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Melissa has over 20 years of experience within the mortgage industry, and her main focus is to engage with the Lender Members and Preferred Partners of TMC. Langdale oversees TMC's daily structure and high-level management of financials, events, team processes, and strategy. Langdale has extensive industry experience focusing on business operations and development, sales, recruiting, marketing, capital markets, servicing, quality control, compliance, and risk management.Intently focused on learning and experiencing every part of the business – Operations, Sales, Business Development, Recruiting, Marketing, Capital Markets, Servicing, Quality Control, Compliance, and Risk.  Melissa is also passionate about the community that she lives in and the communities her organization serves. She serves on the Board of Directors for the largest Home Builders Association in the country, the American Mortgage Conference, and the NC Banking School. In this episode:Affordability challenges in the real estate marketDriving factors in home buyingPotential harm of credit card debt to mortgage qualificationsMajor upcoming trend in the future of lending in American homeownershipThe future of AI in the lending industryThe Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.Video LinkRadio Show

Melissa has over 20 years of experience within the mortgage industry, and her main focus is to engage with the Lender Members and Preferred Partners of TMC. Langdale oversees TMC's daily structure and high-level management of financials, events, team processes, and strategy. Langdale has extensive industry experience focusing on business operations and development, sales, recruiting, marketing, capital markets, servicing, quality control, compliance, and risk management.Intently focused on learning and experiencing every part of the business – Operations, Sales, Business Development, Recruiting, Marketing, Capital Markets, Servicing, Quality Control, Compliance, and Risk.   Melissa is also passionate about the community that she lives in and the communities her organization serves. She serves on the Board of Directors for the largest Home Builders Association in the country, the American Mortgage Conference, and the NC Banking School. In this episode:Getting to know Melissa LangdaleWhat is The Mortgage Collaborative?Dodd Frank's impact on lending industry and consumersDodd Frank's impact on mortgage industry and future regulationsArtificial Intelligence in the Mortgage IndustryThe Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.Video LinkRadio Show

Today, we delve into the walk to Emmaus and the question Jesus asked: “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along? What things?” The narrative backdrop of this journey illuminates various facets of our everyday existence, thrusting them to the forefront of our actions and endeavors as devoted followers of Christ. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook:   / grovechurchmj   Instagram:   / grovechurchmj    Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com

May 3, 2024 Mizmowr / Lyrics to Sing / Psalm 5 Dedication - 4 (Coming Home - Qowl - Make This Known (yadayah.com) pg 131 - 140). Join Yahowah's family as we explore the Towrah of God. We will expose religious corruption while most importantly espousing Yah's Towrah truth.  Hosted by the author of the Yada Yahowah series, An Introduction to God, Observations, Coming Home, Babel, Twistianity, God Damn Religion, and In The Company. 

“This is a moment of grace in our lives. People have come to visit us and we're going to share these people and these stories and whatever this time brings. Then they'd get up, say their goodbyes and my grandparents would go back to work. But at Seminary Hill what I wanted to do was make that sense of leisure and openness available to guests, whether they're coming to Seminary Hill to drink cider or to have a meal or to see friends.” We're in great company with Susan Manning and Doug Doetsch, owners of Seminary Hill in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in New York. Here they have created, curated and stewarded a boutique hotel, restaurant and private event space to coincide with their proudly local and intently sustainable, orchard and cidery - inviting parched guests and passersby alike to experience the agricultural heritage of their land. With five generations of family members tending to this land and hosting travelers passing through, Doug and Susan returned to commemorate and reinvigorate this sense of place - but with a creative and collaborative twist. Recruiting community members and instilling regenerative practices to create the World's First Passive House-Certified Cidery for all to savor - whether during a stay or simply passing through.  In this episode, Susan and Doug give us a sweet taste of why Condé Nast Traveler has coined Seminary Hill as “James Fenimore Cooper's America with a dash of Tuscany.”  Top Takeaways [1:50] Back in the mid 1800s apple orchards were not planted for city folk to go apple picking or for that perfect Thanksgiving apple pie. They were for making cider…the cheapest form of alcohol and a drink safer than water.   [10:25] While Susan and Doug pursued careers in Chicago, they were called home to the Catskills to steward their family's land as it was in a “pre consumer culture” and yet to gentrify the town, curating a community of creatives with innovative ideas.  [13:10] Hospitality at Seminary Hill is a simple, timeless and selfless act of inviting passersby to sit on a porch in a rocking chair, having a conversation with a cold drink in hand.  [16:15] Seminary Hill is the world's first “Passive House-Certified Cidery.” What makes it “Passive House” you ask? [23:10] Stay in good company at the Boarding House on the National Registry of Historic Places and dine in good company at the Tasting Room overlooking the Seminary Hill orchard, savoring the smells, sights, and sounds of 60 varieties of apple trees and their entire holistic ecosystem. [45:00] Over the years, planting trees and putting them to bed has become a sort of “barn raising” tradition for the family and friends of Seminary Hill. Notable Mentions Homestedt by Tom Roberts & Anna Aberg Catskill Provisions  The Kitchen Table Cafe Spruce Home Goods Peppino's Italian Restaurant & Bar Creekside Restaurant & Bar Peck's Market Lander's River Trips Visit For Yourself Seminary Hill Website DRINK!CIDER for 10% off the Boarding House @seminaryhillny Stay In Good Company Website

You have probably heard this before or maybe you weren't listening: "You have two ears and one mouth, so you should listen twice as much as you speak." So listen up and hear what it takes to become a better listener. Share it we - can all be better listeners

TITLE:Flying High on Success with a Dynamic Event Production Duo | (ft. Nicole Beukers and Jennifer Winegardner | Co-founders of Heron Production Group)OPENING QUOTE:“We are in the business of selling something that is intangible, meaning you don't go into a showroom and say, that's the model of car that I want, that's what I want my show to look like. So they have to believe in us, and they have to believe that we're not only going to be good stewards of their budget but that we're also going to execute on their vision and that it's going to be more than they expected.”SUMMARY:Co-founders of Heron Production Group, a 100% women-owned and certified business enterprise, Nicole and Jennifer, have been producing events for over 25 years, respectively.  In 2021, they formed a partnership, and they have just taken off.  Producing one great event after another.And according to these amazing ladies, it's a three-step thing. First, you have to have a strong sense of curiosity. You also need to listen. Intently.  And then you have to care.  They understand that they're in the business of selling something intangible, so exhibiting those humanistic values goes a long way to establishing trust.  They talk about that, and they talk about extending that kind of humanity to the attendees. They talk about how successful events are trending towards producing a more human-focused, more authentic experience and how showing gratitude is key.  Then they talk about entertainment.  Namely, more Scott, all of the time.  Seriously funny business.  But all of that aside, Nicole and Jennifer believe adding entertainment keeps an audience engaged and opens them up to content.  They liken it to a sort of jolt to the brain or a palette cleanser, so to speak. They also discuss the importance of post-mortems, event after-glows, and setting the bar even higher than the client.GUEST BIO:Co-founders of Heron Production Group, a 100% women-owned and certified business enterprise, Nicole and Jennifer, have been producing events for over 25 years, respectively.  In 2021, they formed a partnership and a team of production experts that develop inventive, impactful, and motivational events.HIRE THEM TO SPEAK:Follow Nicole Beukers: Linkedin BioFollow Jennifer Winegardner: Linkedin BioFollow Scott Bloom: Scott's eSpeakers BioFollow eSpeakers: eSpeakers MarketplaceABOUT NO MORE BAD EVENTS:Brought to you by eSpeakers and hosted by professional emcee, host, and keynote speaker Scott Bloom, No More Bad Events is where you'll hear from some of the top names in the event and speaking industry about what goes on behind the scenes at the world's most perfectly executed conferences, meetings, and more. Get ready to learn the secrets and strategies to help anyone in the event industry reach their goal of putting on nothing less than world-class events. Learn more at: nomorebadevents.comABOUT THE HOST:A veteran comedian and television personality who has built a reputation as the go-to choice for business humor, Scott has hosted hundreds of events over two decades for big and small organizations alike. Scott has also hosted his own weekly VH1 series and recently co-hosted a national simulcast of the Grammy Awards from the Palace Theater.As the son of a successful salesman, he was exposed to the principles of building a business at an early age. As a comedian, Scott cut his teeth at renowned improv and comedy clubs. And as a self-taught student of psychology, he's explored what makes people tick and has written a book (albeit a farce) on how to get through life. He's uniquely positioned to deliver significant notes on connecting people and making business seriously funny. And who doesn't like to laugh? Learn more about Scott: scottbloomconnects.comPRODUCED BY eSpeakers:When the perfect speaker is in front of the right audience, a kind of magic happens where organizations and individuals improve in substantial, long-term ways. eSpeakers exists to make this happen more often. eSpeakers is where the speaking industry does business on the web. Speakers, speaker managers, associations, and bureaus use our tools to organize, promote and grow successful businesses. Event organizers think of eSpeakers first when they want to hire speakers for their meetings or events.The eSpeakers Marketplace technology lets us and our partner directories help meeting professionals worldwide connect directly with speakers for great engagements. Thousands of successful speakers, trainers, and coaches use eSpeakers to build their businesses and manage their calendars. Thousands of event organizers use our directories every day to find and hire speakers. Our tools are built for speakers, by speakers, to do things that only purpose-built systems can.Learn more at: eSpeakers.comSHOW CREDITS:Scott Bloom: Host | scottbloomconnects.comJoe Heaps: eSpeakers | jheaps@eSpeakers.com

