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00:00:00 Today is April 9th, 202500:03:23 “Reward learning”00:14:27 Rubber Hits the Road00:23:56 The TakeawayMotivation Triggers: Psychological Tactics for Energy, Willpower, Self-Discipline, and Fast Action (Clear Thinking and Fast Action Book 9) By Patrick KingHear it Here - https://bit.ly/motivationtriggerskinghttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B08K8DQKRJDiscover the secret to transforming from a sloth into a powerhouse of productivity! In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating world of dopamine - the motivation molecule. We'll explore how your body's natural rhythms and everyday routines can either energize or drain you, and most importantly, learn practical strategies on how to create an environment that fosters success and keeps you sprinting towards your goals. Say goodbye to procrastination and hello to a life of action and achievement!
Colossians 3:18-21 "The Rubber Hits The Road"
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On this episode of the NHRA Insider powered by Speedmaster, Tony Pedregon and Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes to talk about a really busy and exciting week of news in drag racing. From Sean Bellemeur's incredible A/Fuel Funny Car runs in Gainesville to the winners and high performers in Bradenton, Florida, the picture of the 2025 season is starting to form up. The guys talk about the teams that really made an impression, those that surprised, and those that may have a bunch more work cut out for them before the Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals. Hot takes, insightful analysis, and the insider info only these three can dig up. An exciting show that ends the talk of off-season theories and breaks down real world performances.
What happens to your values as leaders and business owners when the rubber really hits the road?In this timely and critical episode, we explore what it truly means for businesses to live their values—not just when things are easy, but when it really counts. Recorded just a week after Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, this conversation comes at a pivotal moment as businesses across the U.S. face unprecedented challenges. With new executive orders and shifting workplace dynamics, how can leaders ensure they're supporting and protecting their teams in meaningful ways?Our guest, Lisa-Marie Blumenfeld, is the founder of Retain, a HR consulting firm that has been helping startups and mid-sized companies build strong, compliant, and values-driven cultures for years. With over 25 years of experience across fast-growing startups and established corporations, she brings a rare blend of expertise, empathy, and real-world insight into how businesses can uphold their principles when it matters most. Currently, she's also the co-founder and COO of Eleven, a communication platform designed to help empower leaders to up level conversations with their teams. Lisa-Marie joins us to share her expertise and practical insights on how businesses can navigate these turbulent times while staying true to their core values.This isn't your typical HR conversation about policies and procedures. We talk about:The executive orders Trump signed upon taking office and their impact on businesses and employees.How companies can move beyond messaging to take meaningful action in supporting their people.The challenges of speaking out against injustice while maintaining professional boundaries.The delicate balance between responding to emotion and panic versus focusing on facts.Strategies for leaders to create a supportive, purpose-driven workplace during politically charged times.If you're a business leader or founder navigating these difficult decisions and striving to build a purpose-driven company, this conversation will challenge you to think about how your values show up in the real, everyday experiences of your employees.Grab a coffee, settle in, and listen as Lisa-Marie gets on her soap box about leadership, integrity, and the real-world implications of living your company's values.Resources & Links:Email Lisa-Marie at lisa@retainhr.comConnect with Lisa-Marie on LinkedInLearn more about RetainExplore Eleven Looking for more? Join The Soap Box Community - Peta's membership for businesses with a social conscience is now FREE! Come and join us to survive the current torrid political context! Follow Peta on InstagramFind Peta on LinkedInHire Peta to work on your copywriting and brand messaging
In this Inbetweenisode titled 'End of Year Wrap Up and My Personal Charter Encore,' Stacey Richter extends heartfelt thanks to listeners and healthcare workers for their dedication. She reflects on the challenges of maintaining personal integrity in a profit-driven healthcare system and introduces her personal charter. This charter, focused on ensuring net positive outcomes for patients, acknowledges that achieving transformational change in healthcare requires a collective effort. Stacey discusses the complexities of balancing ethical decisions, financial constraints, and the broader impact on patient care, urging others to reflect on their own guiding principles. Here's her manifesto which she is now calling her Personal Charter below which she breaks down in this podcast episode: If the thing results in a net positive for patients, then I will do it. The timeframe is short-term or medium-term. And the assumption is that it will take a village and I am not alone in my efforts to transform healthcare or do right by patients. === LINKS ===
An innovative performance support project in healthcare points the way to significant productivity improvements. In this episode, John Helmer is joined by Saskia Huusen, Sanne Mateman, and Callum Clark to discuss a groundbreaking AI-powered learning project at the Alrijne Healthcare Group. This practical conversation dives deep into the real-world application of AI in learning, demonstrating eye-opening time savings and efficiency improvements in a healthcare setting. The team shares how they implemented AI to improve workflow learning for surgical assistants, reducing SME time by 70% and shortening project timelines by 40%. They discuss the challenges of working with AI, how it differs from traditional performance support, and what they've learned through this innovative project. For anyone interested in AI for learning, this episode is packed with valuable insights on integrating AI into workplace learning. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:57 - Introducing the project 06:11 - Meet the team 09:51 - What part did AI play? 12:13 - What couldn't be done by more traditional means? 14:54 - How different was project management? 20:41 - Did it help that they are young? 23:01 - The solution 29:14 - What did they learn as a team from doing the project? 43:02 - What are they doing next? 50:33 - Who to follow on AI (and who to avoid!) 54:58 - End Follow Saskia Huusen: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/saskia-huussen Website (company): https://xprtise.com/en/ Follow Sanne Mateman: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sanne-mateman Follow Callum Clark: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/callumclark Contact John Helmer X: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer Website: learninghackpodcast.com Patreon: patreon.com/LearningHack
With the hold on interest rates providing much-needed stability for the property market, start-up agencies are increasingly choosing to embrace new methods of doing business. On this episode of Secrets of the Top 100 Agents, host Grace Ormsby speaks with special guest Phil Tarrant about the current state of the real estate market, and how REB's new ranking will celebrate the start-up agencies breaking new ground in the industry. The duo talk through the Reserve Bank of Australia's recent decision to hold interest rates steady, agreeing that this decision has come as a relief for mortgage holders and agents, and will provide ample stability for a strong spring selling season. Grace and Phil also discuss the introduction of REB's new Stellar Agencies ranking system which will recognise the achievements of start-up agencies that are challenging conventions and paving the way towards the future of the real estate sector. Did you like this episode? Show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (REB Podcast Network) and by liking and following Real Estate Business on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you have any questions about what you heard today, any topics of interest you have in mind, or if you'd like to lend a voice to the show, email editor@realestatebusiness.com.au for more insights.
There have been many memorable experiences this week with VBS. One of my favorites occurred on the first night of Bible teaching as I was leading a group of 2nd...
Episode 1 Having woken up the news of a new Labour government, you may be asking what this means for the UK regulatory landscape? In this podcast, Ben Packer, Becky McGregor and Annabel Sim discuss how the newly elected Labour Government may impact regulation across different sectors in the UK, from technology, sport, financial services, and utilities. Reading between the lines of the party's manifesto and previous announcements, we explore whether we can expect wholesale regulatory reform, or a more modest refresh. In this podcast we explore everything from exciting innovations and heightened standards in online safety, to bold commitments for fairer football governance.
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Episode 1 Having woken up the news of a new Labour government, you may be asking what this means for the UK regulatory landscape? In this podcast, Ben Packer, Becky McGregor and Annabel Sim discuss how the newly elected Labour Government may impact regulation across different sectors in the UK, from technology, sport, financial services, and utilities. Reading between the lines of the party's manifesto and previous announcements, we explore whether we can expect wholesale regulatory reform, or a more modest refresh. In this podcast we explore everything from exciting innovations and heightened standards in online safety, to bold commitments for fairer football governance.
The Moment of Truth That We All Will Face
On 30 October 2023 James was lucky enough to accept an invitation from Dr Madeline Taylor to give a lecture in Dr Taylor's commercial law course at Macquarie University. During this talk James discusses the "gap" between the theory learned at university and what happens when the rubber hits the road, in legal practice. In the discussion, James refers to cases including: Carpenter v Morris [2021] NSWSC 1700 Campbell v Campbell [2022] NSWSC 554 SSC Super Pty Limited [2022] NSWSC 686 Gillespie Cranes Nominees [2022] NSWSC 1184 Australian Karting Association Ltd [2022] NSWCA 188 M & L Richardson Pty Limited [2021] NSWSC 105 #auslaw #coffeeandacasenote #macquarieuniversity
Today's episode is a continuation of what we've started last week: Initial Access. This is part 2. And as I said, it truly is the point where the rubber hits the road when it comes to the important stages to look out for during an attack. Thoroughly investigation the Initial Access stage allows us finding how an attacker made their way into our environment.But before that here are the topics of what is trending this week:Microsoft brings in PasskeyUK's NCSA nudging governments on setting their similar organisation- https://www.europol.europa.eu: Cyber-attacks: the apex of crime-as-a-service (IOCTA 2023)- https://www.reuters.com: Power influence notoriety Gen-Z hackers who struckM-Caesars- https://www.lockheedmartin.com/: Cyber-Kill-Chain- https://attack.mitre.org: ATT&CK- https://www.darkreading.com: UK ambassador on creating new cybersecurity agencies around the world- https://blogs.windows.com:The most personal Windows 11 experience begins-rolling-out-todayBe sure to subscribe! If you like the content. Follow me @iayusuf or read my blog at https://yusufonsecurity.comYou will find a list of all previous episodes in there too.
In today's episode, we're peeling back the layers of cybersecurity to delve into a critical phase of the attack lifecycle: Initial Access. It's the point where the rubber truly hits the road during a cyberattack. We will uncover the strategies, tactics, and technologies involved in gaining that crucial foothold in target systems for both attackers and defenders. But before that and as always ahead of the main topic we stop and reflect on the trending news and this week we have two notable security pieces including:Europol publishes report on malware-based cyber attacks. MGM and Caesar's response to their ransomware attack.- https://www.europol.europa.eu: Cyber-attacks: the apex of crime-as-a-service (IOCTA 2023)- https://www.reuters.com: Power influence notoriety Gen-Z hackers who struckM-Caesars- https://www.lockheedmartin.com/: Cyber-Kill-Chain- https://attack.mitre.org: ATT&CKBe sure to subscribe! If you like the content. Follow me @iayusuf or read my blog at https://yusufonsecurity.comYou will find a list of all previous episodes in there too.
Billy House, Bloomberg Congressional Reporter joins Tom and Megan talking about the house trying to get a temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, the likely hood that a shutdown will happen in a few weeks. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)
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Adam Ritchard | Romans 12:2,9-21; John 13:34-35 — In view of God's mercies, our right response must go beyond a mere inward change. Where the rubber hits the road - in the words and actions of the everyday - our lives should be marked by the kind of genuine love that leaves others in no doubt as to who we follow.
