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Today's session is all about rebranding. We are taking a behind-the-scenes look at how different circumstances might affect the business you've established and force you to rebrand. Should you view this kind of pivot as a failure? Absolutely not! Let's explore this topic together.Our Featured GuestKevon CheungKevon Cheung is the founder and head teacher at Small School. He was a previous guest on the podcast several years ago, and I've taken his Build in Public Mastery Course to help overcome my fears about posting on social media. I learned a lot of helpful information about creating effective posts on LinkedIn, YouTube, and the STC podcast. Kevon's wisdom and practical knowledge have helped me lean into vulnerability in many areas. In light of his rebranding from Public Lab to Small School, Kevon shares the pain and difficulties in business building and rebranding, why he felt the need to rebrand, and what he teaches in his online “small courses.” He also explains where he sees course creators stumbling the most. Small SchoolYou'll Learn:The painful parts of Kevon's rebranding process (Changing your identity and “rebuilding what you're known for”)Kevon's thoughts about working through the inevitable feelings of failure when a change became necessary (How to reframe your mindset about a pivot)The biggest mistake course creators makeKevon's #1 piece of advice for entrepreneurs and course creatorsKevon's reasoning behind his “all in” attitude about online coursesKnowing when to add a course as a new offering (Have you validated your expertise with your audience?)Where course creators stumble the most–and why the goal is to create an experience that connects, surprises, and delightsKevon's perspective on what a “small course” isResources:Mentioned in this session: Sign up for the newsletter for high-achievers!Want to launch your podcast?Check out our free podcasting workshop for therapists (and therapists turned coaches and consultants). Visit https://sellingthecouch.com/podcastingworkshop.Want to launch your online course?Please check out our free 7-Day Course Creator Starter Kit For Therapists: https://sellingthecouch.com/coursekitMentioned in this episode:Try Psych Careers!Today's podcast is supported by the American Psychological Association's Psych Careers. If you are a psychology professional looking to advance your career or thinking about a pivot, definitely encourage you to check out Psych Careers, which is the career center from the American Psychological Association Services, Inc. There are over 400 positions available. It's the perfect time to create a free account, upload your resume, and set up job alerts. sellingthecouch.com/APA Try Psych Careers!Need Community Support? Join the MastermindIf you are a seasoned therapist, and you are wanting to move from clinical to online course income, we actually have a specific mastermind for therapists who are doing this. We meet together to build and grow and scale our online courses. You can learn more about that mastermind over at https://sellingthecouch.com/mastermind.
In this episode, Dr. Shanaé Burch, Dr. LeConté Dill, and Dr. Ryan Petteway are in conversation with Mar Gubrium and Dr. Kevon Jackman. They discuss their inspirations and how their poems have ripened and grown with them. In light of the ongoing violence, they invite us to find and create spaces for more “living room” conversations, and reinforce the ongoing need for poetry for the public's health. All are invited to fill in the blank: Casting visions for 2024, public health needs more poems about ______________. This episode references the poems titled “Color Coded Care” by Kevon-Mark Jackman, DrPH, MPH and “My Body, Your Body, Our Bodies” by Mar Gubrium. From the personal to the political, we connect a hospital room in Florida and advocate for reproductive justice in Western Massachusetts with global cries for justice and peace. LeConté shares reflections that feature: Gaza by Suheir Hammad and Moving Towards Home by June Jordan. Shanaé closes the episode with Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye.
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Talking with Hector Ginez Co-Founder of 412 Threads, The impact 412 threads is having in the hiphop community and the future for Christian artists. Up and coming rappers Kevon, Tylan, Jarrett G & L.i.l. K.v Check out ▶️ https://delocopodcast.squarespace.com/store for merch! Subscribe on YouTube @DeLocoPodcast it's the one with the Papichulo! Follow on Instagram:@delocopodcast @412threads,@iamkevonburnett, @tylanthechosen1@officialjarrettg, @kv1plustrawhttps://linktr.ee/delocopodcastGod Loves you, Dios Te Ama!
Hour 1 1:12 - Commanders Sign CB to P-Squad + Tua Heads to Injured Reserve 8:33 - Vibe Check Tuesday Calls 22:07 - Vibe Check Tuesday: Gary's Pessimism Sparks a Spirited Debate 34:49 - Vibe Check Tuesday: Should the Commanders Move on from Jon Allen and Daron Payne?
Today's session is all about rebranding. We are taking a behind-the-scenes look at how different circumstances might affect the business you've established and force you to rebrand. Should you view this kind of pivot as a failure? Absolutely not! Let's explore this topic together.Our Featured GuestKevon CheungKevon Cheung is the founder and head teacher at Small School. He was a previous guest on the podcast several years ago, and I've taken his Build in Public Mastery Course to help overcome my fears about posting on social media. I learned a lot of helpful information about creating effective posts on LinkedIn, YouTube, and the STC podcast. Kevon's wisdom and practical knowledge have helped me lean into vulnerability in many areas. In light of his rebranding from Public Lab to Small School, Kevon shares the pain and difficulties in business building and rebranding, why he felt the need to rebrand, and what he teaches in his online “small courses.” He also explains where he sees course creators stumbling the most. Small SchoolYou'll Learn:The painful parts of Kevon's rebranding process (Changing your identity and “rebuilding what you're known for”)Kevon's thoughts about working through the inevitable feelings of failure when a change became necessary (How to reframe your mindset about a pivot)The biggest mistake course creators makeKevon's #1 piece of advice for entrepreneurs and course creatorsKevon's reasoning behind his “all in” attitude about online coursesKnowing when to add a course as a new offering (Have you validated your expertise with your audience?)Where course creators stumble the most–and why the goal is to create an experience that connects, surprises, and delightsKevon's perspective on what a “small course” isResources:Mentioned in this session: Sign up for the newsletter for high-achievers!Want to launch your podcast?Check out our free podcasting workshop for therapists (and therapists turned coaches and consultants). Visit https://sellingthecouch.com/podcastingworkshop.Want to launch your online course?Please check out our free 7-Day Course Creator Starter Kit For Therapists: https://sellingthecouch.com/coursekitMentioned in this episode:Try Upheal!Try Upheal Secure AI Therapy Notes sellingthecouch.com/upheal - Couch25 for 25% for the first 2 months
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April 2: In this Interview in Action from HIMSS ‘24 Ray Lowe, SVP of AltaMed, and Kevon Kothari, Chief Growth Officer at Certify, delve into the realm of patient experience. They discuss all things workflow optimization, shedding light on Certify's efforts to streamline patient intake processes and enhance the overall healthcare journey. Thought-provoking questions arise: How can technology like facial recognition improve accessibility for elderly patients? What role does automation play in optimizing workflows within healthcare facilities? And how do such innovations integrate with existing systems like EPIC, filling gaps and enhancing patient engagement? These questions prompt reflection on the evolving landscape of healthcare technology and its impact on patient care.
