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Smartphones are everywhere - for good or for ill. But that doesn't mean they should have free reign in our lives. In this podcast, Sammy is joined by Jonathan Thomas to discuss 5 tactics we can employ to ensure we rule over our phones instead of having our phones rule over us. Jonathan Thomas is the author of, 'Intentional Interruptions: Learning to be Interrupted the Way God Intended' and former pastor of Ammanford Evangelical Church! You can get his book, published by Christian Focus, at either: https://www.christianfocus.com/products/3117/intentional-interruptions or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781527110205/intentional-interruptions-paperback Intro & Welcome 0:00 Hack #1 "Turn Off Notifications" 5:03 Hack #2 "Sleep in Separate Rooms" 12:27 Hack #3 "Take a Sabbath" 19:08 Hack #4 "Embrace Boredom" 26:52 Hack #5 "Decide What's Best" 36:41

Click To JOIN! Just Keep Learning Newsletter I WILL HELP YOU GET CLARITY, BUILD YOUR GROWTH MINDSET AND OWN YOUR BIG DREAMSLet Go of PerfectionNew Year's resolutions often set us up for failure. Why? Because we aim for perfection. Miss a day, and it feels like we've failed entirely. But here's the truth: perfection is the enemy of progress. Success is about momentum, not flawless execution. Miss a workout or two? So what. Keep moving forward. The goal is to feel good during the process, not just at the finish line.Focus on Feeling Good Through the ProcessDelaying gratification used to feel like the ultimate discipline. But the real win is finding joy while working toward your goals. Yes, hard work is uncomfortable, but if you're constantly miserable, what's the point? Build a system that lets you grow and enjoy the journey simultaneously.The Pyramid of Priorities: A Framework for SuccessPicture your goals as a pyramid:Base Layer: Daily habits (nutrition, fitness, relationships, meditation, creativity). These are your non-negotiables, like brushing your teeth.Middle Layer: Big dreams (writing a book, launching a podcast, building a business). This is where your focus goes.Top Layer: Hobbies and jobs. These can change over time and don't need results. They're for pure joy.This structure keeps you grounded while allowing space to dream big.The Waterfall Action Board: Turning Big Dreams Into Daily ActionGot a big goal? Break it down. Use a "Waterfall Action Board" to simplify your journey:Identify the Big Goal: (e.g., Write a book)Break It Down: Outline chapters, research, drafts, editing.Decide What to Outsource: Cover design, marketing, editing.Prioritize Daily Action: What's the next step YOU must do? Build a habit around it.For me, it's writing 1,000 words daily and sharing drafts with beta readers. Simple, clear, and actionable.Maintain Your Baseline HabitsWhile chasing big dreams, your daily baseline keeps you balanced. For me, that means:30 minutes of exerciseEating 80% whole foods10-20 minutes of meditationCreating content for 30 minutesQuality time with familyThese habits are the foundation that supports everything else. Missing a day isn't failure—it's part of the process. Just get back to it.Make Space for Hobbies Without PressureNot everything needs to be a goal. Hobbies are for fun, not productivity. Whether it's singing, painting, woodworking, or running, these interests bring vitality to life. They don't need to be monetized or mastered—they just need to be enjoyed.Progress Over PerfectionIn the end, it's all about progress. Forget perfect streaks. Build momentum. Keep moving forward. Whether it's January or July, your goals are always worth pursuing.So, what's your big dream? Let me know—I'd love to support you.And until next time, just keep learning.FOLLOW JustinInstagram – @JustKeepLearning.CaYouTube –@justkeeplearningpodcastTwitter – @JustinNolan_JKLTiktok – @justkeeplearning.caPinterest – JustKeepLearningcaFacebook – JustKeepLearningLinkedIn – Justin I'm so happy you found this podcast. I am here to serve you, the creative solopreneur & aspiring content creator to get clarity on how to create content, teaching, build a business and design the life of your dreams without burning out in the online learning, creator economy.Want to get every single secret, tip, or idea I learn about channelling our emotions into success in this new creator economy, be sure to subscribe to the newsletter: https://newsletter.justkeeplearning.ca/main

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Because when we're in our power, in alignment with ourselves, and feeling our best, we are wildly magnetic! Because we're inherently magnetic, we just often have people, mindsets, emotions, or situations that pull us out of our magnetism and block us from showing up in the way and creating the reality that we truly want.In this episode, I dive deep into all things navigating drinking and the holidays with Wander + Ivy founder Dana Spaulding. We talk about how to bring mindfulness and personal power into drinking if you choose, why we sometimes 'lean on' alcohol, and how to support yourself in drinking from a place and in a way that serves you... and how to navigate doing what's right for you, whether that's drinking or not, when you might be facing pushback or shame (or be a recovering people pleaser like us!).While we dive deep, we give so many tips to navigating all of it was that support you both emotionally, relationally, and physically! **ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm hosting a Higher Self Workshop at the Gansevoort November 25th at 6pm, and have several spots to give as a gift (free!) to a few of you! There will be Wander + Ivy Wine as well as Beauty Goodie Bags, so come join for a transformative and fun evening! RSVP by emailing be or shooting me a DM (contact info below!)We chat:-Dana's Story-How Wander + Ivy Was Born-Wine is Very Unregulated Ingredient-Wise-Most Wine is Heavily Marked by Pesticides and Additives-My Experience ‘Using' and Depending on Alcohol-Removing Shame and Guilt Surrounding Drinking and Not Drinking-How to Handle Pressure to Drink -The Power of Bringing Intentionality into Drinking-The Importance of Owning Your Choices-When Choosing to Drink Doesn't Serve Us-Why Many of Us ‘Use' Alcohol and What to Do Instead-Where ‘Needing' a Drink Comes From and How to Not 'Need' One-Why Boundaries During the Holidays Are So Important-How to Combat People Pleasing to Your Own Detriment-How to Decide What to Say ‘No' To and How to Do It Better-It is Not Selfish to Do What's Right for You and the Right People Will Understand-Tips for Feeling Physically Better When Drinking-A Mindset Shift to Help You Choose Moderation from AbundanceWhere to Find Dana/Wander + Ivy:Dana's InstagramWander + Ivy's InstagramWebsiteThings Mentioned:Quote by Carl RogersLMNT ElectrolytesReLyte ElectrolytesPurely ElizabethKroma GranolaAnd you can get it HERE with free bonuses and special launch month pricing!! My Instagram: @jordanlaurelle - come say hi!For coaching inquiries: jordanlaurellecoaching@gmail.com or book a discovery call HERE.Book a One-Time 75 Minute Call HERE.Sign Up for my Email List HERE.

Ever feel like you're drowning in tasks that pull you away from the work that really matters? Or you have tried delegating tasks to someone else but they keep messing things up. Imagine freeing up your time so you can focus on the bigger goals that truly grow your business, instead of getting bogged down in the day-to-day.  These 5 steps aren't just about “handing things over.” They're about giving you back control, saving precious hours, and ensuring your team is ready to perform without needing constant oversight. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN AND KEY ACTIONS FROM THIS EPISODE: 1. Avoid the Most Common Delegation Pitfalls: Discover the mistakes most trades business owners make – and how you can skip them entirely. 2. The 5 Steps That Actually Work: Learn a delegation framework designed to make sure every task is handled right the first time. 3. Decide What to Delegate First: Find out exactly which tasks will free up the most time and put money back in your pocket. 4. Empower Your Team: Discover how to identify and prepare the best team members for key responsibilities.5. Keep Control Without Micromanaging: Gain the tools to oversee delegated tasks without becoming a bottleneck – freeing up your time and theirs. Your business can thrive without you doing every little thing – you just need the right approach to delegation. Hit play now, and start putting these steps into action today. JOIN THE PRIORITY WAITING LIST BY CLICKING HERE!⁠

