Podcast appearances and mentions of Jim Woods

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*The look of the upcoming City Council ballot *Cuyahoga Falls wins Champion of the River Award *State Road meeting *School seeking sponsorships *Neighbor week *Auditions for ANTIC's Happily Ever After *Summit Arts Collective Improv Club for kids *Mr. Jeff honored with World Entertainment Award for Best Children's Album *Akron Renaissance Festival *An interview with author Jim Woods (43:43) Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line at fallsfreepress@gmail.com. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen. Fallscast theme and interstitials composed and performed by Alex Hall. This episode recorded and edited by Bart Sullivan. “Julius Eastman” composed and performed by Tyler Yohey

Payback was something of a surprise - and largely forgotten - minor hit, riding mostly on the coattails of Mel Gibson at the height of his popularity and box office appeal, having come off a string of hits, including 1994's Maverick, 1995's Oscar-winning Braveheart, 1996's Ransom, and 1997's Conspiracy Theory, as well as the prestige of Brian Helgeland, who had just won an avalanche awards, including the Oscar, for writing LA Confidential as well as the aforementioned Conspiracy Theory. But the production of Payback also opened a window to some of the personal and professional issues surrounding Gibson that would become increasingly apparent in the years leading up to his career crash in the mid-2000s. Unhappy with the direction of the film Helgeland wrote and director, Gibson had Helgeland fired and reworked and reshot much of the movie, adding Kristofferson's character to the story and changing much of the tone and arc of the main character Porter. As a result, Payback is actually two movies - the theatrically-released Gibson vision released in 1999 and the Helgeland cut, released on Blu-ray 7 years later, officially titled Payback: Straight Up. We had writer and Payback superfan Jim Woods on to talk about both! You can find out everything you need to know about Jim on his website: Jim Woods Writes

Send us a Text Message.In this week's episode, we're gushing over Charli XCX's brand new album "Brat" and talking about how Kendrick Lamar's incredible Pop Out — Ken & Friends show where he played 'Not Like Us' six times! Finally, we discuss our experience at the Ben Schwartz and Friends show in Niagara Falls, which featured Colton Dunn, Drew Tarver, and Jim Woods. Then, we talk about our latest TV obsession, "Hacks," and share why it's one of the smartest comedians on-air right now. Tune in for a rollercoaster of emotions, laughs, and insights!SHOW NOTESCharli XCX's new album, BratKendrick Lamar's Pop Out Concert: A West Coast Reunion and Unforgettable Haters' Ball - PitchforkKocchi no Kento earmworm Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go comedy special on HBO MaxSupport the Show.

The way I look at it, there are two forces at work to growing a sustainable writing business, or any business for that matter. There are external elements that people see: the websites, the blog, the books, the client conversations, the work you produce, and so forth. But then there is also the internal element—the mental and emotional journey you are taking. When you start taking your business seriously, it feels like the external elements are going to be what make or break you. You think it's all about learning to connect with certain types of people or understanding the craft of writing. But as you get your feet wet and establish yourself a bit, you come to understand that it's really more about the mental and emotional journey you're taking. People typically don't self-destruct because they don't know how to write a book outline or they get something wrong when putting their book on Amazon. They self-destruct because they haven't gotten a handle on their emotional and mental life as a creative and a business owner. That's why I'm honored and excited to have my friend, Chris Morris, as a guest today on the show. He's going to help us navigate some of these issues from the perspective of building our resilience and mental health as writers and business owners. Chris is the author of the excellent new book, Resilient and Redeemed: Lessons About Suicidality and Depression from the Psych Ward. He's written several other books on topics such mental health, faith, and chronic illness. Chris is also the host of the “Resilience and Other Things” podcast. I got to know Chris a number of years ago through my good friend, Jim Woods. I soon discovered that Chris, who is accountant by trade, was not only a thoughtful and kind person, but one of the most gifted writers I know. Let me share a bit about Chris in his own words. This is from the bio section of his website, https://chrismorriswrites.com. He says, “I spend my time writing about how to balance faith and difficult times. I have both mental illnesses and chronic illnesses, but I'm learning to thrive anyway. I've never been good friends with normal, but I'm well-acquainted with disappointment and pain. I guess that's why Redefining Normal is part of the code here, because it's been part of my journey.” Chris and I talk about several topics in this conversation, including: Why writers and creatives often uniquely struggle with mental health. The role that writing has played in his recovery. How he finds resilience in dark times. Practices and routines for staying mentally healthy. His thoughts on publishing pathways for authors. And more! You can check out Chris's books and podcast at https://chrismorriswrites.com. * * * Today's episode is sponsored by Karen Hunsanger, an incredible editor known as “The Word Wizard.” I've worked with Karen many times, and she is your secret weapon for crafting the highest-quality book possible. Visit the link above for a free sample edit.

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 1187: Discover how to unleash your inherent creativity with Jim Woods' insightful guidance. Woods demystifies the creative process, emphasizing the synergy of information and inspiration to spark creation. Whether you're a writer, musician, or painter, this article offers practical strategies for overcoming creative blocks and nurturing your artistic talents. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://goinswriter.com/creative-flow/ Quotes to ponder: "The creative process is not easy; it takes time, energy, and effort. But nothing worth doing is ever easy, is it? That's what makes it wonderful." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 1187: Discover how to unleash your inherent creativity with Jim Woods' insightful guidance. Woods demystifies the creative process, emphasizing the synergy of information and inspiration to spark creation. Whether you're a writer, musician, or painter, this article offers practical strategies for overcoming creative blocks and nurturing your artistic talents. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://goinswriter.com/creative-flow/ Quotes to ponder: "The creative process is not easy; it takes time, energy, and effort. But nothing worth doing is ever easy, is it? That's what makes it wonderful." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Dr. James Woods shares his call to become a surgeon, what he has learned about His Creator from studying the human body, and why he said yes to taking surgery on the road to help those who couldn't otherwise access it. This conversation will inspire you to live a life of legacy, using your gift to impact the world. As promised, here are the resources we mentioned in the podcast. We hope you love them as much as we do.  Let's be friends! Check out Collide's website for info on upcoming conferences, events, and resources, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for encouragement, inspo and a fun peek into our ministry. Plus, subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date on all things Collide! And make sure to subscribe to the Collide Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts so you can listen in each week! Resource Mentioned in Episode Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God's Image by Dr. Paul Brand and Phillip Yancy Collide Resources Our Personal and Powerful Bible study reminds us that God is able to intersect with our lives in both personal and powerful ways. Our 6 Places to Go Looking for God guide will help you look for, find, and experience God, and we're confident that by using it, you will be refreshed in your faith, challenged to grow in your relationship with God, and experience God's presence in new and life-giving ways. We all have big dreams and big goals, but we often get held back by our own self-doubt. But God wants to use you just as you are. Dig into our amazing resource, 5 Exercises to Help you do Amazing Things to help you confront the fear that holds you back, and to say “yes” to God doing amazing things in your life.   

People often find information about productivity helpful but fail to put it into practice. It is why we hope to filter through mere information processing and help you dive into the actual process!Jim Woods comes on the podcast to talk about productivity and what comes with it. Specifically, we'll look at why rest is a big part of productivity. One of the things that people need to address when it comes to productivity is not about time or task management but about their energy and how energy plays a big part of rest!The Role of HustleRest is important to keep you going, but it is not often discussed since people focus more on the hustle, grind, and being more productive. But obviously, rest is important since it keeps people going and keeps things sustainable, but it's completely different for the young ones. It is why context also matters when we talk about rest. On the other hand, sleep becomes the first thing that comes to mind when people talk about rest, but other people might also have other ideas.Managing Your Energy Managing your energy is different for each individual. Still, people can manage their energy by avoiding putting everything on a calendar, knowing their patterns, and understanding their tendencies. There are also many tools people can choose from when they want to know more about their personality like the enneagram or the Myers Briggs. But the best way could be having a huge mindset.Know Yourself Being honest with yourself and learning to say NO to things is a good start to set some boundaries to keep your focus on things that matter. People always think they have too much responsibility and end up getting burned out. Hence, it would be good to start being honest with yourself on these things, or finding an outlet to talk to is also a good start. You have to know when you have enough and set some boundaries for yourself. Try to learn new things, and paying attention to your patterns will keep you on track.Healthy Diet and Exercise Don't take your frustrations on a coffee pot. Don't keep on drinking coffee and avoid junk foods, especially at certain parts of the day. How you eat affects how you feel, and your energy levels for food can affect your body in different ways. Also, doing some physical activity like playing basketball or standing using a standing desk will help bring rest, even though it requires physical exertion. It may seem counterintuitive, but doing something physical may rest your mind a little bit instead of being in a more awkward position, which will add extra stress and tension and then make you feel more tired. Make Rest Like A HabitResting your energy should be a daily thing like water. It should become a good habit, but people often tend to forget things that work well. When one doesn't do it constantly, it kind of derails. And you are back to square one! A good foundation is to start with things that excite you, like how Jim started using an Alpha Neo Smart typing device. Doing things that excite you is huge and ends up making things work well. Hence, resting as a habit will help prepare you for something bigger. It can be like a day-to-day project like drinking enough water to help prepare yourself for something bigger.Restart Yourself Figure out what works well for you to get something out of rest. Moderate screen time activities to give yourself more free room. Restart yourself, have some accountability and some form of boundary. And even if rest is