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Kevon Cheung is a dad and creator who creating content around the value of building in public. He's against the classic vision of creation being an act of going into the woods, smoking a ciggar, drinking some brandy, and than coming out with your "masterpiece." He's the author of Find Joy In Chaos--a guide to building in public on twitter--the course creator of Build In Public Mastery, and the creator of Public Lab a website dedicated to helping you in your build in public efforts.In this podcast you will learn:The value of sharing your learnings AS you learn themHow to collect and create out of the information you consumeHow to build friends and community by sharing your learningsKevon Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeetKevonKevon Public Lab: https://publiclab.co/MY FREE ONLINE COURSES:
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Monday Motivation Mission Statement: "The Monday Motivation podcast, featuring Kevon Smith and co host Anthony Wilson, is dedicated to sharing uplifting and empowering stories and messages for a Christian audience. Our goal is to inspire, encourage, and edify our listeners, providing them with the motivation they need to navigate life's challenges while staying true to their faith. Through engaging conversations, personal anecdotes, and insightful discussions, we aim to bring hope, positivity, and spiritual growth to our audience, encouraging them to live their best lives and make a meaningful impact in the world. We believe in the power of faith-based motivation to transform lives, and we are committed to delivering content that uplifts and empowers our community, helping them to find strength, purpose, and joy in their journey.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-wilson/message
Monday Motivation Mission Statement: "The Monday Motivation podcast, featuring Kevon Smith and co host Anthony Wilson, is dedicated to sharing uplifting and empowering stories and messages for a Christian audience. Our goal is to inspire, encourage, and edify our listeners, providing them with the motivation they need to navigate life's challenges while staying true to their faith. Through engaging conversations, personal anecdotes, and insightful discussions, we aim to bring hope, positivity, and spiritual growth to our audience, encouraging them to live their best lives and make a meaningful impact in the world. We believe in the power of faith-based motivation to transform lives, and we are committed to delivering content that uplifts and empowers our community, helping them to find strength, purpose, and joy in their journey.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-wilson/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-wilson/support
Monday Motivation Mission Statement: "The Monday Motivation podcast, featuring Kevon Smith and co host Anthony Wilson, is dedicated to sharing uplifting and empowering stories and messages for a Christian audience. Our goal is to inspire, encourage, and edify our listeners, providing them with the motivation they need to navigate life's challenges while staying true to their faith. Through engaging conversations, personal anecdotes, and insightful discussions, we aim to bring hope, positivity, and spiritual growth to our audience, encouraging them to live their best lives and make a meaningful impact in the world. We believe in the power of faith-based motivation to transform lives, and we are committed to delivering content that uplifts and empowers our community, helping them to find strength, purpose, and joy in their journey.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-wilson/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-wilson/support
Kevon Cheung (@MeetKevon) is an expert builder-in-public. The moment his life pivoted with the birth of his daughter is where our conversation begins, and it's a profound one. As we traverse Kevon's journey, we uncover the raw intricacies of aligning one's personal mission with one's entrepreneurial spirit. He bares the soul of his SaaS venture, giving us a real-world look at the trials of founding a company while emphasizing the critical role of a financial safety net. This is a story about authenticity, sharing the highs and lows of business creation and the impactful legacy that transparency can bring. Kevon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeetKevon00:00:00 Building in Public00:13:59 Course Creation and Building Community Challenges00:19:55 Building in Public Challenges and Misconceptions00:28:52 Defining and Exploring Building in Public00:32:30 Building in Public — again and again00:41:44 Building Authentic Self RepresentationThis episode is sponsored by Acquire.comThe blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/kevon-cheung-embracing-vulnerability-in-startup-culture/The podcast episode: https://tbf.fm/episodes/282-kevon-cheung-embracing-vulnerability-in-startup-cultureThe video: https://youtu.be/UDRD66f_fQ4You'll find my weekly article on my blog: https://thebootstrappedfounder.comPodcast: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podcastNewsletter: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/newsletterMy book Zero to Sold: https://zerotosold.com/My book The Embedded Entrepreneur: https://embeddedentrepreneur.com/My course Find Your Following: https://findyourfollowing.comHere are a few tools I use. Using my affiliate links will support my work at no additional cost to you.- Notion (which I use to organize, write, coordinate, and archive my podcast + newsletter): https://affiliate.notion.so/465mv1536drx- Riverside.fm (that's what I recorded this episode with): https://riverside.fm/?via=arvid- TweetHunter (for speedy scheduling and writing Tweets): http://tweethunter.io/?via=arvid- HypeFury (for massive Twitter analytics and scheduling): https://hypefury.com/?via=arvid60- AudioPen (for taking voice notes and getting amazing summaries): https://audiopen.ai/?aff=PXErZ- Descript (for word-based video editing, subtitles, and clips): https://www.descript.com/?lmref=3cf39Q- ConvertKit (for email lists, newsletters, even finding sponsors): https://convertkit.com?lmref=bN9CZw
Monday Motivation W/Kevon Smith Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLrZriCc01bnp0Amb2gXDtQ/join Ask your bible question https://www.quora.com/profile/Anthony-Wilson-973/ Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/c/AnthonyWilson73 Promote your channel https://veefly.com?referrer=101982 Clean Cause click to support addiction recovery https://go.refrl.co/r/uCrVXB9PvEjj Hi to everyone out there welcome to my YouTube channel I'm your host Anthony Wilson. I'm a father, husband, author, preacher and teacher of God's word. I love reaching out and connecting with people of all backgrounds. I also love to study God's word. Please join me every week for in-depth studies on various bible subjects and engaging conversation with different guest. My goal is to equip the saints, reach the lost and serve the least. Call us @ 720-245-4481 Links Support https://anchor.fm/anthony-wilson/support cash.app/$awilson2273 linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-wilson-85233176/ Website https://thelovethynayborpodcastnetwork.wordpress.com/ Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-love-thy-nay-bor-podcast-network/id1331809750 Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Anthony-Wilson-973/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-wilson/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-wilson/support
In this episode, Dr. Shanaé Burch, Dr. LeConté Dill, and Dr. Ryan Petteway are in conversation with Mar Gubrium and Dr. Kevon Jackman. They discuss their inspirations and how their poems have ripened and grown with them. In light of the ongoing violence, they invite us to find and create spaces for more “living room” conversations, and reinforce the ongoing need for poetry for the public's health. All are invited to fill in the blank: Casting visions for 2024, public health needs more poems about ______________. This episode references the articles titled “Color Coded Care” by Kevon-Mark Jackman, DrPH, MPH and “My Body, Your Body, Our Bodies” by Mar Gubrium. From the personal to the political, we connect a hospital room in Florida and advocate for reproductive justice in Western Massachusetts with global cries for justice and peace. LeConté shares reflections that feature: Gaza by Suheir Hammad and Moving Towards Home by June Jordan. Shanaé closes the episode with Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye.