To answer this question we must first set our self-assessment aside and assess where the Spirit is in our lives—deeper still, where He is in each step of our lives. This requires vulnerability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Channeling Archangel Gabriel - Dealing with negative energy, Finances, Schizophrenia & more" This is a channeling with Archangel Gabriel about the negative energy that so many people are feeling right now. There is so much stress in the world, people are really feeling the negative energy and it is really working hard to bring people down, to keep them in fear and sadness and depression. In this channeling with Archangel Gabriel, we talk about the negative energy, how it affects people's lives by causing difficulties with finances, health, and other living situations, and how to cope with it.  The Angels confirm that Meditation is the best way to remove the negative energy from your life. We talk about the best way to do that even if you are in a house or a situation that is negative or stressful.  One message was that people on the earth are brave for even being here and need to know that they do have support and love from the Angels. When AA Gabriel says to me, "He loves you", he is referring to my cat Coconut. Coconut was walking on Travis (my husband, who was channeling AA Gabriel) during the session.  If you want to see the hand motions referred to in the video, you can go to this video on YouTube.  It is session 14 on my YouTube page, and it's about 19 minutes in. The link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRvbNCDtzOU&t=1248s At that point, AA Gabriel was talking about everything having consciousness and he was talking about an inanimate item. He was talking about the blanket that Travis had over him. He said for those who want to come and experience the earth but not go through pain, they can come and experience being an inanimate object (like a blanket) for a while. This gives them the ability to try out life on earth without suffering, and they can leave whenever they want. They don't have to die when they do that.  Lots of love, and we hope you enjoy our Podcast with Archangel Gabriel!   "Channeling Archangel Gabriel: A Message On Dealing With Negative Energy And Finances" Summary/Abstract In this episode, Sarah and Archangel Gabriel (channeled by Travis) discuss how negative energy affects people financially and health-wise. This is a powerful episode which provides guidance for those who are struggling with financial and health issues. Gabriel is here to send a message to everyone to keep pushing, and use the minds that Source gave them to help when life gets hard. The Angels want everyone to stay strong and to know that they are helping as much as they can without directly interfering. The discussion then turns to whether setting protection for negative energy is important or not. Gabriel explains that meditation is the key to managing the negative energy and agrees it can be hard to do in environments with a lot of noise and negativity. For those in that kind of situation, the best time to meditate is right before bed, when it is quiet and still. This will allow you to astral travel and receive the information you need from your higher self and team. If you are having difficulty connecting with your higher self, repetition and practice can help. Sarah and Gabriel discuss the fact that many people feel they can't get in touch with their Higher Selves due to their preconceived notions and doubt that the Higher Self is real. They create their own limitation by lack of belief or deciding that it just is not possible for them.  The conversation centers around the idea of connecting to one's higher self. The speaker suggests that a surrogate could help the person connect to their higher self in a quantum healing hypnosis session. The discussion turns to the human brain and schizophrenia and what that state really is, how it is not truly an illness, but rather people taking on other spirits who have passed away and haven't gone to the Light yet. It is confirmed that these people are not actually crazy and are having a real experience with other spirits. It is a complicated situation. Timestamps 0:00:01 "Quantum Healing Hypnosis with Archangel Gabriel: Channeling on Finances and Dealing with Negative Energy" 0:03:13 Conversation between Gabriel and Sarah on the Power of Meditation and Protection from Negative Energy 0:06:21 Conversation on the Best Time to Meditate for Connecting with Higher Self 0:08:27 Conversation on Schizophrenia and Surrogates for Higher Self Connection 0:10:14 Conversation on Schizophrenia and Astral Travel 0:14:52 Conversation on the Benefits of Meditation and Calming Medication 0:17:16 Conversation on Schizophrenia and Soul Contracts 0:19:29 Conversation on the Bravery of Souls on Earth 0:23:20 Exploring the Possibility of a Free Pass Test to Earth 0:25:09 Conversation on Reincarnation and the Afterlife 0:27:49 Exploring the Possibility of Levitation  0:29:39 Conversation on Believing in Magic and Finding Joy Despite Challenges 0:31:25 Conversation on Asking Friends/Family for What You Need and Surviving in the World 0:33:21 Topic: The Origin of the Work Week 0:36:24 Exploring the Possibility of a More Equitable System   Highlights So if you have somebody that can give you financial help or something you need, but you know they will give you a hard time about it, don't worry about the hard time they may give you. Ask for the help and then use what you are given to get out of the situation you are in. If you have someone who can help you and you have no other alternative, just say, I really need this help right now.    The stronger the negative energies are, the more you'll fight them. We know it is hard, but It's not going to be a long term thing for anyone. We just want everyone to believe in themselves. And it's always good to have people you can count on. Some people have people in their lives they can count on, but they don't really want to ask them for anything because they get all high and mighty on them. Yes, but the way we figure, even when those people do that, they still give you what you want, and you can work to use that help to better your situation so you don't have to ask again.    The human brains cannot understand all of the things on the other side, they will not be able to understand everything until the person passes over.   Archangel Gabriel was in a session with Dolores Cannon, early in her career. He was was talking to her, and was trying to give her information. It was the beginning when she started and she said, it's too much, it's too much. So we (the Angels) said, okay, we'll just give you little bits at a time. That's how we have to do it with the human brain.   The way we live over here is very hard to explain on your plane sometimes because everybody, they get all this information and some of it right and some of it's not right. So it's very hard.   The only way people going to know everything is when they get over here with us again. You're not going to know everything down there because it's just too hard to give you all the information that's going to make sense to anyone down there.   (Regarding schizophrenia on the Earth): That's why it's not good for those people to be seen in public, because they will get taken away and it's not under their will. Some people actually do get better because the voices just stop and they see that the person is back to normal and they will let them back out.   It's unfortunate that these people are locked up on this planet. This is the only planet where this happens. On other planets, they just let them be. They just let them be.       Don't forget to rate our show and follow so that you never miss out on an episode! If you enjoy our content, please invite listeners to follow and rate the show! Thanks for visiting our Podcast. My name is Sarah Webb and I am a clairvoyant, psychic intuitive, empath, Sound Healing Practitioner and Reiki Practitioner. My husband Travis Webb is a trance channel for the Angels. Our spiritual awakening started at about the same time. I was led to Quantum Healing through my own need to heal from a serious illness, and eventually I decided to become a Quantum Healing Hypnosis pracitioner. While doing a session with Travis, we discovered his channeling gift.  We created this podcast to share portions of my hypnosis sessions and our channelings with the Angels and other high vibrational beings, as these often have helpful and interesting information for those on a spiritual awakening path.  If you enjoyed Quantum Healing with the Angels, please subscribe - and share our podcast with others!  It will help us to continue to bring you new content. For more information on Quantum Healing or how to set up a session with me, please email me at bqhsarahwebb@gmail.com or contact me through my website at www.sarah-webb.com,  or call me at 435-220-4440. Be sure to leave a message!   Beyond Quantum Healing (BQH), and Quantum Healing Hypnosis Therapy (QHHT) that can help you clear and release patterns, self-heal, explore past lives and much more! Go to https://www.sarah-webb.com/ to schedule your session today!  Please allow 24-48 hours for a response. Thank you! Find all my info at www.beyondquantumhealer.com Or go to each directly:  Email: bqhsarahwebb@gmail.com ⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondquantumhealer/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondquantumhealer Beacons: https://beacons.ai.beyondquantumhealer YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@sarah-webb To learn Beyond Quantum Healing enroll here: https://www.quantumhealers.com/bqh  Enter promo code SARAHW10 for 10% off.  Sarah & Travis You are a powerful being! Full Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/k3zALpKJxjC Hello, this is Sarah with Quantum Healing with the Angels. Today's podcast is going to be a channeling with Archangel Gabriel. This is a channeling that we did last year. This is on finances and dealing with negative energy. And the reason I chose this one to share is because, Right now I know a lot of people who are having either financial issues or health issues. It just lots of problems it seems like. It seems like people are really being pushed to their limits, and so these messages that we get are messages that. I can always go back and listen to and find things that will apply to my life right now. And this one, I was looking through what to share, uh, because we have to go out of town and we don't have time to have a guest on right now. So I was looking through what to share and that kind of stood out because everyone I talked to is really having a hard time. So, Um, so I chose this one and we did talk about, uh, negative energy, how it affects people, and we talked about other things as well. Oh, there is a part in the, the, uh, recording where Travis, who is channeling, is making hand motions. And if you want to see that, I can give you, The link to this same video on YouTube. It is session 14 on our YouTube, and that part is at about 19 minutes in, but I will put that in the show notes for you. I'm going to wind this up because I have two other episodes I would really like to post for you. So lots of love, and we hope you enjoy our podcast. This is Gabriel. Hi Gabriel. He says he loves you. Coconut does. Yes. Oh, and he's happy that I'm here. Yeah. But he knows that I'm always here. Yeah. But as I was saying, the message I want to give out to everyone is, To keep pushing because the energy, the negative energy has really gotten heavy right now. Mm-hmm. Yeah. They're doing everything to push people down by giving them less currency to do what they need to do to survive. So I want everyone to know that we are, we are helping them as much as we can mm-hmm. Without directly interfering. We want them to use their minds that source gave them.  Yes. I've gotten that feeling lately that that is a big message to everyone. Yes. To use our minds. Also, yure just told me that he actually came through a little, but  you mean just now?  Yes. They're all here. Okay. But we want everyone to stay strong. We want to tell everyone to keep pushing you. Use your minds that we gave you, use your minds as source gave you to keep pushing, cuz everything will be fine. Mm-hmm. We love everyone.  Mm-hmm. I have a question for you. Mm-hmm. Somebody mentioned. That we are creators, which we are, and there's a discussion about whether it's important to set protection, uh, for negative energy. The idea behind that being that perhaps it is not necessary since we create our reality here, uh, thinking that perhaps. One could create a reality in which there is or are no e negative energies. So I was curious about your thoughts on that.  Yes, there is there. There is a way Uhhuh, it's there's, they already know the way Uhhuh and we pretty much just have to keep repeating it. And we know it's hard for people to understand, but meditating is the key. Even when you have negative energy, sometimes it's hard for people to meditate because they're in environments where it's so much noise and negativity is very hard for 'em to meditate. Mm-hmm. So they, the best time to meditate when you are in that environment is ripe before you get ready to go to sleep. Cause everybody would be cl quiet. So Yes. Right. When you lay down to go to sleep, you can definitely meditate then. Cause it's really quiet, you can just meditate. Mm-hmm. You may fall asleep. Mm-hmm. But what happens when you meditate, when you fall asleep, it takes you into a dream state and you end up astral traveling. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And that's how we give you most of your information. And it might seem like a dream, but it's really not a dream. It's really mm-hmm. Us giving you your information you need. So if you get information from it, it is because you astro travel, then you are given the answer is, Yes. So those are the best time to meditate is when everyone is asleep. But if you are in a environment where you have mostly quiet, then you can meditate at any time. Okay. And try to push away the negative energies. Try to silence your mind mm-hmm. If there's so much going on. Mm-hmm. Try to silence your mind and, and think about what you can do next. And the answers will come. Yes, we know it'll be very hard, but the answers, they, they will come. The answers will come. Mm-hmm.  Yes. Um, there are a lot of people who feel like they can't get in touch with their higher self or connect with their team. I know that for me, it just takes repetition. Mostly repetition, I think practice. Is there anything else you, yes,  there is another way. Oh, there are a lot of people that can't get in touch with, hire yourselves cause they're, the way they've been braised and taught, they, they, it's not real. Uhhuh. Another way to do it is to get a surrogate. Oh yes. Anyone that does sessions like these, if they have a surrogate that can bring out their higher cells for them, okay. And they hear that. Once they hear their higher selves, they should be able to hear them all the time. Mm-hmm. So a surrogate would work once they hear their higher selves. That should trigger something in them. I see. And the higher self would be clearer to them and they would listen to them. A lot of people think. They're talking to themselves, but it's really their higher selves. Mm-hmm. Yeah. There is something down there on other planets as wells, they call it schizophrenia. Oh,  yes, yes.  I had questions about that. Those people are not schizophrenic. They actually are beings that are actually taking on other beings. Some of the other beings have passed away. Mm-hmm. Unfortunately, some people will try to call them, uh, what do you call it when somebody gets possessed, you call schizophrenic. Most of them are talking to the higher self. If it's just one person, Uhhuh. But if it's more than one person, they're actually taking on other people that passed away that has not came up here to the light. Oh, and some of don't even know they have passed away Uhhuh. So they're actually strong enough to jump into somebody else's body uhhuh and control them. So those people are not. Crazy. Right. They're getting taken over Uhhuh by other Oh, I see. Other people that passed away. Unfortunately, some of the people that passed away were going through the same thing. The person getting taken over is getting passed away. Mm-hmm. And they think they are still schizophrenia, but when they're passed away, they, they're not. Yeah. They are jumping into someone else and continuing what they went through. Oh, okay. Okay. It's very complicated sometimes. Yeah.  Should they be on medication? No. Okay, so then what can be done to help them?  Unfortunately, on your planet, there is nothing that can be done. They, they, they can try to control it themselves. They can try to control it themselves, but. Sometimes it's very hard.  What does the medicine do that is harm, you know, is more harmful than being off  of it Because the medicine, they give them out. It has harmful chemicals that they put into it. Yeah. To make people worse, the only medicine that works is the medicine they give them to calm them down. Mm-hmm. The calming one, the calming medicine is the good medicine. Okay. But they give them too much sometimes. Right. And usually when they put 'em into what you call a vegetation state mm-hmm. They're literally just putting them almost like an instant  Marker astral travel and they are actually peaceful there because mm-hmm. They're out with us just traveling around and Oh, I see. It's almost like they feel like they're with us, which they are actually. They're just mm-hmm. The body's not deceased yet, so they're still tied to the body, but they can still be with us. Mm-hmm. And most of the time they'd rather just stay with us. Yeah. That's why sometimes, well, most of the times they have to put 'em in what you call those straight jackets because they don't want them to take their own lives. Mm-hmm. Cause they want to be with us so bad because they've been there with us and they just want to stay. Yeah, and they just want to come back so bad. They would take their own lives, so they have to put 'em in those jackets. It is very complicated. That doesn't happen to everybody. It's just those people that are schizophrenics or already very special people. I was gonna ask why that happens and they just get taken over by other stronger beings that can just go into people's bodies and do that. Uhhuh, yeah. Every being can do that, but. Most of 'em don't because it's almost like when they're in the little limbo they are when they pass away. Oh, okay. They're in between the living Uhhuh and the Passover. Yeah. So they have a little power still left of the living. Okay. So they can, so they can do that. Uhhuh, all of 'em don't do that cuz they've, they still have their empathy and they will never do that to someone. They will come to their dreams sometimes to give messages and do it that way so that person can see their gifts and then, then they can have the gift of talking to people on the other side. But unfortunately, some other ones gets taken over and they call 'em schizophrenics and they, and, and they, and they really hate it because Yeah, they hear these voices loud and clear and Right. Some people just don't tell anyone. They just stay away from people cause they don't wanna tell nobody they hear those voices cause they don't wanna get thrown right in with the straight Jackon stuff. They just keep it quiet and just keep to themselves. I  talked to a couple of people in the Awakening Group that I'm in and they mentioned that they were hearing. People talk to them or beings talk to them who were pretending to be you, but they were giving them really, uh, strange  information. Yes. There are some that, there are some that pretend to be us. Mm-hmm. The only ones that recognize can recognize that are people like you are there impacts that, feel people that are the light and do what you do. Oh. And they really know how the light works. Mm-hmm. Knows when they're being fooled. Because they know when they hear anything negative, they know it's not us, cuz we do not speak negative. Right. Yeah. The negative energies can fool people. The only people they can fool are the ones that don't truly believe in anything, meditation, anything. They're, they will just brought up by basic religions and they don't believe in anything but that. Mm-hmm. Those people are the easiest ones to fool. Yeah. Because they're thinking they're getting possessed of something and it scares 'em. Right. But people like you and other people that do what you do know better. Mm-hmm. So they know if they hear anything negative, they know it's not us. Yeah. So anyone out there, if you're trying to believe in meditation and the light and these kind of things, I'll tell you, it's very easy if anything comes in your head that's negative. It is not us. It is not us. Mm-hmm.  