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This Episode Is A Travel Around The World To Beautiful Australia Where We're Joined By Health & Fitness Coach Ruby Cherie As She Drops Bombs of Health, Wellness, and Goodness On Us. Ruby Is A Coach That Has A Grip On The Realities of Weight Loss, Maintenance, Fitness, Etc. and How There's A Lot More That Goes Into It Than Macros & Exercises.  Ruby Covers Everything From Having Empathy, Understanding Personal Histories, Her Own Journey, The Progression of Different Situations, Creating Stepping Stones, Coloring Your Life, Clean Eating & Context, Hiking, Cupcake Batter, and Much Much More! But As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Made Ruby Happy Recently ✔️ Overcoming Many Struggles To Gain Empathy ✔️ Understanding The Hardships Makes Progress More Possible ✔️ Scripted Plans Might Not Fit Real Human Beings With Complete Lives ✔️Focusing On More Than Only The Negatives, Highlighting The Positives ✔️ Balancing Being Strict With Yourself and Letting It All Go Because It's Easy ✔️Keeping Your Flavors Simple After Knowing Yourself Better ✔️Mixing Up Your Health & Fitness That Fits Your Lifestyle ✔️Adding Color To The Rest of Your Life ✔️We All Need To Zoom Out At Times ✔️The Batter Is Better, Back Squats, Squidward, Mountain Hiking, & Much More!   Follow Ruby At The Following Places: Instagram Website Consultation Form   Follow Zarate Fitness Related Content At The Following Places: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube   Also...Are You Interested In Weekly FREE Email Full of Good Reads, Schedules, and A Ton Of Tips, Ideas, and Ways To Increase Health, Fitness, and Happiness Delivered Right To Your Email Instead Of Checking All Over The Place? Me Too!! Sign Up Below And Sit Back and Keep Living The Good Life! http://zaratefitness.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=bd5db6ad085f2ab63066ec43d&id=6af1b1391a    

Podcast: The Safety Pro Podcast (LS 45 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: 111: Root Cause Analysis Best PracticesPub date: 2020-11-03Notes from @BEERISAC: OT/ICS Security Podcast Playlist:Anton Shipulin: "'Root Cause Analysis' is also relevant to OT cyber incidents (not only attacks)" Picture: TapRooT® I recently read an article from the folks over at TapRooT® that I wanted to share. It talks about how to have a successful root cause analysis and lists some best proactices. You can read their full article here. In order to be successful in completing a root cause analysis you should: Provide a complete, clear picture of what happened. Identify all the problems (Causal Factors) that led to the incident being investigated. Find the real root causes of each problem. Find the Generic Causes of each Root Cause. Develop effective corrective actions. Get management to understand the problems and solutions and take timely action to get the solutions implemented. 1st Root Cause Analysis Best Practice The first thing you should do is provide a complete, clear picture of WHAT HAPPENED. Without a complete, clear picture of what happened, the investigator is just making things up. The results of the investigation will be guesses. If you need to provide a complete, clear picture of what happened, you need to: Know how to collect evidence. (Covered in a previous episode) Organize that evidence into a complete, easy to understand story.  Share that evidence and story with others (management, other investigation team members, or workers). 2nd Root Cause Analysis Best Practice Identify all the problems (Causal Factors) that led to the incident being investigated. Many people focus on a single problem (even a single root cause) when they are investigating an incident. If the investigator focuses on a single cause, they will be missing other opportunities to improve performance and stop future incidents. Why? Because usually there is more than one problem (Causal Factor) that leads to an Incident. 3rd Root Cause Analysis Best Practice Find the real root causes of each problem. Even with all the evidence in front of them, people can get tricked into the wrong root cause. How? There are several common errors but here’s a shortlist of potential problems: Confirmation Bias Favorite-Cause-itis No human factors training/guidance No systematic process Thinking the know the cause Picking from a list of causes 4th Root Cause Analysis Best Practice Find the Generic Causes of each Root Cause. Some people stop when they find a root cause. But we’ve found a best practice that goes beyond a simple root cause. We discovered Generic Causes. Generic Causes start with root causes and then go beyond the root cause to find what is allowing the root cause to exist. Fixing Generic Causes can help you eliminate whole classes of problems. Here is an example… Let’s say that you have a problem with a procedure that has more than one action in a step. On the Root Cause Tree® you would identify the root cause: more than one action per step To fix that procedure, you would rewrite the procedure with just a single action per step. Once you have finished fixing the one procedure involved in this incident, you might start thinking: What about our other procedures? Do those procedures have similar problems? What if you find that many procedures have “more than 1 action per step?” Then you know there is a Generic Cause. You need to ask what in the system is allowing procedures written with more than one action per step. 5th Root Cause Analysis Best Practice Develop effective corrective actions. You might think that once an investigator finds the real root causes (and Generic Causes) that we are home free. What could go wrong? But even in the 1990s many people, even when the identified root causes, still didn’t develop effective corrective actions. 6th Root Cause Analysis Best Practice Get management to understand the problems and solutions and take timely action to get the solutions implemented. Now we’ve: Understand what happened, Defined the Causal Factors, Identified the all Causal factors root causes, Identified any Generic Causes, and Developed effective corrective action. What’s left? Getting management to approve the corrective actions and get the corrective actions implemented. And that’s where the last best practice comes in. The last best practice is an effective method to present the investigation to management and get their approval to implement effective corrective actions. Management is much more likely to commit resources to corrective actions when they understand what happened and how the: What happened, Why it happened, and How we can fix it, All fit together into an easy to understand presentation. Listen to the podcast episode for more commentary. Join the discussion on LinkedIn. Just be sure to @ mention Blaine J. Hoffmann or The SafetyPro Podcast LinkedIn page. You can also find the podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OHSM, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Do you feel you are not born to succeed? Do you think you don’t have what it takes to take off and conquer the world? Do you feel it is better for you to just continue what you’re doing because it feeds you and that you are not good with any other else, anyway? Do you want to share your story with the world but you think no one will listen? A lot of people feel that way, but if you ask these questions to Tera Carissa Hodges, our episode guest for today, she’ll tell you what you should hear and believe: You are enough, you have what it takes to succeed. You just got to figure out who you are, be authentic, and work on what you have right now. Figure out what your purpose is today and work on it. The best thing is, Tera will be sharing the formula for figuring out your purpose and start to walk in it. Ever since a little girl, Tera has always been a leader and speaker. She was the senior class president, so even her younger self has enjoyed serving other people. Today, Tera is an empowerment champion through her speaking, media appearances, coaching, and mentoring. Helping people become empowered despite their past and mistakes is her passion. Discovering and learning about your gifts and working on it will take you to places. She believes God would open your door if you just worked your gift where you were. Her pro tip? Remain true to yourself. Don't chase people, develop your platform by using what's in your hand, and watch everything begins to chase you. However, in order to succeed, Tera points out that you don’t need an innate ability to lead, serve, and to share your story. There are things she is not naturally good at, but she’s come to learn and master them. She believes anyone can do has the ability to learn and succeed. Today, she’s dropped major truths about finding your purpose, using what you currently have to pay the way for your future success, looking for a mentor, and finding life balance. Be sure you are all ears to Tera, the empowerment champion.  Here’s What You Missed Can you figure out your purpose? How?There can't be a resurrection without a crucificationHow and why you should share your storyWho should mentor you?Do you really have what it takes to succeed?How to find life balance? Knowledge Nuggets [00:02:24] I really tell parents to be careful how you raise your child, be careful how you speak to them because there are some innate personality traits that we are born with and it's not going to change. So just be careful about how you correct your children. [00:04:46] Your purpose is a combination of your past your pain and your passion. [00:05:53] Your purpose is seasonal. Ask, what's my purpose this season? What am I supposed to be doing today? And when you start taking care of the things you need to take care of today, you serve your purpose. [00:06:52] There can't be a resurrection without a crucifixion. Everybody wants the glam, everybody wants power, but nobody wants the process. The glitz and the glam that you see if you are to obtain that, it is going to require a process. [00:09:00] So instead of harping on what happened and what wasn't fair, look at it and say, how can I use this as fuel to get me to a destiny that my haters never saw coming. [00:09:59] You don't need an innate ability to tell your truth. Your life experience, that is your expertise.  Get busy telling your story because you're not an imposter when you're telling your story. [00:11:10] Who mentors me in business, is not necessarily who mentors me in marriage. So I have different mentors for different aspects of my life. No one should be your one-stop-shop because nobody is qualified in every way. [00:13:52] You don't always need a one on one to glean from someone, to learn from them and to grow from the wisdom that they can impart. [00:15:15] Develop yourself before you market yourself. You don't want to meet a mentor to soon. Because if you meet someone too soon, they might see you as an understudy, where if you wait and go through the process of becoming and meet them at the right time, they'll come to see you as a partner. [00:17:28] I never believed I had to kiss anybody's tail to get in with. I always knew that God would open my door if I just worked my gift where I was. [00:19:54] So remain true to yourself. Don't chase people, develop your platform by using what's in your hand, and watch everything begins to chase you. Everything that's for you begin to chase you. [00:21:54] I scheduled my life. I live by a calendar and I'm not afraid to say no. At the end of the day, while I'm grateful for the impact that I've made in other people's lives, I still have to have a positive impact on my own life and the lives of the people that are closest to me. [00:24:12] You have to believe in you before you can get others to believe in you. A lot of times we don't believe in our selves because we're comparing ourselves to other people. You got to stop comparing yourself to other people because you're comparing your ‘now’ to their ‘now’. When they had a beginning, just like you got a beginning Important Reads and Links Tera Carissa Hodges Website:                                 https://teracarissa.com/Tera Carissa Hodges Facebook:                                               https://www.facebook.com/SpeakTeraCarissa/Tera Carissa Hodges Instagram:                               https://www.instagram.com/teracarissahodgesTera Carissa Hodges Twitter:                                   https://twitter.com/teracarissa Love #DreamNation? Check Us Out on Apple Podcasts!  At Dream Nation, we’re all about building dreams. We do that through podcasts that motivate, educate, and entertain our listeners with some of the best entrepreneurs from around the world to get you to the best tips to level up your game in business in life. If you enjoyed this episode and want to keep building your dream,subscribe to the DreamNation podcast using the links below. Dream Nation on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dream-nation/id1457381714 Dream Nation podcast website - https://dreamnationpodcast.com/ Dream Nation Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/dreamnationcommunity/ Catch your host on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/casanova_brooks/ If you are in DreamNation, thank you! Feel free to leave a review or share with a friend.

Everyone wants to be more successful... but the question is HOW? There are a lot of so called "gurus" out there claiming to get rich quick but thats not the truth as you most likely know by now. So how can you increase your chances of becoming successful?? Well, in this podcast I share 3 ways you can become more successful, so listen NOW!    

If you want to drive real revenue with your email program, you need to be focused on list growth. How? There are 6 different display types you can use. But a few convert much better than the rest. Here's what you need to know about building a high-converting form to capture more emails and grow your list.

It’s hard enough to motivate and instigate our own good health, much less our kids. Toilet training, room cleaning, doing homework, and more are pain enough. Getting kids to eat and live healthy is another level of effort. But then, what is our goal? What do we want for our kids? What responsibility do we take for their well being? Are you hoping your kid will someday move out, get a great education, land a job or start a business, make money and raise a family? Then how do we equip them for that? What about right now as well though? I want to enjoy my kids and have them be well now. How? There are no easy answers and in this show Dr James and I discuss the challenges and consequences of fostering wellness in our kids. For context, Dr James has three kids in his home between 14 and 10, I have five at home between 15 and 8. And please let me tell you it is always a struggle, so rest assured you won’t hear us brag about our kids happily eating raw carrots and hummus for every meal. But friends I’ve seen the battles with kids and spouses completely sabotage someone's efforts at wellness. This is a big show. 

