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Unlocking Entrepreneurial Freedom: The 10 Disciplines In this episode of the Shed and Shine Podcast, Gino Wickman introduces listeners to the 10 Disciplines—a framework designed to help driven entrepreneurs achieve true freedom by balancing their outer and inner worlds. Gino emphasizes the importance of each discipline and encourages listeners to implement them for synergistic and compounding benefits. Future episodes promise a deeper dive into each discipline. Listeners are also invited to take the True Self Assessment on www.shedandshinepodcast.com and consider joining the 10 Disciplines Group Coaching Program for further personal growth. 00:00 Introduction to Shed and Shine Podcast00:20 Excitement for the 10 Disciplines01:41 Deep Dive into the 10 Disciplines04:36 Discipline 1: 10-Year Thinking06:04 Discipline 2: Take Time Off06:59 Discipline 3: Know Thyself08:32 Discipline 4: Be Still10:16 Discipline 5: Know Your 100%12:06 Discipline 6: Say No...Often13:36 Discipline 7: Don't Do $25-an-Hour Work14:46 Discipline 8: Prepare Every Night15:36 Discipline 9: Put Everything in One Place16:49 Discipline 10: Be Humble18:05 Conclusion and Next Steps ABOUT THE 10 DISCIPLINES The 10 Disciplines, founded by Gino Wickman and Rob Dube, is on a mission to help one million entrepreneurs learn that it is possible to be driven and have peace while making a bigger impact. We want to help you shed the barrier and layers that prevent you from creating the balance between impact and peace, and your True Self. Do you want to let your freak flag fly, and be your most authentic self at all times? Do you want to accomplish more without burning out, or doing a lot of damage to yourself (emotionally, physically, and mentally), and the relationships around you? Do you want to know the person beneath the identity you've created of work, accomplishments, and successes? If so, you're in the right place. You've put a lot of focus on your outer world. Let's start your inner world journey together. ⚡️ Join The 10 Disciplines Group Coaching Program: https://the10disciplines.com/group-coaching-program/ ⚡️ Take The True Self Assessment: https://the10disciplines.com/assessment CONNECT WITH US ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/the10disciplines ❤️ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the10disciplines/ ❤️ https://www.youtube.com/@The10Disciplines MORE RESOURCES TO HELP YOUR INNER WORLD JOURNEY ❤️ https://the10disciplines.com/blog ❤️ www.shedandshinepodcast.com ⭐️ https://the10disciplines.com/shine

Wellety, wellety... here we are with a podcast recommendation. We suggest you should peep the "Everything Everywhere" podcast and throw it in your feed. Fun, short, informative, and interesting episodes will be your reward! This episode is on the Wow Signal... listened and be amazed... or wow'd... whatever works. You'll dig it, k? Learn more about Evergreen Podcasts and Wessler Media. Visit TheRRShow.com Check out our Subreddit Follow us on socials: TikTok Instagram YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when you just hit a hall? What does that 'wall' tend to look like for you? These are questions I'm contemplating and exploring in today's episode. Across the month of April I was gearing up to launch the Dating Sanity Capsule, a collection of potent lessons and videos designed to decrease the misery and anxiety we associate with online dating. I.was.pumped. I'd loved putting together the course, was so jazzed about the content — I couldn't wait to get it in the hands of followers and listeners who could benefit from it most.And then, the wall. In today's episode I'm talking about an unexpected season I hit towards the end of the month — one I'm still very much in — where I was forced to slow down, reassess elements of my life and business, and start to pull apart how I got off course in the first place. I'm specifically sharing:How my new approach to marketing my digital products started to feel out of integrityMy larger struggles with the way digital products are promoted on social media and the broader nature of the coaching industryThe decision to pull back on scaling my businessDesires and wants driven by our ego, which very much applies to relationshipsOther efforts, outside of working, that I'm also "putting down," after hitting the wallMy desire for a simpler summer filled with slowness and restWork with me PrivatelyConnect on InstagramWebsitePodcast Production by James Jorge

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Manager Joe Espada joins The Matt Thomas Show to review the Houston Astros losing 6-1 to the Atlanta Braves on Monday at Minute Maid Park. The Astros are now 6-12 to start the season, and Espada says they "haven't been able to put everything together both offensively and defensively." Things fell apart in the first game against the Braves when Josh Hader took the mound in a non-save situation with the Braves leading 2-1. Hader allowed four runs on four hits and a walk in the top of the ninth inning. "I still want the city to be excited about the backend of our bullpen," we just have "got to be able to hit our spots," and "we'll turn things around," Espada said. Despite the loss, Spencer Arrighetti had a strong start on the mound in his home debut, getting 15 swings-and-misses out of his 87 pitches. "His presence on the mound was better" than his debut against the Kansas City Royals, and "his performance was better than what the box score showed." Espada also discusses Forrest Whitley getting called-up, Justin Verlander and Framber Valdez's return and Hunter Brown maintaining his confidence.

Manager Joe Espada joins The Matt Thomas Show to review the Houston Astros losing 6-1 to the Atlanta Braves on Monday at Minute Maid Park. The Astros are now 6-12 to start the season, and Espada says they "haven't been able to put everything together both offensively and defensively." Things fell apart in the first game against the Braves when Josh Hader took the mound in a non-save situation with the Braves leading 2-1. Hader allowed four runs on four hits and a walk in the top of the ninth inning. "I still want the city to be excited about the backend of our bullpen," we just have "got to be able to hit our spots," and "we'll turn things around," Espada said. Despite the loss, Spencer Arrighetti had a strong start on the mound in his home debut, getting 15 swings-and-misses out of his 87 pitches. "His presence on the mound was better" than his debut against the Kansas City Royals, and "his performance was better than what the box score showed." Espada also discusses Forrest Whitley getting called-up, Justin Verlander and Framber Valdez's return and Hunter Brown maintaining his confidence.

From open mic nights to Scala, Catrin and Jack from Another Sky tell their stories of dodgy part time jobs, sticking with a plan and the plan goddamn working! Their new album Beach Day is out on Fiction Records. Become a member of Rough Trade Club New Music, and you'll receive the Rough Trade Album of the Month straight to your door every month, on an exclusive vinyl pressing with exclusive bonus material. Head to http://roughtrade.com/club and use '101POD' as a voucher. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Get £50 off your weekend ticket to 2000 Trees festival: where The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats, Hot Mulligan and TONS of excellent bands are playing. Use 101POD at checkout: 2000trees.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back! Thank you for your patience while we sorted out a bit of our workload, but your reward is that this week we are doing one of my favourite episodes. It has taken a lot of research and a lot of reading that made me really quite f*cking angry about the way we do things. Today we are talking about what is actually good for the environment, Plastic glass or aluminium and one of them is the absolute worst and it's not what you think. And the answer to what we can do may also not be what you think. I also used a tool called Life Cycle Analysis to put this episode together and you'll find links to it further down in the show notes. In this episode I share: Which form of bottle is actually the worse What the best option is if you only consider disposal The three reasons we cannot recycle our way out of the crisis The reason none of the current options are a good choice Why I started Incrediballs Key Quotes “Reduce reuse and then recycle. Reduce is the key, reuse is more important and recycling is the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff." “None of them are the good choice. There is the better choice and the worst choice but none of them are good because they are all inherently single use.” “We cannot recycle our way out of this crisis.” More Information Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348005008_Life_Cycle_Assessment_of_Beverage_Packaging https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-020-01804-x https://www.aluminum.org/Recycling https://international-aluminium.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/wa_factsheet_final.pdf https://www.cityservices.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1368618/NOWaste-Aluminum-Factsheet_Update-March-2022_ACCESS.pdf https://environment.govt.nz/what-government-is-doing/areas-of-work/waste/container-return-scheme/ https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution. You can get involved with the podcast online Find our full podcast plus our sister podcast via the website here: https://www.nowthatswhatIcall.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatswhaticallpodcasts/ You can follow me on socials on the below accounts. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briannemwest/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@briannemwest Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briannemwest/ For our latest big project, find out more about Incrediballs here: https://incrediballs.com/

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence meets with the media ahead of Wednesday's practice to discuss the upcoming matchup against the Tennessee Titans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Join Nick and Dave as they address some questions they have received recently about interest rates and CDs. Interest rates are looking pretty good, especially when you start driving around town and seeing billboards for 6 % twelve-month CDs. So part of the questions have been, "Why don't we just put everything in CDs and earn 6% and be happy and go on our merry way?" When you look at the stock market this year the S&P500 is up over 10 percent so far year to date. It can be in the eye of the beholder if you think you should stop investing in this vehicle that's done over ten percent this year so you can get 5%. There's always an element when it comes to investing that is about the future but also applies to this cash conversation. Essentially if you invest in cash over the long term, while it's attractive right now, your long-term real return is actually negative. Over time cash investments aren't going to keep up with inflation. The key to this conversation and thinking about CDs versus stocks is your long-term investments should be invested into a portfolio that makes sense for your long-term and you should definitely have short-term cash available to weather the storm. The good news is that cash is getting much better interest rates than it used to. Listen to the entire episode for more on this discussion. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel.   About Shotwell Rutter Baer Shotwell Rutter Baer is proud to be an independent, fee-only registered investment advisory firm. This means that we are only compensated by our clients for our knowledge and guidance — not from commissions by selling financial products. Our only motivation is to help you achieve financial freedom and peace of mind. By structuring our business this way we believe that many of the conflicts of interest that plague the financial services industry are eliminated. We work for our clients, period. Click here to learn about the Strategic Reliable Blueprint, our financial plan process for your future. Call us at 517-321-4832 for financial and retirement investing advice.

Are your business responsibilities making you feel like a juggling act? Wish you could master the art of time management? Join us as we get up close and personal with Jennifer, an entrepreneur who's perfected the craft of wearing multiple hats while thriving in her business. In this insightful episode, Jennifer spills the beans on smartly incorporating small tasks into your routine, setting aside focused time for critical responsibilities like finance, and crafting an environment that promotes productivity. But the wisdom doesn't stop there! We also dive into the crucial role of delegation in effective time management. Learn how to identify tasks that are important, urgent, and necessary - and, more importantly, how to train your team to handle these tasks efficiently. We highlight the significance of keeping a comprehensive calendar and the indispensable role of proper planning in mastering time management. This episode is a treasure trove of practical insights to hone your time management skills. Tune in and take control of your time now!Today's Nugget Alerts:* Identify what is important, urgent, and needed* Delegation is giving away things you like but that are not important to your business* Put EVERYTHING in your calendarEmail us at: TwoDaughtersAndTheirDad@gmail.com Please download our Best of Nuggets eBook here. Like and follow us on Facebook Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen's blog.Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

Changing Working Lives of Australians, more mobility in the futureHelp Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Put Everything you want to be, do, or have in your Creation Box no matter how unattainable you think it might be. This is about really dreaming and becoming aware again of what you want. Have fun with it!!!!

In this episode, hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros talk about mortality and the idea that a firm grasp on the inevitability of our end can birth a profound appreciation for the present and prompt us to live more authentically. This notion, inspired by the imagery in Nickelback's music video, Saving Me, is a sobering reminder to free ourselves from the mundane and prioritize what truly matters. The lens of death also brings certain regrets into focus. They also discuss gratitude over regret and that the fragility of life is a precious reminder to cherish the moments with our loved ones and appreciate the fleeting nature of time. They also talk about embracing life's trials and tribulations, adopting a practice of micro-dosing grief to navigate life's frustrations successfully.Links mentioned:Next Level U Book Club - https://www.nextleveluniverse.com/next-level-book-club/ Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/ ______________________ Website

Zack Meisel with the latest on the Guardians and whether or not they can put a winning run together for weeks at a time. Could Triston McKenzie miss the rest of the season. Any concerns about the innings count for their young pitchers? Listen to The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima weekday mornings 6-10am on Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan and the Audacy App!

Jon shares the importance of putting everything in writing and keeping it safe.   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/  Website: https://jondwoskin.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com  Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!

