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February 3, 2004. Palmetto Bay, Florida. When you're a kid, there's almost no one you feel safer around than your best friend. This was the case for Jaime Gough with Michael Hernandez, his best friend. Jaime couldn't have known his name, along with 2 others were on Michael's “kill list,” and that his life would be taken at only 14-years-old. Did Michael have mental health issues that weren't treated, or was he simply a coldblooded killer?Get exclusive episodes and more from Justin & Aaron: patreon.com/generationwhyListen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/generationwhy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

   I don't want to be one of those old men that constantly gripe about stuff because I'm just generally mad. I like to think I have a positive outlook most of the time, but I'm no different from anybody else in that I have my days. Even when I'm putting together a piece for the podcast, I at least give it an honest shot at putting a light, humorous spin on things if I'm complaining. There are some things though, that no matter how happy I'm feeling at the moment, no matter how full of flavor my crunch berries were that morning, no matter how much Ram I currently have in my Rama Lama Ding Dong, I will always hate them with every tiny, sinuous fiber of my being. I'm going to tell you what those things are and why, even though I respect and fear God to the uttermost, I'll have a few questions for Him when I get to Heaven.    From Atomic Red Studios in the Granite Capitol of the World, I'm Michael Blackston, and this is a thought provoking episode of Funny Messy Life _________________________      (The following is a pre-enactment. It's how I think things are gonna go down once I'm comfortably in my heavenly mansion, which is inside a 24 hour Krispy Kreme, and God drops by to see how I'm settling in.) (Cue the music.)    (There's a knock at the door.)    ME: Who is it?    GOD:   It's God. (Pause) I've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty. (God howls with laughter.) Not really. (Longer pause.) It IS really God, though. I saw that the light was on.    ME:   OH! Sorry! Come in.    GOD:   This is niiiiice. You know, I've always remembered fondly on the day I created the doughnut, but all anybody ever appreciates is that chicken place. And they don't even know how to spell “chicken”, ha!     ME:   I for one, am a fan of the doughnut. I'm glad You made that happen.    GOD:   Well, I saw that it was good.    ME:   God, can I ask You a question?    GOD:   Sure.    ME:   Promise you won't get mad. Because I don't mean any disrespect; I'm just curious.    GOD:   I'm not mad now, Am I? I already know what you want to ask Me anyway.    ME:   You do? How … ? Oh, yeah.      The conversation will continue over fresh glazed doughnuts and coffee … (sorry Mormons, but God drinks coffee), and he answers my questions satisfactorily. Because He has His reason for everything; I just won't understand them entirely until I get up there. With that in mind, I'm going to post the questions and answer them with the explanation that I believe, in my imperfect flesh, might be God's reasoning. And because God has a cameo in this episode, and He already knows what my questions are, I'll let Him ask them for me.   Question #1. GOD:   Mosquitoes are food for bats, but fire ants? What's that about?    Fire ants are a direct punishment for God for the fall of man when Adam and Eve bit that fruit. The Bible is extremely detailed - astonishingly so, but it doesn't contain everything that was ever said by every character in it. I won't add to the words of The Bible, but I'm certain that among the things God was explaining would be a punishment for going ahead and eating the apple He specifically told them not to nosh, He included that curse. “Survey says, ….. Fire Ants! How do you like THEM apples?!”    Do we even have Aardvarks in the American south? I'm sure they're a delicacy for some animal. Armadillos maybe? They kinda look like an Aardvark wearing sheet metal. It's the only thing I can think of as a decent reason for fire ants. Food for Armadillos and a curse on the face of mankind to be endured through the ages by barefoot picnickers and anyone who dares walk anywhere in any grass anytime in the Deep South. Hate is a strong word - a terrible word. We don't use it nonchalantly in our home, but I hate fire ants. Kayla won't let me set the mounds on fire, but I often fantasize about what it sounds like as they die their tiny little devil deaths when they take the ant bait back to the queen. I imagine the squeals of agony and cries in the dark as they leave this earth to spend forever in hell and I find joy in it. Revelation tells of the end times when Satan and his demons will be thrown into the fiery pit to be tortured for all eternity. I'm kind of hoping that pit will be full of fire ant hills.   Question #2. GOD:   People need electricity, but the Power Company? What's that about?    Just a notch below Fire Ants is the Power company. I hated them when I lived in a different state, then I hated the new power company when I moved to Georgia, then I hated my current power company when I moved to another county. I used to think that as I got older, my pure, unadulterated loathing for the power company would subside. I would understand them. I thought I would learn to appreciate their culture of cold, unloving greed and megalomania.    But no.    As I've grown, I've learned to think of them in the same category as fire ants. Of course, I don't fantasize about people who work for power companies dying horrible deaths, but I do enjoy it when I see another house with solar panels on the roof. I imagine that for every solar panel that's added to a roof, a power company executive loses another golf ball.    I think God will tell me that He created them to test our capacity to love. Humans are easily disgruntled and carry grudges for extended periods of time, so maybe the power company is a way to teach us to see others through God's eyes. Sometimes, because we are told we should love everyone, we must learn to let God love them for us because we are weak. Even the wretched among us deserve love.   However, I fully believe that if power companies could find a way to operate off of pain, they would harness the evil of fire ants and feed on the tears of small children.    Question #3. GOD:   Jorts. What's that about?    There are jeans and there are shorts. Another curse on mankind, I'd wager. God was so upset with Adam and Eve that He felt the need to create the existence of a knee-length jeans/shorts hybrid. Fortunately for the world's first couple, God couldn't bring Himself to make them wear them, so He gave them the option to choose leaves and animal pelts to cover themselves. Later, He would still show mercy and allowed us the more fashionable toga, but eventually, our crimes would become so fierce that he flooded the whole earth, only to find that we would repopulate and create Florida Gator fans. That's when the curse of the jort hit us full throttle. Extra pockets couldn't even save us from the horror. God sent us a rainbow after the Great Flood as a promise to never render His judgement in that way again. We've gotten no such promise about the jorts, and so we must endure it until the end of time.   Question #4. GOD:   The Funny Bone. What's that about?    We all have one and we've all konked it on something. I've always wondered what was so dang funny about it. It's pain. I don't tend to laugh at pain. I handle pain about as well as any normal person, but that has never included slapping my knee, other than to bring the feeling back into my pinky finger. Because that's what happens when I bang my funny bone on a door jam. The feeling goes out of my pinky finger. I might slap my knee then, followed by shaking my arm all about like I'm playing some weird solo version of the Hokey Pokey, but laughter never, ever happens.    My suspicion on this is that God enjoys humor. Every other point on our body that is encountered rudely will behave in a similar fashion. It will hurt to varying degrees, but it is clearly pain. With the funny bone, it's still pain, but it's different. Our reaction to it is different, and, I suspect comical for Him to observe from up there on high. When we hit our funny bone, we stop for a second as the realization consumes us. Our eyes cross, and it usually feels to me like it happens in slow motion. Our mouths gape open for a silent moment, then the sounds come.    “uuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!”    When you're around company and you hit your toe on the bottom of a bedpost, you scream immediately, sharply, and try to compose yourself. Someone will have to ask if you're okay or what happened.    When you hit your funny bone, you have to announce it to everybody within earshot, and everybody within earshot will make the same face at once. It's that cringy, teeth bared grimace that might be followed by hissing sounds. It goes something like this:    You're in Dollar General and you're mad because they don't carry the cases of Propel flavored water and now you'll have to go to Walmart after all when you specifically came to DG to avoid having to do that. It's July, and in your irritation, you barrel down the aisle without paying attention to how close you are to the shelf full of Christmas decorations. You konk your funny bone a good one on the corner of the shelf and the hilarity ensues.    “uuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!” Your eyes cross in slow motion. “Funny bone! I hit my funny bone! Everybody, I just hit my funny bone!”    Everybody within earshot makes this sound … “HISSSSSSSS!”    “I hit my funny bone, everybody, and I can't feel my pinky now! OH GOD!”    And God, well He's up there holding a glazed doughnut and all of heaven hears … “HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! Funny bone!”      I think I ought to make a disclaimer here for anybody hearing or reading this who is thinking, “Did Michael just punch his ticket to hell with this one?”    The answer is no. I'm a staunch believer that if God made us in His image as we're taught, then He has a sense of humor, but I also prayed over this one before I started it. And while I never actually heard, “Go ahead and write it, My child,” I didn't feel Him telling me not to in my heart. I love The Lord with everything I have and I can't wait to really see Him face to face. I'll not have any actual questions for Him, because I believe either I'll know the answers, or they'll be inconsequential compared to His glory. And if He's a fan of the doughnut, I'll happily always keep the light on for Him.