Let’s face it you’re not as successful as you want to be yet. And you’re probably worried you won’t get the success you know you deserve.  Time to make sure you’re the advisor who’ll become wealthy, happy and fulfilled. How? There’s 5 core signs all great up advisors share. In this episode, you’ll find out exactly what these 5 signs are and how you can implement them for yourself.  Want to have absolute certainty you’ll be successful? Listen now! Show highlights include: The marketing system you‘ll profit from for the next 10 years. (5:00) What the world’s best salesman says about other people’s opinions. (8:30) The only opinions you should listen to besides your own. (9:51) One forgotten book many successful people read and love. (14:21) Why “be yourself” can torch your reputation and scare off clients. (17:35) If you’re looking for a way to set more appointments with qualified prospects, sign up for James’ brand new webinar about how financial advisors can get more clients with email marketing.  Go to https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/webinar to register today.  Ready to learn even more about becoming the successful financial advisor you know you can be? Check out these resources: https://www.theadvisorcoach.com/the-best-crm-for-financial-advisors-crm-software-for-financial-services.html https://www.theadvisorcoach.com/9-actionable-seminar-marketing-tips-for-financial-advisors.html https://www.theadvisorcoach.com/27-financial-advisor-marketing-ideas--strategies-that-work.html

In today's episode I reveal the 5 Engagements of becoming a great lover. If your experience of life isn't the love story you thought it would be, this message will help you create one that is. Your Happily Ever After awaits... Are you a great lover of your life? My desire is that by the time we’re done with this podcast today, you’ll be totally ready to make love with your life! But first, you must locate yourself. How are you experiencing your life right now? Are you experiencing it as a lover or a lost, lonely, disengaged, victim…poor me, soul? There are 4 Syndromes that’ll keep you from becoming the great lover of your life: 1. The Cinderella Syndrome. 2. The Disengagement Syndrome. 3. The Superwoman Syndrome. 4. The Poor Me Syndrome. Whether you're suffering from one or more of these syndromes, there is a SOLUTION. YOU MUST BEGIN TO... Date Yourself Well and stop accepting what you do NOT desire. Do not accept any more SYNDROMES. Remember, your poor me story will keep you poor. It’s possible to enter into a love story that's greater than you can even imagine…a life of WOMANCE and ADVENTURE! No more fantasy or fairytales. Instead, begin to create the love…life you desire. How? There are 5 Engagements Of A Great Lover. YOU MUST... 1. Meet You. 2. Know You. 3. Value You. 4. Be You. 5. Love You. Are you willing to experience your life as a great lover of YOU, YOUR LIFE, and those you love in your life? Trade the “Syndromes” for a love story and life of: 1. Certainty. 2. Abundance. 3. Movement. 4. Purpose. Commit yourself. Unite with yourself. Give and receive your own unconditional love. Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL. TODAY’S SACRED S.O.L. STEP IS THIS: 1. Answer these questions: How are you experiencing your life right now? Are you willing to become the great lover of your life? 2. Write down one thing you can do today to meet you, know you, value you, be you, love you today. Start with: Hi, I am_________________________________. I’m so grateful to share this time with you. This is the day to begin to fall in love with you and fully engage in your life. Please let me know what happened for you today, and what kind of lover you're choosing to be...  I’d LOVE to hear from you!! Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you. I’m going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: drshannon@doctorshannon.com and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line. If you've received value from the podcast, please let me know. I'd LOVE to hear from you — please email me at: drshannon@doctorshannon.com AND PLEASE TELL YOUR BESTIES AND INVITE THEM TO SIP ON LIFE WITH US. FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there... Go to YOU BE THE WOMAN NOW to learn more about our next 4-Week YOU BE THE WOMAN Program. Apply today.  And learn about an incredible opportunity for a select sacred group of 25 women who are ready and willing to RISE UP AND BE THE WOMAN. If you’ve been feeling like you’re stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you’re drowning, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at drshannon@doctorshannon.com Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/ By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.  Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING. I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY. xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life’s work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME. A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast… Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL  Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)  Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com) Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com) 

Why So Serious? On the special one year anniversary of Pretty Spiritual Podcast, we are talking about how to have fun in life. Yes, even when it feels like the end times. Even in times of global pandemic, presidential elections, and whatever other fun stuff might be happening in your personal life. Smile! But seriously, life is hard enough. How can we learn to let go of some of our seriousness? How can we be more exuberant with our lives and laughter? How can we relax and let ourselves play...even as adults? If you’ve ever tried to lighten up, you’ve probably discovered that fear and pride can keep us really invested in looking good and being right. In so many ways, fear gets in the way of our ability to play. So how do we notice when we’re taking ourselves really seriously and what can we do to let go of all that seriousness? Let’s get into it. Don't Take Life Too Seriously? Um, okay... How? There are some really good reasons we started taking life so seriously. Maybe we had to act like adults when we were children and learned to equate seriousness with safety. Perhaps we thought that seriousness and severity were good ways to protect ourselves and keep ourselves safe. And we want to honor the fact that those equations may have saved our lives when we were little.  But now as adults, these attitudes and beliefs are actually getting in the way of our lives. So how do you wake up in the moment when you find that you’re taking yourself too seriously? We have some fun suggestions. Of course, we’ve all heard that one annoying suggestion at some point or another: don't take life too seriously. (And if you were offended and slightly irritated by this suggestion, join the team!) Okay fine, even if we want to learn how to do that, where do we begin? It has been our experience that the more tools and resources we have, the greater the chances we can wear the world like a loose garment. How to Have Fun in the Thick of It As Suzuki Roshi once said of the spiritual path: “What we are doing here is so important, we better not take it too seriously.” So let’s learn how to laugh kindly about ourselves and our lives even when we’re in the thick of it. Want to learn how to laugh more? Or how to have a sense of humor about yourself? That’s right, friendies. It’s time for spiritual tools. Let’s pick up some tools that help us be lighthearted when we're in transition or life feels stressful, heavy, serious and overwhelming. For the record, not taking ourselves too seriously doesn’t mean we dismiss or undermine our own experience. Before we can start to not take life so seriously, we usually need to learn how to soften into the experience of suffering we’re having. We often need to learn to be kind with the fear or tightness we’re feeling in order to love ourselves into healing. We can appreciate the gravity of circumstances or situations while still maintaining a cheerful attitude.  And by the way, if you're struggling with mental health issues or trauma, we really want you to trust yourself and take your healing seriously. Please get your sweet, tender self all of the help you need. If you’re struggling with that first step, please get in touch with us so we can support you with encouragement, accountability, and love. Spiritual Tools to Have Fun with Life Let’s get those tools. First of all, attitude is a choice. OMG, how annoying is that! Sometimes the fastest way to have a shift in attitude is to watch our thinking. Having the container of awareness gives us the space to witness ourselves and our thinking. Because, just, wow. It’s nonstop comedy gold up here, people.  Ready to take your one-person comedy act on the road? Chances are you can lighten up by sharing all that serious thinking with another person. Letting safe people into the obsessive or self-centered thinking helps us remember we’re not alone. Plus, sometimes just saying the thoughts thinking out loud can make so much room for our sense of humor. Another tool that helps us so much is curiosity. What changes when we can get curious about our experience? Being of service to others is also such a powerful way to get out of ourselves and feel good about the lives we’re living. And hey, just to be clear, we are always advocating for service with boundaries. And just a casual shout out to God or gawd or goddess or whatever name works for you. Can we surrender our controlling and managing to something greater than ourselves? Especially something that cares deeply for us and is taking care of us at all times? This kind of trust in the process can help us relax into the flow of the present moment. Say a prayer to whatever speaks to your heart. Play Is a Real Spiritual Tool Ready for the final tool? We want to suggest that you play! Wondering how to be playful? Ask yourself, where can you be silly and let loose without caring too much about getting it right or what other people think? In other words, do you have a puppy (or other fur baby) around? Please hold hands with it immediately. Get in there for some in-depth ear kisses. Aaaaaand repeat.  For even more fun ideas, check out the spiritual resources on our tools page. Come on, y’all. Join the fun and discover for yourself why laughter is good for the soul. Find us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Insight Timer, Google Play, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, and Stitcher (or our Contact page) and share your feelings, thoughts, and anything else! Thanks for listening to our spiritual podcasts. We love ya!

