tampa, Florida Busch Gardens - Pirates 4-D show Pirate fun facts Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson Muppet of the week Tim Curry Muppet Treasure Island - Soundtrack What we want Disney to do with The Muppets     Show Notes: Inside Quotes Merch Store Linktree: @insidequotescast INSIDE QUOTES - LISTEN ON YOUTUBE  Artwork by Bryce Bridgeman: @Groovybridge

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In celebration of National Siblings Day we have decided to record a special episode where we attempt to answer some questions about each other!  This one was super fun as it got us thinking about long forgotten tales and experiences. Our most embarrassing memory for example...!! Arrgh the cringe!! We also cast our minds back to what we wanted to be as children as well as more recent assertions such as our favourite ice cream flavour.  How well do you think we know each other?  You'll have to listen to find out! Don't forget you can write to us at: expatimmigrant@gmail.com and **Follow us EVERYWHERE!** Kat Insta: @katallthat1 Nat Insta: @tunefultv  **Leave us a review on your fave podcast player!** ExpatImmigrant Podcast is hosted by Kat and Nat, two British sisters living abroad in France. Our podcast is based on sister conversations to amuse, encourage and inspire you. We're here to accompany you through the highs and lows of the Expat Immigrant existence. Consider us as a home away from home. Tune in for general girl chat, fun, laughter, language learning, answering dilemmas and our own accounts of our experiences navigating life and pursuing a “belle vie” overseas.

ARRGH! Remembering names- so important and SO HARD! Here are the tips that have worked for me- share them with ol' whatshisname..;)

Mannen die klagen over de hoeveelheid jassen! ARRGH waarom doen ze dit ALLEMAAL? Je hebt gewoon als vrouw 30 tassen en 5 jassen nodig toch? Het zou ons niet verbazen als 50% van alle scheidingen komt door een ruzie over een tas. Of een jas. Luister nu deze nieuwe aflevering en pas op; wij moesten beide huilen van het lachen dus pak er gerust een tissue bij. xoxo Beck & Sas Squla: Krijg €10,- korting op de lopende aanbieding van "Bestel nu 11 maanden plus 1 maand gratis" met code MOEDERSOFLOEDERS24De code is geldig tot en met 29 februari 2024Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ahoi, Matros:innen! Das Jahr neigt sich dem Ende, und genau wie wir gespannt auf die Festival-Line-ups warten, freuen wir uns auch darauf, was uns im nächsten Jahr erwartet. Gemeinsam segeln wir in die Zukunft und sind gespannt darauf, die fantastischen Bands zu entdecken, die das kommende Jahr rocken werden. Und warum nicht ein Piraten-Festival? Wir könnten gemeinsam mit Captain Hook als Headliner feiern, und die Getränke würden in Flaschenschiffen serviert! Lasst uns das Jahr mit einer Prise Piratenwitz und einem Hauch von Festivalfreude krönen! Arrgh, wer ist mit an Bord?

Arrgh, Matey! Are you ready to transform your approach to math education? Prepare to shake things up as we journey towards the much-anticipated CPM teacher conference in Los Angeles, February 2024. We unveil a host of exciting updates - the fresh venue, innovative format, along with seven options for the Friday pre-conference, promising to enrich your professional journey. We'll give you some sneak peeks at some of the exciting sessions that will be a part of this engaging conference. Go and register HERE! And we have another installment of Join Them on Their Journey for you!Shiver me timbers!The More Math for More People Podcast is produced by CPM Educational Program. Learn more at CPM.orgTwitter: @cpmmathFacebook: CPMEducationalProgramEmail: cpmpodcast@cpm.org

Arrgh, matey! Find hidden treasures in the latest Mandalorian episode "The Pirate" with Angela Sealana, Jon Koral, Kathryn Laffrey & Josh Beeghley: Easter eggs, plot theories, even Biblical figures mirrored in the Covert. The post The Mandalorian, Ch. 21: The Pirate appeared first on StarQuest Media.

Arrgh! An die Segel, ihr Landratten, Steuerbord voraus! – So oder so ähnlich dürfte es 1717 auf der Whydah Gally geklungen haben. Der Newcomer unter den Piraten und überaus erfolgreiche Captain Black Sam Bellamy verdingte sich erst wenige Monate als sogenannter Bukaniere auf See, nachdem er bereits mit Piratengrößen wie Benjamin Hornigold und Edward Blackbeard Teach gesegelt war. Da erspähte er auf einer seiner Streiffahrten durch die Karibik das Sklavenhandelsschiff Whydah und witterte fette Beute. Zwar gelang es ihm und seiner Crew das Schiff zu kapern und mit ihm die wertvolle Fracht, sodass sich schließlich einer der größten bekannten Piratenschätze in seinem Besitz befand, doch das Schicksal meinte es nicht gut mit ihm. Wie die Geschichte um Bellamy, seine Crew und die Whydah ausgeht, erfahrt ihr in der Folge. Wir besprechen die Hintergründe des Schiffes, der Piraterie und des Sklavenhandels im 18. Jahrhundert sowie die spektakuläre Entdeckung des bislang einzigen entdecken, authentischen Piratenwrack aus dem goldenen Zeitalter der Seeräuberei. Euch hat der Podcast gefallen? Dann folgt uns gerne auf Instagram und Facebook für weiteren historischen Content! Schaut auch gerne auf unserer Webseite epochentrotter. de vorbei und schickt uns eine Mail an kontakt@epochentrotter.de, wenn ihr Themenideen oder Feedback habt. Shownotes: Eine Piratin des Mittelalters lernt ihr in unserer Folge zum 100-jährigen Krieg kennen: Der Hundertjährige Krieg. Eine Geschichte starker Charaktere #europa #afrika #amerika #england #westafrika #atlantik #karibik #nordamerika #NeuereUndNeuesteGeschichte #Sklaverei #Piraten Bild: Wikicommons

Arrgh!! I got Covid for the 3rd time and I've been laid up all week in my studio space. Thank the lord I'm nearly well! Here's A WINTERS TALE MIXTAPE produced for you with love peace vibes. Evil Needle, Venuz Beats - Bliss Makzo, Mama Aiuto, Sam Pomanti - Moon Patrol SAULT - Morning Sun Quinn Oulton - Jump Hemai, Buddy Analogue - Jaywalk For Pleasure Eddie Chacon - Holy Hell (Mndsgn Remix) Lorenzo Morresi, Tenderlonious - Cosmica Italiana ZDBT,dreamcastmoe - Something I Can't Change (Space Coconut Conspiracy (Remix) SGVO - Amplified Zone

Arrgh! Accountants! Why do they have to make everything sound so complicated? Don't you wish they'd use simple language and just give you the right advice to help you run your business? Today's guest agrees 100% and as an accountant himself, Isaac French finds it just as frustrating as you! He's created one simple number that tradies can track so they know at a glance how they're going. He's also made plain language part of their values and in this episode shares his top things that trade business owners MUST know to avoid financial trouble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you ever want to be a pirate? Were there any female pirates? Why did pirates wear earings? Join us as we share our pirate insights and stories and, of course, enjoy our drink of the week and laugh with us as we talk like pirates! Dont forget to give our show a 5 star rating after you've had a good laugh!

Arrgh! Ahoy, Matey! This week we take to the seas and uncork a bottle of Jefferson's Ocean Aged At Sea Wheated Bourbon. This bourbon is typically aged on land for 6-8 years and the loaded onto a research ship where it ages for an additional 5-10 months. Uncommon as it was when Jefferson's first started doing this, aging whiskey on the water is quickly becoming something that more distillers are considering. What do we think about this sea breezy bourbon? You'll have to listen this week to find out. Also, as an added bonus you'll get to hear Anthony botch more geography and talk about his struggle to taste whiskey post covid. Land ho! -------------------------- Socials IG: https://www.instagram.com/themashupky FB: https://www.facebook.com/themashupky TW: https://twitter.com/themashupky Music: All the Fixings by Zachariah Hickman Thank you so much for listening!

Yo ho! Ahoy! Arrgh ya landlubbers! Other vaguely piratey things to say!   Welcome to the Session 0 and Character Creation portion of our new series for Honor + Intrigue, a swashbuckling adventure RPG by Chris Rutkowsky, published by Basic Action Games.  Jess will be running us through her first series and we have a lot of fun exploring this game system and building some pretty cool characters, if we do say so ourselves.   If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.   And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.   Music in the Episode: Sailing Through The Wide Sea by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6243-sailing-through-the-wide-sea License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://cemmusicproject.wixsite.com/musiclibraryfiles The Wellerman by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

This week Chop & Cheetah cover the history of Pirates, or more specifically Blackbeard the pirate. We also cover what pirates were the richest when they died, what the different flags meant. We also talk about the real Davy Jones, and Cheetah nerds out about Pirates Of The Caribbean film series.

O pedido demora a ser recolhido, ou demora a ser preparado, e as vezes o prato vem com o que foi pedido para ser retirado... Arrgh! Faz a gente passar a maior raiva, né?  Pois é, os gestores dos restaurantes precisam estar atentos a todos os detalhes para que o negócio seja um sucesso, desde o atendimento até a entrega! nesse episódio soltamos várias dicas incríveis e com um papo super discontraído compartilhamos nossos "perregues" e a soluções para que os clientes não passem mais raiva! Hosts: Juliana Moraes & Bruno Pimentel (Instrutores UCA).

I offer a quick update on my Book. You know…the one that is I think at least 4 years in the making!!! Arrgh!! Patience is a Virtue…right? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dean-jackson/support

Aw… what a mess. I'm so bad with cards! I try to keep them ordered, but it's so hard. There are so many cards! I always drop them on the floor! 我根本不會洗撲克牌，每一次都撒了滿地。 Did you know there is a dog who is really good at keeping cards in order? 有一隻狗很會按照次序排撲克牌。 This dog lives in the USA. His name is Parks. He is very smart. His owner taught him many, many tricks! And he understands all of them. Parks住在美國，牠學會了很多主人教牠的把戲。 He knows easy commands. When his owner tells him to "sit" he sits. When his owner tells him to "stay" he stays. But he also knows how to turn on lights, open doors, and help with laundry! 牠也會開燈、開門，也會幫忙洗衣服。 But what is really cool is that he knows how to deal cards! 牠還會發撲克牌！ Well, he knows how to pick cards and give them to other people. This is very difficult for a dog, because dogs don't have fingers! So, he has to use his mouth! 牠會發牌給玩家，聽起來很簡單，但不要忘記，狗沒有手指，所以牠是用嘴！ Parks works in a hospital. He helps make sick children feel better by cuddling them, and walks with them around the hospital. Parks在醫院工作，牠會陪小朋友玩，跟他們一起散步。 Maybe he could help teach me how to keep my cards in order too! 也許牠可以教我洗牌！ OK, here I go… Arrgh! Hey, where's that dog?! ________________________________ Vocabulary 聰明的狗狗，會玩耍也會工作。 1. help 幫忙 Could you turn on the light? 請把燈打開好嗎？ Here, Buddy can help you. 來，巴蒂可以幫你忙。 Wow, what a dog! 哇，好棒的狗！ How did he learn to do that? 牠怎麼學會的？ I taught him. 我教牠的。 2. owner 主人 So you're the proud owner of Buddy. 所以你是芭蒂驕傲的主人。 I am, and I'm also the owner of three cats. 我是，並且我還是三隻貓的主人。 3. trick 把戲 Did you teach Buddy other tricks? 你有教巴蒂別的把戲嗎？ Yeah, he gets me my bag every day. 有，牠每天把我的包包拿給我。 4. hospital 醫院 He also helps out in a hospital. 牠也在醫院裡幫忙。 What does he do? 做什麼呢？ He plays with children. 牠陪小孩玩耍。 Would you like to have such a smart dog? 一起來讀單字。 help 幫忙 owner 主人 trick 把戲 hospital 醫院 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of animal is Parks? A: A dog B: A bird C: A monkey 2. Where does Parks work? A: At a veterinarian's office B: At an animal shelter C: At a hospital 3. What can Parks do with cards? A: Choose cards to give to players B: Make a mess C: Count cards Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A

Cradle Cap! ARRGH! It's frustrating, unsightly and can possibly cause infection if left untreated. In today's episode we are going into why your child might be experiencing cradle cap and more importantly HOW to fix it. I offer up topical solutions, dietary advice, supplement recommendations as well as a more involved protocol for those tricky cases. Let's dig into today's episode! -Andra Want to work together mama? Let's create an actionable plan to get your child comfortable and happy as soon as possible! Email me at support@eczemakids.com  

When you’ve been married awhile there’s bound to be things in the relationship that will bother you. Apparently Jim has been keeping a list. Enjoy an inside look into some of Jim and Julie’s lists. Also, find out how Julie surprised Jim with something that he didn’t even know he wanted. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spectrum Bay News 9's Rick Elmhorst and Roy De Jesus talk about Tampa's signature party and how much people are looking forward to it in 2022.

Today we continue talking about scary, or scary adjacent, things. It's Bri's turn.Get ready.For more information visit our website at https://www.mixedmessagespod.com.Podcast by Bri Graham and Emily MadiganEditing by Bri Graham and Emily MadiganMusic by Cory AlanGraphic Design by Caitlin DickmanSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/mixedmessagepod)

Frustrating to still be stuck and not have the guts to go after the Women I really want in life. Arrgh!!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dean-jackson/support

Anney and Samantha delve into stories of some of history's most fearsome women of the seas. Dramatic poetry reading included. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Arrgh we don't feel so good. The only thing we ate today was food from that sausage truck. Oh no! Cody and Devin are vomiting blood! Whats that look in their eyes!? They look...hungry? Run Jasmine! Run!!! Find out whats up with that sausage truck in our review of Witness Infection!!! *No segments* Outro Music: Rise Like Heat by Checkp01nt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLFR3ru0s0U&list=OLAK5uy_nIeyNS3XKHcoYwfuA9NM-x6rnOsHzZKQI&index=8

50% of everything you do... isn't as good as the other half. The first time I heard this, it was like a punch in the gut. Oh no, it's true. Half of everything I do isn't any good. Arrgh! And then I had to smile because...

50% of everything you do... isn't as good as the other half. The first time I heard this, it was like a punch in the gut. Oh no, it's true. Half of everything I do isn't any good. Arrgh! And then I had to smile because...https://emotionalfreedom.love/https://www.thrivingnow.center/Support the show (https://www.thrivingnow.com/donate-paypal/)

Jep and Devin welcome Jep's friend David Hughes, host of the Rise Student Ministry podcast, to talk about a show David's never watched before, SpongeBob!

Arrgh me sharties! Here's one that's close to our hearties. Introducing our dearest friend, and masterful storyteller Ragnvald the Skald. Oh and pirates and stuff.

