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About Serena Serena is a Network Engineer who specializes in Data Center Compute and Virtualization. She has degrees in Computer Information Systems with a concentration on networking and information security and is currently pursuing a master's in Data Center Systems Engineering. She is most known for her content on TikTok and Twitter as Shenetworks. Serena's content focuses on networking and security for beginners which has included popular videos on bug bounties, switch spoofing, VLAN hoping, and passing the Security+ certification in 24 hours.Links: Cisco cert Discord study group:https://discord.com/invite/uXQ8yWnN8a Beacons:https://beacons.page/shenetworks TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@shenetworks sysengineer's TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@sysengineer Twitter:https://twitter.com/notshenetworks TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at Sysdig. Sysdig is the solution for securing DevOps. They have a blog post that went up recently about how an insecure AWS Lambda function could be used as a pivot point to get access into your environment. They've also gone deep in-depth with a bunch of other approaches to how DevOps and security are inextricably linked. To learn more, visit sysdig.com and tell them I sent you. That's S-Y-S-D-I-G dot com. 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That's min.io/download, and be sure to tell them that I sent you.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Corey Quinn. Today's guest was on relatively recently, but it turns out that when I have people on the show to talk about things, invariably I tend to continue talking to them about things and that leads down really interesting rabbit holes. Today is a stranger rabbit hole than most. Joining me once again is @SheNetworks or Serena [DiPenti 00:00:51]. Thanks for coming back and subjecting yourself to, basically, my nonsense all over again in the same month.Serena: Thanks for having me back. Excited.Corey: So, you have a, I think study group is the term that you're using. I don't know how to describe it in a way that doesn't make me sound ridiculous and describing and speaking with my hands and the rest. It's a Discord, as the kids of today tend to use. There are some private channels on an existing Discord group, and we'll get to the mechanics of that in a second. But it's a study group for various Cisco certifications, which it's been a while since I had one; my CCNA is something I took back in 2009. I've checked, it's expired to the point where they can't even look it up anymore to figure out who I might have been, once upon a time. What is this group and where did it come from?Serena: Yeah, so the Discord itself is kind of a collective of a bunch of people that are creators on TikTok. And it's just, like, a cool place to connect, especially people from TikTok join, people from Twitter join, they want to interact, you know, a great place to get resources if you're early in your career. I—you know, new year, new me resolution was [laugh] I wanted to start studying for the CCNP a little bit, and I've been doing it pretty loosely for a while, but I kind of was like, all right, time to actually sit down and dedicate some real time to this. And I put on Twitter, you know, if anybody else was interested—I know there's other various study groups out there and things like that, but I was just like, hey, you know, it was anyone interested and a study group and I got really good response. Of course, a lot of people are at the CCNA level, so I made a channel for CCNA and CCNP, so whatever level you're at, you can come in and ask questions. It's really great.Corey: One thing that irked me when I first joined, as well, there's no CCENT which was sort of the entry-level Cisco cert, the first half of the CCNA, and I did a bit of googling before shooting my mouth off. And it turns out that Cisco sunset that cert a while back, so CCNA is now the entry-level cert, as I understand it.Serena: Yeah. So, when I did my CCNA, I did the C-C-E-N-T—the CCENT, and then the ICND2, and that's how I got my CCNA. And then I went and got the Data Center CCNA, which was two exams… two? Or maybe it was just one. I can't remember fully. But they basically got rid of all of their CCNAs and created one new one that's just the CCNA Enterprise.Corey: What I found worked out for me when I was going through the process of getting the CCNA—the CCENT, I forget how at the time, came along for the ride. And it was the CCENT, the baseline stuff that really added value to my entire career. That piece of advice that I would give anyone in the technical space is when your hand-waving over a thing you don't really understand. Maybe stop doing that one afternoon when you don't have anything else going on, dig into it.For me, it was always, “What the hell is a subnet mask?” “I don't know. It's the thing that I put the right numbers in, the box stops turning gray and will turn black and let me click the button; life goes on.” Figuring out what that meant and how it was calculated was interesting and it made me understand what's going on at a deeper level. Which means that invariably when things break as—they're computers; they break—I could have a better understanding of the holistic system and ideally have a better chance of getting to an outcome of fixing it.So, I'm not sitting here suggesting that anyone who wants to, “Oh, you want to work in the cloud and go and build things out on top of AWS or GCP. Great, go and get a Cisco certification is the first stop along your journey.” But understanding how the network works is absolutely going to serve you well for the rest of your technical career because not a lot has changed in the networking sense over the past 13 years since I sat the certification exam. It turns out that the TCP handshake still works the same way: Badly.Serena: [laugh]. Yeah, and to your point, the troubleshooting part is really where you need that depth of knowledge, right? And that's typically when it's crunch time and things are gone awry. And you really need to have an understanding of okay, is it the subnet mask? And the quicker that you can identify that outage, that problem, the quicker you get a resolution. And you do need depth of knowledge for that, and understanding that kind of underlying infrastructure is so helpful.Corey: And that was always the useful part of the certification—and the exam that went along with it—to me was, “Okay, with a subnet mask of whatever you're talking about here, great. How many usable IP addresses are there in the network?” And yeah, that's the kind of thing that we really care about.The stuff that drove me nuts was the other half of it, where it's the, “Ah, what is the proper syntactical command on the Cisco command line to display this thing?” And it's, “First, I can probably look that up or tab-complete it or whatnot. Secondly, I get it's a Cisco exam, but this is a world where interoperability is very much a thing and it is incredibly likely that the thing I need to find that out on is not going to ultimately be a Cisco device, once I'm working in enterprise.”Serena: Yeah, I do have similar feedback when it comes to that because right now, I've been trying to do kind of a chapter a day out of the Cisco Press book, and that's my main source of studying right now. I like to read a lot, so reading is usually my main method of studying, I guess. But I'm in a chapter right now that's, like, 100 pages of just hardware specifics. And we're talking about, like, PCIe cards and VICs and the different models and which ports are unified and you can configure for Fibre Channel, and which are uplink on the different generations. And I'm like, “Ohh.”I hate that. It's my least favorite part of studying because for that, I mean, I always just pull up the documentation. And it's like, “Okay, here's the ports that can be, you know, configured as Fibre Channel over Ethernet or Fibre Channel,” or whatever. Remembering it off the top of my head, which model, which year, which ports, I'm not great with that. And I don't think it's, honestly, that valuable when it comes to certification exams because you really should be using the documentation when you are doing those types of configurations between hardware and generations and compatibility.Corey: We sort of see the same thing in the development space, where, okay, the job we're hiring you to do is to work on some front end work and change how things are rendered, but when we're doing the job interview for that role, oh, now we have an empty whiteboard, we want you to write syntactically valid code that will implement some sorting algorithm or whatnot, while some condescending jerk sits there. And, “Nope, that's not it,” in the background in a high-pressure environment because for that jackwagon, it's any given Thursday, but for you, it determines the next phase of your career. And I hated that stuff. Whereas in the real world, I'm not going to be implementing an algorithm like that in any realistic sense; I'll be using the one built into whatever language I'm using. It's important from a computer science perspective to know it, but from a day-to-day job environment, not so much.And I can't recall the last time that I had to fix a technical issue where I did not have the internet as a resource while I was fixing that issue, even when it's the internet is down because it turns out without the network, I just have a whole bunch of expensive space heaters here, great, my phone still worked. I could check, “Oh, what is the command to get back into that firewall?” That it turns out, I just locked myself out of by—yeah, it turns out when you close a port and you're using that port, mistakes show.Serena: Yeah, I agree with that. And I mean, that goes into the much broader conversation of technical interviews because even as a network engineer, one time I had a whiteboard technical interview where they were asking, like, routing questions, but I didn't have access to any equipment, and so it was just basically asking them questions. And I'm a very visual person, so for me to not be able to, like, kind of put my hands on something and, like, run some commands and look over it myself. I did so horribly in that interview, and I left feeling just, like—I left feeling really bad about myself, honestly, because I had done so bad. And for me, I was assuming they were using some routing protocol. And they're like, “No, it's actually all statically configured.” And I was like, I would be able to know that if I could run commands and, like, actually look. But it was so bad.Corey: Right. And it's stressful working in front of people. I know that whatever I'm typing in front of an audience, I don't do it, but it feels like what I did first is, all right, let me put my mittens on, and then I—because I can't type to save my life, and I look incompetent across five different levels at that point. And yeah, it's these contrived problems. One of the things I like about the study group is when there's a question that is, I guess, not the answer, I would expect, it's okay, we can talk about that. Give me more context behind why.I thought it was this. Clearly, I'm missing something—or the bot is broken—so what is going on here? Help me understand why this is the way that it is? And back when I was learning how this stuff all worked, I went through originally a class at a community college and then finished it up with apparently with sort of a brain dump style boot camp, which I didn't really realize was a thing until after the fact. It was just memorization of these things.Which okay, great. I could memorize my way through some things I would never use again like EIGRP, one of Cisco's proprietary routing protocols that I've never heard of anyone using in the real world before, but I'm sure it's a thing and they're trying to push it. Great. I can skate past that well enough to hang a cert, but it didn't feel like the way to learn it because there was no context. It was just the rote memorization.Serena: Mm-hm. Yeah, and that is very difficult. I'm a big fan of theory, so you know, when we're talking about VIC cards, I was going through each generation, and which you would use for a blade or a rack server, whatever. I think that your time is better spent understanding what a VIC card is, why it's important, maybe, like, the history, and all that instead of being, like, “This version isn't compatible with this UCS blade server,” or whatever. Because I am studying for the Data Center flavor of the CCNP right now, so it's a little bit of a different path. I think most people take the enterprise, that's the more traditional route, switch, IOS. Mine's more UCS, Nexus, HyperFlex type questions.Corey: One thing that I always appreciate is, for example, take subnet mask [crosstalk 00:10:57] calculations. Yeah, I can figure that out on a whiteboard now. But here in the real world, everyone uses a subnet calculator. It's the way that things work. And there's a lot of discussion back and forth about things like that, without talking about the real-world implications, such as, if you're building out two subnets inside of a larger range, don't put them right next to each other because if you need to expand the network later, you're in a world of pain compared to if you had given them some significant breathing room.And okay, great. You probably don't need to use all the [10.0.0.0/8 00:11:30] network in your small-scale environment, and even some larger-scale ones you're hard-pressed to use all those things.It's just the real-world experience, and you understand that you don't want to do that. The second time. The first time you do it because why not? It's easy to remember for humans. And then you run into weird issues with oh, well, why would I ever have more than 254 servers sitting in a subnet—or 253, whatever the number is these days, don't yell at me—great.What about containers running on top of those things? Oh, right, the worst answer to so many architectural patterns, we'll throw some containers at it. And you're back into those problems.Serena: Yeah.Corey: It's the real-world scars you get.Serena: Yeah. And I think that there is such a difference between when you're studying and learning versus—and taking certifications or tests—than in the real world. And that was very discouraging for me when I was first learning because I would take these exams—and we had a Cisco academy where I went to college—and I would take these exams, and my professor was just known for her very difficult test, so I think her advanced routing course, maybe only 30% of the people who took it passed it their first try. And so I would take these exams, I'd walk away being like, “I don't know anything. I'm never going to be a good network engineer, I'm never going to be able to get a job or anything,” because I couldn't regurgitate which show command was showing me errors on a switch, right?And then now in the real world, I'm like, okay, relieved because I was like, I can look this up, like, I can take my time. And then you know, with getting your hands on—I mean, you learned so much within your first year; that is probably more than I learned in all four years of school. But saying that, it was really great for me to have that base of all of that underlying networking and already kind of understanding the terminology alone is such a big… barrier, I would say, like, just being able to sit in a room and listen to these conversations and understand what's going on. That's half the battle in the beginning. [laugh].Corey: I have never heard anyone be prouder of being bad at their job than a professor saying, “I have a 30% pass rate.” Isn't your whole ethos of that role to be someone who teaches people how to do a thing? So, if two-thirds of your class is not learning that thing, it doesn't mean you're a hard grader, it means you're bad at conveying the concept and/or testing for understanding of the thing that you've just taught them. If you're a teacher listening to this, please don't email me until you fix your problem first.Serena: [laugh]. See, and… she would come in and say on the first day class—I took multiple classes with her and she was like, “If you read everything in the book, and pay attention to all the slides, you're still going to fail.” She wanted you to really go above and beyond, and commit and run all these labs and do all these things, and in college, I hated it. I was so resentful and angry because it really did make me feel bad. But at the same time, there was one point someone had asked her a question, and she was like, “Why don't you ask Serena? She has the highest grade in the class.”And I was shocked because I had, like, a C in the [laugh] class. And I was like, “Me? I'm the one that has the highest grade in the class?” And I would definitely do things a little bit differently if I were teaching that course because it, I think, turned off a lot of people into the field. But me passing those grades, I mean, I really could have probably taken the CCNP right when I was done with those courses and passed with flying colors. But I didn't have the money to take the CCNP exams until much later when I had a job. And now it's like so much has changed. The exams have changed. I'm in Data Center now. So, a little bit different. But yeah. [laugh].Corey: I never understood the idea of charging for certs. If people are spending the time and energy to learn about your company's specific technology well enough to take the exam, they're probably going to want to use it in their career as they move forward, so charging a few 100 bucks to sit the test has never struck me as a good idea. And the cloud companies do the exact same things as well. And every company that attains some level of success launches a certification exam, but then they charge a few 100 bucks for it, which… does that money really matter because either you're an engineer, and your company is going to be paying for it, or you're making engineering money these days, and it's just an irritant, but it feels to me like the people that really get disadvantaged by that are the early learners, the students, the folks who are planning to have a career in this, but a few 100 bucks becomes a barrier.Serena: Oh, it's a huge barrier. I mean, it was a big barrier for me. I didn't have money to go to college, so I took out student