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Welcome back to the final episode of the Creativity Miniseries! In this conversation, Emily Sutherland and I open up our personal creativity toolkits and share the resources and strategies that help us bring our ideas to life. Working on this miniseries with Emily has been an absolute joy. She's not just an incredible creative and coach—she's also become a trusted friend and advisor throughout the development of Wrestling a Walrus, my first children's book. I truly could not imagine doing this without her. Interestingly, we didn't plan on recording another discussion on the creative process, but that's exactly where our behind-the scenes, warm-up conversation led us. So, we left it in. I think you might find some usefulness in this bonus material as we share our thoughts on the value of authenticity, the importance of differentiating yourself, and the surprising relationship between uncertainty and clarity.  A huge thank you to Emily for her wisdom and generosity, and to you for joining us as part of the creative community.  SPECIAL MENTIONS Emily Sutherland's Storytelling for Business (April 4, 2025) and Nurturing Your Creative Self (May 9, 2025) - https://www.emilysutherland.me/events Storytelling Community (Substack) - https://open.substack.com/pub/storytellingcommunity The Secret Lies Within by “Auntie Anne” Beiler and Emily H. Sutherland - http://bit.ly/3FmIxPT Betsy B. Murphy - https://substack.com/@betsybmurphy or http://betsybmurphy.com/ Vanessa Marin, sex therapist on IG @vanessaandxander PROCESS TOOLKIT Write it down when you feel it (and be prepared in the middle of the night). Be ready for the idea. Be discerning about what, when, and who to share your idea with.    When your idea is at a tender stage, who are your tender people? Do you need an editor or a cheerleader? Journaling. Let the creative juices flow without requiring an outcome. The more you write, the more ideas will come. Immerse yourself  and trust the process.  Try on new ideas to see if they go anywhere. “I make what I like, and they eat it how they want to eat it.” - Erykah Badu to Donald Glover ELECTRONIC TOOLS Manuscript Software - Scrivener - affiliate link: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview?fpr=emilysuth Google Docs, YouTube, and Apps (e.g., voice memo, talk-to-text, notes) IngramSpark - https://www.ingramspark.com/  Kindle Direct Publishing - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B008241EAQ Storytelling Workshops - https://www.emilysutherland.me/events PHYSICAL TOOLS  Fine Tip Sharpie Pen or The Pilot G2 (in multiple colors!) Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert - https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/books/big-magic/ Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott - https://writingforyourlife.com/bird-by-bird-some-instructions-on-writing-and-life/ The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron - https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/ Rifle Paper Company little notebooks (great for lefties!) - https://riflepaperco.com/ The Treasured Journal - https://danielleireland.com/journal DANIELLE IRELAND, LCSW Thank you for your support and engagement as part of the Don't Cut Your Own Bangs community. Feel free to reach out with questions, comments, or anything you'd like to share. You can connect with me at any of the links below. Website - https://danielleireland.com/ The Treasured Journal - https://danielleireland.com/journal Substack - https://danielleireland.substack.com/ Blog - https://danielleireland.com/blog/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/danielleireland_lcsw Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/danielleireland.LCSW Podcast on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@danielleireland8218/featured        

