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In this episode the chair of Long Covid Physio, Darren Brown discusses the World Physiotherapy briefing paper on safe rehabilitation approaches for people living with Long COVID.  Today Darren talk about the Key messages for Safe rehabilitation from the briefing paper:  " • Post-Exertional Symptom Exacerbation: before recommending physical activity (including exercise or sport) as rehabilitation interventions for people living with Long COVID, individuals should be screened for post-exertional symptom exacerbation through careful monitoring of signs and symptoms both during and in the days following increased physical activity, with continued monitoring in response to any physical activity interventions. • Cardiac Impairment: exclude cardiac impairment before using physical activity (including exercise or sport) as rehabilitation interventions for people living with Long COVID, with continued monitoring for potential delayed development of cardiac dysfunction when physical activity interventions are commenced. • Exertional Oxygen Desaturation: exclude exertional oxygen desaturation before using physical activity (including exercise or sport) as rehabilitation interventions for people living with Long COVID, with continued monitoring for signs of reduced oxygen saturation in response to physical activity interventions. • Autonomic Dysfunction and Orthostatic Intolerances: Before recommending physical activity (including exercise or sport) as rehabilitation interventions for people living with Long COVID, individuals should be screened for autonomic nervous system dysfunction, with continued monitoring for signs and symptoms of orthostatic intolerance in response to physical activity interventions." More about Darren:  Darren Brown is a cis-gendered (pronouns he/him), gay, white man, of English and Irish heritage, living in London, UK. He is a clinical and academic Physiotherapist specialising in HIV, disability and rehabilitation. Darren leads the HIV rehabilitation service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Europe's Largest HIV centre. He is the Vice-Chair of Rehabilitation in HIV Association(RHIVA), HIV/AIDS coordinator of World Physiotherapy subgroup IPT-HOPE, and steering committee member of Canada International HIV Rehabilitation Research Collaborative (CIHRRC). Darren was awarded an NIHR funded Masters of Clinical Research (MRes) in 2019 and continues to conduct both quantitative and qualitative research about disability and rehabilitation among people living with HIV in the U and internationally. Darren contributes to national and international programmes focusing on disability inclusion across all responses to HIV. Darren contracted COVID-19 in March 2020 and continues to live with Long COVID. He is a patient advocate for Long COVID healthcare and research, calling for the greater involvement and meaningful engagement of people living with Long COVID in all responses to COVID-19. Darren founded Long COVID Physio in November 2020, an international peer support, education and advocacy group of physiotherapists living with Long COVID. Darren is an invited expert contributing to World Health Organization Guideline Development Group on COVID-19. Suggested Keywords:  Covid, Physiotherapy, Recovery, Long Covid, Healthy, Wealthy, Smart, Symptoms, Relief, Pacing, Resting, Support, Energy, Mental Health, Sport To learn more follow Darren at:  Twitter https://www.hiv.physio/ https://longcovid.physio/ Long Covid Briefing Paper   Subscribe to Healthy, Wealthy & Smart: Website:                      https://podcast.healthywealthysmart.com Apple Podcasts:          https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-wealthy-smart/id532717264 Spotify:                        https://open.spotify.com/show/6ELmKwE4mSZXBB8TiQvp73 SoundCloud:               https://soundcloud.com/healthywealthysmart Stitcher:                       https://www.stitcher.com/show/healthy-wealthy-smart iHeart Radio:                https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-healthy-wealthy-smart-27628927   Read the full transcript here:  Speaker 1 (00:02): Hey, Darren, welcome to the podcast. I'm thrilled to have you on today. Thanks so much. Speaker 2 (00:07): Hello. And thank you for having me. My Speaker 1 (00:09): Pleasure. So this month we are talking all about long COVID. So people living with the long COVID symptoms and also what long COVID is at least what we know now, what we know at this present time. But before we get into all of that, and before we talk about the the world physio therapy briefing paper nine, which we will have a link to in the podcast notes I would love for you to let the listeners know a little bit more about you and why you are part of that paper and, and part of this world. Speaker 2 (00:48): Yeah. So thank you very much for having me today. So my name is Darren brown. I'm a, cis-gendered gay white man. I've mixed English and Irish heritage. I live in London in the UK. Hence my accent for anyone that's not where I am. I am both a clinical and an academic physiotherapist, and my background is in the area of HIV, disability, and rehabilitation, so specialized in that for a decade. So I'm kind of used to the chronic implications of viral diseases. And I also happen to be a person living with long COVID. So I contracted a coronavirus acutely in March, 2020. So as I sit here today, I'm of my 15th month after acute coronavirus and I am currently sitting here today in a really stable, good place with my long COVID I predominantly symptom free. Speaker 2 (01:45): However, it's been a 15 month journey and it's been a very episodic and up and down journey which I'll be very happy to summarize for you if you thought that was useful. So I, as I said, I contracted coronavirus last year. I went back to work pretty quickly actually, and I ended up working full time for six months, switched, included being redeployed to various sectors, including intensive care in response to the pandemic. Had some ongoing symptoms, but in September last year I crashed. And I ended up being off work for two months and the crash lasted for about six months where at my most disabled I was bed bound and flat bound and walking with a walking stick. And my symptoms were multi-dimensional episodic and unpredictable in their nature with profound exhaustion, fatigue, brain fog I've had some respiratory symptoms. Speaker 2 (02:37): I've had cardiovascular symptoms. I've had urological symptoms are neurological symptoms and I'm under all of those physicians for investigation still. I then had my vaccination, my first dose in January. I got better. I returned back to work. And then I was getting so much better. I started to do a bit more and unfortunately I had second crash. But then I had my second vaccination felt a bit better. And I've been continuing that journey since. So yeah it's been a very episodic journey but I'm also a co-founder of a group called long COVID physio. So long COVID physio was born out of the need for peer support amongst physiotherapists, living with long COVID, both in the UK and the United States, but now it's evolved, it's now a global peer support group that also provides education in the context of a long COVID disability and rehabilitation. And also acts as an on an advocacy level which kind of brings us round to where the briefing paper came in really. Because it was born out of a need for education and advocacy led by people living with long COVID. Speaker 1 (03:54): And you know, I think we spoke about this before we started recording, but your background working with HIV that has multi-system whole systemic bodily implications, you said, well, with these, the code, the symptoms of long COVID, you weren't, it wasn't like out of the blue, it wasn't a huge surprise for you, but is it safe to say it was a huge surprise to a lot of other people in healthcare and out? Speaker 2 (04:26): So in the context of HIV, we know that HIV can be controlled with medicines antiretroviral therapy. And when a person is undetectable, meaning you can't detect the virus in the blood because the medicines are working that well, people are on transmittable, meaning you can't pass it on. And when people are undetectable and they've been taking the medicines, people can live a normal life expectancy. But what we know with that is that people are growing older with HIV and the developing other complications and people living with well controlled HIV, still experience issues, including episodic disability. So when this pandemic came out, there was quite a few of us at work in the world of HIV, disability, and rehab that were kind of anticipating well, if people recover, there may be a risk that people will develop long-term consequences. So it wasn't surprising. I think what was surprising was that I was one of them and actually how severe the disability was. Speaker 2 (05:19): There are other groups of people that also were anticipating a post viral manifestation, particularly groups of people living with Emmy or my LJ can. And my lightest also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. And other people that have been living with post viral complications probably were anticipating there was going to be some form of complications after acute Corona virus. But I think mostly the world has been caught off guard by this. And maybe it hasn't been prepared for the critical mass of people globally that are going to be living with ongoing consequences after acute coronavirus, which is now commonly referred to as long COVID. Speaker 1 (06:00): Yes. And so now I think that leads us right into the briefing paper. So like I said, there'll be a link to this in the podcast notes, but when you look at this briefing paper, there are a lot of contributors to this. So before we get into the meat of the paper, can you give can you explain how you got all of these people together in order to write this paper? Speaker 2 (06:22): Yeah. So this brief briefing paper was specifically brought together communities of people from different experiences. So the idea started with myself and a few other people that had expressed some concerns that maybe there was lacking guidance and policies and standards around the utilization of physical activity, witching of all types, including exercise and sports in the rehabilitation of people who may have been recovering from coronavirus or living with long COVID. And so initial conversations were between some people that had already connected pretty much through social media. And when we got the kind of green light with world physiotherapy, that this might be something that we could work towards. We started to snowball our collective groups. It, this, this briefing paper is brought together over 50 different people from different geographical regions in the world, so that all of the five corners of the global four, four corners, but, you know, five weld, physiotherapy regions have been represented here. Speaker 2 (07:29): So we've got people from Europe, north America, south America. We've got people from Africa, Asia, and Asia specific. So we, we have huge diversity, not only in where people are from, but also in that backgrounds. We've got people living with long COVID. We've got physiotherapists, we've got physicians, doctors that specialize in a range of different things, including physical and medical rehabilitation. Also known as physiatrists. We've got occupational therapists, psychologists. We've got people living with M E the list goes on and we've got such diversity because what was needed was a consensus here. What was needed was a diversity of thought experience, both lived clinical and academic, but also geographical to come together to say non COVID is not just affecting one place in the world. And this experience is not singular to two groups of people or people in certain locations. This is actually a unifying global issue and the long-term consequences after acute coronavirus and affect people around the world. And that's why it was so important that we have that diversity, if the people that were contributing, but also diversity of experiences and thoughts, because not everybody comes from the same background with the same beliefs about all of this. And so we needed to bring that consensus together. And that's how we was able to develop the paper, though. It was not only recommending caution, but was also what can be done and also where rehabilitation is successful. Speaker 1 (09:00): Yeah. And I think, you know, for a whole systemic disease, that COVID is, and it being global, it is important to have a whole systemic group of people working on this. So I just wanted the listeners to know it's not only physical therapists or it's not only physicians, if this was a real collaborative world effort. So that being said, let's talk about what some of those key messages are, especially when it comes to safe rehabilitation of people with long COVID. So I'll hand it over to you. Speaker 2 (09:33): Yeah. So the, the way the briefing paper was written was to introduce T considerations when rehabilitation specific to physical activity in all of its forms. As I said, including exercise and sports, when those key considerations need to be taken from a safety perspective before we prescribe exercise and physical activity. And I purposeful in my terminology there because we are health professionals that do prescribe our interventions. And so therefore we do need to have safety at the core of what we do. We know that there is currently not enough evidence or any evidence on the safety and effectiveness of physical activity and exercises and intervention for people living with long COVID, but there's loads of indirect evidence. And there's also enough evidence in long COVID to give us the signals and clues as to which direction we could be traveling in. And so there was four key messages that came out in this. Speaker 2 (10:31): So the first was before recommending physical activity, as a rehabilitation intervention for people living with non COVID individuals should be screened for post exertional symptom exacerbation. Now, this is a term that's called different things. So post exertional symptom exacerbation is something that I quite like, but it's also used by other groups sometimes more commonly known as post exertional malaise, but can also be known as post exertional neuro immune exhaustion, basically, in a nutshell, when you exert yourself, whether that be physical, cognitive or social exertion, your symptoms get worse. So obviously before you get people to exercise, it would be quite useful to know whether they've got that because you can't exercise your way out of a symptom, which is made worse by exemption Speaker 1 (11:21): And, and from a physical therapy. Cause we're both physios from that physiotherapy perspective, how do we screen for that? Is it a simple questionnaire? Speaker 2 (11:33): So this is where the briefing papers really quite useful because obviously that's the first key message. And the way the briefing paper is designed is that you have the key message and the rationale for that key message. So if anyone's now going, why they brought that key message out in the briefing paper, there is an evidence based rationale for that. And then off the back of that, there's an action. So each key message has an action point where clinicians and also communities of people living with an effected by long COVID can utilize these action points. So as you rightly said, there are ways of screening for post exertion or symptom exacerbation. Now, one of the best ways of doing that is actually a narrative approach, which is having a effective communication between clinician and the person accessing the clinicians care. So one of the nice things about this briefing paper is it's also included the whole context of person centered rehabilitation and the therapeutic Alliance or relationship and how that's going to be an integral part of ensuring that safe rehabilitation is provided. Because if you can use a narrative approach to hear that people are experiencing this symptom, then it's a really good starting point. There are other tools though. Speaker 1 (12:47): So are you saying that we actually have to make the time in our evaluation to speak with our, the person in front of us to really get to know them and to ask more narrative questions, motivational interviewing, not just yes and no, and typing into a computer Speaker 2 (13:06): Now that's that's yes, that's leading, right? So, but you know, the average person probably listening to this, he's probably going, of course, I listened to my patients. Of course I communicate with my patients, but, but, but I think what it is, it's about providing space for people to feel safe, to provide the information that they can engage in. So if person centered care is going to be a key pillar of rehabilitation, we must make sure that our patients feel safe to open the engage in rehabilitation with meaningful connections that are established with the clinicians knowledge, but also the patient's belief and knowledge of their own lived experience. And I think this isn't new to many people, but I think it's a really vital skill that we can harness in terms of delivering safe rehabilitation. Speaker 1 (13:56): Yeah. And everyone deserves to be heard and acknowledged and seen and given the space to do that. So as physiotherapists, we should obviously be doing this with every patient. But when you're seeing patients who are living with long COVID, I think it behooves you to give them some extra space because I'm sure they have experienced people, not believing them. Like you said, just exercise your way out of it. You'll be fine. And because a lot of people with long COVID, unless you maybe are walking with an assistive device, they may come in and look, okay. Yeah. Speaker 2 (14:40): Th that's that's the key point, isn't it, you know, a long COVID could be classified for many people as an invisible disability. And certainly it's something that's experienced as, as not only, but also episodic in its nature and also unpredictable. So someone may look okay, one moment, but not another. And this is something that I've talked about from the lived experience of having the symptom of post exertional symptom exacerbation, which is that it's, it's wholly invisible to the majority of people because when I'm out and about, and I'm doing okay, people see that I'm doing okay, well, they don't see as the repercussions of that a day or two later where I'm laid up in bed because no, one's around me when I'm laid up in bed and no one can see that. So it is truly an invisible symptom and that's where people need to feel safe to talk about that. Speaker 2 (15:26): Because a lot of people may not understand it themselves and may be very confused by this because my experience was, I was totally confused as to what was going on with my body, when this was going on. And I was very lucky that people were able to guide me through what the symptom was and to understand it better. Yeah. And you're in the biz. So just people who aren't. Right. Yeah. I have a head, I have a level of health literacy that is probably different to the general population. And I didn't have a Scooby-Doo what was going on with my body. I thought I was doing the right things to try and rehabilitate myself by gradually increasing my activities. What I thought was dependent on my symptoms, but I had zero clue what was symptoms were doing because they were all over the show, but there are some tools to screen for this as well. Speaker 2 (16:14): And that's within the briefing paper. So there is a range of different questionnaires. And actually specifically within the, the, the briefing paper, there is a a box which actually has these 10 items that you can use. And it tells you how to score it, how it links it to the evidence-based research, which comes from Emmy and CFS. Hasn't been validated in long COVID, I'm sure that work will happen, but it's a tool that could be useful. There has been some research already that's come out of Calgary in Canada, which has used this tool specifically along COVID. And actually that was published as a pre-print literally the day after this was published. So it's not included in the briefing paper and that's a sign of how fast this research is moving, but a very high percentage of people are scoring as the threshold for experiencing post exertional symptom exacerbation when living with long COVID. Speaker 2 (17:07): So it's there, it's prevalent. It's an important consideration because what we know is that a graded exercise therapy program, which is incrementally increasing the amount of activity you do, irrespective of your symptoms has been shown to cause harm in other populations of people, particularly MEFs that experience post exertional malaise, and at our heart of what we do rehabilitation should be there to support people. It should be nourishing. It should be improving functioning, and it should not be causing harm. And that's where that narrative approach is useful because when we provide interventions, we need to provide the safe spaces for people to tell us that it might not be working and not allow people to feel that it's their fault that it's not working because they've got this symptom. Speaker 1 (17:57): Yeah. So, so, so important. We don't want to place the blame on someone for something which they have no control over. Right. And, and I think as, as physiotherapists, we have to check our biases. We have to understand that when this person comes in, I mean, we all have biases. We were, that's how we are, you know, maybe not as a four year old child, but certainly as you grow up, you acquire these biases and you have to know as the practitioner to be able to recognize that bias and push it aside, right. Speaker 2 (18:36): That's such an important point about implicit bias as well and unconscious bias. Because I think actually wholly as a profession physiotherapy has an unconscious bias, which is that the mantra exercise is medicine is within our bones. And I think as a profession, it's quite hard to hear that exercise can't cure everything Speaker 1 (18:58): Well. And, but I think you kind of said this earlier is exercise is prescribed. So we need to prescribe it just like you would prescribe a medication by dose. Right. So, and sometimes guess what that dose is zero, right? Sometimes it's zero, you're prescribing it. So again, it's that exercise is medicine. Yes, it's a thing. But you have to know enough about the person in front of you to know how to prescribe it. Exactly. Speaker 2 (19:29): And that's where physio therapists are. So ideally placed to take on board these messages, there's key message of screening for post exertional symptom exacerbation, because we all are good at prescribing physical activity and exercise interventions that are based within a rehabilitation model. And we are also good at knowing when not to prescribe. And I think that if we're given the tools to be able to identify the symptom, recognize that there might be an adapted approach that's needed that works with individuals and potentially takes a stop rest and pace approach because pacing is not easy to do. I'll say that from lived experience you know, there's, there's so much that can be done beyond the scope of just prescribing physical activity and exercise interventions. And I think that physiotherapists are so ideally placed to be working along those lines and working with our multidisciplinary team colleagues. And this is where the big shout out to the OTs go because pacing is their bread and butter. Speaker 1 (20:28): Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Absolutely. Okay. So we've got one key message is screening. Speaker 3 (20:38): Cause there were four, right? So what's number two, we Speaker 2 (20:42): Went on a topic, but it's important. Speaker 4 (20:47): [Inaudible] Speaker 1 (20:47): The most important part is to be able to screen and know the person in front of you. Yeah, Speaker 2 (20:53): Yeah, absolutely. So the second is about cardiac impairment. So what we know is that before we prescribe physical activity, interventions, including exercise or sport, we need to exclude cardiac impairments. Now there is enough evidence to demonstrate that's people that have had coronavirus and people that are living with the long-term consequences are long COVID can have cardiac impairment. And that can include things like pericarditis, myocarditis, even at mild levels. Now we know the opposite. There's a favoring for excluding exercise interventions for people that do have perio myocarditis for the safety implications. So reducing morbidity and mortality. Now, obviously this is a safety message. We don't have enough evidence yet to say what the true prevalence of cardiac impairment is amongst people living with long COVID what the safety implications are. But this key message is we must make sure that we are conscious of this because the evidence is indicating there's a risk and we need to be mindful of that risk. Speaker 1 (21:58): Right? So as a physiotherapist, if someone is coming to us with long COVID, who has not seen a physician has not seen a cardiologist has not had a cardiac workup, it would behoove us to say, Hey, listen I think your next stop should be, let's get you to a cardiologist to evaluate your cardiac function, Speaker 2 (22:18): But depending on symptoms, certainly. So, you know, people are having it disproportionate tachycardias on exertion. They are having strange cardiac symptoms, including changes to heart rate and blood pressure. They have chest pain, they have desaturations, you know, the classic cardiac symptoms that you'd expect. You're not going to try and push them through an exercise program. You're going to encourage them to see a physician first. And I think that there is going to be many people living with lung COVID that might not be going through specialist services for people designed for people living with non COVID. And there may be many that come through the doors of physical therapists and physiotherapists around the world first. And so this message is there because we need to make sure that we are aware that there is a risk. Speaker 1 (23:06): Perfect. Okay. What's number three. So Speaker 2 (23:09): We know that third one is around excluding exertional oxygen desaturation. So what we know is that COVID-19 can cause interstitial pneumonias. And so we have seen this in other diseases. So, you know, it can be things like pneumocystis, pneumonia, or PCPs. You see it in things like interstitial lung disease or idiopathic lung fibrosis with these they can cause these saturations on exertion basically, and as the most safest thing, you want to make sure that your patient is not hypoxic when you try to exert them. So it's a simple thing, but what we know is that this is often something that may have happened to people during acute COVID, but it doesn't mean that they can't have it ongoing. And we are seeing people that are having pulmonary impairments and sometimes these pulmonary impairments can manifest slightly later on as well. So it's just to be mindful of this. Speaker 2 (24:04): So the world health organization does recommend, you know, the pulse oximetry is used to measure that's and certainly in terms of long COVID services. So I'm based in England. So the long COVID services that are here do often utilize functional performance measures to determine if someone is exertion de-saturated and they might use something like a sit to stand test or a 40 step test to see if somebody is exertional desaturation, or having disproportionate successional tachycardias as well. But that needs to be finely balanced with point number one about posted exertional symptom exacerbation. Because obviously you don't want to put somebody through a test to determine if their exertion de-saturated, if it's going to cause them to end up in bed for a bit. Speaker 1 (24:49): Yeah, absolutely. Again, why point number one was so important. Let's go on to point number four. Speaker 2 (24:56): So point number four is about autonomic dysfunction and orthostatic intolerances. So many physiotherapists might not be aware of some of these conditions. So for example, there's something called pots or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome which is where people change posture. They go from lying to upright there, their heart rates go really, really high. And with that, they can have symptoms of presyncope or even syncope. And also other orthostatic intolerance is exists where people can have really significant drops in their blood pressure again, causing issues with precinct pain syncope. So these dysautonomia is, are actually being seen to be quite prevalent in many people post virally, potentially. When they're living with long COVID, I said potentially there, because we don't really know what's going on with long COVID. So so we are seeing there's a higher amount of that and the American autonomic association has already published some guidance on that specific to long COVID. Speaker 2 (26:00): So the key message with this is if you've got somebody who, when they change position may have a disproportionate dropping their blood pressure or a disproportionate increase in their heart rate, you probably don't want to be getting them doing a downward facing dog or sitting on an upright bike because the likelihood is they could find, or they could have a heart rate of 220. So we need to think about that. Now there are lots of existing research prior to even COVID existing about dysautonomia is including pots and there was all these protocols that existed. And actually some of the work that's come out of Mount Sinai in New York has been looking at adapting those protocols to develop something called autonomic conditioning therapy which that developed in the context of long COVID. But it's really important that we're aware of this because if we're going to be looking at whether a physical activity intervention, including exercise or sports is going to be safe and effective for our individuals sat in front of us in the absence of evidence, guidance, and policies and standards. We need to be aware that these things are happening and people are having strange symptoms including changes to their blood pressure and heart rates with changes in postures. And the, the briefing paper is really clear on what it is what can cause it, how to measure it and what to do if it's there. Speaker 1 (27:26): And so we've got those four key messages. We're not going to dissect every bit of this briefing paper, because that would be a whole weekend course, I think, but for people that are listening, what, you know, as being one of the authors of this paper contributors to this paper, what, what is that, that group's hope for people upon reading this paper? Speaker 2 (27:53): So I don't know that I can speak for everybody that was contributing to this, but I would imagine that the majority of people have the same opinion as me. It's the lead author of this which is that we hope that this supports firstly, communities of people living with an effected by long COVID when they are accessing care, which is they have a resource that they can take with them to their health care providers and have these open conversations and dialogues about what may or may not be right for me. I also think that collectively, we all really hope that this is going to support clinicians that are going to be providing care for people living with and affected by non COVID. Because we know that at the moment, a lot of people are looking for information and there's, there's a lot of information that's either direct or indirect, and sometimes it can be difficult to see the wood for the trees when there's that much information. Speaker 2 (28:48): And so we're really hoping that this has consolidated over 180 citations into one document and every single citation has got a PDF link. So you can access that literature yourself. You can do your own research around it, should you want to, but we're hoping thirdly, that this will be a starting point. We're hoping this is going to be a starting point for hopefully international collaborations to work on these messages, to develop guidelines, standards, and policies around that as the evidence continues to emerge, but also to guide the research agendas, because obviously there are going to be some people where exercise will work for them, but we need to know who they are. And we need to make sure that whilst we're doing that research, that we have the safety messages at the heart of delivering that research too. So this crosses communities, clinical practice policy and also research. Speaker 2 (29:46): So I think the hope is that this has wide reaching impact. Obviously we need to see how that is, but this isn't the end of the journey. This is going to have further interest iterations. This is a live document. This will be updated as more research comes out, but we hope as well that people will work with us as things move forward and looking at international collaborations because we know that it's interprofessional, but also multi-sectorial collaborations that meaningfully engage and increasingly include people living with an effected by the health condition that leads to much more positive responses in all of the responses to that health condition. Speaker 1 (30:25): Yeah. And, and last thing I'll, I'll touch on here. And that's, I think what you were getting at at that last little bit is really looking at the social determinants of health and of the people who are affected by long COVID. I know I can say here in the United States that we know that African-Americans and Hispanics within the United States much more effected by COVID than other other folks. And so can, might, might this also be with this international collaboration across a lot of different professions, a way to really look at our social determinants of health and what can we do as healthcare providers and researchers, and so on down the line to make sense of this and to to address this, even in, in a small way, I know it's opening a whole can Speaker 3 (31:25): Of worms, but you know what I'm saying? Yeah, I Speaker 2 (31:28): Do. And I think it's, it's a can of worms I'm prepared to go into. So so yes, we know that in different parts of the world obviously the people that are affected more by acute Corona virus has been disproportionately people of different ethnic groups. So for example, here in the UK, we are seeing it more amongst black, Asian, and minority ethnicity groups. And we're also seeing it amongst different populations of people in terms of employments, but also in terms of socioeconomic status. So we know that health workers and teachers are more likely and people that drive buses, people from black, Asian, and minority ethnicity groups and people that live in deprived areas in the UK. But what's really interesting is we're not seeing that same demographic appear in terms of who's presenting in terms of the demographics of people that we are collecting data on in terms of long COVID. Speaker 2 (32:16): So what we're seeing in the UK so with the office for national city plastics, which is probably the most representative and largest epidemiological studies on long COVID to date globally, it's actually disproportionately young white women that are have relatively different social economic. So I think the aims of maybe an unintended aim, but hopefully a positive unintended outcome is that if more people are aware of some of these key indications of awareness, maybe some greater awareness of lung, COVID the people that are probably more likely to get COVID are probably going to also be more likely to get long COVID, but we're not seeing that come out in the data or the people presenting to those services. So we need to think about health inequalities in terms of the candidacy of people to access these services, how permeable are they to access? Speaker 2 (33:19): How, how is the adjudication between the individual and the health care providers to be referred to that? What's the individual's candidacy to raise their voice, to say I deserve to access these services. And at the moment we know that structural racism exists, health inequalities exist, and people that experience structural racism often experience healthcare incredibly different to other groups such as white people. And so it's probably likely that many of these people may also be living with long COVID and not presenting to health services and not being counted. And this is a particular issue globally, which is that we're still not effectively counting on COVID. And so we don't know the proportionality of people affected by it and the need globally. So if this briefing paper has any way in contributing to more clinicians, more people being aware of some of the signs and symptoms of lung COVID and particularly those key recommendations in terms of safety, if they can say, well, maybe you do have long COVID. It might be a way of identifying people that are more at risk, but also are more vulnerable to not accessing services. Speaker 1 (34:21): Yeah. Perfectly said, I am in awe of your of your ability to succinctly and efficiently get big ideas across that allows people to understand better. So thank you very much for that. That was wonderful. Now, before we sign off here, where can people find you? They have questions. They want to know what's up. I love Speaker 2 (34:44): A bit of Twitter, so I'm on Twitter, I'm at Darren brown. Also we've got our long COVID physio group at long COVID physio on Twitter. We've also got a website long covid.physio. So they're probably the best way he's very responsible on Twitter. So yeah, I won't give out my email address, no need, Speaker 1 (35:02): No need to, no need to get that personal. But I do have one personal question before. So knowing where you are now in your life and career, what advice would you give to your younger self? Oh Speaker 2 (35:13): My God. So you warned me about this earlier, didn't you and I get to repeat what I said earlier. I was like, oh my God, this is like, RuPaul's drag race. Isn't it. There's going to be a picture of a five-year old Darren big helicopter. What would you say to baby Darren? Do you know what I would actually say? Whether I was on RuPaul's drag race or dot is the diversities of people bring out the strengths in others and I'm a man, and I know that Mo and I'm now a person living with an episodic disability. Those things have made me a better person and enabled me to have conversations with my patients and the people that come and access my care in a completely different way that because of the lens that I've seen society and life. So if I was seeing myself as a younger Damron, I would have said, be proud of who you are, be accepting of who you are and know that your diversity, your differences, your quirks, your geekiness, your diff, your things that make you unique are going to truly make you unique when you're older and give you advantages in terms of how you navigate life, society and your job. Speaker 1 (36:23): I love it. Thank you so much. That was so perfect. What a great way to end this podcast, Darren, thank you so much for coming on. Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it. Thank you for having me and everyone. Thanks so much for listening. Have a great couple of days and stay healthy, wealthy and smart.    