I talked to one lady who went on medication because of that, and she said it. It was helping to quiet those  voices. Yes. And actually that was that, that right there, Uhhuh was the good medicine. Oh, okay. Cause when it quiets the voices, It clears your mind and that's when you can meditate better and you hear, hear the real voices. Mm-hmm. You're not being taken over anymore. Okay. If you hear voices and they're telling you good things mm-hmm. It's us. It's gotta be good. It can't be anything like somebody's trying to tell you to do something to somebody else. Right. That's negative. Or do anything that's not good. Right. Right. Or that'll put you in a place where it wouldn't get you in trouble. Mm-hmm. Anything. Anything. Cause we would not tell you to do anything towards anyone unless it's something nice like Right. Giving them a hug or something. Uhhuh. But doing anything that might affect the other person in a negative way, that's not us. Yes.  You've never told me anything negative, ever. Yeah. It's always positive and always full of light.  It will always be that way. Yeah. We just want everyone to know that.  Do you have a name for that medication? I, is it the, um, when you say the calming, the calming that you said calming type?  Yes. We, we do not know what they call it. Okay.  But it's the more calming one, not. Not say an antidepressant. It's  the one, it's the one that put them in a vegetative state. Yes. It just makes them eyes go in the back of their heads and mm-hmm. That one, it looks like it's not good, but it's only good for when the person is really, really frantic. Yeah. Okay. And it just puts them in a state where they just. They really are putting them to sleep. Which is only just to rest. Yeah. Yeah.  Is this a, like a sole contract, a a thing they, uh, decide before they  come here? Yes, it is. Yeah. Some people can control it though. Okay. Like, um, I, I, I can't give you names, but there are some people that can actually. Channel like that. It it is, it is like a different kind of channeling. Oh, so schizophrenic. So not they're actually channeling people. Oh. Because the people can go into them, but I understand they're pretty much channeling anyone. Yeah. So they can be channeling someone that's crazy and the person that's talking through them is actually just saying stuff and might not even be talking. Mm-hmm. To you, they're just talking. They could be walking down the street and. People just think they're talking to themselves, but the person that's talking through them is actually talking. Mm-hmm. To the person that they just took over. So, wow. If someone's going down the street and saying, I hate you, leave me alone, and they're not even looking at you. Mm-hmm. That could be the person they took over, yelling back at the person that took them over. That is very confusing. Yes. And that's why it's not good for them to be seen in public cuz they will get Yeah. Taken away. Yeah. Under and it's not under their will. Yeah. And nobody really stays in those places. Some people actually do get better because mm-hmm. The voices just stop and Hmm. They see that the person's back to normal and they will be let back out. So it's, it's, it's. Unfortunate. Yeah, it does that. That only happens on this planet though. Cause on other planets, there are people that go through that on different planets, but they just let them be and they don't get thrown into anything like they do here on this planet. They just, Hmm. Let them be. Nobody questions them. They just let them be. Yeah. I  learned, this is a, I mean, I knew it, but my client, who just channeled source, talked a lot about how hard this planet is.  Yes. It's very how challenging. It's a very hard planet. They, you know, everyone that's on this planet, you know, they wanted to come down here Uhhuh. There's a lot that would never come down here. Yeah. So the people that are down here are very brave people. Yeah. Pretty much everyone on this planet. It's very brave. It's a brave, brave, brave soul. Mm-hmm. Because, It's like volunteering to go to war or something. Wow. You're a very brave soul. So I'm telling everyone, everyone that can hear this, you are a very brave soul. Cause you volunteered to come down here. Mm-hmm.  I know a lot of people are very sad and wondering, like, how did I decide to do this? You know, I, I never would  decide to do this. Yes. E e, exactly. When, when you up there? Before you come down, you already know you're gonna regret it when you get here. Really? So you already know what you're gonna say when you get here, but you don't remember really? You don't remember that you, because when you get here, you don't remember anything from where we are. Yeah. Yeah. When you get down there or any other planet, you don't remember what you were, you just, you just know what you are at the moment. Mm-hmm. So you know, if something happens, you get hurt. Mm-hmm.  May I ask what you're doing? Talking. Talking to Coco. Oh, Coco talking. He's sitting on you. You're  talking to me. He came through a little bit.  Did.  What did he say? He just laughed. He did. He came into his body and laughed. Does he have  anything to say today? He's just excited. I said I am here. He likes Oh yeah, he likes that we, he can hear us through other people's bodies cuz they hear us all the time. But when they actually see it come through, yeah. They just like to see it. They love to see it. Pets are very, very special. You know that. Oh yes. I  see. Our other cat is watching this. Intently intently by the door.  They know everything. They actually know. He knows. I can hear it in the background. Yes. There's a machine. Yes. They know when that machine's gonna come off before it even comes off. They they do, yes. The one  that's on the battery, the, their feeder? Yes. Wow. They know before. Yes. How do they know that? They just know  they, they have good memories. They, they, They remember time. Ah, yeah. Yeah. So they know when, something like that, when they used to uhhuh. So they, you know, they go check it out and then they like, oh, okay. You know, they're very smart. They, they certainly seem to, animals are very smart now. Do  they? I've heard that we are all the same. I, you've, mm-hmm. You know, you've all told me that. And I know that you mean that we're equal. Mm-hmm. Are they just like us on the other  side? Yes. Like, do they talk? They, they, they, they are, we we're all the same. Uhhuh like, you know, it's the, what you call the reincarnation thing. You can be run, you can be reincarnated any way you want. So even the animals, even the animals that came down here, they're the brave souls. Also, anything that comes down here, It's a brave soul. You can come coco, everything, everything on your planet has a conscience. This, this mm-hmm. Has a conscience. Yes. This, it's crazy. But it's true. It's, it's a thing to you. Yeah. But this has a soul also. That's amazing. And the thing about these things though, because these things can't really. Die. Yes, sir. You could come and be this Uhhuh even just for a little bit. So this is, oh, okay. This is what we call in our domain. Mm-hmm. This is like a, a, a free pass test. It's like really this, like, do you wanna go to Earth? They say, yeah, but I don't want to go down there and die. Right. It's like, okay. What if you went down as trauma? Maybe a rock. Yeah. You wanna go down as a rock? It's like, yeah. They say, okay, if you go down as a rock, you literally won't I see Daddy? You won't. You probably won't. Daddy see, you'll see stuff Uhhuh. You won't be able to interact with 'em. They'll Right. They'll just walk over you or something. But you actually see it. And that's the one thing you, you could be without dying or uhhuh anything or having trauma. Yeah. And they, and, and when they come back as. Anything like this. Mm-hmm. They can come back to us anytime they want. So it's like a, it is like a free pass to earth. That's why we say anything living is the brain. Brave souls. Because when you're living, you gonna feel pain and stuff. Right. When you're like a blanket and stuff, you feel stuff. Yeah. But these things don't have. N. Nerves or, but it has a consciousness.  It has a consciousness. Amazing. It. That is what source told us though. Yes. That everything has consciousness.  Yes. Everything. Yes. Yeah. So this is like, this is like the free pass thing. So you can naturally come to earth and you can, you can, you can, you can feel something in a different way cuz you don't have nerves, but you can, yeah. I feel it a little bit.  I've heard of people, uh, having sessions where they are, things like that. Yes. Yeah.  Mm-hmm. So that's why living things like you and animals mm-hmm. They are the brave souls because they feel pain and they can actually hurt and die. Of course, once you die, you don't feel the pain anymore. Mm-hmm. But you will feel it. So you are the brave souls.  Um, Yeah. I have a, just a personal question. My regression this week, I saw coconut as an owl, I think, or a bird.  He was, he was a bird in another life, a bird in that  life with me, or was it a  different life in that, in that life? He was your, your, your pet. Now he was He was a bird. He was a bird, yes. Okay. Yes. That's what I, and then, and then, and then, mm-hmm. How many other pets you had in that life. He just, ah, he just kept coming into different pets. Mm-hmm. Whatever pet you got, that's who he was. Now,  this will lead to questions, uh, because Dolores Canon brought so much information mm-hmm. Through, but I don't think she brought that information. In particular through, she probably would have mm-hmm. If she had continued here. Yes. Um, so I am curious about that. Uh, you know, many people love and adore her, and I, uh, I love hall of her books, but mm-hmm. There must be more to explore.  Yes. Oh, yes. There's, yes, there's plenty of more. So that shouldn't be where we stop, right? Oh, no. There's our, our, our, our, the way we live over here is very, It's very hard to explain. Yeah. On, on your plane sometimes. Cause everybody, they get all, they get all this information. Mm-hmm. And some of it Right. And some of it's not. Right. Mm-hmm. So it's very hard. The only way people gonna know anything is when they get over here with us. Right. The whole all of it. Yeah. So, I hate to tell you, but you're not gonna know everything down there because it's just too hard mm-hmm. To give you all the information. This is gonna make sense to anyone down there. Honestly. I'm okay.  I'm okay with that. I don't think my brain could hold it all. I think  Well, that's the thing, the human, the human, the human brains, um, cannot. Yes. I think, um, I was in one of her sessions when I was talking to her mm-hmm. And I was trying to give her information, I guess it was the beginning when she started and, and, and I was trying to give her information. And she couldn't hold it all. She says it's too much. Yeah. She says Too much. Yeah. I said, okay, we'll just give you like little bits. Yes. At a time. That's what she said. That's the way, that's how we had to do it with the human brain. Uh, um, on other planets, people are smarter, uh, not to sound bad, but they're, it's okay. Their brains are different. Your brain has a right hemisphere and, and, and a left hemisphere. Oh, yes. Um, I'm most other, uh, beings on another planet is they have just one whole brain. Uhhuh.  Yes. Is that like the show that we watched on, uh, Gaia where they said they did not have hemispheres? I  think, I think, I think you did watch a show like that, but they, yeah, they have on another planet, they have one brain. Mm-hmm. One whole brain. That's why they can do. Uh, they can fly. They can mm-hmm. Make stuff move around. They, they're super, super intelligent because mm-hmm. They were taught differently than, than you down there. Yeah. Um, they, the, the reason why they can fly is because they were taught that they could fly and just like birds. Mm-hmm. Or being taught to fly. They have wings, but you can also fly without wings if you were taught that humans Yes. Can actually levitate. Mm-hmm. But since they were taught they couldn't do that, they don't believe it. So they won't do it.  Does the, now what source told us was that because the collective does not believe that. Mm. That's kind of how it is. But can we still transcend that and, and levitate? Oh, yeah.  That's what we can, and anyone can, if they, if they really, really believe they can. Yeah. Uh, they, they really can. Your brains are equipped to do that. Okay. But the, in order to levitate. You have to know you can levitate. Right. You can't think Right. You can levitate. Right. You literally have to know you, you can levitate. Mm-hmm. And you'll be able to do it very easily, but unfortunately, uh, on your planet, since you were raised and taught mm-hmm. That that stuff is fiction and it's not real. Mm-hmm. You can't do it.  Yes. I remember when I was young. Someone telling me that magic was not real and I was so upset. I was very sad. Yes. Because I believed it was  real. Yes. It's, it was, unfortunately, that's the way I say it was the way you was brought up. Yeah. Cause you have fictional characters, Uhhuh, that you thought were real when you were little. Yeah. And you found out they weren't real. Yeah. And when you do stuff like that to people, it kills all of their Yeah. Belief in. Pretty much anything and it just uhhuh keeps 'em in the trap. What you call Yes, the matrix.  That was in second grade and it was actually another, just a classmate who told me. So they must have been told by their parents or somebody. Mm-hmm. But yeah, I was so discouraged to to  hear that, yes, that's what happens when people are taught. Mm-hmm. Certain things and they. It tend not to be true. Yes. That planet is very, it's a challenge. Unfortunate,  but I noticed lately I feel, uh, happiness in spite of all of the things here that are so hard. Yes. I feel  joy. The harder they are, the more you're fighting. Mm-hmm. And it's not gonna be a long term thing for anyone. Mm-hmm. We just want everyone to believe. Okay. Yeah. What they have to do. And it's, it's always good to have people you can count on. Mm-hmm. Some people, some people have people in their lives they can count on, but they mm-hmm. They don't really want to ask 'em for anything cuz they get all high mighty on them, bro. Oh yes. But we, the way we figure, even when those people do that, they still give you what you want, Uhhuh. Mm-hmm. So it's almost like if that's the case, if you have somebody that can give you something, you know, they're gonna rag you on it. Mm-hmm. If you really need it, don't worry about the ragging on part uhhuh, just worry about what you need and take Yeah. What you need from them. Use it for what you need it for because the person that was ragging on you will get over it sooner or later. Right, right. So just kind of blow it off and just say, you know what, I really need this right now. Mm-hmm. So I'm gonna have to ask this person for something. And are you just use it to, to survive and Uhhuh use it to. Make better ideas so you don't have to ask them no more for anything. Right. Um, cuz you're kind of blessed to have someone that can give you, give you what you need. Mm-hmm. Even if they're not very nice about it, happy or good people. Mm-hmm. Yeah. If you know, you can ask 'em, just ask 'em anyway and get what you need and then use what you need to just maybe. Get what you need and get away from them when you don't have to ask 'em for 'em no more. Mm-hmm. But you have to survive down there that way. Unfortunately, sometimes we do give little breadcrumbs, like we, we do it in a way where it doesn't seem like we did it cuz you have free will down there. We can't, it's almost like a rule here. We can't just give people anything cuz it's kind of like, Cheating. Mm-hmm. Um, like if you don't have any currency, we can't just make a million dollars pop in your bank account cuz mm-hmm We can. But it's almost like it's not really getting you where you need to be. It's almost like we want you to get it. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yourself. Yeah. That's why cuz if we did do that, then you wouldn't have any homeless people where you are. Right. There shouldn't be any homeless people where you are, honestly. But unfortunately, The way things are ran down there. Mm-hmm. They're ran to keep people like that. Unfortunately, we don't like, we don't like that. But no, it won't be like that forever. We do know that, so that's a good thing. But like of course we can't tell you when that's gonna be, but it's not gonna be like that forever, so. Mm-hmm. The way, the way you have it set up down at, uh, um, you call 'em weeks or days, uhhuh, it's always best to, um, We all, we always, we always see just by looking since this work thing started down there, like the work week thing started on your planet. We see. Ah-huh.  Oh yeah.  Who started? Nothing really. Um, the,  nobody ever asks that. Who started the work week?  It was the, you call them the Yes. That started. That, that started the trap. Because if you think about it, kings and queens mm-hmm. They don't, they're so rich. They don't have weekdays. Cause they're Right. They work. They, they just, they just have money and they can do anything they want. So they don't even know what day of the week it is. Much time people, they put built this trap mm-hmm. For people to work. To make money from other people that's got more money. Mm-hmm. But they also designed, they also designed it, they're real sneaky about it. They, they designed it for people to work to make money, which they, it really didn't have to be that way because they could have literally gave everyone the same amount of money and everybody be living the same mm-hmm. The same way. Mm-hmm. They did like little pieces at a time. Yeah, I bet. But they also made it where people that work can make their own businesses and get rich as well. So that's, that's how they did it. They, they say, okay, well it's not necessarily our fault that we created a work thing. Mm-hmm. But same, it, it is, it is. Mm-hmm. Because it didn't have to be that way. Right. So they say, okay, we'll make it so they can, you know, make their own business and get rich too. Yeah. And they, they don't, so that it's almost like, okay, well you don't have to be like that. If you smart enough to make your own business and make a lot of money, then you won't be poor. So that's their excuse. Okay. And every, and everybody can't do that. Like a lot of people don't know how to do that no matter what. They're just mm-hmm. They just know how to work and make money. Right. So that, that's how they try to, that's the little trap to say, okay, well, you don't have to be that way. You can make your own business and make money and mm-hmm. No, no, this, it should not. The whole system is not supposed to be the way it is. Mm-hmm. It just, That's why we, we say when when the wave and the flash, whatever you want to call it comes mm-hmm. All of that will, will not matter cuz everybody will have the same thing. Mm-hmm. Nobody will have no more than nobody else and everybody will be happy. Yeah. From what they got. Yeah. Nobody's gonna have nothing no better. No better than anybody else. Mm-hmm And when that happens, you won't have any more negativity cuz nobody's gonna be jealous of somebody else. Right. Cause somebody has this. Everybody gonna have the same thing and be happy. And that just blows people's minds when we tell 'em that because they're like, mainly cuz you know, they, they've been brought up since birth to do what you're doing now. You don't know anything else Uhhuh, you just can't see it. But they what they, if they really, really think about it, that's the way we're living up here. Everybody got the same thing? Yes. Up here you can create anything you want, which is good because. Anybody can create whatever they want. So if somebody creates a big old house and somebody makes something bigger, then somebody can make it bigger. So it's like everybody just makes the same thing. Mm-hmm. Nobody's gonna have nothing, nobody else. Cuz they can create anything they want. Mm-hmm. So it's like nobody's gonna have nothing. Right. Right. You can make anything up there. Yeah. Nobody's gonna have nothing, nobody else can have up here because, cuz you can make it. That is, um, the message we have. Mm-hmm. For everyone today to stay positive and, okay. Try to, Keep the negative injuries away from you and then everything will be okay. Be okay.  Yeah.  Thank you for listening to our podcast. We hope you enjoyed it. To book a session with me, please go to sarah webb.com. That's s A r a h dash w e bbb.com, or email me at bq h Sarah Webb gmail.com. This is all in the show notes. So, um, hope you're having a great day. We'll talk to you soon. Bye-bye.         