Today - we find ourselves going back in time to revisit the lore of the Wild West, as we commemorate the 30th anniversary of an iconic piece of American cinema, the movie Tombstone. Support the show: https://www.myheraldreview.com/site/forms/subscription_services/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EPISODE 179: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:42) SPECIAL COMMENT: The Fox-Dominion Trial is delayed until Tuesday so the two sides can discuss settling out of court. DON'T SETTLE! I'm like everybody else who ever worked for Rupert Murdoch, dated Laura Ingraham, and was asked to co-host a show with Tucker Carlson! I need to see them all in the witness box, under oath, WEEPING. Seriously, America could use the catharsis of an on-the-record verdict that Fox is not and never has been a news organization but even that isn't enough to destroy it. It needs juries doubling the demanded damages in this case AND Smartmatic to literally bankrupt the place (and survive appeals, including the Supreme Court, where Fox's lawyers think they'd win. The late tea leaves aren't good. The delay and story of settlement discussions was broken by another Murdoch outlet, The Wall Street Journal, AND the promised Sunday night attack on Fox by Mark Levin against Dominion and the judge mysteriously never happened. We don't want them snatching peace from the jaws of war. (8:20) Even when Clarence Thomas discloses something, he does it dishonestly. The latest revelations of his utter disregard for the Supreme Court's disclosure regulations. And could the vague precedent Richard Nixon used to force Abe Fortas to resign from SCOTUS in 1969 rather than face possible indictment, work with Clarence? In the interim, where is the Senate Judiciary hearing? (16:25) Speaking of which: looks like the Texas judge in the appalling abortion pill ruling lied to the Senate during his confirmation process. Dick Durbin needs to get to work and get Matthew Kacsmaryk charged for perjury. B-Block (22:51) IN SPORTS: The Oakland A's may not have much of a team, but they do provide every visiting team's television crew with the entertainment that is a live Possum living in the wall of the booth. And a wonderful farewell to Spencer, the official dog of The Boston Marathon (26:49) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: They'll be using Marjorie Barney Rubble Greene in a House campaign 1800 miles away. Turns out Nikki Haley's campaign doesn't know you can't count the same donation twice. And MAGA turns on Junior Trump. Remember, Buddy, this is how the French Revolution started. C-Block (31:55) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Anastasia needs a foster near Devore, CA to save her life (32:55) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: There must be 10,000 ceremonial first pitches at baseball games all around the country every year, and 9900 of them must be bad. Here is the advice I was given 17 years ago that can save you from being one of the bad ones. Best of all, it involves CHEATING.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wisdom from A Bulldog Welcome to today's #WednesdayWisdom from Way Of The Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods Today's insight was inspired by Nobel laureate, twice British prime minister and knighted author and statesman, Winston Churchill. “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” — Sir Winston Churchill I get quite a few quotes sent to me during the year, but the best one sent to me in recent years has to be from reader Kevin S., who suggested we use this beautiful and eminently true assessment of socialism by the great Winston Churchill. The English statesman saw socialism's evils first hand, and thanks to his resolve and his ability to rally his countrymen, he helped thwart socialism's tyranny before it could take over Europe. For that, free people around the globe owe a debt to the “British Bulldog.” Jim Woods March 22, 2023 For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com/store for Way of the Renaissance Man Fans is open. Grab your stylish t-shirt, gear, stickers and Way of the Renaissance Man art, too! Just visit the website now! Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.

Join us for a special episode of Reimagining Diversity & Leadership Podcast with Jim Woods as we delve into the world of Lean improvement and its impact on Human Resources. Our guest for this episode is Mark Graban, a renowned Lean expert and author. He will share his insights and experiences on how Lean principles can be applied to HR processes to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance the overall performance of the HR function. Mark will also discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with implementing Lean in HR and provide practical tips for organizations looking to improve their HR processes. This is an episode you don't want to miss if you're interested in maximizing the effectiveness of your HR department. Tune in and learn how Lean can revolutionize HR! Learn more about our diversity and inclusion services. Schedule an appointmentJim WoodsPresidentWoods Kovalova Group

Join your host Giuseppe Grammatico, and his special guest, Jim Woods, as they dive deep into building a truly representative organization characterized by a culture of belonging, support, and trust. Jim shares his story of tenacity and resilience, emphasizing the importance of reaching out for help and staying positive, even when faced with adversity. He offers valuable advice on various strategies for starting and growing a business, including outsourcing, hiring help, and investing in oneself. He also encourages people to contact him for business coaching and consulting services to help them recognize and eliminate any unconscious biases and prejudices that may hinder achieving their goals. In this episode you will learn:•       The Power of Positive Attitude: How a Dream Can Come True•       Navigating Career Change in the Age of Uncertainty•       How To Create Your Own Brand and Side Hustle•       How to Stand Out from the Competition as a Business and Life Coach•       A Guide to Creating a Successful Business with Zero Employees•       And so much more! About Jim Woods:Jim Woods is president of Woods Kovalova Group where he founded the firm in 1998. He helps clients in the financial industry to solve their most pressing problems and seize their most promising possibilities by breaking the cycle of racial inequality. Jim was recognized as one of the “Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America.”Jim's education and work experience have given him expertise in many aspects of the financial sector. He has 25 years of diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting experience, primarily in retail and business banking. Jim holds deep expertise in organization and banking strategy development. Jim earned a master's degree in organizational development and human resources from Capella University. He is the author of several business books on diversity and inclusion along with three children's books on belonging.  Find Jim Woods on..Website: https://woodskovalovagroup.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswoods/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/woodskovalovagroup/Twitter: https://twitter.com/woodskovalova Connect with Franchise Freedom on:Website:          https://ggthefranchiseguide.com/podcast/Linkedin:          https://www.linkedin.com/company/gg-the-franchise-guideFacebook:       https://www.facebook.com/GGTheFranchiseGuideTwitter:                        https://twitter.com/ggrammaticoInstagram:       https://www.instagram.com/gg_the_franchise_guide/Youtube:         https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWsxLRngbxJEH2m8w-ptYw?view_as=subscriberApple:              https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/franchise-freedom/id1499864638

Schools and other groups have struggled to find an excellent way to deal with diversity issues. Even though research has shown that discussing race, gender, and sexuality decreases prejudice and that avoiding these conversations increases stereotyping, many people still don't believe diversity education can work. In this episode Diversity and Inclusion expert Jim Woods offers strategies that can help kids to develop a more open and unbiased perspective.  Listen now and please subscribe. #diversity #inclusion #education #humanresourcesSchedule an appointmentJim WoodsPresidentWoods Kovalova GroupDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisors4610 S. Ulster St. Suite 150Denver, CO 80237LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Spotify Podcast#diversity #hr #humanresources #CHRO #HRCI #leadership #podcast #inclusion

Welcome to today's #WednesdayWisdom from Way Of The Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods Today's insight was inspired by a true American Renaissance Man, scientist, writer, statesman, and philosopher, Benjamin Franklin. “A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” –Benjamin Franklin This time of year is replete with reflection on the past 12 months. It's also a time when we prepare ourselves for the coming year. But before you get to either of these things, remember what Benjamin Franklin said about a good conscience. You see, when our hearts and minds are clear, we can see the past for what it is and the future for what it should be — and that, my friends, will bring you holiday cheer throughout the year. From all of us here on the Way of the Renaissance Man team, we wish you the very happiest of holidays. Jim Woods December 21, 2022 For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com/store for Way of the Renaissance Man Fans is open. Grab your stylish t-shirt, gear, stickers and Way of the Renaissance Man art, too! Just visit the website now! Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.

Welcome to today's #WednesdayWisdom from Way Of The Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods   Today's insight was inspired by an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy.     “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”   — John F. Kennedy     As the late president so poignantly put it, gratitude is much more about action than mere words. This Thanksgiving, don't just merely speak about the things you're grateful for. This year, act on that feeling of gratitude and do something special for the people you value most — including yourself.   Jim Woods November 23, 2022   For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com/store for Way of the Renaissance Man Fans is open. Grab your stylish t-shirt, gear, stickers and Way of the Renaissance Man art, too! Just visit the website now! Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.   For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com

Welcome to today's #WednesdayWisdom from Way Of The Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods. Today's insight was inspired by English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary, Thomas Paine. “Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” –Thomas Paine I think the great Thomas Paine said it all with this famous quote, so I'll refrain from any further elaboration other than to say that if you haven't read any of this incredible thinker's work, then you need to do so immediately. I guarantee you'll find his thought-provoking wisdom both challenging and inspiring. Jim Woods November 9, 2022       This Way of the Renaissance Man Ethos Collection Weekender bag is the perfect companion for every occasion—take it with you when traveling, running daily errands, or going to the gym. The bag is spacious and will keep all your stuff neat and organized with its multiple pockets, including one with a zipper for your most valuable possessions. Adjust the padded shoulder strap when the bag's helping you carry heavier things, and continue your daily run without a worry! Get yours here!   Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.

Would you say that you've been taking the path of least resistance in your career?  No judgements.  We just want to let you know that you're in good company.  In fact, this is exactly how our guest, Jim Woods described his career journey up until he found the work he really wanted to be doing.  Jim is a government accountant turned author, editor, and “champion for writers”.  He talks to us about what shook him off the path of least resistance and into taking control of his career and building the life he wanted in the “margins”.  For help finding the work you were meant to do, enroll in our free 8-day course at figureitout.co!

