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In this episode we address the saying of “Big Hat. No Cattle”. Whew! This one can hit home if we are honestly able to introspect. Most of us spend all, if not more, than we make. Parkinson's Law is expressed in lots of ways in our common talk and this saying is a good one to consider. Even for those who have a good income, pay cash for things, have a respectively good net worth, etc. it is worthwhile to question how much liquidity is available for “cattle” or anything else we may want or need to do. Is our capital locked up somewhere? At risk? Incurring fees? Being Taxed? There's a better way. Become your own banker. LIVE & LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY If you have any topics you'd like to see covered, if you have any questions concerning this video or another or if you would like to request a webinar meeting to personally discuss how you can practice the Infinite Banking Concept as described in R. Nelson Nash's book Becoming Your Own Banker, please contact us at: www.durhamtalents.com All content on this channel is for informational purposes only. Please contact your own Attorney, Financial Planner, Tax Consultant, or other appropriate professional as necessary.

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Shawn Jansepar, Director of Engineering at Khan Academy, to discuss their GPT-4 powered Socratic tutor, Khanmigo. In this conversation, Shawn and Nathan chat about Khan Academy's collaboration with OpenAI and how they helped fine-tune GPT-4, how Khan Academy leveraged GPT-4 to build Khanmigo, and the impact of providing access to an AI tutor to any student. If you're looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The HR industry is at a crossroads. What will it take to construct the next generation of incredible businesses – and where can people leaders have the most business impact? Hosts Nolan Church and Kelli Dragovich have been through it all, the highs and the lows – IPOs, layoffs, executive turnover, board meetings, culture changes, and more. With a lineup of industry vets and experts, Nolan and Kelli break down the nitty-gritty details, trade offs, and dynamics of constructing high performing companies. Through unfiltered conversations that can only happen between seasoned practitioners, Kelli and Nolan dive deep into the kind of leadership-level strategy that often happens behind closed doors. Check out the first episode with the architect of Netflix's culture deck Patty McCord. https://link.chtbl.com/hrheretics TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Episode Preview: Education 10 years from now (04:42) Khan Academy's early access partnership with OpenAI (06:31) Khanmigo: journey from Chrome extension to AI tutor (11:36) GPT-4's ability to be Socratic vs 3.5 (15:05) Sponsors: Netsuite | Omneky (16:40) Integrating Khan Academy's Pedagogy into AI (20:06) The future of education 10 years from now  (22:37) Khan Academy's models (27:20) Demo-driven development process (31:16) Sculpting the behaviour of a Socratic tutor model  (35:59) Khan Academy's contribution to GPT-4's fine-tuning and RLHF (38:41) Being data-informed vs data-driven as a practice  (42:10) Incurring tech debt to get ahead of the curve (45:28) The boundary for what an AI can/can't t tutor  (49:30) Identifying when the user is confused and avoiding AI hallucinations (53:54) Khanmigo's development patterns  (59:11) Making Khanmigo jailbreak resistant  (01:01:50) Delivering personalized education with AI  (01:04:08) How Shawn and his team are thinking about AI education (01:05:33) Khanmigo's future multimodal interactivity (01:08:42) Evaluating Khanmigo's efficacy for student learning  (01:11:41) How widely is Khanmigo deployed today and what is the future for universal public access? (01:05:11) Distribution through teachers and districts (01:16:30) What are the reactions from teachers and education institutions to AI? (01:18:15) Khanmigo's pricing model (01:19:03) The future roadmap for Khanmigo (01:20:45) How will the AI tutor change the world at large? LINKS: Khanmigo: khan.co/khanmigo23 Benjamin Bloom's 2-Sigma Problem: https://web.mit.edu/5.95/www/readings/bloom-two-sigma.pdf X/TWITTER: @shawnjan8 (Shawn) @labenz (Nathan) @eriktorenberg @CogRev_Podcast SPONSORS: NetSuite | Omneky NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off.

Modern UFO investigation did not begin with the AATIP, but instead goes back to Project SIGN, GRUDGE, and BLUEBOOK starting in the late 1940s. Recent reports from the U.S. military and pentagon date back to at least the second World War with incredible detail about “discs” even before Kenneth Arnold accidentally coined the term “flying saucer” in June, 1947, after witnessing UFOs near Mount Rainier. Even Roswell was pre-dated by Arnold's experience, and his was pre-dated by Maury Island three days before in Washington State. All of the incidences took place in the Pacific Northwest, just west of Arnold's home in Boise, Idaho, a state that today has the highest per-capita rating of UFO sightings. Knowing that these objects have traditionally been attracted to National Labs during the Manhattan Project, nuclear missile silos, and ICBM tests, it makes sense that Idaho would be home to much lore considering that it is also home to the Idaho National Laboratory which built the first nuclear power generator, powered the first city with nuclear power, and experimented with new nuclear technologies. Now the INL has been contracted to build micro-reactors for space travel called MARVEL, which shares a synchro-mystical connection to comic book movies dealign with multi-dimensional travel - the very realm many believe the UFO originated. In parallel is the Oak Ridge National Laboratory publicly working on breaking into the ‘mirror-verse' while building an ion-accelerator to conduct similar research to CERN.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5328407/advertisement

Lexman and Ben discuss the possibilities of Kamala's green-energy company, Viviparism. They ponder the implications of crosswalks and discuss the potential for incurring Nobelium.

Today's Topics: 1) Gospel - Jn 6:37-40 = For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day. The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day) Bishop Sheen quote of the day 2, 3) Father Peter Stravinskas: What's really needed for a Eucharistic revival  https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2022/10/25/whats-really-needed-for-a-eucharistic-revival/ 3, 4) "Incurring the wrath of God": German Catholics demand bishop resign for launching pro-LGBT "ministry" https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/incurring-the-wrath-of-god-german-catholics-demand-bishop-resign-for-launching-pro-lgbt-ministry/

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Modern UFO investigation did not begin with the AATIP, but instead goes back to Project SIGN, GRUDGE, and BLUEBOOK starting in the late 1940s. Recent reports from the U.S. military and pentagon date back to at least the second World War with incredible detail about “discs” even before Kenneth Arnold accidentally coined the term “flying saucer” in June, 1947, after witnessing UFOs near Mount Rainier. Even Roswell was pre-dated by Arnold's experience, and his was pre-dated by Maury Island three days before in Washington State. All of the incidences took place in the Pacific Northwest, just west of Arnold's home in Boise, Idaho, a state that today has the highest per-capita rating of UFO sightings. Knowing that these objects have traditionally been attracted to National Labs during the Manhattan Project, nuclear missile silos, and ICBM tests, it makes sense that Idaho would be home to much lore considering that it is also home to the Idaho National Laboratory which built the first nuclear power generator, powered the first city with nuclear power, and experimented with new nuclear technologies. Now the INL has been contracted to build micro-reactors for space travel called MARVEL, which shares a synchro-mystical connection to comic book movies dealign with multi-dimensional travel - the very realm many believe the UFO originated. In parallel is the Oak Ridge National Laboratory publicly working on breaking into the ‘mirror-verse' while building an ion-accelerator to conduct similar research to CERN.

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Network Marketers Kill Incurring Doubts by… In order to kill DOUBTS, your FAITH should be BIGGER than your fears. Where there is FAITH, there is no DOUBT. AS Napoleon Hill says, FAITH comes from self-confidence. YOU should be SELF-RELIABLE, meaning relying on YOU, on your capabilities, on your beliefs, on your faith, and all that comes from your SELF CONFIDENCE. So, HOW do you BUILD your Self-Confidence? Let me give you Napoleon Hill's SELF_CONFIDENCE FORMULA: First. I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I DEMAND of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action. Second. I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action, and gradually transform themselves into physical reality, therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person. Third. I know through the principle of auto-suggestion, any desire that I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object back of it, therefore, I will devote ten minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of SELF-CONFIDENCE. Fourth. I have clearly written down a description of my DEFINITE CHIEF AIM in life, and I will never stop trying, until I shall have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment. Fifth. I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use, and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me, because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself. I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory, and repeat it aloud once a day, with full FAITH that it will gradually influence my THOUGHTS and ACTIONS so that I will become a self-reliant, and successful person. FAITH + BELIEF + ACTION + PERSISTENCE + PATIENCE = MASSIVE SUCCESS! I can help you build the correct mindset for massive success in your life, both personal and professional. IF you are willing to join my coaching, whether group coaching or one on one coaching, please e-mail me at ravinpapiahleadership@gmail.com, or watsapp me on +23052507999 If you are not aware, you are nowhere! So, pick up your smartphone, AND watsapp me NOW to change your life forever! Ravin

If you find yourself losing a little sleep here and there you may be incurring some sleep debt. On todays episode, we will be talking about what sleep debt is, what it does to us and if we can ever actually pay it back.

Welcome back to America's leading higher education law podcast, EdUp Legal - part of the EdUp Experience Podcast Network! In this episode, we hear from Jonathan Wolf, author of Your Debt-Free JD: How to Graduate from Law School Without Incurring Student Loan Debt. Jonathan Wolf is a civil litigator, weekly columnist at Above the Law, and author of Your Debt-Free JD: How to Graduate from Law School Without Incurring Student Loan Debt. Jonathan shares his advice for those considering law school and making a decision on where to attend, discussing the financial implications of such a decision, and why things like "fit" should matter more than rankings. He explains his path to writing as a columnist and author while practicing law, and suggestions for those wanting to follow that path. He also makes predictions regarding the future of legal education. Thank you so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for your EdUp time! Connect with your host - Patty Roberts ● If you want to get involved, leave us a comment or rate us! ● Join the EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! ● Follow EdUp on Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube Thanks for listening!