loans. I worked my way through college and constantly had a job, which then was difficult because my grades suffered because I didn't have the same amount of time.Corey: You did have the highest grade in class, I recall.Serena: [laugh]. For that one course. For the one course. [laugh]. But I didn't have the same amount of time in a day to study as some of my classmates who didn't have to have a job in college.But then also, I couldn't afford $300 to take one exam out of the three that you needed at the time for the CCNP. And that's when I was early in my career. The CCNA, too, like, I didn't have the money to take that exam either. And I think a lot of people are in that position because they are trying to better their knowledge. They're trying to achieve a new job.That's what those certifications are geared towards, right? And so putting that $300—I mean, that person might be working a minimum wage job, and they're trying to get out of that minimum wage job into a higher—paying tech job. And $300 is a lot of money. It is a lot of money. My rent in college was $300. That's a whole month's rent for me, right, to put it in perspective. So yeah.Corey: Yeah. We'll be throwing a bunch of credit codes your way for folks who are learning and [unintelligible 00:17:10] the financial burden because it's important that people be able to not have money being the obstacle to learning a technical field. I am curious, though, as to the genesis of this whole Discord because I heard you talking about it, I joined, but there are a lot of other people talking about different things. Most notably and importantly, there's an Ohio slander channel—Serena: [laugh].Corey: —in there, which is just spot-on perfect from where I sit. But it's not just you, and it's not just networking stuff. It's a systems engineering Slack. Where did it come from?Serena: Yeah so sysengineer, my friend [Chris Lynd 00:17:43]—she's also a TikTok creator—and she set up her own Discord server, which I have kind of like inserted myself into. It's very hard to run your own server, right, so it's kind of more of a collective at this point. But she's sysengineer on TikTok, and so her server is just sysengineer. And there's a lot of memes, right? Because we have a lot of, like, Gen Z—I mean, who doesn't love a good meme? And Chris Lynd, sysengineer, is from Ohio, I'm from Ohio. So, the Ohio slander thing is kind of funny because we're just like always talking crap about Ohio. [laugh].Corey: Which it deserves, let's be very clear here. I have family in Ohio, myself. Every time I visited them, my favorite part was leaving Ohio. I mean, data transfer between AWS regions, the least expensive one is the one cent instead of two cents between Ohio and Virginia because even data wants to get out of Ohio.Serena: It was like, 11 of the astronauts are from Ohio. And it was like, “What about Ohio makes me want to leave the Earth?” [laugh].Corey: Yeah, “How far can I get from Ohio, the absolute furthest place away?” “Well, here's the furthest place on earth.” “Not far enough.” I know, if you're from Ohio, I know you're going to be very upset. You're going to be listening to this and angrily riding your horse to Pennsylvania to send an angry email my way, but that's okay. You'll get there eventually.Serena: But yeah, there's a lot of memes and stuff from TikTok. It's funny because we love to joke; we love to keep it light-hearted; we want to attract people who are younger, a lot of the memes come from TikTok. And so it's a fun, good time. And there's developers on there, there's tons of people that work other jobs that aren't systems engineering, or network engineering. So, we have a bunch of different opportunities and channels for other people to kind of ask questions and connect with other people in the field. Especially with everyone being remote for the most part now, and Covid, you don't have a ton of social interaction, so it's a good place to go get some social interaction.Corey: This episode is sponsored by our friends at Oracle HeatWave is a new high-performance query accelerator for the Oracle MySQL Database Service, although I insist on calling it “my squirrel.” While MySQL has long been the worlds most popular open source database, shifting from transacting to analytics required way too much overhead and, ya know, work. With HeatWave you can run your OLAP and OLTP—don't ask me to pronounce those acronyms again—workloads directly from your MySQL database and eliminate the time-consuming data movement and integration work, while also performing 1100X faster than Amazon Aurora and 2.5X faster than Amazon Redshift, at a third of the cost. My thanks again to Oracle Cloud for sponsoring this ridiculous nonsense.Corey: It's also great because when I was early in my career, I was a traveling consultant, and periodically I would find myself, well, working 40 hours a week and then in a hotel room for the rest of it. That's sort of depressing; I would go to local meetups. I'll never forget going to one Linux user group meeting. In this town, apparently, Linux wasn't really a thing, so the big conversational topic is how to sneak Linux into your Windows job. And I'm sitting around here going, “I don't know if that's necessarily the best way to go about it.”But I checked; there were no reasonable Linux jobs in that community. So, all of their focus in these user groups was about doing it as a side project, as this aspirational thing. And I'm sitting here visiting from out of town, I'm thinking, “Well, I have a job in the Linux environment. And how did I find it? I just went online and looked for jobs that had the word Linux in the title, and there you go.”That option is not open to everyone in every geography, so being able to get exposed to folks who aren't all in your neighborhood is one of the big benefits I found online forums like this.Serena: Yeah. One of the things that I think was positive that came out of Covid is, if you are in a smaller region—one of the reasons I left Ohio was because of a lack of jobs, right. And because there was more opportunity in other areas. And now I wouldn't have had to move. Not that say—I mean, I would have probably moved out of Ohio anyway.But if you don't want to, if your whole family's there now, you're luckily not really stuck with just the jobs that are in your local area. There's tons of remote jobs now. I think that's fantastic, and like I said, one of the positive things that did come out of Covid.Corey: The thing that I don't fully understand is folks who are working for remote companies—we're a distributed companies outside The Duckbill Group, and we pay the same for a role, regardless of where on—or off—the planet you happen to be sitting, just because the value you're adding makes zero difference to me based upon where you happen to be. And there are a number of companies out there who are being very particular about well, where are you geographically because then we need to adjust your comp so you're appropriate for that market. And it's, really? Is the work you're doing this month materially different than the work you're doing next month, as far as value goes, based upon where you're sitting? I don't buy it. But it's also challenging at giant companies to wind up paying the same across the board for all of your staff in one fell swoop.Serena: I think it's particularly bad. I had seen some companies that were basically saying if they're already employed and already getting some salary, and then, like, if you move, we're going to lower your salary. And I was like, it just to me seems so greedy, especially coming from these massive companies that charge huge profits, that you're going to be concerned over a ten, twenty, thirty-thousand dollar difference, right? And it's like, it just seems greedy to me because it's like, well, you had no problem paying that while I was living there, but now it's a problem that I move closer to family or something like that? I luckily was not in that position, but it would have put a distaste in my mouth towards that company, I think, as an employee in that position.Corey: We want to know where people are for tax purposes, we have this whole thing about not committing tax fraud, but aside from that, we don't care where you happen to be. We've had people take a month in Costa Rica, for example. Great. Have fun. Let us know what you think. As long as you have internet there and you make the scheduled meetings you've committed to make, great.But that's part of the benefit of having a company has been distributed since before the pandemic. What I really have sympathy for is folks who had built companies that depended on an in-office culture, and suddenly you're forced into remote during a very stressful time.Serena: Mm-hm. Yeah. Luckily, I mean, most of my jobs are very easily remote, but I can see that. I don't know. The whole—I don't ever want to work in an office again, personally. It's just not for me. I have done really well transitioning to work from home and still keeping up with all my coworkers, and reaching out to them, having meetings.I think, at this point, after two years in, companies are going to have a really hard time justifying to their employees, like, oh, we have to be back in office. And it's like, well, why? Is productivity down? Are we not as profitable? Like, what happened within these last two years that is making you think, like, we need to go back into the office? And they don't really have anything besides, “Culture?” And it's like, yeah, you're going to need to do more than that. [laugh].Corey: It's important for us to see our co-workers from time to time, and once it's safe to do so we're going to be doing quarterly meetups in various places, but that's also… it's not every day.Serena: Right.Corey: The technology problems, I have less sympathy for it now than I did at the start of the pandemic, where network engineers were basically calling the data center and, “Yeah, can you go reboot the VPN concentrator?” “Uh, okay. Which server is that? Probably the one that's glowing white-hot right now.” Because they aren't designed for the entire company to be using it simultaneously all the time. Two years later, we have mostly fixed those problems.Serena: Yeah, yeah. Two years later, it's like, okay, you're going to really have to convince me to go back into the office. [laugh]. And I like the flexibility. Like, I really do. If I want to move, I can move. If I want to, like you said, go to Costa Rica for a month, I could do that. But there's a lot of options, flexibility. I've been having a great time work from home.Corey: And I've been having a lot of fun exploring the bounds of this new Discord group, and I'll throw a link to it in the [show notes 00:24:49] because anyone who wants to show up and can validate that their human being is welcome to join until they turn into a jerk which is basically the [audio break 00:24:57] the community these days, let's be clear, but I found there are a couple of Discord bots—and yeah, it's all the same thing now—that ask test questions, and you can give an answer and it tells you in a DM whether you got it right or not, which is always fun when the bot is broken, and you're sitting there going well, that doesn't make much sense. But what other stuff has been built into this? For those of us who spend all of our time in Slack these days, what is the advantage of the Discord way of doing things?Serena: I guess for me, I'm not, like, a huge Discord person. This is really the only one that I participate in. I'm in a couple of my friends Discord as well, but there's a lot of stickers that are customizable, that relate back to memes a lot of the times. But yeah, the bot that you had mentioned is a great feature that Discord has where @terranovatech, who's also another TikTok content creator—his name's Anthony—he created from Python a practice question bot for CCNA and CCNP. And so, uploaded some questions to those.The bot is in beta guys, so you know, just like, [laugh] be aware of that. We are trying to constantly improve it and add new features. I have been adding a ton of questions for [D core 00:26:05] as I go through my book studying; I'll, you know, create practice questions. And that's typically a part of my normal studying routine, is creating practice questions that I can then go back to after I've read something to solidify it in my mind. And you know, you can use those questions, too, you can suggest questions. If you're like, “Hey, I was doing studying and I think this would be a cool question to add to the Discord bot.” We can do that as well. And so that's great. I love that feature.Corey: One last question before we wind up calling it an episode. Recently, you have caused a bit of TikTok controversy, for lack of a better term. And sure enough, we've had people swing in from all over the planet that chime in and yell at you in the comments. What's going on there?Serena: Okay. Yeah, so that's not unusual for me to cause some TikTok drama in the tech space. Okay, so there's a TikTok trend right now where it's a song and the song lyrics are, “You look so dumb right now.” Okay? And the other videos, like, if you click the sound, you can see, like, some of the videos will say, like, “They told me I needed to rotate my tires, but they rotate every time I drive.”And someone was like, “My girlfriend said she needs new foundation, but our house is just fine.” And so in the background, you hear the song that says, like, “You look so dumb right now.” So, it's just, like, a funny… funny joke. I did it, and I was like, I knew some people were going to miss the joke. And I said, you know, “When they say you need a backup, but you use RAID.” [laugh]. And so the sound is, “You look so dumb right now.”And I was definitely expecting people to miss the joke. And so I even tweeted at the same time, I was like, “I posted a new video, like, about that joke.” And so I was like, “Be prepared for the comments.” Because I knew even someone would be, like, she's just backtracking now. Like, she just is embarrassed. But I was like, “It's the joke guys.”I even put in the caption #thisisajoke. And, like, 90% of people that commented on it just completely missed that joke and were very upset that I made that—that I said that.Corey: Anyone who believes RAID is a backup only has to make one mistake deleting the wrong thing or overwriting something important before they realize that is very much not the case. And if you've been in tech for longer than about 20 minutes, you probably made a mistake like that at one point. It's not one of those things that could reasonably be expected that someone would take seriously. But yet, here we are with entire legions of people with no sense of humor.Serena: Yeah, it ended up in, like, Facebook groups and stuff, too, where these people thought I was being serious. And in the comments, I started making more jokes because someone's like, well, what if your data center catches on fire? And I was like, “Well, don't have a fire at your data center. Like, I don't understand. Obviously.” And so I just tried to, like, you know, make more jokes back to, kind of, keep it up and people were very upset. [laugh].Corey: That's why you're not allowed to smoke in them. Problem solved. Where would the fire come from? Yeah.Serena: There was, like, someone was like, “Well, what if you get ransomware?” And I was like, “We have Norton.” Like, what—[laugh] like, just, like, making the most red—and I was trying to really go outlandish with some of them because they're like, “RAID is not a replacement for cold storage.” And I was like, “Well, we have a lot of fans, so our RAID is very cold.” [laugh]. And, like, just kept it going. Some people were not happy.Corey: I love that. They just keep doubling down on the dumb. The problem is some people are lifelong experts at it, and they're always going to beat you with experience when you try it. It's…Serena: [laugh]. Yeah.Corey: Honestly, the hardest thing to learn, one it was valuable, least from my perspective, is learning when to just ignore the comments and keep going.Serena: Yeah. I definitely get some that I ignore. I mean, if they're, like, overly mean, I'll block somebody or something like that. You know, for someone just missing a joke, it's like, “Okay, whatever.” But yeah, some people—even after they're like, “Hey, man. This is just a joke.” They're like, “Well, this isn't a funny joke.” And I was like, “I will never make a joke about RAID as a backup again. I promise.” [laugh].Corey: No, you already told that joke. There are better ones you can explore.Serena: Yeah. For sure.Corey: So, if people want to come and hang out in this Discord, what's the best way for them to find it? We'll put it in the [show notes 00:30:05], but sometimes people listen rather than read.Serena: Yeah, I think if you even just Google ‘sysengineer Discord' it should come up like that; it's on the Google returned searches. It's a link in my Beacons on my TikTok. It's in a link in sysengineer's TikTok. So, there's a couple different places that you can find and join.Corey: And of course, in the [show notes 00:30:27] for this podcast, as well.Serena: And the [show notes 00:30:30] of this podcast, of course. [laugh].Corey: Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me about all this. If people want to follow you beyond just the Discord, where's the best place for them to find you?Serena: So, I'm @SheNetworks on TikTok and then I'm @notshenetworks on Twitter. So, you can find me in both of those locations.Corey: Fantastic. Thanks so much for taking the time to speak with me today. I appreciate it.Serena: Thanks for having me on.Corey: Serena DiPenti, network engineer and of course@SheNetworks on the internet. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and this is Screaming in the Cloud. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, whereas if you've hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice along with an angry comment telling me which RAID level makes the best backup.Corey: If your AWS bill keeps rising and your blood pressure is doing the same, then you need The Duckbill Group. We help companies fix their AWS bill by making it smaller and less horrifying. The Duckbill Group works for you, not AWS. We tailor recommendations to your business and we get to the point. Visit duckbillgroup.com to get started.Announcer: This has been a HumblePod production. Stay humble.