All of us will eventually come to the place where we're worn out from all the weight this world throws on us, and there's only one way out. The Holy Spirit caught Kevin when he needed it most and spoke to him when he was exhausted from chasing the things that never satisfied. God showed him there was something greater in store. Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here

Vincent & Jonny break down an Oscar winning film with a special guest, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Starring Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang, Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang, Jamie Lee Curtis as Deirdre Beaubeirdre, Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang, and James Hong as Gong Gong! Listen as Vincent and Jonny talk about cinematography, visual effects, cast, acting, plot, and more! Thanks for tuning into this episode! To stay in touch with us, our linktree is below Linktree.com/Oneshotmoviepodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oneshotmoviepodcast/support

When told she wasn't welcome at football training with the boys in Gisborne, upcoming 16 year old New Zealand representative Renee Holmes was devastated. Instead of packing it in, she picked herself up & took a huge risk switching codes, from football, to rugby. It was the best decision she ever made. Seven years later she is a proud World Champion Black Fern with a goal kicking skills lauded as outstanding by legend Dan Carter. What you might not know about Renee is how far she's travelled to get where she is today, literally. Her Dad, Laurie drove hours each day to get her to training and games. She's now set her sights on being the best goal kicker in the world by the next World Cup. Her story is a total inspiration.  Music credit: Hard Boiled, Kevin MacLeod

Sens Head Coach DJ Smith joins the media ahead of tonight's tilt with the Red Wings!

This conversation is centered on Dan Berger's new book Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey.  Stayed On Freedom brings into focus two unheralded Black Power activists who dedicated their lives to the fight for freedom.   Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons fell in love while organizing tenants and workers in the South for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee or SNCC at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Their commitment to each other and to social change took them on a decades-long journey that traversed first the country and then the world. In centering their lives, historian Dan Berger shows how Black Power united the local and the global across organizations and generations.   We're really excited that for our discussion of the book we get to do something a bit different than we usually do, thanks to Zoharah and Michael Simmons who join us along with Dan Berger to offer some oral history of their decades of struggle.  In this part of our conversation, we talk about their childhoods, their early politicization, defying their families in order to get directly involved in perhaps the most dangerous work in the Civil Rights Movement and we begin to talk about the Black communities they joined in the Deep South to be a part of those transformative struggles against Jim Crow.  There will be at least 2 more episodes talking with Zoharah and Michael about their long-term commitment to what Berger calls “The Long History of Black Power.” And we are so grateful to Dan, Michael and Zoharah for taking so much time to bring you these oral histories. Stayed on Freedom is on sale now and you can pick it up from our friends at Massive Bookshop and at bookstores everywhere.  As a note we have done some previous oral histories with SNCC veterans and we will include those in the show notes as well, as they provide more context for one of the most important radical struggles in the history of this country. It's almost the end of the month and we are behind our own goal for patrons which we set monthly to keep up with non renewals and attempt to build towards the greater sustainability of the labor we put into this podcast. We need 12 more patrons to hit that goal this month. So if you've been thinking about it, now is a great time to kick in and support the podcast at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism Links: Purchase Stayed on Freedom from Massive Bookshop Our (previous) conversation with SNCC organizers Jennifer Lawson and Charles Cobb Jr Our (previous) conversation with SNCC organizers Jennifer Lawson and Dorothy Zellner Our previous episodes with Dan Berger 

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Jon shares the importance of putting everything in writing when it comes to business.   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/  Website: https://jondwoskin.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com  Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Joseph Piccuirro. He has had recurring roles on such shows as Good Trouble, Station 19, and Jane The Virgin. He has also appeared on SWAT, Teachers, Scandal, New Girl, and Ballers. We discuss getting into the arts because his football program got cut, wanting to be a professional wrestler, moving to NYC for theatre school, getting his SAG card from background work, moving to L.A. and experiencing a two year drought, starting to book after getting new reps, meeting with David Ayer and booking the film Bright, and the importance of being physically and mentally healthy. That and much more!Follow Before The Break - on Instagram at @beforethebreakpodon Twitter at @b4thebreakpodhttps://beforethebreak.buzzsprout.com/Follow Joe -at IMDbFollow Tommy -on Instagram at @imtommybythewayhttps://www.tommybeardmore.com/Follow Adam -on Instagram at @thatadamdecarlohttp://adamdecarlo.com/Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and give us a rating!

This weeks episode is full of men who don't know how to act. Follow the Corporate Crush Podcast Instagram account: @corporatecrushedpod New, Views, Pop Culture KBJ Investiture Lizzo Plays a Historic Instrument Adam Levine Ime Udoka Try Guys Main Topic Kanye West --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This movie is like if the "tOtaLLy RanDOM" humor of the 2009 iCarly era coalesced into a movie for grown ups - and it was actually really good! Nihilism is bad.

Your dad always threatened it, but did he ever actually turn the car around?

What Would You Do With $100 Billion?!3 Questions that Put Everything in Perspective – Matthew KellyGet Matthew's 60 Second Wisdom delivered to your inbox: https://www.matthewkelly.com/subscribeVideo Transcript:“We all lose perspective on life from time to time. When that happens, it's important to step back from who we are, where we are, and what we are doing, and take another look. Here are three questions to help you do that:1. You get a call from an attorney tomorrow who tells you about a relative you never knew you had who has died and left you $100 billion dollars. If you knew you would never have to worry about money, what would you do with the rest of your life and what would you do with the money?2. You go to the doctor tomorrow, she does some tests, comes back and says, “I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is you are going to feel perfectly healthy until the moment you die. The bad news is five years from today you are going to die.” If you knew you only had five years to live, what would do over the next five years?3. Now question three sounds a lot like question number two, but it's different. You go to the doctor tomorrow, he does some tests, comes back and says, “I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is you are going to feel perfectly healthy until the moment you die. The bad news is, you are going to die right now.” If you died right now, what would you never get to do that's important to you? Most people spend more time thinking about their annual vacation than they do thinking about their life. When was the last time you sat down and really thought about the life you want? It is too easy to let another week, month, year slip by without really thinking about it.  It‘s too easy to just let life happen to us. You don't have to settle for the life you stumbled into.”If you have not read LIFE IS MESSY, order your copy today: https://amzn.to/2TTgZKn Subscribe to Matthew's YouTube Channel today! https://www.youtube.com/c/MatthewKellyAuthor/featured?sub_confirmation=1https://www.matthewkelly.comGet Matthew's 60 Second Wisdom delivered to your inbox: https://www.matthewkelly.com/subscribe The Best Version of Yourself and 60 Second Wisdom are registered trademarks.#MatthewKelly #BestVersionOfYourself #BestVersion

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Welcome back Mystical Friends to the Astrology Forecast for the week of June 13-19th, 2022 ✨The Universe literally put everything that's happening in June into THIS week ✨As Mercury starts to pick up some speed regressing in its home sign Gemini...