The Reserve Bank wants to kill inflation, but not at the expense of your job, while a pandemic darling loses its protective layer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the conclusion of our Rubber Hits the Road series, Pastor Hannah shares the Why: the real reason that we reform our habits with Jesus.
Can motorcycle protective clothing really prevent serious injuries in motorcycle crashes? Over the past 20 years there have been great advances in the technology of impact and abrasion resistant materials and yet many of the garments currently available will fail under average crash conditions or are too hot to be worn in warm climates. In the absence of effective standards, motorcyclists have had to rely on advertising, brand name or price when buying protective garments. This webinar traces the research process and evidence that has resulted in the development of an independent testing program to inform consumers as to the performance of currently available motorcycle jackets, pants and gloves. The researchers have also developed a guide for the manufacturers of PPE to ensure their products are fit for purpose. This webinar describes the mechanisms and limits of motorcyclist's protective clothing, the prevalence and types of injuries, the limitations of standards, the challenges to manufacturers and road authorities in factoring motorcycle PPE into a safe system. The webinar is presented by Dr Liz de Rome, the winner of the Women in Road Safety Award presented by Austroads at the 2022 Australasian Road Safety Conference.
Larissa Explains it All: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Our identity in Christ is a vital part of our faith – join Pastor Hannah as she explores the intricacies of being a son or daughter of God versus being having an orphan mindset!
This episode brings in a very special guest: Self-Reg expert Cathy Lethbridge.Join Susan and Cathy as they chat about Cathy's role as principal to a new school and the Self-Reg strategies she's implemented. Hear about how Cathy has modelled her Self-Reg teachings in order to help Co-Regulate both her staff and students. Cathy also shares her Self-Reg “ah-ha's!” she's collected along her journey.Follow The MEHRIT Centre & Susan on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/Self_Reghttps://twitter.com/susanhopkins5Learn more with the MEHRIT Centre:https://self-reg.ca/online/Follow the Stuart Shanker & Co Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/StuartShankerSelfRegSign Up for TMC's Newsletterhttps://mehritcentre.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c52a5f4a89ff8632f0cfd7d72&id=33b75d66b7
I hope you listened to episode 399, which was Part 1 of this two-part exploration of my manifesto, meaning my aims and my path or framework to achieve those aims. Regarding the first part of my manifesto, episode 399 from two weeks ago, here's the tl;dl (too long, didn't listen) version; but please go back and listen to that show (Part 1) because it's about you—and it's a compliment and a thank you, and you deserve both. Just to quickly recap, Part 1 of my manifesto is that I started this show because I want to, and wanted to, provide information to those in the healthcare industry trying to do the right thing by patients, to get you the insights that you might need to pull that off, to create a Coalition of the Willing, as I've heard it called. When we get reviews like the one from Megan Aldridge, a self-proclaimed Relentless Health Value binge listener, I feel very gratified because it makes me feel like I'm chipping away at this mission and in a non-boring way. Thank you, Megan. Along these lines, there was also a recent review from Mallory Sonagere, who says she listens to learn new things and to be a little sharper at how she approaches her day job. And just one more I'll mention: I loved the review from Mark Nixon calling Relentless Health Value the best healthcare podcast out there. Every review like this I take as validation that maybe I can count some measure of success toward achieving the mission to empower others on their journeys to make it better for patients or to transform the healthcare industry. But this whole endeavor to create a manifesto is also borne out of me struggling personally to figure out what “having personal integrity” in this business actually means when it comes to deciding what to do and what not to do, when it comes to deciding who or what to try to help or support or who or what to step away from either passively or actively. I mean, how this podcast gets funded is my business partner and I pay for it with money from our consulting business and from some tech products that we have on offer. Who do we choose to take on as clients, and what are we willing to do for them or help them with? These are questions that literally keep me up at night. And this is what this episode, Part 2, is all about. It's about my struggle and how I attempt to navigate my own path forward. And holy shnikeys, it's tough to find a path, especially when you have the sort of perspective that I've wound up with over these past however many years. It can feel like no matter what I do, there's negatives as it relates to the Quadruple Aim. You raise one of the quadrants, and something else for somebody else certainly has the potential to be negatively impacted. We cannot forget here in the short term, but, for sure, often in the longer term as well, it's a zero-sum game. Every dollar someone takes in profit under the banner of improving health or even saving money is a dollar that someone else paid for. Is the amount of profit fair? Where'd that money come from? Is there COI (conflict of interest), and if so, what's the impact? I think hard about things like this. An inescapable fact is that there has been a financialization of the healthcare industry, and that includes everybody who also gets sucked into the healthcare industry whether they want to be or not (ie, patients/members and plan sponsors and, oftentimes, physicians and other clinicians, too). But the financialization of healthcare means that most everybody at the healthcare industry party has a self-interest to either make money or save money. And sometimes the saving money means saving money for themselves, not necessarily anything that is ever gonna accrue to patients or members. Now let's say I'm trying to determine if I want to take on a new client or decide if I personally want to promote or do something or other. This self-interest that abounds all around matters here because it means it is often very tough to find some kind of “pure” initiative to hitch your wagon to. The crushing reality that we all face is you gotta earn a living. The other reality is that often the person that benefits from the thing you want to do (ie, the patient) is not gonna pay for it. And frequently, physician organizations won't either. If everybody was lining up to pay to get something fixed, the problem would not be a problem, after all. But the only way your moral compass is the only moral compass in play is if you're doing whatever you're doing for free, really, or by yourself—and thus you are not encumbered by anybody else or any self-interest beyond your own … and your own motives are the only motives that you can control. I hear all the time initiatives and coalitions and advocacy organizations and even research funded by grants … these things also get bashed as suspect because who'd that money come from and whose “side” are the funders on. Nikhil Krishnan wrote on LinkedIn the other day (and I'm gonna do a little bit of editing, but yeah). He wrote: “Patients have low trust in healthcare because they think every stakeholder is incentivized not in their best interest. Many patients think the hospitals want to keep them sick, the [carriers and plan sponsors] don't want to pay their claims, the drug companies want to keep them on their meds, etc. And we can't pretend like that … isn't true.” Every party, every stakeholder has some measure of self-interest. They have to; otherwise, they'd be out of business. It's all a matter of degrees. No big group, no entire category gets to stand on the high ground here when you think like a patient. There's great hospitals and great people who work at hospitals, and then there's people doing things that cause a strikingly large percentage of patients to fear going to the hospital for clinical and/or financial reasons. Pick any other stakeholder and I'd tell you the same thing. Any other stakeholder. It's basically up to us as individuals to do the right thing. In every sector of the healthcare industry, there's good eggs and there's bad eggs and there's eggs in the middle just doing their day jobs as instructed. Personally, I want to be a good egg, and that's what my manifesto is all about. Let me dig into this a bit further for just a sec and then I'll continue with my personal manifesto for how I find my own path of integrity through all of this confusion. Here's another anecdote. Stuff like this I make myself crazy thinking about: I was listening to a podcast, and one of the guests said, “I wanted to get my MPH [Master of Public Health] because I felt a personal calling to be altruistic.” Then, 120 seconds later, he says something like, “So then, when it came time to pick my internship, I hunted around to find the one that paid the most money—and that's how I wound up working for an HMO in the '90s.” Consider how that strikes you. How do you feel about that guy right now, who, by the way, has gone on to support some very interesting and probably impactful initiatives? There's this commonly used phrase, “Let's do well by doing good.” So, back to that HMO intern. Let's just say we all agree that these HMOs were not unconflicted organizations. We all know they had a reputation for putting profits over members, and a reason they went out of business was because they denied care. They refused to pay claims for patients who had AIDS. And it turns out that the friends and families of people with AIDS are incredibly well organized and sued the crap out of the HMOs, which may have expedited their demise. You know what the intern was doing at the HMO? He was helping them with data analytics, and his personal goal was to use that data to improve patient outcomes. So, okay … here's the thought experiment: Do we want this HMO taking money that they're gonna take anyway and then not adding the value that they potentially could add with their data because they don't have any smart, dedicated, highly compensated interns working there to keep the ship pointed in a decent direction? I mean, I guess if I know I'm gonna spend a dollar as a member of that plan, I'd prefer to get as much as possible for my dollar that is already being spent. Maybe from that perspective, this guy is doing well by doing good. You see how this gets messy when you take a theoretical statement and then apply everyone's real-world prejudices and predilections to it. Here's a last point to ponder, and this is another thought experiment … so, just heads up and then I'll get to the point here: Say you are asked to help with a program run by a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan to provide those in need of transportation a ride to their annual wellness exam. Do you help? Those who listen to this show will fully understand there's a lot of self-interest involved in getting patients to the annual wellness exam because … risk adjustment. Also, star ratings. Listen to the show with Betsy Seals (EP375 and EP387) if you need the full story here. Short version is, MA plans can't upcode, either fairly or aggressively (if they are so inclined), if the patients don't show up for their annual physical. So, there's a lot of money for them at stake. But, then again, are physicals important for patients? Do they improve patient care and health? If we think yes, then again, is this doing well by doing good to help patients get to their appointments? After literally years of asking myself questions like this—and most of them were not thought experiments—I came up with my manifesto. And there are three parts to it, and I will go through each of them. But here's my manifesto in full: If the thing results in a net positive for patients, then I will do it. The timeframe is short-term or medium-term. And the assumption is that it will take a village and I am not alone in my efforts to transform healthcare or do right by patients. Here's how I think about the first part of my manifesto: If the thing results in a net positive for patients, then I'll do it. And keep in mind, I could talk about this for seven hours; so everything I'm saying is oversimplified to some degree and has as many nuances as there are stars in the sky. So, to calculate the net-positive impact, I think through what good the thing could do and weigh that against the negatives. And there are always negatives because, most of the time, the work that I do anyway has to get paid for by somebody and that somebody has some self-interest. Self-interest means that they are attaining something that furthers their business goals. Let me list two major upside/downside contemplations: 1. How much good does the thing actually do for patients? I think about this. What's the value here? Is it a little? Is it a lot? Will this thing be a distraction for clinicians, because time is often the most precious currency? If we're talking about some kind of navigation or utilization management, what's the reason someone wants to do this? Is the reason clinically and, for reals, evidence driven? Or are we predominantly doing this to enrich shareholders or save plan sponsors money in ways that are not a win-win for patients in the clinic right now trying to get cancer treatments for their kid? I try to think like a patient and be as impartial as possible. 