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I need to be fit first is one of the most common objections I receive when I talk with women about starting their own fitness business.  I need to be fit first is really our heart screaming and the enemy deceiving you about your qualification. If we take it one step further, deceiving you about your worth.  You may even catch yourself saying, "Once I'm fit, then I can be influential." Or, "Once I'm fit, then I'll finally do what God has been calling me to do." The underlying lie to all of this is, I'm not good enough for this. (Insert your own personal "this" situation.) How can you get past this lie of feeling like you have to have a perfect body before you think you can influence or a testimony? Listen in to find out! Full show notes here: http://www.jessicahottle.com/podcast  (http://www.jessicahottle.com/podcast ) Join Jessica’s team as a fitness motivator here: http://www.jessicahottle.com/coaching 

NeighborlyCast E4 - The Holocaust Kickstarter HEY YOU READING THIS STOP NOW! You better stop paying for your electric bills, phone bills, Dad's meds bills, your Mom's kidney transplant, your sisters college?, Shenmue 3 gofundme, your car bills, and your NeighborlyCast subscription. Cause we are making something that will solve all your problems. That's right, the very sequal to the infamous mass genocide. that's it thank you. www.kickstart.gov/howmuchdoestheholocaust Hey would you look at that, we managed to get one out within a month since the last upload. We're aiming to release an episode once every two weeks but we can't start doing that until I(Mike) come back from a foreign land which will be by the end of July. Once I'm back we'll get right to work. We're also on Spotify now. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Your hosts for this hour: Mike: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeRaDM https://www.twitch.tv/MikeRaDM https://twitter.com/MikeRaDM Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/user/Chief0nion https://www.twitch.tv/koyvon https://twitter.com/ChiefyonioN Dopie: https://www.twitch.tv/dopielol https://twitter.com/dopielol This episode was edited by: Main Edit - Dopie Final Cut - MikeRaDM Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/NeighborlyCast Get in touch: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeighborlyCast Discord: https://discord.gg/fBYP692 Other Media: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3C5G1dVVeRSGa1fQJXdb9C?si=6K-GLrKMSMSvjRGwHhMypQ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neighbourlycast/id1262922096?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/NeighborlyCast

Season 2 Episode 13 THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF LERINA GARCIA If you've made it this far, thank you! This is the 13th episode of the I Want to Believe podcast and while this IS NOT the season finale, we will be taking a little break. Why? Well, it's the start of the new year, we've recorded and edited 13 episodes back to back and I've got a few other things to do! I will soon be travelling for a bit to continue work on my documentary, "Otherworldly Amor". Also, I have a new book project in the works and I will be visiting an experiencer to document their case. Exciting stuff! Once I'm back, we'll record a couple more episodes AND we have a little surprise for April 2019, stay tuned.  Ok… back to the show and we’ve got a weird one for ya… let’s talk about the mysterious case of Lerina Garcia. On July 16, 2008 a woman named Lerina Garcia was struggling with some recent changes in her life and turned to the internet for some help. Her post originally appeared on a Spanish language website called Tendencias21 (which translates to Trends21). I have access to her original post and the link is below. We did use Google Translate so some of the quotes we used are a bit rough. She wrote, “I think I've jumped into a parallel universe. I find it hard to tell because everyone will believe that I am a psychotic, and nobody will believe me. Please, if someone has had a similar experience, write me an email.”  How did she come to this realization? Listen to the episode to find out.  Garcia's Original Post  An Update Perhaps? Scroll down to Dec 5, 2017 - Username: The_Observer Sources: Stranger Dimensions ___________ Social Media & Email I Want to Believe Instagram I Want to Believe Patreon Send us an Email (suggest an episode topic, tell us how awesome or dumb we are… whatever you want!) Slevik Media Links Abducted New England Documentary on Amazon Prime PayPal Link for my book Otherworldly Encounters - $20 signed & includes shipping Amazon for Otherworldly Encounters Bullmoose for Otherworldly Encounters Slevik Facebook Podcast Links Direct Link to Podcast iTunes

It's been a little bit since the last episode, and I have had some time to get over my shock at what the hell Rosalie made me read last time. STILL NOT FORGIVEN, ROSALIE. But in this section, we get to meet the Goddess of Pain and she's really not someone to fuck with. Once I'm in the middle of the recording I realize that she must be a magic handler, but I'm not sure what that means in terms of her motives or her abilities. Why would she make it so that she causes pain to people no matter whether they're an enemy or not? Also, it seems like Constantine was stuck in a sort of stasis that Rae was able to push him out of, and I am curious how many vampires have the ability to travel the way that he does. Is this common, or is he special? Thanks again for sponsoring this, Rosalie! If any of you would like to read along, you can find the book here: https://amzn.to/2OltMAu

Kat: Alright. We cannot begin yet. Okay, one second. Hmm, approve. Kat: I feel like I'm brand new to the internet when I do these sorts of things. Patrick: Hey! Kat: I feel like such a magician. Patrick: We can begin. Kat: To me it's like a greater accomplishment to successfully do a split screen broadcast then it is to launch some massive new programme. Patrick: It's pretty badass. Kat: Yeah, I was very scared about how that would work. I felt technologically challenged. Patrick: I'm trying to get used to it. But I ... Kat: Is somebody seriously sending angry faces? Patrick: Yeah. Probably Brandon. Kat: Brandon's angry that he's not on the live stream. Patrick: Yup. Sorry Brandon, not today. Not today. Kat: Not today. I've got to say that my lighting looks better than your lighting. Patrick: Not right now. I put in my room so I can get way better lighting. Actually I'm gonna do you even ... Kat: You're view is way better. Patrick: I'm gonna do even dirtier than this. Kat: Dirtier? We're going dirty already? Patrick: Real dirty style. There we go. Okay. Actually I'll get in that bed. Kat: Is that an accent? Whose got an accent? I don't have an accent, obviously. Everybody knows that. Patrick: No way. Kat: My accent is ... Patrick: It's purely for shits and gigs. Kat: One day, maybe when you've known me for a hundred years, you'll figure out that I'm not British. Patrick: British, Australian, it's the same thing. I'm sorry to let you know it. Kat: Oh, it's so not. Patrick: Alright, so I'm all set up now. So my lighting is good. Let's see where you told me about the ... To turn the lighting on. I can't really do it. That's one thing that's missing here, is that little button you showed me to brighten it up. You know, to brighten the ... Kat: You look bright. Patrick: Yeah, let me see if I can switch that on. Kat: You look like you've got a tanning line [inaudible 00:02:26] on your face. Patrick: That's good. 