I'd like to start this morning by announcing that I've retired my dream of ever playing Major League Baseball. Now I'm not saying that I ever really had a chance, but I did have a dream, and the older I got, the dream morphed into what you'd call a fantasy. I've kept thinking that it was still possible for me to break my arm, and through some type of medical mystery, after it healed I'd be able to throw 120 MPH. You might think that's crazy, but I've seen it happen before… I thought it could happen to me … But not anymore. From now on, anytime my mind starts wandering in that direction, I'm going to stop and be content that I'm a spectator. I'm a sports onlooker. I'm a witness — along with some 40–60,000 other witnesses who might pack into Target Field or US Bank Stadium.Those of you who are sports fans, you know what that's like. You've been there. If you've never been to a game, that's fine too — I think anybody can get the image of a crowded stadium. Imagine lots of people, together, watching something.That image is where the writer of Hebrews takes us in Hebrews 12. And it's all meant to set up one main action that we are called to do in two different ways. And for today's sermon, I simply want to show you this. I just want to give you three points of exhortation from the three verbs we find here in verses 1 and 2:Let us run with endurance.Lay aside what gets in the way.Look to Jesus.Let us run, lay aside, look to Jesus.That's where we're going, but first we need to understand more about this context.Context: The Stadium FullLook with me at Hebrews 12, verse 1: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses … [then this is what we do]” Something you've probably been able to notice about the Book of Hebrews is that it's back and forth between doctrinal explanation and exhortation. The writer will explain the realities of the gospel, of what Jesus has accomplished, and then based upon that, he exhorts us.Think back to the middle of Chapter 10. You may remember we talked about how the writer focuses on what we have as Christians. (He states what we have, and then says, based upon what we have, we do X, Y, and Z.) He actually does this twice, in Chapter 4 and Chapter 10: We have a great high priest. (4:14; 10:21) We have authorization to enter the Most Holy Place. (10:19) Well here, in Chapter 12, he tells us one more thing we have. Just add it to the list: “We have a great cloud of witnesses.” This is straightforward in verse 1 and we can see that this great cloud of witnesses is what the exhortation is built upon: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by…” — or literally, “Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us” … then this is what we do.We can see that this is supposed to encourage us, but what does it mean? Imagine: Champion SpectatorsIn ancient Greek, that word for “cloud” was a common word to describe a big crowd of people. We know that the writer uses a sports metaphor in verse 1 when he tells us to “run with endurance,” but I want you to see that the writer starts this whole thing with a sports metaphor because he starts here with the image of a packed out sports stadium.And, side-note here: I think one of the reasons God invented sports — or put it in humans to invent sports — was for the sake of our ability to understand these verses. Imagine a packed-out stadium. Everybody is together watching something. I was at the last couple of Twins games in the playoffs a few weeks ago. Sold-out crowd. Everyone standing. Incredible hype. So if you've been in a stadium before or a big arena, think back to that. Everybody is standing shoulder to shoulder, and together they're all watching what's happening down on the field. The writer wants us to think of a full stadium like that, and he wants us to know that this stadium is full of the saints he just told us about in Chapter 11. He calls them “witnesses” — which could mean a couple different things:On one hand, these people are witnesses because they testified to the faithfulness of God with their lives. They endured in faith. They didn't have all the things promised, but they believed in God and in what he said and they have become examples to us. They're witnesses of, they testify to, the fact that God is pleased with those who trust him. But then on the other hand, they are witnesses because they are witnessing something take place. They're onlookers, spectators. They are watching something in action.Which is it? Which kind of witness are they?Well, remember the purpose here is to encourage us. This is something we have, and it's presented to us as a reason to obey the exhortation. So … I think they're both kinds of witnesses.The great cloud of witnesses, the stadium full, is a crowd of on onlookers. They are spectators. But they're not just any spectators — they're watching a game they've played before, as it were, and won. This kind of bends the image a little, but imagine that the sold-out stadium watching the World Series this week is a stadium full of past World Series Champions. The 40,000 watching have all played in a World Series before and won it, and now they're in the stands watching the World Series with a ring on their finger.That's what this is in verse 1. The stadium full, the cloud of witnesses that surround us, are the past saints we read about in Chapter 11 — Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and the 18+ others mentioned at the end of the chapter. The Church VictoriousAnd two things we know about this list is first, it's not exhaustive (there are others saints he could have mentioned but didn't). And two, the writer cites examples outside the Old Testament canon — which I think means we have license to add saints to the list. In our imaginations, we can include in this cloud of witnesses all the saints throughout church history who have died in faith. So think everyone from Peter and Paul and John to Polycarp, Justin Martyr, Athanasius, Chrysostom, Augustine, Aquinas, Wycliffe and Luther and Calvin, Owen and Edwards and Jim Elliot … and J.I. Packer and R. C. Sproul … and now Tim Keller. Think of your Christian family members who have passed away — Wednesday is All Saints Day, so this is a great time to think about all the saints — Think about every Christian who has ever come before us … millions of faithful Christians whose names you do not know but who all died in faith — this is the church victorious. All of them now make up this cloud of witnesses, this great stadium full of witnesses. And they have been where we are. They've finished their race, as champions. And now they're watching us. This is meant to encourage us.Therefore, since that is the case — since this is the context, here's what we do:1) We run with endurance.Last line of verse 1: “Let us run with endurance the race set before us.” Can everyone see that last part there in verse 1? “Let us run” is the main verb of the passage. It's the main action we're called to. And it's really just another way to say the same exhortation repeated throughout this book. Don't stop believing. Keep going in the life of faith. Endure in faith! The writer has been saying that all along, but now he drops it in a sports metaphor: marathon running, or endurance running. Not only are we surrounded by a packed-out stadium of witnesses, but because of that, since that's the case, the writer exhorts us to lead the life of faith like an endurance runner. This is the main point and I'm going to end on it, but in order to understand his running, we need to see the two other verbs in passage. These two verbs give us more details on the running. We run, laying aside and looking to. Here is the second point of the sermon.2) We lay aside what gets in the way.Check out the second part of verse 1. Verse 1 again: “Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us be laying aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely…” The writer is still working this endurance running metaphor. I know we have some runners in our church. We've even got some extreme runners, like 100-mile runners, and so they understand this better than the rest of us, but it's pretty intuitive, I think. If you're running a long distance, you only bring with you what's necessary to complete the run. The mission is to finish the run, finish the race. That's the singular focus. And so before you run — or even as you run — you do an audit of your entire person, head to feet, and everything is scrutinized by the question: Will this help me finish this race in front of me?Whatever does not help me run is a deterrent, a distraction — it's considered weight — and so, without question, I lay it aside. Now it may not be a bad thing. It could be my briefcase … with my computer and my notebooks and my Pilot G2 0.38 black ink pens … along with my GTL Zebrite yellow highlighter with the fluorescent pigment ink that won't bleed through — all great things — but if the main action is running, and these things don't help me run, then I get them out of the way. Of course we do. We lay weights aside. … We also lay sin aside.Those Closely-Clinging SinsNow there's a question on this verse. Notice that the “every weight” and “sin that clings closely” come side by side. The question is whether sin is defining “every weight” or if it's something separate. I'm inclined to think that there's an overlap between the two, but sin here is a separate thing. Now, objectively, when it comes to all of us, sin does damage, it ensnares; but there's a fascinating adjective here describing sin. The writer calls it: “closely-clinging sin.” Or “easily-ensnaring sin.” The image is that you're encircled by something. Imagine that you're outside and it's muddy — imagine that there's mud all around you, encircling you, and whichever direction you move, you have to watch out not to step in the mud. That's the way sin is described here. All sin is objective in that it's all moral rebellion against God, but implied here is that we each might have our own mud circle. Some sins might ensnare me more easily than they do you, or vice-versa.Years ago the word I learned for this concept was “besetting sin.”I remember the first time I ever heard the phrase “besetting sin.” It was my first year of college, and I did not know what the phrase meant. I had transferred from one school to this other school, and it was a strong Christian school with some solid guys, and they were serious about discipleship, and we were talking in a group and one guy mentioned “besetting sin.”I didn't know what he meant, so of course, what do you do if you're talking with a group of people and you don't know what a word means? … You say nothing and Google it later.So that's what I did, and I read that the definition of besetting was something like “persistently threatening.” And I thought persistently threatening sin — oh, I got some of those. I don't think it's a stretch to say that this discovery changed my life. This concept led me to dig down to the root-sins of my life, not just the outward behaviors and appearances, but to the deep, mostly unseen parts. I'm wired with particular weaknesses and vulnerabilities, and I began to understand that my besetting sins, at root, come from pride and unbelief. My pride is thinking that I can do something apart from God. My unbelief is thinking that I must do something apart from God. And together, they're vicious. And they can look different ways at different times, but because they're besetting — clingy, entangling — they've followed me around for 20 years.You ever seen a cartoon where there's a character and a single rain cloud follows him everywhere. Besetting sins are like that, but instead of a cloud over you, it's mud that encircles you. I've got my own mud, and you've got yours. And we have to be careful not to step in the mud, because everywhere we go it's never too far away.A couple weeks ago I went to my girls' volleyball game, and I walked in, and our team's fans were on the far side of the gym. So I walked all the way around, past a stand full of other fans, and I found a seat, and as I was watching the game, I noticed mud and dirt all the way around the gym, and I thought (true story), “Some idiot tracked mud in here.” Well I kept watching the game and then a little bit later I looked down … mud all over my boots. You are the idiot! I don't even remember seeing mud. I don't know where I could have stepped in it. But I also wasn't watching out for mud. And in a spiritual sense, that's true for some of us in here right now. …Check Your ShoesSome of us, right now, if we were to metaphorically look down at our shoes, we've got mud all over them. Now this is the reason we have our time of confession earlier in the service, but there's never a wrong time to confess, and so can we all just take a look at our ‘shoes' again? Let's take moment to reflect. Check your shoes. Check your hearts.That mud that you've stepped in, or that you're persistently threatened to step in, that will keep you from running the race. It's hard to run with mud caked on your shoes, and in fact, you just can't. It doesn't work. You won't make it. You must lay aside that sin. So I'm asking you to do that, right now. In your hearts, throw off your sin.And now go back to that idea of weight. We're going next-level here. Stop the sin, yes, and now ask: What in my life is getting in the way of my running with endurance?Take inventory of your life — and I especially mean this for you young people and older people, and all you people in between. Think: Are each of these various things in my life encouraging my faith or distracting my faith?And if it's distracting your faith, if it's deterring you, if it's weighing you down while you're trying to run, why are you still holding onto it? Lay it aside.Because you want to run, right?! We're trying to run. We want to endure in faith. It means we lay aside what gets in the way. But there's more. Running with endurance means … third point …3) We look to Jesus. This is verse 2. “We run with endurance the race set before us … looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith …” And right away, that verb for “looking” means an intense kind of looking. It's the same word used to talk about Moses in 11:26 when the writer tells us that Moses “considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth that the treasure of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.” This is not a casual looking, but it means to “fix your eyes” on something. That's the way some English translations put this. We run “fixing our eyes on Jesus.” This is resolute, singular focus on Jesus.And the writer says “Jesus” on purpose. There's all kinds of titles for Jesus he could have used, but like he's done 11 other times in this book, he just says “Jesus” … because he wants us to imagine the real person, Jesus — the man who lived here in our shoes, who was and is God in the flesh … true God in actual flesh … “the founder and perfecter of our faith.” Everybody look at the phrase in verse 2. And this is a super important description that ties in all of Chapter 11. Other ways to translate that phrase is “founder and finisher,” or “pioneer and perfecter” — and the idea is that Jesus is the one who starts it and ends it. Starts and ends what? … “Our faith.”And when he says “our faith” the writer is talking about the faith that we share with the Old Testament saints of Chapter 11, and the whole cloud of witnesses who are packing out this stadium in verse 1. And if Jesus is the one who founded and finishes our faith, then it means that Jesus is the ultimate example we follow. All the examples of Chapter 11 now culminate in his example. We recall the examples of those who have come before us in order to fix our eyes on the example of Jesus. Like Paul says, we imitate others as they imitate Christ (see 1 Corinthians 11:1).And we can read all about the life and example of Jesus in the Gospels, but here the writer of Hebrews spells out what he means in particular. Look to Jesus, the founder and finisher of our faith, who, because of one great reality, he did three actions. Joy Set Before HimHere it is, verse 2: “For the joy set before him … he endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” The humiliation and exaltation of Jesus are explained as being actions compelled by one thing … joy.We talk a lot about joy around here, and I'm not sure what you all think about that, but if there were ever a verse in the Bible that should raise the stakes on the meaning of joy, it's this one right here.Jesus had joy set before him. And again, we've already seen something like this in the examples of faith in Chapter 11. Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Moses — they all endured suffering in faith because they embraced something better in their future. Moses fixed his eyes on the reward. And when we talked about Moses a couple of weeks ago, I explained that the reward, ultimately, is being with Jesus himself. But if that's our reward — if the joy set before us is being with Jesus — what was the joy set before Jesus?Now, I encourage each of you to talk to Pastor David Mathis about this. He wrote about this for the email this week. He says that the joy of Jesus is multifaceted. It's not just one thing, but the Bible tells us at least a few things about the joy of Jesus: Jesus's joy is the glory of his Father; it's his victory over the devil; it's the saving of his people. And, Jesus has joy in his being “seated at the Father's right hand.” That's what the last description in verse 2 is about, and I think it brings it all together. We look to Jesus, who, for joy … is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. And David explained that this being seated is both about Jesus's personal honor and his nearness to the Father. Jesus is glorified, radiant, and he's with his Father — and there is joy in that. And at the same time, I want to add that this joy of being seated, of honor and nearness, is the joy of consummation. It's the joy of his work finished. Remember this is how this book begins. Chapter 1, verse 3: “after making purification for sins, [Jesus] sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high…” Jesus is doing that now. He is seated there now, and his being seated there, on this side of his cross, is together with the joy set before him. It's like this:And Jesus, from where he is seated, looks over all that he has done, and he's happy with it. And in fact, everything that is happening now by the work of his Spirit, which he superintends, it is the application of his joy. It's all from joy, for joy. This is so important. It means that when we look to Jesus, we don't look to a nervous Jesus. Jesus is not wringing his hands in worry, crossing his fingers for the best outcome. No. Jesus is seated with joy.That's what we're running toward. We're running to him in his joy, even when we have to do this:Run — TodayAnd that running is what we're doing now. Jesus is seated there now. The cloud of witnesses watch now. And we — we're running now. When it comes to the life of faith, we're not spectators yet. We're not onlookers in the stands. We're in the game. We are on the field. So run. We have great examples in the past; we have the joy of Jesus as our future — and what does God want us to do here? What is God calling us to today?Run. Laying aside every sin and weight, looking to Jesus, let us run with endurance the race of faith set before us. That's what brings us to the Table.The TableAs we run with endurance, every week, together, we remember the sacrifice of Jesus for us. Jesus died for us to save us. To make us new, to bring us home. And here at this Table, we give him thanks. If you trust in Jesus, if you have put your faith in him, we invite you to eat and drink with us. Let us serve you.