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Hey Group Practice listeners! In this episode I'm going to be talking all about how to find and recruit your ideal clinicians to your group practice. In this episode I cover: Figuring out your ideal clinician Values-based recruitment research Successful recruitment strategies I've used Where to look for your ideal clinician This episode is sponsored by TherapyNotes. TherapyNotes is an EHR software that helps behavioral health professionals manage their practice with confidence and efficiency. I use TherapyNotes in my own group practice and love its amazing support team, billing features, and scheduling capabilities. It serves us well as a large group practice owner. Do you ever wish for a financial therapist who could relieve you from the last few months' bookkeeping, talk you off the edge when you're running into issues with Quickbooks, or help you work through a profit plan for growth? GreenOak Accounting does just that! GreenOak Accounting is an accounting firm that specializes in working with group practices. Their value goes WAY beyond bookkeeping; they can help you get on track for financial success. Schedule a free consultation by going to http://greenoakaccounting.com/tgpe

Hey – if you haven't checked out my FREE monthly webinars, now's the time! On the third Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, I offer a 1-hour webinar on a job search topic. To see this month's topic and to register: https://mastercoachwebinars.carrd.co  Today, I want to zero in on something I have mentioned in other podcasts. I call this my +1 approach to job boards. In my work with clients, I differentiate between active job search strategies and passive job search strategies.  Active job search strategies put you in the driver's seat of your job search. They revolve around networking. Meeting people 1:1, attending group networking functions, connecting with people on LinkedIn, networking through professional associations, and networking with your university's alumni or your church's members are all active job search strategies.  Passive job search strategies put you in the passenger's seat of your job search. Looking for jobs via sites like LinkedIn or Indeed or going directly to company websites are all passive job search strategies. Of course, I want my clients to focus their efforts on active job search strategies. Here's why: 1.    Active job search strategies allow you to focus on landing your dream job with your dream employer – not just respond to what's been posted on a job board. You are in the driver's seat.  2.    Active job search strategies often mean you are the only one competing for the job – you aren't being compared to hundreds of other applicants OR a laundry list of supposed “must have's” in a job description.  Having said all of this, there is a way to make your passive job search a bit more active, using my +1 approach. Here is how this works: -When you are applying to a job online, think of one more thing you can do to increase your chances of getting noticed by the hiring manager.  This could be asking someone you know who also knows the hiring manager to put in a good word for you, make an introduction, write a letter of recommendation specific to that position, or leveraging a high-profile person to recommend you even if they don't know the hiring manager.  What you decide to do for your +1 is very situational. Here are your considerations: -Who do I know who knows this hiring manager? -Who do I know who knows a senior executive in the hiring company? -Who do I know who works at the hiring company?  -Who do I know who is well-known and well-respected in the community?  -How can I personally intersect with the hiring manager or a senior executive of the hiring company?  This last point falls under what I call “professional stalking.” Figuring out where the hiring manager or a senior executive will be on a certain date and time, and “accidentally” running into them.  You can often figure out certain behaviors from someone's social media posts, groups they follow on LinkedIn, or organizations they post about being affiliated with.  Just be sure not to let the object of your stalking know you are stalking them!  Finally – I've talked about the percentage of time I recommend you spend on active vs. passive strategies before, but let's review again: If you are just out of college: 25% active / 75% passive If you have been out of college for a few years: 50% / 50% If you are in middle management or above, but not yet in the executive ranks: 75% active / 25% passive If you are seeking an executive-level job: 100% active                         Are you in the wrong job that chips away at you every day? The CareerSpring document and coaching program will help you find a job that uses your zone of genius, recognizes your value, and pays you what you're worth.  If you're ready to take your job search to the next level by working with a highly experienced professional with a track record of client success, schedule a complimentary consult to learn more:  https://calendly.com/lesaedwards/zoom-meetings2   

On this episode of Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different, we ask the question: Will the future of the United States of America look more like Star Trek or Road Warrior? With us to answer that question is Alec Ross. Alec Ross is the author of The New York Times bestseller, The Industries of the Future. And he has a brand-new bestseller out called The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People and the Fight for our Future. Alec is a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Bologna business school, and he's a venture capitalist at Amplo, a global VC firm. If you have listened to our recent episode with Dr. Cedric Alexander, this dialogue will serve as a great continuation on the State of America (FYD 259), albeit from a different perspective. If you haven't, why not give it a listen as well? Alec Ross on Channeling Your Rage The conversation starts on the topic of Alec Ross' new book, The Raging 2020s. While the term “raging” often has the connotation of being good, it also can have a bad meaning. While it can denote people having a rolling good time, it can also mean anger, on the verge of violence. Which is not to say that we should always suppress our anger. For Alec, powerful emotions like that can be a huge part of the creative progress. “Figuring out how you can harness emotion, anger, volatility, and produce beautiful words, beautiful music, (and/or) beautiful oil on canvas. Also, the greatest athletes are those who know how to focus their rage.” – Alec Ross For Alec, it's all about focusing and channeling those powerful emotions into something creative or productive, rather than letting it take over your life. The Raging 2020s Exploring further into the book, Alec explains that he wrote The Raging 2020s to show in part why everybody seems so angry right now. As discussed earlier, anger and rage could be channeled into ways that it could be productive. But when the rage becomes more collective, and entire segments of society are angry, what you get is violence. “I do feel like a lot, there is rage coming right now in America, both from the parts of America that have nothing to lose, as well of those parts of America that have something to protect, and believe that they can't necessarily grow what they have.” – Alec Ross Oftentimes, this is what happens when the when there isn't a shared sense of what we can get together. For Alec, it is something both interesting yet terrifying to observe. Star Trek or Mad Max? Alec then talks about the question that is in the heart of his new book. Which is, will our future look more like Mad Max, or Star Trek? If you aren't familiar, Star Trek is set on a future where humanity has reached for the stars and enjoys continued progress and abundance. Whereas in Mad Max, we get a dystopian future with scarce resources and chaos all around. Alec says the future is entirely up to us. “The degree to which the future does look more like Star Trek or more like Mad Max, is entirely up to us. And I do think that if you have a mindset and an approach that's rooted in production and creation, as opposed to destruction, that's the beginning of any sort of progress.” – Alec Ross To hear more from Alec Ross and how the United States of America will end up in the future, download and listen to this episode. Bio Alec Ross is a New York Times best-selling author and Distinguished Visiting Professor at l'Universitá di Bologna Business School. He is the author of the recently published The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People and the Fight for Our Future. His prior book The Industries of the Future has been translated into 24 languages and been a best-seller on 5 continents. He is a Board Partner at Amplo, a global venture capital firm and sits on the board of directors or advisors for companies in the fields of technology, finance, education, human capital and cybersecurity. He is also an adviser to investors, start-ups and government leaders to help them understan...