Welcome to today's #WednesdayWisdom from Way of The Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods.   Today's insight was inspired by an American statesman, diplomat, Founding Father and the fourth president of the United States, James Madison Jr..   “If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” –James Madison   I think it's important, especially today, to remember Madison's warning. Whatever battles we fight around the globe, we cannot let those battles destroy our freedom.   Jim Woods October 19, 2022   For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com/store for Way of the Renaissance Man Fans is open. Grab your stylish t-shirt, gear, stickers and Way of the Renaissance Man art, too! Just visit the website now! Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.   For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com

Q3 Stock Market Rollercoasters and Q4 Projections Featuring Top Market Analyst Jim Woods   Unlock Your Wealth Starring Heather Wagenhals   On today's episode, Jim Woods returns for Season 18's kickoff and to discuss the state of the investment markets.   You'll Learn:   What surprises investors saw this summer..   What the numbers did for Q3 and what that means for your money.   What are Jim's "Three Keys to a Market Bottom" and why it matters.   Jim's Q4 outlook moving forward...   And so much more!   If you are experiencing financial challenges this year, DM Heather in IG or FB @unlockyourwealth for a complimentary discovery session to explore a new path for you financially.     Remember to bookmark this show and share it in your stories, feed, or timeline on social media. The late Jim Rohn says you are an average of the top 5 people you hang around with so help them achieve financial freedom along with you!   DM Heather on IG/FB @UnlockYourWealth to claim your free Affordability checklist to assess your finances and create your plan for homeownership/real estate investment.     Pay off your mortgage, become debt free and have cash to invest with this simple strategy. Click here for the complimentary eBook. UnlockMyWealth.com Grab Heather's 9-page Financial Fire Escape Plan Checklist© for free by visiting CrackingYourMoneyCode.com   Learn More with Resource Links:   Check out our resources and past shows at our Facebook fan page at https://www.facebook.com/UnlockYourWealthTV/   You can DM the show and directly ask questions!     Also Check Out:   MoneyCreditAndYou.com UnlockYourWealth.com FreedomFest.com   Jim Woods Links:   JimWoodsInvesting.com   Bullseye Stock Trader   Eagle Eye Opener   Fast Money Alert   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com

Welcome to today's #WednesdayWisdom from Way of The Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods Today's insight was inspired by American novelist, poet, and one of the pioneers of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac. “My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.” –Jack Kerouac Passion is what makes life worth living. But controlling your passions is just as important as cultivating them. When it comes to a healthy life, balancing your enthusiasm and your self-discipline are the dual keys to success. Jim Woods October 5, 2022 For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com/store for Way of the Renaissance Man Fans is open. Grab your stylish t-shirt, gear, stickers and Way of the Renaissance Man art, too! Just visit the website now!     This Way of the Renaissance Man Ethos Tee is the perfect companion for every occasion—wear it when traveling, running daily errands, or going to the gym.   100% cotton 4.3-ounce and 30 singles Rib-Knit Crew Neck Double needle sleeves and hem Get yours here!           Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.

We are experiencing a changing work environment - fewer people with full-time careers and more people with multiple part-time jobs, and organizations have less concern and commitment for employees. Our guest today is burnout and stress coach Ruth Pearce who will help us resolve the destructive competition between co-workers, rewarding "talent" but not everyone, creating a divisive environment. Jim Woods is the senior diversity, equity and inclusion consultant and CEO at Woods Kovalova Group. Learn more. 

Welcome to today's #WednesdayWisdom from Way of The Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods   Today's insight was inspired by American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, Mark Twain.    “All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.”   –Mark Twain   The iconic writer provides us with a humorous, yet quite profound piece of advice in the above quip. You see, sometimes not knowing what you supposedly are unable to do is just enough of an edge to get that thing done. Believe in yourself, don't listen to naysayers, and don't accept limitations. Do that, and success is sure.   Jim Woods August 31, 2022   For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com/store for Way of the Renaissance Man Fans is open. Grab your stylish t-shirt, gear, stickers and Way of the Renaissance Man art, too! Just visit the website now! Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.   For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com

Achieving personal mastery will go a long way toward contending with conflicting workplace inclusion and belonging agendas. Exceptional vulnerable leadership requires discovering the appropriate message, establishing the proper environment, and developing a deep insight into oneself. Through one-on-one coaching and DE&I workshops, today's guest Carl Shawn Watkins encourages everyone, regardless of position, to be a leader. The new workplace culture necessitates that leaders demonstrate a new kind of vulnerability in order to meet the problems at hand. Jim Woods is president of Woods Kovalova Group one of the world's leading diversity and inclusion firms now in 39 countries. Schedule a call. Not seeing the results you expected from your Diversity, equity and inclusion programs? Click here - https://woodskovalovagroup.com/. 

At first glance, nice people seem saint-like. They are generous. But beneath the surface, they are filled with anxiety and self-loathing. In this episode, Jim Woods shows how to stop taking a passive approach to life and relationships. #leadership #humanresources

Up next on way of the Renaissance Man, Will AI destroy Humankind Featuring Robert Deadman —and other lighthearted subjects. Way of the Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods Will AI destroy humankind—and other lighthearted subjects. That's the serious, yet playfully intriguing discussion I had with my friend, computer scientist, investor and fellow Renaissance Man, Robert Deadman (and yes, that is his real last name). Robert is one of those rare individuals who possesses a breadth of knowledge that he can eloquently translate into casual conversation, even about such advanced and interesting topics as the rise of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, and the potential benefits and dangers of this technology. In this wide-ranging conversation, Robert and I discuss the current state of AI, and what the future holds for this ubiquitous technology. Topics here include such questions as… At what point will AI begin making its own decisions? How far away is this circumstance? What is the role of quantum computing in this question? Will AI actually have “free will”? When will the move from “Artificial Intelligence” become “Artificial Sentience”? Can we solve the so-called “Alignment” problem of AI, and how can we really understand this concept? I absolutely loved this conversation with the fascinating Robert Deadman, and at the risk of alienating my other guests, I must say that this was my favorite podcast yet—and I hope you think so as well. And now, my interview with Robert Deadman.       This Way of the Renaissance Man Ethos Collection Weekender bag is the perfect companion for every occasion—take it with you when traveling, running daily errands, or going to the gym. The bag is spacious and will keep all your stuff neat and organized with its multiple pockets, including one with a zipper for your most valuable possessions. Adjust the padded shoulder strap when the bag's helping you carry heavier things, and continue your daily run without a worry! Get yours here!   Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.

Unlock Your Wealth Starring Heather Wagenhals   On today's episode, Jim Woods returns for Season 17 to discuss the state of the investment markets.   You'll Learn:   What sectors took the largest hit this year.   Which one was the worst and which ones held up.   What the numbers did for Q2 and what that means for your money.   What are Jim's "Three Keys to a Market Bottom" and why it matters.   Jim's optimism moving forward...   And so much more!   If you are experiencing financial challenges this year, DM Heather in IG or FB @unlockyourwealth for a complimentary discovery session to explore a new path for you financially.     Remember to bookmark this show and share it in your stories, feed, or timeline on social media. The late Jim Rohn says you are an average of the top 5 people you hang around with so help them achieve financial freedom along with you!   DM Heather on IG/FB @UnlockYourWealth to claim your free Affordability checklist to assess your finances and create your plan for homeownership/real estate investment.     Pay off your mortgage, become debt free and have cash to invest with this simple strategy. Click here for the complimentary eBook. UnlockMyWealth.com Grab Heather's 9-page Financial Fire Escape Plan Checklist© for free by visiting CrackingYourMoneyCode.com   Learn More with Resource Links:   Check out our resources and past shows at our Facebook fan page at https://www.facebook.com/UnlockYourWealthTV/   You can DM the show and directly ask questions!     Also Check Out:   MoneyCreditAndYou.com UnlockYourWealth.com FreedomFest.com   Jim Woods Links:   JimWoodsInvesting.com   Bullseye Stock Trader   Eagle Eye Opener   Fast Money Alert   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com