Machine Guarding ranks number 9 out of OSHA’s Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards, with 1,743 violations in 2019. (https://ehsdailyadvisor.blr.com/2019/09/osha-reveals-latest-top-10-list-of-violations-at-nsc-2019/). According to OSHA’s Machine guarding eTool, there are over 18,000 injuries and 800 deaths each year attributed to worker exposure to unguarded or inadequately guarded machines. Does your workplace have presses, shears, gears, rollers, conveyors, or shafts?  How about mixers, jointers, portable power tools, or power saws?  What do they have in common?  Their moving parts can cause a multitude of serious or life changing injuries like amputations, crushed limbs or digits, and blindness.  And all may fall under the machine guarding standard.  In this episode, Peter speaks with Hartley Webb, MEMIC’s expert on machine guarding, about what machine guarding is, hazards of unguarded machines, and common strategies to control worker exposure.  Listen in as they discuss different types of guards from fixed to interlocking and self-adjusting, as well as devices like light curtains and two hand controls/trips that protect the worker from moving parts. Peter Koch: Hello, listeners. Welcome to the MEMIC Safety Experts podcast for today's episode, Machine Guarding. I'm speaking with Hartley Webb, Safety Management Consultant for MEMIC, to better understand the impact machine guarding has on us in the workplace. Hartley has been a safety management consultant with MEMIC for over 25 years, almost since its inception, working with all varieties of businesses. He's a frequent speaker for the Maine and New Hampshire Safety Councils, and Hartley is a CSP and a firefighter in his hometown in northern Maine. Hartley joins us today on the phone. And welcome to the podcast, Hartley. Hartley Webb: My pleasure. Thank you for having me. Peter Koch: Fantastic. So happy to have you here. Before we get into this topic, a little bit of talk about machine guarding. Why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself and your position here with MEMIC? Hartley Webb: Well, I graduated with industrial technology degree and I went to work for heavy industrial account work there for a few years and then was offered a job as safety consultant for heavy construction. Spent a few years in that trade. And then the insurance company that was handling the contractors working with asked me to come to work for them. And that got me into the insurance industry. And I was there for about two years when I was able to take a job with MEMIC back in 1993. And I've been with MEMIC ever since. Peter Koch: Wow. Long, long history and some good work experience to bring you in to MEMIC to be a safety consultant. And certainly so really having that heavy industry experience gives you some insight into machine guarding across the board, whether it be through heavy industry or it could be in the many woodworking shops that we have here in Maine or any of the manufacturing or industrial operations that we have across the England or throughout any of our insureds. Peter Koch: So, we're to talk a little bit about well, a lot about machine guarding today. And what I'd like to know from you is like, what is the definition? Let's start with that. What's the definition of safeguarding or machine guarding? Hartley Webb: Well, the idea behind machines safeguarding is to prevent the accidental contact with some hazard operation associated with a piece of machinery. And there's various types of hazards. We'll probably get into discussing, but the whole goal behind it is to prevent that accidental contact with those hazard areas, either while operating machines, servicing a machine or working in proximity to a machine. Peter Koch: Ok, so accidental contact, obviously, you know, no machine guarding is going to prevent a purposeful contact with a hazard operation of the machine. So accidental contact. Is it designed to have there for normal operations, or for maintenance operations? Does it have to be there all the time? So, is it designed to protect the employee at all times or are there certain times where the machine guard doesn't need to be there? Hartley Webb: The machine safeguarding should be there at all times. Anytime that safeguard is either removed or bypassed, that would bring about the need for controlling of hazardous energy or using alternative measures in order to protect the employee. Once again, put those same hazard points that the guard was put there to begin with. Peter Koch: Nice. I think that's a good framework to start with. So, when we look at a machine, we've got to look at where those hazard areas are, where there could be accidental contact and those should always be guarded at all times. And then if we got to remove it, then another process has to be in place to protect the employee. Perfect. So, what industries or job activities need to be aware of or understand machines safeguarding? Hartley Webb: It's really all industries. It's amazing. The different jobs you could go into where people won't think that there is a need for safeguarding. But I mean, typically we think about the metalworking industry, the woodworking industry. I mean, food processing that I deal a lot with has a lot of need for machine guarding because again, there's a lot of material. I'm sorry, a lot of machinery that's handling product. The printing industry has as a strong need for machines safeguarding course. You have completely different exposures in the agricultural industry, in the forestry industry, and you could even include stuff like even grounds keeping industry where you have a lot of that mobile equipment that still has a lot of requirements for machines safeguarding. But I've helped businesses from, you know, retail, wholesale. I mean, is conveyors in a lot of different businesses. Almost any business has some type of either small power tool or something. It's in the maintenance shop or groundskeepers’ shop or whatever that that could bring about the need for safeguarding. Peter Koch: Nice. So, every industry, like you said. So, it doesn't matter where you're at. Could be a. Mom and pop business. It could be a multi-national or multi-state corporation that has a lot of different functions, but every industry, if you've got a machine that has moving parts, you've got a more than likely you'll have to have some machine guarding on it, whether you have to install it or there comes that way from the manufacturer. Would that be a fair statement? Hartley Webb: Yes. Yes. Correct. Peter Koch: Awesome. Ok. So when we start to look at our machines and especially our older machines, or we found this to actually in the recreation industry, when we're purchasing a piece of equipment from overseas, they don't always have the same safety standards that we do for production. And if you don't know and you know, ask for it, parts may not come guarded to the extent that we expect them to be in the states. So, when we're looking at a piece of machinery, what are we looking for to determine whether or not it needs to be guarded? Hartley Webb: Again, you're gonna be looking for those common hazard areas to start with. You're gonna do like an assessment. Well, the first one we'll be looking at any rotating motion. Are there any shafts? Are there any surfaces at all that may be rotating where you could either get pulled into some type of day nip point like in running net point, which we can talk about more. Is there any reciprocating kind of motions that are taken place where you could have a struck by or a pinch type exposure? Are there any transverse motions that would be something you would find them like chain drives or belt drives where you would have, you know, transverse motion or, you know, surfaces moving in opposite directions. Anytime that happens, typically you will also create a nip point type hazard. We'd be looking for any like points of operation where you would have a cutting action that would be taking place or punching, shearing or bending kind of action where there's the potential for a part of the body or something deep to get caught into that hazard area. Peter Koch: Okay. So, you mentioned rotating parts in running nip points, transverse motion like a chain drive point of operation cutting operations. So, as you're assessing your piece of equipment, first of all, you'd be looking for moving parts. What those moving parts are doing, are they rotating? Are they driven by a sprocket or a socket? And then can you touch those points? Right. So, I guess if you can see it, does it mean that you have to guard it, or do you actually have to be able to contact it? Hartley Webb: Well, no, you don't actually have to come in contact with it because I mean, a lot of those actions that we just spoke about were, you know, hazardous activities that are taking place. But you could also have the potential for falling into walking into or struck by of material, you know, coming off of the machining process due to failure. And there's a lot of equipment that requires just like a debris shield would be required in a lot of pieces of machinery that’s actually classified as a guard. And a simple example, that would be something like a milling machine or a blade where there are rotating motions. Some of those can't be physically guarded on some of the manual type machinery but would have like a barrier debris type a barrier to prevent access, but also a to prevent contact with any debris that may be coming off of the point of operation. Peter Koch: So, in the… Hartley Webb: And also,  we also didn't include heat would be another one. So, if there's any hot surfaces, I mean, that would be a different type of exposure, but that would also bring about the need for, you know, for safety. Peter Koch: So, any hazardous energy that you could be exposed to there, looking for it to be guarded from accidental contact, like you said, from for the employee. OK, so a debris shield that be something to look at. Let's go back to those different types of points and let's talk about those in running neck points. I know that's a question that comes up all the time. Describe for me what that in running nip point is and what are the hazards around those? Hartley Webb: Again, it's probably one of the from my experience, that has been the hazard that has caused them the greatest amount of both severity and frequency of injuries within the industries that I work in, the food products, wholesale warehousing type, where there's conveyors that in running nip point, it can be created in several different areas. But typically, it's like a belt coming in contact with a rotating drive wheel or tension wheel. You're going to find those on a conveyor system. You're going to get those nip points created on any type of conveyor, whether it be a chain conveyor, a belt conveyor or a roller compare to inward moving wheels in opposite directions like you would have on a on a conveyor roller conveyor type thing has that potential. At the end where you could come in, where you get two adjoining. Systems where they could get pulled in. But the most common ones would be a belt and pulley, a conveyor rotating or drive wheel or tension wheel along with the belt. Even in a transverse type of belt, the hazard where again, if part of your clothing party, a body or even a tool or something that you're working with or a piece of the product that's moving on the conveyor that has a possibility or on a machine that has the ability to get caught, which could then inadvertently pull you or injure you if you're standing nearby when that takes place. Those types of hazards would have to be guarded against that occurring. Peter Koch: Ok, I'm gonna ask you here to give me an example. So, can you frame for us and kind of give us a picture of what type of machine would have an in running nip point and kind of describe for where and how that might expose the worker to that energy? Hartley Webb: Yeah, probably the best scenarios would be a chain and sprocket. So, where that chain needs that dry sprocket on the in running portion of that, obviously there's no hazard on the outrunning but that in running would have to have protection. So rather it's a belt pulley or a chain sprocket. Typically, would be found on some type of power transmission or derived system that would have to be guarded or that portion would have to be guarded so that you cannot make contact that would draw you into that hazard area. Peter Koch: Gotcha. Perfect. So that makes sense. So that the section where the sprocket or the drive wheel is coming in contact with the chain or the belt typically really at the bottom as it starts to pull that in where those two pieces come together. That's that in running that point. That's what you're talking about. Hartley Webb: Correct. And there's almost nobody around that has an experience that was like a bicycle where your pant leg got caught onto that in running neck point of that chain and sprocket on your bike. The only difference is when we're dealing with industrial, we have motors behind that energy. So, the rotation doesn't stop. And that's where you could it could have some serious injury from basically continuing to draw in, you know, the clothing or the body part. Peter Koch: Sure. That makes a lot of sense. I think that's a great description. That chain and sprocket for the bicycle and I. Yeah, everybody has written a bike has had that. Has that happened before? But the benefit of the bicycle, like you said, is it will stop if you get too much, too much in there or you just fall off. But the machine's not going to stop it until someone pushes the button or until it reaches its maximum tolerance. OK, so in earning the points, we've talked about those another rotating part. You talked about rotating shafts. So, there's a lot of rotating shafts that are out there. What part of that shaft has to be guarded? And what are the guidelines around what has to be guarded for that rotating shaft? Hartley Webb: Yeah, the if it's a shaft itself. Well, I guess this first we'll talk about the shaft. And so if you take a shaft and connect it to some type of the pulley or a gear or something like that, there's potentially going to be an exposing shaft end like you would find on a like a grinding wheel where you'd have that shaft coming through the center of the wheel. And then on the outside, you would typically have like a hex knot or in that same thing's gonna be in an industrial facility, may or may not have a nut on the end of it. It could just have a set caller on the end of it. It's connected by some type of this that screw with or without maybe a keyway. So that shaft end that has some very specific requirements to it. If it doesn't have any burrs. If it's smooth. If it's less than one half the shaft diameter. What's sticking out of the of the surface that it's uprooting through? So, one half the shaft diameter or less, you can leave it alone and don't have to safeguard it. But if you're going to let more than that stick out, if it has any exposed keyways or if it has a collar with a set screw on it. In that set screw is sticking out so that it might it could come in contact with clothing or be able to catch something that now has to have a guard on it. Hartley Webb: So, the shaft and is one of the areas you'd want to focus on. Anytime you have any type of the shaft on a piece of machinery, then the shaft itself you would want to be taking a look at to see if it's an extremely slow-moving shaft. And I can't remember exactly the rotation. It is in some letters of interpretation that have been documented. But if it's really slow, I mean, slow enough that you could almost sit on the thing and, you know, get off of it without it moving more. I mean, if it's really moving slow, it's not much of a hazard, but it fits. But if it has any rotation to it, it could accidentally catch clothing or catch material or hair or anything like that. It's going to have to have some type. The shield on it. If it has a keyway in it. Now we have a surface. It can easily catch material that has to have a guard on it. So, if your shaft has an exposed keyway, it's gotta be guarded. If it has any rough surface, it has any anything on it. All set callers or anything that could do again could catch clothing, hair or strike you as it rotates. It's going to have to have a guard on it to prevent contact with that hazard. Peter Koch: So, a smooth shaft that's greater than one half the diameter of the shaft itself. That that much is sticking out beyond the machine that is protruding from if it's smooth. No keyway. No castle. No. No set screw. Totally smooth. No damage to it. Does that have to be guarded? Hartley Webb: If it's less than half the shaft diameter total sticking out? No. As far as size and in it in its protrusion. But again, looking at it like you just mentioned, any of those items that could accidentally cause you to get caught on it. Hair, clothing, or even as a struck by if it's coming around, you can catch the body. It's going to have to be safeguarded. So sometimes we'll try to eliminate the need for a safeguard by cutting those shafts back. There’re no exposed keyways, no exposed set screws. So therefore, the shaft can be left unguarded. Peter Koch: Very good. But if it is longer than half the diameter, then it's gonna have to be guarded regardless or if it has any protrusions from it. Those are all good to remember. OK. So, you're looking at are the rotating shaft ends. Those are some good points as a have something that's going to catch the person, their clothing, their hair, a tool or strike someone as it comes around. Then those have to be guarded. The length is something you have to look at. Any you brought up a good point, too, that you don't have to guard it. If you can make it shorter than half the diameter of the shaft itself. So, you can if it's possible to cut it back, you can cut it back and therefore eliminate the need to do that. So, it's another tool in your box as you're thinking about machine guarding. Hartley Webb: Correct. Peter Koch: Excellent. Hartley Webb: And a good example of that would be like a buffer. Put a buffing wheel on like a bench grinder but use a buffing wheel again. The guards could come on the manufacturers guards can come off because of the buffing wheel and you may need the entire surface. So, if you need the entire surface of the wheel, you can justify the removal of the barrier guard. But you still are gonna be required to guard that and that. And you're still going to be required to guard the shaft. If there's an expose shaft between a motor housing and the buffing wheels. So that stumps a lot of companies that just want to have an open buffing wheel. But they still need to either have a smooth, not smooth cap on the end or they're going to have to come up with ways of guarding the end nut along with the drive shaft. Peter Koch: So that's another option there. I was thinking that as you described that I'm thinking about the buffing wheel that I've used in some woodturning shops for two to two polished finished products. And some of them have three or four wheels right on the shaft itself that comes out. And at the end of the shaft is machine. So, the last buffing wheel stops right up against this. So, there's nothing sticking out. However, if there was something, stick it out. You can put a smooth cap on the end of that too, then. Hartley Webb: Correct. Usually that's usually that's a hex nut on that end. And oftentimes my counsel machine, a smooth almost like an acorn nut without any hex fittings on it that will actually get rate over that in fitting or if you're a connection point. And so now that you get a nice smooth shaft, it doesn't stick out more than half the diameter. They can now leave that out there in case they have to use the entire surface of that blast buffing wheel. Peter Koch: Perfect. Without putting a large guard around that to prevent contact. Okay, that makes a lot of sense. Yeah, very good. We talked about the ends of shafts. When does a shaft itself need to be guarded? Hartley Webb: Typically, is when you have access to it. I mean, again, this is going to be every industry is a little bit different, but a lot of places can guard by location, which we can get into. You know, the methods of safeguarding. But if you can't have access to it, you can't you know, if you tried to reach it, you cannot with the full arm's reach, gain access to it. Then, you know, you can have basically administrative procedures and say, look, you need to go in. That area is going to be basically you'd have to control hazards, energy prior to entering. So, it can be guarded by location. Oftentimes what I see is it's where the operator station may be and they have that again, the potential for that accidental contact where clothing or something that could drape like hair, could drape over that rotating chair. And in that case, you're gonna have to guard or put a guard on to prevent contact. I mean, that's gonna be the same as any revolving surface or rotating motion that we talked about initially as a hazard. In the end, a lot of times in our mind, we're thinking of that horizontal shaft. But if you think about rotating motions, the one that most people can reference would be like a chuck on a drill press that has to be protected against accidental contact of that rotating surface. And that's no different than a chef would be. Peter Koch: Yeah, that makes