The time has come. KevOnStage is here. If you don't know KevOnStage is a hilarious comedian that we find out can claim many places as home. Kev is a mogul, comedian, actor, writer, improver, and internet personality, and so much more. We talk about the recent viral video of Kev boarderline sleep in the club, the history of the dab, and the Sylvester Stallone doc.Watch Black People Don't Do Improv on the KevOnStage Studios AppShout out to the many talented people on this season @iam_cking @80dollarsandasuitcase @dinorawalcott@broadythejoker @tamarajademusic @cristalbubblin @thatchickangel @leahfriresFOLLOW THE DISCORD https://discord.gg/ESN7CAdMnh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
+++Triggerwarnung: In dieser Folge sprechen wir u. a. über sexuellen Missbrauch, Suizid und Depressionen +++ Happy Friday! Zwei Wochen sind schon wieder um und eine neue Folge ist online. Diesmal haben wir uns mit dem Thema Affekttaten beschäftigt. Wie immer warten zwei spannende Fälle auf euch. Fall 1: Wie weit würdet ihr für guten W-Lan Empfang gehen? Kevon ist 16 Jahre jung und ändert regelmäßig das Passwort des Routers. Eines Tages endet diese in einem Streit mit fatalen Folgen. Fall 2: Susan kämpft bereits seit ihren Teenagerjahren mit schwersten Depressionen. Als die heiratet und zwei gesunde Jungen auf die Welt bringt, hofft sie, ihre Probleme in den Griff bekommen zu haben. Doch das Leben spielt nicht immer so, wie man es sich vorstellt.
The Creator's Adventure - Course Creation, Entrepreneurship & Mindset tips for Creators
This is a special episode of The Creator's Adventure's podcast, as Bryan and Kevon met in person in Hong Kong to film this interview! Our guest today is Kevon Cheung: he is the creator of Public Lab, the author of Find Joy in Chaos and the founder Build in Public Mastery. Watch this interview to learn about the power of building in public and how to do this while growing your audience on social media. Learn more about Kevon: https://kevoncheung.com/
Today I talk to Kevon Cheung. Kevon ran a startup during COVID. He had to pivot multiple times but it failed anyway.That was the moment he started building in public. He created a lot of free courses before he finally started charging money.In this episode, you'll learn how you can build in public and get your first products out quickly.
ACTION HOUR (OCT.5TH 2023) POWER95FM (FEARLESS KEVON X MENACE) by Dj Fearless Kevon
Hes a self taught special effects make up artist and was a contestant on seasons 9 and 13 on the Syfy series Face off and worked with Rob zombie and worked at the 13th floor haunted house writing a script for his creature he created on face off for a horror film and his love for The Nightmare before Christmas
3 GUESTS! Wayne Cavadi breaks down his D2 Football Power Rankings following week 3, Trey Thomas talks about his electric performance in Shorter's win over Chowan, and Kevon Gregory recaps the longest game in D2 history with 8 OT's! We also recap more D2/D3 football games from around the country. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00-3:06 Episode Overview 3:07 Wayne Cavadi 25:31 D2 Game Recaps 35:19 Trey Thomas 44:02 More D2 Recaps 51:35 Kevon Gregory 57:10 D3 Game Recaps
On today's Productive Conversation, we are doing another show of asking some of the internet's biggest, funniest, and most insightful unanswered questions.We ask Questions like:- You're at the bar, girl gives you the eye, you approach them, what do you say after? - Why do white people love Mr.Brightside so much?- What song lyrics go hard?- How do you feel about break ups?- What do you do when you see a stranger cry on the street? - Did we give a pass on dirty cars?- Coke or Pepsi?- And more...We have Hayden, Ryan, Jose, and Kevon for this awesome discussion that you do not want to miss.Here is another classic, on all Podcasting Platforms and YouTube. (4:00)YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Productive_Conversations/LinkTree https://linktr.ee/productiveconversationsFollow us on Instagram@ProductiveConversationsPodcast@MattBrown300Follow us on Twitter@ProdConvoPod@Mattbrown31Follow us on TikTok@productiveconversationsBest way to contact our host is by emailing him at productiveconversationspodcast@gmail.comTo Find Our Show on Various Podcasting Platforms And YouTube, click on the following links below!Apple PodcastSpotifyYouTubeGoogle PodcastsTuneIn PodcastsStitcher PodcastsPandoraAudacy Amazon MusicAudibleiHeartRadio:PocketCastBullhornPodcast Addict
I love Hibachi. I love the food. I love the experience. That seems a lot like building in public, right? After all, the chef is literally cooking in front of us, building our meal. But according to Kevon Cheung – a guy who's built his entire community by building in public – Hibachi is entertainment. In order to build in public, you need to take your audience on a journey with you. That's why he believes building in public is more like Omakase. This is where the chef will choose the foods for you, involve you in the process, and tell you a story about the food you're eating. That's what Building in Public truly is, and today, we're going to learn how to leverage it to build great communities and better products.Top Takeaways You need to talk about something people care about, not just vanity metrics. No one cares what time you wake up to write. They want to know what you're writing about, and why you chose to write about that topic. Only your competitors care about how you do something – your secret sauce. Your audience is invested in you, and they want to know about the journey…both the ups and the downs. You shouldn't just announce something when you're not sure it will do well. Instead, tell your audience you're exploring an idea. Ask them about it, and involve them in the process. THEN, make a decision and share that with them, along with why you made the decision. Show Notes Kevon Cheung Kevon in Twitter PublicLab Monica Lent What Happened to Wirecutter How To Build a $1000/year Membership with Jay Clouse Podcast Workflows book http://helpthisbook.com Sponsored by: Hostinger | Lulu | Sensei Sponsored by: Hostinger: Get 10% off + 2 months free with code BUILD Lulu: Sign up for free today and sell your book. Sensei: Save 20% FOR LIFE with code JOECASABONA ★ Support this podcast ★
Black Wallstreeter Consultation Services (BWCS) was started by the father and son team, Kevon and Kamari Chisolm in 2018. In 2020 started a nonprofit called Junior Wallstreeters, Inc., whose motto is: Empowering Youth with Financial Wellness. We will talk about BWCS's primary goals which are to decrease the wealth gap in African - American communities. They focus on two areas: 1) helping others build wealth through investment clubs; and 2) empowering youth with financial wellness, which includes our financial literacy/investing curriculum and materials.