Arrgh! Sawdust everywhere! (Sermon on the mount part 3) Matthew 7

How Can I Turn Conflicts Around When My Manager Hates Me? Certain situations can highlight the stark differences within a team, especially when your strengths seem opposite of others' strengths. For example, you might think “my manager hates me” when they seem to value other team members' ideas and blow off yours. To conform or to stay true to your natural talents becomes a tough choice to make.  When you’re the manager, it takes some skill to build a balance between honoring your team members' strengths and honoring yours, especially where you think the business priorities and values are at stake. And when you manage a team with a very different set of top 5 or top 10 strengths, how exactly do you do it? Welcome to this episode, the first in a series with TyAnn Osborn, who role-plays and reflects with our host Lisa Cummings on the difficult scenarios where team members may have conflicting strengths. How do they handle the situation and turn conflicts around? Here’s the transcript of the episode. Lisa: You're listening to Lead Through Strengths, where you'll learn to apply your greatest strengths at work. I'm your host, Lisa Cummings, and you know, I'm always telling you, it's hard to find something more energizing than using your natural talents every day at work. Well, something that's just about as energizing is when I get to hang out with the other host here in the room, TyAnn Osborn. TyAnn: Hi! Lisa: Today, we're going to talk about a topic that we haven't decided yet, because I am going to use this spin-the-wheel thingy thingy, to tell us. *Spins the wheel* TyAnn: I like the sounds. Lisa: Oh, it says: ‘You don't like a teammate.’ When Someone On The Team Drives You Crazy Lisa: So today, we're going to talk about what you could do with your strengths when you don't like one of your teammates. Has this ever happened to you, Ty?  TyAnn: No, I've always loved everyone that I worked with... No...[hint of sarcasm] Lisa: But I bet one of your clients has had this situation since you've never had it, 'wink-wink...'  TyAnn: Of course, there's always someone that - for some reason - rubs you the wrong way. You just, you know, they're not your love language. And I work with clients all the time who have... there's always seems to be someone on the team who they just can't seem to get along with. Has this ever happened to you too?  Lisa: Definitely. I mean, it's funny because I feel like a big thing about me is that I love people. And I love most people.  TyAnn: Right. Me too! Lisa: But there are people that I don't jive with as well.  TyAnn: Yeah.  Lisa: And it takes some extra effort to understand where they're coming from, or really feel like, ‘Oh, I fully get them,’ or something like that. TyAnn: Which, you know, that's interesting when you're an individual contributor, when you feel that way, because you're like, ‘yeah, maybe that's just him’, you know. But when you're a manager, and you think, ‘Oh, I'm supposed to like everybody on the team’, or, ‘I need to not show favoritism but, eh, I kind of don't like that person. What do I do?’ It's kind of like being a parent; you're not supposed to not like one of your kids. So...  Lisa: Or not have a favorite.  TyAnn: Or not have a favorite. So, what do you do? Lisa: Okay, so let’s do a scenario? Let's do it like, you’re a manager. It will allow us to see the perspective of the manager thinking, "Ugh, that person is high maintenance on the team." And it will allow us to explore the flip side where a team member is thinking, "Ugh, my manager hates me. What should I do?" TyAnn: Yep.  Lisa: You happen to have done CliftonStrengths as a team.  TyAnn: Because you're a great manager. Lisa: 'Cause you're awesome. And there is a person on your team that you appreciate as a human, but as a performer, they feel very high-maintenance to you, they drive you kind of crazy. Let's pick some talent themes that might be seemingly opposite each other so we can make it a real scenario.  TyAnn: Okay. Lisa: Does one pop up for you as one that is least likely to be paired with another?  TyAnn: I see Deliberative being perceived as a problem child, especially when a lot of other people on the team might be more, say Activator, or something that's very forward in motion. Either Achiever, Activator, something like that. So maybe you've got a team that's like, ‘Oh, we're always ready to go!’ And there's one person who seems like they never can just get on the bus. And they're always the one dragging their heels. Lisa: Yeah. Oh, we should do this on both directions.  TyAnn: Okay. Lisa: Let's take Achiever-Activator.  TyAnn: Okay.  Lisa: And then let's take Deliberative. Say these are the two different people. And we can start with the manager, having Achiever-Activator, wanting stuff to get done quickly, and wanting to make decisions quickly. And the person who wants to take a little more time is the team member who reports to you, and then we’re gonna swap it.  TyAnn: Okay. Okay, I've got a real life example on that.  Lisa: Awesome. Okay. TyAnn: Absolutely.  Lisa: So you're my manager.  TyAnn: Okay.  Lisa: You're Achiever-Activator [role play begins you can also watch the video version to get the subtleties]. TyAnn: Woohoo! Let's get going, man, come on! Lisa: And I'm saying, "Well, bad news. I'm going to miss that deadline that you gave me." TyAnn: Lisa, what's going on? I gave you the deadline. Come on! Chop, chop!  Lisa: Well, the thing is, I *could* get it done, but I can't get it done *properly* right now, because we don't have all of the information. I've been trying to work with this other department. They've been dragging their heels. I’m waiting for them. If I do it now, I might just be giving you completely incorrect information because I'm seeing three or four ways this could all go wrong if I blaze ahead today, and it feels like I'm just gonna be wasting time…. TyAnn: Lisa, all I hear is excuses. I have stuff to get done too. We owe the marketing department this information. They're waiting on us to get this stuff into print. We're behind already and you know what, you're never going to have 100% confidence in what you do. So just give me something.  Lisa: Uhum...[hangs head]. Okay, now that we've come out of our characters from our roleplay, I would say, you were kind of playing like the in-between our manager where you were trying to give the people listening to the podcast, like a little bit of a glimpse of inside your head, but also be somewhat mature, like, in how you...  TyAnn: Right, right.  Lisa: ...because you're balancing the two - and that the inside voice and the outside voice are really different.  TyAnn: That’s true. My Team Member Frustrates Me: How Can I Moderate My Message To The Person? Lisa: Can you explain what was going on fully inside voice? Unfiltered. TyAnn: Yeah.  Lisa: ...and then how, if you wanted to maturely talk to me, and still keep me engaged...how that might look?  Tyann: I think that's a good point because hopefully, as you progress in your career, you just don't say the first thing that pops into your head. I always say, there's the reason why there's a little space between your head and your mouth. Yeah, have a little filter in there. But inside your head, it's very normal be like, "Oh, my God, you are so frustrating! I gave you the deadline. Arrgh, why didn't you say something sooner? You, you always do this. And all I'm hearing is excuses. Now you're throwing this other department under the bus. I cannot count on you. The rest of the team - we're getting it done. And we have to deal with the same things." So typically, what I see when I see this combination of strengths is a lot of frustration. That is usually the emotion that I see a lot, it’s frustration. Whoever has the action, it's like, "Oh, I'm just really angry with you." And whoever's on the receiving side, well, we can debrief how you feel. But usually it's a lot of frustration on that side, too. So that's kind of what's happening inside.  And then on the outside, but I'm trying to be a good manager, and I'm trying not to just say, "Oh my God, you're such an idiot, and I hate you." 'Cause I would never say that to someone. But I'm trying to say, "You know, of course, we're never going to have 100% confidence in what we do, because that's not real life. So we have to get to a point where we may feel 80% confident, and how do we do that? And too, you can't always have an excuse for why things aren't happening. You have to take ownership of something, too." So that's what I was trying to moderate in the message. So you could feel some of that?  Lisa: For sure. And I put you on the spot and I know this person is thinking, "I know my manager hates me, but I still don't want to deliver shoddy work." TyAnn: Right.  Lisa: It's easier when you have time to think out the words for the feedback. It's simpler to give the vibe that, "I've been thinking about how I'm going to coach you and how we can improve this over time." What we've been doing is the in-the-moment heated feeling, "Oh, we just missed a really important deadline. You didn’t tell me. I am so upset." Tyann: Right. And now my butt's in the sling because of you.  Lisa: Yeah. And I hear things from managers, like, "Everybody else can do it. You're the only one…" And then you don't want to give that as feedback... TyAnn: Right. Or you start hearing that relationship language like "always," and "never," which we say, you know, anytime you start hearing, "always," "never," that should be a clue. But when you definitely start feeling...  Lisa: Alarm bells. TyAnn: Yeah, alarm bells should go off. But when you start feeling inside, like, "Oh, my God, you're always the problem. You're the problem employee. Everyone else can get it done on time, how come you can't?" And that's when you start hearing things like, you know, "Lisa's got to go." Lisa: Right. The employee also feels the My Manager Hates Me alarm bells. TyAnn: Absolutely. From the manager, perspective they're already thinking of firing the person. I always call it "my employee’s broken, I want a new one" syndrome. And, you know, that might be an answer. But I don't want that to be the first answer. To me, I want that to be the last answer. And I would like to try and see, "Can this marriage be saved before we go to it's broken?" Lisa: Yeah.  TyAnn: Because it takes a lot of effort to get another employee.  Lisa: Oh, yeah. And I have something valuable to offer you with the Deliberative talents when they're dialed in well.  TyAnn: Right. Yes. Absolutely. Lisa: I might sit in the seat... Okay, here's what I would say, like, what would be in my head if I were this team member? I would be thinking, "Yeah, other people get it done on time. And all of my teammates, ‘always’, ‘never’... all, all my teammates, give crappy work. I'm on a team where no one cares about quality, all they care about is speed. We do so many things three or four or five times because we were refused to do it right the first time because we won't take an extra minute to get the information from the other department, or fix that relationship that's creating the block that won't let us get the information. My manager hates me and hates my style. "And anytime I bring up the ‘what ifs’ or ‘this might go wrong’, people treat me like I’m the negative Nellie so I just shut down and don't say anything. But it doesn't mean I want to give you bad work." TyAnn: Mm hmm. So yeah, so you're surrounded by people that you think are...yeah... Lisa: Half-assing it.  TyAnn: Half-assing it. And I like to say why half-ass when you can whole-ass? [smiles] Because you're right - then you're pretty probably seeing a bunch of rework that has to happen. When if we just put in the correct effort to begin with, you know, that wouldn't happen. But meanwhile, you've shut down.  Lisa: I've shut down.  TyAnn: ...because you've been shut down.  Lisa: Yes. And I might be thinking, leading through Deliberative, seeing all of the activity that is resulting in, in my opinion, bad quality work out there, now I'm thinking, "Oh, look, the whole team is running around like chickens with their head cut off. Looks totally foolish. I'm the only one actually putting reasoning behind what we're doing. I'm the only one who's thinking I'm the only one who is bringing some rigor to this process. How is it that my manager hates me when I'm the voice of quality and avoiding a crisis that we're bound to experience if we don't pump the brakes?" TyAnn: Right. Lisa: And no one's valuing it. And then I'm thinking, "Well, clearly, I'm not a good fit for the job, or the company or the team, or maybe my manager. But if the whole team I perceive it like that…" TyAnn: Yeah.  Lisa: And maybe they are like that. Or maybe they've just conformed to your behavior, because as a manager, you've been so strong in your speed. TyAnn: Right. Lisa: At least you're clear. So that I'm grateful for. You know, opposites.  My Manager Hates Me: Do I Conform And Please, Or Do I Look For Another Team? TyAnn: So you said two things that were really interesting. In this scenario, you talked about this, you were waiting on something from another team, so you were the only person who brought up even an interaction with another team. So to me that says you were thinking a little more systematically and holistically. So maybe these other guys should have been interacting with this other team, and they haven't been, so there's something going on there that should be paid attention to.  But you also said something about maybe the rest of the team, they actually know things should be being done differently too, but here's what you find in a team. People want to please the manager. Because why? Because we are self-serving creatures. We do self-preservation activities, because that's what help... helps keep us alive. And at work, that's what helps keep us employed and...  Lisa: You’re writing my performance review!  TyAnn: You’re writing my review, you're helping me keep this job, you're helping me get paid more. And so it's not that there's a diabolical plot, it's just we are human beings, and we are doing these behaviors because if that's what you want for me, that's what I'm going to deliver. Even if I know there's something else that's possibly better.  Lisa: Oh, it could even be especially if. What if I think I need you to think I'm a good performer? Because if I want to change roles, because this one isn't a good fit for me, I need you to...  TyAnn: ...to support me.  Lisa: Yeah, I need your support to move into another team. And when the next manager asks how I am as a performer...  TyAnn: Right.  Lisa: ...I want you to just say how amazing I am, not that I was your highest maintenance team member, right? TyAnn: So even if I thought you would be good for another role, they're going to say, what was Lisa's performance on your team? And I'm going to have to say Lisa was the worst performer. Who's going to want to take my lowest performer? That's going to be a much harder sell.  Lisa: Yeah.  TyAnn: And so you end up with kind of these, I always call them like aberrant behaviors. And again, not because people are diabolical, or someone sitting around trying to figure out, you know, the worst way to do things. It's just...it's self-preservation in action. And so if we don't make a conscious effort to really stop and think about things, this is what happens unintentionally. So at the end of the day, you have good ideas, probably that aren't being heard. People are running off half-cocked. And you know, there's a bunch of rework - probably not very high quality. You know, ultimately, it's just not the best product and not the best environment, or certainly not as good as it could be something. That's what we tend to see.  Lisa: Now even though this could be a perfectly good place to end this example, let's make sure that we've flipped the scenario. Because I think it's a good example for people to experience when the same situation exists, but the themes are flipped around, because it can just change the whole scene of how the team culture looks. You actually said you have a real example of this. So...  TyAnn: Yeah.  Lisa: Is that, is that a shareable example if it's anonymized?  Leverage Communication To Resolve StrengthsFinder Talent Theme Conflicts TyAnn: Absolutely. So I had this happen. And it doesn't often happen this way. But it did. And I thought it was a good story. I was working with a news crew, so the people you see on TV to put out the news. And the manager was very high Deliberative.  Lisa: Okay. Nice. TyAnn: And the news people as you can imagine, very high action-oriented. I mean, and it was a newsroom. It was very much "we have to get this on the air right now." I mean, it was very high-pressured. And so Deliberative, you know, doesn't like high pressure, needs time to think, really wants to make sure that all the facts are correct, I would hate to put something out and have it be wrong. So the manager was feeling like, "I am working with a bunch of people who don't care about quality, are willing to be excessively risky with the reputation of our brand, because we might have to put a retraction out on the air. And that we're just going to be putting stuff out there that's half-baked, and I work with a bunch of people who I can't trust." Meanwhile, the reporters are saying, “Our manager is a wet blanket. Every time we take him a really cool idea, his first reaction is ‘no’, or he asks me 17,000 questions that I haven't fully thought through, I don't have the answers to. So he makes me feel stupid, or he makes me feel like, by the time I get through all of his questions, you know what, the moments passed, like, it doesn't even matter anymore. Or he'll never get back to me at all.”  And so there was this just huge conflict between them with none of them feeling valued on the team. But you know, the funny thing is, I wasn't called in because there…to do a remediation or a problem. I was called in, because they were all high performers. That was a really interesting one to step into.  Lisa: Wow. What you're bringing up for me is this idea that it really doesn't matter what the themes are, or what the job is, because you can take any of your top CliftonStrengths talent themes, and they could be applied to serve any role. Because it's easy to get caught up in this thing, where we're like, "On this team, this group of them feels bad and this group of them feels right, or for this manager, this, this serves me, and these are not serving me. But the reality is that our natural talents are (if we allow them to be) our easy buttons to performance." TyAnn: Yeah.  Lisa: It's this concept of, well, maybe it's gone wild. You know, strengths gone wild. So if they could be honed in a little bit, both things that you were just bringing up in that scenario, are valuable to the organization. TyAnn: Right. Lisa: It's just all of them can't be on blast...  TyAnn: ...All the time. Right. So, Lisa, you often talk about keys on a keyboard, and when we play them together, and they're harmonious, we've got some good chords going. It sounds awesome, right? And so you're right, it's not that there's good strengths and bad strengths, or that, you know, these things are naturally in conflict. It's just kind of finding that right level, because I don't think anyone would say, "Yeah, we're just gonna slap junk on the TV. And if it's not, right, well, who cares?" I mean, no one's gonna say that, right? And no one's gonna say, "Well, we're going to chase down every possible lead until we get a 100%, you know, confidence in this. And meanwhile, it's just gonna be black on TV until we feel like we're 100% confident." Because that's not realistic, either. So ideally, it would be great to feel like, we can work with the pace that we need to and put out really quality content that I feel good about. And in the event of an escape, you know, or a quality issue, we have a good process in place to catch that and to do whatever we need to to make a quick correction.  Lisa: Yeah.  TyAnn: And so what I got him to do was, actually, to codify his thinking process. I said, "What are the top three questions you usually ask when someone comes to you with a new idea?’ And he said, ‘Well, I just wish people had thought through things a little bit better. So I wish they would think about this, this and this." And I said, "Great, let's capture that. Let's get that out to the team so that they can do that thinking and you don't have to." And that's it. That's easy. And I said, "How long would it take you to get back to the team then when they come to you with ideas? What...what would feel good and realistic?" And he said, "I could get back to people within 24 hours." So okay, so we went back to the team said, "Is that a commitment that's workable for you?" So we had both sides in a satisfied position. I wouldn't even say it's a compromise because it didn't feel like anyone was giving something up. It just felt more like communication. And so that together, we're better. And it was like a light bulb went on in terms of, now It didn't feel like I was just doing things the hard way, like it didn't feel like a struggle every day. It felt like people were almost looking for that next opportunity so that they can test the stuff out. Find Out Where One Is Coming From And Assume Positive Intent Lisa: Love it. So when you think about action items to give listeners, lets see what they can do with this. Maybe a person is thinking, "my manager hates me, so what are my next steps?" Or a manager is thinking, "Jim wears me out, so how can I give him a chance to show up at peak performance?" It's too bad that this becomes a recurring theme at the office. It's the same frustration over and over again, it's just that they haven't figured out how to talk about it yet. Often they'll bring in Ty to say, “Can you help us communicate better because we haven't been facing the tough conversation with each other - now it's messing things up." Tyann: Right. Lisa: I love that there's the facilitated process that could happen. And by the way, you can bring Ty into your organization to do this, if you need help. Sometimes it just still feels awkward for you to do it because you can't be neutral like a 3rd party. TyAnn: I'm always happy to come in and facilitate awkward conversation [all smiles].  Lisa: You are the number one awkward conversation facilitator.  TyAnn: I could totally do that. But you can start this on your own as well.  Lisa: Yeah. I think if I were to leave any parting words for the person who's trying to do it on their own first before they blow up to the team, or before they verbalize the feedback to someone else, it would be, really get clear. “Is it because my personal preferences are different from the business priority?” It's personal preference, business priority, which is which? Are they not the same? And if they're not, that can be okay. You just have to get clear with yourself to go, “Ah. I get it - this is why it wraps my gut up in a knot.” This is what I would rather it be like, but it's not like that, because it's real life. TyAnn: Right. Lisa: So I need to proceed like this. And then as I proceed like this with the business preference, because it's my job, it's what they're paying me for, then can I see some positive intent coming from that other person? Like, what are they actually aiming for here? Even though it's making me upset or making me feel frustrated, what are they trying to do that has good intent? Because nearly always, (sure, not always, there are nefarious characters out there somewhere), but nearly always people have good intent.  TyAnn: Yep, absolutely. That's one of my favorite things, is assume positive intent. Because believe me, your life will be much better when you do. It's amazing how many people that I run into don't or do think someone's out there trying to get them. Believe me, the vast majority of people go to work, and they want to do a good job. So let's assume positive intent. And I think that's just when you feel yourself getting... getting anxious, or you see that team member and you can just feel yourself getting triggered, or that thing happens again, and you feel it in yourself, that's a really good moment to think, "What is it specifically that is triggering me about this?" And again, it doesn't have to be they are an awful human being, it's just something in them is different than how you would react in that situation. So I think, stop. Think about what it is. Think about the good thing that they bring. And then again, what problem are we trying to solve? What's our ultimate goal? And how can we both get there together?  Lisa: What a perfect way to end this one.  TyAnn: Yeah.  Lisa: So next time that comes up for you, be thinking of the other person, what's the positive intent? Where are they coming from that is good and how could that, if you know CliftonStrengths talent theme language, then what are they trying to accomplish? And since you already have the talent themes in a list (or the StrengthsFinder 2.0 book), you might get some ideas about where they're coming from.  Tyann: Right. Lisa: Because sometimes you do feel a little baffled...  TyAnn: Yeah.  Lisa: ...at the beginning, like why do they act like this, or why do they think like this, or why do they approach work like this? Or why does my manager hate me like this? Just going to someone else's CliftonStrengths report and going, ‘Oh, they think this way, aha. This makes sense now.’  TyAnn: Reading the reports is a really good place to start.  Lisa: It's great for helping you understand the other person.  Alright, with that, you've been listening to Lead Through Strengths, where you've been learning to apply your greatest strengths, to make your work stronger, and now also looking at other people's strengths and trying to notice those so that the whole team can get better together. Thanks, Ty. TyAnn: Thanks, Lisa. Hate Is Unproductive — Understand More With These Additional Resources Whether you’re a manager or a team member, you can stop any tendency to hold a theme bias against others’ so-called “bad strengths." Listen to our conversation on that for more. Of course, most teams don't have true hate, but when a team member thinks that a leader dislikes them, their engagement and performance can take a quick nose dive. With the premise that conflicts arise in any widely diverse work environment, Lisa and Lead Through Strengths Facilitator Strother Gaines exchange views and tips in another episode on how to Ignite Better Team Collaboration Through Strengths. All this highlights the importance of energizing tasks at work. What can fuel or discourage best performance lies in how much CliftonStrengths talent themes are allowed and supported within the team — a challenge for some teams but highly doable.