sense. I was thinking, as you're talking about, that actually a vertical rotating shaft back in my history of employment, working in the recreation industry. We had some large vertical pumps for snowmaking systems and the older pumps had a vertical rotating shaft below the motor that went down to the impeller into the pump pit itself. And that was exposed. So, once it started up, you could easily come in contact with that. And in one of the first places I worked, it wasn't guarded initially. It did get guarded after a while. No one got no one touched it because no one was allowed into that area except the operator during operation. But still, that's the way it came from the manufacturer, or at least that's the way it looked like it came from the manufacturer as a 22-year-old working snow making for the first time. Hartley Webb: Something like that, there's basically the two most common ways would be to put a fixed guard over it so that you don't have access to it. And some of the most common methods that I see in the woodworking industry is and what actually in a lot of industries. But to put a slip collar over it, which is basically like a piece of TVC pipe, one size larger than that rotating shaft, kind of works like the shaft on a PTO for a like a farm tractor. When you're using an implement behind it, you'll put a slip shaft over that. So, in the event that you accidentally come in contact, land on it, your clothes drape over it, that the shaft, if it is rotating, may actually mean the covering like the TVC pipe. You could actually grab that pipe and the pipe would stop at the shaft but continues to spin inside it. You don't have access to that rotating surface. So, a lot of times I'll see those shafts like that just with a simple slip bag placed over it. And know that works effectively as long as it's installed properly. Peter Koch: Excellent. That's another really that's another really good point. So, we've been talking about a number of different ways to guard. So. you talked about slip collars. You talked about a fixed guard. You talked about a smooth cap on the end of a rotating shaft. What are some other ways that you can guard some of the machine guarding hazards that we've talked about so far? Hartley Webb: If you looked at it from a compliance standpoint, the one that they the one that compliance really likes to look is a fixed guard. So, the best guard is an actual fixed, solid fastened down, you know, some type of guard measure that protects you from that hazard area. If so, if you can't put a fixed guard on it, can you put an adjustable? So, an adjustable guard would probably be the next guard. So that's something that maybe manually would have to be adjusted each time a machine or something was used. But again, that would be the next level. So, you've got fixed, you've got adjustable. Then you would go to like self-adjusting. You know, where that would be like in a lot of the machines or saws where you thought of your table saw and you put some of the standard guards at table saws have that's gonna be just self-adjusting guard that just it just itself to the stock as it's being fed in. Obviously, the hazards of that type of guard is if you can continue to, you know, pass a part of your body in there. The guard is going to adjust into whatever is being fed into it will adjust over it. It really just protects you from having that accidental contact coming in from the side or above. But so, you've got fixed, adjustable, self-adjusting, and then the next level would probably be like an interlock type device that would be on some type of a fixed barrier or a door or gate that might be around the hazard area. Hartley Webb: Then you're then at that point you'd probably be looking at devices and without getting into a lot that we can get into some discussion. But basically, there's like six common devices. There’re those present sensing devices that will sense when you're in the area and stop the machine or prevent access. You've got a safety trip device where again, that's going to trip, he just stops the machine or trip some safety measure that will prevent access to the hazard. You have two-hand control. There’re basically two types of that two-hand trip and then two hand control. So, two-hand trip with the you know, you put your hand somewhere, the machines. But then they let you remove your hands and do something else where a two-hand control, you'd have to leave your hands in place the entire time. The machine's functioning and if you remove your hands, the machine stops. Then there's pull back and restraints, which now I've actually got the employee somehow harnessed where each time the machine cycles, it literally pulls their body out in a way from the hazard each time that machine does a hazardous activity at the point of operation. Or you can have restraint. That's basically just putting the person on a on a tether that prevents them from reaching a hazard area. So, if we go to that, it's fixed, adjustable, self-adjusting, interlocked. You can use your devices than the next one would probably be by location. So, in the world of safeguarding, if it's above seven feet from a walking, working surface, it mostly doesn't need to be safeguarded unless for some reason an employee elevates himself. Hartley Webb: Then it would have to be addressed or taken in. And then there's some standards about fast moving belt's large belts and stuff where it still protects in the event of the belt breaking over your head. But pretty much you can guard by location and that's kind of a 7-foot rule. Then obviously you could use stuff like robotics and stuff to remove the human out of the hazard area and auto feed type systems, so the employees aren't involved with the hazardous activities. And then it really goes into administrative where that's just using everything we just discussed. But that's including the necessary signage as an awareness, installing some type of, you know, barrier that you would have to go through before you get to even some of the guarding. And that would also include the employee training, training on what the guards are, what the signs are, what the do’s and don'ts are, along with the machine and the use of the guards and the injustice, some the guards. So, it's kind of a little toes were nine kind of key areas. But if you're doing a guarding assessment or if I was to come out and do a guarding assessment on a machine, I'd be basically looking at how many and which one of those nine items could potentially be used to safeguard that piece of machinery. Peter Koch: Great. There's a lot there. Looking at a piece of machinery from each of those places. But let's talk about some of the benefits of or the drawbacks as well for each of those. So, let's take them kind of in turn. So, the fixed guard you stated the benefit before of the fixed guard is it's fixed. It's in place. It's always there, protects the employee. What's the drawback of having a fixed guard? Hartley Webb: Well, the only drawback would be it's a fixed guard doesn't work for you. So, in other words, you need to have access. Product has to flow under it or through it, then obviously would be in the way. Or if you have to have visibility, sometimes a fixed guard can be an issue. The other thing with a fixed guard is depending on again your operation, you may not be able to install it. Fixed guy. Due to the hazard. It's just it's not physically possible. Example of that might be. See, you've got a conveyor system and that conveyor is two or three hundred feet long, which you actually install a solid fixed guard for the entire length of the now 200-foot-long conveyor. Or do you just guard the high areas of exposure such as the nip point and stuff, but yet you still have a moving belt system. So then they would let you go to another like a trip kind of device where you'd use like a trip wire or something like that, where if you were outside of those in running nip points and stuff that have physical guards on and that's where you've fixed guards would be located. You'd also be using alternative measures in lieu of completely encasing, you know, the piece of machinery so you can't get access to it. Peter Koch: So, the trip the trip wire or the trip guard be in addition to having a fixed guard then, is that what you're saying? Hartley Webb: Correct. Yeah. Because it's interesting because the most commonly not to get into citations is that the most commonly safeguarded violation is the one that says basically a machine needs more often needs more than one type of guard to be safely protected. I can remember exactly how the standard reads, but it's read at the very beginning of the general requirements for machine guards. And in you know, people sometimes just stop at implementing one guard when they really haven't addressed all the hazards of the machine. And it comes back to that point that the entire machine needs to be assessed. And what are there all the potential hazards associated with that given machine. So again, it will oftentimes need more than just one. But the other common one that a lot of accounts that I work with, a fixed guard tends to build up and accumulate debris. So, if you have like conveyor systems or machinery that has the ability to produce a lot of debris. Then those fixed cards can become a hazard because they lead to more maintenance type activities for having to do cleaning, which now is going to expose you to hazardous energy and elevated issues and, you know, elevated fall exposures. So, companies won't go with a fixed guard. They'll tend to go with area guards or barriers that going to keep you away. So, they tend to guard more by location and then allow the machine to run so that it doesn't have as much downtime for cleaning. Peter Koch: That makes sense. And so, a couple of points that I wanted to highlight from what you just said was that the entire machine has to be assessed and not just from what moving parts it has, but what moving parts does it have, and where will the employees or where might the employees get access to it during the course of normal operations? So, if they have to walk behind it, to walk around it, move above it. Do something with it, even if it's not in the point of operation area for the machine. If, say, the back of a powered press or something. You have access to it because you've got people walking back and forth. That area might need to be guarded just as well. So, in your assessment, you're not just looking at where the operator is, but you're assessing the entire machine. I thought that was a really good point that you brought up there. Hartley Webb: Correct. And probably almost anybody listening because either you don't care if it's a push mower or more or riding more. But everybody is familiar with like a riding lawn more. Well, if you looked at the guarding that's on that you have guarding on your power transmission. So that drive system that built pulley that has to be guarded. You've got your point of operation. You're cutting deck. The guides that are required on that to keep debris and stuff from being thrown out from the sides, along with the discharge chute in the stickers that are on that lawnmower are riding more from the manufacturer. Those are administrative controls. That signage is part of that guiding requirement. And that's something I often see in the agricultural industry where they'll have older tractors that they've repainted them or they've just from where. And those stickers that are on the rear fenders of the tractor, on the operating controls of the farm tractors that may even be attached to the PTO guarding mechanisms, those stickers have to be on there. They're part of the manufacturer's requirement for the safe use of that guard, and of the tractor. So that becomes part of that guarding that information of what are the hazard points and what to stay away from. Along with the actual physical fixed or adjustable God's. Peter Koch: Perfect. Perfect. So those stickers or the information parts are a part of their machine guarding requirement to giving instructions. Awesome! Hartley Webb: Correct. Peter Koch: Let's talk a little bit then about the pros and cons of those adjustable or self-adjustable guards. You talked a little bit about that. How? There's a couple of cons for the Self-adjusting Guards. But give us a little more insight into the pros and cons of using an adjustable or a self-adjusting guard. Hartley Webb: Well, the self-adjusting, that's just the maintenance criteria. So that has to basically be maintained so that it's functional and operating in the way that would that it was designed to be adjustable. Good is where I typically would see or we do see a lot of exposure areas because again, that comes back under the training of the employee, which is, you know, one of those administrative requirements. It's also part of the company's safeguarding effort. But there is a guard opening scale. So, it pretty much represents the human arm. So when you're adjusting any of those adjustable guards, they should be adjusted in a manner that in the event that your hand was to pass under that guard, you cannot make contact with that point of operation, with that hazard activity is taking place. So, you know, you can have that opening can become larger and larger the more you come away from the hazard. And once again, it represents really it represents the human hand. I think it goes down as far as a quarter inch. So any type of an adjustable, if you want to think of like a table saw or a band saw, which probably most people have at home or in the work, is that guard can't be graded in a quarter inch from the largest portion of the stock feature that you're feeding into the machine. So, you would want to be adjusting that all the time and keeping that within tolerance of the part. So, again, it comes back to a human requirement and knowledge to keep adjusting that. That's one of the biggest downfalls of that adjustability, is it doesn't get adjusted as much as it probably should. Peter Koch: Yes, you kind of put it in an either in an average spot, if you adjust it for the largest piece that you're going to have and then you start feeding. Pieces into the machine and you don't adjust it back down. Therefore, exposing the employee to that, that the hazard of the rotating parts of the moving parts inside the machine, that makes sense. So, comebacks that the human factor is the challenge with the adjustable guard. Sure. So, what about interlocks? I know quite a few of the machines that I've worked with before. You open the door. The machine stops. Or you know, you can't operate the machine again until the interlock is closed. Are there any there? There's a really great benefit for that. Like if there is a door that is enclosing all the rotator part, rotating parts or moving parts like a CNC machine. Another piece of machinery, you might have a window where you can see into the operation itself, but in order to access, you have to open the door and then the machine won’t operate until it's close. Great control, great guard. But what are the challenges that we might have with an interlock system as a guard? Hartley Webb: Well, they're allowed to be used. The biggest thing is, again, maintaining and making sure that they're actually functioning. Unfortunately, they have the ability to be overridden by the employee often times or, you know, shouldn't be, but they can they can make it so that the interlock is no longer functioning, either by turning it off, by putting some type of the mechanism in it that bypasses it. Obviously, that would create a very unsafe situation because now you wouldn't have a secured guard. And basically, it's just it's taking a fixed guard, making it easily removable or allowed to open. The other thing that it brings about the need for, which would be another conversation for another time. But again, once you open that guard, even though it may be interlocked and shut down or stop some functioning part of the machine or the hazard area, you still have to deal with the control of hazardous energy. If what you're about to do is classified as a service or maintenance activity, which typically would be the reason you would have to go beyond that, that guard. So, it's there, too, as a protection measure. But going beyond the interlock brings about the need for control of hazardous energy. At that point, we'd have to say probably ninety nine percent of the time. Peter Koch: Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Makes a lot of sense. So, we're gonna take a quick break and we will continue with some more discussion with Hartley on the back side. So, we'll see in a moment. *********************************************** Peter Koch: Welcome back to the Safety Experts podcast by minute. Today, we're talking with Hartley Webb, safety management consultant at MEMIC. So, let's jump in with some more questions. Part of the break, Hartley, we were talking about the different types of machine guards and they're pros and cons and we talked about fixed, adjustable, self-adjusting and interlocks and now we're onto those devices. So why don't you talk to us about the devices and what the pros and cons are for those devices? Hartley Webb: Ok. Well, the first one would be the first one that comes to mind would be like a presence sensing type device. And there's a lot of different ones. Some of them there might be a sense mat on the floor. So, a few that can be wired either way say that the they want you that you want the operator to stand in a certain area and not leave that area so that they don't become injured. You can actually put a man on the floor that would be interlocked back to the piece of machinery. But you can have one or two ways. Either somebody steps onto the mat trying to enter into an area that would that would activate safety devices, or you can have it so that the employee literally has the standard or be station in one area in in order for the machine to function. So that's one type of present sensing devices. Other ones would be the most typical one. Probably people are familiar with would be like curtains or some type of barrier interlock where it senses some part of the body entering into an area. And when it does so, once again, it either sets off alarms it could it could stop the piece of machinery. It all depends on what the machine is and how close you are to the hazard area at that point in time. But those are good examples of present sensing some of the downfalls, short sides of those. Once again, they have to be maintained. So, people have to test them. They have to make sure that they're being serviced properly aligned properly, are given on what type of device that they're actually using. Peter Koch: How often... let me interrupt you for just a second, Hartley, how often do they have to be tested and evaluated, those present sensing devices? Hartley Webb: Most of it's going to come back. When I usually do that, I usually look for the what the manufacturer's requirements are for like a light curtain. So, in some of that may also be based on how dirty the environment may be. That may affect the sensors or the photo portion of the of the sensors. So usually I go right to the manufacturers literature to find out what they have. I believe OSHA’s got some requirements for like curtains. And I think that's only when used on presses that they do have some requirements. And I want to I want to say that's like a, it's like a pre-check where you'll just verify that the system's working based on its light mechanisms, where it's got a red or green to show you when it's been tripped. As far as maintenance, maintaining them and keeping them within the tolerance that’s required, that will go back in manufacturer's literature and following that requirement. Peter Koch: Ok, good. And all those can be adjusted based on the machinery. How far away? How big the thing that you want to identify is as it comes into the presence of whatever you're trying to, whatever you're sensing. So, whether it be a light curtain or the mat, all those tolerances can be set. So that can be tuned pretty well for really good safety or in good safety and efficient operation as well. So, you've really got to know what the manufacturer says about how to adjust it, when to test it and how it's supposed to function. Good. Good points there. Thank you. So, from there, from the other devices you had mentioned before, you had mentioned safety trips to hand controls, to hand trips, pull back restraints. So, what are some pros and cons of those different devices? Hartley Webb: I shouldn't say I've been fortunate of, I’ve been unfortunate, but I've been able to do some accident investigations where they used a safety trip. And once again, the safety trip just it's a two-hand trip. And sometimes you can actually have a one-hand trip if you want to use buttons. So that basically controls either one or both hands. So, you're able to control where the operator’s hands are at the time a piece of machinery starts. The difference between two-hand trip and two-hand control that I spoke about would be the control they would have to leave their hands on those two pressure points doing the entire cycle of the machine. Usually that would be used in the event that they could take a handoff and reach into the machine and still be injured. So sometimes you'll see just a control use just to like to shut a gate. Once the gate closes, you're able to