'Cause I definitely do not. But let me get some more. Put that down. Boom. Kat: Alright. Now we're gonna go into it. Patrick: I don't know how you want to start this off, but I'm ready. I am in the zone. Kat: Firstly I think we need to set the tone, and let people know that this will only be serious and professional content. No laughing emojis are allowed. Patrick: Hey let me share this. I wonder if I can share this with my group? Let's see if that works on this thing. Kat: Yup. Patrick: Okay, share to group. Awesome. Players club, there we go. Kat: Hey. Patrick: Boom, it's done. Kat: I just said no laughing emojis you guys. Don't send laughing emojis automatically when I say "no laughing emojis". That wasn't funny at all. It was completely non-funny. We've actually had a serious discussion about this live stream before. We went live, it's actually taken all day, neither of us have accomplished anything. Except discussing the fact that this live stream will be only serious and professional business. Patrick: Straight professional. Only professional business. Strictly business. Kat: Purely professional. Strictly business. People wanted me to introduce you again. How did every ... how did ... You gotta go ... Sorry can't do intros again. We did intros last week. You're gonna have to go to his profile, follow his profile. You'll very quickly figure it out. You'll either be deeply drawn in, or potentially shocked and appalled and you'll leave. Patrick: Gonna be horri ... Kat: Much the same as when people [inaudible 00:03:55] my profile. Patrick: You'll be horrified. Yeah I'm on a camp chair, Meg. Meg just asked me if I'm on a camp chair. This is a camp chair in my house. Kat: Yes. Patrick: That's a quick ... But that's a good segue right there. Why am I on this camp chair? I'll tell you why. You know, I'm just recently starting new, you can go check out my stuff. You see all the stuff that has been going wrong since I actually finished my offer, and put my offer out there. Right? Patrick: So, I had quit my job to go start doing all this crazy cool shit that Cat told me about. Convinced me to go be myself and just say whatever the fuck is on my mind. Just have ... Kat: I didn't convince anybody of anything. Patrick: You convinced me. She convinced me to do it, so I just quit my job. If this fails, I'm blaming it all on you Cat. I'm blaming it all on you. And uh ... Yes you. Kat: I did nothing. I just lead my damn life and then people do whatever they want in response to it. Patrick: What I heard was "Quit your job, Patrick, quit your job." So over and over again I'm hearing this, and I left. And so ... Kat: Question. Patrick: What's that? Kat: Can we block Ryan's [inaudible 00:05:07] from being on this live stream? Patrick: Yeah he's [inaudible 00:05:09]. Very, very mad. But I think he knows that you had some kind of part in this whole thing. So, of course. Patrick: But anyways, so I just jumped off cold turkey. Needless to say, I still had a shit tonne of bills, 'cause I live a pretty expensive lifestyle. And so, yeah I just said "Fuck it". I just had a couple of skills. Patrick: Now I do have a few skills. I do build marketing automation systems. I do build for people like Cat, coaches. You know I can take your shit and boost that shit up. You know what I mean? Get you some automation going, make you some money. But, that's a skill that I'm not really trying to use. Why? Because somebody else is trying to do this shit for myself. Patrick: the first time in my life, I'm making my own bed, I'm doing my own thing. I'm doing it for myself. What's on my mind is going to come out. Putting it out there, and just to bring this all back home. The fucking deal is, ever since I started doing this, every fucking thing I can possibly think of, that could possibly go wrong, is going wrong. Patrick: As a matter of fact I'm on a cell phone right now. Because my laptop screen, my mac screen burnt the fuck out. TV burnt out. I can't even, the list goes on and on. It's just. Kat: What? The TV burnt out now? Patrick: The TV burnt out, the laptop screen burnt out. First the laptop screen burnt out. On my mac that I bought, like probably two years ago, all of sudden that shit burnt out. On the day that I dropped my offer, mind. On the day that I finally, finally stayed up all night, and crafted this thing out and wrote it all up. Kat: Tried to go to bed halfway through. Patrick: Tried to go to bed halfway through. Not being able to. And staying up and finishing it. Then waking up early in the morning and even more finishing it. And then even halfway through the day, till one o'clock today, finally finishing it. Off of a MacBook, which had a burnt out screen. That I hooked up to a big ass TV, in the living room. Kat: Which looked amazing. Patrick: It looked pretty good. Yeah it looked amazing. I was gonna do what you told me. Which was present my offer. Instead of just writing it out, I was gonna present my offer on TV. It was gonna be all crazy, badass, a great idea. I thought it would have been fucking wonderful. Had it worked. Patrick: So, you know, TV burnt out. Brand new TV mind you. Don't buy Zenio. The MacBook burnt out, and now won't connect to that TV. I took it in here to the other TV. It won't connect to that one either. And every possible thing to prevent me from doing this, has been happening. Patrick: So now, I have a little phone, and a camp chair. Because I'm not gonna sit in there, I'm gonna sit right here and actually have something go right. I'm having a good backdrop, right? Patrick: I have a good backdrop, and just ... I don't know. This is going pretty well I think. Kat: It's going exactly as it's meant to. Are you reading the comments? Patrick: I am kind of, yeah. I was just talking. I get ADD so I can't really, I'm gonna have to go back. Kat: Well, everybody's like "Your whole life is blowing up". I think Katie said, this is pretty much ... You know this, this happens. I hear this every single time somebody actually full backs themselves. Kat: Yeah exactly what Kristin said. It's an "are you sure" from the Universe. Patrick: Yeah, it's double check on it right? I don't fucking know. I don't know, but it's crazy. It's like a poltergeist, or something is ... Kat: It actually means ... Do you know what it means? It means, like all that shit happens. The more that shit like that happens, the answer is you just gotta be like "bring it the fuck on then, I'm ready". And let it go faster. And then it's a level up after that. It's the breakdown, before the breakthrough. Patrick: Yeah. Kat: Like for sure, if shit starts blowing up it's means that I'm about to go to a super high next level. And I've seen it a million times with my clients, and friends. Patrick: It's gotta be right there. You know, that's the one thing too. I'm totally, so all in with it and every single day I get even more all in on it. And just finishing that up, and just putting it out there and seeing all shit happen. It just makes me want to go even more all in, you know? So I'm like, let's just keep seeing how far this goes. And maybe, maybe you know, six months down the road I'm gonna be fucking living in a shoe box somewhere. Maybe. Patrick: But then I still have faith, and I still know that there's going to be that sales that gonna come in there. Eventually. It's