Today's episode takes Tayler and Randi to cinematography. Which Henry Cavill is the hottest? How do you define cinematography in video games? Do Neo-Pirates say "ARRGH"? Who knows? We sure don't. But join us while we talk about it.   Music by White Bat Audio || https://whitebataudio.com/  

Trust yourself when something doesn't feel right.  Arrgh! Easier said than done, isn’t it? If you’re a people-pleaser or have this FOMO (fear of missing out) on every little shiny object you come across, trusting yourself to say NO to things is just the hardest thing ever! But when you learn to practice using your voice because you know that some things are just “no for now,” you create space and room in your life for the things we really want.  When you learn to trust your instinct, you start to get what you want.  Today, I'm going to give you permission to say hell NO to the things that don't have your “hell yes” of approval. And it takes a hell of a lot of practice too! In this episode, you will hear: What happens when you say “hell yes” all the time The benefits of saying “hell no” 3 pesky barriers that keep you from following your intuition 4 results when you live by this rule Subscribe and Review Have you subscribed to my podcast? If the answer is no, I’d love for you to subscribe. Diary of a Doer is full of stories of business, some behind the scenes, and freaking amazing guests. If you’re feeling really generous, I’d love for you to give me a review over on iTunes. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps me out a ton! If you really enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://trivinia.com​ to download it. Supporting Resources: Are You Leading By Accident, or By Design? (Episode 94) https://trivinia.com/episode-94-are-you-leading-by-accident-or-by-design  Self-Sabotage and Trusting The Process with Doug Brackmann (Episode 71) https://trivinia.com/episode-71-self-sabotage-and-trusting-the-process-with-doug-brackmann How to Build a Business You Really Want (Episode 87) https://trivinia.com/episode-87-how-to-build-a-business-you-really-want What I Learned From a Few Bad Bosses to Help Change My Leadership (Episode 97) https://trivinia.com/episode-97-what-i-learned-from-a-few-bad-bosses-to-help-change-my-leadership  Change Yourself, Change Your Business (Episode 82) https://trivinia.com/episode-82-change-yourself-change-your-business   *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

The podcast has officially hit ROCK BOTTOM as fine-artist and longtime friend of the show Matthew Constant joins us to discuss one of the most unnerving and existential episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants ever. What will SpongeBob do when he gets on the wrong bus? And how do SpongeBob and Patrick deal with Mr. Krabs when he takes a board game too far? Matt is an avid SpongeBob fan and incredible artist. Go check out his work on Instagram @mattyconstant! And don't forget to rate and review the podcast and help others discover it! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - The Start 00:04:18 - Arrgh! 00:23:22 - Rock Bottom 00:51:51 - The End

Josh, Kevin and Guest Star Robbie bring you another exciting episode of RAFF. Arrgh! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realaverage/message

Captain Eric here with special guest Mattaroo an animator for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Rehydrated, as we continue sailing through to the first segment of the 17th episode of SpongeBob SquarePants! "Arrgh!" first premiered on March 15th 2000! In this episode, SpongeBob, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs play a board game based on the legend of the Flying Dutchman, which involves an in-game treasure hunt. Mr. Krabs likes the game so much that he wants to go on a real treasure hunt! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spongepod/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spongepod/message

Arrgh, mateys!  Pirates be the topic of this week's episode.  Captain Brent and Rob F. Beard set sea to focus on pirate themed games and pirate themed levels, and capture a great booty of gold... The Legacy Music Hour was created by Brent Weinbach and Rob F. specifically for the purpose of talking about video game music from the golden age of gaming (16-bit and earlier).

Steph Phillips is the proud owner of Muddy Pirate Coffee Traders, a very unique coffee company based out of Cedar Falls, Iowa. They offer 100% Arabica coffee from the Caribbean but what makes them truly different is their focus on bringing the customer insight into the origin, history, and culture surrounding pirate life in the Caribbean throughout time. Coffee is a universal language that brings people together from all walks of life and that's just one of the many topics that Steph and I talk about in this episode. We have a very deep and honest conversation about where Steph came from and how her upbringing shaped her positive mindset which ultimately lead her to break the mold of a lot of the stereotypes she faced coming up. She uses her story to inspire others that feel stuck and need to do a little mold breaking themselves. Arrgh you ready?

Join your Super Nuclear pals for a lively discussion on whether bare man ass is allowed on Nickelodeon. That's right: it's an episode all about pirate booty! Arrgh! And when you're done listening send us an email! Would YOU eat cabbage that the cabbage merchant had lovingly rubbed on his unshaven face? Would YOU buy a box from a horse-faced man with lipstick that may or may not contain a corpse (the box, not the man)? We're dying to know!   ===   Here are some of the best resources at hand right now to educate  yourself, donate/generate ad revenue, and protect Black lives and Black  safety:    https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/    Homeless Black Trans Women Fund -    https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-black-trans-women-fund?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet   === Follow us on Twitter at @super_nuclear, or send us your feedback at supernucleargroup@gmail.com ! Or you can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/supernucleargroup.    OR! You can join us on Discord at this link: https://discord.gg/tf9m6CM    Cover art by Ingram Jinkins! Find their work at @ingramjinkins on Twitter or at http://ingramjinkins.com.   Theme song is "Then Everything Changed" by Matt of Avana Music! Find more of Matt's work at https://soundcloud.com/avanamusic.

Trump has declared Joe Biden Omnipotent. Yeah, that's right Omnipotent. How who have thought? A born and bred boy of a working class family of Scranton, PA Omnipotent. Maybe Trump can pick the 15th Dalai Lama? A(nother) Covid-19 update for Colorado. Congressman Louie Gomert gets Covid-19 and begins paddling up that River Denial as fast as he can. What's getting lost in this cycle is the Census. Trump's Lie count continues into the stratosphere. Are the latest employment numbers telling the real story or is this a scenario of "Smoke & Mirrors?" Is Mitch McConnell single-handedly pushing the country off a cliff?  Social Security and Medicare are being attacked. Michelle O is concerned about depression. Are you even slightly depressed?  Dee, Lyn & Gary mull over VP picks. And that sound you hear could be the "Last Gasps" of the NRA. 

Impeachment of AG Barr. Is his Unitary Executive just another word for Dictator? Trumps' bill$ are coming due. Will he take another run at taxpayer monies before the election? Eighteen myths about Covid-19. The FDA has sanitizer information for you. The Fed is propping up healthy businesses and Zombie businesses. What will happen to these businesses when the Fed stops purchasing their corporate bonds and assuming their debt (Junk Bonds)? Market crash or Market adjustment? What do Tulsa, OK, K-Pop, and a disclaimer all have in common?  Did Trump want conflict in Tulsa? Trump is defunding Covid-19 testing. Why? Who will get hurt the most? Texas? Florida? Doug Lamborn issues his usual pap. Arrgh! 

Cleaning out our home (as we prepare to move), we found some treasures buried amid the boxed and bins! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message

Join Stelly and Gavin as they discuss the first segment of the seventeenth episode, Arrgh! Following an extensive session of a treasure-based board game play, Mr Krabs gets his claws on a boat and sets out with SpongeBob and Patrick to find some real booty. Elsewhere, The Little Mermaid musical is finally here and Stelly speaks extensively, and without anger, about the casting process and some alleged eighth grade bias, while Gavin is briefly allowed to express his pleasure at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl success.Email: spongebobsquarecast@gmail.comTwitter: @sbsquarecastPatreon: patreon.com/spongebobsquarecastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/spongebobsquarecast)

In this pilot episode, Ross and Cameron are joined by special guest Alec to discuss the classic episode, Arrgh! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rock-bottom69/message

A SPONGEBOB PODCAST! Bikini Bottom Live is back and bigger than ever! In this episode, we cover "Employee of the Month", "SB-129", and "Arrgh!". Be on the lookout for Part 2 and 3 just over the horizon. V - All episodes and references information found below. - V https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Employee_of_the_Month https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/SB-129 https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Arrgh! Davy Jones (lead singer of The Monkees) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqeSJlgaNk The Time Machine (1960 film) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVllOS9P70E Explanation of a 3D object in a 2D world. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0WjV6MmCyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m2fVWj99x4&list=FLoyq4o5cwhsoNDADsytzBSg&index=2&t=0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp7mrUzMgeo&list=WL&index=2&t=0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDh8YxvTS8M Landon animated a scene in this! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxRD3wgOgjA --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bblive/support

Chris and Mike wrap up The Kolchak Tapes with their special guest Richard Hatem. The three discuss the unmade Night Stalker episodes, "Eve of Terror," "Get of Belial," and "The Executioners" as well as a Marvel Comic parody of Kolchak from "ARRGH!" Thanks again to everyone for listening and coming with us on this three year journey.

The counters arrived!! We made it. We are now a chain! 2 stores! Hear about the final week of prep and the first day of sales. No Black Friday Sales this year. Batman is your friend, but only when no one else is listening. Challengers-exclusive Diamond problems for the week. 2 of ‘em! Industry-wide Diamond issue for the week. Protect that data!! Dark Knight The Golden Child vs China. Arrgh! Here there be (internet) pirates! Thanks, Patrons! We’ve added another 2-Store/1-Day creator signing! With… **** ******!

The counters arrived!! We made it. We are now a chain! 2 stores! Hear about the final week of prep and the first day of sales. No Black Friday Sales this year. Batman is your friend, but only when no one else is listening. Challengers-exclusive Diamond problems for the week. 2 of ‘em! Industry-wide Diamond issue for the week. Protect that data!! Dark Knight The Golden Child vs China. Arrgh! Here there be (internet) pirates! Thanks, Patrons! We’ve added another 2-Store/1-Day creator signing! With… **** ******!

Round 1 continues, with more iconic episodes going head to head. With tears in our eye and laughter coming out of our mouths, episodes such as Pre-Hibernation against Band Geeks, Arrgh! against chocolate with nuts. For more episodes of Yeah I Can Talk go to…

Round 1 continues, with more iconic episodes going head to head. With tears in our eye and laughter coming out of our mouths, episodes such as Pre-Hibernation against Band Geeks, Arrgh! against chocolate with nuts. For more episodes of Yeah I Can Talk go to yeahicantalk.com

Amara Lynn joins us to discuss their new novel, Into the Deep, a m/m pirate merman story, and share their drive to make Twitter friendlier using LGBTQ hashtags! Check out #LGBTQwrimo during NaNoWriMo!