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On this episode, my guest is Craig Slee, a disabled writer, consultant and theorist dealing with mythology, folklore, magic and culture, exploring life through the lens of landscape, disability and fugitive embodiments.He has contributed essays and poetry focusing on the numinous and disability to various anthologies including The Dark Mountain Journal. Craig has also co-facilitated multiple seminar series at the Dresden Academy for Fine Arts, regarding ableism in the arts, as well as how ableism affects our relationship to space. In 2023 he was one of the speakers at the World Futures Studies Federation 50th Anniversary Conference, introducing the concept of (Dis)abling Futures. Craig resides in the northwest of England.Show NotesCornwall and the Seasons Who Gets to Decide What it Means to Know a Place?The Folding in of Identity to TourismA Question of Productive vs Generative AbilityAbleism and AttentionFinger Bending and the Freedom of MovementRedefining and Remembering Other Forms of MovementWhat is Stillness?The Dance of MountainsObeying LimitsHomeworkCold Albion (Craig's Blog)Goetic Atavisms (Hadean Press)Craig's Blue Sky Page | Facebook PageTranscriptChris: Welcome to the End of Tourism, Craig. Craig: Thank you for having me. Chris: Yes, it's great to be able to speak with you today. I've been ruminating for a couple of years now as to the themes that we might speak of. And I was introduced to you via a mutual friend and have come closer to your work via the Emergence Network's online gathering, We Will Dance With Mountains, in the last quarter of 2023.And so, to begin, I'd like to ask you first where you find yourself today and what the world looks like for you, where you are. Craig: Where I find myself today is by the canal in my flat, looking out the window, just as evenings coming in, in the northwest of England, in Lancaster, and it's chilly here which is actually a good thing, I guess, these days.Chris: Perhaps I could ask you to elaborate a little bit on what Lancaster looks like, but I know that, you know, from our conversations previous that you grew up [00:01:00] in Cornwall, a place that was previously, a town, an area devoted to fishing and mining, and from what you've told me, it's also become a massive tourist trap that you know, from the little that I've seen online, that the area receives around 5 million visitors a year, and tourism makes up about a quarter of the local economy.So I'm curious what you've seen change there and what do you think has happened to Cornwall and its people as a result and maybe there's something in there as well regarding Lancaster. Craig: Yeah, so I should emphasize this. I was born in Cornwall. My family has been lived down there for many many generations anyway and my father's side of the family actually, at various points, worked in the tourist trade as well before they went on to other things.And, [00:02:00] yeah, I mean, I left because, frankly, there was no jobs that weren't tourism. I came to Lancaster to study because one, I have a physical disability which means that Cornwall is a very rural area, so you need to drive everywhere, and that's fine, I drove at that point, but for good or ill, a more urban center was better for me later in life as I left.But the way that it shifted, even in the years when I was growing up, was that, you know, essentially was a rural area where nothing really happened socially or culturally that much until the summer seasons. So, you were very, very aware of the seasons in terms of, you'd have visitors [00:03:00] starting, and that was when the town would wake up, and then it was kind of dead for the rest of the year, so it was very much one of those things where the tourist trade has actually made me more aware of human rhythms in the natural world than perhaps I would have been, because it's so based on seasonal stuff.And just looking at the way the infrastructure because a lot of the towns and areas, they boomed a little bit well, quite a lot in certain areas with the tin mining of the 19th century. But a lot of the architecture and things like that was 19th century. So you had small villages and slightly larger towns, and they have very, well, I guess some people, if they were tourists, would call "quaint, narrow streets."And when you have that many visitors, in the summer, you can't get down the streets. [00:04:00] You can't drive it because it's full of people walking. You know, there's an interesting anecdote I'd like to recount of when my father, he was a vicar, he was a priest, moved to a new area he would go to the local pub and all the locals would greet him as the priest and be like, very polite.And then when it would come out that my dad was actually a local, that he was born down there and part of the family, everybody would relax. And there was this real sort of strange thing where people came and stayed because it was a lovely area, but there was still that whole issue with second homes and certainly keeping an eye on things from a distance here during the pandemic when people left cities during the pandemic, they went down there amongst places in Britain.And that meant that, [00:05:00] literally, there were no houses for newly starting teachers, you know, teachers who had got jobs and were moving down there, couldn't find places to live because during the 2020 and sort of 2022 period, everything was just opening up either as Airbnb because there was this influx from the cities to the more rural areas because it was supposedly safer.You know, and I feel like that's a reflex that is really interesting because most people think of it as, oh, "a tourist area," people go there for leisure, they go there to relax and get away from their lives, which is true, but under a stressful situation like a pandemic, people also flee to beautiful quotes isolated areas, so there's that real sense of pressure, I think and this idea that we weren't entirely sure, growing up, [00:06:00] whether we would have a place to live because a lot of the housing was taken up by people with second homes. And plenty of people I went to school with because it's a surfing area took the knowledge that they learned in the tourism trade, and actually left and went to Australia. And they live on the Gold Coast now. So it's this self perpetuating thing, you know? Chris: Well, that leads me to my next question, which kind of centers around belonging and being rooted and learning to root, maybe even becoming a neighbor or some might say a citizen of a place.And with tourism or a touristic worldview, we seem to be largely stunted in our ability to know a place, to become part of that place in any significant or enduring sense of the word. And so, I'm curious what your thoughts are on what it means to know a place, [00:07:00] and perhaps on the often mad rush to say I know a place for the sake of social capital, you know, given the context of the kind of relative difficulties that one might incur, or in a place like Cornwall, and the relative degree of exile that forces people out.What do you think it means to know a place in the context of all of these economic pressures denying us that possibility, or at least making it really, really difficult. Craig: I think we have a real problem in modernity with the idea of knowing as a sense of capture, right? So if I know you, I have this boundary of this shape, this outline of Chris, right, that I can hold, that I can grasp. And I think sometimes when we say, "oh, I know a place," or, "oh, I know a person" there's no concept of the [00:08:00] ongoing relationality. You know, you capture the image and then you keep it. And it's a whole construct of extractive knowledge that really, I think, comes down to the idea that the humans are the ones who get to decide what a place is, right?So. I could say in the standard sense, "Oh, I know Cornwall because I, you know, I grew up there for nearly 20 years." My family has been there since about the 1500s. You know, "I know a place, it's in my bones." Yada yada yada. All the metaphors you want to use. But the fact of the matter is, the place itself influences me more than I influence it. So there's this strange sense of belonging in which modernity [00:09:00] says "I belong" or "it belongs to me" rather than perhaps the place has extended hospitality to me and allowed me to grow and I could live/work in a place for 30 years and never know it because we're not comfortable as a culture with the idea of going, "I don't know this place."And it's a variety. It's always changing. And I think about all the times I used to watch the sea and talk to folks whose parents were fishermen or lifeboatmen, and they'd be like, "Yeah, we know the waters, but the waters can change. We know roughly what they do under certain conditions, but we don't know them completely, because they can always surprise us."And So, when somebody says, "oh, you're from Cornwall, you're a Cornishman," and all that sense of identity, [00:10:00] I'm like, "yeah, but that's, that's both really fluid for me, because, you know, there's a lot of history." Is it the tourist world of the 20th and 21st century, or is it the farming and the mining that goes back to the Neolithic?How we relate to a place purely in a modern sense isn't, to my mind anyway, the only way to conceive of belonging because, even though I'm now 300 miles away from there, I have its isotopes, its minerals from drinking the water in my teeth, you know. So, on some level, the idea that you have to be in a place also to belong to a place is something that I'm curious about because, there's this whole notion, [00:11:00] "you're only in the place and you've been in a place for this long and that means you know it and you're local." Whereas growing up, there was this sort of weird thing where it was like, "yeah, you might have been here 30 years and everybody knows you, but you're not a local." Right? You still belong, but there was this other category of " you're not local or something like that."And so it's complicated, but I really do, for my personal take, tend to look at it as a, the landscape, or wherever it is, influences my sense of belonging in a non human context, or more than human context, if that makes sense. Chris: Hmm. Yeah, there's so much there. Yeah. I mean, I'm also, in the context of identity, also wondering in what ways, not only has the tourism industry shaped one's identity of being local, which [00:12:00] is, I think, a huge issue in over touristed places in the last, you know, 10 or 20 years, as identity politics rises into the mainstream, and but then also not just the industry and the interaction with foreigners or, or guests, or tourists, but the way in which the image of that place is crafted through, often, ministries of culture or heritage, you know, so you could grow up in a place that isn't necessarily overly touristed or anything like that. But then have your identity crafted by these ideas of culture or heritage that the government's, federal and otherwise, have placed on people.Craig: And especially because where I come from, Cornwall, actually had its own language, which died out, which was on the verge of dying out in the 19th century. And slowly there are more speakers of it now. And you go back there now and you'll find, [00:13:00] even when I was growing up it wasn't so prevalent, but you'll find a lot of the signs for the street signs will have the English and the Cornish.So that's where the government has embraced this identity and enhanced it after people have been saying, you know, "this is a language we've rebuilt it. It's cousin to Welsh and Breton. We should use it. It's part of our identity and it's got folded into that." And so the infrastructure itself is now been part of that. You know, those very same streets have a name that wasn't known for like, 50, 60, maybe to 80 years, and suddenly people are now deliberately using the old names in non English languages because of that. And it's very strange because, especially in the UK, what with all [00:14:00] of Brexit and all that, there is a very weird sense wherein the rest of England, i. e. North and London and those sort of areas don't understand because Cornwall was a peripheral area and much like Wales, there's a lot of distrust of central government. Hmm. So, you've got this whole construction of a personal identity of nobody actually really understands what goes on outside. Either they're incomers, either they're emmets. You know, which "emmets" is the old English for "ants." Referring to tourists as ants in a kind of, yeah, they get everywhere. And the whole notion of who we are is always constructed. But in that case, going away and coming back to visit, I'm going, "Well that street didn't [00:15:00] have that label on it when I left. But it does now. And so in a certain sense it's the same place, but it's got this overlay of somewhere different that really enhances that sense of layers for me of "which Cornwall?" "Which of any of these places are we talking about?"Like you say, is it the one you see on a picture postcard or an Instagram or is it the ones who sat there as kids going, right, 'there's nothing to do, let's go and drink in a field?' You know and all of these things can co exist.Chris: Hmm, right. Yeah, I just interviewed a friend of mine, Christos Galanis, who did his PhD on hillwalkers, as well as homecomers in the Scottish Highlands, so people who spend their weekends climbing, summiting the Highland Mountains, and also the Canadian or Americans who travel to Scotland on heritage trips or ancestral [00:16:00] journeys. And he mentioned how in the Highlands that the governments have placed the original Gaelic place names on all of the the signs there, whether you're entering a village or perhaps on the street signs as well.And that he said that something like "only three percent of the of the people in Scotland actually speak, speak Gaelic," so they see the sign, they see the name, the vast majority of people, and they have no idea what it means. And I also remember the last time I was in Toronto, which is where I'm from originally, or where I grew up.And my family grew up in the east end of town, and the main thoroughfare in the east end of town is largely referred to as "Greek Town." You know, when I was a kid it was certainly Greek Town. The Greek letters, the Greek alphabet names as well as the English names of the street signs in that area.But it's much, much, much less Greek than it was 25 years ago, right? So again, [00:17:00] this question of like, is that to some extent trying to solidify the kind of cultural geography of a place. That people come to that street and that neighborhood because they want to experience Greekness in its diasporic kind of context.And yet, so many of those people, so many of those families have moved on or moved along or become more Canadian in their own sense of the word, so. Craig: Yeah. It's very strange as well because things like that attract... there's a loop obviously, because you'll get people coming to experience the greekness or the cornishes, and people will be like, oh, we should open a business that will enhance the greekness or the Cornish of the place, and that will draw, and it just becomes this thing and, yeah.Yeah, it's very strange. And I would totally agree with you on that one. Chris: Yeah. [00:18:00] Yeah. Until like a Greek person from Greece or a Cornish grandmother comes into town and says like, what? No, that's not Yeah. Oh, yeah. So I'd like to shift the conversation, Craig, a little bit towards ableism, and begin with this question that comes from our dear mutual friend Aerin and who admits that she's happily robbed it directly from Fiona Kumari Campbell.Yes. So, you might have heard this question before but she she felt the need to kind of pose it anew and and so the question is this. How does disability productively color our lives and Aerin wanted to ask it, to modify it slightly and ask, how does disability generatively or creatively color our lives? Craig: I can't speak to anybody's life other than my own really. But I would say that for me disability has, [00:19:00] one, given me a real sort of ability to look at the world and go, "you guys think this is how everything works and it clearly doesn't."You know, it has given me a generative gift of going, "hold on, what people think of the default really isn't the default, because I was never born as the default, and so I've had to find my own way of relating to the world" and that means that anybody goes anytime anybody goes "Oh, well, everybody knows..." or "the only way to do it is this?" I am always going "are you absolutely sure about that?" You know, "are you absolutely sure that what you're looking at or experiencing or noticing is only perceivable in one way, it's only ever [00:20:00] frameable, in one context?" But also this idea for me that disability is simply a fact.It's not good or bad. It is a thing that exists in the world and ableism is essentially the urge to measure against the vast field of disability and impairment and go, "We don't want that. That's the worst thing to be. So, we will strive to not be that." As Fiona Kumari Campbell would say, " It sets up a ranking and notification and prioritization of sentient life."So, this is why we, to a certain extent, we have such a obsession with youth culture. Young, healthy, fit folks are in some way better than the elderly. Oh god, nobody wants [00:21:00] to get old cause, if you're of white extraction, "oh, they'll probably stick you in a home."Nobody wants to conceive of the idea that actually you can have a generative and intimate relationship with somebody, not necessarily a romantic one, but a deep, deep friendship that also involves, frankly to put it crudely, perhaps wiping somebody's arse, right? There's this whole notion of messiness and failure and why Aerin reworded it from "productive" to "generative" is that whole idea of being productive, of having capitalist use, to produce, to make for purposes. And for me, disability and the field of disability in which I exist says "I exist and I don't have to be productive." it really [00:22:00] challenges the capitalist framework for me. And also, ableism, because it's set up to rank things like speed, mobility, all kinds of things like that, having a disability where you're sitting there going, but there are other ways to do this. There are other ways to exist. To notice the way our bodies move that are mostly ignored in the sense of "yeah, we don't pay attention to our posture or our muscle structure or what our guts are doing because we're all already forced along to the next thing.You know, we're already touring from, "okay, I've got up in the morning. Next thing I've got to do is have breakfast," right? And if you can easily shift between those stages, so you get up in the morning, start your breakfast, put your clothes on easily. [00:23:00] You don't think about it as much, but if it takes you 10, 20 minutes to even get out of bed and you have to do specific things, maybe exercises, maybe things like that, the whole process thickens.And in a sense, for me, it's an antithesis to escapism because there are things you cannot escape. There are things you have to deal with. And because there are things you have to deal with, you have to pay attention to them more. And that means the most ordinary mundane thing becomes or can become, if you're willing to gently sense it, a lot richer.So, this is one of those interesting things where if people want to go places to experience new things, Okay, that's a whole issue that you've obviously talked about throughout the podcast, but there is a certain sense in [00:24:00] which we don't even know where we started from. We've not explored our own bodies.I mean, I wrote a piece in 2020 when all the lockdowns hit that got shared around various bits of the internet and I think even in the newspaper at one point in, but I got a request to syndicate it, of how to exist when you're stuck in your house. You know, what do you do to "keep," in inverted commas, "sane," which, of course, is an ableist framework, but what do you do to stop yourself from losing mental health? How do you function? And I broke it down and I sort of made practical suggestions of, this is how I, as somebody that doesn't actually have a, quotes, "normal life," and spends a lot of his time unable to travel or go out much, stops myself from feeling isolated, [00:25:00] because I've ended up having to learn to explore what some might regard as a limited domain.But to me, that limited area, that limited domain has given me this sense of vastness that's, you know, I can't remember which philosopher it is, but there is a philosopher who basically says, I think it is a Camus, who says "you just need to reopen when you're in your room and the whole world will reveal itself to you."And when you don't have a choice, when you're stuck in chronic pain, or sickness, or something like that and you have to work out what to do with your limited energy, to embrace life, there becomes a sort of challenge, to go, "okay, how can I feel like things are enriching? How can I, almost metabolize the things that other people would reject.⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.You know, [00:26:00] because disability is so "Oh, it's so sad he's disabled. Or we've got the cure for this and that. And we've got to cure it." And it's not really about ameliorating suffering. Which is a good thing. It's an analoid good to ameliorate any form of suffering. But there is this sense that the only way to perceive the world is through a so called "non disabled" abled body.The only way to experience a rich world, and again, I'm not knocking people who do a lot of travelling per se, but the only way to experience the world is to go on long journeys, and backpack and explore you know, new ways of thinking. That's great. And I'm not saying you can do exactly the same at home, but you can also become radically hospitable to yourself and to the environment in which you find [00:27:00] yourself.And that opens a whole lot of doors that I think I would regard as generatively colouring life and revealing life. In a way that was possibly occluded before. Chris: Yeah, I mean, so much of what I've come to in the research around tourism and hypermobility is this question of limits.And that certainly comes up in other themes, in other contexts. But not just the limits to one's place. Like, where does your place end? But also the limits of the human body. And, when we talk about freedom generally in the West, or in, in the context of modernity, it's so often pinned or underpinned via the freedom of movement, in part, because I know you're coming from the other side of the Atlantic, but certainly in, in this part of the [00:28:00] world, in the Americas and especially North America, freedom is understood as freedom of movement because that's in part how, the states and, and the nation's existences are justified.And so, I would just ask you what you think of that in the context of freedom being, of course a synonym for liberation. And how so many of our western notions of freedom are attached to movement and have. To a large degree become glorified in the hyper mobility of our times.Craig: I would agree with you. I think it was always there because of the colonial urge, but I think North American notions of freedom have, through a certain cultural hegemony, filtered back. You get it in the media, even Star Trek, you know, the final frontier, you know. Things like that. Or wide open spaces. There's still this notion of, freedom to move, room to live. It has its own European context and [00:29:00] horrors, unfortunately.But also, I think the notion of freedom as freedom to move. There is a question there for me, because I'm not sure we know what we're doing when we move. Right? And one of the questions that always was raised for me is, if I raise my finger, as I'm doing now, and I bend it so it's 90 degrees, how did I do that?What did I do? Well, science would say, okay, you used all your tendons and so on and so forth, and I'm like, yeah, "okay, those are nice descriptors. But what did I actually do?" Where's the connection between the impulse and the urge to bend my finger? Right. I don't know what I did there. I just thought I'm gonna bend my finger and the [00:30:00] finger bent But there's a whole bunch of stuff going on.So when I'm thinking about freedom of movement First the question is, "freedom to move in what way?" Right? So the the classic example is, in perhaps North America and and English speaking countries is "to go where I want, when I want, with none to to gainsay me, none to say you can't go there," which has been problematized thanks to the history of enclosure of land and capture by state and political actors, but also this notion that if you get into a city and you can go and people go, "Oh, I'm free to go wherever I want."I always sit there and I'm going, "yes, but you can go wherever you want, but if a place has stairs and no lift..." right? I [00:31:00] can't go there. So do I have less freedom? Well, according to the traditional notions of freedom, yes. I am less free. When I grew up, as an example in the UK I went to America when I was about four or five, and I was absolutely stunned by the amount of public toilets that had a disabled toilet.Right? Because virtually nowhere where I grew up at that point had a disabled toilet. This was due to the fact that the U. S. has a disability rights movement that was slightly ahead of the U. K. 's. So I was freer to go about my holiday in the U. S. than I was technically at home. I couldn't go certain places because there weren't toilets, or there weren't ramps, because that had not been legalized. You know, there'd been no legislation. In the UK, there was [00:32:00] no disability legislation until 1995. You know, so technically, I was born in 1981. I had no specific extra legal rights that I needed for 14 years. Now some would say, "oh, that, you've got freedom there... the law has given you freedom.It's giving you the ability to move, but it's only given me the ability to move in approved ways, right? And so every single time somebody talks about room to move, my query is always, okay. "One, as I said, move in what way? And two, who taught you what method of movement is approved or disproved?" So, particularly in Europe, we have folks like the Romani, the Irish travellers, [00:33:00] even the so called New Age travellers, right, who are nomadic folks.And despite this obsession with freedom, the idea that people are nomadic, are shiftless and rootless, still exists. Yes, a degree. The degree of privilege, the degree that I could be, quote, "more confident going into public spaces." And you'll see this in American history and throughout European history as well.And when I was talking about the nomadic folks, I was saying, you know, there are only certain people who are allowed to move in certain ways, to travel in certain ways that are approved. In similar ways with disability there were only certain kinds of people who were allowed into public spaces.They might not have been legislated against in the mid twentieth century. They might have struck those off the books, but at [00:34:00] various points, at least in the US, if you look up the Chicago Ugly Laws, people who were regarded as vagrants or unsightly, were not allowed in public spaces. They could be jailed for that.It's not just loitering. It was very much anything that could give offense because they were physically disabled. Or, the idea that the physically disabled are more likely to be begging or doing things like that. That was all folded in. So, this notion of freedom as the ability to move and move in space.Despite the North American urge to be like, "well, nobody can tell me what to do." There's still a certain level of certain forms of movement are privileged or regarded as normal versus others. So, you know it's weird if you don't stay [00:35:00] in one place or perhaps, it's weird if you don't have a reason for your seasonal job, right?When I was a kid and a teenager... like I said, where I grew up was kind of known for surfing, right? And I met folks who would come from places like Australia and live in Volkswagen transporter vans and work in the seasonal hotels and then go surfing. And then sometimes in the winter they disappear off to Morocco.And you wouldn't see them for six months and they'd come back and there's all this kind of idea of Differing rhythms, which has really influenced my entire life because those folks, they were there there were hundreds of them you could see them parked on every road and I knew several of them very very well, but the fact of those seasonal rhythms, which weren't [00:36:00] approved. It wasn't approved that they didn't stay in one place and pay taxes. To some that might be, you know, "Oh, that's freedom! That's telling the government, I don't have to pay your taxes or I don't have to stay in one place and be a registered visible citizen. I can be a free spirit and go to Morocco whenever I want. But, the fact of it is, if you walked on the, on the roads, people would look at you funny, right?If you look at people who do long distance walking in areas that are drivable, I mean, especially I guess in North America, that's looked at as very, very, very strange, because you guys don't have the infrastructure. So, for me, it's this really strange notion that we're fixated on particular kinds of movement to do with agency and power, right?And we, we will say, "oh, [00:37:00] that's mobile, that's fast, that's quick, that's agile." And I'm always curious about what criteria we're using to say, "oh, that's fast, that's agile, that's nimble," when you look at the so called natural world, and you've got plants that are seemingly immobile, but they actually turn to the sun.You just don't notice it until you stick it on a stop motion camera. And then you're like, "wow, they move." But you could go past that plant every single day and be like, "yeah, it doesn't move. It's a plant. It just stays there." Right? Because our perception of what movement is and what is approved is based around one, what we're taught and two, what we see every day.But also three. What we can't notice unless we're forced to look at the same thing over and over again, right? [00:38:00] Because our tendency is to see one thing, think, "Oh, I know it. I've spotted it. I know what it is. I've identified it. It's fitted into my matrix of identity. I can move on now. It's all sorted." But the whole ethos, I guess, that I'm coming at iswhat if you don't know? What if you don't know? What if that microphone that I'm speaking into and you're speaking into it looks like a particular thing and you think you could describe a microphone to somebody but go down to say the flows of the electrons and it's a context issue. You know? And, and So, I'm interested in thinking about what are the contexts are in the room with us right now that we're not even paying any attention to, and not even in the room, in our own bodies, in our own language.Chris: Wow. Yeah, again, there's so much there. My [00:39:00] my thoughts just flew off into a million different directions. And I feel like it would probably take me a while to to gather them in.Craig: No problem. You do what you need to do. I mean, that's, that's the whole point. Chris: Yeah. So I had a queer crip travel writer named Bani Amor on the podcast in season three.And we were talking about the fallout and the consequences of the COVID 19 pandemic. And she said something like, you know, "the settler can't stay still. That the pandemic showed us that we can't stay still." In the context of that time that so many people who had been engaged in and who glorify or who simply have been taught to live a hyper mobile life, that there was this opportunity to question [00:40:00] that, to bring it into a different context.And I know a lot of people, couldn't necessarily leave their houses in the quote unquote lockdowns. But I don't think that wouldn't necessarily stop people from tending to or allowing themselves to witness the more than human world in that way. And so, my question is, assuming we have the opportunity, in some manner, in any manner, how do you think we might have our understandings of movements subverted, or at least challenged, by virtue of looking at the movement in the more than human world.Craig: Great question. I think one of the biggest notions, and I just want to return to that phrase, "the settler can't stay still." And really, agree with that, and so add to secondary things of what actually is stillness, right? We have [00:41:00] this idea of stillness as immobility, as, as, as perhaps staying in one place.Not moving, but actually, if we look at what we're doing when we're actually apparently still, there's still movement going on, right? There's still movement going on in our bodies. There's still a different kind of mobility going. And we're not the only ones, right? The more than human does this exactly as well.If you look at a rock, oh, you think a rock doesn't move? I mean, it doesn't move, but then you have erosion, right? Then you have the rain, and the way that particles are shaved off it, and it shifts. So, when we're thinking about outside, when we're thinking about... and when I say "more than [00:42:00] human," I'm not saying "better than human," I'm saying "exceeding the human," I just want to make that clear, it exceeds the boundaries of the human. Disability as mutual friend Bayo would define it is, I believe he said "it's a failure of power to contain itself." So, that's Bayo Akomolafe. And this notion that the world and the modern human flows through and beyond any sort of boundary, right? So, any outline we form is not immune in the sense of there's no boardwalk, right?A wall is not an untouchable upright edifice. It's actually touched and permeated, right? So everything in the more than human context interrelates and is, to a certain extent, degrees of [00:43:00] permeable. So, yeah, our cells keep certain things out, and let certain things in, but even the things they keep out, they're in contact with.They're relating to. Right? Because in the same way, with COVID 19 vaccine, people think, "oh, it's a vaccine. It's immunity, right? It'll stop me getting COVID. Or it'll stop me getting this, or stop me getting that." What it actually does is it has an interaction with your, the vaccine has an interaction with your immune system.There's a dialogue, there's a discussion, a call and response, which then engenders further responses in your body, right? So, there's constant relation that is ongoing. So, nothing is one and done, right? To borrow from Stefano Hani and Fred Moten No motion is ever completed, right? Nothing's [00:44:00] ever finished. It's not like we're gonna get off this and, and you'll be like, "oh, I've finished recording the podcast." Sure, you've hit the stop recording button, but the recording of the podcast is still ongoing. And there's this fundamental ongoingness, which is a product of the world.The world is worlding, right? And that means the most ordinary, mundane thing you can think of is ongoing. The mug I have right in front of me right now with tea in it. It's ceramic. It's been painted, but it's still ongoing, right? It still has the relation to the machines that shaped it. And it also has this ongoingness with the human history of pottery.Right? And people go, Oh, that's ridiculous. That's not practical. You know, "it's a mug," but I always [00:45:00] think. Isn't that just commodification? Like, is that not just saying it's a commodity, it doesn't have a story? Like, I don't want to get all Marxist here, but there's that real alienation from ongoingness and the fact that we also are ongoing attempts at relation. We're not even fixed identities. Our movements cannot be technically circumscribed because I have a disability which means I can't dance. Right? I use a wheelchair. I can't dance. I can't do the tango. Right? Okay. But everybody uses dance in a context of bopping to the music and doing all this thing and it's a bit like freedom. You know, everybody assumes that dance is a particular thing.But as Bayo and We Will Dance with Mountains, the course, the whole point of it being [00:46:00] called We Will Dance with Mountains is the fact that mountains don't dance like humans. Mountains dance like mountains. And the only way we spot how mountains dance is to actually pay attention to them and attempt to relate to them.We can't get out of our framework completely, but we can be open to say, what does our framework for a mountain miss about those massive landforms? What are we missing when we say a mountain doesn't move? And that's where you have references to indigenous and local stories that actually talk about these landforms, these places, these folklore places, as the living, moving beings that they actually are.Hmm. You know. Yeah, "okay, that stone circle over there was because a bunch of women were dancing on a [00:47:00] Sunday and in a Christian country, that's bad, so they got turned to stone," or in Scandinavia, "that rock there, it's actually a troll that got caught out in the sun." that these are living, ongoing beings and events, which it's not woo, it's actual or intellectual, I think.If you look at anything for long enough, you start to notice what's ongoing with it, even something that's solid and fixed. And that, to me, the gripping is the bending of the perception, right? That is queering, but crip-queering is that point where you have the restriction involved. People will talk about queer liberation, and yeah, we want crip liberation. That's cool. But if you think about crip liberation as, it might actually be the limits that bring us liberation.And then, if you track back [00:48:00] into mythologies long enough. You've got figures like Dionysus or then poetic gods who say, they're the ones that fetter you. They can bind you, but they can also set you free. And that is really interesting to me that a lot of these liberational figures also have a side that they can tie you up.And I don't just mean in a bondage sense. It's this notion that the two things, the two complexes are part of a whole thing, and you can't divide it into restricted and free and you can't escape. You can't pull a Harry Houdini from existence, which, to a certain extent, some people, when they go on holiday, engage in tourism, they're trying to escape for a little while, their other lives. But we all know you can't escape them. Mm-Hmm. But the inescapability of it is not bad. Right. By default, it's not [00:49:00] bad. It can be, but the assumption something is inescapable, just like, oh, something is disabling. Mm-Hmm. the assumption of good and bad. If you can hold that in abeyance and actually look at it for a second and go, Okay, what's going on here?Maybe our conceptions of this need reevaluating. Now the reason we don't do this on the regular, even in modernity, is because it takes a lot of effort and time to focus. And that's another benefit that I get as a disabled person, right? Because I can't use my time for a whole bunch of things that non disabled folks can.So I've got more time, I've got a different relationship to time and space, which means that I can sit and look at things with that differing relation to time and space, and be like "Huh, I never noticed that." And then I get to talk [00:50:00] about this stuff to folks like you, and people get surprised.And they're like, "you think about this all the day." I'm like, "no, I don't think about this. This is my life. This is how I live. This is my embrace of life, right? And this is my freedom to literally, Be like, " well, okay, my restrictions. How do they actually open me to the world?" And I'm not offering a prescription here, because everybody's different.But it strikes me that even the most nomadic person always carry stuff with them, right? And to borrow from Ursula K. Le Guin with her "Carrier Bag Story of Fiction," which Bayo talked about in We Will Dance The Mountains, the idea of what we're carrying is really interesting, but how often do we rummage in our own bags?Hmm. [00:51:00] Right? How often do we take off our backpacks and rummage just for the sake of it? Often we just look in the backpacks for something specific. Hmm. Right? Oh, I need a map. Oh, I need a chocolate bar. Oh, I need my, you know my iPad. We rarely stick our hands in and notice the way our clothing might shift around our fingers or the way, you know, the waterproofing is possibly coming off and means that the fabric has these different textures because we don't take the time and there's nothing wrong with that, but it's the fact that we don't have that relationship to time and space.And babies, kids do. It's why kids put things in their mouth. All those things where you're like, "Oh no, don't put that in your mouth, it's bad for you." They don't know that. But the whole point of putting it in their mouth and feeling it is to try and not [00:52:00] understand it, not get it.There's nothing there in a baby in its early function that says, "I must understand what that is." The understanding comes upon you through experience. But there's no bit, at least as far as I can work out, that's like, "I must understand what it is that I'm putting in my mouth."It's more like, "hmm, that tastes interesting, it has some interesting textures," and then your brain does all the work or your brain and your body mind do all the work, but the personhood isn't also doing all the work, just like the "I" of my body, right, my relationship with the "I", as in my sense of self, I have to expand that to my entire body, You know, because there's so much going on right now in this conversation that I'm not aware of, right?There's stuff going on in my room that I'm [00:53:00] not aware of, but it's going on now. And so I have to expand and that expansiveness also means I sometimes have to venture into realms of pain, right? Because I have chronic pain. And in order to fully experience that, sometimes I have to encounter that pain.I have to slow down and focus and go, "Oh, the chronic pain that I was mostly ignoring because just in the background, it suddenly leaped to the fore because I'm paying attention." Now, modernity says you shouldn't do that. You shouldn't do stuff that causes you pain. Understandable in a certain context, but If I didn't understand that the pain was also part of the experience and changes how I move, if I didn't understand that chronic pain changes how time stretches, then I wouldn't be where I am.So the more than human permeates the human in ways [00:54:00] that the human is either deliberately trained to deny or doesn't even know is going on and the pandemic basically was, in my eyes, the more than human kind of knocking on the door going you are not this completely hermetically sealed box, right? Your society is not a hermetically sealed box. Chris: Amen. Amen. I mean, could have gone in a lot of different directions, but here we are, at least being able to reflect on it in a good way, and I'm reminded, this notion of abeyance and attention and, and the expansion of the I.I'm reminded of this, this line from Simone Weil who said that "absolutely unmixed attention is prayer." And so, I think that it, something like that is worthy of the times we, we wish to live in and perhaps sometimes do. Craig: [00:55:00] Definitely.Chris: And so, you know, I wish we had more time, Craig really getting into some beautiful black holes there. But hopefully we get the opportunity to speak again sometime.Craig: I'd be, be happy to. Be happy to. Chris: And so before we depart, I'd just like to ask the kind of token question that always comes at the end of interviews, which is where can our listeners find your work?And I'm pretty sure you had a book that came out last year entitled, Goetic Atavisms, if I'm not mistaken. Craig: Yes, I did. So you can find me on my mostly moribund, but strange little blog at cold-albion.net. And you can also pick up the book, which is, to be clear, more of an occult angle on this, but it also brings in the disability angle directly from the publisher Hadean Press or you could get it from, you know, the Bezos Behemoth, if you really [00:56:00] wanted. I am also not really on social media as a project, but I'm also on you know Blue Sky, so you can search me up there, or Mastodon, which you could always search me up there, and I occasionally post things on there.Chris: Wonderful. Well, I'll make sure that all those links and connections are available for our listeners once the episode launches. And I very much look forward to reading Goetic Activisms myself. So, thank you so much, Craig.Chris: Thank you, Chris. Get full access to ⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ at chrischristou.substack.com/subscribe