Hey guys, Chris and Melissa back with another Family Brand Podcast! In our last episode, we mentioned how investing in yourself is a game-changer when it comes to improving your marriage. Well, today we wanted to dig a little deeper into what investing in yourself actually looks like.  You might be saying to yourself “We don't have the finances for that” or “How would I even start?” and we get it! There was a point when we were separated where the most we could do was to invest in our time, but like we said just that little change made a world of difference.  Listen in as we talk about how it all started with taking responsibility for ourselves and our marriage, and the small things we did to get the ball rolling. From scribbling what we liked on butcher paper to finding a counselor that helped us figure out what we really wanted in life we can confidently say there is no investment too small. Because when it all comes down to it, the more you start to act like you're worth it, the more your life will begin to grow. Heads up! This kind of investment is contagious so don't be surprised if the whole family starts jumping in on it too!  Everyone's journey is different but we hope this episode empowered you to start taking the steps (no matter how small) you need to invest in yourself. To connect with us on Instagram, check out the links below!     More Of What's Inside: When we noticed our marriage was improving Taking 100% responsibility for your marriage What it means to invest in yourself Getting to know yourself again Finding fulfillment outside of your partner Staying connected to your calling in life Doing what it takes to invest in yourself three areas you can invest in yourself Taking back control of our finances  Building momentum in every area of your life Tips to start the process of investing in yourself And much more!   LINKS: Book: https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288 Book: https://www.amazon.com/Compound-Effect-Jumpstart-Income-Success/dp/0306924633   Website: familybrand.com   Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/FamilyBrandOfficial Instagram: www.instagram.com/ourfamilybrand YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCGu-7odB6gkPbyXpUIQLkrg Twitter: https://twitter.com/OurFamilyBrand   Free course: familybrand.com/10steps   Episode Minute By Minute: 0:02 - What we cover today! 0:53 - Figuring out what changed our marriage 2:52 - The responsibility you have for your life 4:50 - Why it's important to invest in yourself 8:01 - Taking time to remember what you like 11:31 - Clarifying what you want out of life 13:38 - Why our investment was worth every dollar 17:21 - The most important thing you can do for your family 19:45 - How we started impacting each other for the better 22:42 - Setting an example for your family  25:01 - Closing thoughts

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Brandon Lee Gowton and RJ Ochoa run through the biggest storylines for each team including questioning why Jonathan Gannon is getting buzz for a head coaching gig and share thoughts on Washington trading for Justin Fields this offseason.   *Vote for BGN Radio in the Sports Podcast Awards! Here's three easy steps!* Register at sportspodcastawards.com Go to the 'Best Team Podcast' category  Vote for Bleeding Green Nation Subscribe to the BGN YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BleedingGreenNationSBN Take our podcast survey: sbnation.com/survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All four teams in the NFC East are watching the playoffs from home, but what are the Dallas and Philadelphia staffs going to look like soon? What do we think of Washington's quarterback situation? And the New York Giants have a new General Manager! Check out the latest edition of the NFC East Mixtape as RJ Ochoa and Brandon Gowton discuss it all. Take our podcast survey: sbnation.com/survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brandon Lee Gowton and RJ Ochoa run through the biggest storylines for each team including questioning why Jonathan Gannon is getting buzz for a head coaching gig and share thoughts on Washington trading for Justin Fields this offseason.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sian Beilock studies how performance anxiety can be exasperated or alleviated in the simple strategies we use to ensure success under pressure. In addition to that, Sian is the president at Barnard College at Columbia University. Barnard is one of the most selective academic institutions in the US. Barnard is devoted to empowering exceptional women to change the world and the way we think about it. Prior to her appointment as President, she served as the University of Chicago Executive Vice Provost. She also worked in the Psychology department. Sian is a cognitive scientist by training and is one of the world's leading experts on the brain science behind choking under pressure.   Sian had a number of amazing insights during our conversation. Some of them include: “One of the hardest parts of learning how to become a successful leader is learning how to delegate and that you can't do everything” (5:45). “We're limited capacity people. We can only focus on so many things at once” (6:00). “My favorite part of being in a leadership position is when other people have really good ideas and I get to help propel them forward” (8:40). “When you have different perspectives at the table and people can speak openly and honestly without fear of retribution, you get the best ideas” (9:00). “We are teaching students at Barnard how to think. Not what to think, but how to think” (14:10). “The greatest performers sometimes aren't the best coaches. It can be hard for them to understand the mistakes of someone who is a novice or someone who's not as skilled as them” (19:20). “I'm a big proponent of having multiple selves. All of the research is pretty clear on that having multiple aspects of your own identity that you can enjoy and focus on is really a good mental health buffer” (23:50). “It's hard not to be able to do everything” (25:20). “For me it's about having the best people at the table” (28:05). “There's something special about having women leading and teaching you, and about debunking the stereotype that women can't do it” (29:00). “Our students come out being willing to speak their minds and being willing to be uncomfortable” (31:15). “The classroom is a brave space, not a safe space. It's totally okay to feel uncomfortable in the classroom” (31:20). “We want you women who have failed, who feel okay taking risks and knowing it's not going to be perfect” (32:00). “Everyone can feel like an imposter, it's not just women” (34:45). “Where I get the most satisfaction is when something is stressful, and I don't know if I can do it all, and I figure out what route we need to take to get there” (35:30). “Figuring out what you don't know is so important for success” (36:50). “Pressure can be both internal and external” (44:00). “If you're going to lead an institution, you have to understand what values that institution holds (46:00). “You can't come in from the outside and just impose your values on a place. You've got to understand what they ethos is and where you can have an impact” (47:00). “I don't think you can do well academically if you don't feel well outside of the classroom” (50:40). “No one can do anything alone anymore. We all need that support” (51:50). “It's got to be fun to work hard in whatever you're doing” (56:00).   Make sure to check out Sian's website, in addition to watching her TedTalk and buying her book “Choke” anywhere you can buy books! You can also follow her on Instagram @PresBeilock and on Twitter @SianBeilock! Thank you so much to Sian for coming on the podcast! I wrote a book called “Shift Your Mind” that was released in October of 2020, and you can order it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, I have launched a company called Strong Skills, and I encourage you to check out our new website https://www.strongskills.co/. If you liked this episode and/or any others, please follow me on Twitter: @brianlevenson or Instagram: @Intentional_Performers. Thanks for listening. -Brian

Episode #210. Do you feel like you're the definition of a best-kept secret? You're someone's secret weapon behind the scenes but something inside you is ready to be heard. Making the transition to be in front of the business can seem like a major leap but Ron Reich is here to share how he did just that. Not only did Ron step in front of his business, but he also created strategies to scale to six figures and beyond. In this episode, you'll get that extra encouragement you need to step center stage and find out how marketing higher end with high ticket offers can be just what you need to reach your revenue goals.In This Episode You'll Learn:The extra push you need to go from behind the scenes to front and centerWhy figuring out how you're a unicorn unlocks your six-figure potentialA smart strategy for figuring out what offers your audience wants most How focusing on the higher end market can transform your businessWhy high ticket offers don't always need fancy sales pagesWhat actions will help you move from six to seven figuresFavorite Quotes“You already are a unicorn, just by definition of you being you. Figuring that out is step one to building a six-figure business.”“The market always has the answers. You get paid by the market. They vote with their dollars. To find out what your offer is going to be, you have to go and put it out there.”“It really is easier to sell high ticket offers versus something less expensive because it's hardwired into our DNA that more expensive equals better.”More about Ron:Ron Reich is a sought-after marketing strategist and consultant. A former lawyer, Ron has been selling online for over 13 years. After launching over 50 of his own products in a variety of niches, he later became the “secret weapon” behind many of the biggest names in the industry including Hay House Publishing, Todd Herman, Selena Soo, Denise Duffied-Thomas, and Ryan Levesque. His current focus is helping emerging experts build 7-figure businesses through his proprietary marketing systems.Find Ron:WebsiteFacebook

Shilletha Curtis -  Trail name “Dragonsky” is 30 years old and is from New Jersey, USA.    She is an established writer and hiker and is inspiring to be the second Black woman to achieve the Triple Crown of hiking (The AT, PCT, CTD).    She recently completed the Appalachian Trail and is preparing for the Continental Divide Trail (CDT).    She graduated from Rutgers in 2014 and has worked in the social work and veterinary field for years.    She is currently working as a freelance writer and is working on her book.   Listen to Shilletha on the Tough Girl Podcast as she shares more about her life, her passion for hiking and spending time in the outdoors.   New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Hit the subscribe button so you don't miss out.    The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons.    Support the mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media. Visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast and subscribe - super quick and easy to do and it makes a massive difference. Thank you.   Show notes   Growing up in New Jersey, USA Graduating in 2014 with a degree in social work Getting into writing since Covid What her younger years were like Having a passion for reading Never being exposed to hiking  Her journey of getting into the outdoors Getting into hiking in 2020 Hearing about the Appalachian Trail for the first time Getting obsessed with the AT and making the decision to thru-hike it Living from paycheck to paycheck  Figuring out how to pay for the hike Joining AT Facebook Groups… Asking about her safety  Dealing with racism and threats  Being supported/sponsored by the Appalachian Trail Conservatory (ATC) Using the GoFundMe platform to raise funds for her hike Safety while on the trail  Needing people at certain points for safety Not being excited while on the trail and just being scared Being a triple minority and always having to look and check behind her back at all times Journalling and writing while out in the woods Being exhausted  Having a strategy for hiking the AT The Matrix World Listening to her body  Wanting to experience freedom while hiking  Starting the trail in February…. Dealing with the cold weather Her trail name and where it came from  Connecting with a trail family  Her summit day on October 5th 2021 Cover your poop! Loving the rock scrambling and feeling empowered and happy Feeling proud of herself Biggest lessons learned from the experience of spending 9 months on the trail The power of being present Learning how to live and what freedom means  Wanting to live life how she wants to  Sharing her journey and how people can follow along Working on new writing projects The significance of 29.5 Chasing the seasons Top pieces of advice for Black women who want to take on a challenge like hiking the Appalachian Trail Words to live your life by  Why she's going to keep on hiking    Social Media   Instagram: @I_Am_Dragonsky    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IAmDragonsky    Blog post - Not Just Another Hiker June 12, 2020   

Hey Lifers! It's a new year and most of us are back into the work grind! Today we are talking about the relationship that we have with work! Joining us is Bec Brown, author of "You've got this" and founder and managing director of the comms department to talk about: -Figuring out what we want to do with our careers -How we need to ditch the idea of a work/life balance and engage in career- life flow instead -How to work on our 'personal brands' to help us do better in our work environments -How to set yourself up for promotions and pay rises We kick off this episode with some laughs about the best sex positions and how many items you can ask for from the grocery store when someone offers! You can find Bec on the gram here: @becbrowncomms & @thecommsdepartment If you'd like to get your hot little hands on her book:  www.penguin.com.au/books/youve-got-this-978176089785 & her website is here: www.thecommsdepartment.com.au If you liked the episode, share it with someone that you love because we love love! xx