California has truly opened up for the first time since the COVID pandemic started.  Did Michael get in on the fun?  Plus, what Father's Day movies should be on any "must-see" list? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cancel culture in the world of collaborative piano! David Servias sat down to interview me about trouble brewing in some of the Facebook piano groups. Read the full story. 0:02:16 – What’s the deal with Michael Korman? He seems to have a gift for offending people. 0:04:26 – Michael’s post in the Collaborative Piano group. 0:07:29 – Did Michael know it would piss people off? Does he think it stops them from hearing? 0:10:47 – Getting kicked out of other groups. 0:14:55 – Is it bad to get kicked out? 0:18:00 – When is it weird to kick people out of groups? 0:20:13 – Are you intentionally pissing people off for fun? 0:22:25 – What separates Michael from other piano teachers? 0:30:43 – When people misunderstand and change the subject. 0:36:52 – Having disagreements in good faith. 0:46:19 – Should people be getting along? Is conflict good or bad? 0:55:41 – When the mob constructs its own narrative. How and when to defend yourself.

Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.   Today, Justin Smulison welcomes a very special guest — 2021 RIMS Risk Manager of the Year, Michael Harrington!   Michael has led an incredible professional career that dates back to his time in the U.S. Armed Services to Director of Risk Management at Textron to his current role as Vice President of Risk Management at Lockheed Martin Corporation — with many roles in between! Michael has spent decades in the profession largely in the aircraft and aerospace sectors and has a truly rich background as a Risk Manager.   In this episode, Justin and Michael celebrate Michael’s win and discuss his influential contributions at Lockheed Martin that have benefited both the company, the aerospace industry, and the risk profession. They also discuss how he has overcome hurdles in his career, his risk philosophy, and his advice with rising risk professionals and those considering joining the profession.   Key Takeaways: [:01] About RIMS’s Global Membership. [:28] About today’s episode! [:36] About RIMS LIVE 2021 virtual event on April 19–29, 2021. [1:09] Last call to join this year’s Spencer & Sedgwick 5K Fun Run! [1:40] About today’s conversation with Michael Harrington [2:18] Justin welcomes Michael to the podcast! [2:29] Michael introduces himself and shares about his rich career background. [3:20] Why Michael decided to move transition into a law career after leaving the U.S. Army. [3:59] How and why Michael became a Risk Manager. [5:08] Michael speaks about moving into the role of Vice President of Risk Management at Lockheed Martin in April 2017. [5:52] About the programs Michael initiated and the work he did at Lockheed Martin that he was recognized for, as the recipient of the 2021 RIMS Risk Manager of the Year award. [8:56] Michael shares what it was like to take on a leadership role in driving forward incredible space missions. [9:44] Michael reflects on what it is like to talk about these astounding space missions with his fellow collaborators and partners. [10:43] Does Michael feel coolheaded or under pressure during crucial moments or massive decisions? [11:10] Michael shares his risk philosophy and reflects on how and where it was first formed. [12:50] Has Michael experienced his fair share of clients looking for last-minute approval or sign-offs? [13:30] Michael comments on a fire that occurred at a Santa Cruz location. [14:03] Has Michael ever been the lead risk professional for a company that had to handle a catastrophe issue? How did he handle it? [14:49] Did Michael use the same on-the-job training and mindset in the previous example that he did in the Santa Cruz fire? [15:37] About upcoming RIMS webinars! [16:50] Michael speaks about the legal hurdles that he overcame with regards to the U.S. Public Law 85-804 and the fantastic insurance program that came out of it. [18:45] How long it took to develop this insurance program from conception to formation to completion. [19:13] Was it difficult to overcome the responsibilities that came along with developing this program while still managing his usual day-to-day operational responsibilities? [19:47] Does Michael believe that his background and experience are what enabled him to be able to create and lead such a program? [20:47] What was it like for Michael to find out he was named 2021 Risk Manager of the Year by RIMS? [22:38] Michael shares his advice with rising risk professionals and those considering joining the profession. [24:25] How Michael helped drive Lockheed Martin’s response to COVID-19 in a way that greatly benefited frontline workers. [26:32] Justin and Michael discuss how many companies stepped up during COVID-19 and how Lockheed Martin stepping up during COVID-19 has been in alignment with their core values. [27:25] Michael shares what he would like to see happen in the risk profession and among risk professionals. [28:38] The importance of building a network as a risk professional and the current opportunities that are available to build your online profile and expand your network. [29:38] Michael shares some parting words with the RIMScast audience and the global risk management community! [31:04] Justin thanks Michael for joining the podcast, congratulates him on being recognized as RIMS 2021 Risk Manager of the Year, and highlights some of the links to check out in this episode’s show notes.   Mentioned in this Episode: RIMS Advocacy News: “RIMS Sets Advocacy Guidelines for COVID-19 Liability Protection Legislation” Michael Harrington on the cover of Risk Management Magazine’s 2021 Awards Issue “RIMS Risk Manager of the Year Awarded to Lockheed Martin Corporation's Michael Harrington” RIMS Webinars and Services: RIMS-CRMP-FED Virtual Prep Course — May 24–26th, 2021 Register now for RIMS LIVE 2021, April 19–29, 2021! Spencer & Sedgwick 5K Fun Run, April 20, 2021 — Register Today! May 5, 2021 | “Reputation Risks. Reputation Protection. Crisis Reduction.” May 13, 2021 | “The Risks and Rewards of Virtual Services” | Sponsored by Beazley Upcoming RIMS Webinars On-Demand Webinars RIMS Advisory Services — Ask a Peer RIMS Virtual Workshops Related RIMScast Episodes: “Risk Management in Higher Education with RIMS 2019 Risk Manager of the Year, Luke Figora” “Transformative ERM Programs with 2018 Risk Manager of the Year, Rebecca Cady “ “RIMS 2020 Award Winners: Mark Humphreys and Katherine Dawal” “RIMS 2020 Award Winners: Audrey Rampinelli and Larry Glasser” “Disruption and the Digital Age with Ward Ching” “Duncan Wardle, RIMS Live 2021 Keynote Takes Innovation to Infinity and Beyond” “RIMS Live 2021 Keynote Duncan Wardle Discusses Risk and Innovation” “Career Notes: RIMS Live 2021 Speaker Jade Simmons Talks Risk and Music” Download any episode of RIMScast. RIMS Publications, Content, and Links: Risk Management Magazine Risk Management Monitor RIMS Coronavirus Information Center RIMS Risk Leaders Series RIMS-Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP) RIMS-CRMP Stories RIMS Membership — Whether you are a new member or need to transition, be a part of the global risk management community!   Want to Learn More? Keep up with the podcast on RIMS.org and listen on iTunes. Have a question or suggestion? Email: Content@rims.org.   Join the Conversation! Follow @RIMSorg on Facebook and Twitter, and LinkedIn.   Follow up with Our Guest: Michael Harrington’s LinkedIn   Tweetables (For Social Media Use):   “Over the last three years [at Lockheed Martin], we’ve been on a journey to focus on our people, our programs … and platforms … our technologies, and our processes.” — Michael Harrington   “I truly believe that an exciting and interesting life or business involves taking risks and dealing with them.” — Michael Harrington   “You have to accomplish the mission. Mission first and people always — those are the two things that I live by.” — Michael Harrington   “The thing that I think is the most important about Lockheed Martin is really the core values of the company.” — Michael Harrington   “Anybody is welcome at Lockheed Martin. Anybody who can bring their talents … is welcome here provided you do three things: … Treat people with dignity and respect, you always have to try and do what’s right, and you always have to perform with excellence.” — Michael Harrington   “I believe [risk management] is a fantastic profession. Although I wound up in it … by accident, I’m incredibly grateful that I did!” — Michael Harrington   “I would tell young [risk] professionals to get involved. … Get involved in a spectrum of ways.” — Michael Harrington   “To anybody that gets asked to do something: … Where possible, say yes! Get involved. Broaden your skills. Become more valuable to your company and your team. … [And] become involved internally; don’t just sit in your office.” — Michael Harrington   “Risk professionals who get involved with their business ... help them get to ‘Yes,’ and get solutions accomplished in a risk-safe way are business enablers.” — Michael Harrington   “I encourage all of the risk managers in the field to get more deeply involved with their business. Make it a point. It might be difficult at first if you haven’t done it, but eventually the business will see the value.” — Michael Harrington

It's a FLASHBACK to the Top 15 calls from 2018!! Rebecca is upset with her husband, Michael, for going out to lunch with a woman who used to work with him. However, Michael doesn't understand what the big deal is. Did Michael cross the line?