Wes McKinney is the co-creator of pandas library and he is the cofounder of Voltron data. Currently he is a principal Architect at Posit and an investor in data systems. Daliana's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu⁠ Daliana's LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/⁠ Wes' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesmckinn/ (00:00:00) Introduction (00:00:44) How Pandas Started (00:06:40) Voltron Data (00:10:03) Benefits of Easy-to-Use Data Tools (00:13:20) The Rise of New Data Tools (00:18:07) Choosing Tools: Vertical or Flexible? (00:23:01) Big Models and Data Tools (00:29:29) Challenges in Building a Product (00:31:28) Becoming a Top Architect (00:34:55) Missed Aspects of Previous Roles (00:39:04) A Busy Week: Advising, Designing, Investing (00:43:42) Improving Open Source (00:45:24) How to Decide What to Work On (00:46:28) What he's learning now (00:47:56) Excitement in Career and Life (00:48:29) Using ChatGPT for Learning (00:50:27) Future Impact Goals

On this week's episode, we're joined by Carol Barrett, the Engineering Leader in Consumer Identity and Access at Netflix. Host Conor Bronsdon interviews Carol to learn about Netflix's blueprint for success when building engineering teams, and how they foster a culture where inspiration and purpose are at the forefront.Carol shares her valuable insights on empowering engineers to make their own decisions, ensuring product management and engineering are perfectly synced, and the importance of flexible structures that cater to team dynamics. She also discusses the unique challenges and opportunities Netflix faces, including their approach to innovative projects and navigating uncharted technological territories.From quarterly commitments to building impactful partnerships, learn how Netflix maintains its edge by allowing teams the freedom to define their own paths.Episode Highlights4:17: Finding Alignment Between Product, Leadership and Engineering 11:21 How to Build Trust in Your Partnerships 16:26 Why Engineers Have to Decide What's Best22:56 Connecting Your Team's Purpose to the Company's Purpose 28:37 Why Netflix Stopped Hiring Only Senior Engineers Show Notes:Learn how to measure the impact of your GenAI initiative in LinearB's upcoming workshopSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Why do we get overwhelmed when we have too many choices? Should we make our own decisions or copy other people's? And how can Angela manage her sock inventory? SOURCES:Arie Kruglanski, professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park.Katy Milkman, professor of operations, information, and decisions at the University of Pennsylvania.Sylvia Plath, 20th-century American novelist and poet.Barry Schwartz, professor of social theory and social action at Swarthmore College.Herbert Simon, professor of computer science and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.Will Smith, actor and film producer. RESOURCES:"Choice Deprivation, Choice Overload, and Satisfaction with Choices Across Six Nations," by Elena Reutskaja, Nathan N. Cheek, Barry Schwartz, et al. (Journal of International Marketing, 2021).Will, by Will Smith with Mark Manson (2021)."Can't Decide What to Stream? Netflix's New Feature Will Choose for You," by Katie Deighton (The Wall Street Journal, 2021).The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, by Barry Schwartz (2004)."The Tyranny of Choice," by Barry Schwartz (Scientific American, 2004)."Maximizing Versus Satisficing: Happiness Is a Matter of Choice," by Barry Schwartz, Andrew Ward, John Monterosso, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Katherine White, and Darrin R. Lehman (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2002)."Self-Determination: The Tyranny of Freedom," by Barry Schwartz (American Psychologist, 2000)."To 'Do the Right Thing' or to 'Just Do It': Locomotion and Assessment as Distinct Self-Regulatory Imperatives," by Arie Kruglanski, Erik P. Thompson, E. Tory Higgins, M. Nadir Atash, Antonio Pierro, James Y. Shah, and Scott Spiegel (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2000)."Rational Choice and the Structure of the Environment," by Herbert Simon (Psychological Review, 1956).Administrative Behavior, by Herbert Simon (1947). EXTRA:"Do You Mind if I Borrow Your Personality?" by No Stupid Questions (2022)."How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?" by No Stupid Questions (2021)."Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer?" by No Stupid Questions (2020).Cars.com Superbowl Ad (2009).

Chelsea Brennan of Smart Money Mamas helps you decide what's important to you as a parent Episode 1854: Tips for New Moms: How to Decide What's Most Important to You by Chelsea Brennan of Smart Money Mamas Chelsea Brennan is a hedge fund investor turned online entrepreneur that helps moms make their money work for them and embrace their ambitions, so they can live their fullest lives. The original post is located here: https://smartmoneymamas.com/lazy-genius-new-mom/  Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For some reason, we think when we have taken all the right measures to make a decision that, there's no fear or doubt. In reality, any time we do anything of importance, there's always uncertainty. In this episode, Stephen lays out step by step how to bulldoze uncertainty.  Board of Directors explained- Episode 14 Decision Making Made Easy.1- Decide- What is the outcome I'm driving towards? 2- What TOOLS do you need to get you where you want to go?3- What's holding you back?4-Set milestones that you control.5- Execute. Execute. Execute.Stephen's email connect@stephencapps.comWork with Stephen 1 on 1Stephen's website: https://www.stephencapps.com/Pull Up And Thrive storeServant Warrior T-ShirtInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephencapps/Stephen's Youtube channelStephen's LinkedinStephen on TikTokTX Gates' website www.tgates.comHandyman website www.calltxgates.com

It's so important to get fresh perspectives in your life and business. But when you come home, re-entry can be hard and the ideas overwhelming. Let's chat about how some ideas are for now, some ideas are for later, and discernment is knowing the difference. Hit the Highlights [03:33] No Good Ideas Come from Your Desk [05:37] Re-Entry is Hard [07:07] How to Discern What's For Now and What's for Later [08:49] How to Listen to the Holy Spirit [10:42] Utilizing Your Notes to Decide What to Execute On [14:30] My Learning Experience With Leading My Team Well [17:24] Join my Level Up Bootcamp at jenniferallwood.com/levelup Important Links Check out this episode's sponsor, Good Ranchers. Use code Jen30 for $30 off!!! Enjoy the best beef, chicken, and seafood this country offers when you subscribe. Over 85% of the grass-fed beef sold in the United States is imported from overseas, but 100% of the meat delivered from Good Ranchers is straight from the heartland of America. Change the way you buy meat today and know where your meat comes from.