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This episode explores Wojciech's recent progress with the Fire Science show as well as his new chapter on Fire and Smoke Modeling in the "Handbook of Fire and the Environment". Tune in to hear about modeling fire and smoke in environments as big as city blocks.    Fire Science Show:  https://www.firescienceshow.com/   Handbook of Fire and the Environment https://bit.ly/3bCId0I   Transcription Gus Gagliardi: [00:00:00] Hello, all welcome to the show. I'm Gus Gagliardi, and this is fire code tech on fire code tech. We interview fire protection professionals from all different careers and backgrounds in order to provide insight and a resource for those in the field. My goal is to help you become a more informed fire protection. Professional fire code tech has interviews with engineers and researchers, fire marshals, and insurance professionals, and highlights topics like codes and standards, engineering systems, professional development, and trending topics in the industry. So if you're someone who wants to know more about fire protection or the fascinating stories of those who are in the field, you're in the right place. Hello, all welcome to episode 58 of fire code tech. On this episode, we're speaking once again with Wojciech Węgrzyński WOIC is a friend of the podcast and the host of the fire science show. In this episode, we get some updates on what has been happening with the fire science show and wojak details his chapter in the new published handbook titled the handbook of fire and the environment by S F P. Wojciech chapter in specific talks about fire and smoke modeling. He evaluates how we can use fire and smoke modeling to better understand how fires impact the environment and what methods we can use to predict and protect individuals from the hazard of fire and the pollutants that are. If you enjoyed this episode, please go check out the fire science show. He has a wide variety of topics, and he really gets at some fascinating scientific points of view that we don't as often cover on fire code tech. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button for fire code tech and the fire science show. And give us a follow on social media. Also, if you enjoy the content and you wanted to give us a big favor, give us a five star review on apple iTunes podcasts. Let's get into the show. welcome back to fire code tech. Thanks for coming on the show, sir. Thank you so much, GU thank you so much, GU very happy to be here with you again. Nice. Well, yeah, the fire code tech. Goes round two, I guess. Yeah. Or what is it? The fire science code tech show. That was, that was a good one. I really enjoyed. I really enjoyed that. That mashup was nice. One. It was fun. It was fun. Yeah. Well, I wanted to just, you know, start off by getting a update of like what you've been thinking about the podcast. We were chatting a little bit off air, but I'm sure everybody is interested about, you know, How you been feeling about it and what's been going on and just like a little bit of background on the, behind the scenes for Roja. Wojciech Węgrzyński: Yeah. Cool. I'm not, not very often sharing behind the scenes on fire sand in the fire science show. So I guess it makes more sense to share it in, in here. It's been fun. It's been a great year. Definitely a chance to meet and talk with people that I would not usually talk to. And that was, that was really good discovering a lot of new, super smart, super intelligent people who do groundbreaking research in fire for me as an academic broadening my, my field of view. So that has been excellent. And. I really like it, a lot people seem to like and enjoy it. So makes me very happy to, to get feedback from outside of my closet. and yeah, I, nowhere close to stopping doing that quite opposite. I'm I'm very. Happy to, to do this project, continue this project. And my head is buzzing with ideas, how to make it better, how to grow it. Gus Gagliardi: So many, so many new roots open up and I, I hope that. It's the early days of the fire science show. And you're gonna hear a lot more from it. Hopefully , we'll see. I would bet on it. I would bet on it with you behind the wheel, but no, that's awesome to hear about. Yeah. I, I definitely know what you mean about the podcast opening up new doors, but yeah, I was wondering with your newest riding endeavor that you were sharing with me. But like what kind of, how has the, like the symbiotic relationship of the podcast? Like how has that influenced other areas of your career? Because I know for me, it's, I've seen it have subtle and not so subtle influence on knowledge and just opportunities. Yeah. That's kind of an intriguing question, I guess. Wojciech Węgrzyński: I mean first, first things first I'm a scientist and an engineer I'm I'm podcaster is, is a third hat if I may. And definitely my, my prime career is as is the VO, the [00:05:00] scientist. I I'm the guy who does fire experiments and measures stuff and tries to publish that and shares the knowledge through academic papers mainly. So. It's difficult to say to what extended this world's overlapped that much. I would say that podcast is I found podcast as an excellent way to communicate the research. Like this is something absolutely. Great. And it it's working like magic and it, it was one of the reasons why I've started podcast. You know, sometimes you go to a conference and there's a person they're talking about their research. They're giving a 10 minute presentation and it's like, you can go asleep. Sometimes it's really difficult to. To capture all the knowledge that person is trying to share, giving their best. And I'm not saying people are lazy or something or, or unskilled, but it's just the way how it is in conferences. And then after the conference, you go for a beer with that person and you can spend like three hours in the pop talking about that research. And it is fascinating. And I couldn't get that out of my head. Why, you know, the same person, the same topic, the same thing in one place. It's very difficult to. On the other hand, it's so approachable. So nice. So juicy, like you can learn so much from talking to people and I figured out the context makes the difference and this human to human interaction makes the difference. And I've bet on that while starting the podcast and it worked out, it really seems to be the thing, like when you talk to people, they open up. When you ask them questions, they, they light up inside and they want to talk, you know, I, you may know the feeling of talking to a 200 people in the room and you don't really have a good idea if any of them is listening. like, you know, People on their phones. People were watching around someone talking with somebody else on the side, someone leaving the room, middle of the talk. You didn't know if they left because it's horrible talker. They just received a very important phone. You know, you don't know that it's stressful and here Once you forget, this is being recorded. Once you forget, this is going to be shared with hundreds of thousand or thousands of people you open up and, and you can just, you know, give the science to the world. And, and this is the interaction between podcasting and academia that. I enjoy the most, I must say I'm not taking that big advantage of, of my podcast with my research because there's a lot happening at ITB and, and at my research group, which I guess I could have a whole podcast about research. We are just doing, but I, I, I wanted my show to be a venue for everyone else and whole community of people, scientists. So yeah. That's number one. Influence. Yeah. Well maybe in one day you'll have. Media network, where you can have a whole litany of fire scientists talking on different podcasts on a channel one day. We don't know. I won't, I won't sell you short yet. I think you got it in you. Yeah. Media empire. That that'll be great. There you go. I, I thought at understand, I thought the fire science is too small, even for a podcast. So, but I was very wrong. I was very wrong. It's so niche. It's so niche. And like, I wonder that same thing sometimes I'm like, is it so. is it such a, like a small subset of an audience? Like, is there enough people? Gus Gagliardi: I really didn't even know. Like I was excited when I was having 10 or 12 people listen to the podcast. I was excited on a weekly basis. I was like, this is awesome. I can't believe that people are even listening to me right now. Like what, what the heck even is happening. So I, I love all what you're. I when thinking when, considering that I thought it is a small audience, but it's an audience that deserves a great, great shows, great content. Wojciech Węgrzyński: And let's do this and see what happens and, and it turned out cool. Yeah. From the opposite side, like how does podcasting influence my work as a scientist? I get the chance to listen every single episode of fire science here, because I record them. I edited them. I listen to them. So I'm a very solid consumer of my own content. And I, I honestly think listening to podcasts like. Yours and, and mine and there's others is probably the easiest way for passive career development. Like there, there is no other as easy investment of your time. Even in time it can be considered even entertainment in a way. And yet you learn so much. So from every interview, I, I learn something that eventually gets implemented in my science. But I would get that by listening to podcast. I wouldn't have to make the podcast to, to have that if I was just listening to, to the podcast, which I am, I, I would still benefit in a very, very similar way. So yeah, I think it's a great medium [00:10:00] and one that's very easy, but very rewarding. Gus Gagliardi: Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Well, I wanted to ask, I feel like I'm just getting selfish here and I'm asking you all the podcast questions up front, but I wanted to ask just like, and I think you've like spoke a little bit about, you know, how it's been and. How things are going, but yeah, I mean, like, I love hearing about your, you saying you're, you're scheming, you're thinking about ways to grow it, but like what dreams do you have, if you could share any for what you would like to do with the fire science show? Like yeah. Where would, where do you see it going? Yeah, first and foremost, I would like it to continue. Very long time. Like I would love to one day wake up and think about, I dunno, 10 years of interviews I've done with the fire scientists, you know, see in the podcast reflection of how the field grown, how it evolved, how one thought fueled another. Wojciech Węgrzyński: I, I mean, doing it for a year, I can already I, I can already see Repository of hours of, of interesting interviews, but I really wonder how will it look after like five or 10 years of doing that? How big it'll be? What, what great thoughts will be in it? I would love to know interview today. Some. Undergraduate student learned that 10 years forward their famous professor and, and it was first communicated. These are the dreams, you know, really they're very down to earth. I, I don't dream about building a tycoon of, of podcasts or, or having I don't know, the number one show on the planet or so that I don't care that much. I'm reaching my goals with what I'm doing. I would honestly like really love to continue and just like reflect on how it influences lives of others. That's. That's very rewarding on, on its own. Obviously I would love to get the show sponsored one day or, or, you know, get something rolling that. And I think it's important for, for podcast long longevity, you know, it's, it's it's, it's, it's a thing that definitely helps, but it's not a goal on its own. Gus Gagliardi: It's something that would be nice as an, as an added part of this routine. Yeah, I think it's, I, I mean, I'm sure you're already at a place where if you just started going and chasing sponsors, you could get 'em it's just the time to do all that on top of yeah. Your, your three other jobs. You got your you're an engineer, you're a scientist you're podcast. You're a father like, yeah, you got, maybe you spare a couple seconds left in the day that you probably need for your sanity. So if you, if you're really one of those sponsors, I'm sure you could go get 'em, but I love. I feel like you have like a philosopher's soul when you speak about these things that, oh, thank you. Wojciech Węgrzyński: I always enjoy listening to. But I find myself just like going into, I'm listening to a wojak podcast mode, even though I'm supposed to be interview interviewing you. So I need to be careful about listening to you. okay. That's cool. I'll I'll I'll just pop a three minute timer to not exceed you just make sure you start snapping. Gus Gagliardi: If I look like I'm glazed over and I'm just like listening to you too. Intently kill man. No I wanted to talk to you. You shared with me like a new project that she had just finished. And I saw that Brian Meachum was sharing it on link two, LinkedIn too, after we were talking about it and super exciting, but I really wanted to dive in in this conversation and talk about your new chapter in the handbook of fire and the environ. Wojciech Węgrzyński: It was, is such an exciting project. And I was delighted to be invited by Brian to participate in, in that project. It's a handbook it's called a handbook of fire and environment. It's within the, let's say environment of, of SF P handbooks. So it's, it's a completely new development that hopefully will be sustained and growing as, as it as its own thing. It's. Large. Well, handbook is a large book. It it's large book many chapters with, with great, great people, all focused around the environmental impact of fires on the environment, but also in a cultural way, in a social economic way. So all the, all the different ways, how fires impact society. Editors of the book are Brian Mitchum, who you've mentioned, and professor Margaret Magna me from Sweden. So they're, they're, they're both co-editors of the, of the book. They were leading the whole thing. And I even had, I had Margaret on my podcast some time ago, we were talking about sustainability in build environment. And this is also something that, that fits into the puzzle of, of fires and the environment. So the book itself, [00:15:00] it started, I know three, maybe four years ago. It takes a long time to publish a handbook, man. It's like you and me are on a tight schedule with the podcast and almost a weekly. It takes years to publish a book of this magnitude. And it it's, it's amazing. It's even if you do your best job and at the moment when it's published, the, the references in it are already two years old because it takes so much time to process the book, but ah, it's, it's cool. The book is, the book is out there and the knowledge there is is worth sharing. Absolutely. If you want sorry. The, the story of the handbook like goes, goes far back and it's it has been triggered by the how fires do damage environment. We we've been more and more. You know, aware of the effects fires due to environment in terms of smoke, polluting the air in terms of the soil and water damage that is done from fire and extinguishing actions. We had some huge, like petrochemical fires, huge chemical plant fires that. Their ethics on the environment around was very profound, but we also had fires like the tragic gr tower or the Notre Dame, par cathedral fires, which were just buildings inside of a city. And yet they had environmental consequences. If you look through that layer on them. So it it's something we are becoming more and more aware. And this handbook was a way to answer this need for the society to be able to quantify, measure, model that, to better understand this impacts. So yeah, that's the handbook. Yeah. Wow. That's that's incredible to hear you talk about like the scope of a document like this. Gus Gagliardi: I mean, I guess it makes complete sense when you have this many authors this much like peer review and, and this much just process to compile it all, you have thousands of pages probably. Or I don't know how roughly how long it is, but it's it's like 500, but it's, it's, it's a massive work. Yeah. 500 man. That's still like a dense, dense, but man, so much to be gleaned about it too. And so I, you know, was But, yeah, it's exciting and cool to see a little bit of your, your wind talk. You know, I didn't get through the entire chapter over that you wrote, but, oh man. It's it's it's way through and probably take with me. Take me months to get through it, but I was like trying to read it and UN not just read it, but understand it, you know, I could read it and just like go through it and my eyes go over and be like, yep. That went inside my brain for a moment. Or just like go through it, try to pick it apart. I was taking notes, but it was really interesting to. Get like a little bit more on your, on your wind talk. And I feel like that's your baby, you know, like this, this idea and this thing that you really love to. So it was cool for me to get a little bit of a peek behind the, the curtain for. For that lecture and that discussion that we had talked about. And honestly, when we were doing our first talk, you were given hints about the win talk when you came back. Yeah. So it was like perfect timing. Perfect timing. yeah. So, but yeah, but I'll, so let's get into that. Let's talk about like, you know, I guess let's get into. So like who would benefit from reading this book? Like, who's kind of like the, the audience or the target. I mean, I can definitely see. People who like yourself and, and like the firm I work for at times, like performance based design professionals are people who deal with fire and the, you know, just the sociology of it, the science of it, all the parameters, like they can benefit by reading your chapter. But yeah, maybe you have a greater sense of who's a good audience for this document. It's it's a tough question, you know, because I would love to say everybody and that's a horrible answer to such post questions, which I now know being a content creator, if your content is for everybody, it's for no one. Wojciech Węgrzyński: So, so I'll try to Wrap up who would be a perfect recipient of this chapter, like who I would like to give this book in a president and tell them you would really, really benefit from reading this. And I, I think it would be an engineer, not necessarily dealing with the building design, but one that wants to understand a bigger picture or because of the work they're doing. They have to. Understand the bigger picture, the context of what they're being designing, be the building, a tunnel, a road, a system you know a bigger community even. If, if you are involved in, in [00:20:00] design and you would like to understand another layer of perception of your. If you're in the building, we usually care. Okay. Is your ISA time higher than your required time? And if that is you're good, if not, then you're bad. What are your concentrations inside? But as soon as you know, the smoke is exhausted outside of that compartment, you don't think about words going to fly. How far can it fly? Who's going to be vulnerable to that smoke. And actually even how much will there be? Eed out of your fire. It's not something we consider today that much while designing buildings or other systems. I'm not saying we should always do that, but I am also sure that in certain cases we would benefit from understanding what our what our buildings, what, what threats our building pose to the surroundings. As I mentioned the cases of Grandful or, or Nord Dame, it was a single building burned down. And yet it had some environmental consequences in its nearest surroundings outside of all the other damage that was caused by these tragedies. So even as a fire of a single building can do a lot of harm to the surroundings. And to understand that, like how can you. Understand what the impact will be. You, you have to calculate it in a way like we're engineers. We, we are supposed to not give a random answer based on our feeling or intuition, but we are all to calculate and then measure and, and model. So this is what. We were invited for in this chapter previously, as you've mentioned, we've been known for our work in wind and fire, coupled modeling and environmental modeling of the fire outcomes is largely related to the atmospheric winds. I mean, winds will be driving force for the, for the contamination. So it was very Easy to find a link between our work that was focusing on the winds and fires inside the buildings and extending it to understand how the winds affect the, the, the consequences of the fire outside of the building. We were focused on the inside, but it was very easy switch to also take a look at the greater picture outside now. One thing that we were doing, we were usually focusing on numerical modeling with CFD computational fluid dynamics, which is something that gives you great answers, but in the very near proximity of your building, because it's very detailed simulation. You can do a simulation of a whole city, but it's quite expensive and you probably don't want to do that all the time. So we thought with Karth or Thomas Thomas Lipsky from the Lulin technical university we thought, okay, so we have this understanding of the great model CFD on, on the near. There's plenty of other models being used, which I also do to my personal career and other developments previously, I have known we should like broaden it. So, so this is why in this in this chapter, we take the reader into a journey. First we try to discuss what. Is a fire mission. And there's a great chapter in the handbook about that as well. Like what is a fire? What does it emit? What can you expect from it as a source of heat and smoke, then we go through multiple types of of models with growing complexity. We start with something that's called the box models. Where you just assume a whole space is just one thing and you average things out within it. And that's the, that's probably the simplest way you can model contamination within an area, but you're. You are constrained by the size of the box. So, so it works only in, in certain scenarios. Then we go into Gian plume models where you have a single equation, AIAN distribution equation that allows you to calculate. If I admit this amount of smoking here, given that PSIC conditions around me, wind blowing in this direction, how much will go like 500 meters AF away, a kilometers, five kilometers away, 10 kilometers away. You can calculate this distribution. Now the problem with this is, is a very simple, easy calculation. It's just one equation you solve. You assume that the weather is not changing. Like, you know, you have one wind direction, one wind velocity, and it's constantly changing. And the bigger scale you go, like if I model a vehicle on a car, That's probably okay-ish to model it like that. But if you model like McMurray fault fire, where you have hundreds of square, hundreds of thousands of [00:25:00] square meters burning together, and the plume will take days to reach a different place in the us. You cannot model it like that. So you need to take this different things into account. So we go into more complex models there's models. I, I love them. They're called puff models where you it's more or less like Gian plume model, but you emit puffs of your fire and you model where the puff will go. So let's imagine. And each hour of a fire is a single puff and you just measure, okay, this puff goes here. This one goes here. This one goes here. And based on that, you, you have a more or less. Overall image on, on where the smoke will go. Then you can go into very complicated models. Laurian particle models, where you emit Laurian particles into, into three dimensional setting and you track where they go with allows you for very high, detailed investigation or where the smoke will go. and because of howing particles work, you can add chemistry to them. It's you can play a lot with them and ULA in models where you basically do more as a CFD of a, of a continent where you can really model the dispersion with a, with a complicated topography, complicated Windfield weather. At the cost, obviously it's not easy, but you can do that. So you have a hierarchy of, of models that you can use for a particular problem at hand. And of course, CD, which we many of these models, like there's their weakest thing is the nearfield, like what's happening directly near to the fire so that we cover with the CFD. So if you would like. Learn about this, the, the, the, the chapter and the handbook would be just for you. do you need this immediately in your life? I'm not sure, but if a day comes and you will need it, it's there waiting for you. So there's also a point of having a handbook. So if you, one day, find out yourself in the need for modeling things like this. Here you go. It's all there. Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah. Gus Gagliardi: I think it's stunning rooting through your chapter and just like skimming through a little bit. How many modeling examples are in this chapter that you produce? I just was thinking about how much time it must have taken to even a symbol, all, all of these like different modeling examples and all that. I was like, man, I've seen CFD before and I saw like some of those. Like the cutouts and the nice renderings and like artistic renderings of the wind cityscape and stuff, which was neat that I'd seen from something you presented before. But lots of great. It's not just. Text. It's like a beautiful imagery of modeling and, and a lot more information and charts and, and, you know, distributions for what's happening with this material. Wojciech Węgrzyński: So thank you very much. We, we wanted it to like if, if this is the first and only piece of research, you. On this specific topic, modeling environmental impact of fires. We wanted it to at least give you a fairly complete overview. Obviously we're talking about a whole field of science. There's hundreds of people writing papers of that. There's dozens of models. We, we were, it was even, it would, it would be even impossible to give a list, a complete list of models, not, not even to go and, and, and discuss them. So we focused on the ones that we knew are most popular or the ones we had some experience in. I mean, it, it is not an exclu exhaustive list. I, I guess, at, at some stage we'll build up on that and then present a more complete image. I think for, well, it took a few months of work. So for the time associated to make this chapter happen, I think we did a, a fairly good work completing all of this together, compiling it into, into one one piece of content. Gus Gagliardi: The chapter that that now is, is in the hands of engineers to. Yeah. So like how long did it take to like physically write it? Because I've been doing more technical writing recently and I'm so bad at it. I'm not good at all. and so I was just looking at this document and how like, Nice and polished. It is, and like the, the terminology and everything flowing and having nice little poetic phrasing in there. And I'm like, this would take me forever to write this. I can, I can tell you, let me find a manuscript folder on my, yeah, from the first draft till the one that we've sent. To [00:30:00] Brian. It was four months of work. Wow. Yeah, it was four months. I remember quite vividly. I I've spent my entire Christmas break reading literature and, and writing that it was fun. Wojciech Węgrzyński: Like 10 hours a day reading it. Oh my God. And writing, I like this. It's not it was not Pain. I, I, I, to some extent enjoyed, enjoyed it. It was nice to learn. The more pain comes when you have to like rephrase stuff and then put it into context. So, yeah, it, it was few months. And then obviously it was like two years in editing, you know, many people having it in their hands. Criticizing making changes, editorials and, and stuff like that. So the final product is a product of, of the work of many people. And it's not something you just go in and ride overnight, but yeah. Okay. Just writing it was months . Wow. That's incredible. That's cool. I don't think I've ever written anything that should have taken months in months. Gus Gagliardi: oh, I mean maybe a term paper as a student that I put off for too long, took me months to write, but I guarantee I wasn't writing that whole time. No, no. It's like, and I don't think I would have time to write it now again with the podcast on, on the, with the podcast project on my back. So I'm not sure if I'll ever author another. Piece like that. Well, maybe I will. We'll see. I'm sure you will. I'm sure you will. Maybe you'll get that patron one day and then you'll be able to outsource some of this editing but no I wanted to talk about like, it's such a complex process of, you know, Just like, I'd like to talk with you about just like some of the basic factors for like these modelings, but I know that that's just like, what's the basic factors of fire, which, you know, but also a topic I'd like to discuss with you is just like, so if we. Had infinite computing power mm-hmm like, what would we be able to do with these like models? You know, like a CFD for a whole city. Like if you could like model whatever, pick a reasonable sized city, but if you could model a reasonable size city and you had infinite computing power, could you get a, like a reasonable approximate approximation of like, Wind distribution of pollutants over a city from a fire. Wojciech Węgrzyński: I mean, like. I was seeing you having some examples of the different mm-hmm zone modeling and like near and the, the different compartments. But yeah, I just wanted to ask that. So my brain always jump. So what's the extreme, yeah, we, we, we don't have to go into abstract thinking, I, I, I think I can give you examples of, of citywide simulations, because we are actually doing them right now. Maybe not on a moderately size city, but on like a square kilometer of a city which is like quite a large chunk of a large city. So, so it takes us using our 128 cars of 128 CPUs. It takes us 24 hours to, to simulate a fire with all the distributions around it. So. It's not it's not something that will come in the future. It's something that we will already have. It's just not, not that many people are using that yet. If you wanted to seem like what would we do if we had crazy amount of power and like infinite infinite resources. I'm not like you can spend whatever amount of resources you want to increase the fidelity of your simulations. You can always use the smaller resolutions of your mesh. You can always use more complicated models. Does it translate to a better simulations? Not necessarily it's it's not such a direct link. I mean, it it's, it's a complicated, I'm actually gonna have a whole podcast episode with Jason Floyd about that, like in a month. so there's an, an, the answer is, is it's complicated, but not so easy. One thing that we like the, the. Issues are with the problem definition, not with the solution. You know, if you think about wind, like what's wind, like what direction, what velocity, what gusts, what we, we there's even a thing called the atmospheric stability. And based on that, you get different wind profiles. If you have a sunny clear day, or if you have a very. Cloud layer you'll have completely different atmospheric conditions. In, in those two days, you can have a wind in the winter. You can have a wind in, in the summer. So, you know, the, the amount of different wind context you can run into is, is endless, like in endless amount of fires you can. So if I had an access to infinite Computational power. [00:35:00] I would do infinite number of simulations, like concurrently to each other to really work out probability distributions and see a risk based image of on how Wind and fire go together. Like I would love to know with probability of this amount of percent, the wind impact will be this. And with this probability, it will be like this. And if the wind is extreme, but the probability is very low, the impact is extreme. Or maybe it's not, I don't know. Maybe with the wind that is very highly prob. Low velocity flow that occurs every other day. Maybe the impact is the biggest. I don't know that it's something that we're currently actually researching in, in a project that we're carrying at ITB. And we're somewhere in the middle of it. We are in the numerical calculations now to really measure. Impact of wind different types of wind, different, different directions in our context on how the consequences of the fire in an urban settlement are. And then we'll be able to, to say to what extent extended this something important or, or not based on risk. So yeah, I would, I would spend. Infinite resources on being able to do risk. not necessarily, you know, doing the fanciest simulation. I can. Mm, that makes sense. Yeah, I guess that's the whole thing is like understanding the very fluid and variable nature of the, the wind and just how quickly things can change the probabilistic. You know, kind of distribution of what could happen and the dispersion of the pollutants, I guess that makes sense of, you know, You know, like, do we even know enough about like the way that the wind and the atmosphere to even make that model? Yeah. Even if you had infinite like resources you know, like you're saying the valuable use of those of that. I I'll give you. I'll I'll give you for a context, a nice example. Like a few weeks ago, there was a severe drought in, in, in Europe heat wave. And there was like one of the hottest days ever in, in, in UK. They had a massive number of fires in London that day, like massive number. Like they, they compared it like it was the worst days. Sinces world war II in London in terms of the amount of fires. Wow. And because I'm involved in the biolife project I'm on the WhatsApp there. And there was a discussion there, like, and Gilman was mentioning and the wind was like very low that day, like four meters per second. And I checked it for London and it seems to be somewhere around the average or median wind and We understand, or we know that stronger wind usually leads to worse outcomes of fires. Like fire can spread, can grow bigger. It's it's usually connected with the worse outcomes. So if on the west day, since world war II, we had wind that was like around 50% chance and it was a wind that. Possibly not contribute that much to the damage. Like it could have been much, much worse with the worse wind. And if the probability of that was 50%, we essentially won a coin us, you know, like if it was not, the outcomes could have been so, so much worse. So this is why we need to. Understand that, and then be able to, to model that, to predict that because if this time we won a coin, us, what's gonna happen on the next worst day. Since world war II, will we lose the coin us? And how horrible will it be? What should we. What should we be ready for? Like, do we understand that as a society? I don't think so. So to, to gain insight into these questions, you first have to solve the fundamentals, which is how do you model them both together, wind and fire. Gus Gagliardi: Yeah. And that's what we're trying to do. Yeah, that's awesome. I like that real world context that Shere providing, you know, I think that's something that over the, like the history of our discipline has always been such a useful teaching tool and just way to ground the importance of what we do. You. It seems like society. It's very easy to forget, you know these tragedies when you exist, you know, most of your daily life is not impacted. And then you'll see a flash of something like this on the news. Mm-hmm like what you're just saying about London and. It having its worst day for fire since world war II. And it's like, you know, when you can bring to mind something so visceral like [00:40:00] that, it really has a great brings home. The meaning of like what we do and Notre Dame and gr fell. I mean, two tragedies that. They're still talking about to this day. I mean, they're still litigating Grandville. It would've happened in like 20 17, 20 16, something like that. Yeah, I can't remember, but it's just incredible how much impact and cultural significance that these fires and this subject has on people and it just kind of. Goes under the radar for the culture of how we exist. We just kind of forget about it. Go back to, we are dealing with very real problems in fire, like we're in. I mean, it, it, in a way it is abstract in a way it is something very. Weird complex difficult to understand. You start to realize the complexities, they, they prevent you from answering most of the questions usually, but in the end you have down to earth problems like real buildings that burn down real environments that suffer real people that suffer and, and yeah, that's what, that's why we are doing this difficult work to. To, to, to help that and, and, you know, being down to earth and being able to relate the, the science to the real world problems. I think it's an engineering science for a reason. Yeah. We, we have to solve the problems without knowing everything first. Yeah. So I feel like I you've talked, you've covered it pretty well, but just like, so why. I guess I'll just ask, instead of trying to put words in your mouth. Yeah. Why, what do you find compelling about like wind engineering or like the computational aspect of wind engineering or trying to be better about not like asking fully loaded questions and just like, obviously pushing my thoughts or opinions on people. When I am trying to do an interview. It's cool. Yeah, I, I, I like computational wind engineering is is something that I find. Interesting. I mean, we are using the same tools for, for fleet mechanics in, in fire safety engineering and in computational wind engineering. But the culture is very different. Wojciech Węgrzyński: They approach their problems in a different way. Like you have different scales in, in, in space. For example, like in wind engineering, you would consider a building and you can go away with two meter mesh on the building because it's a big block. But if you consider fire you, like, you need to model like these tiny details that will influence the fire. So here we, we are in a kind of different world than when wind engineers in terms what we are expected from our models to be in time scale. In wind engineering, you can most likely go away with with steady state simulations, something you never see in fire, because fire is a transient event. You have to like the time, the time aspect of a fire is fundamental to the fire, to the safety to E everything happens on the timeline. In winds, not, not really. It's like probability and just a single, single thing that happens at the time. So, so you go away with steady. So in, in the end, I mean, the tools are the same. I mean, we're also talking about building, so the thing you're modeling is the same, but you're doing it in a different way. And. This is compelling. You know, if you are a, if you're a guy who's been doing fire modeling, they're all professional career, you know, building these buildings, putting fires inside modeling, HVC systems, smoke control systems, doing the same thing over and over and over again, and then comes someone and tells you, now you have to do it. Like I forget about this interior. It's not relevant. It's, it's kind of refreshing, you know, to do something in a completely different way. And when you try to combine both, that's where the magic starts because you cannot simply combine them. Like you cannot put a fire analysis inside of wind analysis. It will not work. It, it it's, it's, it's a different thing. You cannot just drop wind randomly on your, on your fire. By ex you just extend the domain by 10 meters and drop wind. It's not gonna work. It's not wind that you're modeling. It becomes pretty interesting when you try to model the interface between them. It's not so simple. And I, I mean, I, I like dealing with difficult problems, so I, I really enjoyed being exposed to this one and trying to maybe not solve, but at least Try to work in this difficult setting. So yeah, that, that is rewarding and compelling and interesting for sure. For me using the, the fundamentals of computational wind engineering in fire safety engineering. Gus Gagliardi: Yeah, I think that's awesome. That's funny that you're like, oh, well, it seems like you guys are playing on easy mode over here with [00:45:00] steady state equations and yeah. You know, just like, I mean, I know it's a different set of problems, but, but then again like, and they can look at us and they, they, they can Ask us, like what's your time steps? Wojciech Węgrzyński: What's your what, how, how do you solve the, the chemistry of fire? Oh, we simplify that. Oh, you are playing easy mode. You're simplifying it. It way too much. They do take significant care in, in boundary layer problems, which we all. Like not everyone at ologists boundary layers in, in fire safety engineering yet to solve with boundary layers in mind when you're solving your flows. And these, these guys would be very serious about them. So, so it's like we oversimplify something horribly in fire as well. That is very exotic from the view of the other field and vice versa, I guess, I guess that's with the, every field of engineering, the users model. Right. Yeah, that's definitely true. Gus Gagliardi: Yeah. We just know the set of parameters and the distributions that we've simplified our equations around and, you know, you can't account for everything. So that makes sense. Well, I wanted to just ask you to zoom out a little bit and just speak more broadly about your career experience and just ask you like, you know on top of this endeavor you had going, what kind of trends have you been seeing just in your professional career? Wojciech Węgrzyński: It could be in the lab or in your project work. I, I guess I can talk broadly about, Hm, fire engineering as I view it. One trend that is really emerging is, is artificial intelligence. And. it's it's a thing that's in one way it's a black box. No one really understands how it works. It opens a whole world of possibilities that you would not even imagine without it yet. It's difficult to, to handle interpret and make sure that you have it under control when you're using it. So. It's definitely something growing and it, it will be growing and it will be amazing in the future, but together it's gonna be a hell of a challenge, you know, to make sure we are doing it in a great way. Like, think about how people can misuse CFD. Without understanding it and then multiply it by a hundred. That's how that's how difficult the AI can be if you, if you misuse it too much. So, yeah, it's, it's, it's a challenge, but it's an emerging trend that I see more and more in the years. And there are great people working on ITZ last year in Clemson. There's CNN, Wongan in Hong Kong, protecting university and many others. Who are carving the path for everyone else in, in fire to, to use these magnificent tools, you know? So yeah, that's, that's a trend for sure. Yeah, it's so wild. I you're right. I mean, I think AI is just in such the early days, you know, I was looking at like Microsoft outlook documentation and I was looking, they had like little e-learning and I was looking through their courses yesterday, looking for how to do something. And like they had. Like 80% of their documentation was about like, or their little courses were about AI. And it was like, what really is this? Why is it like, like how to, how to create a culture within your company? That's AI ready? And like all this talk about AI and I'm just thinking, as you're saying this, like this is coming and it's going to be a huge part of probably like society. Within our lifetimes. And then the next, probably, I don't know how long wouldn't hazard a guess, but I mean, guess if we don't screw up, it's going to be magnificent. Like you will like if we make it work and validate it and make sure we are using the correct tools for correct problems, AI could take over significant amount of repetitive and Non-critical tasks, fire safety engineers are doing. To allow them to focus on the things only they can solve, you know, viewing, building as a holistic sociotechnical system, right? No one, but fire safety engineer can do that. No algorithm will ever be able to do that. You need a human being with a great understanding of fire building building physics to comprehend. And we will meet these engineers on the same end. You don't want these engineers to focus on simple things that can be solved by an algorithm. So if we can find this beautiful golden center of having the tool, not misusing it and benefiting from it fuel. It would be a beautiful world. [00:50:00] I'm just not sure if we can get to that point before we either break it or ban it, you know? Gus Gagliardi: So yeah. Well, I'm a, I'm a cynic by nature and all I can think about is your commentary in your chapter about the error percentages before we developed some of the more. Modern models for CFD and how it was like 20 to two to 200% or something. Yeah. You know, scatters on. Yeah. But I can just, I don't know. I think that. Maybe I'm just cynical for human nature, but about how people will use a tool with that kind of horsepower behind it. But I'm sure just as in everything in life, there will be people who do it the right way and people who do it the wrong way. Exactly. Yeah. And that's at the same time, it's, it is one of the biggest opportunities and perhaps one of the biggest challenges we have, you know, because we know it's powerful. Wojciech Węgrzyński: We know you can use different like a, a iOS of course, just a name. Tons of different techniques and tools. And it's just, just, just a catch phrase. It's wider than CFD. Even like it, it has multiple flavors, multiple ways how you can implement multiple places in which. You can use computer to help you understand your data sets and problems at hand. So we really need to learn how to use it. We need to learn how to control it. We need to learn how to know that the predictions of it are credible or not. This will be very difficult to solve, but if we get there, it's gonna be fun. Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure we will gotta figure out how, how I, how we fit into that. Gus Gagliardi: But it sounds like you got a good idea with still providing that critical large scale oversight for the, that can't easily be reproduced with the algorithm. Yep. But yeah, I guess just thinking about like What kind of resources do you like to use? Wojak it could be professional or I'd even take a non-professional podcast recommendation. If you like to listen to podcasts or whatever you'd like to offer up to the viewers. Or if you've been watching something good lately, I don't, it's up to you. Dealer's choice at this point. You've done outstanding so far. So yeah. Cool, man. Shameless plug. Like there's the reasons right now, you know, I produce it. Wojciech Węgrzyński: it's, it's a great reason. But if you ask me where I get my resources, I I'm a scientist. I, I mainly rely on scientific papers which is very difficult to recommend to people who are non scientists, because you will be very frustrated by the way, how they are written and their hard to understand and comprehend. It's very rarely you find an answer to a problem in your paper, in the, in the scientific papers. So yeah, that's what we scientists have to work with. And I guess there's a. Space for people like Gus, me and others who try to, to build a bridge between engineers and scientists. So there's, there are credible journals, fire sector, journal, fire technology, which are great sources of knowledge, inspiration. As I said, difficult to, to comprehend that points. And and obviously behind the paywall, I can go whole day about how paywalls are destroying the scientific environment and how much I had hates that. But yeah, that's, that's how it is my. I really I think it benefit a lot from being a member of like SAP and IFSS organizations. These memberships like give me the, the ability to be part of engineering community and what they produce is, is absolutely outstanding. And I must say I learn more from being part of their projects, like being part of committees, being part of even, you know, writing that hand. I would never, never learn that much about modeling. As I did, when trying to summarize my knowledge and write the, the handbook chapter and the same goes into committees. If you join a committee and you have to work at a problem and try to convey that knowledge to others, you learn so much your own on your own. So. Not just consuming content and knowledge, but trying to create new knowledge, maybe a best way to, to gain new knowledge. So I would absolutely recommend participating in in the efforts of this bodies and Possibilities are endless because the needs are so huge. There's always a committee to join and participate. So, so these are these are great things. And outside of firearms, outside of engineering, I'm a huge fan of, of fin and smart, passive income podcasts. That is an amazing ecosystem of, of very positive [00:55:00] way of thinking. About entrepreneurship and just life in general, it I've gained so much from listening to patents. He's been an amazing mentor even though he I've never met him, he doesn't know about my existence. So I view him as, you know, a God in the podcast world, but yeah, it's, it's, it's been I I'm sharing, I I'm on his journey. For years now. And I enjoy every step of that all the way. I highly recommend smart, passive income and, and just Google path. You'll find him. Awesome. Well, I appreciate that Woj. I feel like that's a nice, neat bow on the podcast. I thank you for coming on. That was awesome. Yeah. Thank you so much guys. Gus Gagliardi: Looking forward to the next one. Sounds good. Thanks for listening. Everybody. Be sure to share the episode with a friend, if you enjoyed it, don't forget that fire protection and life safety is serious business. The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are by no means a professional consultation or a codes and standards interpretation. Be sure to contact a licensed professional. If you are getting involved with fire protection and or life. Thanks again, and we'll see you next time.