As business owners, it's really easy to get overwhelmed by how much there is to do in a day and wind up procrastinating or getting distracted. You can find yourself sitting down at your desk without any idea what to tackle first and never actually managing to do anything. But there are ways to avoid this! In today's episode, I'm discussing how to manage your to-do list, blast through procrastination, and make your work life easier and more productive. First up, I've got some advice on organization and planning, including how to figure out the best organizational methods for you, whether that's sticky notes (my favorite), paper planners, or phone notifications. I also discuss the importance of setting out your daily tasks, especially the ones that make you money, to reduce the time wasted on figuring out what needs to be done. Following that, I talk about being flexible but organized with your schedule, grouping similar tasks together and creating steps to follow while giving yourself the freedom to stick with inspiration when it hits. Then I tackle procrastination and distractions, with some tough love on self-managing our attachment to screen time and digital notifications. And finally, I wrap up the episode by discussing one of my favorite ways of avoiding procrastination: the 15-Minute Hustle, a fantastic tool for getting over the fear of starting tasks you've been dreading and getting them done in fifteen-minute bursts. You can get more advice on managing your FBA business from the Amazon Files and Mommy Income community by joining our Facebook group with today's codeword BEGINNER, where you can learn more about bundling, ask questions, and participate in the conversation with other sellers. And if you're ready to take your business to a whole new level, visit MommyIncome.com/Coach to schedule your one-on-one coaching call today. This week on the Amazon Files:              The rest of the workshop locations for 2022, including a virtual option How to organize your to-do list Setting out your Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and master task list Figuring out your money-making tasks Flexibility in scheduling Time blocking (including breaks throughout the day) Managing distractions Blasting through procrastination The 15-Minute Hustle “If you own your own business, you are a business owner, you are a CEO, you are an entrepreneur. And so you can own any or all of those titles. This isn't just some little, small side gig you've got going on. This is a big deal. You started a business, most people don't do that.” - Kristin Ostrander Quotes: “People that come to workshops usually find the most success when it comes to wholesale bundling because they feel supported. They feel like they have these ‘Aha!' breakthrough moments where the course was great, but they got the questions asked, they got to build a bundle together with other people and kind of fail and try again and work through things, and realize how normal that process really is when you do it yourself.” “That's entrepreneurship, you know, you're the one in charge, you're CEO and janitor, you're going to have to do all the hard things and the easy things and all the things until you can hire help.” “The reality is, you have to figure out what works best for you that you are actually going to follow through on. Yes, we can create new habits, that's absolutely true, but you also have to be a hundred percent committed to creating new habits and giving it, you know, six weeks of practice every single day to make a new habit.” “That's a lot of where time is wasted and lost when it comes to an entrepreneur, that we're responsible for so many things that we sometimes sit down at our desk and know that we have a boatload of stuff to do. But we don't really know what to do.” “CEOs and business owners and entrepreneurs face decision fatigue all the time, every day, probably. We're constantly making small and big decisions, and it's exhausting.” “Sometimes, we can't wait for inspiration. We can't wait for the time to be right where we're feeling creative. Sometimes we've just got to do it.” “If we're constantly trying to handle things while we're doing our tasks, we're gonna be all over the place, and all over the place is not where we want to be.” “Life is all about the miscellaneous, right, so we want to make sure that we have space on our calendars in order to handle this miscellaneous stuff that just randomly comes up.” “We can regulate our kids, we can put parental controls on there, and we can, you know, block certain things from their phones, but what are we doing to protect ourselves from ourselves?” “Procrastination is part of everybody's life. It is. It's a symbol of a bigger problem, a symptom really of a bigger problem, most likely a combination of fear, ignorance, overwhelm, being uncomfortable.” “If you only have room for four 15-minute hustles, and you commit to that, you will see your productivity skyrocket. Because you're being intentional, because you're planning, because you put it on a thing, and because you wrote it down,” “Most of the problem is starting the task.” “We spend more than fifteen minutes scrolling on our phones in the bathroom, let's just be real about that. You have fifteen minutes. You have more than fifteen minutes.” “I didn't feel like it was this big, long, overwhelming Saturday where I had to spend the whole day putting Christmas away. Instead, I just did fifteen minutes at a time. And I knew I had a plan for that. And I knew I was gonna continue executing that. It was freedom. That's what it felt like.” Related Content: 2022 Workshops - Coupon code: workshop50 Wholesale Bundle System Email questions Learn With Us Coaching The Amazon Files Hub Grow Your Amazon Business! Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of The Amazon Files, the show to help Amazon sellers along their business journey one step at a time with Amazon expert and your host, Kristin Ostrander. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show and leave us your honest review. Don't forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media! Use the codeword BEGINNER to join us on Facebook. Each week, Kristin hosts a live discussion on how to grow your Amazon business. Don't forget to check out our website and subscribe to our mailing list for even more resources.  

In this episode of Oh My Heath ... There's HOPE! Jana talks with Chelsie Ward.   Chelsie Ward has a background in Applied Behavior Analysis and is a Registered Nurse, FDN Practitioner, and energy healer. She is the author of the book, “Healed His Way” where she shares how she healed her body naturally, after being failed by conventional medicine. Having completed intense research into how the body works, how food is medicine, and how our bodies are designed to heal themselves, her focus is on wholeness – in mind, body, and spirit. She successfully empowers others to reach their wellness goals by guiding them with a straightforward approach. Chelsie speaks authentically from her own experiences and is filled with energy, positive light, and joy!   “Be Happy, Healthy, Whole.”   This 30-minute episode is on: 1) We all have a destiny and we are all here for a reason 2) Figuring out how to deal with a chronic illness through a holistic lifestyle 3) Starting with the right mindset 4) How to recognize the signs of a sluggish liver 5) What is the gut hormone connection   This episode is about: In this episode Jana and Chelsie discuss that we all have a destiny and are here for a reason Figuring out how to deal with chronic illness, starting out with the right mindset. how to recognize the signs of a sluggish liver, and the gut hormone connection.   Get in touch with Chelsie: www.chelsieward.com  @Chelsie_ward_wellness  https://www.facebook.com/ChelsieWardWellness/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsieward/   Chelsie's Offer: One of the biggest challenges we face is knowing how to eat right to fuel our own metabolism. You probably know by now that diet plans are not one-size-fits-all. This guide was created with you in mind. This quiz and guide will help you balance your plate so that you feel more satisfied after meals, reduce cravings, improve blood sugar balance, and skyrocket your energy!   www.chelsieward.com/metabolic-guide www.chelsieward.com/checklist www.chelsieward.com/free-book-download   Get in touch with Jana and listen to more Podcasts: https://www.janashort.com/   Show Music ‘Hold On' by Amy Gerhartz https://www.amygerhartz.com/music.   Connect with Jana Short: https://www.janashort.com/contact/

REBOUNDING FROM A BAD WORKOUT Podcast Episode #138

Jay Williams was a prolific college basketball player at Duke where he played for the legendary Coach K. He was drafted #2 in the NBA Draft to the Chicago Bulls. A tragic motorcycle accident ended his career early -- and Jay found himself bed ridden for months with a shattered pelvis and torn ligaments. He drove himself to regain his strength and developed mental resilience. His memoir is titled, Life Is Not an Accident. Jay became an analyst for ESPN and now he's one of the most regarded voices in sports and pop culture. In his new NPR podcast, The Limits with Jay Williams, he uncovers the blueprints from some of the most known and unknown figures in sports, business, and entertainment.  In this episode we cover: -Who Jay was when he wrote his book -His preparation process for a great interview -How to strike work/life balance and more.. email questions to omaid@omaid.me

Hour 1: The Giants could have a new General Manager in place by the end of day and Boomer's ‘spidey sense' says Bills' assistant GM Joe Schoen will get the gig, the guys talked about all the possibilities for the Giants and who they might zero in on as a head coach once the GM is in place, Gio provided an update on his health & wellbeing, Jerry provided an update, getting us ready for NFL Division Round Weekend, the Knicks are not very good, Tom Brady sure has had a lot of playoff success, and Sal Licata calls out Brandon Tierney in what we will call a developing story, so stay tuned…

The question I get asked the most is, "how much money should I save for retirement." In this solo episode, I'm sharing 4 steps to figuring out how much money you save during your working years for retirement. There are endless calculators, blogs, and even podcasts that seek to answer this question. However, figuring out how much you need is a little more complex than completing a simple calculator. It all starts with visioning your future and understanding how much cash you'll need each year. From there, you can walk backwards into a target number that is right for your life. In this solo episode, I'm sharing 4 steps to figuring out how much money you save during your working years for retirement. LinksInvestopedia article, How Much Do I Need to RetireRetirement Income CalculatorNerdWallet article, How Much Should You Save for Retirement smartasset Retirement CalculatorHow to Train Your Brain to Achieve Money Goals episodeEpisode SponsorsA big thanks to our sponsors who made this episode possible.Find out how Upstart can lower your monthly debt payments today when you go to UPSTART.com/mymoney. I want you to start living a happier life today. As a listener, you'll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at http://www.betterhelp.com/mymoney. Sign up for Lendtable at Lendtable.com with promo code MILLENNIAL for an extra $50 off your Lendtable balance to start securing your financial future now. Visit Lendtable.com today to see how much you can make because it's never too late to start investing in future you. To see the new Lexus NX and to discover everything it was designed to do for you, visit Lexus.com/NX.FOLLOW & SHARELeave us a 5-star review. Head to this link and let us know why you love the show. Reviews help us continue to grow and bring on more amazing guests. Thank you in advance! http://bit.ly/millennial-money.Love this episode? Share it with a few friends so they can learn these valuable money concepts as well.Be sure to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to never miss an episode!Sign up for my weekly Let's Talk Money email newsletter https://bit.ly/letstalkmoneyemailShannah Shares: Community Q&AHave a Shannah Shares question, submit it here https://www.mmoneypodcast.com Follow Me Here for More Money TipsShannah on Twitter https://twitter.com/shannahgame Shannah on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shannahgame/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Whaddup World! Another Dallas Cowboys season is over, but for some reason this one seems to be hurting a bit more than usual. Check out the latest episode of The Ocho as RJ Ochoa tries to figure out exactly why. Huzzah! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, find out how Steve Sherk of Sherk's Guide Service gets his mature buck data right after hunting season. Steve is notorious for killing mature deer and helping his clients find success. Steve is a big woods hunter that pursues deer on public land in Pennsylvania and New York, his tactical and purposeful approach to evaluating and understanding deer movement and establishing a process to harvest deer will translate to your hunting. Steve and Jon discuss deer habitat and what preferences exist this time of year and where to scout. Sometimes conditions allow for double the data and will put you closer to understanding what deer will be doing next season.  Also, we dive into Steve's scouting process, how he picks apart his hunting areas. Figuring out what deer have survived the hunting season is the first step. Evaluating the areas deer use and defining home ranges first, then forecasting core ranges to help narrow down and dial in where these deer want to be during hunting season. The use of trail cameras is essential to Steve's process, his technique of clustering and analyzing trail camera data fuels his success. Steve's ability to get intel all year long and his focus on scouting over 300 days a year,  and his focus on learning about specific deer movement and usage of areas seasonal supports his continued success in the big woods. Social LinksSherk's Guide Service – Guided Deer Hunts (sherksguideservice.com)Sherk's Guide Service - Home | FacebookSteve Sherk Jr. (@sherksguideservice) • Instagram photos and videoshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=en Whitetail Landscapes is Powered by Simplecast

Darrian Mikell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Qualifi, a SaaS platform that powers the fastest phone interview experience in the world and helps recruiting teams hire great candidates faster than ever before. He is based in the Indianapolis area and is a dedicated husband and father of three.We explore what it takes to launch a start-up and secure funding, the emotional pressures of entrepreneurship, and the leadership responsibilities of a founder and CEO.=======================0:00 Intro 1:21 Darrian attributes his drive today to ambition he felt as a child  3:34 Qualifi was co-founded by brothers  5:25 What problem within the hiring process does Qualifi solve for?9:12 What makes Darrian passionate about building his company?10:26 Using the Notes App 11:08 What few metrics do you measure at Qualifi and why do they matter the most? 13:09 Is Qualifi the only product on the market right now or is it the best? 14:43 How did you determine early adopters within the total addressable market?18:20 An error made when first starting the company 19:46 Understanding which key factors will drive your company's growth20:39 “Learn to sell, learn to build, if you can do both, you will be unstoppable” - Naval22:17 Figuring out what it means to be an effective leader24:01 Jobs of a CEO26:18 When you hire people, are you thinking about cultural fit or cultural add?27:40 Thoughts on bootstrapping versus raising venture capital 32:03 Describing the experience of raising money 34:40 The steps to take that can lead to a successful seed round38:49 What company or founder origin story stands out as special?41:43 Raising a family with 3 kids while running a business  45:35 Competitiveness as an athlete versus competitiveness as an entrepreneur 47:53 Misconceptions of building a business48:44 Life lessons learned by playing golf 54:44 How seeing success leads to more success57:29 Focusing on the future1:01:18 “One Final Question”=======================LinkTree to support us and leave an Apple Podcast review (thank you!)Let's get in touch!Join the discussion in the episode comments on our YouTube channel or social media pages...InstagramTwitter