In episode 24 of Shipped Across The Border we interviewed our assistant coach Joe Long. In this episode, we walk through Joe's many coaching jobs from high-level D1 schools all the way down to the high school level. We also dive into advice he would give younger kids that are trying to play college basketball, how having kids has changed his perspective on life, and the life lessons he's learned from the game of basketball. 0:00 Intro 1:13 Where Is coach Long From? 2:13 High School Football and Track Career 5:15 High School Basketball Career 7:00 Recruitment Out of High School 8:00 Taking a Year Off to Decide What to Pursue 9:03 Becoming Manager For West Virginia 10:40 Needing To Be Around Sports 11:43 How Does Division 1 Basketball compare to Division 3 15:10 Lessons Learned From the Division 1 Experience 16:24 Grad Assistant At Florida State 18:30 Coaching At the HighSchool Level 19:10 Coaching At the College Level 20:43 Making Money Outside of Basketball for Basketball 22:23 Biggest Screw Up As A New Coach 23:50 How Has Having Children Changed Your Perspective on Life 26:36 How Having Kids Affects The away You Coach 28:09 Behind The Scenes of Being An Assistant College Basketball Coach 30:38 Biggest Pet Peeves As A College Coach 33:36 Future Goals 35:44 First Head Coach Experience/lessons 38:06 How Do You View the Game Differently Now That Your a Coach and Not a Player 39:47 What Things Do you Look For In A Player? 41:22 Hobbies Outside Of Basketball 42:40 Favourite Stuff To Do with Your Daughters 44:10 Favourite Stories About Chris And Max 48:16 Things Chris And Max Can Improve On 50:52 Advice For Young Hoopers 52:49 Party Stories From West Virginia 57:41 Differences Between Big and Small Schools 58:45 Outro

Today, we're talking about marketing!A business needs to be in a state of constant marketing.Let's talk about the Instagram Blue Check SubscriptionThey removed increased reach as a benefit on March 17th"Expand your reach with increased visibility and prominence in some parts of IG and FB like comments, search, and recommendations." This "benefit" was removed.My 2¢I think it's a plan by a giant company whose numbers are dropping.I think it's tricking many people into thinking something cool will happen because most people are looking for a magic pill.Most people think, "If I just do this one thing, it'll put me over the top!" when you should think, "How can I do common things uncommonly well."Again, it goes back to asking the RIGHT questions: How can I stand out to my target clients is a much better question than what can I do to get popular on an app?If you have a small following or are trying to build your clientele, focusing on a blue badge next to your name isn't help you.  Use that $15 for marketing that will give you a measurable return.Here's where you should focus:InternallyAsk the RIGHT questions Decide WHAT you want to do - What services do you want to offer or highlight? Decide WHO you want to serve - avatarFigure out WHERE those people are - This could be digital or in the actual real world. Figure out HOW you will make them aware of your existence - how will you stand out?In the real worldBring coffee to a local business owner and chat with themSetup a time to speak at a local hair schoolVolunteer at a local school event in your town - We're setting up at the father-daughter dance in our elementary schoolFind an open house or other events that might be looking for people to attend - we've been invited to business owner groups, and you can be too!OnlineFocusTry - Give an honest effortFocus on the WHERE your potential clients are and not on where you want them to be - for example, if your peeps are on FB, but you're only posting on IG, then you won't experience as much success.Be clearStop trying to impress other hair pros - that does NOTHING for youFocus on being the best solution to people's problems, your target audience."Attracting the RIGHT Clients" blog postLinks and Stuff:Our (weekly) Email ListFind more of our things:InstagramHello Hair Pro Website

Jackie Beck helps you decide what debt to pay off first Episode 2271: What Debt to Pay Off First: A Simple Way to Decide What's Best by Jackie Beck Jackie and her husband paid off over $147,000 in debt, including their house! She's walked the walk to become completely debt free, and she wants to help you do the same with her award-winning Pay Off Debt by Jackie Beck app. Jackie and her app have been featured in Oprah Magazine, MarketWatch, Forbes, CNBC, and more. The original post is located here: https://www.jackiebeck.com/what-debt-to-pay-off-first/  Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com  Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jackie Beck helps you decide what debt to pay off first Episode 2271: What Debt to Pay Off First: A Simple Way to Decide What's Best by Jackie Beck Jackie and her husband paid off over $147,000 in debt, including their house! She's walked the walk to become completely debt free, and she wants to help you do the same with her award-winning Pay Off Debt by Jackie Beck app. Jackie and her app have been featured in Oprah Magazine, MarketWatch, Forbes, CNBC, and more. The original post is located here: https://www.jackiebeck.com/what-debt-to-pay-off-first/  Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com  Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jackie Beck helps you decide what debt to pay off first Episode 2271: What Debt to Pay Off First: A Simple Way to Decide What's Best by Jackie Beck Jackie and her husband paid off over $147,000 in debt, including their house! She's walked the walk to become completely debt free, and she wants to help you do the same with her award-winning Pay Off Debt by Jackie Beck app. Jackie and her app have been featured in Oprah Magazine, MarketWatch, Forbes, CNBC, and more. The original post is located here: https://www.jackiebeck.com/what-debt-to-pay-off-first/  Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com  Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Leggett is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. EPISODE LINKS: Tony Leggett's UIUC Website: https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/aleggett OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:44 - The Daily Life of a Nobel Laureate 3:58 - What Would Tony Leggett Study in College Today? 7:18 - Consciousness 8:45 - Value People 10:50 - Superfluidity 16:07 - How To Pick Problems 21:26 - Paradigm Shifts 23:45 - Quantum Mechanics 28:38 - Persuasion 29:10 - Computational Universe 30:38 - Persuasion Part 2 34:42 - "The Future Can Affect The Present" 39:03 - Time 39:58 - Entropy 42:48 - Thought Experiments 45:25 - Brain-to-Brain Communication 48:27 - 3 Questions to Decide What to Research 52:38 - Leggett's Career 55:28 - Curiosity 59:59 - Universities 1:03:39 - Physics in Different Countries 1:05:07 - Free time to think 1:09:06 - Overcoming Barriers to Doing Physics 1:19:16 - Luck 1:22:28 - Advice for young people

With the renewed energy of Spring, we're Spring Cleaning our goals—clearing out the clutter, simplifying processes, and making space for the things that matter.  If you feel like you haven't made as much progress as you'd hoped or that your efforts feel fruitless—this episode is for you! Listen as Kristin and Kelley share tips for tidying up your goals and finding clarity on things that matter.    // Time Stamps // 0:56 - Intro 1:23 - Weekly Book Chat 3:13 - Spring Cleaning Our Goals 13:49 - Practical Tips to Spring Clean A Goal 14:14 - Step 1: Decide What is Working 14:49 - Step 2: Store What You're Unsure About 15:33 - Step 3: Toss What's Broken, Damaged, or Not Yours 21:07 - Question of the Week   // Resources Mentioned in this Episode // — The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi: https://a.co/d/0AXLWVC — The Screwtape Letters (Annotated Edition) by C.S. Lewis: https://a.co/d/772R73x — PowerSheets Intentional Goal Planner: https://cultivatewhatmatters.com/collections/powersheets — PowerSheets Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PowerSheetsGroup   // Connect with Us // — Subscribe to the Cultivate What Matters Podcast: on iOS, go to our iTunes page and click subscribe. On Android, click this podcast RSS feed link and choose your podcast app. If needed, you can copy this link directly into your favorite podcast app (like Stitcher or Overcast). Or follow us on Spotify! — We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Cultivate What Matters! We want to invite more women into our conversations! — Visit Cultivate What Matters for delightful resources to help you design a more intentional life. — Subscribe to the Cultivate What Matters newsletter and receive free intentional living resources in your inbox. — Like Cultivate What Matters on Facebook. — Follow @CultivateWhatMatters on Instagram for all things Cultivate What Matters! — Engage with other PowerSheets users in our exclusive Facebook community: The PowerSheets Group! — Read the Cultivate What Matters blog for encouragement throughout the week!  

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#550 Toss, Sell or Donate? How to Decide What to do with Your Stuff

Charge too much — no clients. Charge too little — wasting your time. These are both myths. Watch to find out why and learn how to set your rates for teaching Ableton (including a breakdown of my own rates and the reasoning behind them).If you've been using Ableton for a while and think you're ready to start teaching others what you've learned, you need to figure out what you're going to charge. Easier said than done, right?I started doing this in 2008, and my rates have changed dramatically since then (they've increased…did you really need to ask?). I've made a ton of mistakes and learned a ton since then, and I want to share those lessons with you.What you'll learn:- How to get a feel for what the market is willing to pay- Why side hustle vs. full-time gig might affect your rate- How to not be scared to go big- Communicating rates (and rate changes) to clients- Should you ever work for free?Looking for ways to make more money on the side as a musician? Watch this

Starting an e-commerce business is thrilling as it comes with becoming your own boss. If you have excellent marketing skills or creativity, the entrepreneur field may be the right choice for you! And while it's true that this field comes with many hardships, miracles can happen once you understand the intricacies. This article will attempt to guide you through the journey to your success. Steps To Start E-Commerce Business Starting an E-commerce business is a big thing these days, so you'll need to think of good ways to stand out in the crowd, as everyone tends to use digital marketing for their business. If that's no biggie, here's how to get started. And, of course, if you need a few more tips or ideas, reach out to NiceLocal, who are here to solve your eCommerce problems! Step 1: Decide What to Sell The e-commerce community has become vast, and you have incredible levels of competition, so the first thing you'll need to do is study various business models and choose your product of choice. Business-to-customer (B2C): A most widely used business model in which anything from cutlery to clothes can be sold to the customers. It can also have different brands under one umbrella. Business-to-business (B2B): In B2B models, the customer and seller are both businesses, allowing for bulk buys and contracts. Examples can be Amazon and Alibaba. Customer-to-customer (C2C): C2C models interlink customers that exchange goods and services. Customer-to-business (C2B): With C2B, the person himself sells their goods and services to companies. The best example of this is, of course, freelancing. Next, you must look into the methods of delivering your goods. Depending on your products, it can be drop shipping, wholesale selling, or even a subscription. To excel, you must consider what you want to offer, how you will provide it, and to whom you want to show it. Step 2: Formulate Your Master Business Plan After you have decided on your business, you're ready to draft a business plan. This will hold your objectives, your marketing plans, and finances. It will also help you stay organized and on track while finding potential investors. Investigate the current competitors for your product or service and choose your target market along with perks on how to sell to them. Step 3: A Catchy Name is What Any Brand Needs A name affects the customer, so think of a catchy title. And as much as this part sounds fun, it requires a lot of strategic thinking. The name should be unique but not too complicated and specify or highlight your product. Make sure it translates nicely across different cultures if you plan for a global e-commerce business set-up. Furthermore, you will need a logo that can be placed on your products. You can hire a designer who would, in turn, transform your brand into a beautiful visual design for maximum efficacy in customer retention. Step 4: Register Your Brand Before selling your goods, you must register your business to obtain the required permits and licenses for the business model. After choosing your e-commerce business name, ensure the name is available by reaching out to your local secretary of state's website. Moreover, decide on your legal structure, an entity type suitable for your business, and financial guidelines. Next, apply for the Business Tax ID. This is a 9-digit number that allows you to keep your business and personal finances apart. Double-check the business licenses and permits needed to operate in your state, as they might vary from place to place. Step 5: Make a Website After all legal formalities are done, the next step is starting an e-commerce website. The website would act as a store for your business where customers will come, browse and place orders. Your website functionality is essential for the future of your business. For this, you'll need a domain name that matches your business name and an e-commerce 2022 platform that suits your business ideas. Step 6: Get Working Once your website is initiated,...

On today's episode, we chat with Nick Strohl, a former Academic Advisor in the College of Letters and Science Honors Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Former Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at Yale.  Nick and I discuss numerous strategies and resources that university freshmen can utilize to set themselves up for academic success. Nick highlights common mistakes and misconceptions and shares specific resources to help students plan for their future careers or continued education. Check out our blog for more free resources: Should You Apply to Grad School: 25 Questions to Ask Yourself Further Education or First Job? How to Decide What's Right For You Medical School Application Resources to Help You Through Every Step Law School Applications 101: From College Academics to Final Submission Click here to sign up for a free consultation with an admissions expert. Register for one of our webinars. Questions or comments? Email contact@ingeniusprep.com Visit us at ingeniusprep.com to learn more. See you every other Monday!

Are you tired of being in the weeds of your business? Do you spend all day separating the forest from the trees… when you want to be in the clouds casting vision? Let's stop with the bullshit cliches for a second, so I can ask you what you're really wondering: “do I need to be the one doing this shit?”  In today's episode, we discuss:  Why you're too much of the wrong thing in your business How to recognize when you're being pulled into work that isn't the best use of your time or talents A simple trick — that requires a sticky note — to talk you into delegating more often Delegation is not about getting rid of tasks…it's about creating the capacity to do more of what you want to do.  Here are other resources I mention:  Dan Martell of SaaS Academy “The Strategic Thinking Manifesto” by Rich Horwath  Stay connected to Diary of a Doer: Have you subscribed to my podcast? If the answer is no, I'd love for you to subscribe. Diary of a Doer is full of stories of business, some behind the scenes, and freaking amazing guests. If you're feeling really generous, I'd love for you to give me a review on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps me out a ton! If you like this episode, you may be interested in: FREE: 50 Things to Outsource to an EA Why You Should Still Delegate Even When You Can Do It All (Episode 42) Decide: What to Delegate (Season 2, Episode 23) The Real Reasons You're Not Delegating Work (Season 2, Episode 17) How to Set Clear Delegation Goals with Your Executive Assistant (Season 3, Episode 8) Detach: Empower Your Team (Season 2, Episode 26)Schedule a FREE strategy call! A Leader's New Hire Checklist Connect with Priority VA Follow me at @Trivinia

In this episode of the Leadership In A Nutshell Podcast, we do plans and we target that on daily basis, But how much planning? Is too much? This is not an episode of not planning but this an episode on how you decide for yourself when is too much planning is enough. Join us and let's crack the code of our driven mind. Highlights: [00:06 - 06:42] How Much Planning is Too Much Planning?  The key to successful planning is accepting that there will always be unknown variables that can disrupt plans. Last week we talked about uncertainty and planning is a way we normally do to stay away from unwanted circumstances  We are barraged nonstop with information, and we don't have control over it Leaders should be aware of their level of planning and be able to adjust it as necessary. Planning can be frustrating for visionary leaders when they want to move forward with their vision. However, having a supportive executive leadership team helps to smooth out these bumps in the road. Your partners may have different plans and given that every person has a different level of planning. [06:42 - 12:22] 4 Things to Think About When Over Planning Over planning can be in different forms It can be a form of productivity killer,  procrastination. or low self-esteem. Perfectionism,  Tips to avoid overplanning,  Be clear and focus on your desired intention  Decide What you really want from your plan. and how you want to feel.   We always get lost with “What does success look like?” Success is not about achieving a specific goal, but feeling better in the process. [15:32 - 16:41] Closing Segment Final Notes Let's Connect! You can connect with me, Kenny Chapman on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Email me at kenny@kennychapman.com. Be sure to check out my website https://www.kennychapman.com and find the solutions to your in-service education needs. The first month of training is FREE!! LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explore their leadership capacity by sharing this episode Tweetable Quotes: “ The plan is going to change. And you planners on the line that wrecks you. That's why you get it close. You get it. Good enough. And then you get going and then you alter the plan as you go.”  - Kenny Chapman

Apple Releases Universal Control and the Productivity News This Week https://youtu.be/wuxPhzqxZq4 (If you're reading this in a podcast directory/app, please visit https://anythingbutidle.com for clickable links and the full show notes and transcript of this cast.) Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for listening! If you'd like to continue discussing any news from this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast | Apple Releases Universal Control Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Headlines & Show Notes | Apple Releases Universal Control Resources we mention, including links to them, will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. This CEO's Remote Work Policy Is Only 10 Words. It May Be the Best I've Ever Heard Why Am I Too Tired To Sleep (And What To Do)? Ambition is Overrated. Slow productivity isn't enough. It's… | by Karla Starr | Feb, 2022 | Forge How two years of working from home changed workers around the world Two years later, remote work has changed millions of careers Google Docs update lets you draft emails and send them to Gmail with a click Create externally friendly booking pages with appointment scheduling in Google Calendar  Microsoft updates Outlook Teams and PowerPoint to be hybrid work ready Why the iPad Pro Isn't Worth the Extra Money Kobo Libra 2 e-reader on sale in the United States Amazon opens first Whole Foods equipped with cashierless technology FDA clears the first iPhone app for delivering insulin, rollout starts this spring  Business & Finance Segment In Q4 2021 Apple led the Wearable Device Market beating out Second Place Xiaomi by almost 4X Shipments Notion announces a new integration marketplace Command E Joined Dropbox Productivity Resource of the Week Rows Bomber Zip Pocket Notebook Belt Featured Story of the Week Universal Control is Apples most impressive new feature in years How to use Universal Control on Mac and iPad  Announcing Top 10 Female Experts 2022 Announcements A heartfelt farewell from Dieter Bohn Gyroscope FREE is back The Fair Repair Act is headed to the Senate for debate Google I/O goes online again conference set for May 11 Todoist - Old Outlook to stop working, update to the new outlook plugin Michael Hyatt & Company Changing Name to Full Focus  How to Get a Second Batch of At-Home COVID Tests for Free  Other News How to Use Collections on Microsoft Edge Personalization Hub adds auto light and dark wallpaper switching Google Photos more Google DNS vs. Cloudflare DNS: What's the Fastest DNS? JXL (JPEG XL) is a new image file type youll see more of and Chrome support is now working too Google Home app gets much-needed redesign with interactive buttons Gmail on Android getting new notification icons to differentiate between Chat and Spaces How to unofficially save and recall your Chrome Tab Groups using the built-in Bookmarks system Zooms new virtual avatars let you show up to your next meeting as a dog Google Photos updates its library and sharing tabs to make photos easier to find How to keep track of friends and family members birthdays on Google Calendar Onyx BOOX Nova Air C is a 7.8 inch color e-reader that is coming out soon Google Docs gains Gmail draft capabilities for Workspace customers Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 141 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements  Google Wants to Turn Your Old Mac into a Chromebook With Chrome OS Flex  Google prepares ‘ChromeOS' rebrand to drop the space 5 Reasons to Adopt the Best Personal Productivity System  How to Decide What to Work On How to Promote Employee Engagement and Productivity in a Remote Setting | Inc.com Google Claims That Chrome Is Now Faster Than Safari Google Microsoft Apple Mozilla join forces to solve browsers compatibility issu...