Hey Wicked Hunters,  Today we have Lori Grace, also known as the “Lightning Queen”, an extreme weather photographer who is a big advocate of gender equality and underrepresented artist. We chatted about how she put herself accountable to be better by telling everyone that if she didn't get better in 2021, she was ready to let everything go and “hang up the towel” - quit. She also shares her journey in the NFT world and how she started from zero, opening Twitter space with only a few people to a point where she can reach more and more people and become one of the most respected figures in the NFT world.   You can see Lori's Genesis Piece - the photo that we were talking about on the podcast here: https://twitter.com/lorigraceaz/status/1515070519300685828?s=20&t=FRr18BeAWQnR69to7krP6A   If you want to learn more about Lori's work, you can find it here: • Website: https://www.lorigraceaz.com/ • Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/lorigraceaz • Twitter: https://twitter.com/lorigraceaz   Other ways to listen and subscribe to the podcast: • Spotify - http://bit.ly/twhspotify   • Apple Podcast - https://bit.ly/Theartofphotography   • Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/TheArtOfPhotographyWithStanleyAr   • Website: https://podcast.thewickedhunt.com      • Tune In (Alexa) - https://bit.ly/TuneInTheArtOfPhotographyPodcastWithStanleyAr     For those of you who want to learn more about The Wicked Hunt Photography by Stanley Aryanto: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewickedhunt/      • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewickedhunt/ • Masterclass: https://www.TheWickedHuntPhotography.com      • Photo print: https://www.TheWickedHunt.com/    Don't forget to leave a review on the podcast if you enjoy this conversation. It would help us to get found and help to inspire other photographers.  ----------------------- Lori Grace  0:00   I tweeted out that if I didn't Excel if I didn't, if I didn't do better this last year in 2021, than I've ever done before, as far as my chasing my photography might the quality of images, the type of extraordinary shots that I was getting, if I didn't do better than I've ever done before I was going to hang it up. I was going to hang up the towel I was gonna throw in the towel and hang it up Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  0:30   Hey, weekenders Welcome back to The Art of Photography podcast, where we share photographers journey and share how photography have given us hope, purpose and happiness. And today we have someone who have been such a big support such a big figure is especially in the NFT world, as well as in photography world, her name is Laurie grace, and Laurie has been someone who is a big advocate for the underrepresented for, you know, the bipoc That woman and all the people out there that you know, do not get as much voice to be heard or, and Laurie has been really active in Twitter spaces to create this spaces for for these people. So I am so excited to Yeah, to talk to Laurie, about her journey, her photography, and how she, you know, bring and help these people who are underrepresented so that they have more space to be able to voice their, their, their messages and there are so let's get right into it. Give us a little bit background about yourself write about who you are and who, who you like to be known by other people in the industry as well as as a person. Lori Grace  2:00   Yeah, I mean, so I am, I've kind of been all over the place it through through my life and doing different things. When I was young, I always had a fascination with weather. And by the time I was in high school actually wanted to become a meteorologist and a tornado chaser back in the day before There even were there before there even was something such as a thing called storm chasers, there were pretty much tornado trackers, or whatever you want to call it. And I wanted to go to Texas Tech in in Lubbock to study and learn the science of tornadoes. But life took me a different journey. And it got married ended up, you know, ended up pursuing a degree in psychology different, you know, which is vastly different. And then from there just we ended up moving out to Arizona, over 20 years ago. And And finally, back in 2015, I became a wedding photographer, which is something I wanted to do. And once I was doing wedding, once I was shooting portraits and weddings and shooting people, I also discovered rediscovered my passion for for weather, again, especially living out here in the desert, you know, the summer storms can just be some of the most beautiful thing that you've ever seen, especially if you're standing out in the middle of the desert, at sunset, and all of the colours of that you can imagine are just filling your brain with with just this, this, this chaos of beauty. And so I decided to take those same, that same gear right, the male canon five d mark three and the lenses that I had with it, and started shooting storms with it as well when I wasn't shooting weddings. And since then that's been what I've been kind of alternating. During wedding season, I'll shoot weddings or portraits or whatever throughout the year. But then during storm season, you know, I'll either drag out to the high plains and take pictures of storms and supercells and the marvellous storms that are out there or even in eastern New Mexico and in West Texas. Or I'll wait again for the monsoon season each and every year to try and capture something extraordinary each and every day. And then last year, I jumped into you know, I jumped into NF T's I took some of that knowledge and I took the the images that I was creating. And I decided to come into and take a look at NFT because I was already into crypto a little bit. So for me, because I was already investing in crypto NF T's actually wasn't that that far of a reach and a lot of people have trouble getting their understanding their purpose and the potential for success with them as an artist as a photographer. So you know back in June, July is when I really started to look into it. And then I dropped my my first pieces on foundation last August. And I quickly sold through two or three pieces on foundation which surprised me because I really didn't know anybody. And then I spent time in the community slowly prepping my my collection. My first collection which is the passionate pursuit, and after that, yeah, I mean, I've now sold through two collections and several pieces. Excuse me In an almost another collection of time, lots of pieces on foundation. And I host spaces like crazy, just because I love it. I love this community that I'm part of. And yeah, and that's where I'm at today. And I'm looking forward to just so many people being on boarded into into crypto now and NF T's and, and I'm looking forward to storm season again to probably more than anything. I'm so ready to get back out there and chase Chase storms and do things a lot differently. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  5:26   That's incredible. Yeah, that's, that's really cool to see, you know, how everything can flow through. Why did you want it to do wedding photography? I'm curious. That was like, What is that one thing that makes you you know, what, I want to do wedding photography. And, you know, many people can do it for, you know, because it is a good industry to make money off. But when I listen to you, talking about your wedding photography, you really passionate about it, you really care about your your your bride and groom, and you really care about capturing those moments and being able to create a memory of a lifetime. So share us a little bit about that. That passion in wedding photography, I think you're still muted. Lori Grace  6:13   was talking Go figure. It didn't I mean, sorry. But here was you know, with wedding photography, I really enjoy taking photos of people. And ever since we had our kids and their babies, I loved just using the original canon, what was it a digital rebel x t, just such an older camera. But you know what, even those, even those cameras are taking just incredible images. So I want to do, I wanted to do something that kind of offered a little bit of a of an adrenaline rush. And that's what I love doing most about weddings is that it's not for everybody. And I jumped right into it, I did all the studying, I bought all the gear learned everything I could about off camera flash, because I just didn't I see a lot of the wedding photographers who I saw it locally, they're just flash on their camera, they're shooting weddings that way. And that is not the kind of quality I wanted to see out of out of from photography. And there are a lot of great wedding photographers who really are a master at crafting light with off camera flash, that that's something that I really, really do enjoy using is OCF. But not only that, being able to maximise the dynamic range that these cameras have. So you know, I do see a lot of wedding photographers who I think the style or the style is called light and airy. And there's generally hardly any, if you know, none, to maybe very little of off camera flash or on camera flash. And they essentially, you know, it's kind of an overexposed, slightly overexposed image, just so everything is super bright. But I don't care for that style, it's not my style. I know, it's, it's pretty much what you're gonna see on any bridal magazine that's out there, because it's such a popular style. But for me, I was always about capturing the sky, also capturing the breadth of the dynamic range and your camera. So I wanted to see shadows, I wanted to see the sky, I like a blue sky and not a white sky that you typically see in these other kinds of shots. Whether it's a blue sky, or a pink sky, or whatever is happening in the in the environment. And of course, that translates into my experience as a as a storm chaser weather photographer, you know, I want to maximise, I really want to capture everything that I can. And I'm because I really think that's important to not only properly exposed for the clients, whether it's a wedding couple or a portrait of some sort. So, so that's what I ended up, you know, making sure I expanded into using softboxes, you know, whatever tools I needed to get the shot that I was looking for, and to craft that, that's what I did. And that's where I'm at today is I still love, I'll take a softbox if I'm shooting a high school senior, for example, you know, up on a mountain like I did this past weekend, I will take the softbox with me, and I'll have a friend standing with a giant softbox just to create that light, that beautifully diffused light, and then have that sunset in the background, that golden hour down in the valley below. Just going nuts to create that, that beautiful, you know that that that beautiful extra light, that's just the that's just surrounding the client and it just makes them glow with this that extra warmth. So as you can tell I'm, I'm really technical about it all, but I just really love doing it. And that's what keeps me juices going. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  9:31   Yeah, that's really cool. You know, when you do something that you're passionate about, that's when you really create something truly unique, right? I think like you really have to love what you do in order to create this images. And it's interesting to hear that, you know, you you studied psychology, right, if I heard you correctly, and how did that transition to to photography, like from from psychology, like I was an engineer as well. So, you know, there's a lot of things that can I take There's a, it's always interesting to hear, like, you know, how did that kind of flow through to make to spark the interest in photography? Lori Grace  10:09   Right? Well, you know, it's the, the degree that I was going for what I originally wanted to do when I was in college was, I wanted to be an industrial Organisational Psychologist, but wanted to be able to find out how we can take care of an employee, how a business can maximise their profits by taking care of the employee first, right? If you look at it, it's always been a no brainer. And unfortunately, you still see a lot of companies operating in the opposite of the way, right, where they're kind of abusing someone where they No break for, you get back to work, you know, and they're just pushing them to the limits. And then when you look at some of the other corporate structures, like some of the companies in Japan, some of the large companies in Japan, where they would actually take a small office room where they would take a room, and they would put several chairs, it was their break room. And it was actually they were massage chairs that you could completely recline in, and the room is exceptionally dark, and they would let them power nap for 20 minutes, right, they would go in there, they would, they would put, you know, they would sit in this complete dark room and just be allowed to rest in power nap. And those those companies found out that their productivity went through the roof, by giving them the breaks that they need the rest that an employee needed, instead of how we do it in the United States where it's like, you got to work 10 hours a day, 15 hours a day, and just keep on trucking and work to your till you're exhausted each and every day for the full week. And maybe you'll get a vacation out of it. You know, when you actually look at these other companies that cause that forced their employees to take those really needed rest breaks in the middle of the afternoon, or the middle of the shift, those employees came back and excelled in their performance through the rest of the afternoon. And that was something that intrigued me, I loved the psychology of the human working spirit, if that makes any sense. And so you know, we're human, we need to take breaks, we're not robots. And when companies treat humans like robots, you're going to experience burnout, you're going to experience employee discontent, and all of that. So I really wanted to work with large companies with that. And that was where I went with a psychology degree. But I of course, I discovered that you could apply a lot of that a lot of that learning that I've done to pretty much anything it applies to anything in life. And so when I finally made it up to becoming a wedding photographer, the psychology of just taking care of your clients, you know, I was an assistant pastor also. So with church was kind of the same thing, you just you have to take care of the people, and you'll see me actually quote, I actually tweet out probably at least once a month, just the same, just a simple line that people don't care about how much you know, until they know how much you care. And to me, that's, that's so essential. In whatever you do, if I'm just a spaces host, people don't give a crap up. Until that they know that I'm I'm in it for the community, I see value in them as well. And I mean, it's really down to something simple as that is that you have to take care of whether you are a boss, then you have to take care of an employee, whether you're a parent, you have to take care of you know, your family, ever kind of relationship structures that you have, you have, it has to come from a position where you're you're giving of yourself you're providing of yourself in order to get something and in return or to even expect something positive in return, if you're looking to get a return on investment, basically. So that being said, being in spaces, I just love the community, I love being a part of this, there's something amazing to have so many people supporting me. And so I am doing these, these spaces that I hold, I just love returning the same support that's been given to me. And there's, there's just a really great cycle with that. And so I don't really use that anymore. But what I do, as a wedding photographer, I do still use that principle, that same principle, when I'm actually directing a client, right? Like, I just want to make sure that I do everything that I can to make them feel comfortable and focused on each other. And if I can disappear as a photographer, and help the couple to connect, then those authentic moments are really going to be what really sells my work. So being able to capture an authentic moment is is the is the is the best thing you can do as a wedding photographer. And so that's what I strive to achieve. And I really love doing that. And I love the clients their images from any kind of session, whether it's an engagement, whatever it would be, and to see just the smile on their faces knowing that capture, you know, real moments is is there's nothing Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  14:46   Yeah, that's really cool. I think you know, this is why it's really good to kind of hear people background and you know where how they can get to where they are today because it really makes sense right when I hear you talking about your your client's as wedding photographer, I can see how much you care about it. And you know, when you're in spaces, I can also see how much you, you know, try to uplift each other and care about other people mental health, as well as you know, their successes. And this is, this is why like you this, this, this was your whole purpose altogether. And I think that is really cool to finally learn that, you know, I always love to learn what it is that that drives them. And when you learn that you can see that everything that person do comes back to that one purpose. So that's really cool to be able to, to know that all of you. Now, I know you from your striking shots, and no pun intended there. Because I love lightning as well. It's exhilarating. You know, the feeling when you see those lightning strikes, and especially when you capture one on camera is just so addictive. What, how did you so you said that, you know, at one point, as a wedding photographer, you were able to rediscover your passion for weather, and you can tie that into photography, and you start taking photo of the storms and everything right? So how did that spark like? How did how did you manage to rediscover that passion for photography and decided to, you know what, I'm going to chase the storms. Lori Grace  16:24   You know, it all it all started with, with the reinvestment into the new camera equipment. Because I've always I've always been just enjoying the storms living out where I live. But I really didn't have a means, you know, taking a picture with my old, we're not talking about the new iPhones, right? Or the new, the new Samsung Galaxy fold. We're talking about the old phones, where you take a picture and it would be so pixelated, and just wasn't worth keeping, trying to take a picture of a sunset. Like you're standing there. How many times have you seen pictures, people post pictures of the Moon from with their phone, especially 510 15 years ago, like, oh my gosh, the sunset was amazing. When you look at Facebook, and you're like, that is the most hideous photo I've ever seen. And then you just go Oh, I'm so glad you enjoying the sunset. You know, it just didn't translate, right. And that's what I love about about just investing when I first invested in my first camera, my first DSLR I should say, professional body DSLR. I did have a seven Ed before that. And it was a great camera. When I got the five d mark three, and the sigma 50 millimetre F 1.4 Art lens, I tell you what, there was no looking back, you know, it was once you go once you go full frame, there's, you know, you don't go back. And so I just love that the beauty and the quality of of a full frame image and capturing that. I don't know, I really do. It's, it's almost sick, like I have an addiction to wanting to capture photos and my love for photography really grew. So back in 2015, when I started the wedding, the wedding business, the wedding photography business, when the storms were there, it was like, Okay, now I have this drive, to relearn a lot of the forecasting that I needed to do, because you don't just wait for a storm to pop up. And just go outside and take a picture that that's a disgusting, terrible way to storm Chase. But to be able to figure out where you're going to be, and to maybe find locations where you can position overlooking a valley if you can, as the storm comes in, off of the mountain peaks, and drifts into the valley towards you, and all of that all of that takes so much work and effort and driving for hundreds and 1000s of miles just to finally get into that position, only to find out that the storm doesn't pop out anything, you know, anything worth even capturing other than maybe a few clouds over a mountain peak. So, you know, the agony of defeat is much greater when you're storm chasing, because you're not always there might look like I have, like I go out there every single day and, and just scoop up success with my images. But that's not the reality. The reality is you've got to just grind each and every day. And more often than not, you're going to come home with nothing, nothing that you want to even share. So, you know, so you learn to enjoy the journey like I have, and I'll have my dogs with me and there's nothing like it even if I don't get anything. You know, I still spent an afternoon driving 300 miles into the desert or maybe into the, into the foothills of a mountain range in southeastern Arizona where the grass or you get to see the cattle and there's nobody around for 3040 miles. You know and just to be at peace with that. There's something really cathartic about being out there storm chasing, and even coming back with zero because you really don't come back with zero if you have that perspective. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  19:37   That is awesome. Laurie, I think you know, a lot of us, especially the newer photographer really need to understand because you know, they look at Instagram and I mean I get these comments all the time. It's just like wow, you always captured this I was like no, it's like you don't know how many times I went back to that place driving you know how many hours hoping for something and I got nothing and That's exactly it. You know, I love that you share that. I mean, like, I did that a lot with Aurora chasing in Canadian Rockies. And, you know, a lot of people can say like, wow, you Oh, like you captured a lot of origins like now just out of law. So that's, that's it right? You gotta increase your chance to capture it. I mean, yeah, the planning needs to happen as well. But if you don't go out, you're not gonna get it, you get it. Lori Grace  20:30   You're not going to catch the storm? If you don't if you don't even leave the house. That's very true. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  20:34   Yeah, that's awesome. I think you know, it's really powerful, and also translate to a lot of the human. So the mental health issue that we are having is that when we go out there, we have a certain expectation, right. And when we don't get that most people get angry or resentful about what they've done. But if you can enjoy the journey, then that's when you actually just enjoy it. And that's, that's great. Thanks for sharing that was I just lost my train of thought that is, that was a really good point that you brought up, Lori Grace  21:07   you just have to take a chance on it. Even if you think that there's only a 2% 2% chance of capturing something extraordinary. Guess what, if you don't go out, there is a 0% chance of you capturing anything extraordinary. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  21:20   That's it. And I think that is the difference when you really enjoy what you do versus when you just do it for the sake of doing it. Right. Because when you really enjoy what you do, you're passionate about it, you want you know that 2% is a massive fuel, right. But when you're you know, just doing it for the sake of it, you want that serve a certain expectation that it's gonna get met. So. So if you were to look back, what are some of the biggest struggles or challenges that you have come across to get to where you are today? Lori Grace  21:52   Oh, gosh, first of all, finances are a huge challenge, right? If you don't have the money for the gear, you might just be stuck using your phone. Looking back on it, though, you know, I'm still glad that I would, I would use whatever kind of gear I had in my hand. You know, like I said before, that old Canon digital rebel that I spent $600 for at the time, back in 2002, or 2003. That was a lot of money for me back then. And even that that crappy old 50 millimetre What is it the 18 to 55 millimetre kit lens was such a trashy plastic lens that doesn't even give you the potential to see what you can do even with that kind of camera, and slowly bought a couple of different lenses for it 70 to 300. And I loved that little piece. And it was just, you know, the biggest challenges were the financial thing, just being able to save up when you're not doing it professionally to, to continue to pursue that passion. So I was always taking a little bite into photography, one thing at a time, like I started from zero, and I was a wedding photographer, there was, there was a build up to it. And you just, you know, you save up for it. If you care about something, you're gonna save up for it. And that's what I was doing. So finding, finding the time and the money to be able to slowly build up a collection, not a collection of lenses, but two or three good lenses. And then I finally upgraded at the time, you know, what was it about 2013 I would say is when I got the Canon seven DD and that was a huge step up, especially with the video capabilities and using dual pixel autofocus, and a lot of the great features that are 70 D would would provide, but even a seven ad at night. didn't cut it for for any kind of Astro because I didn't have anything wider than like an F four lens or an F five F 6.3 lens or whatever it was. And so I guess one of the bigger biggest barriers was just having the fight the fight the the finances to afford the better gear. But even then, you know, I used what I had, and I still love doing what I what I did with uh, now it's funny because now I shoot with a lot of Sony's I have four Sony cameras, including the eighth one. And people tell me Oh, I have Lori's there's an old Canon 60 D, and I'm like, Give me that 60 D and I'll shoot the shit out of a wedding. If I had to. I promise you I would I could get some banger shots. I could shoot with a 60 D with the right lens. I could kill the Milky Way with that I could get some kick ass Milky Way shots, you just get to know how to do it. And you can't be afraid to use whatever tool is in your hand. And so even sometimes when I see a sunset, one of my most viral images was from an iPhone of a lenticular cloud at sunset and it was all pink. It looked like a huge it looked like a huge cotton candy ball, right? And it was it was moving over the mountain near where I live, and that the horizon was horrible. There's all these mosquitoes ugly mesquite trees. So there's nothing beautiful, beautiful about the horizon. But that little iPhone at the time captured such depth of the colour of the pink in the sky. And of course you know, the time lapse of the sunset. I can't actually using the the Canon YB mark three, that nobody gave a crap about that everybody loved that peak lenticular cloud. Online. You know, I think that that had, I can't remember how many 1000s of views and, and retweets and all of that stuff and comments. And then of course, I post the time lapse that I had, that the reason I was there, which was the time lapse of the sunset, and I think he got like 100 views on total. So you never know, you know, you never know what the sky is going to provide for you. And if you have an iPhone, use your iPhone, use the tools that you have with you at the time. Yeah, that's, that's Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  25:33   a really good advice. I mean, like, especially with the, you know, the technology that the iPhone have today, right now, you could take a pretty good night shot, handheld, it's crazy. And like, I think a lot of a lot of photographers doesn't realise as well, especially the ones that are quite new to the, you know, to the genre is that when you capture with a lesser quality camera, there are different ways to push that limit, right, with post processing and all that stuff. And I'm not even talking about, you know, compositing or anything like that, but you could clean up a lot of that photo by by working on it on a post. So, yeah, that's a really good advice there. Laurie, what are some of the things that you know, kept you going through all this? You know, I know that I'm pretty sure that you have a lot of things that stop you from where you want to go from where you are, to where you want it to go? Right? I mean, especially with, you know, with a wedding, you know, getting started with the wedding couldn't be easy, as well as with storm chasing, you know, like, I remember when I tried to learn all this, the forecasting, I was just like, wow, what is all this? So what are some of the things that keep you inspired and keep you going? And when you have that low point in your life where you know, like, you feel like you can't do it, or you're unworthy of it? What do you do to push past that? And, and, you know, get to where you are today. Lori Grace  27:02   That's a tough one. Because there's so many different things. There's so many different forces at play, that try to ruin you. Sometimes it could be somebody who was a gaslighter, right? Someone who's telling you that, that you're a piece of crap, or it just in a subtle way tell you that your storm images and that you're forecasting and that you're always doing the wrong thing. And that was something I dealt with, even as recently as a year ago. And that was huge. It had been just such a defeating mindset that I felt I just didn't feel like I would ever measure up to anybody else. And wow, what a lie. You know what I mean? Looking back on, like, if I could tell Laurie from a year ago, I would say, Are you kidding me? What do you take a look at your work? How could you believe that? How can you believe the lie that somebody else is trying to tell you look at look at the truth, face the truth, you have been kicking ass for a long time, but you've only been getting better, you did start off, you know, look back, when you look back at your first photos, right? Like my first song chasing photos. Oh my gosh, they're embarrassing. You know, but at the time, I was so excited that I captured lightning, you know, and that I edited Super Bowl into into the photo and oversaturated it and the focus was completely blurry, I was still excited. But over time, you start to I think, I think more than anything, you end up defeating yourself, whether you give in to somebody's you know, gaslighting or people who are trying to be gatekeepers, those types of things, you know, those are all just constructs. You know, if someone can convince you that you're a piece of crap, then you really do have to look inside yourself. And it took me it took me jumping into NF T's and getting crapped on for me to finally be able to break free from that. And now I look back and I'm just I feel the self confidence, self doubt and this lack of self worth, in what I was doing. I have no idea why I was so down on myself, like I really do. That's one of the biggest things. You hear me in spaces now. And I'm all excited and yeah, I'm such a badass, you know, it's not me. It's not, it's never been me to have that kind of bullish attitude on myself. But it was being in spaces like this and listening to just inspiring people like Jack Cordell saying be bullish on yourself, you know, and that realness of things when others finally see how genuine you are and how awesome you are, and you finally stopped to believe it yourself. And that just sparked something, and it heals a lot of those wounds. And so I would say that the biggest barriers wasn't the knot wasn't the ability to have, you know, just have to save up for extra lenses. It was the ability to believe in yourself that really was the biggest limiting factor. Because if you have the greatest lenses, and you're still out there killing it, and it takes and people are are trying to cut you down and you believe it. You know what eliminate you what a limiter you know you're trying to be you're trying to overcome things, but when you don't see your own and potential and how, what an amazing journey you've you've been through, you know, that it's, it's such a blinder you know how they put blinders on horses? Right? You know, once you take the blinders off of my eyes, you know, once people in this space can just poured their love and their, their, their support into me, and were able to kind of grab me by the head, right, force me to look back on my own work and see how far I've come. You know, wow, it's just and I think that that's such a limiter to all of us, you know, to finally, cause me cause caused me to stop looking at everybody else and comparing myself to others, and just missing things missing out, and being upset that somebody else succeeded. And of course, we are happy when people succeed. But at the same time, it's like, when is my time ever gonna come? And just focusing on those things, that's not important, your successes already come? You're already successful. And it's just a matter of time for other people to see that, whether it's a collector, or whatever it is you're trying to accomplish. For me, my success? Isn't the sales that I've made in NF T's. My success isn't the people that I've met. I have to admit, when I look back, if I if I were to look back and write a book right now, the story where to end, right now, I would say that my biggest success is oh, sorry, my headphones cut out. Yeah. So I would just say that, you know, that my biggest biggest success has been the relationships that have been forged over the, you know, through the fire of NF T's over the last six months. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  31:31   Yeah, that's really cool. Um, yeah, I mean, like, it's funny, because for a lot of people looking from the outside, I know, like, you know, I have a few artists friend, and they try to, you know, onboard, it's like, you gotta jump in here. And you know, it's a beautiful community. And we have like, a massive future for it. Like, it's a big potential of what you can do, whether you want to share your art, or you want to use it for a different good causes. There's so many different applications that you can do with NFT. And they were looking from the outside saying, like, Yeah, but just don't like the grind of, you know, like, you have to do this. And it's like, no, you don't have to do that. Like, it's your choice. But you know, when you're a part of a community, and it's, it's like, if you have a friend and a family that you know, in real life that you really close to, you want to cheer them on, and you want to share their wins. It's not like it's a grind. It's a human nature that we want to be happy for our friends and family that we care about. And, yeah, that's, I think that's really interesting to be able to see that some people have that perspective of people on Twitter or spending, you know, time here, because they have to end it when it gets sale. And probably there are some people who are doing that, but I feel like you know, they are, the core community doesn't do it for that purpose. You know, they are genuinely there to support you and not looking for anything in return. And I think that's what's beautiful about this community. But yeah, thanks for sharing that. Laurie. So do you have any other like, you have any shots that you're like, that is your favourite? I know, like you have a lot of amazing shot. And it's really a hard question. But is there like one, it doesn't have to be your your best one. But just like what the most? Yeah. And is that the most memorable one as well? Absolutely. Okay. Do you want to share like the story behind that? Or do you have that in, in your tweet that you can pin tweet so that we all can look at it? Well, you telling the story Lori Grace  33:36   bookmark? Cool? No, this is this is going to be the podcast, so people won't be able to necessarily see it. But it is my Genesis piece last year. Last year, I actually tweeted out somewhere in like talking to you the same time. But last year, I tweeted out that it was somewhere like around in March, or what was in March or April, or somewhere around, somewhere around there. I tweeted out that if I didn't Excel if I didn't, if I didn't do better this last year in 2021, than I've ever done before. As far as my chasing my photography, might the quality of images, the type of extraordinary shots that I was getting, if I didn't do better than I've ever done before, I was going to hang it up, I was going to hang up the towel, I was gonna throw in the towel and hang it up. And people of course, were like, No, don't say that. That's such a negative thing that I'm like, No, I'm not being negative. I just need to, I need something to take a risk. I need to I need something to push myself. And so I'm telling myself that if I'm being serious about it and telling you all to put it on line that if I don't, if I don't do better than I've ever done before, if I don't push myself, then I quit. I'm not going to do it anymore. I would still be shooting weddings, because that's a business but I would be done chasing I would be done trying to capture something extraordinary. And, you know, I pushed myself I knew I knew that I had to one up myself. And so this past year I If I would, if there was even a point 02 chance of there being a thunderstorm out and out within a 300 mile radius, I would get in my car, I didn't care if I only got two hours of sleep, throw the dogs in the Honda Pilot, and go for a drive until I finally saw something. And I, you know, I've, I've learned how to target monsoon storms quite well at this point, which is not easy to do, because they're just, they just kind of pop up seemingly at random. But there's actually a huge skill that goes into kind of figuring out where they're going to pop up. And so, this particular shot up this that little, if you're looking at the photo, and I know, in the podcast, people weren't gonna be able to see that. But that little goldfish looking cloud on the left is known as a as a mezzo cyclone, it's actually a little Supercell, the kind of storm that you see out on the Great Plains, a rotating storm is all it is. And so that little storm came off of the mountains, and I have positioned myself, as you can see, by the photo, there is nothing, there's nothing blocking the image of the storm here. And what you can see on the right is, is golden hour, right, you can see the sun, fiery red colour has been pushed in on the left and on to the left. And then on the left side, you have blue our creeping in and you have that bluish colour. And right in between these were these massive strikes just reigned over this, this valley. And what people don't know in this image is it right behind me, I'm standing on a bridge, you know that that goes over this river. And right behind me are these is a huge power plant. And some of the some of the poles go up as high as 5070 feet, maybe 100 feet, I'm guessing it's one of those huge power lines that go through the dug. And it was just completely dropping element. So to position myself where I did to capture the colours and the sun, I challenge anybody else who, because I've been told the same thing by other people that that's probably the best shot of lighting they've ever seen. And it's definitely the best shot I've ever captured. I have refused to make this a composite. You know, some people have told me Well, you know, if you if you if you, you know, maybe put a castle or a Pegasus in there, you know, that would make it more sellable, you know, and then I'm like, No, this is a real freaking picture, you have no idea what went into this, this was all six years of storm chasing that has gone into my brain. And to be able to get to this spot to see to know that this little storm was going to spit that little cloud was spitting out these bolts was responsible for creating these bolts. And I ended up capturing this in a time lapse too. And I have this in a time lapse, I have not meant at the time lapse. And when I posted this, I have since increased this, this is my Genesis piece. And I've since decreased it to 30 eath. And when I'm laughed at by people that I'm being, you know, ridiculous, I just point people to, you know, the fact that if you're gonna look at PFPs, you know, if an ape can sell for however many eath. But not only that, look at look at Blue Chip photographers like Justin Asano, and drift and Kasam Ward, they're selling pieces for 100. Eve. So I don't ever want to be told by anybody how to price my work. Granted, this photo might not sell for a while, but I'm okay with that. And I just don't care. I'm not here, it's not up for discussion. It's not up here for negotiation. I do have a lot of pieces when I launched my collections that are averaging about point three right now. And I sold pieces in my last collection, that people were laughing at me that where I had listed them at one each, and the collection sold out and people at the very end came in and swept the rest of those one eath. So I had three photos of lightning, going through rate a double rainbow, and all three of those different shots got picked up within two days. So you know, I just I don't like having that discussion about pricing, because it's about worth. And if it even if those didn't sell, I would still be holding on to that because I know, I know. And if anybody wants to find out how hard it is to capture what I do, that's what I would tell them here's the story, and here's why it is priced out and if you don't like it, don't buy it, but this is where I'm at. And of course I do provide other shots that are a little more approachable, which is why I do have an addition piece of a banger of a shot that's been doing extremely well. That's a lot of stuff but that's my favourite shot. Absolutely. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  39:14   Yeah, that's amazing. Yeah, like just that whole you know the lights between the golden hour and the blue hour and half the strike the lightning striking in the middle of it and you capture it really well that you know you manage to preserve all the details because especially right in the middle there where you know the where it actually strikes it's always difficult to to be able to preserve that and I know I have a lot of shot lightning shots where when lightning like this happen. You just lose a lot of details in that area. We get to go into a little bit detail here but how do you make that happen and And, you know, what are some of the trial and error that you have to go through to get there, especially when you do a time lapse, because you know, when you do the time lapse, you do like an hour or 30 minutes of it, and you just hope that it goes, All right? Lori Grace  40:14   Well, and that's the trick to storm chasing, or at least to capturing lightning is knowing where to put your aperture when taking the shot. Because I guarantee you when I saw this, right around the same time, some of the other bolts that were landing, were of similar brightness, and, and a couple of drove up to me, and they're like, What is going on. And I was like, Look at this, you don't need to understand what you're looking at here. It's a rare kind of storm that we see here in Arizona. And they were just marvel, you know, it was like they were looking at a spaceship entering Earth. And to see that on their eyes. And the excitement was incredible. It was incredible. But as a photographer, not only did I have to position and do all the forecasting, and get to the right spot right at sunset, and be in the right position at the right time. But now I had to get my cameras out, I was shooting two cameras, on tripods. And I had to make sure that those settings and that I had nailed focus, you know what I mean? I didn't, there was no autofocus, everything was manual focus. And so I had to also make sure that my aperture was going to be closed down enough so that when this bright bolt just flew out of the sky and landed on the ground, that it wasn't blown out. Because if you're shooting at f 2.8, F four, F 5.6, F 6.3, I can assure you, if I had done that the shot would have been overexposed. But without the lightning, it would have just been a really dark shot at those F stops even. But so I had to step down to, I don't even remember, I'd have to look at the settings, I think it was F 7.1 Maybe F eight, where I shot this out, I'd have to look at the metadata again. That's something that you just have to see on the spot and make the adjustment and hope for the best because sometimes there are bolts that will be so bright, that they'll even be overexposed. That f 13 You know, and that stomped down a lot. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  42:05   Yeah, so you basically have to underexposed the shot, right? But you say you were capturing the time lapse so how do you do that because you know, when you do the time lapse, everything else is gonna be just dark when you underexposed the shot, or do you have like two different camera with a different exposure? Lori Grace  42:21   Yeah, so the other camera that I'm so this shot wasn't done with time lapse, this was done with a lightning trigger. So you know, I can adjust my settings, and my shutter speed I think was about 1/15 of a second. And capturing lightning actually doesn't isn't about under exposing the shot as it is about adjusting the light that comes in when it comes in. I like to liken it to if you know how to use off camera flash, you know that if you're going to use off camera flash, the first thing you're going to do is dial in your ambience, right and you do that by using shutter speed. So it's it's amazing how my wedding photography has helped me to becoming a better storm photographer. Because if you know about using off camera flash, you're going to have to adjust your shutter speed before you even bring in any kind of off camera flash. So you know, if I want the ambient, if I want to capture the candles in the background, or the lights or whatever of a of an event, I'm going to want to make sure that my shutter is open to maybe 1/30 of a second, maybe boost my ISO 115 1/20 You know, yeah, now you're gonna have to worry about embodied stabilisation or whatnot, or a tripod. But then you're going to, you know not to maybe boost your ISO a little bit, but your flash is entirely dependent on your aperture. So if I then bring in off camera flash at one one of one power, and I take that picture and my aperture is F 1.2. Guess what, you're just going to blow out your hole, you're gonna blow out the entire image. And so that's where you start adjusting your aperture to dial in the kind of power that of light power to properly expose your subject. This is this is kind of photography, one on one off camera flash photography, one on one. And so I'll dial in my shutter speed if I can, maybe 1/15 of a second during this late golden hour early, early blue hour image, maybe 1/25 of a second somewhere around there, but then I will have my aperture, I'll need my aperture to be a safe bet would have been F 11. But then the bolts wouldn't have been so bright, if that makes any sense. If I was at F 2.0, F 2.8, the bolts would have been well overexposed and you wouldn't have been able to recover those highlights. So there has to be a technical medium and you just have to it comes with experience over time when you are shooting on this on the fly. And you're you're hauling butt spot to another to get to storm because we're also moving so you only have a very short window of time to find a spot that you can you can capture it get your camera set up, adjust your settings and hope that your aperture is the right setting so that when the boat does flash, you're not over exposing underexposing You know, when if you underexposed too much, then your bolt is just underwhelming and it just looks like any other bolt that anybody else captured. So there's a little bit of finesse to it. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  45:10   And that is why I asked the question because, you know, a lot of people can think and see, you know, this kind of shot or, you know, any other photos and feel like it's, it takes, you know, it's like, you just, you just hit that button. You know, it's not that hard. But the thing is, you know, it takes a lot of practice a lot of failures, a lot of trial and error to be able to know exactly what you need to be doing at that particular moment, when you add a flash, second, right, especially when you're capturing storms, like everything changes all the time, but when changes the direction where it hits the ground is always different. And a lot of people kind of just think that that's not hard. And you know, when when people see that, that's usually where art get undervalue. But you say yourself that it takes you a lot of trial and error you takes you time, where you just go out there over and over again, and just try to find that one strike. And you know, that that is all the effort that we put into as a photographer to be able to capture what we love. And yeah, thanks for sharing that glory. That is, it's really, I think it's really eye opening for people to be able to see that. Do you have any bucket list shot that you want to capture or your type of? Okay, cool. Tell us about that. Lori Grace  46:29   Absolutely. So I actually saw a picture of a friend of a fellow storm chaser friend, he's actually done it, he has a Netflix show. And it's very popular does a podcast as well. Greg Johnson, he shared a picture, I think it was in the United States of a tornado, a very dusty, dirty looking tornado, you know, picking up a lot of dirt, just so you can see the entire vortex. And it's those kinds of tornadoes that aren't that aren't just, you know, low and contrast. But this is very clear that you can see and it's exciting to look at, but he also captured a bolt of lightning going right through that dirty tornado, and it is the most incredible thing I've ever seen. And I tell myself one of these days, I'm gonna get a picture of lightning going through a tornado. And then I'm just going to take the rest of my cameras and donate them because I'll be done. You'll be so excited, I'll probably just be ready to call it quits at that point. So that's my bucket list. But the other thing I love to capture are something known as TL E's. They're also known as transient luminous events. And what they are is, you know, at the nighttime, during storms that are huge, large storm complex is known as mezzo scale, kind of convective systems. Basically, they're the ones that just they can span hundreds of miles. And it's a line of storms. And those storms often produce larger bolts of lightning, call them positively charged lightning. And above those strikes when you when, when you see a positively charged lightning bolt, which accounts for probably anywhere between one to 2% of all lightning, when that happens. Above in the upper atmosphere and actually into space. What happens is, there is a discharge above the clouds. And that is known. Sometimes, you see them known as red sprites, which I've captured, and the one that I captured last year, which I have yet to mince, maybe for super rare or something. But there, it's been known that there are only about 100 images of something called Blue jets. So imagine, like at the top of a thunderstorm, a picture, a picture of someone squirting this bluish purplish colour of neon light into the upper atmosphere above a cloud that you can only see at the highest highest aperture opening and or the video setting, with very, very, very wide aperture, very good equipment, high sensor capable equipment. And so that night last year, in addition to this shot, I captured another 10 Blue jets shooting up over a couple a system 100 miles from me. And it was the most beautiful thing that I've ever captured. It's just as purple colour of light that emanates above a storm on the darkest of nights, and you need all of that to happen. And I killed it. I nailed it. And I got it in video and I have a hole of five or 10 minutes of this happening on video. And I may release that as an NFT one of these days, but that's gonna go for a shit tonne of money. Just because it's so rare. And what I what I dislike most about it is that I got paid extremely low when I went to sell the footage to the media for this extremely rare event to capture. They paid me breadcrumbs for it. And so when I look at why nfts For me, you know and I get paid extremely well for my photography and for what it takes to capture my work and I see that people are willing to pay what I believe It's worth it, it's just a no brainer for me, I'm so sick of getting taken advantage of by these companies that are going to go on to market the hell out of that rare footage, but only pay me, you know, pennies for, for what I've done and all the effort I put into it. And so when it comes down to the why, and why don't we didn't discuss that, but that's the why. So Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  50:19   that was gonna be my next question. So I'm glad that you mentioned that. But like, so, I mean, like, you know, like, going into NFT. You know, like, it's a lot easier, like you say, because you already in the crypto space, and you're already an investor in the crypto. But there's a lot of people who are quite sceptical about it. So, you know, I know, you kind of say that, that's the why you got into NFT but maybe elaborate a little bit? Is that the only reason why you got into NFT? Or is there another reason? You know, I know that being able to be good, like, to be able to sell your or, Yes, I guess sell your art, that that's what we think is worth is a big thing in this space. But what are what are some of the other reason that that makes you that brought you into the space? Lori Grace  51:15   You know, if it weren't for Jessica Moore, and guys, you know, like Justin Snead, who were already here before me and, and getting into NF Ts and, and kind of helping pave the way I don't know if I would have done it because I didn't have an example I didn't see to the other side of the bridge. And I think that's important to, to look back on because now I find myself on this side of the bridge, and a lot of other people are looking at us going, you know, how how's it looking over there? Are you getting assaulted? Are you being that? You know, are you being harassed is you know, are you killing the planet? What's going on over there? And I think it's up to us to say, Come on in the water's fine. But here are some things that you need to know. You know, I really think it's imperative that people know that it's not all that everything's not always coming up roses, you know, FOMO if you're an artist and you you struggle with FOMO, guess what, you're going to feel a lot worse here. Unless you do what I think I like to say this to answer your question, I came for the coin, but I stayed for the community. Right? You know, I saw the potential to be able to sell my work through my photography through as an NFT. And I ended up finding just an incredible community that stood by me, that shored me up when I was discouraged, and, and don't get me wrong. Like I said before, I am not my entire life, I have struggled with self worth. And to this day, I have to admit, I don't struggle with that today, it's probably a new horizon. For me, it's a new dawn for me, which is so unreal. And I have to thank the community for being there for me to help, you know, the friends and the bombs that I've made. So I really do think that the the best thing about this, this whole thing is the community that that's around, there are there are nefarious people who don't give two craps about you. And that's okay, too. But there, there is a tribe out there for everybody. And I really believe that, you know, if you stick to that tribe, you're going to make it in the space. So, yeah, so I'm here for the community at this point. That's what I love most. And I like to sell an NFT you know, not gonna lie. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  53:21   That's, that's, that's awesome to hear. Yeah, I think, you know, it's, I don't think this has been done before, right? To be able to connect in, like, through voice, I mean, club has kind of initiate that. But you know, like, I never met you. And I feel like I know you like you just a friend because he just listened to your voice over and over again and hear your perspectives, your your, your thoughts on things. And I think that's what's really cool about this space. And that's why, you know, we spend a lot of time in this space, because it's like, we're hanging out with friends here. So I totally agree with that. I think it's really cool to be to be here and to be part of it. And sometimes I just wish, I have a clone. It couldn't be on Twitter and could go on adventure at the same time. But I don't want to take up too much of your time, and we're coming to an hour now. One of the things that I really want to get your take on I know you're a massive, massive advocate on this, and I know that it's it's something that artists and human in general struggle with, right, being able to being able to handle that self worth being able to push past their, their self limiting belief, you know, to lift their self back up when they're down. When you know, when people crush you and stuff like that, and I know you know, following your journey, I know that you you kind of it's really cool that you really open about it when you're feeling down and you tell everyone that you know what, I just need space and I'm dealing with this and I think that's really inspiring because when you hear when we hear you talk, it's as if you had it figured out right? But what One thing that I'd love to learn and for you to share is that, what are some of the things that you do in order to overcome this feeling in order to come to the other side of it, and, you know, be able to push through this self limiting belief that stop you from getting to where you want it to be? Lori Grace  55:21   No, that's a tough thing, you know, it's really going to come down to, even though people are there for you, you know, you can have your family like my wife, who has been my support, and she's at my side, sometimes I'll be in a space, and we're just sitting down, she's watching TV or whatever. And I'm just sitting sitting on the bed together, and we're just chilling. And, you know, she's listening in sometimes. And, you know, she's my support, and my rock, but the community has been there for me also. But guess what, after all that said and done, they can't be there for you. They can't, they can't show up for you. At the end of the day, you really have to make the decision to show up for yourself each and every day. And it's tough. You know, you want to give up, you want to quit, you've cried already, when nobody's looking. Ill like you're just, oh, that feeling I know. It's not just a bruising feeling. It is crushing. My closest friends know that I know what that that feels like. And so I don't know, I don't know if that makes it relatable. But I can see you in the dark as what I'm trying to say. Because I was there too. And I've been there way, way too many times. But it really does take after all that said and done. You know, when tomorrow comes, you just have to choose to step up and say, I'm going to show up for myself today. And I'm going to I'm going to do it again. Because I had another chance I breathing up here, the sun rose. So I'm gonna get after it again. And the when I'll finally have stopped losing the chance, you know, I'll finally lose the chance when I finally stopped breathing. And so I've got another breath in my lungs. So let's get it done. You know, if there's a 2% chance for success, then there's a chance for success. So let's get after it. And if you don't make it that day, guess what, there's another day. And it's okay to not be okay. I know it sounds so cliche. But it's so important to just understand. When you're not feeling it, that's okay, break away, step away from your phone, get out and do what you love and create and get back to doing, you know, the very thing that you're creating, you know, get back out and create. So I don't know if that's my best advice. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  57:27   Yeah, that's awesome. Thanks for sharing that. Laurie. I know, the one quote that really stuck with me was when you're tired, you rest you don't quit. And you only quit when you only you only fail when you quit. And I think you know, you summed that up really well to, you know, give yourself a break. Give yourself some love. And you know, at the end of the day, if that's something that you really love, then you don't really want to quit anyway, just want to keep going. So yeah, thanks a lot for sharing that. Laurie, it's been great talking to you. Learning about your your story. And you know, learning why you care so much about people. I think that's really cool. To learn that. That's that's the very first time i i heard that. You were you were a psychology psychologists. But yeah, it really is you can read I can, like you can really see how you care about the community or care about people and other people well being. So that's amazing. Now, would you like to share, you know, a project or a piece that that you want to that people want to kind of see if they haven't met you yet? So that, you know, they can see the amount of work? I know you already share your Genesis piece earlier. And but is there any other project that you want to share with the rest of the world before we close this to an end? Lori Grace  58:48   You know, I think if people just wanted to go to my link tree, I have so much now that I've shared and I'm actually working on something. My pin tweet is actually something that I'm doing now, I actually want to change the way I do things when it comes to my ability to affect change. And I started I started a new collection on open sea. This is an addition to other projects, I'm working on my new and I don't care about scarcity and all that crap. There's no rulebook for me, right? Like, oh, well, collectors aren't gonna want to buy, but whatever, you know, I'm not here to attempt to follow old rules. But I started a new collection, it's just a one, I'm only gonna drop one at a time. It's called the elevation project. And every single NFT that I dropped, it's going to be one at a time, once once that sells that. I'm dedicating, dedicating 50% of that sale to an organisation that uplifts women that elevates women that supports women, nonprofits, whether it's in real life or if it's if it's if it's a woman led project or non binary project, you know, in web three, and I want to just make those donations because a couple of weeks ago, there was there was some basically there was someone there had said some transphobic homophobic things. And it just kind of stunned to see that people are still out there in this space doubling down on that kind of hate. And I just decided that I wasn't gonna, I wasn't gonna be angry about it anymore, people are telling me Screw that guy, Laurie, you don't need them, you know, we'll take care of them. And I don't I don't want that kind of action anymore. I think the best reaction is to take a good action for the positive. So what I did a couple of weeks ago, I just took a piece that I was going to drop on, like upcoming Slyke a collection. And I took it and I put it on a foundation, I listed it for point to eat. And I just said, whatever the final purchases, or whatever the final bid is on this, I'm going to take it all. And I'm going to donate it to an outright International, which is a huge LGBTQIA advocacy group worldwide advocacy group. And the final bid was to eat. And I took after foundation took their slice of the pie. That was something like 1.75 eath. And I made that donation straight to outright international again. And that's like, at the time, it was what 69 $7,200 worth of eath. And wow, that felt so good, you know, to be able to do that. So I decided what I'm gonna do with the elevation project is I'm just gonna list one on ones, and they're going to be reasonably priced, it's not going to be two or five eath projects, they're just going to be simple pieces of shots that I really value. And when they sell, I'm going to take half of that sale and give it to one of many projects that I want to give to you that I just have in mind. And I just want to, I want to do that, because that's what I want to see, I want to see I want to do things differently. And if this becomes successful, then I can start to constantly give at least with this particular collection, I can make make giving a bigger part of of my own journey in NF Ts. So as much as I've received, I can also give back. And so y

