Podcasts about being great

Chris Carlisle, former Seahawks strength coach, discussed his approach to training and coaching. He emphasized the importance of constant learning, innovation, and adapting techniques. Carlisle highlighted Pete Carroll's success due to his genuine and consistent approach, which fostered a strong team culture. He shared insights on managing diverse personalities like Russell Wilson, Richard Sherman, and Marshawn Lynch. Carlisle also stressed the significance of fundamentals, mobility, and proper nutrition in athletic performance. He concluded by advocating for a mindset of continuous improvement and using one's unique talents to achieve success. Chris Carlisle, former Seahawks strength coach, emphasized the importance of consistency, genuineness, and care in building trust with players. He highlighted that by being honest and genuinely invested in his players, such as Marshawn, Cam, and Richard, he earned their trust and commitment. Carlisle stressed that success in leadership is rooted in daily consistency and genuine care for individuals. He also shared his passion for helping others, noting that while winning a championship was significant, his true motivation is inspiring and reaching a broader audience. Chuck Shute promoted Carlisle's book, available on various platforms, and appreciated the audiobook version.0:00:00 - Intro0:00:20 - Innovation in Strength Training 0:02:40 - Pete Carroll's Vision & Coaching Style 0:08:01 - Handling Diverse Personalities on a Team 0:11:12 - The Role of Culture & Consistency in Team Success 0:15:11 - Importance of Mobility & Leverage in Football 0:18:15 - Beast Mode, Moving the Earth & Using Tools 0:23:39 - Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, Work Ethic & Balance 0:28:25 - The Role of Nutrition & Supplementation in Athletics 0:32:10 - Spectrum of Achievement & Levels of Success 0:39:25 - Knowing When to Quit & Shift 0:41:10 - Being Consistent & Genuine 0:42:20 - Sports is a Metaphor & Thinking Differently 0:46:10 - Being Able to Move & Being Great 0:47:30 - NFL Draft & Building a Championship Team 0:50:01 - Russell Wilson & Personality Changes 0:52:05 - Path to Success 0:55:55 - Different Goals, Balance & Making World Better 0:58:47 - Multi-Tasking & Gratitude 1:00:23 - Future Plans for Chris 1:02:25 - Not Letting People Stop Your Dreams 1:06:00 - Firing People Up & Motivate 1:09:38 - Outro Chris Carlisle website:https://www.thecoachcarlisle.com/Chuck Shute link tree:https://linktr.ee/chuck_shuteSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Pastor Bobby shares a message from Luke 22:24–30, Being Great In God’s Eyes. Through this message, we'll learn how Jesus defined what it means to be great—not by power or position, but through humility, service, and a heart for others. The post Being Great in God's Eyes first appeared on Grace Baptist Church Knoxville, Tennessee.

Today, I'm sharing a 'mental exercise' from Wallace D Wattles' book The Science of Being Great (originally published in 1910!). This exercise is a meditation in and of itself, filled with beautiful words to nourish your body, mind, and spirit. ✨ It's the perfect meditation to listen to as you drift off to sleep.

Harness the power of thought and gratitude to elevate your life. By focusing on what you have and envisioning your goals with clarity, you invite abundance and positivity. Replace limiting words like “hope,” “can't,” and “need” with empowering affirmations. Visualize your aspirations in vivid detail, whether it's a dream vacation or achieving greatness in your […] The post The Science of Being Great! appeared first on Essence of Being.

Welcome back to the RichMind Podcast! Over many years of watching the greatest athletes in many different types of professional sports, I've come to the conclusion that the Best Athletes meaning the ones who consistently WIN championships have 3 Internal Characteristics that separate them from everyone else. Today I'm excited to share with you those characteristics in the hopes that you will be able to see them in your own life or how to bring them into your life. The difference between the Elite Athlete and the Average Athlete comes down to simple internal things that when mastered propels them onto greatness. Remember in order to Win at the Game of Life, You Must Focus on and WIN Within! Focus on Being Great!

Listening to this episode of "The Rich Mind Podcast" may leave you rethinking your entire approach to time! Host Randy Wilson empowers listeners to seize control of their days by adopting new perspectives on time management, debunking deeply ingrained misconceptions and offering practical tips. Be prepared to leave no room for excuses in your pursuit of success, and learn to harness the power of 24 hours. It's time to conquer your internal dialogue and realize your full potential. I'd also love to share with you a copy of my Amazon #1 Best Selling Book "Think Big!" to grab your FREE copy head over to https://randywilsononline.com Focus on Being Great!

Dive into this powerful episode where Jake and Gino talk to Former NFL player Anthony Trucks. Anthony is master of identity shifts, as he discusses resilience, embracing life's toughest challenges, and the unspoken 'dark work' that leads to success. From navigating foster care to inspiring others through personal growth, Anthony's story is a testament to the strength of the human spirit. Anthony's Resilient Journey: Hear how adversity shaped his life and career. Embracing Life's Hardships: Anthony reveals how challenges fuel growth. Financial Integrity's Role in Growth: Learn how financial diligence can be freeing. Leap of Faith: The importance of confidence and risk-taking in personal transformation. Behind the Scenes Effort: Unveiling the 'dark work' essential for success. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:49 - How did Anthony Trucks Get Started as an Entrepreneur? 03:18 - What Drove Anthony To Football? 07:17 - What You Don't Want Vs. What You Want 12:30 - Anthony Talks about Curiosity 15:49 - Starting Over as A Newb 17:49 - The Dark Side of Retiring from Being Great 22:12 - Jake psych-analyzes Anthony: "Why do you think Your Relationship Suffered?" 24:44 - How Does Anthony Help People Access the Power of Identity? 28:50 - Anthony on Brand 31:46 - Jake and Anthony Reflect on Different Personality Types 34:08 - Gino Praises Julia for her "Dark Work" 36:32 - Why Do So Many High School Football Players Look Back at That Time With Such Fondness? 41:25 - The Guys Talk About Coming of Age, Raising Kids and Becoming Men 46:24 - Doing the Hard Things to Grow 47:55 - Best Way to Contact Anthony Trucks? 48:49 - Gino Wraps it Up

I have a very special guest in the studio who traveled from Canton, Ohio and couldn't be more honored to talk to a good friend and IFCA client Clark Bartram. Clark is About as OG as OG gets when it comes to the fitness industry entrepreneurs and if I listed all of his accolades, you'd be reading for 15 minutes instead of hitting play and listening to this man's wise words. In Part 1, we discuss his story and how being on the cover of 130 magazines started, how to be great at everything, how kids changed his life, and more! Be sure to tune in to Part 2 coming out Thursday!   Time Stamps:   (2:37) How 130 Magazine Covers Started (4:35) Always Being Stage Ready (6:30) Social Media Became the New Magazine Cover (10:50) Being a Fitness Professional and Looking the Part (15:53) Endorsements and Pivoting During COVID (25:18) Allocating Your Resources and Being Great at Everything (27:20) Arnold Tried to Bang My Mom (28:23) Having a Vision (30:37) How Kids Change Your Life ---------- Whenever You're Ready, Here Are 5 Ways We Can Help You (For Free) (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches (Training) Get Access To The  5 Most Popular Training We Created in 2022 (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

 The Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles is a powerful little book filled with reminders about the Innate Greatness of everyone.  "I repeat that your place in life, including your material environment, is determined by the thought-form you habitually hold of yourself. When you make a thought-form of yourself you can hardly fail to form in your mind a corresponding environment. "See nature as a great living and advancing presence, and see human society in exactly the same way. It is all one, coming from one source, and it is all good. You yourself are made of the same stuff as God. All the constituents of God are parts of yourself, every power that God has is a constituent of man. You can move forward as you see God doing. You have within yourself the source of every power."Listen as Mary Ellen shares some practical thoughts about bringing forth your Innate Greatness.A free PDF of The Science of Being Great by Wallace D Wattles is available by following the link below:  https://www.perlego.com/book/1302562/science-of-being-great-pdfSupport the show

Listen as Larry shares some gems of wisdom he found within The Science of Being Great by Wallace D Wattles.Greatness is an aspect of spirituality. There is a genius in every man and woman waiting to be brought forth. Greatness doesn't mean being famous.Thought is the vibrational tool we use. Self greatness depends on seeing it in others as well. See the world as creation in process. Wean yourself away from what others think about your decisions. If possible don't make immediate decisions.Cease having levels of greatness when giving your energy.Greatness is not first something you do. Greatness is something you are and then it becomes something you do.A free PDF of The Science of Being Great is available by following the link below:  https://www.perlego.com/book/1302562/science-of-being-great-pdfSupport the show

Sometimes people want to know what we personally like to read.  We often re-read the classic New Thought books.  For example, The Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles contains reminders of our innate greatness,  "There is a Principle of Power in every person. By the intelligent use and direction of this principle, man can develop his own mental faculties. Man has an inherent power by which he may grow in whatsoever direction he pleases, and there does not appear to be any limit to the possibilities of his growth."There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth. "Listen as Mary Ellen shares powerful reminders based on The Science of Being Great.A free PDF of the book is available by following the link below:  https://www.perlego.com/book/1302562/science-of-being-great-pdfSupport the show