ICEMAN IS HERE...JK :(In the 12th episode Shawn Ashmore guest stars as the "villain" Eric Summers, aka Leech aka Change Up aka We Can't Decide What to Call Him.Today we discuss Clark losing his powers for the first time, the worst parent ever and why you should never make Lex wait.

Hey everyone, I'm Dr Siddharth Warrier. In today's episode of The Sid Warrier Podcast, we have with us none other than Mr Deepak Pareek, Co-Founder of Career Keeda and a Content Creator. In this podcast, we talk about the journey of Deepak as a Co-Founder and a Content Creator with all the Lows and Highs he has faced in his Career till now. We talk a lot about Entrepreneurship, How to Decide What to Do in Life, Practical Exposure, Content Making and a lot more interesting topics. What is something that you struggle within your career? Let me know in the comments. I hope you enjoy the Podcast.

Time Management & Delegation Guest - Naeem Zafar, CEO & Co-Founder, TeleSenseNaeem is a 7x entrepreneur and 5x startup CEO currently serving as the Co-Founder and CEO of TeleSense, an (Internet of Things) company creating real-time wireless sensing and predictive analytics solutions for the stored grain industry. Prior to starting TeleSense, he was the CEO of Bitzer Mobile, an enterprise security and mobility company that was acquired by Oracle in November 2013. Naeem started his first company at the age of 26 and soon moved to Silicon Valley. At this point, he is practically a Silicon Valley native, having founded, invested in, and advised 30+ companies. He teaches courses on entrepreneurship at University of California Berkeley & Northeastern University. Willingness To SacrificeEntrepreneurship by nature requires sacrifices both in your personal and business life: be it sacrificing personal time to learn a new skill to help the business or the willingness to terminate a friend that was not a fit for said business. Hence, if there is little to no willingness to be flexible enough to sacrifice, starting a business should not be an option. - Kamyar Shah, World Consulting GroupQuality as job one. Top performers consider quality a priority over simply getting things done. They aren't satisfied unless your clients and customers are singing your praises. -https://www.thehartford.com/Are you ready to take your day back?Benefits of Time Management Stress reliefMaking and following a task schedule reduces anxiety. As you check off items on your “to-do” list, you can see that you are making tangible progress. This helps you avoid feeling stressed out with worry about whether you're getting things done.More timeGood time management gives you extra time to spend in your daily life. People who can time-manage effectively enjoy having more time to spend on hobbiesMore opportunitiesManaging time well leads to more opportunities and less time wasted on trivial activities. Good time management skills are key qualities that employers look for. The ability to prioritize and schedule work is extremely desirable for any organization.Ability to realize goalsIndividuals who practice good time management are able to better achieve goals and objectives, and do so in a shorter length of time.How can you become better at managing your time?Set goals correctlyUse the SMART method when setting goals. In essence, make sure the goals you set are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely.Prioritize wiselyImportant and urgent: Do these tasks right away.Important but not urgent: Decide when to do these tasks.Urgent but not important: Delegate these tasks if possible.Not urgent and not important: Set these aside to do later.Set a time limit to complete a taskSetting time constraints for completing tasks helps you be more focused and efficient. Making the small extra effort to decide on how much time you need to allot for each task can also help you recognize potential problems before they arise. That way you can make plans for dealing with them.Take a break between tasksWhen doing a lot of tasks without a break, it is harder to stay focused and motivated. Allow some downtime between tasks to clear your head and refresh yourself. Consider grabbing a brief nap, going for a short walk, or meditating.Organize yourselfUtilize your calendar for more long-term time management. Write down the deadlines for projects, or for tasks that are part of completing the overall project. Think about which days might be best to dedicate to specific tasks. Remove non-essential tasks/activitiesIt is important to remove excess activities or tasks. Determine what is significant and what deserves your time. Removing non-essential tasks/activities frees up more of your time to be spent on genuinely important things.Plan aheadMake sure you start every day with a clear idea of what you need to do – what needs to get done THAT DAY. Consider making it a habit to, at the end of each workday, go ahead and write out your “to-do” list for the next workday. That way you can hit the ground running the next morning    Another way to gain more time is to delegate, but how do we let go?Decide What to DelegateStart with a small project, or one that doesn't have to be completed in a specific way. Don't assign your most critical, time-sensitive tasks, and leave ample time for mistakes to happen (that means don't pass off something at 5 PM on Thursday. Most importantly, never delegate something you're not willing to do yourself.Pick the Right People Choosing the best people on your team for the job is the key to effective delegating. Of course, select people who you're confident can do the job well and who are self-motivated and comfortable working without constant supervision. But also take time to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the members of your team (& yours, too!)Communicate Clearly Open, clear communication from the get-go is absolutely crucial to ensuring that the projects you delegate will be done well. Be up-front about your expectations, including timelines and deliverables.  It can be helpful to put everything in writing or provide people with a template or guidelines for the projectCheck in, but Don't Be OverbearingOnce you delegate a task, give your team members flexibility on how they get it done (unless, of course, there's a specific protocol or procedure). Check in periodically to make sure everyone is on the right track and to offer to answer questions as needed. Be Patient and UnderstandingJust be patient—as you learn how your team works best, and as they learn your expectations, things will get easier. Mistakes will happen. Be understanding, but also address problems when they arise, so that your team members can learn from them and do things differently next time.Share in Rewards and Give Credit Where DueBe sure to recognize and thank anyone who's helped you out, and make your whole team (not just yourself) looks good for doing the job well. What is a common trait or characteristic that you have seen among the most successful people you know?Anything else you'd like our listeners to know?Reminder to share CONTACT INFO and say thank youSummaryChallengeClosing What do you see your top producing or top tier of clients doing? –Common traitsSubmit questions and topic suggestions - Like, Rate, Review, Share

Continued Connection - Part 4 with Emily Harman, as we discuss Self Care and Living the Life You Love! Emily is a Transition Coach and an Experienced Senior Executive. She says it is Time to Decide What's Next for You and How to GET it! Broadcast on: LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/gt3a4XFP Facebook: https://lnkd.in/gs4NFZip YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gsbWFgrv Connect with Russ: Website: www.russhedge.com Email: russ@russhedge.com Connect with Emily LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/gV8QfR7S Website: emilyharman.com Email: emilydh9@gmail.com #selfcare #selflove #onwardmovement #mentalfitness #positiveintelligence #Connection #Inspiration #InspirationSpecialist #RussSelfie

BudgetChristmas fund | put some money aside into a separate account each month, or even start this in the summer for the holiday season (we start in July)Start shopping early | there are some great deals throughout the year and having money set aside makes it so easy to make that purchase because the money is for that; for us, waiting until November or December to shop adds more stress to an already busy seasonDecide who you're buying forSet a budget per personDon't forget holiday birthdays!Be IntentionalUse a notes app (Jess likes Evernote) to keep track of ideas; you can also use this to track what you've already purchased; talk to people about what is helpful and would be a well-loved gift (especially for kids!)Decide | Who are you buying for?Have conversations with family and friends; no hard feelings! Get creative with game nights, movie nights, and dinners instead of feeling pressured to buy gifts.Decide | What is off-limits?Everything has a home here, so bringing in lots of cheap trinkets or things that will go in the trash quickly is not something we want to contribute to. We are quality over quantity fans when it comes to this season. We also don't want to give or receive unnecessary duplicates, so keep that in mind as you're talking through gift ideas.Want / Need / Wear / ReadThis is what we have done since we have had kids and it works so well for our family. Choose what works well for you, but if you have trouble with too much stuff, this is a fabulous place to start. We don't want our kids (and us!) to lose sight of the focus and be overrun by consumption and ungratefulness.

On this week's episode of Confluence, we continue our conversation with leading Canadians who are at the forefront of global tech. Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder of Cloudflare, is back to talk about whether or not there is a special Canadian sauce that puts Canadian entrepreneurs in a unique position to foster innovation. We also spoke to Atlee Clark, Director of Operations at Ottawa-based Shopify and former Executive Director of the C100 in the Bay Area. These women have set standards in their fields for innovation and business leadership and we set out to find out how. Is Silicon Valley confined to its geographical location or has its ‘borders' expanded? Could Canada be home to the next Big Tech Hub? As talent continues to circulate around the world, how should we be paying attention to ‘brain flow', and what strategies can be deployed at scale to attract and retain talent? And finally, what values should leaders be focusing on to support diverse communities and more equitable innovation?LINKS:- Michelle Zatlyn LinkedInMichelle Zatlyn TwitterAtlee Clark LinkedInAtlee Clark TwitterC100C100 TwitterShopifyCloudFlareHemispheric Partners: Trade, Technology, and Innovation Ties Between the Bay Area and CanadaGlobe and Mail - Opinion: Is Canada in line to be the next Silicon Valley?The Logic - Origin Story: Canadians in Silicon ValleyCNBC - Why Canada is becoming a start-up mecca rivaling Silicon ValleyBusiness Insider - Why tech companies in Silicon Valley should expand to CanadaSan Francisco Chronicle - Canada to Silicon Valley's International Talent: We Want YouForbes - CloudFlare Cofounder Michelle Zatlyn Is New Billionaire As Stock Reaches New HighBusinessWire - Cloudflare Announces First Office in Canada to Further Support Canadian Customers, Innovation, and GrowthFortune - Cloudflare Co-Founder Michelle Zatlyn: ‘Somebody Should' Decide What to Delete OnlineC100's Founding Executive Director, Atlee Clark, Launches Backbone Angels

On this week's episode of Confluence, we're coming back home and talking about Canada's role in defining the future of tech. There seems to be a special Canadian sauce that gives us an edge. To help us figure out where Canada belongs in this conversation, we're talking to three powerhouses in the tech landscape (who also all happen to be Canadian!). First, you'll hear from C100s Laura Buhler and Chris Albinson, two Canadian expats working in the Bay Area to galvanize the global Canadian tech diaspora . We also sat down with Michelle Zatlyn, founder of Cloudflare, who reveals the differences between Canadian and American cultures within tech and how much community matters within Canada's growing landscape. Is Silicon Valley confined to its geographical location or has it become so much more than that? How is Gen Z reshaping the way we think and work within tech? Will global pandemic provide an opportunity for Canada to define best business and investment practices for the future? And finally, is there something holding Canada back from being a top player on a global scale?LINKS:Laura Buhler LinkedInLaura Buhler TwitterChris Albinson LinkedInChris Albinson TwitterMichelle Zatlyn LinkedInMichelle Zatlyn TwitterC100C100 TwitterCloudFlareHemispheric Partners: Trade, Technology, and Innovation Ties Between the Bay Area and CanadaGlobe and Mail - Opinion: Is Canada in line to be the next Silicon Valley?The Logic - Origin Story: Canadians in Silicon ValleyCNBC - Why Canada is becoming a start-up mecca rivaling Silicon ValleyBusiness Insider - Why tech companies in Silicon Valley should expand to CanadaSan Francisco Chronicle - Canada to Silicon Valley's International Talent: We Want YouForbes - CloudFlare Cofounder Michelle Zatlyn Is New Billionaire As Stock Reaches New HighBusinessWire - Cloudflare Announces First Office in Canada to Further Support Canadian Customers, Innovation, and GrowthFortune - Cloudflare Co-Founder Michelle Zatlyn: ‘Somebody Should' Decide What to Delete OnlineSilicon Valley Digital: Canadian Technology Accelerator

Mike discusses D&D news! Podcast Contents 00:00 Intro 00:37 New Tal'Dorai sourcebook 07:32 My Evil Adventuring Group in Arcadia Issues 6! 10:04 MCDM's New Monster Manual 16:47 Details of Fizban's Treasury of Dragons 19:05 Crawford on Streaming's Influence on WOTC Production 32:51 Printable Heroes Patreon 41:41 Tabletop Audio Patreon 45:23 You Get to Decide What's Canon Links Original YouTube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master  Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn MCDM Patreon for Arcadia Matt Coleville and James Introcaso on the MCDM Monster Book Details on Fizban's Treasury of Dragons Crawford on Streaming Influence on D&D Printable Heroes Printable Heroes Patreon Tabletop Audio Tabletop Audio Patreon D&D Spinoffs Aren't Canon

Mike discusses D&D news! Podcast Contents 00:00 Intro 00:37 New Tal'Dorai sourcebook 07:32 My Evil Adventuring Group in Arcadia Issues 6! 10:04 MCDM's New Monster Manual 16:47 Details of Fizban's Treasury of Dragons 19:05 Crawford on Streaming's Influence on WOTC Production 32:51 Printable Heroes Patreon 41:41 Tabletop Audio Patreon 45:23 You Get to Decide What's Canon Links Original YouTube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master  Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn MCDM Patreon for Arcadia Matt Coleville and James Introcaso on the MCDM Monster Book Details on Fizban's Treasury of Dragons Crawford on Streaming Influence on D&D Printable Heroes Printable Heroes Patreon Tabletop Audio Tabletop Audio Patreon D&D Spinoffs Aren't Canon

Gym essentials are highly debated. No matter where you look for information you are going to find opinions on what you should have available to you and what you shouldn't. Regardless, this can be a conversation of your home gym, your gym-gym, or your dream gym.Finding the line between nice to have and NEED to have is a tough conversation to have with yourself. Listen, I am all for splurging and just buying whatever makes you happy. With that said, sometimes you need to make decisions of your hierarchy on what makes the most sense for you. JR just recently moved and downsized his gym which brought up some specific decisions - what stays and what leaves?Listen in to our conversation!EPISODE BREAKDOWN:2:30 - Packing in the New Gym5:00 - Free Motion - Not for Home8:00 - How to Decide What to Downsize17:15 - Cardio Choice24:15 - Resourcing Used Equipment30:00 - Peloton37:30 - Why Cardio Fails for MOST At Home43:00 - The Psychology on Goal Setting

Aaron Iler brings on former BIG 12 Division 1 athlete Jason Ricks, Principal of Liberty Real Estate Fund, to discuss what it's like being forced to walk away from something you love for reasons out of your control and how to shift your mindset to embrace failures.In this episode, Aaron and Jason discuss:How to Decide What's Next for YouYou Are What You Feed Your MindHow to Align Yourself with Your Next PursuitThe Forgotten Gold Mine of the WorldHow Output Determines InputHow to Quiet Your Mind and Sit in ItAaron would like to give a huge thank you to Jason for coming onto the Dream Chasers: Ground Zero platform to share his knowledge and wisdom of how to shift into a growth mindset and embrace your failures to continue moving forward.Watch the YouTube replay here: https://youtu.be/32a2_ZuS-wQContact Jason Ricks:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricksjason/jason@libertyfund.iowww.libertyfund.ioBooks Mentioned:A New Earth by Eckhart TolleJohn C. BogleWilliam BernsteinDale CarnegieRay DalioRich Dad Poor Dad by Robert KiyosakiRich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant by Robert KiyosakiWhy Doctors Don't Get Rich by Tom BurnsMalcolm GladwellTimestamped Shownotes:0:20 – What Was Ground Zero Like for You?0:34 – What Was Your First Ground Zero Like After Your Athletic Career?6:35 – How Did You Make the Shift from Football to Real Estate?10:15 – How to Decide What's Next for You14:17 – How Did You Grow in Your New Position?19:58 – Where Did You Start Your Pursuit of Change?21:29 – You Are What You Feed Your Mind23:35 – How to Align Yourself with Your Next Pursuit25:14 – What Books Were You Reading When You Made Your Change?27:24 – The Forgotten Gold Mine of the World31:17 – Do You Want It Bad Enough to Learn and Understand It?33:15 – How to Stay Focused and Fail Forward35:38 – Sometimes ProblemSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/dreamchasers_ix)

Tom Claibourne's sermon preached on April 11th, 2021 at Bethlehem Church of Christ in Winchester, OH. Outline: I. What Jesus DEMONSTRATES. A. Unblemished CHARACTER. (I Pet. 1:18-19; Her. 4:14, 15) B. Undying LOVE. C. Unbelievable SACRIFICE. (John 15:13; Rom. 5:6-8) II. What Jesus CLAIMED to be. A. Jesus made bold claims that we can't AVOID. (John 6:38; 8:58; 14:6; 14:9; 11:25; 8:24; 5:22; 10:30) * Jesus' claims would be absolutely RIDICULOUS if they weren't true! B. Jesus must be one of the following: 1. A LIAR. 2. A LUNATIC. 3. The LORD. III. What Jesus' FRIENDS said about Him. (John 1:29; Matt. 16:16; Acts 2:36; John 20:28; Col. 2:9; 1 Cor. 15:6; I John 5:20) IV. What Jesus' ENEMIES said about Him. (Matt. 27:37; Matt. 27:19; Matt. 27:3ff; Matt. 27:41-44; Matt. 27:54) V. What early Christian WRITERS said about Him. VI. What will we DO about Him? A. Decide WHO He is. (Matt. 22:41-42; 16:15) B. Decide WHAT we will DO. (John 14:15; Mark 8:34ff; I John 5:11, 12) What do you BELIEVE about Jesus and what will you DO about Him?