let off the control and the machine can cycle. Other types of trips we had mentioned earlier would be your trip wires. Sometimes those run along the length of something like a conveyor. I also have a lot of industry where they'll use them to surround a piece of machinery such as a roll press, say, in the metal industry where you could be anywhere around that machine, 360 degrees. And if things are going if things aren't going right or there's a hazard anywhere, then you can quickly basically the trip wires down by your foot and allows you to quickly step on the wire on like a roll press that would basically stop that machine immediately or like on a conveyor, you would be able to pull it. So, it has a lot of various is a lot of different type trip devices. It can put out there. It can be out there, but it and it just allow some allow actually another one that's very common is device where you'll see it in a plastic or in the rubber industry, sometimes in the textile industry where if you accidentally get caught in a machine because you have to have the operation has to be open to gain access to the product. But if something happened, then you were to fall forward or you get caught on a product and got pulled towards a machine, you would come in contact with some type of either a swinging overhead bar or there'd be a bar crossed in front of you. That when you make contact with that, it would stop the machine prior to entering. Probably the one that most people would be familiar with that aren't into some of those industries would be if anybody is looked at like a woodchipper, they have one of those bars that would be a trip device where if you get caught on a tree limb and it started pulling you into the chipper, you would just reach up a party of body and hit that bar by the feet you and that would stop the feed mechanism. Peter Koch: So, it's a change your pants bar, pretty much because you're saying later, if your heart is going a million miles a minute, because you're just moments away from being incorporated into whatever product you have. Holy cow. Yeah. Peter Koch: So, question I have on those trip wires, though, those by themselves, are they considered an effective guard, a trip wire by itself, or does that have to be used in conjunction with another type of guard? Because it seems to be more of an emergency stop device that I would have to physically trip that. Like I'd have to reach out, I have to touch it. I'd have to kick it, but I could step over it or I could move around it. I don't actually have to touch it. So, can you use it trip wire or as I guess as you stop wire or something like that as an effective guard or would it be used with something else? Hartley Webb: I've almost never seen it used by itself. I can't think of any machinery where it would be the sole type of safeguarding. Usually it is used along with like an emergency stop button that would probably be at the operators control area. So that would be the primary emergency stop. And in the event that the operator walked away from the control panel. He's got access to that trip wire. That's what you would typically see on like if I go back to that, that roll pressed for steel. Right. But it's you know, if you'll start if you think about it on conveyers, which is probably where it's most predominantly used. Again, I go back to that statement that, you know, more than one method of safeguarding. And if you take here, you know, you take a conveyor. There’re all sorts of houses associated with that that need to be guarded. So, you it's going to have to usually be used along with fake guards, adjustable guards, interlock guards. I mean, every machine's different, but I've never seen it used just solely by itself. Peter Koch: So, the bottom line that makes a lot of sense. The bottom line is the guard that you have must protect the person from accidental contact of rotating parts or moving parts. So, it must be it could be a single type of guard or more than likely because of the complexity of the machinery. It might be more than one guard. And that example that you used of the riding lawnmower and the number of different guards that it has that has multiple different guards, has it just adjustable guards, has fixed guards and administrative controls on that to help protect the operator. So that's a really good description. I think a good rule of thumb going forward. Don't just think that one guard is going to do the trick. Really do the assessment and evaluate how can that employee common accidental contact with the moving parts that we've identified. In your travels around and again, working for MEMIC for so many years and then being in heavy industry prior to that? Hartley, in your experience. What's the most overlooked guarding exposure that you see? Hartley Webb: I have a lot of heavy industrial accounts that I tend to service, but it's not necessarily always heavy industrial, but the conveyor which we've talked about is for the most. Serious accidents that I've had to investigate from the frequency associated with people getting caught or injured when there's conveyors in the area. But I mean, I have conveyers in my warehouses to move freight around. I have conveyers in my food processing areas again to move product around. I mean, there's conveyers in the printing industry. There’re conveyers in the agricultural industry again. I mean, I don't really think there's not I don't think there's an industry out there are many that doesn't somewhere have, you know, a conveyor type exposure unless you're maybe the service sector. But I even have those in some of the back storerooms and stuff for a receiving area. So, it happens that conveyor. There's just so many things on that conveyor that have to be addressed as part of that. You know that machine safeguarding assessment. Peter Koch: That makes a lot of sense. I'm thinking as you're scrolling through all those different industries and I'm looking at some of the industries that I work with tend to be on the softer side of the service, retail, hospitality, recreation. And even there are guards looked back at the house from a food service standpoint. And you have multiple pieces of equipment that might have a conveyor like an automated pizza oven will have a conveyor to bring raw product from one side to cook product on the other side as it moves through. There're other conveyor systems that might move pizza or move dough from one area to another or through a platen machine to flatten it out in the recreation industry. What's becoming very popular to move people from point A to point B are carpets, magic carpets. So, think about an escalator without any steps. Right. So, it's just a basically a conveyor belt for humans. But you still have to maintain it. And there's been numerous injuries for people getting caught either trying to maintain and clear it from snow or debris or they're actually underneath it. And it starts up so a little different from a control of hazardous energy. That's the lockout tagout thing when you're in a maintenance process. But they still have to be guarded. So, you're right, they're all there all over the place. So, don't forget the conveyor. Hartley Webb: And you're going to have a, yeah, I kind of have a list of, you know, some items that if I'm looking at a conveyor, the first thing I'm looking for is the things you just talked about of those big ones, that that that's what I'm looking for, those fixed guards. So those nip points, those rotating surfaces, where can those where do those areas exist? Typically, on either the beginning of the end of the conveyor, we'll get that in running nip point of some stationary surface in the conveyor or can I get into the conveyor in between the two transverse motions where I can come in contact with those wheels or the drive wheels? You know, the ease or the return mechanisms. So those can be protected by fixed guards. If they do have some emergency stop mechanism, I usually ask that that has some type of a requirement for resetting before any type of resuming of the conveyor operation. So, if somebody does hit an emergency stop, just basically pulling that stop button back out will not restart that equipment. It's going to take some type of manual resetting to occur. I'm usually looking at protection from walkways. You mentioned that earlier. If somebody is going to walk alongside the conveyor, that's when we would look at the trip wires or you use some type of fixed guard if it's a possibility. How about those people that pass under a conveyor or have to pass over a conveyor? Again, if it's over the conveyor now, we would have the need for the fall protection or the railing system to keep access from landing on the conveyor. If you're going to pass under a conveyor, what type of overhead protection exists? Warning signs that we've talked about in the past, it would be on all of those hazard areas of the conveyor. So, is there signage there that explains the hazard? It signifies that in running nip point or whatever there has, it might be warning light stuff's going to either restart, start back up or is in operation. So, people realize it has that potential for either automatic restarts or manual restarts. If there's an opening through walls and floors in a building, you know, then that also has to be, you know, if you have access to those areas, can those create hazards? Do those need to be to be safeguarded either by location with some type of a barrier or whatever may be required? Guarding of star buttons for a compare. So, you don't get an accidental starting. So, it is either the star buttons have covers or the start buttons are recessed or some type of a sequential series of buttons that have to take place in order for a conveyor to start up. It's not just by pushing one single button where you can get accidental start up of the system. So those would be some of the things that I would look at along with his capability of being locked out during servicing or it's to be shut down, what's the process for overloading or jamming and that kind of stuff? So those are just a few of the simple things are the key things that I tend to look for any anytime I see a conveyor in any of those industries. Peter Koch: Well, I was just trying to keep a list of all those things that you are going to look for. And I couldn't keep up. So, if I'm looking after I listen to this podcast, then I'm looking back out on my factory floor and I'm thinking about, gosh, look at all those machines. We haven't done a machine guarding assessment or maybe we have, but we've changed some of the tooling. We've changed to the machines or the configuration of our shop. What are some resources that we can draw from and what are the standards that drive the requirements for machine guarding? So, let's take standards for. So where can someone find the standards and what are some of those standards that drive the requirements for machine guarding and then we'll talk resources. Hartley Webb: The best place to go to the standards would be to the most up to date would be to your ANSI standards and stuff. But OSHA has a lot of great publications that that really help out with machine guarding and they've really broken it down. You talked about like conveyers, which I just went over. There's so many different exposures on conveyers. Those are actually specifically addressed in the general industry standards, in the construction industry standards. And I believe they're even individually addressed in the marine standards. But you have it in general, in industry if you wanted to go to the OSHA regulations. Subpart O in your 1910 and your general industry regulations. Subpart O will cover all of your standards for machine guarding in the general industry. And they're very specific. It's very well broken down where they have a they have a section just dealing with the general requirements and then they get specific into all your woodworking tools, your abrasive tools, you know, your steel presses, forging machines and power transmission. So if you're actually looking at a power transmission type exposure, where it goes back into what we talk about, shafts, pulleys, we didn't talk about open flywheels, but if you have an open flywheel, is it a belt running through or even a sprocket maybe part or a chain maybe passing around? Again, you have to protect those openings, or those exposures and you've got a very specific standard so you can go right to the standard and that defines exactly what you can do. Hartley Webb: Your construction standards, Subpart I. So, in your general industry. Subpart O. and your construction is subpart I. Actually, addresses them with the tools, handheld and power tools and it gets into all again, it talks about almost the same standards for your woodworking, metalworking, power transmission, that kind of stuff. And if you looked at your Marine standard, your 1915, it's also found under this subpart H, but that's also your tools and related equipment and that gets into abrasive and again, some of the tools most commonly found in that industry. So, Subpart O, general industry, Subpart I construction and subpart H for your marine industry. Peter Koch: Oh, fantastic. So, it's a good place to start to look at the compliance side of things. And I give you the what and the where for. So talk to me a little bit about the different resources that might be available to someone who would want to do a machine guarding assessment or to put a program or a plan in place at their business or work and they turn to for some resources. Hartley Webb: Once again, I tell most of my accounts or businesses that I'll come in contact with that OSHA has some great resources and they have a they have a lot of what they call E tools. And if you can go right to their Web site and look for E tools and they have them for all of the woodworking and all of the metal working. And they also have a general some general ones that get into your power transmission and conveyor type systems in their great assessment. They're really easy to read. They're in bullet format. You can go right down through. And it kind of describes exactly what the guarding requirements are for those specific pieces of equipment. And they've just taken their standard. But they've actually they just made it easier to read, easier to understand. And some say you can almost use it as an assessment form when looking at a piece of machinery. Peter Koch: Perfect. So, the OSHA standards for looking at compliance and then the E tools for helping you with the different assessments that that you might need to do. Awesome. Any other resources? Hartley Webb: I mean, if you're looking at somebody, ask me about a specific machine and that's a machine that has been fabricated. I usually will want them to address or I'll go look at the manufacturers' literature for that machine. So, what does the manufacturer say is required? And you can when you started, you kind of mentioned that early on. That's a good reference point, but it is a lot of documentation by OSHA that is stated. The fact that the manufacturer of that equipment isn't responsible to install all the necessary safeguards. It's the employer of the person who purchases that equipment that has to identify is there an existing hazard? You know, you begin using this piece of equipment that I may need to add additional safeguards to in a great example of that is like a bandsaw. You can go out tomorrow and buy a vertical bandsaw. Yeah, vertical bandsaw. Almost anywhere being bandsaw to cut wood with. And there's no guarding requirements on that bandsaw does not meet the standard requirements. So you would basically you go in to the  standard for a vertical bandsaw and it would describe the you need to have a guard on that machine that prohibits access to any part of the blade other than the part that's being used to cut the product. So, but all of those bandsaws are fabricated so that you have access to a lot of the blade above the point of operation. And that has to be protected by the employer prior to putting it out into the workplace. And again, that's so unless it has some ventilation system or lighting system attached to it does not offer that safety mechanism. So, the employer would be responsible to add that as soon as they bought the machine. Peter Koch: Sure, that's a great point. So, with you have a particular tool, don't rely on the manufacturer to provide everything because like you said, the OSHA standard says the manufacturer is not responsible. The employer is. Do your own assessment, go back to the OSHA standards. Look at subpart H, I or O depending on the industry. Check out the E tools and then I mean you can even reference I know that you specifically Hartley, have developed some resources for MEMIC that have helped our policyholders do machine guarding assessments and address some of the challenges that they have. So where might they find some of those things that MEMIC? Hartley Webb: I believe all of the forms that you're talking about are on our resource library within the safety director. So, if you go into our website, references safety director and then go to the resource library. We were actually involved in a NIOSH study. MEMIC was we have some great resources for assessing metal work machinery, but some of that does cross over. I mean, a bandsaw is a bandsaw, but it's a very, very detailed. And those go into the NIOSH requirements for machine guarding, which are much more extensive than what you would find in your OSHA regulations. Peter Koch: Sure. But that could give you a good resource, especially when you might have a more complex machine or you're really looking at something that kind of fits the OSHA standard but might not fit the OSHA standard. And you're looking for or you have a very dangerous operation and you want to make sure that you're protecting your employees, that the NIOSH places is certainly a place to go. And yeah, you're right, we we did participate in that study and there are a lot of good resources out there. So safety director is a good place to stop into. Hartley Webb: Those resources that we have available for them for the metal working. Like I said, they're detailed, but that's not only looking at fishing guarding, that's also looking at electrical, looking at lighting, looking at personal protective equipment, employee placement. It does a full hazard assessment of the machine, not just the guarding portion. Does they all time to work together with the clothing that the employees wearing, debris protection, access to hazard point. So, there's a there's a lot more being assessed than just the physical hazards and the requirements regarding. Peter Koch: Yeah, awesome resource for a general hazard assessment for machines, especially those metalworking machines. Well, thanks a lot for sharing all this with us. But we're about at the end of our MEMIC Safety Experts podcast. And I really appreciate that you've shared all this expertise with us. Hartley, but before we close, I've got one final question for you, because this is a safety podcast. Why is safety important to you? Why is it important to you, Hartley? Hartley Webb: Nobody out. It wants to get hurt or should be getting hurt. And it's easy. I've made it a point in my life to enjoy what I do, be a consultant and try to do the best I can to try to prevent people out there from being injured in the workplace. And it's in their best interest. It's a passion of mine. It's just something that I don't think is ever going to be a driving force. I'm gonna to, you know, give up anytime soon and, um, you know, I just I look forward to it every day. But it it's all about, you know, employees being able to go home to spend time with their families and, you know, enjoy their lives without being at risk while they're in the workplace. Peter Koch: That's awesome. That moral component of safety is a is a huge part. I can see it working. Having worked with you for the last 12, 19, almost 19 years now for me, that I can definitely see it in the way you apply yourself to the work that you do. So fantastic. I appreciate that, Harley. Thanks a lot. Peter Koch: So, again, thanks for joining us today. Thanks for joining us today. 