If you're feeling overwhelmed and stressed, constantly sacrificing time with your family for the sake of your work, only to find that success still feels out of reach, then you are not alone! Many aspiring corporate leaders and entrepreneurs struggle to find a balance between work and family. This results in strained relationships and a sense of emptiness despite their professional achievements. Your current pursuit of success may be leaving you with a deep ache for meaningful connections and moments with your loved ones.In this episode, you will be able to:Discover the key to unlocking financial independence through entrepreneurship and side businesses.Recognize the power of leadership skills in both entrepreneurship and corporate settings.Learn how to successfully harmonize your professional life and personal time.Uncover the advantages of creating residual income and formulating an effective exit strategy.Understand the value of using failure as a springboard to success in entrepreneurial ventures.My special guest is Franco LofrancoFranco Lofranco is a visionary entrepreneur with a knack for turning ideas into reality. His path has taken him from setting up Canada's first high-speed Internet companies to becoming a knight in Italy, where he was recognized for his exceptional contributions to business innovation. Throughout his journey, Franco has always kept family at the forefront, finding a balance between work and personal relationships. With his rich entrepreneurial experience and strong family values, Franco has become a leading voice for career-driven individuals searching for a healthy work-life balance.The key moments in this episode are: 00:06:56 - The Journey of Entrepreneurship 00:08:14 - The Importance of Taking Care of Your Family 00:09:51 - The Gift of Confidence 00:10:37 - Benefits of Entrepreneurship 00:12:19 - Stand Out with an Entrepreneurial Mindset 00:13:57 - Importance of Being Great with People 00:14:50 - Resourcefulness and Alternative Solutions 00:15:28 - Overcoming Arrogance and Insecurity 00:20:41 - Self-Awareness and How We Occur for Others 00:23:35 - Making a Difference and Learning Leadership00:25:41 - Balancing Success and Family 00:27:44 - Identifying Profitable and Sustainable Business Opportunities 00:32:34 - Building for the Long Term and Avoiding Extinction 00:34:55 - Building an Exit Strategy 00:35:34 - Building for Others 00:36:12 - The Power of Residual Income 00:37:36 - How to Get StartedAre you leading a team that seems stuck in a rut? Maybe employee morale is lower, engagement has dropped, or you are faced with a turnover tide. Let's set up a time free of charge to talk through your pain points and come up with a plan of action that can help you. Go to this link and set up a slot that works for you, BtRImpact.com/virtualcoffee. Through my experiences, I developed a proven framework called T.E.N.T. It stands for Trustbuilding, Empowering, Navigating, and Thriving-Together. With TENT, I help leaders expel employee dissatisfaction and combat high turnover rates. I teach them the skills and tactics necessary to create a positive and engaging work environment. Are you ready for a transformation in your organization's leadership style? https://btrimpact.com/workshops Join Chief Excitement Officer Sha Sparks as she discusses the power of investing in people through leaders' experiences and helps you turn your trauma into triumph.Support the show

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Run, Don't Walk To Get the Survival Guide that accompanies this very special 2-part episode: https://actorsurvivalguide.com Your purpose was given to you by something other than yourself → There's LITERALLY no one else on the planet that can do YOU the way that you can. So, you simply gotta be YOU.  I think you can agree: easier said than done sometimes!  So for this episode of the podcast, I reached out to the crème de la crème of coaches for actors – Moniqua Plante, DaJuan Johnson, Heidi Dean, Emily Grace, Elise Arsenault & Jo Kelly - the über-experts who wholeheartedly devote themselves to your fulfillment & success in this wild career and when I told them about our tentativeness to show up and be seen… ALLLLLLL SIX OF THEM showed up for a very special Brian Breaks Character Podcast 2-Part Episode: The Actor Survival Guide to 2023… And Volume 3 of this guide was born! Mindset & self-care give us Main Character Energy throughout the guide, but don't get me wrong, it's FULL of essentials to help you navigate your way through how to  Put yourself out there on social media Pioneer your own path BE YOU This conversation is so juicy we had to break it up into two episodes and this is the first part, so be sure to come back for part two next week. Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character!   If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you.   CONNECT WITH HEIDI Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marketing4actors/ Website https://marketing4actors.com 30 Days of Posts for Actors https://marketing4actors.com/30posts/    CONNECT WITH ELISE Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theglobalactor/ Website http://www.theglobalactor.com Narrate Your Way to Abundance : An Intro to The Great Audiobook Adventure http://www.audiobookadventure.com/   CONNECT WITH EMILY Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theonlyemilygrace/ Website http://pickfordwest.com Write Your Dream Role http://writeyourdreamrole.com/   CONNECT WITH MONIQUA Instagram https://www.instagram.com/moniquaplantewellness/ Website https://www.moniquaplantewellness.com The Self-Care & Confidence Collection for Creatives https://moniquaplantewellness.lpages.co/creatives-collection/   CONNECT WITH DAJUAN Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thinkbiggercoaching Website https://www.thinkbiggercoaching.com Here's how to find your perfect reader for your next self-tape! http://www.theperfectreader.com/   CONNECT WITH JO Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tobeornottoact_jokelly/ Website https://www.tobeornottoact.com Stop Trying to Be a Good Actor So You Have a Chance at Being Great https://bit.ly/freedownload-guide   Subscribe To The Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1570747490   Watch The Uncut Behind-the-scenes Video Of This Episode On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/brianpatacca   Grab Your FREE Download with Must-See Advice From These All-Star Coaches https://actorsurvivalguide.com    Follow Me On Instagram For A First-look At Our Guests And Upcoming Episodes! https://www.instagram.com/briansaysthat   Episode Transcript https://brianbreakscharacter.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Ep.+106+-+The+Actor+Survival+Guide+Part+1+-+Transcript.pdf

Subscribe to the Email List Buy Ray a Coffee Journal Prompt: 1) Grade your sleep from 1-10.  1- Being Terrible. 10- Being Great. 2) How is poor sleep or good sleep effecting your days? 3) Which active recovery routine looks interesting to you? Write it down. 4) Then, google the benefits of it.  Example: You pick swimming.  Google the benefits of swimming for the body. Types of active recovery:  Swimming Tai Chi Yoga Walking/Jogging Cycling Myofascial foam rolling "Benefits of Active Recovery: reducing lactic acid buildup in muscles eliminating toxins keeping muscles flexible reducing soreness increasing blood flow helping you maintain your exercise routine" Article Links: What You Need to Know About Active Recovery Exercise Creator of the intro and outro: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/eternity

We discussed a number of things including:1. Anthony and Mike's corporate and entrepreneurial journeys2. How Anthony started ABF and its collaborations with corporates3. State of the podcasting market4. Challenges and opportunities ahead5. Future trendsAnthony is CEO and founder of ABF Creative, a Webby Award-winning podcast network and production company that bridges the gap between culture and media. A serial entrepreneur with a social mission, the former NPR producer leveraged 10-plus years in the tech industry to create a data-driven storytelling platform that serves multicultural audiences of all ages.Under Frasier's leadership, ABF has emerged as one of the leading podcast publishers of children's audio content. Over 5m streams and downloads since its launch in 2019 speak to the platform's breakthrough success in producing branded, original narrative, and live podcasts that resonate with highly engaged audiences. Their proprietary framework has earned the confidence of Fortune 500 brands and representation from ICM Partners, due to its pioneering use of applying machine learning and AI to make smarter content decisions.Profiled on CNN Money as one of 8 minorities diversifying the tech scene, Frasier is respected for creatively utilizing tech to build real solutions for underserved communities. He notably sought to unlock access to entrepreneurship for the generation most affected by the digital divide as founder of the Phat Startup, which was groundbreaking in how it applied Lean Startup methodology to hip-hop culture. In addition to developing digital courses and resources, The Phat Startup brought together some of the most brilliant minds in tech for its popular guest speaker series and partnered with NYU to present the acclaimed Tech808 conference.Prior to launching the Phat Startup, Frasier created a video game loyalty mobile app called Playd. He also built TheKoalition.com, a gaming site for urban youth that won the 2009 Black Weblog Award for best technology site or blog. A true connector, he also founded Brick City Tech, Newark, New Jersey's first startup networking community.Frasier's extraordinary story of going from the streets of Newark to finding success in Silicon Valley has made him a sought-after speaker for audiences including the Congressional Black Caucus, SXSW and TEDx. He is the author of Don't Dumb Down Your Greatness: A Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Thinking mp; Being Great, a guidebook for young entrepreneurs of color. Frasier sits on the Board of Directors for the New York Tech Alliance and served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Newark Venture Partners. His work has been featured in Deadline, Fast Company, BET, CNN Black In America, WIRED, Digiday and more.-----Mike is an Executive Producer at ABF Creative where he positions the incredible talent around him to succeed. While working at ABF Creative, Mike has produced shows like the Webby award winning African Folktales, The Adventures of Cairo, Into The Mix and Charm Words.His passion for storytelling extends to his hobbies. In his own time he produces sports commentary podcast Bad Weather Fans, in which a Knicks fan and a Nets fan analyze the world of sports. Bad Weather Fans is now recognized as one of Apple's top basketball podcasts and has had on guests like NBA Hall Of Famer Tracy McGrady and NBA veteran Richard Jefferson.While driving for Uber Eats, Mike also captured his daily adventures on the road for the podcast Mike Delivers. Mike is currently a professor of Podcast at Bergen Community College as well.

References for today's episode: HB 22-1314, Towing Carrier Nonconsensual Tows Dr. Jessica Houston The Science of Being Great, The Science of Getting Rich, and The Sciene o Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles Email: beautiful.iamcolored@gmail.com Business Inquiries: edboothservicesllc@gmail.com Purchase my book and other digital spaces and places you can find me: https://linktr.ee/Beautifuliamcolored Copyright Sec. 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include - 1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; 2. the nature of the copyrighted work; 3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and 4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors. Section 107 is not meant to be specific. Rather, Congress intended for fair use to be determined on a case-by-case basis. Congress also provided some illustrative examples of when a "fair use situation" might be more likely to occur. Educational and research activities are mentioned in particular as potential fair use scenarios, since these endeavors by their very nature build on the creation of new knowledge and creative work. However, it should not be assumed that every use of a copyrighted work in an educational environment is a fair use. If a copyright holder claims that their copyright has been infringed, the defendant may argue a fair use defense. Ultimately, it is up to the court to make the final determination if a use is fair. Fair Use should be actively exercised and considered on a case-by-case basis by weighing the four factors of fair use. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/evelyn5706/message