gonna come. Kat: I think it's about, like everything that you would lean on outside of yourself gets striped away, and you learn how to fully lean on yourself. Patrick: Yeah. Kat: Yeah, "Arrow is drawn back before being shot forward" says Stephen. Patrick: He's in my ... Kat: Exactly. Patrick: He's in my entrepreneur players club. What's up Stephen? I dropped the link back there. Kat: Yeah, you gotta put that link for the club in here. Patrick: I gotta be marketing myself now. You know what I mean? I gotta be doing this. Kat: It's exactly how it goes for everyone. It's like, it's the test. And it's the "are you sure", and it's when you start laughing at it and be like "okay, I see what's happening here. Surrender." Then it all just starts to wash over you. Kat: But it makes you stronger anyway. Like, you're already getting stronger through it everyday. Patrick: It's tough. Some crazy stuff happened today too, though. Like just goes beyond that. Just to let me kind of know I'm going on the right path. Like, you know Travis Plum, he's on here right now. He's all in. He says "all in". Kat: [inaudible 00:10:49] Patrick: Yeah T Plum was over here today, and he is just all in. We have another sales guy that's gonna be coming on. He's doing his thing, and he just kind of popped up. So it just kind of feels like there's support now, on that. It's cool to see there's some other shit going on. It doesn't totally feel like I'm out here by myself, even though shit's still fucking up. Patrick: Shit's still fucking up for them. They're in the same boat, but now there's us. We're pouring the water out of the boat. And we're motivating each other. And it's kind of difficult when you're just by yourself doing it, but you kind of get those thoughts. You know what I mean? Patrick: The thoughts ... I don't know if you know what I mean, but you get the thoughts that ... You probably haven't had these thoughts in a long time. Kat: I don't know. Yeah, well I still remember though. It doesn't seem like that long ago for me really, since I was in that place. It's not actually that many years ago. Kat: But you know what I think is really cool? Basically nobody would talk about it, like you're talking about it right now, while they're going through it. Everybody waits till afterwards. Like even I fully talk about it as transparently as what you're talking about it right now. Kat: Nobody does that. Everybody waits till later on, and they can tell story. Or they might tell a little bit of it. [inaudible 00:12:17] your just like, "There it all is." Patrick: Hey I thought about that too, but I'm like, you know what if I'm going down through it, if I'm going to go through it, I'm like, might as well fucking do it. Just do it. Patrick: I was thinking though, and this is something I want to talk about. 'Cause I had wrote like a pretty long post earlier today, to go in company with my thing. You know. And it's like talking about how, you know I'm just gonna fucking do it. And I'm just gonna drop the parachute out and just fucking, just go and do it. Patrick: Not only that, I'm gonna show you guys ... I'm gonna let you all in to see it, and you know. I promise you that I'll take everybody through this whole thing and you'll be there, and everything like that. And there's all sorts of different options that could happen for me. Patrick: In the next month, or two months that if I don't put up, if things don't happen then there's very low levels that I can go to. But I'm totally comfortable with that. I've been there before. Kat: Right. Patrick: Be fun if ... I didn't think about that, you're right. But I have seen a couple of people do this before though. I saw one sell his, I saw one guy with line sell all of his shit and just start from scratch, you know. But I don't know how far he made it. I haven't seen him or heard from him in a long time. Patrick: You have the Demio webinar kids that created their own webinar software, and they did the same thing, and haven't heard from them in a while. So typically it hasn't worked out well for people that have, maybe like ... I guess what I'm saying I'm doing here is like how to just ... And I have been talking about it and walking it through the process of being honest about it, and saying that shit's getting fucked up. Patrick: I just gave Ryan back my car. You know what I'm saying? Like he had, when I worked for him, I'd had a fucking badass Maserati and everything like that. He'd let me use like a company car or whatever and I'd pay him the note on it and everything like that. It was nice and made me feel good. But I just went and gave it back to him. You know, so no car. Patrick: So, but I don't really need too much, where I really need a car anyway. I got my mind on, you know, bally at in about two months when my lease is up here. So you know, shit's going down. It is what it is. Fuck though. Kat: It's the all in thing. Patrick: Yeah, what's more important to me is the end treasure that's there. That I know is there, and that is there. I mean honestly, I'd rather have some different shit anyways. Kat: Exactly. It's just exactly like that meme you made with the plane flying off the cliff. Like, most people wouldn't be willing to go through it. Kat: Like the crazy thing, I used to wonder what is the worst thing that could possibly happen if I would run out of money, and if things didn't turn around, and it got down to where I had like, eight, nine cents in the bank. Then I would always end up making a few dollars to just, kind of keep my head above water. But sometimes I couldn't buy food, or anything like that. And it was always like, just can you get through that one day? And sometimes it was like, I think I'm gonna be done after this day. Patrick: Yeah. Kat: But I remember, I thought "Okay but what's the absolute worse case outcome?" And for me, it was move back in with my mom and dad. And I'm like, alright well that's not actually like the worst fucking thing in the world. I'm sure I'll start acting like a bratty teenager after like three days, 'cause that's what happens when I stay with my parents. But it's not gonna kill me. Kat: So then, it was kind of like acknowledging that I'm not gonna ... Like you're subconscious mind, or your nervous system is screaming at you that you're gonna die. Patrick: Yeah. Kat: And so that's why most entrepreneurs flake out. Because they can't handle the emotional pressure, and they can't handle the nervous system pressure. Having this nervous system response that says you're about to get eaten by a lion and a tiger. Like that's a hormonal response. Kat: When really, it's like if I totally hit rock bottom it would mean living with my mom. And then I would just get pissed about that and then I would go sell some shit. And either way, I'm gonna make it. Right? Patrick: Yeah. Kat: So then kind of go, oh why am I letting that shit get to me then? Like, can I get through today? Yes. Do I believe that I'm ultimately gonna make it? Yes. So, keep fucking going. But most people? Kat: That's why we say one percent within the one percent. Like I know for a fact, like only 0.001 percent would put themselves through what I went through emotionally. Patrick: Yeah. Kat: Or what you're going through now. Patrick: True. Yeah, and then you get stuff and you get so attached to the stuff that you're, that people get scared. And they're so secure, and they get scared to let it go. You know, and in order to get back to