This is one of the funniest episodes of this show.There are so many questions on the internet and we are here to answer them for you. On this episode, Matt, Ryan, Jose, and Kevon answer some of the internets most crazy questions.Questions like, "is there such thing as a bad texter?", "does reply time matter?", "what should be a first date?", "is pretty privilege real?", and a lot more after that. (5:14)Check out this episode and more content from the Productive Conversations Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Audible, Amazon Music, Audacy, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Listen Notes, TuneIN, and where all podcasting platforms can be discovered. As well as our YouTube Page! Links Below….LinkTree https://linktr.ee/productiveconversationsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mbrown3212Follow us on Instagram@ProductiveConversationsPodcast@MattBrown300Follow us on Twitter@ProdConvoPod@Mattbrown31Follow us on TikTok@productiveconversationsBest way to contact our host is by emailing him at productiveconversationspodcast@gmail.comTo Find Our Show on Various Podcasting Platforms And YouTube, click on the following links below!Apple PodcastSpotifyYouTubeGoogle PodcastsTuneIn PodcastsStitcher PodcastsPandoraAudacy Amazon MusicAudibleiHeartRadio:PocketCastBullhornPodcast Addict
VIDEO MOJO with Jon Leland: Timeless marketing mixed with the bleeding edge of video & social media
In this video, my Video Mojo guest is Kevon Cheung, a successful entrepreneur, community builder, and author of "Find Joy in Chaos: How to Build Your Twitter Presence so Connections and Opportunities Come Find You." Our conversation revolves around the importance of building in public, transparency, and community. Kevon shares his journey as a creator and his previous experience running a SaaS company, which despite being funded, did not achieve the growth he desired. This led him to walk away from the company around the same time, he was about to become a father. He realized he wanted to make a dramatic pivot and recognized the importance of building a personal brand and a reputation that could compound over time. This led Kevon to investigate and develop his thoughtful approach to building a personal brand and writing online. He offers valuable lessons learned from these entrepreneurial experiences. At the core of his endeavors over the last two and a half years is the concept of "building in public" where he emphasizes that the number of followers or the size of an email list does not fully define success. Instead, he believes that the value one provides and the authenticity one maintains are more critical. Throughout the video, we both highlight the importance of patience, authenticity, and providing value in social media marketing. We discuss how these elements can lead to building a thriving and authentic community. This entire conversation underscores the importance of being value-driven in today's digital landscape. Kevon's links: PublicLab.co Find Joy in Chaos (book) Twitter Here are some key points made in the video with their timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction and Kevon's background, his journey as a creator, and his approach to building his personal brand. 05:00 - Discussion on the concept of "building in public" and the importance of providing value and maintaining authenticity. 10:00 - Kevon shares his financial journey as a creator, his monthly revenue, and the importance of patience. 15:00 - The role of Twitter, Kevon and I share our thoughts on other platforms like Threads, and the importance of scheduling tweets to deliver better value. 20:00 - The value of community building on Twitter and the distinction between customers and partners. 25:00 - Kevon talks about email courses, how they help in community building, and his approach to offering value without directly selling anything.
Firstly we salute all those who recently faced the SEA exam. Congratulations to all the children, parents and teachers!Do you ever remember the knot in your stomach while waiting for your results or your children's results? The anticipation, the hope, the fear... it's a cocktail of emotions we all have tasted. This episode is a roller coaster ride, touching upon the immense pressure and emotions surrounding the SEA exam results. We share heartfelt stories of reactions, from exultation to disappointment, even recollections of a father whose son has to retake the exam. We discuss the importance of learning life lessons early on, with inspiring stories from Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, and Viola Davis, who all faced hardships but remained resilient. We'll tackle the concept of failure. It's a tough word that carries heavy connotations, but we'll redefine it together. We revisit Kevon's funeral and discuss examine the importance of life planning - how being prepared for the unexpected, even when it comes to something as morbid as funeral costs, can alleviate stress for loved ones left behind.Let's unravel the hair controversy that unfolded at Trinity College. We unpack Nyan Gadsby Dolly's responcse as it's a timely topic that requires open dialogue and consultation as we strive to understand the dynamics of school policies, societal norms, and personal expression. Rules and regulations, while necessary, can sometimes turn into heated debates. Remember the high school student whose hairstyle was deemed inappropriate? We explore the complexities of enforcing such contentious rules and the importance of imparting respect for diverse views. Finally, we veer our conversation towards the ongoing controversy in Trinidad's soccer scene. Should Angus Eve continue being the head coach of Trinidad and Tobago Football? Is it the right time for the return of Stephen Hart? What implications could his dismissal have on the team? The episode wraps up with a reflective note on the heavy cost of progress on our environment and society. So, buckle up and join us on this enlightening and engrossing journey. This episode promises to stir up emotions, ignite discussions, and offer advice on handling life's various curveballs.
How West Indies go upset Rowlers while the man have to focus on Local Government Elections in a country that flooding heavy and with so many UNC members looking for a home.Angus coming through with the Gold Cup wins as we prep to do the same to Jamaica & USA.We lost the Kevon aka Yank Boss aka Maureen aka The River Witch to gun violence this weekend and the reaction to his death is as controversial as his life. In the light, we explore the unexpected relationships and connections formed between people, even those we consider as enemies & we'll delve into the complexities of emotions when an enemy passes away.Are we really stopping children from graduating because of their hair styles in 2023?We also have some exclusive new info on Ocean Gate that you won't ant to miss.Enjoy!!