Welcome back to America's leading higher education law podcast, EdUp Legal - part of the EdUp Experience Podcast Network! In this episode, we hear from Jonathan Wolf, author of Your Debt-Free JD: How to Graduate from Law School Without Incurring Student Loan Debt. Jonathan Wolf is a civil litigator, weekly columnist at Above the Law, and author of Your Debt-Free JD: How to Graduate from Law School Without Incurring Student Loan Debt. Jonathan shares his advice for those considering law school and making a decision on where to attend, discussing the financial implications of such a decision, and why things like "fit" should matter more than rankings. He explains his path to writing as a columnist and author while practicing law, and suggestions for those wanting to follow that path. He also makes predictions regarding the future of legal education. Thank you so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for your EdUp time! Connect with your host - Patty Roberts ● If you want to get involved, leave us a comment or rate us! ● Join the EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! ● Follow EdUp on Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube Thanks for listening!

As with anything new, we're all bound to make mistakes on our investing journey. I know I sure have! I have an entire episode dedicated to sharing my money mistakes. In this episode, I'm sharing 7 common investing mistakes and how to avoid them. 1. Not investing at all2. Waiting for the right time to invest/trying to time the market3. Putting money in an investment account but not actually investing4. Incurring high expenses5. Panic selling6. Jumping into risky business 7. Going in without a plan to start withAs always, I hope this episode meets you where you are. Over here at The Rich Immigrant, we are rooting for you at all stages of your investing journey.Thank you for listening to this episode of the Rich Immigrant podcast, please rate, review, subscribe, and share this episode on iTunes.Stay connected with the podcast and join our community online at www.therichimmigrant.com or on  Instagram at 'Therichimmigrant.'

The church that has been at the forefront of banning experimental RNA injections shares with us the links and resources they use as they stay up to date on the latest executive orders on a city, state, federal and territorial level. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12zC5KqHegwZSr58SnU0OXtSbfouPeAPJ (city) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VfBl9ak8OH7Ne1RSlJ-q4xCqM3ksSbzs (state) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15915yxSBgfp3i5IKGZRZu4IXABE0GIKS (federal) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ITtzSWDdnBKJUPGvOQFhZw-sKnZkYmtk (territories) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14VwEwcZ_3Dhxpm3XAj48WIlL2aDs_2OE (start) FirstBibleNetwork.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/firstbiblenetwork/message

This week we take a look at Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. No wait, that's night right. We saw Wrath of Man, not Khan. Easy mistake. Can Penn's BFF Jason Statham bring home the bacon with this flick? Not many trailers this week, but there's more then enough to say about them. Too much some might say.  Also, we received a trivia game from our listeners. Will we pass with flying colors or crash and burn?   Be a part of the show! Email us at Podcast@PennCinema.com

Rho Thomas is an attorney, mindset strategist, and personal finance coach who believes that true wealth is having control of your time. She helps lawyers make intentional lifestyle and money decisions to regain control of their time, build wealth, and live the lives of freedom and choice they deserve. She has been featured in outlets such as Yahoo! Finance, Refinery29, and Mic and hosts the Wealthyesque podcast, which explores how lawyers can achieve lifestyle freedom by reframing their mindset and by managing their money to achieve financial independence. Listen in to hear Rho share: How she has restructured her law career during the pandemic in order to step out of the hustle How her and her husbands’ money stories around being raised by single moms on very limited incomes influenced them How they ended up $670,000 in debt after having their first child How they found hope and inspiration to start paying off their debt The first strategic steps they took to start working on their debt How paying down debt built her confidence and created momentum in her life Why financial independence is a form of self care How to rejigger finances based on what brings you joy - instead of mindlessly How women are conditioned to shrink around money and finances and how to build financial confidence The difference between media messages around money for women vs men How she juggles motherhood, marriage, being a lawyer, and running her business to support women and finances How Kobe Bryant’s death inspired her to start her business Links mentioned: Book: Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicky Robin Website: Rho Thomas Find Rho on Instagram Find Rho on Facebook Find Rho on Twitter Find Rho on LinkedIn Thank you to our sponsor: Talkspace: To match with your perfect therapist for a fraction of the price of traditional therapy, go to www.talkspace.com/, Make sure to use the code SHAMELESS to get $100 off your first month and show your support for the show.  

Today, I give 5 reasons why a federally mandated minimum wage is a bad idea. Hit me up on Instagram at @ryanmichler and share with me what’s working in your life.   SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 4:00 Point #1: It doesn’t consider varying living expenses within states 6:19 Point #2: It sets the precedence that government can medal in individual affairs 9:27 Point #3: It disincentives growth, expansion, and career progression 14:40 Point #4: It prices young people out of work 19:23 Point #5: It puts millions of people out of work 24:11 Incurring $54 billion of debt 26:18 An increased cost of living and inflation 27:35 An increased spending for employment benefits 29:00 Your moral obligation to look after those under your care Want maximum health, wealth, relationships, and abundance in your life? Sign up for our free course, 30 Days to Battle Ready. Join our exclusive brotherhood, the Iron Council. Subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/orderofman  Connect with us on Instagram and Twitter Please leave us a rating and review Support Order of Man by picking up some new merchandise in our store

Business credit is important for protecting your personal credit. As a rule of thumb, you should avoid using personal credit for business expenses and purchases. Incurring large business expenses with your personal credit will increase your credit utilization ratio, which measures how much credit you are using in relation to your credit limit. High credit utilization has a negative impact on your personal credit score.

The World Series wrapped up this week and we start to dig into offseason hot button topics in today's show.⚾️ MLB claims $3.1 billion in losses⚾️ What will 2021 season look like?⚾️ MLB eyes expansion, what cities are top of the list?⚾️ Theo Epstein's status: will he stay or will he go?

Support Mind Theater with ko-fi!Exploring how Robert Eggers uses mythology and mythical symbolism in his 2019 film The Lighthouse to tell a story about madness, alcoholism, and homo-eroticism. A Muckraker Media ProductionLinks:MindTheaterPod on Twitter and InstagramMusic: Blue Dot Sessions- Tillis County- Fever Creep- Kovd Lask- Tiny BottlesSources:https://www.ancient.eu/Prometheus/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_u91SjrEOEhttps://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2103&context=jrfhttps://www.rct.uk/collection/800080/the-sea-monsterhttps://www.google.com/books/edition/_/-sHSNPG85tUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP5&dq=greek+mythology+homoerotismhttps://miscellanynews.org/2019/11/07/arts/the-lighthouse-fuses-humor-horror-homoeroticism/https://www.greekboston.com/culture/mythology/poseidon-odysseus/Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/mindtheater)

The initial challenge was getting people connected to the resources they needed while working from home. The next challenge is keeping these new workflows secure. In this episode of B2B Tech Talk, Keri speaks with Brian Robertson, sr. product marketing manager at RSA. They discuss: -The top 5 security challenges dynamic workforces are encountering today -How organizations can increase threat visibility -The impact AI will have on IT security in the future Learn more on RSA threat detection and response, identity and access management, and cyber risk and the remote workforce. To join the discussion, follow us on Twitter @IngramTechSol #B2BTechTalk Listen to this episode and more like it by subscribing to B2B Tech Talk on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. You can also listen on our website.

Colleges are doing a disservice in not advising students to be cautious of incurring student debt. This is particularly the case today when the gamble of a college degree is not quite as good as it once was. Not only are colleges doing a disservice, but also high schools and many academic counselors. Society in general is not helping when it comes to college debt. This is due to the perceptions and expectations that college is the only path to success.   This podcast episode talks about why colleges, high schools, and society, in general, does not talk much about the issues with college debt.    Visit Our Website: https://smartstartmoney.com Subscribe to the Podcast:  https://smartstartmoney.podbean.com/ Questions or Comments About the Podcast? Email: info@smartstartmoney.com    

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This is the second episode in our series on Romans 13. A relevant discussion in light of the decisions we all must make in a world where we are faced with confusing and often terrifying situations. In our first episode, we covered the deeper issues behind verse 1 and what it means to be subject to governing authorities. If you missed it, go back and listen to the podcast and get caught up. In this episode, we are moving on to verse 2 which says, “Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgement on themselves.”  “Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgement on themselves.”  Once again, at first glance, this seems pretty straight forward: Don’t resist authority or you will bring judgement on yourself! If we go back to who qualifies as a true “governing authority” then we must also ask, will I bring judgement for resisting an ungodly authority? During World War II, Oskar Schindler, an industrialist and member of the Nazi party, resisted the governing authorities and saved the lives of over 1,200 Jews by smuggling out from the regime. His resistance to governing authorities most certainly didn’t bring judgement upon himself but blessings as he was being obedient to God, whether or not he knew it is not the issue. Right and wrong are inherent values in human beings. We were created in His image and we naturally understand the differences between good and evil. How are we to respond to authority in today's economic and political climate? Listen in and together we will find some answers.

