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Attracting the right clients is easier than you think. Jacob Ratliff shares tips for boosting your social media presence and why being yourself is key to finding people who share your values and who want to work with you!    In this episode, Cathy and Jacob discuss:  What a Client Attraction Coach is and what led Jacob to become one  How Jacob's LGBT identity plays into the work he does and the people he works with  Why values matter when it comes to finding your people and making an impact   Advice for health coaches struggling with their social media presence  How health coaches can find the right clients  What health coaches should avoid when trying to attract clients Who Jacob typically works with and his coaching process          Memorable Quotes: “What it taught me was that if I'm going to succeed in business, I need to find my people. And it really doesn't come down to sexual orientation, it comes down to values and how I'm able to connect with people who really align with who I am.”  “When it comes to using social media for client attraction, content is maybe 20% of the game. The other 80% is the engagement, the conversations—really connecting with your ideal clients.”  “If you're not connecting on a personal 1:1 level with your ideal clients on social media, then you're not going to get clients on social media.”  “People only want to work with other people that they really like and trust. The only way to build that trust is to show up as yourself.”        Jacob Ratliff is a Client Attraction Coach and entrepreneur based in Asheville, North Carolina. Using his identity and lived experiences as the catalyst for creating his business, Jacob uplifts people and helps them to grow their businesses by leaning into their authentic, confident, empowered selves. With over five years' experience in growing clients' businesses as well as his own, Jacob is uniquely positioned to help high impact coaches build intimate relationships online to attract high-paying clients. Over the past five years he has developed the Organic Client Attraction System™, a comprehensive training and coaching program that helps entrepreneurs increase brand awareness and visibility, create meaningful engagement, and maintain long-term clients. As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Jacob enjoys uplifting fellow entrepreneurs and coaches and has shared his story in Chris Guillebeau's Side Hustle School, Ryder Carroll's Bullet Journal Community, and several other publications as well.   Mentioned In This Episode: Jacob Ratliff Jacob Ratliff Facebook Jacob Ratliff Linkedin Jacob Ratliff Instagram   Links to resources: Health Coach Group Website

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At the age of 18, Jacob Blank has been able to build a seven-figure real estate investment company. Along the way, he has gained many other high-level skills and he yearns to pass his knowledge on to others to help change their lives for the better, just like he has changed his. Jacob has been around the real estate business since he was twelve as his father is a Real Estate Broker/ Investor and has worked in this industry since before Jacob was born. Jacob joins me today to share how he got started in the real estate business and managed to wholesale his first house when he was 17 years old. Jacob explains how he got started flipping houses with his dad and how he learned about wholesale deals. He talks about how he almost gave up on his first deal after a seller tried to take advantage of him.  Jacob also shares some of the strategies that he used to teach himself about flipping and wholesales, and what you should do if you are just starting. "You fully need to understand the concept of whatever it is going to be, right? If you're going to go trade stocks-if you're going to go and get into crypto, why would you just put your money in there if you don't understand how the market works?" – Jacob Blank "It's only been like two years and it's just crazy that from your first deal, in such a short amount of time, you can become really, really successful." – Jacob Blank "I'm still in the trenches. I'm still closing deals. I need to make sure that these guys are 80% of me. So that way they can get as many deals that I'm getting." – Jacob Blank "If you're trying to figure out how to start, learn everything you can because right now there is more free knowledge out there than ever before.” – Jacob Blank This week on Fliptalk: What got Jacob interested in flipping houses and wholesale deals at a young age The steps Jacob took to prepare for his first wholesale deal How Jacob was almost played by a seller after signing a contract Why knocking a deal out of the park on your first try is not always a good thing Jacob's strategies to getting deals How Jacob manages his business today and his goals for the future What Jacob recommends you do if you're just starting out Why Jacob is expanding out of Arizona, and into Texas and California Resources Mentioned: The Call Genius Connect with Jacob Blank: Connect with Jacob Blank on Facebook Connect with Jacob Blank on Instagram Connect with Jacob Blank on TikTok Jacob Blank's Youtube Channel Rate, Review, Learn and Share  Thanks for tuning into the FlipTalk podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn even more about what it takes to build a 7-figure real estate business, head over to iTunes and subscribe to the show. Don't forget to tune into our other show: FlipTalk's Rookie PlayBook and share your favorite episodes on social media to help other new investors learn what it takes to grow a successful business in the real estate investing industry.  Join the community of FlipTalk fans on Facebook, YouTube,  and visit our website for even more content, information, and resources about real estate investing. 

Houston Week continues with Day 4 featuring the awesome and talented Jacob Medina. Jacob started his design firm, Jacob Medina Interiors in 2016 and now people seek out this boutique interior design firm for their expertise on everything from clean and handsome to luxe and funky. Jacob talks with us about his interesting path to design, starting with a degree in biology and teaching himself many of the basics and important technological skills. He shares the inspiration behind his handsome style featuring clean lines and a little twist of style and funk and tells us why there is no such thing as too many chairs. Jacob also gives us his real thoughts on using gray, how to emulate his purple kitchen, and the importance of starting with a cabinet plan in the kitchen. Jacob makes us laugh (and agree) when he makes the analogy between a good designer and a good marriage counselor — trying their best to make everyone happy with the end results! What You’ll Hear on This Episode: Jacob is not your average designer — he started with a degree in biology and was pre-med! He taught himself many of the programs he knows today. Jacob and his team focus on everything from residential projects including new construction, home renovation, and decorating. Yes, he is chair obsessed! There is no such thing as too many chairs, especially once we start entertaining again! How Jacob uses custom pieces and vintage to capture the essence of what the client is looking for in their soul. Gray will be here to stay, but Jacob tells us how to use it responsibly without making it boring or drab. Jacob talks about painting a kitchen a light mauve / purple color — and it works! The importance of starting with a cabinet plan. Ideas for keeping your kitchen neutral but adding a bold colored backsplash. Colors Jacob wants to see more inclusion of mustard yellow, rusty colors, and more patterns! We also talk about mixing plaids and florals and warm / cool tones. Changing the front door can make such a big difference! Everyone needs a little funky art in their life. Hacks for testing paint on your wall, and finding your favorite whites! Decorating Dilemma Even though we talked a lot about finding your best white paint color in this episode, Jacob doesn’t think white would be best here. A pale greige would be a good place to start. Check out Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray for a starter idea! We think moving the desk to where the table is facing the window could be a great idea and less boxed in. A square or rectangle table would be best, or maybe a banquette to go with the table you’ve already got, but not a round or oval table. A navy wall could feel neutral and not too much with some larger art on the long wall. As far as your coffee table, if it serves a function such as storage or a space to eat, then we can keep it. If not, you may want three different-sized tables for drinks instead! Mentioned in This Episode: Jacob Medina Why is it so hard to choose a paint color? @jacobmedinainteriordesign

Join my discussion with Jacob Sapochnick, founder of Sapochnick Law Firm! Jacob is based in San Diego, but his reach is truly global (and massive): 279K followers on Instagram, 213.3K followers on TikTok and 68K subscribers on YouTube. And I know other immigration lawyers are on these platforms too, but Jacob was often one of the first to jump on and, one of the most prolific and successful. But Jacob’s also tech-savvy in other ways - his law firm has massively automated their sales and client intake process AND Jacob was an early investor in SimpleCitizen. Talk about visionary. So here’s what we’re going to talk about: Jacob’s early life in Israel and law school journey in Europe Jacob’s continued legal studies in the US and his early days as a lawyer How Jacob stumbled upon blogging and his first big breakthrough How Jacob started and grew so much on YouTube, Instagram and now TikTok Jacob’s thoughts on law firm tech and being an early SimpleCitizen investor Practical tips for immigration lawyers on tech and marketing And more!

What lessons can we learn from forced business transformations? Business transformation isn’t always voluntary, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t lessons to learn. When massive change is unavoidable, some businesses adopt a survival posture, while others see an opportunity to serve their customers better.  In this episode, Kevin Galang examines the mindset of different businesses in the midst of major change, along with insights from guest experts Mike Rethage, Senior Vice President and Head of Senior Living for Touchtown, Dan Hopkins, Senior Director of Applied AI and Public Sector at Eightfold.ai, and Jacob Hill, Managing Director at Offploy Community Interest Company. If you’d like to learn more, visit https://conga.com/podcast In this Episode, You’ll Learn How to: Take the time to build relationships on your team Ask “why” before you begin Transforming your business can mean short-term pain What to Listen For: [01:22] – How Mike Rethage maintained culture while going digital [06:28] – How Dan Hopkins uses technology for competitive advantage [14:49] – How Jacob Hill navigated the uncertainty of COVID by going digital [18:29] – How Jacob’s personal story empowered him to become an Agent of Change [24:03] – Advice for navigating a digital transformation [25:01] – Agent in the News with Amy Bartner

In episode 1 of season 2 of SpotLight, Josh sits down to interview Jacob Walters. Jacob is the founder & CEO of JAW Bats, a wood bat company that's taking the baseball world by storm.Some episode highlights include:How Jacob got started making bats when he was in high schoolHow to pick the right bat for youWhat makes a quality wood bat & how to telland so much more

hello hello hello to all 3 of you. if you haven't already, please SUBSCRIBE on Spotify / Apple / wherever you are listening to this. It helps the show. And if you have 30 seconds more, please RATE & COMMENT on Apple podcasts. It REALLY helps the show :) In this episode, I'm so glad to introduce Jacob. What started out as an innocent conversation quickly turned into a deep and meaningful chat about: 1. How Jacob took control of his life during his dark days with depression through sheer willpower without therapy, drugs, or alcohol 2. Our thoughts about Soul (the movie) that led to a discussion on the purpose of life 3. A wonderful music metaphor about life by Alan Watts Thanks Jacob. This was great. Please enjoy!!! I exist here: IG - canyoutellmeastorypodcast

This week with Lindsey as our host the gang hangs out & chats about the games they are binging, games they have completed, W.O.W streamers and more!  01:40 - Jacob's 20 hour Destiny Raid 15:13 - W.O.W 25:19 - Elyse's Animal Crossing Confession 33:20 - Casino Simulator & our love of slot machine bonuses 46:30 - How Jacob lures people into playing his favorite games Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/linzbot_ https://twitter.com/jameswillems https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/_JacobFullerton Tshirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus

ABOUT THE GUEST - JACOB GEBREWOLD, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT KLUEJacob Gebrewold's claim to fame is that LinkedIn's CEO shared his update rap about getting his job as an AE @ Klue. If you asked him for the Coles Notes of his story, he'd tell you "Two Ethiopian refugees raised a rapping competitive debater who went into tech sales.”For a story of how an unconventional background translated into a tech sales career, how a creative millennial leverages 2020-era prospecting strategy, and one of the craziest interview stories you've heard in a long time, tune into David's chat with Jacob.Here are some links about the hiring process that Jacob orchestrated:The LinkedIn postA map of the process on Google DocsHere is where to find Jacob on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobgebrewold/ABOUT THE EPISODEFinding a sales job in the era of Covid is rough. Full stop. Lots of salespeople looking, fewer companies hiring. So how do you stand out?We don’t have a lot of individual contributors here on The Driving B2B Sales Revenue Podcast, but Jacob Gebrewold put on a masterclass in modern sales technique when pursuing his new AE job at Klue, and it was so epic that it had to be shared here.Enjoy the episode and hear this sharp and articulate young sales professional map out what he did, how he did it, and the lessons that can be gleaned for sellers everywhere in this new decade in front of us all.0:39 - What is the best piece of sales advice that Jacob has ever received - it’s about what to do after a sales call1:32 - What’s the worst piece of sales advice that you ever received - it’s about what a salesperson should and shouldn’t care about4:08 - David introduces the episode theme - Jacob’s hyper-creative approach to the pursuit and acquisition of his newly minted AE role at Klue4:49 - Jacob explains what he means by “A Zombie Hire” and how he brought himself back to life in the hiring process6:17 - How Jacob added some special elements into the hiring process that helped to differentiate him from other applicants and also to overcome some of the differences between the job spec as written and his relevant work experience7:55 - How Jacobs approach to getting hired is a reflection of not only very modern and creative best practices in getting hired but also sales - and how that’s why it makes so much sense for both10:38 - How differentiation in sales and hiring needs to go beyond generalizations at the ICP or job description level and into hyper-specific characterizations about the person or solution in front of you right now12:24 - How the process of getting hired took an abnormally long time because of the Covid interruption and how Jacob remained visible and relevant during that time14:10 - How did Jacob keep the opportunity warm without being obnoxious16:02 - Did Jacob have a grand strategy for this creative approach to getting hired or was he just making this up as he went along?18:35 - The power of showing rather than telling about sales skills in a sales interview22:52 - The importance of guiding your prospect to say what it is that they need to hear in order to advance your cause - whether it’s a sale or a job interview25:55 - The value of not worrying about the close, but rather about what leads to the close27:52 - Where to find documentation of the entire getting hired process that Jacob posted on the web (see above for the links)28:46 - What are some of the things that Jacob is struggling with right now?31:53 - Where can you reach out to and learn more about Jacob?

When we're kids, we explore the ins and outs of what it means to be human and we don't care nearly as much about what other people think of us. Because of that, we do some pretty weird stuff, and in hindsight, a lot of that stuff is really funny. In fact, thinking back to when we were kids and had more childlike wonder and enthusiasm about the world can not only be a great perspective on for writing a joke, but it can also be a reminder to not take ourselves so seriously. Michigan comedian Jacob Barr joins us to talk about the really weird thing he did as a kid that any childhood psychologist would question as a red flag, when in reality, it was just innocent fun. We also talk about: -The small world of the midwestern comedy scene. -Jacob's bit about the weird "kink" he had as a kid. -The authenticity of sharing personal narratives onstage. -How Jacob gets away with being mean to the audience. -Leaving out story details if they don'r add to the joke. -Being comfortable collaborating with other comedians. -The dangers of taking an off-the-cuff comment or tag that worked in the moment and putting it on paper. -Drawing from personal experiences instead of sharing grander opinions. -Being bullies as kids. -The trick of being authentic about your inauthenticity. -Prank calls. -Nate Bargatze's bit on childhood toys. -How we're imprinted upon as kids to play certain gender and societal roles. -The reason Steve doesn't want to be TOO good with kids. -How we're our truest selves as kids and how it's conditioned out of us. -The joke-writing tactic of applying childlike curiosity to adult situations. -Weird childhood fears. -And more! Additional bonus footage available if you become a Patron. Visit patreon.com/youcantlaughpod for exclusive access. Produced by Golden Ox Studio | Music: Producedbyzip

In this episode of Enough is Enough, I am joined by the amazing and talented creator, Jacob (@Jacob), who dives deep into his personal journey of becoming one of the top creators in the world. You'll learn how he took the leap to start his own media company, how he balances work and life, and how the power of collaboration and staying humble has gotten him to where he is today.  He is the founder of the media company, @Jacob Media, and is internationally renowned for his photography work and creative direction. With over 1 million Instagram followers, he is trusted globally to create award-winning and visually inspiring photo and video assets for some of the world's best-known brands, including previous work with Lamborghini, Etihad Airways, Amazon, Audible, BMW, and Beautiful Destinations. What we discuss: [04:06] How Jacob found his drive for photography                         [06:14] Jacob's involvement in Beautiful Destinations and how it was such a pivotal point in his career                         [08:00] Jacob's move to NY                         [08:42] the shift that happened when Jacob lost his passport                         [12:06] How Jacob changed from working at BD to work for himself and the new skills he had to learn                         [12:53] Knowing how to communicating with clients and understanding his own work values                         [14:02] why did Jacob decided to leave Bali                         [15:18] how London was a suitable work environment for Jacob                         [16:35] How Jacob is able to be productive during working hours and makes time for himself                         [19:13] Tips for organizing his work and business                [21:18] Why it's important to Jacob to remain humble and helpful                         [22:49] Is being competition-driven worth in the long-term?                                     [25:30] The importance of collaboration and how you will progress faster instead of doing things on your own                         [26:57] Is there more competition amongst women than amongst men?                     [28:41] Jacob's standing on developing his video skills vs collaborating with talented people                         [30:20] Is taking a good photo as important as editing?                         [32:45] Jacob's favorite photo and why                         [33:26] Jacob's favorite place in the world                         [33:56] What an ideal day in the life looks like for Jacob                         [35:09] Jacob's photography masterclass                         [36:14] What is Creative Circuit?                         [37:09] Jacob's ideal day in 10 years                         [:38:47] Jacob's advice: challenge yourself and always push a little further     Find more from Jacob: Instagram: @jacob The Photography Masterclass: https://www.thephotographymasterclass.com/enroll-2020m4e5w68f?affiliate_id=2768803