Key Points, Top Takeaways and Memorable Quotes - “Again, on the weekends, when I was with them, I was kinda full on dad because I figured I have got to make up for the fact that I'm just not around here as often as I would have wanted to be.” 8:25“Don't make everything look perfect.  If you're having a bad day, you can say to your kids, “Dad's just not having a good day today.” 11:12“It was really important that she always knew, and she really liked this, that neither her mother nor I were living vicariously through her and her sport.  This was her's, her decision, if she wanted to stop, stop, if you want to continue, continue, we really tried and we really kept an eye on her mental health.”  22:58“I come back to this whole point of asking questions.  We always talked to both kids like adults. We didn't do a lot of goo goo gah gah stuff and all that.  They also came everywhere with us.” 24:37“I get this all the time, “Do you exercise all the time because of your body and how you look? I'm like, no, this is 95% for the neck up, 5% for the neck down, and I really strongly believe that.” 25:30“I do think you just have to look at your kids and figure out what is something that may work for them.” 30:43“Expose your kids to everything.  Let them decide what they want to do, but the more exposed they get, the more educated, the more knowledgeable, the more they know how to respond to situations just because you give them that opportunity.” 32:12“I couldn't believe it when I read this article that 94% of all women in Fortune 500 C Suites, 94%, were former athletes.” 37:26“Our job too, as parents, is to provide bookends, to see where they are going and help navigate that stream.  And if it needs to open up a little bit, fine.  If you need to fine tune it a little bit fine, but you really need to have a pulse on where your child is going. 41:12“For your parents, listening: who you choose as your friends has a significant impact on your children.” 47:35“I say this to people all the time with an Entrepreneurial idea: figure out if it's a human capital business or like, something you can produce, you know, a widget, a clothing store, do you know what I'm trying to say, a bookstore.” 49:31“Hands down, don't take yourself so seriously, Jim.  Knock it off.  Don't be so hard on yourself.” 51:01“The poor want to be rich, the rich want to be happy.  The single wanna be married, and the married want to be dead.” -Jim quoted Dear Abby @ 52:43 Guest Bio - Jim Karas is a Lifestyle Expert who combines a degree from the Wharton School of Business with 36+ years of unparalleled success in helping people look and feel their very best.Jim is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Business Plan for the Body, the New York Times bestsellers, The Cardio-Free Diet, The 7-Day Energy Surge, The Petite Advantage Diet, Flip The Switch and The Ultimate Diet Revolution. His newest book, Confessions of a Division-1 Athlete was released in June of 2021, co-authored with his daughter, Olivia Karas.Jim has been the Fitness Contributor on ABC's Good Morning America (he helped former co-host Diane Sawyer lose over 25 pounds), is frequently seen on 20/20 and The Dr. Oz Show.Jim is a widely sought after as a key note speaker for many of the world's most prominent corporations and organizations such as Oprah's O You, Kraft Foods, Fortune Brands, Blue Cross BlueShield, the Federal Reserve, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Young and World Presidents' Organization.Jim has served as a Contributing Editor for Good Housekeeping magazine and has written feature articles for countless other national publications, including “O” The Oprah Magazine (he helped Editor-At Large and Oprah's bff, Gayle King, lose 25 pounds) Jim and his team of trainers have personally worked with People magazine's “Sexiest Man Alive,” Hugh Jackman, and with countless other celebrities, CEOs and Soccer Moms in Chicago and New York.  Show Notes - 0:00 - What I Meant to Say Podcast Intro0:23 - Introducing Jim Karas0:40 - Welcome to Jim Karas1:20 - What is Your Background in Fitness?7:13 - Family Role and Relationships with Your Children11:48 - Writing ‘Confessions of a Division 1 Athlete' with Your Daughter, Olivia14:25 - We Edited the Book During the Pandemic16:43 - The Story of the Conflict with Olivia's Coach During Her Club Development19:45 - There is a Price to Being Great at One Thing22:03 - It's Better Not to Live Vicariously Through Your Kids23:59 - How Do You Recommend That Parents Start to Recognize the Personality Traits in Their Kids?28:13 - What Were Some of the Things You Encountered with Evan and Olivia Through this Journey?33:36 - BB Commercial33:45 - The Recruiting Path to Michigan37:22 - 94% of Women in Fortune 500 C Suites39:31 - The Concept of Grit42:30 - The Role of Recovery 44:26 - How Did You Help Olivia Navigate Finding Her Identity After Gymnastics?48:23 - Where Do You Take Your Entrepreneurial Route From Here?50:46 - One Piece of Advice to Your Younger Self54:24 - Thank You for the Conversation Today55:02 - WIMTS Podcast Closing Links & Where to Find Jim - www.jimkaras.comIG - @jim.karas@jimkaras_intelligentfit @chicgocryospa Book: The Business Plan for the BodyBook: Confessions of a Division 1 Athlete

Discover timeless wisdom and practical information on the power of thought, positive self-esteem and personal achievement from the secrets buried in a long forgotten classic book from 1911. "The Science of Being Great" is the third part in Wallace D. Wattles' series that started with "The Science of Getting Rich" and "The Science of Being Well". Wattles says about this extremely practical companion to "The Science of Getting Rich" that "The Science of Being Great" is in the first place for "the men and women, young or old, who wish to make the most of life by making the most of themselves." This book teaches the principles of true greatness and shows you how to turn your ideals and dreams into reality.

The Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles audiobook. The Science of Being Great is the second book of Wattles' trilogy. In this volume he argues that the power of thought and positive self-esteem is the only true measure of a person's greatness.

The Science of Getting Rich is a book written by the New Thought Movement writer Wallace D. Wattles and published in 1910 by the Elizabeth Towne Company. The book is still in print. According to USA Today, the text is "divided into 17 short, straight-to-the-point chapters that explain how to overcome mental barriers, and how creation, rather than competition, is the hidden key to wealth attraction." Historical context. This book is based on the Hindu philosophies that One is All, and that All is One (Page one of Preface). The Science of Getting Rich is based upon what Wattles called "the Certain Way of Thinking." According to Mitch Horowitz, the editor-in-chief of the Jeremy Tarcher imprint of Penguin Books, which reprinted The Science of Getting Rich in 2007, Wattles' "Certain Way" descended from the "mental healing movement" that had started earlier with Phineas P. Quimby in the mid-19th century. As Horowitz explained to a reporter from the Washington Post, after experiencing relief from physical symptoms of discomfort or illness through Quimby's mental strategies, people began to wonder, "If my state of mind seems to have a positive influence over how I feel physically, what other things can it do? Can it lead to prosperity? Can it lead to happiness in my home? Can it lead to finding love and romance?" One result of such questioning was Wattles's application of Quimbian "mental healing" strategies to financial as well as physiological situations. Wattles, who had formerly been a Methodist, ran for office as a Socialist candidate in Indiana in 1916. He included the word science in the title, reflecting a secular approach to New Thought though also thereby borrowing from the then widespread popularity of Christian Science and its offshoots as he wrote about business prosperity, mind training, and success in the material world. The mental technique that he called "thinking in the Certain Way," was intended to establish a state of positivity and self-affirmation. According to Horowitz, mental healing and positive thinking theories for prosperity were joined by late 19th century trends such as Transcendentalism and a belief in the power of science and that "All these currents came together, and this philosophy that we call 'New Thought,' was born out of them. It's as American as an old-growth forest." The contents, with chapter titles like "How to Use the Will" and "Further Use of the Will" advance Wattles' concept of the "Certain Way."; similar keywords about will power, mastery, and success are found in the writings of contemporary early 20th century authors Charles F. Haanel (The Master Key System), the Methodist minister Frank Channing Haddock (Power of Will, Power for Success, Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success), and Elizabeth Towne (How to Grow Success). Towne published other books and magazine articles by Wattles: The Science of Getting Rich (1910) is a companion volume to the author's book on health from a New Thought perspective, The Science of Being Well (1910) and his personal self-help book The Science of Being Great (1911). All three were originally issued in matching bindings. --- 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/dwight-allen/message

In this episode, we talk with Joe Hummel, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Twin Peaks, where he brings his wide-ranging experience in all facets of the restaurant business over the past 30+ years to that concept.THOUGHT #1"Become Obsessed with Being Great. It Changes Everything.”THOUGHT #2"You Could Be Anyone if You Put in the Time. You will Reach the Top, and That's That. I am not Talented, I am Obsessed.” - Conor McGregorCONNECT:Website: TwinPeaksRestaurant.comEmail: joe.hummel@TPRest.comFacebook: Joe HummelLinkedin: Joe HummelTwitter: @com_hummelBRAND & RESOURCE MENTIONS:"Get Back" (Beatles) - Beatles.comTinder - Tinder.comeHarmony - eHarmony.comMatch - Match.comGrinder - Grindr.comChick-fil-A - Chick-fil-A.comJust Dance - JustDanceNow.comHooters of America - Hooters.comLa Cima Restaurants - LinkedIn.comKathleen Wood - KWoodPartners.comMichael Jordan - Wikipedia.org Chales Barkley - Wikipedia.org The Last Dance (documentary) - imdb.comAliens - imdb.comBanding People Together - Banding PeopleTogether.comDenny's - Dennys.com"Beat on the Drum All Day" (Todd Rundgren) - YouTube.comLife-savers - Life-Savers.comConer McGregor - Wikipedia.orgNational Restaurant Association (NRA) - restaurant.org Rita Gilligan - BBC.comWaffle House - WaffleHouse.comBBB's Torch Awards (Amarillo, TX) - BBB.orgKobe SteakHouse - KobeSteakhouse.comTGI Friday's - TGIFridays.comHard Rock International – HardRock.comBooky Call - https://www.bookycall.combookstarPR - bookstarPR.comThoughts That Rock – ThoughtsThatRock.comCertified Rock Star - CertifiedRockStar.comLeadership That Rocks: Take Your Brand's Culture to Eleven and Amp Up Results (Jim Knight) - LeadershipThatRocksBook.comCulture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company's Culture (Jim Knight) – CultureThatRocks.comBlack Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You (Brant Menswar) - FindYourBlackSheep.comRock ‘n Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change (Brant Menswar) – RocknRollWithIt.comCannonball Kids' cancer – CannonballKidscancer.orgBig Kettle Drum - BigKettleDrum.comSpectacle Photography (Show/Website Photos) – SpectaclePhoto.comJeffrey Todd “JT” Keel (Show Music) - JT KeelJOE HUMMEL'S BIO:Joe Hummel is the Chief Executive Officer of Twin Peaks.He began in distribution and purchasing, and worked his way to become the EVP of Operations and Purchasing at Hooters of America, before joining La Cima Restaurants, LLC as Chief Operating Officer. La Cima Restaurants, LLC is the largest franchisee of Twin Peaks Restaurants.  Joe eventually took the reins as CEO of Twin Peaks in October 2016 and relocated to the Dallas headquarters in July 2017.  Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in in Business Administration from Clemson University.

Today's podcast is all about doing the thing that you love the most. Have you been wanting to do that one activity or hobby for a long time? Are you scared what others will think if you start? Listen to what I have to say and tips I give you to start BEING GREAT!! Grab you some merch at shopback2life.com Stream my music here: Apple or Spotify Follow me on all my social media platforms: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn I also wrote 2 books! Stop Beating Yourself Up and Failure Breeds Success

JOIN US for Tonight's Tuesday's Together Pre-recorded episode as we discuss part 2 of the Kingdom Equations series, "The Equation for Being Great!"