Classic Amazon Accounting Mistakes Allison Walker talks about Amazon accounting mistakes and discusses practical solutions that are most applicable to your business. Mint Accounting works for these sellers: Anyone selling on Amazon based in the UK and or those registered for VAT inc Canadians and Americans  Classic Amazon Accounting error 1: “Swapping” your amazon account between a sole trader and Limited Company.  Depending on how you do this, you’ll likely need a new VAT registration number It’s usually more tax-efficient to use the new VAT number You can end up with a big-time lag Amazon can take a long time to update records You may end up with an old VAT number How to move your Amazon business from  sole trader to Limited Company in UK Incorporate directly - you’re just rolling Sole Trader into Limited Company, which keeps same VAT number But it can be more tax-efficient to sell your Sole Trader business to your Limited Company; which means you have a new VAT number in the new company.  This can mean you have to operate the two in parallel while Amazon works it through.  Running Amazon as Sole Trader and limited Company in  parallel Set up ltd co, had it VAT registered If you’re moving Sole trader to a limited company.  If you’re selling ST to LC, run the two in parallel from an Accounting Pov for about 6 months Two sets of Xero books?   Although just have one Amazon account! That gives you time if amazon is using an old VAT number until you get the point where they’re using the corrected VAT number.  You may not be trading via your ltd co, ie no sales yet, but you may be Making purchases Incurring other costs Amazon Accounting error 2 - Not dealing with numbers in bulk The key is to get the right Software in place The amount of data you get from Amazon seller central is crazy.  It’s good information but it’s huge amounts of info to process.  Getting the information into your accounting software can be tricky.  Link my books is the product that Allison uses.  It takes the info from Amazon and syncs it accurately with Xero How do we set up Xero for Amazon? Your accountant can do it for you - and this is by far the best way to do things. DIY is not a great plan! How they want a chart of accounts structured is important so they can easily create statutory accounts (for tax authorities etc.) You also need to know what you as the business owner need the accounts to do for you.  Things to look out for setting up a Xero account:  Xero has a standard Chart of Accounts  But based on understanding your business, you may wish to tweak things.  Amazon account setup: Detail vs. Bundling together info  Try to break things out into separate lines for the accountant.  However, you might just as the business owner want things to be bulked together for monthly monitoring.  For example: Depreciation - if you have assets - chunk it together Vehicles Computer/IT equipment Desks etc.  Staff or sub-contractors - try to chunk those together It makes it quickly easier to understand the cost base of your business  Amazon Accounting Error 3:  VAT registration errors… When you’re starting out, there isn’t a lot of free cash. So many people avoid employing an accountant.   But then what happens is: you do quite a bit of Xero yourself eg bank reconciling Unless you’ve had training, you get 3 months in, first VAT return and you find that everything is posted incorrectly!   You need to set up the VAT rates set up correctly at the beginning.  Better: get the accountant to do this:  Get them to set up a chart of accounts first 3-6 months of bookkeeping  then you can do it yourself after 3-6 months Example of a classic Amazon accounting mistake Laptop purchase counted wrongly as software cost, so posted to P &L  But for an accountant,

Support Topic Lords on Patreon and get episodes a week early! (https://www.patreon.com/topiclords) Lords this week: * Tim made Jamestown and just shipped Jamestown+ on PC and Switch. http://jamestownplus.com/ * Kole makes podcasts at Duckfeed. http://duckfeed.tv/ Topics: * 2:42 Cat trees for humans. * Ninja Warrior. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJPP7M1hQZE * "Find an American Ninja Warrior Gym." http://www.ninjawarriorgyms.com/ * 7:37 Non-analytical storytelling/writing (flash writing, story time, songwriting) * Alice's Restaurant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM * 15:08 The ephemerality of AI Dungeon. * AI Dungeon: https://www.aidungeon.io/ * AI Dungeon patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIDungeon * Art breeder: https://artbreeder.com/ * 25:13 Brett asks: "The assertion that programming and in particular programmers are getting worse." * 36:20 Sonder * "This Is Water." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI * "Laziness Does Not Exist" https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01 * 47:48 What determines if an inanimate object (car, home, golf club) gets a proper name. * 56:09 Fruity Cheezma * "Cheese Tea: It’s Real and It’s Spectacular" https://www.dinnerpartydownload.org/cheese-tea/ * Orbitz (drink). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbitz(drink) * Jim's Fruity Cheezma outcome: https://twitter.com/mogwaipoet/status/1210328506359414785?s=20 Microtopics: * Releasing the same game over and over again because it keeps being your best move. * Suffering through and finding the magic but still believing you shouldn't have had to suffer. * Asking yourself what the problem is and breaking it down. * Being here for topics. * Understanding that the question you're asking is ridiculous but asking it anyway. * What you want only existing for children because their needs are greater. * Using adult-sized playgrounds for physical therapy. * Using adult-sized playgrounds for physical therapy keeping those blades sharp. * The through line from bouldering to Ninja Warrior to Super Mario Bros. * Watching the first half of Full Metal Jacket and thinking the obstacle course looks really fun. * Putting game show contestants in a video game for the viewers at home but the contestants themselves are just looking at a big green wall. * Professional skaters having skate parks in their back yard. * Doing American Ninja Warrior every day and getting a lot more miles on the tires. * Tony Hawk getting away with skateboarding in a 50-year-old body because he's good enough to not faceplant all the time. * Giving a skateboard to an average 50-year-old and saying "go for it buddy." * Restarting civilization around your business plan. * Making up stories for your children in real-time. * Being a DM except nobody else gets a turn, you just keep going. * Five years of daily practice to wake up your storytelling brain. * Going to an Arlo Guthrie concert because you're old and go to Arlo Guthrie concerts. * All of Arlo Guthrie's songs being twenty minute stories like Alice's Restaurant. * Thinking that advice sounds wise for somebody else. * David Lynch's book on storytelling turning out to actually be about Transcendental Meditation. * Actually possibly having deep insights about the universe while being high on drugs. * Writing a book by just writing down something you already said and it feeling like someone else wrote the book. * Letting the story write itself and then taking credit for it. * Having children because you want to become a great writer. * Incurring $10,000 of hosting costs because you misconfigured your CDN. * A text adventure telling you what you did but not telling you what happened as a result. * Markov chain text generation. * AI replacing musicians and ultimately most art. * AI musicians giving you another album from your favorite band. * Exploring AI generated music and sharing your unique discoveries. * Seeing creative work as the last bastion of human work that AI can't take from us, but being wrong. * Feeling wonder at the achievement but also complete dismay that we've made ourselves irrelevant. * Basic income allowing us to look forward to the machines taking all our jobs. * All the advantages of AI just turning into more profit for billionaires. * Skating through a lucid fever dream and trying to make sense of the chaos, but it's really just chaos. * AI Dungeon being a good improv partner but a terrible game. * AI generated text being effectively sampled at an unknown granularity and having no idea if this is a unique sentence or if it's lifted wholesale from a Sonic fanfic. * Programmers getting worse as a discipline vs. getting worse as people. * Forcing everyone on Earth to participate in NaNoWriMo. * Building software on top of a teetering stack of dependencies 1,000 feet high because your company probably won't last out the year. * Programmers getting better in the same way speed metal guitarists are getting better. * Just making the thing and not caring how you make it because it just doesn't matter. * Not bothering working really hard to do the easy part really well because the hard part is what matters. * Companies being possibly good at their focus and everything else being good enough at best. * Some of your best friends being assholes. * The best programmers you've met being super sociable and cooperative. * Staying and asshole and flaming out because nobody wants to work with you or maturing and sanding off the rough edges and becoming more productive and less of a drag. * Not being sure if your co-workers are nice to everyone or just you because you have seniority. * The coming generation of programmers seeing programming as a hobby or a career rather than an identity. * Blocking the guy driving too fast on the freeway but then it turns out the guy driving too fast was going to the hospital. * Doing your best to live like people invented in storybooks. * Realizing that everyone around you has lives just as complex and nuanced as you or anyone you know. * The violence of walking past someone on the street and dismissing their entire context and history because you have no choice if you want to get on with your life. * Projecting an arbitrary order onto the chaos and definitely being wrong. * Definitely being wrong anyway so why not think a positive thing rather than a negative one. * Changing how you see somebody by imagining them differently. * Conceiving of a universe without yourself at the center. * Flying off the handle because you've had shit piled on you all day and not because you dislike Kole specifically. * Running late about 5% of the time you're driving and also being annoyed by about 5% of drivers going too fast because they're just irresponsible people. * Working hard to build positive interactions and trying to see the best possible version of somebody. * Instagram being a source of misery because you're comparing yourself to the prettiest people's prettiest moments. * Comparing your backstage to someone else's front stage. * Choosing to shape your world such that you're not walking around angry all the time. * Having a boat and the boat having a name. * Not giving your cat a name but permitting it to have a name. * Anthropomorphizing the objects you rely. * Calling it "the mud room" even though there's no mud and no room. * Naming furniture that hurts you "kneebreaker charlie" and not hating it so much because it's a little bit funny. * Thinking of an old car that's always breaking down as being like an old friend who's kind of a pain in the ass but you've been through so much together. * Being happier loving things. * A generic bunny holding an Easter Egg that nobody plays with until you give it a name. * The only time you've bought a plant in your life being that time they put googly eyes on a cactus. * Your roommate who took all the bows off of the presents under the tree and then shit on the floor. * Not wanting to be the skin dad. * Having animals to project love onto so your society is more placid and malleable. * Cats being way more lovable than most human children. * Empathizing with the kid crying on the airplane because you feel like crying too. * The kid who's allowed to scream in the grocery store when if you screamed you'd get thrown out of the store or arrested. * Putting hundreds of googly eyes on a Roomba because you can't just buy two googly eyes and calling it "Kos-ba." * Putting two eyes on the outside of the Roomba and the rest on the inside because you don't want to freak out the squares. * What's fruity, cheezma? * Trying to get your friends to follow the script of your joke but they keep making their own jokes instead. * Tweeting about there being no hits for "fruity cheezma" and now there being one hit for "fruity cheezma." * The cheese tea rocking the boba world. * Copping to a certain amount of midwestern provincialism. * The probability of inhaling boba being very high but it's great though. * Blowing a tapioca ball directly into the mouth of your enemy right as they're inhaling. * The end of your boba beverage being like The Very Hungry Caterpillar. * A dare than someone should not have taken and that someone having possibly been you. * Cream cheese and fruit going together. * The kind of logic you don't want to be applying to food. * Putting all your old food combo ideas on the menu without testing any of them because Fruity Cheezma worked out somehow. * Wanting peanut butter to work with sliced cheese because you can roll it up like a taquito. * Figuring out that milk and Cheerios go together because they're both kind of off-white so next you try orange juice and Cheez-Its. * Cheez-Its staying crispy in orange juice because they're so oily. * A Cheez-It being named Arthur and loving its mother. * The driver in front of you making a right turn on red from the third lane over because she was in a hurry to get to the library and walking up to her to ask for reparations. * A telling being told or not being told.