Eric Bakey shares how his passion for visual thinking got him promoted from building bridges under rocket attack to working as an elevator apprentice, general superintendent, and construction executive. Hear how this experience helps him solve business blind spots for organizations that he cares more about.Sponsored by ConceptsThis episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by Concepts, a perfect tool for sketchnoting, available on iOS, Windows, and Android.Concepts' vector-based drawing feature gives you the power to adjust your drawings — any time you like. You can nudge the curve of a line, swap out one brush for another, or change stroke thickness and color at any stage of your drawing — saving hours and hours of rework.Vectors provide clean, crisp, high-resolution output for your sketchnotes at any size you need — large or small. 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Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!Episode TranscriptMike Rohde: Hey everyone, it's great to have you, and I've got Eric Bakey on the line. Eric, it's so good to have you. Thanks for coming on the show.Erick Bakey: I appreciate you having me. Longtime listener, first-time caller. So, I'm really excited.MR: And I'm excited to have you. We had a little chat just before the end of the year and immediately thought that you'd be great for the podcast to share your story and your perspective. So, let's get that started. Tell us a little bit about who you are and what you do.EB: It has evolved. I'm an entrepreneur. If I'm at the bar, I would just tell someone I doodle for dollars. That gets a rise outta most people, but in a very real sense, I try to solve business blind spots. That feels right when I say it. I've had to go through a few different iterations of how you show up as an illustrator, which is not quite that. Not quite a cartoonist, not quite a whiteboard wizard, or whatever else you wanna call yourself. But that one fits right now.MR: Nice. Nice. Let's jump right into your origin story. I know a little bit about it, but I wanna let you take your time and tell us, maybe start from when you're a kid. Did you draw since when you were a little kid, and did that maintain itself through your life or did it come later in life? How did all that work out and to get to the place where you are now?EB: Yeah. I was drawn to the arts and I drew cartoons when I was a kid, and I actually won some scholastic awards in high school to go to art school, but I was too much of a tough guy. I just wasn't prepared to go take my art seriously. And so, I joined the Army right after high school and got to do the tough guy thing. Learned to blow stuff up, and more importantly, build bridges.When I got out, pun intended, I came up in the elevator industry and I went from stack and steel and spinning wrenches an elevator apprentice and worked my way up to become a general superintendent and construction executive. Really, it was the application of visual thinking that really helped me exceed in these kinds of things.I've brushed over about 12 years' worth my life there in a couple of sentences, but really, it was trying to understand the complexities of what an owner's intention was, what an architect's plan for making the thing beautiful, how an engineer makes the thing actually work, and then getting 80 different contractors to get on the same exact page and try to put the job in on time.I just used the tools that were available to me, which were a sharpie and a cardboard box, and just wheeled this thing into existence by getting everybody literally on the same page because everyone has their own competing priorities when it comes to a project.I used what tools were available, and that happened to be this thing called visual thinking. In hindsight, I wish I would've put a little bit more attention to that ability when I was going into my day job. It probably would've saved me a lot of stress. But, yeah, that's kinda the origin story.MR: Wow. Here's an interesting question because you came up from the bottom, being an apprentice and seeing everything from that perspective, you think that helped you when you came to the point of being this, I guess, a facilitator, I guess is probably the right way to call it, right? You're a facilitator using visual tools to try to get everybody organized and on the same page some ways, like a project manager, I guess, you might even say.Do you think, coming up from the bottom and working up that way gave you good perspective for all those other roles because you would've had to understand all those roles to really make them almost like interpret one to the other, right? Like the architect to the engineer because they might talk past each other. Is that a fair way to guess how that might have been?EB: Absolutely. It was through hard work and going from not knowing anything about anything and just struggling at every face going up. I hated at the time. I hated my job at every face of that experience 'cause there's always problems. But it was just a commitment to craftsmanship and then ultimately, the respect of the guys when I'm in charge.We all made fun of the guys who came straight outta college and started telling these 55-year-old mechanics how to build an elevator. They don't even know to do anything. The same thing, when I actually got on the office side of things, being able to speak from the perspective of the guys but on a more elevated business-like fashion and being able to—just the proper frame based on true experience rather than hypothetical book knowledge. I mean, it's just like street smarts versus taking a class.Fortunately, I've been able to do both, and absolutely, it was just a commitment to craftsmanship and trading cartooning as an honest trade. That's really how I came to this and leaning into it to say, "Okay, I'm not where I want to be yet, now that I've transitioned into this visual thinking world. I want to go there, but I'm not there yet. So what can I do now with the skills and abilities resources? I've got to be a good steward of these resources and solve the problems that are around me with these things to get me to where I'm trying to go in that general direction of what I think visual thinking should be. "MR: Another interesting question. Because you came from this perspective, you obviously had the respect of the guys who did the work. How did management react to you when you came to them? Do you think you had an interesting, where you are this in-between mediator that could speak the talk and yet speak their talk as well?EB: It's hard to be a legend in your own land. Fortunately, I got recruited from the field, I went to the office, I went to the competition. I could not get to the office level from the field place I was at. I had to take the next step of the ladder in a different company so that they would appreciate my knowledge. 'Cause I was just the irreverent kid, elevator mechanic at the one company that, yeah, sure, he does a good job, but he's an elevator mechanic.Those skills were celebrated by the competition, and it was a big opportunity. I wanted to overachieve and bring everything I could from the field but then apply in a new context in the office. It was appreciated at the new company.MR: Interesting. Almost like the place that where you got to a certain point where you outgrew it, and the only way to make the next step would be to leave it behind where nobody has any kind of preconceived ideas of who you are so you could start over again.EB: Maybe that was my own limited ability, but it's like the grass is always greener anyway. There's always ways, even now that I wish I could have transitioned things a little bit smoother, but, for me, it's always been, "All right, well, this is the new thing I'm doing. I'm going here and I'm gonna kick butt and it is what it is."MR: Interesting. Do you find that that's been the true for your process? Obviously, in each one of these, you had to burn it down and start over again. Are you finding this is a trend in your life for you to go to the next level? Has that been true for you?EB: Whether it's wisdom or fatigue, I'm doing less burning of bridges or anything like that. Distilling down with the truth and principles really are to get to where I'm trying to go has been more important. I think I was driven a lot by ego in the beginning. I wanted to go be the tough guy, army guy. I wanted to go be this pipe-swinging elevator guy. I wanted to go be the boss.Then as I started achieving these levels I was essentially climbing ladders, leaned up against the wrong building. I didn't think before actually building a career. If I would've had some visual thinking skills to really plan this thing out a little bit better, especially as I get to mentor some people now as employees and whatnot.It's like when I see that spark in somebody, instead of letting them go all these different directions, I try to channel it towards, "Hey, what are you really trying to accomplish?" I see there's a whole lot of activity, but what are we really trying to accomplish here? And try to channel them towards the best direction and just trying to be the friend or leader that I wish I would've had as I was coming up.MR: That's great. That's great. What kind of work are you doing these days? Are you still in the construction business? Where are you working?EB: I'm no longer in the construction world per se. I do a little bit of real estate development work, which is similar but different. It's before the construction actually even happens. I would argue it's much more lucrative to stay on that side of things. Also, I just got hired by Boeing, the big aerospace engine conglomerate. I'm really excited about that opportunity.I was kind of the wild, wild west of freelancing, whoever would hire me as a visual facilitator of how you show up as a marketer or a sales strategist or all kinds of different ways that you can use these skills. But I saw a real weakness that I had that I want to solve bigger problems and I want to be with a team executing upon worldwide. I just wanna have a bigger impact with these things.I feel like I have these really cool skills that are Ferrari skills for a small little consulting gig. But always, I want to go bigger and deeper with these people and it's hard to do that internally in a small business. I figured I'd go jump in the deep ocean where I'd have a team and ultimately also get mentoring from somebody I really respect.MR: Got it.EB: It is the same thing of—the ego thing is starting to fall past that. I wanted to be this irreverent entrepreneur, but what kind of problems do I really want? Like, oh, I can get, have a much bigger impact with over here, and I have these weaknesses that aren't gonna be used against me. They're actually gonna be strengthened by someone who I actually trust to help identify them. I'm really excited about the big opportunity that I've got going on now.MR: Give me an example. Let's say you're working with a—now you're internally, so let's say you're at Boeing someplace, just make a theoretical situation. You've got a problem that you're facing. You've got your team, you've got all of Boeing or some section of Boeing. How would you approach that? What kind of stuff would you bring to the table and how do you use visual thinking in that context?EB: It really is very important to understand the situation before you try to solve the problem. Slowing down and asking the right questions, it's not about having the right answers, it's about asking questions and truly having a consultative Socratic approach of feeling, where's the pain? "It hurts on the left-hand side of your body here. Is it in your arm or is it more in your leg? Oh, oh it hurts right there."Like, "Right there, right there, right there, right there?" And really taking a frame of, okay, so how does that apply to visual thinking? Drawing it out, asking the questions, capturing the emotion. That's the power of studying cartooning. The extra squiggles that make a cartoon really pop, make it look like it's moving can speak and tell a story that's more true to life than reality itself.I love that ability, and I do it and I show it to somebody and it's like when I get that, when I see the pain in their eyes and they can laugh about it, then I really truly understand. And then it gives me the right to then, "Hey, could this possibly be a solution?" Again, you get that work done upfront before you start prescribing a solution. So, really, it's understanding and doing it visually so that I don't have to have all the answers.I don't have an aerospace engineering degree, and so I'm gonna go—they did a fantastic job of interviewing a whole lot of people and I felt very unqualified 'cause I have no aerospace engineering background whatsoever. But I guess it was just in the way that I approached problem-solving, and that's what I'm excited to work with their innovation team to do that and really understand the kind of problems that a big multi-billion-dollar international company has and solve them with some simple pictures. Sounds really exciting to me.MR: That sounds really cool. I've looked at some of your work and talked to you a little bit. My impression is that the visualizations you do are a means to an end. Your goal is not to produce an image. The image is a step towards solving a problem. So, it doesn't have to be beautiful. It could be, as you said, you drew it on cardboard with a sharpie. Like medium doesn't matter, quality doesn't matter as long as it's communicating those concepts.Talk a little bit about your perspective on the actual work and how you use it and at what point do you just not worry about it, it just becomes a step along the way, or maybe it does become like a map of some kinds that maybe a team would follow over a long period of time.EB: I'm very fortunate that I have put the work in to become a really good illustrator. I've been paid to illustrate, I can draw photos realistically. I can paint portraits, I can do this really cool thing, but so can everybody else and they can actually do a lot better than me. So, I'm like, "What can I do to compete in this industry, the talent level is just unbelievable what people are able to do."I just chose to solve problems that were bigger than just pretty pictures. In the beginning, I didn't wanna share things that weren't super pretty. Like, is that social media envy game of who can get more status and likes and whatever. I just started sharing stuff that I thought was meaningful for me. I've been very grateful that it has resonated with some people 'cause I get people comment and message me very often about how can I do this for them in their organization.It's just me scratching my own itch. The longer I took to make sure everything was picture perfect and drawn out just perfectly, I got no different people either get it, where they don't get it and they're just like, yeah, like why am I so worried about this? Nobody actually cares. No one cares at all. So, it's like they only care about what you could do for them.And once I realize that it's