Guest Jorge Motoshige felt as though college surrounded him with an interesting, diverse group of people that helped him land in a number of different places with some comfort, because he didn't have any concerns about being able to get out there and meeting new people of all kinds of different backgrounds. Get out there, he did, becoming employee number 113 at Yahoo upon graduation. After a number of years in producing there, he timed his departure right before the first dotcom bust and left the company in 2000. Figuring out where to go and who to be next proved more difficult and so he took the opportunity to travel. Frequent visits to New York made him realize that this California boy could spend two or three years there. Before he knew it, he'd been there for at least 15.Though he joked in college that he doubt he'd live past 40, fate proved otherwise, though his bachelor days were numbered. Through mutual friends, he met Elisabeth, an opera singer from Greece, and ended up married in 2019. The couple lives an international lifestyle with Elisabeth basing her career out of Berlin and Jorge doing likewise from New York.In this episode, find out from Jorge how never staying still lets you consistently amass new experiences …on ROADS TAKEN...with Leslie Jennings Rowley.About This Episode's Guest//Jorge Motoshige, international man of mystery, splits his time between New York and Berlin and the many destinations of his professional and personal travels. Who knows where he will turn up next?  Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings RowleyMusic: Brian Burrows Find more episodes at https://roadstakenshow.com Email the show at RoadsTakenShow@gmail.com

Any business venture has its challenge but today, we're going to dive deep into the real estate industry. What are the risks of having a real estate business? Kenneth Gee is the Founder and President of the KRI group of companies. He has more than 23 years of significant real estate, banking, private equity, and multi-family investing experience. In this episode, he explains how he handles risks and how to take and put everything in place. Figuring out your way in the real estate industry is a challenge, but it's going to be worth it!   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://www.brickeninvestmentgroup.com/podcast Blog Post URL https://brickeninvestmentgroup.com/2022/01/16/understanding-the-risks-and-challenges-in-real-estate-with-kenneth-gee Guests ● Kenneth Gee (kgee@kriproperties.com)

Debby Moorman shares why business development became her career passion and why everybody is better at business development than they think. Find out why the sales label holds so many people back from growing their skills, how being helpful is the foundation for business development, and the aha moment that helped Debby become more effective than ever at building relationships with prospects and clients.   Mo asks Debby Moorman: Tell me the moment when you decided that business development is something that you wanted to focus on. Debby fell into business development almost by accident when she was in college after taking a sales job one summer. The key realization was when she figured out that she liked helping people solve their problems, and that was when she decided to shift her focus to professional sales. Debby went on to a professional sales role out of college where most of the training was technical in focus. It wasn't until Debby moved into a national leadership role did she realize that business development skills are just as important as technical skills. That was when she became connected with Mo and the GrowBIG system. Now that Debby is consulting, the focus on business development is even more important. As a service provider, the reality is that you are helping your clients solve their problems, and that is the essence of business development. Companies tend to focus on technical training because there is often so much information to learn and such a large need for that information, businesses are incentivized to pay attention to it. An organization that wants to grow has to invest in its people beyond the technical side. Companies often throw structure at an issue in an attempt to solve a problem. Take the word sales out of your mind if you're just getting started with business development. Retool your brain to frame the conversation as a way of figuring out what the other person needs and how you can help. If you can do that, the conversation becomes less intimidating.   Mo asks Debby Moorman: What is your personal development of business development? Business development is identifying high-value relationships, investing in them, and finding ways to bring value to those relationships. It's about matching what you have to offer with the needs of your market and customizing it for each person. Figuring what the client needs is fundamentally about asking the right questions and listening closely to the answer. The key in any conversation is that if you're talking more about yourself than you are about them it's not been a successful conversation. Debby's personal philosophy is if she can help the other person solve their problem, either with something she can offer or by pointing them in the direction of someone else who can help, then the day will come when she does have something that she can offer them. For an hour-long meeting, Debby prepares for at least double that time to make sure she deeply understands the person and the company she is meeting with. The more she can become a student of their business, the more she can make that initial conversation helpful. She will write out a handful of open-ended questions to get them talking and sharing about the challenges in their business. One of the biggest gaps in a good conversation that leads nowhere is that there needs to be a next step. The questions and preparation get the conversation going, but coming up with two or three paths that could lead to a give-to-get or a second conversation is the goal. The goal of the first meeting is to get the second meeting. You need a reason to get back together again. A good rule of thumb for a meeting is that the other person should be talking ⅔ of the time. One of the skills that Debby has had to work on over the years is the power of silence. We have a natural inclination to fill the space, but it's okay to wait. It takes practice to learn these skills but it's more than worth the effort.   Mo asks Debby Moorman: What is your favorite science, step, or story from GrowBIG or the Snowball System? Debby's favorite science is the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument. The science behind what type of thinker we are is incredibly valuable. Most people have been through at least one kind of similar training, but they usually can't put it into use. With HBDI, that's not the case. The brilliant a-ha moment for Debby was realizing that you must assume that you have all four thinking types in the room when you're meeting with someone new, and you must tailor your conversation to appeal to all four types. The best part is that the system is easy to remember and put into practical use. HBDI basically says that there are four ways to think based on the physiological structure of the brain. Some people are analytical and some are relational, some are experimental and some are more practical. Components of your presentations and discussions should always touch on all four parts. Debby's second favorite principle is the idea of building it together. Spending time together to think through the various options, you aren't selling them something, you are helping them understand what they need and helping them get that solution. Building it together starts with the preliminary market research and understanding what's happening in their market, and then coming up with a few options for a possible solution. It can take multiple conversations and feedback to figure out the right option for them, but the goal is to match the right solution to the prospect's particular problem. The prospect is probably facing a near infinite number of choices in the beginning. This is the perfect opportunity for you to narrow things down and save the prospect a huge amount of time. During a conversation, Debby is trying to uncover which option would be the best fit, or whether a completely different option may be a better path. There is almost always something new learned during the conversation that changes things, but the goal is to always narrow solutions down and getting clarity on the best next step.   Mo asks Debby Moorman: What is one moment around business development that you are really proud of? The current climate has been challenging, and there is one client in particular that she's working with right now that she's proud of. She had the opportunity to reconnect with someone she worked with 15 years ago that recently moved into a more senior role. She reached out to them, but with the way things are right now, she couldn't meet them in person and have a face-to-face conversation with them. What Debby was able to do was have a conversation with this person and simply learn about their new role. She started to hear things that indicated the company was going through a number of changes and was able to offer herself as a resource to be more successful in their new job. This led to more conversations and helping them with relevant research, and eventually getting connected with the CHRO. This relationship from Debby's past has developed into a conversation about how they can all work together. By cultivating a relationship with this person, Debby has opened the door to working with the organization in a deeper scope that wouldn't have been possible otherwise, simply by being helpful. For Debby, the commercial transaction is not a focus when connecting with someone. She brings a curiosity to the table that helps her uncover genuine ways that she can help and by following through, she adds value, builds trust, and creates a real relationship. Be helpful and honest, and the solution will happen.   Mo asks Debby Moorman: If you could record a business development tip and send it to your younger self, what would it be? The bottomline is the idea of sales can be scary because we usually think of our worst sales experience and extrapolate that to everything. Debby's advice to her younger self would be to take a breath, and realize that it's all about meeting people and getting to know them, then helping them solve their problems. Changing the label from “sales” to “helping people and solving their needs” is a powerful mindset shift. People usually don't realize that they are selling everyday, they just don't label it that way. If you substitute “solve problems” for “sales”, you're probably doing it all the time. Debby tells the story of an earlier experience where her job was traditional sales, literally going door to door, and how by simply asking questions and identifying the needs of the company, she turned a no into one of the biggest sales of the hotel she was working for. Everybody already sells, they just don't call it that. When you substitute solving problems, you realize that you're already great at what you do, and if you plug in a process like the Snowball System, you can keep getting better at it.     Mentioned in this Episode: GrowBIGPlaybook.com debby.moorman@willistowerswatson.com Debby Moorman on LinkedIn

OK, I'm saying it. I am judgmental. Working with a coach, I was told I needed to work on being less judgmental… and it pissed me off. That's how I know there's truth to it. It's a flaw, and it's something that I'm not proud of, but I have to be real here and share what I'm going through. In this conversation, Kim and I break down what it means to be judgmental, how it can be a good thing, where it goes wrong, and how I'm trying to get better in that department. In This Conversation We Cover:  [03:20] Being judgmental of yourself and others [07:43] The difference between curation and judgment [10:12] Figuring out the source of your judgment [15:56] Wanting others to know what they're missing out on [23:07] Working on being less judgmental Resources: Text "Dream Life" to 310- 388-9724 to get our FREE dream life course Mastermind: https://workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind/ (workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind) Connect with Rob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robmurgatroyd/ (@robmurgatroyd) Connect with Kim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmurgatroyd/ (@kimmurgatroyd) To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: https://workhardplayhardpodcast.com/ (workhardplayhardpodcast.com) Work Hard Play Hard is a production of http://crate.media (Crate Media)

In unprecedented times, OU is hosting transfers, 2022 class high schoolers and just about everything in between. Josh, Eddie and Bob are here to break down everything. OU's next QB? It could be a lot of people. And could Lincoln Riley have ended up without any QBs for 2022? What is OU doing at receiver? The OU staff is now complete as well. We break that down as well. It's a fully loaded show breaking down a big weekend for OU football. The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back ... Visitors en route to Norman 5:00 - Trying to unpack the QB situation ---> Chubba Purdy (Visited) ---> Jaxson Dart (Visiting) 37:00 - Figuring out Sooners secondary transfers; visitors coming to stay? OU a favorite for Drew Sanders? 50:00 - Oklahoma has put together an outstanding staff

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Job fulfillment is different for everyone, and it can evolve over time—what was important in your 20s may not be relevant in your 40s. But we don't always stop to think through what's important to us now, and what is no longer a priority. When was the last time you evaluated the intrinsic rewards and extrinsic rewards that are meaningful for you? Does your current work line up with your priorities today? We review the criteria you can use throughout your career to ensure your job is fulfilling. Join us for a live Q&A session January 24 at 12:00p PST / 3:00 ET hosted by PowerToFly More job search tips and information at www.jobtalkweekly.com

Emily Balcetis is an Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University. She is the author of more than 70 scientific publications and her work has been covered in Forbes, Newsweek, Time, National Public Radio, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and many others. She has also received numerous awards for her work. Eric and Emily discuss her book, Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the WorldBut wait – there's more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It's that simple and we'll give you good stuff as a thank you!Emily Balcetis and I Discuss How to Focus and Accomplish Goals and…Her book, Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the WorldHer decision to tackle learning to play drumsThe four tools of accomplishing a goalWhat it means to materialize a goalHow our brains can't be trusted to accurately assess our progress toward our goalThe importance of writing down and tracking progress Figuring out what we want to accomplish AND creating a plan of actionForeshadowing obstacles that might get in our way and how you'll deal with them increases your chances of successThe value of narrowing your focus of attentionHow time is a big determinant of what goals we set and whether we reach those goalsFinding ways to connect your current self with your future self can make it easier to make tougher choices that lead to better outcomes laterHow it sometimes makes sense to have a “wide bracket” or broader perspectiveThe power of framing and how what we see predicts what we doEmily Balcetis Links:Emily BalcetisTwitterWhen you purchase products and/or services from the sponsors of this episode, you help support The One You Feed. Your support is greatly appreciated, thank you!If you enjoyed this conversation with Emily Balcetis, you might also enjoy these other episodes:How to Change with Katy MilkmanBehavior Change with John NorcrossSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cade Cunningham is heating up and the Pistons have won four of their past six games, but can he overtake Evan Mobley and Scottie Barnes for Rookie of the Year? Plus, Myles Turner trade talk, Nassir Little's fantasy outlook, Tyrese Haliburton's outstanding play, and much more. Ryan Knaus (@ryanknaus) and Jared Johnson (@Jae_Tha_Truth) are joined by Aaron Robinson (@AceRobinson_) to discuss hot pickups and put a fantasy slant on the latest hoops news in Tuesday's Roundball Stew!(1:33) NBA Rookie of the Year discussion(9:25) Figuring out the Bucks' rotation(12:45) What to do with Myles Turner(20:06)  Kyrie Irving  and the Nets(27:05) Nassir Little(31:05)  Tyrese Haliburton is making an impact