Summary: Though we shirk our responsibility to live God-honoring lives, Jesus takes responsibility for us. Our sin wasn't His fault, but He took responsibility. Once we receive His free gift of grace, Jesus entrusts us with the responsibility to use our time, talent, and treasure to love God and people.Transcript: You're listening to audio from Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com.Heavenly Father, we thank you, that you, the great God of the universe, created us. We thank you for the gift of life. And we thank you, Lord, that you did not leave us in our sinful state we shirked our responsibility of obeying you, of living in a manner worthy of the God who gave us life. Often we live as if we gave ourselves life, as if we sustain our life and we do not. You sustain us every single second of every single day. And we thank you, Lord, that you did not leave us in our rebellion against you, but you gave your son Jesus Christ who took responsibility for our sins. Jesus, you came and you lived the most loving life of anyone who's ever lived, and you embodied that love by sacrificing yourself on the cross to bear the penalty for our law breaking, for our rebellion.We thank you, Lord, that you provide a means for us to be reconciled with you. And Lord, remind us that once we're reconciled with you, we have a duty, we have an obligation, we have the responsibility, and show us how that plays out in life. Send us the Holy Spirit now and speak to us Lord. We don't just want to talk about you, we want to experience you, the true God of the universe. And we pray all this in Jesus' name, amen.So we're in a sermon series that we're calling, Tough and Tender: Developing Resilience for Life. Last week, we talked about Jesus Christ who is lion and lamb. We talked about the lion lamb paradox, that he is both tough and tender. He embodies both of these seemingly diametrically opposed qualities and sets of qualities. Today we're going to start talking about how to develop toughness with ourselves to fulfill the responsibility that God has for us, the purpose that he has for us. Today we are talking about how to fight hypengyophobia. Hypengyophobia as you well know of course.Let's do linguistic analysis. Phobia, you're scared of something. Hypen, you're really scared of something. What's the word in the middle? Guy. Hypengyophobia. What are guys most scared of? I tried this out twice this morning and both people said, "Women." Close. Responsibility. Hypengyophobia is the fear of responsibility. We live in an age of passivity. We live in an age of victimhood. People want to pass off all the wrong things in life to someone else. "It's not my fault that I had the parents I had. It's not my fault I grew up the neighborhood I grew up in. It's not my fault I went to the schools that I went to. No one taught me." So that's on the one side is passing off this passivity. On the flip side, it's just the idea that we live in a free country, "I'm free to do whatever I want."There's a problem with the idea that we can have unbridled freedom. And if we live like that, it does lead to irresponsible behavior. Victor E. Franco, who was a Holocaust survivor, he is the Viennese psychiatrist, existential philosopher. He came to the United States, loved the US, but he warned that this freedom, this idea of freedom, unless it's balanced out with responsibility, it threatens to degenerate into license and arbitrariness. This is his quote. "Freedom, however, is not the last word. Freedom is only part of the story and half of the truth. Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness. In fact, freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented with a statue of responsibility on the West Coast." Love the sentiment, Dr. Franco. I don't think you've ever been to the West Coast. I don't think they're gonna welcome that statue.But you get the idea. We need both. For freedom to be true freedom, it has to be curbed with responsibility. It's a very biblical idea that freedom isn't a lack of boundaries, throwing off all of the laws. True freedom is knowing the laws that you were designed to live on, to live by, to be curbed by so that you can flourish the most. There has to be a responsibility.So today we're looking at Genesis 3:1-13. The story of the fall when Adam and Eve shirked the responsibility that God had given, advocated that responsibility. And we'll talk about that. Please look at the text with me either in your Bible or on your phone or on the screen, Genesis 3:1. "Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, 'Did God actually say, you shall not eat of any tree in the garden?' And the woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'""But the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not surely die, for God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.' So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.""But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?' And he said, 'I heard the sound of you in the garden and I was afraid because I naked and I hid myself.' He said, 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?' And the man said, 'The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.' Then the Lord God said to the woman, 'What is this that you have done?' The woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'" This is the reading of God's holy, inerrant, infallible, authoritative word. May he write these eternal truths upon our hearts.Three points to frame up our time together. First, we reject responsibility. Second, Jesus takes responsibility. And three, Jesus gives responsibility.First, we reject responsibility. When God created humankind, he entrusted us individually and collectively with responsibility, the responsibility of life therefore, we are answerable to God. He gave us a job, Genesis 1:28, "God blessed them ..." And this is a blessing. "God blessed them and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'" It's a blessing to live fruitful, productive lives for the glory of God.Genesis 2, 5 and 7, "The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it." He gives us jobs to do and we are to keep the garden, the garden that we've been given dominion over. "And the Lord God commanded the man saying, 'You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.'" He entrusts existence to them, he entrusts a purpose to them, and he also entrusts his word to them. He reveals his will for them. And we'll give account for our life, we'll give account for our work, and we'll give account for the revelation. And the revelation was, God says, "I have created you to exercise dominion, to have authority over the world." And the greater this privilege, the greater the responsibility. That's not just Spider Man, that's actually Jesus Christ, Spider Man stole that from Jesus.Luke 12:48, "Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required. And from him to whom they entrusted much they will demand the more." And theology responsibility is you are not your own. I'm not my own. God has given us life and we are to live our life according to the purpose that he has for us. And Adam and Eve ceded this authority, the authority over their lives, the authority over their work, they ceded the authority over to Satan. They said, "We're going to reject God's word, we're going to reject God's will." And as they did, they didn't just reject God's authority over them and get just freedom, they replaced God's authority with satanic authority. That's what passivity led to.And verse 12, what's their reaction? God comes to Adam and says, "Adam, where are you?" God's not asking the question to get information. God's omniscient. He's asking the question to give Adam an opportunity to repent. To confess, to repent, to turn from sin. Instead, Adam does not take responsibility for his sin. He says, "The woman whom you gave to be with me ..." Blames the woman and God in one fell swoop. "She gave me fruit of the tree and I ate." And then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me and I ate." Adam shirks responsibility, Eve abdicates responsibility, and we see this pattern over and over throughout all of scripture.Cain kills his brother, Abel. God comes to him, he says, "Where's your brother?" Cain says, "Am I my brother's keeper?" The answer is yes you are. You have responsibility over ... Sarah becomes upset because she told Abraham, "Hey, have a child with Hagar." And he does, follows her advice, and then she becomes upset, blames him. Esau complains that Jacob deceived him in taking the birthright though Esau gave it him. Aaron makes the Israelites a golden calf to worship and then blames them for it. Pilate washes his hands of Jesus's death. You see this over and over and over. All throughout Scripture, nobody wants to take responsibility. In our culture, nobody wants to take responsibility. We want to accuse others, it's their fault. And we want to excuse our own issues, it's not my fault. There's a rights mentality, I demand my rights. There's a victimhood mentality, it's not my fault. And an entitlement mentality, I deserve better. The world owes me responsibility. We have a problem with responsibility. We've had a problem with responsibility from the very beginning. For Christians as well. This is probably one of the biggest sins that we just allow to fester in our lives. Complaining that the lot in life that God has given us isn't the one we deserve. We complain, "God, why is this person living a better life than I am? This person got better talents than I got?" And what we're basically saying is, "God, you gave me a raw deal. I can't do anything with the circumstances that you've given me, with the life that you have given me. I would do a better job at being God than you."This is actually the issue with the Israelites when God leads them out of captivity. For 40 years, they walk around in circles in the desert. For what? Because of their grumbling, seven times, and the scripture says they murmured. They murmured. Every single one of us, we have this inclination, this proclivity to reject the responsibility that God has for us. That's basically what sin is. Sin is rebel ... "God, I don't want to submit to you. God, I don't want responsibility over the burden of existence that I didn't ask for." And we shirk the responsibility.The first time I wrote this sermon, I basically ... It was point one, and then it was point three. That was my initial sermon. And point three, I looked at it as a fire. It was like 10 things you got to do, you got to take responsibility for yourself, you got to take responsibility for your soul, for your mind, for your heart, for your ... Like you got to take responsible for your job. And then I was like, it's kind of missing something. It seems like a self-help sermon. Basically just motivational. It was missing the gospel. Now, whoa, whoa, hold on. Jesus has to be in here somehow.Apart from the gospel ... We'll get to the practical parts of our ... Apart from the gospel, it just doesn't make any sense. Apart from the gospel, this is every single one of us we're trying to make up for the fact that we've shirked responsibility, and we're trying to fix ourselves. We're trying to fix our lives, and we don't have the power to do it. Where do we get the power? It's not just from Jesus' example, it's from Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. So this is point two, that Jesus takes responsibility. This is what makes Christianity different than any other world religion. Any other world religion and any other worldview is that, you need to fix yourself, you need to fix your life, you've made mistakes, stop doing that, stop complaining and make everything better. You need to work for your salvation. That's every other religion. You do to be accepted by God. And scripture says you can't do anything to be accepted by God. You are an enemy of God. You are under God's wrath. That's where scripture starts.But God has provided a way for you to enter into the acceptance of God. God has given his son Jesus Christ. Jesus has come, and he said, "It's not my fault. Your sins are not my fault." He lives an absolutely sinless holy life, righteous in every respect. And then goes to the cross to bear the penalty that we deserve for our rebellion. And then he comes back from the dead, and this is the heart of Christianity. Is when you place your faith in Jesus Christ, when you accept the work that he's done for you, God forgives all of your sins. Jesus says, "I take responsibility for all of your sins." It's the double imputation of when we trust in Christ, all of our sins go to him, all of his righteousness goes to us. He takes complete responsibility for our sins.Adam gave up dominion of the earth to Lucifer. There's nothing that we could have done to fix that. So we needed someone to come into our domain who's also outside of the domain, and that's Jesus. Fully God, fully human, did everything by God's authority, fulfilled God's will 100%. And this is why at the start of Jesus' ministry, Satan understood that Jesus came as a threat to his system, as a threat to his hold on the world. What did he promise Jesus in the first temptation? What did he tempt Christ with?This is in Matthew 4:8. "Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, 'All these, I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.' Then Jesus said to him, 'Be gone Satan, for it's written, you shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'" Satan comes, and he tempts Jesus Christ with the same thing that he tempted Adam and Eve with.You don't need to obey God. You can be your own God. That's the temptation, "You don't need to be responsible to God. You can be your own God. And Jesus says, no. Because that right there, that's idea of worship. So Jesus submits to God the Father and worships God the Father completely. If Jesus had taken up Satan on the offer, Satan would still hold dominion over us, over the world. But Jesus didn't. He submitted to God, fulfilled the responsibility given to him by the Father. He is the true Adam. This is why Jesus Christ is different from Adam. Adam abdicated his responsibility. Jesus fulfilled it completely for us, took our sin upon himself. He dies, he's risen on the third day, and after he's risen, he sits down, meets with the disciples, and he gives them the Great Commission. He says, "All authority on earth and heaven is given unto me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations." Jesus Christ is the true king who submits, who serves in order to save us. Every single one of us. That's the heart of Christianity.Jesus took responsibility for your sins, accept that responsibility. Jesus served you, allow him to take the sins. And once you understand that, that Jesus paid it all, he gave you every ... Once you understand that's the heart of the gospel, that's the heart of Christianity, that right there is the reason why we are to take responsibility for our lives. God created you, we rebelled, Jesus took responsibility for you. Now we as Christians, we are doubly God's. Not only are you God's because you are his creation, you're God's because he bought you with the price, the price of his blood. Jesus Christ. Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe.Have you seen The Lion King, the new Lion King? Since we're talking about my lion and lamb, I'll bring this in. This has nothing to do with the sermon but I'll just share it. The first movie I've ever watched was The Lion King with my dad. In the theaters. The first movie we went to see as a family because I come from an immigrant background. I was like 12 when it came out. No movies ever, and my dad said finally, "I'll take you guys to the movie theater but no snacks." So we like smuggled in tangerines. I don't even remember the movie, all I remember is the tangerine. Like, "This tastes so good, forbidden fruit."But in the new Lion King, Mufasa has this conversation with Simba. Simba is his son and Simba avoids the responsibility of restoring Pride Rock. This is a quote of Mufasa, and it just rings true. "Everything you see," he says, "exists together in delicate balance. While others search for what they can take, a true king searches for what he can give."There's a reason why that connects so deeply. It connects at the soul level. Yes, that's what a true king does. A true king gives. Why is that in my soul, though I have never seen it in world history? I have never seen a king like that. I've never seen a ruler of a people like that. Has authority, and uses the authority to serve. Why? Because that's Jesus Christ. He is the ultimate king that comes, and he serves us, takes responsibility for us, for our sins. And because he's such a great king, he gives responsibility to us under his authority. So that's point three, that Jesus gives us responsibility. Are we on point three already? Yes. But this is the long one. So brace yourselves.Point three, explain the theology why are we taking responsibility not to save ourselves? Because Jesus has saved us, now he gives us responsibility, including responsibility for yourself. We are to take responsibility for ourselves, and the theology behind this is that Jesus calls us sheep. He says, "I am the good shepherd, my sheep follow my voice." And if you grew up in church, and you're like, "Oh, yeah, Jesus is the shepherd, I'm sheep." You just you become so accustomed to it and you don't really feel the offense of what Jesus is doing. Jesus is explaining to us that you're not just cute and cuddly and fluffy. He's saying like, sheep are dumb, and we're dumb. Sheep are helpless, and you're helpless. Like if you knock a sheep over it can't even get up. There's no such thing as wild sheep. Sheep just die. There's no feral sheep. They're dumb. There's an idea of sheeple, where it's like dumb people who just follow a dumb ... And Jesus is saying, yes that's us in and of ourselves. We are not rational beings. We get this idea from the enlightenment, that we are ... No.Look at all of the mistakes in your life. Look at all the bad decisions in your life. You know who was present for every single one of the bad decisions in your life? You were. I was. Not in your own, in my life. The only constant of all the bad decisions in our life is you. It's us. So when Jesus say, you're a sheep, he's saying, you need a shepard. You need someone to say no little sheep, that's not the way to go. No little sheep, there's danger there. Now what's the idea of responsibility? So a lot of Christians miss this and a lot of people miss this. Yes, Jesus is my shepherd, and I am the sheep, but I do have a responsibility to tell my sheep self to follow Jesus. Jesus is shepherd, I'm a sheep. But I have a responsibility to tell me sheep self, little sheep ... This is the lion's side. You have to have a ... Christian, you need to toughen up, have a lion side where you tell your sheep side, follow Jesus Christ. You see this all in the psalms. They talk to themselves. Like David as he writes psalms he talk ... Why are you so downcast oh my soul? What's he doing? He's talking to his soul. Soul, look to the lord. Soul, follow the shepherd.I've got four daughters. By God's grace I'm growing in being a good dad. But I like to think ... My daughter Sophia on my birthday, she wrote me a card and said, "Daddy, I really did win the daddy lottery." I was like yeah. The brainwashing worked. But I realized, the way that I care for them, for my little ones, especially my two year old, the way I care for her, there's a sense where I need to care for myself like that. I need to lead myself like that. Like, I need to parent myself. It's time to go to bed Jan. That's enough screen time little Jan. Eat this, don't eat this. It's time for a workout. You need to read your bible little Jan. Do you have a ... You're taking responsibility for yourself. And the fact that God is sovereign does not contradict that. God is sovereign over everything, but he still tells us what to do. He's sovereign over telling us what to do so we are accountable, we are responsible. Moments in your life where you have the most meaning are the moments in your life that have been the most pivotal, where you look back and say, that changed my life. I guarantee you those moments are the moments that you took responsibility for something.I'm taking responsibility to apply for this job. I'm taking responsibility to start this business. I'm taking responsibility to start this relation. I'm taking responsibility. So we are to lead ourselves. You are the most influential person in your life. You don't listen to any other person more than you listen to yourself. So if we are to grow in our spiritual lives, if we are to grow in our relationship with Christ, if we are to grow in any aspect of life, practical aspects of life, we need to understand that you won't change if you're always blaming someone. So the first step to growth is taking responsibility. Spiritually and physically, financially. Got to take responsibility.The book of proverbs is so helpful here, talking about financial wisdom. How to make smart financial decisions. By the way, our culture desperately need this. A Forbes article came out in 2018, Four stats that reveal how badly America is failing at financial literacy. 