the big picture or to get to that next level. Patrick: But I think about the same thing you think too. I've been thinking of like options too. What's the worst that could happen to me? I'd have to go back down, 'cause I'm from the trailer park. So I have to go back down, and live with my dad. Patrick: You know, I'd have to go live with my dad. Which I also think, what's something that I would do as a very high level, once I make it? Once I'm living this fucking life of my dreams. You know what I'm saying? Once I'm like able to go and do anything, and live anywhere, and travel the world like I want to. Which is exactly what I'm gonna do no matter what, in three months when my lease is up. Patrick: I'm really just here because my lease, I have to stay here till this lease is out. You know, then I'm gonna get. Who knows, my lease might be fucked up. Sorry Travis, but he's on the lease with me. Patrick: But me and him are kind of like going hard together. He's on the same journey. And he's just pretty much like "fuck it". He's got into this as well. Riding on him doing well as well. So it's all good, it's not like I'm totally alone on this thing. It's always good to have a friend, but I think like "What's the worst thing that could happen?" Patrick: Right? And then it's just something like, if I went down to my dad's and had to stay down there for like a month. This is something that I would most likely, my higher version of myself. My higher level self who's achieved this, this is something that he would probably do. Anyways. Patrick: Maybe I'm having a good time overseas, and stuff like that. And I'm kinda like, missing the states a little bit, I'm want to just come back and chill with him for like a month. You know? Just post up and just see him for a month. It's probably just something I would do. Patrick: You know? Kat: Yeah right. Patrick: It's just something you would fucking do. Kat: I mean all the fear, reactions, and emotions it's all based on real shit. Like when money's not coming in, that's a true and real thing. But if you put that aside and you come back to what you know is true inside of you, like you fucking know who you are and that you're going wherever you want to go. And anything that you've ever decided to do in your life and you actually meant it, you have already achieved. Kat: And even like, what I said on that video today. Like you've literally helped people make millions of dollars? Patrick: Yup. Kat: And it's just continually putting aside your own ... Like for those who don't know, 'cause you might see this if you go to Patrick's sales page anyway, but it was Patrick's, not idea, but he helped me get out my idea. And actually express it properly, to launch my inner circle. Kat: And my inner circle clients know this. But that's like my highest level thing. I actually said in that video, that it makes hundreds of thousands of dollars. And then when I awoke I was like, hold on. It's on track for a million dollars per year, from one stream of income. Kat: And that was something I'd been trying to bring to fruition, actually since 2013. And I've had a few iterations of it, which just weren't right. And then I got gun shy because I felt like, I just don't fully know how to ... Like I know the vision of what I want, but I couldn't actually get it out of me. And we were sitting on the couch one time and I just was like "Man this is ... I kind of want this, but I don't know." Kat: And he's like typing away doing his thing, and he's like "Oh well you should just ..." I don't know, I wish I could remember what he said. But, blah blah blah blah blah, something something something. And I just remember sitting there going, "How the ... What? Yes, that's exactly it." Kat: It was like you read my thought. Like that's ... You've got the skills is what I'm saying. Right? Like you've helped make or build a business that makes five million dollars a year. These are, like I'm not just sitting here trying to talk you up. Kat: But it's more like, when you feel like "Well what if the worst happened?" Or "What if this or that?" It's like, wait. Look how much I'm already helping people and can help people. It's a done fucking deal. And you'll go through whatever you've got to go through. If you go through some short term period, alright you get rid of all your stuff and it's just you and the camp chair left, you'll probably be happier anyway. Kat: You'll have the freedom you want to move around the world. And like, it doesn't matter. None of it fucking matters. Whatever's going on right now. Like a year from now, you're gonna look back and be like "It was all worth it". Patrick: Yeah. Kat: And it'll be so worth it, because then you can help the people you were meant to help, because you can actually understand it. Like I can understand all that my clients are going through, 'cause I actually went through it. And I was prepared to go through it. Same thing. Patrick: I'm trying to like, enjoy it right now. That's my big goal. You know? Kat: Right. Patrick: I want to enjoy it right now. I want to savour this, and hold onto the moment. And hold onto these moments that I'm here, and learn as much as I can while I'm in these moments. You know? Patrick: Learn as possibly, as much as I possibly can. Experience and feel, and remember as much as I possibly can from these moments. 'Cause once I cross over the line, and it breaks open for me and you know people start buying my stuff then, you know. My big thing is like, how am I gonna feel after that happens? Patrick: You know, I'm gonna feel great. I'm gonna feel great, but I'm also gonna be transforming, I'm gonna also have transformed into something else. You know, and it's gonna be just ... I don't know. I don't know how I'm gonna deal with that. Patrick: That's one of my deep thoughts right there for you, if you will. So. Kat: I don't think you change. I don't know, like I don't think I've changed. Like my surroundings have changed. I don't think I'm any different to who I was years ago. I think you remember. Kat: But also because you are actually talking about it openly now you'll just be able to watch your own video advice. Patrick: Say again? Kat: Because you're actually talking about it while you're going through it, you're documenting it. So you're not gonna forget because you're gonna have the videos. Kat: But I don't think you forget. I don't forget any of that stuff. I can remember all the feelings and the emotions of it. And sometimes I think maybe I take having money for granted, or like the kind of [inaudible 00:23:00]. Kat: Like that I never look at prices anymore. Sometimes maybe I take it for granted, but not really. Because I do still, very frequently have moments where I'm like "holy shit", like is this even real? Like how is this possible, it's really only been, you know, a small handful of years since it seems like an impossible dream. But then I always .. Patrick: You've been doing this fucking shit for like 20 years. Kat: 20 years, how old do you think I am? Patrick: No, I'm saying like you been doing this since you were like 10. Since you were like one year old. Kat: One year old? Actually it was three. But, thank you. Patrick: There you go. Yeah. Rounding up. Kat: But I was making money, but I was not holding onto the money. I was in debt, and you know. I was bottoming out. I sold my house that I owned. And that like, make like 30 grand profit on that, and that just disappeared. And