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Once you've made the decision to hold a crisis management exercise, how should the exercise team and participants begin planning for the exercise? There's a lot to do in order to ensure that the goals of the exercise are achieved! In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser along with Consultant Bray Wheeler discuss their experiences in crafting and preparing exercise material - but also how to coach participants through preparing for the exercise that you are developing. Related Posts & Podcast Episodes: Crisis Exercises: Why are they important? Managing Uncertainty Podcast - Episode #19: Exercises are Boring How to evaluate plan effectiveness after active shooter exercises Why social media and communications should be part of any crisis exercise //static.leadpages.net/leadboxes/current/embed.js Episode Transcript Bryan Strawser: Hello and welcome to the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. This is Bryan Strawser, principal and CEO at Bryghtpath. Bray Wheeler: This is Bray Wheeler, a consultant at Bryghtpath. Bryan Strawser: We've decided that 90 days from now, we're going to have a crisis exercise. We've scheduled it. We've sent out the invites. We've secured the room. Then it hits us. We have to prepare for this exercise. We just thought it was a good idea to have one. What are we going to do here? What do we do, Bray? Bray Wheeler: Where to begin? Where to begin? Well, I think a couple of assumptions. We've identified the scenario. We've laid out our run of play, or our outline, for the exercise. We feel pretty confident in that. I think what we're trying to drive at is- Bryan Strawser: We know who's participating and observing and evaluating and controlling, which might all be the same person. Bray Wheeler: Right. All the finer points of the nature of the exercise and what we're trying to accomplish has been laid out. But we have to get ready for it. I think there's a couple of different pockets of things, activities, that have to be done. One is as players and one is as facilitators from that exercise. From just a pure participant player standpoint, there's quite a bit that people can do that's probably fairly obvious, but not everybody does it. We do surveys a lot with a lot of our companies, and it's amazing to see that people, "Well, I brought the plan." And that's all they did. Bryan Strawser: Bringing the plan is good. It's good to have the plan with you. Bray Wheeler: Right. It's a good start, but they often don't necessarily review that plan upfront. They're not meeting as individual workstreams or things like that. There's a lot that can be done. I think we've talked quite a bit about reviewing that plan is important, but it's really looking at it from a, "I understand the general flow of how things go, that I could easily communicate that to somebody who doesn't know." Maybe that's your participants, your members of your crisis group, whatever that is, should be able to walk up to a random employee in the company and be able to succinctly explain what the general process is for that and have that person understand what they're talking about, because that means that participant gets it. Bryan Strawser: Yeah. They understand what's going on. They can speak to the context of the exercise. I think our standard practice has been, as you get closer to the exercise, seven to ten days out or maybe a little bit earlier, we're having somebody, sometimes it's us, sometimes the client's main program person is sending out an email to participants. In the email, we always include a couple of things, like, "Here's the goals or objectives for the exercise. More importantly, how you should think about preparing for the exercise." To your point, it is to review the plan, talk about the plan with others. We have them look at previous after-action reports, to look at what worked well and what recommendations work. Sometimes those recommendations are about the participants, or about the interaction from the participants or knowledge from the plan, that kind of thing. Bray Wheeler: Or a process, like accounting for- Bryan Strawser: Or a process. Bray Wheeler: ... employees, or how to engage an HR partner or something like that, that having those workstreams, whether it's communications or HR or security or something like that, get together and meet up in advance and just say, "Hey, we get into a situation where this exercise is coming up. Let's talk through our roles and responsibilities, our process. Who's going to have the ball? When do I need to pick the ball up? When are you going to pass me the ball, or when can I expect that the ball's coming my way without knowing in advance?" That, I think, speaks to just being comfortable, just generally, not only with the process but just that roles and responsibilities and understanding what other people are doing when you walk into that room. You're not breaking down, "Why to do this?" or "Don't you do this?" That you're pretty comfortable, and it's deeper questions that you're going to ask during the exercise to clarify a certain piece, rather than knowledge seek. Bryan Strawser: I think it behooves people who have been involved in a previous exercise, and they find themselves going into another exercise. Same company, same rough role, and responsibilities. I think it is important to reflect on what went well and what didn't go well in that previous exercise, and look at the formal after-action report if you have access to it, because at least the way we ponder constructing exercises, and I know our clients believe in this too, we're looking at what didn't go well last time that we said we were going to fix? Now we're going to test it again to see if it's fixed. You brought up accountability for employees. We've done a couple of exercises earlier this year with clients where that was a factor. One company had a process for that. It went into the exercise world and went well. One had never thought about it, and went, "Wow, we should figure out how to do that." Obviously, this fall when we go back there and do an exercise, we're going to be asking that. "Okay, so ..." Bray Wheeler: You've had time. Bryan Strawser: "You've had time. We're going to test it." Bray Wheeler: Do you know where your employees are? Bryan Strawser: Yeah, "Do you know where your employees are? How are you going to account for the employees in this building?" The 1100 employees [inaudible 00:05:58], and I have confidence in this particular case the HR leader will be like, "Yes, we're going to initiate our new process." Bray Wheeler: Done. Bryan Strawser: Like magic, it happens. But it behooves you to go back and look at that list of opportunities and make sure that you've addressed them before the next exercise. Bray Wheeler: Or I think to your point, in preparing for the next exercise, and even thinking about how you're going to follow up out of that exercise is that after action and those opportunities, those things that didn't go well, to your point, is it's really based on what do we want to change? How do we want to fix it? Making it actionable, those opportunities, rather than, "Well, that didn't go well. We don't have a process for that." Great. You need to take that opportunity and say, "Okay, we didn't have this and we need to put that into place and that needs to be ready for the next exercise or next event or time limit, or whatever you want to set to it." But make it actionable. Bryan Strawser: Another area, I think, in preparing for an exercise, and you mentioned this, I think you talked about it as workstreams and I agree with that context. You think about the elements of a crisis team or a data incident response team, you have people there who are representing different functions or are a particular subject matter expert. They're bringing that silo with them. But think about a client-facing business where you have multiple clients in different sizes that your organization provides services or products to, and then just think about the concept of communication in that world. You've got external comms going out to the public, like PR, you got social media. You got the investment community for publicly traded. You've got your employees, so now you got internal communications, and then you got communications for your clients. Bray Wheeler: You even have regulatory. Bryan Strawser: Good point. I left that out. You've also got communication regulators. Now you're in a crisis and you have to communicate what's going on. That is probably not just your comms team. It's probably multiple stakeholders in various workstreams to make that happen. If you go upstream of preparing for the exercise, then it might be a good idea to get your workstream together and walk through this, particularly if it's been a while since your last exercise. Do you have the inputs and outputs and the decision points nailed down? Do you need to practice this outside of the crisis environment before you get to the exercise? In some cases, yes. We have clients that should probably practice that. Bray Wheeler: Well, and especially if there have been organizational changes if there are new leaders in those positions covering those areas. Communications is a good example because it's probably one of the more complex pieces of running a crisis, because of everything we've laid out. Who's in charge of drafting the messaging? Who has that responsibility? Who's approving it? Who needs to see it first? Bryan Strawser: Where's the base factual narrative that we're all working off of? Bray Wheeler: Right. How is it being delivered, and who's delivering it? How? There's through social media. There's through, hey, we have people calling into our customer service line who may not be a customer. They may just be journalists or a general person off the street asking a question. Employees calling up. We've seen that before, where employees will call the customer service line looking for information. It's having all those different components, to your point, laid out ahead of time and knowing who's running what. Bray Wheeler: The second bucket we have been talking about ... we have the player, participants, members of the crisis team, and then there's the facilitators or the operators of the exercise [crosstalk 00:10:06]- Bryan Strawser: Controllers and exercise director, depends on what terminology you're using. Bray Wheeler: Evaluator. All those things. Bryan Strawser: Servers. Bray Wheeler: I think as we were talking earlier, there's really two ways as you're thinking about the exercise. You're running an exercise probably for two reasons. One is it's a newer function or a newer plan or generally just a new team, and really it's a- Bryan Strawser: It's a confidence builder. Bray Wheeler: Yeah. You're building confidence. You're getting them comfortable with the plan and the process and the players and each other, in a lot of cases. The second one is it's a more mature function. This one is we're going to challenge you. As you indicated earlier, introducing fog into it. Bryan Strawser: Fog of war. Bray Wheeler: Stress. Bryan Strawser: We're going to introduce noise in order to distract you from managing your scenario. Bray Wheeler: Yeah. How are you able to discern what's important, what's not important, what decisions do you need to make, all those different things. Really, as a facilitator or controller ... we'll use facilitator for conversation purposes, really with that new function, you're really guiding them. You're shepherding them through the exercise. You're a source for answers to questions. You're mediating different conversations. You're really just allowing them to talk it out and play it out to get comfortable with it. When you get into that mature scenario, your role changes. You're less the source of truth. You're a nudger. You're just poking them and prodding them along to keep the exercise moving so that they don't stall out, but really you're not giving them the answers anymore. Bray Wheeler: You need to be able to distinguish between what role you're playing in preparing for that exercise and make sure that you're clear on that, so that you're not giving too much information in a mature situation, but you're also not so abstract with the new. Bryan Strawser: Yeah. I think those are all great points. As the exercise staff, so to speak, we're really looking at are we clear upfront what everyone's roles are going to be? Are we clear on how we're going to interact? The way our approach has been, even if we're sitting next to each other during the exercise, is we use a particular channel on our internal slack to keep everybody in sync, because often when we're doing exercises, there might be two or three of us in the room, and one or two of us are mulling, who are calling in, or some other nefarious way of injecting information. We've done some strange things. But the interaction ... we're very clear that we're going to execute a move 14 now. Bryan Strawser: When I'm directing the exercise, I'll then say, based on their reaction to move 14, we'll execute move 17 or move 19. Those moves are basically the reward or the consequence of what they're doing in the move that we just called. Sometimes we have moves that we inject that we don't even bring up because the situation has superseded that. Part of what I think we do in the preparation for this is we do a pretty good job, I think, of thinking about the multiple branches that the exercise may take, and then crafting injects that are realistic that make sense in the moment that they do these things. Even if they seem far fetched at the time, we're creating them. Sometimes we're creating these in order to jump ahead in time or force an action because they haven't chosen to do something earlier. Bryan Strawser: For example, one of our internal traditions on information security, cyber security-focused exercise, is to have someone inject themselves into the scenario and pretend to be Journalist Brian Krebs, because famously, Kreb gets ignored by people sometimes and that's really not a wise move. There's always a consequence in our exercise if you respond to Krebs, then he will work with you in the exercise on the story. If you ignore Krebs, then the story's going to break a lot faster than you think it's going to, because now he's mad. Exercise Krebs is mad. Bray Wheeler: And often with a surprising level of accuracy of- Bryan Strawser: Of what actually happened. Bray Wheeler: ... what's going on to force that, because he's known for that. Bryan Strawser: But this is what you want to create, I think, in the exercise, is to play out what we were just talking about. One of the bigger decisions that you're going to make in a cybersecurity exercise when you get to the point of confirming a breach, and the breach involved regulated data, PCI, PHI, trade seeker data, you pick your issue, some of these have mandatory reporting periods attached to them. You may be in the exercise thinking, "I've got 72 hours to craft my messaging to understand the various vehicles I've got to send stuff out to my different audiences, and I've got time to figure this out." What you don't know is that phone they rang over at the comms table in the exercise was exercise Bryan Krebs, and your comms team blew him off. Bryan Strawser: To them, they're just ... At least the first time. They learn the lesson quick. The first time they do that... They're like, "Okay, well I've saved the situation because no journalist knows." The problem is, 15 minutes later in the exercise, you get the ... a new story lands in everyone's mailbox, and when they click it, it's an audio link that they've recorded by an actor blowing your story wide open by Bryan Krebs. And now you don't have 72 hours. Bray Wheeler: You do not. Bryan Strawser: You're out of time. Bray Wheeler: You're out of time. Bryan Strawser: You got to go now, and actually you're too late because the story's already out. It's not your story. Bray Wheeler: Now you're playing catch up to ... Bryan Strawser: Now you're playing catch up. Bray Wheeler: ... what's going on. Bryan Strawser: In fact, we always craft it in a way that you're going to have to correct the story. The story's right, you've had a data breach. It might be that what you know is 600,000 records, the story is 4 million, so it sounds worse than what it really is and now you got to correct it. That's going to be really hard. Bray Wheeler: Really to that point, in thinking about the different branches, you also have to be able to go into this prepared for situations where they take a different turn, or they explore a different branch than what was considered. Often, you can lay some of these out as ... some of them are more binary choices. It's a yes, no. It's a go, don't go, pay, don't pay, type of situation. Sometimes there are more branches that we think through and have prepared. But I think as the facilitator, what you really want to be able to do is be comfortable with that exercise in a fashion that if they go a different route or they don't take action on something that you assume they were going to take action on that they had done previously, that they were good at, that you assume there's no way they're possibly going to pass this up. Bryan Strawser: And they do. Bray Wheeler: They do, or it gets stalled out in a different conversation and nobody's aware that this other conversation's going on. You have to be prepared to add another inject, or on the fly put additional pressure out there so that you're forcing some of these injects you've already put into play to be played. You have to be able to improvise and adapt, even if you've done a really good job of laying out the different things. I think to that end, too, as the facilitator, you can bind yourself up in knots if you get too detailed and you get too rigid to the plan that you're trying to play out that, "Well, there's only one of two choices. If they don't pick these two choices, I don't know what to do. This exercise is a failure." It's not a failure. Bray Wheeler: You have to be able to lay it out in a way that you're allowing them to organically react to things and just prepare for them to start taking paths, but then be prepared as that facilitator or evaluator to say, "You know what? They actually went a different route and it was really effective. We didn't have to play two more injects," or "We had to add two more injects in on the fly to move the conversation or explore a different piece of the objectives that they want to accomplish with the exercise." I think that's the other piece of a facilitator, too, is to keep those objectives that you've laid out for the exercise top of mind, that really what you're trying to do is if communications is a thing, you're really playing up that communications piece of it. You're not letting that slide because the conversation went a different way. You're trying to drive them back to some of those objectives if you can. Bryan Strawser: I think you bring a really important point. Part of it is that whole idea of thinking through the storyline for the exercise, and crafting your injects to support that in branches that you've foreseen. But you're exactly right, Bray, in that there will be situations that you just didn't foresee. It doesn't mean that they're wrong, the team just chose to go a different route. As the facilitator, exercise director, you either got to decide that the path they're on is right and that's the right path for what they've decided and you're going to have to rearrange on the fly to deal with that, or you're going to have to take some actions to get them back onto your main storyline. It's hard to tell until you're in the moment and you see the direction that they're going to wind up going. Bray Wheeler: Well, and sometimes they just get hung up on a point and they just feel like, "I don't have all the-" Bryan Strawser: The wrong point? Bray Wheeler: The wrong point. Or, "I don't have enough information to make a decision. I don't know what to do. I'm making an assumption here. I don't know. I don't know." You have to be able to, as the facilitator or that exercise staff, be able to step in and just say, "This is what we know. This is the only information you have. Assume this to be true," in order to get them unhooked or unstuck off of a point that they've rallied around that says, "No. Just assume this to be true. Move on." To get them to keep moving. It's that nimbleness. It's that improvisation, that as that facilitation staff when you're preparing for it, you need to know the nuts and bolts of logistics of what's going on. But really, you just need to be comfortable in a way walking in there that you can push them and make them work through it. Whatever the goal is for that exercise, your focus is just on making sure that that happens. Bray Wheeler: Regardless of what tangent or how slow the exercise may move because they're really exploring good content, those aren't failures, if you can't get to your last inject. You crafted ten injects and you only get to eight. It's not a failure. Bryan Strawser: In the end, the number of injects doesn't matter. Bray Wheeler: No. Bryan Strawser: Do you reach the goals the director just laid out in the exercise? Bray Wheeler: Exactly. Bryan Strawser: When you're finalizing your exercise plan and you lay out, "Here's where we're going to stop. We're stopping at 3:00, or when we reach this point in the exercise, this decision has been made, or this conclusion has been reached and this is where we're going to cut it." Bray Wheeler: Call it. Bryan Strawser: Call it. Maybe you don't really have a hard time in some cases. It depends on your exercise and your company that you're doing. I think ours usually has a ... There's a point where we got to end, but we're trying to get them there in advance of that by getting them to the final decision that they need to make before this thing wraps up, or... Bray Wheeler: Or identifying the decision points you need to be able to- Bryan Strawser: Exactly. Bray Wheeler: ... walk into the execs. Bryan Strawser: Or you achieve the result. It's like your Oregon Trail game ends because you died of dysentery, or you died fording the Mississippi. Bray Wheeler: Right, your wagon axle broke. Bryan Strawser: Your wagon axle broke. Bray Wheeler: You all starved. Bryan Strawser: Whatever those events were in Oregon Trail on the exercises, we're the same way. That's it for this edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. We wish you well in preparing and planning for your next exercise. We've got 90 days till ours, so we've got some work to do. Thanks for tuning in. Hope you'll listen next week.