We premiere a track from Irish DJ and producer Mercer today, as he releases his track 'Rock Tha Party' with Scottish label, Milkit Sounds as part of their NEIGH WORRIES VA 02. Milkit Sounds is a Scottish independent brand, homegrown in the capital of the Highlands in Inverness, while also being based in the idyllic surroundings of the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh. Perfectly timed with the opening of the UK nightlife industry, the fifth release on the Milkit label provides a VA compilation of club-ready & emotional cuts. With a focus on breaks and rave nostalgia, the release comprises of works from exclusively Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish artists. A previous contributor to the label and new resident for Milkit, Mercer joins up with the team once again for his second release on the label. Originally from Belfast, the now Edinburgh based producer has been into music since day dot. From growing up learning the piano at a young age and ripping tunes off Limewire and YouTube back in the day, Mercer's taste varies massively. Once able to head to nightclubs, his taste in dance music really came to the fore, developing a taste for the culture from frequenting Edinburgh venues Cab Vol and Sneaky Pete's. More recently, he has found himself delving more into the UK sounds such as breakbeat and garage. In terms of inspirations here, you're looking at the likes of Maruwa, Desert Sound Colony and L Major. In addition to his more signature breakbeat style, Mercer incorporates a healthy dose of electro vibes to this record. Heavily featuring the classic 808 sounds, the release layers chopped up break samples, satisfyingly discordant synth lines with a driving bass lead and an array of perfectly placed soundbites and sonic elements. The track we premier today features heavy break, with the addition of a hip-house-style vocal that ties the together with a ravey twist. MERCER -------------- SC: @myles_mercer IG: www.instagram.com/mylesdmercer Milkit Sounds Label ---------- SC: @milkitsounds FB: www.facebook.com/milkitsounds Four Four Magazine --------------------------- FB: www.facebook.com/FOURFOURDANCE/ IG: www.instagram.com/fourfourmagazine/ Web: www.fourfourmag.com/

Perfectly timed for the holiday, we talk turkey here on the newest episode for the Thanksploitation Spectacular! … Continue readingS5E6: Rick and Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular The post S5E6: Rick and Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular appeared first on Rick and Morty Podcast.

Do you feel the need to have everyone like and love you? What IF I told you that not everyone will like or love you? How does that land? I share my journey with healing my people pleasing ways and being PERFECTLY okay with not having everyone like/love me. I hope this quick chat lands and opens up a safe space within you to begin to heal this from within. Hugs, N

Welcome back to our In 40 Minutes series where we curate what we think are the best 40 minutes of music from an underrated band's career ... with headbangers and hard rockers in mind (ie. you won't be hearing many ballads!). Basically, it's what we'd put on a single vinyl release (being limited to 20 minutes per side) if we were asked to put a Best Of record together to convince the uninitiated long haired miscreant that this band is worth checking out. This episode is dedicated to underrated extreme metal unit ... Grip Inc. Perfectly suited for this series, here is a great band that was often derided as a "groove metal" unit. Bullshit - this was a progressive thrash metal unit in my mind. Listen to "Hostage To Heaven", "Guilty of Innocence", "War Between One", "Rusty Nail" and "Skin Trade" then tell me this isn't prime thrash metal. I'd go so far to say that these were superior versions of the form compared to what Slayer were generating at the time. Ah, Slayer. Yes, here we have the ostracized Dave Lombardo on drums in the Grip Inc. ranks, his unmistakable drumming pounding crevices in the brain. Elsewhere, we have Gus Chambers (RIP) on the mic and Despair/Enemy of the Sun guitarist Waldemar Sorychta creating an impressive musical force. What you'll find here is a mix of futuristic thrash, along with progressive extreme metal, bountiful in musicianship and writing chops. Excellent stuff. Don't be guilty of ignorance, embrace the violence! Side 1 Power of Inner Strength (1995) (0:00) Torque De Muerto (1:24) Savage Seas (Retribution) (4:38) Hostage To Heaven (8:38) Guilty of Innocence Nemesis (1997) (12:17) Pathetic Liar (15:23) War Between One Side 2 (17:42) Rusty Nail (21:09) Silent Stranger Solidify (1999) (24:05) Stresscase Incorporated (2004) (27:05) Skin Trade (31:35) (Built To) Resist (36:06) Curse (of the Cloth)

Perfectly manicured hands and feet are the norm in 2021, and many of us feel out of place when we choose to abandon what's socially accepted. But there's a “toxic trio” of chemicals in nail polish (toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate) and these chemicals leak through our nail beds and into our bloodstreams. What's the true cost, then, of fitting in? Is fitting in worth it if doing so harms our health? This week, I speak with podcast host Megan... Read More Read More The post Safer Nail Polish Ideas For Holistic Health appeared first on Mama Minimalist.