Message TranscriptAlan Kirkpatrick (00:01): Good morning, Grace Place family, both on campus and on our online campus. We're glad you're here today. Second Samuel beginning at verse 10. I'm sorry. Second Samuel chapter 10 beginning of verse 12 is our reading for today. Be of good courage and let us be strong for our people and for our cities of our God. And may the Lord do what is good in his sight. So Joe AB the, uh, and the people who were with him, drew near for the battle against the Syrians. What are we this segment for you from a book that was written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. And it's the section where he talks about the arrest. And I want to read this to you before we get started today, he writes the majority, sit quietly and dare to hope since you aren't guilty, then how can they arrest you? It's a mistake.Alan Kirkpatrick (01:08):They are already dragging you along by the collar. And you still keep on exclaiming to yourself. It's a mistake. They'll set things straight and let me out. Maybe he was guilty. But as for you, you were obviously innocent. There are no, there are logical. These are logical people. They will set things right. Again, why then should you run away? And how can you resist right? Then after all, you'll only make the situation worse. You'll make it more difficult for them to sort out this mistake. And it isn't just, you, you don't put up a resistance of some kind. You even walk down the stairs on tiptoe, as you are ordered to do so, your neighbors won't hear at what exact point then should one resist when one's belt is taken away. When one is ordered to face into the corner, when one crosses the threshold of one's home and arrest consists of a series of incidental irrelevancies of a multitude of things that do not matter. And there seems no point in arguing about any one of them individually, especially at a time when the thoughts of the person arrested are wrapped tightly about the big question, what for the arrest, the evil Marxist inAlan Kirkpatrick (03:00):Soviet union mastered the arrests.Alan Kirkpatrick (03:05):They learned thatAlan Kirkpatrick (03:05):People would comply easilyAlan Kirkpatrick (03:08):With little fuss, no needAlan Kirkpatrick (03:11):Send armed troops, or bring some kind of intention to the subject of the arrest. They could take them by surprise at night while they slept, or while they dined at the favorite restaurant while they were on vacation or while they were in the break room of their workplace. One of the stories he tells about a woman who comes over to the table of a man and leads him out of the restaurant and into custody. So easy. It was for them to arrest someone and take them away. And in their minds, they struggled with the issue of I'm innocent and sooner or later, they'll sort these things out and they'll find out that I really don't belong here. Why was it so easy when faced with the evils of Marxism that many people were just arrested so easily, it has to do with the people believed that justice would win out because they were truly innocent, that they hadn't really committed a crime against the state. And, and they were innocent and sooner or later someone would figure this out and someone would come to the rescue and release them. That belief is even present today in our world, in our circumstances.Alan Kirkpatrick (04:36):And it is reallyAlan Kirkpatrick (04:38):Kind of centered in this belief system that the innocence of, of a person will always prevail. And then in the end, justice will win out. And it is, it's wrapped around a kind of fundamental belief in all of us in the goodness that resides in all of mankind. And we believe that maybe this person may not be good or that person may not be good, but sooner or later, the justice of our situation will arrive on the desk of that person who has goodness, that one person who is able to exact, uh, look over our situation without bias and, and recognize that we are truly innocent and will rightAlan Kirkpatrick (05:25):Wrong. And Jesus spoke to thisAlan Kirkpatrick (05:29):Mark chapter 10, verse 17 through 18. It's significant that we understand this. It's crucial that we understand as believers, what Jesus is saying here, and that we learn to live with this understanding and that it is at the root of our basic understanding about mankind.Alan Kirkpatrick (05:52):And I'll read thatAlan Kirkpatrick (05:53):This passage to you. It says now he was going out on the road, talking about Jesus. And one came running and knelt before him and ask himAlan Kirkpatrick (06:04):Good teacher. What shall I?Alan Kirkpatrick (06:07):Well, I do that. I may inheritAlan Kirkpatrick (06:10):Eternal life. Jesus immediately, uh, speaks to him about his greeting. That's based in that understanding that all are good. And Jesus says to him, why do you call me good? No oneAlan Kirkpatrick (06:30):Is good, but God, that is no one is good. But one that isAlan Kirkpatrick (06:37):God, Jesus.Alan Kirkpatrick (06:39):I wanted to bring a baseline understanding into the life of this person, seeking eternal life. You are not going to find the answers in a another person. You're not going to find remedy justice and redemption in the best that society hasAlan Kirkpatrick (06:57):Offer, butAlan Kirkpatrick (07:00):You are coming to me and I'm telling you right away that there is only oneAlan Kirkpatrick (07:05):Who is good. Yeah.Alan Kirkpatrick (07:07):There is only one who has good intentions for your life. A good purpose, a good outcome for you. And that is good.Alan Kirkpatrick (07:16):God alone.Alan Kirkpatrick (07:18):Goodness is an attribute of God. And man, without God is incapable of divine, consistent goodness,Alan Kirkpatrick (07:26):Character. We all needAlan Kirkpatrick (07:30):God living in us in order to have the goodness of God full out towards others. Genesis chapter six, verse five, as another reminder to us of mankind.Alan Kirkpatrick (07:43):Oh my goodness. ThenAlan Kirkpatrick (07:45):Lord saw that the wickedness of man Genesis chapter six, verse five, was great in the earth and that every intent and the thoughts of his heart were only evil,Alan Kirkpatrick (08:00):Evil, continually. Jeremiah talked to us about the heartAlan Kirkpatrick (08:05):Being desperately wicked, and that there's only one who can know all of the intents of your heart and what's exactly going on inside of you. And that is God alone. And we're told over and over again in the new Testament that we need to seek Christ on the throne of our lives in order for the goodness of God, to flow from us, that when we are left to our own devices, we will always choose wrong overwrite. We will always do injustice rather than justice. It is the nature of our fallenAlan Kirkpatrick (08:40):Full man. In second step,Alan Kirkpatrick (08:42):Samuel chapter 10, the King of the Ammonites had died. And to give you a background about the story in the passage that we're reading, his son, Hannon had ruled in place and David was the King of Israel and he wanted to show kindness to Henan. And so he, he sent delegates to express constellation to the new King over the loss of his father, but who Nan had allowed himself to be convinced by the princes and the advisors that were around him to tell him that David didn't mean good to him. The David wasn't coming to, to, uh, to send this delegation for his good, the David was scouting out to see how he could conquer him or overcome him or to see what great Weldy might have and take it away from him. And when David heard this, um, you know, it troubled him in his heart and, and the, the delegation that he had sent down to Henan was mistreated and, and made fun of and mocked and not allowed a visitation with the King directly.Alan Kirkpatrick (09:49):And as a result of that, this trouble David, and he became very angry that what he meant for good had been treated in an evil way. And as the, as the Ammonites learned that David was angry, they decided to, to get their men together and go to battle against Israel. They thought it's only a matter of time before the self fulfilling prophecy comes to place that they're going to come and try to overcome us. So they send an army in advance and they, they went to their neighbors and they got them to, to gather with them as well, the neighboring countries. And they put together this, this massive army to March against Israel. And as it developed, the Amorites were a raid at the walled city to, um, to, uh, go against Israel. And the Syrians had gathered in the open field and Joe Eben, the Israelites found that they were sandwiched in the middle of God.Alan Kirkpatrick (10:42):Uh, David had sent them out to answer the marching armies and they found themselves sandwiched in the front was this mighty army. And behind them was this mighty army. And we read and talked about it last week. How Jacob commanded his brother to be on one side, to fight the enemy. And he would fight the ones on the front side. And if, if his army, if the armies of the enemy overcame his line, that the, his brother would bring reinforcements to help. And if it happened on the backside, he would be the reinforcements to help. They found themselves sandwich. What do you do when evil is all around you? When, when your, your front is, is at attack and your back is that attack. And we've been living through this many of us through 2020, that the evil of the enemy not personalizing in any personality, but just the work of the enemy in our world has, has come to kill, to steal and to destroy. And we have literally seen the face of evil Joel Eben. His men begin to prepare for battle. One of the things that we learned from watching a, what David instructed and watching the army of Israel was that they had learned something. God taught Israel very early on. And that is that appeasement is never an option when you're faced withAlan Kirkpatrick (12:00):The Bible clearly tells us that evilAlan Kirkpatrick (12:03):Has no intention of making a bargain, a treaty and agreement with you that you must be ready to stand up against evil bursts, decile Indians chapter two verse four says for, we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the good newsAlan Kirkpatrick (12:22):News. Our purposeAlan Kirkpatrick (12:24):As a church is to please God, not people. He alone examines. The motiveAlan Kirkpatrick (12:32):Of our heart. Evil will sound.Alan Kirkpatrick (12:35):I know treaty with us. It will make no agreement with us. And if it did, it would make no difference because it doesn't stand behind any of its agreements. First, John chapter three verse eight says the one who does what is sinful is the devil because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. Don't miss that. The reason the son of God came was destroy the work of the devil against your life. He came, it says in John 10 and 10 to steal, to kill and to destroy. But Jesus said, I came that you might have abundant life. You might have fulfilled life, life to the fool. I've come to destroy, not just put in check, but to destroy the work of the enemy against your life, to redeem you and bring you to myself. And so Joanne, the men of Israel faced evil. Head-on they recognize theirs. We're not going to go out and try to wave a white flag and surrender. It's either we're dying on this field and that was God's design, or they're dying on this field. And that was God's design. There is no way we're trying to make some kind of a covenant or agreement withAlan Kirkpatrick (13:48):It's evil. And so joyAlan Kirkpatrick (13:51):And his armies begin to face him. I'm wondering this morning, how is it that you stand up against evil when, when you are pushed back, do you even recognize evil when you see it? Are you able to recognize evil when you see it? I was struck by reading Alexander Solzhenitsyn's book and Ben rereading recently, and going back through particular sections of the book, and it really amazes me how so many millions were led off as lambs to slaughter in the arrests in the cities, in their homes, in, in restaurants just casually, just walked off and put into prison. And many, many of them died in the Gulag. And it's it. It is fascinating to think. And, and you, you really should be examined. It began to realize that there's, there is a flaw in us as human beings, that we are often unable to see evil when it presents itself, when it comes and just stands in front of us, we're often reasoning that that's not really what it is.Alan Kirkpatrick (15:00):And as he was talking about in the arrest segment, that we think that justice will eventually went out. It seems like it shouldn't be difficult for us to know good from evil, but in reality, almost everyone automatically, you know, we, we know that a it's wrong to kill. We know that it's wrong to torture someone. There are issues that we are pretty concrete on and, and we feel like they're right and they're wrong, but we don't have to look very far in our society to recognize that even among Christians, there are people who believe that it's okay for a woman to have an abortion. And people who believe that, that, uh, that, that, that is wrong. You're, you're killing a life. You're destroying a part. How is it that two people could have so different views on the same kind of a situation you and I are ultimately easily deceived.Alan Kirkpatrick (15:58):And the enemy knows that that's how the enemy succeeds in leading us into sin and, and leading us away from the presence and the power of God. We need the Holy spirit to lead us away from evil and into obedience to God. Jesus said to the disciples, before he ascended, I must go away. There's an emphasis on this urgency of Jesus saying, he's hung out with these guys for three years. They don't want him to go anywhere. They're happy after the resurrection. They're like, all right, man, let's go forward from here. Let's continue this ministry. We're standing with you. You're our leader. Let's go. And Jesus, that, that sense of expediency of him saying, I have to go away, but I'm sending the Holy spirit. And he is going to be not only with you, but in you. And he's going to lead you step by step.Alan Kirkpatrick (16:56):You are going to know as he leads you, right from wrong, good from evil, what your next steps are supposed to be. You're going to see something. So in advance that is wrong. That is evil. That is destructive for you and your family and your nation. That, that the enemy will, will Telegraph it. Uh, we'll be trying to hide it. And, and the Holy spirit will Telegraph it out to you. You will know in advance and you will know how to counter step and to move in that season. In that direction, you must be spirit led. You're not able to stand against the evil on your own. John chapter 14, verse 26, but the helper Jesus said the Holy spirit, whom the father send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to remembrance. All things that I have said to you, and many of you that are here today, or listening online have had that very experience in your walk with the Lord where the Holy spirit is brought back to remembrance to your mind in a particular season, passages of scriptures are true that have been taught to you through the word of God.Alan Kirkpatrick (18:16):That help you make a stand in that moment. In that instant, we desperately need the Holy spirit to lead our lives. And the question then becomes, you know, how can we facilitate the work of the Holy spirit, the leading of the Holy spirit in our lives? How can we make it easy for the Holy spirit to lead us so that we're not deceived and walking around and, and treating evil like it, it actually is good. And then surprised one day that we are under arrest, that we have been taken away captive by the enemy. And the answer is, is that there are two values that are developed in our life through spiritual formation that help more effectively allow us to navigate as people of God and be led by the Holy spirit. There are things that God is teaching you right now through what's called spiritual formation.Alan Kirkpatrick (19:14):Now, how, how is spiritual formation taking place in your life right now is one of them. The teaching of God's word is, is taking rough edges off. It's bringing understanding and truth into your life. There are relationships in your life. Some of them have been callous and difficult and challenging, and some of them have been loving and warm and friendly. And they're all a part of God's spiritual formation in your lives. There have been encounters in your life that you've had like many of the Bible characters that we've read about. You've had a dream. You've had a vision. We have a, uh, a Hannah's here today. She had a, she had a dream. She had a vision that we should make mask as a church. And, and these, the seasons that God brings truths and words into our lives. In, in those manners, you have had experiences in your life.Alan Kirkpatrick (20:06):I remember I had a friend who was going through a real difficult time, and he was looking for one of those object lessons in nature. God does that to us. Sometimes it doesn't need, he gives us, we'll walk outside and, and we'll see the lilies are growing or the flowers, or God's taking care of them. God can take care of me. Right? And so he was out in nature. He was sitting on a park bench, near a little Lake, and he was waiting for God to send him a sign. He was really discouraged and God send me a sign. And suddenly out of this Lake, a turtle crawls up a water turtle, and it starts walking towards the bench where he's at, and he's still amazed. And he says, speak God.Alan Kirkpatrick (20:50):Okay? But there are all kinds of ways that God is speaking to us through friendships and encounters and object lessons. And through his word, as we get into God's word is a primary way that he's constantly speaking to us every single day through his word. Right? And, and it's so important that you and I put that into practice. But as in the process of spiritual formation, there's two things God's trying to do, and you're fighting him on it. That's going to help you be spirit led, all right, stop fighting. Here's the number one, the value of self discipline, the value of self discipline. God has not given you what you want when you want it. And, and he has called you into self discipline in particular areas of your life. And when we respond favorably in the area of self discipline, we grow to better be led by this Holy spirit to be led by God's spirit.Alan Kirkpatrick (21:51):When we allow God and we say, yeah, do that work in me. Cause that's going to make a lot of room for the Holy spirit to do his work inside of me. If I learn about self-discipline, you know, if I can begin to govern myself, look at Proverbs chapter 25, verse 28, whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down without walls. Your, your susceptible to every attack of the enemy. You're a broken down wall city. When you are not practicing self discipline, self disciplined in action is, is us saying there are 14 things I can do with this weekend. I've had an invitation to go do this, to go do that. I've had a desire to go do this, to go do that. I am disciplining myself to bring my family to God's house, to worship and put him first self-discipline is, you know, my coworkers want me to go out after and, and, and celebrate. Somebody's a new home that they bought. And we're going to go to a place that wouldn't make everybody in my family happy, including my wife. And as a result of that,Speaker 3 (23:12):Uh, I'm going toAlan Kirkpatrick (23:13):Say, I'll check out. I'm not going to go guys, if you, if you change and you decide to go somewhere else, that that isn't a place that would displeasing to my wife, to me, to my God. Then I will go with you. Self-discipline enacted in, in our lives on a daily basis, makes it easy for the Holy spirit. Then to lead us in our next steps, we have a wall up against the attacks of the enemy, and we're listening to the Holy spirit. We're being led moment by moment, day by day by the Holy spirit. And so when the enemy comes in to arrest us, we are ready. We're Watchman on the wall. We know he's coming. We've seen him a mile off, and we know what God wants us to do in that instant. The Holy spirit speaks to us. Take no thought what you should say in that hour, but the Holy spirit will give it to you.Alan Kirkpatrick (24:12):Jesus told his disciples on one occasion, Paul and Silas, as captives in jail, they hadn't learned to, to prepare themselves and make room for the leading of the Holy spirit. And they, the Holy spirit prompted them to sing worship songs and they began to sing worship songs. Can you imagine coming out of the jail cell, uh, the songs of worship and God shook the place and opened up every one of those gels cells and they were allowed to walk out and to begin again in preaching the gospel, there is no jail cell that can hold them. I was, I was struck by what John MacArthur was saying. Uh, as the city kept challenging their church in California, and we're going to shut you down and we're going to put you in jail for six months. He says, I've followed God in a lot of ways.Alan Kirkpatrick (25:05):And my favorite, one of my favorite, uh, old tests, or one of my favorite characters in the Bible is Paul. And he said, you know, um, I've I've, he was put in jail. His whole life was, you know, when he went into a city, he didn't ask, you know, what's the best accommodations you have here. He would ask what the jail cell was like. Cause he knew that's where he was going to go. And he was going to spend time because they had threatened to arrest him said, come and get me. I've never had a prison ministry or a jail ministry. I'll start one. All right, that's being led of the spirit and knowing that the things that are coming towards you, God has remedy for them and God's going to lead you through them. And God's going to direct you. The second value. That's so important for making room to be spirit led and courageous living is that, that of the value of deferred gratification, Psalms chapter 27 verse 14 says, wait for the Lord, be strong and let your heart take courage.Alan Kirkpatrick (26:02):Wait. But the Lord part of self discipline is also enacting that value of self gratification that we always want. We want something, we have money in the bank. We have the ability to go do that. We just go get it. And it's, it's delaying that gratification. It's waiting until God provides the moment, the opportunity and the time. Because when we get engaged in things in instant gratification, we get drawn a way by our lost our own desires, our own passions. We get stuck the way from the things that God has actually caused us to, to focus on from being focused and, and transforming the world that God has placed us in. We are suddenly out of business. There's an out of business sign hanging where, where we should be in business, doing mission, work kingdom, work for the Lord or engaging our families. We're too busy. We wanted to go out. We just needed some time off. We needed a break we needed to get away. It's just been all too hard. It's been too tough. So we put this on the credit card and we decided we were just going to go do X, Y, or Z.Alan Kirkpatrick (27:16):John Maxwell said it this way you can play now and pay later, or you can pay now and play later. It's understanding the significance of deferred gratification in every area of our life. You don't have to have it right now and you don't get to take it with you afterwards. Right? Deferred gratification is, is making room in our hearts for the courageous living that the Holy spirit will direct us in for God saying, you know, I don't have to meet all of these wants in my life. God's taking care of my needs. And often God just surprises me and gives me a want, even though it's not something that's needed in my life, I'm blessed to follow his leading. And I want to defer gratification in line with waiting on the Lord to do the work that he does. A believer who is not actively involved in resisting evil and obviously seeking to do good is not being led of the spirit.Alan Kirkpatrick (28:29):No matter how much they think they might be surrendered to the lore. The faithful believer is not an observer, but a good soldier of Christ. Jesus, who is engaged in active service for the Lord. The success of my calling and your calling is in knowing good from evil. God told the prophet Amos that I'm going to set you out at the Gates. And as people come in, I want you to establish justice. The you call out evil. You call out what is good. It is the job and the role of the church to call out what is good and what is evil. We don't have to be standing necessarily on the corner of some street with a megaphone screaming at people you're at appropriately dressed. You're doing drugs,Alan Kirkpatrick (29:24):But how do we establish justice in the Gates? We're raising families who cherish and love God. We're living. By example, we took the extra $10 that HEB gave us in change. Uh, inadvertently, we took it back and gave it to the checker who check this out. We're establishing justice in the Gates. We see someone that's hurting. That's wounded that needs help. We go and give them a helping hand. We direct them to where they can get permanent help, not just today's food, but through Jesus Christ, your life can be transformed. We're establishing justice in the Gates. We're showing people what is good and what is evil. And the same time walking in humility saying, don't follow me when I stray, keep following Jesus. But as long as I'm following Jesus, follow me because I'm going to just take it to him. I'm going to take you into his presence and show you who can make a difference. Paul exhorted, every believer in second, Timothy chapter two, verse 23 through 26 of Boyd, foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife and a servant of the Lord must not whirl, but be gentle to all able to teach patient in humility, correcting those who are in opposition. If God perhaps will grant them repentance so that they may know the truth and that they may, and let's read this together. This last line, come to their senses and escape. The snare of the devil having been taken captive by him to do as well.Alan Kirkpatrick (31:16):It crushes us. Doesn't it to think that we had been taken captive by the enemy to do his will. One of the thing Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn story points out to us is people have been taken by the enemy and they're doing his will. They're not doing what they think is the right thing. They are doing. What? The one who is influencing them, who is directing them. And listen to me, people, not everyone is a Satanist worshiper. They're not obviously going out to, to, to a, uh, a Satan synagogue to worship the devil, right? But if they're not worshiping God, they're influenced by the enemy. He is the one that is giving them thought direction, uh, encouragement along particular lines. There is no justice in this world, but the justice that comes from God, there is no goodness in this world, but the goodness that comes from God and blows through the life of those who are sold out and committed to relationship with him,Alan Kirkpatrick (32:31):We cannotAlan Kirkpatrick (32:32):Stand against evil in our world without the Holy spirit,Alan Kirkpatrick (32:38):Without the Holy, we are often, uh, not even able to recognize what is good and what is evil. And we're engaged sometimes in the process of culture and community calling evil good and not even recognizing the difference. God says you got to make room or two, two values that I'm trying to form it. You that are, that are going to make it easier for the Holy spirit to work, teach self-discipline raise up the walls. You want to hear one voice. It is my voice speaking into your life so that you're crystal clear on how to move forward.Alan Kirkpatrick (33:18):Stop trying to build your own work, delay gratification, and allow me to do what I need to do. You're not ready for what you think you're ready for. You're not ready to engage in, in some areas that you think you're ready to engage in. Without the Holy spirit, we can't tell good from evil, even in the life of the disciples, walking with Jesus, we can see this over and over again. We can see them resisting on one occasion, a group of people who they come back and tell Jesus, they were casting out, you know, a devil's in your name, but they weren't with us. So we rebuked him. Aren't you proud of us? You know, we tore down their tent and we said, no more meetings over here. Cause there's just one group of disciples. It's us. We see it over and over again. We see, uh, at the, at the table at the end of, of, uh, you know, the, the Lord's supper, Jesus telling Judas, one of the 12, go do what you have to do.Alan Kirkpatrick (34:35):Crushes you, man. Some of you are parents. Who've been betrayed in your own household, by your children who against the things that you have taught and valued and lib have, have rejected them, turn their back on him and walked away. You need the Holy spirit to lead your life. Every moment we always make the wrong choice, bad decisions, misjudge evil for good, good for evil. We always do it. When the Holy spirit is not directing our lives, we can be so easily deceived. Hebrews chapter five, verse 13 and 14 for everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness or he is a babe, but solid food belongs to those who are of full age. That is those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil in the process of spiritual formation. The Holy spirit is working you out, running you, challenging you breathing life into you, instructing you, correcting you and you're making mistakes and I'm making mistakes. We're making mistakes as followers of Christ. And he course corrects us and shows us where that was wrong and brings us back to a place of repentance to our brothers and sisters that we may have offended. And to the Lord are who we are following in our lives that we've surrendered to him. And he's helping us understand in that process. This is good. This is evil. This is good. And this is evil. What do you do? How do you stand against evil?Alan Kirkpatrick (36:39):God is challenging us to allow spiritual formation, to make room for those values in our life to discipline ourself self-discipline and to delay gratification and to say, I choose what you want for my life over what I want for my life. He closes that passage out by saying solid food belongs to those who are of full age. What's he talking about maturity? You can tell, you can tell that I believe this Dennis Prager had a, had a video out that, you know, I knew this too. He said at six years old, I knew that man was not basically good he's Jewish. And he said, the reason I knew man was not basically good is because I read the book. Genesis X is a little bit it's like even the best of them were sorry. Examples of goodness. Right? They all had failures. So he said, I know it wasn't intrinsically a part of humanity that they were good.Alan Kirkpatrick (37:43):Right? He said, I knew they needed a good God. And that's, that's so huge for us to, to understand it. And it's a part of our maturing in the Lord. When you have matured in the Lord, you understand that society is not looking out for your best government. Isn't looking out for your best. Humanity is not looking out for your best interest globalism. Isn't looking out for your best. Who's looking out for your best interests. God alone. Yes. He's the good God who has good plans for you. But you're in a world, surrounded by people who are allowing evil to lead their lives. So what will you do at the, at the end, after we'veAlan Kirkpatrick (38:36):Had the worship team come back and we're spending a time in prayer, Michelle's gonna come up and talk to you a little bit about a class that we're starting next Sunday at 6:00 PM. And you can get online and participate in that class. Uh, we'll have a Google hangout set up for you. And the class is just simply titled stand up for Jesus. How do you make a stand and evil times? We need to get ready. We're already seeing some forms of persecution in America. Nothing like other countries have seen, but we need to be ready to stand. One of the things that I was talking to another pastor, uh, in the parking lot this week, and you know, he said, one of the things that that seems to be happening across America is the church is being revealed. The real church is being revealed. There's a lot of consumer Christianity that's been going on and people are going where it's been comfortable and nobody really challenges their belief systems, their, their social media postings or anything else.Alan Kirkpatrick (39:37):And, and so they've just been gravitating and moving along thinking, uh, yeah, God will accept this and God will accept that. And God will accept something else. But missionaries that would tell us that one of the challenges about going to particular places overseas was that they wanted to, to add Jesus. They love Jesus. You know, when he talked about how great Jesus would, they were like, Oh, that's great. We need Jesus too. Let's put him up here with Buddha. Let's put him up here with, you know, a Muhammad let's put him up here with, he can just be one of the gods that we will. They're like, no, no, he has to be theAlan Kirkpatrick (40:09):That's it,Alan Kirkpatrick (40:11):He will not share the throne. And it was, they said there was challenging breast to be able to tell people, you know, you have to tear these things down in your life. You have to get rid of them. He is only God alone.Alan Kirkpatrick (40:25):Yeah. All by himself, solid foodAlan Kirkpatrick (40:29):Belong to those who are full age by the worship team to come back. Grownups grownups areAlan Kirkpatrick (40:38):Led by the spirit andAlan Kirkpatrick (40:41):Filled with God's word led by the spirit and filled with God's word. We see the perfect example of what that was all about in the life of Jesus before he started this ministry, you remember he's he's baptized. And then it says he was led of the spirit where out into the wilderness and in the wilderness, he begins to be tempted. And the spirit is showing him the word of God, right? Because the temptations come and, and, and the enemy would, would say, you know, uh, it says in the Bible that if you I'll take you up to this high pinnacle, and you know, if you cast yourself down, it says the angels will protect you and watch over you. This is the habit that you didn't read. The whole counsel, the book, it says, don't tempt the Lord, your God, this has been out here for 40 days.Alan Kirkpatrick (41:37):You're hungry. Um, why don't you just turn these breads into stone? And, uh, you know, I'll go the grocery store and get a little butter and men I'm telling you what, we will have a feast, you know? And, and we can, we can sit here and eat, go ahead. You know, you're, you're hungry. This thing's all over now. Uh, just go ahead and turn those stones into bread. And man, we will have a feast. Okay. I'll sit here with you. We'll just have a good time. And he said, you didn't read the whole counsel of the book is written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God, I'm going to delay, gratifying myself with food. And I'm going to listen to the voice of God and follow his leading. He led me into the wilderness and he can lead me out of the wilderness. Amen, man.