Learn about who Jim Roman is and where he is going! Episode Notes: The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well,The Science of Being Great https://www.amazon.com/Science-Getting-Being-Great-Trilogy/dp/1522961720 For more information visit jimromanonline.com and check out Jim on Facebook @JimRomanspeaker or via email questions@askjimroman.com

Learn all about financial education and personal financial management in this episode segment with John Brandy on the Simple Success podcast. Learn more about Simple Success with John Brandy using our all-in-one access link here Visit the Simple Success with John Brandy website today! "Any Person May Become Great". Let's just take every possible restriction off the table. SHOW NOTES Techno King: John C. Brandy C-Goal Example: Shola Salako Fact-Checker: Abraham Lincoln French Consultant: Virginia Mitchell Media Expert: Favour Obasi-Ike Psychologist: Sigmund Freud Rabbit Hole Advisor: Dr. Marg Perrott Sound Designer: Gugliemo Marconi Spanish Consultant: Cameron J. K. Brandy Videographer: Alfred Hitchcock Audio Props: Les Paul Inspiration: Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale & Bob Proctor “Trilogy” Book Link: https://smile.amazon.com/Science-Getting-Being-Great-Trilogy/dp/1522961720/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=wallace+wattles+trilogy&qid=1621531381&sr=8-3 The Science of Being Great: https://archive.org/details/WallaceD.Wattles-TheScienceOfBeingGreat Our Simple Success Website: https://www.simplesuccesswithjohnbrandy.com/ Subscribe to Simple Success Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/simple-success/id1549566678 Support Simple Success Here: https://anchor.fm/simplesuccess/support Send Us A Message! (Fix via Pod.Link?) https://anchor.fm/simplesuccess/message Podmatch Host Profile https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1611285111512x890580376127176400?return=true Podmatch Guest Profile https://podmatch.com/guestdetailpreview/1611285111512x890580376127176400?return=true Music Credit: “Cute” by “BenSound” from http://www.freesound.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simplesuccess/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/simplesuccess/support

Laura is a U.S. Veteran and definitely one person to turn to to achieve your Peak State of Performance! In times of distress, she turned to Meditation, Inner Work and Spirituality to Optimise and Get Even Better at Being Great. This is a very Special Episode! LAURA & GIULIO STEPPED FURTHER AND CO-CREATED A WHOLE PROGRAM ON THE TOPIC. If you are interested, just reach out to us through the website OR PM on our Facebook Profiles. Listen Up to Learn More. Here some Highlights: How to Adapt and Improvise Embrace the Masculine while Nurturing Your Feminine Don’t get lost in the Spiritual Realm. Be WILDLY SUCCESSFUL and DEEPLY HAPPY. Fear from the eyes of a Marine. “Break up with her!” How you create balance between your planning and creativity … and more. I won’t spoiler the whole show eheh This podcast was brought to you by Inner Zenith and its growing community of Highly Effective Conscious Humans. We are very excited to have you with us on this journey to become the highest version of yourself, so that your outer reality shall just reflect from the inside out! About the guest: Laura Marsala is a Veteran from U.S. Marine Corps, a single Homeschooling Mom of Three, business owner, leadership coach and a professional speaker (I've spoken with U.S. politicians). Her website: www.lauramarsala.com More on her channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrgSW2Xo6RpNbIePlC79gPw Her Social Profiles: www.instagram.com/iamlauramarsala & www.facebook.com/LauraMarsalaOfficial --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/highlyeffectiveconscious/message

Rhonda is amazing. She has an energy of light. Her energy in helping women is so inspiring. To be a shy person when she was growing up and now an impact to women is breathtaking. This is Rhonda's calling and she does a wonderful job doing it. ALL ABOUT RHONDA: Rhonda Mincey is a world traveler. She is an international speaker, a transformation coach, poet, philanthropist, and an author. Rhonda has made her mark speaking to women from all walks of life on how to confront their fears and accomplish their goals. Through her Dare to Dream webinars, she gives women the power, permission, and push to passionately pursue their dreams.  She has frequently spoken at the One Woman Fearless Summit as well as the Success Women's Conference. Rhonda has authored several books, including her newly released book for women, Unbridled Dreams: Change your mindset, achieve your goals, and live the best story of your life. Her highly acclaimed book for girls, A Girl's Guide to Being Great, was written to help girls realize their value and maximize their opportunities for a successful life. Rhonda is also an award-winning mentor for girls and received the prestigious Turner Broadcasting Station (TBS) Pathfinders award for her work. She was also awarded Georgia Southern University's Service award for her service to the community. Rhonda possesses a Master's of Education degree with a focus in Community Leadership. Rhonda enjoys reading inspirational books, walking on the beach, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. Rhonda's quote: "Giving women the power, push, and permission to pursue their dreams" You can go to Rhonda's website at www.rhondamincey.com Or Follow Rhonda @rhondagmincey You can also Purchase her new release "Unbridled Dreams" today on Amazon.

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This episode is all about going out there and BEING GREAT- for you but also to inspire yourself and others to take that step out of their comfort zone to do that scary thing! Do you have a role model that is an "expert" in a certain field that has made you step outside your comfort zone... or maybe you haven't?! Well my friend this is your time to do that! Like always THANK YOU for helping me spread that positivity and hype! The world can be a crazy place but we don't have to go through it alone! So please leave a review, SEND to a friend & let's go concur the world TOGETHER! Come say hi & get daily positivity tips, tricks and just REALNESS by following me on insta. https://www.instagram.com/sammyxxstrong/ Want to follow my fitness journey and making my way to the bikini stage check out my YouTube. (It's a work in progress tbh- but like ANYTHING you need to actually start something to be great - so we are working on it haha) https://www.youtube.com/user/samanthacarpinello/ More about me! Hey, Sam Carpinello here! First grade teacher, business owner and absolute fitness lover! Being a former D1 athlete amongst many other things I've face diversity, challenges and had to dive into personal development, positive affirmations and finding my own positivity through tough times. Through many years of personal and self growth I've created the Pockets of Positivity Podcast to share some love, hype and that nice kick in the booty we all need from our best friend every once in a while to concur the world. I am so happy you're here and so ready to LEVEL UP and spread some positivity together!

Send Message Please support our Podcast by clicking the link below. Thank You! https://anchor.fm/theaudiobookspodcast/support   Summary: The author of The Science of Getting Rich brings you The Science of Being Great. Wallace D. Wattles introduced the world to the power of positive thinking. He was a profound influence on Michael Losier and James Arthur Ray. With out Wattles "Science Of trilogy" there never would have been books such as The Laws of Attraction, The Science of Success, and the Power of Positive Thinking. Now you can go directly to the source! A Thrifty Book is a well designed, easy to read book at an unbeatable price. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theaudiobookspodcast/support

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Being GREAT comes at a high price!   It comes with misunderstanding, great responsibility, and loneliness. If you focus too much on the hard things that are attached to being great you will try to hide from it! Listen... YOU DID NOT CALL YOURSELF! GOD GRACED YOU WITH GREATNESS!   It’s time for you to be ok with other peoples opinions of your greatness and for YOU to be ok with yourself!! COME OUT OF THAT CAVE AND GO!!!!!!!!!!

The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, and The Science of Being Great. This is the classical trilogy of Wallace D. Wattles, an American New Thought writer. This book podcast talks about the 3 best selling self-help books of all time.

2020-09-06 Being Great

Focus on Being Great at One Part of Your Business (LA 1266) Steven Butala: Steve and Jill, here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about focusing on being great at one part of your business. We talked about it a little bit yesterday. Jill, what are you great at? What's your thing? Jill DeWit: Getting deals done. Steven Butala: Getting deals done. Jill DeWit: It's in my soul. I can't help it. I am a deal junkie. That's it. Steven Butala: The truth is, I'm a deal junkie, too, but between the two of us, you're better at it than I am. I love data. When I sit down ... When it's a data day for me, when I sit down and do prepare a mailer, that's a good day. I truly get excited about sitting down, researching and pulling data, scrubbing it all out and pricing it and getting it out there. I don't know if it's like a ... It's a chicken and the egg thing. I don't know if I was good at that before I learned how to do it or the other way around, like I had so much interest in it that I learned it the right way. Jill DeWit: I think it's just nature for you. Steven Butala: Is it nature for you? Jill DeWit: Yes. And we'll talk about that. Steven Butala: All right. This is a great point. Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on TheLandIvestors.com online community. It's free. Jill DeWit: Nick wrote, "I'm about to call the county for a couple of properties I have under contract to purchase. What things should I be asking the county when I call?" Actually, I saw this question, too. Here's a cute ... One of our members, Lori, answered ... There's several in there, and we'll answer, too. But Lori wrote, "Here's what I ask when I call, along with the department that typically handles it. I verify the current owners name with the clerk or recorder. I ask them how to get a copy of the vesting deed if you haven't been able to find it online." These are all very different than what I thought it was going to be. This is just Lori's response. Steven Butala: Yeah. I want to hear yours, too. Jill DeWit: Okay, good, because this is ... Let's just say, the view points in this thing are not necessarily those of the hosts. I will help with this in a minute here because ... Okay, anyway. This is what Lori does. "And ask if the land is off the grid. Ask if the property has water rights or mineral rights included. That will probably refer you to the deed. Ask if there are any easements granted through the property. Check on the taxes owed; the assessor, the treasurer. Check on how the land can be used; zoning, planning, or engineering department. Also, ask them if there have been any permit applications for septic or building. And if so, try to get a copy of them. Is public water still available? That's with the water and sanitation departments. Hopefully not the same thing. And most importantly, be nice and express your appreciation for their help. That's very true, obviously. You might need them again. Best, Lori." Jill DeWit: Do you want to talk first? Steven Butala: No, no. Go ahead. Actually, you're more qualified ... Jill DeWit: Okay. Steven Butala: ... Than I am to answer this. Jill DeWit: A lot of stuff is overkill. I don't need to know all that. And maybe because I've been doing it so long, I know some of the areas, I already know what the answers are. I can look up what R2 is or Land Use 400. And some areas I know and I keep a little cheat sheet. Here's what I would say, too. As you're doing this stuff, create yourself a little cheat sheet going along so you always know ... Oh, yeah. That's what that is. That's what this is. Even when we do ... I used to do a lot of recording ourselves, create our own deeds and send them in. I had a cheat sheet so I didn't have to look up the address every time...