2. Money. Where's the money for this thing coming from, and who wins in this particular initiative (ie, is it a win-win and patients win something worthwhile)? Now, the company doing the funding has got to win, too; otherwise, they wouldn't fund the thing. That's where it gets subjective, and, as aforementioned, do I care if the company in question wins if the patient wins, too? Or is this company so damn evil at its core that I am willing to sacrifice the opportunity to do a good thing for patients in order to not have anything to do with said possible funding entity. Or am I cutting off my nose to spite my face because this is a really important thing for patients and this particular company is the only one that's gonna fund it? Because tragedy of the commons or whatever else. Again, this gets dicey really fast. Let me poorly paraphrase a little exchange I saw on LinkedIn the other day that had me completely preoccupied during my work-from-home midday walk around the block for at least three days. Somebody wrote (maybe that Master of Public Health intern), “Given how intractable it feels to me to try to reduce healthcare spend, I think I'm going to try to help patients get more value out of the dollars that are currently being spent by them or on their behalf.” Do you think that's a worthy goal? Well, not everyone does. Somebody in T-minus 8 seconds responded, “That's a toxic way of thinking. Everyone who is not actively working to reduce healthcare spend by putting patients in cash-pay models is part of the problem.” This is a good segue into the second part of my manifesto. The first part is: If the thing results in a net positive for patients, then I'll do it. Here's the second part: The timeframe is short-term or medium-term. And here's what I mean by that. My main focus is helping patients right now. This is what this has to do with the aforementioned exchange on LinkedIn wherein someone was trying to figure out how to get more out of the dollars we're currently spending and someone else said that's toxic, because we should rip it all down and build a better model. There's incremental change, and then there's disruptive change. These two things are not mutually exclusive. Apparently, Mr. This Is Toxic doesn't agree with me, but as I said in the last episode, there's that Buckminster Fuller quote: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” And sure, I like to aspire to that as much as the next person. But does aspiring to a big hairy goal mean completely forgoing any incremental ways that patients can be helped immediately, like right now? If you ask me—and you're listening to this, so you de facto asked me—incremental change will probably actually support and beget disruptive change. So, incremental versus disruption is not a battle royale. These things are not diametrically opposed. They're probably actually aligned. I could go on a tangent here to explain why, but I'm not going to … except to say tipping points. But forget about that for a sec. Here's the more basic question: If all parties are interested in transforming healthcare, legit, how does someone trying to do it incrementally, or improve value for patients right now, in any way negatively impact someone trying to be disruptive and/or trying to change financial models? Keep all this in mind and now let me get back to my manifesto. I'm worried about patients, and I'm worried about them largely right now, short term to medium term. So, if I have the opportunity to help a patient—and I think about my two grandmothers (God rest their souls) here, but both of them would have died in the healthcare system multiple times in avoidable ways had my family not been there advocating for them—if I have the opportunity to help a patient, I will do so as long as I believe that the impact is a net positive in the shorter term. Disruption is a longer-term operation. Some have said it's a generational change. When I see stuff like Toxicity Guy wrote on LinkedIn, I really try to understand what his point is, as I always try to understand what people's points are. Could he be arguing that no one should work to improve care right now or try to maximize what we get for the bucks that we've already been shelling out? And, if so, for what reason … so that what happens? So that resentment about poor-quality care builds up to a boiling point such that everybody shuns the status quo and moves to a new care model and financial models faster? Is that the aim of Toxicity Guy? To force a let-them-eat-cake moment for the purposes of triggering a faster revolution? I've probably thought about this guy's motives and his potential impact harder than he has. In my manifesto, in my worldview, I don't let grandmas suffer right now so that someone else has a better narrative, even if I am in full support of what that person is trying to do and the mission that they are on, which, by the way, is a longer-term one. This gets me to the third part of my manifesto: The assumption is that transforming the healthcare industry will take a village and I am not alone. When I state this outright, it's gonna seem self-evident; but sometimes it's hard to not push blame here like Toxicity Guy, so I say this sort of in his defense. Here's the point of contemplation: There's maybe four big parts of the healthcare industry at a minimum. We have those trying to fix SDoH (social determinants [or drivers] of health). We have those trying to fix medical morbidity (ie, are patients on evidence-based pathways and taking meds appropriately, limiting polypharmacy side effects/cascades). Once a patient is in the healthcare system, what happens then? Then we have those working hard to improve behavioral/mental health. And lastly, everything going on with what I'm gonna call FDoH (financial determinants of health)—patients making decisions or having decisions made for them due to financial implications for them or for somebody else. Lots of stuff rolls up under these categories, but even just listing out these four things, we got a hell of a lot of work to do to improve the lot of patients and taxpayers and make it easier to do business in this country. I always try to keep in mind that it will take a village. Just because someone is working on getting patients housing or eating better does not imply that they don't care about employers struggling to curb claims billing waste, fraud, and abuse—and vice versa. It's just not everybody can do everything. For me personally, I tend to focus my attention on helping as many patients as possible get on what would be for them the optimal treatment plan or best care pathway. That does not mean I'm anti-someone working on getting more competition in the payer space. Nor does it mean I'm against trying to curb the price of overpriced (as per ICER [Institute for Clinical and Economic Review]) pharmaceutical products or legislate to rein in hospitals doing stuff that, in my book, they should not be doing. I am all for getting all of these things done. I just do not have the bandwidth or the depth of expertise to do everything myself. I would suspect that no one does. As my grandma used to say (and anyone who attended a slumber party seance in eighth grade might know), many hands make light work. You get 15 girls each holding out but two fingers, and you can lift up your friend, no problem. When I keep in mind that it takes a village, it helps me curtail the tendency to become paralyzed in my quest to help patients because I can see a potential problem it might create somewhere else in the industry or somewhere else down the line. I have to trust that one of my fellow villagers is holding down that end of the fort. Here's a quote from J. Michael Connors, MD, that he wrote in his newsletter: “When you point one finger, three are pointing back at you … It's like everything you learned in kindergarten seems to be so applicable to our approach to healthcare. Sadly, the game of finger pointing and pushing blame on others is killing real innovation in healthcare.” This is so real, which is why inherent in my manifesto here is my efforts to remember we are all on the same team (all the good eggs, anyway). That it takes a village, that there will be some things that some people are doing that I maybe don't fully agree with. There might be groups who don't accomplish much. There are certain people doing well (ie, doing self-interested things) but, at the same time, creating a better place for patients. As long as, in general, we are all following the same North Star, we'll achieve much more spending our time focused on our own missions and not worrying about what other people are doing. And when I say “not worrying about what other people are doing,” I mean people in the “good egg” village. I do not mean I intend to stop calling out conflicted and net-negative self-interested behavior, because this is what some people in the village should hopefully have their eyes on and get busy working against. The village here, it's a Venn diagram. At the point where other people's circles intersect with my mission or what I think would be better for patients, these are the people I can work with and collaborate with. These are the people that I'd take their business or I'd try to help them if I can. My manifesto is to determine when something is a positive for patients and then to find others who will win as a result of that thing happening. Then I can study why this is a win for those others, which is always going to be some self-interested why. And then I can think through what the negatives are if their self-interest comes to fruition. Is it still a net positive? If yes, proceed. Look, this making it better for patients, this transforming healthcare, it is hard, dispiriting work. It's a long slog. I'd like to suggest we encourage each other. Can we be the wind beneath each other's wings when we find a kindred spirit? Can we focus on the points of intersection and spend our energy deepening what's going on there? So again, here's my manifesto: If the thing results in a net positive for patients, then I'll do it. The timeframe I'm concerned about … short-term, medium-term. The assumption is that it will take a village to transform healthcare and I am not alone. I feel kind of exhausted having finished that. But let me ask you this: What is your manifesto? If you have one or if you have thoughts on this, go to our Web site and click on the orange button to leave a voice message. My hope is to do an upcoming show sharing what you think. For more information, go to aventriahealth.com. Each week on Relentless Health Value, Stacey uses her voice and thought leadership to provide insights for healthcare industry decision makers trying to do the right thing. Each show features expert guests who break down the twists and tricks in the medical field to help improve outcomes and lower costs across the care continuum. Relentless Health Value is a top 100 podcast on iTunes in the medicine category and reaches tens of thousands of engaged listeners across the healthcare industry. In addition to hosting Relentless Health Value, Stacey is co-president of QC-Health, a benefit corporation finding cost-effective ways to improve the health of Americans. She is also co-president of Aventria Health Group, a consultancy working with clients who endeavor to form collaborations with payers, providers, Pharma, employer organizations, or patient advocacy groups. 03:16 “It's a zero-sum game.” 03:26 Is the amount of profit fair? 03:37 What is an inescapable fact of the healthcare industry? 03:54 What does the financialization of healthcare mean? 04:19 Why does the self-interest in healthcare matter? 06:18 “It's basically up to us as individuals to do the right thing.” 10:03 What is the first part of Stacey's manifesto? 10:18 How does Stacey calculate the net positive of an impact? 10:41 What are two major upsides/downsides that Stacey contemplates? 13:31 Why are incremental change and disruptive change not mutually exclusive? 17:40 “I always try to keep in mind that it will take a village.” 19:19 Why finger pointing is killing innovation in healthcare. For more information, go to aventriahealth.com. Our host, Stacey Richter, discusses our #healthcarepodcast and where she sees the path moving forward. #healthcare #podcast Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Dawn Cornelis (Encore! EP285), Stacey Richter (EP399), Dr Jacob Asher, Paul Holmes, Anna Hyde, Dea Belazi (Encore! EP293), Brennan Bilberry, Dr Vikas Saini and Judith Garber, David Muhlestein, Nikhil Krishnan (Encore! EP355)
How do we set practical policies that allow scientific discovery to thrive while keeping an eye to risks and benefits for all? Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health (NIH), looks at current and past policy and shares her insights on the democratic governance of science. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38745]