When people watch or study something intently, there certainly is an intensity to that. We wouldn't call these words interchangeable though.

Making sure that parents and students feel heard and that students feel supported in their learning and growth are key responsibilities for a leader in education. How can you sincerely, methodically, and purposefully show them that you are doing everything you can to listen to them and take action? Listen as Dr. Janet Pilcher interviews the 2022 recipient of the Human Rights Award, Matt Hillmann, the Superintendent of Northfield Public Schools. Matt discusses how it has been a privilege to better support the Hispanic Community in Northfield, and he also shares about the actions that he and his team have taken that demonstrate a dedication to listen to all voices. This episode addresses questions, such as:Why is listening to the community important as a leader?How can you show the community that you are making efforts to listen to their concerns and take action?What are some characteristics of an intent listener?Recommended Resources: Conducting a Listening Tour, Listen For Ideas, Perspective, and Connection,  It's All About Relationships, How to Collect The Student Voice

What if the healing we hope to see in our lives and the world begins with us looking intently… and believing we have something to give… even when it seems that we don't. This is how Jesus used Peter and John to heal a man who has been disabled his whole life in Acts chapter 3. Pastor JD explores this story and helps us wonder how we might become more attentive to others around us, and how we can "give what we have" even if we don't feel like we have the "power or godliness" to influence the situation.

Reflecting on the saints who reached out to the lowly and offered healing, Lois Heron invites us to look at those suffering around us with the intentional love of Christ. Mentioned in this episode: null null

In yesterday's podcast, I have a few ideas on how to look intently into God's Word. Let's look at a few more today.

If you want God's blessing on your life, it will come when you not only listen to his Word, but you do what it says. The key to that is remembering. And the key to remembering is looking intently.--When you read the Bible, do you just read it, or do you look intently into it- In today's episode, let's get into some specifics on what it means to look intently into God's Word.

Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU. After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level. In 2022, Evan Burk released his first book, Finding Intangibles, in which he helps organizations identify the hidden traits that drive elite performers and championship teams. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

Welcome back to the Scale Your Small Business Podcast with your host, Jillian Flodstrom. Today, we're sitting down with Christina Howard, founder of Intently, keynote speaker, and IPEC-certified coach who helps corporate leaders find deep levels of fulfillment in their work.    A major challenge business leaders face, Christina says, is how hard it is to find and keep good talent. The professional and personal worlds are blending, she says, and it's more important than ever to create a culture of empathy to keep up with that. In addition, change fatigue is something hitting everyone hard. Leaders have to understand how to be empathetic towards themselves so they can hold space for their team.    When you become more self-aware or self-accepting, you're able to metabolize feedback much more effectively because you don't get stuck in self-doubt. There are a few ways to become more self-aware: start paying attention to the data that your body is giving you. This is valuable information that you can learn from! In addition, surround yourself with the right people who can provide you feedback without projecting. This person is able to see things through your perspective.   Being self-aware is not going to limit growth, what's going to limit growth is a lack of self-awareness. If we're not personally growing, how can we be professionally growing? A team can only grow at the pace of the leader. If the leader is not evolving, then the team is going to get stuck at a certain level too. LINKS   intentlyco.com   Text CONNECT to 6025608538 or email join@intentlyco.com with your first name in the subject line to receive a free activity to cultivate connection!   Key Takeaways   Leaders have to understand how to be empathetic towards themselves so they can hold space for their team.  When you become more self-aware or self-accepting, you're able to metabolize feedback much more effectively because you don't get stuck in self-doubt. A team can only grow at the pace of the leader. If the leader is not evolving, then the team is going to get stuck at a certain level too.

This episode is a reminder designed to pull us from the miry clay of just existing to living with great intention for God. 

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This time, Bradley takes us on a journey of appreciation for something whose impact on our Friendships is yet to be truly felt and appreciated;  technology. The very screen we often blame for dampening the truthfulness, the reality of our relationships, has undeniably kept us close and together, at times where reunions were but a sweet, far from grasp, luxury. So, let's take a moment, and follow along with this tribute surely deserved.  An ode to Discord, Zoom, and all the apps that facilitate our friendships; by Bradley Sim Whye Kit Look! I'm here, sitting in the voice channel, I'm just here, at home, alone. It's night time and I'm desperately trying to avoid doom scrolling on Twitter, Or Instagram for that matter. Now I know that internet browsing is an act done usually by oneself. But, won't you come aboard, And join the channel, Share some communion among these airwaves? What are you up to this day? For though we may not meet, Distance and circumstance be damned! For we can still speak in solemn, weary voices amidst this night, Or wherever you are in the world that our greetings find you, We can still laugh, like gremlins, and cringe at our banter. For as the day grows old, the night becomes young And we -- we grow older still. So is our want for one another not more justified? Shall we not want to spend what precious life we have With those we have made connections with and care deeply about? Especially in these times when meeting had no convenience, This night is still young, And perhaps our humour hasn't aged a day. That's okay. We'll grow and we'll change Whether we care to or not, But let's age together still See how our in-jokes find their footing Amidst our daily ever-growing, Life is changing In our twenties constantly, Flooding with jobs and Responsibilities. So keep telling those familiar jokes that've grown stale in their repeated tellings, They are infinitely more lovely than The silence inspired by the stresses of adulthood Choking our youthful exuberance. But do not misunderstand, Silence spent in this togetherness Is no wrong a thing either But merely a monument to all that is known and has been spoken on between us. I am captivated, in fact, let me always be captivated By this way we show our love to one another, The raucous laughter after roasting each other, Playfully picking at the issues we suffer, Trusting fully that, in the moment, we do not mean the words we say. And that the pauses in between words says, I love you and, I love this And that, This place, like the quiet of the night, Is safe for you to know that you can be comfortable in your own skin. A solace, if you will, for you hold on to. So hop on in, Take a seat. Get comfy. Let's plays some games, Watch some videos. Contemplate  life. Rant about work. Know that we care, That we're listening, Intently with what being and effort we can glean This late at night. Because, after all, The best parts of life are often the parts we do together. So -- why not do them together? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teabuddies/message

It's another exciting week as we get closer to the eclipses and the energy picks up. Mars & Mercury are busy entangling with Moon and Saturn in Aquarius. Venus marches along in steady Capricorn where the goddess of love will be for 4 months. And Deb discusses her new webinar happening on Sunday the 14th. All on The Golden Astrologer Podcast!

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. What should we learn from the reaction to Simone Biles' decision? Our guest is TheRinger.com Jordan Ritter Conn (11:35): The through line in all his work How he found his way to Len Bias Why a story translates into podcast form Talking to Bias' mother and Lefty Driesell Tracking down three-decade old story tellers How the medium impacts his writing process Hate listening to yourself (over and over) Stumbling on The Road From Raqqa Telling true stories Getting to know Nashville on a deeper level Long form advice to live by His next book Waiting on your New York Times book review Lamestream is BTYB Jasper's on West End.

Listening intently is a more than worthwhile challenge, and crucial key to the next step in our relationships, especially our #Intimate #relationshipflow! To truly listen to another soul takes a lot of learning and development! Connect here - https://relationshipflow.wordpress.com/ We are offering this all in a practical interactive United Souls course - United Souls for a Divisive Generation! By Eli Goldsmith - JUNE 22nd is our next session - #pulveREDU513: Uniting Our Souls Across the Globe with #EliGoldsmith - #unitedsouls - Sign up now - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pulveredu513-uniting-our-souls-across-the-globe-with-eli-goldsmith-tickets-153396614403 Please email your #relationship #flow – UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eli-real/support

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest.  Listen as Kylie Foster shares a motivational talk Listen Intently and Act with Purpose with AGC Minneapolis February 2021. I learned from an early age that my invitation to tag along with my father to work was not an open invitation to talk all day. There were lessons to learn and action to take. It did not matter that I was the only girl in the shop, on the baseball team, two sport college athlete, or a female VP in male dominated industries. There is a time and a place for learning and a time and place for bringing out your fierce inner warrior. Learning Objectives: Listening is a form of respect. It is often all you need to do to help people There is a time to be heard. The confidence to command others attention starts with listening, understanding process, procedures, and expectations. Speaker Bio: Managing Partner @ the Moxee Group with 15 years experience growing brands, improving culture, and pushing boundaries. Life long sports enthusiast, wife, and mother of 3. AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/ 

In this episode, your host, Chris Wilmerding speaks with Tangible Solutions' Adam Clark about manufacturing, working in your niche, focusing on your goals, and more.