like, okay, so how do I get faster at this and how do I capture these and share these meaningful things that maybe I care about and I thought people would actually care about, and they don't. So, like, huh? It's just been just creating as many—that parable if you wanna create the perfect pot, you don't spend three months making one pot. You spend the next 90 days making 90 pots. I'm just trying to crank out 90 pots and then eventually I'll get the perfect one.And then what to what end? It's ultimately just trying to solve problems for organizations and people that I want to be around. To what end, it's simply to have—I call them visually valuable conversations. I wanna have conversations with meaningful people. That's the end. I happen to use analog tools, digital tools, all kinds of different tools. It just a medium. I could be a crayon a on butcher paper for all I care, as long as I get the kind of impact that I want out of it.MR: And that it communicates. You're connecting your communication between whoever you're working with or the people that you're working with, so you get on the same page. That seems really important as well. That's really fascinating and I think that's covers a little bit of what you're doing. If you're just starting, you're probably not even sure what you're gonna be up to at Boeing yet. That'll be real fun to follow and see, check in with you in the future and see what you're up to.I wanna shift into the tools that you like. You've talked a little bit about using crayons and butcher paper and sharpies and cardboard. Do you have like a go-to set of tools like pens or notebooks or paper or some materials that you like, that you typically will run with? Let's start with analog first and then shift to digital.EB: As I said, I started with just a cardboard box and a sharpie marker. That's effective when you're just quick and dirty in the field trying to just get a point across, explain something complicated to someone who doesn't get it, that checks the box. When I went pro, about 2016, I started doing this full-time and I bought this fancy flip chart all the Neulands and replaceable nibs.I love it and they're super cool and fountain pens and feud tips and like, all kinds of really sweet stuff. And then I let the tools get in the way of doing the real work. I spent all this time practicing my typography. It was fun to take the courses. There's so much stuff to learn. There's so much to this stuff. I have a whole huge bookMR: Your books.EB: I love. I'm a total nerd when it comes to visual thinking and tools and only having the best. But then I stopped being a little bit so precious about it once the pandemic happened and I'm like, "Well now it's like what problem am I really trying to do?" I was so concerned about making sure it was pretty and messing around with like the right tools and everything. It's great. It's hard to do good work with crappy tools, but only a poor craftsman blames his tools.It's just like this dichotomy of, what can you use to get the job done and what job is it that you're really trying to do. When it comes down to it, you can do this job with some post-it notes and a sketchbook or a whiteboard or whatever it is that you have around you. There are some really nice things. There are wonderful resources. But I try not to get too hung up in it 'cause I will nerd out on—like the 0.07 G2 is better than the 1.0, or vice versa. I can totally nerd out on it, but I try not—what am I really trying to accomplish here? So that'd be my only feedback is don't let the tools get in the way of a good job.MR: It does sound like you probably appreciate—my perspective is I like to have tools that I can go into any drug store anywhere in the world and buy. If I can get used to using those tools, I know I've always got a backup. If mine blows up, I can go to the Walgreens or the corner drug store in the UK or whatever and probably buy something that if it's not that thing or it's pretty close.Sounds like Pilot G2 would be one of those things. Do you have any favorite notebooks? I only use 3M post-it notes because the cheap ones tend to curl up and fall off the wall. That's a little tip there in case you're gonna use post-it notes, get good ones ‘cause it's worth the money.EB: I do not leave the house without a little pocket-sized back—my back left pocket at all times with a sharpie, with the fine tip and the regular tip on it and a big like a 0.9-millimeter mechanical pencil because they don't break. I will never leave the house without it because you should always have your tools, especially there's always time, little five-minute pockets time to practice or the things that pop in your head or whatever. I love to just capture these little tiny things and it's just something that it is impossible to forget for me when I write it down, which is why I started doing this anyway.And if I put the words with the visual, it will burn itself. It's like mental dynamite. It's in there for good if I take the time to draw it out, especially in an emotional moment. So, I just have it with me. I don't always pull it out every single day, but it's always there and it's just like, these are my tools and this is how I'm showing up. Those are analogs I gotta have.MR: Nice. Then I assume like the little notebook that you keep in your pocket set, like a field note notebook or something like that.EB: It's a super cheap one. You can get them in packs of 12. They're super cheap and they're just plain. There's no dots or anything on them. Again, just like an Amazon special, I've got super precious notebooks and like sketchbooks that I don't wanna screw 'em up with like, whatever. I bust them out for [unintelligible 00:22:09]. I'll really lean into it when I'm gonna do it, but when I'm just for an everyday carry, it's better to have something that you don't mind messing up and just getting used rather than never using it.MR: There is something to be said about something that's so inexpensive that if it gets screwed up, "Eh, I'll just recycle it and start a new one." It doesn't feel like you're hurting anything. Nothing precious has gone away. It got all bent up or got a little burned in the fire or whatever. Take pictures of the important stuff and recycle it and move on to the next one. There's something really freeing about that. You're not so tied to having to have a special book or something like that. So that's really interesting. What about digital tools?You can run an entire business now with Google Docs. It's just unbelievable what is available for free to be able to do this. I've used Procreate to illustrate a couple books now. I love it. Concepts is really cool. I'm probably gonna transition more to Concepts because I'm running these much bigger projects and gonna need that infinite canvas to be open at all times and continue.When it comes to actually doing consulting work and delivering these things, Notability is just unbelievable. Being able to have a really pretty PDF that's uploaded into it and then you can also draw on it. It's unbelievable the tools that you can get for like 10 bucks.MR: Right. I know.EB: It's just mind-boggling. Because I'm not as seasoned as you are, but I was not willing to pay for Adobe Creative Suite back in the day. It was just not even an option. I just got good at these inexpensive tools and they're just unbelievable how good they really are. The tools are smarter than me. I don't even use them for even a fraction of what their ability to do is, and I'm already just blown away by how useful they are.MR: I've seen that as well. The quality of the tools that we have available to us for the price that they cost, like Procreate and Concepts, and even I use Paper By WeTransfer like that's $12 a year. That's a drop in the bucket. I get value out of that within the first week that I use it, it's already paid for in my mind from the value it provides. Even some other tools that you can get are pretty reasonable as well.I think that's good. It democratizes accessibility to those tools where maybe in the past it was pretty limited. You had to really be in with the old Adobe suite, especially if you bought it. Couple hundred bucks, maybe a thousand bucks if you really needed lots of tools and suddenly you better make use of it 'cause you know, a lot of money. That's really fascinating.Well, thank you so much for sharing a little bit about your tools. Sounds like you're a pretty practical guy like me. Let's shift into tips now. The way I frame this is imagine there's somebody listening, they're a individual thinking, whatever that means to them, and they feel like they've reached a plateau for whatever reason.Maybe it's the beginning of the year, maybe it's just, tired out of something. Just they need a little bit of inspiration. What would be three things you would give them, three tips you would tell them? It could be practical, it can be theoretical things that you might say to encourage them to begin again or start the climb.EB: I'd say first, what problem are you really trying to solve? You're hung up on this thing, you are trying—what are you really trying to solve and who are you trying to solve it for? Are you trying to solve it for yourself? Because sketchnotes are a fantastic way to solve for yourself also get some gratification and edification from other people who think your work is cool.There's a whole community for people who just do sketchnotes. As someone who's gone through several apprenticeships, it's essential to get those basics down 100%. What are you trying to solve? If it's skills that you need to get, just do some sketchnotes and it's for yourself. If you're trying to solve for somebody else, okay, is this a graphic recording kind of question? Is this a visual facilitation kind of question? Then what is the value of solving that problem?For you, is it to just get past the mental block of that, "I'm not good enough to do this thing?" Well, yes you are. There's so many uses for visual thinking and how you can in increase your skills and share them with somebody else because the only way to get better at drawing is to push the ugliness out of your pencil on that piece of paper. There's no way—no matter how many books I read or courses I take, I continue to learn and continue to get better.People are so good at this stuff and even after people are tell me that, "Oh, you're so talented." Still, I'm never satisfied with how much further I could push this. The tip point number one is what problem are you trying to solve? Is it for you or for someone else? And what is the value of solving that problem? So, you get off your butt, actually solve it. You need consequences for it not being solved or a reward for solving it.What is the problem? Who's it for? What is the value of doing this work? You need to get that clear before you're gonna get past your funk. That'd be my first tip. Second is, so where are you right now and where do you want to go? As I said, if you want to build sketchnotes onto and become a professional with this thing, you can. There's also people who I would argue I'm a better illustrator, or arguably they've got incredible businesses doing this thing.It has very little to do with your physical skillset and more about who is the community that you're surrounding yourself with. If you're just trying to be, like just educate yourself on a specific topic. Maybe you're struggling with math or physics or something like that, and you can use visual thinking and sketchnoting to solve for that. Or there's tons of business and personal development advice out there. There's tons of podcasts that, to distill it down.It's a whole problem of itself, there's this proliferation of advice out there. It's too much of it. It's a massive fire hose. And people have made incredible Twitters and Instagram pages and made incredible illustrations and sketchnotes of just distilling down all the stuff. Maybe you'll also see that some of it is bull crap. Drawing it out and seeing, oh, this actually doesn't—that I see it in front of me, it sounded really good, but.That would be, so where are you now and where do you want to go with this? Do you wanna do this professionally? I have now I've got hired by this incredible company that's an aerospace defense company that's unbelievable. And I'm just someone who's like a reformed construction worker turned cartoonist. It'd be really hard to even put your finger on exactly how I got here. It's not something that I intentionally woke up and said, "I'm gonna do this thing." It was something that pulled on.Once I saw it, once I saw your work, I saw there was a whole community, how do I get better at this skill so that I can be undeniable that even that I can solve these problems and work for a company that is on a mission that I actually care about. Cool. My third and final one would just be to be useful, resourceful, and worth knowing in your five-mile famous world.It's not about being the best artist or even being the best listener. It's not being about being the best, it's being useful with the talents that you've been given, the resources that you've got. Resourceful people, use your resources and be useful to the people who are around you. And being worth knowing, I feel is a higher calling than being well known. That's really what I aspire to do. I guess I'm giving myself my own advice here, but that'd be my third tip.MR: That's great. Those are three great tips. I love all three. Thanks for sharing those with us. We're right at the end of the podcast if you can believe it. It just kind of flew by. It was so fun chatting with you. Tell us, what's the best place for people to find you if they wanna connect, if they wanna talk with you where would they go?EB: I post pretty regularly on both Instagram and LinkedIn, and they're under my name Eric Bakery, B-A-K-E-Y. I also have my own little website, Eric bakey.com. The whole online presence, I'm not hard to find if you just type me into Google, I'm sure you'll find me.MR: I hadn't thought about this until you said your name. Is there any kind of background in your family of being bakers? Is that in your history?EB: Funny thing on my mom's side, so not my dad's side, but the Bakey name, my mom's grandfather was a famous wedding cake baker in Philadelphia.MR: Really?EB: Well, my mom makes me a birthday cake where she makes wedding cake, birthday cake for me.MR: Wow.MR: I can't get it at the store. I gotta get my mom's fancy birthday cake stuff. I guess I'm kind of spoiled.MR: There is baking in your history somewhere.EB: There is. Yeah.MR: Interesting. That's pretty cool. Well, Eric, this has been so much fun chatting with you and having you share your experience and your story. Thanks so much for being on the show and thanks for the work that you're doing and how you're sharing and how you're being in the world. We so appreciate it.EB: I appreciate you. You're a huge inspiration. Thanks a lot, Mike.MR: Well, thank you. And for everyone listening to the show, it's another episode of the "Sketch Note Army Podcast." Till the next episode, we'll talk to you soon.