Focus on Being Great at One Part of Your Business (LA 1266) Steven Butala: Steve and Jill, here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about focusing on being great at one part of your business. We talked about it a little bit yesterday. Jill, what are you great at? What's your thing? Jill DeWit: Getting deals done. Steven Butala: Getting deals done. Jill DeWit: It's in my soul. I can't help it. I am a deal junkie. That's it. Steven Butala: The truth is, I'm a deal junkie, too, but between the two of us, you're better at it than I am. I love data. When I sit down ... When it's a data day for me, when I sit down and do prepare a mailer, that's a good day. I truly get excited about sitting down, researching and pulling data, scrubbing it all out and pricing it and getting it out there. I don't know if it's like a ... It's a chicken and the egg thing. I don't know if I was good at that before I learned how to do it or the other way around, like I had so much interest in it that I learned it the right way. Jill DeWit: I think it's just nature for you. Steven Butala: Is it nature for you? Jill DeWit: Yes. And we'll talk about that. Steven Butala: All right. This is a great point. Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on TheLandIvestors.com online community. It's free. Jill DeWit: Nick wrote, "I'm about to call the county for a couple of properties I have under contract to purchase. What things should I be asking the county when I call?" Actually, I saw this question, too. Here's a cute ... One of our members, Lori, answered ... There's several in there, and we'll answer, too. But Lori wrote, "Here's what I ask when I call, along with the department that typically handles it. I verify the current owners name with the clerk or recorder. I ask them how to get a copy of the vesting deed if you haven't been able to find it online." These are all very different than what I thought it was going to be. This is just Lori's response. Steven Butala: Yeah. I want to hear yours, too. Jill DeWit: Okay, good, because this is ... Let's just say, the view points in this thing are not necessarily those of the hosts. I will help with this in a minute here because ... Okay, anyway. This is what Lori does. "And ask if the land is off the grid. Ask if the property has water rights or mineral rights included. That will probably refer you to the deed. Ask if there are any easements granted through the property. Check on the taxes owed; the assessor, the treasurer. Check on how the land can be used; zoning, planning, or engineering department. Also, ask them if there have been any permit applications for septic or building. And if so, try to get a copy of them. Is public water still available? That's with the water and sanitation departments. Hopefully not the same thing. And most importantly, be nice and express your appreciation for their help. That's very true, obviously. You might need them again. Best, Lori." Jill DeWit: Do you want to talk first? Steven Butala: No, no. Go ahead. Actually, you're more qualified ... Jill DeWit: Okay. Steven Butala: ... Than I am to answer this. Jill DeWit: A lot of stuff is overkill. I don't need to know all that. And maybe because I've been doing it so long, I know some of the areas, I already know what the answers are. I can look up what R2 is or Land Use 400. And some areas I know and I keep a little cheat sheet. Here's what I would say, too. As you're doing this stuff, create yourself a little cheat sheet going along so you always know ... Oh, yeah. That's what that is. That's what this is. Even when we do ... I used to do a lot of recording ourselves, create our own deeds and send them in. I had a cheat sheet so I didn't have to look up the address every time...

A long time ago, Wallace Wattles wrote a book called The Science of Getting Rich. What most people don’t know is that actually that book is part of a trilogy of books also including The Science of Being Healthy and The Science of Being Great. Today I wanted to focus on some of the foundational […]

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Stacey shares the key things to do that will shift you from doing good to Being Great! She uses the HBR article and book “The Disciplines Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown. She shares an exercise that will help you pinpoint what your leadership “sweetspot” is! You can check out the article at this link https://hbr.org/2012/08/the-disciplined-pursuit-of-less

This week on Courageous Conversations with Sheree we welcome Rhonda G. Mincey Founder and Executive Director of Great Youth, Inc. Tune in and hear how Rhonda's random encounter with a little girl impacted the trajectory of her own life which began this movement of impacting others. Hi! I’m Rhonda G. Mincey. By profession, I empower youths and adults to live their best lives. But personally, I am passion personified and inspiration in action. I am passionate about inspiring people to live a life of greatness. I’ve established program in schools that have challenged the mindsets and changed the behavior of thousands of girls. To help my teenage daughter navigate those challenging, critical teen years, I authored a book, "A Girls Guide to Being Great.” Little did I know that the book would be used to launch the girls’ program, “The Great Girls Club” and be read by hundreds of girls in several school districts. As the founder and Executive Director of Great Youth, Inc., a nonprofit youth enrichment program, I aim to transform youths into leaders, mentors, and role models. But I am also thrilled to speak to and conduct workshops for college students and adults on how to make deliberate decisions to attain higher levels of success. Some call me a "late-bloomer" because I obtained my college degrees decades after graduating from high school. But I graduated with a Master’s in Education and a Graduate Certificate in Cyber Crime, earning numerous honors and making significant connections with my professors. Now, my petals are a sight to behold: I am a college professor, author, entrepreneur, consultant, life strategist, poet, community leader, philanthropist, girl guru, legacy leaver, and giver of hope. Through my company, Great Success, LLC, I equip others for action and empower them for life. My goal is to continue to inspire others not only to be life-long learners, but life-changers as well. I am the recipient of several awards, including Armstrong State University’s Service Award and Turner Broadcasting System’s prestigious Pathfinders Award. For more information, please call 888-414-7328 or visit https://notesofhope.greatyouth.org.

I don't know about you but I definitely have times in my life when I think, "If my situation were just different, everything would be so much better." Have you ever said this to yourself? "If my kids would stop fighting, my life would be so much better." "If my husband would stop playing video games, I wouldn't have to nag him about it." "If my mother-in-law would stop judging me, I could be happy." "If the people at church were nice to me and not gossipy, I could enjoy church more." "If our house were not so cramped, I could stop feeling so annoyed by everything else in my life." "If I had another car, I could stop dreading being seeing driving around." "If we had more money, I could stop being stressed out all the time." Have you ever said one of these statements or something similar? This episode is for you! SHOW NOTES: FREE DOWNLOAD: You Can Do This Loving What Is by Byron Katie The Science of Being Great by Wallace Wattles Ready to change your life and the way you're seeing your circumstances? I know how to help you. It's an amazing shift. Sign up for a free coaching call! You'll be so glad you did.   First published here: http://lifewithdavina.com/daily-1-x-48-if-your-circumstances-are-holding-you-back/  

Skipping the longer philosophical chat about the ethics of being a conqueror, Today we’re going to chat about Alexander the Great.   More specifically, we’re going to talk about him and a knot.   The Gordion Knot.   You know the story?   Wikipedia tells us that legend has it that, once upon a time, the ancient people known as the Phrygians (who lived in what is now modern Turkey) didn’t have a king.    An oracle declared that the next man to enter their capital city driving an ox-cart would become king. (That’s one way to do it, eh? )   So… A peasant farmer drove an ox-cart into town and, lo and behold, became king.   His name was Gordias.    In gratitude, his son Midas dedicated the ox-cart to the main Phrygian god (kinda like their version of Zeus) and tied it to a post with a super-intricate knot.    As in, "good luck untying THAT knot” kinda knot.   A Roman historian described it as "several knots all so tightly entangled that it was impossible to see how they were fastened.”   Fast forward.   Another oracle declares that whoever can unravel the crazy knot would become the ruler of all of Asia. (That’s one way to do it, eh?)   Fast forward.   Many men attempt to unravel the knot. No luck.   Fast forward.   It’s now 333 bce.    Alexander the Great cruises into town. He tries to untie the knot himself and has no luck.   So…    Being Great and all, he just decides to pull out his sword and slice the knot in half with a single blow. (That’s one way to do it, eh?)    And then, of course, he went on to fulfill the prophecy as he conquered Asia.   Enter: The Gordion Knot.   Back to Wikipedia which tells us: “It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (untying an impossibly-tangled knot) solved easily by finding an approach to the problem that renders the perceived constraints of the problem moot (‘cutting the Gordian knot’).”   That’s Today’s +1.   Got any seemingly impossible knots in your life?   How’s the unraveling going?    Is there, perhaps, a more direct and/or forceful approach to resolving the issue than you may have tried so far?   Here’s a sword.    Just in case it comes in handy.

Skipping the longer philosophical chat about the ethics of being a conqueror, Today we’re going to chat about Alexander the Great.   More specifically, we’re going to talk about him and a knot.   The Gordion Knot.   You know the story?   Wikipedia tells us that legend has it that, once upon a time, the ancient people known as the Phrygians (who lived in what is now modern Turkey) didn’t have a king.    An oracle declared that the next man to enter their capital city driving an ox-cart would become king. (That’s one way to do it, eh? )   So… A peasant farmer drove an ox-cart into town and, lo and behold, became king.   His name was Gordias.    In gratitude, his son Midas dedicated the ox-cart to the main Phrygian god (kinda like their version of Zeus) and tied it to a post with a super-intricate knot.    As in, "good luck untying THAT knot” kinda knot.   A Roman historian described it as "several knots all so tightly entangled that it was impossible to see how they were fastened.”   Fast forward.   Another oracle declares that whoever can unravel the crazy knot would become the ruler of all of Asia. (That’s one way to do it, eh?)   Fast forward.   Many men attempt to unravel the knot. No luck.   Fast forward.   It’s now 333 bce.    Alexander the Great cruises into town. He tries to untie the knot himself and has no luck.   So…    Being Great and all, he just decides to pull out his sword and slice the knot in half with a single blow. (That’s one way to do it, eh?)    And then, of course, he went on to fulfill the prophecy as he conquered Asia.   Enter: The Gordion Knot.   Back to Wikipedia which tells us: “It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (untying an impossibly-tangled knot) solved easily by finding an approach to the problem that renders the perceived constraints of the problem moot (‘cutting the Gordian knot’).”   That’s Today’s +1.   Got any seemingly impossible knots in your life?   How’s the unraveling going?    Is there, perhaps, a more direct and/or forceful approach to resolving the issue than you may have tried so far?   Here’s a sword.    Just in case it comes in handy.

In this episode I dive into “Being Great”, the thought and argument of “perfect”, “one way”. There is no 1-way! I share my thoughts on why I believe experiencing the process is most important thing in every thing you do; And how being great is not really being the best thing; it’s really about having a consistent process and how over time applying that process to each arena you attend makes you great. You do a lot of things well & that’s what makes the great.