Ben Golliver and Michael Pina open with the news that the NBA has officially announced its All-Star Game for Atlanta on March 7. From there, they break down the biggest roster debates for both the Eastern and Western Conferences. Should James Harden start over Bradley Beal? Julius Randle or Domantas Sabonis? Zach LaVine or Ben Simmons? Is there room for Trae Young? Should Jerami Grant, Nikola Vucevic and Gordon Hayward all get snubbed? In the West, should Anthony Davis be included despite his injury? Is there a case to include Mike Conley? How many Jazz players deserve to make the cut? Did Michael really leave off both Chris Paul and Devin Booker? Zion Williamson or Brandon Ingram?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our initial episode, Michael & Sara introduce Liminal!What is Liminal? (Did Michael make this term up?)Who is Walker Percy and Why Should I Read The Moviegoer?When Will the Liminal Community Discuss the Book Live?To Join the Liminal Community, Sign up for Our Newsletter!

Did Michael make a mask-wearing faux pas on Black Friday?  Jearlyn investigates.  Plus, what did her son do over this Thanksgiving weekend?  Is there concern with the research of the Nobel Prize-winning chemists?  And what are we looking out for in this pandemic era? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In tonight's midweek service, we are covering Jude 1:8-9 and Michael the Archangel's battle with the devil is discussed, we will look at questions about these two. Was the devil an archangel? Did Michael replace some of his duties after the fall? Why was this battle over the body of Moses important?

In tonight's midweek service, we are covering Jude 1:8-9 and Michael the Archangel's battle with the devil is discussed, we will look at questions about these two. Was the devil an archangel? Did Michael replace some of his duties after the fall? Why was this battle over the body of Moses important?