You've probably heard of the phrase “building in public”, but do you know what it actually means?Kevon Cheung helps creators grow their personal brand and business by building in public. He runs a newsletter with 3k subscribers, has almost 20k followers on Twitter, and earns a living as a creator with his cohort-based course, ‘Build in Public Mastery' - and he did this by building in public.In this episode of Creators on Air, Kevon shares what it means to build in public, the right way of sharing online, and what feedback to listen to.Follow Kevon:
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Leaders, our industry is in the midst of a massive transformation away from broad horizontal marketplaces and towards skill specific platforms. Take Paro for finance/accounting, or Catalant & Graphite for management consulting, the future of our industry belongs to marketplaces that can use technology and freelancer first practices to ensure a consistent, low friction, high quality experience. NerdApp is the IT ecosystem that best personifies where the freelance economy is headed. NerdApp stemmed from Kelvin's personal experience in the IT services industry for 15+ years, where he saw the inefficiencies and poor experiences that the legacy IT industry routinely delivers. Warning: We're going to get real geeky on the software and user experience driving NerdApp. If you're a nerd or an entrepreneur, you'll love it. 11:12 - Why the freelance economy, the combo of Kevon's corporate experience and the problems in IT Services 17:31 - Secret sauce behind the meteoric 15 month growth of NerdApp 20:59 - What's wrong with the IT Services Industry 22:24 - Why doesn't Nerdapp already exist 27:38 - The importance of user experience 29:42 - Biggest barrier of the freelance economy is company education 30:52 - Biggest barrier of growing marketplaces is the first experience 44:27 - What will change in the next 5 years Find Kelvin's Leader Portal: https://humancloud.work/kelvin-wetherill
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E19: Kevon Cheung is the author of Find Joy in Chaos: How to Build Your Twitter Presence So Connections and Opportunities Come Find You. He's widely recognized as a thought leader in finding your voice and making meaningful connections online. Kevon has a unique framework called the PIERS framework, which he uses as a personal identity guideline for developing his online persona. He'll break down this framework which will explain why he uses a broccoli emoji as part of his online identity.***TOPICS:Why Build An Audience? (1:40)How to Survive the Early Days of Building an Audience (4:13)Why Your Circle of Friends Evolves Over Time (6:15)How to Develop an Authentic Voice (8:34)Framework For Developing an Online Identity (11:04)Secrets to Building Meaningful Relationships Online (18:39)Benefits of Building in Public (21:26)Ask Me Anything (25:48)***LINKS:Kevon's Book: Find Joy in ChaosFollow Kevon on TwitterBuild in Public MasteryJOIN: First Class Founders Premium MembershipDOWNLOAD: Hyper-Visuals For Our Episodes (Free)***FOLLOW / REVIEW:- Follow - Leave 5-star review***CONNECT W/ YONG-SOO:- X- Threads- LinkedIn- Newsletter***First Class Founders is a show for indie hackers, bootstrapped founders, CEOs, solopreneurs, content creators, startup entrepreneurs, and SaaS startups covering topics like build in public, audience growth, product marketing, scaling up, side hustles, holding company, etc. Past guests include Arvid Kahl, Tyler Denk, Noah Kagan, Clint Murphy, Jay Abraham, Andrew Gazdecki, Matt McGarry, Nick Huber, Khe Hy, and more. Episode you might like:Future of Newsletters with Tyler Denk, Founder & CEO at BeehiivFrom Zero to 100K Subscribers: How to Grow Your Newsletter like a Pro with Newsletter Growth Expert Matt McGarry...
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What's in this episode:Have you ever conducted a social media experiment that involved 39 words, a bold ask, 1 cute emoji, and a holding of the breath in the hopes of bringing in the big bucks for your business?This week, I'm gonna share the full details of my recent Twitter experiment that led to real cash money. What resulted STILL surprises me. Folks mentioned in this episode* Kevon, who lives on Twitter here (follow him for inspiration!)* My Twitter account here (follow me, maybe?) * women everywhere* This is that ad I'm talking about (notice the incredible emoji usage):Got Q's? Jill's Got A's.* Wanna get your Q's A'd in a future episode?* Perhaps you wanna sponsor an episode?Talk to me! Text or call (708) 872-7878 so that we can make your dreams come true.Got thoughts, comments, or questions about the episode you just heard? Leave a comment below.See you soon,jill This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jillsalzman.substack.com
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As a culture we're all trained to think of people who create as working in secret until they have a big Eureka moment or complete the masterpiece. A lot of entrepreneurs try to work that way too - they build somethings - have a big launch or unveiling and then wonder why nobody claps or more importantly buys.Building in public is a very different entrepreneurial and creative mindset. It's one which parks ego at the door, brings people with you on the journey and can lead to some very unexpected, surprising and often counter intuitive results.This week I'm delighted to welcome Kevon Cheung. the 'Build In Public Guy' - and the author of Find Joy in Chaos - How to build your twitter presence so connections and opportunities come find you.Find out more about Kevon at https://publiclab.co/----Get your copy of my Personal Brand Business Blueprint It's the FREE roadmap to starting, scaling or just fixing your expert business.www.amplifyme.agency/roadmap----Subscribe to my Youtube!! Follow on Instagram and Twitter @bobgentleJoin the Amplify Insiders Facebook Community : www.amplifyme.agency/insidersPlease take a second to rate this show in Apple Podcasts. ❤ It will mean a lot to me.
1:31 - Eddie Jones Dismissed1:48 - Chris Jones initial thoughts2:47 - Alex Lowe initial thoughts4:11 - Corbs initial thoughts6:22 - Eddie's Coaching Staff8:39 - Eddie's Failures to rebuild13:02 - What's gone wrong since 2019?16:12 - England ‘botching' their succession plan19:26 - Why was Eddie backed until now?20:40 - Eddie Jones' Successor22:23 - Steve Borthwick35:01 - USA 7s36:15 - Womens 7s Results in Dubai37:00 - Mens Results38:25 - Areas for Improvement41:18 - representation and leadership in Rugby43:00 - Dishing the dirt on team mates
Here we have a new segment curated by producer, Ruben Portillo. Where he ask questions to Reggie and Kevon on what players in the NFL has higher or lower stats.