Back in 1910, a man named Wallace D. Wattle published a trilogy of books each beginning with the title "The Science of" In the second volume of that series, he published The Science of Being Great, as a follow-up to one of his most successful books, The Science of Getting Rich. In the first chapter of this book, Wallace lays down an argument that all men and women have greatness within them. Each of us is blessed with the ability to think, and can use our minds to conquer unimaginable feats.

Some, not all people are striving for something more. Some of us call this greatness. It's not easy, but it can be done. This podcast outlines what it means to be great.

Wallace D. Wattles was an old-school Philosopher-Optimizer who wrote The Science of Getting Rich. He also wrote a little book called The Science of Being Great. (Both of those titles are, of course, finalists for best titles ever.)   In The Science of Being Great he has a great line that has been tattooed on my brain since I read it.   He said: “The world needs demonstration more than it needs instruction.”   The world needs DEMONSTRATION more than it needs INSTRUCTION.   Isn’t that a powerful statement?!   (Kinda makes you wonder what you’re demonstrating, eh?)   For example, we know that kids don’t do what they’re told or taught, they do what they SEE. So, it’s pretty obvious we better model the behaviors we want to see in our kids if we want them to grow up to be great humans.    All of which leads us to a little personal story—one from a couple months ago that features me in a (laughably) low moment in my parenting career.    Short story: My dad cursed like a sailor. In fact, he literally WAS a sailor. (Hah.) He enlisted in the Navy when he turned 18 and his language was just astonishingly bad. (So bad he’d literally make my devout Catholic mom cry at times. I can laugh now but it wasn’t funny then.)   Anyway… I rarely curse and I’ve been committed to never cursing in front of the kids. So, I was particularly appalled at myself (laughing) when, on an evening when I was particularly tired and Emerson was acting particularly like a (tired) 5 year old, I got so annoyed by the meditation cushion (oh, the irony!) he dropped on my face when I wasn’t looking as I was laying on the ground playing with Eleanor that I got up, walked out of the room and mumbled in a voice considerably louder than I intended: “You’re such a little sh*t!”   What happened next?   Well, he was at the door and IMMEDIATELY said, “No! YOU’RE such a little s*it!”   Again, I can laugh as I type this as a) It’s been awhile and b) He had no idea what the word was and hasn’t repeated it since and c) I got some serious mileage on the "Needs Work!” front but…   It was a really powerful opportunity for me to remember that the world needs DEMONSTRATION more than it needs INSTRUCTION.   All of which leads us to Today’s +1.   What are you demonstrating?    Any behaviors that make you wince that you’d like to clean up and throw out?    Let’s do this!

Wallace D. Wattles was an old-school Philosopher-Optimizer who wrote The Science of Getting Rich. He also wrote a little book called The Science of Being Great. (Both of those titles are, of course, finalists for best titles ever.)   In The Science of Being Great he has a great line that has been tattooed on my brain since I read it.   He said: “The world needs demonstration more than it needs instruction.”   The world needs DEMONSTRATION more than it needs INSTRUCTION.   Isn’t that a powerful statement?!   (Kinda makes you wonder what you’re demonstrating, eh?)   For example, we know that kids don’t do what they’re told or taught, they do what they SEE. So, it’s pretty obvious we better model the behaviors we want to see in our kids if we want them to grow up to be great humans.    All of which leads us to a little personal story—one from a couple months ago that features me in a (laughably) low moment in my parenting career.    Short story: My dad cursed like a sailor. In fact, he literally WAS a sailor. (Hah.) He enlisted in the Navy when he turned 18 and his language was just astonishingly bad. (So bad he’d literally make my devout Catholic mom cry at times. I can laugh now but it wasn’t funny then.)   Anyway… I rarely curse and I’ve been committed to never cursing in front of the kids. So, I was particularly appalled at myself (laughing) when, on an evening when I was particularly tired and Emerson was acting particularly like a (tired) 5 year old, I got so annoyed by the meditation cushion (oh, the irony!) he dropped on my face when I wasn’t looking as I was laying on the ground playing with Eleanor that I got up, walked out of the room and mumbled in a voice considerably louder than I intended: “You’re such a little sh*t!”   What happened next?   Well, he was at the door and IMMEDIATELY said, “No! YOU’RE such a little s*it!”   Again, I can laugh as I type this as a) It’s been awhile and b) He had no idea what the word was and hasn’t repeated it since and c) I got some serious mileage on the "Needs Work!” front but…   It was a really powerful opportunity for me to remember that the world needs DEMONSTRATION more than it needs INSTRUCTION.   All of which leads us to Today’s +1.   What are you demonstrating?    Any behaviors that make you wince that you’d like to clean up and throw out?    Let’s do this!

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Prayer for Being Great at Relationships from JenniferHadley.com for her Daily Spiritual Espresso published on October 8, 2015 which you can access here:

Prayer for Being Great at Relationships from JenniferHadley.com for her Daily Spiritual Espresso published on October 8, 2015 which you can access here: http://jenniferhadley.com/2015/10/youre-not-bad-at-relationships/

In this episode of The Frugal Snobs Podcast, We give our thoughts on Super Bowl 50, give out our “Bonhead of the Week” award to Snow Plow drivers on the road with no snow in sight and the inability for someone to print a single page to PDF (we'll explain), give a QDR for the Evolution Brewing Lucky #7 Porter. This week, we talk about preparing for and making the most out of your Performance Review in your current role in terms of perspective and with insight from the book, “The Science of Being Great“. Don't forget to register at FrugalSnobs.com! and be sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes or add to your playlist on Stitcher! Be Well and NEVER Pay Retail! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-snobs/support

Dr. Robert Schuller Today's quote is from our Monthly Goal Getting Quote Pack, as is the QuoteArt on our show notes page. Go to GoalGettingPodcast.com/qod88 to look at one of the QuoteArt images that could be coming to your email monthly as part of the Monthly Subscription to the Goal Getting Monthly Quote Pack. I'll tell you more about how you can get these great quotes and images in your email each month later. Stay around and find out. Go To  GoalGettingPodcast.com/images  Today and SIGN UP! You are what you think all day long. ~~ Dr. Robert Schuller Dr. Schuller talks about a very good point with this quote. Our subconscious mind learns from what we say. Telling yourself that You Suck, or You're Stupid is very bad. Your mind will believe you! [bctt tweet="You are what you think all day long. ~ Dr. Robert Schuller #Goals #Quote #DrRobertSchuller #Inspiration"] You will not be at your best if you continuously talk down to yourself. You are a powerful person, that means a lot to your own subconscious mind.  You can program your subconscious mind, negatively, by having those mental thoughts and especially if you verbalize them. One of my favorite websites and one I recommend is TUT.com.  Their motto is: Thoughts become things . . .  Choose the good ones! [bctt tweet="Thoughts become things . . . Choose the good ones! www.Tut.com #Goals #Quote "] When you are thinking during the day, think good things. Don't concentrate on the negative and NEVER say anything bad about yourself to yourself. Go out Today, Think About How Good You Are! Think about Being Great, because You Are. Want to have the Quote That Hangs On Your Wall on Goal Getting Podcast? If you have a quote that hangs on your wall, that motivates or inspires you and you want to be mention on the show, just do like Charlie Schrauth just did, create the QuoteArt graphic with your quote and send it to me at Tony@GoalGettingPodcast.com. Sign up for our mailing list by Joining the Goal Getter Nation and I will put your quote on the show, give you a shout out and put your QuoteArt on our show notes page. Receive Your Goal Getting Podcast Monthly Quote Pack Special Get 20 AWESOME wallpaper-size images full of great quotes in your email each month! Example of a Quote Pack Go To  GoalGettingPodcast.com/images Today and SIGN UP! Thanks for listening to Goal Getting Quote of the Day. If you like this or any of the Quotes, please leave a comment below. I would love to hear your thoughts. If you like our podcast you can easily go Subscribe to our show on iTunes at GoalGettingPodcast.com/itunes or Subscribe to us on Jabbercast at GoalGettingPodcast.com/jabbercast The new Jabbercast App is the best listening experience for podcasts. Check it out.   Please follow us below on your favorite social media channel.  We would love to hear from you there, too. Send us a Tweet, or Instagram Like. You can connect with us on your favorite by going to GoalGettingPodcast.com / and then Twitter or Facebook, or Instagram They will easily take you to the social media platforms and make it easy to follow us. QUICK & EASY - Click here to go leave a review on iTunes I get a lot of my quotes from great books that I read. And if you like to listen to books on Audio like I do, I put together a deal with Audible to give Goal Getting Podcast listeners a FREE Audiobook of your choice AND a 30 Day Trial of Audible's service to try them out. Just click the link in the Blue Box to get to the Audible sign up! Get Your Free Audiobook Here Hi, I would love to know what you think of the show. Do you enjoy these Quote of the Day segments? Let us know by leaving a comment below. Make Today a Great Day! Subscribe to us on iTunes Like our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/GoalGettingPodcast Follow us on Twitter: Podcast at @GoalsPodcast Tony Woodall, Your Host at @TonyWCMB Follow us on Instagram at @GoalGettingPodcast