Stories in this episode: Vinnie’s experience of coming unto Christ is made up of small decisions that end up changing his heart in unexpected ways; Lisa's decisions about which hymns to sing at her son's funeral end up leading to a moment of profound healing. PLEASE NOTE: stories may contain themes addressing topics that are sensitive for some listeners. We suggest previewing before sharing with children or youth. Show Notes:  To see pictures and links for this episode, go to LDSLiving.com/thisisthegospel Transcript:  KaRyn  0:04   Welcome to This Is the Gospel, an LDS Living podcast where we feature real stories from real people who are practicing and living their faith every day. I'm your host, KaRyn Lay.  Well, here we are barreling toward another election here in the US. And it seems that whether we like it or not, decisions and decision making is in the air and it's on our minds. I, for one, love it. The thinking about the decision making, not the actual making of the decisions that I find desperately difficult sometimes, but the thinking about decision making that intrigues me.  I studied communications in school and the sheer amount of energy that researchers have put into understanding the who, what, where, and why of decision making is amazing. There are theories about the psychology of decisions, the neuroscience of decision making, the economy of decisions, everywhere you look, we human beings are trying to figure out how to make the right choice. Or if I go to my cynical place, we human beings are trying to figure out how to get people to make the decisions that we want them to make.  But there's a reason that we've invested so much effort in trying to figure this out. Decisions can feel weighty and really big. In fact, the origin of the word "decision" actually speaks to that. It comes from a Latin root of a word that I can't pronounce well enough to say it here and embarrass myself, but it means to cut off. When we make a decision, when we choose to go one way or the other, we are literally cutting off another option and all the possibilities that that option represents. If that isn't enough to make you never want to make another decision, I don't know what is. I hate the loss of all that possibility.  But one thing I think most of this research might be getting wrong in that careful analysis of the process is that decision making doesn't have to be so hard. As followers of Christ, we have access to some really powerful tools to help us know what to cut off and what to keep. And whether you are decisive or indecisive or somewhere in between, today's stories about the power of our decisions—both big and small—will get you thinking about what we choose and why we choose it. And how that has everything to do with moving closer to our best selves as disciples.  Our first story comes from Vinnie, who, like most of us, couldn't see the collective power of the decisions he was making until much further down the road. Here's Vinnie. Vinnie  2:37   Small decisions in our lives can lead to either good or bad consequences later on. And it's the small decisions that sometimes we don't even realize we're making that can affect us in so many different ways.  It all started very young. I grew up in a family just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. I had great parents, my dad's Catholic and my mom was a convert to the Church. We never went without anything we needed, but we definitely weren't rich or well off in anyway.  My parents both divorced when I was one, so pretty young. And they both remarried at some point when I was about two or three. And I don't know if it was the competitiveness between them. I was probably too naive as a young kid. But I was with my dad every other weekend. And we would go to the youth programs for the Catholic Church and see some of the people there or even sometimes there's activities for youth on Sundays or on the weekends that we were there. And when I was with my mom, we would go to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And so I got to have a taste a little bit of both.  My mom didn't go to church a lot. She went often but not regularly. And we weren't a family that had you know, family home evening that had dinner together. And we weren't a family that prayed together. We didn't do regular fasting. I didn't even know what fasting was until I was 18, 19 years old. And so we didn't have a lot of those basic teachings that you see in the Church now.  I think deep down, there was some feelings that there was a difference between the Catholic Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when I attended. Both churches teach great things. Both have great principles. But I felt more of something when I attended church with my mom, but I never understood what it was, never really knew what it was.  At some point, my dad stopped taking us to church. And my mom, she let us make a decision when we were about 14 whether we continue to go to church or what we wanted to do. I have two older brothers, one is four years older, the other one is five years older. They both decided not to go to church anymore. They went a totally different direction. I think for me, personally, this small decision that I was making there was that I wanted to please my mom.  And so I would go on occasion. Sometimes I would skip out or go do something else during church and then come back. And so there was some trouble that I got in, there's mischief that I did. And I was not living in any way that was to the standards of the Church. I would occasionally attend the youth meetings for the Church, got some good friends. I shouldn't say friends. They are friends, but one was a particular leader that really helped me. He was a Scout leader and I remember him even asking me, "When are you going to do this more and put more into this?" And I kept telling him, "No, I'm not going there." And so that was one of those decisions that I was like, "No, I don't want to do this." And I would get mad if people would say something about a mission or something like that because it wasn't in my plan. I had no desire to do that.  It was at this point, when I was just about graduating high school, where I had to make some more decisions. And my brothers, I had watched them get into some serious trouble and some really bad situations. And I made the decision that I wanted to get away, I wanted to do everything I could to be the opposite of what I saw. And it was then I made the decision to go to Chicago, at 18 years old, to get away from everything.  And at that point in my life, I was thinking away from everything. Away from church, away from family, I wanted to go do my own thing. By being the mama's boy that I was, my mom made me promise that I will at least try to go to church. So here I am in Chicago by myself, and I went a couple times to a ward that I found. And I was the individual that sat in the back, that wouldn't take the sacrament. And that as soon as it was over, I would run out the back. And I was the person that would complain to my mom, and one of my friends back East that nobody talks to me. But yet I was the one not making any effort at all to talk to anybody else.  And the last time I had gone to that church, I was walking out, and an individual stopped me and he said, "Hey, I've never met you." And I said, "That's okay." I had the East-Coast attitude. And he says, "Who are you? Where are you from?" And we talked for a moment and I said, "Look, I gotta go." He goes, "Hey, I just want to let you know you're going to the wrong ward." I said, "Come on, how many words are in Chicago?" And he gave me the information of the other ward. And I said, "Okay, thanks. I'll see if I can make it." I walked out the door.  And I shared this experience with my mom, and she goes, "You need to promise me you'll try one more time. You need to at least contact this bishop and try one more time, and then I won't bug you anymore about it." I said, "Okay." Now I've got my way, right? I can go do this one more time. It's been the same every single time. And I can move on and not worry about it. And it was here where I called the bishop and he was nice, but I was short. And he gave me directions and it may have been a week or two before actually went. It wasn't like right away.  And so I get in the car and I follow directions. And I got absolutely lost. Here I am in Chicago, lost, no clue where I am. This was before cell phones. So I didn't have any way to call anyone or look anything up. I didn't have a GPS. So I looked at the directions. And I kind of set a prayer off the cuff and just said, "You know, if you want me to go to church, you're gonna have to find this because I don't want to go anymore. I'm done. I have other things I need to do and I don't want to do this anymore." And I looked down at the note and this thought came to me, and again, there's another decision, right? I said a prayer. Whether it was consciously or subconsciously, I wanted his help. But I didn't want it because of my own pride and natural-man self.  And I looked down at the directions. And I just had this thought come to my mind, "What if it's a left instead of a right?" And it wasn't five minutes later, I was parked in the parking lot of the church and I was kind of dumbfounded. I was like, "You got to be kidding me." Here it was at this point where I went, "Well, I made the promise to my mom. I'll do this one time, and then I'm done."  So I walked in and I sat, again, way in the back away from everyone. And I listened and as I sat there, I don't remember who was speaking, I don't remember the hymns that were played, but I remember being scared to death. Because all of a sudden, I felt something that I had never felt before and certainly never that strong, if I ever had felt it. I literally was like, "I don't know what this is," and it scared me. And as soon as they said, "Amen," I ran for those glass doors to get out of that building. I could not run fast enough.  And all of a sudden, this man stops me. He said, "You must be Vinnie." And I looked at him and I said, "What?"And he said, "I'm Bishop Coleman." I mean, here's a bishop that has this whole ward, he knew that I was there and what my name was because he knew every member of his ward. And he knew that he had to run off of that stage to get to me. And he grabbed me and he said, "Come talk to me for a few minutes." And it wasn't long, it was just brief. We sat down in his office and talked for a few minutes. And again, I'm scared to death. I'd never felt this feeling. But I'm looking at this man going, "How on earth did you do this?" And then that's where a series of decisions and choices in my life changed everything. He introduced me to a sweet, sweet lady. She was over the young single adults at that time. And she said, "Come be with us. We have these great single adults here, come upstairs to the classroom." And I said, "No, I cannot do that." And she got my information, I got hers, and I left. And I was like, "I'm not doing this. I can't do this anymore." And I ran away, not wanting to go back, but also deep down realizing something just happened. She was so sweet to reach out to me. And I couldn't say no, because I knew deep down there was something there. And she was a convert from Brazil. And she loves the gospel, absolutely loves the gospel and loves people. And all of her kids were away at college. And she took me in as one of her own boys and taught me and changed my life forever.  So as I was developing a testimony here. I was working in Chicago and also going to school. And in between work and school, I had about an hour of time and I would sit there and I would read the Book of Mormon as I would eat lunch. Here I was going to church and reading the Book of Mormon for the first time ever in my life. And I hung out a lot with these young single adults, they were so much fun.  And I remember one weekend, we were all together, we were playing games, and there were some returning sisters and some return elders that we were with. And they were talking about their mission. They were talking about experiences that they had people that they taught. And I don't know if they'd planned this for me or what, but it worked. Because they didn't pressure me. They didn't ask me about whether or not I was going to serve a mission. They were just being friends. But all of a sudden, it started to stir within me because during this year of being in Chicago by myself, I had began to understand what the Atonement really meant, and what changing your life really meant. And it was here, as I was listening to my friends talk about their mission. And I had this overwhelming feeling that I needed to share what I learned.  And that next day was fast Sunday. I had not born my testimony since probably when I was a young kid. And I got up and I poured my testimony about a desire to serve a mission. It was then that the bishop grabbed me right after again and said, "Oh, we're gonna plan this." Next thing I know, I've got my papers turned in.  When I made that decision to serve a mission, I actually called my dad and told him that I was going to serve. And he had already helped me line up a job that I would have after graduating from college. And he was really disappointed at me. He wanted me to take that job and wanted me to help take care of my mom. And our conversations didn't end the greatest. And I didn't say much to him afterwards. I don't think we talked for over a month. And when I called my mom to tell her it was an interesting conversation too.  When I called my mom and I said, "Mom, I've made a decision." She said, "You're not getting married." I said, "No Mom, I'm not getting married." And she goes, "Well you're not coming home." And I said, "Well, you already knew that." And I said, "But I'm going to go serve a mission." And the phone just went silent. And it felt like it was forever. And then after however long, she said, "Are you sure?" And I had to stand up to my sweet mom and say, "Yeah, I'm sure." And she just couldn't believe it. All those little decisions that I had made along the way, even from a little kid, just wanting to follow my mom and please my mom made a huge difference in my life.  You know, I made that decision that I wanted to leave home and never go back and have something different than what my brothers had and what my brothers' decisions were. My brothers are good guys. And they're trying to do what they feel is right. And I still look up to them in many ways. But I wanted to do something different to do it my way.  Little did I know that my way would turn into the Lord's way and how thankful I am because now I've got the most beautiful wife in the world. I've kept six amazing children that are building testimonies. And we're doing our best to live the gospel.  I think we need to create our own way. And if you truly give your heart to Jesus Christ, and you want to make Christ happy because you've built that relationship with Him, then you make the choices necessary, big or small.  I look forward to that day when I can see Christ and he opens his arms. I know in the scriptures that says he'll say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." I don't want him to say a word. I just want to fall down and hug him because he made it possible for me to be forgiven. And he made it possible for me to change everything in my life. And now I have a better way of life. KaRyn  17:15   That was Vinnie.  You know, what I love about Vinnie story is that at the outset, it might seem like it's too small to matter. At least that fear is one of the things that Vinnie said initially kept him from deciding to call the pitch line when he first felt the stirring. But friends, do you know what an epic story is? It's nothing more than a collection of tiny moments of decision that build and build and build upon one another until something has to break, something has to transform. And the transformation is only possible because of all those small moments that led up to it.  In the case of Vinnie's story, the transformation is a testament to the Atonement—from reluctant people pleaser and mama's boy to a willing servant— all in the span of a half a lifetime. That is epic and inspiring in its scope.  And what's coming next is worth noting too. Generations starting from those decisions that Vinnie made, will walk toward their own epic story of building and deciding and building and transforming. And that's big, that's really big.  Our final story of decisions that make all the difference comes from Lisa. A quick note, Lisa's story involves an accident that might be difficult for sensitive listeners to hear.  Here's Lisa. Lisa  18:37   I was aware of three things as I struggled back to consciousness. The first of those was there was a significant amount of pain. The second was I was pretty sure that my son Michael had passed away. And I didn't know why I thought that. And the third thing was I was enveloped in an overwhelming, palpable peace.  I opened my eyes and I was in a hospital room and my husband, Dean, and his brother Philip were sitting there in the room with me. And the first thing I asked was, "Did Michael pass away?" I asked my husband and he said that yes, Michael passed away. And my next question was, "Why do I feel such peace?" I was very confused because losing Michael would make sense with me feel, you know, if I felt devastated and, you know, crushed. But peace didn't make any sense to me.  Earlier that day, we had gone to see a melodrama that my sister was in. And the night of the first performance, no one else in my family could go but I went and I came home and just raved about it. She was so cute. And she sold the show and it was hilarious. And so after I told my family about it, my daughter Abby, who was 14 said, "Well, I want to go." And so I said, "Sure. We can go."  Before it was time to go, my son Michael, who had turned, just turned 23, was there and I said, "Michael, you want to come with us?" And he decided he would go with us. So the three of us went to the melodrama. And it was just a nice evening, then it was time to go.  We walked out of the church house. And as we walk to the car, my son said, and this is a line from a Brian Regan sketch, that comedian Brian Regan. He said, "Backseat middle, my feet on the hump." And that was Michael's way of telling Abby that she could sit in the front seat because he knew that she loved it.  So he sat in the back, and we all got in. And our family has always worn seatbelts. Michael did not put on his seatbelt that night. And, you know, I didn't check. He's 23. We just drove off. And we were about a mile away from the church house when I entered an intersection. This is in a residential, it's 25-miles-an-hour. And we were hit by a pickup truck that was being driven by a man who was intoxicated.  The onboard computer said he was going more than 80 miles an hour. He did not tap his brakes and it hit right behind my door. So the door right behind the driver's side door and spun us around. Our car hit a parked truck hard enough that it broke its axle.  And during that, Michael was thrown from the car. He was killed instantly. My last memory is about two blocks before the accident. And then my next memory is five hours later, when I woke up in the hospital. I was in one room in the emergency room. My daughter was in the other. My husband got there and he was like, I don't like, he didn't know where which room he should go in. And he was told that I was unconscious. And that there was a nurse with me. But Abby was awake. So he went in there because that's where he was needed. After a while, he came into my room and I was unconscious. And there was a nurse who was holding my hand and crying. And that is just so tender to me. I don't know who she is. I don't worry about how do not I have any memories of the emergency room.  