How do we set practical policies that allow scientific discovery to thrive while keeping an eye to risks and benefits for all? Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health (NIH), looks at current and past policy and shares her insights on the democratic governance of science. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38745]
How do we set practical policies that allow scientific discovery to thrive while keeping an eye to risks and benefits for all? Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health (NIH), looks at current and past policy and shares her insights on the democratic governance of science. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38745]
How do we set practical policies that allow scientific discovery to thrive while keeping an eye to risks and benefits for all? Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health (NIH), looks at current and past policy and shares her insights on the democratic governance of science. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38745]
How do we set practical policies that allow scientific discovery to thrive while keeping an eye to risks and benefits for all? Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health (NIH), looks at current and past policy and shares her insights on the democratic governance of science. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38745]
When the rubber hits the road, one tire company stands out among the rest. From raw material traceability to supply chain transparency, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is not only helping to do what's good for business, but what's good for the planet. . Driven by an ambitious sustainability strategy, Goodyear has set goals to develop a tire made of 100% sustainable materials by 2030 and using only renewable energy in its manufacturing facilities and operations by 2040. The company is even working to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from a specific species of dandelion in collaboration with the Department of Defense, the Air Force Research Lab, BioMADE and Farmed Materials. . To learn more about Goodyear's impressive sustainability journey, we sat down with Ellis Jones, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer. He discusses the company's uniquely strong culture, the importance of working collaboratively with small farms, and the development of new sustainable tire materials. . You'll even get a glimpse into the future with intelligent tires that enable fleets to identify and address problems in real time—and learn how Goodyear is evolving its products as EVs and AVs hit the road. . We'd love to hear from you. Share your comments, questions and ideas for future topics and guests to podcast@sae.org. Don't forget to take a moment to follow SAE Tomorrow Today—a podcast where we discuss emerging technology and trends in mobility with the leaders, innovators and strategists making it all happen—and give us a review on your preferred podcasting platform. . Follow SAE on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Follow host Grayson Brulte on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
A message from the Young Adults Pastor of our Gold Coast Location, Isaac Lenton. For more information, visit elevationchurch.com.au/hills/ --- Follow Elevation Church Hills: Instagram: @elevationchurchhills Facebook: /ElevationChurchHills www.elevationchurch.com.au/hills/
On 31 October 2022 I gave a lecture at Macquarie Uni for Dr Madeline Taylor's commercial law course. We traversed some practical issues that were commercial, but not corporate (and you might recognise a few of them)! If you would like a copy of the paper, please reach out to me and I can provide it to you. Jd'A #auslaw @Macquarie University #commerciallaw
The issue of tariffs was thrown into stark relief yesterday when the DTIC failed to extend tariffs on chicken imports as food costs rise. And its interesting to note against the backdrop of a recent tariff application by the SA Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) to ITAC for the imposition of additional duties on tyres imported from China. No doubt this will concern every South African motorist and the taxi, bus and trucking sectors, which could be hard hit if additional duties are imposed on imported tyres. The four large domestic tyre producers – Continental, Bridgestone, Goodyear, and Sumitomo, collectively known as the SA Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC), maintains that its application to investigate the unfair trade caused by dumped imports of passenger, truck and bus tyres imported from China, is part of a sustained effort to rescue the local tyre industry and the livelihoods dependent upon it. SATMC was invited to participate on this panel but declined. Joining Michael Avery for this discussion is Charl de Villiers, Chairperson at Tyre Importers Association of South Africa; Donald MacKay, CEO and founder of XA International Trade Advisors and Theo Malele, Spokesperson of National Taxi Alliance
Andy and James discuss a sports curse, Andy has a dating question for the guys, Greer on Kenny Payne's scholarship situation, a Lamar opinion that makes no sense, and some sound to end the hour. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jesse & Kyle discuss Kyle's new 8 Year Gang shirt, Jesse doesn't understand sports, NNS updates, a decentralized future for social media, Batman, dead senators, NFT airdrops and poutine. IC3D NFT 8 Year Gang Shirt Jesse's Sustainability Proposal Kyle Dragging Jesse on Twitter Winning Time HBO Show The ‘80s Vibe of ‘Winning Time' Isn't Just Nostalgic Retrofitting: How the Show Brought Vintage Tech to HBO Updated Math re: ICP's electrical usage Periodic Confirmation of Neuron Followees NNS Proposal 50 Million Partners Kyle: Elon, Twitter and Web3 Batman Parents Cosplay Batman: Mask of the Phantasm William L Macy Distrikt Airdrop IC Pxy We bought a Subnet We bought a taco truck Ask Neurotic: Is a hot dog secretly a taco? The Cube Rule of Food Allow only the controller of a neuron to register it as a known neuron So I have staked Icp neurons 8 year dissolving. If I add Icp to that neuron, Is it also by default desolving ? English kinda hard here sorry normally speak French. merci from Quebec !
When an early stage company pursues a new category design strategy, leadership in the Sales, Product, Marketing, CS, and Development departments response can be summed up as, "Great, now what?" Now What is the gap jump between strategy and tactics, between idea and action, and it can feel massive and intimidating. In this episode of The SaaS Brand Strategy Show, we talk to Bridget Quinlan, the Chief Revenue Officer of PFL.com. In the year since DRMG worked with PFL on their category design strategy, Bridget and her team have done a masterful job of bringing the new Hybrid Experience (HX) category to market, aligning and activating the entire organization around the strategy. It is a case study on the time, temperament, and resources required to go from idea to action. Bridget discusses her experience in leading category design strategies, including: The timeline and order of activations across the company around a category design strategy How to build momentum and consensus across the organization. Why it is important to show incremental value as you go. The importance of agility and a collaborative innovation process How to get core messaging infused in the brand and product And much more. Bridget's answer to "Now What?" is to take it step-by-step, prioritizing initiatives in terms of impact and priority, and not assuming there is a master plan work plan that will make sense to everyone. It's a great take on a tricky execution. Thanks to Bridget and PFL for the insights.
As national insurance contributions, energy prices and council tax all increased this week, so too did our co-pilot's frustration with the Government's handling of the cost of living crisis.Allison is concerned that covid could throw even more economic turmoil in the mix. With nine new symptoms being added to the official list, co-pilot Pearson fears it will be too easy for workers to use the virus as an excuse to shelter under the 'national duvet.'And as the conflict in Ukraine rages on, Liam is worried about how long the UK can maintain economic sanctions before rising living costs become impossible to bear for many Brits. So as the economic rubber hits the road, has Britain got the strength to weather the economic storm? Boarding the spaceship of sweet reason on its 95th voyage is the Telegraph's Senior Foreign Correspondent Roland Oliphant. Roland, who spent many years reporting from Moscow, shares his insights after spending recent weeks on the ground in Ukraine. He tells our co-pilots why concerns of a third World War are not hyperbole and why no real peace talks will happen until one side has suffered defeat in what he calls an ‘old fashioned war of aggression'.And finally, one listener reveals the unlikely side effect they have experienced from regular travel on the rocket of right thinking.Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/allison-pearson/ |Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |Read more from Roland: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/r/rk-ro/roland-oliphant/ Get online tickets to the Planet Normal live event: https://extra.telegraph.co.uk/events/live-planet-normal-event |Listen to Ukraine: The Latest: www.playpodca.st/ukraine|Need help subscribing or reviewing? Learn more about podcasts here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/ |Email: planetnormal@telegraph.co.uk |For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This is [almost] it! The entire world is in Qualifying mode, and we circle the globe to talk about it.Oceania [OFC]: 0:00 - 07:00Asia [AFC]: 07:49 - 15:40South America [CONMEBOL]: 15:41 - 28:00North/Central America & Caribbean [CONCACAF]: 28:01 - 40:00Europe [UEFA]: 40:01 - 1:07:00Africa [CAF]: 1:07:01 - 1:30:00You can follow us and our fandom at @windowintlpod on Twitter!Follow our show: @windowintlpodFollow Brandon: @We_GlobalFollow Joe: @twelfthyank
Identity in Christ: Is it hard to sift through the crowd of voices speaking or yelling their own convictions these days? Now what about those in the church? Theology aside today, what about political allegiances? Beliefs on how Christians should act and navigate these times? Feel weary? This week we're going to put in our best efforts to sift through some of the competing voices and get to the root of the issue. Paul's letter is as relevant for us today as it was for the Colossians (though we're not necessarily arguing about circumcision). See you this weekend!
This episode is one of the most important conversations we've ever had. We're talking about burnout. Many of us started January with the hope of a new and brighter 2022, and our tanks are already on empty. Our psyches were not developed to handle this continual baseline of anxiety: a third year of a global pandemic, raging politics and an uncertain future. Our uplifting guest, author and coach Alli Worthington, is all about life, faith, and business. Alli admits, “This is the season where the rubber hit the road." If you don't know Alli Worthington yet, you're going to fall hard. She's a best-selling author, podcaster and business coach who lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and five sons in a loud, messy testosterone-filled house with the only golden retriever who refuses to retrieve. Alli was shocked to discover that she was slowly burning herself out over the past couple of challenging years. Alli shares, “I make my living helping others. I was battling my son's illness and dealing with a world that had just turned upside down. 2021 was a wake up call; I realized I needed to get back in counseling and invest in myself. A good coach always has a coach. The Lord gently told me, ‘you need to invest more in yourself.' This doesn't come naturally to women because we give, give, give. We can only give well when we're okay. Sometimes we have a season where we have to make sure we're okay." Alli believed she would be a lifelong entrepreneur and business coach and then God moved her into writing books and sharing her story. Alli explains, "My calling is to help women live well, whether that's in faith, family or business. The message of my book “Standing Strong: A Woman's Guide to Overcoming Adversity & Living With Confidence" is that every woman has a calling, whether it's in your home, neighborhood, or your zip code. We aren't where we are, surrounded by the people we're surrounded by, by accident. God has important work for us to do." Alli's word for 2022 is “lead.” Alli reveals, “I'm not playing small. I'm not holding myself back when the Lord tells me to have a conversation or to try something new to expand my territory. My verse for the new year is 'Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just in fact as you are doing.' (1 Thessalonians 5:11) I want to obey.” You're going to be so nourished, refreshed and encouraged by this phenomenal woman!
Accident survivor and UP resident Shannon Perkins is hitting the road for a 1,100 mile round trip to the hospital. Her partially amputated leg needs surgery. The journey she's enduring due to PA21 and 22, though, makes the surgery the easier part.