We often want to see results all at once, or at least quickly. But that's not usually how it works. In this episode Leon, Josh, and returning guest Al Rasheed explore how the philosophies of slow growth in other areas of our life - from religious to healthy living - inform our expectations with regard to gaining new skills in IT. Listen or read the transcript below. Josh:      0:00        Welcome to our podcast where we talk about the interesting, frustrating and inspiring experiences we have as people with strongly held religious views working in corporate IT. We're not here to preach or teach you our religion. We're here to explore ways we make our career as IT professionals mesh or at least not conflict with our religious life. This is technically religious. Leon:     0:22        We often want to see results all at once or at least quickly, but that's not usually how IT works. How do the philosophies of slow growth in other areas of our life from religious to healthy living inform our expectations with regard to gaining new skills in it? I'm Leon Adato and the other voices you're going to hear on this episode are my partner in podcasting, Josh Biggley. Josh:      0:42        Hello, hello. Leon:     0:44        And returning guests. Al Rasheed, Leon:     0:46        Hello, thanks again for having me. Leon:     0:48        Welcome back again. Um, okay. Before we dive into this topic, uh, as always, we wanted to have everyone, uh, take a moment for shameless self promotion. So Josh, why don't you kick it off? Josh:      0:59        Hey, so I'm Josh Biggley, I'm a senior engineer in the enterprise systems monitoring space. Uh, you can find me on Twitter at @jbiggley or if you want to follow the chaos of my, my faith journey, uh, you can go to FaithTransitions.ca where you'll be forwarded to our Facebook group. Leon:     1:16        Fantastic. Al, tell us about yourself. Al:           1:20        I'm Al Rasheed, I'm a systems administrator here in northern Virginia for a federal contractor. Uh, you can find me on Twitter, @Al_Rasheed and in my profile for Twitter you'll also, uh, you should find my blog URL. Leon:     1:33        Fantastic. And as a reminder, uh, all those links and everything else we talk about in this episode are going to be in the show notes. So you don't need to scribble madly and just rounding things up. I'm Leon Adatoo, I'm one of the head geeks at solar winds. You can find me on Twitter @LeonAdator and also I blog and just pontificate about life in general, uh, at AdatoSystems.com so you can find me there. All right, so, uh, we're going to divide this up basically into two sections, talking about growth and personal growth in the religious philosophical context first. And then in our IT life second, but in religious context, I think it's important for us to frame out what is there to grow in, in terms of religion or philosophy? I think, I think a lot of folks feel like, well, you know, you just, you show up, you sit down, you listen for a little while, and then ya go, you know, have some fried chicken or whatever. Like what, what is there to do better in religion? What are your, what are your thoughts on that? Josh:      2:31        You know, Leon, I honestly, I think that, um, the whole premise of religion is about being better. Um, again for the listeners, right? We know that, uh, I was Mormon and Joseph Smith, who was the founder of Mormonism, uh, famously said, and I'm probably going to do a terrible job at paraphrasing him, but, um, no religion, um, that is, you know, worth its weight. Um, that doesn't require a man to sacrifice and become better, uh, should be practiced. So the idea being that if you're going to do religion and you're just going to stay static, why do it that at all? Al:           3:08        Right. And I, I think there's some people who do show up, you know, look, I belong because my parents belong to this church or synagogue because my grandparents belonged here. I'm just, you know, I, that's, that's why I'm here. You know, I just show up because that's what we've always done. But to your point, I think it's, it's not, I'm afraid to say it's not the right reason, but I think it's not a very productive reason to be there. Um, I think also, depending on your religious, philosophical point of view, and this is definitely philosophical, I think that people who say, I'm not religious, I'm spiritual. There's still an element of this. There's some mechanics involved. Uh, I know for myself, and I talked about it in a previous episode, uh, I still struggle learning Hebrew, just making the sounds. Uh, it wasn't a language that I was comfortable with growing up. Uh, I was comfort with a couple of other religions, a couple of other languages, but not, um, Hebrew. And so I really just, the decoding of the non-English characters has really been a stumbling block for me. So, and I know that, you know, other religions have Latin Al uh, we were talking about it earlier, that, uh, in Islam, you know, Arabic, that's, you know, I don't know whether if you don't speak Arabic, I don't even know how, how do you manage? Like, can you, can you do the prayers in English? Is that all right? Al:           4:26        Yes, you can. And there are, there are some countries that are, you know, Indonesia for example, their primary language isn't Arabic. Uh, but they've got a, a heavy base of Muslims and you know, there, there are means to every way. Al:           4:40        Okay, okay. I wasn't sure if it was, you know, Arabic or, you know, go home and practice until you can come back, you know, whatever. So at least it gets good to know. But it's still, I think there's also, you know, if you want to study Torah or Quran or whatever, ultimately, or, uh, The hunchback of Notre Dame or the Upanishads or whatever, like studying it in the original language is, is the goal because things are always lost in translation. So you still have that linguistic skill element to it. Um, regardless, um, there's other, there's other things though that I think we, we try to improve on just in terms of showing up and being religious. Any other ones that you, you guys want to shout out on? Josh:      5:27        And so, uh, one of the things that that Mormons do, um, we go to are the temples. Um, and so in the temple, um, just like every other temple, uh, attending faith, there are rights and rituals that are performed and uh, you know, they're, they, they have a very specific methodology for them. Um, I mean, when I attended regularly, um, when I was living in Las Vegas, I would go every single week and it was goal to learn, uh, verbatim, the, you know, the required, um, statements that you make, um, as part of that ritual. And it's interesting, you know, you think, well, why would you do that? Because if you make a mistake, there's somebody there to help you. I mean, if they're not going to say, "Oh, geez, Josh, way to go, you screwed up, get out." Leon:     6:18        You've ruined Mormonism for us! Josh:      6:21        Right, that will come later, Leon:     6:23        ...later in this story. Josh:      6:26        Um, but it's, it was one of those things that it made me feel, um, it made me feel as though I had to accomplish something as though I had, um, I had been devout enough to, to memorize this thing that, you know, you hear it once as part of this worship service that lasts about two hours. Uh, our, sorry, I guess we heard two or three times, but it, you know, it's a fairly long phrase that you have to say and it's not like you can go home and practice it because in Mormonism that thing is not, it's not written down anywhere. Um, that you can read outside. The only place you can study it or hear it is, is in the temple. Um, so to get to a point where, and even now, you know, 20 odd years later, I still can remember it. Um, it, it just, it was one of those things that helps you focus or at least was intended to help you focus on the divine. Um, so, you know, what can you do better at in religion? You can find the things that help you focus on the divine, whether it's, you know, the recitation of a specific prayer or, um, some sort of right or ritual. Um, or even just for some people just showing up at church. I mean, that's a good thing if you want to be religious. Leon:     7:39        Right, and, and in, again, in talking about the things that people take step by step, that, that's a good point is I hear a lot of people from various faith, uh, again, philosophical areas saying, "I just need to learn how to focus better", whether it's meditative, um, or focusing on the prayers, what's happening, not getting distracted and having a side conversation. Um, you know, being able to keep your, your focus focal point of attention longer. That is definitely something that a) people work on, b) people get very frustrated about because they can't do as well as they want to. Um, and c), to your point also deepens their experience, uh, you know, in what they're doing. So that's, that's a nice one. Um, I, I also think that there's just learning, and this is slightly to your point, Josh, what happens when?, You know, is this the standup part or the sit down part or the walk around the room part or the, you know, just knowing this is where we are, because not knowing, again, not knowing, doesn't ruin Shabbat right now. Josh:      8:47        For a minute there, I thought we were doing the Hokey pokey, Leon:     8:49        Right. Although sometimes it feels like it. Like at no time do you know, did anyone ever turn to me and say, okay, Leon, you, you just broke Shabbat. We'll try again next week. That doesn't, that doesn't happen. But knowing what's going on and feeling, uh, feeling fluent in it and competent in it allows you not to have to worry about it. It allows you to focus on some of those deeper issues Al:           9:13        Or a sense of being a part of something, a meeting and accomplishment. Um, but there is a certain sometimes level of intimidation if you don't feel like you're meeting those expectations, especially when it does come through religion. Leon:     9:27        Right. And, and I, I wanna say that in most cases, our co-religionists are not putting pressure on us. They're not judging. They're not holding these in insanely high expectations. Sometimes they are, sometimes, you know, they're that person. Uh, and that's its own set of challenges. But most of the time I think it's really what we think, they think that...that gets us. So, yeah, it's a good point though. Josh:      9:57        So I have this really bad habit of, uh, thinking about things that I did in my life and I remember them with crystal clarity and they don't matter to anybody else. For example, I remember the time that a group of, uh, of, uh, classmates and I were walking into the front of my high school and there was a flat cigarette package kind of laying on the ground and I went to go kick it with full force, you know, thinking I was just going to scoot it along the ground and I completely missed and the force carried me up into the air and I slapped down right on my back. Leon:     10:35     Charlie Brown! Josh:      10:35     It was classic! Leon:     10:38     Classic Charlie. Arrgh! Josh:      10:40     And I remembered that with crystal clarity. I don't think anyone else who was around, I mean, they all laughed at me, but nobody else remembers that. And that's, that's like religious observance. If you screw it up, nobody's going to remember and good, good chance that, uh, you know God or however you name your, your Diety, they're not going to remember either. Leon:     11:05     Well, okay, so I'm just going to walk that one back a little bit. God will remember everything, but God will not judge one context. Josh:      11:13     Right. You know, God does say I remember your sins no more. So I don't know. Leon:     11:19     There's, okay, there's a difference between holding you accountable and remembering them. Uh, but I think that, you know, in the same way that we as parents look at our children when they do something really silly and we remember it, but we don't, we don't look at it. They're like, "Oh yeah, you're the idiot who did that thing." You know, it, it just becomes part of the, their overall character. Josh:      11:41     I think we remember them and we hold onto them for when they get married. And then at the celebration afterwards, we tell the stories. That's why we remember them. Leon:     11:52     And we have pictures. Josh:      11:53     Yeah. I don't know. Does that make me a bad parent? Leon:     11:55     No, no, because Al shaking his head "No!" Al:           11:59     No, that's what life is all about. So you can look back and reflect and laughing and joy collectively. Leon:     12:06     Right, right. Exactly. Okay. So, uh, what else in a philosophical context, what, what else about it is, is, is growth related or again, this slow growth step-by-step? Josh:      12:17     I mean, what, what do we want out of life? When I was a, a Mormon missionary, um, I remember as I was preparing to go, my father saying that there were three golden questions, right? It was a, where do we come from? Why are we here and where are we going? Uh, and that like that, "Why are we here?" that, man, that's a heavy question. Like, really what do we want from life? Al:           12:42     But, but that question and that thought is ever evolving. Um, it's, it's, it's, you know, there's times where, and some of the points that I'll focus on, I want peace. I want a, you know, clear conscience. I avoid negativity. I don't want to be remembered as, um, someone that got in a way or someone that wasn't helpful. I want when I'm done for the day, for example, in the office, I know when I leave, I've done to the best of my ability and the time. That was a lot of to me. Um, additionally, um, if you've got a sound mind, you have a sound body and those two go hand in hand. Uh, especially in IT, we all realize IT is, we're very blessed. It's a, it's a great, uh, way of making a living, but it can be challenging on both sides, uh, mentally and physically and, and additionally, um, you always want to be happy, but you want to be happy, not only in the office, but you want to bring that happiness home because if the home isn't happy, then you've missed the whole point. And um, you bring that negativity. There's a potentially bring that negativity, negativity home, or if you take it to the office and the whole mood just goes tumbling down. And lastly, you want to, everyone wants to be successful, but it has to be done in the correct way. You have to be a thorough through your hard work, but be honest, doing so. Um, but also in always focused on trying to bring people up as opposed to bringing them down. Leon:     14:09     Right? And those are all really good framing ways of framing what we're doing and what we're growing toward. But I also think those are good examples of, of areas of our life that when we, when we fall short or haven't yet achieved a particular level that we have in our mind, that creates an enormous amount of frustration for us. You know, just taking health as an example. You know, when, uh, you know, if, if we are exercise, uh, prone, if we, if we like to exercise and uh, we've pulled a muscle or whatever and we need to give something arrest. I, I, I grew up in a household where lots of people in my family played lots of different sports and there were injuries and I just know there was an enormous amount of frustration waiting for those injuries to heal. And not wanting to wait and wanting to get right back to it. And I'm losing so much ground and you know, or as we get older, perhaps, you know, I can't do what I used to do. And all those things weigh on you. And again, to the, to the point of this, uh, this episode, this podcast, is that we have to find ways of pacing ourselves, finding the right pace for the right moment. Because otherwise, you know, like, you know, health, it's not what I want it to be. Okay, fair. But at the same time, it is what it is, what it is. That doesn't mean you settle for it, but today your health today is your health today and you have to come to terms with that so that you can get to your health tomorrow, which hopefully will be better, which hopefully will grow. Um, but denying or, or railing at it, I don't think is gonna help you get anywhere. Josh:      16:02     Yeah. Yeah. I would really want to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. I mean a old Arnold, new Arnold, whatever, like. Leon:     16:08     I was going to ask, 'Which one?", like seventies Arnold. Josh:      16:10     Yes. Al:           16:10     Or the latest terminator movie, Arnold? Josh:      16:13     Yes, I mean all of them are improvements on the current, uh, Josh Dad Bod. But it's just not worth pursuing for me. I do not want that level, but I am in awe of people who are willing to put the time and effort in. And, uh, you know, the previous episode we talked about how Crossfit is a cult. And I still do believe that however, I am completely amazed at people who do Crossfit the, the feats of strength and endurance, that those, those dedicated individuals pull off their mind boggling. I, I'm absolutely, I, I honestly, it's overwhelming for me to watch them perform. Leon:     16:57     Okay. So, so I just want to clarify though, just because we understand realistically that, that we, you and I, at least I'm leaving out loud at this one. You and I at least will never get to the Arnold Schwartzenegger, uh, you know, pinnacle of health, the, the 80 year old Arnold, um, pinnacle of health. Does that mean we don't start, does that mean like, oh well I can't, I will never be natively fluent in Spanish, so why bother? Josh:      17:23     Yes. Leon:     17:25     Really? Josh:      17:25     No, I mean someone had to say yes. There's always gotta be the opposite. Leon:     17:29     Oh, ABC -- Always Be Contrarian. Josh:      17:32     Yes. Leon:     17:33     Okay. Al:           17:33     If I could share one example, it's not about me, but, um, you know, I've put on some weight in the past few years. A lot of it is attributed to my lifestyle. Um, I will blame, I, it's my responsibility. I accept ownership for it. But about five, six ago, I was actively jogging. I didn't care how fast I was doing it. I was doing it for the sake of getting out there. Uh, and it was, it was, there were two factors that were involved, obviously physically, but mentally it cleared my mind every time I went out. Josh:      18:05     Yeah. Sorry, I'm reading a great book. Uh, and I mean, shout out to my coworker and friend Zach Mutchler for recommending this book, but, uh, and I'm going to talk about it a little later in the podcast as well, but then this book entitled Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek. He talks about that the runner's high, that, that thing that you get when you run in. I honestly, I have never, no, I shouldn't say never. When I was younger, I was a cross country runner. Um, and that runner's high is real and it is very much a, it is a chemical reaction. Uh, and it puts your body in your mind, um, in, in, in harmony with one another. And as I'm talking, I'm thinking, "Josh, you are such a hypocrite because you don't run and you don't want to run." But, uh, there are, there are other things that I think can establish that same, a harmonious balance and maybe without, you know, the impact to my knees and my back and my feet and all those things. Leon:     19:11     And that goes, and that goes back to what I was saying about, you know, health or whatever, you know, "Ugh, I can't run anymore because my back" my like, okay, but look, what can you do? How can you get that? Um, and just, you know, for the record, I'd never had a runner's high. I'm also, I just, I don't know why I put him in the same category. I've never had meat sweats. So those are two goals that I think that I still want to try to figure out. If I could find my way to, um, Josh:      19:33     The latter is not going to happen with the former. I made the.. Josh:      19:36     No, no, no, no, no. They, they cancel each other out. Correct. And also meat sweats is a very expensive proposition. We've talked talking about kosher meat. Okay. So, um, it doesn't mean just because we may not be able to attain the a particular goal, whether that's a runner's high or whatever, or, you know, I can't run because of my knees. It doesn't mean you don't start or start something. It just means that you're realistic with yourself. You're gentle with yourself about it. Al:           19:59     Right. And if I could add to it, sometimes the juice is not necessarily worth the squeeze. So you've gotta have a considered approach. You have to consider everything that's involved and be thorough and analytical while considering these choices. And you know, as we, as we get older, um, patience is critical. So we have to practice it because, you know, I forget with the, it was Joshua or Leon that just mentioned this is a potential for, you know, a higher risk for injury. As we get older. We're, we're not that spring chicken. Like, you know, like we'd like to hope we are and um, you know, you just have to be smart and wise with your decision making. Josh:      20:36     I think as my previous story demonstrated, uh, even when I was younger, I was at a higher risk for injury. Um, so people like me probably just should not do sports. I mean I tried out for the football team and got hurt in the first practice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thanks Leon. Leon:     20:54     Not a problem. I can just look, I mean, you know, we're only so tall and we were only so, like, there's just, there's a reality there. Right? Josh:      21:02     It's true. It's true. It's so, you know, as I think about how would I go from a, you know, my glorious Dad Bod to Arnold Schwarzenegger, I think that the article that really got us kickstarted, um, talks specifically about how to do that. And it's this idea of these micro shifts. Um, and that if I'm going to, if I'm going to decide that I want to achieve a goal, like, uh, speaking Spanish, am I going to become fluent in Spanish tomorrow? Uh, unless I can pull a matrix and get jacked in and it downloaded. It's not going to happen. Although if that exists out there, um, my, my contact details are in the show notes. I want it. Al:           21:47     [Laughter] Josh:      21:47     Um, it's the micro, Leon:     21:48     I know Kung Fu. Josh:      21:49     I know. I mean, I don't actually put that past you, Leon. You also know how to do sword fighting, so... Leon:     21:57     Well that's true. Josh:      21:59     But I think it's still those micro shifts, right? Do what do we change today so that tomorrow we're better? And whether we're talking about an intellectual pursuit or a religious pursuit like that, that's where we go. I can't be the same today and tomorrow as I was yesterday because then I haven't improved. But if I improve in those, those very, uh, nominal ways, the collection of those, I mean, I think this is called life. The collection of those experiences gets me to my destination. Leon:     22:28     And that's, I think that's a key is, is both recognizing and appreciating the value that those small micro shifts, um, can make. Uh, just reminds me when we were, uh, we were in Jerusalem and my family and I, and my son was, uh, about eight or nine when we went. And one of the the one of the features about Jerusalem when you're going down to the Kotel to the wall is there are a lot of people asking for charity. They just, you know, sort of sit in chairs on the steps down and stuff like that. And, and, um, my son had a pocket full of, and he was very excited. He had a pocket full of Israeli coins, some shackles, and he was really happy to use them and whatever. And this woman asked for, uh, you know, this woman had her handout. And so he was really excited to be able to give charity like that. So he handed her and she looked at him and I, I apologize because it does not cast her in a very good light. She looked at me, she says "This, this is nothing." And we were all taken aback by like, it'd be one thing if a grown adult handed her a penny, you know, like what do you think you're doing? But this was a little boy who, you know, probably didn't understand what the value of the coinage, you know, together ...And, but I, my son was so brilliant, he, he looked at her and says, "But they add up!" And we just, we walked on. But that's always stuck with me is, you know, how many times are we the person with her handout saying "This is nothing." And how often do we need to be told, like my son said, "But it adds up." Al:           24:08:00               But his intentions were well. Leon:     24:10:00               Right, right. No, no, his intentions were pure. And I think that that's the other thing, when I want to learn Spanish, when I want to go for a run and I make it, you know, three houses down and then I can't keep going or whatever. It's not, oh that was nothing. You shouldn't, why bother even getting up, putting your shoes up. No, it adds up. Okay, so you made it three houses tomorrow. Make four houses a week from now, make four houses, who cares? You went for a walk. You know, I think that we have to be gentle with ourselves in that way. Um, you know, we, we talk about our religious philosophy and I think we're all aware that all our religions teach, uh, teach kindness, you know, be kind to others. But we forget that that also includes ourselves. That we need to be kind to ourselves and we would, we, who would never be that brazenly mean to another person about their progress. If someone said, hey, can you tutor me in this thing? We would never get in their face about how poorly they're doing or how slowly you have long it's taking or how slow they're going. We would never do that. But at the same time, our own internal mental self-talk can be really, at least for myself, I'll speak for myself. My, my internal self-talk is brutal sometimes. It's really, really painful. Josh:      25:24:00               One of the most devastating experiences I've had in my life and in my entire life was coming to that moment. And we, we talked about it on the last podcast where I knew that I could no longer be Mormon. It wasn't that I thought, "Oh, well this Mormon thing is hard. It was holy crap, I can't do it." Followed shortly thereafter by "Why didn't I know this sooner?" And, uh, my, uh, Maya Angelou, who is a preeminent, uh, African American poet, said something that it touches my soul every time I read it. And she has been misquoted by so many people, so this is the actual quote "I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better." And to me, that really is the key, right? That is the thing that unlocks the ability to continue to grow in life. Uh, without it. If we were to hold ourselves accountable, um, for the things that we didn't do or that we did when we didn't know that we should or should not do them, we would be, we would be gripped by that guilt of a failure. Um, or that, that guilt of acting. Um, I mean, yeah, if you didn't know you, you couldn't be held accountable. And that, that's the key for me. Uh, and I, that goes to everything, right? It's not just my religious pursuits, but I mean, I make mistakes at work all the time. Uh, and that's usually just, you know, I in the first hour of my day and the, the key is, did not, "Did Josh make a mistake?" It's, "Did Josh make the exact same mistake that he made yesterday and that we