But she knew what had happened. She was holding my hand and crying with me. And that's just very, that's sacred to me that this good woman, this good nurse—it wasn't all about just the medical, you know, medical procedures. There was some real caring and loving there for these people who had been through this. I was released later that morning. I had a bad concussion. And most of my injuries had to do with wherever the seat belt was holding me holding me back. But things weren't life threatening. I did have a vertebrae that was broken in my neck, but nothing that impacted my spine. You know, that was all fine. Abigail was released the night before. That morning as it got to be morning, my husband started calling our child or other children and my parents and letting them know what had happened. And our children started gathering and that was a real gift to be together to have them there. You know, of course, emotionally, we're pretty fragile. Physically, I was it was months before I didn't have a great deal of pain every day.  At that point, I was walking but not before. Most nights, I'd fall asleep for a while and the pain would wake me up and it was some nerve pain and there isn't good pain medications that help with nerve pain. It was so painful, it was just an agony. So I would just kind of pace the floor and, you know, try to get through it.  And one night in the middle of that, I had the thought, "He did this to you." And it was true. The drunk driver is the one that had caused this pain. You know the pain, the physical pain, but also the emotional pain. And that was immediately followed by, immediately afterwards, the words came into my mind, "There is nothing worthy about that thought." And I knew that dwelling on that thought would take me farther from God. And I desperately needed God. So I just turned away from that thought. And I didn't ever have another thought along those lines. And every few years, the Lord teaches me more about gratitude. And it's a principle that I've really come to love for the blessings that it gives us. And I just kept feeling, I just kept having the recurring thought that during this saddest, most difficult time, you know, that the hardest thing that our family had been through, that I needed to find a way to be grateful, to still praise God and thank him for his blessings.  And, of course, I was continually grateful for the peace. I am well aware that there have been many good, faithful people who have lost a loved one that didn't have immediate peace like that. I don't know why we had that immediate piece. Everyone's path is different. But that was such a gift.  I mean, of course, we're very sad. And, but you, I couldn't, to say we were devastated, is taking it too far. Because that peace didn't allow for devastation. You know, sadness, yes. A great deal of sadness. But we weren't devastated. So of course, I was grateful for that.  I was also grateful to have my family around. I was also very grateful because our ward and neighbors and extended family just rallied around us, you could feel that their prayers were helping you. There was more food here then we could eat, you know, just people were so kind. So of course, it was, I was grateful for those things.  And, but I still kept having the feeling that we needed to find a way to be grateful. And I have always loved hymns. From the time I was a little girl. I remember having spiritual experiences in sacrament meeting as we sing hymns. So it was very natural for me to, you know, as I'm trying to decide, "So how do we do that?" my thought turned to the hymns.  And we're planning a funeral. And try to find some hymns that were praising the Lord. That's, that, that was the thought that I had, so that we should sing hymns of praise during the funeral. We started with, "I Love to See the Temple" because we always sing that song to our family. And Michael loved the temple. So we started with that, that was the opening hymn, was a congregational hymn. And then partway through we sing, "Sing Praise to Him." And because it was my thought that we should sing hymns of praise, I tried to do that while we sang. Um, because I knew it was Michael's time, that his work on the earth was finished, I could sing and mean it. Well, maybe I shouldn't say mean it. Have faith that it was true, even if I didn't know it. "That within the kingdom of his might lo,. all is just, and all is right".  So that's what I tried to do when we, as we sang. I tried to, to praise the Lord, because he had grown to be overwhelming peace and acknowledge that my son's work was done on the earth. And I wasn't worried about where Michael was. I knew where he was.  We sang as a closing hymn, "Press Forward Saints." And I chose that for a couple reasons. It felt like it's the message Michael would want those that he loved to hear, that all of us might press forward with steadfast faith in Christ. And then at the end, it has those three beautiful alleluias at the end of every verse, so we also got to praise the Lord. And it was interesting. Both my family and my husband's family, we all sing. I wish we sang with more gusto in the Church. In that funeral, we did. It was, it was loud. And during that closing hymn, there just came such a feeling of joy into the room. As I thought back on it, I actually think because every death is actually also a homecoming, I think it's my belief that the Lord allowed us to feel some of the joy of his homecoming.  The song ended, we had the closing prayer. And as we walked out, there was just so much joy in the room, I was actually self-consciousness. We walked out behind the casket, everyone's standing, you know, obviously watching the family as they walk out, and I could not wipe the smile off my face. And I was a little self-conscious, they're gonna think I didn't even love him for smiliing as I walk up my son's casket, but there was real joy in that room. I've never felt anything like that, if you know, before, it was just very sweet.  The pain of losing Michael that had been, it had felt like a raw, open wound. which I'd never experienced peace and sorrow like that. At the same time, I thought being at peace meant you're happy, you know, your content. And I learned that wasn't true. But that raw, open wound, it had been very skillfully stitched closed.The pain wasn't over. But real healing had begun. And I know that the Great Physician did stitch that wound closed.  Um, we've continued to mourn. You know, we still miss him. I cried I think pretty much every day for the first year. You know, I miss his smile. He had amazing hugs. And I just want to fill his arms around me, you know, Michael was the happiest baby I have ever had. And Michael has always been very laid back. He loves everyone. He's always loved everyone. And he was also the kind of kid that, as a parent, if I needed him to actually hear what I was saying, I had to grab his face. And say, "Michael, I'm going to ask you to repeat." Now, as an adult. I didn't say that anymore. But you know, growing up, I'm going to ask you to repeat what I tell you. And he, when he was about 14, or 15, I asked him one day I said, "Michael, where are you when I think you're listening to me, but you're not." And he looked really sheepish and he said, "On a medieval battlefield," which was fantastic. I love that. Before we lost Michael, I would have assumed that when you were mourning someone that you lost that petty much all of your crying and mourning would have been in the privacy of your own home. Um, that was my assumption and that is not how it's turned out. It hits you. Sometimes in the middle of Walmart, you know. There have been times when I really struggled to get out the door because something just made me think of Michael. So I'd just really quickly get out the door and go cry in my car. But I have found the majority of my crying and mourning for Michael. Well, the majority of crying about Michael has happened during sacrament meeting and I didn't want to do it during Sacrament meeting. I wanted to be home where it was private. But I'll be honest, some of the tears are just about missing him. But most of the tears have been gratitude for the Savior's Atoning sacrifice, and that he has overcome both physical and spiritual death.  I have all, I've understood intellectually, that our plight would be desperate without the Savior sacrifice for us. But losing Michael has made it very real to me, how desperately hopeless everything would be if it weren't for the Savior, Jesus Christ. The fact that the Savior overcomes death and sin is very concrete and real to me now. I do believe that the small thing I did, of just finding hymns and then trying to express real gratitude as I sang them, I believe that that small thing resulted in a huge amount of healing. KaRyn  34:58   That was Lisa. Every time I hear her story, I'm struck with the gift that she received from the Spirit to let her move past blame into peace. I've never lost a child or even a close loved one at the hand of someone else, but I imagine that is not the way it plays out for everyone in a similar situation. Our hearts are drawn in love and sustaining for those who are struggling right now to make peace with that particular wound.  And I think I learned something powerful about decisions from Lisa's experience. Making the right decision for us, even one guided by the Spirit, does not exempt us from the experiences of the mortal condition. Lisa chose to follow the prompting to let those feelings of blame go and that offered her peace of mind. But it couldn't protect her from her grief. And isn't that exactly why we chose to follow Christ in the first place? It's why we were so desperate to come to earth and have agency, we wanted to experience life. We wanted to experience all of it. And sometimes I think I put too much weight on my decisions, and I turn them into something more than what they actually are.  Making the next best decision matters, but not because it's going to guarantee me some protection from pain or embarrassment or helped me maintain my pride. I mean, I love to be right as much as the next guy, but if I'm making my decisions with the goal of being right, I think I'm skirting a sacred opportunity to get it right instead.  If you're a longtime listener to the podcast, then you probably remember our episode "The Paths We Choose" from season one. It had a really moving story from Chris and Eric, whose decisions had led them down some wandering paths. Their story reminded us that Jesus Christ is the restorer of paths, especially wandering ones, and that through the Atonement, all roads lead us back to him the minute that we turn our hearts in his direction. It's a miracle really. And maybe knowing that makes us wonder why we even try. If Christ can make up the difference of our failures and fix all of our poor choices, why should I spend my energy like so many researchers trying to figure out how to make the best choice? Well, I think the answer to this is in the realization that our decisions matter because they are a tool for proving where our hearts lie and with whom our hearts align.  In the October General Conference, Elder Bednar reminded us that, quote: "Tests in the school of mortality are a vital element of our eternal progression. Interestingly, however, the word 'test' is not found even one time and the scriptural text of the standard works in English. Rather, such words as 'prove,' 'examine,' and 'try' are used to describe various patterns of demonstrating appropriately our spiritual knowledge about understanding of and devotion to our Heavenly Father's eternal plan of happiness, and our capacity to seek for the blessings of the Savior's Atonement. He who authored the plan of salvation described the very purpose of our mortal probation using the words 'prove,' 'examine' and 'try' in ancient and modern scripture. 'And we will prove them herewith to see if they will do all things whatsoever the LORD their God shall command to them." End quote.  Making decisions, having a choice to make, that's all part of this glorious plan of salvation that we signed up for. We chose it. It's an opportunity to show God here on this imperfect and flawed earth with our imperfect and flawed brains and wills, that we choose him again, and again, and again. And while our decisions don't determine our divinity, they do determine our eternal destiny, which is to find ourselves on the right hand of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  So we pour our hearts into the work of making the next best decision, to say that prayer and try one more time to find the church in Chicago even though it would be easier to just go home. Or to hand over our feelings of anger and blame to the Savior instead of letting them fester in our hearts. We pour over those decisions because they have the power to move us one step closer to that destiny, and we're going to mess up. We'll allow those good decisions to build us up in pride sometimes, and maybe we'll unrighteously judge another person for the decisions that they're laboring with. But ultimately, if we choose to recognize that our decisions are a proving ground, think of it like a series of teeny tiny pop quizzes that will lead to our epic transformation through Christ. We can worry less, and love more, and try again tomorrow. That's it for this episode of "This Is the Gospel." Thank you to our storytellers Vinnie and Lisa for sharing their stories and their decisions with us. We'll have a link to Elder Bednar's talk, as well as more information about both of our storytellers in our show notes at ldsliving.com/thisisthegospel. You can also get more good stuff throughout the week by following us on Instagram or Facebook @thisisthegospel_podcast.  All of the stories on this podcast are true and accurate, as affirmed by our storytellers. And of course, if you have a story to share about living the Gospel of Jesus Christ and deciding to follow Him, please call our pitch line and leave us a story pitch. The best pitches are going to be short and sweet and have a clear sense of the focus of your story. Call 515-519-6179 to leave us a message.  If today's stories have touched you or made you think about your discipleship just a little more deeply, will you share that with us? You can leave a review of the podcast on Apple, Stitcher, or whatever platform you listen on. And if you can't figure out how to leave a review, which I totally get, you can go to our Instagram page in the highlights for some tips. Every review of this podcast helps us to show up for more people who are looking for good things to listen to.  This episode was produced by me, KaRyn Lay, with editing and story production help from Erika Free. It was scored, mixed and mastered by Mix at Six Studios. Our executive producer is as always Erin Hallstrom. You can find past episodes of this podcast, including that episode from season one that we mentioned, "The Paths We Choose," and other LDS Living podcasts at ldsliving.com/podcasts. Show Notes + Transcripts: http://ldsliving.com/thisisthegospel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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John Vranas is Chief Development and Marketing Officer for the Humane Society of the United-States. He has a stellar track record of helping organizations raise money and make significant impact in people's lives, society and now animals. Over the years he has rolled out cool programs and partnerships and he comes on the show today to share his experience with us.   ABOUT OUR GUEST Before his work at the Humane Society of the United States, John oversaw the creation and execution of all global projects for fundraising, communications and marketing at Make-A-Wish International. Before that, he served as Vice President of Fundraising for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and Senior Vice President of Field Operations at ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as well as the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. Vranas is a graduate of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.   GET IN TOUCH WITH JOHN ON LINKEDIN   THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS Podfly Productions: Podfly.net Veterans of Foreign Wars: VFWpost1.org OC Executive Search: OCExecutiveSearch.com   KEY TAKEAWAYS [1:52] Michael introduces John Vranas and asks him to share an interesting tidbit about himself.   John shares how rewarding this side of business can be, and explains what the Humane Society of the United-States is and how it differs from the Humane Society.   SO HOW DOES ONE BECOME A CDO [6:18] John speaks to the trial and error nature of his own career path and how the size of charities has increased enough nowadays that it is becoming a valid career path to be intentional about.   THE JERRY LEWIS TELETHON [9:33] Michael shares his experience of the telethon as a child which leads the conversation to how donation has changed through the years and how it has also remained the same.   NECESSARY SKILL SETS [11:53] John talks about the various skills both learned and innate required to succeed in this type of work.   OUTSIDE OF THE BIG DONOR ROLODEX [13:10] Though the size of donations may differ from one organisation to the next, the important measurement in charities is engagement, John explains how quantitative analytics can lead you to miss the greater picture.   CDO IMPACT [15:56] Aside from driving funding, the impact expected of a CDO is engagement, John touches on working towards closing the gap between donors and causes (from ‘you’ and ‘we’ to ‘us’).   DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING [18:26] John explains how his various roles have converged and what he’s learned along the way.   FUNDING PROJECTS [20:31] John touches on the dynamics of program funding within an overarching funding strategy, as well as the biggest pitfalls to avoid when it comes to donor relationships. He also shares how the ideas for specific programs come about and the requirements for launching and sustaining them.   HIRING SKILLS [27:39] Having a sense of purpose and fitting in the team are very important and John shares the one type of error he will excuse and the one type he won’t.   BASEBALL [29:44] The analogy stands, whether you work at the community level or at the National level, it boils down to the same important factors.   Michael reflects on his own reticence in using veterans’ stories to build engagement at VFW1, John echoes these thoughts but shines a different light on it.   ADVICE FOR ASPIRING C’s [33:47] Understand the position and be comfortable watching other people succeed around you. He also explains what is expected of his position for the benefit of listeners.   Sidebar! [35:30] Did Michael eventually tell Scott Kelly what to say!?   PREPARING FOR A C CHAIR [38:37] Learning to put the right people in the right places may be your greatest asset.   KEY CAREER MOMENTS [40:27] John shares that even though he never directly aspired to the C-suite, his nature got him to take on more and say yes to opportunities.   CONTRIBUTING BETTER [43:00] John shares his advice on how people can better contribute to help their non-profits.   ADVICE JOHN STILL USES TODAY [44:35] This is a piece of two-part advice for which John shares a personal story.   BEST WORST JOB JOHN EVER HAD [47:04] Industrial painting in the hot Virginia summer!   [49:29] Michael thanks John for coming on the podcast to share his insight and closes out the podcast with his favorite takeaways.   We hope you learned something today and enjoyed the conversation. Please give us 5 stars on iTunes and share your comments so we can improve and ask the questions you want to hear.   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Humane Society of the United-States   SPECIAL THANKS TO Jalan Crossland for the music Angela Johnson at OC Executive Search Joseph Batty at Podfly Corey Coates at Podfly   ABOUT YOUR HOST For the past 20 years, Michael Mitchel, B.A., has been interviewing leaders in their fields. He started his career recruiting for United Parcel Service in Seattle, where he implemented the company's Welfare to Work program for the Washington State District. He has recruited for Federal agencies and U.S. Department of Defense contractors for classified programs internationally. He Founded OC Executive Search in 2001 to serve companies ranging from startups to Global F10.   Michael is an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Navy and enjoys skiing, cycling, traveling, photography as well as hiking in the Colorado Rockies with his cattle dog, Kala the Wunderdawg.   FIND MICHAEL MITCHEL ON LINKEDIN AND ON TWITTER