Freunde treffen, in den Urlaub fahren, wieder im Büro arbeiten, im Restaurant essen, am Wochenende ins Theater oder ein Ausflug mit der ganzen Familie: Das Leben fährt zur Zeit nach der krisenbedingten Ruhepause wieder etwas hoch. Nicht bei allen in der gleichen Geschwindigkeit, trotzdem ist an vielen Stellen im Alltag wieder Bewegung zu spüren, wo lange alles stillzustehen schien. „Endlich zurück in die Normalität“ heißt es da von vielen Seiten – doch von welcher Normalität sprechen wir überhaupt? Von einem Alltag, in dem wir uns häufig in einer Dauerschleife aus Arbeit und anderen Verpflichtungen gefangen gefühlt haben? In dem Leistung, Präsenzkultur und ‚Höher-schneller-weiter‘ große berufliche Ideale waren, denen sich die Selbstfürsorge unterzuordnen hat? In dem ein veraltetes Selbstverständnis herrscht, das ein “das haben wir schon immer so gemacht” über neue Ideen und notwendigen Fortschritt stellt? Wir haben die Chance – als Einzelpersonen und als Gesellschaft – neue Wege einzuschlagen. Einen Mittelweg zu finden, der auf unsere individuellen und kollektiven Bedürfnisse abgestimmt ist und den Menschen wirklich ins Zentrum stellt: mit einer passenden Mischung aus digital, persönlich und hybrid, aus ich, du und wir, aus Raum für Beruf, Privatem und Gemeinschaft.  Besonders im Arbeitsumfeld waren es doch bisher eher die klassischen, starren Karrierewege, Arbeitsmodelle und Veränderungskonzepte, die gelebt wurden. Dabei gibt es so viel Gestaltungsraum für jede*n einzelne*n von uns - und gesellschaftlich sehr viel zu tun.  In dieser Podcastfolge geht es darum, wie wir in Veränderungsprozessen Balance finden und halten können. Ich teile dazu Impulse, um achtsam mit dem Energiehaushalt bei dir und im Team umzugehen, damit wir die Chancen von Entwicklung zu nutzen und in Veränderung beides zu berücksichtigen können: Wertschätzung für das Bestehende und Raum für neue Ideen und notwendigen Wandel. In dieser Folge zum Thema “in Balance kommen” erfährst du  3 Impulse, wie du Veränderung nachhaltig umsetzen kannst - für dich persönlich und im Team. Gedanken und Tipps, um in Balance zu bleiben. welche Chancen Veränderungen mit sich bringen. Literatur und Links zum Thema “in Balance kommen”

Ok-real talk...If we came into your house right now and looked at your bra and undie drawer, would you be mortified or thrilled because of the array of amazing pieces you have that fit your body PERFECTLY? No bulging of the breasts spilling over the top, no straps falling off shoulders, no undies that are constantly crawling into your crack, or stained and stretched in ways we don't even want to get into? Not you???Well, the good news is I have someone here to SAVE THE DAY! (And your wardrobe!)Master Style Coach Judith Gaton, who states "being curvy DOES NOT mean you can't be stylish,  is on the podcast today. Judith is a lady lawyer who fell back to her creative roots and hasn't looked back since. She teaches women to look stylish and feel confident in the body they are in so they can show up ready to conquer & slay.This podcast is filled with incredible takeaways for you to start implementing TODAY.I know you will love this episode.And please share it with a friend!! Because I know we all need a little help in this area.You can connect with Judith on her WEBSITE HERE. She also has her own PODCAST HERE that you gotta check out!

Coffee with Samso Episode 90 with Keith Coughlan, Executive Chairman of European Metals Holdings Limited (ASX:EMH)   European Metals Holdings Limited (ASX & AIM: EMH, NASDAQ: ERPNF) is positioning itself as the next lithium miner in Europe. Perfectly placed within a series of major cathode, battery and automotive manufacturers.   I have been looking forward to getting EMH onto Coffee With Samso as it is in a lithium space that is not common to investors. European Metals is mining Zinnwaldite which is a micaceous mineral. A highly complicated mineral chemistry, KLiFeAl(AlSi3)O10(OH,F)2, it is from the least known lithium mineral to the average investors. The other micaceous lithium mineral is lepidolite.   When I first looked at EMH in 2018, the company shares was sub AUD$0.30 which is far from the AUD$1.55 range now valuing the company around the AUD271M. For a company that is not far from production the valuation seem reasonable.   In this episode, Keith Coughlan share with us why this project could be a giant killer in the lithium space in a couple of years. The project is strategically placed in Europe and will be the source for all things related to the EV Revolution to European manufacturers.

Jackie Summers is an entrepreneur and founder at Jack From Brooklyn, makers of the “Perfectly rendered” Sorel liqueur. https://sorelofficial.com Jackie is the first black person to hold a distilling license in the United States, at least since Prohibition. His determination and persistence got him there, as well as through his 624 attempts at making Sorel delicious AND shelf stable. We are all better off for his diligence. Listen to Jackie describe and take you through his entrepreneurial journey as he also shares the 500 year journey of sorrel, ultimately leading to the development of Sorel liqueur. I hope you enjoy Jackie's story as much as I did. Learn more about Jackie, Sorel, and his journey at the links below. https://sorelofficial.com https://twitter.com/theliquortarian https://www.linkedin.com/company/jack-from-brooklyn/about Related: Uncle Nearest and Fawn Weaver

This week Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) assembled for a rare in-person show to discuss the biggest movie of the year (so far!), Black Widow. Is it fine? Okay? Acceptable? Perfectly competent? Listen to find out! Plus, the gang discusses the ethics of using personal histories of non-famous people in response to revelations that parts of the viral New Yorker short story, “Cat Person,” were cribbed from a real person. And on the special bonus episode, we highlight Marvel's villain problem.  If you enjoy this show, please share it with a friend! It's the best way to grow podcast audiences: a recommendation from a friend.

For this show Samir Abid is delighted to welcome back Ross Bentley. One of my earliest guests from way back in episode 3, Ross is a former top level Indycar driver who now works as one of the worlds foremost driver coaches through his speed secrets brand. The topic for this show is about understanding and developing a performance state of mind for your track driving. As ever with Ross Bentley the show is packed full of practical, actionable tips and tricks you can try to help you drive faster. So as ever, grab a pen, grab a coffee, sit back and lets here what Ross has to say. [5:07] What is a performance state of mind? [11:21] "Car Dancing" [18:52] Surprising discovery when we measured heart rate [29:37] How to focus on your driving strengths. [35:54] Reprogramming your mental model of "what is a race driver" to then drive faster -- Links mentioned in the show: - Contact Ross Bentley https://speedsecrets.com/ - Article on drivers heart rate discussed https://www.yourdatadriven.com/how-high-does-a-race-drivers-heart-rate-go/ - Learn motorsports data analysis https://www.yourdatadriven.com/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-motorsports-data-analysis/ -- Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com