We live in a culture that values fifteen minutes of fame more than a lifetime of hard-earned, hard-learned wisdom. The book of Proverbs sets the record straight: get wisdom. How? There are a hundred ways, but we explore three of them in this podcast. One, listen to your life. Two, surround yourself with the right people. Three, ask God for supernatural wisdom. And while you’re at it: never lose a holy curiosity.

We live in a culture that values fifteen minutes of fame more than a lifetime of hard-earned, hard-learned wisdom. The book of Proverbs sets the record straight: get wisdom. How? There are a hundred ways, but we explore three of them in this podcast. One, listen to your life. Two, surround yourself with the right people. Three, ask God for supernatural wisdom. And while you’re at it: never lose a holy curiosity.

We live in a culture that values fifteen minutes of fame more than a lifetime of hard-earned, hard-learned wisdom. The book of Proverbs sets the record straight: get wisdom. How? There are a hundred ways, but we explore three of them in this podcast. One, listen to your life. Two, surround yourself with the right people. Three, ask God for supernatural wisdom. And while you’re at it: never lose a holy curiosity.

We live in a culture that values fifteen minutes of fame more than a lifetime of hard-earned, hard-learned wisdom. The book of Proverbs sets the record straight: get wisdom. How? There are a hundred ways, but we explore three of them in this podcast. One, listen to your life. Two, surround yourself with the right people. Three, ask God for supernatural wisdom. And while you're at it: never lose a holy curiosity.

We live in a culture that values fifteen minutes of fame more than a lifetime of hard-earned, hard-learned wisdom. The book of Proverbs sets the record straight: get wisdom. How? There are a hundred ways, but we explore three of them in this podcast. One, listen to your life. Two, surround yourself with the right people. Three, ask God for supernatural wisdom. And while you’re at it: never lose a holy curiosity.

"Get Yourself Out There!" What does that even mean?! In this post I offer a little bit more about what getting yourself out there means, and why it is important. Specifically, I explain: Why authenticity is your super power How you shouldn't worry so much about what people think How "There" = the arena, the place you can make an impact Why it's so important to not spend time in places where there is little chance of making an impact This is the first post of a two post series. In the next post I will offer more about what "Show Them What You Can Do" means to me.

RR171 Friday Film Review: The Dirt Expletive WARNING: "shitty" and "sucks" 2019 TV-MA 1hr 47 min IMDb 7/10, biography comedy drama How? There are self-proclaimed scenes that never happened?. 40% Rotten Tomatoes Drama Starring: Douglas Booth, Iwan Rheon, Daniel Webber Director: Jeff Tremaine. Written by Amanda Adelson (screenplay)Tommy Lee (book) Mick Mars Vince Neil Nikki Sixx Neil Strauss (book) Rich Wilkes (screenplay) The husband was watching this movie when I got home and since it seemed to be on only for a short time I thought what the hell? I will review this clearly corny romp with the motley crew that comprises Mötely Crüe. I am not a big fan of metal bands, never have been. But I do enjoy a good story of stardom and fame. I also enjoy being reminded of the cornball hair and clothing from the 80s, maybe because I lived through that time. Originally I figured I missed 20 minutes of this film. Still I wanted to watch what I missed last night prior to giving my review. As it turns out I missed 41 minutes of this movie. It’s a good thing too because I missed quite a bit of back story. Funny thing is that even with watching what I had previously missed; I found later there were a ton of material errors in this Biography. Besides how can anyone recall exactly what they did 20 years ago when they were sober much less recalling memories that are colored by the haze of booze, cocaine and heroin? So let’s get that part straight humans have difficultly; if not impossibility recalling facts period. Our brains are constantly filling in the holes of our reality regardless if the information is true. The Good A fun somewhat raunchy ride with a band of guys who ended up making their dream true. Love the 80s kick back even if a lot of it was not quite right. (See the list at IMDb of the flubs ups). Talking to the audience like we were there at that time which I only now found out is called “Breaking the fourth wall.” I have always loved this technique and I am confused that I have only now found out what it is called. The Bad The hair on the actors. I am thinking the wigs could have been so much better. There was something so odd in how most of these guys looked. Certainly it was due to makeup or how they had to transform themselves to play in the movie. The Ugly This movie is a reminder about how a lot of the life of a metal band is lived through the filter of drugs and alcohol; meaning was it really that cool and rad? That this movie is a form of entertainment, it is not a biography. I would have never watched this flick on my own. So it does not get a blow up skirt score. ___________ Research and Links: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800325/ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dirt_2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuHvN4l6amY https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/motley-crue-the-dirt-fact-check-808838/ Like, share, comment, subscribe: Home on the web https://riedrants.com/ @RiedRants on Instagram and Twitter Donate at https://www.patreon.com/RiedRants Comment at https://www.facebook.com/RiedRants/ Download at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/riedrants/id1234080385?mt=2 Or https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ried-rants?refid=stpr Or even https://soundcloud.com/riedrants https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz07tkeud_bSx-1dWQC7Urw?view Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Hey guys, Brandon Olson here. Got another episode of Rank Daddy TV. Welcome. In today’s episode, we’re gonna learn how to start an SEO agency in under 30 days for just a dollar. I’m going to show you how to do this the absolute fastest way. We’re going to trim the fat. We’re going to only do the things necessary. And within 30 days you will land at least one thousand dollar a month client. You ready? Let’s go. So here’s the question. How can marketers like us working only part-time and running our entire business from our laptop or smartphone, how are we able to guarantee insane results to our clients when the mainstream internet marketing gurus say that guarantees are impossible? That’s the question. And this podcast will give you the answers. My name is Brandon Olson. And welcome to Rank Daddy. All right guys, here we go. I am excited. We have got a ton of new members coming into Rank Daddy. So I thought we really need something to get new members started off the right way. So while this is literally going to benefit everyone, this is especially for those new to starting a digital marketing or SEO agency. There’s so many people that come into this business and right away rather than learning to prospect or learning to land new clients, rather than taking the time to go through the steps to learn how to rank a website, they get distracted. They get distracted trying to set up their new business. And what do I mean by that? They think that making a logo and printing business cards and t-shirts, putting their name on pins and things like that, setting up a website for the new agency, they think all that’s more important. Not that any of this stuff is bad, mind you, but let me ask you this, which part of that actually makes you money? None of it. All that stuff is just to generate awareness of your business. It doesn’t produce any income for you. Now, this might come as a shock, but believe it or not, to land your first client, you don’t need an agency website. A website is not a selling mechanism, in as much as it is an awareness mechanism, right? So for now, all you need is a Facebook business page and a Facebook Instagram, I’m sorry, business Instagram account, and that’s all you need. They’re both free. You can print business cards, shirts, and whatever other gear you want, once you’ve landed a few deals and you’ve got a monthly recurring income coming in. Okay? So there’s actually people in Rank Daddy that have landed multiple clients and they still don’t have an agency website. So that’s that. You know what else you don’t need? You don’t need thousands of dollars to spend on Facebook ads. Yes, we live in this pay to play society, but there’s literally tons of opportunity in prospecting without spending a dime. And we show you how to do it in Rank Daddy. Now a lot of new people think, “Man, it’s going to be incredibly hard to land clients because I don’t have any case studies.” Right? “I don’t have any proof of results. I don’t have any proof of how I’ve helped other clients.” Well, guess what? Everybody starts with no results, yet there’s hundreds of agencies earning six to seven figures a year. How? There’s a lot of ways. Some people will choose to start by offering massive discounts for the first month just to get new clients in. And then these clients, once you run them through the process, become your first case studies. You can negotiate the price at any time. There’s no contract with what you’re doing when you offer your services to a local business. So you can always scale up. You can always increase the fee, but the first thing you need to do is to bring value, right? Now, here’s the exciting part and this is what I’m talking about, helping you to start your business fast, get on a fast track, land clients within 30 days. Rank Daddy members are able to leverage results of other Rank Daddy members successes and case stories. We’re all on the same team. We’re all partners in the same industry. Wouldn’t it be so much easier to land a client if you, maybe you have them on the fence and you could show them proof. You can show them, “Look. Look what we did for this client. When this business decided to give us a try, they weren’t ranked anywhere. Three months later, they’re in the top three, organically and in maps. Here’s the proof.” You see what I did there? Look what we did for this client. When they decided to give us a try. See Rank Daddy members can use the word we and us because we’re all one team. Yes, we’re all running our own individual digital marketing agencies, but we’re using the same exact proven Rank Daddy process to rank our clients’ websites on demand, so we’ve got proof. Lots of it. Case study after case study. You should see our Facebook group blowing up. Deal after deal landed. Top ranking achieved after top ranking. We’ve got a ton of proof of success. In fact, in module ten, there’s a link to a doc with so much proof that there’s absolutely no denying our skills. That includes you. You’re among us, okay, when you join. Say you got to prospect on the fence, maybe he’s been burned before by an SEO company or something. He’s afraid to pull the trigger with you. Show him this doc. Show him all the clients we’ve helped blow up their business, and it’s over. It’s game over. It makes it so easy to land clients. Guys, you take this, I mean this is exciting. You take this with all the sample closes that are in episode four. The no contract close, the just try it close, the money back guaranteed close, the discounted or the half price close, the hundred dollars for two weeks close, and there is absolutely no reason that a prospect can tell you no, if they’re serious about wanting more customers. So, if you’re new, if you’re struggling with landing deals, if you want to scale your business further, use the success leveraged doc. This will help you land more deals fast. If you’re not in Rank Daddy and you want to be, I told you you can start for a dollar for the first 30 days. RankDaddy.com is where you start. There’s a link to join us for a dollar for the first 30 days. After that, it’s 199 bucks a month membership fee. Cancel whenever you want, no questions. The idea is for me to help you land a client within your first 30 days. This way you never have to pay your membership fee using your own money. A dollar. That’s it. So let me take you by the hand. Let me show you how to start and grow a digital marketing business that you can literally run from your smartphone from anywhere in just a few hours a week. I’ll show you how we’re able to scale new digital agencies to hit five to ten thousand dollars a month in just the first couple of months. And for most people, that’s life changing. For those who want to go further, I’ll even show you how to scale to twenty, thirty thousand dollars a month in six to nine months. It’s all rinse and repeat. So come on in. All the questions will be answered inside. Spend a dollar. Get out of whatever rut you’re in. Come join us and give it a try. RankDaddy.com. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for joining me. I’m really humbled that you’re even here. You can access all my stuff, links to everything at BrandonOlson.com. Subscribe right here on YouTube so you don’t miss any of these and that’s it guys. Have an insane day. See you next time.