Jacob Morgan is a four-time bestselling author, keynote speaker, and trained futurist who explores leadership, employee experience, and the future of work. He is the founder of FutureofWorkUniversity.com, an online education, and training platform that helps future proof individuals and organizations by teaching them the skills they need to succeed in the future of work. He is also the host of the weekly podcast The Future of Work, where he talks with top-level executives and bestselling authors about everything related to the future of work. What you will learn from this episode: How Jacob’s career journey started with him being a “terrible student”, and why a negative experience with a former boss pushed Jacob into his entrepreneurial journey How Jacob’s passion for the future and for leadership became a new career, and how he got certified as a futurist Why the six key concepts for the future are AI & technology; the pace of change; the new talent landscape; purpose & meaning; morality, ethics & transparency; and globalization Jacob explains these six concepts and shares why each doesn’t stand alone but serve as an interconnected system How the average lifespan of a company on the S&P 500 has gone from 60 years in the 1950s to 20 years in 1990 and is expected to drop to just 14 years in 2026 How the framework of “job, purpose, impact and meaning” offers a guide to achieving your goals and maximizing results as a leader Why leaders shouldn’t fear people disagreeing with them but should be more concerned about whether people understand what they stand for in the first place What Jacob has determined to be the four mindsets and five skills that business leaders need to master to operate in the future How there are two types of challenges for organizations, and how Jacob’s Notable Nine skills can help you overcome both types of challenges Jacob shares some surprising research results highlighting aspects of the relationship between employees and their leaders Resources: Jacob’s newest book, The Future Leader, came out earlier this year. It is based on interviews he had with over 140 CEOs around the world, including those from Unilever, Best Buy, Oracle, Dominos, Carnival Cruise Lines, Verizon, and many others. He also partnered with LinkedIn to survey around 14,000 employees. You can get your copy at https://amzn.to/3bkLhdq Notable Nine PDF article from Jacob: www.theleadershipdigest.com Leadership assessment: www.futureleadersurvey.com Leadership course: www.futureleadercourse.com Website: https://thefutureorganization.com/ Email: jacob@thefutureorganization.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmorgan8/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/FuturistJacob Twitter: @jacobm Additional Resources: Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13 Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/ Stephen Woessner’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/

September is Take a Man out on a Date MonthStudy of Scripture: Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 31:10-12 In September 2014 “Take A Man Out on a Date Month” officially became a thing. Question is, should you do it as a Christian?In this episode, Milo dives deep into Biblical evidence that will help clear the dilemma of this newly adopted tradition. Milo demystifies this ‘cultural conundrum’ and calls it the R4 shenanigans. He calls the woman the ‘prize’ to be found by the man and not the other way around as it’s being advocated by the said tradition.Listen in to hear the four tips or circumstances that will help you cater to your man as a woman of God during this Take A Man Out on a Date Month. You will also hear of some other social media traditions you can follow that are Christian-based.What You Will Learn:· [0:38] Today’s Scripture Reading- Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 31:10-12· [2:41] Welcome Preacher Man Milo- what’s in the show today· [7:02] How to stop the Disney damage and separate fantasy from real life· [10:52] The R4 shenanigans · [17:35] Exhibit A: Proverbs 18:22. The two things that a man obtains when he finds a wife· [19:03] Exhibit B: Proverbs 31:10-12. A wife of noble character · [21:11] Exhibit C: Ruth 2:4-5; 3:9-11. A combination of exhibit A and B· [24:34] Exhibit D: Genesis 29:14-30. How Jacob worked for Rachael- the woman he loved· [27:59] Exhibit E: Ephesians 5:25-28. As a woman why YOU want a man who loves you as Christ loves the church· [31:51] Exhibit F: Genesis 2:18-25. An illustration of Proverbs 18:22- obtaining the favor of the Lord and finding a good thing· [34:38] Understanding Romantic Role Reversal Relationship (R4) shenanigans· [36:10] Demystifying Etta James ‘At Last’ song· [39:41] Tips on how to cater to your man on ‘Take A Man out on a Date Month’ if it’s not R4 shenanigans· [44:40] The closing family prayerDATE NIGHTSeries Note: The Romantical Series started in February 2020. The series focus is on applying scripture to how we view, approach and maintain romantic relationships. Today’s study is “Part 11” of the Romantical series.Below is a brief explanation of the earlier parts to the series as well as the episode links, so that you can listen to any of the earlier topics that interest you!! Click below!!THE ROMANTICAL SERIES Part 10 - "The Prodigal Daughter" (A Bible study dealing with daddy issues) Link:Part 09 - "Entanglement" (A Bible study about romantic entanglements) Link: http://preachermanmilo.buzzsprout.com/287681/4773539-entanglementPart 08- "Grandma’s Hands" (A special edition Bible study honoring Bill Withers) Link: http://preachermanmilo.buzzsprout.com/287681/3770519-grandma-s-handsPart 07- "Walking on Eggshells" (A Bible study about being equally yoked) Link: http://preachermanmilo.buzzsprout.com/28Support the show (https://cash.app/$preachermanmilo)