Tune in now and don't forget to sign up for www.solciety.co!Speaker 1 (00:03):Welcome to the Solarpreneur podcast, where we teach you to take your solar business to the next level. My name is Taylor Armstrong and went from $50 in my bank account and struggling for groceries to closing 150 deals in a year and cracking the code on why sales reps fail. online teach you to avoid the mistakes I made and bringing the top solar dogs, the industry to let you in on the secrets of generating more leads, falling up like a pro and closing more deals. What is a Solarpreneur you might ask a Solarpreneur is a new breed of solar pro that is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve mastery and you are about to become one.Speaker 2 (00:41):What's going on top in the morning to all our Solarpreneurs out there. We are back with another exciting episode and we've got a familiar face on, he's been on a couple episodes previously, and we're going to be starting up sort of a new, um, kind of interview series we're doing so familiar faces James Swiderski. What's up, James. Thanks for comingSpeaker 3 (01:02):By Taylor. Thank you, Matt. Thank you.Speaker 2 (01:05):My pleasure. My pleasure. And so James we're, we're talking off camera just about this new kind of calm set concept of training we're doing, which is sorta like on the company level issues we see. So you were on kind of introduced this, um, I dunno, series we were talking about kind of what the thinking was behind it.Speaker 3 (01:29):Yeah, for sure. So the new series we want to do is called train to win. And more specifically, we want to give company owners and I guess more ambitious reps that are looking to really scale their sales, some tools and strategies on how to actually develop out their sales skills. Um, this is not just specific to solar, as far as, um, people struggling with training in general, it's a epidemic in multiple industries. And, um, for those of you who are not familiar, I am the founder and CEO of a trained in global training company called epic. And what we do is we help multi seven figure companies scale past eight figures with their teams, hire reps, develop systems and processes around that. So what I'm going to do is pop on once in a while, do a solo episode about some of my experience with having trips and over a thousand reps with my company as well. So that'll be for you business owners out there, um, train to win tune in, listen to that for some specific tactics on how to train and scale your sales team. So yeah,Speaker 2 (02:38):It's a stuff that we should all be talking more about for sure. A hundred percent. And the reason I thought it was a good idea is just because there's such a disconnect in the training, in the industry, on the company and the rep level. Um, I remember starting out, I struggled with it a ton of just getting good, getting and finding good training and then actually implementing it because how companies do you know, James? I'm sure you've seen it, where they bought the card on use. They bought these trading platforms and what do they do? They didn't even hop on it. So that's a huge problem. I mean, I don't come me as a boss, thousands and thousands. Um, I mean my, my previous company I was with, we spent, I know a ton of money to get the card on you and yeah. And on it, and then it didn't increase ourselves.Speaker 3 (03:22):So solar either. That's the thing. Uh, um, I would say solar is even a little behind the eight ball on it, but the, the statistic on that actually there's over $1.5 billion a year spent on enterprise training for sales teams. Okay. And this is crazy. This stat was done by ed tech, um, their conference in 2017 and they found that 87% of sales training that was purchased for their sales team was forgotten within 30 days. So if that's not the equivalent of lighting cash on fire as a CEO, I don't know what it is. Right. Um, so yeah, that's what my company solves. I want to kind of talk about why that's the case and more specifically what you guys can do about it. Um, solar specifically.Speaker 2 (04:09):Yeah. Well, let's jump into it. And so for our listeners, our Solarpreneurs that don't know James helped us through his, um, epic platform. He helped us build out society, which we've been talking about here and there on the, on the, uh, episodes, which is the new training platform that we just released. And we're already seeing people get results with it and training it's. Um, we think it's going to revolutionize the, uh, solar training game just because it combines, you know, the learning with games you can take with a separate accountability. So we're going to talk kind of the specific things that's, um, James is doing to help, you know, just sells training in general with that system. Yeah. Dwelt within epic. But yeah, I guess, um, why did you decide to start, you know, this whole epic thing? And I, I thought it was E-box so, um, just, just for the record, it's spelled EPO, C H. So James gets sick, sick of correcting people. It's not E pockets epic. Right,Speaker 3 (05:07):Right, right. Whatever you want to call it. E poche the CA all right. I mean, the biggest thing I've tried to, if any of you guys know my background, right. So I got into sales consulting and training, like after I left my first solar company job, a startup I worked with and I found out, um, scaling this company up from a couple of million, upwards of eight figures. Here's what their sales team, that sales training was just fundamentally broken altogether. Um, the most common training mistakes we see actually, and I even have a few of the listed here that I discovered through training my own reps was they didn't have a predictable system to do it. Right. That's very common. And that's why guys will go by like Cardone university, Jordan Belfort, straight line persuasion, stuff like that, all great programs, the way I've taken all of these programs.Speaker 3 (05:59):I spent over a half, a million dollars in my own money on sales training programs. That's how I got good at sales. And I recommend people do that. Right. The problem was this most companies in solar and my company in particular, um, we did not have a way to measure training success. Okay. We were spending all this cash on training, but we didn't know if it was actually producing a real ROI. Right. So that was the first problem companies have. So they don't measure training outcomes and how to actually get an ROI. Um, if you are generating leads, buying Facebook ads, anything like that, right. For your business, you need to measure the effectiveness of your campaigns, what's happening on the calls. And if you don't measure these things, um, we can't improve them. What gets measured gets improved. Right? So that's the biggest thing. If you own a company right now, and you're looking for a better way to train your apps, or you're a rep, um, looking to improve your skillset, the first thing you should do is establish a baseline with your skills and where you're currently at by tracking everything, um, from activities to what skills you're working on, um, your current sales pipeline, you need to make sure you're tracking. So that's, I'd say that's the first mistake I've seen, um, working with, I'd say probably a little over 45, 50 different solar companies at this point in my career.Speaker 2 (07:24):Yeah. No, that's good. Yeah. Tracking is huge. And like, my question is, how do you know? Um, I don't know, what are some specific things you track? I know you talked about it a little bit. It just barely, but like when I've gotten coaching and training, sometimes it's tough to tell what the reps it's like, oh, are they just more motivated to work? Or they like putting in a few more hours or is this like actual information helping them? So what are things that I don't know, is there anything specific you're saying, it's like, you check this thing and that's how, you know, if the training's actually working or how accurate are you seeing?Speaker 3 (07:58):Yeah. Yeah. So the biggest, um, before we get to that, I want to kind of give the big idea of this. So the big idea is to adopt what I call conscious skill development. So most reps kind of use the spray and pray method with training and companies. And that method is the most familiar with anybody. And it's proven, right? You will learn that method is to just go out there, do the craft, repeat, put in the work and you'll learn as a by-product through experience. Right. And that is effective to a degree, but you're wasting a lot of time in there is what I've found, working with teams and myself. Um, we're able to really cut the learning time by a drastic amount. And I can't give you an exact percentage or anything, but, um, I've been able to learn everything from marketing to sales, to recruiting, to basically every skill within business. Um, it's kind a running joke. Taylor and I have with things, um, I just have like a ridiculous set of skills, whether it's from producing sales videos, promo videos, marketing, email, whatever it is. Right. It's because I use this process. Um, what was your question again? MineSpeaker 2 (09:12):Was just like, are there specific things? Yeah. Are there specific things that you're like, I dunno, companies that you've been working with, it's like, okay, that's how you're going to know if it actually had an ROA or ROI or pay it off. Um, cause yeah, I know that's a big problem is like, guys can't see that it's they don't necessarily know if they improved from this training or maybe your reps were working more hours. So yeah. What are the things you're telling them? WeSpeaker 3 (09:35):Measure. Yep. So five key things specifically for solar one, it's going to be most of you guys, that's going to be knocking doors, right? A second. We have appointment setting for skillsets. We have presenting for number three, closings number four, and then five is emotional intelligence. ETQ right. There's a kind of like the five core skillsets that you need to master to really successfully sell solar. Um, how you measure these is you define a clear outcome for each activity. In other words, like what do we want to produce when we're prospecting for most guys it's we want to get a new lead, right. A new opportunity. So we define what we want to accomplish with each skill. So for prospecting, maybe it's a new lead. Okay. For some door knocking companies, it may be time spent on doors is the most valuable, uh, metric. So these metrics will be different company to company.Speaker 3 (10:35):And the way you determine what is the most valuable metric to measure is the one that produces the majority or do you have the outcomes? And you can only do this if you track. Right. That's the thing, that's why nobody does. This is because their tracking is not in place to begin with. Um, you need to be tracking, not just like leads and appointments set it's actual activities. So how much time are you spending per rep on the doors? Right? How many doors are you knocking to get a conversation? Right? These are things that you need to track if you want to have a successful training system. So go through each activity within your sales process, if you're a rapper, a company owner, and define what you want to accomplish with each particular skillset. So yeah,Speaker 2 (11:22):Yeah, yeah. That's better. Yeah. And I think a big thing that companies struggle with is just the actual tracking. Um, because I've seen, you know, I've worked for multiple companies now where it's like, they're tracking is just, um, you know, whatever's posted in like the group, me, the group chat, it's like, oh, I got a lead. We're going to put that up count as a lead. But it's like, they don't know was that leads was that qualified was actually booked with a homeowner. Uh, were they using enough energy to even count as a solar lead? Like all these things and they don't, they don't even know how to figure this out. Em, chock it. Yeah. Start majoring it. Good. So what's really cool about, um, what we've been able to do within society too, is we're helping companies set up just systems for actually tracking this because the truth is most people know how to know how to set up good systems to track and measure and report all these different KPIs. It's like, they're just arbitrary numbers thrown up on a scoreboard on a group chat and they may or may not be true. I mean, I've worked for all us companies where reps are just throwing up. I got six leads today where, you know, four of them were booked with people that didn't even own the home and the other two, they just put just to make them make themselves look good. So it's like, come on. You're not going to be able to know, happens all the timeSpeaker 3 (12:38):So much. Yeah. Yeah. So it's yeah, suicide. It, would've done it. It's done for you tracking. So, oh, I'm going to be secret sauce right now. I kind of had to do this as a rep or a company owner, but basically the first thing we accomplished with our enterprise setup is like, we literally will track your reps on over 45 different skillset points that we found in the industry, whether it's from door knocking specifically tailored to your business. And then we generate reports for your entire team on a weekly basis down to the rep. So you'll know exactly what's going on, um, what insights you need to make good decisions. So again, that's a, that's what we do there, but let's, let's keep moving and give them kind of the, uh, get back on track, give them the process on how to actually train and develop your skills. Um, let's do cool.Speaker 2 (13:28):Yeah. Um, so like, yeah, like we're talking about, I mean, you know, you set up a lot of these processes so you can get into the specifics, but I think the cool thing for me was just seeing the, um, interactive stuff that quizzes, um, I don't know about you, but I've gone through tons of video, you know, courses, trainings, things like that, just online courses where it's just a random video and then you're expected to remember all this to implement it. And half the time you don't even remember what you just watched. Um, so I think a big key in any training course is just actually getting tested on the material, getting quizzed and remembering it. So that's a big key that I thought was super impressive about what we've been able to develop within society. But yeah. What are some other things, James? Um, do you want to talk about that? And just other specific, I guess, training processes that were set up within that. Yeah.Speaker 3 (14:18):Yep. So, um, back to the conscious training thing, the way you combat this and really just accelerate your learning time, ridiculously is set a time, a minimum, I would say one hour is what I recommend with clients have each rep, or if you're listening as a rep set aside one hour where you dedicate all of your time, focusing attention to developing a skill, right? Um, best skill can be anything door-knocking presenting, whatever it is. Now, there are a couple of rules with skill development time I have for myself and our clients. We do this one. This needs to be private time. Okay. Zero distractions, nothing getting in your way. Like if you want to be really hyper effective here, it's gotta be all in. Laser-focus turn off the Facebook, turn off the notifications all in skill development, time. Second, this is not sales activities. Okay.Speaker 3 (15:09):So knocking doors doesn't count as your skill development time, right? Going on, presentations does not count. This is not actually talking to customers. That's where I don't see a lot of guys do this where they don't actually dedicate time to think about this way. If you're talking to a homeowner, right. Stuff's changing constantly, right? Something shows up, you've got to build rapport here. You're dynamically shifting you can't work on your skill set. In that case, you need to have a fixed variable. So sales activities don't count. And then third binge-watching courses and videos is not training time. This is what throws a lot of people off. Um, it's basically just entertainment, right? Just watching a bunch of videos back to back. And that's why we do things very differently with society to where it's just like 20 minute bite sized videos. It's not designed for you to binge watch all the videos in a weekend.Speaker 3 (16:06):It's to just choose one skill-based video, watch that implement it. Right. So that's what you want to do to set yourself up for success. Um, there's another tool with this. I like to use what I call a practice log. Okay. So this could be a digital version. This could be a paper version, whatever you want to do. I've been using this long before solar. It happens to work fantastic in sales. I actually learned this process, um, as a musician growing up as well. Um, so what you do is you document what you're training your specific outcomes, what you're working on specifically within each skillset on a daily basis during this hour. So you're productive. Um, the way I like to do it is simply just define my skill goal. So let's do it. You tailor, what's a skill that you'd like to work on and further develop right now with your sales.Speaker 2 (17:01):Um, I would say increasing my closing percentage. Yeah. Getting it up probably at about 40% right now. I want to get it up to more like 60 something.Speaker 3 (17:14):Okay, cool. So we want to set the clear outcome. We want to increase your close rate by 20%, right? Yeah. Perfect. So how do we know if we increase Taylor's close rate by 20%, we need to define that metric. So let's say that you go on 10 appointments. Right? We know that you're going to close four of them about right now on average. Right. So we know he needs to close two extra appointments. Right. Per what month week we define what we want to set. Right. If it's month, we say month, right? So you want to write these down, you got to get really granular, like how we do actually know the inquiry based it, make sure you're tracking those numbers right now to the training specifically. Right. What makes up a close, because closing is kind of a broad skill, right? I don't actually think closing is a skillset closing is handling rebuttals, handling objections and smoke screens. It's how your presentation works. Right. Right. So we need to identify like, what is the root cause that's causing Taylor's close rate to be 40% and not 60%. So let me ask you that Taylor, do you know or have a suspicion of what that root cause would be?Speaker 2 (18:37):Yeah. Um, I mean, I would say just based off of what I knew without tracking is super good. It's just getting in front of more qualified people because right now, I mean, I'll go to closes sometimes where it's like, there's a good chance. They're not even going to qualify. Um, so I guess stuff like that. And also if, um, you know, if the spouse isn't there, um, so I don't know. It just getting in front of more qualified people because my closing ratio can't increase. I'm not getting in front of, you know, like obviously my closing ratio is going to be less. If it's just talking to one spouse, it's not going to people that are lower credits. Um, if it's talking to people that have energy bills that are super low, those are all things that decrease it. So I don't know. I think for me, it's like also tracking most things like how many of these appointments are actually super qualified to even close. Um, yeah. That's just one thing I would think of that.Speaker 3 (19:39):Yeah, exactly. You answered it perfectly. So what's interesting here is Taylor thought he had a closed, a closing problem. He doesn't have a closing skill problem. This is where reps would make the mistake with this. And they go start working on like fancy closing lines and stuff like that. He doesn't have a problem with those lines. Right. He has an appointment setting skill issue at this point. So now we know, all right, the root causes appointment setting. That's what we need to spend our time on. Right. See how that works. Yeah. It's interesting. Cool. So we want to work backwards at this point. Okay. Go ahead.Speaker 2 (20:16):I was just going to say, that's probably a lot of, um, a lot of companies once they start actually tracking and getting deep into this data, it's probably like, what they'll realize is companies think they have one problem, but really it's another problem. Every day, prospecting, maybe it's getting more qualified leads. So that is interesting.Speaker 3 (20:34):Like, uh, so I used to own a marketing agency, right? Um, all the time we here in solar, I have lead problems. Right? I need more leads. I could tell you like seven to eight out of 10. It's not a lead issue. It's a offer issue. It's a branding issue. It's a training issue with their reps. They're not training the reps, how to self-generate even when they get the leads, they don't actually use them effectively. They waste 90 out of a hundred leads. Right? Um, boiling things down to its first principles is like a fundamental skill here. So how do we actually practice your appointment setting? That's what I want to talk about here. So we've got our practice log. We've set aside an hour to practice. Here's what we're going to do. We're going to divide our 60 minutes skill session into three more main parts.Speaker 3 (21:27):Okay. The first 20 minutes, we're going to work on what we call fundamental techniques, right? What are the like basic technical mechanics of setting an appointment? So in this case, this would be like how long the call should be when you're sending appointment, how long you should take on the door to set an appointment. Right. Um, what you're saying, the script itself, that's technical, that's fundamental the objections and FAQ's, that's technical and fundamental. So in this first 20 minutes, we're going to practice really just going through all of those processes. So like knowing your FAQ's just right off the bat, right? Somebody says, what if the solar panels get dirty? Boom, you can handle it without even thinking. Right? So in this 20 minute period, I'm going to go through my weak points. My FAQ's my, whatever it is, my scripts. And I'm just going to practice them. I'm going to say them out loud. I'm going to turn myself on camera right now. I'm going to practicing it that way. I'm going to record myself. I'm going to get my tonality. Right. I'm going to break down specifically what parts in there I'm missing. Whether it's tone, whether it's script, whether it's FAQ's right. We're getting very nitty gritty details for 20 minutes and just repeating that process. Right.Speaker 2 (22:43):That's you. Yeah. And this is another huge thing. I think companies, miss is just the recording aspect. Actually seeing what their reps are saying. Um, I just had another Laney, gray. I didn't, uh, he was on the episode. I think, I dunno, two episodes ago, he wrote the two door to door millionaire books. Um, but they add something. He talks about a lot in his trainings. You just actually having your reps record what they're saying on their doors, record their objection, handling and send it into their managers, sending it into the company owner, send it into the VP of sales and all that, because then they can actually diagnose and fix the problem. So that's something that I think is super powerful. What we're doing within societies. We're helping also companies set up that these systems bands, you know, get recordings from their reps, have them actually train effectively because how many people think they're out there, um, fall on the script, fall on how they were taught to handle the objections. And then you get out there, you listen. [inaudible] you saying? That's accountability.Speaker 3 (23:42):Accountability is a big problem with that, for sure. Yeah. So after we've, uh, worked on our fundamental techniques, right? The technical skills, that's only got to get us so far. Right next. We want to do modeling and reviewing. Okay. So the next 20 minutes, this is where your rep should be watching what your managers are doing. Hopping on a quick call with them, listening to recordings of themselves or managers or other people in S looks like specifically for the skill they're working on. This is where you review the game tape too. Right? They'll listen to their recordings. Hey, I don't like how I did this, the next practice session. They're going to work on that specific skill that identified, right. Um, the last 20 minutes is role play in implementation. So we want to make sure that we're practicing the new skills that we just learned in modeling.Speaker 3 (24:38):Right? And we're role-playing with somebody and accountability partner, right? So managers, other reps, people online and groups, whoever it is, you gotta be role-playing on a daily basis. Like this is another, just fundamental. Everybody misses, right? Sales is a predictability game, a consistency game, right? For every one day, two days, you miss selling, right? It's going to take you three to four days to make that skill up. If you go a year now, sell, watch what happens. Right. I've done the same thing too, where I go like six months, 12 months without like hopping on closing calls regularly, that skillset is almost shot, man. Like it goes down considerably and I have to get back in the ring. Right. Role playing actually going out there in the field more to get that skill place up. So that's kind of my skill session divided up into 60 minutes. Tech technique, 20 minutes modeling 20 minutes. Role-play 20 minutes.Speaker 2 (25:41):Yeah. That's awesome. It's funny how much it, yeah. I mean, James and I were both F from the music world, so I know your trumpet and stuff, but yeah, it just reminds me, it's so funny. You know, that's how practice sessions were divided up. It's like 20 minutes of technique. 20 minutes of, I dunno, improv, whatever 20 minutes of, um, whatever repertory you're working on. Yeah. It's the same stuff. And people forget about all these things in solar, but I think this is what separates truly the best from the people that are just staying where they're at is they're always working on these things. And you mentioned like, um, you know, even guys that are experienced, getting out and doing, taking cells calls, still doing role-plays. That reminds me of a story where I had my previous company. I had one of like, he was a VP of sales.Speaker 2 (26:26):He came out with me to a deal and I'm thinking, okay, this guy is going to close him. Like, no problem, 20 minutes we'll be in and out of the house, close them. And he hadn't gone to a close for probably, I don't know, maybe at least a couple months at that time. And he came to this close and he just, I mean, it was, it was okay, but he forgot a couple of crucial things. Number one, the husband was in the other room. He forgot to even invite the husband into the presentation. And, and then he, and then at the close you could tell he's just super uncomfortable. So I'm like, man, I thought this was going to be a 20 minute close. And what, at the time I was a newer rep. So I'm like, okay, he's probably doing this for a reason.Speaker 2 (27:05):He probably just knows. He's so good at closing that he didn't have to invite the spouse into the room. He's that good? So he didn't even need to invite them to get to the end. Like, no, I need to talk to my spouse. You get all the same objections. And I'm like, well, okay. That's what happens. Even guys that are, you know, at the top of their game, if they're not doing these things, they're going to be, there's no staying neutral. You're either getting better. You're getting worse. So that's, what's going to happen. Perfectly said. Yep. So yeah, I think that's a big thing we're trying to solve, but yeah. James, anything else that we're doing? I don't know, in the epic processes in society, uh, what, w what else are we missing? Anything else we're implementing to help, um, companies and reps improve their craft?Speaker 3 (27:48):So, I mean, I'll, I'll talk about a lot more on the specific company stuff, but the biggest benefit, um, in our program we've put together and what my company provides for Taylor as well as a content partner is the tracking, as I talked about accountability is second piece that most companies miss, you need to be holding your reps accountable for training, not on a monthly basis or a weekly, a daily basis. Okay? If you need, if we're asking and showing you right now, that training 60 minutes a day, right? You can plainly see on here, whether you take anything, what we're saying for real, or with a grain of salt, it doesn't matter. You can admit that if your reps were to train specifically on their weak points and their skills for 60 minutes a day, following this process, do you think they would get better at selling?Speaker 3 (28:38):That's an obvious answer. Yes. Right? The problem is most company owners don't believe their reps will actually put in the work with this and they don't want to babysit their reps with that. So that's where we actually come into play in our partnership. Me and Taylor here is we actually hold your reps accountable through what we call a pod check system, where they're actually holding each other accountable with quick five minute check-ins with each member of their team on a daily, consistent basis to make sure they're training and they're reaching their goals. Uh, the other part of this is just incentives at the end of the day, what are you actually rewarding and incentivizing as a business owner? And the biggest mistake, again, that not anybody, right? I'm not just picking on solar here, but it's for sure. And solar that's where I've learned this process.Speaker 3 (29:29):We're incentivizing only one outcome. Most of the time and that's sales, right? Most companies say, Hey, Taylor, go sell 10 deals. We'll buy you a Rolex or whatever. Well, Brent, you a Tesla for a year. The problem is that only incentivizes who like your top producers that know they're going to be able to do the action. The rest of your team is just like, screw it. Taylor's a rock star. I'm not going to even try. Right. This happens like every freaking time a sales contest. Um, and when I was a VP of sales, right? Um, a few years back, I was just like, dude, no matter how awesome the prizes cash, we did like a 25 grand in cash for like a month competition. One time, guess what? It's the same crap. Three reps out of the lot are actually motivated by it. Right? And what I realized is it's because we're incentivizing only results and results are so overwhelming and big to go and accomplish.Speaker 3 (30:31):Right? Our rep sees, he's got to go close 10, 15 deals to go on the company retreat. He's like, dude, I haven't even closed more than three deals. I'm not even going to have a freak. Am I going to make this happen? Right? This is why your numbers are so key, because guess what happens when you know your numbers? You can track activities and incentivize activities, not results. If you know, for a fact that going on 10 appointments as a rep is going to yield three, four closes, right? You can now place rewards right on appointment set. And not those deals where companies get scared with this is because they don't know their metrics. They don't have any trust in the system that an appointment is not just going to get fudged to get a quick reward. If you have accountability with your reps and you know, they can't be asked you all right, you can incentivize whatever you want to do, right. Make the barrier super low. So that's the final piece. We do the same thing. Um, with society, we help you craft really unique and specific incentives to your team that will actually motivate them and use action motivations and incentives rather than just results. So yeah,Speaker 2 (31:42):So powerful guys. So this is key whether you get on society or not, it's something that every company needs to be thinking about is just how can we better develop these systems? How can we better, better develop our reps to get the maximum efficiency out of them? Because if you're not doing these things, that's a big reason. You're losing reps. Companies are losing reps. It's like pouring water into a basket. You have 10 holes in the basket. If you don't have these processes and systems set up, set up, the water's just leaking out the ends of it. I mean, right now, or a matter of fact, our company's doing this exact thing. We have a, uh, Conor McGregor tickets set up for the weekend. Um, but you have to close six deals. So that's great. And yet it's going to motivate the top guys. But how about the guys that have never closed more than two deals in a week, or that have only closed one deal a week?Speaker 2 (32:28):It's like, you need to have these top incentives, but you also need to be rewarding. These little things, these mini habits as guys like Michael Donald stuff, like he's come on and talked about these things. But what are these little actions that you can reward that are going to lead to the big actions? Because not everyone's going to go out and hit six deals in their first, first week. So how can you also give them incentives? How can you motivate them? And then how can you track and set all the systems in place? Because most companies that I've seen just, I mean, they don't even know how to check their incentives. And it happens there at every company I've been with. It's like, you could talk to any rep there they've been, oh yeah, I won this incentive, but I didn't get paid out on it. Um, no keeping JackSpeaker 3 (33:09):I've personally owed a lot of prizes from back when I was selling full time.Speaker 2 (33:17):No, and I know perhaps that's the worst thing you want to do is have to go, you know, beg gear, your manager, credibilitySpeaker 3 (33:21):As a sales leader, just tanks, man. Culture just goes down. Like, why would you even want to participate in the next contest? I know. And it's not that they don'tSpeaker 2 (33:31):Want to, but it's just, they don't. Yeah, they don't, they probably don't need to know who won it. They don't have a system set in a place to track that. And then they just forget. So it's important to have someone in charge of this. And then if not, I mean, yeah. I consider her and getting on society. That's what we're trying to help companies do is really set up these systems and then track up for them. So you don't have to worry about all this. You don't have to remember it. And then we're going to help you put these systems in place and actually get reps rewarded for these little actions that they're taking. So super powerful stuff. Um, go set it up, figure out a way to do it. And James, I think we've covered quite a bit. Are there any, anything else that, um, I don't know you wanted to cover that I didn't think of. No.Speaker 3 (34:12):Well, I think, uh, I'm looking forward to putting out some solo episodes, um, to really dive deep on some of these concepts. So. Awesome.Speaker 2 (34:20):Yeah. So we're looking for it. Let us know what you thought of this guys, especially for, uh, you know, company owners. Um, let us know if there's things that you struggle with. Cause that's what James is going to be doing. Um, you know, specific episodes on is things that companies struggle with and things that we can help them improve as far as systems and processes. So at James, thanks for coming on. Um, guys, we'll be hearing more of you and we had a few, uh, sorry. We had some wifi issues. So apologize if there was some, a blitz blips in the audio, but we will get that figured out for next time. Um, so set that up and James, any final words you wanted to share before we talk next time? Okay. I guys, well, we will see you on the next show. Thanks for tuning in. And then if you are a rep, that's listening to this, make sure to send it to your company owners so they can also work on these things. Cause I know that's another problem is company owners. Aren't listening to this podcast, I'll send it to your company. Owners, send it to the guys that do need help setting up these systems. And that's it guys. So James, can we talk some more and we'll see you guys on the next one.Speaker 1 (35:24):Hey Solarpreneurs. Quick question. What if you could surround yourself with the industry's top performing sales pros, marketers, and CEOs, and learn from their experience and wisdom in less than 20 minutes a day. For the last three years, I've been placed in the fortunate position to interview dozens of elite solar professionals and learn exactly what they do behind closed doors to build their solar careers to an all-star level. That's why I want to make a truly special announcement about the new solar learning community, exclusively for solar professionals to learn, compete, and win with the top performers in the industry. And it's called Solciety. 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We started off talking about a few different topics but we settled in to a very meaningful conversation about Fate, Destiny, Choices, Life, and death,  and how they are all closely related.  We consider how no one is ever ready for the next step in whatever path they are on until AFTER they take it,  and how knowing the difference between fate and destiny can help you perform at your highest level no matter what your endeavor.  The three stoic principles of Memento Mori, Memento Viviere, and Amor Fati help encapsulate this Perfectly.  One of our favorite discussions to date and we hope you will love it just as much as we did.

Several years ago Kait started wrestling with the complex and nuanced topics of gender, faith, and sexuality. In this process, she noticed that so many of her influences came from being told corporately what to believe, versus having true, meaningful relationships with people actually wrestling with these topic. So she decided to change that. She started having more conversations with her gay and trans* friends. She purposefully had numerous in depth-conversations with Christians who ranged all across the board theologically when it came to this topic. Within this journey there have been a lot of both practical and theological questions she has had to research and wrestle with. But what she couldn't get past in all her years of wrestling were the STORIES she heard behind every single LGBTQ+ individual she came in contact with. Stories of pain… of being abandoned… of feeling suicidal…of being so painfully confused...of being kicked out of their church… of being shunned and unaccepted by their own friends and families…of not feeling heard...of feeling like they were all alone in their journeys. Today, as a podcast focused on love and relationships, the Heart of Dating embarks on a journey to share some of these beautiful stories. Our ultimate goal is to create a safe and compassionate environment for all LGBTQ+ people as well as anyone currently wrestling with their sexuality or gender identity….many of whom may feel marginalized and ostracized by religion today. We also hope this series will expand your mindset, ignite a fiery compassion on your hearts, and will challenge you to come alongside those in your life who identify as LGBTQ+ with more love and grace. If you are thinking you will walk away from this series with all your questions answered and feel PERFECTLY equipped, well my friends, that just is not realistic. This series is meant to be a conversation STARTER. We pray it motivates you to continue on the journey and feel more equipped to have healthy, nuanced, compassionate dialogues on the topics of faith, sexuality and gender. We need to feel the weight and the real lives of a diverse mix of REAL people from the stories of the guests being featured on this series. WHY? Because these stories are the reality for so many. Oftentimes our LBGTQ+ brothers and sisters do not feel the weight of our compassion, our hearts to understand, our hearts to come alongside of them… they only hear our hearts to change them, shun them, or disagree with them. We have found that it is especially paramount that we lead with compassion above all and HEAR every word that the guests have to share about their stories and experience as Christian men and women. It can become easy- especially if you're straight and have not struggled with same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria- to talk about ALL of this as an issue or an argument to win. But as our dear friend Preston Sprinkle says, even if you land theologically with a transitionally christian view of marriage, might we implore you to consider that your truth will never be heard until your grace and compassion are felt.  Today we invite you to lean in and listen.  Seek to understand that which you have not understood before you make judgments or seek to change. We are embarking into the grey together with LOVE, GRACE, COMPASSION, and an open heart to see others the way God sees them. Welcome to Season 7 of the Heart of Dating Podcast.