taught him how to not make again, did he do it over and over again?" And that to me is, that's how we measure progress, right? I mean, we're not ever going to find the perfect person, the perfect IT pro, they do not exist. There are no rockstar candidates out there. Leon:     27:37:00               Um, so I wanna I wanna point out that in a previous episode Yechiel Kalmenson, uh, mentioned that programming is basically the state of going from, going from a state of brokenness, complete brokenness to a state of functionality. Not the other way around. That when you start out with a clear screen, basically what you're saying is the entire program doesn't work. And as you begin to add lines of code, you're adding things that do work. So, you know, I, I think sometimes we think it's, it's working and then I broke it. You know, Josh, to your point, I made mistakes. No, no, no. You showed up in the day, you know, beginning of the day and everything needed your help. And so you just started working your way through those things. It's again, a way of us being gentle with ourselves. So one more thing I want to just throw out there before we transition to the IT version of this conversation is that a, so my oldest son is on his way to YUeshiva. He graduated high school and he's on his way. And part of his post high school curriculum includes, uh, an entire section of what's called Mussar and Mussar is self-improvement. Um, so just imagine going to college and having an entire section of your class of your curriculum dedicated to being better, being a better you. And some of the hallmarks of this, uh, program of this movement is that first of all, you're gonna work with a coach. You're going to work with a Rabbi and you're going to talk about who you are and where you are now and who you want to be. And the, the key pieces that the, the Rabbi that you're working with is typically gonna tell you to do something insanely small. Like really, we would almost look at it as being in consequential, you know, put your right shoe on before you put your left shoe on. Like what? No, just do it. Just, that's the improvement. That's what you're gonna work on. Like are you, I just told you that I have trouble like with gossiping. Yeah, I know. I know. Put your rights, you on your left, you want. And some of it is just terraforming your brain to accept doing things differently. But some of it is back to the point that was made earlier. You know, making small changes in some cases are the only kinds of changes you can make. But making sequential small changes, again, it all adds up. So I find that wonderfully inspiring that there's an entire movement that looks at things this way. Josh:      30:14:00               I like that thought process. I like, um, I think in the times with other respect that we live in now, I think a lot of more people should focus on that aspect. Josh:      30:22:00               Yeah. And once we picked that idea of doing, um, that opens up new pathways, I everyone remembers that scene from, uh, Indiana Jones, um, where he, he's going for the, the Holy Grail. Right. And he comes to that, that chasm between, you know, the two doorways and he can't see the path. Right. And then he's got to take that step out. I mean, okay. It's kinda kitschy. I get it. Um, but that really is our life. Sometimes we have to step, no, let me rephrase that. Every time we have to step out so that we can gain the perspective of the road that we've walked on. And sometimes, I mean, especially if it's Monday morning and you're, you're, you're me, you're going to come to a point, uh, and you're going to step out and you're going to realize that's not the road that you are should be walking and you get back up and you go back to bed. No, I mean that doesn't happen too often, but you, you have to realize sometimes you have to step down the wrong road to know that that's the wrong road and it does mean having to backtrack a little and then you walk a different path and that's also okay. You are not going to make the right choice. But if your every day making those small incremental changes, then you don't have to unwind, um, a lifetime of change to go down the path that is actually the right path for you. Al:           31:50:00               Baby steps. Josh:      31:50:00               Baby steps. Leon:     31:52:00               Are the only steps. Honestly, that's not the only ones you can take. Okay. Let's, let's take all of this into the IT context. Um, you know, again, the idea of step-by-step and incremental growth and learning what, you know, what experiences do we have in it that reflect this outlook? What experiences do we have that either standing contradiction to it or work against it or support this idea? Josh:      32:17:00               I just have to point out that every time you say step-by-step, uh, Martika's Toy Soldiers runs through my head every single time. I just, I, I can't undo it. Al:           32:28:00               That's your, that's your ear worm for this podcast. Josh:      32:31:00               I was thinking Backstreet Boys or what was the other boy group that had that Song Step-by-step, Josh:      32:36:00               uh, Boyz2Men, no, not Boyz2Men,... Al:           32:37:00               N'Sync! Leon:     32:40:00               There we go. All right, so we are now fully dated in our eighties. Worry. Very good gentlemen. Very good. Okay. Okay. Josh:      32:48:00               Can we, can we revisit that idea? The idea that there is no Rockstar job candidate and what can we s let's stop assuming that you can take, you can fire somebody and then go find the perfect and, and I'm air quoting my brains out right now for all of our listeners, that you can find that perfect candidate. There is no rock star. The rock star is the person that is sitting there who has contacts in your company, who knows you, who knows your goals, who knows your ideas, ideals, train them, give them the support, and they will be calmed that rock star. But nobody, nobody walks in off the street and goes, yeah, I can totally kill this. Leon:     33:34:00               So I just want to point out that just an episode or two ago, a Doug Johnson, another voice on the podcast who used to be a DJ. He was actually the number one rated, uh, news time DJ in Cleveland for a while, for a few years there. Um, he said, I, "I've met rock stars. You don't want to be them." Like they're not, they're not people that you should aspire to. Certainly not people that you want to hire. They're not reliable in that way. They're, you know, they, they play by completely different rules. They're fun to watch, but they're not somebody I would want on my team necessarily when we're talking, when we're thinking about rockstar personalities, that's not exactly what we're talking about. So, yeah, I want that whole phrase, that whole term just to go away. Al:           34:23:00               Yeah, I know. And it button, it's taught in other professions as well. Inevitably we're always surrounded by that hero, that person that wants to put themselves out in front of everybody else. But sooner or later that hero comes tumbling down in their true colors and their intentions come crashing down on them. Leon:     34:41:00               Right. Josh:      34:42:00               Um, it's, it can be a challenge professionally, especially if you're in a team centric environment because you find yourself, and I can only speak for myself, but again, we've probably all been in this situation. It's hard because you want to bite your tongue, but on the other hand you want to say something and point out this person. Yeah. And so it's, it's a balance and you have to take those considerations and in fact, what's most important for you but also your team members moving forward. Josh:      35:10:00               I mean, once again, Martika comes to the rescue, right? Step by step, heart to heart, left, right, left. We all fall down like toy soldiers. Al:           35:18:00               This guy's on fire. Leon:     35:19:00               Oh my gosh, that's amazing. Um, very good. Yeah, I think that, uh, um, uh, again, the, the concept of rock star is, is not a healthy one. It's not healthy to try to conceive of yourself as one of those kinds of personalities. And um, certainly often not healthy to be around. And I want to differentiate between a quote/unquote a rock star and somebody who, uh, the term I used as a force multiplier, you know, somebody who is so effective in what they do, that they make the people around them better as well. They lift everyone up. Um, not through necessarily technical prowess. It can be through enthusiasm, it can be through a positive outlook. It can be through just being really, really good at documentation or being really organized about things. I mean that that can be its own force multiplier, but a Rockstar is, that's not, that's not what's meant when employers say, I'm looking for a rockstar candidate. And that's not the same thing as a force multiplier. Somebody who actually makes you better "for being in the team with them. Al:           36:29:00               Right. Josh:      36:31:00               Um, okay. So other things about it and this idea of slow, steady growth. What else? What else? What other thoughts do you have? Al:           36:38:00               I mean, for me personally, I think you need to think things through. Take your time, put in the effort and collaborate and communicate with one another. As the old saying goes, "Rome wasn't built in a day", but on the other side, sometimes you don't know what you got until it's gone. So, um, never take things for granted. Um, be kind, uh, be willing to assist one another and don't do it just to say that you did it, but do it with good intentions in mind. Leon:     37:06:00               Right. And, and to your point about, you know, the hero personality eventually comes out, so does yours. Yup. So even though you're biting your tongue, even though you're holding back, even though you want to say something and whatever, you don't need to because your intentions will come out, will be, you know, will be seen by the people who need to see it. And I realized that that is, uh, a faith statement. And I realized that it is not 100% true in every workplace environment. There are toxic environments. I'm not, you know, I'm not naively suggesting there aren't a, but I will say that in, in a healthy work environment, you don't have to work that hard for people to notice what you're doing. And if you're not in a healthy work environment, okay, now we know what needs to get worked on. Al:           37:51:00               Right. But you can be efficient at what you do and do it at a high level without going over the top and bringing attention to yourself. Al:           37:59:00               Correct. Correct. Josh:      38:00:00               I just want to point out that the 80s comes to the rescue again. I'm like, Cinderella's "Don't know what you got till it's gone". "You don't know what you got until it's gone. Don't know why what it is. I did so wrong. Now I know what I got. It's just this song and it ain't easy to get back. Takes so long." Al:           38:21:00               And that's actually where I got it from that line because when you guys started with the rolling stone, it's on, uh, the, the, that's, I immediately thought of that Cinderella Song for whatever reason. Leon:     38:33:00               There we go. Okay. This, this episode is, it's got people gotta have ear worms coming out of their ears. That's great. Josh:      38:39:00               It was brought to you by the 80s, Josh:      38:41:00               Right? Right, the 80s and, and, and Top 40... Top 40 radio. So, uh, I think there are some things that in it we have to assimilate quickly. We have to, you know, get this knowledge or get this skill down really fast. But I don't think that is certainly not always and not necessarily even often the time. I think that the lifelong learning that is implied by a career in IT. And I do truly believe that. I think that if you want a career in it, you are committing to being a lifelong learner. And I think that means in many cases, taking a long view of how you're going to learn something. And you know, one thing that comes to mind immediately is programming. Um, you may learn a couple of programming verbs. You may learn a couple of, you know, you may be able to go on and stack, Stack Exchange and get some snippets of code that you can slam in there. But in terms of really learning how to program that is going to be, you know, it's going to take you a while. Um, and Josh, I think, I think you can attest to that. Josh:      39:43:00               Oh yeah. Every single day mean Google is the way that I survive what I have to script it, the, that and uh, and Zack, that's how I survive. Leon:     39:55:00               Okay. But, but at the same time, I've listened to you over the course of months talking about your, your coding, scripting skills and they are improving. You know, you're not, you know, you might not be a Zack or you know, Doug or whatever, you know, that level. But those are people who have been programming for a while. And that's the thing to remember is that you are on the, you're near the start of your journey and they're not, um, Josh:      40:18:00               Don't make me quote Martika again! Al:           40:23:00               [Snicker] Sorry. Leon:     40:25:00               [Laughing] Alright, go ahead. Go. Josh:      40:27:00               No, no, I'm not going to call I, I mean don't literally don't make me quote Martika again. That's just step by step thing. We, We can't go there again. No, you're, you're rightly on a I am. I am far better today than I was five years ago. I, I, I remember the moment that, uh, my manager, uh, five years ago was actually our manager. He said to me, "Josh, uh, this team needs this monitor built in SolarWinds, this, this SAM Component Monitor. And the best way to get it done we think is in PowerShell. Um, we'd like you to do it. And I'm like, PowerShell. Google, what is powershell? Leon:     41:08:00               [Laughing] Yeah, right!?! Bad sign, bad sign! Josh:      41:08:00               And it took me a week to write this one line cause I was like, oh crap. Like I don't even, I don't, I don't know what the PowerShell is. I don't know if it's installed like nothing. And I'm much more comfortable now. So yes, you are right. I have improved and I think we need to remember that. Um, on the flip side, I'm going to say that one of the things that always has always come really naturally to me is being able to tie the technical side of what I do to the business. So, I mean, one of those lifelong skills is just because you are a technical person does not mean you don't have to know about the business. You hav..., I mean, invest the time. Okay, look, I get it. People are not always going to glom onto, uh, doing spreadsheets and financial analysis of technical solutions like me. Those things really get me excited. Like, that is what I live for. Leon:     42:06:00               I love you so much for saying that. And, yeah, I think that all it people need to at least have a little bit of fluency, like, you know, and speak a little Spanish, speak a little business. Josh:      42:17:00               Speak a little 'C-suite' Leon:     42:17:00               Um, it doesn't mean you have to become a pointy haired boss. It doesn't mean that you're going to become, you know, evil incarnate. Um, but it does mean the ability to translate technical information into a business relevant context is enormously important. Ah, Bob Lewis, who used to write one of the, uh, Op Ed pieces in InfoWorld back in the day when InfoWorld was, uh, printed on actual paper and delivered using actual post, uh, you know, uh, post office people. Um, he said "There are no IT projects. There are no technical projects, there are business projects with a technical component to them." And if you don't understand that you are always going to be working across purposes to the people who actually pay for things. And they're going to continue to say no because they don't understand. You haven't helped them to understand the value of what you're asking them to do. And not saying it's not important. I'm saying you haven't explained it. Josh:      43:17:00               I'm cheering right now, me and at least two other people. Leon:     43:21:00               But the thing is is that that isn't a skill that you need to assimilate all at once. It's something that you can practice a little bit at a time and grow in somebody who's at the start of their IT career probably isn't going to have enough context or experience. That doesn't mean they can't try, but somebody in the middle or later on in their career is going to have seen a lot more business situations, met a lot more business leaders and really will need that fluency to go along with the cachet of their credibility and their experience, so they can justify the projects and the tools that they're probably talking about at that mid or even late point in their career. So what else, what other things in an it should we be gentle with ourselves in terms of not beating ourselves up because we don't know it right away, but that doesn't mean we stop working on it. That we continue to work on it. Josh:      44:12:00               You have to know how to tell good stories. Honestly, if you cannot tell a good story, and I don't care if you're in the C-suite and talking about a business case or if you are, I'm over with the, you know, the lead architects and talking a technical case. You have to tell a story. And to that end, I have a story to tell. I spent the past seven months, uh, as part of a leadership development, uh, program at, at my company and they had pulled together 20 people from, uh, you know, the ranks of 16 or 1700 other IT, uh, folks and then a whole bunch of customer service folks. And they brought us all together and they said, okay, look, you 20, you have been nominated because you are the high potential high performing employees. Over the course of the seven months we did this project and we, we pitched out on the second last day of this program to our peers and we, you know, we had spent a lot of time putting together this, uh, this pitch, this, uh, this presentation and it. Fell. Flat. Oh my goodness. And I thought like, work, we're good. Like they were good engineers, we're good customer service people. Like we know how to present. And we sucked. So that night we all got together, you know, late after our long day of training. And we rewrote our presentation and we focused on the narrative of the story instead of just trying to dump data into people's heads, we brought them along on the journey and people, oh, like we nailed it. Uh, so I think that that idea of, yes, I need to convey to you all the important details needs to be interwoven so beautifully with, let me tell you why these details are, let me help you understand why these details are important to you. So, yeah, learn how to tell good stories, Al:           46:09:00               right? I, I, I often find myself and we've got an intern, an intern that's currently working with us. Um, his first, uh, experience in IT. I always use expression with when I'm describing something with him, I'm painting a picture. I want you to see it for yourself. I want you to comprehend it. I want you to understand that. But let me know if there's something you're unsure of because if I'm not explaining it properly, I'm not doing my job and then I'm failing you. Leon:     46:35:00               Right? And, and also say your work with Tech Field Day. I mean, that's what tech field day is all about, right? A bunch of it thought leaders and experts in a room all telling stories to their audience about what they're seeing. Um, you know, it painting that picture, allowing the reader to live vicariously through your experience, to see IT through your eyes. That's, you know, that's what makes you so valuable in that tech field day context. Um, and, and y, you know, you're invited to be part of that group. So that's, that's it. That's the skill. Josh:      47:07:00               I think that Al has demonstrated that. The other thing that I, I think takes a career, a lifetime to build and that is to be a leader and not a manager. You talked about establishing that vision for this, this new, uh, individual who was in IT letting them see for themselves. That is what good do. Again, I talked about this book, leaders eat last, why some teams pull together and others don't. By Simon Sinek. It was recommended to me about a week and a half ago by a coworker and friend, Zack Mutchler. I have been devouring this book ever since Zack made this recommendation. To me it might be the to the detriment of my career because it sends, set some pretty lofty goals for what leaders should be. But, oh, that idea of, uh, rallying people around the, uh, the thought, the idea of the vision is such a powerful narrative. And there certainly, we should talk more about that book. I'm going to put that out for an idea cause there are some great, um, some really great parallels between that book and, uh, our, our religious beliefs. A future episode to come. Leon:     48:19:00               You heard it here first. Al:           48:20:00               Yeah. Right. Leon:     48:21:00               All right. Anything else in the IT context? Anything else that, uh, you know, slow growth step-by-step applies. Josh:      48:28:00               So the, the article that they kicked us off, um, had a quote in it and it was right at the end of the, the article and it said, "Stop just wanting to get things done and start, becom..., Start wanting to become the person who gets things done." And that, that goes to that really incremental changes you can achieve. And I think Al, you talked earlier about achieving a certification, you can achieve that. You can, I can learn how to quote "program in Python" or I can learn how to quote, "speak Spanish". You know, "Yo quiero Taco Bell" is Spanish, but I am, I don't actually know how to speak Spanish. Um, so be the person who, who brings about change by, uh, by your actions, those small and simple things. And that will really, that that's, that's where we get enlivened and then we become better people. We become better coworkers, better friends, uh, better spouses, uh, you know, better brothers and sisters and I mean the world world's better place. And then the eighties kicks in. Josh:      49:36:00               I definitely draw motivation from people that come back to me, uh, and it could be five, six, seven years, however long from now, but they'll come back to me and say, "You know what, that moment that you explained something to me and it wasn't done in a technical way, made the difference for me in my career." You shine light where maybe others didn't or they weren't aware of how to do it. And it just like a, and then you said it earlier, Josh, and as well as you Leon, it's just painting a story, telling a story, being relatable, not talking down to a person but talking to them. Leon:     50:10:00               Right. Sharing with a person. Yeah. Um, yeah. So Josh, to your point that, that last quote about, uh, just stopping, I'm going to get things done. Um, a friend of mine, uh, who would tutor kids in at both ends of the intellectual spectrum. So she tutored, uh, special needs but also tutored, um, kids who would be classified as geniuses. And she was working with one sixth grader who was, you know, quote unquote a math genius. And the kid himself said, well, you know, I could just skip a couple of grades and you know, get to ninth grade and start, you know, and just work there. And my friend said, why, why do you want to do that? You know, if, if you want to do that because you see the, all the really cool math is in ninth grade and you want to get there sooner. I'm right there with you all help. But if you want to, if you want to just get this done so that you can, you know, play video games, it's not worth it. You might as well stay in sixth grade math and just skate through it because you're not doing it for any particular point. Do you want to get math done so that you can focus more on, you know, physics or English or something else you want, you want this off your plate, you have more time for something else, fine. But if you're doing it just to get it done, I just want it done. I want it out of my way. I don't care about it intrinsically. It doesn't represent anything for me and I don't have any plans to do anything else either with it or, or in place of it then then what are you doing? Who are you? You know, you're the person who skipped two grades of math to play World of Warcraft. Like that's not, it's not a thing. So, um, I think about that in the same way. You know, I want to be the person who got to do this other thing. I want to be, you know, I want to get ahead so that I can do more. I can enjoy more. Al:           52:01:00               Yeah. You're striving to excel and achieve and you've got a desire to continue to improve. Leon:     52:09:00               Okay. So any final words? Any final thoughts before we wrap this up? Josh:      52:12:00               Uh, in the, uh, the immortal words of the wonderful Australian rock band INXS, Al & Leon:           52:20:00               [Snickering & laughter] Josh:      52:20:00               uh, don't change for you. Al & Leon:           52:27:00               [Hysterical laughing] Leon:     52:27:00               [Laughing] No, go ahead, keep going... [More laughing] Al:           52:27:00               [Laughing] It's a good thing. People will see this, but they'll just hear this. Josh:      52:31:00               This is good. Don't change... Josh:      52:37:00               [More laughing] No, no, it's great! Everyone:           52:37:00               [Laughing so hard we are crying now] Leon:     52:37:00               [Laughing more, trying to get under control] Ok, ok, I'm muting myself. Okay, go ahead Josh. Al:           52:37:00               [Laughing so hard he is snorting] Josh:      52:37:00               [Breathless laughing, pounding the table] Leon:     52:37:00               Josh? Al:           52:37:00               [Laughing] He walked away. He couldn't take it! Now he's got me looking up an INXS on my phone. Nevermind. Right. Leon:     53:01:00               [Laughing] We're going to leave you guessing. Read the show notes. We'll find out what the quote was. Thank you so much, Al. It's good to have you back. Al:           53:07:00               My pleasure. Leon:     53:08:00               [Much more laughing] I love you like a brother. Okay. Josh:      53:11:00               [Laughing] See you later guys! Josh:      53:13:00               [More laughing] Pleasure to meet you Josh, thank you. Beautiful. Speaker 5:           53:14:00               Thank you for making time for us this week. To hear more of technically religious visit our website at TechnicallyReligious.com where you can find our other episodes, leave us ideas for future discussions, or connect with us on social media. Leon:     53:26:00               You can't always get what you want, but if you try, sometimes you might find you get what you need. Josh:      53:32:00               Wait, did you just quote the Rolling Stones? Leon:     53:35:00               No, that was, that was from a wise old man. Al:           53:37:00               Mick Jagger is wise??