Grappling with God A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli for Foundry UMC August 9, 2020, tenth Sunday after Pentecost. “Close Encounters with the Living God” series.        Text:  Genesis 32:22-31 It’s a scene tailor-made for a movie script or a budding psychoanalyst’s dissertation. The archetypes are stacked one upon another—estranged twin brothers who have different ways of being in the world; a shadowy antagonist; a struggle alongside a river crossing with foreboding heavy on both sides; the thin place that exists in the hours just as day is breaking.  Jacob is at the center of this scene. Over the centuries, he’s become a kind of stock character, a trickster, a hustler—his name is translated “he supplants” or “heel”—for he was born holding the heel of his twin brother Esau. From the beginning of his life he’s engaged in one kind of struggle after another, working angles, trying to get ahead. And he always seems to come out smelling like a rose, always one step ahead of danger. But on this night, Jacob knows that his life may have finally caught up in a way that could be the death of him.  You see, at God’s leading (Gen 31:3), after around 20 years away, Jacob is heading back home after some trouble with his father in law. His brother Esau, still living in their hometown, vowed to kill Jacob back in the day for taking his birthright and his blessing. Jacob sends word to his brother that he’s coming, that he’s done alright for himself, and hopes that they can, you know, make up (Gen 32:3-5). The response is swift: Esau is on the march to meet Jacob with four hundred men. Cue the ominous orchestral theme… Jacob does several things at this point. He prays to God, humbly but directly—“I am not worthy of the least of all the steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown” (32:10)—“I am afraid of him…” (and then, in case God forgot) “Yet you have said ‘I will surely do you good…’” (32:11-12) He sends gifts ahead to try to appease his brother. And he sends his wives and children ahead of him as well, never knowing if he’ll see any of them again.  Jacob has done everything he can, worked the only angles he’s got, he’s prayed, he’s planned, he’s gifted. And now he is alone.  Imagine Jacob, afraid and knowing he may die, reflecting upon his life… The way he came into the world holding on to his brother. The way that relationship got twisted—in part through the actions of their parents. How Jacob developed his own strengths of quick wit and cleverness, so different from his brother’s strength in the hunt and the fields. How he had gone through an elaborate ruse to try to be like his brother so that he might receive blessing from his father. How, in the process, he hurt his brother and humiliated his father and was forced to leave home and his mother’s fierce love and protection. I imagine Jacob remembering all the highs and lows of love and marriage, the complications with Leah and Rachel, and with his father in law, Laban. He might also have played back the dreams and visions he’d been given, images of his children’s faces, the beauty and bounty he’d experienced…as well as all he’d said and done that was unkind, unjust, deceitful and hurtful. I imagine Jacob looking back over his life with gratitude and regret and guilt and fear and hope all tumbling over his mind like a creek flowing over rocks.  And when night fell the wrestling began… Can you relate? Ever found yourself awake in the wee hours of night in a kind of wrestling match in your mind and heart? Your story won’t include the details of Jacob’s life. But who among us doesn’t grapple with fear? Who among us doesn’t carry things from childhood forward that we are bound to run into on our life’s journey? Who among us is without the marks of our parental or sibling relationships on our psyches? We have all made decisions that led us down one path or another, sometimes into danger and regret and other times into freedom and joy. There are different energies within us, like twins who have different gifts and strengths, all deserving nurture and love—but often it’s difficult to honor it all and hold these energies together with any sense of wholeness. What have you done in order to try to get love? What have you sacrificed in order to try to earn the blessing you crave? Who have you been willing to hurt in order to gain wealth or comfort or pleasure? What losses have you suffered that are yet uncared for, what wounds are untended? What are you proud of in your life and what would you give anything to do over?... When we are alone, when it is clear we are vulnerable, that things are going to be different one way or another, that we must confront the reality of our life—all our history, our personality, our gifts, our mistakes, our strengths, our woundedness, all our complications—in those moments, there is struggle. There is wrestling. That’s what happened with Jacob. Is he fighting with himself (like Luke Skywalker in the cave)? Is it a demon? An angel? Is it God? The struggle is intense and it leaves Jacob limping. But he holds on. He holds on even when the man tells him to let go. He holds on even when he doesn’t have a clue who he’s wrestling. He holds on when it seems it would have been a big relief to let the mystery assailant go on his merry way. But Jacob would not let go. And it is here that the story turns.  You can characterize Jacob in all sorts of ways. But the thing that seems consistent throughout his story is that he is determined to fight for the life he longs for. And he’s not afraid to ask for the blessing that he needs. “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” The response to Jacob is simple: “What is your name?”    All Jacob has is the name he was given, “Jacob”—the supplanter, the usurper, the “heel.” In speaking his name, Jacob makes a kind of confession, an admission of the mix and mess and striving of his life. Here I am, alone—no “Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham.” Just Jacob. And this one with whom Jacob has been wrestling has something to say to that. “That name, that narrative, is not all of who you are. All the striving of your life—the struggle with humans, with yourself, and with me has led you to this moment. And when you cross the river, when you pass into this new day dawning, when you leave this place walking differently as a result of your hip, I will call you Israel.” Jacob asks the man’s name. And the implication is beginning to get clear—this is God! And God asks, “Do you really need to ask my name?” There God blessed Jacob/Israel. I wonder whether the whole encounter was the blessing, this close encounter with the living God… What does Jacob’s grappling with self, others, and God teach us about our own?  If Jacob’s story is any indication, we learn that the whole of our lives is held in God—the painful bits and the joyful surprises and the tensions and the triumphs. God is always at work for good—not just in the world around us, but in our world. Paul writes, “all things work together for good for those who love God who are called according to God’s purpose.” (Romans 8:28) Lately, this verse has made more and more sense to me. It isn’t that God causes everything that happens to you, but that God is with you in all of it and desires nothing more than to help you come through, to survive, stronger, wiser, with more compassion and love. Jacob’s story reminds us that God knows all of you, so you might as well be honest. God knows you better than you know yourself—knows not only what you’ve done, but why. God knows everything you’ve experienced, suffered, offered, achieved, everything you’ve sacrificed, everything you’ve dreamed, how hard you try and how much you’re carrying. God knows what you’ve done that was harmful or hurtful. God knows it all.  If you read the whole of Jacob’s story, you’ll see how God just keeps showing up even when we might think Jacob doesn’t deserve it. Morning by morning, new mercies are received…over and over.  I am increasingly convinced that the most difficult thing for many of us to grapple with is God’s mercy. To acknowledge who you are—all of it—and then to receive God’s mercy is a deeply humbling, awe-full experience because you know you didn’t earn it, but that somehow God believes you’re worthy. Receiving God’s mercy is a blessing that, if fully received, changes us because we begin to recognize the depth of God’s love and the stubbornness of God who is determined to get it through our thick heads that we’re more than the worst thing we’ve done, that we’re more than the self-limiting names that we or others assign to us. We struggle to believe that God cares so much, that God loves us and wants to bless us. Jacob is a champion of demanding the blessing which God always wants to give.  Many among us are metaphorically at the ford of the Jabbok river right now. Some are facing difficult decisions, perhaps feeling stranded and afraid, uncertain about the future or how to proceed, having worked every angle and done everything you know how to do. Many among us are weary and worn down with grief and rage and loneliness and stress. Some among us are paralyzed with guilt and regret, a sense of unworthiness or emptiness. Others are trying to discern how to step into life as it continues to shift and change all around us, how to adapt and find ways to thrive and to serve and to grow. As a nation we are standing at the river being asked who we are, being asked to tell the truth about our whitewashed history, being asked if we’re willing to hold on even though it’s painful to acknowledge our nation’s sins, being asked whether we’re willing to meet as siblings and write a new narrative of true liberty and justice for all, whether we’re willing to be substantively changed so that we move together in a new way. And when we find ourselves at this point, when things get really difficult, when we feel most vulnerable, weary, guilty, wounded, uncertain, angry, and afraid, knowing that things in our lives need to change, the temptation is to just give in—to shut down or let go of our faith, our hope, our love. At this point God always shows up and takes hold of us—sometimes as a parent tenderly holds a child and sometimes like a mysterious wrestling partner. In any case, like Jacob, our part is to hold on, to persevere, to not let go before we step into the new day dawning.  As we hold on to God, trusting God to hold on to us as we step up to face what is before us, we eventually learn to let go of our idols of self-sufficiency, control and comfort, to let go of the names and narratives that hold us back from life God knows is ours to live, to let go of our deepest fears and self-loathing.  As we hold on to God, Jacob teaches us not only to expect but to ask for God’s blessing. That blessing may not be what you imagine, but it will be life for you. Because it will always be some form of God’s tender mercy and liberating love. And that’s something you won’t want to let go—even if you could. https://foundryumc.org/

## Introduction So in our studies so far this year, we have tried to re-enforce our theme, “Change What You Love.” We began with wisdom literature in our study of Ecclesiastes. We did two topical summer series, Love the Commandment and Love the Church. And now we are going to end the year with a narrative. Today we begin a 16-week series on the life of Joseph that will take us to Christmas. In our study of Joseph, we see in narrative fashion how love changes. We see the bad love behind jealousy, rage, condescension, lust, power, self-pity, and self-loathing transformed into good love resulting in forgiveness, compassion, self-sacrifice, and worship. We see a man remarkably mature from a 17-year-old soft and immature boy to a 110-year-old sage in such a way that the young Joseph would not recognize his future elderly self if he had met him. God uses failure/success, mistreatment/promotion, suffering/fame to shape the affections of Joseph into a God-loving, enemy-forgiving, leader and savior of a nation. This is a drama that, if you let it, will change your life. Background So let’s dive into this fascinating story. The story of Joseph begins in chapter 37 of the book of Genesis. And one of the things that might be obvious but worth saying is that the author of the book of Genesis would have expected you to have read the 36 chapters leading up to this story. They are connected and there is a larger story that is being told. So I want to spend just a moment understanding where this fits into the book. I’m not doing the obligatory background step here. This is absolutely essential to understanding the narrative. So if you focus, I’ll move efficiently. Deal? Genesis literally means beginnings. And in the beginning, everything is good. It begins with God’s very good animals, living on his very good land, filled with his very good birds. The creation story climaxes with the creation of Adam and Eve, two very good beings specially made in the image of God. Over and over we read that everything is good. And of course, the reason it is all so good is because God is good. This entire good created order is shattered when the goodness of God and his good creation is called into question. God says don’t eat of this tree in the middle of the garden. And he only gives them a one-sentence reason, because if you eat it you will die. Because I am good, you can trust me that this is true. But then they ask this damning question, “How can God know what’s good for me?” I’m the only one who can know that. And so they become the judge of what is good and eat the forbidden fruit. And rejecting God’s good always means choosing a world without good. The poison of sin begins to leech into every aspect of life. If you cut a flower from a vine, it doesn’t wilt instantly. In fact, it looks great but slowly, because it is cut off from the source of life, it dies. And the first 11 chapters of the book of Genesis describe the horrible wilting effects of sin. And everywhere we look in these first 11 chapters, instead of good, we see evil. The ground is cursed. Cain becomes jealous of his brother and kills Abel. God looks down on the world he created his summary was, Genesis 6:5, “The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” God destroys the world in a flood. The Tower of Babel describes the pride of men and people’s evil desire to become like God. And so the first 11 chapters set up the problem. The absence of good has created this space for evil to invade. And it’s painful. The next rest of the book begins to suggest a solution. God appears to a man Abraham and says out of you shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed. He makes a promise to him. The rest of Genesis, chapters 12-50, trace a promise of God through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph to restore good. Over and over again, God makes good promises to evil men. God is faithful while man is faithless. A faithful God revealing himself to faithless men. Now, this is an important point because by the time we get to the New Testament the patriarchs have been immortalized into history as the founding fathers of the Jewish faith and are held in high honor. The Pharisees were proud to say, “We are children of Abraham.” It’s a badge of honor to associate yourself with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But if you read the story of the actual patriarchs as described in the actual narrative, they are a bunch of losers. These guys are a bunch of chauvinistic, cowardly men who use their wives as shields to protect themselves from danger. They are faithless bufoons who revert to paganism, superstition, and generally are an embarrassment to the Christian faith. Now I want to say something here. The point of Genesis is to establish exactly that fact! The goal is to point to God’s faithfulness despite the faithlessness of his chosen people. Maybe the best way to point this out is to illustrate an interpretive problem we’ve likely all had. When you read the book of Genesis there are some embarrassing chapters. After the flood, we read of Noah getting drunk in a tent and involved in some sort of super awkward, lewd behavior. I’m not sure you’ll find an episode of Veggie Tales on that story? And there is no commentary. You just read that and get uncomfortable and move along. You have the rape of Dinah in chapter 34, where Jacob’s daughter Dinah is raped and then the 11 brothers of Jacob go out and murder in cold-blooded circumcision trickery the entire tribe that raped her. And again, there is no commentary. You are thinking, “Is that what God wanted?” I mean, you can search high and low and you are not going to find a Sunday School flannel graph to go along with some of these stories. In chapter 38, you have this story of Judah who thinks he sleeping with a temple prostitute but is really being tricked by his daughter-in-law Tamar who was widowed. And she’s doing that because Judah forced her to remain a widow. I mean, awkward. The whole time, we are wanting God to provide some commentary. Why are you including this stuff in the Bible? This is really messing up my family devotions with my 7-year-old. I’ve heard people say, “I could never worship a God who condones the polygamous marriages we read about in the heroes of the Christian faith. I mean look at Abraham. Look at Isaac. Really? This is the model of how God wants his people to be?” All of this illustrates a profound misunderstanding of the point of Genesis. Your intuitions are absolutely correct. These guys are a bunch of losers. But look at what God can do despite losers. This is why it is so important to see the book as a whole because commentary does come at the end. The whole book is highlighting the failure of men. Adam fails, Cain fails, Noah fails, Abraham fails, Isaac fails, and Jacob fails. They all failed. These men were polygamous, jealous, petty, greedy, and in almost every way, faithless. And then you have God who just intervenes and delivers. That’s how you are supposed to read the book. Now to be sure, you don’t get this until the very end of the book. That’s when it all connects. It all clicks. Have you ever watched a movie where you have no idea how you are supposed to interpret anything until the very end and then great reveal happens and it all makes sense? That’s how the book of Genesis is structured. And that great reveal, this interpretive key comes at the very end of the book, at the climax of both the Joseph narrative and the book of Genesis as a whole. We get this powerful statement, “You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” That’s the commentary on the book of Genesis we were looking for? What does God think of all this crazy narrative? They are wilting flowers cut off from the source of life! Without the life-good they can only do evil. They were evil and did evil. But God is greater than their evil. They meant it for evil but God is good and therefore can redeem it. Joseph So, as we open up chapter 37 and look at the story of Joseph, let’s remind ourselves that we are in a narrative of brokenness where evil is very much afoot. In Joseph’s case, this brokenness was most keenly felt in his own family. Genesis 37 begins. Now let’s talk about Joseph’s family. Most of us come from a home where we have an imperfect father and an imperfect mother. Joseph came from a home where he had an imperfect father and four imperfect mothers, technically two wives and two surrogate mothers. Joseph’s father was married to two wives, Rachael and Leah, who also happened to be sisters. How Jacob came to be married to Rachel and Leah is a story unto itself filled with deception and trickery and doesn’t exactly paint the great patriarchs in very flattering light. You will remember that Rachael and Leah are sisters who are bitter rivals. Rachel is beautiful, bright-eyed, is loved by her husband. Leah is not as beautiful, dull-eyed, and is not loved by her husband. You might think Leah doomed in this marriage save one factor. Rachel can’t get pregnant; Leah on the other hand, if Jacob just winks at her from across the room is instantly three months pregnant. Now in our culture, sadly, having children is not valued very highly. However, in the ancient near east, nothing is more important than bearing children and in particular, male children. Male children carry on the family name and strengthen a tribe. Having male children is like hitting a grand slam in baseball. It’s like draining that eagle in golf. I mean these are things you keep track of on a scorecard. And Rachael and Leah are keeping score. And in chapter 29:32 you have that scorecard. Chapter 29 is the chronicles of the labor and delivery ward of Jacob’s tribe. And chapter 29 begins with Leah giving birth to all these children. And she’s giving birth to them at this astounding rate of one verse at a time. In verse 32 that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son—she called him Reuben; verse 33, she conceived again and gave birth to a son, called him Simeon; verse 34, she conceived and gave birth to a son and called him Levi; and verse 35, she conceived again and gave birth to a son and she called him Judah. And then the narrative pauses. 29: “Then she stopped having children.” So far the score is Leah four, Rachel zero. The story continues in chapter 20. Rachel, when she saw she was not bearing Jacob any children, became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die.” Jacob says, “What’s your problem woman? I’m not God. I can’t control this stuff. That’s God’s business.” And so Rachel did what was customary at the time: she took the servant maid Bilhah that she had been given and she gave her to Jacob as a surrogate wife. Rachel was thinking, “Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and that through her I too can build a family.” Any children born through the servant maid would be credited as children of Rachel. And so Bilhah gets pregnant, Bilhah gives birth to Dan in verse 6, and to Naphtali in verse 7. So now the score is Leah four, Rachel two with an asterisk. Now the jealousy and fighting and resentment and envy between the sister builds. Leah’s childbearing ability stalls out and so she decides on the same strategy with her maidservant, Zilpah. And Zilpah and Jacob get together, and Zilpah in turn gives birth to Gad in verse 10, and then to Asher in verse 13. And then you have this unbelievable thing here where they’re trading sexual favors for mandrake crops. Mandrakes are a vegetable from the nightshade family that were believed to be aphrodisiacs. Rachael says, “I want some of your son’s mandrakes,” presumably so that she can get pregnant. Apparently, they worked for Leah and so Rachel wants some. Leah says, “No way. You took away my husband. I’m not helping you.” Rachel said, “I’ll let you sleep with him tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.” So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” What in the world? Don’t look at me like I’m being inappropriate. I’m just reading the Bible here folks. So with that, Leah becomes pregnant, she bore Jacob a fifth son. So she named him Issachar. And then she conceived again, and she bore him a sixth son, Zebulun. And then she pops out a daughter named Dinah. Can you believe this? I mean, this is like a rabbit factory. We got kids all over the place. So here’s the score at the top of the ninth inning. We got six boys and a daughter straight up by Leah; two by her servant maid, so that’s nine; two by the other servant maid—that’s eleven. So we got ten boys, one girl, one dad, four mothers, two of them concubines. You think you’ve got a complicated family? The family contained all the ingredients for a psychological nightmare. Why do we mention this? You need to remember something very important. Even though there are 11 children running around, Rachel has never born Jacob a son. She still has not had a son of her own. For all these years, she has been sterile. Rachel is loved but can’t produce any children to be loved. Consequently, she is steaming and raging with jealousy over her sister. She desperately wants a son. It would validate her womanhood. It would bring her honor. It would strengthen the tribe. She envisions that if only I could have a son, my husband’s love would be complete and my value would be established. And finally, one day it happens. Rachel, the very loved wife, gets pregnant and produces a very, very loved child. Joseph. Joseph was literally the fulfillment of a dream for Rachel. Her whole entire life since she was a little girl, she was told that her purpose in life was to bear children for the tribe. She wanted so badly to have a child. And now finally, here he was. This is a dream come true. How do you handle a gold medal? How do you handle a trophy? What do you do with your most precious possessions? So the narrative begins. Now notice, Leah is not mentioned even though she bore most of the children. Why mention Bilhah and Zilpah? That detail is there to remind us of the family tension. Joseph is living as a privileged son of the favored wife among the riff-raff offspring of concubines. He was the full-blooded favorite. That’s bad. But, the tension on that family spring is just beginning to wind. Now a ton of ink has been spilled on this verse. Was Joseph: an innocent young boy simply telling the truth about his evil, older brothers and unjustly hated, OR was he a spoiled brat ratting on his older brothers and getting what was coming to him? Like most things, the truth is probably in the middle. Certainly, there must have been elements where Joseph took advantage of his privileged position. The brilliant Jewish commentator Leon Kass (professor emeritus on the Committee of Social Thought at the University of Chicago, and chairman of the Presidential Council on Bioethics from 2001–2005), suggests that Genesis 37:2 be translated: “Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding his brothers among the flock.” So if this is correct, it would be a play on words. The older brothers are shepherding the sheep while the younger brother is shepherding the shepherds. Joseph was his father’s pet and his reports were designed to keep it that way. Do you really think that basking in the favoritism of his father, Joseph was able to resist all negative effects? Certainly, he developed in overconfidence and bit of self-righteousness tinged with arrogance. Lest you get too judgmental, let’s remember that we all do this. Let me ask you to recall everything you said about other people this week. You probably spoke to other people about your mother, your brother, your kids, your friends, your enemies, those you are jealous of, those you have a hard time with. So recall those conversations where you reported on the behavior of others. Now let me ask you, was it completely correct? So often we leave out slight details or embellish small bits to give a bad report. Joseph was a junior in high school. I don’t think he’s free of these temptations. That being said, some scholars insist that the story of Joseph as a whole gives no evidence that he had such a character flaw. It certainly betrays character flaws in his brothers. The way they respond to Joseph’s report demonstrates that Joseph’s reports may well have been accurate. It also appears that Jacob could trust Joseph but not them. I’m sure there are elements of truth in both of these perspectives. The virtues and vices of Joseph’s intentions are unclear, but how Jacob treats Joseph is perfectly clear. Now you have to understand how significant this would have been. This would be like making all the older kids ride bikes and giving the youngest baby of the family a Tesla. I mean the degree of favoritism here is embarrassing. The literal reading here is a coat to the hands meaning a long-sleeved coat. Most clothing of this era were tunics without sleeves. The idea of a “coat of many colors” comes from the older Septuagint which says, “many-colored coat.” It very likely could be both. Multicolored, long-sleeved coats were common among royalty. The short-sleeved versions have been depicted in many Egyptian papyri. In a world in which material is costly and color is very scarce, this would have been very extravagant and symbolic of high favor and prestige. Now, this isn’t just a nice gift. This is way more than getting a Nike sweater. Do you know what’s at stake with the coat? You have to understand. Almost certainly what is at stake is the first-born blessing. Even though it’s not stated explicitly, the brothers are stewing with jealousy because they can see the writing on the wall. The blessing always came at the end of life but they could see it plain enough. Their inheritance is getting stripped away by dad’s little pet. Now we look at this favoritism and it’s appalling to us. But remember, this was the son of his old age. This last one would come first. After all, he, too, was the last one who became first (25:23). So why did Joseph’s brothers hate him? So far we are told at least four reasons: He was born of the most loved wife. Whether it was for this reason or other reasons, the text straight up says, he was more loved than they were. He was given a special coat indicating that their inheritance and blessing was being stripped away. He was a snitch. Now if that wasn’t enough, we get a fifth reason. Now the dream needs no interpretation here. This isn’t like the dream of Nebuchadnezzar or even like the dream of Pharaoh later in the story where you have cryptic elements and strange symbols. The dream is so obvious in its interpretation and so crude that it flat out just feels like the made-up delusions of a narcissistic teen. It’s just arrogance in dream form. It’s not like it’s really even artful or poetic. It’s just crude, cave-man poetry. Me big and powerful thing. You weak and tiny thing. You bow to me. Haha. The brothers needed no interpretation. The Hebrew uses a grammatical construction here, the infinitive absolute, that conveys utter surprise that he would dare utter such a thing. Now, if that wasn’t enough, the audacity of it all continues. Maybe you are one of the brothers and you start cooling down and dismissing this as the looniness of immaturity and you are trying to give your brother the benefit of the doubt. But then this happens. Eleven stars huh? Okay, that’s it. This dream is so pretentious, so bald-faced and unapologetic. I have so much gravitational awesomeness that I’m like this supernova in the center of the galaxy and the entire solar system revolves around me. All you 11 weaklings will be captured by my gravitational awesomeness. Even mom and dad will be captured by my awesomeness. I am so awesome… Now the fact that this was universally nauseating to the family is evidenced by verse 10. Even dad, who favored him so highly that he gave him the Tesla, can’t stomach the attitude. Now I want to end on the question that Jacob asks Joseph, “What is this dream you have dreamed?” The story of Joseph begins with a dream. Let’s think for a moment about dreams. Dreams are, as yet, unmaterialized conceptions of how the world could be or might be. We dream of all sorts of things. We make little distinction between whether it happened while sleeping or awake. A kid might dream of becoming an astronaut, or dream of winning the lottery, or dream of getting married. Most dreams are simply dreams. They are impossible hopes. The most unlikely of all possible outcomes. Most dreams are statistical impossibilities. I dream of taking over Amazon or Google. I mean what are the chances? Joseph here has a dream that implies that he will be ruler of all men. That’s a crazy dream, especially given his position. As a kid, you may have dreamed that you would become president of the United States. And it’s likely that your parents deflated your sails in short order. They said, listen, the chances of that are so low. Maybe try being a carpenter. Jesus was a carpenter. This is kind of what Jacob seems to do with Joseph. Joseph, listen, you aren’t going to rule over us. That’s impossible. I want you to think just how impossible this dream really is. Suppose you were an Iranian shepherd captured in battle by the US Forces and detained as a prisoner of war and in Guantanamo Bay. What are your chances of being president of the United States as an uneducated, Iranian POW? I mean you have a greater chance of being struck by lighting 500 times in a row than that dream coming true. Now let me ask you this, "What is the difference between a pipe dream and prophetic dream? The difference is not in the odds. The difference is in the divine power to turn it into reality. God was hidden in Joseph’s dream. When God is at work, nothing can stop it, even when everyone wants it stopped. And that’s going to be the drama for the rest of the book. You see, Joseph’s dream is a threat to everyone in the family. When Jacob rebukes Joseph, do you see what’s behind that? This is no longer funny, Joseph. If it stays a dream, no harm, no foul. But you seem to be pretty assured of this. If that dream even so much as hints as entering into reality we have a serious problem. And everyone in the narrative is going to try to kill the dream. And the battle for the rest of the book is going to be between God who is hidden in the dream and the dream killers. But because God is in the dream, it can’t be stopped. Joseph’s brothers can’t stop it. Potipher’s wife can’t stop it. The baker can’t stop it. Pharaoh can’t stop it. Joseph overcomes the millionth, billionth odds and actually rises to power in a foreign nation to the glory of Yahweh, the God of Israel. You see, when God is for us, who can be against us? Like Jesus, Joseph, the one despised and rejected by his family, ultimately is the agent of their salvation and countless others. Joseph shows how God’s secret providence is behind the darkest deeds of men and works to their ultimate good. What a story! Application Now last week you were handed this Joseph booklet. And if you didn’t get one, they are fanned out beautifully in the foyer beneath the triple screens on your right as you exit. You’ve kind of been bombarded with booklets. But take some time in this. Every week you’ll be given discussion questions for your family devotions, for your small group, or just for you personally. There are also some suggested resources and extra resources to dig deeper.