How to Respond to a Rejection [Show summary] Admissions guru Linda Abraham highlights four reasons that could cause a rejection and offers concrete, practical suggestions for moving forward.  How to Respond to a Rejection [Show notes] Some of you are unfortunately facing a fistful of dings at the moment. Some of you haven't heard definitively. You are either in waitlist limbo, or just waiting to hear an answer, any answer, to your applications this year. But you know that rejection is still a distinct possibility. How can you respond to rejection? How should you respond to rejection?  Normally I like to be positive and upbeat, and I will get positive and upbeat a little later, but of course, rejection is something that applicants have to deal with.And it isn't positive or upbeat. And therefore I want to deal with it on the podcast. But before we get to the main topic, I want to mention that one of the challenges of admissions is showing that you both fit in at your target schools and stand out in the applicant pool. Accepted's free download, Fitting In & Standing Out: The Paradox at the Heart of Admissions will show you how to do both. Master this paradox and you are well on your way to Accepted. Download the free guide. Today's podcast episode is a solo show, and I'm going to give a little high-level encouragement and then get down to brass tacks advice on what you should do as you approach re-application if you choose to reapply. Rejection reality  [2:16] Let's face it, I'm not Pollyanna: Rejection is disappointing. It's frustrating. Maybe a little embarrassing, because you told people you were applying. Acknowledge those negative feelings, but don't wallow in them. Acknowledge them. You put a lot of effort into this year's application, you spent money, you invested time, you invested emotionally in this endeavor and you're disappointed. What can I tell you? It's legitimate. Some of you may feel that this is the end of the road for your particular career dream. Maybe you've applied before, maybe you find rejection to be a terrible blow.  Realize that rejection is disappointing. There's no question about it. Perfectly legitimate to feel that way. It is a setback but it is not a tragedy. No one has died, no blood has been spilled, no limbs have been lost, you haven't lost your livelihood or anything close to it. What about my dreams and goals? [3:12] You might respond to me and say, "But what about my dreams, my goals?!?!" I have two thoughts for you on that.  You may not need to give up your dreams and goals. You may decide to reapply. We'll get into that and how to do that effectively later on in the podcast. You may apply to different schools or programs that are easier to get into, and that still support your goal. You may decide to achieve your goals in another way that doesn't require a graduate degree. Or the second thought is, you may need to modify your dreams and goals and replace them with new dreams. In other words, re-dream, instead of reapply. I can tell you that there have been many times when my husband and I seemingly hit a dead end on a dream and had to re-dream, we adjusted. And you know what happened? Things worked out better than we had ever hoped with our original dream. For an example of an applicant who had to dream differently, please check out accepted.com/234 for the story of Andrea Benedict who had to abandon her dream of becoming a physician to become a PA instead, and absolutely loves her work and her career. Let's say you acknowledge that you're rejected, there's no question about it. What should you do? Give yourself an hour or two, maybe even a day or two, to be down and then move on. In fact, pat yourself on the back, for your effort and initiative and applying in the first place. You tried to improve your skills through education, you tried to move forward, you tried to grow and improve. That effort deserves to be acknowledged and praised and I...

JOIN THE DARK ORDER! Tommy End is very much the zeitgeist of pro wrestling at the moment, so we made a wee change in our schedule to include an episode featuring him. It's time to find out how Tommy End would fit PERFECTLY into AEW's Dark Order.  Honestly speaking, this may be one of Bryce's favorite episodes he's ever written. It's certainly the longest, with the highest word count for any Making Kayfabe booking ever pulled together. If you're not a big AEW fan, don't worry, in the catch-up we provide the important history of the Dark Order, as well as how Tommy End would fit perfectly into it.  ENJOY!    WANT TO SUPPORT MAKING KAYFABE? We're on Patreon! Subscribe today for as little as £5 per month to unlock 6 exclusive Making Kayfabe re-bookings, with more coming each month. www.patreon.com/makingkayfabe   Making Kayfabe is presented, written and produced by Bryce Kitcher and Dylan Copeland. It is edited by Bryce Kitcher using Mixcraft 5. Episode art by Tyler Mortimer @ Blank Page Digital.    TWITTER: www.twitter.com/MakingKayfabe EMAIL: makingkayfabe@gmail.com   Our Intro/Outro Music is Digital Dream (Azureflux Remix) by Starbox www.freemusicarchive.org   The background music during Kayfabe Tombola is Roots [Loop] by Visager www.freemusicarchive.org   The music for breaks between show segments is Old Video Game Music” by  David Fesliyan www.fesliyanstudios.com   Also featured on this episode is "Lex Villena - Dissonance" (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/lex-villena/single/dissonance), "Mumbos Mountain 8Bit Remix" by Tater-Tot Tunes (https://youtu.be/tJhXvF3QiJQ), "Root of All Evil" by Code Orange, "Ghost Town Triumph"- Hangman Adam Page AEW Entrance Theme | AEW Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0ilkux9_M), "Masters of the Universe Theme [8 Bit Tribute to He-Man & Masters of the Universe]" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu9QK95-Yuo) and "Whats Up? (He-Man heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa) [8 Bit Tribute to 4 Non Blondes & He-Man] - 8 Bit Universe" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOt7Nmm_PzM). This is the Tommy END.   Cheers m'dears, Bryce and Dylan

Tal Ziv, a performance psychologist who has worked with some of the best pro drivers and engineers in the business. Tal comes highly recommend to the show by previous guest Jorge Segers [Ep.26/27]. But what is really the contribution of psychology in racing? Where is the link to lap time on the track? The motorsports community has long survived without this kind of expertise so where is the gap now and how can it really help your performance? A subject that doesn't often get talked about, particularly in terms of performance improvement, its a fascinating show and I hope you get a lot from it. So grab a notepad, grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy. [4:14] Where Do You Start With This Stuff? [10:20] Dealing With Nerves [17:18] The Importance Of Patience [30:50] Do Mental Recovery, Like You Do Muscle Recovery [33:33] Finding More Confidence On Track -- Links mentioned in the show: - Contact Tal Ziv https://www.talziv.net/en/blog - Also on instagram https://www.instagram.com/talziv_sportpsychologist/ - Learn motorsports data analysis https://www.yourdatadriven.com/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-motorsports-data-analysis/ -- Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com

Can you distill your brand's north star into just three words? Here's how Twitter has evolved with their "What's happening?" tweet prompt and brand north star / tagline since 2014. In 2016, Twitter recategorized their app in the App Store from a social networking app to a news app, and went from number five to number one. Highly strategic. Perfectly aligned marketing vision. Twitter CMO Leslie Berland wrote in a company blog post announcing the accompanying 2016 ad campaign promoting Twitter as the app for news: “Twitter is where you go to see what's happening everywhere in the world right now." Challenge: define your brand or product in just three words. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jace and Jay give a rundown on some of the books they have read for the week of June 9, 2021 spoiler-free. Maniac of New York concludes, but it is only the end of the first story arc. There is more Harry coming! Bunny Mask is an incredibly engaging and intriguing story that will pull you right in. Geiger fills on more of the the backstory of our main character, plus it shows us that Geiger may be one of those people who need to bed needed. Babyteeth continues to be fantastic in its return. The story has always balanced he action with incredible relationship drama and that hasn't changed. Ant may not have been worth the wait, we will let you decide, but knowing Erik Larson is brining her back is welcome news. The Good Asian is a good read! Perfectly period noir with accurately depicted racial strife that is all too relatable, great book! Finally Jace also lets you know what other books are out this week you may want to be on the lookout for. 

The pipeline got some hacker money back. Internet outage. Perfectly legal things that should be illegal. Online recipes. Colored wristbands to non-verbally let someone know your comfort level with physical contact.

Simon Hayes a personal trainer who's worked at all levels of motorsports, starting out with Williams in F1 and now focused on Indycars, with drivers such as Ryan Hunter-Ray and Kathrine Legge. We discuss the impact of fitness on your driving. How to find time for exercise in your busy schedule. Nutrition and how to make sure you're getting what you need. Specific types of exercises you can try and even a unique piece of kit he uses that Simon would rather his competitors didn't know about ... The show is packed full of actionable advice and takeaways for you to try. Many are much easier than you might think. So grab a notepad, grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy. [6:44] Where To Start (And How To Stick With) With Fitness And Training [12:11] How To Prepare For And Manage Your Day At The Track For Best Performance [21:58] What Makes A Good Quality Exercise (Even Without Equipment) [25:07] Simons Secret Piece Of Exercise Equipment [29:32] Specific Exercises You Can Do At The Track To Warm Up -- Links mentioned in the show: - Simon Hayes personal training website https://www.performancephysixx.com/ - Simon Hayes articles giving specific motorsports exercise tips - https://flowracers.com/blog/author/shkinad/ - How high does your heart rate go during a test day - https://www.yourdatadriven.com/how-high-does-a-race-drivers-heart-rate-go/ - Fitness exercises for when you're short in time - https://www.yourdatadriven.com/driver-fitness-a-home-workout-when-you-have-limited-time/ -- Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. (Numbers 25:1-3) 238 Now, what did Balaam do when he found out that he couldn't—that he couldn't curse Israel? He told Balac it would be a good idea, then, for him to invite these people to the festival of the god. They had a—they had a—a great festival up there, they were…where they were going to have. And they…The festival was called “The feast of Baal-p-e-o-r, Baal-peor.” I suppose p-…peor, Baal-peor. It was a—a feast, to worship. 239 And Balaam said, “Now, I'll tell you, Balac, I'll give you a good idea. If you'll just…if you…God won't curse them, that's all there is to it, so I'll tell you what we'll do. We can't get rid of them; but if you'll just invite them over, you'll swing the whole thing your way.” 240 See, exactly, exactly what Constantine did. Perfectly! That's the reason “the doctrine of Balaam.” 241 What did they do? They then…Balac's teaching come down amongst Israel. And they invited all the Israelites up to this big feast, the big blowout they had. Oh, some big party, shindig of a thing up there they had. And when they got up there, why, these Israelite people begin to see these pretty, sexy-dressed Moabite women. Yes, wasn't like their common girls down there. “Oh, they looked so pretty. My! How they were made and, oh, how they could show themselves.” And they fell for it, and begin to commit adultery. And Balaam knowed if God wouldn't curse them, he'd take them over on this denominational side and cause the anger of God to kill them anyhow; let God kill them Hisself, if he could ever get them out of the way of the Truth. 242 And as soon as you walk out and join a church instead of receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost, you're dead! (Not for you, but on here, I'm letting that soak a little while.) Dead! “You have a name,” said to Luther here, of the Sardis Age. The word Sardis means “dead.” “You have a name that you're alive, but you're dead!” That's what God said. Yeah. See? 243 And when they had committed spiritual fornications up there, the church married from the baptism of the Holy Ghost to a denomination, they become dead. There you are. That's what the Bible said, that's what God said, speaking to the churches. 244 Now I want to just read something here to you, that I… 245 And God, what did He do? And now when they did this evil thing, and they were in adultery, God killed forty-two thousand of them at one time; forty-two thousand, for committing adultery. And what is it spoke of here in the church? The spiritual adultery, that you profess to be a “Christian” and still living like the world. Oh, brother, receive ye the Holy Ghost! Get away from these old creeds and things you…they're dead; recite the Apostles' Creed, or some kind of a creed, and say a few prayers wrote out of a prayer book, or something like that. Jesus never did tell His people to say a prayer, He said, “Pray!” Pray! All right. 60-1207 - "The Pergamean Church Age" Rev. William Marrion Branham ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order your own copy of the Family Altar at http://store.bibleway.org Appreciate what we do? Consider supporting us: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/support

As we fly into our practice can we let go of any expection as to how things might unfold? Can we be completely open to the present moment. Vulnerable courage. Perfectly imperfect. An emphasis on shoulders and upper back. Expect to spread your wings in locust pose, eagle pose, crow pose and heron's pose. Optional prop: cushion or blanket. Thank you dear yogis. Namaste. My website: https://www.sonsieyoga.com/ My patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sonsieYOGA --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yogaonthego/support

Jorge Segers, pro race engineer and author, joins us to discuss how you can get more from your data. Famous within the industry for writing one of the seminal texts on race car data analysis, Jorge helps us understand how you should approach and apply data to improve your performance. A special 2 part show, this is part 2. 0:54 What Are Racing Drivers Looking For In Their Data? 6:49 How To Manage Criticising The Driver 10:23 What To Look At When Driver Is Not Confident 13:12 The Slower Corners Are The Most Important ... 17:00 Wet Setup Secrets -- Links mentioned in the show - Jorge Segers book - Analysis Techniques For Racecar Data Analysis - https://amzn.to/3ozj3Cn - Contact Jorge https://js-engineering.webnode.nl/ -- Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com

Perfectly coinciding with his new EP release for the label, this week's Selador Session comes courtesy of UK producer James Harcourt. Enjoy :) James Harcourt 'The Fireglow' EP is Out Now.. BEATPORT DOWNALOAD : https://www.beatport.com/release/the-fireglow-ep/3380812 SPOTIFY STREAM : https://open.spotify.com/album/0L1Dwh7XP8jitUq4iSM8En?si=wB1hPAZVT46fsnv77dZ2Eg Tracklist.. 1. BT - Remember (Framewerk Rewerk) 2. James Harcourt / ASYN - Resistor 3. Lost Souls of Saturn - Midnight Karma (Carl Craig C2 Freak Remix) [Holoverse Research Labs] 4. Heik - Eunoia [Renaissance] 5. James Harcourt - Acceptance 6. Audiojack - Feels Good [Crosstown Rebels] 7. James Harcourt - Fireglow [Selador] 8. James Harcourt – Hydra 9. Lana Del Rey - Doin Time (Patrice Bäumel Remix) 10. James Harcourt / ASYN - Insider 11. Julian Wassemann / ARTCHE - Night Rider (6am Mix) [Atlant]

Jorge Segers, pro race engineer and author, joins us to discuss how you can get more from your data. Famous within the industry for writing one of the seminal texts on race car data analysis, Jorge helps us understand how you should approach and apply data to improve your performance. A special 2 part show, this is part 1. 5:52 To Dance Or To Motor Race? 8:50 Writing A Book For A Sim Racing Game ... 14:03 Getting The Most From Data At The Track 21:34 Translating Knowledge Into Laptime 26:46 Working The Best Line Around A Track -- Links mentioned in the show - Jorge Segers book - Analysis Techniques For Racecar Data Analysis - https://amzn.to/3ozj3Cn - Contact Jorge https://js-engineering.webnode.nl/ -- Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com

Swlf love means accepting your truest self. as you are. Perfectly imperfect.