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Our guest today is known as “the building public guy” Kevon Chung started his career running a VC backed startup. After leaving that career he has been reinventing himself as a solopreneur building an online business. In this interview Kevon shares with us some tips and tricks on how he started making friends online, building free things like his “Build in Public Guide” and “Making Twitter Friends” email course, and how those products and efforts have gradually grown his following online. Today he is continuing to “Build in Public” as he runs a 5 figure online business. He finds meaning by being able to share, teach, and help so many people through his work. In this episode you'll learn: How being vulnerable will make people trust you How Kevon found his niche without any industry knowledge How looking back may give you the answers you are looking for How Kevon tried and failed at being a Youtuber Why and when to quit chasing an idea Advice on how to build in public Why you should use “I” before “you” in your writing How to start on twitter How to be social on twitter How Kevon thinks about meaning and purpose Show notes at: https://themeaningmovement.com/kevon
Fukuyama is simply the most sophisticated and nuanced political scientist in the field today. He’s currently at Stanford, but he’s also taught at Johns Hopkins and George Mason. The author of almost a dozen books, his most famous is The End of History and the Last Man, published shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. His new book is Liberalism and Its Discontents.You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player above, or click the dropdown menu to add the Dishcast to your podcast feed. For two clips of my convo with Fukuyama — explaining why we need to pay attention to “the men without chests,” and remembering when the political right championed open borders — head over to our YouTube page.Did you ever catch the episode last year with Glenn Greenwald criticizing Bolsonaro, woke journalism, and animal torture? We now have a full transcript available, if you’d rather read the conversation.Back to Fukuyama, the following meme captures much of the sentiment addressed in the episode:A fan of the Dishcast has been anticipating the episode:You announced a few weeks ago that you’d be interviewing Francis Fukuyama, so I decided to re-read The End of History. While I’m sure you’ve no need of assistance of any kind, I wanted to remind you of why some folks are struck by its prescience. Towards the end, he highlights the potential danger for liberal societies that have solved so many problems — there is no end to the amount of “problems” that a society can then invent:To find common purpose in the quiet days of peace is hard…. [When] there is no tyranny or oppression against which to struggle, experience suggests that if men cannot struggle on behalf of a just cause, because that struggle was victorious in an earlier generation, then they will struggle against the just cause. They will struggle for the sake of struggle. They will struggle, in other words, out of a certain kind of boredom. They cannot imagine living in a world without struggle. If the world they live in is a world characterized by peace and prosperity, then they will struggle against that peace and prosperity … and against democracy.He then refers to some French college-student protests in 1968 against Charles de Gaulle:… [they] had no rational reason to rebel. They were, for the most part, pampered offspring of one of the freest and most prosperous societies on earth. But it was precisely the absence of struggle and sacrifice in their middle-class lives that led them to take to the streets and confront the police … they had no particularly coherent vision of a better society.Like the old Cervantes metaphor — then and now, we see people inventing enemies and problems while they obliviously find themselves “tilting at windmills.”There is no greater example of this, to my mind, than the current LGBTQIA++ movement. Fukuyama and I discuss these people, also known as “the men without chests”:Related to that conversation is a reader email over my recent item, “The Rumblings of Rome”:I enjoyed your take on the faltering mos maiorum of our American republic, and I think you’re onto something important. These values and practices are what keep the system together in times of crisis, and their abandonment is a canary in the democratic coal mine. I know you’ve used the Weimar analogy before, and it is apt: Hitler may have issued the coup de grace to German democracy, but its demise was hastened by powerful elites who in the years beforehand eroded republican norms and removed safeguards to authoritarianism. Certainly the Roman example is also apt, as you convincingly argue here.But what troubles me is a point you make in the linked article in New York Magazine: “But a political system designed for a relatively small city had to make some serious adjustments as its territory and prosperity and population exploded.” The system was ill-equipped for how Rome evolved over centuries from a city-state to a sprawling empire, and the lack of meaningful reform amplified popular frustrations and opened the door for opportunists like the Gracchus brothers to demagogue, generals like Marius and Sulla to assert political authority, and Senators — desperate to preserve the system — to embrace political violence and thus inadvertently hasten its demise. The system did not evolve enough to meet the challenges posed by expansion, and so people began to reject the system, sometimes for cynical and self-serving reasons, sometimes due to righteous anger born from real suffering, and sometimes in a misguided attempt to save the system from itself.Our America, of course, is vastly different from the Founders’ in any number of areas, and I have often wondered how well our system, even with the amendment process, can respond to the challenges of the 21st century. Especially given our partisan intransigence, our social media echo chambers, and our Super-PAC funded campaigns — things no one imagined in the 18th century — do we really have any chance of meaningful reform on healthcare, welfare, immigration, election integrity, etc.? To put this another way, democracies work best, I think, when they combine change and continuity — keeping a foot in virtuous traditions while also adapting to new circumstances. If we can’t do the latter, what chance is there to also do the former? I mean, are we fucked?Thanks for your historical thinking on this issue — I try to tell my students that a working knowledge of history is essential to making sense of the modern world. The Sinister Symmetry Of CRT And GRT, CtdReaders continue the debate from this week’s main page over my comparisons of CRT to GRT. This next reader shares a brilliant video on the parallels between right-wing racists and woke racists:Your excellent piece reminded me of this very funny sketch:I recently read James Lindsay’s new book, Race Marxism. His analysis isn’t always watertight, and people have picked holes in the past, but his explanation on page 239 is that this conflict results from the Hegelian dialectical process at the heart of CRT (thesis/antithesis/synthesis):In a very real sense, all of this “alchemy” is meant to reinvigorate the master-slave dialectic in a contemporary cultural and legal context. Indeed, this feature of Critical Race Theory is why so many people rightly perceive that it is, for all its “anti racism” built on an undeniable engine of white supremacy that regards whites as superior, blacks as inferior, and this state being in immediate need of being abolished through critique and multiculturalism. In fact Critical Race Theory defines itself as the antithesis (and method for seeking synthesis) to the systemic “white supremacy” it believes fundamentally organises society …CRT’s version of anti-racism therefore isn’t about a liberal process of using democratic institutions to reduce racism gradually through passing laws and changing public opinion through education. It’s a deliberately confrontational process by which you challenge an idea (racism/white supremacy) with its opposite (antiracism/anti whiteness). We end up in constant racial conflict, as the Hegelians forever continue to restart the dialectic process after every failure they suffer. This next reader, though, senses a false equivalence:You quoted a reader voicing one of the right’s standard new grievances, about alleged differences in