Timestamps 00:00 Channel updates 01:50 Introduction 03:00 Cliff talks his educational background 04:50 Jacob talk about his educational background. 08:30 Self-directed education done correctly 15:30 Evidence-based contest prep coaching. 22:20 How Jacob and Cliff like to approach dieting their athletes for contest prep. 35:00 Psychology of contest prep 43:00 Spotting psychologically harmful contest preps. 51:00 The end state of contest prep. 56:00 Integrating science when coaching. 1:02:00: Where to find Cliff and Jacob online Follow Jacob Online https://www.instagram.com/jacobschepis_jps/ https://www.jpshealthandfitness.com.au/ instagram.com/jps_education/ instagram.com/jpshealth_fitness/ Find cliff online: https://www.instagram.com/cwteamwilson/ https://www.teamwilsonbb.com/ Purchase the Bodybuilding Contest Preparation handbook! Check out my social media! https://www.instagram.com/james_walsham/ https://www.instagram.com/thehypertrophyhub/ Youtube Click here to apply for coaching with me! If you would like to support the show there are a few ways to do so!  1. Leave a review on iTunes 2. share the show with others 3. Send feedback or critiques of the show to Walshammy@gmail.com or James_walsham on Instagram 4. Tag us in your Instagram stories!  5. For all business enquiries please contact Walshammy@gmail.com 6. To donate to the podcast, which would be appreciated, however, never expected jamesmarshallwalsham@gmail.com through PayPal.  

Jacob Baadsgaard is the founder and CEO of Disruptive Advertising. After spending years working for some of the biggest brands in the world and helping them to intelligently analyze their analytics data, Jacob realized that his skills would be valuable to more than just the Fortune 500 companies.With his company, Jacob now helps his clients to grow their own client base and develop their employees in order to foster sustainable client growth. Join us as we discuss how Jacob turned his business into one of the leading ad agencies in the US, why Jacob moved beyond founder-based selling and what he had to do to achieve that, and how Jacob nurtures his own staff to maximize their potential.What's In This Episode Who is Jacob Baadsgaard ? Why founder-based selling will only get you and your business so far. How have Jacob's personal life lessons influenced his business? How Jacob chose which areas of his business to expand to maintain quality and keep the company vision on-track. Why it took Jacob years to develop a solid sales team. Why we need to pay particular attention to the important things in life that might not come naturally to us.

Those of us who enjoy success in the real estate business are typically introduced to a model, an investor operating at a scale we never considered, who gives us an idea for what’s possible and a vision for the future. And if we’re smart, we can learn from their mistakes and leverage their knowledge and experience as a springboard, affording us a more direct path to our own financial freedom. Jacob Blackett is the Founder and CEO of Holdfolio, a platform that connects investors with high-yield investments in the real estate industry, and Syndication Pro, a software company that helps syndicators raise capital and manage investors online. Jacob got his start doing fix-and-flips as a 19-year-old sophomore in college, and today, he has placed over $50M into income-producing real estate, building a portfolio of 600+ units (as the lead sponsor) and a network of 3K registered investors. On this episode of Apartment Building Investing, Jacob joins me to explain how an infomercial inspired his interest in real estate and share his journey from fix-and-flips to wholesaling to SFH rentals to multifamily. He walks us through the steps he took to scale his real estate business, describing why it’s beneficial to have an in-house property management team and how the technology he built to raise capital online became Syndication Pro. Listen in to understand how Jacob overcame losing $40K on his first deal and learn how to avoid his mistakes by joint venturing with an experienced team early on! Key Takeaways What attracted Jacob to the real estate space Free fix-and-flip seminar (sophomore in college) Up to $80K for single flip vs. CPA starting salary Jacob’s experience with his first fix-and-flip Picked up deal on MLS with grandma’s capital Didn’t go as planned, ended up losing $40K Why Jacob pivoted from flipping to SFH rentals Very transactional, no tax benefits Growing portfolio = monthly income stream Jacob’s first AHA moment around scaling his business Create partnerships with investors Build portfolio of 150 SFH rentals quickly What inspired Jacob’s transition to multifamily All rentals in one place with staff onsite Banks/lenders prefer multifamily Jacob’s first multifamily deal 46-unit with fire damage at 50% occupancy Leveraged investor network for capital What surprised Jacob most about multifamily Breath of fresh air (power of all in one place) Had to learn a lot about asset management Jacob’s background working in property management Met investor through wholesale deal Managed all his acquisitions within 2 years The benefits of using in-house property management Generates revenue once reach 500+ units Control and consistency in best practices Jacob’s first steps for scaling his real estate business Implement use of Propertyware software Hire talented leasing agent and COO How Jacob scaled his capital raising efforts Crowdfunding sites caught eye early on Built website to raise money online How Jacob bounced back from losing $40K Resolve to fix mistakes Determined to pay grandma back Jacob’s advice to his 19-year-old self JV on first flips to hedge risk Job at multifamily private equity company Jacob’s advice for aspiring multifamily investors Get on experienced team, see where you fit Think creatively, don’t be afraid to take job Connect with Jacob Blackett Syndication Pro Email jacob@syndicationpro.com Resources Join Michael’s Mentoring Program Register for Deal Maker Live Access Michael’s Syndicated Deal Analyzer Enroll in Michael’s Deal Maker Mastermind Download Michael’s Free Report—What’s the Best Investment: The Stock Market or Real Estate? Join the Nighthawk Equity Investor Club Propertyware Podcast Show Notes Michael’s Website Michael on Facebook Michael on Instagram Michael on YouTube Apartment Investor Network Facebook Group

Jacob Pace is the CEO of Flighthouse, the largest media brand on TikTok. Flighthouse has almost 25 million followers and over 2 billion likes. They also operate an agency that works with a variety of brands and labels on TikTok marketing campaigns. A native of El Paso, Texas, Jacob started working for record labels and PR firms remotely as a teenager. Just after graduating from high school, he moved out to L.A. to work for Create Music Group. He has since become one of the youngest CEOs in the industry. Connect with Jacob Pace Instagram LinkedIn Flighthouse Media Flighthouse on TikTok Flighthouse on YouTube Flighthouse on Instagram Some of the Topics Covered by Jacob Pace in this Episode How Jacob got his start in the music industry What Jacob's experience was like moving out to L.A. at a very young age What Jacob's job was like when he was first hired by Create Jacob's view of "the hustle" How Jacob became the CEO of Flighthouse How Flighthouse grew to nearly 25 million followers How Flighthouse creates content How the quarantine and COVID-19 crisis has affected Flighthouse's content creation How they manage content distribution across platforms Keys to creating successful TikTok content How brands are using TikTok as the newest social media How Flighthouse Media, the brand side of the business, was born What Jacob's position as CEO involves What's next for Flighthouse The big lessons Jacob has learned along the way Jacob's advice for artists breaking into TikTok A day in the life of Jacob, and how quarantine has affected his routine Jacob's journaling and meditation practices What Jacob is excited about moving forward How Jacob keeps up with trends Jacob's podcast recommendations Links from the Episode How I Built This (podcast) The Tim Ferriss Show (podcast) Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations (podcast)

Nobody understands the true potential of the mind better than motivational speaker, author, and business consultant, Jacob Galea. Jacob is a student of the mind and has been crafting his mastery for the last 20 years. He’s known for his almost other-worldly ability to identify and implement creative business strategies. To me, the most striking and intriguing thing about Jacob is his story. He has an extraordinary story and shares it with us on this episode of What Are You Made Of? You’ll hear how Jacob transformed his life from a factory worker to a success coach and mentor by using the power of the mind. He also inspires, motivates, and challenges you to tap into your inner warrior, become limitless, and live with real purpose. In this episode, you’ll discover: How Jacob went from working in a factory to becoming a martial arts expert and successful coach and mentor How Jacob brought skills as a martial arts expert (discipline, focus, and clarity) to corporate leaders Why you need to learn to expect hurdles and focus on smashing through them Why everyone who has a big dream needs a mentor How to use past events in your life to drive yourself forward The moment Jacob knew he made it The importance of having supportive warriors around you How to scale a personal brand business Why the execution of an idea is more important than the idea itself If you want to find out more about Jacob and the incredible work he does, head over to his (https://www.instagram.com/jacobgaleaofficial/) . Jacob is also giving away FREE copies of his book, “Birth of the SUPER you,” to listeners of the What Are You Made Of? podcast. All you have to do to grab your free copy is send Jacob a message on (https://www.instagram.com/jacobgaleaofficial/) and mention me and the WAYMO podcast! The views and opinions expressed on the “What Are You Made Of?” podcast are solely those of the author and guests, and should not be attributed to any other individual or entity. This is an independent production of Mike “C-Roc” Ciorrocco. The podcast production and the book What Are You Made Of? Are original works of the author. All rights of ownership and reproduction are retained. Copyright 2019. For more information and to explore other episodes, click here (https://blog.themikecroc.com/) .