You've heard me say it before because I think we've all been there. You get diagnosed with PCOS and you think “yes! finally a reason behind why I've got these symptoms going on. Now I can just figure out what to do about it.” You figure that you'll see your doctor, get a specialist referral and you'll be on your merry way.Ugh, as if! As one of our protocolers Lily put so perfectly: “it feels like they're waiting for you to fall off a cliff before they want to help you.” So of course you go searching the internet ‘abyss' for information and try to piece together a list of lifestyle changes that can help your PCOS symptoms. Usually that list ends up being so freakin' long it's hard to keep up with.Lifestyle changes can make a massive, positive impact on your symptoms. But it doesn't mean that loading up on as many lifestyle changes as possible is the best idea. Figuring out what those few ‘high impact' changes are for you that you can maintain long term is what'll really make the difference. In today's episode we talk all about this and more with Lily, one of our lovely PCOS protocolers. Like me — and probably a lot of you — Lily is a perfectionist, type A kinda gal. So when she finally got a diagnosis after years of trying and suspecting, she jumped straight into ‘ok now give me the steps to fix this and I'll follow it to a tee' mode. Which of course left her feeling disappointed and frustrated when she got only tiny, unhelpful crumbs of information from her doctors. There's so much information out there, so she ended up with an extremely long, unsustainable list of changes to made life feel really restrictive. She dealt with aggressive cystic acne (like the accutane type, not a couple of measly spots), uncontrollable weight gain, some hirsutism and unexplained fatigue. Not only did we help her drastically improve those symptoms (5.5 inches of her waist, 6 inches of her hips, no need to sleep in the day, cleared up acne and no more hirsutism!) but she's also come out the other side (and into our Lifers program) equipped with knowledge about her body and with some really solid, fantastic mindset shifts that enable her to continue keeping on top of her PCOS symptoms.If you're feeling like you've tried everything, you're feeling like a failure and it feels like the list of things you need to do to get on top of things is miles long, then you're going to get so much out of this chat. Plus, there were plenty of laughs and relatable ‘that's so me' moments along the way — it's a hoot of a pod!This episode is for you if:You're struggling with uncontrollable weight gainAcne is a major symptom for youYou find that you're always tired for no logical reasonYou feel like your doctors aren't really giving you any options beyond the Pill, IVF and eating less moving moreYou have a type A / perfectionist personalityYou've been looking all over the internet for answers and stitching together different recommendations but you can't seem to get on top of your symptomsYou think you may have or know you have thyroid issuesYou want to know how to make changes for your PCOS sustainableYou think you may have or know you have autoimmune issuesYou're doing so much for your PCOS so you're confused about why nothing seems to be workingTalking to your family and friends about PCOS usually ends up in them asking why you can't eat certain foods and what someone they know did to help their symptomsYour tests have come back ‘normal' but you don't feel normalSome things we cover in this episode:Weight gainAggressive acneWhy making more and more changes isn't always betterWhy conversations with loved ones about PCOS can be difficult and how to approach these situationsWhy your blood tests may show as normal when

We all want to have a secure financial future for our families and our kids' future. But how do you get there? How do you even start? I'm happy to have Anna Sergunina on the show talking about everything regarding finances and planning for the future so you can live the lifestyle you really want! In this episode we talk about: The #1 thought you need for rate planning Figuring out where you are at with your finances right now How to save How to adjust your mindset and habits For a copy of Anna's “New Parent Money Checklist”, you can download it from the Parent Toolbox. www.parent-toolbox.com About Anna Sergunina Anna Sergunina, CFP® has over 16 years of experience as a Certified Financial Planner and is the CEO of MainStreet Financial Planning, Inc. one of the nation's largest fee-only, project-based, planning-only focused companies that serve families with young children wanting to grow their wealth and make Smart Financial Decisions along the way! Anna is a new Mom to her two-year-old son Liam, and a Wife to her husband, Yuri of 16 years. Not only does she emphasize the challenges her clients are facing, but she uses her own personal and professional experience as a mom, wife, and business owner to help her clients live their best financial life and make smart financial decisions...so they can have their dream career, a thriving business, a happy family, perfect health, and of course the MONEY to do it all! Anna is an advocate for financial education, and she has been featured in publications in Business Insider, Forbes, USA Today, Nasdaq, and WSJ. She was named “A Virtual Force” by Morningstar and recognized by Financial Advisor Magazine as one of the Top 10 Young Advisors To Watch in 2017. She also teaches her flagship personal finance management course, Money Flow System, and engages with her audience on her own Money Boss Podcast. Contact information: Email: anna@mainstreetplanning.com Social Media: Website: https://www.mainstreetplanning.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-sergunina-cfp%C2%AE-5654a07/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna8sergunina/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anna.sergunina.9 https://www.facebook.com/MainstreetPlanningInc/ Thanks for listening! It means so much to me that you listened to my podcast! If you would like to purchase my book or other parenting resources, visit me at www.yellingcurebook.com With this podcast, my intention is to build a community of parents that can have open and honest conversations about parenting without judgement or criticism. We have too much of that! I honor each parent and their path towards becoming the best parent they can be. My hope is to inspire more parents to consider the practice of Peaceful Parenting. If you know somebody who would benefit from this message, or would be an awesome addition to our community, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note in the comment section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe on the podcast app on your mobile device. Leave a review I appreciate every bit of feedback to make this a value adding part of your day. Ratings and reviews from listeners not only help me improve, but also help others find me in their podcast app. If you have a minute, an honest review on iTunes goes a long way! Thank You!! To rate and review my show go to: https://ratethispodcast.com/parentingourfuture.

When building a business, you're going to make mistakes. It's how you learn. On today's premiere episode of Team Builders, I've got two Rockstar team leaders willing to share both the highs and lows of building their team – Doug Edrington of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices J Douglas Properties in Chattanooga, TN and Matt Curtis of Matt Curtis Real Estate in Huntsville, AL. We start out talking about mistakes made and cover some of the things you just don't think about when you're starting a team... things that later come back to bite you. We also talk about: Figuring out your “sweet spot” Creating the right company culture How to deal with agents leaving or getting let go Branding and lead gen tactics – what's working now The most profitable lead source You also won't want to miss Doug's story about how he learned a competing brokerage was using his videos to train their agents! Check out episode 1 and sound off in the comments to let me know what you want to see in future episodes.

Freedom, Love & Power, Achieve the Life You Were Meant to Live    In this episode, John Patrick Morgan talks about how people can make changes to live their ultimate life.  Take away: Just do what you love. Action step: Ask yourself where and what do you want to be? Money Learnings: John grew up watching his dad teach him a lot about money.   Bio: John Patrick Morgan is a Philosopher and Champion for Being.    He leads a team of Creating Champions who teach, coach, and guide thousands of entrepreneurs and artists in being more free, loving, and powerful. By learning and embodying the Creating perspective, their clients achieve a union of outcomes in spiritual growth, material success, and social impact.    Post his formal studies in Physics and Mathematics, John Patrick built multiple small businesses (including one from a laptop and a backpack before the term ‘digital nomad' existed), developed real estate, traveled the world for years on end, coached human rights leaders, recorded albums & toured with his band, created a kids library in Cambodia, learned to scuba dive & pilot gliders, published writing and photography, competed as a black belt & triathlete, trained with Buddhist monks in India, cycled toured for months and many other adventures.  In recent years, his adventures have turned inward as his family came to be. He and his wife now reside with their two young boys in the countryside at 4000' on a mountain in Maui.    The foundation of John Patrick Morgan's role as a philosopher, teacher, and guide, is his being a real-world practitioner. He walks his talk, lives what he teaches, and has a genuine and powerful commitment to creating everybody.    Highlights from this episode: Link to episode page   How did Profit First help his business Figuring out what gifts you have He talks about the things we make up in our mind John loves to take things apart and put them back together again Being enough on the inside and the outside Can people make changes on their own or do they need someone to help them? Website & Social  http://jpmorganjr.com http://youtube.com/jpmorganjr http://facebook.com/jpmorganjr http://instagram.com/jpmorganjr http://linkedin.com/in/jpmorganjr  Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to more a purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom!   Thanks for listening!   Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/   Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro-appointment-15-minutes   If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ rocky@richersoul.com   Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast   Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.  

What do you want to achieve in 2022? Well, write it down! I mean it, write down your goals and double your expectations for some, even if they seem crazy. Why? There's no better way to know what to do every day than to lay your goals in front of you. Need help? Let's do it together in this episode! “Figuring out what you want to achieve and putting it out there will give you the clarity you need in your life and in your network marketing business.” More juicy resources:https://mylifestyleacademy.com/blog/ https://mylifestyleacademy.com/download/

Mo asks Debby Moorman: What is your personal definition of business development? Business development is identifying high-value relationships, investing in them, and finding ways to bring value to those relationships. It's about matching what you have to offer with the needs of your market and customizing it for each person. Figuring what the client needs is fundamentally about asking the right questions and listening closely to the answer. The key in any conversation is that if you're talking more about yourself than you are about them it's not been a successful conversation. Debby's personal philosophy is if she can help the other person solve their problem, either with something she can offer or by pointing them in the direction of someone else who can help, then the day will come when she does have something that she can offer them. For an hour-long meeting, Debby prepares for at least double that time to make sure she deeply understands the person and the company she is meeting with. The more she can become a student of their business, the more she can make that initial conversation helpful. She will write out a handful of open-ended questions to get them talking and sharing about the challenges in their business. One of the biggest gaps in a good conversation that leads nowhere is that there needs to be a next step. The questions and preparation get the conversation going, but coming up with two or three paths that could lead to a give-to-get or a second conversation is the goal. The goal of the first meeting is to get the second meeting. You need a reason to get back together again. A good rule of thumb for a meeting is that the other person should be talking ⅔ of the time. One of the skills that Debby has had to work on over the years is the power of silence. We have a natural inclination to fill the space, but it's okay to wait. It takes practice to learn these skills but it's more than worth the effort.     Mentioned in this Episode: GrowBIGPlaybook.com debby.moorman@willistowerswatson.com Debby Moorman on LinkedIn

The final week of the regular season in the NFL is one of my favorites to watch because you have three levels of teams.  Those who have nothing to play for because their season is over, those fighting to make the playoffs, and those who can chill because they've executed all year.  You can learn a lot from each. In this episode, we'll discuss: Figuring out where you're at Are you REALLY a winner? (and how to tell) The Bigger Plan The Character of your team