then I sold my Audi, which was like my first nice car, an Audi '04. And I loved that car so much, and that money disappeared. And then I sold my little Chinese share portfolio, that I had from my 20s when I was trying to get serious about wealth, and then that money disappeared. Kat: And then I was even trying to sell shit on Ebay, but back then I didn't have like Channel purses to sell on Ebay. I had things that I was selling for five dollars. But it was really like, every little dollar counted. And then I would go and buy groceries, and I'd get like 30 dollars worth of groceries and I would go through the checkout. And I would never just like, check my bank account because I couldn't handle the fear. Kat: So I'd just go through the checkout, and basically pray that the card would go through. And sometimes it would, and sometimes it wouldn't. And you just keep going one day at a time, but even though you'd feel like "what if it never works, and what if I'm crazy?" And what if, all the stuff that you think, that everyone thinks. Kat: But then when you put all that emotion aside, you go back into your core and you go "but I do fucking know though." Patrick: Right. Kat: Like when I get out of the drama, I know. Like I just fucking know. It's not up for discussion. I will keep picking myself back up again, until I get there. And then ... Kat: Now I'm so fucking grateful for all that. And I do remember so much of it. I'm so fucking grateful that it's over. But I'm so fucking grateful I went through it. Because it made me so strong. Like I feel like, I have such high levels of resilience and tenacity and those are some of the most important characteristics for us. For entrepreneurs. Patrick: Absolutely. And you know I think ... Kat: It is what you said. Like embracing it now. Patrick: Well, you know, the think is too, is that I say all this stuff to you and then you just make me think too, that like I've already been here before. And I already overcame. And I'm already pretty much hacked this stuff, you know. Just by being able ... Just like I remember the first time that I actually sold something. Because whenever I first started working with Ryan, it was like he found me. Patrick: 'Cause I quit my job at the car dealership right? Went through a bad breakup, and it just made me realise, fucking life isn't for me to be putting all my happiness ... It isn't meant for me putting all my happiness into somebody else. That's kind of what kick started, and had me first say "fuck it all". You know? Patrick: And so I quit my job at the car dealership. I just walked in and it ... This was such a big moment in my life. That I didn't even like, have the questioning or anything like that about that. There was nothing that would've made me stay there. You know? Kat: Yeah. Patrick: This is like such a earth shattering thing to happen to me. I guess I was like, I guess I must been about 26 or 27. And it was just, I had put all my chips into this thing, you know? And thought I was getting engaged and this stuff, and like that you know? And then it came crashing down. Patrick: And I found out she was married to some dude in prison. Long story short. But it was, I just put so much stock into this thing you know? And then it just fucking like, came crashing down. And that was when I first saw the reality, kind of like shift. You know? Patrick: And I saw this for what it is. And once I started like picking back up the pieces of everything, I just realised like, it's not supposed to be like this. You know? It's not supposed to be, to where I give other things power and control of me. Patrick: For example, job, security, things like that. And I really just, really, really saw that. Like about a week or two afterwards, you know, after we had called everything off, and everything like that. And I just remember it clear as day. I was just like, immediately started selling all my shit off. And started to trim up. And I started to figure out ways to get out of there. Patrick: I mean I was not gonna stay there very long, but I eventually, it just... fuck it ...

There are so many hours in a day, but we also know that everyone in the world gets the exact same number of hours. So how do some people do so much? My guest today, Jen Groover, knows. Early on in her entrepreneurial career she realized that she had to leverage herself to be able to do more than trade dollars for hours. She does this through licensing, delegating, team building and having the right supports in place for all of her different businesses. What more details on how she does it? She is more than happy to share that with you through her Jumpstart Connect Pop-up store in NYC. Not in NYC? Soon there will be a virtual version online too!   Show notes: Jen Groover is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, author, and media contributor. Jen got involved in the fitness industry straight out of college when she graduated in 1995 but quickly realized that she needed to find some way to leverage herself and her time so she would not be limited to trading hours for dollars. A few of Jen’s quotes from the episode: "Once I'm comfortable I need to make myself uncomfortable again." "Licensing is a huge part of my business model." “I believe Entrepreneurs are a huge part of healing the world.” “Fear is the thing that holds people back the most. The more you can educate someone, the more you can eliminate fear.” Jen is also the author of the book What If and Why Not. This book focuses on the psychology of taking what is negative in your life and finding the positive spin. It was published in 2013. Her second book, #Empowered, will be coming out in the fall of 2017. Right now she is working on her third book, Operator's Manual for Life. Now that sounds like something we could all use now and then. Jen was also recently nominated as a UN delegate to the first ever Global Accelerator for the Global Entrepreneurs Council. For this council, each person chooses a topic that they are very good at and another that they do not know much about. Sometimes a person's ignorance in a certain field can actually bring breakthroughs from the questions they ask. The field that Jen chose as something she didn't know much about was health care. These discussions bring more innovation to the solutions around specific problems. You can connect with Jen Groover via her website at www.jengroover.com. Facebook Twitter     Jumpstart Connect- October 10, 11, 12th in NYC http://jumpstartconnect.com/ What If? and Why Not?: Transform Your Fears Into Action and Start The Business of Your Dreams http://www.butlerbag.com/ Jen Groover has been tagged by SUCCESS MAGAZINE as a “One-Woman Brand,” a “Creativity and Innovation Guru” and a leading “Serial Entrepreneur” by Entrepreneur Magazine and ranked #8 by SAP in the Top 51 Influencers of Human Potential. Jen Groover’s name has quickly become synonymous with innovation, entrepreneurship and evolution. She was recently nominated as a UN delegate to the first ever Global Accelerator for the Global Entrepreneurs Council. She also made history at the NYSE, as a member of the first all-female group to ring the opening bell and made Forbes’ list of “50 Founders You Need to Follow on Twitter.” Jen’s energy and multi-faceted, diverse wisdom make her a highly sought after speaker on topics ranging from business to leadership, empowerment to emotional intelligence to healthy living, and enhancing productivity.