Jacob Wolinsky worked in investing and financial journalism before founding ValueWalk, a site that curates information about investing, hedge funds, asset management, and the broader world of finance. We explore Jacob’s journey as an investor and an entrepreneur. This episode was a real treat for me because our guest was (and continues to be) instrumental to my growth as a value investor. Jacob gave us a ton of awesome reading material, and I can’t wait to dive into it. Links from the Show ValueWalk www.valuewalk.com ValueWalk Premium www.valuewalkpremium.com Hidden Value Stocks www.hiddenvaluestocks.com Jacob’s Reading List www.strategychainpodcast.com/support Time Stamps 0:06:34 – Jacob’s first experience as an investor: right for the wrong reason! 0:08:38 – A revelation: Benjamin Graham’s book The Intelligent Investor 0:14:49 – Greater Fool Theory: Beanie Babies and Trading Tulips 0:18:12 – Cigar Butts: Classic value investing 0:21:40 – The role of psychology in investing 0:24:15 – Jacob’s professional path into investing 0:32:01 – How Jacob got started writing for GuruFocus 0:40:40 – Circle of competence & the danger of overstepping like Long-Term Capital Management 0:44:22 – Patience: David Einhorn’s Fooling Some of the People All of the Time and Christine Richard’s Confidence Game (About Bill Ackman) 0:46:36 – Joel Greenblatt: positions took 2-3 years before they worked (on average) 0:47:43 – The advantages of being a small investor 0:50:04 – Taking the jump: focusing on ValueWalk full time 1:17:49 – HiddenValueStocks.com background 1:22:11 – Thoughts on conducting valuation after having run a real business 1:31:35 – Investing is extremely dependent on the individual’s personality 1:35:03 – Jacob’s favorite investing books: John Neff’s books (particularly John Neff on Investing), David Dreman’s books (particularly Contrarian Investing Strategies), Christopher Browne’s The Little Book of Value Investing, James Montier’s The Little Book of Behavioral Investing, The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko, John Bogle’s books, Bruce Greenwald’s Value Investing from Graham to Buffett and Beyond, John Train’s Money Masters of Our Time, Joel Greenblatt’s You Can Be a Stock Market Genius, Ben Graham and David Dodd’s The Intelligent Investor, Andrew Tobias’ The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need, William J. Bernstein’s The Four Pillars of Investing. Strategy Chain Links Rate and review the podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strategy-chain/id1492935567 Find Amazon affiliate links at http://strategychainpodcast.com/support Send me questions at http://strategychainpodcast.com/contact Sign up for the email list at http://strategychainpodcast.com/ Social Media @strategychain (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium)

EP 51 X JACOB O'CONNOR - NAVIGATING PARTNERSHIPS RIGHT NOW  Jacob is back for Part 3 of our Partnership series! We asked you guys to send in questions last week, so today we're answering some of the ones you sent in.  Due to what's going on in, and around our world, this episode really digs into how we're navigating the current Pandemic, and Paradigm shift while in partnership, or out, and everything in between... In this episode we talk about:   -A special anniversary I'm celebrating this week  -What this journey with the bees have brought forth so far  -What I've been getting up to while in "isolation"  -A shift in my practice / 1:1 work  -How Jacob has been feeling since this all started  -What we eat (Do we eat the same?) -How we handle disagreements  -What to do if a partner is "gaslighting" you  -Navigating a break up since "lockdown" -Have we ever stopped or resisted each others expansion / growth process? If so, how did we navigate -How have we kept each others presence fresh in such close quarters -What rituals or habits have we carved out specifically during this time  -Has there been anything we had to ask the other partner for during this time that we might not have expected -How to build a spiritual practice together and / or encouraging the other gently -Graceful communication  -Our favourite reality show  -Balancing feminine + masculine in partnership  -What's something I've learned / scene during this time in Jacob that I hadn't before  -What Jacob is wanting to let go of when we are able to move around more freely / and regain somewhat of a "normal" flow  -Jacob's beautiful and grounded advice on this time and space we're navigating  +++ More   LINKS | A RADIANT LIFE.CA  INSTAGRAM A Rebirth (BVT Journey) - Episode 38 Jacob Part One - Episode 17  Jacob Part Two - Episode 31 Work with me (1:1 Sessions)  Reimagining Wellness Course (4 Week Self-Guided)  

This Sunday School lesson looks at Genesis 34-1-31 which details the defilement of Jacob's daughter Dinah.-A discussion of Jacob being out of God's will and the repercussions it has upon his family. How Jacob's sons used God's Spiritual gift of circumcision in the wrong way.

Jacob Manning (@jacobmanningyoga) is a yoga teacher living in Southern California, who believes in finishing what you start. Underneath the mesmerizing movements and impressive strength of his own practice, the deeper message of Jacob’s teaching is to show how God or a higher power is working in his life, in the hopes that others may see the same in their own. Jacob thrives on sharing the mood-altering and mind-transforming practice of yoga at retreats and festivals, and in more intimate settings with his private clients. In this episode, you’ll hear from Jacob on:  [10.54] Karmic retribution. Jacob reflects on his past behaviour and reveals how he feels he experienced a karmic payback for the harm he caused. His present focus is on spreading positive energy and doing the right thing for the right reason.    [18.13] Yoga as a tool for self-discovery. Jacob shares how he turned to yoga as a means of understanding himself better at a time when his sense of identity and self-worth were shattered by injury and illness.   [23.05] His personal epiphany. How Jacob’s acceptance of his past and his willingness to learn from his mistakes allowed him to start living fully and consciously in the moment.   [31.57] The transformative power of Ashtanga Yoga. Jacob explains why he loves the routine and discipline of Ashtanga and its ability to elevate his mood and ignite his passion for life. He credits yoga with helping him to change his lifestyle, his attitude and his path in life.   [37.46] The spiritual aspect of his practice. Since becoming a Yogi Jacob has experienced a spiritual awakening. He talks about feeling God in the stillness after his practice and of becoming aware of a divine presence in the beauty of the world around him.   Announcements:  Visit henryyoga.com to learn how to level up your yoga practice in just 40 days.  Follow @henryyoga.app on Instagram  Check out https://yogaeastaustin.com/benjamin/ to learn more about Benjamin Sears’ 20 hour training immersion from February 7-9th. Make sure to use code “HENRYWINS” on checkout to receive 15% off.  Veronica Lombo and I are going on a tour through Europe beginning in January. You can check out all the details at https://henrywins.com/events/   Links from this episode:  Living Clean: The Journey Continues by Narcotics Anonymous - Grab a copy of Jacob’s recommended book Looking for your next book to read? Check out the list of every book recommended on Dharma Talk Benjamin Sears previous appearance Dharma Talk Episode 17   Get in touch with Jacob: Follow on @jacobmanningyoga Instagram Visit https://www.jacobmanningyoga.com/   Support the Podcast: If you find this podcast valuable you can support it directly by visiting: henrywins.com/donate   Credits: Music by Momentology (@momentologymusic) Production and audio engineering by Ease of Mind

Jacob Fu (@jacobthefu) is the co-founder of LocalAdventurer.com, one of the top five travel blogs in the US. He and his wife, Esther JuLee (@estherjulee), run their business together.What started as a side hustle has since turned into a full-time gig and seemingly countless memories in the cities they've traveled to. But Jacob admits that when the couple is not outside exploring, they spend much of their time looking at their computer screens - editing content, trying to strike new partnerships, and more. In episode 15 of the Why You No Doctor podcast, Jacob takes us deep into the back-end of his world of travel blogging, where we dive into the nitty-gritty details of what it really takes to adopt blogging as your job.Join the community! Follow us on Instagram @wyndpodcast and find all of our socials at whyyounodoctor.com/podcast.Show Notes0:00 - Introduction to Jacob Fu and LocalAdventurer.com3:36 - The pros/cons of traveling the world and moving constantly6:40 - The difficulties of balancing work and life when you are your own boss9:26 - How LocalAdventurer.com was started + how it became successful13:10 - How Jacob & Esther kept motivation to continue blogging16:50 - The money: sponsorships, ad revenue, and affiliate sales23:00 - LocalAdventurer.com's income reporting25:06 - Content strategy recommendations + hours put into the blog28:20 - Current goals for LocalAdventurer.com30:30 - The shift to entrepreneurship and taking on your dreams in a calculating way37:26 - Advice for the next generation of graduatesSupport the show (http://whyyounodoctor.com/podcast)

In this episode, we discuss how... 1) Jacob Eapen recalls his time working on safety analysis of the advanced heavy water reactor at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center in India 2) How Jacob expanded his career in the U.S. nuclear academic and industrial spaces to focus on computational material science 3) Jacob’s current and past research projects in the material science space includes analysis of high temperature properties of UO2 fuel 4) Jacob explains why accident tolerant fuels are being developed and some of the challenges faced in choosing a material for the fuel cladding

The Blessing of Abraham upon Abraham The huge difference between being provided for and being Blessed. The Blessing is never automatic, even for Abraham himself. Abraham had to receive The Blessing of God the same way all of us have to receive it. Then he had to learn to develop his faith to walk in the fullness of it. In this podcast, you will learn how Abraham did it and how to do the same thing. Much easier than you might think. The Blessing works the same way for everyone. You can become spiritually programmed for success in every area of your life. In the episodes this week the Podcasts will all be about The Blessing of God on the lives of His people and how nothing else matters when The Blessing of God has come upon a person or nation of people. Episodes this week are amazing and will include, How Isaac overcame extreme adversity to became very successful, How Jacob became even more successful after stealing The Blessing from his brother, How an Entire Country Became Like the Garden of Eden because of the Blessing on the great Grandson of Abraham. Finally, on Friday we will discuss whether or not you should even have The Blessing of God. These Podcasts, as well as Pastor Jim’s 15 Minute videos, are some of the most advanced Word of Faith Spirit Filled Teaching available anywhere. Pastor Jim is known nationwide as the “How To Preacher” as he not only teaches people what God has promised but how to receive those promises. Learn how to receive from God and your life will rapidly improve and you will live your life on a level you never imagined. Listening to these Podcasts every day will increase your faith and quicken your spirit. Tell everyone you know about these Podcasts. Watch Pastor Jim’s free 15 minute videos and become his prayer partner at www.increasenow.com Pastor Jim has a wonderful Spirit Filled prayer ministry and is available by phone to pray with people. When you call, he answers the phone personally. He has gotten amazing results with people being healed of sickness and disease and generational curses of sickness, disease and poverty broken right over the phone. His phone number can be found at the website.

In this episode you’ll learn: • How Jacob initially became interested in the science of behaviour • NLP training and how Jacob uses it in his business to be able to speak and communicate • That motivation is made of pain and pleasure • How to start identifying the difference between a routine and a habit • What is really happening on a cellular level • A routine is made up of four systems, and what Jacob system introduces first to his clients LINKS: http://www.theclientcure.net http://studiogrow.co/ads2019 https://jacobandreae.com/ https://business.facebook.com/jacobandreaefitness/ 

After growing one of his first PPC clients from 25 to 250 employees, Jake realized he had a gift for using pay-per-click marketing to drive dramatic business results. To help more companies succeed online, Jake founded Disruptive Advertising, a PPC, and CRO management agency that has helped hundreds of companies realize unprecedented growth and profitability from online advertising. In the six years since its founding, Disruptive Advertising has grown from two employees working in Jake's basement to a flourishing agency with more than 120 employees and a run rate of over $18 million- putting it at #145 on the 2017 Inc 500 list and listed as one of USA Today's Best Places to Work in Salt Lake City in 2019. As an active member of the marketing community, Jacob is passionate about extending his knowledge beyond his agency and is a regular contributor on a variety of blogs including notable publications like Entrepreneur, Forbes and SearchEngine Land where his wit and ability to make even tedious topics engaging elicits rave reviews from his readers. He has spoken at numerous events and webinars including SMX, Kissmetrics, Create Nation, Unbounce, PRSA, Starfest, VWO and many others— each time entertaining and educating his audience. Beyond running a successful digital marketing agency, Jake's professional goal is to create 50 millionaires. To help him achieve that goal, Jake has invested over $350,000 into professional development and runs an ongoing series of personal development courses, covering topics like developing healthy habits, financial independence, and vision mapping, to help his employees cultivate a strong sense of self-awareness and unlock their full potential. What you will learn in this episode: How Jacob found himself in the advertising and marketing industry The biggest area that Jacob see companies still missing the mark on in the lead generation side An example of how Disruptive Marketing has helped bridge the gap for marketing and sales teams within organizations The questions you should be asking yourself when it comes to your marketing Common mistakes that businesses make when it comes to their PPC campaigns How Disruptive Marketing defines culture and its 4 core values The importance of knowing who you are and deciding who you want to be Two experiences that lead Jacob to shift and become more self-aware in his relationship with his wife and how those experiences impacted him as a leader Jacob's morning routine and how it's helped him achieve greater success Why he has his team read “Miracle Morning” when they first start working at Disruptive Marketing How Jacob works through his stress and anxiety Why Jacob left Corporate America The secret sauce to Disruptive Marketing's culture Resources: Website: disruptivemarketing.com

In this episode you’ll learn: • How Jacob got started on his amazing journey in fitness and business and his transition out of a teaching career to get there • The way he incorporates goal-based challenges to get results like no one else for his clients • What he’s realized about his clients’ motivation and how he’s seen his clientele change over time • The significant role of practice and repetition in building systems and a successful business • Why you need to not only love what you do, but look at how you’re doing it • What to focus on if you want to build a successful company, and the impact The Client Cure has made in Jacob’s success as he builds his dream business • The pros and cons of an “in person” business versus an online model LINKS: http://www.theclientcure.net http://studiogrow.co/ads2019 https://jacobandreae.com/ https://business.facebook.com/jacobandreaefitness/ Resources Mentioned: https://www.upwork.com/ https://newkajabi.com/ 

This week we are talking to Jacob Baadsgaard, the founder of Disruptive Advertising. In the span of 7 years he has grown his company to over 60 employees and 9 million dollars in annual revenue with ZERO debt from outside funding. Jacob and his team specialize in helping businesses advertise profitably on Google and Facebook. He shares what businesses of all sizes need to know to get make their social profitable.   What We Cover: Why most social strategies fail Which platforms are most useful for certain audience groups How Jacob built his quickly growing team and why every personality type has a place in his office   Learn more about Liz and TLCG at www.theleadershipcoachinggroup.com.   Mentioned In This Episode: Jacob Baadsgaard: www.linkedin.com/in/jakebaadsgaard/ Disruptive Advertising: www.disruptiveadvertising.com

“When one door closes, two others open. We need to understand that there’s a reason why things happen to us … and there is energy that helps us if we don’t fight it. There is opportunity in change.” Jacob Engel is the founder and CEO of The Prosperous Leader, a leadership training and consulting firm based in New York. He is also the author of The Prosperous Leader: How Smart People Achieve Success. Jacob’s leadership coaching philosophy is centered around the people that make up a company, and he encourages his clients to connect with and empower their employees. Jacob is a certified Positive Psychology Coach, Myers-Briggs Types Evaluator and 7 Habits Facilitator, and he is committed to helping everyone from the budding entrepreneur to C-suite leaders in large organizations. Today, Jacob joins Emerald to share the moment of clarity when he made it his mission to study business growth. He talks courage and community, explaining how an openness to learning coupled with mentor support helped him start his own successful company. Jacob also describes how the stock market crash led to the creation of his leadership training firm as well as his book. Listen in to understand the qualities of a prosperous leader and learn how to look for the opportunity in change! What You Will Learn Why Jacob made it his mission to study business growth What gave Jacob the courage to start his own company The role of community plays in Jacob’s ongoing success Jacob’s insight on the 3- to 5-year path to profitability How Jacob’s career grew out of the stock market crash The value in developing the skills to reinvent yourself The inspiration for Jacob’s book, The Prosperous Leader Jacob’s advice on embracing the abundance mentality Jacob’s take on looking for the opportunity in change Jacob’s attitude of gratitude for his impact on others Connect with Jacob Engel The Prosperous Leader YEDA LLC Jacob on LinkedIn Resources The Prosperous Leader: How Smart People Achieve Success by Jacob Engel Harvard Business Review Roy Cammarano The Covey Institute Vistage The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Connect with Emerald GreenForest Creative Age Consulting Group Emerald’s Website Emerald on LinkedIn Emerald on Twitter Email: listeners@menonpurposepodcast.com This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

In this episode you’ll learn:   How Jacob got started on his amazing journey in fitness and business and his transition out of a teaching career to get there  The way he incorporates goal-based challenges to get results like no one else for his clients  What he’s realized about his clients’ motivation and how he’s seen his clientele change over time The significant role of practice and repetition in building systems and a successful business Why you need to not only love what you do, but look at how you’re doing it What to focus on if you want to build a successful company, and the impact The Client Cure has made in Jacob’s success as he builds his dream business The pros and cons of an “in person” business versus an online model   LINKS:   http://www.lisekuecker.com/growthbook https://jacobandreae.com/ https://business.facebook.com/jacobandreaefitness/  Resources Mentioned: https://www.upwork.com/ https://newkajabi.com/

Jacob and his family return to Bethel, to the house of God. We'll see:- How Jacob's family is purified and presented to God.- How Jacob's family is blessed by God.Time:MorningMinister:Rev. Joe PoppeTexts:Genesis 35:1–15Genesis 35Series:Genesis

Have you ever felt like your faith was hanging by a thread? How can you move past that to having stability in your faith? How Jacob left Laban shows us an example of how we can move past hanging on to standing in our faith in Christ.