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II Chronicles ch 2 vs 1-4 - Preacher Neal Wireman - Sunday, January 31, 2021

II Chronicles ch 2 vs 1-4 - Preacher Neal Wireman - Sunday, January 31, 2021

Connect with me on social media: https://www.instagram.com/geoffsteurer/ https://www.facebook.com/GeoffSteurerMFT Visit www.geoffsteurer.com for online courses and other supportive resources. Show description I'm joined by Erica Wilcox, Licensed Professional Counselor, to talk about conversations we can have with ourselves to put things in perspective. She calls these "Pep talks!" She wants to help listeners simplify their day to day problems related to boundaries and relationships with some down to earth, encouraging, and honest pep talks so they can use them to take a "Time out" and then get back into living full lives. Links Erica's clinical practice: wilcoxwellness.com Email: ewilcox@wilcoxwellness.com Instagram: @ericawilcoxtherapy @wilcoxwellnesstherapy Facebook: Erica Wilcox For CT EMDR therapists if applicable: https://www.ctemdrtherapists.com About Erica Wilcox: I consider it both an honor and a privilege to serve as an anchor and guide for hope, health and happiness for the individuals that I work with. I firmly believe in the resiliency of the human spirit to be liberated from emotional pain, end the cycle of unhealthy habits and to find purpose in painful experiences as a means of moving forward. ​I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (Fairleigh Dickinson University, Magna Cum Laude) and Master's Degree in Professional Mental Health Counseling (Central CT State University). I am a Certified EMDR Therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant with advanced training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Traumatic Bereavement, Eating Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, women's trauma recovery, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I have a particular interest in the role that movement, music, wellness, and sex/intimacy plays in mental health and trauma recovery. I specialize in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), Anxiety, and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. I provide direct feedback and teach evidenced- based strategies to help my clients reach their goals. I do not believe in a “one size fits all” methodology and take a holistic approach to therapy.

LATISHA & AKIDA'S STORY: a podcast about love, marriage & relationships by Dr. Ray & Jean offering relationship advice for couples. Latisha & Akida were interviewed about how they came from unhealthy relationships to making this one work. For more information about Latisha's podcast: https://www.bossladiespodcast.com/ For more information about the work that Latisha & Akida do: https://www.facebook.com/CouplesConnected/ Please subscribe to Couples Synergy and leave us a review. If you have questions about relationships, topic suggestions or would like to be considered as guests, email us at contact@couplessynergy.com. For more information about Couples Synergy, look us up online at Couplessynergy.com

Most authors try to combine everything they know into one book. That's the worst thing you can do. In this episode, you'll learn exactly what to do instead. To read the full blog post, click here. To sign up for our free book writing course, click here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scribebookschool/message

A light rain, Christmas candle, and a nacho plate set the mood for this week's episode. From hand carving a wedding gift, coming home to leaking sheetrock to an encounter with bad management Keith stresses the importance of keeping everything in perspective. He shares his technique for handling difficult situations, PPR perspective, patient, and realistic. Take yourself out of the situation and take the time to put everything in perspective. Your situation could always be worse when you compare a bad day to your worst day you will end up being thankful for today. Remain patient you are not the only one with shit going on and keep your expectations realistic. Keith breaks down the worst type of managing style he can think of, blind management. Blind management is when you are just blind to it you can't see it any other way than your way. The difference between bad management and blind management is even a bad manager will occasionally see it another way. Blind management has two directions, my way or the wrong way they can't see it any other way.Keith ends this week's episode by recapping how he dealt with being fired from his first major opportunity. The desire to chase a status instead of paying the bills. After many bad decisions, selling his prized positions he finds himself combining his skills with his passion. https://www.facebook.com/Loudproudamericanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@loud_proud_americanhttps://www.instagram.com/loud_proud_american/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYQtOt6KVURuySWYQ2GWtw

Join us for a special episode with guest, Jason Gruhl.In this episode of Mentorships in Education, we welcome Jason Gruhl, an author, counselor, former Special Educator and the former Executive Director and Founder of The Joshua School (a school for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities in Boulder and Denver, Colorado). Mentorships in Education is brought to you by Just Education, LLC and is hosted by Judith Epstein. Judith has a Master's degree in Education with a concentration in Language Acquisition. She is certified in special education with post-graduate coursework and professional development in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Social Thinking, and Collaborative & Proactive Solutions and Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT). Judith created Just Education, LLC to compile a free resource library for mentors of students who struggle on a wide variety of topics that are all related to education and student success.About Jason GruhlJason Gruhl believes that all kids are smart, brave, kind, and creative, and he writes books to help them remember that. As an Author and Psychotherapist for children and adults, Jason is dedicated to making a difference in people's lives and to helping them realize their power and potential. Jason is a former Special Educator and the former Executive Director and Founder of The Joshua School (a school for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities in Boulder and Denver, Colorado). He holds a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology (www.gruhlcounseling.com). When not writing, Jason is addicted to scones, board games, reading, and watching sci-fi movies. Website: www.jasongruhl.comCounseling website: www.gruhlcounseling.comThe Joshua School: www.joshuaschool.orgNews Articles: What about a blobfish? Colorado author Jason Gruhl Believes Small Humans Can Think Big. https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/09/jason-gruhl-childrens-book/Books That Inspire Teamwork (Colorado Parent Spring 2020)12 New Kid's'Books with Bold Illustrations, Characters and Ideas (St. Louis Post Dispatch - March 1, 2019)Kiddos Magazine (February/March 2019)Religion Books for Kids Are on the Rise - Publisher's Weekly (Oct 2018) Author Reading: Everything is Connectedhttps://vimeo.com/399302749Books: All available on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Jason-Gruhl/e/B072PXPR3SCONNECT WITH USEmail Judi: info@justeducationfirst.comOur Website: http://justeducationfirst.comJudi on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-epstein-30936971

Welcome to the MindVs.Action journey where every week I will share experiences, thoughts, and ideas on how you can go from thoughts in your mind to actually taking actions. Life is not formed by just what is in our mind but by actually taking action on what is in our mind. It is not enough to simply hope, think and wish, we must take action. On this episode I talk about a simple truth, if something is important to you, you will be willing to put everything on the line for it. And I mean, everything! My mission is simple: to empower people to own their thoughts, actions, process, results and therefore their life and to ultimately go from thoughts to taking action over what they want. Please subscribe to my blog, podcast, or YouTube channel to get notifications when my weekly entry is posted, I promise I will never disappoint. Thank you and till next time, I challenge you to own your thoughts, actions, process, results and ultimately your life story. Most importantly I challenge you to go from thoughts in your mind to taking actual actions on those thoughts as nothing happens until actions are taken. www.mindvsaction.com @mindvsaction: Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube

Why are you discouraged? Why are you crestfallen? Why are you restless? Why are you troubled? “Why am I discouraged? Why am I restless? I trust you LORD.” Psalm 42:11 God hears your deepest longings and your deepest sighs,. The question is, will you turn to Him, The One, who put everything, on the line for you? “For I know the plans I have for you, “declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 Who is your god? What is your god? Will he, she, it, lay their life down for you? Will they lay everything on the line for you? What do you truly think? --- 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/activategodspurpose/message

Oral fixation refers to an intense or obsessive desire to place various items (some inappropriate) in the mouth. During early childhood development, infants go through an oral phase in which it is developmentally appropriate to put things in and around the mouth. This oral phase of exploration helps children learn about different things in the environment. For example, infants often bite, chew, and suck toys, clothing, paper, etc. They eventually outgrow much of this behavior, generally by the end of the toddler years. If a child does not outgrow this behavior, he/she may have an oral fixation.