Welcome to Episode 017 of the Grey Muzzle Geekery podcast for the week of June 3rd, 2019! This week, Dusty Red and Dustie White talk about celebrating Dustie White getting EVEN MORE GREY! That's right, Birthday Drinks! Shout out to Journeyman Distillery and Silver Beach Pizza for a place to get some delicious drinks and noms! As usual, we're out on another adventure over the weekend to Alliance South Michigan 'doin' a heckin' LARP' but we'll spare you the details. . for now.We go back to our roots in this episode a bit, talking about geeky topics like Heroes & Villains, about Magic The Gathering, POGS, and even some other old board games we had when we were but wee pups!Support us on Patreon!Watch us on Twitch!Subscribe to us on YouTube! Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Peek in on Instagram! Chat with us on Discord!Email us on Gmail!A special thanks to fellow Patreon member 'Pepper Coyote' for letting us use the song 'Drive' for our new intro theme! If you like what you heard, find more of his music here!

Hvad tænker du, når du hører "vrede i familien"? Måske tænker du "Vrede - det kender jeg ikke noget til". Eller måske har du en oplevelse af, at din vrede bare fylder det hele på en dårlig måde. Du skælder ud, eksploderer, kommer til at råbe af dine børn og er konstant irriteret.... Hvis du har det sådan, så er det først og fremmest tegn på, at du er et menneske. Men lyt med i dag, og lær hvordan du kan begynde at udtrykke din vrede på en sundere måde til gavn for dig selv og ikke mindst din familie. Vrede i familien er uundgåeligt og nødvendigt Vrede er en sund og nødvendig følelse, men hvordan forvalter vi den, så vi samtidig opbygger og bevarer nære og stærke relationer i familien? Vreden har det med at blive sat i skammekrogen, men det forsvinder den ikke af. Der er masser af power i vreden, og forsøger vi at skaffe den af vejen, antager den andre og ofte mere skjulte og destruktive former. Jeg kan selv skrive under på, at vrede er en udfordring. Selv har jeg mest tendens til at være "kamphunden", som du kan høre om i dagens samtale. Hvis du også gerne vil blive klogere på din vrede, så lyt med i dag, hvor du kan lære vigtige ting om, hvordan du håndterer vrede i familien på en god måde Samtale om den sunde vrede i familielivet I dagens podcastepisode har jeg interviewet psykolog Frej Prahl. Frej er psykolog med speciale i parterapi og familieliv og har praksis i København. Han er forfatter og foredragsholder og medvirker i podcasten Parterapi. Frej har tidligere udgivet bogen TÆNDT som handler om parforhold og hans nyeste bog hedder Arrgh - den sunde vrede i familielivet og det er det emne, vi tager op i dag. Du kan læse mere om Frej på hans hjemmeside. Lyt med her, hvor vi kommer ind på: Frejs egen historie med vrede i familien, og hvorfor han har skrevet en bog om emnetAlternative måder til trusler til at håndtere et barn, der smider sig på gulvet i Netto og skrigerHvordan du formulerer dig, så du ejer vreden og ikke kritiserer eller angriber dine børn eller partnerAt du godt kan afrette dine børn med trusler eller magt, men at det har omkostningerKamphundens, dragens og slangens vrede (hvilken kan du genkende dig selv i?)Hvorfor det at være meget sammen med dine børn gør relationen meget stærkereLøvens vrede - hvor du holder os på vores egen banehalvdelAt det betyder meget for dine børn, at du er til stede som et autentisk menneske med følelser og behovHvordan vi siger undskyld for et vredesudbrud til børn uden at de få ansvaret for at skulle bære vores følelserOg meget andet godt Jeg håber du blev inspireret - del gerne episoden med andre, der kunne have gavn af indholdet! Du vil sikkert også kunne lide disse podcastepisoder: Når vrede bliver til angst og uro - og hvordan du undgår det 6 hele sætninger, du kan bruge til at sige nej 11 bud mod stress i familien Heidi Agerkvist om stress i familien - hvad gør vi? Camilla Holmgaard om mindfulness og vigtige livsvalg

PINEAPPLE HO!!! Prepare to be boarded, because the Bikini Bottom Bad Boys are back again, assaulting your ears with another stellar episode of the SSP! What an episode it is, since it contains our review and analysis of Arrgh! and Rock Bottom. The former sees Mr. Krabs become obsessed with a board game, and go crazy in pursuit of the Flying Dutchman's treasure! The latter is what we consider to be one of the best episodes of the entire series, when the boys hop on the wrong bus and take a DEEP DIVE into the unfamiliar land of Rock Bottom. Oh man, just thinking about it makes me wanna scream and shout! Thank you so much for being part of this humble little podcast! We appreciate each and every one of you who take the time to listen, and if you're reading this right now, we want you to know that we think you are rad! You think we're rad too? That's great! Why not leave us a review? Perhaps a rating? And hey, this is top secret, but if you really want to show your support, hit up our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/StripedSweater, right now the best reward is early access to each episode, but hopefully things will get even more fun in the future! Thanks again!