This week's guests are Jacob Stoller and Mauricio Miller. Ron, Jacob, and Mauricio discussed the Family Independence Initiative, and how a lean-like approach can be used to create real social change. An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here. In this episode you'll learn: How Jacob met Mauricio (2:36) About Mauricio (4:39) The current state (10:53) What he did next (13:07) Determining the candidates (17:36) Taking action (19:54) How they are learning and being coached (22:16) The positive impacts (28:07) Helping them define success (30:47) What we can learn from Mauricio and FII (33:41) How the lean movement can help (37:43) Final words of wisdom (40:58) Podcast Resources Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3 Download a Free Audio Book at Audible.com Organization Follows a Lean-like Vision for Eradicating Poverty  The Alternative Family Independence Initiative  GA 033 | The Lean CEO with Jacob Stoller  GA 116 | How to Use Storytelling with Jacob Stoller Subscribe & Never Miss New Episodes! Click to Subscribe in iTunes If you enjoyed this podcast please be sure to subscribe on iTunes. Once you're a subscriber all new episodes will be downloaded to your iTunes account and smartphone. The easiest way for iPhone users to listen to the show is via the free, and incredible, Podcast app. You can download it here. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the Gemba Academy podcast on iTunes. You can also subscribe via Stitcher which is definitely Android friendly. What Do You Think? How else can lean be used for social good?

We're back! It's been a while since A.R.T. has posted an episode of our podcast, and a lot has happened in the interim. If you read between the lines (or read the "farewell letter" we published online after the LA Weekly story last year), then you know a bit of what happened, but our host Jacob Patterson takes a moment in this episode to break down what happened and where we're at because of it. If you don't give a damn and want to hear inspiring creators talk about how they're changing the world, skip this one and head over to the first full episode of Season 2 with the CEO of Meow Wolf.    0:18- What has happened to Artists Real Talk?   1:14- Check out the last episode recorded on Artist Real Talk   https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000381750912   2:38- Why Think Tank stopped hosting the podcast, and what happened between season one and season two   3:47- Art Director Dino @nunquamdormio   3:52- Jacob’s assistant Elsa @hellsuh   4:00- Sleep No More immersive show in New York https://mckittrickhotel.com/sleep-no-more/   5:34- What happened to Think Tank Gallery in general   6:00- LA Weekly following the think tank story   6:16- Listen to Artist Real Talk episode 9 with Scott Hove here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000379211211   6:30- Scott Hove https://www.facebook.com/cakefangs/ http://cakefangs.com/ https://www.instagram.com/scotthove/   6:37- Read more about the Ghost Ship Fire here: https://www.newyorker.com/news/benjamin-wallace-wells/what-happened-exactly-in-oaklands-ghost-ship-fire   6:55- LA Weekly http://www.laweekly.com/arts/in-the-wake-of-oaklands-ghost-ship-fire-popular-downtown-gallery-think-tank-has-been-forced-to-close-8043495     7:02- Think Tank’s Farewell letter to DTLA https://thinktank.gallery/farewell   7:30- Jacob goes into detail about what happened to Think Tank Gallery, what is 939 studio and what is Think Tank gallery doing next.   8:45- Scheduled inspections at Think Tank   10:33- Trap house event http://www.laweekly.com/event/trap-house-la-opening-night-7434673     12:23- Eviction notice   13:00 Think Tank creating a community a system where a community can run   16:57- Ammon Rost http://ammonrost.com/   18:02- Re branding / splitting the brand   19:47- Think Tanking only hosting rentals   20:25- Moving from DIY to “do it right” the difference between doing it yourself and doing it correctly so that it could live in its highest potential.   23:14- Cleaning up Think Tank to start renting it out   24:38- Does Think Tank have a social responsibility to re-sign the lease?   25:05- Drinkin’ Smokin’ West’ Coastin’ event https://drinkinsmokinwestcoastin.com/   26:49- Dino the art director of Think Tank, stepping up and helping in inspiring ways.   28:40- Jacob explains how he had to take off his creator hat and put on his business man hat to looking at things more objectively.   31:11- Details about 939 Studio is an event rental site now, when someone wants an artistic collaboration they hit up think tank and from there they will decide if they will pitch it to 939 studio.   33:00- How Think Tank stopped wasting time pursuing things that couldn't be profitable enough to exist and started thinking outside the box   33:45- Think Tank’s event Legal Goods https://thinktank.gallery/youarehere3/   Read more about it here: https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/4x9g79/think-tank-la-diy-show-convict-ex-convict-artists     34:03- You are here ll Shoot a cop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0CkCcvorZ4&feature=youtu.be   34:35- http://www.laweekly.com/arts/in-the-wake-of-oaklands-ghost-ship-fire-popular-downtown-gallery-think-tank-has-been-forced-to-close-8043495   https://thinktank.gallery/farewell     35:34- Listen to the podcast where Phil America pitches the Legal Goods idea https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000380950233   Phil America: http://philamerica.com/ Instagram @philamerica   36:03-  https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/installation/a-gallery-built-inside-a-los-angeles-swap-meet/   36:25- Jacob explains what Legal Goods was about   36:30- Greg Escalante   39:00- Selling art from convicts in Legal Goods   40:05- Bonita swap meet is located at 620 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057   40:03- How a lot of people got offended about a couple white dudes doing this event and the backlash that came from it   42:19- Check out videos of Jacob hanging out with children during the Legal Goods pop up: https://instagram.com/p/BTNkNa1DHsF/ https://instagram.com/p/BTQE4RNj0of/   42:29- Legal Goods Zine https://thinktank.gallery/dswc/legal-goods-zine   42:48- Learning about the neighborhood through the children   43:22- Why Legal Goods was an important show for Think Tank   44:59- DSWC Group art show - a testament to LA https://drinkinsmokinwestcoastin.com/     47:40 Check out the book Built to Last Successful: Habits of Visionary Companies https://www.amazon.com/Built-Last-Successful-Visionary-Essentials-ebook/dp/B0058DRSHW     48:40- Meow Wolf giving Think Tank a grant https://meowwolf.com/ https://twitter.com/MeowWolf1   50:14- Scott Hove https://www.facebook.com/cakefangs/ http://cakefangs.com/ https://www.instagram.com/scotthove/   51:15- Drinkin Smokin West Coastin - Group love hate letter to LA https://drinkinsmokinwestcoastin.com/   51:54- How Jacob came up with the idea for DSWC   Read what people had to say about Drinkin’ Smokin’ and West Coastin’   http://www.laweekly.com/arts/drinkin-smokin-and-west-coastin-is-a-love-hate-letter-to-la-8511955   http://dola.com/events/2017/8/19/drinkin-smokin-west-coastin-a-group-love-hate-letter-to-la   http://www.lataco.com/drinkin-smokin-west-coastin-lovehate-letter-l/   59:42- Whitney bell https://kiddbell.com/   59:59- Whitney’s Dick Pic show http://www.laweekly.com/event/i-didnt-ask-for-this-a-lifetime-of-dick-pics-8694867   1:00:57- https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Fully-Immersive-CAUGHT-to-Make-LA-Premiere-at-Think-Tank-Gallery-20171009   http://www.fireflyinc.com/caught/                

05:13 - How Jacob got started in technical theatre and at Light Opera Works. http://www.musictheaterworks.com 07:11 - "Disgraced" / the first time Jacob was doing focus work with lighting. 09:06 - American Theater Company. https://www.atcweb.org 09:16 - David Cromer! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cromer 11:06 - Oak Park Festival Theatre. http://oakparkfestival.com 19:14 - The 24 Hour Bring Your Own Theater festival. http://www.byotproductions.com 23:54 - Really long title of a play Jacob directed at The 24 Hour BYOT: The Dissent and Disapproving Complaints caused by Habitual Use of Artificial Correspondence 30:05 - Jacob doesn't have a formal degree, developed his resume on his own and through referrals. 40:55 - What Jacob learned from Chicago Fringe. http://chicagofringe.org 42:20 - Superman, Black Man, Me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54_GkkscMyA 46:03 - The play, "ID" and No Shame. http://www.wearetheagency.org/no-shame/ https://www.facebook.com/NoShameTheatre/ http://www.noshame.org/chicago/index11.htm http://www.thelincolnloft.com/no-shame-theatre.html 58:40 - Jacob is on the Short List Committee for the Chicago Humanities Festival. https://chicagohumanities.org Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

The team travels back to 1995 to play through The Fullbright Company's Gone Home. In this episode, we talk about walking, Christmas ducks, ghosts and teen angst. "It's a ghostttttttttt!" Come back on Wednesday, July 26th for Episode 004 - we are playing through Braid. Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi) Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub Show Notes: 1:30 Our experience with the game 2:50 What is Idle Thumbs (https://www.idlethumbs.net/)? 4:30 Where should you start with Idle Thumbs? 6:50 How did you play Gone Home? 8:18 The start of the game 12:46 A great moment: the note that gets taken away 13:52 The game's characters 16:05 How Moe felt coming into the house (aka murderous thoughts) 19:02 Mike's thoughts about walking into the house 20:40 How Jacob felt about the 101 Dalmatians-esque house 22:47 Reading notes 25:10 The Christmas Duck 26:45 Our "Goosebumps" moments 30:04 Sam and Lonnie 4eva 32:05 The Red Hair Dye moment 33:05 Is the game nudging you in a certain order? 36:10 Mike compares the game to the original Max Payne 38:00 The basement 38:37 The game's climax 40:30 The kitchen, the garage and the notes 42:00 Moe's opinions on "is this a game" 44:30 A rough patch in Janice's marriage #wildfire 45:58 Moe compares Gone Home to Disneyland 47:45 Everybody has smut 49:30 The family portrait 52:56 Stories in the Pacific Northwest & the 90s 55:45 Sexuality, the army and religion 58:30 More shows that evoke the Pacific Northwest 59:30 Our final thoughts about the game

Jacob Wellock is the founder of The Welded Athlete and co-owner of Double Edge Fitness in Reno, Nevada. He’s also Lindsey Valenzuela’s head coach. We had a BLAST nerding out about programming for general fitness vs competitors for the first half of this episode. Building skills, getting stronger, and improving your conditioning at the same time. We talk about the secret sauce that doesn’t really exist. But how do we get as close to that line as possible?   Then we dive into what it takes to prepare a professional. How important is individualized program design? What was the progression and timeline like for Lindsey Valenzuela after she had her baby? What types of movements were complete “no-nos”? When was it time to kick things up a notch? How do you support athletes mentally and emotionally? How do you pull the reigns back? And so much more.   It was truly a pleasure to get inside Jacob’s head. I’ll sum up with a post of his that really resonated with me. After chatting with him, I really believe it’s a representation of how he operates:   “The lion knows it's a lion. It doesn't hide that or change for anyone. The lion also doesn't go around telling all the other animals that it is a lion, all of the other animals already know. Strive to be like the lion. Make your presence known through your actions without having to tell everyone about it. The lion knows how to rest just as easy as it knows how to kill. As an athlete, you should strive to have this mindset. Be like the lion.” Show Notes: (3:48) - Origins (7:45) - GPP vs Competitive programming (9:33) - How to cater to both as a gym owner (12:37) - Flow of the class workouts (19:15) - Importance of having fun for newcomers (24:55) - Articulating the stimulus you want to achieve (28:30) - Approach to strength training (36:22) - Testing periods and benchmarks (41:15) - Recovery and managing daily stressors (43:10) - How Jacob got connected with Lindsey Valenzuela (49:46) - What were Lindsey’s expectations as an athlete (52:15) - Bridging her back into training after pregnancy (56:07) - What were absolute no-no’s to stay away from after pregnancy (1:00:25) - How to support athletes mentally and physically (1:09:19) - Balancing coaching and competing (1:20:13) - “The lion knows it’s a lion.”   Resources we may have talked about: Welded Athlete Programming Relentless   How you can connect with Jacob: http://doubleedgefitness.com Instagram: @theweldedathlete Instagram: @jacobjw7   If you wanna grab any book we’ve talked about in the past, head over to theairbornemind.com/readinglist. You’ll see all the books recommended from each guest. And if you want you can get a free audiobook and 30 day free trial there as well.   If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on iTunes and lemme know what you think. It would really help me out so I can continue creating awesome stuff for you.   And remember the greatest compliment you can give is by sharing this with someone else who might enjoy it or somewhere on the web. Once again thank you for being a listener and supporting the show. Until next time.

https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/ELDOA Four months ago, a guy knocked on my front door. He'd flown all the way up from Alabama to my house to train me in a new method of movement and deep fascial stretching that I had never before encountered…something called the "ELDOA Method". Now don't get me wrong: I've done my fair share of mobility training. For example, in the article "",  I delve into how, on a weekly basis, I engage in everything from active stretching to yoga to foam rolling to traction to deep tissue massage and beyond. But Jacob Schoen, the guy who showed up at my house (and my guest on today's podcast) and trained me for eight solid hours over the course of a weekend, introduced me to this new form of extremely intensive "stretching", and helped me discover something I now take breaks from work to do each day and one of the best ways to eliminate low back pain, heal the spine, and get a full body myofascial stretch. It looks like this: Jacob Schoen is the owner and founder of SHIFT Sport and Wellness in New Orleans, La. Jacob is currently studying in the programs of a guy named Dr. Guy Voyer and is using this education to change the way people approach and associate with their pain or performance. By focusing on the purpose, precision, and quality of exercise Jacob inspires people to “move more aware” in the gym and in life. He hopes that by creating awareness in the individual through movement that he can create momentum towards a more connected and conscious culture of health. During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Jacob discovered ELDOA after a series of injuries and poor movement patterns developed from cycling and triathlon...[9:47] -Why ELDOA is like using an inversion table on your whole body...[15:15] -What it means to create space within your joint s (and why joints aren't "stacked" the way you would think they are)...[18:30] -On a physiological level, what does ELDOA do, exactly? [22:45] -Why most stretching practices or techniques don't actually target your myofascia, and how ELDOA does...[25:30] -How stretching your wrist and big toe at the same time can, surprisingly, decompress your actual spine...[29:20] -What a sample ELDOA session actually looks like...[31:45] -What it means to "normalize" your muscle tone...[41:12] -What you probably don't know about the bones in the skull and why your jaw and skull bones are so important for decompressing your spine...[45:19] -How to self-adjust your jaw with a dowel...[50:15] -Why Jake is not a fan of foam rolling and deep tissue work and why Ben is...[54:15] -The #1 completely natural supplement you can take that is almost free and that vastly decreases back pain...[69:20] -How often you should do ELDOA...[72:45] -The best way for you to learn how to do ELDOA yourself...[77:00] -And much more! Resources from this episode: - - -Some sample videos of a few of my favorite ELDOA stretches if you want to see what ELDOA training looks like: - - - - - - - - Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Jacob or me? Leave your comments at  and one of us will reply!