Episode 211 – How to Decide What to Eat   Ah, the big question! What should I eat? No doubt you’ve asked yourself this question many, many times. Possibly hoping for a magical answer. But you know I am always honest with you. My friend, there is no magical answer. In this coaching session, I … Episode 211 – How to Decide What to Eat Read More » The post Episode 211 – How to Decide What to Eat appeared first on Real Weight Loss for Real Women.

Setting goals for 2021 has not been an easy feat for Jen. She struggles with always wanting to do more and can only think of one thing she wants to achieve - Freedom. She wants to have the freedom to travel more. But can freedom in itself be a goal? During a Coaching Gym session, Cate breaks down Jen’s desire for more freedom and explains the importance of differentiating feelings from goals, setting metrics for your goals and choosing meaning over comfort. Listen to the Yogahealer Podcast to learn more about the Steps to Achieve Your Life Goals in 2021! What you’ll get out of tuning in: How to set the right goals What load do you want to carry? How much work is too much work? Links Mentioned in Episode: More about the Change your Life Course How to Decide What to Create Jordan Peterson’s work Dharma & Achieving Goals Get some free resources Show Highlights: Discriminating between the BS and the goal Focusing on what you need to achieve what you truly want Meaning is more important than comfort Timestamps: 4:54 The importance of carrying a load 11:42 Building metrics into your goals 26:12 The difference between goals and feelings Guest Bio: Jennifer Allen teaches alignment-based yoga with an emphasis on finding ease in the body, coaches people on developing healthy habits and guides people into their unlimited potential through Ayurveda. She discovered Ayurveda in 2013. Her Ayurvedic studies have been influenced by John Douillard, Sarah Hutchinson and Cate Stillman. Jennifer completed an 18-month Yoga Health Coaching certification program to deepen her knowledge of Ayurveda and habit evolution techniques in 2018.  She has been leading hikes at the Grand Canyon since 2013 and is an outdoor educator and Certified Interpretive Guide for the Grand Canyon Conservancy.

Yes, it’s time to reflect, but it’s also time to blast off into the new year! Kiera walks through the steps to take to prep your 2021 goals. Here’s what you need to do: Look back at your 2020 goals — did you hit them? Did you not? Why? Set new (personal and professional) goals and know why you want to meet them. Break down your new goals into a roadmap or benchmarks to meet your marks by the end of the dear. Whatever age you’re turning, come up with that amount of fun goals! Break up your practice’s departments, t-graph them up, and divvy up what each department is doing well and what they can improve on. Choose one or two things per department to help your practice reach its professional goal and pick action items to meet the goals. Decide: What’s your word for 2021? Keep these goals in a place where you’ll see them often. Actually print them out and keep them in your agenda or journal or on your mirror. Their presence will keep you honest through the year. Happy New Year’s Eve!

E55: Habit #2 Strategically Studying the Bible Listen HERE! "All scripture is God-breathed, and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17I am who I am today because of my time in the Word. In this session, I unpack what strategic study is and why it's important. Strategic bible study is a bible study designed to achieve something specific or with a specific need in mind. There are several benefits of strategic bible study over the haphazard bible study we typically participate in. 1.) Gives you a starting point2.) Encourages you3.) Trains and equips you4.) It will change you5.) Closer relationship with God6.) Prepares you for battles aheadYou know that you were created with a purpose. How can you begin to pursue that purpose and NOT a relationship with the ONE who gave it to you? We will never be fully equipped without study of God's word. Assignment: 1.) Download the FREE Bible study training [ CLICK HERE! ]2.) Take the Pledge to Commit to #CourageouslyLevelUp [CLICK HERE]3.) Decide What you will study and share it in the group4.) Book a call to see if Courageous Discipleship is the right fit for you! [Book a Call!]5.) Share this episode with a friend!  

6 tips to help you help a loved one going through a divorce. Remember there are 3 sides to every story. His, Hers and the truth through no filters, emotions, or judgments. Being able to really show up for someone you love struggling starts with making it safe for you both.1: Decide What role you are going to play.2: Resist Urge to ask for details3: Allow Them To feel4: Continue to Invite to Activities5: Acts of Service. Dont Ask. Do. 6: Remember to honor your own agency in this situation.

Ron Siegel discusses local and national current events, politics, personal and business finance with a few mortgage tips along the way. A Southern California mortgage expert and bonafide political junkie, Ron Siegel delivers intelligent, entertaining radio that makes the hard news of the week easy to understand! Ron Siegel is joined by Lucas Smith Ron Siegel will discuss: Rent vs. Buy_ How to Decide What’s Best for You; Real Time Real Estate; Your Credit Matters; Mortgage Minute; Word on Wealth; and so much more. Ron Siegel, consumer advocate and mortgage lender, discusses anything that affects the roof over your head, your bank account or other items that will benefit you / your family. Reach Ron Siegel at  Ron Siegel: 800.306.1990Ron Siegel: Ron@RonSiegelRadio.comwww.RonSiegelRadio.comwww.SiegelLendingTeam.com your Yorba Linda Mortgage LenderMonthly Home Equity Monitor: www.SLTHomeDigest.com     Ron Siegel, Your Yorba Linda Mortgage Lender offers: Conventional Loans, FHA Loans, USDA Loans, Refinancing, and Reverse Mortgages #RonSiegelRadio #Mortgage #Housing #Realtor #RealEstate

Sri discusses what to do with your life with Charlie Munger and Temple of the Dog. Connect with Sri on Instagram: @sri_the_warrior_poet  + @sri_actually notesThe Psychology of Human Misjudgment, by Charlie MungerAyo, the author: How to Decide What to Do With Your Life Reagan - A Time For Choosing - YouTube“Hunger Strike” cover - Temple of the Dog performed by Steve Hall - YouTubeIntro and/or outro music in most episodes is by Paul Sridhar ( Spotify ). Disclaimer: Any audio clips are included with every intent and steps taken to abide by Fair Use and serve the purpose(s) of illustration, education, augmentation, or promotion of source content.

Empowering yourself starts with the story you tell yourself. Change your story, change your life. Reshaping our image of ourselves can be difficult, especially when we hold such negative beliefs about ourselves. Well we are living proof that stories can change and it starts by how you talk about yourself. In this episode we discuss Dr. David Krueger 7 step strategy for reshaping any disempowering mental story you may have of yourself. In case you're unable to write down the steps, here they are for you. 1. Recognise Authorship - If you're serious about improving your life you must recognise that YOU are the author of your story. 2. Be Accountable - Once you are aware of authorship you must become accountable. You have to own your story if your serious about making changes to it. 3. Assess Your Story - What is your story made up of? What are the recurring patterns of beliefs? What's the story line? Who are the characters? 4. Decide What to Change - What parts of the story do you want to change? And what parts of the story do you need to let go of? 5. Map your Changes - Everyone needs a road map to get from Point A to point B. What do you need to do to get there? 6. Start Authoring New Experiences - Create affirmations, visualizations, and real life experiences that validate your NEW STORY line. 7. Program a New Identity - Along with creating a new life story, it is CRUCIAL you create a new sense of self-image. On another note, stay tuned to our IG stories for how you can enter the Alpha Babes Podcast Giveaway. We will draw the winner LIVE on 13th October.

The 10♦️is the MOST BLESSED CARD of all, and coincides perfectly with the FULL MOON today! A day of overflow and creation and immense energy because of the wholeness of Miss Luna, this card guarantees an essence of SUCCESS if we STEP UP and TAKE ACTION - two things that a full moon also sets the stage for! Taking responsibility in mature ways, performing selfless acts of service, holding space and teaching and healing... These actions will ALWAYS be rewarded, but especially on this day they are a karmic NECESSITY. Remember, like Paulo Coelho says in El Alquemista: the whole universe is conspiring to help you achieve whatever it is that you want -- but first you have to DECIDE WHAT it IS that you want, and set your intention to GO FOR THAT no matter what!!! Do NOT hold back today, brothers and sisters! You will be rewarded and recognized and feel self-created satisfaction and confidence if you do what you KNOW you should do, what your intuition is telling you to do, and do it all with pride and humility. The 3♣️supports us in all such endeavors and says that they will each EXPAND OUR MINDS in our own ways, and help us to expand others' minds too. SO TAKE ACTION THOUGHTFULLY TODAY AND WATCH HOW YOUR MIND SOAKS UP THE GROWTH!!! WE ALL WANT TO EVOLVE. That being said, when we take the two cards of today and add them together, we get the K♠️ - the most powerful card in the deck, #52/52! So make this the most powerful day of your week, your month, MAYBE EVEN YOUR YEAR... Create YOUR OWN Luck

Jennifer of Simply Fiercely teaches us how to properly declutter. Episode 1690: Decluttering: How to Decide What to Keep? by Jennifer of Simply Fiercely on Getting Started with Minimalism Jennifer is a traveller, minimalist and dream chaser. She grew up near Baltimore, Maryland but she caught a bad case of wanderlust at an early age and it has taken her all over the world. She is a reformed shopaholic turned minimalist and believes that clearing out the clutter is a vital part of creating a life you love. The original post is located here: https://www.simplyfiercely.com/decluttering-how-to-decide-what-to-keep/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer of Simply Fiercely teaches us how to properly declutter. Episode 1690: Decluttering: How to Decide What to Keep? by Jennifer of Simply Fiercely on Getting Started with Minimalism Jennifer is a traveller, minimalist and dream chaser. She grew up near Baltimore, Maryland but she caught a bad case of wanderlust at an early age and it has taken her all over the world. She is a reformed shopaholic turned minimalist and believes that clearing out the clutter is a vital part of creating a life you love. The original post is located here: https://www.simplyfiercely.com/decluttering-how-to-decide-what-to-keep/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer of Simply Fiercely teaches us how to properly declutter. Episode 1690: Decluttering: How to Decide What to Keep? by Jennifer of Simply Fiercely on Getting Started with Minimalism Jennifer is a traveller, minimalist and dream chaser. She grew up near Baltimore, Maryland but she caught a bad case of wanderlust at an early age and it has taken her all over the world. She is a reformed shopaholic turned minimalist and believes that clearing out the clutter is a vital part of creating a life you love. The original post is located here: https://www.simplyfiercely.com/decluttering-how-to-decide-what-to-keep/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/optimal-living-daily/support

Jennifer of Simply Fiercely teaches us how to properly declutter. Episode 1690: Decluttering: How to Decide What to Keep? by Jennifer of Simply Fiercely on Getting Started with Minimalism Jennifer is a traveller, minimalist and dream chaser. She grew up near Baltimore, Maryland but she caught a bad case of wanderlust at an early age and it has taken her all over the world. She is a reformed shopaholic turned minimalist and believes that clearing out the clutter is a vital part of creating a life you love. The original post is located here:  and in   and !

*EPISODE TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*In this episode Gerry welcomes on Ben Brewster, owner and founder of Tread Athletics. Ben has revolutionized remote training for pitchers since 2015 with the start of Tread Athletics.Ben specializes in training pitchers with a full, "top down," approach consisting of strength training, general movement evaluation and pitching mechanical instruction.To start, Ben and Gerry discuss the importance of fitting drills and programming to a unique athlete, not using a blanket approach to movement, training and pitching as all individuals require different areas and needs.From there, the conversation turns to communicating to athletes and having them understand the basics, rather than complicated terminology, the importance of intensity with training and how to handle in-season training.All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!Show Timestamps::25 - Arm Action Drills Tailored to Each Athlete6:48 - Cookie Cutter Plyo Drills That People Try to Use10:00 - How to Decide What to Fix17:00 - Using past Experience to Fix Common Issues in a New Athlete19:30 - Missing the Little Things and Getting a Clear Picture of What Works23:20 - Program Design & “being a Savage”29:50 - Defranco Story about Sending Someone Home39:30 - Gerry’s Story on Early Coaching and Overdoing Cues44:30 - Explain Why Things Will Help an Athlete51:25 - Baseball Players In-season (How Strong Is Strong Enough)56:30 - Max Schmarzo’s Thoughts on Transfer Strength to Sport1:01:00 - Maintaining in the SeasonSupport the show (http://www.challengerstrength.com)

How important is your health in your daily life? Whether you are waiting for the perfect time or the perfect plan, imperfect is the best perfect! Oftentimes, we are strapping our success to the perfection of the plan. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact When I think about how many people are placing their hope in a plan, it doesn't mean that they will get to where they want to go. The plan is not going to get you healthy. No one way is going to magically flip the switch for you. Most of my health journey has come from being overwhelmed, overworked, and over life. I'm just done! But ultimately, it's been me at a crossroad, usually staring a crisis down. Why do we wait either for the perfect time in our life, or for that perfect plan? If that's you today, you'll be waiting much longer. Imperfect is the best perfect! I wanted to pull back the curtains on my life and how I really lead a healthy lifestyle. Understand, I don't have all the answers. And just because I do it, doesn't mean that you should too. However, we can learn from each other. So I want to share with you what I do, so you can see the hope and the possibilities in your everyday when it comes to your wealth, which is your health. My day is always changing. There is no set schedule for me. In fact, everyone else influences my schedule, but I set the boundaries. BIG UMBRELLA Know my non-negotiables (husband and children). What are my responsibilities (work, volunteer position)? Understand my season of life. SEE THE RAINDROPS Look at my day: What must happen before I go to bed? What can I do to serve my health? Imperfect is the best perfect! Stop strapping your success to the perfection of the plan! Another way to look at it... Is your success dependent on the perfection of a plan? You can stare me in the face and tell me all your excuses as to why you aren't eating healthy, why you don't or can't exercise, and why sleeping can't be a priority. But what is boils down to, are you willing to do the work regardless of the plan? Your decisions to live a healthy lifestyle cannot be made from your excuses. But you do it. I did it for years. I wanted the perfect plan, the perfect time, and even the perfect body before I started. "Life doesn't dish out perfection. Life creates beauty in the imperfection of your every day." ~ Kristianne Wargo So how can you live a healthy lifestyle? The K.I.S.S. ~ Do what you can every day! It's the little steps that create impact over time. "One step at a time leads to miles of greatness!" ~ Kristianne Wargo KNOW - What needs to change? DECIDE - What can you do in this season of life? COMMIT - What will you commit to doing to live your healthy lifestyle every day? Your excuses make the decisions. If you want that bikini body for summer, If you want to be stronger, If you want to eat more vegetables, If you want to eat more organic, You can't allow your excuses to influence your decisions. No more. Your health is your wealth, and your success is not tied to the perfect plan. You decide. You commit. "Imperfect is the best perfect!"   #WellnessWednesday #CreateYourNow #HealthAndWellness TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will be able to discuss your specific situation and gain tools and strategies to move you forward. Live. Love. IMPACT!  "One step at a time leads to miles of greatness!"   Subscribe to Create Your Now TV on YouTube. Listen to Create Your Now on Spotify and Pandora. Listen to Create Your Now on iHeart Radio. Click here. 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This is a special surprise (bonus) episode. I told you last week that we would not have another one until after the first of the year, BUT, I wanted to bring you a short word of encouragement as you round out 2017. I'm honored to have you with us. Let's get started! Feature Presentation: Encouragement: Celebrate this year's moments Take responsibility for yourself (Fess it and fix it) Resolve and Reconcile – ‘Let It Go' Check Your Head – Be ruthless with unbelief and negativity The Habit of Gratefulness – Be thankful (make a list) Do a relationship inventory Commit to personal growth (reading, habits, rituals, development of your leadership and influence) Decide … “What Do I Want?” Decide … “What am I willing to change to have it?” Open your heart and mind to the Holy Spirit's leadership As you finish out these last few days of the old year, I want to challenge you to take time to reflect, consider, and imagine. Your best days are still ahead of you. God has great plans for your life. You are a leader and influencer; destined to make a massive impact in your world. Believe It!