Perfectly coinciding with his new EP release for the label, this week's Selador Session comes courtesy of UK producer James Harcourt. Enjoy :) James Harcourt 'The Fireglow' EP is Out Now.. BEATPORT DOWNALOAD : www.beatport.com/release/the-fireglow-ep/3380812 SPOTIFY STREAM : open.spotify.com/album/0L1Dwh7XP8…ZVT46fsnv77dZ2Eg Tracklist.. 1. BT - Remember (Framewerk Rewerk) 2. James Harcourt / ASYN - Resistor 3. Lost Souls of Saturn - Midnight Karma (Carl Craig C2 Freak Remix) [Holoverse Research Labs] 4. Heik - Eunoia [Renaissance] 5. James Harcourt - Acceptance 6. Audiojack - Feels Good [Crosstown Rebels] 7. James Harcourt - Fireglow [Selador] 8. James Harcourt – Hydra 9. Lana Del Rey - Doin Time (Patrice Bäumel Remix) 10. James Harcourt / ASYN - Insider 11. Julian Wassemann / ARTCHE - Night Rider (6am Mix) [Atlant] This show is syndicated & distributed exclusively by Syndicast. If you are a radio station interested in airing the show or would like to distribute your podcast / radio show please register here: https://syndicast.co.uk/distribution/registration

Perfectly sandwiched between Mother's Day and Father's Day, this episode tackles all things parenthood. Shannon Parola joins me on the podcast this week as we chat all things geek parenting. Shannon runs the amazing geek and fandom website The Game of Nerds as well as her family blog, The VIParolaz. She's a career nanny and childcare coach and brings her insight to the podcast as we talk about everything from growing up geek to fears and anxieties about parenting in 2021. What to expect when you're expecting? The unexpected! This is a casual conversation for all the parents, aspiring parents, or parental figures out there looking to be a positive role model for the upcoming generations. May the force be with you, parents! & may you enjoy this week's episode just for you! Check out The Game of Nerds podcast: https://thegameofnerds.com/category/podcast/ Follow Shannon on VIParolaz: https://www.theviparolaz.com/ Listen to the Pop Culture Junkie Podcast: http://popculturejunkie.com/listen Enter Hayley's 1k Giveaway on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thirtynerdythriving/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thirtynerdythriving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thirtynerdythriving/support

What is WWE doing with Bianca Belair? They are slowly ruining her character with her first feud going into Backlash with Bayley, and I explain why. With WWE Backlash this weekend, Roman Reigns is sending Jimmy Uso after Cesaro but haven't we seen this tired formula in every Roman Reigns feud? Is WWE starting to lose creativity in booking Roman Reigns heel run as Universal Champion? Also, the Women's Tag Team Championship will defended as Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax take on Tamina Snuka and Natalya. It honestly doesn't even matter who wins because the Women's Division is a complete disaster. Is WWE brining back the King Of The Ring Tournament? If so, I explain PERFECTLY how I would book it. Also, new on Aleister Black moving back to Monday Night Raw because WWE wants to "freshen" things up.  WWE SmackDown post show & full show review, results, and highlights with JDfromNY (@JDfromNY206) WWE SmackDown May 14, 2021 Full Match Card: - Cesaro vs Jimmy Uso - Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler vs Tamina Snuka & Natalya - Rey Mysterio vs Dolph Ziggler - King Corbin vs Shinsuke Nakamura BECOME AN OTS VIP: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5qSUdhxQMdFm7AjXt-QDxg/join Socials 

This week our Guest Tess is the king of Melbourne Radio - MARTY SHEARGOLD!! Perfectly timed to discuss his Roos celebrating their first win of the year!!  Which fundamental force is helping Essendon? Who is subtly pregnant? Who killed JFK? Should Danny quit stand up to help the Dogs win? We tackle all the big issues! Find us on socials: Facebook: They Came To Play Lehmo: Twitter / Instagram Tess: Twitter / Instagram Danny: Twitter / Instagram / Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TRIGGERED is the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the May 2021 BLACK Filmmakers Feedback Film Festival. Perfectly executed, TRIGGERED takes us on a visual rollercoaster of music and movement, processing the emotional impact of social media from the inside out. WATCH the film for FREE at the festival streaming all day Sunday HERE. Conversation with multi-talented artist Ariyan Johnson on the process of making this film from idea to final product. At the end she also shares her time acting on the 6 month shoot of BULWORTH (1998), directed and starring Warren Beatty. Follow WILDsound Podcasts on all social media channels: @wildsoundpodSubmit to the festival anytime via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestivalSubscribe via Twitter: https://twitter.com/wildsoundfest

People in the south LOVE Waffle House, but is it really as good as we think it is? Davi came across a TikTok video that PERFECTLY explains what it's like recommending Waffle House to your non-southern friends.Plus, Moe finally took his sisters and our Producer Keity's advice and created a TikTok. At first, he didn't think his account would take off, but it did! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Scott Drawer has working at UK Sport, England Rugby, Team Sky and is currently Director of Sport at Millfield School - where Lando Norris went to school! He joins us on the show to share his story and give you an insight into how top teams operate. Scott Drawer lifts the lid on the myths around marginal gains and gives you the real context behind how you can benefit from the best performance planning philosophies. A fast paced show that gives you an outside perspective, new ways of thinking and how you can learn from top athletes. 7:29 What people never understand about "Marginal Gains" (and why that's relevant in motorsports) 20:10 Characteristics of multiple champions: Defining goals and finding your game face! 22:42 Role, definition and value of coaches and coaching. 26:02 Coping with nerves: Pressure as a privilege. Breathing skills. 30:40 Practising every element of performance Links mentioned in the show - Scott Drawer on linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-drawer-a1578b4 - Millfield School https://www.millfieldschool.com/ -- Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ www.yourdatadriven.com

Obviously, your voice matters on many levels. Your opinion, your beliefs, being assertive, and the like. But what about your real, literal, actual speaking voice? Well my guest is not only a bona fide voice coach, she has the real-world street cred to back it up. As fortune would have it, she was basically the real-life Anna from 'The King And I', having been hired by the King of Thailand to teach his son, the prince. Despite her many adventures, rest assured that Kelly is not only down-to-earth, she indeed 'talks the talk' with a mellifluous voice in her own right. In this episode, you'll not only discover why even the subtle nuances of your voice are so important, but also how and why it'll make or break how attractive you are to women. For starters, what are the building blocks of your speaking voice? Why is it that most of do not like the sound of our own voice? What does our voice subcommunicate about who we are? How does our voice fluctuate based on a variety of societal and environmental conditions? What are some examples of chronically unattractive voice types, and how do we make sure they do NOT affect us? Is it okay to have a unique, or even quirky voice? Why does tuning our voice matter especially much to English speakers? And once and for all, what is it about a man's voice that turns women on sexually at the most primal level...and why? How does improving our masculine voice help us in other areas of life? What if we have an accent...should we change it, or capitalize upon it? And of course, what do you do if you sense you need to work on your voice? Download all the free goodies and get on my calendar to talk to me personally FREE for 25 minutes at http://mountaintoppodcast.com === HELP US SEND THE MESSAGE TO GREAT MEN EVERYWHERE === We'll keep the solid, actionable content coming...all for free. If you love what you hear, please give us a 'thumbs up' by rating the show (takes one second) and leaving us a review. As we say here in Texas, we appreciate you!

Katie Sturino is a true powerhouse and the ultimate advocate for women! Whilst her start in luxury PR sounded like a dream job, life at Chanel and Dolce and Gabbana was far from a fairytale. By 25 Katie realized that going it alone was the power move she needed to play and to do it her way! She started her own PR firm, launched the career of the original “dog of Instagram'' her beloved Toast and amassed an army of followers with her body positivity posts. Katie has used her platform to start conversations with brands to increase their offering and be more size inclusive. Her hilarious videos are as engaging as they are effective. Taking the shame off of women and shifting the blame onto brands for not catering to all women. But she didn’t stop there, after years of shopping for personal care products targeted at women’s needs she found herself staring at shelves full of jock itch powder and wondering why nothing was for the girls! It was there that she was compelled to create MegaBabe! Perfectly packaged powerful products that solve issues like chafing thighs and sweaty boobs initially had people giggling and doubting... but Katie laughed all the way to Target and Ulta where they sit on the shelves in every store! Now Katie has written a body positivity journal workbook Body Talk: How to Embrace Your Body and Start Living Your Best Life. If she is not the definition of Mega Babe I don’t know who is! 