44% of Americans don't have enough cash to cover a $400 emergency. 43% of student loan borrowers are not making payments. 38% of US households have credit card debt. The average of which is $16,048 and at a 16.47 APR. If it takes you 10 years to pay off the average credit card debt, you're going to pay more in interest than actual debt. 33% of American adults have zero saved for retirement and 56% have less than $10,000. Responsibility.Here's how we use theology. Here's how a lot of people use theology to shirk responsibility for their lives. I'll give you a few examples. The phrase, everything happens for a reason. Oh, everything happens for a reason. Usually people use that in situations where you got yourself in the situation and you want to excuse yourself so you're implying that the reason for the situation is outside of you. So my wife came up to me. She comes up to me after the first sermon and she always has a list for me. She had a list today and she said, "But you got to tell people there's things that they can't control." Yes, that's another sermon. Today the sermon is, you got to take responsibility for what you can control. So for example, credit card debt. Incurring credit card debt. I understand there's situations where you can't get around it. But everything happens for a reason. Yeah, the reason was you using this credit card over and over and over. The reason why is you went on Amazon and it was way too late. You should have said to yourself, little Jan, get back ... You know what I'm saying. Don't use theology to excuse your poor decisions.I don't know what God's will is for my life. I just don't know. I need to figure out God's will. Holy scripture has 66 books of God revealing his will to your life. His will for your life is for you to obey him. To glorify him. Live for him. Read the new testament. So don't disguise ... I don't know God's will for not doing anything. It's hyper-Calvinism in the most deterministic sense where we explained all the situations in my life just by blaming it on God. There's real world negative consequences for not taking responsibility for yourself. Failed health, poor marriages, children not being parented, careers lost or not advanced. Real life consequences for poor theology, for not taking responsibility. And the whole idea of letting go and letting God or waiting on the Lord as an excuse to not do anything, that's passivity.And let me just give you one text which reveals how God feels about passivity. This is Mathew 25:24-30, where Jesus tells the parable of the talents. One guy, the talent was a million dollars. And it's a master of a house, so this is a guy who entrusts a million dollars to one guy, $5 million to another guy, $10 million to another guy. And then he says, "I want you to make investments." The guys with $10 million, he made another $10 million. 100% return. The guy with $5 million got another $5 million. 100% return. The guy with $1 million did nothing with it. And then the master returns and this is verse 24. "He also who have received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed.'" What's he doing? He's saying, I don't want you to rule over me. "'So I was afraid and then I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant.'" Laziness and wickedness together. You wicked and slothful servant."'You knew that I reap where I have not sowed and gather where I scattered no seed. Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers at my coming. I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has 10 talents for to everyone who has will more be given and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away and cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'" That's how God feels about our passivity when it comes to using what he has given us for him. That's the issue. The wicked and slothful guy, he hid the money, he did nothing with it. But I guarantee you he went and lived his life for himself, not for the master. And this is where the gospel changed everything. Because Jesus has taken responsibility for you, we are to take responsibility for what he has told us to do. I'll show you a balance between God's sovereignty and our responsibility. The interplay between these.In Philippians 2:12-13, Saint Paul writes and says, "Therefore my beloved as you have always obeyed, so now not only as in my presence, but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure." Now upon first reading, it seems as if he's saying, you got to save yourself. You need to fix yourself. But that's not what he's saying because, in verse six of chapter one in the same book he says, "I'm sure of this, that he who began a good work in you, will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." So God begins the work of salvation. So if you're a Christian, you didn't make yourself a Christian. God made you a Christian. He makes you a Christian and he will bring that to fruition, to completion. He will bring you to the end. He will bring you to the completion at the day of Jesus Christ. But in the meantime, we have a responsibility, back to verse 12, of working out our salvation with fear and trembling. He's not saying work for your salvation, he's saying, workout your salvation.So like when you workout your body, you're not working for a body, you're working out your body, in the same way. He says, "I've saved you, I've given you a brand new heart. Now workout your salvation." That's your job. But recognize it's God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Both to will, he gives you the desire, and to work, he gives you the energy to do it. This is why Christianity's in a different realm than any other world religion, any other self help, anything. Because Christianity says, God is calling you to do something impossible. Love God with all your heart, love your neighbor as yourself, that's impossible. And then God says, "Good, you understand that it's impossible. You need Jesus Christ. He's the only one that did it. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior." And then once you do, you get the holy spirit. You get God's energy in you. You get God changing your heart to do what God created you to do. It changes everything. It's not just the world view, it's the presence of the living God within you. So we do have a responsibility to respond to God's ability working in us.So, there's a healthy understand ... That's the interplay between God's sovereignty and our responsibility. It's God who works in you for his good pleasure. Both the desire and the energy. He's saying, "I will empower you, I will energize you, I will give you the power to do what I've called you to do." One of my favorite verses in all of scripture that has this balance is 1st Corinthians 15:10. 1st Corinthians 15:10. I said this morning in my sermon that I want this on my tombstone. And then my wife came up to me, she's like, "That's too dark, don't say that." Fine, but I still want it on my tombstone. 1st Corinthians 15:10. "By the grace of God I am what I am." It doesn't stop there. A lot of people say, yeah, yeah, I am what I am. It is what it is. "I am what I am by the grace of God and his grace toward me was not in vain." It wasn't empty. It wasn't useless. God gave me grace and I did something with it. On the contrary he said, "I worked harder than any of them." Who's he talking about? He's talking about the other apostles. He says, "The other apostles, they work okay."Peter was crucified upside down, and Saint Paul was like, "Yeah, I worked more than that guy." But it wasn't me, but the grace of God that's in me. Grace not in vain, I worked harder than anyone, back to grace. Saint Paul, what drove you? Why did you fulfill all these responsibilities? Were you trying to earn your salvation? No. Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe. With every ounce of his being he wanted to glorify God as a life of gratitude for what Christ had done for him and through him. So practically taking responsibility. We've got to take responsibility for our thoughts, for our desires, for our actions. Head, heart, hands. Thoughts, desires, actions lead your mind to know Christ, know the truth. Jesus Christ is word. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. Look at the pattern of how Satan tempts Adam and Eve. He comes in, and the first thing he does is he questions God's word. He comes to Eve and says in verse one of chapter three, "Did God actually say ..." What's he doing? He's sowing distrust as an air of cynicism. Yeah, did God really say that? Yeah, is that really true? This is air of cynicism.And if you're not a Christian perhaps you have this air of cynicism about Christianity. Which is fine. Every single one of us, we need to know why we believe what we believe. But what I'm saying is that air of cynicism has no substance to it. So if you are going to question Christianity like that, question the reason why you're even questioning it. And if you're like well, because I don't have ... Then why do you believe what you believe? Be cynical about your cynicism. Question your questions. You need to know exactly why you believe what you believe. Most people just ... They absorb the worldview of the day. This is what everyone around me believes, that's what I'm going to believe. This is what my parents believe, that's what I'm ... This is what my friends believe, that's what I'm going to believe. Satan comes in, he says, "Did God really say", questions God's word. We as Christians need to understand that this is where our spiritual warfare begins in the mind. It's a war of truth where we're told to take every thought captive to Jesus Christ. Jesus didn't just teach truth, he embodied truth. He never spoke a lie, never thought a lie. Not even to himself.The easiest person for you to deceive is yourself. We often lie to ourselves so it has to start with truth in the mind. And one of the truths that we need to teach ourselves as Christians is 2nd Corinthians 15:10. That we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body whether good or evil. That's just the truth. We as Christians will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. And there are two judgments. The first judgment is, every single human being after death is going to stand before God and God is going to say, "What have you done with my son Jesus Christ? Did you accept him? Did you accept his sacrifice or did you reject it?" If you accepted Jesus Christ as lord and savior now, you are given passage to eternal life. You spend eternity with God. If you rejected Christ, you rejected God. But then Christian, you are going to stand before God and he's going to say, "What did you do with what I gave you? What did you do with the time, the talent and the treasure?" And that's the truth we just need to keep reminding ourselves of. When we die, God is going to hold us responsible. And then lead your heart to love Jesus. Love God's word with your mind and then love Christ with your heart.Why? Because we always do what we want to do. A lot of people think that we are rational beings, everything that we do is logical. False. That's false. If you're starting marketing, you know they market to the subconscious. Like the most effective marketing is always to the subconscious. It's always to your desires. It's always to your feelings. So you need to just discern. Hey little sheep, me, why do you want what you want? Why are you being pulled in this direction? And this is ... Satan attacks truth with the mind and then with Eve and Adam, he attacks the heart as well. Pulls the heart away from God. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, the tree was to be desired to make one wise. It was desire. Why do you want what you want? Why do we desire immediate over the ultimate? Proverbs 4:23, "Keep your heart with all vigilance for from it flow the springs of life." Guard your heart. And then lead your body to follow Jesus Christ.We are not called just to think about our souls, we live in embodied spirituality. We have physical bodies. And with those physical bodies we either live for the lord or we sin. And so Genesis 3:6, mind, heart, and then there's the action. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate and also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate it. Any other worldview is all about behavior modification. If there's something in your life you need to change, just change it. Christianity comes in and says no, it's change of mind that leads to a change of heart that then leads to action, but the action is in the body. Saint Paul talks about imitating Christ. Be imitators of me as I am of Christ, 1st Corinthians 11:1. He's talking about imitating Christ and knowing him, loving him, but also living as Christ lived. And to do that, he disciplined his body. He had a theology of the body, not just of the soul, not just of the mind but of the body. And he talked about disciplining his body to keep it in submission to God.1st Corinthians 9:24 and 27, and look at the analogies that he uses, included athletes. "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable, so I do not run aimlessly. I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others, I myself should be disqualified." I discipline my body, the Greek word soma. Not sarx, not flesh, he's not talking about the sinful part of our being. He's talking about his physical body. He's like there's physical things I do to keep myself disciplined. Self discipline meaning, I do things that my body does not naturally want to do. Saint Paul, what are you talking about? He's talking about, like physical things. And to get an idea of what he's talking about, you look at his life, but you also study what biblical wisdom is. In biblical wisdom, you read the book of proverbs, it has to do with things that we do in the body.So by body I mean body. Like what we eat, how we eat, how we sleep. For example, sleep. What does the scripture say about sleep? Sleep is a gift that God gives to those whom he loves. That's a bible verse. In the book of proverbs, it also says, be careful to not sleep too much. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest and you're poor. That's from the bible. So getting up, getting stuff done. Limiting your sugar intake. It's a real thing. Do I have a bible verse for that? Yeah. It says, honey is sweet, enjoy it, don't eat too much or you might puke. Like physical things. Limiting entertainment. Limiting consumption. Limiting screen time. Fasting. It's a physical ... Prayer and fasting. It's a physical thing that we do when you say no, I'm going to abstain in order to spend more time with God. That's part of disciplining the body. Taking care of yourself. Taking care of your health. In the first sermon I just said, lift weights, do cardio. And my wife's like, you got explain, it's health. Because the body is a temple of the holy spirit. We are to care for our self. We have a responsibility to God.I'm sure you've heard of the famous marshmallow experiment. The experiment was, people had gotten these little kids together and they told the little kids, you can have one marshmallow now or you can have two in 15 minutes. And then they followed up with the kids after, like years after. Like how did they do in life? And this is the conclusion, the follow up studied that the children who were willing to delay gratification and waited to receive the second marshmallow ended up having higher SAT scores, lower levels of substance abuse, lower likelihood of obesity, better responses to stress, better social skills as reported by their parents and generally better scores in a range of life measures. Success they say, usually comes down to choosing the pain of discipline over the ease of distraction. That's exactly what delayed gratification's all about. It's true in life because it's a godly principle. He's wired into the universe. So we take responsibility for ourselves and then in order to be able to more successfully, more effectively, take responsibility for other people as well.All throughout the scripture, this is the great commandments. Love God and then also love your neighbor as yourself. Meaning we take responsibility for the people in our lives who need help. In particular, 1st Corinthians 10:24, "Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor." Practically, who's my neighbor? Practically I live with five females. My five female roommates. My wife and my four daughters. Those are my closest neighbors. I have a responsibility before God for my family. If you have a family, you have a responsibility before God for your family. Adam sinned after Eve sinned. Eve sinned first with taking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Then Adam does. But God doesn't come looking for Eve. He comes looking for Adam because Adam actually didn't fulfill his responsibility of protecting the garden from the evil one and he was there with his wife as the wife was being tempted by Satan. So we have a responsibility, husbands, for our wives, fathers, for your children. We have a responsibility in our families. Biblically speaking, where do you get this? Honor thy father and mother. That's a biblical commandment that there is a responsibility for our family. And then also Jesus Christ on the cross, he's dying and he's still thinking about his mother.He's on the cross being crucified and this is Mathew 9:26. "When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby. He said to his mother, 'Woman behold your son.' And then he said to the disciple, 'Behold your mother.' And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own home." He was caring for his mom even as he's dying on the cross under the weight of our sin. First Timothy 5:8, "But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." If you're not physically providing for your family that whom you are responsible, we are unfaithful. And then responsibility for your church. We as Christians take responsibility for the church that God leads us to and we do that by attending regularly, praying consistently, living communally, submitting humbly, preserving unity, giving generously, serving faithfully, and pursuing holiness because Jesus Christ loved the church and gave himself up for it. And then, we are responsible for people in our lives who are in need. People who God leads into our lives who are in need.And the great parable that Jesus tells is the parable of the good Samaritan. This man gets mugged. He's lying there on the path. A Levite, a religious person walks by, sees him, says, "Not my responsibility." Keeps going. Going to church. And he says a priest walks by, looks at the guy, not my responsibility, goes to church. Then a Samaritan comes by. They were hated by the Jews. Says, "That's my responsibility." We take responsibility. Jesus took responsibility for us, so that we take responsibility for ourselves so that we are in a better position to take responsibility for others. I'll close with this. Victor Franco. In the beginning he said, "We need a statue of responsibility." Good idea, but we already have one. The greatest statue of responsibility is the cross of Jesus Christ. Where he takes responsibility for us, saves us, then commissions us to be agents of change in the world.Amen, let's pray. Lord we thank you for this time that you've given us. I pray if anyone here is not yet a Christian, has not been reconciled with you, has not accepted the free gift of grace, I pray today Lord, convert them. Regenerate them. Fill them with the holy spirit and show them just how incredible it was that you the God of the universe took responsibility for our sins. And continue to empower us to live the lives that you've called us to live. We pray this in Christ's name, amen.