Pastor Andy Davis preaches a sermon on Job 6-7. These chapters contain Job's response to his friends and to God and talk about the state of Job's heart in response to his long-term suffering. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - One of the great questions that we, as Christians, have to ask as we come to the book of Job week after week is just God's intentionality in giving us this book with all of its details. And as I meditated on that, I was brought in my mind to the statement Jesus made to his disciples the night before he was crucified. When he said, "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." It shows the compassion of God through Christ that he not leave us alone in our strife, that he not leave us alone in our afflictions, but he has a heart of compassion for us. And in that text, Jesus was talking first and foremost of his own post-resurrection appearance that he would give them evidence of his triumph over the grave. But in a larger sense, in that chapter, he is talking about the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the counselor, the comforter who would come and would guide his people into all truth. And that counselor, the comforter, would illuminate the word of God, the scripture. That's his primary means of counsel, his primary means of giving us comfort. And at that time, some of the great books of the Bible hadn't even been written yet, the New Testament, hadn't even been written yet. The Old Testament had been given to the Jewish people, including this book of Job. And he, the Holy Spirit, inspired that in its time, but he understood every generation of redemptive history. And I believe that he inspired this book of Job to enable God's people in every generation to suffer well. To go through affliction well for his glory and for their own benefit, maximally to derive the benefits of the afflictions that God gave. So, he gave us this book of Job and it's mysterious because it's a perfect record of a very imperfect conversation. It's a perfect record of an imperfect man, a righteous man, a godly man struggling as no man had ever struggled before or since in that particular way. And his words are recorded for us. And so I believe that the Holy Spirit wants us to both, in some cases, imitate Job, and in some cases learn by contrast to not be like Job. And we're going to walk through that even this morning as we look at Job six and seven. One of the things we learn about suffering is that suffering goes on far longer than we want it to. It's possible to suffer well for a short time, a kind of a sprint of suffering. We can do that. But chronic suffering, long term grinding suffering is beyond the natural endurance of any human being. Eventually our resolve begins to waver and crumble as the trial bears on and bears down on us. At the first moment of the crisis, we can respond with great spiritual energy, great determination, great valor. Ordinary men physically in an emergency have been given an incredible amount of physical strength to lift a car up off a loved one, a child or a wife. It's incredible what they can do at that moment. Or a wounded soldier in a battlefield can be grievously wounded and still function almost as though he has no wound. He's able to rescue others, et cetera. But then once that moment has passed and he receives the surgeries that he needs to survive, and then he has to go through the rehab, even a day of pain can be something he can barely face. How can you see that? How can you have that incredible valor and courage on the battlefield and then have a hard time going through a day of rehab months later? The same is true of shocking emotional loss. The death of a child, let's say, comes with a numbing shock to it. The hours and days that immediately follow the tragedy pass by like a blur. Friends come and the grieving parents say all the right things, but they don't really feel them. They're really numb. They go to bed with their heads spinning. It seems like they're getting through the funeral day and the immediate bereavement with admirable faith and trust in the Lord. But then the days become months. And the couple still has to walk by the child's bedroom and see framed photos on the wall and have a bookmark that they made on Mother's Day tumble out of the Bible. And the sight of that little piece of paper feels like a javelin to the heart and fresh waves of pain come. And this time, perhaps the reactions are not so pious, not so polished, not so admirable. So it was with Job. As we move deeper into this book, we're going to see his responses to his friend's words. This morning we're going to begin with his response to Eliphaz’s first speech, which we looked at last week. As you remember, Eliphaz came to Job somewhat gently with, in some senses, right doctrine, but applied it wrongly. His basic thesis, as you remember, was plain. Job 4:8, “Those who plow evil and those who sow trouble, reap it.” You reap what you sow. Trouble comes because of sin. God is sovereign, he actively rules over the earth, and nothing happens for no reason. You reap what you sow. Therefore, the shortest route back to prosperity is to acknowledge your sins to God and make your appeal directly to him, Job 5:8, he said, "But if it were I, I would appeal to God. I would lay my cause before him." That was Eliphaz’s counsel, based on his sound, long-standing observation of the way things work in this world. But Eliphaz’s doctrine of sowing and reaping, however true in general, is false in its application to Job. The fact is that the law of sowing and reaping only explains some of the outcomes that we observe in human life. Actually, as is clearly the case with Job, we know it's the case with Job, some great evils can come upon those who have no great sin in their lives. And as we'll discuss, God willing, in future chapters in Job, some great prosperity can come on those who are desperately wicked and no judgment seems to come in this life. So that's Eliphaz, now it's time for Job to respond. Now, as we're going to track over the, God willing, the number of weeks Job's dialogue with his friends, eventually Job's statements are going to display Job's heart at its worst. We've already seen, to some degree, Job at his best right away. And we'll see him that way again, but different at the end of the book. But in the meantime, we have a journey to travel and I think the Holy Spirit in his wisdom wanted to show us that journey so that we would hear the words that he said at that time. And so it's best for us to walk through them together. These complaints of Job are going to intensify as the chapters unfold. And it starts today with Job six and seven. Now I break these two chapters of Job's words into two main headings. They don't fit perfectly either chapter, but they'll give us a general sense. Each of those will have three portions in chapter six, Job basically complains against his friends. And in chapter seven, Job complains against his God. So a summary, what Job wants from his friends is loyal kindness and compassion. And what Job wants from God is either forgiveness or for God to leave him alone or kill him before he sins like he feels like he's about to do. So that's what we're going to see. I. Job Complains Against His Friends The Magnitude of My Suffering Let's begin chapter six: Job's complaints against his friends. But he begins in 6:1-7 by rehearsing the magnitude of his suffering, the magnitude of my suffering. Look at verses 6:1-7, “Then Job replied: “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery placed on the scales! It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been impetuous. The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are marshaled against me. Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder? Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg? I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill." So Job says his vexation, his anguish is heavy. It presses on him like a weight, like a massive boulder on his chest. He uses overwhelming exaggeration to describe his anguish. It will outweigh, he says, all the grains of sand on every seashore on earth. It's not surprising he says, therefore, that his words are so rash, so impetuous. It's not surprising that he’s saying things that should not be said. It's like the overwhelming weight of sorrow is pressing on his soul. And these deep, hidden perspectives are bubbling to the surface and he can't help himself. The things he's saying and the things he's going to say ordinarily he would squelch them or cover them and not say them, and no one would know he was even beginning to think them. But they're coming out now. Trials come and they seem to draw things out from deep within our souls that we didn't even know were there, sinful thoughts, sinful attitudes. But suffering people, when they're going through it, can easily give themselves permission to say whatever comes to mind, whatever they want. "Trials come and they seem to draw things out from deep within our souls that we didn't even know were there, sinful thoughts, sinful attitudes." He wants his friends to know that it's easy for people who are not going through that kind of suffering to judge people who are. He's going to say that more clearly in a later section. He says that the arrows of the Almighty have penetrated him, poisonous arrows. He's lying wounded on the battlefield of life with arrows sticking out of his body, and those arrows were shot by God. “It's God's terrors which are arrayed against me, like a mighty besieging army; as I look out over the parapet of my soul, I see the vast power of God arrayed against me!” Job speaks of a beast, the wild donkey that runs free, the massive ox that stands still. When they have what they need, when their bellies are full, they're happy, they keep quiet. But, he's saying, in my case, I can't even eat the white of an egg, even just bland food makes me want to vomit. This is the magnitude of my sorrows, O my friends. I Wish I Could Die Before I Sin Second section. I wish I could die before I sin. Look at 6:8-13, “O that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off! Then I would still have this consolation—my joy in unrelenting pain—that I had not denied the words of the Holy One. “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze? Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?” So he's saying my deepest desire right now is just to die. I want to get out of this world before I blaspheme God. God has struck me to the ground with his poisonous arrows, savage blows. Why doesn't he just finish me off? All I have left in this world to cling to is that I have not, up to this point, blasphemed the Holy One, blasphemed his words. My wife even came to me and said, "Curse God and die." But even at that moment, I refused to charge God with any wrongdoing. I actually worship God. I actually praised him. And when he struck me a second time with a foul disease, even then I did not accuse God of wrongdoing. But as this trial wears me down as day passes into day, as month rolls into month, I feel a growing internal rage. I feel a growing resentment within me. I do not want to even begin to put it into words for then I would sin and I haven't done that yet, but it's coming. I can feel it. So I just, all I want is for God to just finish me off. I can't go on like this for much longer. I'm just a frail man. I'm just flesh and blood. I'm not made of stone. I'm not made of bronze. I'm going to begin to crumble before your eyes if this keeps going on, and the dark thoughts that I feel growing inside my heart will soon bubble to the surface. It would be better for me to die than to sin. The trial is wearing this man down. He's losing strength of soul. Now that's the word to us. Your trials, whenever God chooses to give them to you, will go on longer than you want them to go on. And Job's an example of what happens when that goes on. You, my friends, are treacherous when you should be loyal and sympathetic Now, he turns his bitter guns on his treacherous friends. This is 6:14-30, says effectively, you, my friends, are treacherous when you should be loyal and sympathetic. Verses 14-17, "A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow, but that cease to flow in the dry season and in the heat vanish from their channels." So, Job, with his friends, he uses terms of friendship, calls them friends, he actually speaks of them as brothers. That's what makes their demeanor toward him, their words toward him so painful. When they should be loyal, when they should be sympathetic, they're treacherous instead. And the image that he uses here is one of streams in the desert called wadis in the desert. In the springtime, when the mountain ice and snow melts, they gush full. The streams are bursting with cool, clear water, but then the hot season comes. When you really need water, you could imagine a wanderer in the desert knows there's a wadi up just over the next dune. And he gets over there and there's this dry river bed, and there's no water in it at all. Caravans that run from cities like Tema and Sheba and Arabia rely on these streams in the desert. And if they come on them in a time of extreme need and they find nothing but dust and sand, they might even die. So it is, he's saying, with you, my treacherous friends, that's what you're like for me. Like I'm a man dying of thirst, and I come to what I thought was a wadi, or I come to an oasis, and there's no water there. That's what you are. They have fallen short of loyal kindness. The Hebrew word is hesed. It's a powerful one, important word. And this is where rubber meets the road with friendship. Friend in need, that's what we're talking about. That's what he is. And if friendship does not prove itself at a time like that, then what is it for? So he makes an open appeal for their sympathy. Look at verses 24-30. He says, "Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong. How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove? Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind? You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend. But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face? Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake. Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?" So he asks for their counsel. If you think I have sinned, then show me my sin. And he says, "How painful are honest words!" I can say there are some of you folks that need to hear that more than others. Some people just blunder in and say what's on your heart. I know it's going to be hard to hear, but you need to hear this, and off it goes. Others are a little more circumspect, a little more careful. But he says, "How painful are honest words!” They're cutting me like a knife. But actually you can't prove any of your accusations because they're not true. There's no evidence at all for my sins, my great sins. So Job begins to get aggressive with them at this point. He's angry at them and he says that they would cast lots over the blameless and barter away a friend. We picture other stories in the Bible like what Joseph's brothers did when they sold him as a slave to the Midianites, carried him into Egypt, or, even worse what Judas did, trading in Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, this betrayal. That's what he feels. And then he concludes by saying, look at my face. Say it to my face. Look at me. What have I done wrong? Can you say these things to my face? Like they've turned away from him. He begs them to relent, to stop their accusations of him because his integrity is hanging on this. And he makes, not for the last time, the plain assertion that he's innocent of their suppositions. He's innocent of great sin. Chapter six. II. Job Complains Against His God My Days Are Both Too Long and Too Short Now let's look at chapter seven. Here, Job complains toward God, although not right away, it rises and grows in this chapter. First, he talks about life on earth. Effectively in 7:1-6, he says, "My days are both too long and too short." “My days are both too long and too short.” Look at 7:1-6, "Does not man have hard service on earth? Are not as days like those of a hired man? Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages, so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me. When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss until dawn. My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering. “My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope." So, Job here laments the plight of all human beings, what life is like for all of us. Man, he says, has to endure hard service on the earth, like a slave who works all day long yearning for the sun to go down and for the shadow, the coolness of the night. Or like a hired man who, every moment of the day, all he's thinking about are the few coins he's going to get at the end of the day, he has no joy in his labor. But with those few coins that he gets at the end of the day, he's going to be able to buy some food and some provisions for himself and his family. And he's going to go home, he's going to bring those provisions to them, they're going to eat and go to bed. That's their day. And the next day he's going to do it all over again. That's what life is like for human beings. And that's what life feels like to Job now. He just wants it to be over. Do you see that? I mean, he just wants the day to end. When he lies down, though, all he can think about is when the night will end because he has insomnia and nightmares. So all day long, he's waiting for night when he can have some rest, but all night long, he's not sleeping because of the terrors of his heart and he's waiting for day. But then the day is no better because all day long, his skin is festering with worms and agony, so it's strange. The days seem very long, but then he says his life is fleeting, flying away, he says swifter than a weaver's shuttle. Think about how a loom was set up with strings up and down, and then the weaver throws that shuttle across from right to left. And it's just that quick, it's gone. This image is used a number of times in the Bible, but it's talking about the transitory nature of life. Life is a mist. It's a vapor that appears for a little while, and then it vanishes. It's strange though, in the midst of this suffering, time is playing tricks on him. Which is it Job? Are the days long or are they short? I remember hearing this once, and it struck me as true, depending on what you're going through. The days are long and the years are short. I think the older you get, the more you know that that's true. What does that mean the days are long? It means there are certain days that you think will never end. They just will never end, and then suddenly it was seven years ago that day. "Soon," he says, "the tapestry of my life will be finished and God will cut me off the loom and fold me up and begin working on another tapestry, and I'll be done. That's what my time is like, and I can make no sense of it at all." Remember, O God… I Won’t be Here Much Longer Part two chapter seven. “Remember, O God, I'm not going to be here much longer." This is verses 7-10, "Remember…that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again. The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me; but I will be no more. As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to the grave does not return. He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more." So Job now definitely turns his attention to God and begins talking to God. And he's calling on God to remember how frail and fragile he is. Psalm 103:14 says, "For he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.” Effectively he's saying to God, "How much more of this do you think I can take? It is evident to me that I will never see any pleasure again, ever. I'm done with pleasure. All the things that I ever enjoyed have been ripped away from me and I'll never enjoy them again. So if there's nothing left for me on earth, but pain, realize, O Lord, I'm effectively as good as gone already.” Ironically, at the end of the book, he's going to have all of these things restored to him, and it seems that he takes pleasure in it. It's good to know, isn't it, that when you're going through a time like this, you think you will never be happy again, can never be happy again. That's what Job felt. So Job says to God, remember that I'm going to soon be gone and you're going to look for me and you're not going to find me. And the place where I live won't even remember me. My life is a mist. It's a vapor that appears for a little while and then it'll be gone. And once I die, I'm going to be gone forever. And you will never see me again. You, My God, Are Terrifying Me When You Should Forgive Third part 7:11-21. "You, my God, are terrifying me when you should forgive.” So Job here turns directly to God and brings his complaint right to God. He's going to use bitter sarcasm. And he's going to begin to question the attributes of God, his goodness, his mercy, and justice. This questioning of God will increase as the book goes on. And it is the very thing that he's going to repent from at the end of the book, but the seeds of it are right here. Look at verses 11-16, "Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard? When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine. I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning." So Job says, "I cannot keep silent. I've got to say what's coming out of me." He must voice his deep distress. He's got to talk about it, he says. Interesting, there's a Psalm that says, "Set a guard over the door of my mouth." He doesn't want any guard over the door of his mouth. He wants to say what's on his mind. And he wonders why God feels it necessary to deal so powerfully and vigorously with him. He says, am I a monster of the deep, like one of these primordial beasts that all the ancient stories said God conquered to create the universe? This kind of thing, like a sea serpent. Am I a cosmic enemy of God that I have to be captured and put in chains with a guard over me night and day? Am I that dangerous? Am I that much of a threat to your mighty throne, oh God? Now how could that be? In the midst of my disease? I go lie down on a bed. And even when I do that, all that happens is more agony. It's like you will not give me a moment of peace, not even at night, now that night terrors come. All those nightmares, the night terrors, they leave me in a cold sweat. I wonder what new things you're going to do to me. It's as though these nightmares are the evening's guard details set over me to make sure that I don't have a moment's peace. Other times I try to breathe and I'm strangled by my agony as I'm panting trying to catch my breath, but I actually wish I would not catch my breath. I'd rather just strangle and die. I hate my life. There's nothing good for me in life. And I wish you would just leave me alone. Look at verses 17-21, "What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention, that you examine him every morning and test him every moment? Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant? If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you? Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more." So Job finishes lament by wondering what God gets out of staring at human beings so intently. Why do you care so much about us, God? You're exalted high above the heavens. The heavens, even the highest heavens, can't contain you. All the nations are before you like grass hoppers and like dust on the scales and like a drop of water from the bucket. So why do you zero in on me? That's what whole nations are like. Why do you care about an individual little peon, a flickering flame with nothing left to offer? Why do you stare at us? Why do you examine us? Why do you test us? Why do you orchestrate trials specifically tailored for our lives? I feel naked before your gaze, O God. Your staring at me makes me terrified. Would you please, for a moment, turn your gaze away? Look somewhere else. At this point, Job seems to become increasingly disrespectful of God in some sense. He says, “If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of men?” It's like he's charging the ineffable, the infinitely glorious, highly exalted God with being weird to care so much about a tiny black ant running around in some little hill somewhere. The bottom line is simple. If you are so mighty and so powerful, and if I'm so little and so insignificant, then why should my sins, whatever they are, trouble you so much? Why don't you just forgive me? Soon I'm going to die anyway. Why not just give me a moment's peace in your merciful forgiveness before I sink back into the dust from which I came? It's Job chapter seven. III. Timeless Lessons for Us All right. So what are some lessons for us? Timeless lessons for us as we look at Job through these two chapters. I'm going to take the last lesson first. The Last Lesson is First: We DO Matter to God! The last lesson is we infinitely matter to God. It's actually immeasurable how much we matter to God. The fact is God is a watcher of men. Intently. David celebrates it in Psalm eight. He says, "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you're mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" He's marveling over that God can do both. The fact is God is actually so exalted that he can do both. He can spin all the planets and make certain all the stars are in place and care about little you. It's actually a reduction of God to think that God can't do both. God is so busy spinning the planets he has no time for me. That's just not true. God is infinitely majestic and infinitely attentive to details, including you. "The fact is God is actually so exalted that he can do both. He can spin all the planets and make certain all the stars are in place and care about little you. It's actually a reduction of God to think that God can't do both. " He does. Psalm 139 celebrates this actually. Psalm 139:1-6 says, "O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain." Later in that Psalm, Psalm 139, he says, "How marvelous are your thoughts concerning me, how vast the sum of them. Were I to number them, they would outnumber the grains of sand in the seashore." So different image, but there it's incredible that God has that many thoughts about me. It's actually very comforting when you know that God means you nothing but good, and he has completely figured out your life. Our Sins Are Eternally Consequential Secondly, our sins are eternally consequential. They cannot be minimized. They should not be minimized. It is actually not a small thing that we, individual human beings, created in the image of God, created to love God and to serve him with all of our hearts, with all of our souls, with all of our minds and strength, rebel against him, violates those laws. It is not a small thing. It's infinitely consequential. Our Sins Are Atoned for by God’s Faithful Love in Christ Thirdly, our sins are atoned for by God's faithful love in Jesus Christ. That's the good news. I will not stop looking at the book of Job through the lens of the cross in the empty tomb. Every week we're going to do it. I'm not going to be disrespectful to Job. I'm just going to say in different ways, I think we can do better. I think we're called on, after the resurrection of Christ to do better. We'll talk more about that in later sermons, but our sins have been atoned for out of the unfailing covenant love of God, that God set his love on us in Christ Jesus. “In love, he predestined us to be adopted as his sons and daughters. And it was out of love that he sent has only begotten a son into the world. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." And Jesus said it of himself, "Greater love has no one than this, that he laid down his life for his friends." So the real question I'm asking you, my dear friend listening to me now, is have you known the forgiveness of God through faith in Jesus Christ? Have you found that forgiveness for yourself? Your sins are eternally consequential. The wrath of God against sin is real, but Jesus came and paid that penalty of wrath on the cross for sinners like you and me. And all we have to do is trust in him, and our sins will be forgiven. Jesus is Therefore the Perfect Friend Fourth, Jesus is therefore the perfect friend. Job's friends did fail him. They did not display that covenant love, that hesed. But Jesus is more than just a friend that sticks closer than a brother. His loyalty to us will never end. He shed his blood for us to take away our sins and by his Spirit he's able to say, "Surely I will be with you always, even to the end of the age." Hebrews 13:5 says, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So God, through his son, and the Son, through the Spirit, walks with us through every trial. As Isaiah 43 says beautifully, "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze." God Knows How Much We Can Take Fifth, God knows how much we can take. Remember when Job is saying, "I'm not stone. I'm not bronze." He's saying to God, "God, you have miscalculated here." It's like God's a civil engineer who designed a bridge and then ran an armored division over it. And it's like one of those little country bridges, you know, and you can hear the structural members creaking and cracking and about to go. That's what Job's saying to God. It's too much. But God actually knows better than we do how much we can handle. We would always go lightly on ourselves, don't you think? If you got to sit into the pain of redemptive suffering and strap yourself in and wire yourself up, and then you controlled the level from zero to a hundred, what would you choose? Pastor, I'd be about 0.1, maybe one if I were really feeling virtuous and when God's dialing it up to 50 and 60, he knows what you can take. And he knows that the trial will not do you harm ultimately. God is faithful, “He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear, but with the temptation will make the way of escape.” 1 Corinthians 10:13. Sound Theology Must Be Supplemented with Humility and Love Sixth, sound theology must be supplemented with humility and love. This is Job's response to his friends. We can do better than his friends. I think we should cherish sound theology at this church. We should cherish it, but be careful how you use it. Think about those words, “How painful are honest words!” That's why it says in Ephesians 4:15, "Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head." We have to combine truth, biblical truth, with tenderness, compassion, humility, with the fruit of the spirit. Put those together. Friends Should Do Better Than These Men So seventh, friends should do better than these men. When you go to counsel, speak humbly about your own sinfulness. Realize you're no better. If the person you're counseling confesses great sin to you and thinks this is why they're going through this great trial, don't minimize that. Don't think that's unbiblical or impossible. Don't say that. But just realize you're just as sinful as they are. Point them to the cross. Point them to the empty tomb and to the faithfulness of God. If they don't, if they're suffering similar to Job, although not as righteous as Job, but they're not aware of any great sin, but they're going through this great trial, it's a chronic illness, or some other great trial, then don't do what Job's friends did. Believe them, the judgment of charity and be a good friend, walk through it with them. Sufferers Should Not Give Themselves Permission to Blaspheme God And then eighth, sufferers should not give themselves permission to blaspheme God. Job 6:2-3, "If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery placed on the scales! It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been impetuous." Later, he says, I will not guard my mouth. I'm going to say what's on my heart. Well, here's the thing, I've seen as a pastor again and again people who get angry at God and vent on him for a while and feel that they're justified in doing so. Let me say, first of all, God never does anything wrong ever. Second of all, it is not actually therapeutic for you to vent. What you should do is draw near to the throne of grace that you may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. It's right for you, in the book of James, where you're going through suffering of many kinds to ask for wisdom. I don't know why this is happening. Show me what it is you're seeking to achieve in my life and in my family. What are you doing? That's perfectly valid. But don't blaspheme. Don't question the justice of God. Don't come against him. I feel like this is the final lesson of the book of Job is to trust God, no matter what he chooses to do with your earthly life. Close with me in prayer. Lord, thank you for these chapters. They're not easy to hear, but we thank you for how you and your wisdom have given us these words so that we can take them seriously, understand what was going on in this man's heart, in his life. And to realize that you don't mean us harm, O Lord, but you're going to bring us through sufferings and trials and afflictions that we would not choose for ourselves. Prepare us, O Lord, in advance, to suffer well. We thank you for the wisdom that you showed in John chapters 13-16 of telling your disciples ahead of time the sufferings they were going to go through so that when they went through them that they would continue to believe in Jesus. Lord, give us that preparation now through these sermons so that when the time comes, we will suffer well for your glory. In Jesus’s name, Amen.