Michael MacKinnon – Owner of MacKinnon Anesthesia PLLC, Co-Founder, Lecturer, Ultrasound Regional and Vascular Instructor at CE2You, Nurse Anesthesiologist and Partner at Northeastern Anesthesia PLLC, and Adjunct Faculty member at Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia, Midwestern University and National University, talks to Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy Podcast. Michael shares his knowledge about becoming an ACLS instructor, creating an education company and why hospitals are hiring anesthesia management companies.    Episode Highlights:  Michael talks about his upbringing and education.   What motivated Michael to teach and provide training?  What’s required to become an ACLS instructor?   Why is a business entity useful?  Did Michael keep his education company running while in school?   How did he land his first major deal to start a group? How should you estimate the potential revenue for a facility?  What advice does Michael have to fend off companies trying to ‘out contract’ you?  Why are hospitals taking on AMCs?  What are hospitals looking for from outside service providers?  How and why did Michael start his education company CE2You?   What are the challenges when running an education company?    What does the CE approval process look like?    3 Key Points: The reasons why hospitals are taking AMCs include economies of scale, the back office and quality level.   Medicare is the biggest commercial payer.  When selling to a hospital, be ready to provide quality of service, cost-effective service and consistent service.    Tweetable Quotes: “Employment taxes are what your company pays. As a W2, you pay half and the company pays half, and those are things like social security and that kind of stuff. You can only pay more up to a certain number.” – Michael MacKinnon “You have to determine if it’s a contract that’s viable to your organization. Is it in a place where you think you can get people to work? Does the facility have a reasonable expectation of services for the volume of caseloads?” – Michael MacKinnon “If your overall contract value is less, you may require more subsidies than the AMC to do the same job.” – Michael MacKinnon   Resources Mentioned: JasonDuprat.com Jason Duprat: Linkedin  Facebook Michael MacKinnon: Linkedin  ce2you.com #HealthcareBoss #HealthcareEntrepreneurAcademy #healthcare #anesthesia #CRNA #training #education #ACLS