On this episode of the Healthy, Wealthy and Smart Podcast, I welcome Tricia Brouk to talk about how to land a TEDx Talk. Tricia is an international award-winning director, author, speaking coach, and podcast coach.  In this episode, we discuss: What is a TED talk? How do you get chosen? Why do you need to vet organizers? What makes an exceptional TED talk? How do you prepare?   Resources: Round Table Talks   Tricia's Website: Tricia Brouk   www.TheBigTalkAcademy.com   www.speakersalonapplication.com   Tricia's Social Media:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Twitter   Instagram   YouTube   Podcast   More About Tricia:  Tricia Brouk is an international award-winning director. She has worked in theater, film, and television for three decades. Her work includes the writing of two musicals, both produced in New York City, a one-woman show, and four documentaries, two eligible for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominations. She had an extensive career as a dancer performing all over the world. In addition to her work in the entertainment industry, Tricia applies her expertise to the art of public speaking. Tricia founded The Big Talk Academy where she certifies speakers in the art of public speaking. She was the executive producer of Speakers Who Dare and TEDxLincolnSquare and now The Big Talk Live. She has shepherded more than fifty speakers onto more than fifteen TEDx stages in under three years. She is currently being featured in a new documentary called Big Stages, which highlights the transformation of her speakers. Tricia’s commitment and devotion to inclusion is a priority as all of her shows, events, and communities are diverse. She curates and hosts the Speaker Salon in NYC, The Big Talk, an award-winning podcast on iTunes and YouTube. She directed and produced The Big Talk Over Dinner: Race and Immigration that premiered at the Be Your Best Self Expo in 2020. She was awarded Top Director of 2019 by the International Association of Top Professional and is relentless about her vision of amplifying voices all over the world. Her book, The Influential Voice: Saying What You Mean For Lasting Legacy was #1 New Release on Amazon in December 2020. Tricia lives in New York City with her husband, Joe Ricci, and their two cats, Lola and Bella. Their building faces the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater where she gets to watch young dancers realize their dreams every single day.   Subscribe to Healthy, Wealthy & Smart: Website:   https://podcast.healthywealthysmart.com Apple Podcasts:       https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-wealthy-smart/id532717264 Spotify:                      https://open.spotify.com/show/6ELmKwE4mSZXBB8TiQvp73 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/healthywealthysmart Stitcher:  https://www.stitcher.com/show/healthy-wealthy-smart iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-healthy-wealthy-smart-27628927   Read the full transcript here: Speaker 1 (00:01): Hi, Tricia. Welcome back to the podcast. Third time. Third time on I'm so excited to have you here. Speaker 2 (00:08): I am so excited to be birth. Third time, Karen, it's always awesome to talk with you. Speaker 1 (00:14): Agreed, agreed. Awesome to talk to you. Not to me. Now this month we're talking all about TEDx talks, how to get on that stage. We've spoken to, we're going to speak to a couple of TEDx speakers, which I'm really excited about and you help prepare speakers for the TEDx stage. So we've got a lot to talk about. My number one question is what is a Ted talk? Speaker 2 (00:43): This is such a great question. And for anybody out there who really wants to dig deep and go into the world of Ted Chris Anderson's book, the official guide to public speaking, Ted talks, the official guide to public speaking is really the place that you need to go. A Ted doc is an 18 minute or less talk. And Chris Anderson actually says, 12 is the new 18. It is a gift, not an anus. It is an idea, not an issue. And you want the audience to adopt your idea as their own. At the end of this talk, a Ted talk is an idea worth spreading, and it is really meant to get the audience to think differently. And there's very specific format and outline when it comes to what a Ted talk is. And I highly recommend you dig deeper with Chris Anderson's book. Speaker 1 (01:37): Yeah. And for those who are watching here, it is. I just happened to have it coincidentally right on my bookshelf next to me. So this is the book. Great. And, and because I do want to differentiate that a Ted talks, not a keynote talk, Speaker 2 (01:54): Right? A Ted talk is 18 minutes or less, and it's really all about getting the audience to think differently. A keynote is 45 to 60 minutes long, and the keynote is going to start out by you telling the audience why you're the credible expert to talk about this idea. You're going to share with us what you're going to cover. Then you're going to cover it. Then you're going to summarize what you covered. And then there's a very clear call to action, which is buy my book, sign up for my program, donate to a worthy cause. And when you're thinking about that in relationship to a Ted talk, it is so different because literally you can open a Ted style, talk with music. This is how I see the world though, through Spiaggia trickle lens, you can open with music with video, with compelling slides. And it's really about taking the audience on a journey from where you start. What is the idea worth spreading that you want the audience to think about, taking them on a personal journey, your personal story, or someone else's personal story, and then wrapping up so that they think differently and potentially walk out of that theater, adopting idea, adopting your way of thinking as their own and maybe even behaving differently in the world. Speaker 1 (03:06): Yeah. And I, a great example of that is a Ted talk from Ted X, Lincoln square that you produced on forgiveness. You know, the one, I mean, right. Speaker 2 (03:18): I do Sarah Montana, one of the most compelling speakers I've ever had on my stage, she applied to TEDx Lincoln square with a talk about forgiveness. The idea was about forgiveness and how do we teach people to forgive? We all know forgiveness is important. It's good for our health. It's really important, but nobody teaches you how to do it. So in her application, the written application, she submitted her talk about forgiveness with a personal story that her mother and brother were murdered on Christmas Eve. And I thought, how in the world is this woman going to be able to share an idea worth spreading from the stage where I don't feel bad, the audience doesn't feel bad. We are not just sad hearing her talk about this horrible tragedy in her life. So I gave myself the challenge Garren, I thought, okay, I'm going to challenge myself and ask her to submit a video because I could not imagine how this story could be shared in a way that was an idea we're spreading. Speaker 2 (04:22): That would get me to think differently. All I could focus on was the trauma. So she submitted this incredible video and what was wonderful about this, and this is really an important takeaway here. She was healed from the trauma. She did not share a vulnerable story before she was ready. And she was able to tell us the story. So she set up context and then take us on the journey of her journey of forgiveness and how she ended up forgiving so that we could potentially put into motion, her practices of forgiveness into our own lives. And that is an incredible example of someone who is sharing a powerful idea, worth spreading, also giving context and her personal journey so that we can observe as the audience member not feel bad, but observe and adopt this idea as our own. Speaker 1 (05:19): Yeah, I, it was such a powerful story. We'll have a link to it in the show notes. It was just so wonderful. And that actually leads perfectly into my next question is how does one get chosen? So you gave us a little bit of the backstory of how she was chosen, but for the listeners who are thinking, Oh, I really want to do a TEDx talk or a Ted talk one day, how does that happen? Speaker 2 (05:41): This is really great. You have a million search engines looking for Ted talks all the time. The best thing to do is start with cities, TEDx, Philadelphia, TEDx, New York, TEDx, Dallas, TEDx St. Louis TEDx, all cities. It doesn't have to be where you live, but there will be amazing Ted X events in major cities, TEDx, Los Angeles. That's where you want to start, because the reason you want to start there is that they will have been around for a while and they will know what they're doing. And we'll get into that leader of the next step is universities, TEDx, university of Nevada TEDx case Western reserve, university TEDx rush, you universities put on TEDx events all the time. And the other reason that's a great place to start is because they will have the support of the school. They will have the support of the, of the university. Speaker 2 (06:38): Tedx UCLA is an Epic event. It's really hard to get into that one. And it's wonderful. And that's because they've been around for awhile, they know what they're doing. So cities, universities, and then you can actually go to ted.com and they have a map of all the TEDx events in the world. So if you want to speak in Ghana, if you want to speak in the UK, if you want to speak in New Zealand, you can search the map and it will identify where those TEDx events are happening. And then you just get in touch with the organizer. So the next thing you want to do is subscribe to all of the TEDx events that you can get on their mailing list so that you are notified when the applications open applications are rolling for many events, meaning you can apply all year and many have a specific window. So you want to make sure that you don't miss that six, eight week window where their applications are open. And this happened to one of my clients. She lives in Chicago. I gave her the application information. We worked on her application for months, months so that it would be right. She knew the deadline and she missed the deadline Speaker 1 (07:55): For heartbreaking. It was Speaker 2 (07:57): So heartbreaking. There was a little bit of is this self sabotaging thing happening right now. So just know that they do close. So make sure that you understand if you're notified, get those dates on your calendar, create a spreadsheet for yourself. Because if you believe you're going to apply to one event and land that event, you're a unicorn. I Speaker 1 (08:18): Have had unicorns. Trust Speaker 2 (08:21): Me. I haven't had unicorns. I currently have a unicorn, Dr. Kristin Donnelley, we just started working together and her first application was accepted. So she's going to be speaking itself, Lake Tahoe in may, which is super exciting. It does happen. However, she'd got my support. So if you are working on applications, apply to as many as possible. And if you are chosen for more than one, guess what you can do more than one, or you can determine which one you actually prefer. And you can take that stage. So making sure that you start with cities, moved universities, go to ted.com and search that way. Google is not your friend here. There's a million million, million ways that you can go around that and find the actual events that you want to speak out. And Speaker 1 (09:07): Let's say, I, there are three TEDx events that I want to speak at. Can I submit the same talk to all three? Or should I have a different talk for each one? Speaker 2 (09:18): Submit the same idea. We're spreading to as many applications as possible. And when, and if you're chosen for more than one, you can determine with the organizer. When you want to switch your idea, most organizers, 99.9% organizers are not going to let you do the same talk at multiple stages. You can absolutely speak at multiple stages, but you want to speak with the organizer about, Hey, I just accepted TEDx South Lake Tahoe, and I'm talking about tolerance. Can I talk about empathy at your event? It's similar, but I want to talk about something different and you can have that conversation with the organizer. Speaker 1 (09:56): And when it comes to the applications themselves, is there, are there any tips or tricks or to make yourself stand out? Speaker 2 (10:08): Yes. Very, very important that you do not pitch your business. This is not about how to get sales. This is about an idea worth spreading. So if you have a business where you are connecting rescue animals, to people who need support and that's your business, that is not your idea. We're spreading. You have to dig deeper and find a reason to talk about why animals can serve us in humanity. The other thing is, if they're asking you a little bit about yourself, go, go above and beyond. Don't cut and paste your bio. Tell us who you are. Tell us that you love cooking. Tell us that you absolutely that you've been married. And then you have two cats or personal things. The reason that is going to make you stand out is because nobody else is doing it. I coach all of my speakers to incorporate who they are in that question. Speaker 2 (11:05): Tell us more about who you are. And that is because you want to be a human being. When producers are choosing their speakers, it starts with the idea worth spreading, and then it moves into do I want to work with this person for nine months? And if you are high maintenance or lazy by cutting and pasting a bio into the application, we take cues. We are looking for who you are in those applications, which means if I say, I want one line for your idea worth spreading, and you write three, you can't read directions. You're not going to follow the rules, which means you're going to be difficult to work with once I book you. So I'm not going to, I'm not going to choose you. If you submit a video. And I say, I want a two minute video and it's two minutes and three seconds. You just disqualified yourself because I have hundreds of other people who are actually following the rules. So it's really important when you apply to these events that you answer the questions they're asking, you do not pitch your business and do not cut and paste a bio because that tells us you're lazy or somebody else supplied for you. Not you. Speaker 1 (12:15): Ah, I love the rule following thing. I'm a rule follower, but it, you know, I think that's great for the listeners here because that's how specific TEDx talks are because hundreds of people are applying. So like you said, if I say one sentence, you give me three. They're not even, they're not, you're not going beyond that. It's a next Speaker 2 (12:38): That's right. That's how I do all of my operations. It, we don't have, but not brutal, but smart, efficient, efficient. Yeah. We don't have time to handhold. We want to work with speakers who we know are going to show up prepared. And if we say you have eight minutes that they're going to actually deliver eight minutes. Because ultimately, if you are working with an exceptional TEDx producer who knows how to produce a show, they are putting on a show. There is a journey here. There is an arc and a through-line to that performance, to that show, to that event, which means you're going to put you in specific orders as speakers so that the audience goes on a journey. And I say specifically, a good TEDx producer. And that's something that is really, really important to remember. Not all Ted TEDx events are created equally. Not all TEDx events are going to give you the support that you need. So it's really important that you understand that as well, when you're looking for events Speaker 1 (13:41): And how can you pick that out? Like if you're like a newbie to the TEDx world, this is your first time applying, how do you, how do you know who's good and who's not good. Speaker 2 (13:53): First thing you want to do is go to the YouTube channel and watch the videos from past events. If the sound is bad, if the set is wonky, if the lighting is terrible, you can't trust that event's going to be improved. If you decide you do want to speak, there, have a conversation with the organizer, making sure that they have the proper audio and video. That's the first place you want to start. The next thing you want to do is get in touch with people who have spoken at those events. And this is the thing that people are afraid of, or have not been given permission to do. Karen, it's reached out to other speakers who had the experience. They will tell you the truth. They, if it's a good event, they will tell you it's a good event. And they may even put you in touch with some of the organizers, some of the, the the volunteers, so that you can talk with them about the process. Speaker 2 (14:45): So make contact, reach out, ask all the questions you want to ask. Were the organizers micromanaging your script. If they were think about that, did they take your voice out of your talk and make it their voice? If they did, you need to think about that. You need to create boundaries immediately, which means I'm so excited that I'm going to be speaking at your event. I am very, very competent in terms of writing my script. I will absolutely take your feedback, but the final script is mine. Not yours, set boundaries right away. People are afraid to actually tell organizers what they want. And that's something that I want to invite you and all of you to give permission so that you take back the control. It's your talk. Now let's be real. You do not own that. Talk. Once you take a Ted stage, head owns it. It is forever there's you cannot do it anywhere else. So be, be mindful, your image and your script will belong to Ted for the rest of eternity, which is also why you do not want a bad video to end up on YouTube for the rest of your life, because you have zero control over it. You cannot take it down. So really important that you vet organizers and that you're clear on how they work, what the process is. And if it's something that you are willing to champion or risk. Yeah, I would be safe. Speaker 1 (16:15): So nervous to say that to a Ted organizer. I mean, just because that's my personality, as you know, I would be like, Oh, well, you know, I mean, this is, this is what I want to do. And if it's okay with you, I'd like to do it this way. So to be able to set those boundaries, but not be dismissive of them. Yeah. Speaker 2 (16:37): Right. Their event, you want to honor, it's their event and Bay. They are the producer of this particular TEDx event. And you can absolutely respect all of that. And I encourage you to take that very seriously. They're in charge and reminding them that it's your idea worth spreading. They chose you for a reason and they need to allow you to be your amazing self and not try to infuse you with something else in that moment. Speaker 1 (17:06): Yeah. And, and that makes perfect sense. And you just have to keep your, have your confidence in yourself Speaker 2 (17:12): And in what you're doing. Absolutely. And I've had speakers who are extremely seasoned that I've worked with, who have come back to me because the TEDx events will, will provide you with a speaker coach for free. And I've had clients come back to me and say, the speaker coach thinks we need to do it this way. And they want to take this out of our script. And I'm really freaking out right now. It's two weeks before the event and all these nerves. And like all this panic, my talk is terrible. All that happens until you say, thank you so much for your feedback. I really, really appreciate it. And I'm going to do the talk I've written and they all say, no problem, no problem. They all say no problem. Speaker 1 (17:53): Excellent. Well, that is great advice for, for those folks out there, like me who are like, Oh, I don't, you know, want to offend anyone. And so that is really, really good to know. And the other thing that you said earlier that I just want to circle back on is when you're vetting these TEDx producers, you said that this might be someone you're working with for nine months. What can you explain that Speaker 2 (18:20): If you are going to work with a TEDx producer or say yes to an event, it needs to be yes. To an event that is not two weeks from the day you're accepted my event applications, whether it was TEDx Lincoln square or speakers who dare applications opened up in September, I made the decision in December and then the event was in March. So January, February, there was three months of speakers preparing. Now. They were also submitting in September. So September, October, November, December, January, February, that's eight months where I was spending time with these speakers, watching their videos, reading their applications. So you will want to have at least three months no less to prepare for your event. If you're being asked to speak in an event that happens in less than four weeks, I would gracefully decline because you are not going to have enough time to write a powerful talk and memorize it so that you can be your best self on that stage. And trust me, it has happened many organizers. This is really important. The one question Ted X does not ask on the application to become a licensed holder and organizer is, do you know how to produce an event? Speaker 2 (19:52): Anyone can get a TEDx license if they go through the process and they're granted a license, not everyone knows how to produce an event. And that is why vetting is important. And it's also important for you to know that this is an opportunity for you to share a very important message that you care deeply about in order to serve in order to reach people. The Ted brand is a massive platform. You have an opportunity to end up on ted.com and reach millions of people, which is why you want to set yourself up for absolute success and have a runway so that you can write an amazing talk, get the coaching you need, and then perform it beautifully. And that leads Speaker 1 (20:39): Perfectly into my next question. You answered it a little bit just then, but what makes an exceptional Ted talk? Speaker 2 (20:48): If the talk is really truly an idea worth spreading, that's the audience to think differently. And if you are activating from the stage, which means, you know how to deliver this content in a way that is how is MADEC in control in command while also sharing the idea worth spreading. And it doesn't mean teaching. It means sharing the idea worth spreading gifting, this idea, making sure that it's not an issue. And it's truly an idea. For example, teachers in public schools do not get enough support financially. We all know that to be true. It is an issue. If we reframe that as teachers are the GPS of our children's future, that is an idea. So really be clear that you are sharing an idea worth spreading, that you were in command of the material that you care about it, and that you are gifting this material to the audience so that they adopted as their own. Speaker 1 (21:56): And that was a great example, just switching the, the framework of the title makes all the difference. And, and I like that. It's, it's an idea, not an issue, an idea worth spreading, not an issue that we all kind of know, or maybe take for granted or something, right? Yeah. And that makes a big difference. Okay. How do you prepare for a Ted talk or a TEDx talk? It seems so daunting. Speaker 2 (22:25): It's the same preparation. If you are a speaker for any kind of stage, you are about to take, you begin with the writing process. You write and you rewrite and you write and you rewrite and you edit and you kill your darlings and you end up hating your talk and you think it's terrible. And you get past that part of the process. And now you have your, your final talk, your script. Then you begin to memorize. There is nothing sexy about memorization. It is boring. It is wrote. It is hard work. It's bicep girls it's plays. It is over and over and over start with the first sentence, move to the second, finish that paragraph. If you cannot prevent yourself from glancing down at the script, you are not memorized in that first paragraph. Do not do not cheat yourself. You want to make sure that first paragraph is memorized before you move on to the next, once you have the next paragraph, go back to the burst and tie those two together with the transition. Speaker 2 (23:27): So the last sentence of the first paragraph with the first sentence of the second paragraph, connect those dots. Once you have that and you are in complete control of those two paragraphs, then move on once you've done that through the whole talk, start in the middle and go to the end. Then mistake speakers make again. And again is they have the first half memorized cause they keep starting at the beginning and then they get on stage and nerves happen and they can't remember the second half. Once you have it all memorized, go back to the middle and work on the middle to the end. Once you are truly memorized and you can also record yourself doing the talk and listen to it in the car and listen to it on the treadmill, listen to it outside. When you're walking, when we're listening to songs, we memorize them because we're doing it while we're doing something else. Same thing applies here. Listen to yourself, give the talk over and over and over and over once you're memorized and really memorized, then do what I call an Italian run through. And this is from the world of theater, fast as possible, no emotion at all. You just want to give the talk as fast as possible. So your synapses are firing and you know that, you know the words, the moment you don't know the words, that's the section you're not memorized. Speaker 1 (24:35): Yes. And I remember doing this in the speaker salon, and I will say everyone, all you people listening that what Tricia just said, how to prepare, how to memorize. It works. Like, don't think your way is better. It's probably not. This is what works. Trust me. I did this when I had to give a keynote talk a couple of years ago. And the other thing that you cannot just glance over is the writing process. Because Trisha, remember when I first came out and gave my talk and Trisha is so wonderful because she'll say, Oh, you know, I really thought this was very strong, but Mike, you think about, and then she'll give her feedback and it's such a gentle way to give feedback. And you can, you can expand on that in a second. But I remember giving my talk and you were like, is this about you? Speaker 1 (25:30): And I said, well, yeah, it is. And you were like, why are you doing it in the third person? So I have this clever talk. It was, I mean, it was all written out. I was ready to go. I was prepared. And like Trisha said, you're gonna edit, edit, edit. You're going to feel uncomfortable with it. And then you're going to do it. And that's exactly what happened. And it was all the better for it. So the other thing I would say is get feed back from a coach from a trusted person, because when you're in it, it's hard to see out of it. Speaker 2 (25:58): And we are not comfortable being vulnerable right away. We often need permission. We often need to have a safe place to become vulnerable. And that's what I witnessed with you. Karen, as you walked up on stage, super confident sharing the story, it was very compelling story and zero vulnerability. And the moment you told us it was about you and that it was about your chronic pain. We all leaned in and could not take our eyes off of you. It was the most powerful transformation. One of the most powerful transformations I've seen. And I've seen a lot when you're talking about feedback and this is really, I'm great. I'm really grateful that you brought this up. Karen feedback is paramount. And you also need to know when you're asking for feedback and from you. Many of my speakers in the past have asked for feedback one or two weeks before their Ted talk and we're not specific. Speaker 2 (26:58): And all of a sudden they're getting feedback from random people. I think you should change the beginning. I don't really like what you're doing with the choreography and the blocking is not good. And all of a sudden they have absolutely no confidence. And that's because they weren't specific in asking for feedback three months before the event ask for feedback from somebody you trust a coach, whomever, because you have time to make those adjustments two weeks or one week before your event. Let's say two weeks. I'd like to know if there's anything about this specific talk that you love week before. You're a warm body. I don't want you to say anything afterwards, except thank you for giving this talk. Right? So get really specific when you're asking for feedback so that you don't derail yourself a week or two before, you're about to deliver a talk that you have memorized and no longer have time to make adjustments. Speaker 2 (27:57): Yeah. And that is great advice. And it reminds me of advice that jazz, who we both know, lovely, lovely, jazz set on this podcast. She said, you know, cause we were talking about asking for feedback from people and she's like, you wouldn't leave your apartment to go get a cup of coffee and ask every person you passed on the street. What kind of coffee you should get? Because you're going to get a different answer. And it's just crazy-making. It is crazy-making and nobody needs crazy-making two weeks before they're set to give a Ted talk. No, that's the visualization making needs to be happening. You need to be visualizing what it looks like to walk out onto that stage. You need to be visualizing what it looks and feels like to be delivering perfect mandating, powerful idea, worth spreading. You need to be visualizing what it's going to feel like when they applaud and when they rise to their feet and give you a standing ovation, you need to be visualizing what it means to walk into an out of that red circle. Speaker 2 (29:01): And this is part of the deep preparation work that I do with my TEDx speakers and with my community and clients is it is a big deal to walk out onto that stage and deliver your powerful message. You can change and save lives by speaking, whether it's in the red circle or not. So taking the role of speaker seriously and understanding the magnitude of your responsibility requires you to go above and beyond. It's not just about memorizing and talk and going and doing performance. Think about how powerful it is when that person is going to be watching your video. And they're going to think differently. They're going to potentially behave in their lives and that ripple effect can reach every other person in their life. So it is a very big responsibility when you are speaking from any stage. So give yourself permission, set yourself up for success by going through the process. Speaker 2 (29:58): And that's why I say nine months, because you really want to give yourself enough time to identify that idea, cultivate that talk, frat that beautiful, powerful talk, memorize it in a way that is so solid. You, if the chandelier falls on your head, you could absolutely continue and then give yourself the success set up by visualizing, by knowing what you're going to eat. And at what time you're going to eat it before you take that stage so that your body is not using energy to digest, but it's using energy to support you as a performer. This is about being an athlete and any and everything that you can do. You want to shoot that ball into the, into that hoop over and over again so that your muscle memory is ready to go. It is game on and Kyrene did this so beautifully. We worked like an athlete, works repetition over and over mindset. Self-Sabotage we did every possible trick and, and practice in order to have her walk out onto that stage and own it. She got a standing ovation. Speaker 1 (31:06): Yeah, she's amazing. It was an amazing talk. And again, we'll have that in the show notes here as well. Well, you know, I was going to ask you, would you like to sort of wrap things up, but you already did it. That was a perfect way. Now, before we before we end the podcast where can people find you? And if you don't mind, can you talk about your new book? Speaker 2 (31:28): Oh my goodness. I would love to talk about my new book. I'm a new author and it is so exciting. It's all the influential voice saying what you mean for lasting legacy. And it is on presale now@theinfluentialvoicebook.com. And you can find me at Tricia, brooke.com. I'm on Instagram, LinkedIn, and the influential voice is really a book about how to be a good human being while also teaching you to effectively communicate on stage and off. And I wrote it in June of 2020 instead of going to Mexico for 10 days with my husband, because we were all quarantining inside. I decided to use that time to write a book about how to teach people, to communicate with dignity, respect, curiosity, and love. And it is my hope that it will teach people that their voice matters and how to use their voice for good in the world. Speaker 1 (32:25): Amazing. And what a great use of time during quarantine. Geez. I feel like I just like rearranged my apartment. You wrote a whole book. That's amazing. Amazing. Yeah. And so we'll have links to that as well. Now, Trisha, before we leave I've asked you this question a couple of times already, but you're going to get it again. At what advice would you give to your younger self knowing where you are in your life, Speaker 2 (32:51): In your career? You can not imagine what is waiting for you. So keep taking those forward steps, excellent Speaker 1 (32:59): And advice. And Tricia, thanks so much. This was fabulous. I think everyone here will be inspired. They will start looking up those TEDx stages and, and again, get your book, get Chris Anderson's book, Ted talks. I think there are two great resources to sort of set you up for success in your speaking career, regardless of you get on a Ted stage or not. So thank you so much for coming on. Thank you, Karen and everyone. Thanks so much for listening. Have a great week and stay healthy, wealthy and smart.  

Claude Rouelle, a well known motorsports engineer, joins us on the show to give us some of his best tips and tricks for getting maximum performance from your car. His passion however is to get you thinking like and engineer, to ask why and then to give you the tools to find an answer. Its a fast paced show this one! 2:02 Early career 11:10 Dealing with mis-information around the paddock 18:30 What kind of data should you start with? 33:33 How to interpret IR tyre temperature data 38:51 The cheapest way to get performance on the car -- Links mentioned in the show: - Claude's company website https://optimumg.com/ - How to set your tyre pressures perfectly every time - https://www.yourdatadriven.com/how-to-set-your-racing-car-tyre-pressures-perfectly-every-time/ -- Perfectly setup your racecar. Master data analysis. Drive faster @ https://www.yourdatadriven.com

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The word on everybody's lips this week has been languishing. There's a collective feeling of stagnation, even though we are progressing. We'd been having conversations about our feelings of being stuck and working on tactics to emerge. Perfectly timed was this article in the New York Times putting a name to how we were feeling. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html We wanted to look at this situation and feeling and figure out ways to face it, manage it and to emerge from it by finding meaning. Hopefully it helps you if you're feeling the same.

Mark 1:10 NIV 10 Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. Mark 1:11 NIV 11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” Matthew 17:5 NIV 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” “You are my son”—ACCEPTANCE “Whom I love”—AFFECTION “I am well pleased”—AFFIRMATION “Everyone has 3 fundamental needs, according to science: to feel safe, to feel like we belong and to feel like we matter.” Inc. Magazine Our greatest needs are fulfilled PARTIALLY by people but PERFECTLY in God. “The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for.”—Mother Theresa John 15:20 NLT 20 Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you. We overcome man’s REJECTION by embracing God’s ACCEPTANCE. 1. My acceptance by God came at a PRICE. Colossians 1:21-22 NLT 21 This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. 22 Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. The price God paid for our ACCEPTANCE was the SACRIFICE of Jesus. The price we pay for our acceptance is the SURRENDER of our WILL. 2 Peter 3:9 NLT 9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 2. My acceptance by God came with PERKS. FORGIVENESS Romans 8:1 NLT 1 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. Hebrews 10:35 NLT 35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! FREEDOM John 8:36 NLT 36 So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free. FAMILY Psalms 68:6 NLT 6 God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. 1 Peter 2:10 NLT 10 “Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people.Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.” 3. My acceptance by God came with a PURPOSE. Romans 15:7 NLT 7 Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory. People are not the PROBLEM. People are the PURPOSE. Thank you for joining us online this weekend! Livestream Schedule: SATURDAY 6:15 PM SUNDAY 9 AM, 11:30 AM To get to know us more, be sure to check out our website: http://www.coastalcommunity.tv ▼ ▽ Kids Resources at https://coastalcommunity.tv/kids Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel for weekly video messages that will change your life! If you were impacted by this message in any way, please email us at mystory@coastalcommunity.tv ▼ ▽ Location Parkland | 6800 N University Dr, Parkland, FL 33067 ▼ ▽ Get Social Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/coastalchurch/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/CoastalCommunityChurch/ ▼ ▽ Contact Us Email | info@coastalcommunity.tv Get Involved | https://coastalcommunity.tv/next-steps ▼ ▽ Giving https://www.coastalcommunity.tv/give ▼ ▽ Coastal Community Church We exist to reach people and help them become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ! We believe that healthy people grow, that we can’t do life alone, that saved people serve people, that we should live generously and that found people find people.