Getting NO's from everyone you're talking to? Does it seem that you are on a different page than everyone else? YOU MAY BE UNKNOWINGLY SPEAKING GREEK TO PEOPLE! That's why they aren't responding to ANYTHING you're doing. You're taking to them in a way that TOTALLY doesn't resonate with them. Yes, it's you. GOOD NEWS is you can easily fix this! Monday 1/30/2017 you have another amazing opportunity to dive in and learn even more about the Personality Colors from Jacob Adamo, author of Full Spectrum Success! SPECIAL TREAT: You can check out his (at no charge) 5 Part Training video series to give us a sneak peek at the depths that he's taken his Colors work in his NEW book Full Spectrum Freedom! Head over to DiamondFactoryTraining.com and find the link in the 3rd Party Biz Tools for You to Use training module and taking full advantage of this BONUS training! A few sneak peaks: How Jacob's new book "Full Spectrum Freedom" is different than his first "Full Spectrum Success" There are 4 main personality types, how do you speak to each one in a way that creates rapport not REPEL! Super pumped: There's a new personality QUIZ you can use for your friends & team members to get SUPER confirmation on how you can talk and coach them The new 6 week Live Webinar Training that starts on Feb. 7th New tools (webinar, new book, workbook, etc) that you can learn how to master the art of the Personality Colors. TRUTH: Knowing how to relate to these 4 color personalities can make or break the success of your business, family relationships, and everyone you meet!

Here is a short list of things that LA Weekly's "Best of LA People" selection Andrew McGregor can call himself: inventor, filmmaker, writer, chessboxing champion, entrepreneur, frequent TEDx speaker, mentor, Highlands games athlete, roboticist, photojournalist, and founder of The Tiziano Project, a not-for-profit that taught journalism to people living in conflict zones and neglected parts of the world with an emphasis on creating jobs through media training. The organization has worked in places such as Rwanda, Somalia, DR Congo, Iraq, Kenyan slums, a California youth prison, Israel, Palestine, and South Central LA. He has been featured in Wired, Newsweek, the Sports Section of The New York Times, and many other outlets.   He talks with us about how to do that huge mountain of dope shit without failing miserably over and over.   https://tinyurl.com/RFFLA2016   00:00 - Introduction to Andrew McGregor   6:14 - http://www.mightykingdre w.com   7:30 - Who is Andrew McGregor?   8:20 - http://www.laweekly.com/news/andrew-mcgregor-from-journalism-to-chessboxing-4640242   9:11 - Chess Boxing: Chess boxing is a hybrid fighting sport that combines the two traditional sports, chess and boxing. The competitors fight in alternating rounds of chess and boxing.   9:57 - Give a little back story on how your path brought you here to Los Angeles and Chess Boxing..   13:40 - Do you ever look at these moments in your life and think there is something more like you are a chosen one?   14:10 - Photo journalist James Nachtwey:  http://jamesnachtwey.com   Photos taken live on 9/11  http://time.com/3528699/revisiting-911-unpublished-photos-by-james-nachtwey/   15:01 - How far along the spiritual spectrum do you fall in your beliefs?   15:36 - New age and self justifying without a root   16:50 - How McGregor conducts himself by reducing suffering, increasing joy and creating a benefit during every interaction.    Philosopher Epicurus learn more here:  http://www.epicurus.net   18:41 - Habituation and discipline   19:26 - How do you put yourself in a mental place where you can commit yourself to so many different projects without comprising any of them?   21:30 - How do you stay focused when doing research in a field you’ve never studied in before?   23:30 - Task based motivation, “If you don't know what you cant do the sky is the limit.”   24:20 - Robotics   26:38 - Robot film festival  http://robotfilmfestival.com/partners/   26:47 - http://hivegallery.com   27:20 - More about Andrew McGregors short film: http://www.notimpossiblenow.com/lives/robots-landmines-rats-and-andrew-mcgregor   27:35- Apopo is an organization that has a vision to solve humanitarian problems with detection rats technology learn more at https://www.apopo.org/en/   30:00 - McGregor’s prototype robot: https://www.americasgreatestmakers.com/video/a-safer-path/   31:00 - Problems and solutions creating this robot   31:50-  At what point did you think this fake robot in an imaginary world could actually be real?   32:40 -Robotis artist http://ianingram.org/bio.html    33:30 - Robotic Squirrel:  http://www.ingramclockworks.com/machines/2009_squirrel.html    35:15- “Let’s do something awesome with our gifts; desire.”   35:41 - What advice would you give those who are intrigued to do something they know nothing about?   38:10 - Do you approach these conversations with your prior accomplishments at hand?   39:00 - Do you think almost being killed has contributed to your outlook and unleashed fearlessness?   40:20 - Being focused and having integrity will allow you to do anything you want   40:40 - Expanding on the times McGregor has almost died.  Does your philosophy help you with approaching women?   42:50 - Patricks thoughts on war, soldiers and how life works.   44:50 - Ted Haler Poem called "first tour" (can not find)   45:40 - https://www.amazon.com/WAR-Sebastian-Junger/dp/0446556246   45:45 - Veterans “thank you for your service.”   47:03 - Andrew McGregor’s Photo journalism career   47:20 - How did you come across this industry (photojournalism)?   47:30 - Travel photography, moving to different countries and learning new languages.   48:40 - http://framework.latimes.com/2015/03/29/rick-meyer-wins-lifetime-achievement-award/#/0   49:15- How photojournalism ties in with seeking the world   50:15 - Patricks thoughts on making an impact   51:35- At what stage did you decide that your purpose on this world was philanthropic?   52:15 - http://www.mightykingdrew.com/tiziano-project/   54:20 - A bad year in Los Angeles turning into a good summer in Berlin.   54:40 - McGregors thoughts on “do you view yourself as an employee or an employer..”   56:33 - Tell us what the Tiziano project is   learn more about the Tiziano project here: http://tizianoproject.org   58:17- The intimate and beautiful photos McGregor received back after letting a community use his camera.    59:15- Local perspective    1:00:10 - Erik Kim http://erickimphotography.com    1:00:48- You have a belief that every single group of human beings in the history of mankind has a story teller; have you found that to be true?   1:03:25 - How did you get introduced to Tedx- what did you talk about and what was the response?   1:03::48 - http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxUSC-Andrew-McGregor-Citiz-2   More Tedx talks with Andrew McGregor:   http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxSantaMonica-Andrew-McGregor;TEDxSantaMonica-2 http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxOrlando-Andrew-McGregor-Cit   1:04:20 - Non-profit organization https://www.toastmasters.org   1:05:32 - Was public speaking an intimidating process for you and how did you approach that?   1:06:30 - Remembering the benefits of your public speaking and what is a stake   1:07:10 - Are you afraid of anything?   1:07:45 - You have a very busy lifestyle do you prioritize ensuring that you are able to go out and meet up with friends or call people? How have you nurtured these relationships outside of business?   1:09:33 - “Its up to you to make your own destiny.”   1:10:50 - Self analysis and the nature of wealth   1:12:40 - Built to Last by, Jim Collins  https://www.amazon.com/Built-Last-Successful-Visionary-Essentials/dp/0060516402/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481492584&sr=8-1&keywords=book+built+to+last   1:13:57 - What is glory to you? Do you believe hard work to be an ingredient in glory?   1:15:45 - What is your methodology for that?   1:15:58 - The Iceman Wim Hof   Learn more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof   1:17:20 - Meditation techniques; breathing and ice baths.   1:18:34 - You like to chase world records; can you tell us which ones you are involved in right now?   1:19:00 - http://marcuskowal.com http://liamslife.org   1:20:20 - https://www.amazon.com/Blindfold-Chess-Psychology-Techniques-Champions/dp/0786475269/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481493818&sr=1-1&keywords=blindfold+chess   - Timur Gareyev: http://www.blindfoldking.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-XwHOS2xKs   1:23:13 - How Jacob and Patrick met Andrew McGregor    1:23:31 - http://www.thinktankgallery.org/coffeegraph/ Avi Roth: http://www.coffeegraph.com Interview with coffee bar sculptor Garrett Kovacs: http://www.thinktankgallery.org/interview-with-coffee-bar-sculptor-garrett-kovacs-la-weekly/    1:25:50- Can you explain to our guests what chess boxing is?   1:29:55 - Patricks thoughts on chess boxing   1:30:20 - http://nightonbroadway.la   1:34:20: - Did you learn to box from George Foreman?   http://www.georgeforeman.com   1:37:00 - Freddie Roach boxing trainer:  https://wildcardboxingstore.com/pages/about-us   1:38:50- The methodology of doing aggressive physical exertion followed by meditation or chess   1:40:25 - Brand X Magazine with Andrew McGregor: http://www.mcgregorphotos.com/press.php   Last Call with Carson Daly: https://vimeo.com/14063188   1:42:30 - Chess boxings growth   1:43:57- Chess boxing started as a performance art and is now being labeled as a sport   1:46:40 - Patrick gets into depth on his outside perspective of the vessel McGregor has created by going from a violent environment, to Los Angeles and how he’s found a balance.   1:52:00 - Therapy within this sport   1:55:08 - Chess boxing being a transformative experience   1:56:15 - Looking back on all these things you've gone through, if you were to speak to your past-self what lessons would you instill in that conversation?   1:56:59 - What is next for you?   1:58:30 - Where you can find Andrew McGregor:   https://tinyurl.com/RFFLA2016 http://www.mightykingdrew.com https://www.gofundme.com/2pyx7uk https://twitter.com/mightykingdrew https://www.facebook.com/TheAndrewMcGregor

Jacob Goodman is the founder of Fresh Prints. They set out to do one thing: help make it insanely fun for people to order custom apparel. Fresh Prints is known for their honest and fun approach to business. They have 80+ campus ambassadors that earn an average of $8,000/YR. I highly recommend you check out their unique designs because they’re incredibly creative: https://freshprints.com/product/gallery   On this episode we learn: How Jacob did not fit inside the box at school and what he did to overcome that obstacle. How Jacob convinced his father to loan him $50,000 to invest in his first business. How Jacob ran two business at the same time. We dive deep into the hiring process for campus ambassadors. Jacob calls the hiring process the “secret sauce” to Fresh Prints. (During the interview process he tries to get them to quit and over 80% of applicants drop out in the first round.) How Fresh Prints separates themselves from their competition.  Why/how they strategically place their printers across the country.  How they handle a print order that goes wrong. The unique refund policy Fresh Prints has. The lessons learned from building their own ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software.  Why Jacob doesn’t think you should follow advice from other’s.  Why Jacob is like Richard Branson!   Thank you so much for listening to Teenage Entrepreneur! For more details on this episode or resources and support on building your business, please visit www.teenpodcast.com We have built a community of entrepreneurs from all around the world to help you on your journey.     

  This one is no joke. Scott was able to get money from Amazon that was rightfully his, without selling a product. It has to do with product refunds and damaged products that Amazon has processed in the past, and he owes it all to Jacob, today’s guest. The cool thing about it is that today Jacob is going to give you the step by step process for getting the money that is due to your seller account and he’s going to show you how you can use his automated service to get those refunds credited to your account without you having to lift a finger. It sounds too good to be true but it’s not. You can find out the details on this episode of The Amazing Seller. Stumbling across a cash cow in his Amazon seller account. Jacob sort of accidentally came across a situation in his refund reports that tipped him off to the fact that Amazon was holding some money that was due him in a suspension account. It was money that came as a result of customer refunds that were reconciled but Amazon had never given back to him. All it took was a simple inquiry to  Amazon’s seller support and Jacob was able to recover that money on the spot. The more he dug into his reports, the more money he discovered that Amazon had not credited to him properly. On this episode Jacob will show you how he discovered his “cash cow” and how you can use the same tactics to get money that is rightfully yours. Have you checked out your Amazon Seller Refund Report? Inside your seller account you can run all kinds of reports that show you the status of your sales, damaged products, refunds, and other variables that have to do with your products on Amazon. One of those is the “refund report.” It has to do with refunds that have been issued to your customers and the credits and debits to your account that correspond to those refunds. It may sound odd, but quite often you are credited money through the refund process and Amazon lists that money on your refund reports. By comparing that number with actual money you’ve been credited, you can find money that Amazon owes you but you’ve never received. Check out this episode to find out how you can get that money back immediately. Inventory damage is another area where you might be owed some money by Amazon. With any massive warehouse operation like Amazon you are going to eventually have some of your products damaged during handling. It’s part of how the business works. Amazon is usually very good about noting damage and giving you credit for it so that you don’t lose money because of their mistakes. But you don’t always actually receive that money, even though Amazon has noted the damage. On this episode Scott’s guest is going to show you how to investigate damaged products to discover if you’re owed money from Amazon. You’ll want to listen so you can get the cash you’re owed. A software product that retrieves the cash from your Amazon Seller account automatically. As Jacob’s Amazon business became larger and his sales grew, he was having more and more situations where his refunds from Amazon were not being processed in a way that credited his account. The time it was taking to stay on top of those important issues was mounting - so he decided to work out an automated system to search his refunds for him. Now he’s taken that system into a commercial software application that you can use to get back your own refunds from Amazon - and it will only cost you pennies on the dollar. Listen to Scott’s chat with Jacob today to find out how you can use this great software to get your cash from Amazon, and be sure to use the special TAS coupon code to get your discount. OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER [0:03] Scott’s introduction to this podcast episode! [2:13] How Jacob and Scott got connected and what Jacob has discovered. [3:20] How is it that Amazon keeps some of your money without you knowing it. [4:34] The average scenario where Amazon may have some of your money. [5:54] The first step to getting your money back - the refund report. [7:53] How to find the reports you need in order to check for money due you. [9:33] Issues regarding inventory damage. [12:48] How Jacob came up with a software solution to researching these issues. [15:31] The slow and steady process of recovering money you are due. [17:32] Some of the features of the software that Scott appreciates. [18:55] How Jacob’s tool literally costs you nothing. [20:54] What is the feedback sentry and how does it work? [23:29] How you can get Jacob’s software product. [25:51] Scott’s summary of the episode and how it’s worked for him to date.   RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THIS EPISODE www.TheAmazingSeller.com/recover (affiliate link) - use code “TAS” for 10% off.

Have you ever wandered into the meat section of the grocery store, a butcher shop or even a fancy charcuterie-style restaurant and been just slightly perplexed about which cuts to get, how to know if the meat is safe and healthy, the difference between words like natural, grass-fed, grain-fed, hormone-free, feedlot/CAFO free, or humanely raised? In this podcast, we delve into the mystery of meat with Jacob Dickson of  Dickson's is a"candy shop for carnivores”, one of the most sought after purveyors of fine quality meats in the city of New York, and offers things like artisanal meats and house-made charcuterie made from animals raised without added hormones, prophylactic antibiotics, or animal by-products - whatever those are. -How Jacob came into the food industry originally from corporate marketing... -Which animal is the most efficient animal to eat from nose-to-tail... -What you should you look for when you walk into the meat section (or a butcher’s shop) to know that the meat you’re getting is actually healthy... -Why some grass-fed meat is not actually healthy grass-fed meat... -What it really means for an animal to be humanely-raised and how you can know it’s really true... -Why the word "natural" on a label means pretty much nothing... -A big misconception about antibiotics, and why they're actually used... -Whether the mold and fungus that forms on meat in the curing process is really bad for you.. -How you can cure your own meat at home… -The ultimate way to cook the tastiest steak... Resources we discuss in this episode: - - - - Do you have questions, comments or feedback about choosing healthy meat, grass fed vs. grain fed, DIY meat curing or other meat-related topics? Leave your thoughts at !

In the sixth episode of the Based on Nothing podcast, Jacob and Spenser welcome Chet Williams and Mikaela Marie! The four of them talk extensively about the haunted places of Philadelphia, which then goes into implied Harry Potter sex scenes. Chet performs three songs throughout the podcast and Santa Claus makes an appearance, along with Baby Jesus. It's a fun podcast for the entire family because of Mikaela's constant Philadelphia facts. Listen, enjoy, and check out Chet on Bandcamp and Mikaela on Twitter. Also, hey, email us over at info@basedonnothing.net and subscribe to us on iTunes!Breakdown:Introduction - 0:00Spenser answers questions/How Jacob met Mikaela - 3:30Haunted places in Philadelphia - 6:45Super serious ghost talk - 11:00Harry Potter sex scenes - 14:15"Nervous" by Chet Williams - 20:00The Office talk - 24:20Recommendin' - 30:45"Have You Ever Noticed?" (Emmys talk) - 40:00"Watching Out For You" by Chet Williams - 44:00Thomas Jefferson is three dogs - 49:00Santa Claus interrupts and chaos ensues - 52:30Mikaela explains democracy/Outro - 1:13:00"Home for Supper" by Chet Williams - 1:16:30

Discovering the Old Testament, Part 11 How Jacob outwitted his father-in-law to secure his future, and deflected the wrath of his brother Esau upon his return to his family homeland. Some thoughts on animal husbandry, tactical gift-giving, and how the … Continue reading → The post Part 11: Jacob's Cunning first appeared on Lafkos Press.

How Jacob's bout with God resembles our own.