media treatment between the Buffalo shooter and the recent NYC subway shooter. Instead of just nodding along, you should pause for a second and examine this critically, because it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison. The Buffalo shooter wrote a manifesto in which he apparently explained that he intended to target black people and why. And then he did so. The NYC subway shooter, in contrast, made some rambling videos expressing a mishmash of racist views, and then, in addition, he shot up a subway. Have you ever been on the subway? Did it strike you as a bastion of whiteness or white privilege? Is it where you would go to try to kill white people (or shoot them in the legs, as he apparently did, for whatever mentally disturbed reason)? Is there any evidence that he selected white people out of the crowd? His attack was just some kind of weirdly disordered thinking, or perhaps intended in a foggy sense as an attack on New York City, whose (black) mayor he had also criticized.I think that’s a fair distinction, especially the choice of target. Another reader claims a false equivalence of a very different sort:I found your latest column unpersuasive. While I like the aesthetic symmetry of “CRT and GRT” as a title, I am not at all convinced there exists an actual intellectual symmetry of the two things as distinct ideas. Yes, both depend on and promote a race-essentialist worldview, and both undermine our nation’s ideals and identity. But that is where their symmetry ends. On a political level, CRT not only claims far more power throughout all our elite institutions, but it also holds responsibility for far more violence and destruction. Which major institution has propagated anything close to GRT? One could make a case for Fox News through Tucker Carlson. I would disagree — as would your podcast guest Briahna Joy Gray, who is on the left. But even so, that is one institution that claims any kind of power in our society, compared to all the others captured by CRT. In terms of violence and destruction, see no further than the summer 2020 riots and the various other attacks motivated by anti-whiteness. Of course, none of this is to dismiss the vile atrocities committed by white supremacists. But I don’t understand why you find the need to draw a false equivalence between the two when one of these evils is clearly a fringe element of our society, with no real threat of spreading further beyond its current limits, while the other already has near-complete elite capture.Also, a minor but important point: you wrote that “Hispanics are originally from Europe.” This is false. The reason Hispanics/Latinos are considered an ethnicity and not a race in the U.S. context is that we are a complete mix of many races. There are Asian Peruvians, Black Cubans, Indigenous Mexicans, White Argentines, and a complete mix of all of the above and more, including mestizos, mulattos, et al. Of course, Hispanics/Latinos (which are not the same circles, by the way; most of Latin America is considered both, but Brazilians are Latinos and not Hispanics, and Spaniards are Hispanics but not Latinos) are united by a common Iberian history, which has resulted in common institutions, heritage, culture, religion, and pair of languages (Spanish and Portuguese). But given the deep, centuries-old mix of indigenous peoples and African slaves and Asian immigrants beyond just Europeans throughout Latin America, it’s just false to claim that “Hispanics are originally from Europe.”Along those lines, another adds:In 2019, Mexican-Americans comprised 61.5% of all Latino Americans, so by and large, when we discuss Hispanics, we are generally discussing Mexican immigrants. Weren’t there a lot of indigenous people in Mexico and Central America at the time of the Conquest? Didn’t most of them have children, so that those children are reflected in current demographic analyses of Mexico?The 1921 census shows Mestizos and indigenous groups as the majority — usually the vast majority — in literally every Mexican state. Numbers of self-reported “white” Mexicans have increased substantially since then (though no explanation is posited for the decline in Mestizo or indigenous populations), but self-identified “whites” still are a minority at 47% of the Mexican population, with 51.5% as either indigenous or “most likely Mestizos.” Frankly, it is likely not the white groups that are congregating at the border. Your explanation seems to assume that Mexico was unpopulated at the time of the Conquest, which is a gross misrepresentation. Thanks for these complications of too breezy a statement. Another reader gets philosophical:I enjoyed your piece this week on CRT/GRT. Also, on Friday I read David Brooks’ piece on conservatism/progressivism, and it made me think of John Keats’ bitter — and ultimately incorrect — epitaph for himself: “Here lies one whose name is writ in water.” That would fit most of those who have ever walked the earth, including most “public intellectuals,” to use your phrase. Humans come and go, and we know damned well that we are likely soon to be forgotten, unless we become a curiosity for ancestry researchers.It strikes me that this is a defense for conservative “philosophy.” We don’t live a life entirely within ourselves. We pay attention to what has gone before. Progressives see a long history of oppression, identify with it, and project it into the future. Conservatives are mindful of the past, in family, ethnicity and faith; even if some of it is wrapped in a flag of “patriotism.” Tradition is important to both sides, for better or for worse. We can’t escape it, so why not find ways to discuss it civilly? Which brings me back to Keats. His eying expression of humility was mistaken. Present-day feelings of certitude, on left or right, are badly in need of humility — and that, I believe, is a conservative thought.Me too.David French On Religious Liberty, CRT, Grace, CtdFrom a “gay, Christian, moderate conservative”:I thoroughly enjoyed your episode with David French, especially since I got to hear the two of you discuss Church of Christ theology at the beginning. I grew up in the Church of Christ denomination and went to a sister school (Abilene Christian University) of the one French attended (Lipscomb). The faith journey you both described is one very familiar to me. My boyfriend also grew up in the Church of Christ tradition and we still feel a certain affinity to it, although it’s obviously not a tradition that affirms same-sex relationships.I loved that the two of you were able to have such a gracious conversation about faith and politics. I enjoy reminders that one’s stance on gay marriage is hardly the litmus test for both conservatism and Christianity that it once was. There’s so much more common ground to explore, and Christianity and conservatism are big enough for differing views — even in the midst of this bizarre cultural climate we’re in.Here’s a snippet of my convo with David: Another listener makes a recommendation:In follow-up to your conversation with David French, could you possibly interview Tim Alberta? His new article in The Atlantic, “How Politics Poisoned the Evangelical Church,” is worth your attention.Indeed. Thanks for the tip. Lastly, a sermon for Sunday:I am an Episcopal priest in Atlanta (though hopefully one not quite as woke as Douglas Murray accuses us of being). If it’s not too bold, I wanted to send you the manuscript of my sermon from last Sunday. The sermon is from a small passage for Easter 6, Revelation 22.3-4: “Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.”I started working on it, and then on Friday I heard the first part of your interview with David French. I think that interview found its way into my sermon, and I know that your ongoing conversations have affected my preaching in a positive way.The manuscript is pasted below, but I’ll close by saying again how grateful I am for your podcast, and I hope that you might consider occasionally having theologians onto your show. I’ve loved hearing you talk about faith with Cornell West and David French, and I think it might be fascinating to have a systematic theological think through issues like CRT and gender.The sermon in full:“They’re out to get you.” That’s what the world will tell you, over and over. “They” — whoever they are — “really are out to get you.”Now, sometimes it’s true. The world can be a dangerous place, after all. But usually the message isn’t that they are after you, Jennifer, or you, Meredith, or Kevon, or Rafael, or whatever your name might be.And they’re not after you because of your character or your choices. The message is that they are after you because of your team, because of your skin color, or where you were born, or your gender. They’re after you because of what you represent.And again, sometimes it’s true. Last weekend the threats were real on both sides of our country.Last weekend a young man consumed by evil drove 200 miles to Buffalo to open fire on innocent people. But not just any innocent people. He targeted a black neighborhood because he wanted to send a message of hate, a message of terror. He wanted black people all across the country to believe that they had a target on their backs. And with our history of violence and terror, our black sisters and brothers heard his message.On the other side of the country another man used a gun to send the same message of hate to a different group of people. In California the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church was enjoying a church picnic when a Chinese-born American citizen walked up and started shooting.The sheriff said the man was motivated by his hatred of Taiwan, and he sent his message of hate and terror to those innocent people.