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Boom! What's going on everyone. This is Steve Larsen and this is Sales Funnel Radio. And today you're going to hear my interview with the one and only, Mr. Russell Brunson.   Now, I've been wanting to get him on the podcast for quite some time, but I wanted to do it when I could actually promote something that he was interested in as well.   Russell is the guy that originally started teaching me offer creation, and I wanted to make sure that there was as an offer for him, but also for you guys.   What you're going to hear in this episode is behind the scenes of why he's come up with his latest book.   A lot of you probably don't even know that he has a new book?   It's not Traffic Secrets, it's not Expert Secrets, it's not Dot Com Secrets, it's another book.   It's literally 550 pages, and he had 30 gurus come in and contribute to this book.   You guys are going to hear why he set it up, where he got the inspiration from  for it. Why he rehashed the idea, and why he's gonna actually produce it for everyone now. This is really awesome.   This is obviously my favorite interview I've ever done for obvious reasons. He is my friend. He is my mentor. I look up to him like crazy, and love hanging out with him. Anyway, I am very honored, very thrilled.   Russell and I are just going to shoot the breeze for little while, and then we’re gonna dive deep into some reasons why people are NOT successful as funnel builders. We see these reasons all the time, and luckily we talk about them a lot in this episode.   You guys are going to learn from the CEO of ClickFunnels himself about what makes a funnel builder successful, and what makes them destined to not be.   Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this. Let's cut to the intro and we'll get straight on to the interview.   Guys, thanks so much and if you enjoy this, please go thank Russell.   THE RUSSELL BRUNSON INTERVIEW:   Stephen Larsen:     What's up, guys? Hey, I am excited. You guys obviously see the video right here, and you see who I have on. I'm very, very excited about it, though.   I am, uh ... Frankly, I've had a hard time coming up with words to describe how I feel about this interview. I've been wanting to do this for a very, very long time, and, um, obviously ... It's Russell Brunson. He's the man. He's the CEO of Click Funnels obviously.   He has gone from icon of mine, to boss, to mentor, to friend, and I'd say brother now, and, uh, love him like crazy.   (Turns to Russell) Just really thank you for taking the time to be on here. So, obviously, just welcome to the show. Thanks for being on Sales Funnel Radio.   Russell Brunson:    Yeah, man. This is an honor. I was hoping you were gonna ask me eventually. I'm like, “Gosh, this is only funnel show I've never been on!" Anyway, I'm just kidding. I'm super excited and proud of you man.   It's funny 'cause I think the event that we first met at was where I was like, "Everybody's needs to be publishing! Everyone needs to do a podcast.”   And you were like, "NO!" And then you went and did what most people don't do. You did the thing that you knew you needed to do but didn't want to do. You just did it, and now it's been like …Yeah, that's such a good lesson there for everyone.   But that was the first day we met, it was probably the day or the day after that.   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    And now look ...Fast forward two or three years later... it's amazing what you've accomplished, and where you've come. It's awesome.   Stephen Larsen:     I appreciate that thank you.  A week later I was sitting next to you, working there, and I was like, "I don't want to publish. I'm not going to publish." And you're, like ... taking your phone, "What's up everyone? It's Russell Brunson." And, you know, then you're on your podcast, "What's up? I'm Russell Brunson." On your blog, "What's up? It's Russell Brunson."   And I was like, "There's something to this." And I tried ... I don't think I am ... Hopefully I am, but I am trying to be your best student. I really appreciate it.   Hey, I just ... I wanted to ask a few questions. It really means a lot that you're here ... You're changing the world. You're changing people's lives. You changed my life; my family, my immediate family. And now my extended family are all soaking up your stuff.   We have our own little groups. They're like, "This guy's amazing. Who is he?" I was like, "I know. I told you I wasn't crazy." You know? Like, "Listen to him! He's awesome!"   Anyway, ClickFunnels has grown. When I first got there it was at like fifteen thousand members, and I left when it was about sixty-five-ish.   It's been interesting to watch how the audience has grown. Both in terms of being funnel builders and marketing skills.   What do you say for the audience as a whole, the ClickFunnels' audience? Because, guys, if you're listening to me and you don't know about Russell and ClickFunnels ... I think you're a liar.   Every episode I talk about Russell and ClickFunnels ...   What would you say is like the recurring holes that people keep missing? What would make them successful if they just did that one thing?   Russell Brunson:    Yeah, ... it's funny, 'cause ... And I almost feel like this has been part of my mission, 'cause I remember when I got started ... It's almost 15 years now ...     I started learning this stuff. And I'm reading these books from these dudes who are all dead now, and I'm like, "What? What?" Like, “Freaking, right?”   I'm learning all this stuff, and I'm like, "This is the most amazing thing ever." And I’d go to all these conferences and these events. I show up and everyone's got a suit and tie, and they're all business-y and they're like boring as can be.   People are on stage talking about direct mail ... These things that are super exciting, and they talk about it. But they're so boring. Everyone's so boring. But I was excited by it.   So I'm listening to these boring people thinking, "Why is nobody freaking out here? This is so exciting." Like I can see the vision of it. And it was weird.                     So, I had to go to all these events, and study from all these people that ... They were just like more traditional business people that didn't realize what they had.   I was learning it, and spitting it back out trying to like share it with everybody. And it's funny, if you read my books, and obviously you They're not like, "Here's the philosophy of Russell.” ...   It's like, “Okay, I learned a bunch of a lot of people. Let me show you. I learned this from this guy, and this guy,” and like I'm telling everybody all this stuff.                     I feel like my job is just to make marketing exciting, because it is. Like it’s the most exciting topic on planet Earth. But when I came into this game it wasn't. The energy wasn't there. The excitement wasn't there.   And I think the biggest gap that people are missing is that they don't understand that the key to success is not in, "What's my product? I'm selling an iPhone. Or I'm selling Rhino Rush."  They think, “This is the key to business," and it's not. The product has nothing to do anything.   The only thing that matters is having a deep obsession with the marketing of the thing.   The people that are successful are the ones who become obsessed with the marketing - that's it. It's not  becoming that's the best product, da da da and all those kind of things. It’s those who actually fall in love with what we're talking about. Like what me and you geek out on all the time.   Like that's ... That's the biggest thing.                     I told you the story earlier today, but I was talking to Garrett White and he was telling me ... He's like, "Yeah, I had my mom sign up for ClickFunnels account.”   Because Garrett obviously, you know, he's 2 Comma Club and 2 Comma Club X. His wife hit 2 Comma Club - they're doing it. So, people in his family are, like, "What are you doing?"   So, he said his mom ... She created a ClickFunnels account, and she used it for a couple days. And she messaged like, "ClickFunnels is hard." He's like, "Mom, you're wrong. It's not hard. You're just stupid."   Stephen Larsen:     (laughing)   Russell Brunson:    I was like,"You told your mom, that?" He was like, "Yeah, she's dumb. She doesn't know it, but she's dumb.” She's looking at from like, “How do I use this software platform?” And not understanding that it's the marketing.   ClickFunnels is just the thing that you put pages ... Like, it's not that complicated, but it’s the obsession with the marketing that makes the engine run, right?  It's coming back the core fundamentals.   You are and I are working on a secret project and nobody knows about yet...   Stephen Larsen:     (laughing)   Russell Brunson:    But a hint of it is,  ... It's this challenge where the goal is to take the fundamentals of direct response marketing and make it exciting and fun - and then pound it in people's heads over, and over, and over, and over again.   Because mastering the fundamentals will do more for you than learning how to use ClickFunnels.   Master the fundamentals; understand hooks, story, offer, epiphany bridge - all these things that we keep talking about - and try to make exciting for everybody. You master those, everything else becomes super easy. It's not difficult on the backside.   It's those core fundamentals of direct response marketing that people don't understand. If we can make that exciting, and light it up for people, then everything else becomes really, really easy. Right?   And when you get fundamentals, then okay, go slap some pages together and sell stuff. But that's what people are missing... The geeking out on the marketing part of it. 'Cause when you understand that...   I can plug any business into this now, it's not difficult.   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah. You know, it's so funny, because I was like ... Someone's like, "Well, how do I make the page look? How 'bout this?" "It's not about the page!" ClickFunnels facilitates the page, but you're missing the whole point!   Anyway, you touched on something that I want, I've always wanted to ask you.   Russell Brunson:    Mm-hmm   Stephen Larsen:     Because this was like, uh ... I don't know how else to describe it, man. When I was first learning this stuff, right? And I'm laying there with my M16, and I'm reading "Dot Com Secrets."   I'm laying there, and I'm like, "This is amazing!" And I would l hide whenever someone would come around. 'Cause ... it was a training environment. I was, "This is ridiculous." And I wouldn't shut up about it, and I was like, "Oh my gosh, like, I've been looking and I finally feel like I'm finding the answers for why stuff has or has not worked.”   You just did a podcast episode about this; it was lonely. It was crazy lonely. And when I finally got to your Funnel Hacking live 2016, and I met you, and I met all these people.   It was the first time I totally felt like comfortable, you know, at home. How'd you deal with that before there was a Funnel Hacking live event for you to go to?   Russell Brunson:    (laughing) It's hard ... um ... I made a lot of bad decisions because of that feeling. I hired a lot of people who were friends who asked me a question about what I was doing. Like, "You care? ... um ... Do you want a job?"   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah, “You care?”   Russell Brunson:    Sure, and I hired everybody I knew. But that was a really bad decision. I've learned since then.   No, but I, I, totally get that I understand. It is super lonely - especially the beginning, right?   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    If you have success it's easier to get in the groups and connect with people. But initially, it's like, nobody cares, and nobody believes in you. The people you love the most don't believe. That's the hardest thing I think. It's just...   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    Man! Like, they believe in you, but they don't believe so much in the thing you’re doing, right?   Stephen Larsen:     Right.   Russell Brunson:    And you're trying convince them, "No, this is the thing." And they're like, "Are you sure? Because I'd love you to get a job, or I'd love for you to go to school." Or, you know, whatever the thing is. But it's, it's definitely it was lonely and painful.   I would go to these marketing events, back in the day, and try to connect to people, and I found friends there.   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    But yeah, it was different because for most people it was their business, right? Like, "We're direct response marketers."   It's kind of like ...   There's another event that happened shortly after ours, I won't say the name of it, but there's two different letters that talk about what it is, right?   It's a great event, but the people that they attract the event are like the people in the company who do the traffic, they do the conversion and these things. That's their day job, and they go there in suits and ties and they're working on these things.   The people like us, who were like, "I am so tired and so annoyed that to go to bed, because I'm so excited about this thing, and it wasn't the fact, like, everything's fuzzy and I can't see the screen, I would just keep going. But I can't." Right?   The people who are obsessed like us - it took me a long time ... In fact, it was hard to find those kind of people.   I found pockets of them every once in a while, and I started become friends with them. That was my first kind of peer group. But it wasn't a lot of it.   As we launched ClickFunnels four years ago, we we're kind of creating this atmosphere ...  and I was like, “I want one of those to be a young hip exciting, fun thing where it's, like, we can, we can do that, right?” And the cool thing about ClickFunnels is the fact that we can ...   Like, before it was hard, 'cause like I'd geek out on something and I'd get the programmers, and then they'd be like, "Okay, I'll see you in a couple days." And you're like, "Arrgh !What do I do now?"   Stephen Larsen:     (laughing)   Russell Brunson:    Well, now we can go in there and affect change, and it feels so good to be the one that like, “Oh, I’m going to put a logo there. Oh, I just moved it. Oh, it's back.” You know?   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    You can actually do that now.  But to start with, it was lonely for me, and so like I said ... I think part of the reason why the company was built the way it was, was because I was trying to build a platform for me and people I knew who were like me.   People who were, like, "I need to connect. I need to plug into other people, because, um" ... I don't know, there's something about 'em.” And you can sit down and have a similar language pattern to other people, and...   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    Talk, and they get it instantly. It's just like, “Yeah!”   I remember the first time I met a couple people that were doing what I was doing, and I ... I remember telling my wife that I'm like, like...   Stephen Larsen:     “I found people.” (laughing)   Russell Brunson:    “I said stuff, and they were excited about it, too. Like, this is the coolest thing in the world,” you know?   Stephen Larsen:     “I'm not alone.”   What I love so much is that you have the Facebook group for ClickFunnels open. So, it's this safe haven for people who don't really know what it is yet, but like frankly need a home. And I love that.   So ... I asked, “What are the holes that these funnel builders often don't see?”   One of the biggest holes, obviously, you said “learning marketing.” How can somebody shortcut the learning of marketing? Cause it’s not like it’s a small topic. I certainly didn't learn it my “marketing degree.” (laughing) You know! It's not easy info to find.   Russell Brunson:    Yeah. Well, I think about how I learned marketing. Like, there's more stuff nowadays, right?   We're publishing and other people are publishing. When I got started, there wasn't podcasts, there wasn't Facebook lives. ... Sorry, I just lost my train of thought. Somebody texted me right when we were talking.   Stephen Larsen:     (laughing) It's good.   Russell Brunson:    My phone is turned over. So ... Sorry, my train of thought, I totally just lost it.   Stephen Larsen:     That's okay. Like, short-coding marketing. Like, how do I condense that?   Russell Brunson:    I apologize.   There weren't a lot of things you could learn it from initially. So the way I learned it is I picked four or five people I knew were doing good stuff. I was watching 'em. So, I would go and I would start just watching what they were doing. Like, intimately watching, right?   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    I think that's what most people miss ... They go and they see the email, and they go, "Oh!" They go and they buy the thing. They buy the course. They're going to the course. Then all the sudden it's just like, “You missed it.”   Like, did you even notice:   Did you watch all the emails that came out prior to that? Did you watch the other people? Did you watch how they contacted JV partners? Did you watch how the Facebook ads started showing up? Did you notice, "Wow. Why is there an ad? Why is he talking about this thing where there's no, there's no call to action? Why would he do that?” Four or five of these different videos that came out and had nothing to do with anything. Then you see this thing, and there's some momentum, and stuff happens. Then people buy it. Then after they buy it, did you notice the second email sequence were they sold the secondary thing."Oh my gosh, like, nobody even saw it." They did the launch, but the money came from the secondary internal launch that happened to the existing buyers.   For me, it's like... I bought everything, but I rarely consumed the products. I was just buying to see the stuff. And I think you're similar-   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah. (laughing) I buy too much crap, man. I don't even go through half of it.   Russell Brunson:    It was probably like a month after you left as an employee, and you were in your home I was watching ... (Before your Instagram, though)...   Maybe it was Facebook live or something, you were like, "Oh my gosh, you guys! I just went through, like, every webinar that Russell's ever done. Check this out. Check this out."   You have on the floor.... It was like all the registration pages, then all the emails printed out. You were like, "Every time ... Email number one he talks about this. Then, email number two always goes to this. And email number three ..." And you're just, like,” find the patterns,” and like seeing all the things. And you're like “I downloaded the webinar. I listened to it, like, thirty times. I've got all your webinars. I’ve listened back-to-back-to-back  just to listen to your pitch over and over again."   And it makes me laugh, 'cause I guarantee you probably ... (I mean you probably did, but ... ) You didn't have to go through the course. I mean the value was going through the process of the course   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah! Stephen Larsen:     Yeah, that's the funnel itself!   Russell Brunson:    I got a certified letter from somebody today, who, uh ... It must have been somebody old, because they were asking for a refund for, like, a thirty dollar product. And so they sent me a certified letter, because that was easier than contacting customer support. But, as I'm reading this thing, I was laughing, because they missed it.   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson They came to my thing to buy a book to teach to them marketing, and then they're asking for a refund for this free book. And they missed the whole point of the exercise.   It blows my mind when people come and they want to learn funnels from me, and I'm like, "Oh, go get my book." And, then they're like, "What part of Amazon?" 'Cause they don't wanna get stuck in a funnel. I’m like, “IDIOT!”   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah, like, “You idiot! What are you doing?”   Russell Brunson:    You'll learn more from buying. Buy slowly. Take screenshots like I do, like you do.   That’s the fastest way to learn marketing - to observe it, to watch it, and to respect it. Don't be annoyed, like, "Oh, they sent out three emails this week." Like, “Why they'd send out three emails this week?”   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah, what'd say?   Russell Brunson:       What is the purpose? What was the strategy? What were they doing? Did it work? Did it not work? Did I open it? Did I not open it? What was feeling I felt I read this email? What was the feeling? Am I paying attention to that?   Because that's how I figured a lot of this stuff ... I was just paying attention to what people were doing, and, like, what affected me and what didn't.   There's a couple marketers who I think write really good emails. Every time I'm, like, doing an email, I'll go back old email account from like the 1990s, right, or whatever it was.   Stephen Larsen: Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    Whatever, the old email address I have. But I was subscribed to everybody back then. And, I'll go in there ...     A lot of them aren't even still around, but I searched for their names, and, like, I'll see all the emails from that person.   I just read the subject lines, and I look at which ones were clicked, back in the day. I didn't click on all of them, but I clicked on some of them. You can see which ones have been opened and not opened in Gmail.   And I was like, “Okay, why did I click on that one? Why'd I click on that one? There's something that caused me to click on it, and the other ones didn't for some reasons. What was the reason?”   Go back to your old email, and just scan through, scroll through like 8000 pages in Gmail look at which ones you clicked, and then ask yourself, "Why did I click on that?"  Those are the things that help you to learn marketing.   Stephen Larsen:   I did that to yours the other day. I went in and searched ... I do that many, many times. "Russell Brunson." It shows me all your emails. I just start reading through them. I was, like, “That was awesome. Oh, my gosh. This is crazy cool. Like, that's super cool.”   Russell Brunson:    (laughing)   Stephen Larsen:     So, I wanted to ask... You got you got your book, “30 Days,” right? And, I'm super excited about it. Having marketers come in and teach what it is they actually did, and, and watching you selling the thing. Like, it’s such an awesome education.   Everyone, I want you to know right now, I'm not bagging against education or whatever, but it is better than my marketing degree - and I got a 3.8 baby, all right?   I did really, really well, and I don't use any of it. Right? None of it. Everything’s from Russell,EVERYTHING.   I got in fights over what Russell was saying with some of my marketing professors. Right? Because I knew what he was saying was real and true.   I know the story, but just for people listening, where'd you get the idea for the 30 day book?   Russell Brunson:    Oh yeah ... I think have it right here in front of me. I may or may not? Let me check.   Stephen Larsen:     Oh is it…?   Russell Brunson:    It's somewhere ... Anyway, uh ...   Melanie (Russell’s Assistant):     Hey, is it …?   Russell Brunson:    Well, I'll tell the story even if I can't find it.   Back in the day, when I first got started this game, and I was looking for how to get started online? I was in college. I was at Boise State, and this kid came out with something, and I can say his name, because ... So-   Stephen Larsen:     (laughing)   Russell Brunson:    Do you want the full story, or the part story? The full story's really good.   Stephen Larsen:   What’s gonna sell the book?   Russell Brunson:    I'll tell you the whole thing.   So, what happened. So, this guy named Joe Kumar. He's an 18-year-old kid, and he had this idea. It was called, back in the day, "30 Days to Internet Marketing Success." So, this is not a unique idea to me.   In fact, I hope that some of you guys clone this idea in whatever market you’re in because it's brilliant. Like, don't do my markets, because I will crush you.   Stephen Larsen:     (laughing)   Russell Brunson:    But, like, any other market, like, "30 Days to Dental Success." You should do that if you’re a dentist guru, right? "30 Days to Weight Loss Success," or like or, "30, like, whatever.” It's the model, right? But he did this thing, and he emailed a whole bunch of these “big name gurus” the times. He's like:   "Hey, if you were to lose everything, lose your email list, your customers, your ... your name, your following, and all you had left was internet access and your marketing know how, and you had bill collectors on the phone trying to call you, you have 30 days to get back on top what would you do?"   And he got, like, I think he had sixty people who each wrote a chapter. Like, "Day one: I'd do this. Day two, day three, day four." Like a whole 30 day plan.   When I saw that. sitting in my Boise State computer lab, I was like, "Oh, my gosh. Like,, this, this is the key." And I'd been ... I'd been trying a year, year-and-a-half to figure stuff out.   Stephen Larsen:     Right.   Russell Brunson:    And, uh.   Stephen Larsen:     What were you building at that time? What business were you on?   Russell Brunson:    I don't think I even knew. I was ... Yeah, I didn't have anything yet. I was ... I was trying to stuff, but I didn't have anything back then. Maybe a couple affiliate things?   Stephen Larsen:     You're saying that it took you a year-and-a-half, and you still hadn't figured it out yet? What?!!?   Russell Brunson:    We didn’t have ClickFunnels back then ;-)   Stephen Larsen:     (laughing)   Russell Brunson:    Yeah, so, I remember reading the sales letter 10x, and I was like, "I have to buy it." It was a $97 ebook. I'm like, "Urrgh."   Stephen Larsen:     Right.   Russell Brunson:    "Hundred bucks for an ebook!" But I was like, "I have to have this." And so, I bought it.   My wife and I were celebrating one year anniversary, and my parents, because I didn't have money at the time, invited us to go to Hawaii with them. And so I was like, “Cool.” So, I was going to Hawaii.   So, I printed them out. It would have been like 60 of these things. It would have been, like, six, seven hundred pages.   So, instead I printed out eight to a page. And I had them spiral bound, (and that's what I was looking for. You know, I had it here somewhere, but anyway.)   Stephen Larsen:     Oh, yeah. I've seen that. That's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.   Russell Brunson:    Eight pages to a page, but it's two of these spiral-bound manuals.   And so I got on the plan, and from Boise all the way to Hawaii, I'm reading each of these little mini pages. And, I'm like, "What?"   When I read the first one, and it's this person's 30 day plan of how they'd get back on top. And was like, "Oh my gosh, that's brilliant." Then onto the next person's, then the next person's ...   And everybody's was different, right, but the core concepts of all of them were the same.   They all had their own little angle, and their twist, but what it all came down to was:   "I would create something amazing. I'd then send the sales letter to sell that amazing thing, and I would drive traffic to the sales letter."   I was like, "Oh, my gosh." I haven't had any success yet, because I don't:   Have a product. Have a sales letter. Driving Traffic. I'm like, “That's all this businesses is, like, three things.” And I was, like, I need to:   Create a product. Create a sales letter.   Sell the product. Drive traffic.     I saw the pattern after seeing it over, and over, and over, and over, and over ...   And everybody had a different traffic strategy, and everybody had a different strategy on how to create the product, how they would sell it ... Some were teleseminars. Some were, you know, pre webinars.   Everyone had their own different mechanisms to do it. But, when I saw the pattern 60 times in a row I was, like, "I know what to do now." And then I went back, and after that's when I created my ... my first product which is Zip Brander. It's a software product.   Stephen Larsen:     Oh, that's when Zip Brander came up? Really?   Russell Brunson:    Yes! The Brander   Stephen Larsen:     I was gonna ask you what happened after this. Okay, okay.   Russell Brunson:    Yeah, so I had the product created, and then I wrote a sales letter, and then I drove traffic, and that was it. That book was the thing that gave me the initial, like, the turn of, like, "I get it."   So, that was twelve years ago.   Fast-forward, like, three months later: Joe Kumar decided to sell, um ... Basically, for $500 you got the rights to his book, and you can sell it as many times as you want. I was like, "What?"   I literally had no $500. I went out and I earned the money, bought the rights from him.   He was only to sell to ten people, and I was like, "This is my future. It's gonna be me." So, I bought the rights from him.   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    For 500 bucks. Me, and he said, “Ten people.” But he ended up selling to probably over 1000 people, and it was a big deal. Everyone's like...   Stephen Larsen:     THAT MARKETER.   Russell Brunson:    Yeah, it was a big deal, and he got in trouble, and ... Anyway, he ended up fleeing his country, and the feds came trying to arrest him, and and he disappeared.   The last email he sent to his list, crazy enough, was, “You all read everybody else's plans, if you want my 30 day plan, scan your passport, and your something and fax it to me, and ..."   And we're like, "What?” Because he was fleeing the government. Anyways, crazy story, crazy, and he disappeared off the face of the earth.   Now fast-forward, 13, 14 years later:   My whole goal, right now, (and I did a podcast about this) ... The only thing I, like, my whole focus everyday is, "How do I simplify this process, so that more people can be successful? How do I simplify the process? How do I simplify the process?"   All your best ideas will come from you trying to figure out simplify the process for your customers, right?   So, I'm thinking through, and then I was, like, "What was the thing that got me to have success?" And all the sudden I was, like, "Dude, it was the 30 day plans." I was, like, "We should do the same thing." And 30days.com, I went and bought the domain name.   Then I was like, "Let's go out to people we know in our community who've done this, and have them each contributor chapter." And we did that.   Now have a 550 page physical book that has everyone's 30 plans. It's insanely cool. It's exciting! And you are one of the plans in there - which I'm excited for everyone to see!   Stephen Larsen:     Oh, man. It's so good! If I say so, myself.   Russell Brunson:    That's the backstory on how 30 Days came about.   Stephen Larsen:     I appreciate that. I remember when you had the idea for it.   It came as all great ideas do come to you. We're all sitting there, we're working. Then you go, "Dude!" ...   Russell Brunson:    Woo!   Stephen Larsen:     ….And everyone stands up and runs to the whiteboard (laughing) barefoot. And I was like, "That's crazy."   I want you to know I was watching what you were doing, and I took a page from that lesson. And that's literally I how I created Affiliate Outrage.   I went and I crowd created it after watching you do that. And it works everybody, so you know. It's like crazy easy to crowd create great products that are super valuable.   Um ... Well, hey, thanks so much for your time, man. I know that you're super busy.  I want to keep geeking out, but I think Melanie's gonna yell at me. Sorry, Melanie, Bruno. I think I'm going over.   Russell:              She said, "You got one more question, if you want it."   Stephen Larsen:     Oh, cool. (laughing) Hey, so after ...   I wanted to ask…   So you go through, and your reading all these plans, right? And I'm hoping this is what my audience does, and that's why I wanted to ask you about this.  I hope everyone goes and gets it...   If someone's reading through all these plans ... There's obviously a lot of stuff, you know?   This is not a small book, but ... I mean, they're literally being handed the keys to the kingdom to go crush this. What would you suggest somebody does as they're reading this?   Should they follow one person's plan? Should they literally do it in 30 days?   You know what I mean? How should they proceed after that?   Russell Brunson: Yeah, everyone learns differently.   Stephen Larsen:     Sure.   Russell Brunson:    What gets a lot of entrepreneurs stuck, and um ... I could share names that you, personally, (but I won't on a podcast)... of people that come through our world that have struggled is, like ...   They try to follow things to a "T."  Everything is like, “Uhhh? Uhhh?” And then someone says something, and they're like, " Uhhh? But how do I implement that to my thing?" They get so stuck on trying to figure things out, or try doing everything that they never get anything done.   I think the best thing for them to do is to get the book and try to read through it. No ... I mean, it might be hard to read through it all. I mean, it's literally a 550 page book. It's like ... It's insanely cool.   So pick the people that resonate with you. Some are talking about eCommerce. Some are internet and networking. Just find the ones that resonate with you. Read five, ten, fifteen of them. Read 'em through, and just get the flow. Because like it was for me, it was  basically seeing the pattern of, like, "Oh, I understand it."   So, after you get that, then just come back and say, "Okay, now I gotta figure out for my business ... And I can't do what everybody did-"   Stephen Larsen:     Right.   Russell Brunson:    So find out from all people, which one resonates best with me.   What I'm really good at doing is; I learned a lot of stuff from a lot of places, but a lot of things when they come to me, I'm not like, "Okay, how do I implement everything?" Because if you do that, like, you get overwhelmed, nothing will happen. Just be like, “Oh, that's awesome, but I'm not ready for that yet. So, let me store it right here.”   If you know you don't have a product yet, you should just be consuming everything on how to create a product, and then do that.   Like “Cool! Storing it, storing it, storing it, storing it ... This is what I need now. Okay, now I'm ready for the next phase. Okay, I'm gonna grab these things.”   So when you get to the part where you're ready for traffic, go back and remember people's 30 days plan, like, “Okay Garrett talked about this, and Stephen talked about this ... Now I'm ready to start doing traffic,” and you start taking all those things off the shelf.   School teaches you to memorize everything and regurgitate it.   Stephen Larsen:     Urrrrgh.   Russell Brunson:    I don't think that’s the right method. Right? The method for entrepreneurs is to take all this information and understand, like, “Where does it fit in the picture? And cool. Well, I'm at this phase right now. So, I'm going to just place these here, and leave them there, and then we'll come back to them. But I gotta focus everything on the next the next piece of this puzzle, right? The next step. I think that's the biggest thing.   We have people in the 2 Comma Club Coaching, right now, who were trying to figure out Facebook ads, and they haven't figured out a product yet.   Stephen Larsen:     I know! Right? It doesn't make sense!   Russell Brunson:    You don't have an offer! You don't need to master ads yet. Master your offer first!   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    And I guess what people miss is just they're trying to learn it all at once.   Just don't try to learn it all at once. That's not going to serve you at all.   Stephen Larsen:     I still do not drive ads. I don't want to learn that. (laughing)   Russell Brunson:    Exactly.   Stephen Larsen:     Okay, that makes total sense.  So, you gonna do a deep dive with it. Go in and just figure out what you want, and table the rest of it. Totally makes sense.   Russell Brunson:    And then…. Can I ruin this for everybody?   Stephen Larsen:     Ruin it!   Russell Brunson:    Our surprise?   Stephen Larsen:     Do it!   Russell Brunson:    So, this is the surprise:   Stephen and I have been in the laboratory, working behind the scenes. So, what we're gonna be doing is, um ...   Well, you guys will see the funnel. Stephen hasn't seen the whole funnel. He's seen a little glimpse of it, but ... What he has coming ...   You'll actually be able to get everybody's 30 day plans initially for free. So, it's free. FREE. Like, just, you're going to go and you're going to get 'em, and I'm gonna be pumped for you, because you're going to have them ... I want to make the barrier entry, like, “You just show up and we'll give you the stuff.”   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    But then, the physical book, the 550 page physical book.  We're also gonna ship that you for free in exchange for you joining a challenge.   We're going to be doing a 30 Day Challenge, where Stephen and I will be tag teaming “the crap kicking out of you,” to make sure you actually implement the 30 days.   So, I would say is go through this thing. Geek out. Listen to everybody's thing and then sign up. It's a hundred bucks. Which is like the cheapest thing on planet earth.   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    Literally a hundred bucks is not going to me. Whoever referred you to the thing gets a hundred bucks.   So, I make zero dollars and zero cents from you being part of this challenge.   The only thing it does is it gets me the ability to yell at you and Stephen yell you, to make sure you're successful and teach you the fundamentals and pound them through your mind.   So, that way you can actually implement your own 30 day plan.   So, I would say go to this ... Go to the virtual summit. Geek out. Listen to everything. Consume it all. Do your big immersion, and then our live thing will be starting 30 days later, and then just get prepared.   Show that up to that 30 day thing, with, like, all these ideas in your head, and we're gonna be going step one, step two, step three, and counting the fundamentals. And after 30 days of that process you will have everything in place for your funnel. So, it's gonna be amazing.   Stephen Larsen:     Oh, my gosh! And don't get sensitive people when I tell you that you're wrong. (laughing) Just be teachable. Be coachable.   Russell Brunson:    I always joke that I'm kind of the coach that has a carrot in front of you, like, "Come over here, guys. It's awesome. Come over here." And you're the coach, from behind, with the stick, like, whacking them, like, "Come on!"   Stephen Larsen:     "Go! What do you want in life?" (laughing)   Russell Brunson:    So, you got someone pushing you and someone pulling. It's amazing! I think the combo of us tag teaming people is going to be exciting.   I'm just pumped, because it's gonna give people the accountability I think they need sometimes to move through things, and just get something out there and done.   Stephen Larsen:     Yeah.   Russell Brunson:    You can learn the whole process once. And after you learn it once it's easy to do it over, and over, and over again.   Stephen Larsen:     Totally! Same process. Which is the fun magic of it.   Hey, there's a, there's a quote I've got on my wall, reminds me of you like crazy,  it's by Ray Kurzweil ...   Just so everyone knows, I have an actual wall where I put quotes. I used to do it growing up.  It’s my actual wall ... and not like a Facebook wall … On that wall, I have written:   "The purposeful destruction of information is the essence of intelligent work."   And man, your superpower is just that. It is ridiculous!   It's taking in all this stuff, and just spewing it out in this way where it's like, "Oh." Like, guru coming off the mountain with the two tablets, "Here they are." You know, like, "Wow! That's it! That's it! That's what I need."   I really appreciate what you're doing, man. Changing the world! I'd do anything for you. Love ya, and uh, thanks so much for taking the time.   Russell Brunson:    No worries, man. Super proud of you. I love what you're doing. You have a huge impact on people's lives. And the impact's gonna keep growing ... Anyway, I appreciate you. You're amazing. And your audience is lucky to have you all the time. So hope they all know that.   Stephen Larsen:     Thanks man. Appreciate it.   Boom! Keep Crushing It!   How would you go from ZERO To Hero In 30 Days with nothing more than a ClickFunnels account and the knowledge you currently have?   Find out how I would do it at 30days.com/stephen  