True spirituality isn't seen simply in how someone talks - but what they're like with their wife, kids and at work | Colossians 3:18 - 4:1
October 17, 2021 Morning Service. 1) The pattern of marriage 2) the power for marriage. Part of the The Way of Jesus: Real, Hard, Hopeful series. (1 Peter 3:1-7)
Now that I have my commercial demo, the rubber hits the road as I start my direct marketing attack. I also lock down the next phase of my coaching. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-jacobs/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-jacobs/support
On this episode, you'll meet Shep Hyken, a renowned customer service expert and author of eight books, as well as a Hall of Fame speaker. Shep's latest book is titled I'll Be Back – How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again and is the focus of this episode. Shep learned the importance of taking care of customers when he started his first business at the age of twelve performing magic shows at kids' birthday parties. His parents encouraged him to send thank you notes to his customers asking them which tricks they liked the most. He learned that by asking a specific question he could discover what his customers liked the most and he could plan to serve his customers best. He also learned that listening to his customers is a way to deliver good customer service. His parents taught him valuable life lessons that transcend to how any business can create customer experiences that compel them to come back again and again. The principles his parents taught him boil down to three pillars: Show appreciation Get feedback Take action on the feedback Shep learned these customer service lessons at a young age which convinced him that delivering a great customer experience is anchored in good-mannered common sense. Yet, he is quick to say that such common sense is not always common. If only companies harnessed what we learned from our parents at a young age, more brands would succeed at delivering good customer service, resulting in customers returning again and again. When asked what is new in his eighth book on customer service, I'll Be Back, Shep admits the title has a connection to The Terminator movie through sections of the book that discuss reasons a customer might terminate their relationship with a brand as well as when it makes sense for a brand to terminate a relationship with a customer. A whole chapter is devoted to “The Arnie” which is a reference to getting customers to say, “I'll be back.” Shep also points out that customer service has never changed when you consider that a customer starts with a need and desires to be happy with the outcome. That will never change. What has changed is what happens in the middle. Now, the customer can buy a product online, and get help through omnichannel support options and have a wonderful experience without ever talking to a human. Shep challenges the conventional way of measuring effective customer service which is commonly measured by the Net Promoter Score – how likely are you to recommend us to a friend? He refers to the NPS data as history lessons with valuable insights. While this metric is useful, he encourages CX professionals to also measure customer behavior. How often do customers come back? Do they become loyal customers or are they just a once in a while repeat customer? Where the Rubber Hits the Road In the final chapter, he lists six steps to creating an “I'll be back” experience. The following six questions should be studied and discussed among the CX team members. Ask, why you? Why does the customer do business with you? Your goal should be to identify true differentiation, not generic reasons such as our staff, or our product. Ask, why them? Why would the customer do business with your competitors? Your goal is to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your competition. Keep pace. What did you learn about the competition exercise in step two that warrants you doing something like them? He is clear to explain not to copy a competitor's customer service tactic. Instead, make it your own. He mentions the newspaper example in the hotel industry. One chain offers guests a newspaper upon arrival, another chain delivers a newspaper to each hotel room. Look outside your industry. Ask your team which companies they enjoy doing business with whether it's B2B or B2C. Collect stories about different businesses explaining what they do that is special, whether it's a restaurant, a movie theater, a bowling alley or a grocery store. No matter the business type, collect stories of best-in-class customer service. Write down their customer service practices and explore how your business could do some of them tailored to your business. Implement some of the ideas you learned in step four. Ask, why you? again. After implementing new ideas following these steps, your goal is to get a different answer than the first time you asked “why you?” in step one. These six steps summarize the methods in his latest book to get customers to become loyal, so they return to a business again and again. Shep and his team publish an annual report called Achieving Customer Amazement which is available for download at his website hyken.com. Shep Has Fun on the Ice As you see in the video, Shep's office is filled with guitars, which is one of his passions. Another of his passions is playing hockey. He tells the story of the time he made a guest appearance with the NHL's St. Louis Blues at a charity event where he was introduced to the home crowd. He re-purposed the picture taken of him dressed in the St. Louis Blues' uniform into a “rookie card” which he shares as a bookmark. He still plays hockey three or four days per week with friends. Learn more about iQor digital customer experience capabilities. Read the blog post here. Watch the video here.
ON EPISODE #23: "Where the rubber hits the road: the everything you wanted to know about tires episode." AutoTalk Producer Phil Tower joins host Al Schwinkendorf and co-hosts John Puhek for a deep dive end of the world of everything rubber… that is tires. We talk about the best ways to research tires, the best ways to buy tires, and most importantly, we tell you about the mistakes you don't want to make one buying tires. As we said, this is definitely "where the rubber hits the road!" Michigan's AutoTalk podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Audio, iHeartRadio, Spreaker.com, Deezer, and Podcatcher.Please like our Facebook page: Facebook.com/MichigansAutoTalk
Hello fravelers, welcoming to my little corner of the world. For now, sharing thoughts and feeling as I explore a new relationship in the city of A Coruña... for now at least
The Australian government says it was blindsided on Tuesday by the United Nations heritage organisation's warning it is considering listing the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”. The move could mean the reef loses its status as a natural wonder. Environment Minister Sussan Ley and Foreign Minister Marise Payne responded to UNESCO immediately, saying Australia's stewardship of the reef was “world class”. But the listing would likely be related to global warming, with Australia under pressure to set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Today on Please Explain, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley joins Tory Maguire to discuss UNESCO's draft decision to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Australian government says it was blindsided on Tuesday by the United Nations heritage organisation's warning it is considering listing the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”. The move could mean the reef loses its status as a natural wonder. Environment Minister Sussan Ley and Foreign Minister Marise Payne responded to UNESCO immediately, saying Australia's stewardship of the reef was “world class”. But the listing would likely be related to global warming, with Australia under pressure to set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Today on Please Explain, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley joins Tory Maguire to discuss UNESCO's draft decision to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You've heard that saying – “asleep at the wheel” right? Well the truth is, that many of us as we drive down this highway called life – are doing just that. We're asleep to God's amazing plans and purposes for our lives. Are you … asleep at the wheel?? Asleep at the Wheel Life is full of transitions isn't it? We go from being a child to being an adult, they call those years our teenage years and anybody who's been a teenager will know that it's an awkward often difficult time. You se it's this transition thing from something we know to something we don't, from A to B. And what we'd really like is, we'd like our transitions to be quick and simple and direct and comfortable and predictable and safe. That's what we'd like them to be. But transitions never are. From single to married, from married to single, from staff member to supervision, from supervisor to manager, from employed to unemployed, from student to teacher. Whatever the change is, whatever the transitions is, there's always an awkwardness, an uncomfortableness about it. So we've been looking at this whole transition thing by putting ourselves in Israel's shoes in this series. They'd been exiled in Babylon for seventy years but at the end of seventy years God's ready to bless them again and take them back home to the Promised Land. Now you'd think that when Isaiah announced that, there'd be shouting and dancing in the streets. But think about it, most of them had been born in slavery. They'd been there over seventy years! And while they've heard of the Promised Land it's a bit like a dream land! Does it really exist? And hey we're slaves right? Dominated by the dominant world power of the day the Babylonians, right? How are we ever going to see the Promised Land? That's the reality. And when we're in our version of Babylon, when we're in that difficult place we'd rather not be in, come on, how difficult for us to even begin to imagine that God would actually restore our lives? Sometimes fear is our default mode. It's true for many of us. Most of us respond to uncertainty and transition with what? Fear rather than faith. And that is where Israel was; they needed some convincing that God was going to bless them. That's where many people are today. How about you? So God sends them the prophet Isaiah and as we saw in the last program, three times in chapter 51 in the book of Isaiah God says to his people, “Listen to me. Listen to me. Listen, to me.” It's like an alarm clock at 6 in the morning going Ring Ring Ring! What's he trying to do? He's trying to get their attention, he's trying to wake them up and in fact the very next thing he says to them is, “Wake up!” Let's hear what God has to say to His people back then and what He's saying to you and me about His plans and purposes for us today. Isaiah Chapter 52, verses 1 – 6: Awake! Awake! Put on your strength oh Zion, put on your beautiful garments Jerusalem the holy city for the uncircumcised and the unclean shall enter you no more. Shake yourself from the dust, rise up oh captive Jerusalem loose the bonds from your neck oh captive daughter Zion for thus says the Lord your God you were sold for nothing and you shall be redeemed without money. For thus says the Lord God, ‘Long ago my people went down into Egypt to reside there as aliens and the Assyrian too has oppressed them without cause, now therefor what I am doing here,' says the Lord, ‘seeing that my people have been taken away without cause, they're rulers house', says the Lord, ‘and continually all day long my name is despised therefore my people shall know my name therefore in that day they shall know that it is I that speak, here am I'.” This is God shouting, “Wake up people!” You know what it's like when you first wake up out of a deep sleep and your kind of groggy and disorientated and if you default mode is fear and you're traveling through your difficult place – your Babylon, your health issue, your marriage issue, your family issue, your money issue, your whatever issue – when you're in that place and your default mode is fear, Hey! You're going to take some waking up. To wake up from the drowsiness of that negativity to the potential and the amazing future that God has for you. We need to get dressed in the garment of praise, we need to put on the strength we have in Christ! We need to shake the dust off our attitudes where it settled from lack of movement, cos tell you, fear has a tendency to paralyse us, we just kind of sit there and hope it's all going to change. We need to lose the bonds of captivity to our circumstances that are choking us. What a beautiful picture. God is wanting His people to wake up to the fact that by his sovereign will and His immense power He's already started doing some amazing stuff but the God of their fathers is going to redeem them without money in other words He's going to do it, He's already doing it, and it's going to cost them nothing. No work, no effort, cos God is going to do it. “Wake up to what I'm doing here people”. That is what God's saying to Israel and my friend that is what He's saying here to you and me today. When we're in that dark and difficult place of transition from something we know to something we don't, from something that's comfortable, albeit trying, to something that's maybe not as comfortable and familiar, we almost want to sleep, most of us want to stay where we are. It's out default mode; we're not expecting God to move. I'm not saying God's going to wave a magic wand and solve all your problems over night that may be his plan, that may not be his plan but he may have a plan to fill you with exquisite knowledge of his present, the sort that is only available in the dark place that you're in the sort of knowledge the presences of God and his healing an comforting spirit that simply wouldn't be as poignant or as powerful in a place of light as it is in a place of darkness. Whatever God's plan is for you let me tell you, He has a plan. A plan for good, a plan to bless you, a plan to be your God right smack bang in the middle of that place that you're in at the moment. You're God has a mighty plan and a mighty purpose for your life and I don't care if you're 8 or your 80 or you're 800, your God has a mighty plan and a purpose for your life. And today through his word this is what God is saying to you. “Wake up my child, wake up to the plan that I have for you.” Wow, see the stuff that we could end up missing out of if we are not in God's word? If we don't' open God's word and read it and read it as though he means to speak to us through it? Wake up to the plan that God has for your life for whatever it is, it's good! And it'll be such a tragedy for you to miss out on God's plan for your life. Wake up! Beautiful Feet Good news about tomorrow always brightens up today have you noticed? And there are probably only one or two people, and perhaps you're one of them, who needs a bit of good news about tomorrow today. Like the nation of Israel a few hundred years BC when they were coming to the end of exile and slavery in Babylon, back in around 520BC give or take a few years. They desperately needed some good news. But you see for the last seventy years as slaves all they were used to was bad news, and for someone only used to bad news it can be really hard to get the good news though. God had to shake them and wake them up. He used the prophet Isaiah to do that as we've seen so far in this story, and of course you and I can be like that too. If all we've been used to is bad news for a long time, it's kind of hard to wrap our hearts around some good news. It's hard to have hope for tomorrow when the circumstances of yesterday and today are screaming at you there is no hope! Are you with me? Sure you are. You've been there at that rock point out there on the battlefield where the enemy whoever or whatever that enemy's been in your life is threatening to overwhelm you. When your Babylon has enslaved you and has robbed you apparently of all your freedom and your future and your hope in God. So the old Isaiah has been waking and shaking God's people, telling them that God is on the move and that good things are about to happen. It's not an easy message to get through to them or to me. So God calls Isaiah to say something that's really going to get our collective attention. Isaiah chapter 52 verses 7-10: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace; who brings good news; who announces salvation. Who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!' Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for in plain sight they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, and he has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Beautiful feet, what the blazes is God on about? Have you looked at your feet lately? Hardly the most attractive part of your anatomy are they? Leave them in a pair of shoes or socks for too long and they get a bit smelly too. God is nothing if not an edgy communicator. You know how sometimes advertiser will use shock tactics to get your attention? To stand out from the crowd to get their message noticed? That in effect is what God's doing here. He's grabbing our attention. He's grabbing your attention and my attention. Come on, if someone brought you the good news that you had just won 10 million dollars in the lottery, you could kiss their feet couldn't you? That's the picture here. This isn't just good news, it's not just even great news or fantastic news, this is stunning brilliant totally life changing news. God has a plan to save His people, Israel back then – you and me today. And it's the sort of news that should have us singing and dancing in the street. Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for in plain sight they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, and he has redeemed Jerusalem. There are some joys, some pleasures, some delights that are only available to us when all around us is darkness and gloom. I can tell you that, not just because I'm reading it in the book Isaiah, but because I've experienced it myself. In the days when all that I held dear had been taken away from me, the days were black and the nights were even blacker. And nothing that anybody said or did made one iota of difference to the pain and the isolation I felt. Pain is the unique individual and isolating experience, when you suffer you suffer alone on the inside even if there are people around on the outside to comfort you. There's just one thing one thing, that cuts through the darkness, that cuts through the pain with a light so warm and so gentle and so beautiful that they're simply aren't any words to describe it, and that my friend is the voice of God saying, "I have to come to comfort you. I have come to redeem you." The people who came to bring me that news, I'm picturing their faces right now, I could kiss their feet. And once I was able to light my candle the flame that raged in their hearts burned ever brighter in me. Once I'd met Jesus in my black hole, He became my friend and my companion and my comforter in a way that no one ever has to me and no one else ever will be to me. He came to save me and to lift me out of that pit. Something He did even while the circumstances around me where still against me. The joy of meeting Jesus in that dark place is a pleasure so exquisite that I wouldn't swap those dark days for anything because the Lord bared His holy arm before the eyes of all the nations and all the ends of the earth saw the salvation of our God in me. The good news is, God is only a side. Doesn't mean He'll always see things the way you do or do things the way you'd want him to do or when you wanted Him to do them. See we only see a small part of the puzzle He sees the whole picture and His plans and His purpose go way beyond anything we could ever imagine. But in the face of the most terrifying inky blackness I've ever faced in my life I remember the experience of that joy and of that comfort and of that peace that goes way beyond any understanding. There are no words to describe the beauty of God's presences in that dark pit with me. I know that God has a future planned for each one of us. I know that God has a future planed for you, a future that is so far beyond anything you can imagine or hope for its better than winning the lottery. It's better that anything this earth has to offer, because it involves him in our lives. It involves Jesus leading you forward through whatever transition you're going through, through whatever dark hole your traveling through, though whatever pit you've fallen into, it involves Jesus leading you through that place and out on the other side. My friend when you look back in the days to come, when you look back at the difficult transition that uncomfortable time, you'll see the arm of the Lord, you'll see what God has done, you'll give glory to God because He was in that place with you and He did it for you. And that's the news that Jesus asked me to bring you today. May it bless your socks off. Don't Just Sit There There are plenty of people who want to wallow around in pain and misfortune until the end of time. Now please I'm not being harsh here when something bad happen, when we lose a loved one, when we get a bad medical diagnoses, when a marriage falls apart or we go to work in the morning only to come home unemployed in the evening, come on it knocks the wind out of us. We go through all sorts of emotions, we go through shock, pain, anger, fear, and resentment there is a whole cycle that we go through in what's called the grieving process. And that's natural, we need to go through those stages and if you're in that cycle somewhere at the moment I am definitely not knocking that. Please understand me. But at some point, we have to get up off the canvas; at some point we have to accept that the world has changed irrevocably and get on with the business of living. If you've just lost your partner of 30 or 40 years nothing can ever bring them back, the world has changed; at some point you have to get on with life. But I know people who are in the business of being perpetual victims. It's like their default mode. They always look at the glass and decide that glass is half empty and they live their lives like there is a water shortage. I'm bringing you good news today! Your God reigns and He is determined to get you through whatever it is that you're going through and He is determined to bless you in His own way, in His own time, believe it or not. The question is, what response is God looking for from us? When He lays out the good news before us the way He's been doing through His word today on the program? When God speaks and as when I read the word of God from the book of Isaiah – that's exactly what He's doing make no mistake about it – when God speaks He's blessing into your heart, what response is He looking for? Well in the very next verse, Isaiah chapter 52, verse 11 after He tells people to rejoice after He says, look I'm bringing you good news, go and dance in the streets, go and party, go and have some fun, what's the next thing He says to his people Israel, who are about to be released from captivity? He says verse 11 chapter 52: Depart, Depart! Go out from here. Touch no unclean thing, go out from the midst of it and purify yourself he who carries the vessels of the Lord. Hang on, what's all that about? Okay, let's understand it in the context of what's going on in the history of Israel. Right now when God is speaking to them, as we've seen they've been in slavery for seventy years in Babylon and Gods about to restore them and bring them the fantastic news we've been talking about this last little while, and they're struggling to wrap their minds around it, to understanding it, to comprehend it. Three times in the book of Isaiah in chapter 51 God says, “Listen to me, listen to me, listen to me!” Then as we've seen he says “Wake up, wake up”. He's like an alarm clock here trying to get their attention and now he's giving them the next piece in the puzzle, “Don't just lie there…you've got to get up and out of that nice warm comfortable bed that you've made for yourself and hit the track Jack because I'm doing something and if you want to get with what I'm up to you have to get up and go!" For Israel that meant that they had to get used to the fact that they were about to leave Babylon that might at first? Sound like good news. They're going from slavery to freedom – that's what God's been telling them here through Isaiah – they're going from Babylon back to the Promised Land! Great news! You'd think! Here's what Isaiah was running into with the people, they'd become comfortable in their slavery. Okay, they were slaves but they had a roof over their heads, they had food on their tables, they were safe. What? Leave Babylon? Are you crazy? The same thing had happened centuries before as Israel had fled Egypt under the leadership of Moses. They went only a few miles into the wilderness when they turned on Moses saying in effect "what have you done you idiot? It's risky out here, it's uncomfortable, its uncertain out here, better we should have stayed back in Egypt at least there we were safe and we had food and a roof." There's nothing new under the sun. We still behave like that today because we prefer the certainty of our despair to the uncertainly of a future in the Promised Land. Listen to that again. We often prefer the certainty of our despair to the uncertainty of a future out there on a journey to the Promised Land. God promises a whole bunch of stuff but to get it we have to pick up our cross and follow Jesus. Die to ourselves in order to gain our new lives in Christ. Listen again to this one verse. Depart, Depart. Go out from here. Touch no unclean thing, go out from the midst of it. Purify yourselves you who carried the vessels of the Lord. Don't just sit there, get going and along the way on the journey stay pure and holy. Don't mix it with the rubbish that the world's dangling under your nose like it's a viable alternative to the holiness and perfection of God. Don't think you can have a foot in both camps…one on God's journey and one staying back in the world in Babylon, which has put you in slavery in the first place. Are you silly? It's like standing waiting for your luggage at the airport and having one foot on the ground and having one foot on the moving conveyer belt. That works for about half-a-second before you end up flat on your face. It's one or the other. Its staying stuck in your present circumstances which are grooving you into slavery or getting out on the road and getting moving on God's journey, God's way to God's destination for your life! So friend, which one is it going to be? Going to stay stuck where you are or are you going to get going with God's plan? See, when the shock of the impact is over, when you've come to the point where you can begin to function again after a tough time a difficult time of transition even though it's still tough, even though its still uncertain and uncomfortable and fearful are you going to get moving with God's plan for your life or not? What does that mean? What does that look like? It means pressing into God and starting to function again in your gifting's and helping other people and serving other people and seeking heart after heart after God and in that a journey begins somewhere. Journeys don't' happen by lying to bed and listening to the alarm clock and pulling the covers over our heads. Journeys don't happen while sitting on the couch complaining that Gods not doing anything, the journey begins when we hear the call of God when we feel him shaking us saying, “Wake up!" The journey begins when we take those first few steps because he said to us to “depart, depart. Go out from here.” A builder may have an architect's plans in his hands, but unless he digs the holes and pours the foundations and puts the frame up and starts laying the bricks row upon row there ain't going to be a house. No house at all. There are way too many people who have heard God's call because He does have a plan for them, for you, and then with covers pulled up over their heads, their lying there complaining that don't know what God's plan is for them. Well, what's it going to be for you? Are you going to keep lying there with the covers pulled over your head complaining ‘I don't know what God has planned for me?' Or are you going to do what God's called you to do? Depart, Depart Go out from here. Touch no unclean thing. Get up out of bed. Go to the bathroom, have a shower, clean your teeth, put your clothes on and go and do the things that God made you to do. The things that you're gifted to do. The things that you've been called to do and somewhere in the middle of that God's plan for your life will begin to emerge. See that is what God's called you to do.
A car won’t take you anywhere unless you get into it, turn the ignition on and put your foot on the accelerator. So ? why do we imagine that life is any different? Sitting there just doesn’t do it! Join Berni Dymet, on Christianityworks as he opens God’s Word to discover what God has to say about getting your life heading in the right direction. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/cw/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As we get down to the last three weeks of the first round, the race for places in the next round of competitions is heating right up! Scott, Jeremy and Bryce review all the action and look ahead to some crucial games in Premier and Division 1 this weekend.