+++The messages don’t always come with bullets, and they aren’t always about race, and they also aren’t limited to one side of our national divide.When you listen with a careful ear to the issues that divide us, what gives them their power is the underlying threat that something of YOUR identity, something of YOUR autonomy, is about to be taken away.“They” are going to take something away from you because of who you are.+++I remember 20 years ago after the Twin Towers fell, the rhetoric on both sides of our political culture was that “they” hated our freedom, hated capitalism, hated democracy. That “they” were coming for us.Two years later, our church was almost split apart by the debate over same-sex relationships. For the progressive, the message was that “they” were coming for your right to love who you choose. For the conservative the message was that “they” were coming to destroy the social values you had been taught were right and good.We hear those threats still today. The uproar over cancel culture and over excesses in cultural trends doesn’t feel to some conservatives like an interesting social trend; it feels like a threat. It feels like “they” are telling conservatives, “We’re coming for you.”On the other side, progressives and especially progressive women heard an old threat earlier this month: “They’re coming to take away control of your bodies.” When that Supreme Court draft was leaked, the message went forth - “They’re coming for you, they’re coming to take control of your bodies away from you.”In fact, they’re not just coming for your right to an abortion, they’re also coming to take away Obergefell and then Loving and then Brown v. Board of Education.+++So…I’ve been taking some big swings up here this morning, on things that are frankly outside of my area of expertise, and I haven’t said a word yet about God or Jesus or had any kind of gospel message.That’s about to change, but the reason I’m trying to bring up all the touchy stuff is because the call to follow isn’t just for other people and it isn’t just for when somebody cuts you off in traffic. Now let me repeat my disclaimer. I’m not saying the threats are all imagined, or that they’re all equal. Sometimes the threat is real. BUT, in the face of those threats, in the face of the world’s desire to put you on notice that you NEED to be afraid, the question for us this morning is, “Should my being a follower of Jesus affect how I respond?”+++When I was first ordained Bishop Alexander told me to always keep my vows in the correct order. He meant that FIRST I was a baptized child of God, THEN I was Emily’s husband, and THEN I was a priest, and if I remembered the hierarchy of those vows my life would be properly ordered.I haven’t always gotten it right but when I’ve gotten a little unbalanced his advice has helped me get back where I need to be.And Bishop Neil’s advice helped me to see something even deeper: we all move through the world with multiple identities and we have to keep them in their proper order.In my case I can think of myself as a man, even as a white man, as a Georgian, an American a Christian, a father, a husband, priest, neighbor, brother, and of course a really, really good singer/dancer.Almost all of those identities are important but for me to be who I aspire to be there needs to be a hierarchy to them. I need to make sure all those identities are properly ordered.+++There’s a distinction in Christianity between being a Creature of God and a Child of God.All of us are Creatures of God. All of us, every person who ever lived, are creatures of God. Our first and most important identity is that we are created by a God who loves every single one of us and that, as Fr. Rhett said last Sunday, there’s not a thing you can do about it.And for those of us baptized into the body of Christ, those of us who believe in Jesus as the crucified and risen Lord we have a second and eternal identity - beloved Child of God.+++A properly ordered life embraces those two identities - beloved Creature of God and beloved Child of God - as more important than all the others we have. And then downstream of those two come all the rest: gender, sex, family, values, race, creed, and on and on.So am I white? Am I black? Am I Taiwanese or Woman or Man or Husband or parent or Democrat or Republican or even American? Yes, I am all of those things and more, but my first identity, the very core of who I am, is always beloved Creature of God, and my eternal hope is not in escaping the threats or defeating my enemies but in holding on to my identity as a Child of God, as a member of the Body of Christ.+++The world will try to disorder your identities. The world will whisper and then shout fear & danger & division, will try to make your threatened identity the center of who you are.When evil drives to Buffalo, fear will tell you that your first identity is the color of your skin, and that it always will be.When evil drives to a church picnic, fear tells you that your primary identity, your fundamental self is as a pawn in a great ethnic & political strife.When cultural values change, when marriage is redefined, or social programs try to right historic wrongs, or when human laws try to legislate that which cannot be legislated but must be legislated, when they try to balance the rights of the mother and the rights of the unborn, fear will tell you that your core identity is not beloved Creature of God or beloved Child of God, but is your demographic or political or racial or gender identity, and that your response has to come from that threatened self.But Jesus tells us something different. Jesus tells us to love our enemies.Jesus tells us we are all beloved creatures of God, the just and unjust alike, AND that those baptized into his death and resurrection have an ETERNAL identity greater than anything else about us, an ETERNAL hope that will live beyond any other understanding of self.+++Our response to Jesus’ message is to understand who we really are and order our identities so that we do not respond to threats as the world does.Our call is to respond as beloved, as BELOVED children of God who share a common humanity and a common creator, and as people whose hope is not in temporary victories but in eternal life.+++It’s not easy.Hate invites you to respond with hate. Fear invites you to respond with fear.Change makes you want to dig in your heels and hunker down and defend YOUR turf, YOUR way of life, with all that you’ve got.No wonder Jesus said we must give up our lives to follow him.+++In the Revelation to John, Jesus showed John a vision of the heavenly city. In that city the Children of God had the name of Jesus written on each of their foreheads.Using our language of baptism, they were sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked as Christ’s own forever.WE are those Children of God. Our true identity is not in any of our human distinctions but in the name of Jesus written across our faces.Our task is to understand that truth and to live it, to treat one another with that common heritage as Creatures of God even when we feel threatened by one another, and to teach our children that no matter what the world whispers to them about who they are, their truest, deepest, most fundamental self will always be … Beloved of God. Get full access to The Weekly Dish at andrewsullivan.substack.com/subscribe