Introduction (Recording 12/31) (Airing 1/10)Thank you for listeningFarm4Profit episode vs Farm4Fun EpisodeThank you again for suggesting topics for us to talk about on the podcast and keep them coming.  Send those to farm4profitllc@gmail.com or find us all over social media.We greatly appreciate your help in growing our audience.The listener review today is brought to you by Geringhoff.  They are head of the class no matter the crop and product to be the anchor partner of the Farm4profit Podcast@WParkinson4 ***** – I really enjoy the podcast.  Ya'll are in the top of my que when a new one comes out.YOU can now review us on Spotify!Commercial: John DeereWhat's Working in AGBW Fusion – Brody Benton1 – What did you see working well for growers in 2021?CornBeansArea Specific?2 – What didn't work well?3 – What should our listeners be thinking about this time of year?Our #1 most requested topic – The field tile exploration (Does it always pay?)We will see how this goes as it might become a multi-part episodeThere are more than six million acres of cropland in Iowa where wetness limits productivity. Slightly more than half of the 375 different soils series mapped in Iowa have problems with excess water. The drainage of farmland is obviously important for improving the productivity of Iowa agriculture. Based on the large number of acres susceptible to excessive wetness and the yield response from removing this wetness, farmers and landowners are becoming increasingly interested in drainage. AND that's just Iowa……..!The two major methods of farmland drainage are surface drainage where standing water is removed using surface ditches and subsurface drainage where excess water is removed through a system of underground drainage tiles – that is what we are going to focus onJoel Hayes – He and his brother run Hayes Bros Drainage in Grundy County Iowa and have been in business since 2009.  They have covered most of the state of Iowa during their time in business.Their dad/family also farms around 3500 acresJoel Lange - @centraliowa_rainage  - Joel and his family own and operate Central Iowa Drainage in Guthrie County Iowa where they have been farming since 2012.Joel's family moved their entire farm from O-Neill Nebraska to Iowa in 2012General QuestionsWhat is drainage tile?Drain tile is a system of pipes with perforations or holes that channels water away from intended areasField tile is tubing or pipe buried in the ground to convey subsurface water to an outlet such as a stream or ditchWhat are outlets?The structures used to control the minimum elevation at which water leaves the drainage tile, which in turn controls the maximum elevation of the groundwater table in the area drained by the tile system to which the outlet control structure is attached.What are inlets?Purpose: A common practice that is used to. drain farmed depressions is a tile riser, which is essentially a pipe that acts as a direct conduit for water from the field to the receiving ditch or stream. A blind inlet or French drain is used to filter at least sediment from the water that is drained from the field.Why do we install drainage tile?The purpose of subsurface drainage is to lower the water table in the soil. The water table is the level at which the soil is entirely saturated with water.  The excess water must be removed to a level below the ground surface where it will not interfere with plant root growth and development. The major reason for installing subsurface drainage is to improve the productivity of the farmland.  Higher yields translate into more returns. This is especially true in recent years due to higher grain prices. So the investment decision is based on whether the higher crop returns will justify the investment in subsurface drainage.Types of tilePerforatedSolidComes with socksHow long is tile good for?When does it need replaced?Useful life of clay tileWhen was plastic first installedIs that plastic technology improved for today?Is there a right time to install tile?Always….Is there a wrong time to install tile?Reasons to tile when inputs are highWe want to put tile in….how do we get started?Prepare a planContact the USDA for approval – starts at the FSA officeWhat are recommended best practice steps to take?Mistakes to avoid?If it's hard to expand your farm by buying high priced ground or renting more ground, how can tile help improve your bottom line?Tiling for a tax deductions…..does this work?Better than equipment purchases?Any specific tile tax breaks?Figuring out return on investment on tileCan you believe the information coming from tile guys? – Do they just want to sell more tile?Are there other resources to use? ISU Ag Decision MakerThe most difficult part of computing a tile investment analysis is estimating the yield response from the improved drainage. The size of the expected yield improvement dramatically impacts the economic feasibility of installing tile drainage, as shown in the example below.Example:A 10 bushel per acre yield response from corn and a 4 bushel per acre yield response from soybeans will provide an average annual return of $35 for corn at a price of $3.50 price ($3.50 x 10 bu. = $35) and $36 for soybeans at a price of $9 ($9 x 4 bu. = $36). If the yield responses are 20 bushels for corn and 8 bushels for soybeans, the returns are double.Estimating future returnsIn the analysis above we assumed that the annual income stream will stay constant throughout the entire life of the tile. However, this may not be the case. Corn and soybean yields have increased over recent decades as shown in Figure 3. Corn yields have increased by 2.4 percent and soybean yields by 1.8 percent per year since 1980. Most experts expect this trend to continue, if not increase. The impact of trend yield increases over the life of the tile drainage can be substantial.Tile Investment StrategiesA variety of investment strategies have emerged for the installation of tile drainage.  Some of these are based on installations over a period of time.  Others are investment arrangements between tenants and landlords on rented land.1)  Install subsurface drainage on the entire field With this strategy, the decision is made to install drainage tile on the entire field or farm.  Bids and designs are obtained from various tilers, and the decision is made to move forward with tiling the entire field or farm. 2)  Design the entire drainage system but install over a period of years – This is similar to the strategy above in that the drainage system for the entire field or farm is designed up-front.  However, the actual investment and installation of tile drainage is spread over a period of years, often as income becomes available.3)  Invest a fixed amount of money in drainage With this strategy, the investment decision is based on spending a fixed amount of money on drainage.  The system is then designed to get the most drainage benefit from the limited amount of money.  Although this may optimize the benefit from the investment, it often leads to a “patchwork” system as subsequent investments are made over a period of years and does not provide for the best overall drainage system.Landlord/tenant strategies 1)  Landlord Investment Strategy – The traditional landlord/tenant investment strategy is for the landlord to make the tiling investment and charge the tenant a higher cash rental rate.  The higher cash rental rate is due to higher yields achieved from the drainage and provides the landlord with a return on his/her tiling investment.The additional cash rent can be computed from the estimated increase in net return from tile installation. For example, if the cash rental rate is currently based on the typical rate in the local community, the new rate will be the typical rate plus the additional net return from the estimated increase in net returns from drainage.The additional cash rent can be computed based on a fixed rate of return from the tile investment.  For example, if the tiling investment is $500 per acre and a rate of return of 8 percent is desired, the additional cash rent is $40 per acre ($500 x 8% = $40).  If the cash rental rate is currently based on the typical rate in the local community, the new rate will reflect this typical rate plus $40.2)  Tenant Investment Strategy – The tenant makes the tile investment on the landlord's farm. Because the landlord makes none of the investment, the cash rental rate does not increase due to the increase in productivity. The additional net returns go to the tenant as compensation for the tiling investment. A major concern for the tenant is whether he/she will have access to the land for a long enough period of time to justify the capital investment. One approach is to enter into a long-term lease between the two parties. However, individuals often do not want to lock themselves into a lease for this length of time.  In Iowa, farm leases of five or more years in length must be recorded and multiple-year leases may not exceed 20 years.Another option is to continue with one year leases but execute an ancillary contract dealing specifically with the tiling. Under this contract the tenant receives a pro-rata buyout of the tiling investment from the landowner if he/she ceases to rent the farm during the lifetime of the tile.For example, assume the tiling investment is $400 per acre and the life of the investment is 20 years. If the tenant ceases to rent the land after five years, he/she receives a payment of $300 per acre. Leaving after 15 years results in a payment of $100 per acre and after 20 years there is no payment.The length of the buyout period is negotiable between tenant and landlord. The buyout payment can be made by the landlord. An alternative is for the new tenant to make the buyout payment to the tenant that is leaving and take over the remaining life of the contract.3)  Shared Investment Strategy – The landlord and tenant share the tiling investment and use a crop-share lease. The investment is shared in the same proportion as the crop is shared in the leasing arrangement (e.g. 50/50). With this arrangement, each party receives the additional net returns in the same proportion as the investment. An arrangement is made where the tenant will receive a prorated buyout if he/she leaves the farm before the useful life of the tile is expended. An alternative is for the landlord to make the investment and modify the crop share lease provisions to reflect the change in contribution.Cost share programs?Tied in with bio-reactors?Payment plans? Any other comments or items you'd like to bring up and share?What do you know now that you wish you would have known sooner?SummaryChallengeReminder to like, rate, and review.  Please don't hesitate to share the “Mullet of Podcasts” with your friends.  We look forward to sharing more time with you next week on our Farm4Fun Episode.

Today, I welcome Sheryl Morley on the podcast! Sheryl teaches other women how to achieve financial independence and time freedom.She began her career in direct sales in 1997 when she joined a new company, Youngevity International. After getting married and having her twin boys, Sheryl took 8 years off from the business. Upon returning, she had to make some pretty big pivots! We discuss the changes Sheryl's business went through during those 8 years, and how she had to redefine her definition of success upon returning. As part of our courageous conversation, we talk about:-Figuring out what you really want in life-Redefining your "why"-Not playing small in life-Making pivots until you reach the goal-Choosing persistence even when things get difficultToday, Sheryl is the Co-Founder of The Institute of Wholistic Health that trains and certifies health coaches. Her passion is to promote optimal wellness through nutritional supplementation and healthy lifestyle choices. To learn more about Sheryl:https://www.facebook.com/sheryl.morley.33https://linktr.ee/sherylmorley

Figuring out the logistics about how to yell at Egypt might need to happen in another episode, because today we're learning about how to noodle for crocodiles! Meanwhile, Yahweh is sliding in to Ezekiel's dms to chat about his humiliation fetish and creative death ideas, being slain under the heart of the seas!If you want MORE drinking and bible-ing, including bonus episodes, interviews with experts, fun mini series', and more, consider becoming a ‘parishioner' at Patreon.com/DrunkBibleStudy Our theme music is Book Club by Josh and Anand.

Mental performance consultant & coach Lindsay Roberts discusses her diverse career helping high performers and why her focus today is on helping leaders learn what they need to be more effective leaders.We discuss empathy, connection, & the power of investing in your team to lead better.Connect with Lindsay on LinkedIn here.

By the time we are young adults, we adapt this mentality that whatever it is that we decide to do as our job or our career, is the end all be all decision. And we are so hard on ourselves when we can't figure out what that thing is. We put so much pressure on ourselves to “get it right” the first time, even though we've barely had any kind of life experience. In this episode, Rachel and Erin answer a question from The Confident Woman Community - “How do you choose a career when you aren't sure what you want to do?” Rachel and Erin chat more about Both of their journeys and how it is led them to where they are today Shifting your expectations to focus on the short term as opposed to trying to figure out the long term, right now Tips on how to go back to the “roots” of who you are as a person and exploring it Giving yourself grace (no one knows 100% what they want to in life) Not being afraid to try different things Grab Our Resources: Join The Confident Woman Podcast Facebook Community here! Grab your FREE Confidence Booster Guide here! Order your copy of Chasing Perfection: A Journey to Healing, Fitness, and Self-Love AND Get the Bonus Points to Ponder Journal FREE! Join The Confident Woman Collective - educating, empowering, and equipping women with the tools and resources to create lasting change within so they can create a life and business they love! Let's Connect: Rachel's Instagram: @iamrachelbrooks Erin's Instagram: @the.erin.klein.show The Confident Woman Podcast Instagram: @theconfidentwomanpodcast The Confident Woman Collective Instagram: @theconfidentwomancollective Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes! Quotes: “There's always going to be something new and exciting in your life, and you can take that with you into the next stage.” - Rachel “That's the beauty of what growth is. You're expanding, you're evolving, you're stretching, you're growing. And you can become anything at any time.” - Rachel “Purpose finds you. You can't just go find it under a rock or on the shelves at Target. It doesn't exist. Purpose comes through experience.” - Rachel “At the end of the day, the only one that has to like you (and your decision) is you.” - Erin --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfidentwoman/message

Figuring out how much your practice is actually making doesn't have to be complicated. Dr. Laskin presents a simple way to determine how profitable you really are.  Learn more at www.Abundents.com. Visit www.Dentaltreadmill.com to get more information on becoming your most productive self.

Welcome to Office Hours, hosted by Legendary Sports Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor, David Meltzer. Where the brightest millionaires, billionaires, and entrepreneurs, in business, sports, and entertainment get together to talk about success, failure, and everything in between. Take a deep dive into the mind of some of the world's most impactful guests to share their strategies and tools to dominate their respective fields. My co-hosts for today's episode are Mike Mumola, founding partner at Mediabundance, Nada Lena, Founder and CEO of Rise Up For You, and the True Underdog himself, Jayson Waller, the founder & CEO of Powerhome Solar. Joining us on today's episode is John L. Hennessy, Chairman at Alphabet Inc., Paul Rabil, cofounder of the PLL, Olympic Gold Medalist Apolo Ohno, Mike Krilivsky, CEO & Cofounder of Creatify, and one of the best surgeons in the world, Dr. Eric George. Tweet me your takeaway from today's episode @davidmeltzer  Email Me! david@dmeltzer.com Sign up for my Free Weekly Training https://free.dmeltzer.com/friday-training-1 Text Me! (949) 298-2905 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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After the dust has started the settle from the change to Brent Venables and the early signing period, we're getting a clearer picture of the inroads Oklahoma is making on the recruiting trail. With an early class of signees that seem to be building momentum on through social media, what is fact and what is fiction moving forward? Plenty of things to talk about with the Alamo Bowl coming up as we keep an eye on COVID as well. What youngsters have an opportunity to step up? And our take on former coaches coming back to coach the bowl game. Spoiler, you don't have to worry about the guys coming back. DeMarco Murray's situation? We all kind of feel the same about it but we discuss. Also Merry Christmas from the entire Scoop crew! The full rundown follows below: 00:00 - Welcome back; Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 17:50 - What's left in 2022? 46:05 - Alamo Bowl 1:15:00 - Hoops update