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Charles Gaudet is author of "The Predictable Profits Playbook: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Dominating Any Market and Staying on Top." He also hosts The Beyond 7-Figures Podcast. The International Business Times called him "The Go-To Business Coach for 7- and 8-Figure Businesses" and perhaps the "busiest sales coach in the US." Yahoo Finance referred to him as: "The CEO Whisperer." Charles has been an entrepreneur since the age of 4, created his first multimillion-dollar business at 24, and has helped others generate millions with his strategies. He received numerous awards and recognition (including founding a company named by Ernst & Young as "One of the Best Seed Stage Companies”) and received his Certificate of Leadership Development from The US Army War College. His business advice is featured around in the world – including Inc., Forbes, Salesforce, Success, Entrepreneur, and Fox Business – as well as on podcasts and radio. He was named among the Top 50 Industry Influencers by The American Genius. Listen to this powerful Secrets to Win Big episode with Charles Gaudet about sustainable growth for entrepreneurs. Here is what to expect on this week’s show: The Link Between Predictability and Profitability. Why Actions times Resources equals GOAL A Simple Thumbs-up can Mean the Difference Between Winning and Losing Why the More You Know, the More You Realize You Don’t Know What Needs to Happen to Create Sustainable Growth Connect with Charles: Website: https://www.PredictableProfits.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/charlesgaudet Facebook: http://facebook.com/predictableprofits LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/charlesgaudet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Former General Motors CISO Rich Armour reflects on how digital transformation and cybersecurity are driving the next generation of smart, connected and protected vehicles. General Motors' 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado was the first production car to incorporate embedded software. Today, automotive manufacturing is one of the most widely automated industries in the world. Learn more about how smart devices are used for everything from in-vehicle diagnostics to autonomous control.To learn more about Rich and his role as a Nozomi Networks advisor, visit: https://www.nozominetworks.com/company/leadership/
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It's easy for someone to say, 'You should be a blessing to other people' But what if we're too busy, or we just don't have anything to bless other people with? Really - then what?! Join Berni, as he takes a look at God's blessing - from a different perspective. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/adp/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The coronavirus threat will still be active when many employers begin to return their employees to the job. What will you do when employees refuse to return? When some have been sick but not diagnosed? When social distancing measures remain in place? When some parts of the country (or even your city) are “more open” than others? What should employers do to prepare? In the latest episode of Kelley Drye's Legal Download podcast, Labor and Employment practice group co-chair Barbara Hoey talks through some of the snares of legal, logistical and practical considerations as the nation returns to work. If you are looking for more information on this topic, our Labor and Employment practice presented a two-part series “Getting Back to Work,” to guide employers through the snares of legal, logistical and practical considerations as the nation returns to work: Part 1 - Preparations and Considerations for Employers - https://vimeo.com/411569847 Part 2 - When the Rubber Hits the Road - https://vimeo.com/413747550 For additional information on this and other topics, visit: Labor Days Blog - www.labordaysblog.com COVID-19 Response Resource Center - https://www.kelleydrye.com/COVID-19-Response-Resource-Center Kelley Drye Labor and Employment Practice - https://www.kelleydrye.com/Our-Practices/Regulatory-Government-Relations/Labor-and-Employment-Counseling-and-Compliance
www.commsolutionsmn.com- Andrew is back in the secret bunker this week and we spill the beans on his absence. Pause the podcast and enter your guess before we tell you! There are going to be a number of impacts the city, county, and school governments because of the downturn in the economy. Tax collections in this state were $62 million short this year. The revenue collected from the state gas tax is going to come in way below normal as well. Government is still having to shell out for salaries, benefits, and pensions. Many non-essential municipal employees aren’t getting furloughed. Schools are shut down for the rest of the year and may not reopen in the fall. That’s a huge impact on parents. How will these entities make up the difference? Cities may turn to hidden taxes like assessments, fees, bonds, and the like to make up the difference. They may beg for Federal help. Are there any solutions? Yes, but it may hurt a little to set us upon good footing and eliminate all of this debt we’ve wracked up. We also discuss Governor Walz’s most recent press conference. He’s got great news!!! Is it a reopening of the economy? Are we free to exercise our religion again? No!!! We’ve got a plan to test more people! Now we’re cooking with gas! Have you checked out our Spotify playlist? At the beginning of each episode Jason quotes some song lyrics that have to do with the subject matter of the podcast. Andrew never knows what they are, but now he can… and so can you! We’ve launched the Spotify playlist: “Community Solutions Music From the Podcast!” You can listen to Roundabout from Yes after listing to Episode 30 on Roundabouts… or kick back and enjoy a rocking playlist just for the thrill of it. We add a new song every week. Subscribe and enjoy! Don’t forget that you can also subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify!
Stephen Renna, chief banking officer at Export-Import Bank of the US talks to TXF about US Exim’s response to Covid-19 as it hits the ground running following full reauthorisation. How is US Exim filling the gaps left by the private capital market in both guarantees, working capital support and SCF? What about cooperation with other ECAs when the hard work of recovery really starts?
Billy Taylor is an entrepreneur and executive who recently left his work at Goodyear Tire to branch out and help others discover their path to sustainable results. His leadership inspired thousands of employees to achieve better outcomes. He leads through the complexity of operations, manufacturing, processes and designs to help people own the continuous improvement. "Leaders," he asks, "Are you living up to the standards you set for the team?" Billy is a great human being with a wonderful way of communicating what is important. I'm grateful to call him a friend. Take a listen!
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When you're travelling through a dark and scary patch in life, there's a strong temptation to do the wrong thing, to save your own skin. I'm pretty sure you know what I'm talking about. But there is another way … What We do in the Dark Well, it's great to be with you again this week. I'm not sure if you were able to join us last week but we began a new series called “Dark Night, Bright Light”. Darkness, well, we all travel through darkness in our lives. There are times when, I don't know, the storm clouds just come rolling over the top and maybe we've been sick or maybe we have lost someone we love or maybe we have been hurt and it's not to say that we are a bunch of losers. I don't mean that, it's just the reality of life. Jacqui, my wife, was talking to a long time friend of hers and their children are growing up and there are lots of challenges and problems and she is just exhausted. Or a dear friend of mine whose son committed suicide and he and his wife are still reeling from that. Or a friend who has been retrenched and he's in his fifties and it's hard to find a job. Stuff like that happens – dark times; difficult times, well, in those darknesses, we just can't see where we are or where we are headed. I have had them, you've had them and that's life. Jesus said this amazing thing – He said: “I am the light of the world,” and one of the things we saw last week is that He is in the "light" business and that's good news for anyone going through a dark patch. The very first thing that God created in Genesis chapter 1 was "light" – a trillion, trillion stars, at least – God is definitely in the "light" business. Halleluiah! Don't you think? And we spent some time last week with King David in a Psalm; Psalm 34. If you have got your Bible, grab it, open it up – we are going there again today. Psalm 34 is kind of a retrospective; a hindsight look at the dark times that David has been through where he was afraid and God showed up. Let me just read the first part of it again. Psalm 34, beginning at verse 1. David says: I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together. I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look at Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called and the Lord heard him; He saved him from all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and He delivers them. Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. You see, what David is saying here is that God is a God who shows up in the dark times and delivers us. And David is not saying that off the top of his head or out of a text book; he is saying it from having experienced God in all the dark times that he travelled through in his life. He spent such a long time on the run from Saul who was trying to kill him. He lived in dark places and lonely places, in fear for his life. He fought so many battles where he was hard pressed and he should have been killed but God was there for him – God showed up. And one of the things that we touched on last week was fear – the bad fear that we have and the good fear. The bad fear is the fear that David talks about in verse 4 of this Psalm. He says: I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my ‘fears'. And we do get afraid and it immobilises us but the good fear he talks about in verse 7: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who ‘fear' Him and He delivers them. The fear of the Lord – we are going to have a look at that some more today because it's what the next part of Psalm 34 is all about. I want you to come with me now as we read just the next five verses of this Psalm. Psalm 34, verses 9 to 14 which is where we are going to spend our time together today. This is what David writes – he says: Fear the Lord you His holy ones for those who fear Him will have no want. The lions may grow weak and hungry but those who seek the Lord will lack no good thing. Come my children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. Turn from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it. This is a really important part of the Psalm. The first part told us all about God and what He is like and that's fantastic but this second part; it's about the part that we have to play in those dark times. I want to tell you something about darkness. People will do things in the dark that they won't do in the light. Let me say that again because it's really important: people will do things in the dark that they won't do in the light. Think about it – we are much more careful about where we walk and what we do out there in the dark; in the night time than we are by day. Robberies, muggings, murders are all more likely to happen under the cover of darkness than they are in day light where the criminal might be seen and get caught. The same thing is true in our lives – dark times – well, those are the times where we are far more likely to do things that we know are wrong. Let me just give you a few practical everyday examples. Things are tough; we are feeling down – you know what a lot of people do? They over eat – comfort food, they call it. They put on weight; they feel a whole bunch worse about themselves than when they started. Or a husband and wife – they are going through a tough time in their marriage and their minds and eyes start to wander; they start looking around; that's how adultery begins – instead of holding each other close and working through the issues. Or perhaps there is conflict at work – someone is just not treating us well and we are feeling under pressure. It's really getting to us; the boss is being just horrible and we take that as an excuse to justify being lazy or stealing something or gossiping behind their backs or not servicing a customer properly so that the firm will lose some money. Or perhaps money is really tight; there is real financial pressure in our lives and we are tempted to lie and cheat on our tax returns, or when the shop attendant makes a mistake and gives us too much change we just slip it in our pockets. Do you see how easy this stuff is? In the dark times; in those hidden places the temptation to do wrong is far greater than when the times are good." "No one is going to notice! After all, times are tough – I have to look after number one – me; I have to justify myself or protect myself or provide for myself." That's how we rationalise this stuff. And notice the central theme through all of that – me, myself and I. In those dark times we often experience fear – the times when we are afraid and in those dark times we often experience the temptation to sin; to turn away from what we know is right because no one will notice. And we just have to; we have to sin to save our skin. And the devil loves it this way; he's so delighted to see this. The Apostle John puts it this way in First John chapter 1, verse 5 – he says: This is the message we have heard from Him and declare it to you: God is light. In Him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to walk with Him and yet we walk in the darkness, we are lying and we don't live up to the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin. So today, we are going to take a look at the wisdom that comes from David's experience in those dark times – the wisdom about how we behave. What he learned to do when temptation came in those dark times. Let's Take a Closer Look Well, we are going to take a bit of a closer look at this part of Psalm 34 because that's how we learn what God is teaching us through David's wisdom. Let's read just a few verses again. Psalm 34 verses 9 to 11, David writes: Fear the Lord you His holy ones, for those who fear Him will have no want. Sure the lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord will lack no good thing. Come my children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord. I love this because it's a place where God gives us His solutions to our problems. See, it's not good enough for Him to rap us over the knuckles with a ruler when we are doing the wrong thing. We need to know how not to repeat the mistake and that's what this piece of wisdom is all about. Let's look at verse 9 again: Fear the Lord you His holy ones, for those who fear Him will have no want. Last week we saw that the fear of the Lord has two parts. The most obvious definition of ‘fear' is to be afraid but it also means to reverence and to honour. And I want to talk about those today – it's important. You know, it's really easy to imagine that somehow, God is just our buddy; like another friend, And to be sure, He is our friend but God is also an awesome God and ultimately, He will see justice done. There will be a day of judgement; there will be a day when we have to give an account before Him for all that we have done and all that we have said. Jesus made that really clear in Matthew chapter 10, verse 28 – we can read this. Jesus said: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul, rather be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. We need to never lose sight of that – there are consequences to our sin; there are consequences to rebelling against God and if we just go on wantonly, stealing or lying or grumbling or hating or undermining or living in sexual sin or whatever it is, and we think to ourselves, "Well, that's ok. God's my buddy", then let me make this clear: we are completely missing the point. Yes, Jesus died for your sins and mine – absolutely. And when I get something wrong, I go to God and admit it and say, "Lord, I just got this wrong. I don't want to go there again. Please forgive me God," and He does. But that attitude is one that comes out of the fear of the Lord, I have to tell you. A casual attitude towards God; that thinks that we can just keep on sinning, is not on – He won't honour it. Why? Because if you believe Jesus, His plan is for you and me to be holy; in other words, to be clean and pure and set apart exclusively for God's use. Listen again to verse 9: Fear the Lord, you His holy ones, for those who fear Him will have no want. See, we are not our own, we are bought at a price and God has this awesome plan to use us just as He pleases and the devil knows that. That's why, when times are tough; when we are travelling through a dark place, he wants to smear us with that darkness. He is the deception – things are difficult, therefore I have to bend the rules to set it right – money is tight so I have to steal to provide for myself. The boss is giving me a hard time so I have to stab him in the back to set things right. My husband or my wife isn't everything they should be, I have to start looking around somewhere else to find someone who is everything they should be. The devil will play that rubbish over and over and over again until we swallow it hook, line and sinker and God's answer is exactly the opposite. “ Fear the Lord, you His holy ones, for those who fear Him will have no want. The lions may grow weak and hungry but those who seek the Lord will lack no good thing. God's way is to provide for us – not all our wants, but all our needs. And when we fear the Lord; when we fear His judgement and honour Him and reverence Him with what we think and what we say and what we do, God will make sure that we have what we need. What a huge opposite to our natural inclination! "Yes, times are tough; yes, money is tight but I will fill out my tax return honestly. I won't claim expenses from my company that are really personal rather that company expenses. I don't care how tough things get financially, I am going to fear the Lord because I am bought for a price; I am holy; I am set apart for Him and His Word says that in those dark times, if I fear Him, I will have no want and when I seek Him with all my heart I will lack no good thing." Do you get it? David is saying here, "I learned in my dark times just to stand for God; just to do the right thing; to fear Him, to be holy because he will provide for me." And remember David is teaching us from having been on the run from King Saul who wanted to kill him for years – sleeping in dark caves; fearing for his life. This is what he learned in his dark places and that's why he is telling us this stuff. He is saying, "Listen to me for I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Come my children, listen to me.” In other words "Listen to me – this works – I know it does because I have been there." Where the Rubber Hits the Road I hope you are being blessed as I am as we work our way through the wondrous Word of God. Imagine the God who created the whole universe speaking to you and me through His Word; through something that was written about three thousand years ago. I want to finish off with just the next few verses of this Psalm because they contain a specific challenge – a challenge that God is making to you and to me today. Have a listen – Psalm 34, verses 11 to 14: Come my children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. See, sometimes we wonder "Well, how do we live out this fear of the Lord? Do I sit in a corner and tremble?" No, not at all! David remember, this David who is speaking to us from his own difficult, dark experience – he is throwing down a challenge – he is teaching us how to live in the fear of the Lord. Quite simply; paraphrasing, he is saying "Do you want to live a good life? Do you want to live a great life?" Well, here's how to do it – by living out the fear of the Lord through what you say and what you do. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies, turn away from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it. Now, we are all different – we are all prone to different forms of the same thing that God calls "sin". For some people it's grumbling, for others it's gambling or lying or stealing or carrying around hatred in our hearts and "speaking it out behind peoples" backs, or gossiping or sexual sin. You name it, the list goes on – overeating, getting drunk, closing ourselves off from other people and family – over and over again – the list is really long. And my hunch is that we each know which one or two are the particular ones that we are prone to. And here's the challenge: if we are in a dark and fearful place; a place where there is a temptation to stop doing good and to do wrong; to turn away from God and to sin so that we can save our skin – here's the challenge: to turn away from that stuff and do good instead and put our faith in God. That's what it means in practical terms to "fear the Lord" – that's how we live out the fear of the Lord, with our lives. See, we delude ourselves if we somehow imagine that in that dark place, God can't see what's going on. Wake up! Listen to what the Apostle Paul writes to his friends in Galatia – you can read it in Galatians chapter 6, beginning at verse 7. And if you have a Bible, come here with me and share in God's Word with me. I was with a group of Christians recently and they just paid lip service to God's Word. Let's be serious about getting God's Word into us – Galatians chapter 6, verse 7: Don't be deceived – God cannot be mocked. You are going to reap what you sow. If you sow to please your sinful nature, from that nature you will reap destruction. The one who sows to please the Spirit, however, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Don't become weary of doing good for just at the right time we will reap a harvest if we don't give up. Therefore, as we have the opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of God. That was written about a thousand years after David and it's saying the same thing in a different way. In those dark places it is so tempting to grow weary of doing good; to sin in order to save our skin; to provide for ourselves in our own strength. Paul is saying, "Just keep going. Don't become weary of doing good because in God's time you will reap the harvest." That's the challenge! It's the challenge for each one of us in difficult circumstances in dark place to stop making excuses. They are the very places where the devil wants to tear us apart. That's the very place where we have to vigilant – to bow down our lives; to fear the Lord; just do the right thing day after day after day and His light will shine in that place. It has too – that's who He is – God honours those who honour Him. And in those dark places, when step by step, we discover His light, that is such a precious, awesome and mighty thing – it changes us like nothing else. That's why David starts his Psalm off with such gusto of praise because he knows all this stuff through his own experience. I will bless the Lord all the time. His praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord – let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt in His name for I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called and the Lord heard him; He saved him from all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and He delivers them. Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. Fear the Lord you holy ones, for those who fear Him will have no want. The lions may well grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come my children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. Isn't it amazing how we can rationalise and complicate and make excuses in those dark places? When you and I are walking through the dark the devil sees what is going on and God's see what's going on and in that dark place, God is so ready; so willing to shine His bright light on that dark night. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, just keep your tongue from evil; just stop your lips from speaking lies; turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. God is in that place with you no matter how dark the night is; His bright light will shine in your heart.
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Landing an interesting and meaningful job can really improve the quality of our lives. So why are employment rates so dire for people with disability in Australia?In this episode we interview people with disability who are looking for work and those who have found work and what their experiences have been like along the way. We speak with researchers about the health and socio-economic benefits of work. We talk to Natalie and Alex who discuss what it's like looking for jobs and sustaining work with a mental health condition. We hear about the challenges for young people with disability transitioning from school into paid work, and how the Disability Employment Service providers assist people with psychosocial disability getting into the labour market.Note this episode features Allison Milner, who died in a tragic accident shortly after her interview was recorded. We are continuing her legacy with the permission of her family by including her in this episode, talking about her employment research and it's significance for the lives of people with disability.
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The Inspire Excellence podcast went to SEMA 2019!! The SEMA Show is a yearly event that takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. There, the automotive industry's best and brightest manufacturers and retailers get together to debut all of the hottest car parts in one place. We sat down with Jeff Buck, owner of Buck's 4x4 in Boise, Idaho and dove into the projects he and his team built for SEMA 2019. Buck’s 4x4 has been family owned and operated by the Buck family since 1966. Buck's 4x4 has consistently been voted the #1 Off-Road Center in Idaho. They offer complete Custom Builds as well as anything Jeep, Truck, and SUV related to help your off-road adventure or lifestyle. Bucks sells top quality on & off-Road accessories, Suspension, Tires, Wheels, Bumpers, Winches, Recovery Gear, Jeep Products, Performance accessories, Truck Accessories, Steps, and much more. In this episode we also dive into the ups and downs of what it means to be a small business owner in Idaho today, share personal stories of building a business and motivational stories that will inspire you. www.bucks4x4.com https://www.bvadev.com/podcast ----------------------------------------------------------- Connecting with the community is a priority for BVA. The goal of this podcast is to have conversations that shed new light on different perspectives to create a dialog that inspires excellence. The Inspire Excellence podcast is an Idaho based show that is hosted by Troy McClain, CEO of Tovuti Learning Systems and Tommy Ahlquist the CEO of BVA. Each episode features different guests and compelling topics. Leave a review on whatever platform you decide to listen on and tell your friends! Follow Us Online At: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/inspireexcellencepo... Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bvadev/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs0R... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bvadev/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bvadev LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bva-...
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Imagine you’re two years out of high school and you have $8 million in the bank from your first round of funding. Sounds like a Silicon Valley dream, right? Today we’re talking with Sahil Lavingia, the creator of eCommerce platform Gumroad. Sahil was the second employee at Pinterest, but he left his position there, unvested stock and all, to start Gumroad. His story is nothing short of incredible and we love the long-term, level-headed perspective Sahil is using to build Gumroad to stay. Show notes at builttostay.com
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The Ash Williams Show is back with special guest, Ed Kavalee in Ed's farewell episode. This episode discusses different types of Josephs, Oceans 11 & 8, Illawarra Hawks break their losing streak, #Cap500 booting justifications, #Cap500 appeals, @jams_red reinstatement, stair sitting, pork is for losers, why don't we eats koalas? Big brother eviction night, Miraball, LIVE call on hotline, basements, attics, false walls, magnets, Illawarra Hawks player profile, arguably the best Miley Cyrus song is played, Brian Konklin, The People Vs Nouman Riaz, a listener is ‘watered down', culling, voicemails, $4 worth of petrol and dingers, mental fluffers, new segment: what gets you fired up? I am fired up packs: dosh, dingers and t-shirt! The Musical director Stu sends in a new song, burger2burger gets in on the ground level, Sister 2 Sister band, Logan brothers on Big Brother, Tim Brunero erection tips. For more updates follow @AshWilliams1 or @AshWilliamsShow on social media. Call the hotline on 0406 284 954 and leave a voicemail. Email enquiries and founding sponsor enquiries to ashwilliamsshow@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After making a simple change to the color of her custom-image rubber ink stamps, this interior designer and mother-of-three from Texas began earning $5,000 a month. Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are. Share: #SideHustleSchoolShow notes: SideHustleSchool.comTwitter: @chrisguillebeau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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We dedicate the whole program today to discussing President Tsai Ing-wen's inauguration ceremony and taking a hard look at exactly what was in her wide ranging inauguration speech.
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Pastor John concludes this this series on trusting God with our finances.
Pastor John continues with this series about putting God first and talks about trusting Him with our finances.
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