ARRRRGGGH MATEY! Pirates and Podcasts! We see Mr. Krabs lead us on a treasure hunt full of lessons and we see what happens when SpongeBob hits rock bottom. We learn how fear can influence our decisions and how communication is key. Also we touch on a surprising example of gender identity in Bikini Bottom. You don’t need a map or worry about getting lost to find these lessons, we will lead you to them! In the end the treasure may not be money, but it definitely will be worthwhile!

Denna vecka har vi spelat på Xbox One X, Xbox One S och PC! Alex har återigen besökt "the other world" och gjort slällskap med filurerna Higgledies i sagolika Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom! Vi har också rymt fängelset i Josef Fares spännande coop-äventyr A Way Out samt även letat skatter, dödat skelett och rollspelat ute på de sju haven i Rares efterlängtade piratäventyr Sea of Thieves! GDC har kommit och gått med många nya indie-titlar utannonserade däribland många ifrån Nintendos Nindies Showcase-sändningen. Till sist bjuder Andrew på lite E3-nyheter! Spela på! Musiken i avsnittet kommer ifrån Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, A Way Out och Sea of Thieves. Trekraften Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/013ERV3Vls5moGoUY Monsterpepp: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/monsterpepp/id1354797078?mt=2 00:00:00 - Välkommna!00:02:10 - Alex har blivit med Xbox One X00:08:55 - Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom00:56:05 - A Way Out01:25:00 - Sea of Thieves02:02:20 - GDC och Nindies Showcase02:09:15 - Andrews E3-nyheter

Avast ye hornswaggling seadogs for we have another duffle of podcast booty… ARRGH! Pirates have invaded the Big Red Barrel UK podcast, with the likes of Captain Dan, Firstmate Tim-lad & Quartermaster Coleman all taking the helm and navigating this good ship across the seven seas of audio-based yammering. This week's show includes a little bit of: Nindies Direct The Ataribox Console gets a new name Rumour: Modern Warfare 2 remaster in the works Tim & Coleman get their hands on the new arcade racer from Codemasters, OnRush Dan & Coleman struggle with Sea of Thieves Coleman goes it alone to play the highly-addictive Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut

This week we have games to talk about, I know, but this time it's Sea Of Thieves. Have you played it yet? You really should! We also got into Fortnite updates, PUBG news, and is the Atari Box VR? We discuss that and more, this week on the Game Fix Show. Follow us @GameFixShow GameFixShow.com

Katie and Drew tackle the late 90s with SpongeBob SquarePants, the cartoon that went on to be the longest running show ever on Nickelodeon. We start with "Help Wanted/Reef Blower/Tea at the Treedome" and discuss Katie's reaction to a show she's never watched and the ridiculousness of SpongeBob and Patrick. Then we talk about "Arrgh!/Rock Bottom," including underwater curse words, Mr. Krabs' greed, and how SpongeBob treats foreigners. Website: http://tfgifpodcast.com Twitter/Instagram: TFGIFPodcast

Oh boy. That’s right. It’s time to address it. The big W. Your Website. This episode is a nonprofit’s crash course on different types of websites, how to communicate your brand, and what you should NOT do on your website. Nonprofit websites, in particular, can be a little overwhelming and are known for being the cause of one too many headaches. With the prevalent combination of tiny fonts, non-contrasting colors, and a scream to “Give! Give! Give!” with no clear vision of why one should give or an easy way on how to give. ARRGH! We are going to go into the overall approach to your website, give some tips on how to get the traffic it deserves and reveal ways for visitors to take the call to action that you provide. It doesn’t matter if you use WordPress, Square Space, Wix, or any of the other countless web platforms that are available. The formatting that we are going to discuss will work for them all in providing a better way to communicate your brand. Looking to advance your grant writing skills? Join the Grant Writing & Funding Changemaker Membership! Get checklists, awarded grant samples, online courses, a tribe, and discounts on our services! Check out the GW&F Membership at www.grantwritingandfunding.com. Have a question related to grants or nonprofits? Send Holly an e-mail at holly@grantwritingandfunding.com! Warmly, Holly Listen to the podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or Stitcher or watch on YouTube! To share your thoughts: Send Holly an email at holly@grantwritingandfunding.com To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read all of them! Subscribe on iTunes or on YouTube. Looking for more? Follow us on Instagram @ grantwriting_funding

We have another edition of DIStory where we ARRGH talking about Pirates of the Caribbean. Links Shanghai Disneyland Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure   Follow Us on Social Media! Facebook: Capture the Magic Twitter: @capthemagic Instagram: @capturethemagictees   Visit Us Online!! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel! Capturethemagicpodcast.com - find the latest episodes! Capturethemagicapparel.com - you can find a great Disney-inspired t-shirt collection!   In order to enter for a chance to win a free t-shirt from Capture the Magic Apparel, head to capturethemagicpodcast.com and subscribe to the newsletter! Enter your name and email, then follow the directions in order to be entered. Black Friday SALE! Save 30% off EVERYTHING with code BLACKFRIDAY from November 23rd-26th! Shop at Capturethemagicapparel.com.

Arrgh! We’re celebrating Talk Like a Pirate Day like only we can — Talking about booty, the Emmy awards, our recent road trip to Kentucky, Disney’s newest Haul-oween news, and so much more.   Also in this episode: First days of Fall. Emmy’s best and worst dressed. Nicole Kidman. Scientology.Sean Spicer. Donald Glover. RuPaul. Aziz Ansari […] The post 115: A Pirate Smile appeared first on DragCast.

There’s something simple you can do that will improve the way your website appears in search engine results and the click through rate to your pages. It sounds techie but it turns out it’s straightforward. This is the fourth episode in our series called Tech Arrghhh in which I try and demystify some common tech […]The post Tech Arrgh: How Sandra Tripled Click Throughs To Her Event Page Using Structured Data – Blogcentric #93 appeared first on Spiderworking.com -Digital Marketing Strategy For Small Business.

What is https? What is a secure certificate? Do you need to worry about this for your site? Some website and blog owners that use Google Search Console got a shock recently. They got an email from Google telling them that from October 2017 some pages on their sites were going to come with a warning […]The post Tech Arrgh: Should You Get A Secure Certificate For Your Website Or Blog? – Blogcentric #92 appeared first on Spiderworking.com -Digital Marketing Strategy For Small Business.

UTM tracking links will: Help you understand which Facebook groups you post to are driving the most traffic to your website. Help you see which emails you send are driving traffic to your website Which tweets are driving the most traffic to your website Help you see what online traffic is delivering the most sales […]The post Tech Arrgh: Why You Need To Get Nerdy With UTM Tracking Links – Blogcentric #90 appeared first on Spiderworking.com -Digital Marketing Strategy For Small Business.

Welcome back to the Neverland Podcast! Look who's joined us, mateys! It's me own wife, the WendyNerd Heather. Aye, mateys, this week we're talkin' about plundering that be goin' on for 50 years it were. Pirates of the Caribbean has been open in Disneyland for 50 years, and we're going to have some fun celebratin'! We be headin' ashore me hearties, first to look at a new trailer for PIXAR's Coco and a heap of Disney news for your booty! And if I can just lose the pirate speak for a bit...it's a tale as old as time we're reviewing this week! Beauty and the Beast has exploded into cinemas this week and Heather and I have seen along with many of you. So, what did we think? Does it live up to the classic 1991 film? We'll share our thoughts! Grab your pixie and let's fly to Neverland! Be sure to listen to Neverland Radio on UCM's The Beat every weekday at 4 PM Central Time. Podcasters! Get your show out in front of new listeners with Kiss My RSS! Hire me for voice over work on Fiverr! Learn voiceover from some of the best in the industry at Global Voice Actor Academy Learn puppetry from Muppeteer, Mike Quin at Secrets of Puppetry Be sure to visit iTunes to purchase your copy of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Michael Giacchino Please rate and review The Neverland Podcast! iTunes Stitcher Blubrry Twitter Facebook Facebook Group Email Us! Leave a Voicemail (816) 226-6492 Visit our shop! http://neverlandpodcast.spreadshirt.com/ Become a patron! https://www.patreon.com/neverlandpodcast We are part of the We Be Geeks Network!

…Rancid vinegar lampshade! No, er Retro vaulting ladder? Arrgh! Anyway, erm yes the first key was a bit of green snot, and well done for finding that one by the way, I don't even want to know what you went through to find it. The second key is guarded by a lot of blokes wearing vomit yellow with a tendency to dial their Counselor Troi impressions up to 11. You'll have to go to an evil fancy dress party on a mountain with a nurse, a pirate and on old queen, but if you can get through that then you need to look for a pebble on a planet that isn't there. Good luck. And watch out for bird poo.

Aujourd'hui on s'intéresse au cri le plus célèbre de l'histoire du cinéma : Le cri de Wilhelm. Un effet sonore créé il y à fort longtemps par un certain Ben Burtt et qui s'est incrusté dans le paysage cinématographique pour en faire une sorte de mème auditif. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

What's with all those "ogurchiki," "kolbaska" and "vodochka"? Yuck!

Episode 37: The Sequel Episode!  Luke and Shiri talk about the morning… er… version after in the forms of Kameron Hurley’s Infidel (Book 2 of the Bel Dame Apocrypha and follow up to the recently podcasted upon God’s War) and Despicable Me 2 (yep, we’re boldly going into the world of animation for the first time, kids.  They discuss how to go about writing a sequel which is as good, or perhaps even better, than the first.  We conclude, as always, with THE GRRR and THE ARRGH.  Hopefully more of the former than the later.  

Arrgh matey, join Mike and Jeromy on a swashbuckling adventure as they discuss Peter Pan and the Pirates. Visit the show at http://cartoonretrocast.com

Arrgh matey, join Mike and Jeromy on a swashbuckling adventure as they discuss Peter Pan and the Pirates. Visit the show at http://cartoonretrocast.com

The Hermetic Hour for Thursday the 23rd of February, 2012 will present a report by host Poke Runyon on the recent PantheaCon convention in San Jose, California (from the17th through the 20th of this month). This gathering of NeoPagan tribes, magical lodges and Wiccan covens was attended by 2000 colorful characters with nearly a hundred events, lectures, ritual presentations, and handcrafted treasures for collectors of the exotic. We attended as part of the Feraferian entourage and helped Feraferia's leader Jo Carson to present an enchanted Oimelc rite that featured talented dancers, musicians and an experienced cast of ritualists.  Lady Jo will be calling in discuss this event with us and her upcoming book on Feraferia. We also attended lectures and classes given by our friends Chic and Tabatha Cicero, and Lon Milo DuQuette. We touched base with Ed Fitch who was promoting his forthcoming book Pirate Magic -- or is Pyrate Magick? (Arrgh!) A great time was had by all -- so tune in and we'll share the magick with you.  

In this episode Dan Yarrington of Myriad Games joins Craig and Russ to have a book club style discussion about The Hunger Games. Warning, here be spoilers. Arrgh.

In Book 17 Raef, Craig, and Russ have a little book club review of "A Dance with Dragons." WARNING: Here be spoilers! Arrgh!

In Book 12 Raef, Craig, and Russ have a little book club review of "Wise Man's Fear." WARNING: Here be spoilers! Arrgh!

THIS WEEK'S EPISODE: We delve into the life of the scuurvy, grimy, and often lovable rogues who pillage and plunder the high seas - it's "Arrgh Me Matey - A Pirates Life For Me!"  as requested by listener Dan DiCenso! Plus: Reviews of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES and PRIEST, the latest calendar news, a long list of celeb passings, A Rising Star update, Fethival Flash in Cannes, and another Bonehead of the Week! Extensive show notes, with links and all kinds of commentary, are available on our website every Tuesday evening - check it out at http://subjectcinema.com . And while you're there, look around, leave a comment, and let us know what you think of the new website! Thanks to ALL of you who take the time to listen to Subject:CINEMA. Now, if we can just get those of you out there to WRITE or CALL once in a while...that would be AWESOME! Email us at subjectcinema@popcornnroses.com or call us TOLL FREE at 1-888-214-9311! Remember, you can find the complete calendar of upcoming shows on our websites! DOWNLOAD a printable quarterly calendar for you to print out and hang up to remind you to catch the latest episode - you can get the BRAND NEW Winter/Spring 2011 edition of the calendar right here !Subject:CINEMA is brought to you by: eMusic Now with  over TEN MILLION choices for great tunes - and by visiting http://emusic.com/cinema , you will get 35 FREE DOWNLOADS during your 14 day trial! Check it out today! CCS.COM The ULTIMATE source for all the best prices on skateboarding and snowboarding clothes and equipment! All the top name brands - Volcom, Burton, Vans, DC, and all the rest - we've got 'em all right here! And look at what ELSE we've got for you: savings codes! AFCINEMA - Free shipping on orders $30+ AFSUBCIN - 15% off orders $75 or more + Free Shipping Online Only; Some Exclusions May Apply Check out all our great deals in one central spot, right here at MevioCoupons.Com *** E-mail us at subjectcinema@popcornnroses.com Want to take S: C With you? Now you can - SC is now Mobile via iPhone! Check us out today - all the latest S:C podcasts plus EXCLUSIVE features coming soon! Call us with your comments! 1-888-214-9311 TOLL FREE in the US and Canada! Wanna hear us anywhere? Now you CAN! Subject:CINEMA Mobile for iPhone is now here! Get it at iTunes NOW! We hope you'll spread the word about Subject:CINEMA to your friends - we love having all the listeners we can get! And Thanks For Listening!  

Bunny shearing, King Kong Stocking and the Pirate arrives...

Brother D was a panelist at Crypticon Seattle 2010, and this is a recording from the ​ARRGH! Brains! panel, featuring Eric Pope, Mark Henry, Mark Rahner, S.G. Browne and Brother D