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Danielle Ahlrich, partner and tax litigator with Reed Smith in Austin, joins us on todays show! Danielle talks about going from a boutique to Big Law, understanding how your piece of the puzzle fits, and how the next generation of leaders thinks about work-life balance.Her firm/practicePartner at Reed Smith in Austin; international law firm that does everything on the civil side2000 lawyersShe is in their state tax group for TexasHelping businesses with Texas sales and franchise tax mattersIf a business is under auditTo prevent an auditSales tax is over 50% of Texas' budgetShoutout to Amanda Taylor (listen to her episode here!) who helped her get a position in a boutique state tax litigation law firm after spending some time in state governmentThe practice is heavy on statutory construction, not as much on actual taxation/math as one might assume (if you are on the controversy side as she is)Allows her to practice at the trial court level all the way up to the Texas Supreme CourtShe doesn't even do her own taxes!Joined Reed Smith in January after being at a boutique, which is the opposite of what most people doShe wanted to grow and have some larger opportunities with companies who have tax issues all over the country as opposed to just in TexasThe reality is most large companies choose to use large law firmsThe pandemic gave her the clarity, space, and courage to make the move.No straight career line that is the same for each lawyerReed Smith operates much more through practice groups, so she reports up through the state tax group which is located in other offices as opposed to Austin.Which means Austin colleagues are in a variety of practice areasCOVID update (As of 5/5/21)Travis County has been doing a LOT of things remotely and keeping cases movingReed Smith is putting together a new policy regarding how we work post-COVID.Expects there to be a mix of in-office time and remote timeWill be an office to office questionAdvice for lawyers in practiceIs the associate trying to understand how/where this assignment fits into the larger case / how their piece fits into the larger puzzleMuch more likely to get back a work product that is plug and play (e.g. drop their work into the motion/brief)The result will be a better refinement of the research and/or a more direct applicationExample: if estoppel is raised, she doesn't need a primer on estoppel, she needs to know how it applies here.Take ownership of cases and be mindful of what is coming nextTHE due date is not YOUR due date! The partner may need to review/revise; clients may need to approve or provide feedback, etc. before the submission/due date.(Jennie Knapp talked about this as well!)Advice for lawyers in the job huntStart right now to build a network; curate people in your life who will help you achieve your goals and/or make you a better personMother Attorney Mentor Association (MAMAs) - active Facebook page that is helpful on so many issues.PracticalKeep a master list of where you've been and what you've been doing. Good for a conflicts check too. Can be used to construct your resume as well as supplemental materials such as a list of representative cases or deals, presentations, papers, etc.Keep a brag book with kudos or thank yous from colleagues, clients, etc.On work-life balanceHave a big-picture focus. Don't look at it daily or weekly. Some days and weeks won't be balanced. Monthly or yearly is more realistic.Need to get rid of the toxic work culture that doesn't have any boundaries; it needs to come from firm leadership. Optimistic a new generation of leaders will have success making these changes."A boundary is a place from which I can love both you and me simultaneously." - Prentis HemphillChoose a position and role that allows you to do the work you want while balancing the other parts of life according to your values.Example about whether or not vacation time is real in a specific firm.Rapid fire questionsName one trait/characteristic you most want to see in an associate: coachableWhat habit has been key to your success? calendaring deadlines when they come in and always setting up a two week reminderFavorite app/tool: N/AFavorite pen: Pilot G2 1.0 / blue (no fine points where you are chiseling in stone; need some glide!)Favorite social distancing activity: 5am walks in the dark with a podcastFavorite legal movie: A Time To Kill (also loves My Cousin Vinny and Legally Blonde)Thanks again to Danielle Ahlrich for joining us on today's show!