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Welcome to our special “Dream Together” Q&A series.  We're going after the biggest questions we've received over our 15 years of BIG Dream Gatherings.  That's right.  As we held these events around the country, we'd always wrap up with a Q&A with the audience. That's when we'd go after the biggest questions and the biggest challenges people face when moving forward on their dreams and goals. In today's episode, I'm going to offer some simple but powerful strategies to help you to get CLEAR and help you to get STARTED.  So… let's do this. RESOURCES: Episode 195: Shawn Askinosie: Finding Your Call and Feeding Your Soul: www.mitchmatthews.com/195  Episode 250: 3 Things I've learned from 250 Episodes of DREAM THINK DO  (I talk about perfectionism in this one!) https://mitchmatthews.com/250/ Episode 262: Dan Grec: Finding Happiness Amid Chaos: https://mitchmatthews.com/262/ THE “DREAM TOGETHER” APP IS HERE! That's right! Our DREAM TOGETHER App is here! The “Dream Together” app is designed to help you clarify your goals as well as connect with like-minded individuals so you can “dream together” to make those dreams (big or small) a reality! So… HERE ARE THE STEPS: STEP 1: Download the app. Find “Dream Together” for your Apple Device: HERE Find “Dream Together” for your Android Device: HERE STEP 2: Sign up and enter the group code: dreamthinkdo STEP 3: Be inspired by the dreams that are already there.  Then… follow and encourage a dream or two! STEP 4: Post at least one of your own dreams… and then invite friends to join you so you can DREAM TOGETHER! Let's do this! MORE ABOUT THE EPISODE: Okay… so as we've held our BIG Dream Gatherings around the country over the last 15 years… we'd always try to include a Q&A session at the end. Now… if you're new to DREAM THINK DO… and you're not familiar with what a BIG DREAM GATHERING is… the short version of the story is… these are fun… HIGHLY interactive events that we'd hold… that would bring people together in a room… anywhere from 30 to 800 people at a time… I'd kick it off with a talk… but then we'd have people write down some of their goals and dreams on sheets of paper… post them on the walls… and then we'd invite everyone to go around the room to look at each other's dreams and then write notes on the “dream sheets.”   People could offer encouragement… ideas… suggestions and offers to help.   Now… with the current season we're in… we've created an APP called “Dream Together” to provide the same opportunity… to… well… dream together… but now instead of being in the same room… we can do it from our phones and dream with people around the world. It's pretty cool! Well… as I was saying… when we'd hold our BIG DREAM GATHERINGS… we'd do a Q&A at the end to give people the chance to ask any questions about things that were holding them back. And one of the biggest questions… one of the most common questions… that would almost ALWAYS come up was… “Which dream do I go after?” It makes sense though… right?  People would come to this event… and come up with a couple… all the way to sometimes 20… to 30… dreams. STORY ABOUT IAN. So… they get excited… but then their brain starts to spin because they're thinking, “Great!  Now that I have clarity on all these things I want to do… things I could do… where do I start?  Which one should I go after first?” And this is an important question for several reasons. 1. If you're a perfectionist… this question can KILL your dreams before you even get started!  You're sooooooooo worried about starting out with the PERFECT choice… and doing it PERFECTLY… that you never start. “Perfectionism is the mother of Procrastination.” - Michael Hyatt “The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly and instead embrace uncertainty and imperfection.” - Arianna Huffington Or as I like to say… “Progress beats perfection.” And… “Let's learn as we go!”   2. Another reason it's a BIG question is… a lot of people are VERY busy… busy schedules… lots pulling at you… lots on your plate.  You probably don't have TONS and TONS of time… days and days… to just throw around.  SO… you want to be smart with how you're spending your time.  Hey… you're listening to DREAM THINK DO… so I'm betting you don't want to waste a day of the time you've got on this rock.  Am I right? Those are 2 reasons… and there are many more.  BUT… since we're keeping this episode at 15 minutes… we'll leave it at that. So let's get to those questions I promised you. All right… maybe you've been using the DREAM TOGETHER app… and you've got a few dreams in mind… let's help you decide on which one to go after next. So… the first question I like to ask in this scenario is…  “Of all the dreams and goals you could go after… which might be the best in THIS season of your life?” It's a simple… but powerful question. It's all about thinking about your CURRENT SEASON… and then weighing out which dreams would be the best fit for you… right now? And I think it is important to mention… that just because a dream isn't right for “this season” of your life… it doesn't mean that's a bad dream… or a silly dream.  It's just not right for THIS season.  So give yourself some grace and say, “It's a good dream… it's just not for right now.” At the same time… a powerful follow up to our SEASON question can be: “What might be a way to take a small but significant step towards one of my bigger dreams?” I'll give you a few examples. You may have a big dream of traveling the globe… but right now… there's a flippin' pandemic… so it's not physically possible… or maybe you're in college and the funds just aren't there quite yet… or… you've got little kids and you're navigating a full house… so the thought of global travels lights you up… but then almost starts to feel soul crushing… because it might be a while. Well… what if you gave yourself permission to run some experiments… To run some drills. To have some fun with it. What if you gave yourself permission to take 15 minutes a few times a week… to plan a dream trip.  To ask, “If I had the time… where would I go?” Or… “How have people like me taken a trip like this?”  And do some research. Heck… we've even talked to people about this very thing on DREAM THINK DO. People like Dan Grec… who got the idea to drive from Alaska to Argentina in a Jeep.  He didn't have the money or the vacation time when he got hit with the idea… but over 3 years… he just gave himself permission to do the research on how he MIGHT do it.  And then gave himself permission to take mini-trips… to see if he even liked taking short road trips… to be sure he'd actually want to do a marathon trip like that.  But as he kept experimenting… he kept falling deeper and deeper into more loooooooove with the dream.  AND he kept finding more doors opening to make it possible.  And the dream… the one that seemed IMPOSSIBLE when he started… became a reality.  He drove from Alaska to Argentina… and then he drove AROUND Africa… and he continues on… and adventure travel and photography is now his day job.  Just because he was willing to ask these two questions. https://mitchmatthews.com/262/ Another example… might be… that you don't LOVE your current job… and one of your big dreams is to find a job… or a career that you LOVE.  BUT you're not even sure what THAT dream career might be. Well… maybe you can ask yourself… “What might be some small but significant steps towards figuring this out?” https://mitchmatthews.com/195   I'll give you an example of this type of approach.  In episode 195, I talked with Shawn Askinosie who had been a successful criminal defense lawyer… but he'd fallen out of love with it.  So he started to give himself room to experiment with other types of types of work.  As he did… he allowed himself to take night classes, watch TED talks, invite people he was curious about to coffee to hear more about what they did… and as he did that… he discovered an unknown passion for chocolate.   This journey eventually inspired him to start a bean-to-bar chocolate factory and he's never looked back.  And NOW…  Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award-winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri.  They source 100% of their cocoa beans directly from farmers across the globe… and Shawn is active in helping to create sustainable farming in each area he partners with. NOT ONLY THAT… but Askinosie Chocolate was recently named one of the 25 Best Small Companies in America by Forbes and Shawn himself was named by “O magazine,” and Oprah Winfrey as one of the 15 guys who is literally saving the world.  How cool is that?   But he found that passion… because he was willing to give himself permission to DREAM… to start small… to experiment… and to learn as he went. His dream was to find his DREAM CAREER. But he didn't know what that was.  So he asked a better question for THAT season. “What might be some small but significant steps towards figuring this out?” So… if you've been wrestling with the question: Which Dream should I go after right now?” Some questions to ask yourself can be: “Of all the dreams and goals you could go after…  which might be a good one in THIS season of your life?”   If the dream seems TOO big to pursue right now, you can ask: “What might be a way to take some  small but significant step towards  one of my bigger dreams?” And hey… if your dream feels pretty BROAD… like how Shawn wanted to find his next dream career, but he wasn't sure what that might even be, you can ask:  “What might be some small but significant  steps towards figuring this out?” And then… it's all about giving yourself permission to START. Keep taking those small but significant steps forward… and more clarity… will come.  Not to mention some amazing experiences too!   It's like Abraham Maslow once said, “In any given moment we have two options: To step FORWARD INTO GROWTH  or to step back into SAFETY.” And hey… I don't know about you… but I find the best moments in life tend to come when we're growing.   Amen?  Amen. Let's do this! I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!: Let me know.  Join the conversation at mitchmatthews.com/316.  You'll be able to grab the questions we talked about… you can check out the episodes and interviews I mentioned… plus you can grab the DREAM TOGETHER app too… if you haven't. Plus, leave a comment and let me know about one of those small but significant steps you're going to take this week.  I can't wait to hear from you! Also, know that we're going after topics like… “How do you ask for help on your dream?” and “how to make space for your dreams” in this DREAM TOGETHER series.  So be watching for those… and heck… leave a comment on subjects YOU would like me to go after! Until then… do me a favor.  Please leave a review for the podcast wherever you're listening to it… and please share it with a friend.  Because those are the ways we can work together to help the world to dream bigger… think better and do more of what we were all created to do! Let's do this! Talk soon my friend!   EPISODE MINUTE BY MINUTE: 0:02 What to expect today 2:32 Download the Dream Together app 5:31 What dream should you focus on? 7:01 The underlying problem to today's topic 8:23 Breaking up with perfectionism  10:20 What is the dream that makes sense for this season? 14:38 Getting clarity on what your dream is 17:48 How can you start today? 18:13 How to get more resources

In 2015 Caroline Garnet McGraw's wrote an article for the Huffington Post. It was called "You Don't Owe Anyone an Interaction”. It soon went viral. And by the end of the year she had delivered a TEDx talk of the same name. Wind the clock on five years, and I have just finished chatting with Caroline about THE BOOK! Yes, it's now a book! Perfectly described as a memoir meets personal (personal) development, You Don't Owe Anyone, speaks into a common experience. The belief that we must submit to the plethora of expectations. From the world around us. And from within. The book is a practical call to be free from the weight of expectations. Since the initial article, there is something about this idea that has always resonated with people. The story started when Caroline received some emails that made her feel uncomfortable. Her intuitive reaction was one of alarm. But then feelings of guilt, insecurity, and obligation kicked in. She was conflicted, tethered to the belief that she needed to respond. In talking it over with her husband, he declared the catalytic words which fuelled the article, the talk, and now the book… "You don't owe anyone an interaction.” So many of us are drowning under the weight of expectations. Not just the demands from other people, but the expectations we place on ourselves. The need to respond to everything, to do it perfectly, and to keep people happy. Things that don't truly belong to us. This comes at a cost to our health, our important relationships, and our engagement with the things that actually matter to us personally. In this week's podcast I speak with Caroline about some of the ideas in the book. In The Episode We Discuss: How we can recognise the impact of intangible personal development work when things don't work out as planned. The links between expectations and a fear of disappointment. How holding to the weight of expectations might be impacting our lives life. What we sacrifice when we submit to those expectations. Where we feel like we do owe energy, time, and attention to things that don't truly matter to us. How “Cold Bucket Experiences” can start an inner mission. For which we exchange our authenticity in order to avoid the pain of criticism and judgement. Why guilt isn't a reliable indicator of whether or not you should do something. And how feelings of guilt often tell you that something IS worth doing. Why so many of us feel obligated to explain and justify ourselves for doing things in particular ways. How changing our language in small and subtle ways can help free us from the weight of OUR OWN expectations. How to playfully fight the protective urge to explain all the reasons what we've done isn't very good. Over to You Does any of our discussion resonate with your own experiences? Which of those areas that Caroline says we don't owe to anyone, stands out as the biggest challenge for you to let go of? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. Links to Articles and Resources Mentioned in the Show Pre-order The Book from Amazon Claim Your Bonuses 237 | The Recovering Perfectionist (my first conversation with Caroline) You Don't Owe Anyone an Interaction (Huffington Post Article) You Don't Owe Anyone an Interaction (TEDxBirminghamSalon)  Perfectionism Doesn't Protect Us (TEDxBirminghamSalon) Get the Extended Play Private Podcast: https://patreon.com/andymort Listen to my music: https://music.andymort.com/ Connect With Me Twitter: https://twitter.com/ap_mort Facebook: https://facebook.com/andymort Instagram: https://instagram.com/ap_mort The Haven: https://the-haven.co/ Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bHdlBOb5ig

Dr. Margaret Rutherfood is a Psychologist, successful blogger and host of The SelfWork Podcast.  She is also the author of the bestselling book, Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism that Masks Your Depression.   During her 25 years of working with patients Dr. Rutherford discovered that many people heavily mask depression with perfectionism.  She has spent the last 5 years researching and writing about this topic and passionately spreading the message about becoming more comfortable with vulnerability in everyday life.   In this episode we explore the often unknown dangers of perfectionism, how to know if you may have an issue yourself, the 5 stages of healing and much more.  Listen as we discuss: How she went from a professional singer to a psychologist.  [4:27] Perfectly hidden depression and why I personally was interested in Dr. Rutherford’s work.  [6:12] The correlation between perfectionism and procrastination.  [14:41] How will you know if you have perfectly hidden depression?  [17:36] Why there is no single pathway to destructive perfectionism.   [22:30] The 5 Stages of Healing.  [29:27] Why simplifying can improve (or even save) your life and the importance of the company you keep.  [37:47] What are the real dangers of social media?   [43:30] This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers. Their P3-OM Probiotics may be the most powerful proteolytic probiotic ever developed. The new, improved P3-OM 2.0 is 3 x time stronger than the original version, which was already incredible.  It supplies your gut with powerful protein-digesting bacteria that increase the pool of bioactive amino acids required for muscle growth and recovery. Go to bioptimizers.com/renegade and use the code “JAY10” to receive 10% off your order.  This episode is also brought to you by Elemental Labs.  Recharge is a tasty electrolyte drink mix that gives your body everything you need and nothing you don’t.  Created in optimal ratios, it provides you with lots of electrolytes and no sugar, fillers or dodgy ingredients.   Go to drinklmnt.com/renegaderadio to get yours today! This episode is also brought to you by Trifecta Nutrition.  Make sticking to your nutrition plan simpler with organic, ready to eat and macro balanced meals shipped safely to your door! Go to TrifectaNutrition.com/Renegade and use the code ‘RENEGADE’ to save 30% off your first order!    

A conversation with my long-time friend Molly who also started a new biz after a big Covid Pivot. You can find Molly Keyser on Clubhouse @MollyKeyser and you can find Jamie Bright on Clubhouse @JamieBright Check out Molly's free 5-Day Course Kickstart Challenge here: https://bit.ly/3uRKolS Connect with Jamie Bright on Instagram at @JamieBrightAdventures Transcript: Today I get to introduce you to one of my longest friends in the online space. Her name is Molly Keyser. She was in the photography industry with me and also made a big pivot in her business last year after COVID hit. And we had the most wonderful conversation that went. All over the place. We talked about the biggest mindset shifts that we've made since we started our businesses and how we are growing our businesses differently. Now, we talk about the importance of messaging and how that shapes everything. We talk about focus. We talk about hiring. We get into all sorts of wonderful topics. I know you're going to enjoy it. So let's dive in to this phenomenal

Podcast #430 How To Make A Good Life A Great Life If you have a good life but want to make it a great life, this episode is for you. Most people settle for good enough, for getting through the week, for bland, beige lives that are mostly unfulfilling, not just for them, but for the world around them. You were created for more. God created you to desire abundance, to walk in greatness and to use the measure of talents and gifts He has given you to make the world around you better. Buckle up for a conversation filled with tough love and inspiration to help you make a good life a great life. Get the full show notes at www.trishblackwell.com/430 In this episode of The Confidence Podcast we're talking about:  Why you have a lot of good going on, but you feel unsettled at the end of the dayHow to improve your nighttime routine Unbelieving and believing greatness in your life   THANK YOU: PATRONS Just some special love and deep gratitude your way for how you support the show. You are a small and mighty group and each and every one of your contributions feels like a big, warm, wiggle hug. Thank you. Want to be part of the people who help keep this show going? Consider becoming a patron. Just go to https://www.patreon.com/TheConfidencePodcast   REVIEW OF THE WEEK: The Clincher, 5 Stars by MadMakeup24 I'm not alone when I say I've struggled with anxious thoughts. It is an ironic turn of events for me when I think about where I am versus 3 years ago. Coming to terms with the fact that I am human and deserving of higher thinking was an uphill battle. When I first hear do Trish it was a moment in my life where I can say I drew a line in the sand. Perfectly imperfect. Turning 30 rocked my world. Self imposed life threatening thoughts will tear up your soul and force you to live in insecurity. Because I wrapped my brain around others, I didn't have time to think about my God given powers. Because I've stepped into His light, I know that my temporary feelings are not who I am, but they are shaping me into the woman I want to be. To have the mental fortitude and tenacious attitude that Trish does makes her one in a million. Because I took those steps into confidence with her I feel I don't owe anything to anyone but myself. I owe it to myself to be grateful! In those three years: I found the man of my dreams and he proposed marriage. We are buying a home together. I had the guts to stand up to my bullies at the office and now we're working together. I figured out my finances (which was a source of anxiety) and bought myself my dream car. I've become this unstoppable force of a woman who dreams big now. The clincher is that she was inside me all along. Trish gave me the shovel to dig her out.    QUOTES FROM GOOD TO GREAT Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't  Jim Collins. Check it out on Amazon > https://amzn.to/2Yfw3R4 “Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.” “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”  “For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.”  “Faith in the endgame helps you live through the months or years of buildup.”  “What separates people, Stockdale taught me, is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life.”  “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice.”    WHY YOUR LIFE IS "GOOD" BUT YOU STILL FEEL SO U...