Hey ho friends! Be forewarned we get a little turnt this episode thanks to honey whiskey and apple brandy, but we’re thinking this will be a running theme. In this second #HistoricalNightcap installment of #GentlemanJackCrack, we talk grubbling, grubbling, and then grubbling some more. Oh to toil with the petticoats! And toil she did.. Anne Lister that is, and we deep dive into a few of our favorite entries about her gay adventures with Mrs. Barlow, while also taking a look at what is known of the Lister family, her DIY moss house ambitions, and Anne and Ann’s first day date which leads to an incurred cross! Join us with a beverage of your choosing, as we take a deeper look into the extraordinary life of Anne Lister. Please see below for relevant chapter marks, and follow us on all the things for daily talk of grubbling. @gentlemanjackcrack @gentlemancrackChapter Marks:0:18 - Dranks! Let's get into it3:29 - So that happened.. a queer vortex6:48 - PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR THE FINALE!13:04 - Deep in the Lister Code Matrix14:59 - The Anne Lister DeCode Collective17:40 - Lets Talk About Grubbling19:20 - Mrs. Barlow and The Toiling of the Petticoats21:44 - Petticoat Pulsations: a scientific study25:24 - 1 grubble, 2 grubble, 3 grubble, 426:33 - A very sprung Mrs. Barlow30:34 - Vintage thirsty Anne & pretty Miss Browne33:30 - 19th Century Wall Sex, the preamble38:17 - The Patriarchy in an odd freak39:46 - Oh Miss Lister! What a gay41:43 - Lesbian sex: A scandal invented by the men45:37 - Aunt Anne Lister & Family + The irony of marriage49:00 - The early jaunty years at school52:51 - Mrs. Taylor, the "Miss Honey" of the 19th Century54:29 - Queer Anime Tangent58:00 - Georgian L Word: Isabella, Anne & Mariana1:04:25 - The Rise of Zaddy Lister1:09:24 - The Paperknife1:11:06 - Sweaty, Dirty, Anne Lister1:14:32 - The Chaumiere1:15:42 - Mr. Hinscliff plays himself in real life1:19:42 - Talking with Mrs. Priestley about the exes1:23:17 - The First Showing a.k.a. Day Date in a Bugatti1:27:45 - Incurring the first cross about Miss Walker1:30:35 - Slumbering queerness, what can be known?1:32:52 - Referencing Natasha Holmes book1:36:43 - Protect the reputation, not the petticoats1:37:45 - Crafting a Chaumiere & planning for a wife1:40:36 - Captain Lister spot on portrayal1:42:06 - A New Start for Miss L obsessing 1:45:59 - A letter from Miss Walker of House Parched1:47:57 - A letter from Mariana and the real Eugenie1:50:57 - We must keep the code alive!1:51:41 - Final Thoughts1:53:43 - Flamecon 2019 Announcement1:55:36 - Oops it's.. John Booth?1:56:13 - A jaunty toast to close it out! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Bill Gates words were profound but straightforward. Being able to attract and convert new customers systematically keeps companies healthy and growing - and investors happy - but the unhappy ones can push your product forward. Today’s guest is Sam McLellan, head of growth at Yousician. Sam is a seasoned mobile gaming expert who has led product and marketing teams responsible for multiple top-grossing free-to-play games. Sam is currently utilizing his expertise to help his company build its growth team and take their products to the next level. He couples their organic and performance marketing efforts with an optimized monetization strategy to maximize growth. Questions Sam Answers In This Episode “Are there any other methodologies you can implement to find interests within a consumer group?” “After a user installs an app, it can be difficult to get them through the funnel. What can you learn about them to influence their journey?” “How often do you test out the free trial period? Is that something you are constantly iterating?” “How does an app like yours fight redundancy?” "Do the licensing fees factor into your acquisition strategy?" “Does using licensed content make it easier for you to get people down the funnel initially even? Does that play a role into your actual advertising campaign and getting people through the front door?” “If there was a single core topic that you would hang your head on in your experience, what would that be?” Timestamps 00:42 Sam’s background 02:58 How Yousician developed its product 05:48 Facebook targeting groups 07:19 Methodologies for finding interested consumer groups 08:57 Big changes in Google UAC campaigns 10:17 Differences between gaming (app purchasing) and app subscriptions 12:05 How to keep users engaged with the app 13:24 Incurring costs to license a content 14:40 Role of licensed content in Yousician’s advertising campaigns 16:20 Exciting news for Yousician this coming year 22:00 Availability of Yousician in other countries 23:02 Parting thoughts “You’ll always want to give them enough time to be able to experience the app and you obviously don’t want to give away your product for free at some point.” Sam McLellan