Ken learns why dynamic kindness is more important than "success" in his chat with Corey Johnson, founder of Imagine Scholar, based in the Nkomazi region of Mpumalanga province, in South Africa. Imagine Scholar is "founded on the belief that there is an equal distribution of raw potential in every pocket of the world. Our mission is to equip young leaders with the integrity, skills, and mindsets they need to shape a world they can be proud of." Many thanks to Laura Kaub (whose name somehow got garbled on the pod!) from Yale Young African Scholars, who introduced Ken to Corey via Kyra Kellawan's excellent ThePilotEd Podcast.Rapid DescentWalkout song: Magic Carpet Ride by SteppenwolfBest recent read: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt Eager to read next: Hate, Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another by Matt TaibbiFavorite thing to make in the kitchen: Pizza using an obscure recipe from Richard the hippie, who read Lord of the Rings to Corey when he was ten. What she uses to take and keep notes: Things (Mac app) and four colored Etsy notebooks, using a purple-inked Pilot G2 pen.Memorable bit of advice: Get honest feedback from people who care about you. We all have emotional blindspots that we think nobody sees. Unmask your insecurities. (Inspired by a roast of him by his best friends.)Bucket list: He really wants to go to space.

The Pilot G2 is a good gel ink pen. There are better gel ink pens right next to it on the store shelf, and Brad digs into the ones you should consider the next time you are stocking up.