So why is the food history of a community so important? And can Durham's food history be applied to other places? Who owns land, who can grow food and make a living doing so, and who has access to food, any food, least of all healthy food? The answers are deeply influenced by historical policies and practices. These in retrospect, clearly exacerbated, supported, and even created food related calamities, the dual burden communities face of both food insecurity and diet related chronic diseases, such as diabetes and obesity. Understanding these practices is important in creating change. And in understanding that conditions imposed on neighborhoods rather than personal failings of residents explain what we see today. This is a story about Durham, North Carolina. These days, Durham is famous as one of the South's foodiest towns and known for its award-winning chefs, thriving restaurant scene, and reverence for even the most humble foods served with down-home charm. But Durham, just like the rest of North Carolina, like other states and other countries, has discouraging any high rates of food insecurity. This is juxtaposed to high rates as well of obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related chronic diseases. It is helpful of course, to know how things are now, but a more complex and highly important question is how we got here. Enter history. What can be learned from a detailed historical analysis, in this case of Durham, and how relevant is this information to other places?   The Duke World Food Policy Center worked with historian, Melissa Norton to write a report titled, "Power and Benefit On The Plate The History of Food in Durham, North Carolina". This recording is an abridged version of that report and features documented historical quotes from the relevant periods in history as read by contemporary voices.   Let's go back to the beginning. Durham, North Carolina is the ancestral home of the Occaneechi, the Eno, the Adshusheer and the Shocco indigenous peoples. Before European colonizers came, land was not something that people owned. Instead land and its natural resources were shared so that everyone could benefit.   “To our people land was everything, identity, our connection to our ancestors, our pharmacy, the source of all that sustained us. Our lands, were where our responsibility to the world was enacted, sacred ground. It belonged to itself. It was a gift, not a commodity. It could never be bought or sold.”  Robin Kimmerer, Potawatomi Nation.   Durham's tribes and clans supported themselves through hunting, foraging and communal farming. They managed the habitat for fish, fowl and other wild animal populations. They used controlled fires to clear land, had complex farming irrigation systems and created a network of roads for trade and exchange. When European settler colonists came into North Carolina life for indigenous people changed dramatically. At first, they taught colonists how to forage and clear land, what to plant and how to care for crops. The colonists came to North Carolina believed that they had the spiritual, political and legal blessing of Pope Alexander the sixth through the doctrine of discovery. This decree labeled indigenous peoples as subhuman because they were not Christian and treated their land as available for the taking.   “The Indians are really better to us than we are to them. They always give us rituals at their quarters and take care we are armed against hunger and thirst. We do not do so by them, generally speaking, but let them walk by our doors hungry and do not often relieve them. We look upon them with scorn and disdain and think them little better than beasts in humane shape. Though if we're examined, we shall find that for all our religion and education, we possess more moralities and evil than these savages do not.” John Lawson, English settler colonist in North Carolina, 1709.   Settlers forced native people off ancestral homelands and took possession of the stolen land and its resources. As a result, many indigenous people left to join other tribes, some hid in order to remain in the area. And some were forced into assimilation programs or enslaved and shipped to the Caribbean.   Going back to the early colonial settlers, most were small scale farmers who grew corn, fruits and vegetables and commodities such as tobacco, wheat, and cotton for their own use or to barter. As farms grew from the 1500s through the 1800s, colonists brought West African people by force to use as free farm labor. West Africans brought seeds from their homelands and foods such as hibiscus, yams and sweet potatoes, watermelon and bananas and millet, okra and sorghum became a permanent part of the Southern food culture. Food was an essential connection to home, to community and resiliency. Indigenous and enslaved African people interacted and exchanged practical and cultural traditions.   “My name is Alex Woods. I was born in 1858. In slavery time I belonged to Jim Woods. My Missus name was Patty Woods. They treated us tolerable fair. Our food was well cooked. We were fed from the kitchen of the great house during the week. We cooked and ate at our home Saturday nights and Sundays. They allowed my father to hunt with a gun. He was a good hunter and brought a lot of game to the plantation. They cooked it at the great house and divided it up. My father killed deer and turkey. All had plenty of rabbits, possum, coons and squirrels.” Alex Woods   In 1854, the development of the North Carolina railroad transformed agricultural markets. The farming economy shifted from fruits, vegetables, and grains toward large scale cash crops, such as tobacco. The railroad stop in Durham became the center of the city. By the time the civil war began in 1861, nearly one out of three people in Durham county were enslaved. A quarter of the area's white farmers legally owned enslaved people. Cameron Plantation was the largest plantation in the state with 30,000 acres and 900 enslaved people.   To be self sufficient, create security and build wealth. People needed to own land. The federal government passed the homestead act of 1862 to create new land ownership opportunities. As a result in the west 246 million acres of native people's land were deeded to 1.5 million white families.   That same year, the federal government also passed the moral act. This established North Carolina State University in Raleigh as a land grant university to teach white students practical agricultural science, military science and engineering. 29 years later in 1891, North Carolina Agriculture and Technology University in Greensboro was established to serve black students, but the institutions were never funded equally.   In 1865, the civil war ended at Bennett Place in Durham with the largest surrender of Confederate troops. Reconstruction occurred in the subsequent years from 1865 to 1877. During this time, Durham struggled with its own political, social and economic challenges. One of which were the circumstances faced by formerly enslaved people who were freed with no land, no jobs, no money and no citizenship rights. Historians estimate that more than a million freed black people in the country became sick for malnutrition, disease and near starvation. And tens of thousands of people died.   Listen to the words of Martha Allen, a young black woman at the time.   “I was never hungry till we was free and the Yankees fed us. We didn't have nothing to eat, except heart attack and Midland meat. I never seen such meat. It was thin and tough with a thick skin. You could boil it all day and all night and it couldn't cook. I wouldn't eat it. I thought it was mule meat. Mules that done been shot on the battlefield then dried. I still believe it was mule meat. Them was bad days. I was hungry most of the time and had to keep fighting off them Yankee mans.” Martha Allen   In the years after the war, a few people had cash, but landowners still needed farm labor, poor farmers and families of all races struggled. Landowners began hiring farm labor through share cropping and tenant farm contracts.   “The Negros have as their compensation, a share of the crops that shall be raised one third part of the wheat, corn, cotton, tobacco, syrup, peas, sweet potatoes and pork. But the seed wheat is to be first passed back to the said Cameron, the hogs to be killed or pork shall be fattened out of the corn crop before division. The said Cameron is to have the other two thirds of said crops.” Cameron share cropping contract 1866.   Sharecroppers work plots of farmland, and then received a fraction of the crop yield for themselves as payment. For newly freed black people. Many of whom worked the same land, lived in the same housing and worked under the close supervision of the same overseers sharecropping felt like slavery under another name.   In 1868 and 1877 North Carolina passed the landlord tenant acts, which legalized the power imbalance between landowners and sharecropping farmers. For poor farmers there was simply no way to get ahead. And so-called black codes, laws enacted throughout the south in the 1860s and beyond denied black people the right to vote, to serve on juries or to testify in court against white people. With tenant farming, workers paid rent to landowners and kept all the proceeds from the crops.   “We lived all over the area because we were tenant farmers, very poor living on the land of the owner who was of course, white. We used his mules and he paid for the seed and the tobacco and the stuff that we planted. Of course, as I look back now, I know how they cheated us because we never had anything.” Theresa Cameron Lyons, 1868, on growing up in a black tenant farming family in Durham County.   North Carolina politics during this time was dominated by white supremacist ideology and by efforts to keep blacks from voting and from holding political office. In 1896, the US Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal treatment of blacks was legally permissible. This created the legal basis of racial apartheid known as Jim Crow. From 1896 to 1964 Jim Crow laws imposed racial segregation on nearly all aspects of life, including schools, transportation, and public facilities. These laws institutionalized economic, educational and social disadvantages for black and indigenous people, such court sanction exclusion combined with violence and intimidation from white people created severely hostile living conditions for North Carolina's black people. As a result, registered black voters in North Carolina plummeted from 126,000 in 1896 to only 6,100 in 1902.   As the year 1900 dawned, more than half of the US population were farmers or lived in rural communities. Durham County was still largely farmland, but there was incredible urban growth in the early decades of the 1900s. This too had an impact on Durham's food and the community.   Demand for tobacco and textile factory workers was growing in Durham. Although only white workers could work in the textile factories. Both black and white migrants found work in Durham's Liggett Myers and American tobacco factories. Black workers had the lowest pay, most backbreaking jobs in the factories and were paid less than the white workers.   Outside the factories black women had more job opportunities than black men, but as cooks and domestic servants. And they also held some administrative positions. As people traded farm life for the city, they had to adjust to a new way of life. This meant living off wages in the new cash economy and the crowded close quarters of urban living.   Textile mill owners in the East Durham Edgemont and West Durham areas built subsidized mill villages to provide housing for white workers close to the factories. Each mill village had its own churches, schools, recreation centers, and stores.   “Yeah, it was a complete store. They'd have very few wise work in the mills. They would have a man that went out in the morning, they'd call it taking orders. He'd go to all the houses and the woman of the house and tell him what she wanted. He'd bring it back in time to be cooked and served up for what they called dinner, which is of course lunch. And he'd go do the same thing in the afternoon. Have it back in time for a good supper.”  Zeb Stone, 1915, a white business owner from West Durham, North Carolina.   Many textile workers had grown up on farms and knew how to garden and raise chickens, pigs, or even cows in their yards. Families preserved extra garden produce and meals for the winter. Home canning became popular and increased during World War I and later in World War II, as food shortages meant rations for canned food. The federal government urged people to rely on produce grown in their own gardens called victory gardens and to share resources with neighbors.   Six predominantly black neighborhoods developed in Durham, along with black churches, schools and businesses, people form close relationships with each other. And even though the yards were often small, many black people also maintained gardens, kept chickens until the local government banned livestock in the city limits in the 1940s. Buying from black businesses meant investing in the whole black community. Community leaders preached how each dollar spent would flow in a wheel of progress throughout black Durham. Neighborhood grocers were owned by and for people who lived in black neighborhoods, here's what longtime Durham state representative Henry Mickey Michelle has to say about growing up in the Hayti area of Durham.   “We didn't have to go across the tracks to get anything done. We had our own savings and loans bank, our own insurance company, our own furniture store, our own tailors, barber shops, grocery stores, the whole nine yards.” Durham state representative Henry Mickey Michelle   Black and white farmers came to Durham's urban areas to sell fresh produce on street corners and created popup farm stands throughout the city. Many came to Hayti, Durham's largest black neighborhood and to the center of black commerce that was dubbed Black Wall Street. Durham established the first official farmer's market then called a curb market in 1911 to connect county farmers with urban consumers.   The federal government helped farmers stay informed of developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy, and the economy. The Smith Lever Act of 1914 launched cooperative extension services out of the land grant universities. In 1914 extension services for Durham County's white people began and services for black communities started in 1917, hoping to draw young people into farming.   Segregated schools in Durham offered agriculture training. Programs for the future farmers of America served white students and new farmers of America programs served black students.   By 1920 farmers comprised 50% of the population in Durham County outside the city core. Nearly half of these were tenant farmers. Arthur Brody, a black man who made his home in Durham had this to say about his family's experience.   “My granddaddy had 50 acres of land. They said he was working for this white family and the man took a liking to him. And back then land was cheap. And that man told him, Robert, what you ought to do is buy an acre of land every month. He gave him $12 a month. So he bought an acre of land a month, a dollar a month for a year. And he bought that farm with 52 acres of land in it. And he built his house out of logs. I remember that log house just as good I can.” Arthur Brody   Black families were beginning to acquire farmland. Although black owned farms were generally smaller and on less productive land than white owned farms. At its peak in 1920, 26% of farms nationally were owned by black farmers.   The shift to industrialized agriculture concentrated on just a few crops, created new pressures for farmers, especially small scale farmers who were already struggling with the depressed economy, depleted soil, outdated farming tools and the constant demand for cash crops, black and white farmers alike struggled with a lack of fair credit and chronic indebtedness. Here is what the Negro Credit Unions of North Carolina had to say about the farm credit system in 1920.   “Perhaps the greatest drawback to the average poor farmer, struggling for a foothold on the soil and trying to make a home for himself and family in the community is the lack of capital. If he buys fertilizer on time, borrows money or contracts to be carried over the cropping season, it is usually at such a ruinous rate of interest that few ever get out from under its painful influence. The man who owns a small farm as well as he who rents one has long been victimized by the credit system.” Negro Credit Unions of North Carolina brochure   In Durham, life still followed the seasonal cycles of farming. There were special times for communal rituals, such as berry picking, corn shucking and peach canning. Mary Mebane described growing up in a black farming community in Northern Durham County in this way.   “Berry picking was a ritual, a part of the rhythm of summer life. I went to bed excited. We didn't know whose berries they were. Nobody had heard about the idea of private property. Besides the berries wild, free for everybody. The grown people picked up high and the children picked low. We children ate them on the spot, putting purple stained fingers into our mouths, creating purple stained tongues while the grown people wiped sweat and dodged bumblebees.” Mary Mebane   Many black Durhamites joined in the great migration of black people to cities in the North and Western parts of the country. More than 6 million black people left the South between 1917 and 1970. Those who stayed found themselves caught between traditional farming culture and an increasingly modernized urban world and black farmers had the further burden of discrimination in federal farm lending programs, which hampered their ability to sustain, adapt and expand their farming.   In the 1930s, the country was grappling with a great depression and the dust bowl. The textile industry was hit hard by the reception and white textile factory workers struggled. Families survived on cheap fat back, flower beans and their own homegrown produce. Through bouts of unemployment or underemployment. Hunger was never far off. Durham's black working class occupied the bottom rung of the economic ladder even before the great depression. Poverty and food insecurity increased to such an extent that black Durhamites were six times more likely to develop pellagra than whites in 1930. Pellagra is a disease caused by niacin deficiency. It was the leading cause of death in the city after tuberculosis. Nurses counseled Durham's black residents to eat green vegetables and fresh milk, but they were told that economics not lack of knowledge led to poor eating habits.   As one black patient remarked: “We would like to do everything you say, but we just haven't got the money.”   During the great depression, the food situation became so desperate that the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Works Progress Administration and charities such as the Red Cross began distributing food relief. The supplies staved off hunger to some extent, but black and white residents were both complaining the food wasn't what they would normally eat. Here an unemployed white textile worker in East Durham described his family's struggle with the emergency relief rations during the great depression.   “I go around to the place that the WPA distributes commodities and the last time they gave me four packs of powdered skim milk, five pounds of country butter, three pounds of navy beans, 24 pounds of flour. That was grand flour to mix awful bread. I've tried every way I could think of to cook it. And it ain't been able to do anything with it yet. That stuff just ain't fitting for a dog to eat, but I have to use everything I get. One of the boys gets up early every morning and goes out and picks berries for breakfast. They with butter do make the flour eat a lot better. He wants to pick some for preserves, but we can highly get sugar for our needs right now. But there is something about us that keeps us hoping that in some way, the future will take care of itself.” Unemployed white textile worker in Durham during the Depression   Over time federal, state and local Durham aid efforts shifted toward training and getting people new jobs, but black men and women did not get the same opportunities as Durham's white residents. In 1933, the federal government passed the agriculture adjustment act later known as the farm bill. This legislation raised market prices and paid farmers to rest soils depleted from intensive farming. But this created new problems for small farmers already struggling to survive. Davis Harris reflects on the changes these policies caused in the black farming community of Northern Durham County.   “The federal government started paying farmers to put their soil in what they called the soil bank. At the time the US was producing more grain than they needed. So they asked farmers in order to preserve the land and soil, if they could just let the soil rest. And if you did that for 10 years, the people like me growing up who got public jobs, it was difficult to go back to the farm because you get accustomed to getting paid every month. And to go back to once a year was difficult, almost impossible. And then the farmer's equipment gets obsolete and the facilities get obsolete and there is no help. So I see that as a turning point because you've lost all your resources, your equipment, your facilities, and your workforce, and the farmers are 10 to 12 years older. So a lot of the farmers had to get public jobs so they can get enough credit to draw social security.” Davis Harris   Black land owners also contended with private property laws that put them at a very real disadvantage. Black families had little reason to trust institutions and were far less likely to have a will than white families. So when a property owner died without a legal will, their property passed to all their direct heirs as partial shares. A form of ownership transfer called heirs property. Over several generations property ownership became increasingly unclear as dozens or even hundreds of heirs could own a small share. Heirs were then more vulnerable to land speculators and developers through a legal process called partition action. Speculators would buy off the interest of a single heir. And just one heir, no matter how small their share, and this would force the sale of entire plot of land through the courts. Black farm ownership peaked between 1910 and 1920, and then dropped dramatically due to the changing farm economy, discrimination and coercive means. From 1910 to the 1930s, the total number of farms in Durham declined dramatically. But black farmers lost their land at more than twice the rate of white farmers.   