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What? Put everything on credit cards? This must be a typo!While we realize this strategy may not work for some people, but in this podcast, Don explains why being responsible with your money and paying attention to fees and due dates you can actually benefit from putting your expenses on credit cards.Need help selecting a card? Check out https://www.nerdwallet.com/How your credit score works (and tips on how you can increase your credit score): https://youtu.be/ospt7uWAXMwDoes Your Credit Score Even Matter?https://youtu.be/fYrz2ebws5w

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Pastor Gary Ehlert challenges us to make sure our faith is based on the truth of what Christ has done for us rather than our own ideas of what Christianity is, or should be. Recorded on October 20, 2019, at Grace Bible Fellowship in Front Royal, VA.

How do you go from being the worst kid on the team to a 2018 Olympic silver medalist and two time XGames Gold medalist? Freestyle skier Alex Ferreira tells Joe De Sena and Johnny Waite the secret: unfaltering dedication, relentless training, infinite repetitive practice and truly believing in yourself are the keys!  Alex walks us through how his visualization process, it includes running every turn and every second of his runs 100’s of times through his mind before he even puts his skis on. Alex takes us right to the start of his Olympic run, drops in, and takes us on a mental journey of those glorious Olympic runs. Everyone in the room was on the edge of their seats, we felt as if we were peering through his own goggles. You’ll feel the snow on your own skin!     A truly humble, extraordinary and eloquent athlete, Alex believes that when you put in every single ounce of energy: love, heart, passion into what you’re doing and don’t leave a single thing on the table... that’s when you can sleep easy at night. Believe in what you are doing and Get It Done!    LESSONS Believe in what your doing  Do the hard work and be positive  Be humble and when it’s time to compete be ruthless  Do right by yourself  Visualize successful outcomes 100x repetition is key  Your either ready or your not Don’t take anything to seriously or personally  Enjoy every second  Put EVERYTHING you’ve got into your goal  Train as if you were an Olympian Believe in yourself until the end! You learn more from failure than success  Once you start winning the politics go away  Read as much as you can    LINKS More information about USANA https://www.usana.com/ More about Alex https://alexferreiraski.com Spartan EDGE Go to learn.spartan.com and click REDEEM in the navigation then enter the code PODCAST for our special offer to Spartan Up podcast listeners. TIME STAMPS 0:00 Joe introduces gold medalist Alex Ferreira  1:50 Interview begins with Johnny and Alex  2:30 The journey to become a professional halfpipe skier 4:15 It’s all about hard work and your mentality 5:15 Being humble and being ruthless  6:15 Practicing: visualization and repetition 100’s of  times 7:45 Perfecting multiple tricks over many years to win the contest  8:45 The moment at the gate when your either ready or not  10:20 Eating, sleeping, training: doing everything he can to prepare  11:11 Taking us step-by-step to the lead up to his Olympic run 13:00 Run one: everything comes down to this moment  14:45 Run two  15:55 Run three- flow state  16:40 Putting it ALL on the table 16:55 USANA.com break 18:15 Joe jumps into the interview  19:30 Learning more from failure than success  21:20 Once you start winning all the politics go away  23:00 Filling his intellectual capacity  25:00 Hot & cold therapy  26:30 Who you are is what you eat  28:55 Joe debriefs what he learned from Alex SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT Google Play: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpPlay   FOLLOW SPARTAN UP: Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/ Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod   CREDITS: Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc. Host: Joe De Sena, Dr. Johnny Waite and Sefra Alexandra  The Colonel is off on a winter expedition    Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress  Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty   © 2020 Spartan

My guest today was Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2012 and Top 16 that year at Miss Teen USA. She was a member of the Charlotte Hornets Honeybee Dance squad for 4 years and Earlier this year she became a rookie on the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. Today we chat about being a DCC and her journey of pursuing goals that seemed impossible at times.

It is common advice to put as much material as possible in your patent application.  This advice used to be brilliant and appropriate, but the laws changed 20 years ago and it is no longer good advice. After Jerome Lemelson and the barcode reader patents, Congress changed the laws at the end of the 1990's so that every word in a patent application hurts you. We look at the tradeoffs of the patent process and put a different spin on the best advice for anyone thinking of a patent - especially startup companies and their investors.

You know sometimes you hear a quote or an aphorism and you think, That’s it. That’s me. That’s my philosophy for life. Well it turns out that is a pretty common and timeless thing. At the very least, we know it goes back to the time of George Washington. Washington’s favorite play was the play Cato, about the Roman Senator and Stoic philosopher by Joseph Addison. This play, which was written in 1712, was hugely famous in its time, and, with some irony, it might be called the “Hamilton” of the day. It was so familiar to the people in the late 18th century that it could be quoted without attribution and everyone knew exactly where the line came from. And Washington in particular liked to quote one line that must have spoken to him the way those quotes speak to us now—where you just know that nothing will capture what you think and feel about life better than that. “Free,” he said in a letter to a friend after the Revolution about his return to private life, “from the bustle of a camp and the intrigues of court, I shall view the busy world ‘in the calm light of mild philosophy,’ and with that serenity of mind, which the Soldier in his pursuit of glory, and the Statesman of fame have not time to enjoy.” In fact, in the book The Political Philosophy of George Washington, the author Jeffry H. Morrison notes that in a single two week period in 1797, Washington quoted that same line in three different letters. And later, in Washington’s greatest but probably least known moment, when he talked down the mutinous troops who were plotting to overthrow the U.S government at Newburgh, he quoted the same line again, as he urged them away from acting on their anger and frustration. In the calm lights of mild philosophy. That’s Stoicism. That’s using Reason to temper our impulses and our emotions. As Epictetus said, it’s about putting our impressions up to the test. It’s what Marcus Aurelius talked about when he said that our life is what our thoughts make it. That what we choose to see determines how we will feel. We must follow this advice today and every day. It served Cato well and Washington even better. All that we see must be illuminated by the calm lights of mild philosophy. So we can see what it really is. So we don’t do anything we regret. So we can enjoy this wonderful gift of life we possess, whatever our station.

Today we are talking about the 'arranger' strength. Whether you have a high 'arranger' strength or not, Eddie will help you utilize this strength as much as possible. These people like to look at all of the options and resources available to get the maximum value that we have going on. People like this look at all of the pieces of the puzzle. When faced with complex situations with many variables, they like to put all the pieces together. They figure out how to get things done. These people have very flexible personalities and are willing to jump into the confusion. Saturday Show: https://www.facebook.com/growwitheddieEddie's Services: https://www.eddiepvilla.com/servicesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unleash_your_strengths/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eddie.p.villahttps://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/

This week I'm joined by Sean McCleary who is the managing director of a Manchester based recruitment agency called Insight Recruitment and he is also one of the founders of the Power Hive We recorded this episode in his offices up in Manchester after I delivered a talk on personal branding to his consultants. Sean is on a mission to build a thriving business which is based out of a city which is very close to his heart, Manchester. He has worked within the Recruitment industry for 15 plus years and I was genuinely amazed with his mindset towards recruitment. I absolutely loved his approach when hiring for his business and how he has gone about growing his own recruitment agency. Genuinely really excited to share this episode with you all and I think a lot of you will get tons of value out of this conversation.  If you want to connect with Sean, the best place is Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-mccleary-b5b20930/ (Sean Mccleary) As always if you want to connect with me, the best place is Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishemazzouz/ (Hishem Azzouz)

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Patriots Safety Devin McCourty addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Gillette Stadium following New England's 41-28 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, January 13, 2019.

Episode 35 of The Teaching Space Podcast is all about how to use a to-do list PROPERLY!  Introduction We all know I like to geek out on productivity apps - this is not one of those episodes! Well, not entirely. In today’s show we are focusing on how to use a to-do list properly, regardless of the method you use. OK there might be a bit of app talk, but I will keep it to a minimum. Let’s get the app talk out the way first… Do you Need an App? No. Pen and paper works fine. But if you want an app, then there are lots of amazing ones on the market. App advantages: The ability to re-order your list without re-writing it.  Cross-platform accessibility and portability. Backups. Task or Project Manager? If you ARE going down the digital route: do you need a task management or project management app?  To understand your needs, analyse the work you need to organise.  At a guess: your work is probably project-based rather than task based. Example: if you have a pile of marking to do, the process has multiple tasks (each paper is a task). That means you have a project to complete. Which would suggest you need to go down the project management tool route. However, you might find a task manager gives you enough flexibility if you set it up to suit your needs. Test them out - see what you like. What Goes On the List? Everything. I repeat, everything. One of the main ways people fail at using a to-do list is they have tasks stored in multiple places. Examples: your head, your email inbox, sticky notes… One of the main benefits of using a list is that you have everything in one place. Get things out of your head and inbox and put them on the list. Once you have a clear idea on everything you need to do, you can start prioritising, planning and get organised. But What About My Calendar? Think of your calendar as your to-do list’s partner. Everything that has a scheduled time should go on your calendar (meetings and appointments). There is no need to put them on your to-do list, as long as you look at your calendar and your list when you plan your day. Consider allocating time to complete your tasks on your calendar. Why Can’t I Use my Email Inbox as a To Do List? SO MANY REASONS: You are not in control of incoming items - if you inbox is your to-do list, anyone can add to it at any time. It's hard to see what the actual "to-do" item is without opening the email and spending time reading it. People rarely give their emails descriptive subjects. Your inbox is no longer an effective inbox - treating your email like a to-do list makes an inefficient to-do list, but it also creates an inefficient email inbox. Have a look at this: Inbox Zero blog post.  Ideas and Recommendations: If you are using pen and paper, use a yellow legal pad. It will be easy to spot on your desk. Re-write it daily. Review your to-do list every day - either first thing in the morning or last thing at night. Put EVERYTHING on it (I know I have said this before but it is so important it bears repeating!) Digital Tools I Like:  Workflowy Wunderlist Trello Asana A non-digital option is bullet journalling. Summary Pick your tool. Everything goes in it except for events which are on your calendar.  Do not use your email inbox as a to-do list. Create a to-do list and calendar checking routine daily.  Wrap Up If you enjoyed the episode, then please consider leaving a positive review on iTunes. This helps more teachers and trainers find the podcast when they search. Thank you.

Angelo is back this week and he is talking about doing a few things to do as we start the fall season. Plus he is answering all of your gardening questions!

Angelo is back this week and he is talking about doing a few things to do as we start the fall season. Plus he is answering all of your gardening questions!

FAR 024 Topics: Re-selling your own home. Ideally, move most of your stuff out. Consider a service like PODS who will bring a storage unit to you, then move it to their secured space until you find your new place. Put EVERYTHING you won’t need for a few months in it. Paint neutral colors. Buyers might like your color choices, but they also might not. A “blank canvas” is likely to appeal to more buyers. Hire home inspector, make needed repairs Fix up the lawn. Do everything you can to increase that curb appeal. Consider upgrades to the kitchen and/or master bathroom. Interview agents, hire one that has a complete marketing plan for your home. Even in a hot market, take nothing for granted. Emails: Gershawn from Greenville, SC “I want to bid on a foreclosure being sold at the courthouse steps in June. How should I go about this?” Do your homework. Visit the property. If occupied do a “drive-by” repair assessment. Premise: The condition of the outside is a reflection of the condition of the inside. Assume roughly $25/sf plus $5000 for every 10 years of age as a repair “guess-timate” Research the title. Make sure the foreclosing loan is in first position. Learn whether back taxes are owed. Have several possibilities. If you go with only one in mind your odds are much lower and the temptation to overbid is higher. Take enough certified checks to cover 10% of your max bids. Remember in SC you have I think 20 days to pay off the balances. If you’re willing to partner with someone, consider it. If you have time to be an observer for an auction or two, I recommend it.   Patrick from Lancaster PA, “I’m looking at a house that seems like a good deal, but it has fire damage and some water damage from where they put out the fire. It was mostly confined to the kitchen. What are your suggestions?” You need a fire restoration specialist. Look for them online. You want someone who is certified by one of the major groups, if possible. You really only want these people for an inspection and a repair recommendation. You’re not going to like their quote on the repairs, but get one out of respect for their time. IICRC That’s the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification. IICRC.org International Restoration Institute, iriedu.com American Council for Accredited Certification Acac.com The Council-certified Fire and Smoke Damage Technician (CFST) and the Council-certified Fire and Smoke Damage Consultant (CFSC) conduct investigations to assess property-related fire and smoke damage. Make sure any agreement you sign with them spells out clearly their responsibilities and warranties, if any. You want the option to call them back if it’s not done correctly. Run the agreement by your legal department (legalshield) before you sign anything. If there is ANY chance that roof framing members or load bearing wall members have been compromised, have the damage inspected by a licensed structural engineer who will sign off on his or her recommendations and keep in mind they will need to re-inspect before you cover up the work with finished walls. This is going to cost you some money up front and you should do it during the due diligence period to make sure you are going to remain in budget. Keep in mind that the fire and water damage restoration people you are going to find  are used to providing repairs for insurance companies to pay. Their estimating software kicks out the highest repairs costs imaginable. You can throw a rock and find a reputable contractor who will do the required work for much less.