Hey mamas, this one is for you! Meegan Zillman joins the podcast to discuss how to cultivate gratitude in our homes and in our hearts and stay engaged with God and the mission of Christ. How do we accept and adapt spiritually to our season of life as mothers? If we have the correct mindset about motherhood, the benefits of this season are remarkable! As moms, we are managing blessings and in order to manage them well (and maybe not go crazy) we need to change our mindsets. We don’t need to compromise- we don’t need to choose between God’s work and our families, but we do need to change how we think about what that is going to look like for us in this season. God sees you, Mama- you matter and so does your mindset. About the Speaker:Meegan Zillman grew up in a little farm town in Indiana. To her great good fortune, when she was 14 she met Chris, her now husband of 21 years. In 1995 she moved to Massachusetts to attend Smith College and became a disciple of Jesus during her first semester (as did the boyfriend). The Zillmans have spent the past two decades having and enjoying raising their 5 kids, working in churches in New England and the Midwest, and laughing often. Meegan loves reading nerdy fantasy books, quoting Nacho Libre, and finding treasures at thrift stores. The Zillmans currently lead the Denver Church of Christ.Episode Notes: As moms, how do we stay engaged spiritually?Mindset is everything- how are we supposed to think about our role as moms in the context of God’s will for us here on Earth?Kids have always been apart of the kingdom! 2 Timothy 3:15 - Timothy learned the scriptures from infancy! Matthew 19:14- Kids ARE the work of the kingdom, not an obstacle. Children are a vital part of Jesus’s kingdom vision. Matthew 24:19- Jesus sees us as mothers- especially mothers of little people! He acknowledges and validates that this season in life has special challenges. This is a SEASON of life. SEASONS MEAN THAT CHANGES MUST COME. You have a choice- adjust to the season, or fight it and be miserable and uncomfortable. When things feel too hard or too complicated, we might need to check our mindsets. So much of our angst in this season of life comes from comparing our current limitations to our former abilities. Too often young moms pull away from the dreams and goals they had for the kingdom of God- they disengage because they are overwhelmed and pull back completely.So much changes after kids: Energy Level, Focus Level, Emotional Bandwidth, Productivity, Schedule, Opportunities. All of this is changes, so our mindset does as well! We have to start to think differently. Principles (These look different for everyone):Walk with God- find ways to stay connected and inspired.Decide: What is your attitude going to be? If you don’t practice gratitude then this will be a miserable season of life. Don’t complain. Embrace the chaos!Know your priorities. Stay engaged in bringing light to the world.Serve. Keep yourself engaged and refuse to be isolated. Embrace the season of life, enjoy your children, and love God and His Kingdom.Support the show (https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/678206?giving_to=Woven%20In%20Truth%20Podcast)

4 Keys to victory Key 1: Pick the Target and the Objective Key 2: Decide What happens before, during, and after by reverse engineering from the launchKey 3: Have a system to measure your execution, your lead indicators, and the winning numbers of that campaign. Key 4: Don’t be a hustler

4 Keys to victory Key 1: Pick the Target and the Objective Key 2: Decide What happens before, during, and after by reverse engineering from the launchKey 3: Have a system to measure your execution, your lead indicators, and the winning numbers of that campaign. Key 4: Don’t be a hustler

How do you approach construction sales in a more strategic way? In this solo episode, I will walk you through steps on how to grow your business and build long-term business relationships with your potential customers by having them know, trust and like you. This is a first in a series of episodes that I’ll do over the next few months on a strategic approach to construction sales. Start running highly effective meetings, today. Download your free copy of the Kick-Ass Meeting report that goes step-by-step through the process here: https://www.ericanderton.com/kickassmeetings.   In this episode we cover: People purchase from people that they: know, trust and like. KNOW - 3 ways to get to know a potential project partner: get your face in the place, drop the ego, and persist. TRUST - 3 practical ways construction executives can build trust: start small, be responsive, add value. LIKE - 3 keys to being someone other people like: be an equal, be helpful, be yourself. Key takeaways of the podcast: Act: Make a list of 10-20 top clients or target clients Ask: Do they know, trust and like me and/or my company Decide: What can you do in the next 30 days to build your relationship with each of your top 10-20 clients.  In construction, you don’t need to learn “1001 ways to close a deal”. Instead, you need to be able to empathize, have a desire to win, welcome rejection, be optimistic, balance relationships, results and ego. To take a deeper dive into these characteristics and take a FREE assessment to see how you measure up, go to my website: www.ericanderton.com/constructionsales The assessment takes only about 5 minutes, and you’ll find it extremely helpful.   Links: Eric Anderton Podcast Eric Anderton LinkedIn  

Digest - what are the root causes of late design changes? Debate - How can data and mobile collaboration help us to predict or prevent their impacts? Decide - What do you do when the contract incentive is to maximize your profit….at the project's expense? Deliver - How might a CDX Collaboration Session between GC and impacted Trade Contractors resolve our  #SharedPains of lost time and waste through the Request for Quotation (RFQ) to Potential Change Order (PCO) exchange. Guest Interviews: Myles M Martin, M3 Design Group, @BIM_A_Team DJ Phipps,XL Construction, @Phipps_DJ Travis Voss, Mechanical Inc., @pwrliftnerd Kris Lengieza, Procore Inc, @gieza0527 Josh Newland, Procore Inc, @JoshNewland   SHOW NOTES Procore explains the API [funny] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNekVhM7BgA   Spearin Gap [wiki] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Spearin New AI powered Gmail can write emails for you [news] -  https://www.techspot.com/news/74533-new-ai-powered-gmail-feature-can-write-emails.html

On this week's episode of The Lean Law Firm Podcast, Larry Port and Dave Maxfield talk about how to use Lean methodologies to determine exactly what should be worked on at any given time in your firm. Learn to resolve your bottlenecks and focus your attention on what is profitable rather than trying to put Read more about Ep 11- How to Decide What to Work On[…]

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A friend, Erick, was tasked to conduct a content audit and asked me if I have a template that he can use. I sure do. In general, content audits are conducted for three reasons: Some audits just have a grasp of what content is out there and share that with the whole team so that everyone has a holistic view. People who are responsible for outreach can pick and choose what to share. In a way, you create a master list content. In this situation, you may only need top 50 most popular content pieces or the most recent content in the past one year.  It's time to redesign the website. You need to have a comprehensive view of content to determine which one to keep and which one to toss. You can also need to know what additional content which needs to be created. Some clients want to understand if it's possible to map existing content to different purchase journeys, then determine if there is any content gap in each stage. The audit result will guide the future editorial planning. In this case, you map content based on purchase or customer journeys.  A quick note: content doesn't limit to blog posts. It is any original content which has was for your company. It includes video, podcasts, press releases, webinars, case studies, white papers, infographics, eBook, collaterals, and other forms.   Here is the truth: there is no one-size-fits-all standard content audit template. You need to understand your own or your client's objectives, then create a customized template or modify an existing template. For these three types of content audit, I've developed two simple templates. The first is a quick understanding of the content landscape.  The second, a comprehensive list of content on your website.  For both, the template is the same.  In the end, it is about creating a master list. Therefore, you have a list of categories such as these:  The title of content, URL, Purchase journey stage (awareness, consideration or purchase), Content format, Language, Persona, Search keywords, and so on. I created 15 categories that you can pick and choose what will fit your objectives. For the third audit type, the template is based on your customer's buying journey. You need to determine your customer's purchase journey. In my template, I listed four stages: Learn, Plan, Decide, and Purchase. These stages are more B2B-centric, so you will need to make sure they align with the stages your customers and prospects go through. Learn: Your customers have issues that they need to address. What are they? What do they need to know about these problems? Plan: What can they do to solve these issues? How should they go about it? Decide: What tools do they need to solve their problems? Or What do they need to help them make a right decision? Who should get involved? Purchase: How can they build the business case to make a purchase? Make sure you identify the stages well. When you review the content, you can categorize them in the relevant stage. You may find some content will cover more than one stage, which is OK. Oh, if your company offers various products and services, you can also tie the content with specific products and services. When you finish, you will notice that there are usually gaps in certain stages you will need to address. Before sharing the templates with Erick, I told him that he needs to be clear about his content audit objective. Why does he conduct the audit? That will determine which template to use. I also told him that content audit is boring, unsexy and thankless.  If he does a great job, nobody cares. If he does a lousy job, nobody can tell the difference. So, why bother? Well, here is the thing. Even though no one can tell you that you did a bad job, the analysis you present will have ramifications for future editorial planning, website's design, and the overall customer experience. Therefore, it's important to take time to do it right. The devil is indeed in the detail. If you are interested in the templates, please email me to pam@pamdidner.com.  I’ll be more than happy to share the templates with you. Send me your marketing questions via Twitter @pamdidner    Let me help you with your marketing challenges.  Be well. Until next time. 

Conventional wisdom tells us that success takes time…sometimes a long time. Well, I think we’ve been lied to, and I can prove it. In this episode I’m going to give you a set of tools that will put you on the pathway to a brand new you in seven short days, but as you’ll find out, I believe that success can happen in an instant. Stay tuned… Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Spiritual Foundations I've been reading my friend Frank Viola's giant new book called There Must Be More, a Titan's Collectible. If it's still available, you should get it. But reading this book triggered a memory for me of something I learned from Frank about the two trees. In the beginning there were two trees, The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life. The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is the serpent's promise. He promised, “You will be like God, and you will decide for yourself what is good.” This is what Jesus referred to when He was talking about the “leaven” of the Pharisees. Jesus is the Tree of Life (see John 15) this is the forgotten tree. This is the one we don't talk about. When we choose the forgotten tree, we take the life of God into ourselves. The Pharisees, meanwhile, ate from the first tree, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and so do many or most modern churches. These are the people with the protest signs, with the signs about the groups that they hate, with the signs about how America is being punished for its sins, because they are only conscious of the knowledge of good and evil. Better that we eat from the Tree of Life, Jesus. There's a term that's applied to Christians quite often. People say we are “People of the Book.” We are not. We are not a people of the Book. We are a people of the Person. And the Person is He whose birth we celebrate today, on the day this show is being released, Jesus Christ. He is the Tree of Life. We must begin living under the forgotten tree (the Tree of Life) rather than eating the fruit of the forbidden one. Merry Christmas! Tip of the Week My Tip of the Week is the HabitShare app. This is an amazing free habit-tracking app that I was turned on to by my friend Cliff Ravenscraft, and I was sold on it immediately. This is a cool habit-tracking app because it allows you to share habits that you're trying to form with friends, so you get extra motivation and accountability. It's very simple to use. You can set prompts to help you remember to do your new habits, you can create custom habits that fit your specific goals, and you can make them daily or weekly. If privacy is a concern, you can control which of your habits your friends see and which ones they can't. I love this app and I recommend you check it out. They've got it both for the Apple platform and for Android, so anybody can use it. Feature Presentation: “7 Days To A Brand New You” Any person can change their life and become successful in as little as 7 days by walking through the 7 Doors of Decision and asking the 3 Crucial Questions. Decide WHAT you want Decide WHY you want it Decide if it’s WORTHY of you Decide WHEN you want it Decide with WHOM you want it Decide WHERE you want it Decide HOW you’re going to get it (with a big WHY you can overcome any HOW) Questions to ask: What’s the cost? Is it worth it? Am I willing and able to pay the price Here are some snippets from our conversation: Break the shackles of justification – Why it’s okay to want what you want just because you want it (13:30) The Power of Why – Discovering the oft-overlooked fuel that allows you to accelerate toward your dreams (15:09) Putting goodness on display – How reaching for your fullest potential is the surest way to reach your fullest satisfaction (18:29) Someday isn’t on the calendar – Uncovering why a goal without a deadline is just another unfulfilled dream (20:19) Success alone is not success – Unlocking the key to picking the right partner who will never leave you nor forsake you (21:10) Location, location, location – Success includes the freedom of choosing where to succeed…you possess the power to move at will (24:23) “Why” overcomes “how” – Identifying the reason you would choose to put yourself in the place where preparation and opportunity meet (26:59) The Golden Key in your pocket – How asking the right questions will help you successfully navigate through the Doors of Decision (31:21) Are you delusional or dedicated? – How taking the next logical step is the portal to the success pathway (33:18 Resources Mentioned In This Episode There Must Be More HabitShare Wanting What You Want How To Help Subscribe to the show through Apple Podcasts and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. Get The Transcript Right-Click and “Save As” to Get the PDF Transcript

On today's show, Allan Pease Shares his "Life Changing Question". A question that has led him to present in over 70 countries, sell over 27 million books, and have his TV series viewed by 100 million people globally. Allan also covers If you have a "JOB" you're set up to be 'Just Over Broke' You can make a career and living doing what you love. If you have to do something you don't love every day – GET OUT OF IT! His life changing questions: 'What is the thing that you love doing so much, you would do it for free, and you could get paid for it?' The answer to this, is where greatness lives. Decide and the answers will appear. If you're attracted to something, follow it. Decide WHAT you want to do, WHAT you want to have and WHAT you want to become, make a concrete decision and the HOW will follow. Why to NOT to listen to the advise of family and friends when you're clear on WHAT you want. Why hand writing your goals is more powerful than writing your goals electronically. The power of the "Reticular Activation System" (RAS) to help you find your HOW. How Allan's "RAS" led him to be one of the first Westerner's in The Soviet Union, and working with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. How to create a positive HABIT using the idea of DISPLACEMENT. Make a decision on how you want to be. Repeat POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS, over, and over and over. Your brain doesn't know the difference between reality and the positive affirmations you tell yourself. How Allan overcame advanced prostate cancer – and beat the odds of 3% survival rate by DECIDING he would, and then studying those who survived, and replicating what they did. Our decision on living or dying can cause us to live or die. 6th & 7th May – VIP WEEKEND WITH ALLAN. Resources Mentioned in this show: www.peaseinternational.com Recommended Reading: The Answer The definitive book of Body Language  Why men don’t listen and why women can’t read maps.  

Book Review In today episode, Val Lewis and I take on the topic of change management by reviewing the book “Our Iceberg is Melting” by John Kotter. The book is quick and easy read and incredibility insightful. If you need to make a change in your business, department, non-profit organization or you are interested in becoming a more effective manager, then this episode is for you. In a fun and lively manner, we focus on the first three steps of John Kotter’s Eight Step Process of Successful Change. The fable is about a penguin colony in Antarctica. A group of beautiful emperor penguins live as they have for many years. Then one curious bird discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home—and pretty much no one listens to him. The characters in the story, Fred, Alice, Louis, Buddy, the Professor, and NoNo, are like people we recognize—even ourselves. Their tale is one of resistance to change and heroic action, seemingly intractable obstacles and the most clever tactics for dealing with those obstacles. It’s a story that is occurring in different forms all around us today—but the penguins handle the very real challenges a great deal better than most of us. During this episode, Val and I bring our real-life experiences to the bear on the John Kotter’s “Our Iceberg is Melting.” We discuss the first three steps of the Eight Step Process of Successful Change which are: Set the Stage 1. Create a Sense of Urgency. Help others see the need for change and the importance of acting immediately. 2. Pull Together the Guiding Team. Make sure there is a powerful group guiding the change-one with leadership skills, credibility, communications ability, authority, analytical skills and a sense of urgency. Decide What to Do 3. Develop the Change Vision and Strategy. Clarify how the future will be different from the past, and how you can make that future a reality. This is the first of a two-part podcast. The conclusion to this podcast will be MOB 5b. If you want to be a better leader, you should definitely read this book.  You can buy the book here.

Every hunter has thought about owning their own hunting property at one phase of their hunting life or another.  Whether it turns into realty is another story. Sometimes it's a financial obstacle, sometimes, something else. What's fascinating is that we often overlook the income potential of owning a piece of whitetail heaven. As Dave Graham, a real estate agent from Iowa,  and Jake Huff, owner and real estate broker at the Huff Land Company, will reveal in this episode, there's lot to consider when buying a property where the big bucks roam.  Is it a fair price? Can it be financed? What about timber value?  Is there cash flow potential for row crops?  Jake and Dave touch on all these subjects and much much more. Grab a pen and a notebook.  We have lots to talk about.  OUR SPONSORS:  ScentLok Enforcer www.ScentLokEnforcer.com Advanced Treestands www.AdvancedTreestands.com Morse's Sporting Goods www.MorseSportingGoods.com DEER NEWS: Michigan Calls for Deer Cull with Presence of CWD Idaho Spends $650k to Feed Wildlife - Elk, Deer Antelope Washington State House OKs Payout for Deer Damage Maryland Teen Shoots Deer Inside of Home HERE'S WHAT WE DISCUSS: A Family Passionate about the Outdoors Making a Living in the Outdoors, Creating Huff Land Co. A Focus on Iowa, No Headlocks, A Niche It's Special to Own a Chuck of Dirt Iowa - A Deer Mecca, What's the Best? CRP Contracts, Timber, Return on Investment Row Crop Farming, Income, Recreational Property Walnut and Oak, The Diversity of the Land Buying Now for a Fall Hunt The Downfalls of Buying Whitetails Property Questions to Think About - Budget WRP Land Programs - Can Often Return the Entire Cost of Land The Use of a Forrester for Timber Esitmates The Value of Walnut and a 14" Diameter Appraisal and Pre Buy - Thinking of Capital Gains Kill Reports and Game Cams to Sell Property A Big Commitment - Not Making Mistakes Studying the Wildlife for Evaluation - Big Buck Sell How to Decide What a Property is Worth Fixer Upper - Can Land Work this Way? Vision of a Property and Habitat Should I Build? Is Land Financeable? Are Deed Safe? and Property Line Apps Hunting Skills and Techniques and Strategies, Gear Setup  Most Memorable Deer Hunts and 10 Rapid Fire Questions Our APP: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/app Help Support This Show: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/pledge FEEDBACK HOTLINE: 724-613-2825 REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE on iTUNES and Stitcher: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/itunes www.BigBuckRegistry.com/stitcher Want to Know When the Next Big Buck Podcast is Released? Then Join the Club: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/huntmail Submit A Buck: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/mybuck Be a Guest: Guests@BigBuckRegistry.com Share for Share: www.BigBuckRegistry.com/s4s Facebook: www.Facebook.com/bigbuckregistry Twitter: www.twitter.com/bigbuckregistry Feedback:Feedback@BigBuckRegistry.com Also find us on these fine networks:  Blubrry Libsyn TuneIn  CREDITS: This Show was Written, Edited, and Produced by Jason “Jay” Scott Ammann Deer News Written and Recorded by Jim Keller Chubby Tines Tip of the Week Written by Dusty Phillips

One of the biggest challenges to our productivity is to decide how to spend our time. And that means how to decide what to work on once you’ve completed the … Continue reading How to Decide What to Work on Next…

Overview of Episode #22. The following topics are covered:  Conversation model to help you effectively handle conflict, performance issues and sensitive subjects in a calm, confident, get results way four simple steps Greatest possibility for Building trust, cooperation and buy-in #4 in a four-part series on Accountability Questions for Suzie?  Call 770-578-6976, suzie@pricelessprofessional.com Timing on Recording: @  2:15--- Topic 1: Three Other Accountability-Focused Podcasts  #19  The R.E.V. Accountability Process - Three Steps to Help Leaders Improve Productivity    Road map for leaders – areas to take action on and to think about… Remove Obstacle Are Expectations clear?  (Dashboard)  Verify job fit #20 Setting Performance Expectations the Easy Way: Build Accountability w/ a Job Dashboard    How to create expectations. #21 How Amazon Creates a Culture of Accountability - An Interview with the Author of The Amazon Way  How amazon does it – expectations/ metrics = dashboard/expectations (LOT OF TIME)  If metrics are right and everybody has them – then – the conversations feel less personal, and people understand that there will be conversations; “Social cohesion is the enemy of accountability…”  I like you, I want us to be friends, I don't want to be the bad guy/gal” -  No secrets – leader goes first – admits what's not working, why, action plan… Timing on Recording: @  8:50 --- Topic 2:  Effective Course Correction Conversation How do you prepare so that you can have an effective course correction conversation – one that will help you clearly state the problem and get buy-in to begin make changes? Conversation a dialogue a back and forth where all of the information is shared and discussed with a focus on eventually coming up with a plan, together Awkward at first – clumsy – each time, easier, faster, more natural… First step is W- Warm Start– that is to begin the conversation with a calm and open demeanor. The next is: P – for Problem. This is where you state the problem and then you ask the other person, their view. Once the problem's been thoroughly discussed and there's been some agreement on it, you move to the next step, S – Solutions. Once one or more solutions have been selected you go to the fourth and final step with is: A-Agreement. This is where you confirm what actions will be taken and you set a time and date for review. That's it: WPSA. Timing on Recording: @ 14:00  --- Topic 3: Let's Go Into Detail Around Each Step... Warm Start. FOCUS:  Make the conversation as comfortable as possible given the circumstance. CHARACTERISTICS: •    Be Sincere and Real •    Be Specific •    Express what's right about this person, situation •    If the situation is super tense: at a minimum take the scowl off your face and offer warm eye contact, a firm handshake and calm demeanor. The next step is to into to Stating the Problem  FOCUS: State and Get Agreement on the Facts. Plan what you say in advance.  There are two steps. CHARACTERISTICS: Step 1-  You share your view of the facts, what you've seen and heard Be succinct, be direct Do not ramble. Step 2-  Ask: What's your view of this? Listen Aggressive – to understand. No, “Yea, but...” Just listen & ask questions. Breathe! Step 3 - SOLUTIONS-   FOCUS: Only move to solutions after you've both come to some agreement about the facts.  Let the other person start first CHARACTERISTICS: Part 1: Ask, “What ideas do you have?”  Questions to use: “Tell me more.”  “How would that help?” “What obstacles (or problems) would this create or cause?”“Do you have any additional ideas?  Breathe! Part 2: Share your ideas after the other person shares Part 3: Discuss Options and Decide What's Next You wrap up the discussion with an important, very simple step, Agreement. This simple step gets skipped over often. If you skip this step – you've blown it. If you do not confirm what you heard with what the other person heard – you do not have a commitment. FOCUS: Recapping What's Been Discussed. Confirming commitments. CHARACTERISTICS: •    Get the employee to restate the plan, agreement –“So Jim, we came up with some great ideas for improvement today – let's recap with you sharing what your plan is…”   Add anything that needs to be added or clarified. •    Add measurements •    Schedule a specific time for follow up That's WPSA. Timing on Recording: @  35:00  --- Topic 4: Your Turn - Get Out a Piece of Paper WARM START: How will you start the conversation? What will you do to demonstrate sincere care and appreciation. PROBLEM:  Step 1 – Describe the problem succinctly and factually. Step 2 – Ask, What's Your View? (listen) SOLUTIONS:  Ask, What ideas/ solutions do you have? (listen) List the ideas/suggestions you'll make here: AGREEMENT  EE Restate agreed upon solution. What date and time will you recommend for follow up Hardest parts – 1) stating the PROBLEM clearly, succinctly, factually and 2) listening to understand I remember one of my leadership class participants, Joe, a seasoned manager who was very skeptical of the steps we're about review together. He didn't think they would work. I challenged Joe to try it and then, if it didn't work he wouldn't have to come to class again. When we met again the following week, he stood up and said, “Well, I guess I'll continue to come to class because this stuff works!” He tried the communication template with one of foremen who had some safety issues and in the past had been defensive. Joe exclaimed, “I followed every step. It felt a little awkward to me, but my Foreman didn't seem to notice. We had a good discussion and we made progress. He didn't even stomp out like he usually does.” So if you're skeptical – I understand. But I will also challenge you – try it first. Okay?   Subscribe via iTunes or Leave a Review Books Mentioned in This Podcast Get a complimentary audio book and support this podcast by using my affiliate link:  www.pricelessprofessional.com/audible - Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, 2nd Edition - The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability - The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company Handout Mentioned: PDF Download of  the R.E.V. Accountability Process Questions Related Service: Short- Term Leadership Coaching – Using TriMetrix Schedule a Complimentary Consulting Call or Send Me Feedback: Contact Suzie STAY IN TOUCH: Are you a leader, trainer or consultant focused on building a Wake Up Eager Workforce?  Subscribe to this Podcast Here.   You can also sign up for monthly email updates, here.   Thank you for being a part of the Wake Up Eager Workforce Podcast!!

Welcome to ControlTalk NOW week ending April 19, 2015. Nino DiCosmo previews Tridium’s Open 4 Innovation; Functional Devices releases new product series; Contemporary Controls and SkyFoundry receive their trophies on center stage at the 2014 ControlTrends Awards; Stromquist Company streams Honeywell Radar Level training: CBRE Group, Inc. acquires Environmental Systems, Inc, and Johnson Controls’ Global WorkPlace Solutions (GWS) business (HUGE!); and Fred Gordy, technology evangelist for the McKenney’s Enterprise Intelligence Group posts another seminal piece on Cyber Threats and Cyber Security. Building a Great Experience with Niagara 4! OPEN 4 INNOVATION. We’re just a week away from the Niagara Forum!Tridium has been hard at work on Niagara 4 and is excited to share their progress with the Niagara community, so they sat down with president Nino DiCosmo to give us a sneak peek at what’s to come ahead of the Forum. With nearly half a million instances across the globe, the Niagara Framework is harnessing the power of the Internet of Things for buildings, data centers, manufacturing, smart cities and more. Functional Devices Announces Improvements to their Air Handling Unit Fan Safety Alarm Circuits. Choose either the six (RIBMNLB-6NO), four (RIBMNLB-4NO), or two (RIBMNLB-2NO) alarm circuits, which are simply devices that combine a common relay-logic function into a small, easy-to-install, and less expensive form. A master relay will open if any one of the normally-closed (N/C) inputs open. LED status of all inputs, the master relay, and power input is provided. Bypass of unused inputs is also provided. The RIBMNLB series is provided with mounting track for mounting in user-provided electrical enclosures. Honeywell Radar Level Control: Live Steam Training. Honeywell’s SmartLine® Guided Radar Level Meters use TDR (Time Delay Reflectometry) to measure distance, level, interface, volume and mass. Higher signal dynamics and a sharper pulse than conventional TDR devices ensure better performance.​ CBRE Group, Inc. Acquires Environmental Systems, Inc. Los Angeles, April 14, 2015 – CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced that it has acquired Environmental Systems, Inc. (ESI), a leading systems integrator and provider of energy management services in the United States. ESI develops innovative solutions that enable commercial property occupiers and owners to efficiently manage their building systems and remotely monitor and analyze energy usage in real time to identify and achieve potential savings. 2014 ControlTrends Awards Highlight: The Peripheral Product of the Year. Congratulations to George Thomas and the team at Contemporary Controls for winning the Peripheral Product of the Year Award at the 2014 ControlTrends Awards. Contemporary Controls is your ideal automation partner for applying ARCNET®, BACnet®, Controller Area Network, Ethernet, Modbus®, Niagara Framework®, and Sedona Framework technologies to your automation project. With over 35 years of experience in electronics design, development and manufacturing of networking and control products. CBRE to purchase Johnson Controls’ Global WorkPlace Solutions Business for $1.475 Billion. MILWAUKEE – [March 31, 2015] – Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) announced today it has reached a definitive agreement for the sale of its Global WorkPlace Solutions (GWS) business to CBRE Group, Inc., for $1.475 billion. The company announced its intentions to divest the GWS business in September 2014 as part of its strategy to invest in product businesses that are core to its multi-industrial portfolio and growth objectives. The agreement provides Johnson Controls with new channels for its offerings and when fully operational is expected to generate up to $500 million of annual incremental revenue for the Johnson Controls Building Efficiency business. System Integrators, Decide What is Your Liability Appetite. Cyber threats are ever increasing and along with it the government and private sectors are scrambling to create definitions of responsibility, regulations, and compliance. The impact to your controls business could be devastating if you are not prepared and do not understand the implications. Ignorance is no longer a defense. 2014 ControlTrends Awards HighLight: Building Analytics Software of the Year. Congratulations to John Petze and the team at Skyfoundry for winning the 2014 ControlTrends Awards Building Analytics Software of the Year. SkyFoundry’s SkySpark® Analytics Software automatically analyzes building, energy and equipment data to identify issues, faults and opportunities for improved performance and operational savings. SkySpark helps facility owners and operators find what matters in the vast amount of data produced by today’s smart systems. The post ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending April 19, 2015 appeared first on ControlTrends.

Lorrie outsources some of her work to other freelance writers, and writers all over the world hire proofreaders and editors to help them perfect their masterpieces. But how on earth do you go about finding the right person for the job? It can be a big decision, and a big responsibility, so Lorrie gives you the dos and don'ts for hiring a freelancer in this episode!Show Notes   Copywriting contract template Episode 20: Goal Planning - Your Freelance Aims for 2013 Episode 23: How to Decide What to Charge for your Freelance Writing Services Episode 24: The Art of Getting Paid Episode 25: Why and How to Charge More For Your Freelance Writing 7 Sins of Newbie Entrepreneurs   There are several ways to make sure that you don't miss out on A Little Bird Told Me.Subscribe via RSSSubscribe via iTunesFind us on Stitcher Smart RadioAnd finally, 'like' us on Facebook to be the first to hear our news and to talk with us about what you hear on the podcast!To find Lorrie online, follow these links:WebsitesLorrie's website: http://www.lorriehartshorn.comTwitterLorrie: @ThatWordyBirdFacebook:Lorrie: http://www.facebook.com/ThatWordyBirdLinkedIn:Lorrie HartshornBirdsong  Courtesy of http://www.freesound.org and freesfx.co.uk, thanks to: Justkiddink, Dobroide, Acclivity, Percy-duke, Ingsey101, 3bagbrew, Inchadney, Sean Townsend, Soundbytez, Urupin, reinsamba, 28-yuen-po, Tomlija, cakeje, gr8sfx, Bansemer, hutsvoid and Corsica_S, Jaturo.For artwork snippets, thanks goes to James Nash and Amir Rowaichi, for also Creative Commons Licensing their bird illustrations. Pippa's good at putting things together, but can't draw.

As a freelance writer, you might be called upon to proofread or edit work for a client. At the same time, you might need to hire a proofreader or editor of your own to check your work. But are you confident about understanding the difference between the two roles? How do you explain proofreading to clients? And how on earth do you choose your own editor when you need to hire one?In this episode, Philippa and Lorrie cover all these topics and more.Show NotesSimple Errors in Social Marketing Alienate UK UsersEpisode 19: How to Proofread Your Own WorkEpisode 23: How to Decide What to Charge for your Freelance Writing ServicesEpisode 4: Hot Topic: Writing and Editing for free - is it ever OK?120 Marketing Tactics For Your Blog (Infographic)The art of the interviewThere are several ways to make sure that you don't miss out on A Little Bird Told Me.Subscribe via RSSSubscribe via iTunesFind us on Stitcher Smart RadioAnd finally, please 'like' us on Facebook to be the first to hear our news and to talk with us about what you hear on the podcast!To find Lorrie and Philippa on the web, follow these links:WebsitesPhilippa Willitts's freelance writing websiteLorrie Hartshorn's freelance writing websitePhilippa Willitts's Social Media Writer websiteTwitterPhilippa: @PhilippaWritesLorrie: @ThatWordyBirdFacebook:Lorrie on FacebookPhilippa's main freelance writing Facebook pagePhilippa's Social Media Writer Facebook pageLinkedIn:Lorrie HartshornPhilippa WillittsGoogle+Philippa WillittsPinterestPhilippa WillittsBirdsong  Courtesy of http://www.freesound.org and freesfx.co.uk, thanks to: Justkiddink, Dobroide, Acclivity, Percy-duke, Ingsey101, 3bagbrew, Inchadney, Sean Townsend, Soundbytez, Urupin, reinsamba, 28-yuen-po, Tomlija, cakeje, gr8sfx, Bansemer, hutsvoid and Corsica_S, Jaturo.For artwork snippets, thanks goes to James Nash and Amir Rowaichi, for also Creative Commons Licensing their bird illustrations. Pippa's good at putting things together, but can't draw.

In episode 48, Lorrie and Philippa talked through lots of ways to both save money and avoid waste in a freelance writing business. In this episode today they explain even more top tips for saving cash, with ideas that will suit any self-employed writer.Show Notes Philippa's work bookshelf Directgov business information Citizens' Advice Bureau Episode 23: How to Decide What to Charge for your Freelance Writing Services 7 Online Filters And Site Blockers For Fighting Distractions Online Don't sweat the small stuff Episode 46: How to deal with criticism and negative feedback Worktimer Desktop There are several ways to make sure that you don't miss out on A Little Bird Told Me.Subscribe via RSSSubscribe via iTunesFind us on Stitcher Smart RadioAnd finally, please 'like' us on Facebook to be the first to hear our news and to talk with us about what you hear on the podcast!To find Lorrie and Philippa on the web, follow these links:WebsitesPhilippa Willitts's freelance writing websiteLorrie Hartshorn's freelance writing websitePhilippa Willitts's Social Media Writer websiteTwitterPhilippa: @PhilippaWritesLorrie: @ThatWordyBird Facebook:Lorrie on Facebook Philippa's main freelance writing Facebook page Philippa's Social Media Writer Facebook page LinkedIn: Lorrie Hartshorn Philippa Willitts Google+ Philippa Willitts Pinterest Philippa Willitts  Birdsong  Courtesy of http://www.freesound.org, thanks to: Justkiddink, Dobroide, Acclivity, Percy-duke, Ingsey101, 3bagbrew, Inchadney, Sean Townsend, Soundbytez, Urupin, reinsamba, 28-yuen-po, Tomlija.For artwork snippets, thanks goes to James Nash and Amir Rowaichi, for also Creative Commons Licensing their bird illustrations. Pippa's good at putting things together, but can't draw.

#867 Decide What to Do NextThe Bigg Success Show #867 (Duration 6:08)There's a secret to making decisions about what to do next in spite of the clutter, complexity, change and uncertainty we face today. Visit our blog for the mobile podcast player and to comment. http://biggsuccess.comThanks for listening!- George & Mary-Lynn