You may not realize it, but there are right and wrong ways to save money. For example, when you go shopping and get things on sale, the cashier may tell you, "You saved $50 today!" But in reality, you haven't actually saved $50. What you've actually done is spent money on whatever it was you were buying. Of course sales and discounts can be a good way to save money on things you truly need and were already planning to buy. But, the truth is, many of us get caught up in these sales tricks and end up spending money on things we may not need or have purchased at all if they weren't on sale. When we do this, we aren't saving money the right way. We are actually throwing money away on useless clutter. Make a List One of the easiest ways I've found to make sure I'm not falling for marketing ploys and ending up spending more to "save" more is to make a list of the things I actually need before setting foot in a store. Once I'm there, I try my best to only go down aisles that contain the things I need, and to only go down each aisle once. This way I'm not tempted by things I never go past and I'm only tempted once by the things I do have to walk past to get items from my list. Even when clothes shopping, making a list can help. Keep your list visible and only look for things you have written down. Think it Over If you do find something you want that isn't on your list, add it to the bottom with the date next to it. Then, take time to think it over. Wait a few days before buying that item. Decide if you still really want or need it. If so, feel free to buy it without guilt. If not, you'll have saved yourself some money. Save Your Savings The next time a cashier tells you how much you saved, go home and transfer that amount to your savings account. This act of actually saving your savings from shopping can be a good way to add to your emergency fund, vacation fund, or even just a general savings fund. Be Mindful One final exercise to try and save money the right way is to be mindful while you're shopping. Don't be in such a rush that you don't take time to think about things before you buy them. Try asking yourself the following: Would I buy this if it weren't on sale? How often will I use this? How long will this be valuable to me? These questions can help you determine if something that's on sale is actually a good buy or just a waste of money. Check out our episode for more tips on how to save money the right way. In This Episode, We Discuss 1:15 - Saving: right vs. wrong 12:30 - Examples of how to save money the right way 23:35 - Save your savings Related Links to Check Out: Your Time is Your Money Why You Shouldn't Skimp on Self-Care Overcoming Shopping Addictions Unroll.me This episode was brought to you in part by Audible.com. You can listen to any audio book for FREE with a 30 day trial using our link!

8 Myths About Starting A Home Based Design Business. If doesn't matter if you're a graphic designer or a web designer, it's all the same when it comes to starting a home based design business. To some, the thought of starting their own home based design business can seem quite daunting. In this episode of Resourceful Designer I cover 8 myths that often holds people back from taking the leap in their entrepreneurial journey. The 8 Myths You need a lot of clients to make your home based design business viable. It's hard to give up a steady pay cheque. How will I make ends meat with a home based design business? It's complicated to set up a home based design business. It's expensive to purchase the hardware required to run a home based design business. I can't afford all the software needed to successfully run a home based design business. I'll be able to work on whatever projects I want once I'm running my own home based design business. I'll make a tone of money running my own home based design business. Once I'm running my own home based design business I'll have plenty of time to relax and enjoy life. I'm sure there are many other myths I could have covered but these are the ones I hear most often. Links mentioned in this episode. Adobe Creative Cloud QuarkXpress Adobe Photoshop Alternatives Gimp (Free, Windows, Linux, Mac) Affinity Photo ($57.99, Mac) Sketch ($99, Mac) Pixelmator ($29.99, Mac, IOS) Acorn ($29.99, Mac) Corel PaintShop Pro ($79.99, Windows) Adobe Illustrator Alternatives Affinity Designer ($45.99, Mac) SVG-Edit (Free, web browser) Inkscape (Free, Windows, Linux, Mac) Serif DrawPlus (Free, or £39.99 paid version, Windows) Sketch ($99, Mac) Four Week Marketing Boost - FREE GUIDE Download my FREE guide, the Four Week Marketing Boost to help improve your business' image and create the best first impression possible to attract more clients. Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe on iTunesSubscribe on Stitcher Contact me Send me feedback Follow me on Twitter and Facebook Design Resource If you are involved in Wordpress web design in any way you need to check out Elegant Themes. With 87 themes plus 6 very useful Wordpress plugins all for a low price. You can't go wrong. I've been using Elegant Themes for a few years now and can't say enough good things about their products and Customer service. Don't forget to sign up for their newsletter to receive 10% off your order. I want to help you. Running a graphic design or web design business all by yourself isn't easy. If there are any struggles you face running your design business please reach out to me. I'll do my best to help you by addressing your issues in a future blog post or podcast episode here at Resourceful Designer. You can reach me at feedback@resourcefuldesigner.com

One last thing needed to be done before I could start promoting my product on Amazon... I had to decide what my initial sales price would be.  Generally, I would recommend doing that ahead of time...  In any case, once that was done I was ready to launch my PPC campaign(s) and get those first sales rollling in! For the full transcript head to http://brandingblitz.com/9/ or see below. --- Hello again! I'm JR, and you're listening to episode 9 of the Branding Blitz!   Let's go ahead and jump right in here. At the end of episode 8, I mentioned that my products were ready to go live on Amazon. And it's true, the listings were live and the products were available for sale, but there was one last thing I needed to decided before I could start promoting the product.   Believe it or not, I got this far without deciding what price I wanted to start out selling the product for. I had put some consideration into the price I wanted to eventually sell at, but I planned to start at a lower price so that I could build up my sales velocity more quickly and start ranking organically for some keywords so I can get some non-paid traffic.   I mentioned before that the main product is a low priced product which only works because there is such low competition and I can get it so inexpensively. I'll have to do some testing to see what prices the market can handle, but I don't expect it to go above $10. It's a consumable product which I can eventually add variations of with larger quantities and that should be able to sell over $10, but this initial offering probably won't.   I'm okay with that though because my TOTAL product cost including shipping from China, the packaging, the extra business cards I had to get for labels, and shipping to Amazon comes just under 60 cents per unit. So a $10 sale would net about $5.35 cents profit.   All that said, my initial goal is to scoop up as many sales as possible even if I'm only making a marginal profit. Once I'm getting traffic from the regular search results and not just the paid advertising, I'll begin to gradually raise my prices. But I had to figure out where to start at.   I figured a good place to start was by looking at my main competitor. They are merchant fulfilled not FBA – which means it isn't elligible for free shipping. So I took their base price and added their shipping cost to it and tried to just match their price – even though I'm pretty confident my product will be perceived as more valuable.   I ran into a little snag with that plan because at under $6, my product got flagged as an add-on item. Which meant it wouldn't have even been available to purchase at all unless you placed a larger order – I forget if it's $25 or $35... but it doesn't really matter, I didn't want that restriction.   I don't think Amazon has ever clearly defined what qualifies something as an add-on item, but one of the factors is a low price, so I began to play around with the price a bit. Finally I landed at $6.25 per unit. This is less than a dollar more than my main competitor while clearly showing more value because my product is a larger quantity and it was a high enough price that it became prime eligible. So I was confident I would be able to snag some market share at this price.   