The Pilot G2 is a good gel ink pen. There are better gel ink pens right next to it on the store shelf, and Brad digs into the ones you should consider the next time you are stocking up.

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Who is Phillip Telfer? What is the core of my identity? I’m a child of God and a disciple of Jesus Christ. What you do is not as important as who you are. But in case you’re wondering about what I do, here you go…Husband & Father: Mary and I have been married for 28 years and blessed with 4 children, one fantastic son-in-law, and a precious grand-daughter.Minister: I serve as a pastor by day (and night) and I’m the founder and director of the nonprofit ministry Media Talk 101Coffee Nut: When I’m not serving the flock, I’m serving good, home roasted coffee to family and friends.Woodworker: Another hobby that has “turned” into a small family business is woodturning. Working with wood a little bit each week keeps me sane in this big world of personalities.Film Festival Director: Since that didn’t seem like enough on my plate I also started the annual Christian Worldview Film Festival and Filmmakers Guild.Author: When there’s time to spare, I love to take a Pilot G2 gel pen and a pad of paper and write! I used to pour a lot of creative writing energy into music, and now that has shifted to the fun of writing a novel.Book: Why Save Alexanderhttps://www.philliptelfer.com/why-save-alexander/https://www.philliptelfer.com/For more interviews visit: www.iamrefocusedradio.comSponsors:Rockafellas Barber Shop San AntonioRico Rodriguez (Owner)www.facebook.com/Rockafellas-Barber-Shop-105026620034718/?ref=page_internal1733 BabcockSan Antonio, Texas 78229Phone: (210) 782-5188ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly.www.facebook.com/engagesaProsperitus Solutions is headquartered on the Southwest side of San Antonio, Texas and serving the Department of Defense since 2011. Prosperitus employs more than 100 staff nationwide with footprints in over 8 states.Mission Statement: To attract and ignite talent resulting in prosperous solutions for our customers and community.Our skill-sets cover:• Medical Services• Information Technology• Logistics• Finance• Marketing• Human ResourcesWe have put together a Lean Experienced Corporate staff with one mission, to provide Exceptional Service to our customers and foster long lasting profitable partnerships with our teaming companies.www.prosperitussolutions.com/prosperitusI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioningwww.allsportsfitness.netAll Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.com

Who is Phillip Telfer? What is the core of my identity? I’m a child of God and a disciple of Jesus Christ. What you do is not as important as who you are. But in case you’re wondering about what I do, here you go…Husband & Father: Mary and I have been married for 28 years and blessed with 4 children, one fantastic son-in-law, and a precious grand-daughter.Minister: I serve as a pastor by day (and night) and I’m the founder and director of the nonprofit ministry Media Talk 101Coffee Nut: When I’m not serving the flock, I’m serving good, home roasted coffee to family and friends.Woodworker: Another hobby that has “turned” into a small family business is woodturning. Working with wood a little bit each week keeps me sane in this big world of personalities.Film Festival Director: Since that didn’t seem like enough on my plate I also started the annual Christian Worldview Film Festival and Filmmakers Guild.Author: When there’s time to spare, I love to take a Pilot G2 gel pen and a pad of paper and write! I used to pour a lot of creative writing energy into music, and now that has shifted to the fun of writing a novel.Book: Why Save Alexanderhttps://www.philliptelfer.com/why-save-alexander/https://www.philliptelfer.com/For more interviews visit: www.iamrefocusedradio.comSponsors:Rockafellas Barber Shop San AntonioRico Rodriguez (Owner)www.facebook.com/Rockafellas-Barber-Shop-105026620034718/?ref=page_internal1733 BabcockSan Antonio, Texas 78229Phone: (210) 782-5188ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly.www.facebook.com/engagesaProsperitus Solutions is headquartered on the Southwest side of San Antonio, Texas and serving the Department of Defense since 2011. Prosperitus employs more than 100 staff nationwide with footprints in over 8 states.Mission Statement: To attract and ignite talent resulting in prosperous solutions for our customers and community.Our skill-sets cover:• Medical Services• Information Technology• Logistics• Finance• Marketing• Human ResourcesWe have put together a Lean Experienced Corporate staff with one mission, to provide Exceptional Service to our customers and foster long lasting profitable partnerships with our teaming companies.www.prosperitussolutions.com/prosperitusI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioningwww.allsportsfitness.netAll Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.com

Ken chats with Emmi Harward, Executive Director at the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS). Together they explore alternate universes (including one where Emmi is a Supreme Court justice/former U.S. President) as well as a pro tip for getting the first win of the day before you even get out of bed.Shout-outs & LinksTerry Cowdrey, who hired Emmi into her first admissions gig at Vanderbilt. Marie Bigham... yes THAT Marie Bigham.Briana Barkin, Lawrence University California-based regional admission superstarSuzan Zarwell, director of college counseling at University School of Milwaukee (for a picture she got author Paul Tough to send to Ken).Rapid DescentEmmi's walkout song: This is How We Do It by Montell JordanBest thing she's read lately: Real American by Julie Lythcott-HaimesWhat she's eager to read next: The Privileged Poor by Anthony Jack and The Years That Matter Most by Paul ToughFavorite thing to make in the kitchen: Besides dinner reservations, her mother's Mac and cheese... with dreams of making John Legend's Mac and cheese.What she uses to take and keep notes: Whatever paper is near her Pilot G2 fine point pen. (Also many many Post-it Notes.)Memorable bit of advice: From her mother who advised, "Make sure you are running to something and not just from something." Bucket list: Communicating in Spanish, and also spending a lot of time in London.

Back in 2018, I talked about my favorite pen ever. Now that it's 2019, does it still hold up? Let's talk about the best day-to-day pen you'll find anywhere! Full show notes at https://easiercast.com/little9Support the show (https://easiercast.com)