When the Discovery receives a distress call. It’s up to Ganglia-full Saru to lead a crew against a surprising threat. But when Tilly comes in with a warning message, it's time to beam-down and investigate. Are Ba'ul lurking behind the corners? Did Michael secretly wish to be captain? Who's the mystery crew-person?It's the episode that comes once a year, but not before having its blueberries. Support our show!

Michael & Logan return for one final time to recap the reunion episode of De Mol (Belgie) Season 7. In this episode: Where in the world is Logan Saunders? What is the state of Reality TV currently? Logan has a money-saving tip. Did Michael ever suspect Elisabet? Have we had an impact? Did anyone else get thank you notes? Who owns the motorhome? Would anyone ever say they didn’t want to be the Mole? Why is Michael basically Martijn? How close is this cast? How tired were we following the finale? Who was missing from the after-party? How big is Canada compared to Belgium? Why did one of the Mole tests hit close to home for us? How did anyone ever suspect Ingrid? Why did Eva & Kaat get ruled out? Was anyone other than Elisabet ever going to get chosen? What was the most egrigious thing about the entire reunion? We exclusively reveal some more elements of the beach briefing. Did Elisabet make a mistake at the boat challenge? How did Elisabet play into the theme of the season? Will anyone ever get a perfect 30? Would Joeri have beaten Bas in the Final 4 quiz? Michael got bamboozled! Is Axel life goals? Why did we hear from Bas' Personal Trainer? One clue annoys us. Why did Axel smash a glass? Logan tries to turn the show into Price is Right. What made this season so great for us? Is De Mol responsible for our lack of enthusiasm for Amazing Race? Why were there ten episodes this year? And Logan forgets to mention something.   Thank you so much for listening all season and to both our Mole recap seasons! Thanks especially to Marieke & Natalia who subtitle the seasons for us and everyone at SBS who invited us to the finale this year. We'll be back Mole-wise in January for Wie is de Mol Season 20 before we return for De Mol 8! See you soon.

Michael & Logan return for the final time to recap the reunion episode of Wie is de Mol 2019, which Michael attended live in Amsterdam! In this episode: Why is this episode odd? Did Michael meet anyone? Was there a language barrier? Quiz performances get critiqued. How did Michael amuse himself while waiting for the show to begin? We get bitter about the sabotages. Logan barks up the wrong tree. Why did everyone groan when Sinan was mentioned at the reunion? Why was Ron invited? We try and work out what went well this season. Was Colombia a back-up? Does Merel as Mole defy the whole point of the show? Why are there so many unanswered questions this year? How did Sinan sabotage Michael's ambitions? What should be in a reunion show? Logan invokes Amazing Race Canada. What will we see for Season 20? Why did one old Mole drag another away? And Michael discusses the most Sinan thing ever to happen at the reunion. Thank you for listening all season - we'll be back every Thursday to say Dag to another Belgian Mole season!

Michael & Logan return to recap the third episode of Belgian Mole’s sixth season. In this episode: Did Michael’s Grandad hear him? Why is Belgian Mole so good? Katrien’s old habits die hard. Was Steve too blatant at the piñata task? Have we finally spotted a clue? Why did the piñata team need their own Good Janet? Were the songs a hint? We rule someone out. Will they pick a young mole again? Why do Spanish people love George Michael? How do you tell the difference between Mozart & Beethoven? Logan says someone looks like a serial killer. Michael finds a way for the Mole to sabotage the tequila quiz. Who do we want to see drunk? We learn about Belgian STDs. Was the sombrero task doomed? How much is Gilles told about the identity of the Mole? How did the Mole know who was being executed? Where is the best place to sabotage the racing game? Logan worries about old people and dogs. What made them win the driving challenge? We compare Mole pots. The execution trend continues. Why does the case task reveal too much about two people in the group? Is there any logic in buying pasvragen? Did the Mole sit back at the airport? We suspect two different strategies in the case game. Who is the Mole Damsel-in-Distress? Who will win? Who do we suspect? And Logan asks for more ostriches.

Welcome to Episode 82 of the Mobile Home Park Investors podcast, hosted by Jefferson Lilly and Brad Johnson, with the Park Street Partners. Michael Montiero and his co-founder founded Buildium in 2004 after being unable to see the exact amount their tenants were paying in rent each month. Their product fixed a critical pain point for them and they have since branched out to help other small to medium business owners in the same position. Find out how a product like Buildium can help you keep track of your rents!   Key Takeaways: [3:25] What did Michael do before joining Buildium? [6:35] Did Michael ever raise VC money for Buildium or has it always been bootstrapped? [7:25] What problem did Buildium first solve when it was built in 2004 and how has the product evolved today? [9:40] Who primarily uses this product? Property managers? [12:30] Does Buildium have late notices with the right legal language in them based on the state the customer is in? [14:40] How does Michael get feedback from the customers who use his product? [17:55] Michael does a quick case study on how a product like his can benefit mobile home park owners. [21:00] How does Buildium handle meter readings? [23:55] Michael’s product can actually get you leads. He explains how!   Mentioned in This Episode: Park Street Partners Investment Opportunities Park Street Partners Business Resources LinkedIn: Mobile Home Park Investors Group Send deals to Deals@parkstreetpartners.com  

Welcome to Episode 82 of the Mobile Home Park Investors podcast, hosted by Jefferson Lilly and Brad Johnson, with the Park Street Partners. Michael Montiero and his co-founder founded Buildium in 2004 after being unable to see the exact amount their tenants were paying in rent each month. Their product fixed a critical pain point for them and they have since branched out to help other small to medium business owners in the same position. Find out how a product like Buildium can help you keep track of your rents!   Key Takeaways: [3:25] What did Michael do before joining Buildium? [6:35] Did Michael ever raise VC money for Buildium or has it always been bootstrapped? [7:25] What problem did Buildium first solve when it was built in 2004 and how has the product evolved today? [9:40] Who primarily uses this product? Property managers? [12:30] Does Buildium have late notices with the right legal language in them based on the state the customer is in? [14:40] How does Michael get feedback from the customers who use his product? [17:55] Michael does a quick case study on how a product like his can benefit mobile home park owners. [21:00] How does Buildium handle meter readings? [23:55] Michael’s product can actually get you leads. He explains how!   Mentioned in This Episode: Park Street Partners Investment Opportunities Park Street Partners Business Resources LinkedIn: Mobile Home Park Investors Group Send deals to Deals@parkstreetpartners.com  

Episode 34 - "Dissecting Star Trek Discovery" Is Sarek secretly a member of the Article 31 operatives? Chuck and poke the first few episodes of Discovery with a pain-stick, and we prognosticate on where this show is going. When this series concludes if it turns out we were right, we'll be sure to remind you. A weird mind-meld may mean Sarek had reason for placing his ward on the Shenzou.  Did he have foreknowledge that ship would bump into the Klingons?  Did Michael?  Get your remote control out and be ready to hit "pause".  There's hints in every eyeball close-up, and marbles in T'Kuvma's mouth.  You can get it al with CBS All Access... ooooh yeah!! Let us know if you agree with any of our theories.  Send me a tweet! Thanks for listening to Geek Life Crisis!  Please reach out to us on the Facebook, the twitter, the tumblr, or the Instagram.  Write a review on iTunes! Visit our now "fully functional" website. (See what I did there?)  I will blog some "after editing" Discovery thoughts on our website soon.... such as, isn't it interesting that Lorca and the space bug are both sensitive to sudden bright light?  hmmm...  Does Lorca snort those spores or what? Live long and prequel, Star Trek! Your buddy, Steve @geeklifesteve @geeklifechuck @geeklifecrisis www.geeklifecrisis.com geeklifesteve@gmail.com #chuckisyourspock #bringbackishtar  

Did Michael finally rip up his ABC card at the 2017 I4C? We chat with Stacey Mulholland to find out.