Willie Roberts, a black Durham County mechanic and farmer was interviewed in the 1930s and had this to say about the tensions of the time: “We got some mean neighbors around here. They hate us 'cause we own, and we won't sell. They want to buy it for nothing. They don't like for colored people to own land. They got a white lady, Ms. Jones on the next farm to say that I attacked her. I hope to be struck down by Jesus if I said or did anything she could kick on, it's all prejudiced against a colored family that's trying to catch up with the whites. They hated my father because he owned land and my mother because she taught school and now they're trying to run us off, but we're going to stay on.”   In 1942, many young men were serving in world war II and black agricultural laborers were leaving farms as part of the great migration to Northern and Western states. So the federal government enacted the Bracero Program to address severe farm labor shortages. This allowed contract laborers from Mexico into the country to fill the labor gap. Where you live, determines where you buy food and what food is available. And Durham's black urban residents were grappling with Jim Crow laws and with segregation.   “In all licensed restaurants, public eating places and weenie shops where persons of the white and colored races are permitted to be served with and eat food and are allowed to congregate. There shall be provided separate rooms for the separate accommodation of each race. The partition between such rooms shall be constructed of wood, plaster or brick or like material, and shall reach from the floor to the ceiling…” The code of the city of Durham, North Carolina, 1947, C13 section 42.   Segregation and racial discrimination meant that opportunities for home ownership, loans, and neighborhood improvements favored white people, discriminatory policies and practices also impacted access to nutritious foods and to restaurants and resentment was building.   A black woman recalls her childhood experiences during this time: “When I was a child, the Durham Dairy was a weekly stop on Sunday evenings as part of our family drive, we would park, go into the counter and then return to the car with our ice cream. After my father finished his, we would drive around Durham while the rest of us finished our ice cream. I had no idea as a young child that the reason we took that ice cream to the car was because the Durham Dairy was segregated and being an African American family we were not allowed to eat our ice cream on the premises. I was shocked to learn as an adult how my parents had been so artful in sparing this ugly truth from me and my younger siblings.”   As early as the 1920s, Durham's white homeowners had to agree to racial covenants on their suburban home and land deeds, such covenants explicitly prevented black ownership and restricted black residents in homes, except for domestic servants. This practice was legal until 1948. The National Association of Real Estate Boards code of ethics at that time directed real estate agents to maintain segregation in the name of safeguarding, neighborhood stability and property values. The industry practice known as steering remained in effect until 1950.   “A realtor should never be instrumental in introducing in a neighborhood members of any race or nationality whose presence will clearly be detrimental to property values in the neighborhood…” National Association of Real Estate Boards code of ethics   The great depression stimulated the country's new deal, social safety net legislation, including the social security act of 1935, which offered benefits and unemployment insurance. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 set a national minimum wage and the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 created the right for workers to organize. However, agricultural and domestic workers positions held predominantly by black people during the 1930s were specifically excluded from these programs, losing out on both fair pay and labor protections.   Historian Ira Katznelson wrote extensively about the impact of these policy decisions on the country's African Americans: “Southern legislators understood that their region's agrarian interests and racial arrangements were inextricably entwined. By excluding these persons from new deal legislation it remained possible to maintain racial inequality in Southern labor markets by dictating the terms and conditions of African American labor.”   The federal government also recognized home ownership as one of the best ways to stabilize the economy and expand the middle class. The homeowner's loan corporation, a government sponsored corporation created as part of the new deal developed city maps and color coded neighborhoods according to lending risks, these maps became the model for public and private lending from the 1930s on. In Durham and elsewhere, red lines were drawn around black, mixed race and the poorest white neighborhoods, the effects of redlining now close to a century old had profound effects that are still felt to this day. Over time these maps discourage investment in home ownership and also business development in these areas ringed in red and encouraged and supported these things in white neighborhoods.   By defining some areas as too risky for investment lending practices followed, poverty was exacerbated and concentrated and housing deserts, credit deserts and food deserts became a predictable consequence. Redlining maps also shaped lending practices for the GI Bill Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. The GI Bill made mortgages available to World War II veterans with little or no down payment. And with very low interest rates. The aim was to create financial stability and the accumulation of generational wealth for those who would serve the country through home ownership. However, most homes were in suburban neighborhoods, primarily financed by the federal government. Between redlining lending practices and real estate covenants restricting black buyers, home ownership simply wasn't possible for the vast majority of the 1 million plus black World War II veterans. Between 1935 and 1968, less than 2% of federal home loans were for black people. The GI Bill also did not issue home loans on Indian reservations, which excluded many Native American veterans.   In the late 1950s, Durham received federal money for a local urban renewal program to clear slums and blighted areas through the Housing Act of 1949. The city chose to demolish a large section of the Hayti area, the city's largest and most prominent black neighborhood and home to most black owned businesses. This changed everything. City officials cited the poor physical conditions of Hayti as the reason for demolition. The land was then used to build North Carolina highway 147, a freeway connector.   Louis Austin editor of the Carolina Times wrote in 1965: "The so-called urban renewal program in Durham is not only the biggest farce ever concocted in the mind of moral man, but it is just another scheme to relieve Negroes of property."   Hayti's destruction included a significant part of the neighborhood's food infrastructure, such as grocery stores and restaurants. What was once a thriving and resilient food economy where wealth remained in the community became a food desert.   Nathaniel White, formerly a Hayti business owner in Durham had this to say about the destruction of the Hayti neighborhood: “Well, I think we got something like $32,000 for our business. As I look back on it now, if you're going to drive a freeway right through my building, the only fair thing to do is to replace that building. In other words, I ought to be able to move my equipment and everything into a building. If they do it like that, you will be able to stand the damage. Now, the highway department has a replacement clause in their building, but the urban renewal had what they call fair market value, and that won't replace it. And that's where the handicap comes. Just say, you give them $32,000 that probably would've bought the land or whatever, but it wouldn't put the building back and everything like that.”   In the 1950s, Durham built federally funded housing projects for low income families. But by the late 1960s, public housing in the city was almost exclusively for black people and clustered in existing black neighborhoods. This further reinforced patterns of residential segregation, Durham's lunch counters and restaurants became rallying points during the civil rights movements. North Carolina's first protest was at Durham's Royal ice cream restaurant in 1957.   Virginia Williams, a young black woman at the time was a member of the Royal Ice Cream Nine who staged the protest: “None of it made any sense, but that had been the way of life. And that's the way the older folk had accepted it. And so I guess I was one of them who thought, if not us, who, if not now, when. So the police officers came and they asked us to leave. I remember one of them asking me to leave and I asked for ice cream. And he said, if you were my daughter, I would spank you and make you leave. And then I said, if I was your daughter, I wouldn't be here sitting here being asked to leave.”   In 1962, more than 4,000 people protested at Howard Johnson's Ice Cream Grill in Durham. The struggle to desegregate eateries intensified in 1963, when protesters organized sit-ins at six downtown restaurants on the eve of municipal elections, hundreds of people were arrested and protestors surrounded the jail in solidarity. And in the weeks that followed more than 700 black and white Durhamites ran a full page ad in the Durham Herald newspaper. They pledged to support restaurants and other businesses that adopted equal treatment to all, without regard to race. The mounting public pressure resulted in mass desegregation of Durham Eateries by the end of 1962, ahead of the 1964 federal civil rights act that legally ended segregation.   Although civil rights wins brought about new political, economic and social opportunities for black people, desegregation didn't help black businesses. They suffered economically because black people began to explore new opportunities to shop outside their neighborhoods, but white people didn't patronize black owned businesses in turn.   In 1964, the federal government passed the Food Stamp Act as a means to safeguard people's health and wellbeing and provide a stable foundation for US agriculture. It was also intended to raise levels of nutrition among low income households. The food stamp program was implemented in Durham County in 1966. A decade later the program was in every county in the country.   From 1970 through the 1990s, urban renewal continued to disrupt and reshape Durham central city. As both white and middle class black residents left central Durham for suburban homes, banks and grocery stores disappeared. Textile and tobacco factory jobs were also leaving Durham for good. Thousands of workers became unemployed and the domino effect on home ownership, businesses and workplaces disrupted much of Durham's infrastructure and its community life.   From 1970 through the 1980s, the availability of home refrigerators and microwaves also changed how families stored and cooked their food. Durham already had higher numbers of working women than the national average. As a result, convenience foods, foods from restaurants, prepared meals at grocery stores and microwavable foods from the freezer were in demand.   Like many Americans, Durham residents had become increasingly disconnected from farming and food production, both physically and culturally. Food corporations now used marketing in the media to shape ideas about what to eat and why. The food system became dominated by increasing corporate consolidation and control. And by large scale industrial agriculture emphasizing monoculture. Corporations were fast gaining political and economic power and used their influence to affect trade regulations, tax rates, and wealth distribution.   In the 1980s, the federal government passed legislation that boosted free market capitalism, reduced social safety net spending and promoted volunteerism and charity as a way to reduce poverty and government welfare. These policies negatively impacted Durham's already historically disadvantaged populations. Nonprofit organizations began to emerge to deal with the growing issues of hunger and food insecurity and nonprofit food charity became an industry unto itself. More than 80% of pantries and soup kitchens in the US came into existence between 1980 and 2001.   The H-2A Guest Worker Program of 1986 allowed agricultural workers to hire seasonal foreign workers on special visas who were contracted to a particular farm, but workers did not have the same labor protections as US citizens.   That same year, the US launched the war on drugs to reduce drug abuse and crime. Low income communities were disproportionately targeted when Durham's housing authority paid off duty police officers to patrol high crime areas, particularly public housing developments. Hyper policing, drug criminalization, and logger sentencing for drug related offenses caused incarceration rates to rise steadily. Durham's jail and prison incarceration rates from 1978 to 2015 rose higher than anywhere else in North Carolina.   Here is an excerpt from an interview with Chuck Omega Manning, an activist and director of the city of Durham's welcome program. “Being totally honest, high incarceration rates for people of color is very detrimental to our health. Even in the Durham County Jail, you have a canteen that's run through a private company who only sell certain things like oodles of noodles that are not healthy. And then in prisons, you don't get to eat vegetables unless it's part of your dinner. And even then it's oftentimes still not healthy because of how it's cooked. But if you don't work in the kitchen, you don't get to decide, you just get it how it comes and you pray over it and eat it. But then over time, people get institutionalized in the system. And when they return home, they continue to eat the same way because they're used to it. And the financial piece only enhances that because you have individuals coming home, looking for employment, trying to do something different. And there are just so many barriers even with food stamps. So it almost feels like you're being punished twice. And it's very depressing.”   In the 1990s, Durham wanted more investment in the downtown area. Instead of the factory jobs of the past, the downtown area shifted to offer low paying service jobs and high paying jobs in research and technology. Wealthy newcomers were called urban pioneers and trailblazers and purchase properties in historically disinvested city areas.   Low wage workers today cannot afford new housing prices in Durham, in most cases, or to pay the increasing property taxes. Many people are losing their homes through when increases, evictions and foreclosures. Gentrification has also changed which food retailers exist in the local food environment. Sometimes this creates food mirages where high quality food is priced out of reach of longtime residents.   The North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA of 1994 also changed Durham and North Carolina. Farmers from Mexico and Central America driven out of business by the trade agreement immigrated to places like North Carolina, looking for agricultural and construction jobs. Durham's Latino population grew from just over 2000 in people to 1990, to nearly 40,000 in 2014, one out of three Durham public school students was Latino in 2014. Today, 94% of migrant farm workers in North Carolina are native Spanish speakers.   In 1996, the federal government made changes to the nation's food assistance security net. It dramatically cut SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps and limited eligibility to receive benefits and the length of benefits. In Durham, SNAP benefit participation rate decreased by 14% between 1997 and 2001 despite a 2% increase in the poverty rate.   Durham's Latino Credit Union opened in 2000 at a time when three quarters of Latinos did not bank at all. Over the next 20 years, Latinos developed and operated restaurants, grocery stores and services across Durham. This provided the Latino population with culturally resident food, community gathering spaces and jobs.   Processed foods had become a central part of the American diet by the early two thousands. And the vast majority of food advertising promoted convenience foods, candies, and snacks, alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and desserts. In addition, companies did and still do target black and Hispanic consumers with marketing for the least nutritious products contributing to diet related health disparities, affecting communities of color.   During the great recession of 2007 to 2009, job losses, wage reductions and foreclosure crisis increased the number of people struggling to afford and access enough nutritious food. As a result, SNAP participation rose dramatically in Durham.   In 2008, the farm bill included language about food deserts for the first time. A food desert was defined as a census track with a substantial share of residents who live in low income areas and have low levels of access to a grocery store or to healthy affordable foods in a retail outlet. Today some scholars describe such places as areas of food apartheid. This recognizes the outcomes of past policy decisions that disinvested in disadvantaged populations and locations, the cumulative effects of living under food apartheid have profound impacts on the health, wellbeing, and life expectancy of people of color and the poor.   Here's an excerpt from an interview with Latonya Gilchrist, a Durham county community health worker: “I've suffered a lot in this body for a lot of people it's genetic, but I feel like, and this is my personal feeling based on what I've experienced and my whole family. It's the role of food deserts and the cost of food, not being able to have a community grocery store and what I'll say for Northeast Central Durham or the East Durham area where I grew up, we always had corner stores that sold everything we didn't need. And very little of what we did need. Back when I was a child growing up, potato chips cost 16 cents a bag, and you could get potato chips all day long and all night long, and people could get beer and wine in the neighborhood, but you couldn't find fruits and vegetables until my daddy started selling them on a truck. So diseases come about genetically, but it's increased or enhanced through living in poor poverty stricken neighborhoods.”   Durham foreclosure spiked during the great recession of 2008 and were disproportionately located in historically black neighborhoods. Owners in high poverty neighborhoods have been targeted for high cost subprime loans by lenders through a practice known as reverse redlining. As neighborhoods gentrify and longtime residents get displaced, there is an increasing spatial disconnect between services and amenities and those who utilize them and need them the most. Food, housing and retail gentrification are closely intertwined.   Here's an excerpt from an interview with Eliazar Posada, community engagement advocacy manager of El Centro in Durham: “Gentrification is affecting a lot of our community members and not just affecting the youth, but also the families, unless we can find ways to subsidize housing or find a way to make gentrification not so dramatic for some of our community members. The youth are not going to be staying in Durham if their parents can't stay.”   Durham's people of color and low income people overall have disproportionately high incidents of diabetes. In a 2016 survey in the Piedmont region, 16% of respondents with household incomes, less than $15,000 reported having diabetes compared to only 6% of residents with household incomes of more than $75,000. By 2017 black patients were 80% more likely than white patients to have diabetes in Durham.   In Durham County in 2019, the average hourly wage for food preparation and serving jobs was $10.83 cents an hour or $22,516 annually before taxes. Such wages are all been impossible to live on without government assistance. The fair market rent for a two bedroom housing unit in Durham in 2018 was $900 a month or about $10,800 a year.   Food inequality is a lack of consistent access to enough food for a healthy, active life is caused by poverty, the cost of housing and healthcare and unemployment and underemployment. It is also impacted by the interrelated forces of home and land ownership, political power, economic resources, structural racism, gender oppression, and labor rights. Durham's communities continue to build community solidarity and mutual aid as people lend money, time and other resources trying to make sure everyone can access adequate and healthy food.   In a remarkable feat of resilience the Occaneechi band of the Saponi Nation was awarded official recognition by North Carolina in 2002, following 20 years of organizing and sustained advocacy. They purchased a 250 acre plot of land just outside of Durham County and planted an orchard of fruit bearing trees for collective tribal use. This is the first land that the tribe has owned collectively in more than 250 years.   Durham's black farmer's market emerging from 2015 to 2019 is also a testament to community building through food. The market supports local black farmers and makes healthy eating attainable for individuals living in some of Durham's food apartheid areas. Market organizers are challenging social norms, classism and racism, and believe that healthy living should be possible for everyone.   So why is the food history of a community so important? And can Durham's food history be applied to other places? Who owns land, who can grow food and make a living doing so, and who has access to food, any food, least of all healthy food? The answers are deeply influenced by historical policies and practices. These in retrospect, clearly exacerbated, supported, and even created food related calamities, the dual burden communities face of both food insecurity and diet related chronic diseases, such as diabetes and obesity. Understanding these practices is important in creating change. And in understanding that conditions imposed on neighborhoods rather than personal failings of residents explain what we see today.   A few pieces of this history are specific to Durham, the role of tobacco and textiles, for instance, but most of the fundamental influences on the economic and food conditions are broad social attitudes and practices around race and poverty. And from federal, economic, agriculture and housing policies that have affected urban rural areas in every corner of the country, there is hope from local ingenuity to change food systems and from people in local, state and federal policy positions who are working to reverse inequality and to re-envision the role of food in supporting the physical and economic wellbeing of all people, learning from the past is really important in these efforts.