In today's episode I reveal the 5 Engagements of becoming a great lover. If your experience of life isn't the love story you thought it would be, this message will help you create one that is. Your Happily Ever After awaits... Are you a great lover of your life? My desire is that by the time we’re done with this podcast today, you’ll be totally ready to make love with your life! But first, you must locate yourself. How are you experiencing your life right now? Are you experiencing it as a lover or a lost, lonely, disengaged, victim…poor me, soul? There are 4 Syndromes that’ll keep you from becoming the great lover of your life: 1. The Cinderella Syndrome. 2. The Disengagement Syndrome. 3. The Superwoman Syndrome. 4. The Poor Me Syndrome. Whether you're suffering from one or more of these syndromes, there is a SOLUTION. YOU MUST BEGIN TO... Date Yourself Well and stop accepting what you do NOT desire. Do not accept any more SYNDROMES. Remember, your poor me story will keep you poor. It’s possible to enter into a love story that's greater than you can even imagine…a life of WOMANCE and ADVENTURE! No more fantasy or fairytales. Instead, begin to create the love…life you desire. How? There are 5 Engagements Of A Great Lover. YOU MUST... 1. Meet You. 2. Know You. 3. Value You. 4. Be You. 5. Love You. Are you willing to experience your life as a great lover of YOU, YOUR LIFE, and those you love in your life? Trade the “Syndromes” for a love story and life of: 1. Certainty. 2. Abundance. 3. Movement. 4. Purpose. Commit yourself. Unite with yourself. Give and receive your own unconditional love. Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL. TODAY’S SACRED S.O.L. STEP IS THIS: 1. Answer these questions: How are you experiencing your life right now? Are you willing to become the great lover of your life? 2. Write down one thing you can do today to meet you, know you, value you, be you, love you today. Start with: Hi, I am_________________________________. I’m so grateful to share this time with you. This is the day to begin to fall in love with you and fully engage in your life. Please let me know what happened for you today, and what kind of lover you're choosing to be...  I’d LOVE to hear from you!! By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version. S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/ I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!  I’m also going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: drshannon@doctorshannon.com and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line. Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you. Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING. I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY. xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life’s work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME. A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast… Intro/Outro done by Uni V. SOL  Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)  Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com) Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com) 

In today's episode I reveal the 5 Engagements of becoming a great lover. If your experience of life isn't the love story you thought it would be, this message will help you create one that is. Your Happily Ever After awaits... Are you a great lover of your life? My desire is that by the time we’re done with this podcast today, you’ll be totally ready to make love with your life! But first, you must locate yourself. How are you experiencing your life right now? Are you experiencing it as a lover or a lost, lonely, disengaged, victim…poor me, soul? There are 4 Syndromes that’ll keep you from becoming the great lover of your life: 1. The Cinderella Syndrome. 2. The Disengagement Syndrome. 3. The Superwoman Syndrome. 4. The Poor Me Syndrome. Whether you're suffering from one or more of these syndromes, there is a SOLUTION. YOU MUST BEGIN TO... Date Yourself Well and stop accepting what you do NOT desire. Do not accept any more SYNDROMES. Remember, your poor me story will keep you poor. It’s possible to enter into a love story that's greater than you can even imagine…a life of WOMANCE and ADVENTURE! No more fantasy or fairytales. Instead, begin to create the love…life you desire. How? There are 5 Engagements Of A Great Lover.  YOU MUST... 1. Meet You. 2. Know You. 3. Value You. 4. Be You. 5. Love You. Are you willing to experience your life as a great lover of YOU, YOUR LIFE, and those you love in your life? Trade the “Syndromes” for a love story and life of: 1. Certainty. 2. Abundance. 3. Movement. 4. Purpose. Commit yourself. Unite with yourself. Give and receive your own unconditional love. Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL. TODAY’S SACRED S.O.L. STEP: 1. Answer these questions: How are you experiencing your life right now? Are you willing to become the great lover of your life? 2. Write down one thing you can do today to meet you, know you, value you, be you, love you today. Start with: Hi, I am_________________________________. I’m so grateful to share this time with you. This is the day to begin to fall in love with you and fully engage in your life. Please let me know what happened for you today, and what kind of lover you're choosing to be... Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you. Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some free resources, including my Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING. I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY. xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life’s work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME. A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast… Intro/Outro done by Uni V. SOL  Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)  Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com) Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

It's ugly, but it's the truth. And you deserve to know it. If you're buying solo ads - I guarantee you’re being ripped off right now. How? There's 4 ways solo ad scammers are taking you for a ride. Discover how they're doing it in the all new List Building Lifestyle.

Our annual free pie giveaway is right around the corner, and if you have a house that you need to sell, now is the time to list it.There are many great Charleston area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (843) 972-3833 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.  Today, I wanted to discuss our annual pie giveaway and give you a quick market update.  For years, our team has been giving away pies to all of our fans. It’s that time of year again, and we already have people calling us to RSVP for their pie. Because we’re so grateful to our wonderful community for supporting our business, giving you a pie is the least we can do.  To RSVP, please call us at (843) 972-3833 by the November 17th deadline. You can then pick up your pie at my office at 496 Bramson Court, Suite 200 in Mount Pleasant. The dates available for pickup are Nov. 21st from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Nov. 22nd from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.  There aren’t many buyers out there, but there are even fewer sellers.  Now, what’s happening in the Charleston real estate market? A lot of sellers are taking their houses off the market because they presume that there aren’t as many buyers out there. That is true; however, in midsummer, housing inventory hovered around 4.2 months, and now it’s at 3.9 months. That means you currently have better odds of selling your home now than you did a few months ago.  How? There are fewer buyers, but there are also even fewer sellers. That means less competition for you to deal with.  If you have any questions about buying or selling a home, please feel free to give me a call or shoot me an email for a free consultation or a free home evaluation report. I look forward to helping you!

Summary: Best-selling author Kim Butler and no B.S. money guy Todd Sterobel talk about how to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. They discuss the Who, Why, and How to convert. They also talk about certain situations in which converting to a Roth IRA would not be beneficial. There are several advantages of converting to a Roth IRA that Kim and Todd discuss in detailed, yet simple and clear terms. Tune in to find out how to take control of your finances today. If you would like the opportunity for us to answer your question on the show or to be a guest on our show, be sure to keep sending us questions and reach out to us!   Links in this Episode: Get the free ebook and audiobook - Financial Planning has FAILED Submit your questions hello@partners4prosperity.com   Show Notes: 00:00 Introduction 01:02 There is no income requirement for converting a traditional IRA over to a Roth IRA 01:26 Kim answers the how, why, and who the Roth IRA is a good strategy for 01:56 The Who: converting can be beneficial if you have the dollars to pay the tax that are going to be due 03:06 Converting is good for people who believe that taxes are going up, that want to access the Roth IRA tax laws, and have extra cash sitting around 03:47 Yes, you can do a partial conversion 04:38 If Hillary Clinton's plan goes through all loopholes may be cut so this might be your only time to convert to a Roth IRA 05:02 People are believing that taxes are going to go up-- it would be beneficial to go ahead and pay the taxes now and put those tax dollars into a Roth IRA and you would not pay taxes on it in the future 06:13 The Why: You have enough dollars TODAY that you are willing to pay the tax with. You may want to even take a lower income this year and convert to the Roth IRA and because you are in a lower tax bracket, you pay lower taxes on the IRA conversion 07:19 Todd makes a point that those parents sending their kids off to college and trying to receive financial aid, may NOT want to convert to a Roth IRA as having that extra income could affect that negatively 07:47 Kim talks about the advantages of the Roth IRA-- it's like the old adage: Roth IRA law is like paying taxes on the seed, and not on the harvest 08:42 One of the differences between a traditional IRA and Roth IRA is that a traditional IRA pays taxes at distribution, whereas a Roth IRA does not 08:59 The How: There's 2 ways-- 1. A simple conversion just requires paperwork 2. Get a discount for that conversion in other words, get taxed on a lesser dollar amount 11:12 There are no penalties for converting to a Roth IRA 12:41 Special email for podcast listeners only is: hello@partners4prosperity.com get the ebook at partners4prosperity.com/ebook audio version available also

Today, I wanted to discuss our annual pie giveaway and give you a quick market update. For years, our team has been giving away pies to all of our fans. It’s that time of year again, and we already have people calling us to RSVP for their pie. Because we’re so grateful to our wonderful community for supporting our business, giving you a pie is the least we can do. To RSVP, please call us at (843) 972-3833 by the November 17th deadline. You can then pick up your pie at my office at 496 Bramson Court, Suite 200 in Mount Pleasant. The dates available for pickup are Nov. 21st from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Nov. 22nd from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. “There aren’t many buyers out there, but there are even fewer sellers.” Now, what’s happening in the Charleston real estate market? A lot of sellers are taking their houses off the market because they presume that there aren’t as many buyers out there. That is true; however, in midsummer, housing inventory hovered around 4.2 months, and now it’s at 3.9 months. That means you currently have better odds of selling your home now than you did a few months ago. How? There are fewer buyers, but there are also even fewer sellers. That means less competition for you to deal with. If you have any questions about buying or selling a home, please feel free to give me a call or shoot me an email for a free consultation or a free home evaluation report. I look forward to helping you!

Hey There, How There, Ho There,Arthur is back from the dangerous realm of (way too much food) better known as Thanksgiving.  On this week's episode of Listen Up! I have for you the vastly talented Johnny Marnell.  Johnny was he a finalist of Jezebel Music singer/songwriter competition. He also has given to you today my lucky listeners some exclusive songs all performed live. So, now you must go listen to the show check out Johnny's myspace and give him love and money. As always the show is brought to you by wrecordsbymonkey. Check them out right now you can save 20% if you buy a whole awesome record bracelet collection.So... Wait someone has pointed out to me that I always say (until next week). There I will say.....hmmmArthur out (does that work any better)