New York Times bestselling author Austin Kleon has been called one of the most interesting people on the Internet by The Atlantic Magazine, and he stopped by The Writer Files to chat with me about creativity and the writing life.   Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By   Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! Austin is the author of three illustrated books — Steal Like An Artist, Newspaper Blackout, and Show Your Work! — guides I recommend to all writers seeking insights for tapping into your endless reserves of creativity and innovation. In addition to being featured on NPR s Morning Edition, PBS Newshour, and The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Kleon speaks about creativity in the digital age for organizations as varied as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and The Economist. If you missed the first part of the interview, you can find that here: How Bestselling Author Austin Kleon Writes: Part One In the second part of this two-part file, Austin Kleon and I discuss: Is “Imagination” Overrated? A Simpler Definition of Creativity Why You Should Write for Just One Person How Minimizing Distractions Can Help Your Creativity Why Your Audience Is Your Most Valuable Asset Is Being Boring the Key to Productivity? The Importance of Being Great at Both Art and Life Why You Need to Pick Your Partners Carefully Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes Here s How Austin Kleon Writes AustinKleon.com Here s How Daniel Pink Writes Here s How Elizabeth Gilbert (Bestselling Author of Eat, Pray, Love) Writes Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy by Dave Hickey Austin’s Interviews at BookCon 2015 Austin Kleon on Instagram Austin Kleon on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter The Transcript How Bestselling Author Austin Kleon Writes, Part Two Voiceover: This is Rainmaker.FM, the digital marketing podcast network. It’s built on the Rainmaker Platform, which empowers you to build your own digital marketing and sales platform. Start your free 14-day trial at RainmakerPlatform.com. Kelton Reid: These are The Writer Files, a tour of the habits, habitats, and brains of working writers, from online content creators to fictionists, journalists, entrepreneurs, and beyond. I’m your host Kelton Reid: writer, podcaster, and mediaphile. Each week, we’ll find out how great writers keep the ink flowing, the cursor moving, and avoid writer’s block. New York Time’s bestselling author Austin Kleon has been called one of the most interesting people on the Internet by The Atlantic magazine, and he stopped by The Writer Files to chat with me about creativity and the writing life. Austin is the author of three illustrated books: Steal Like an Artist, Newspaper Blackout, and Show Your Work!. In addition to being featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS NewsHour, and The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Kleon speaks about creativity in the digital age for organizations as varied as Pixar, Google, South by Southwest, TEDx, and The Economist. In the second part of this two-part file, Austin Kleon and I discuss a simpler definition of creativity, why you should write for just one person, how minimizing distractions can help your creativity, why your audience is your most valuable asset, the importance of being great at art and life, and why you need to pick your partners carefully. Is ‘Imagination’ Overrated? Austin Kleon: If I ever teach a class on imagination, I’m going to show House Hunters because imagination gets this very, “Oh, to have an imagination is this great skill and talent.” Look, imagination is something that Dave Hickey said. He said, “Imagination is just thinking of a door and seeing it in your head.” Imagination is simply the ability to make images in your head. When you watch House Hunters, these people come into these houses, and they’re like, “Oh God, I really hate the floors.” It’s like, “Oh, I don’t like that paint color,” and they literally can’t get past the fact that this hideous paint. They simply cannot think of what life in this house could be like. Like, “We could rip up the carpet. We could put floors in. We could paint over this paint.” But there are so many people that live their lives like that, too. They literally can’t make images in their head about what could be. People just don’t have imaginations. I was walking on the High Line in New York City a few weeks ago, and everyone thought the High Line was going to fail. A huge group of people was like, “This’ll never work.” It’s like, “A park up on this old abandoned railroad track? Who would ever go to this?” It’s just a complete lack of imagination in people’s minds. As a creative person, that’s what you’re offering people. You have to make the image. You have to make things that people can see. That’s true whether you’re writing a novel, you have to let people see the action, or whether you’re doing a client presentation. Until you put stuff in front of people, most people don’t have imaginations. That’s what you’re there for. Then people are like, “Well, how do you get an imagination?” I’m like, “Well, everyone has it. Hang out with a two year old for a while.” The one way I think is really easy is to start drawing. Drawing is all about making images. If you can learn to make images with a pencil, then you can start making them in your head. That’s my personal opinion. Kelton Reid: Well, if you do, do that class on imagination, I will definitely make an effort to come. Austin Kleon: I can just see the kid looking at the syllabus. “Week 3 – Watch 20 hours of House Hunters.” Kelton Reid: So, Austin, let’s talk about creativity. I know creativity is a giant theme, and it’s a theme you are very familiar with. You talk about it a lot. Why don’t I ask you to define creativity in your own words. A Simpler Definition of Creativity Austin Kleon: I have a really dumb, basic version, a definition for creativity, which is just taking what’s in front of you and everybody else and turning it into something new, that’s not around, inventing something out of the materials that we all have available to us. My friend Mike, when he’s talking about creativity, he’s always like, “Have you ever seen Apollo 13?” He’s like, “There’s a scene in Apollo 13 where they have to make that air filter, and they’ve got pantyhose, a pencil, and some wire” — you know, whatever they have. He’s like, “That’s creativity right there.” Taking what’s around and forming it into something people need or they’ve never seen before, that kind of thing. I just have this very basic notion that’s making something that wasn’t there out of the materials available to you. Kelton Reid: Would you say that you have a creative muse at the moment yourself? Why You Should Write for Just One Person Austin Kleon: That’s a good question. A muse. I don’t know that I have a muse. More than a muse, I feel like I have an audience in mind when I’m making stuff. Everything I write, I always think about my wife reading it first. Stephen King talks about that, how he writes for Tabby, his wife, that she’s his first reader. He always has her in mind when he’s writing. For me, thinking about someone on the other end is kind of the muse for me because it feels like I’m making something for somebody. The pure idea of writing or art is that you do it for yourself, but for me, it gets a lot easier when you think about doing it for someone else — when your work is either a gift, or it’s a tool, or something that you’re making for somebody else. That’s a way of dodging your question. Instead of a muse, I feel like, a lot of times, having an audience or recipient, thinking about them on the other side and then making something for them, that’s what I need more. Kelton Reid: When do you feel the most creative? How Minimizing Distractions Can Help Your Creativity Austin Kleon: I think when I come in the garage. When I enter the bliss station, it’s like, “All right! Let’s make something.” I also feel airplane rides, man. People waste airplane rides. They’re reading SkyMall, or they’re watching whatever stupid in-flight movie they’ve got. That is when I produce, man. I open up my sketchbook and just keep my pen moving, the whole flight, as much as I can, until I can’t stand it anymore. Then I pull out a book and read. There’s something about being stuck, the captivity. There’s nothing else to do. I think about why was I originally brought to the arts in the first place. Why did I ever pull a pen across the piece of paper? So much of it was, when I was a kid, you’re just trying to pass time. You’re stuck in your crappy small town, and it’s like, “Well, let’s play some music.” Just that idea of trapping yourself somewhere and then having to entertain yourself, but not letting something else entertain you. That’s what everyone else does. They’re like, “Oh, I’ll flip through this SkyMall,” or “I’ll watch this movie.” That’s great, and there are places for that. But for me, if I can entertain myself, then I can actually make something. Kelton Reid: Yeah. I’ve heard that before. It’s like the creative constraint, or kind of the boredom. But you’ll be happy to know that SkyMall has been discontinued. Austin Kleon: The thing is, I love SkyMall, but these are all distractions. I’ve learned so much from Dan Pink, the writer and author Dan Pink. Talking about Show Your Work!, he has done this amazing series on travel. He travels so much. He had all these little tips and tricks that I recommend everyone look up. One of his things was, “Never turn the TV on in your hotel room.” He’s like, “Just don’t do it.” He’s like, “Read the book you brought or something else. Just don’t turn the TV on,” which is exact opposite thing that I do at the end of the day. But never do that. This is what the world does. The world wants to distract you. It wants you to be distracted. Think about the way our software is built. Our phones, by default, every program wants you to turn on notifications because they want to interrupt you. One of the first things you can do is turn off all your notifications on your phone. Better yet, just put it in airplane mode. You know what I mean? When you’re on a flight, it’s tricky. Even on an airplane, turning off that stupid TV in the back of the headrest, if you press the brightness button down far enough, it’ll turn off. Just stupid design things like that, they even keep you from turning stuff off. If you can minimize the distractions and go into your own head space, that’s when stuff happens. Kelton Reid: That brings me into our next question. I love Dan Pink and his work. He was on The Writer Files, the written series. Austin Kleon: Oh, cool. Kelton Reid: That was a good one. Austin Kleon: He’s awesome. He’s been super generous to me. I love his work. Kelton Reid: Yeah. I need to get him back in here. Actually, so was Elizabeth Gilbert on the written series, also. Austin Kleon: She seems great. I should read one of her books. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Her new novel got amazing across-the-board reviews. Austin Kleon: That’s great. Kelton Reid: So she’s back. Austin Kleon: She’s a real writer. She’s a worker. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Austin Kleon: My favorite thing that I’ve read of hers is there’s a great profile. If you type in ‘Tom Waits Elizabeth Gilbert,’ she did this wonderful profile of him in 2002 before she was famous. Kelton Reid: Yeah. She was just a prolific journalist. Really, really love her work. Austin Kleon: I never got to be a journalist. So many of my favorite writers started out as journalists. My father-in-law has written for The Plain Dealer for like 35 years. My uncle wrote for newspapers for like 20 years, too, and I feel like there’s a craft that comes from working on a deadline and having to churn stuff out that you just can’t really replace with anything else. Kelton Reid: What do you think makes a writer truly great? Why Your Audience Is Your Most Valuable Asset Austin Kleon: The right readers. I think it’s true of all the arts. It’s all about who’s on the other end. You can be the best writer or the best artist in the world, and if you don’t have the right readers or the right buyers or the right viewers, what does it do? Think about Melville dying penniless, and now everybody reads Moby Dick. So much of that is just context and circumstance, but I would say that part of the writer’s job is to find the right audience, too. That sounds hard, and it is. Readers, writers need readers. That’s why, if we’re in this culture where everyone wants to write but no one wants to read, that’s a dead culture. Know what I mean? There has to be readers. If you’re a writer and you’re not a reader, I know you’re not any good. There’s no possible way you’re a good writer if you’re not a good reader. That was always the big siren went off, like when you’d be in a writing workshop in college and someone says, “Oh, yeah. I really like to write, but I don’t really like to read.” You could write that person off immediately because they’re just no good. It just doesn’t work that way. Kelton Reid: I know we’ve mentioned a handful of amazing writers. Do you have a couple other favorite authors, at the moment that you want to mention? Austin Kleon: I just found the work of this art critic and writer named Dave Hickey. He wrote a book in ’97 called Air Guitar, which is a collection of essays. He’s written art criticism for like 40 years or whatever. He put out a book recently called Pirates and Farmers that I haven’t read yet. Hickey, if he’s not an octogenarian, he’s on his way. I love coming across writers who you’ve got their whole career there for you. The cool thing about Dave Hickey is he has a Facebook. It’s like if your grandpa was the most interesting guy who had hung out with Lester Bangs, Andy Warhol, and Lou Reed — just all these amazing artists — Robert Rauschenberg. Just all these people, and he’s on Facebook ranting. I feel like there’s just something so great about discovering someone when they’re older and they have this huge body of work, and you can dive in. Dave Hickey, his stuff, the Air Guitar is amazing. I just finished that. That’s definitely going to be on my top books of the year. I like to find writers and then just read everything they wrote, and then try to figure out who influenced them and read everything. Just kind of swim upstream. There’s a woman who, I’m probably going to butcher her name, Tove Jansson. She did the Moomins. The Moomins are this family of hippopotamus-looking creatures, and she did a comic strip that was hugely popular in her time, but is kind of less-known now. Then she did these seven books about the Moomin family, seven or eight books about the Moomin family. She grew up with kind of bohemian parents, so the Moomins are her cartoon version of her parents and her family. As a new dad, or still fairly new — I still have that new dad smell — I feel like I’m always looking for models of home life, and Moominpappa is my favorite cartoon character right now. He’s this reluctant dad, in a sense. He would really like to just be playing cards or off writing his memoirs or whatever, but he’s also this bohemian, and I don’t know. They all love each other, and they take care of each other. The Moomins are just this wonderful series. That’s just two examples. My favorites, I tend to, as a Midwesterner who writes and draws, I tend to be drawn to Midwesterners who wrote and drew. I love Charles Schulz and Peanuts. I love Kurt Vonnegut. A lot of people don’t know that he was also a visual artist and a drawer. I love Lynda Barry, who is still around, and she’s wonderful. Kelton Reid: You’re kind of the master of finding these great quotes. They’re just peppered throughout your work. That’s one of the reasons I just like to flip open Steal An Artist and Show Your Work!, but do you have a best of quote floating in your brain right now? Is Being Boring the Key to Productivity? Austin Kleon: The quote I live by is Flaubert. Gustave Flaubert. He said, “Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work.” What Flaubert is saying is that you have to be boring in a sense. If you’re having adventures all the time, you’re not going to have any time to work. I’m actually trying to write a talk solely based on that quote right now and that tension between, as a creative person, you feel like you should be out having adventures, but then you also have to sit in a room all day and make something happen — and how do you balance those two — that kind of thing. Kelton Reid: That’s great. I will look for that talk. Austin Kleon: We’ll see. Kelton Reid: Just a quick pause to mention that The Writer Files is brought to you by the Rainmaker Platform, a complete website solution for content marketers and online entrepreneurs. Find out more, and take a free 14-day test drive at Rainmaker.RM/Platform. You mentioned some literary characters. Do you want to drop a favorite literary character for fun? Austin Kleon: Right now, it’s Moominpappa from the Moomins. I love him. I also love Charlie Brown. Who else? What about my other favorite comic strips? I don’t know. I’m looking around. Yeah. Moominpappa or Charlie Brown. It’s so hard not to relate, you know? Kelton Reid: Yeah. If you could choose one author, living or dead, for an all-expense-paid dinner to your favorite restaurant in the world, who would it be? The Importance of Being Great at Both Art and Life Austin Kleon: I’ve had beers with Lynda Barry before, and I’d love to take her to a sushi place and just drink sake and let her go. I feel like I’m such a Lynda fanboy. I spent a couple hours with Lynda when I was 23 when I got lucky enough to go hang out with her after a talk, and I literally feel like I’ve run off the fumes of being around her for the past, God, that was almost 10 years ago now. She’s just an amazing person. I don’t know. Living or dead, maybe I should go hang out with da Vinci. I don’t know. The problem is, so many of these writers, you wouldn’t actually want to be around. A lot of these people, they weren’t great people. That’s hard, too, because the people whose work you really admire, they turn out to be these weirdos. Like George Saunders would be someone I would hang out. Not only is he a genius, certified, he’s also a mensch. It’s hard to find those people. Those are the people you really have to model. I think that more artists should model themselves on those people that are good at art and life. I wouldn’t want to hang out with Picasso. No thanks. Kelton Reid: Right. I think you’re a collector of lots of different relics. Do you have a big, a bigger, biggest writer’s fetish? Austin Kleon: I’m a simple tools guy almost to a fault. I like dumb, simple tools. I like fine-point sharpies. My friend Clive Thompson, who I mentioned earlier got me into these Palomino Blackwing pencils. I like to sharpen them, and I like to smell them. I love to use them for marginalia when I’m reading. What I’ll end up doing is I’ll just sit there and sniff the pencil while I’m reading, these Palamino pencils. I love those. I’m really particular about my notebooks. I have this certain kind of Moleskine pocket notebook that’s like this tiny little hardback version that will fit in a shirt pocket. I love Field Notes, but I never use them because I can’t fit that in a pocket. I can’t. I want to support Field Notes. I love Aaron and Jim who run that, but I’m so particular. You get used to your tools. Kelton Reid: Yes. Absolutely. Austin Kleon: You have to have a kind of ruthlessness with your tools. You can’t be too political with them. You got to go with what works. Kelton Reid: Absolutely. Absolutely. I use a pocket notebook that I’ve been carrying around for years that I can only find at Office Depot. They’re 99 cents each. They’re the hardback, but they’re woven together so that no matter how long you sit on it or how sweaty it gets, it never falls apart. Austin Kleon: That’s the thing about that hardback Moleskine that I use. They don’t deteriorate. You just have to be able to beat stuff up. Now that I make a little bit of dough and I can write stuff off my taxes, I just buy in bulk. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Okay, so who or what has been your greatest teacher? Austin Kleon: I think teachers are so tricky. All I was looking for when I was younger, without laying down on the couch, I was always looking for some Merlin-ish figure to knight me. I was always looking for this father figure to take me aside and say, “Oh, you’re in the club now, son,” and do his blessing and send me out into the world. You realize that that’s just a very immature way of going about your creative life is that people are teachers, but they’re not your fathers. They’re not replacements for anything like that. Anyway, I had a great professor in college named Steven Bauer who, again, I mentioned him before, and he said, “Apply ass to chair.” I took probably four or five writing workshops with him. He was a big believer in the notebook, keeping a daily notebook. He was a very firm believer in showing up and stuff like that. He really gave me that initial push to say, “Yeah, you could be a writer. You can do this.” Kelton Reid: On that note, can you offer some advice to fellow scribes on how to keep the ink flowing and the cursor moving? Why You Need to Pick Your Partners Carefully Austin Kleon: I’m going to say something that everyone kind of rolls their eyes when I say it, but I think it’s really true, which is marry well. Marry well. Pick your partners in crime very carefully. That’s true of your romantic partner. It’s true of your business partners. It’s true of your friends. Surround yourself with people who are going to make you better, but also people who will put up with you and will put up with this really bizarre thing that you’re trying to do with your life. I’m going to steal this from Ian Svenonius. If you’re a lawyer or a doctor, everyone’s going to applaud your decision. They’re going to be like, “Great, you’re a lawyer.” “You’re a doctor. Awesome!” You know, “You’re a nurse.” “You’re a teacher.” Whatever. But if you tell people you’re a writer, they’re going to be like, “Well, have you written anything I’ve read or might have seen?” Or, “Do you make any money off that?” Being in the arts and being a creative person, you’re not going to necessarily get validation from your everyday Joe on the street, so it’s very important to have someone in your life that believes in you and believes in the work. I got really lucky. I met my wife when I was 20. One of the first interactions we had is she came into my dorm room and said, “Hey, what are you doing?” I said, “Oh, I’m trying to work on this story.” And I proceeded to rant about the story I was writing for 10 minutes. It’s been like that ever since. But I think, marry well. Have people in your life that will sustain you and help you along. That’s a big part of the battle. Kelton Reid: That’s great advice. Where can writers connect with you out there, online or in real life? Austin Kleon: Yeah. Writers love Twitter. I love Twitter. @AustinKleon on Twitter, and then the easiest thing to do is just go to my website, AustinKleon.com. You can follow me from there on Instagram or whatever the latest fad is. My favorite thing to do right now is, I have a newsletter. Every week, I send out 10 things I think are worth sharing, and it’s free. It’s my favorite thing that I do. You can subscribe to that on my website. Kelton Reid: I didn’t know that, and I am subscribing as we speak. Austin Kleon: Yeah. It’s fun! Kelton Reid: Can you hear my typing? Austin Kleon: It’s fun. I love newsletters. I love technology. I’m very interested in dumb technology that stuck around. The other day, I ordered a pizza at this pizza trailer in Austin. I was like, “So, how long do you think it will be? Can I walk around a little bit?” And they said, “Oh, we’ll text you when the pizza’s ready.” I thought, “Now, this is a wonderful example of simple technology making my life so much better.” You know what I mean? Kelton Reid: Yeah. Austin Kleon: I think email’s one of those things. Everyone hates email, but everyone has it. I think the newsletter is a really fun way to play with sending people these little messages every week. It’s really fun for me. Kelton Reid: That’s great. It’s a good way to build an email list for future updates on books. Austin Kleon: Oh yeah. You know, “I’ve got your email, so I can bug you when I have something to sell. But it will be mixed in with all the other neat things.” Kelton Reid: Thank you so much for stopping by The Writer Files. Again, really appreciate your time and energy. It’s contagious. I definitely want to get back to writing. Austin Kleon: I feel like I should, too. Thanks for having me on. This was really fun. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Oh, and I loved your appearance on PBS’s Book View Now from BookCon 2015. That was pretty cool. Austin Kleon: Oh, thanks. Yeah, I had fun interviewing. I really love to interview. I’d really love to find a way to … I just really love talking to people and hearing about their work. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Austin Kleon: I also really love show business. That’s one thing, I think, that’s hard for writers. The writing is hard for me. Going out and sharing the writing and selling the writing is not. That’s another thing I would recommend to young writers is to understand that there’s not as big a difference between education and entertainment as you think there is. No matter what you’re doing, in a sense, you’re entertaining people, so get into that showbiz mode and own it. Kelton Reid: That’s cool. Well, I hope they tap you for your own show some day. Austin Kleon: I have to admit, there is a part of me that would love to have a TV show. Kelton Reid: Well, I would watch. Austin Kleon: I would have one viewer, then, at least. Kelton Reid: I hope that someday in the future, you can come back and rap with me again. Austin Kleon: I would love that. Kelton Reid: All right, my friend. Have a great one. Austin Kleon: You too. Kelton Reid: I love Austin’s not-so-secret formula. Do good work, and share it with people. Thanks for tuning in to the second half of this two-part file. For more episodes of The Writer Files and all the show notes, or to leave us a comment or a question, drop by WriterFiles.FM, and please subscribe to the show in iTunes. Leave us a rating, or a review, and help other writers to find us. You can always chat with me on Twitter @KeltonReid. Cheers. See you out there.

We apologize for missing a week.  Summer had her baby last week and we took the week off from recording. She and the baby are doing well. It is just me for today's podcast and I'm talking about making the jump from being someone who is just a dreamer to someone who takes consistent steps toward powerful progress in their life. The discussion is based on a quote from the book The Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles which compares a football to a fountain spring.

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