In this podcast, your host Jim Woods will talk about how to find your leadership voice. The first step is to figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are as a leader. You can do this by thinking about how you interact with other people, how well you communicate, and any feedback you've gotten from coworkers or clients. Next, let's look at the other things that help you find your voice as a leader that shows real confidence. See how we can help your organization achieve inclusive leadership - https://woodskovalovagroup.com/.

Up next on way of the Renaissance Man, investor Kevin O'Leary enters the Renaissance Man shark tank…. Kevin O'Leary, also known by his nickname, “Mr. Wonderful,” is one of the stars of the CNBC show “Shark Tank,” a favorite TV program of this entrepreneurial Renaissance Man. In this episode, I turn the tables on Mr. Wonderful as he enters the Renaissance Man shark tank to talk about his new company, cryptocurrency trading platform WonderFi. The interview took place on the cusp of an interesting time for cryptocurrency, as the big June 2022 swoon in the price of Bitcoin has rattled investors, along with many companies in the industry. According to O'Leary, what Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies really need to flourish is, ironically, some industry regulation, and as he puts it, “that's when the real money is going to come into it.” Along with WonderFi CEO Ben Samaroo, O'Leary explains that despite the hype of cryptocurrencies, the big money players such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds have yet to embrace the asset class. Once this happens, which will take a regulated, compliant and transparent platform such as that provided by WonderFi, the big gains in cryptocurrencies will really begin. I very much enjoyed my discussion with Mr. Wonderful and his partner Ben Samaroo, and it couldn't come at a more interesting time for the cryptocurrency industry. And now, my interview with Kevin O'Leary and Ben Samaroo…         This Way of the Renaissance Man Ethos Collection Weekender bag is the perfect companion for every occasion—take it with you when traveling, running daily errands, or going to the gym. The bag is spacious and will keep all your stuff neat and organized with its multiple pockets, including one with a zipper for your most valuable possessions. Adjust the padded shoulder strap when the bag's helping you carry heavier things, and continue your daily run without a worry! Get yours here!   Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.