I set it up so that this was a “sale” price. So it has the “List price” which is marked out and below it is my normal price which is a little lower – that is also marked out. Then finally below that in red it shows the sale price of $6.25 and tells how much money they're saving by getting it at the current price rather than paying full retail.   I net about $2.11 per unit sold at this price, so substantially lower than I'd like eventually, but gives me enough room to do a little bit of lightweight advertising to start generating some sales.   Speaking of generating sales... now that I'd determined what I felt was an optimal starting sale price, I was ready to set up my PPC campaigns. I set up three separate campaigns.   The first campaign I set up was just an automatic campaign. This lets Amazon choose some keywords it thinks are a good fit and start promoting you on those.   The second campaign were the obvious keywords I could think of regarding my product. Think about what you would type in if you were searching for your product. In fact start slowly typing some of those into the search bar on Amazon. They have a predictive text feature which tries to guess what you might be looking for as you type – and sometimes it can give some helpful hints of different things people might type in for your product. Add those to your campaign. Think of different words you could substitute or different ways you could describe the product.   For the third campaign, I went to the Google Keyword Planner. It's a free tool Google provides to help people set up AdWords campaigns. And one of the features allows you to put in a webpage and let Google scan it and decide what it thinks might be relevant keywords. I simply put in the URL for the product listing and downloaded the list of what it came up with and put that straight into the PPC campaign on Amazon.   Some of the suggestions it came up with weren't all that helpful like, “where are the amazon distribution centers,” I doubt anyone is ever going to search that on Amazon and click the link to my product. A bunch of the suggestions were spot on, and some of them were related, but I'm not sure how effective they'll be.   But at this point, you really don't need to do a lot of filtering because the goal of this is to see what keywords are successful and sometimes it's not the main ones you think will be. Sometimes it's the more obscure indirectly related ones that convert especially well.   So I'll run this for a while without filtering out the bad ones. Once I've gotten enough results to see that something is either costing way too much per click or isn't converting then I'll take it out. If something is doing really well I may increase my bid for it – although I think I've got it set where I have a page-one bid for most of the relevant search terms.   It was Friday, July 10th, 2015 when I got this all set up, my first product went live and I began advertising. Within a couple of hours from the time I set up the PPC campaigns, I had received my first sale – I could officially say my new brand had a product selling on Amazon. And I had spent 88 cents on 3 clicks at that point – less than half of my profit margin sounded pretty good when I would have been happy to break even. Later that day I got a second sale and the PPC campaign was still well within ideal limits.   So I ended my first day live having sold 2 units and made a dollar or so on each one. Not quite time to begin planning my retirement, but I have to say it felt like a good start as we headed into my first weekend selling this new product. I was and am anxious to see what the coming days and weeks hold.   I also realized that day that Amazon was promoting July 15th as “Prime Day”. I obviously am not a big enough seller to be included in the sales they're promoting, but it should still garner me some extra traffic since they're promoting this thing so heavily. Should be interesting to see what happens – I'll report back once those numbers are in!In the meantime, there's a full transcript of this episode available on brandingbliz.com/9 I'd love it if you stopped over there and left a comment about the show. I really appreciate your feedback!   Another way you can let me know you're enjoying this show is by letting me know what questions you have about selling on Amazon, sourcing a product, or developing a brand. To do that, head over to brandingblitz.com/ask and leave me a question.     Finally, would you subscribe to the show on iTunes? Each new episode comes with a complete 100% moneyback satisfaction guarantee. And hey, while you're there could you go ahead and leave me a review? I'd really appreciate it!That's it for this show, I'll catch you next time on episode 10 – that's right, we're headed for double digits on episode 10 of the Branding Blitz!

Here is something that you may not know, and a little background for the questions. Chiropractic is 120 year old profession that's been scutinized more than any other, and the largest and most politically powerful organization in the world has tried to bury it with a orchestrated conspiracy. You might be thinking, yeah right!  In 1963, the AMA formed a committee to "contain and eliminate" chiropractic. So you might want to ask, why would you want to contain and try and eliminate something?   There is a very well documented court case you can watch in the movie "Doctored".  You can even watch it for free on AMAZON PRIME.  supportchiromovie.com has a trailer and a great video with the producer.   New Zealand tried everything possible to keep chiropractors from practicing, and in another court case, found no reason that the public couldn't benefit. Chiropractic is the largest natural health profession, licensed in all 50 states. If you want to be a healthier person, we're pretty good people to talk to.    Sometimes I think patients just don't know what to ask, or what is even possible. Chiropractors don't give you anything or take anything away, we just increase the natural function of the body back to the way it is supposed to be. Who wouldn't want that?  So here is what I wish patients would ask.   1. Once I'm out of pain, is there anything I can do to prevent it coming back?   There are many things, but the most important is to understand pain and understand healing, especially as it relates to the spine. The main problem in the spine, is the fact, that there aren't very many pain nerves in the middle of a disc. The second problem is that the spine can adapt amazingly well for a long period of time to injuries, so you don't feel pain, until there are a lot of underlying structural changes.    So, one thing is to appreciate that pain is your friend. Yes, your friend.  Pain is trying to tell you something. If you reach out and touch a hot stove, pain is telling you that your skin is burning. If you are hopped up on morphine, you might not notice your hand is melting until you smell burning flesh.   Don't wait for the emergency. If your house is burning down and the fire department comes, what do they have? Firehoses and axes, right? Does it make sense to call them tomorrow and have them come down and spray your house again? Then call them again to make sure that your house doesn't catch fire. That is very similar to how many people use painkillers.   This is just one of the Laws of nature. Pain is just a warning mechanism. To prevent it, you need to identify the source of the pain and try not to reduplicate the actions that created it. This is where it gets tough because most people's lifestyles are at fault. I see this a lot with upper back pain and neck pain because people are always on their smart phones looking down. Sitting at a desk is terrible for the low back.    2. How often do you get adjusted and why?   I've been getting adjusted for over 20 years. The last time I went longer than three weeks was 15 years ago. I get adjusted just about every week. You'll be really, really hard pressed to find a chiropractor that goes longer than a month without an adjustment. You might be asking why?   It's probably not what you're thinking. I know from my own experiences and scientific research, that I'm healthier. Being pain free is nice, but that's not the core of chiropractic. University research has shown us that even the slightest amount of displacement / pressure on the nerves of the spine can decrease the function up to 60%.  Since the nervous system controls everything, nearly anything is possible. The very first chiropractic patient got his hearing back after the first adjustment. I have patients who can breathe better, instantly. Pulse rates dropping, bladders working better, stomachs less upset.  