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Christian explains why you should put everything you own in a Trust! Why? Because a Trust Legal Person like you social security number and can by hold and sell property in the same way. Lets talk about this tool of the 1% and how to shield your self like them from any personal liability using Legal Fictions to Protect, Preserve, Grow and Pass on wealth Tax Free. ------------------------------------------------ Thanks for listening and sharing! The Vault offers services for Informational and Educational purposes only. Neither does it act as an attorney or lawyer. WE DO NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE. If you require the services of an attorney or lawyer, we suggest and recommend you obtain a COMPETENT attorney or lawyer. Trust Christian or Sharif Ali is not a tax attorney and are in no way affiliated with the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT or ENTITY.

TMN Podcast #7 - Ten Todo List Productivity Tips • Todo List Tip #1 - Have ONE List • Todo List Tip #2 - Keep Your List with You Always • Todo List Tip #3 - Easy is Better • Todo Tip #4 - Prioritize Your List • Todo Tip #5 - Check Your List Often • Todo Tip #6 - Put Everything on Your List • Todo Tip #7 - Don’t Be Afraid to Delete Tasks from Your List • Todo Tip #8 - Have a TODAY List • Todo Tip #9 - Don’t Finish It • Todo Tip #10 - Let Your List Remember, So You Don’t Have To • TMN Podcast Closing - Episode #7

Synergistic Saturdays-#357  December 23 The Strong Within Daily Affirmation Podcast I Put Everything On The Table “Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It's not about winning. It's about you and your relationship with yourself, your family and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn't let them down because you told them the truth. And that truth is you did everything you could. There wasn't one more thing you could've done. Can you live in that moment as best you can, with clear eyes, and love in your heart, with joy in your heart? If you can do that gentleman – you're perfect!” – Coach Gary Gaines, from Friday Night Lights I was on an MTV show back in 2011 I believe. It was a show called I Used To Be Fat, and no I wasn't the overweight person…every time I say I was on that show people jump back and say you used to be fat??? And I'll say, “no, I was the coach and trainer on the show for a person I was helping.”  The whole premise of the show was each episode had a different teenager who had just graduated high school and they had a summer to work with a trainer to change their life before heading to college. It was a pretty stressful experience at the time…because you are trying to get someone to do something they don't want to do, in a very short amount of time, all while knowing millions of people may be watching you fail miserably. I had two months with the young lady I was working with, and it was my hope to not just help her lose weight but to change her self-image so she would be doing a permanent change, not something that would last until she no longer was on her diet or not working out anymore. Well, things were going great…for the first two weeks…until major meltdowns kept happening. I dealt with a lot of crying and upsetness about how this young woman didn't want to be doing this anymore and how it was too hard. We put in long hours every day…but I kept reminding her that this was only two months of her life. I told her, “you can do whatever you want after this, but let's commit fully to this moment.” And that's the problem with reality TV shows, it's about getting quick results for the ratings of the show. No one wants to watch a slow process of change, the viewing audience wants to be tricked into thinking it happens quickly and with minimal effort. But when you get in crunch time of trying to lose 50 pounds in two months, it's usually unrealistic for most…and it's a whole hell of a lot harder than you'd imagine. We spent hours in the gym every day. In the show we didn't reach the 50 pound mark in two months, but she was happy with her progress, and that's all I could ask for as this transition wasn't really about me, it was more about her. The funny thing is the weight she lost, is the weight she said she would be comfortable losing. She said she wanted to be at a weight she felt comfortable in in high school. And at the time I said, “that's good you want to get there, by why are you stopping there?” And she said, “oh I am not stopping there I just want to get there first.” And I had heard that sort of statement many times in my training career…I'm not going to stop there… And what happened at the end of the show is she got to the exact weight she said she would be comfortable at. And that's what we do in our lives, we look to get back to where we were comfortable…not where we truly want to be…and I believe that's because we're afraid of failing, we're afraid the work will be too hard, we're afraid it won't be worth it…and so we settle for mediocrity in our lives giving just enough…by only showing up. I see this day in and day out…how people don't reach their goals because they only show up at the gym dreading it and doing the work as they fight it the whole time wishing it was easier. I see them showing up at their jobs wanting to make more money or get that promotion when they only do the bare minimum never giving more than what's asked of them, as they fly below the radar. I see them doing it in their relationships, as they get bored with the status quo and show up thinking that only being there by body alone is enough. To be better, to have what we want, to live the lives we want…takes a commitment to leave it all on the table. To give what we have at that moment, ready to make as many mistakes as possible and correct them. When I played ice hockey I went to a hockey clinic to better my skills and I was working with a Michigan player who was voted the best player in the state and was the most sought after recruit for college hockey. We were doing a puck handling drill where you had two obstacles and you would stick handle your puck around those obstacles in a figure 8 pattern forwards and backwards. I was going at a speed that was comfortable to me, so I could hold onto the puck, and this mentor came over and challenged me to sprint through the drill—to make as many mistakes as possible and pick up my pace. He was challenging me to be ok with mistakes and to elevate my play to another level. I made a ton more mistakes but after the week of working on this drill I had drastically improved because I was willing to put it all on the table, I was willing to make as many mistakes as possible, and I was willing to get out of my comfort zone that was keeping me trapped where I was. Are you putting everything on the table in your life? And if not, why not? What are you afraid of, or what's the story you've been telling yourself that it's ok to be subpar in what you do? I'm not judging anyone in this life, but you aren't meant to reach for the minimum, you are meant to do amazing things… not because those things will always be for the world to see, but because you decided to put your every ounce of effort into the tasks you were performing today. Greatness isn't in the amazing things that happen to us, greatness lies in the willingness to leave everything all on the table in the actions we are performing at the moment. That's when great things happen, not by luck or things just happening…it comes from our standard operating procedures…and that is where a fulliling life is created…by leaving it all on the table. Today's Personal Commitment:What's your comfort zone? What's your standard operating procedure in the things you do? Would you know your comfort zone at work, in your relationships, in your personal life?  Because if you can get to in your mind and ALSO feel it in your body when you're coasting…that will be your own personal book mark. It will be the indicator for your subconscious letting you know that something doesn't feel right to you. We've let our subconscious know that doing the bare minimum feels right, so it operates by what you've taught it, so let's teach it a different way of alerting you to let you know when you aren't performing up to the standards you want for your life.  It's not about over doing things or feeling you have to prove something, but it's about living the lives we were meant to… to be in continual growth. The best times in my life weren't the comfortable times, they were the times when I was challenged, and the times I rose to the challenge. They were the times when I said I'm not going to settle…I'm going to leave it all on the table today, and see how many mistakes I can make and correct along the way. It's not that we're looking to be reckless, but we're looking to persevere in our betterment. We're looking to find the marrow of life and drink up all of its beauty. We're looking to truly live by seeking to always be reaching further than we did yesterday. Not to be anal and never happy, but to create a life that's in accordance with nature…always growing and seeking the best parts of ourselves. I Put Everything On The Table     Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together, Personal Development Life Coach- Chris O'Hearn Contact info- email: chris@strongwithin.com  phone:865-219-3247     Music by: - Zest by basematic (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. - I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

Raquel is off because she just started her new job. Kahlil and Henning discuss overfeatured apps, "portals", Kahlil's job changing news and Web Components for building apps.

Alana has a question about starting out. She’s building a website and looking for new clients—how does she put everything she’s learning together, and what suggestions do I have for her? In this episode I mention my new, free five-day challenge and course: Build Your Own Brand. In this course I walk you through the process of creating a foundational website. Check it out today at https://smartpassiveincome.com/byob. I recommend checking out https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/convertkit, an amazing tool for building an email list. [Full Disclosure: I'm a compensated advisor and an affiliate for ConvertKit.] I also recommend my book Will It Fly?, which is all about idea validation and testing your next business idea. Check it out at https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/will-it-fly/. Do you have a question about online business? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Today’s sponsor is FreshBooks. Go to http://www.freshbooks.com/askpat and enter “Ask Pat” in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section for more information.

Your concert can be more than a curriculum review. Capture and maintain your audience’s attention throughout the duration of your concert by minding your flow, mimicking an art museum, and telling them everything.   Tweet This: Give your concert “French portions”: small servings, intense flavors. Click to download episode! Show Notes: Do everything “briskly” all movement must be rehearsed so it goes quickly Rehearse ALL logistics No dead air Connect everything together with music feature soloists with speaking Make sure your flow is intentional Do you start with the youngest group just because they’re the youngest? Beware of arbitrary programming account for choir members in multiple groups uniform changes who needs to be where and when sometimes you’ll have to rework the physical layout of the concert and rehearse the logistics more Make every piece important to your audience Think of walking an art museum YOU are the curator of your own musical museum Every piece has a reason for being share that with the audience make it easy for them to follow Make sure programs contain ALL texts/translations Even English Even Popular Music No budget for printing a million pages? Make an e-program available project texts on the wall Introduce your pieces Put the piece in context historically politically what was the story? what was the composer’s/poet’s “why”? why did YOU program this piece? Assure that there’s balance within the program tempos texts (heavy/light-hearted) length of individual selections Your concert should pack a punch French portions (rich flavor - small portions) Keep it under 75 minutes if it’s more than that, you have two concerts Send em home humming! 3 Key Takeaways: It’s all about the flow of the show, so make it intentional. Make every piece important to your audience. Put EVERYTHING in your program. Or on a screen. Or in a script. But by God, put it somewhere. Resources/links Mentioned: Support Choir Ninja on Patreon My course on Teachers Pay Teachers: Design Gorgeous Programs using Canva  Sponsored by: Sight Reading Factory (Use promo code “NINJA” at checkout for 10 free student accounts!)

LaVonna Roth began her journey in education teaching 2nd through 8th grade, then served as a Team Leader and Mentor Teacher and is currently the creator & Founder of Ignite Your S.H.I.N.E.® & LaVonna, Inc., where she works as a learning specialist, author, keynote speaker, and consultant. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education, a Master’s in the Art of Teaching and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership. LaVonna is passionate about encouraging others to use their skills, talents, and gifts to illuminate the world. About Ignite Your S.H.I.N.E.: http://www.igniteyourshine.com/about/ Connect with LaVonna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaVonnaRoth   About EducatorsLead: Educators Lead is a podcast created to help launch educators into the next level of leadership. This show is for you if you are interested in educational leadership as an assistant principal, principal, superintendent, teacher or someone who hopes to be a school leader one day. Educators Lead offers inspiration and practical advice to help you lead more effectively. Jay Willis interviews school leaders weekly to discuss why and when these educators made the decision to move into school leadership, challenges along the journey, and stories that made it all worthwhile. Educators Lead is a great resource for any educator looking to make a greater impact. Educate. Inspire. Lead. http://www.educatorslead.com

Welcome to Step 1 of our "10-steps to Ultimate Productivity Course". Here we'll deal with the fact that you are thinking about too many things at once. You need to take stuff off your mind and put it all in your trusted productivity system. My wife always laughs at me saying I'm like an old computer with default settings - I recognize only 16 basic colors and I pretend to be a multi-tasking guy... where, actually, I can only do one thing at a time. I must admit there is some truth in that. Just like David Allen says in his book "Getting Things Done", when your mind has too much to think about, you can't actually get anything done. You can't work efficiently when your mind is being distracted. That's why you need your trusted system where you can easily put stuff into it. The easier you can throw stuff at it, the better. That's the first secret. The second is to make sure you process this stuff later. The place you put stuff into is called an "Inbox" - a place where all of your thoughts, files, documents, notes, emails, voicemails... where all of your inputs go. Watch this lesson on video at: http://ProductivityCourse.com/1

Derek and Sean discuss hunting Rails performance regressions and techniques for improving performance in your web applications. Speeding Up Rails 4.2 StackProf Flame Graphs 5 Reasons to Use Protocol Buffers Instead of JSON For Your Next Service Key Frames Binary Search Algorithm Writing Fast Ruby from Erik Micahels-Ober The select and pluck methods Fragment Caching Exposing CSRF token refresh in the jQuery UJS public API. Postgres Explain Plans Implementing Multi-Table Full Text Search with Postgres in Rails Creating database views in Rails with Scenic Tweet us @_bikeshed or send us email