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 Civilized people must kill Sodomite A.D. Anno domini, or down in doom.   'What is at stake is more than one small country, it is a big idea - a new world order - where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind: peace and security, freedom and the rule of law.' - George Bush, on Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, 29 January 1991     Summary This essay summarises the biblical teaching on international order, considers the way in which Christians have appropriated that biblical teaching, and evaluates recent developments in international relations. In the light of events in Kosovo and East Timor, it considers the justification and limits of the use of force in 'humanitarian intervention' and the development of international criminal law. International relations in biblical thought The Bible proclaims the inadequacy of all political solutions to the problems of humanity. Nevertheless, it is not silent in the area of international relations. In his speech before the Areopagus, Paul highlighted the providence of God in establishing and sustaining 'every nation of men' from 'one man'.[5] These twin strands of the unity of humanity and the diversity of nations run throughout the entire Scriptures, and are in tension with each other.[6] The first chapters of Genesis stress the unity of humanity in its rebellion against God. 

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How is your HEARt today? What is the truth your heart is communicating? What is the language that is being expressed? It's time to Come Home to Self and learn to trust our hearts again to BE lead intuitively and empowered within. Let's rekindle that passion and fire! Join me for 22 days as we S.I.T. with our heart (Soul.Intently.Trusting). I'm also coming on YouTube in the morning to ask, "How is your HEARt today?" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/florenceleonardo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/florenceleonardo/support

How is your HEARt today? What is the truth your heart is communicating? What is the language that is being expressed? It's time to Come Home to Self and learn to trust our hearts again to BE lead intuitively and empowered within. Let's rekindle that passion and fire! Join me for 22 days as we S.I.T. with our heart (Soul.Intently.Trusting). I'm also coming on YouTube in the morning to ask, "How is your HEARt today?" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/florenceleonardo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/florenceleonardo/support

As I stare at his picture, I see a very handsome, fair-skinned man with a red beard, sporting a black baseball cap with a fish hook decorating the bill. Intently, he stares into the blue skies as though he's studying the beauty all around him. Looking at this picture, I would have never known that only a few years ago, Matt went by the name of… Melanie. For a second, try to imagine being assigned a female body that didn't match your inner male being. Now, imagine feeling this way and growing up in a small town in Texas, born into a conservative family, where religion played a big role in your life. These struggles were his reality. Slowly, he found outlets and along the way, finally found himself.  Having to overcome a lot of adversity and a battle with mental health, his triumph will leave you a fan of his lovely soul for life.  So, as we test the waters with Skype, we sit, headphones in/on our ears, both our laptops between us… this is his story. Enjoy!If you feel that your coming out story could make an impact in the community and are comfortable with letting me in to listen and to share it, I sincerely invite you to contact me via email @ itsjustlovepod@gmail.com.This episode is produced and edited by me, Fabiana.Music by SFRecords@audiojungle.netLogo Art designed by me, Fabiana and created by Dana @ Hay Logo ATXIf can follow me on Instagram @ itsjustlovepodcastLike us on Facebook @ It's Just Love PodcastYou can tune in @ Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, & SticherUntil next time remember:  "The revelation of our differences will only be impactful if we embrace them with positivity and kindness" ~Fabiana

Micha Mikailian is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience and over 8 startups. He made his first million dollars in his early twenties and has continued to grow and expand his empire today. He's committed to creating and supporting businesses that live on the bleeding edge of our evolution and are contributing to a more sustainable, just, and abundant world for all of us. He is currently the CEO and founder of Intently, a website browser extension that helps you stay focused on your goals by replacing all ads online with motivational and goal oriented pictures. Favorite Success Quote “It is better to walk alone than with a crowd that is walking in the wrong direction” Key Points 1. Learn to See Yourself as an Entrepreneur When you begin identifying yourself as an entrepreneur, you start to make it a part of your identity and way of life.  You no longer see yourself as an overworked employee but rather an entrepreneur who is building his side hustle into a business that will give him the time and freedom he and his family want. When you identify as an entrepreneur, you no longer see yourself as a college student trying to figure life out, but a young businessman preparing to innovate and change the world and learning the skills necessary to do it. How you see yourself will determine who you become. See yourself as an entrepreneur. 2. Entrepreneurship is a Tool Many famous entrepreneurs claim that business is a game, and while business itself may be a game, entrepreneurship is a tool. It is a tool to create freedom and wealth and happiness in people's lives. It is a tool to change the world for the better and inspire others to be the change they want to see. 3. Focus on Your Personal Development “Your level of success will rarely exceed your level of personal development because success is something you attract by the person you become” In the podcast, Micha shared how, like many pro athletes, even though he had made a lot of money, his character and personal development did not match the income. This lead to a number of very poor life choices and multiple failures. If you want to see and sustain success, you need to develop yourself as an individual. Learn to handle your emotions, learn to set and achieve goals, to have a vision bigger than yourself and interact socially. Then and only then will you be successful. 4. Outsource the Unnecessary  Life is full of unnecessary tasks and redundant minutiae. The more of it that you can outsource, the better and more productive your life will be. Cooking, editing, scheduling, cleaning, anything that can be eliminated should as soon as you have the income. The less energy and brain power you expend on useless crap the more you can expend on creating your ideal lifestyle and having as much fun as possible.