Debriefing #5: 5 x 5 of 2018 Songs of 2018: This One’s Simple, These Are Our Favorite Songs of 2018! They Don’t Have To Be Made In 2018, Just New To Us. These Are Our Favs of The Year  Marks…  Tor Miller - “The Dirt”… Which Is Proly What I Think Is The Best Song of The Past 5 Years!  Ane Brune - “All My Tears”  Leon Bridges - “Beyond”  John Prine - “Lake Marie”  AHI - “Ol’ Sweet Day” … Shoutout To Marci K For That One!  YZ - “Mixel Plic’ .. BONUS DABS…  Lauren Daigle - "You Say" Noah Kahan - "Sink" James Arthur - "Empty Space" Eminem - "Fall" The Lumineers - "Gun Song" Movies or Shows of 2018:This One’s Also Simple, These Are Our Favorite Movies or T.V. Shows of The Year!  Marks…  Peaky Blinders “The King” - Ronnie Coleman Documentary  “May It Last” - Avett Brothers Documentary  “Accidental Courtesy” - Daryl Davis  The Darkest Hour DABS… Icarus- Netflix Documentary 13th- Netflix Documentary You- Netflix Series Park and Rec Forever My Girl Media Episodes of 2018: This One’s A Little More In Depth.  These Are Our Favorite Media (Of Any Form) Episodes… So They Could Be Books, Podcast Episodes, Instagram Posts, YouTube Videos, Audio Files, Blogs, Articles, Studies, Etc… Pretty Much Anything That Was Put Out Into The World!  Marks…  “12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos” By Jordan Peterson  Joe Rogan Experience #1176- Dom D'Agostino & Layne Norton The Fitcast #478 Practicing Compassionw/ Dan John  Inky Johnson - Talk To Aflac In Dallas, TX  Word On Fire Podcast #158- How To Have A Good Religious Argument DABS… "What It Means To Be Productive" - Chasing Excellence "10 Habits You Should Stop Having" - Chasing Excellence "Episode 63- Mental Balance and Being Okay With Doing Less" - Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Squat University/The Critical Bench - Instagram/Website Blogs @drnadolsky- Dr. Spencer Nadolsky- Instagram Purchases of 2018:Again A Pretty Simple One… What Purchases of The Year Did We Love The Most!  Marks…  Trip To Europe Skwat Rack  Pilot-G2 .38 Pen  Chalkboard Paint For Walls  Hawaaiin Shirts/Plain Sweatshirts DABS… Instapot Dumbbell Set Coffee Grinder Barbell Jeep Food or Exercises of 2018:This One Is Our Top 5 Favorite Exercises That We Were Doing and/or The Best Foodz That We Ate Last Year…2 of My Favorite Things On Earth!  Marks…  KB Snatch  Turkish Getups  Mid Day Walks  Take Sushi  Butternut Squash Soup  DABS…(I didn't try any new foods :( ) TGU Kickthrough w/ Toe Grab Windmill Snatch Deadlift

In this episode, Chris talks about appreciating the design of everyday objects, minimalism, and how some objects can reflect a life well lived.LinksI mentioned a bunch of objects I own that I especially value. Only some can be found online, so this is a partial list:My preferred notebook is a Stillman & Birn Epsilon sketchbookMy preferred pen is a Pilot G2 .7mm Fine Point in blackMy preferred belt is a Grip6My preferred pants are a pair of Edgevale Cast Iron Utility Pants in Smoke Black. In the summer, I wear a pair of Fjallraven High Coast Trousers in LimestoneMy preferred boots are Blundstone Super 550 in blackMy preferred t-shirts are Woolly Merino V-Neck in GreyMy wallet is a BRYK stainless steel caseMy watch is a Trintec Zulu-07 in Stainless SteelMy bag is a Booq Boa BriefcaseIf you don't know the Spin Doctors song I referenced, congratulations. If you can't handle not knowing it, you can listen to it here.Ubik is a book by Philip K. Dick. You should read it.Bruce Sterling coined the term "Spime" in his book, Shaping Things. You should read that, too.MusicAll music featured in this episode (except for the tiny bit of Two Princes) is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Bass Rider, by Podington BearMercurial Vision, by Blue Dot SessionsWestern Sycamore, by r benyWaves, by Podington BearCreditsYou can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw, just leave all the vowels out. That's @ D S G N T M R R W. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow.After Credits LinksStudy: Average Person’s Life Plan Can Only Withstand 25 Seconds Of Direct QuestioningOwl attackhttps://twitter.com/PersianRose1/status/731776250130235393Peter Gabriel on MusicThis is what your life looks like when you are a major dramatist writing plays in Italian and you’re boldly and publicly living-in-sin with a woman who should have been the Queen of England.Art-Camerahttp://mentalfloss.com/article/67770/there-video-game-where-you-just-take-care-succulentsHere’s what it’s like to be unable to visualize anythingFace recognition app taking Russia by storm may bring end to public anonymity See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, it's all about my favorite podcast, the pens I think are best for writing, and why you should keep your gum wrappers! Get the full show notes at easiercast.com/1Support the show (https://easiercast.com)

Drew needs Joe’s help. It’s about pens. Kaweco AL Sport (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006CQT1VU/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Pilot G2 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GAOTSW/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Bookworm (https://bookworm.fm) TWSBI on Goulet Pen (https://www.gouletpens.com/twsbi-diamond-580-fountain-pen-clear-fine/p/TW-M7443120) Lamy Safari (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002T401Y/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Pilot Varisty (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A9ZTB24/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Leuchtturm1917 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TSIMW4/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Midori Traveler’s Notebook (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ZYF22M/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Tools & Toys Review of the Midori (http://toolsandtoys.net/reviews/the-midori-travelers-notebook-review/) Things (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/things-3/id904237743?mt=8&uo=4&at=1010l7cc&ct=wtw) Field Notes Reporter’s Notebook (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MDTK7BD/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Panobook (https://www.studioneat.com/products/panobook) Pilot Hi-Tec-C (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N3KVKSU/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Lamy Safari Ballpoint Pen (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y1LSPT7/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Fisher Space Pen (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WGD13U/?tag=whimsthatwork-20) Machine Era Pen (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZSPRW0S/?tag=whimsthatwork-20)

Welcome to Made It Happen Monday with Marcia Francois the Organising Queen!  Today we talk to Marcia about living life intentionally, how to find time to do the things you love and her advice for finding the perfect planner for your lifestyle.     SHOW NOTES Marcia's Main Purpose or Focus - "Inspire people to take action."   Why Marcia thinks people sabotage themselves when it comes to finding time to do things they love - "It's a badge of honor to be busy"   "I have enough time for everything that is important to me." - Marcia Francois Advice for people who are struggling with finding the perfect planner:  "Go with simplicity and you need to know yourself"   Marcia's piece of advice for those of us who are crafters  "Know in advance what you want to do and set up your environment for success." -Marcia Francois Marcia's Favorites Favorite organizing or time management system - Meal Planning Favorite service she offers - Coaching Favorite Pen(s)   Pilot G2 .7mm Pentel EnerGel .7mm About Marcia Blog eBooks - 31 Days of Enough Time Instagram Facebook   Don't forget to use coupon code WELCOME when purchasing any of her eBooks for 20% off!     Marcia and I in Stirling     First night in town and she talked me into eating Indian food!   You will need to follow us on Instagram to see pictures of my nightmare and my progress thus far!

Sep. 5, 2015. Tom Angleberger discusses "McToad Mows Tiny Island" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Author-illustrator Tom Angleberger is best known for his “Origami Yoda” series. A former newspaper reporter and columnist, he is a highly successful author and illustrator whose works include “Horton Halfpott,” “Fake Mustache,” “The Strange Case of Origami Yoda,” “Darth Paper Strikes Back” and his latest picture book, “McToad Mows Tiny Island.” He is married to author-illustrator Cece Bell, and his favorite pen is the Pilot G2. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7005

En este episodio muestro las herramientas que uso habitualmente para capturar ideas: un bloc de notas y un bolígrafo Pilot G2, la pantalla de captura de OmniFocus en el mac y OmniFocus y la grabación de voz en el iPhone.¿Qué herramientas usas para capturar tus ideas?Enlaces del programaPilot G2OmniFocusEl vídeo de este episodio

En este vídeo muestro las herramientas que uso habitualmente para capturar ideas: un bloc de notas y un bolígrafo Pilot G2, la pantalla de captura de OmniFocus en el mac y OmniFocus y la grabación de voz en el iPhone.