The boys are back at it again with episode 15 of the SLPS! This week they'll be discussing Joss Whedon's cult classic web series DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG starring Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion. Michael had never seen this, but Nick Has! Did Michael love it? Did he hate it? DID HE BREAK OUT INTO SONG?! Listen and find out! As always, please like, share and subscribe! We're on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio and, of coarse, SoundCloud!

Michael Hyatt is one of my favorite people in our space. He does things absolutely the right way and always works from a place of integrity and quality. You may recognize Michael as the author of the New York Times bestseller Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World and the coauthor of Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want. In addition to being a highly successful author, Michael has worked in nearly every facet of book publishing in the 30 years since he began his career at Word Publishing (which was a part of Thomas Nelson) while a senior at Baylor University. Perhaps most notably, he played a large role at Thomas Nelson Publishers, which is the largest faith-based publisher in the world and is now part of HarperCollins. Michael was the company’s CEO from 2005 through 2011, and remained there as chairman until the company was sold in 2012.  Our conversation today includes Michael talking in detail about his experiences with the writing, publishing, and publicity processes. As you’ll learn here, his first book came very close to never being published, and only his own tenacity and persuasiveness saved it.  In addition, he’ll offer incredible value in the form of advice for anyone interested in writing or publishing a book. He explains, for example, why having your own platform is more important now than ever before. He also offers recommendations on topics such as starting with a blog (using social media instead is “like building a house on a rented lot”) and why you might want to rethink those gorgeous, image-filled emails to your mailing list.  For all this and much more, listen in to this episode of the Self-Publishing School podcast!   You can find Michael here: michaelhyatt.com Michael Hyatt on LinkedIn @michaelhyatt on Facebook @MichaelHyatt on Twitter michaelhyatt on Instagram   Show Notes [01:30] - Did Michael know that his book Platform would launch a whole arm of his business? [02:07] - Michael takes us back to the very first book he wrote, in 1997. He explains all the difficulties and struggles involved in both writing and publishing the book, and reveals that it came very close to not being published at all. [06:09] - How long a span of time did Michael’s 1,200 interviews on the book take place during? As he answers, he reveals the intensity of the publicity process. [08:22] - Michael explains what he means by going into “sales mode,” and shares some of what he did to publicize it and build his audience. [09:33]- We hear why Michael thinks his book went from something relatively few people were interested in to something that went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies. [10:43] - Chandler zooms in on two things Michael has said: speaking in sound bites, and making the host sound good. [12:20] - We zoom back out to learn about Michael’s time at Thomas Nelson. He explains his experience in working in just about every facet of publishing. He then explains the dramatic change in publishing between 2006 and 2009. [15:18] - What are some of the biggest takeaways from that period that Michael now uses? He reveals that publishers now count on their authors’ platforms. [17:02] - Michael clarifies what he means by a “platform.” [18:40]- We learn more about platforms and how someone who’s just starting out can begin building their own platform. He recommends starting with a blog, and explains why. [21:44] - Michael talks about his audience-building methods he uses or recommends. He emphasizes the importance of having an email list, and creating an opt-in magnet. [25:50] - Does Michael think that the power of email is fading, or is it here to stay? In his answer, he discusses why he has recently switched from beautiful, HTML-based newsletters to text-based email without images. [27:30] - We hear what triggered all of the changes that Michael made a month ago. [28:35] - Michael takes a deeper dive into content and its creation. His blog is his workbench, he explains, and the ideas that work there make their way into other content such as his podcasts and books. [32:08] - What is Michael’s rhythm or process for creating content? [34:17] - Previously, Michael was more of a rhythmic writer; now it’s more system-based. He explains how his system functions. [37:01] - Michael’s content team has three people in addition to him. Here he explains his process for finding good people who stay for a long time. [40:23] - Because Michael came out of the world of book publishing (where every piece of content is assembled by a team), having a team help create his content feels natural to him. [43:11] - We learn what Michael recommends for someone who is just starting out and wants to get noticed by a publisher. [44:42] - In answer to the final question, Michael offers his parting tip for someone looking to publish their first book: write a book proposal for yourself. Not doing this is “like trying to build an addition onto your house without a blueprint,” he explains. [46:45] - Chandler has a free gift for listeners: a copy of Book Launch (FIND AND LINK THIS). To claim your copy, go to spsfreebook.com! (FIND AND LINK THIS)   Links and Resources: michaelhyatt.com Michael Hyatt on LinkedIn @michaelhyatt on Facebook @MichaelHyatt on Twitter michaelhyatt on Instagram self-publishingschool.com spsfreetraining.com Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want The Millennium bug Platform University Evernote Workflowy John Maxwell Charlie Wetzel

In this second part of our conversation Michael discussing overcoming a heart condition and giving back, his love of Wrestling, Acting career including the upcoming Animated Children's franchise "Adventures Of Belly Bean" . Also we do 10 Questions..It's a lot of fun don't miss it! Did Michael ever consider Professional Wrestling? What is his Foundation about? Do guys really talk about "grabbing " in any locker room he ever was in? Find out the answers to these questions and more right here on Come Get Sum!   @moneyismike05 themichaelmontgomery.com http://www.heartbeataway.org/

So, is Nintendo's mobile strategy paying off in Fire Emblem Heroes? Did Rob finally come around on Nioh? Did Michael kill all the metal slimes in Dragon Quest VIII? Can Derek hate a Digimon game even harder? And has Peter finally gotten a good Kingdom Hearts game? Find out on our latest episode of Random Encounter! Featuring: Robert Steinman, Derek Heemsbergen, Michael Sollosi and Peter Triezenberg Questions? Comments? Spare Potions? Email us: podcast@rpgfan.com

We've got an unaired episode that was never published on YouTube for technical reasons that we recently resolved. Josh Brahm and Liz Goddard interview Bobby Schindler, the Executive Director of the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network which works to protect the lives of the medically vulnerable and disabled from the threat of euthanasia. Join the discussion at http://ProLifePodcast.net/185. 00:29 Can you give us a brief overview of your sister Terri's story? 04:18 Did Michael wait 30-45 minutes after Terri's collapse before calling 911? 05:27 Can you define "persistent vegetative state" for us, and whether you believe Terri was in a persistent vegetative state? 06:53 Is there an objective definition of PVS? 08:11 Did Terri fit that medical criteria for PVS? 09:04 What progress did Terri show in the first two years of rehab before Michael took her off of rehab? 10:15 What happened to the trust fund that was earmarked for Terri's therapy? 12:25 Why do you think that Michael refused to divorce Terri after moving in with Jody Centonze? 13:02 What is it that the medical professionals believed whom Judge Greer refused to allow to testify? 14:37 Is there anyway Terri could have survived without the feeding tube? 15:26 Do you know anything about recent research to determine the extent of someones brain injury? 17:01 Do you have any how often people are starved to death who are not in a PVS state? 18:30 What is the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network doing now, six years later? 19:49 What do you believe is still the number one misconception about Terri? 21:36 What kind of legislation could be passed that would prevent Terri's situation happening again? 22:21 How will the new healthcare law impact people with situations similar to Terri's? 23:36 Would you be in favor of legislation that would sever spousal rights on the behalf of an incapacitated person in the event where there's a clear conflict of interest, such as when the spouse acting as guardian begins a new relationship? 24:47 What would you say to people who try to frame Terri's situation as a "right-to-die issue?" 26:02 So the clear distinction for you is that food and water is basic care and that ventilators and respirators are medical care that in some cases can be stopped? Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network: http://www.terrisfight.org/

Top Five Scary Movies Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting - it's Top Five. This week, just in time for the holiday (almost like we planned it), it our top five scary movies of all time. Did Michael, Freddie, or Dracula make the list, or are these movies so scary we can't even give you a hint because the mere mention of them will turn your hair white? Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

Top Five Scary Movies Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting - it's Top Five. This week, just in time for the holiday (almost like we planned it), it our top five scary movies of all time. Did Michael, Freddie, or Dracula make the list, or are these movies so scary we can't even give you a hint because the mere mention of them will turn your hair white? Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.