The best improv in Los Angeles at the best bar in Silverlake HOLY SHIT IMPROV – Monday @ 8pm Featuring: 00:00 Holy Shit – Payam Banifaz, Nina Concepción, Rebecca Lee, Jacquis Neal, Maggie Slack & Carl Tart 23:00 The Smokes – Will Hines, Billy Merritt, Jim Woods 42:00 JV – Mary Holland, Nick Mandernach, Dan Gregor, Paul Welsh, Genetra Tull, Rene Gube, Cissy Fenwick, Anthony Gioe & Casey Feigh

The best improv in Los Angeles at the best bar in Silverlake HOLY SHIT IMPROV – Monday @ 8pm Featuring: 00:00 The Smokes – Will Hines, Jim Woods, Katie Dippold, Chris Kula & Billy Merritt 20:05 HSI – Rachel Bloom, Ronnie Adrian, Sarah Claspell, Casey Feigh, Dan Gregor, Kale Hills & Amanda Sitko 38:30 Bangarang! – Dave Theune, Betsy Sodaro, Ryan Stanger, Ali Ghandour, Toni Charline & Ryan Meharry

On today's episode, Jim Woods returns for Season 16 and National Financial Literacy Month   You'll Learn:   What caused first quarter volatility and last month's rebound.   What the numbers did for Q1 and what that means for your money.   The surprise from the S&P Commodities Index.   Will rate hikes from the Fed change this year.   How much time do we have before we feel the effects of inflation seeping in.   Jim's financial literacy tips...   And so much more!   If you are experiencing financial challenges this year, DM Heather in IG or FB @unlockyourwealth for a complimentary discovery session to explore a new path for you financially.     Remember to bookmark this show and share it in your stories, feed, or timeline on social media. The late Jim Rohn says you are an average of the top 5 people you hang around with so help them achieve financial freedom along with you!   DM Heather on IG/FB @UnlockYourWealth to claim your free Affordability checklist to assess your finances and create your plan for homeownership/real estate investment.     Welcome to our sponsor ReadItForMe and click on the link to claim your special offer for Unlock Your Wealth Fans and start reading best-selling books in less than 12 minutes with ReadItForMe UnlockYourWealth.com/readitforme   Pay off your mortgage, become debt free and have cash to invest with this simple strategy. Click here for the complimentary eBook. UnlockMyWealth.com Grab Heather's 9-page Financial Fire Escape Plan Checklist© for free by visiting CrackingYourMoneyCode.com   Learn More with Resource Links:   Check out our resources and past shows at our Facebook fan page at https://www.facebook.com/UnlockYourWealthTV/   You can DM the show and directly ask questions!     Also Check Out:   MoneyCreditAndYou.com UnlockYourWealth.com FreedomFest.com   Jim Woods Links:   JimWoodsInvesting.com   Bullseye Stock Trader   Eagle Eye Opener   Fast Money Alert   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com

Live from The Silverlake Lounge it's the best improv in Los Angeles! 00:00 - Heybecky Drysbell (Heather Anne Campbell and Becky Drysdale) 22:05 - The Smokes (Katie Dippold, Will Hines, Jim Woods, Chris Kula) 43:00 - Holy Shit (Casey Feigh, Rebecca Lee, Dan Gregor, Mano Agapion, Betsy Sodaro and Rachel Bloom) for more info on shows, streams and our patreon please visit https://linktr.ee/HolyShitImprov

Welcome to today's #WednesdayWisdom from Way of The Renaissance Man Starring Jim Woods Today's insight was inspired by American short story writer, outdoorsman, and novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize (1953) and the Nobel Prize in Literature (1954) for his novel The Old Man and the Sea, Earnest Hemingway.   “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”   –Ernest Hemingway    As a human, you're going to experience sorrow, sadness and heartbreak. But it's how you emerge from these that determine your existence. Often, coming out stronger in the broken places is the difference between being happy, and living a life of pain.   Jim Woods February 9, 2022   For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com/store for Way of the Renaissance Man Fans is open. Grab your stylish t-shirt, gear, stickers and Way of the Renaissance Man art, too! Just visit the website now! Now, we want to hear from you! Would like to share your opinion or make a comment on the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast? If so, then please leave your comment or questions in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Ask the Renaissance Man Anything on a future episode.   For more great resources and inspiration visit WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com

RADD's very own Dutch Mendenhall joins Way of The Renaissance Man with Jim Woods in this bonus episode of The RADD Podcast. Way of The Renaissance Man with Jim Woods is a show about ideas, personal empowerment, and celebrating the rational life. The goal is to help each other discover the tools needed to better focus our minds, integrate our thoughts with actions, and live the lives we really want. For more information about Way of The Renaissance Man follow the link https://wayoftherenaissanceman.com/ The RADD Podcast: Explore Wealth is an exploration of Wealth, Finance, Business, and Entrepreneurship. Hosted by Dutch Mendenhall, founder of RAD Diversified, and visionary behind the American Survivalist Project. We believe in giving away education by providing quality educational content. The Topics of Discussion include Alternative Investments, Real Estate, Tax Auctions, REIT‘s and more. Episodes posted weekly, enjoy. Follow the link to view offerings https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1721469/000110465921144047/tm2134023d1_partiiandiii.htm Follow Me on all my social media platforms. Dutch Mendenhall Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealDutchMendenhall Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dutchmendenhall/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaxAuctionPros RAD Diversified Website: https://raddiversified.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raddiversified YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3YSsFzsXLksebTwZtxL97Q American Survivalist Project Website: https://americansurvivalistproject.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanSurvivalistProject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americansurvivalistproject/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/americansurvivalistproject The Economic Activist Website: https://economicactivist.com/

2022 Stock Market Predictions Featuring Top Market Analyst Jim Woods   Unlock Your Wealth Starring Heather Wagenhals   On today's episode, Jim Woods returns to kickoff the new year and Season 15 as the market heats up over inflations concerns and Fed policy.   You'll Learn:   What crypto stock Jim chose that took him to number one in the MoneyShow Top Picks for 2021.   Which economic indicators to pay attention to coming up. What market sectors are hot and those with pullbacks and what that means for your money. How many rate hikes the Fed will make this year. How much time do we have before we feel the effects of inflation seeping in. Jim's predictions for 2022... And so much more! Jim Woods Links:   JimWoodsInvesting.com   Bullseye Stock Trader   Eagle Eye Opener   Fast Money Alert   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com     If you are experiencing financial challenges this year, DM Heather in IG or FB @unlockyourwealth for a complimentary discovery session to explore a new path for you financially.     Remember to bookmark this show and share it in your stories, feed, or timeline on social media. The late Jim Rohn says you are an average of the top 5 people you hang around with so help them achieve financial freedom along with you!   DM Heather on IG/FB @UnlockYourWealth to claim your free Affordability checklist to assess your finances and create your plan for homeownership/real estate investment.     Welcome to our sponsor ReadItForMe and click on the link to claim your special offer for Unlock Your Wealth Fans and start reading best-selling books in less than 12 minutes with ReadItForMe UnlockYourWealth.com/readitforme   Pay off your mortgage, become debt free and have cash to invest with this simple strategy. Click here for the complimentary eBook. UnlockMyWealth.com Grab Heather's 9-page Financial Fire Escape Plan Checklist© for free by visiting CrackingYourMoneyCode.com Learn More with Resource Links:   Check out our resources and past shows at our Facebook fan page at https://www.facebook.com/UnlockYourWealthTV/   You can DM the show and directly ask questions!     Also Check Out:   MoneyCreditAndYou.com UnlockYourWealth.com FreedomFest.com   Jim Woods Links:   JimWoodsInvesting.com   Bullseye Stock Trader   Eagle Eye Opener   Fast Money Alert   WayOfTheRenaissanceMan.com