These are just experiences I see every week.    Science is catching up to the clinical stories chiropractors have seen for 120 years in offices.  This is the coolest study. They looked at how an adjustment affects the brain.   Altern Ther Health Med. 2011 Nov-Dec;17(6):12-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22314714   The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation on brain responses in terms of cerebral glucose metabolic changes measured by PET scans. PET scanners are one of the most high tech machines used to monitor cancer patients and glucose utilization by the body.   RESULTS: (This is important to people who don't believe in chiropractic)   Increased glucose metabolism was observed in the inferior prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulated cortex, and middle temporal gyrus, and decreased glucose metabolism was found in the cerebellar vermis and visual association cortex, in the treatment condition (P < .001). Comparisons of questionnaires indicated a lower stress level and better quality of life in the treatment condition. A significantly lower VAS was noted after CSM (Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation). Cervical muscle tone and salivary amylase were decreased after CSM. Conclusion The results of this study suggest that CSM affects regional cerebral glucose metabolism related to sympathetic relaxation and pain reduction.   BENEFIT of increased brain GLUCOSE. "The key ingredient is glucose, which boosts people's cognitive performance, according to psychologists Paul Gold, PhD, and Donna Korol, PhD, of Binghamton University, and Carol Manning, PhD, of the University of Virginia. In research described in a 1998 article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 67, p. 764S­771S), they found that it particularly improves people's adeptness at tasks involving memory and attention." -American Psychological Association, March 2000, Vol 31, No. 3   More cool things about GLUCOSE in the brain, from the Alzheimers Association http://www.alz.org/research/science/earlier_alzheimers_diagnosis.asp#Brain "Functional imaging research with positron emission tomography (PET) and other methods suggests that those with Alzheimer's typically have reduced brain cell activity in certain regions." "PET (scans) indicate that Alzheimer's disease is often associated with reduced use of glucose (sugar) in brain areas important in memory, learning and problem solving. "   Now, what would be even better is if someone studied chiropractic and Alzheimer's.   Remember, chiropractic primarily affects the nervous system and that study documented a reduction in sympathetic nervous system.    Why is that so important?   Consequences of central sympathetic overactivity   This comes from Autonomic Neuroscience 2009, June 15 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2679852/ "There is growing evidence to suggest that many disease states are accompanied by chronic elevations in sympathetic nerve activity." "The sympathetic nervous system is not only important for BP (blood pressure) control, but is also intimately involved in numerous other physiological processes ranging from metabolism to renal control."   "An overactive sympathetic nervous system has become an identified characteristic of several cardiovascular diseases including, ischemic heart disease (Graham et al., 2004), chronic heart failure (Leimbach et al., 1986), and hypertension (Grassi, 1998). However, elevated SNA is not isolated to diseases of the cardiovascular system and has also been reported in a plethora of other conditions including: kidney disease (Converse et al., 1992), type II diabetes mellitus (Huggett et al., 2003), obesity (Grassi et al., 2007), metabolic syndrome (Grassi et al., 2005), obstructive sleep apnea (Narkiewicz and Somers, 1997), pre-eclampsia (Greenwood et al., 2003), depression (Barton et al., 2007), and ulcerative colitis (Furlan et al., 2006). Importantly, sympathetic overactivity is associated with poor prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure (Barretto et al., 2008; Cohn et al., 1984) and end-stage renal disease (Zoccali et al., 2002)"   Reread that last paragraph. I know it is filled with lots of references, but think about what that could mean for you and your family. If you are healthier, you are less dependant on the system.     3. Is there anything I can do to heal faster?    Healing is fundamentally related to a few important things.       -Your nutrition. Garbage in = garbage out. Your body needs real food and real vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc. People with really good diets heal faster. I use a few supplements to increase the nutrition supply so my body has enough raw materials. This is one area patients could easily improve.          -Your attitude. If you want to get better, you'll do it. Believe it or not, there are people who don't want to get better and need something to complain about. I meet about one per year.           -Your actions. If you break a leg, you get a cast, right. Why?  You need to protect it and leave it alone to heal.  This is perhaps one of the toughest things patients deal with. EVERYONE wants to be better yesterday. The problem for most spine injuries is that they are ligament injuries. That means they heal SLOWER than a broken bone. Appreciate the healing process. If you do too much too fast, you can easily reinjure it and it can take even longer.    4. Why does it take so long?    This is related to the last question. Think about this, if a tornado comes through town and rips 1000 roofs off the houses. Now, your house is open to the sky, whats the first thing you do when you get a chance. Maybe after calling your insurance agent. You'll put a big blue tarp on your roof, to get some basic protection from rain. If you have to wait for a contractor, it could take months to get a permanent roof put back on.    Your body works the same way.  Often, temporary scar tissue is laid down to get you back to being functional. Then over months of time a more permanent scar is put down. So reinjury can happen easier than many people realize especially when you feel great.   Unfortunately, many people haven't been exposed to chiropractic early in life. So, patients often come in with degenerative (rotting)  joints. If you were injured in high school sports or auto accidents and never saw a chiropractor, you can easily show signs of degeneration before you're 30 years old. If you have rotting tissue thats injured, it's going to take longer.   WORK. Yes, I know, most people are simply not independently wealthy. Having to get back to a job that often contributed to the problem, can be a problem getting better.    Lastly, many parts of the spine have a very poor blood supply. Healing is proportional to blood supply. This is why a broken bone heals so much faster than a torn ligament. Bones have tons of blood, ligaments do not.    I hope this helps you realize some of the power of chiropractic and the importance of taking care of your spine. If you have more questions, just contact me online SLCSAW.com or Instagram/docaltman

The time has flown this semester. There were days I didn't know if I'd make it but make it I did. For me technology is a struggle as I found out in this online class I had to seek in our school. We all have different learning styles and I know mine is being shown how to do it and then able to go play with it awhile. Then come back and ask questions. Every day is a challenge in the library but as a media specialist you must try your best to keep up with the new technology and use it as you teach your students. I know for me each year I have grown with the tools from online classes and here at our school. Once I'm finished with my classes I will resume attending the classes they offer here at our school two to three nights a week after school. When it comes to technoloy I don't think you can ever now enough plus the sharing that goes on in these classes is amazing. You come away with ideas from every direction to incorporate every area imaginable. I love having students use the library for reading but also to reinforce that we truly are a one-stop resource center for researching. I have used power points pretty intensely but can see what after working with our tech teacher that it would be a B...I...G... hit if they could actually build their own podcast on their favorite book and why like an 'informcial' I think this would be great project to hype the kids next fall. I know this idea will not sit in the drawer. Yes, this class was a challenge but like we tell our students "that's life, handle it". Take care everyone. Janet Goss