When Anthony Thompson was 7 years old, God spoke to him and said: “you’re going to be a preacher.” He heard from God throughout his life, and his work as a man of the cloth, and again in the summer of 2015 when his wife, Myra Thompson, was murdered by a white supremacist while she was at church. Forgiveness is a pillar of many religions, but practitioners often find it easier to talk about than to put into practice. This is not the case for Pastor Anthony Thompson. In this episode of the Higher Purpose Podcast, he shares with us how God helped him to forgive the perpetrator, and feel peace again. The Lightness of Forgiveness Kevin shares a quotation from Called to Forgive, and Anthony talks about how forgiveness is a journey that ultimately, is about the person doing the forgiving, and heals their life along the way. There are different aspects of forgiveness, and Anthony explains what they are, and how they are involved in the process. Forgiveness is a decision that you make. Incurring a Debt When you harm someone, Anthony believes you incur a debt. In the case of the murderer, the debt is in the form of multiple life sentences. Paying your debt is different than repentance, and Anthony explores the theological process of forgiveness, debt, and repentance. This process doesn’t necessitate a response to forgiveness, as satisfying as it might be - but it’s important to remember that forgiveness is for the person who was harmed, not the person who caused it. It releases the control the offender has over the victim. When is Reconciliation the Goal? Not every event that requires forgiveness gets a reconciliation, and that can be challenging, especially when it’s close to home. Kevin and Anthony discuss how to manage those situations and the feelings that arise because of it. “Forgive and Forget” is a saying that may not mean exactly what people think it means. Forgetting, in this context means not hating, and not taking revenge, but doesn’t mean losing the memory of what happened, or working to prevent it from happening again. The Consequences of Unforgiveness Anthony talks about the physical, mental and spiritual consequences of not forgiving those who have harmed you. The impacts of forgiveness and unforgiveness are not just personal, it affects communities, cities and whole countries. The response of the people of Charleston in 2015 was forgiveness, and that allowed them to begin healing. Kevin points out that when we have been wronged, we often want to take things into our own hands, and Anthony talks about what happens when you choose to put it into the hands of God. The act of unforgiveness, or not forgiving, is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Remembering Anthony shares what the community does each year as a memorial for the victims of the shooting. There are several purposes to these memorials: to honor and remember the victims, to connect with members of the community and other denominations, and to work together towards racial reconciliation and repentance. Anthony and Kevin close the conversation with a reiteration of the power of genuine forgiveness and the benefits of making the choice to do so. ResourcesCalled to Forgive Victims of the Charleston Shooting:Clementa C. PinckneyCynthia Marie Graham Hurd Susie Jackson Ethel Lee Lance DePayne Middleton-Doctor Tywanza Sanders Rev Daniel L. Simmons SrSharonda Coleman-SingletonMyra Thompson  Rest in Power.

Respect should be a core value for every organization, said Steven Blue, author of new book Metamorphosis and CEO of Miller Ingenuity. Find out how Steven, who's been called the CEO with the Midas touch, has tripled the gains of every organization he's worked in by focusing on improving the company culture and why he says the worst thing a leader can do is to say they'll do something and not follow through. For more, visit www.management30.com.  

Hey, How're you?This chapter we talk about writing in a colloquial voice; it's importance in reflecting diverse characters, but not misrepresenting or diminishing them. How do we do it? And do it well? I share a short extract of the first draft of The Sound Mirror, where I'm working on voice.Also I chat about the following books:Trainspotting by Irvine WelshThe Panopticon by Jenni FaganThe Colour Purple by Alice WalkerThe Wake by Paul KingsnorthA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessandLucia by Alex PhebyMurmur by Will EavesLet me know what you're working on, who you'd like hear on the podcast and what you think about writing in a character's idiom.Next chapter I have a special guest! twitter - @heidipearljamesFacebook - First Graft

Max Reiboldt and Michael Barry join Mark to discuss the Top 10 Lessons Learned from First-to-Second Generation Transactions. Max oversees Coker Group’s services and the general operations of the firm, and provides sound financial, strategic and tactical solutions to hospitals, medical practices, health systems, and other healthcare entities through keen analysis and problem solving. Michael is a partner in the Corporate Practice and the Healthcare Practice at Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP and focuses his practice on health care transactional and regulatory law – specifically for hospital, health systems and other institutional providers. Episode Synopsis Mark, Max and Michael discuss transitioning from a first-to-second generation transaction and industry trends affecting hospital-physician transactions. Throughout their discussion, they touch-on the top 10 lessons they have learned from these types of alignment initiatives. Top 10 Lessons Learned from First-to-Second Generation Transactions Physician market share does not mean success, so health systems have become more selective relative to transactions. (PSAs are much more popular now than 3 years ago.) Incurring losses in physician transactions may not be offset by downstream revenue (increased site-neutral payments). Ensure organization’s productivity and revenue goals are being met. (Fee-For-Service still prevails.) Consider infrastructure required to support non-productivity incentives. (Fee-For-Value payments must exist to require such.) Gradually begin tapering off productivity goals and replace with alternative incentives. (Mirror reimbursement trends.) Tie new incentives to organizational goals, such as cost-savings, quality, etc. and prepare to respond to MACRA/MIPS requirements. Begin tying incentives to reimbursement changes, such as shared savings and/or the quality/CPIA/ACI metrics being measured for MIPS. Leverage newly prioritized metrics to reap additional reimbursement incentives (i.e., commercial or MIPS increases). Continually reassess compensation structures in light of regulatory and industry trends. Payment reform is here and real (MACRA); healthcare providers are unable to ignore the value-based reimbursement world.   Extras Second Generation Compensation Plans - Is this Alignment Armageddon? Part 1 Second Generation Compensation Plans - Is this Alignment Armageddon? Part 2 Contact Michal Barry (Arnall Golden Gregory) Follow Max on Twitter Connect with Max on LinkedIn Contact Information Subscribe to our feed in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify or your preferred podcast provider. Like what you hear? Leave a review! Not there? Let us know! We welcome all feedback from our listeners. Please submit questions on any of the topics we discuss or questions about issues in which you have an interest. You can also provide recommendations on topics for future episodes.  Email us: feedback@cokergroup.com Follow us on Twitter: @cokergroup Connect with us on LinkedIn: Coker Group Company Page

Many employers want to know how they can reduce workers comp risk in their workplace. Incurring workers comp claims can drive the cost of your insurance up which will impact your margins and ultimately the cost of doing business. Our HR expert Jenni Stone explains how no matter your industry, the following tips can help keep you and your employees healthy, productive and safe.

We want to prepare for success, and that means being ready to capture subscribers from the first moment such capture is possible — which means from your very first blog post. And that means you must have two things in place: opt-in forms, so people have the opportunity to subscribe to your email list; and a strong opt-in-incentive, so people have a compelling reason to actually give you their email address. In this two-part series, I ll give you advice to help you choose the right kind of opt-in forms for your site, and then combine them with an irresistible opt-in incentive to drive major subscriber growth. This week, we begin with three questions to help you add the right opt-in forms to your site … without incurring dreaded Google penalties. Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By Discover why 201,344 website owners trust StudioPress, the industry standard for premium WordPress themes and plugins. Launch your new site today! Here is a quick rundown of what you’ll find in this episode: A quick review of where we are in our journey toward a successful WordPress website. An explanation for why opt-in forms are the next logical topic. A description of the three types of prospective subscribers your website needs to be catering to. Advice to help you avoid being penalized by Google for pop-up ads. Ways to reduce friction and fear that will help you maximize subscriber numbers. Listen to Site Success: Tips for Building Better WordPress Websites below ... Download MP3Subscribe by RSSSubscribe in iTunes Resources and links mentioned in this episode: 7 Tips for Using Pop-ups Without Harming Your SEO — by Aleh Barysevich, Search Engine Journal Intrusive Interstitials: Guidelines To Avoiding Google’s Penalty — by Myriam Jessier, Smashing Magazine Other links of note: Try StudioPress Sites Sites Weekly Newsletter Subscribe to Sites on Apple Podcasts Contact Jerod: jerod@copyblogger.com

In this episode, Juliet and Clinton answer the following questions: 1) How can I market my practice without incurring expenses? 2) Is it ok to have a question-based headline on my website? 3) How can I create an online directory? In this episode we answered the following questions: 1. Email - Jeanette Hello Juliet and Clinton, Thank you for providing us with such a wonderful variety of resources. I have learned so much from you in the last few weeks. The following is a bit of background followed by my question: I have just begun to build my spiritual counselling practice and have joined many groups, have started a website and a facebook page. My financial situation is very limited at this time so I am marketing in the least expensive way possible. Knowing this, can you offer me any suggestions on how I can optimize my current resources to the fullest while not incurring any expense. Any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Jeannette 2. "I am re-writing my website and trying to come up with a headline. I have heard Juliet talk about headlines before saying that they should have a problem or a benefit in them. I am a relationship coach and am struggling to come up with one. Is a question one ok, and can I have more than one question? I see a lot of therapists doing that. Here are some questions I thought of: Do you want help with your relationship? Do you and your partner fight all the time? Do you want a better relationship?" 3. Facebook group–Dalila "Does anyone know of a platform that can be used for the creation of a directory? I would like it to be online with different categories, but where people can input their own information. I would like it to be online interactive, so people can search for people based on categories. I hope I make sense. Thank you!" Get the show notes with all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at http://askjulietandclinton.com/116.

In the final episode of a 3 part conversation with Chuck Durfee, Scrum Master, and Agile Denver Board Member Emeritus, recent MBA graduate, recovering developer, and friend of neon tapirs everywhere, we discuss the following. Why he got his MBA. How he moved from a fascination with computers and software to process and people. Leadership Styles. Agile, ethics and the making of morally just decisions. Power distribution in Agile organizations. Incurring technical debt ethically. Political correctness, and the stunting of healthy conversations with the other. Lowering thresholds of pain and sensitivity. How the Political Correctness movement went to far. Avoiding Cargo Cult Agile, and why the process needs the mindset. The failure to teach Millennials good skills for handling conflict. The creative process, and the need to explore failure. The way Agile is transforming the world of work. The problems with matrix management. Allowing Agile to flourish, by eliminating constraints around teams. Chuck's workplace Nirvana, the kind of organization Chuck would like to build, his Dream Team, and his role. How diverse ideas and even conflict help a team to make a better product or service. NANO WRIMO (National Novel Writing Month), and his often humorous experiences in writing fiction... including a romantic drama. How early design choices shape the final product. And now welcome to the final episode of a 3 part conversation with Chuck Durfee. If you wish to learn more about Agile Denver. You can connect with the organization on LinkedIn, and follow Agile Denver on Twitter at @agiledenver. To learn about future meetings, search for Agile Denver on meetup.com at Meetup.com/AgileDenver.

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Yay, another good one. We had cups of tea again, and yet surprisingly it didn't kill the energy. Now that's progress. We talk a bit about superpowers (listener suggested) and a lot about other stuff. Send questions to deepfought@gmail.com. This episode's mistakes include:We know lots of you love to discover what audio issue we have each podcast, and are sorry to disappoint you with high quality sound this week.Wavering focus that lead to sporadic discussion of the topic at hand.Incurring the wrath of highly-trained armed soldiers.Egregious factual inaccuracies.Push through the pain.