I'm honored to have my good friend, Jim Woods, on the show today to help us develop our storytelling chops. Jim is a novelist, story coach, and editor. He has worked with many authors over the years, including some whose books have been on the New York Times bestseller list. Jim is the host of the Finish Your Book Podcast. He is also the founder of Storycrafting, a coaching service that helps you craft your story. Storytelling is one of my favorite topics, so we had a lot of fun in this interview geeking out over stories. Jim walks us through several questions such as these: What's the simplest way to create a story? What separates a great story from a pretty good story? How can you fix your story? How can you build a solid writing habit? You can find Jim at his Storycrafting site, his personal website, or on Facebook. Make sure to also check out his Write Your Book Podcast. *** Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community. Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more! Connect with Kent: https://DailyWriterLife.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders

Capt. Jim Woods, who leads CCSO's Traffic Bureau, has worked hurricanes as a law enforcement officer in Charleston County since the 1970s. From traffic contraflow and evacuation procedures to Sheriff's Office response protocols, Woods is our resident expert on tropical cyclones. Join him as he gives tips for staying prepared through the remainder of this hurricane season on this episode of The Beat, a conversation about the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and our beautiful South Carolina community. RESOURCES IN THIS EPISODE Lane reversal info: https://www.scdot.org/LaneReversal.aspx511 South Carolina Traffic app on iPhone (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/511-south-carolina-traffic/id657933886) and Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iteris.itisc511&hl=en_US&gl=US) Charleston County Hurricane Preparedness Guide: https://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/emergency-management/hurricane.php#hpg

Running your race requires faith. Join Jim Woods as he shares an encouraging message about faith and running your race.

Can we still hear from God? Is he still speaking to his people? If so, how can we hear from him. Join us for a two part conversation about this and a little more. 

Join us as we continue in our discussion about how we can hear from God.

Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), ASML Holding (ASML), and Applied Materials (AMAT) are Jim Woods' technology stocks to watch. On the other hand, Kevin Kelly is monitoring Oracle (ORCL), Genius Sports (GENI), and Xylem (XYL). They both weigh in on areas of opportunity within the tech sector.

Doug Astrop and Jim Woods to talk about the recent reemergence of technology stocks as market leaders following a rotation into value along with steepening interest rates. Big tech names Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOGL), and Microsoft (MSFT) regained their momentum and set fresh record highs the week of Apr. 5, 2021. Astrop adds that his stock to watch within the tech sector is the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (BABA).

Today, I'm talking with Jim Woods, author of two bestselling books, Ready Aim Fire and Focus Booster about cultivating a creative life. These days, creativity plays a significant role in his everyday life as an author, freelance writer, book marketer, and writing coach—but that wasn't always the case. We'll be talking about the period in his life where he ignored his creative nature and how this manifested itself mentally and physically. Jim will be taking us through his journey of quitting a job that gave him heart palpitations to put new pieces together and build his creative life. What to Listen For:  Who was Jim Woods before he dove into the creative community? What he went to school for and why What he always wanted to be "when he grew up" that never panned out The moment that he realized he wanted a change "I was chatting with a coworker, just having coffee, shooting the breeze. It was something we would do like before work in his office. And I was like, 'Hey, what's, what's that on your wall?' And he's like, he's like, 'Oh, that's my number.' I'm like, 'what do you mean your number?' He's like, 'it's 342 days until I retire.' And I was like, 'okay.' He was just checking off the days until he could leave. And that was a big inciting incident for me. I realized it was like, you can do this until you retire. And I was 30 at the time, and I was like, I'm not going to do just this. I'm not going to do this till I retire." His creative release during that time - spoiler alert: it wasn't writing The story he was spinning in his head as to why he needed to stay at his job How this story lead to a nervous breakdown "I felt like that scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom where they're in this room and spikes come down and the walls keep getting closer. I remember that point distinctively. I was in the bathroom, just sitting there avoiding being in the office, cause anywhere but my cubicle, anywhere but my office. And I was just trying to avoid it.  I think I was playing a video game on my phone or something, and I was just like, I can't go back. This is terrible. And I just remember that image in the movie. And I haven't seen that movie in years, but it was like, 'Oh my gosh, this is so eerie. It's so similar.' And at that point, my body just started rebelling against me." His action plan as his body started trying to tell him something was wrong Having body aches, high blood pressure, and heart palpitations Thinking he was having a heart attack at 30 Giving up caffeine, as a new parent, no less! Not getting answers from doctors Feeling hopeless and becoming deeply depressed "I was depressed too. I was like feeling more hopeless as all of this stuff was just piling up. My wife was concerned. She said she thought I was suicidal. I never felt that I wanted to inflict injury. I just was internalizing a lot of my frustration, and I didn't go to a counselor. I didn't talk it through with anyone. I just was stuffing everything inside and trying to find those distractions, you know, the, 'Hey, we made it to Friday.'" The coffee shop that turned out to be a turning point Attending the Quitter Conferences with John Acuff His biggest takeaway from the conference Feeling his hope return through finding his community Ditching the stereotypes and showing up as a writer his way "I can wave the 'I'm a writer flag' and kind of push aside this image in my mind that you have to look a certain way. You have to have a cabin in the woods, a typewriter, a pipe, and a sweater. There are all these silly ideas in my head were floating around like, I'm not a writer. This doesn't make sense." Releasing the pressure in making connections Becoming a networking machine in a very natural way How he discovered his love of writing "Just the idea of looking back at what I did in the past, what I really enjoyed.

I'm honored to have my good friend, Jim Woods, on the show today to help us develop our storytelling chops. Jim is a novelist, story coach, and editor. He has worked with many authors over the years, including some whose books have been on the New York Times bestseller list. Jim is the host of the Finish Your Book Podcast. He is also the founder of Storycrafting, a coaching service that helps you craft your story. Storytelling is one of my favorite topics, so we had a lot of fun in this interview geeking out over stories. Jim walks us through several questions such as these: What's the simplest way to create a story? What separates a great story from a pretty good story? How can you fix your story? How can you build a solid writing habit? You can find Jim at his Storycrafting site, his personal website, or on Facebook. Make sure to also check out his Write Your Book Podcast. *** If you enjoyed this episode, we would be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more people discover the show, and the more people listen, the more we can invest into it and improve the show. Sign up for the Daily Writer email: DailyWriterLife.com Follow Kent Sanders: Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders

What lens do you see the world through? Some people see the world through the lens of politics. Some people see the world through the lens of sports. Some people see the world through the lens of Star Wars (ahem). Or technology. Or business. Or a million other possible things. My guest today is going to invite you to see the world through the lens of STORY. His name is Jim Woods, and he's a writing coach, author, editor, and storyteller. He has worked with bestselling authors and influencers such as Jon Acuff, Gretchen Rubin, Mike Vardy, Kelsey Humphreys, and many others. Jim is an extremely talented writer, but he's also a coach who will help you achieve your writing goals. Jim believes that ultimately, every problem is a story problem. He breaks down what that means and how it can help you live a more fulfilling life and write better stories. Jim will share some of the TV shows that have helped him understand storytelling. He also talks about the importance of empathy in our communication. To read the full show notes, visit http://kentsanders.net/127.

Diversity is a subject that still has limited understanding and wrong interpretation in many brains. Let's try to fix it. it's a spoiler) I have my husband and business partner Jim Woods here with us today to help us understand why is diversity so important. Jim is a global leading leadership, diversity and employee engagement professional with clients as Fortune500 companies. You can send questions to lucy@woodskovalovagroup.com  Visit jimandlucywoods.com

Have you ever felt discouraged because you started writing a book but didn't finish it? If so, you're not alone. Many writers, myself included, have started writing a book … only to later abandon it. Today's guest helps us understand how to break through procrastination and finally get that book finished. His name is Jim Woods, and he's an author, editor, writing coach, and storyteller. Jim understands productivity and time management at a deep level. He also has a gift for seeing the weak spots in a story and knowing how to improve them. On this episode, you'll learn lots of practical tips for getting your book finished. You'll also learn why you should beware of story craft books, how to be more productive, and why it's important to be a creator and not just a consumer. Key Takeaways 1. Focus on one scene, chapter, section, or paragraph at a time. This simple advice is easy to ignore, but it makes a world of difference in staying focused and writing in the moment. It's easy to feel overwhelmed because you have a whole project looming in front of you. By focusing on the small section at hand, you can make steady progress until the whole project is done. 2. Write in the “spare moments” of your day. You don't need to be at your desk in “writing mode” in order to make progress on your book or project. Take 5-10 minutes here and there to get a bit of writing done, and you'll be amazed at the results. (If you are serious about making the most of your creative time, check out my post on how to track your time.) 3. Use “habit stacking” to get more writing done. As Jim explains, “habit stacking” is the process of linking two habits together. For example, you can use your lunchtime to write. When you link writing to an activity you're going to do anyway, you are more likely to make it happen. Resources Mentioned in This Episode Jim Woods Writes Jim's posts on Medium Book a coaching call with Jim Connect with Jim on Facebook Connect with Jim on LinkedIn Follow Jim on Twitter The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Do the Work by Steven Pressfield Story Maps Daniel Calvisi Thanks so much for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the “Born to Create” podcast. I'd also appreciate it if you can rate and review the show. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify For more great resources to help unleash your creative powers, visit my site at KentSanders.net. Want to rise to your true creative potential? Check out my book The Artist's Suitcase: 26 Essentials for the Creative Journey. Connect with me on social media: LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram