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Building the Business of Your Dreams: Jason Leister Building the business of your dreams takes a certain amount of moxie, tempered with an outsized amount of patience, slathered in perseverance. It also requires a clear vision, something often not obtained until you begin moving forward without it. That last bit has been where I quagmire out the most. Due to my makeup, trainings, and all else, I easily get confused as to which way is the best way forward from all there is about me to pick from. But the vision has been getting clearer every year, with some dramatic gains in clarity taking place just in the past few months. It's funny. I actually started getting down about things back in the Fall. Yet "getting down" just isn't something I am normally concerned about. Regardless of results, I am consistently too focused on remaining proactive and trying to find the positive that has to be buried in the shit covered negative of whatever's ailing me most at any one time. But I got down a bit, nonetheless. Things weren't working out as planned. And the plan itself was not speaking to my heart as it once was. I realized I was in the beginnings of a Big Rework Well, nothing's actually changed all that much. It's been more of a refinement of ongoing processes, coupled with a fresh dedication to using a system I invested heavily in almost a year ago, yet never used. I even–accidentally–found a partner to help me implement and expand upon the use of that system, the purpose of which, I'll reveal in the coming months. I got out of that funk. And as I began pondering what to speak on next, the Jason Leister article below jumped out at me from the list. Very apropos for what I was recently experiencing. You'll experience it all too. So read what the man had to say on it all. You'll thank me one day for leading you to him. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Outsiders Journey and its associated podcasts and pieces are NOT the business of my dreams, although I love that my work helps the people who find it useful I'm JUST smart enough to run the entire behind the scenes machinery of getting my words to you I enjoy speaking and writing and intend to continue doing both for a long time to come, so don't fret if you're following along at home I burnt out–big time–back in the Fall I had to focus on directly earning money to live, rather than wait patiently for my online work to start paying my bills My offline job choices, necessary though they were, began crippling me and devouring the time I needed to keep building out this site (Catch-22) Trying to get paid to help people make a living online has been tough because I haven't yet pulled it off in any large way myself A new venture, based on a system I invested in, has recently turned into an opportunity My overenthusiasm has destroyed me in the past and I have to be careful of what I develop or say "yes" to My desire to build out my dreams led to the fireworks tent success/fiasco I endured over the summer The thing I just agreed to build with my new partner looks an awful lot like it IS the business of my dreams I finally was able to return to the gym, which is essential to my mental and physical wellness Craigslist has been my savior. I have now broken all contact with Craigslist. Committed to my future online and with my new partner. My latest Big Fight was whether to focus on marketing or self help as a business focus I'm going to do both! I forgot to mention in the podcast: I was an extra in a white supremacist flavored TV pilot, filmed right here in Kingston, NY! (My Jamaican-heritaged wife got a huge kick out of that!) In my twenties, I used to believe that "the big house on the hi...

Reinventing Yourself From the Outside In: Jason Leister Frequently, we're told to work on our Inner Selves to get the Outer World to look as we'd like. (That's a rough oversimplification of the advice but you get the point.) Jason Leister has a take on this that goes the other way around: Reinventing Yourself From The Outside In His article below clarifies what he means quite nicely. But I'll boil it down a hair for you: If you want to be something, start doing the actions of that thing. Excepting brain surgeons, and such, you're pretty much free to do some version of whatever professional title it is you'd like to own. There are plenty of jobs and careers that can get underway simply by starting from scratch, then figuring it out as you go. If nothing else, I've found that this is how most jobs go anyhow. You start with a basic understanding of the necessary skill sets and the rest...you wing! You learn as you go...BY DOING! In the job world, this is called being Thrown To The Wolves. Another approach: you learn to swim by sinking or swimming after you've been tossed in the lake. What's found inside Outsiders Journey is nothing more than example after example of this very lesson in action. This site is hogmungous! It has systems integrated left and right to do all it does, most of which you can't even see. And I've been reinventing it for years on end! It's had other systems come and go that were awesome but somehow became incongruous with my needs. It was all hard to locate, learn, and implement. But I did it. Many, many times over. And it all functioned well! But I didn't go to school to learn how to do any of it (excepting some AWAI courses I took awhile back). I just got frustrated (usually) and started reinventing the infuriating section...again and again and again. Point is, if you want to be something, start by physically acting as that thing and pick up steam as you go. A final viewpoint on all of this–and something I'm borrowing from Jason himself–is "Who Certifies The Certifiers?" For all you know, you're already the best person to do whatever it is you wish you could do. So just start doing it! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: We're normally told to do the Inner Work to create the Outer World we desire. But the reverse can also be true. You become something by acting like it! Who certifies the certifiers? Just do it! You're free to reinvent yourself at any time. Just start. Outsiders Journey is my living, breathing version of my multiple reinventions. I share what I've learned through all these reinventions, including the current one, to help other Outsiders go pro with whatever it is that differentiates them from the herd. The more you pick at it, the closer you get to being it. Some of you are going to find the works of Steven Pressfield to be in credibly helpful in all this. Links "You Do You": My free course outlining all I've done to completely rebuild my world into something it's never been...something much better than what it used to be! The War Of Art: I've read this book about 4 or 5 times now. But I no longer remember the particulars. What I can tell you is: if you're struggling to do the thing that needs doing; the thing that gnaws at you in your dreams and nightmares. The thing that whispers to you while you're at your shitty job; the thing that makes the rest of your life impossible, but you haven't addressed yet, then get this book. Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work: I've read this book about 4 or 5 times as well. And I no longer remember the particulars. What I can tell you is: once you've made the decision to start your thing a...

The Chop Wood Carry Water Method for Getting Clients: Jason Leister This is really all about Doing The Work. And it is something I struggle to do with any sort of consistency. In this site, I do loads of work, constantly. But the work is of a varied nature and often separate from the work that actively reaches out to the rest of the world, at least directly. I work in cycles, bursts, and unplanned segments It's how my head works. It's also a big part of what makes the rest of life harder for me. Well, harder, in that, I have trouble doing the things that keep my life running smoothly, as well as the lives of those closest to me. I'm unpredictable, even to myself And yet...the work must get done. I guess what I'm telling you is, besides making sure that you do the work, don't punish yourself too harshly as you refine your methods for getting the work done. Too much harsh self-criticism and you may find that the work sops altogether. And that would be bad. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Do The Work! Because there is ONLY the work! Enjoy the work! Discover how to make items 1-3 merge and become your daily life, and then you will have won! In doing the work, we demonstrate what we offer thereby clarifying why anyone would want to work with us The goal is not "success". The goal is to deepen the value we give and get from doing the work When it all comes together, your success will come in the form of getting paid to love what you do (Consistency helps) Links The War Of Art: I've read this book about 4 or 5 times now. But I no longer remember the particulars. What I can tell you is: if you're struggling to do the thing that needs doing; the thing that gnaws at you in your dreams and nightmares. The thing that whispers to you while you're at your shitty job; the thing that makes the rest of your life impossible, but you haven't addressed yet, then get this book. Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work: I've read this book about 4 or 5 times as well. And I no longer remember the particulars. What I can tell you is: once you've made the decision to start your thing and have been doing at for some time, you will eventually build a body of work that lights the rest of the way forward. This book will help you start building the new you, the you who is capable of handling the new stresses this outlook will bring your way. Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way: I've also read this book about 4 or 5 times. And I no longer remember the particulars. What I can tell you is: maybe you've reached the point where the ideas are flowing and a lot of projects are getting kicked off...but never completed. You keep running into The Wall. Been there so many fucking times myself that it a personal cliche at this point. Steven Pressfield will again provide you with the motivation and plan to move forward past that little voice in your head that's fucking with you. (Have I mentioned yet that Steven's a former-Marine, like myself. Hmmm.) Photographer of top image: Malte Wingen   [The following article is reprinted with permission from Jason Leister at www.IncomparableExpert.org] The Chop Wood Carry Water Method For Getting Clients By Jason Leister You’ve probably heard the saying about “before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water – after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” That’s what I do in my business. I chop wood, I carry water. Today, I’d like to tell you the story of how that came about and why it’s become such a valuable business building tool for me. It all started back during my time as a music student in college. Year one was inspiring.

The Slipper Is Dead. Long Live The Slipper!The slipper came back. I don't know where the last one went. I don't know if this one's the other half of a pair. I don't know why it is where it is. I don't know who put it there or why. I just know that it's so damn OUT of place, and so specific of a thing...that it's a thing! Somebody wants the rest of us to see that slipper! I absolutely love shit like this! It's 100% pure Outsiders-type material. And I love that I'm someone who notices and acknowledges such things. And my best friends don't need to have the reason explained to them when I share. Part of what I want this site to produce for me is more friends like that People who need no extra help to understand the wild bullshit that my mind finds wholly enjoyable. So we can play together! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: The world right before your eyes can be completely awesome if you know where to look! I love that people do certain things that defy description, yet make life a bit more interesting for the effort. NSA chiropractic allowed me to hang tough, through crippling pain and deadening mental fatigue, until I could get to my doctor again I acted in faith on the fireworks tent thing. I was right and wrong, but ultimately right. My faith paid off. I made the money promised me. Acting in faith not only solved the problem I was aiming it at, it also produced a win in an entirely new area as well. And I made a new partner and friend the likes of which can possibly push my whole game forward by an order of magnitude. My new friend helped me on a gamble that I was someone worthy of his help and trust. He was right. Self worth growth: I've learned patience, reason, and self control–detachment even–when confronting possibly large new sources of aid for my mission. Nice to have but no biggie if it doesn't come to pass. NSA entrainments include your body "telling" the chiropractor how much or what type of work to perform. When you're part of something larger than yourself: is your role within it bringing your goals to fruition or are you simply enjoying a session of masturbatory career daydreaming? I found a way to reenter Seven21 as an official working member of the building, rather than a fanboy! I'm developing 3 new mini podcast series, which I'll record in their entirety, then install in their entirety within Outsiders Journey Pod. Links: SBDC: Get help with your new startup S.C.O.R.E.: Get help from seasoned retired businessmen familiar with your specific industry pursuits "A man's got to know his limitations." Seven21 Interview OJ POD EPI-2: The one about the thing that set the stage for so many of my future partnerships Night Of The Living Jews: One of the independent films that were in my Halloween film fest held at Seven21 somewhere around 2008. The Catskill Chainsaw Redemption: The other locally produced horror short shown at my mini festival with producer John Bongiorno (You people have no idea what I went through to find this link!) Synopsis: "The Catskill Chainsaw Redemption" is the story of a chainsaw-wielding maniac who goes on an unexpected odyssey of self-discovery. After a lifetime of cutting people open, can he learn what they're really like inside? Visioneers: the feature film we showed at that festival. I had to officially get clearance from Zach Galifianakis' people and everything! WTF Podcast with Marc Maron: If you're my people you're one of his people.   The photographer of this post's featured photo: unsplash-logoAli Morshedlou

Outsiders Journey was always intended to be a membership site, from Day One. Changing its meat from "me-based" to "we-based" has always been the plan. But making it so has been one of the toughest hills I've had to climb yet. To be sure, I've taken stabs at it in the past. And I've been able to get the thing pretty much where I needed it to be more than once. But then my needs evolved Addressing the changes using the least amount of tools, and doing so with almost no budget has been a challenge. That's the nicest way I can say it without using the many F-Bombs I choose to employ when I'm here in my office, all by my lonesome. But the membership aspect is just one part of what I share in the podcast above. I got into the "Why" behind Outsiders Journey a bit. I explain how I'd like to be seen by you guys, based on what I've experienced by following those ahead of me. And I went into the main reason I am doing any of this, which is, "to get paid just to be me." The way in which I want to achieve that is by exposing you to how I've solved, and how I'm currently solving, every major problem in my life. I am also showcasing how I think about approaching my problems before they even arrive. Above all else, I am displaying how I survive and attempt to thrive as an Outsider This goes into every area of my life. It's how I approach making money. It's how I act as a parent. It's how I do marriage. It's how I keep bipolar disorder and all my addictions from reviving. It's how I do my best to give to others, even when I sometimes have very little to give to myself. It's how I do the work I barely can, in order for you to find the work I do best. It's how I've prepped my mind and heart to be patient enough to last the Long Haul as I build. That last bit highlights how I'm able to keep on going, often long after it seems the battle's been lost. I never quit Does this mean I am always right or always pursuing the best paths? Hardly. Sometimes I should quit. Or at least re-aim. But staying aware of the fact that these things should also be considered is something I never knew how to do when I was younger. It's only recently, say, the past 5 or 6 years, that I feel I've gotten a handle on managing myself in the best way possible. Again, this does NOT mean I am doing everything right, or well. I am actually fucking up a few things I wish I wasn't. But I deal. I accept responsibility for what I've done or built. Then I keep moving forward. And I never quit. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: I want to wake up and get paid to be me. I want the same for all of you. I want this to happen for us both, as a team! If you want to feel better, you have to act better. I used be frustrated that people wouldn't remember my name. When I stopped caring, they finally did. Funny. Building this final, major technical aspect to the site fucking aged me, but it's done. My coaching services are finally live! (Look in the menu above) My free courses are now secured behind a membership wall. I've worked too hard to not at least get a hair more attention from my visitors than I was getting by just giving the things away. The GDPR thing sucks. Thanks Europe!!! Whenever you respond to a comment, take a beat before typing or say nothing at all. Or, say something helpful even if you dislike the comment. Bill Harris of Centerpointe just passed away. He helped save my life and I'm forever grateful. I wish everyone who mattered to me most was following Jason Leister's free newsletter, at the very least. (Link below.) My prolific mind and fingers often write entire pages of material that I totally forget I ever create...

Where have I been? Well, this absence took me to the same place any other does: straight to the bowels of Internet Hell. OK. It's not that tragic. But it does have a similar stink to it, once you're in it. You're not dying. But you are fighting tooth and nail to escape, all the same. I was doing battle with The Technical Amazingly (or not) I see from reading my last episode's material, I never really went anywhere new. I stayed right where I was except that everything got harder. I was fighting my own back end systems, while doing all I could to help the one man who does the same for me. My chiropractor had some major meltdowns with his office equipment, plus I started a new push to get his clients to leave Google Reviews for us. It's a bitch trying to get people to leave reviews. It's also ironic, because I am someone who rarely gives a review for anything either. So I'm managing that fracas, while trying to demystify the lack of communication between his printer and laptops. Hours of tedious bullshit spread over two separate days, but I got it in the end. I also did some major overhauling of his website. Made the colors brighter. Simplified the info so people would understand quicker what it was he offers. Found 3rd party videos to put into his site to help people understand what he does there. My absence involved a fair amount of overhaul on Outsiders Journey too! You'll now see there are dropdown menu items in the menu bar. Getting the code right to make this happen has been a 2+-year long dream of mine. I finally unraveled it just last week! You gotta remember; I'm self taught on all of this. I almost know what I'm doing half the time! But I got it. I was so happy! I also chopped up the material on my About page and made it into 3 individual pages. Now it makes more sense to me and is easier to digest for visitors. And, God willin', I'll have made a cleaner sounding piece of intro music for this podcast by the time you hear it. Some of the older episodes have a nice sounding intro. Then I flubbed something in Audition and wounded said intro. I never did figure out how to repair it. And since the key is to keep moving as best I can, I just kept reusing that faulty intro. But it sounds terrible. Hopefully, I'll have wrangled that problem to the floor and stomped its guts out too. (But whether I get it now or not, I'll get it. I always get it.) And in the midst of it all, I finally completed my membership offering! Well, it's not 100% complete but the remaining shit ain't but a thing to solve. Update AUG 2018: System got finished and worked great but I found a faster way for you to get what you need from me and save myself a bunch of time too. Just click on the Blue Lady or the Green Field in the sidebar. The Journey starts there now. If you look up at my menu bar, you'll see the new Members Only area. That's where the Big Work now happens. My two (so far) free systems are now secured inside the member's area. So become one and you get them. I've had them openly available for a long time. Decided the least people could do for all the years and effort it took me to develop them was give me their email address. Fair, yes? So investigate. Partake. Communicate. Contemplate. And let's get to be friends on a whole other deeper level! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: (As always) (AGAIN!) Dream realization is hard, possibly THE hardest thing you'll ever take on. Don't ever give up! I became a Carny! Just for 3 weekends. But what a trip! The technical shit is going to be a major drag for some of you, like it is for me. Learn it anyway.

Hope that doesn't look like a nipple. Because it's a mole. A growth. On this guy's face. OK! Nipple disclaimers aside, let's get back to the issue of my growth! Just a lot of really cool events happening lately. None of them earth shattering, yet all have a positive flair to them I was up against the wall trying to get my "It Takes Guts To Live Well" system turned from an ebook into an online course. (Still 100% free though!) The technical aspects of the deal were killing me. But got it all wrapped up the other night. Prior to that, I wanted to build a mini library of Human Design material, showcasing what my Report said and what I thought about it when compared to my actual life. Incredible stuff. Lots of work, yet again, to get that beastie installed on the site. But done! (I'll have a whole bunch more to say abut Human Design as I go!) In the midst of all that, I'm still piecing together ways to expand my NSA section of Outsiders Journey, as well as meld those efforts with the marketing work I'm producing for my NSA chiropractor. Within all that, I am having an interesting time with my entrainments; what they're bringing to light, how they're making me feel, and what my doctor and I feel is happening to me at this point because of them. Mom has still been up and down with her health but got some good news recently that has finally helped bring some peace into her life, which brings happiness into mine. And my kid has taken his life to the next level, in regards to work, and we couldn't be prouder of how he's handling it all and how he's seeing his future in response to what he's learning. Problem free? Nnnnooooooooo. Basically winning? Seem to be. My faith been tested? Unfortunately, many times these past few weeks. Will I ever stop attempting to build Outsiders Journey into something awesome for us all? "Hell to the No!", as this crazy kid Rui, with whom I was in tech school 20+ years ago, used to say! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: (As always) Dream realization is hard, possibly THE hardest thing you'll ever take on. Don't ever give up! I fell behind on routine content creation again, but I produced some snazzy serials in its absence I'm also stepping up my game when it comes to building my audience (you wonderful people) by requiring some minor commitments from you to prove we match. This keeps those of you who dig me happy and it keeps those who don't away. Feels liberating to me! I got back into some very powerful tools for spreading one's story while helping others. Hard work but worth it! Links: Teachable Online Course Builder: Share your knowledge with the world and earn passive income while doing it Professional Grade Lavalier Lapel Microphone ­Omnidirectional Mic with Easy Clip On System on Amazon Human Design Series here inside Outsiders Journey Unsplash Free images to use as you wish "It Takes Guts To Live Well" on the Teachable Platform

It Takes Guts To Be Me 2 Been an interesting few weeks since we last met! The stuff that has made up the gap between podcasts is varied and spread wide. The fight to deal with it all has been as much internal as it's been external. The message that's been forcing its way to the surface seems clear: The me that I am now is not able to get me where I want to go next. Hence, the tile of this week's post. I barely survived the process of overcoming bipolar disorder. Prior to that, I barely survived the things I was doing that allowed bipolar to show up in my life in the first place. The madness of staying sober was a trial by fire too. Employment: the job searches, getting hired to do shit I couldn't stand, the learning of new skills, never making enough money to cover my needs, the stress of quitting, and having to repeat the whole process dozens of times was killing me as well. In order to survive it all, I had to evolve with no help from the traditional sources Now, the mission is no less important but a bit lighter in tone: to be the best version of myself to meet my needs and those of the community that depends on me, in a way that brings me peace and fulfillment. Not as dramatic but almost as frustrating to achieve. But this awareness gives me hope. The last time I realized I was all on my own, it ended quite well! It's how I lived to be with you here today. So, operating on the faith of past successes, I am working on the plan to turn me into the New Me. I know I'll pull this off. But just like the other time, I wish it was happening sooner than it is. Patience is a hard thing to nurture and grow. But now, like before, I have no choice other than to do just that, with the faith that my gut tells me I'm on the right path. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Effort only gets you so far before you realize the "fix" is going to take total change instead I'm doing every bit of this on faith - I don't even know if anyone's listening to or reading any of this right now To do anything worthwhile is going to require pushing yourself to a limit that might not always be easy to define Links: The Hero's Journey: Many Outsiders are meant to walk a lonely road The photographer of this post's featured photo: unsplash-logoDaniel Jensen

The One Thing Just keeps getting more far out as I clarify my One Thing to the world and myself! My mind gets too busy for its own good many times. It's an offshoot of whatever it is within me that let bipolar disorder come to be in the first place. I'll build too much shit to show my awesome and too complex of a beast to try and share as well as pay for it all. It's always been a struggle for me to keep things simple I run into problems and get frustrated, same as anyone. But unlike others, I have so much info at my disposal, not to mention an insatiable desire to learn, that I'll create these unbelievably complex systems for overcoming that problem that are too large for me to run once built. It all looks pretty interesting from the outside. And I'm very proud of most of it, once it's finished. And most of it would kick major fucking ass if I had a team to implement it all. But ultimately, these things turn out to be more Rube Goldberg than elegantly simplistic, effective devices for growth. I know this about myself, going back years. It's humbling to realize such a thing. But it's strength to address it head on, keeping its existence in the forefront of my thinking at all times. I built Outsiders Journey, in part, to give me a way to sort it all As stated elsewhere, this site is my head. It's a living, organic, evolving view into my inner workings. It's how I'm making the best use of the often frustratingly large wealth of knowledge and experiences I've gathered that seemingly have no good use. I got good with understanding that my shit TOTALLY has value But if I don't present it well, or properly get it out to the world, it will remain simply interesting shit, good for bar room conversations (useless to me) but nothing much else. I refuse to let that be my legacy. Therefore: Outsiders Journey. What's your best use of You going to look like? Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Outsiders Journey is my attempt to define my "one thing" Your one thing can have many parts Like me, your job is to both dig deep and travel wide to see what all your one thing encompasses Then your job becomes one of defining the purpose that understanding what your one thing brings Then figure out what the platform is that will help you fulfill the purpose of knowing your one thing Then fall in love with the process of feeding the platform Simultaneously, decide how you'll bring people to your platform, to get feedback for further growth Regardless of any of this, do some sort of personal growth work to assist you in achieving it all Links: After Bipolar Podcast: The newest part of my One Thing EpiEnergetics: A (r)evolution of how people, businesses, communities and the spaces connecting us interact, collaborate, evolve, and express their authentic signature in the world. Jason Leister and Platform Building: Fall in love with the process The photographer of this post's featured photo: unsplash-logoVeronica Benavides

There's a metaphor and a literalization embedded in today's title! Across the last 4 days, I've been locked inside a whirlwind of technical chaos. Most of this has turned out well, so far. Some is still settling out. All of it created a workload of immense proportions In the process, I attempted to start something new to help fund the creation of the rest. That thing is still moving forward but not in the way I'd envisioned a few weeks ago when I kicked it off. A plan blew up in my face That's par for my course. I get locked into a struggle with some thing or many things, and I figure a way to bust out and move forward again. My success rate with these bust-outs is never 100% Not even sure if it's 50%. And the ones that fail cause me untold amounts of grief in the forms of fatigue and stress. But I never hesitate to try busting out again And again. And again. Regardless of cost. Regardless of sacrifice. With my eyes always on the prize. Does any of this need to be as dramatic as I'm making it sound? Well, for you? Maybe not. For me? Seems unavoidable. And I'm aware that this is attributable, at least in part, to a story I tell myself. A story I'm free to walk away from at any moment. But some of it is simply the required amount of effort needed to birth my baby Hard to say which part is which at any given time. But I do my best to live in both those worlds, while seeking ways to switch out the one and improve the second. I can change my story. I can do better with what I have. And in the midst of all this, one of my oldest friends and Marine Brother even mailed me an ancient copy of a classic. That's where the picture above came from! (Thanks Brother Sam! And Semper Fi!) Regardless, it's up to me to never quit, no matter how painful the walk becomes. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: I didn't mean to name my friend but I got caught up in the emotion. Plus, it's just his first name. His security'll be fine. Had to switch podcast hosts to save money and give a nicer face to it all. In the middle of a shit storm - a nice thing happened! I LOVE BOOKS!!! You don't have to have a "living library" site like mine is. But if you do, prepare for the constant evolution of all its parts Just did a marathon, 2-day, 154 picture addition to posts that had none Images give cognizant and emotional context to your written words. No images on a page = a dead page Many years ago, I grabbed a pic from Google images and used it without permission on my chiropractor's site. The owners of the image fined me $1000 for copyright infringement, reduced down to $500 after a nice phone call. Don't use images you have no permission to use! Karma: give credit where it's due. It'll come back to you I am the Big Picture, the Emergency Solve, the Plan Outline. I suck at selling whatever all that is in the first place I work best IN RESPONSE to others! I had a partner all lined up but they evaporated. No evil thing. They're Good People. But I was really looking forward to working with them, just as a friend and fellow entrepreneur I've made it back from being clinically dead multiple times and I've survived two comas, one an hour long, the next lasted two weeks. So, I've got problems still but it's all relative Links: Free Wellness System: A little bent? get straight with this Human Design For Us All: Discover The Person You Were Born To Be Castos: Beautifully Simple Podcast Hosting (My new guys. So awesome!) Fotolia: Royalty Free, Paid Image Database Unsplash: Beautiful, free photos: Gifted by the world’s most generous community of photographer...

Took my youngest stepson to the airport today. He's just launched Phase Two of his young adult life by moving to a new town, and we think he's off to a great start! And in Outsiders Journey news, I've just launched my Phase Two, as well. I've welcomed a new kid into my online town. And it too, is off to a great start. The After Bipolar Podcast is now live! There have been a lot...a WHOLE lot...of hurdles in the way of this material ever seeing the light of day. Again. Because this isn't the first time I've tried to do some good with the hard earned info and wisdom I accumulated on my journey into wellness and out of the pit of bipolar. I didn't want to actively share this stuff a second time Too much bullshit and not enough goodness, for me, came out of it the first time around. But I did learn a lot. And I have improved my perspectives on what that part of my journey actually meant and how I plan on making it useful to us both, again. And for you burgeoning Outsiders: You'll hear how I had an equipment failure halfway through this episode. And you'll hear how I clearly forgot to plug my mixing board wire back into my recorder. This resulted in a sub par quality of voice modulation and such. But (and here's the lesson) fuck it! These things happen. And I didn't feel like re-recording that second half, as I felt the info was more important than its perfect delivery. Plus I wouldn't have said it the same way twice and I like how the first draft came out. So don't stress over too much as you build your baby Let it go for a walk missing some clothes here and there. Let it trip and fall, take a few lumps. It will still grow into a healthy adult production. And its overall effect will be better for having shown your imperfect side! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: If a thing is important to you but fails to work its first time out, pause, regroup, take another whack at it from another angle when the time feels right My first time trying to share all I'd learned from overcoming bipolar disorder without meds sort of fell flat on its face I also brought a lot of grief and frustration my way in this Phase One era My ignorance about many facets of what I was doing then was large and only made clear to me by the ensuing trials as I tried to share it I value what I offer, as should you, but I did end up giving this one incredible product away for free Giving away my system was a work around for those who need the info most but have the least ability to pay for it: it's there for them when they're capable of using it Some form of personal coaching with me will result from this, once I've received more feedback from the world What I've endured and built from this part of my life is a perfect example of what you, as an Outsider, may have to do when it's your turn to go public with your goods If you pull the right nuggets from this pat of my story, you stand a great chance of avoiding any need for a second go around Links: After Bipolar Podcast: I've re-released The Kraken! It Takes Guts To Live Well: This is how I beat bipolar disorder without using meds Jason Leister and the Incomparable Expert: I really can't offer a better source of wisdom and tips for personal growth in the way Jason does. We say similar things but he has a completely different and deeper way of saying them that help me every day on my journey through Outsider Land The photographer of this post's featured photo: Mantas Hesthaven

What a slipshod affair, lately. This title should have been directed at myself, as I attempt to keep up with what I've recently built. I keep running out of time to do these episodes and the newsletter in a timely fashion. It's even harder to do on NSA Entrainment Days I'm stumbling through my labors in a deep fog. Yeah, yeah, I know: "Excuses, Ken. Fucking nothing but excuses from you these days." I throw myself at your feet begging forgiveness, gentle reader. The real struggle has been from overexposure Too much of my ass is being spread out across too many projects, or, I should say, too many types of thinking. To build the third leg of Outsiders Journey, I've had to become a full time student. I don't leave my house to attend school. Courses are taking place right here at my computer. But it is every bit like college in workload. So, I'm failing a little but in a forward falling way I am fighting hard to stay on schedule with content production, while trying to learn this new material and implement it within the larger show. It's just going to take me a minute to get settled back out and find my rhythm again. You guys should win, either way. But I've wandered and want to get back on track. "Walk my talk" and such. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Only you can save yourself For those of you on a mission: you cannot save anyone else either I'm fucking overwhelmed by full time study and system creation In searching for tools to build out the NSA part of Outsiders Journey, I discovered an entire world that's enabled me to start something separate from OJ, while using this entire new system inside OJ as well Appearances aren't everything: We can be the same as others but not exactly the same, to where their info may not be all that useful to us I'm a Warrior Hippy, more Hippy than Warrior, although my warrior is there if I need him I used to fall into other's web of energy but it never led me where I needed it to long term Outsiders Journey is a "What The Fuck" public service! I have access to high energy but I don't live in a high energy constant I can overwhelm people with my energy and I try not to let that happen We have to build our own template I show people how to make use of what they already have and I highlight their hidden strengths I used to try to help everyone I met everywhere I went. That was bad. Frequently, people don't want help or advice, they just want to feel heard My need to help people the way I do is entirely selfish and to be used only when asked for No one is all right or all wrong. There are useful pieces within everybody's stuff You can climb someone elses's ladder or you can climb your own Stand for something but remain flexible in how you help people by standing for that thing Everything in your life is your fault, meaning: take responsibility for how your life plays out and it will start to play out well Links: Free Wellness System: A little bent? Get straight with this The photographer of this post's featured photo: Naassom Azevedo

We are not "here". Not really. We are puttering about in the Past and living dreamily in the Future. But there is only Now Went a little Eckhart Tolle on you there. But it's true. And if we remain ignorant of this fact, nothing ever works right. Accept this total truth as your truth and you'll eventually straighten out the rest of your roads, forever after. I'm trying to avoid the title of Hypocrite here I work on this endlessly; forgetting it, getting somewhat upset, then swerving back to live it once more. It's frustrating. "Why so harsh on yourself, Ken?", you may be asking. Well, gentle reader, I'm not. I'm being honest. And I'm trying to help you do the same. I spoke on this same stuff in the last show EPI-32: Turtle Leaves Shell: Responsibly Facing One's Fears For The Good Of All. This inward pointing finger stuff is a continuing effort to live my walk, while being an example to those of you struggling to do the same. We're all flawed beasts until we wake up By waking up to the existence of the right here and now, we live a more fulfilling life. By not ignoring the Present, in order to decipher the Past and divine the Future, we better appreciate all we currently have. One of the easiest ways to enjoy life more is to find what's good about it right this second Impossible at times, I know. But the act of trying will make that better life you seek become a self fulfilling prophecy. The better life doesn't one day appear. It's already here. You just have to will yourself to see it. As you do this, what you eventually see will be better than what you would have seen had you never attempted in the first place And yes, as a former Marine war vet, former alcoholic, former drug addict, and former bipolar patient I fully understand how fucked my advice might seem to you right now. But if you don't begin to try you will, by default, never see what you wish to see. Start by believing what I say is possible. Then try. Will you reach "here" and never suffer again? No. The shit-sicle experiences will return. (That was the point of this episode. I'm eating a big one right now.) But you'll be better able to handle them when they do. And you'll eventually handle bigger versions of them with more grace. You'll also turn them into profoundly useful tools for enjoying "right now", more than you can imagine...right now. Trippy. I know. Just have faith. And begin. The journey never ends, we just become better travelers as we go. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: I am struggling to finance all I do to bring this show to you That is no one's fault but mine I'm in a pickle with how I can earn while on disability, without jeopardizing my entire wellbeing But I've survived far worse problems than this and I have faith that I'll sort this out quick enough By remaining aware of how great my life is right now, I give my life meaning instead of searching for the meaning of life I can't hold a job well or for long, and yet, I may have to try again shortly I live on faith but I proactively respond to what's right before me The ultimate example of people living right here and now, while simultaneously blaming all around them for their ignorance, is "The Trailer Park Boys". Enjoy. And learn. Links: Mr. Lahey from The Trailer Park Boys: YouTube clips. You're welcome! Eckhart Tolle on Amazon: I didn't mention him in episode but his awareness info played a part in my fight to beat bipolar The Presence Process: A Journey Into Present Moment Awareness by Michael Brown: Learn a simple 15 minute, twice a day breathing exercise that will bring you into The Now Emotional And Psychological Wellbeing: NSA Chi...

(David Attenborough speaking.) "The grizzled male turtle slowly peaks his scarred head out of his weathered shell. He knows danger may await, yet his need to do right by others compels him to take this time honored risk. It's a risk others like him have braved since the dawn of personal development pioneers, in order to reach great heights of achievement, while helping millions transform their lives for the better. For the sake of us all, we wish him much success." And I feel Sir David really nailed it there Holy shit. How egotistical was all that? But it really helps sell a concept hearing it told in his voice. I'm just trying to make a point. The world needs all of us to overcome our shit as quickly as possible Timeframes to successful conclusions will vary. Just know you need to start trying, looking, seeking. To not start is to court death. There is no middle ground in life. Holding still is an illusion, masking the lack of growth (death) that it really is. And in this case, what's dying is the embryonic fully formed version of you. The you that can bring you the life of your dreams. You must start questioning why you do (or don't do) anything the way you've currently chosen. Listen quietly for your answers. Pay attention to any responses that seem truly outside your norms. Then carefully, yet boldly, start down those new paths and see where they take you This is how you not only end up doing life better, you'll start feeling better. As you feel better, you'll begin to want to share what you've learned with others. This will create new problems, causing you to restart the whole "WTF am I doing?" process all over again but at a higher level! And your light, the one that helps not only you find your way but also the ones who end up following you, just gets brighter and brighter. The added light will illuminate worlds that were always right in front of you but up til now remained invisible. Prepare yourself for all that and be excited about it. It eventually becomes its own fun. I promise! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: When you start sharing your message, the process might go a little off the rails If it does, know that this is normal and part of the learning process You might not be wrong, just not ready or not addressing the thing in the proper context Always remember: how this goes is entirely your responsibility - both how it looks and how you respond I was afraid to fully return to discussing my former bipolar life, due to what that brought me in the past: pain in too many unforeseen versions I changed my perspective on what all that meant, as well as how I can once again move forward with the telling People need people like us to grow into what we really are; to take responsibility and give even more of ourselves than we already have Those same people need us to do this in a way that does not kill or martyr ourselves, so that we may continue to help them from a place of strength Don't offer advice unless it's asked for Often, most people just want to feel as if they're being heard...not helped, just heard Thing to look out for after that is to make sure these people don't turn into psychic leaches This is an odd fucking dance to clarify and live Links: It's important that you meet my friend Noelle Pollet right away. She's an advocate, survivor and Outsider Extraordinaire! She's also inspired and taught me in more ways than she probably realizes! Peace Work Tool Kit: Noelle Pollet of Heart Circle Consulting openly shares her Alternative To Violence Project personal growth system Heart Circle Consulting: Contact and Learn More about Noelle Pollet

Success comes only to those who are willing to fight all those who stand in its way of becoming a reality. What "those" things are and how you actually "fight" them represents an amorphous and variegated stack of potential life circumstances and responses. In simpler English: there's no telling what shit will hit or how you'll act in the face of said shitstorm. Just know your only chance at success is to constructively bear the onslaught OK. So I've been up many hours, solving many complex problems, and the Muse is heaving a weightier than normal vocabulary set into my fingertips as I go. That's where this long day's onslaught has deposited my mind. Long 2 weeks, really The building, polishing, and strategic planning mixed with the effort of integrating it all into something usable for my visitors can take its toll on my ability to govern my creativity. I believe that that sentence above just proved that. And that's what my Mess of Success looks like sometimes. I get spun But unlike back in the bipolar days it's an acceptable spinning. The point of all this end of day rambling is this: be willing to push, bend, reach, fail, and hurt all it takes to get your "thing" off the ground because that what it takes to succeed. The cool thing is, if you're tough enough in mind, body and spirit you'll find it takes very little to get yourself to the head of your particular herd. Then they'll all be following you. From there, sky's the limit. Now go make something bleed. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Sometimes the race requires you to do sprints inside of marathons. I'm in a whirlwind of that sort right now. This episode has a lot of behind the scenes web design and marketing info. Topical point: I have no idea how fucked we all may be due to Net Neutrality taking a hit to the dick, but I'm doing what I can to hopefully make that a non-issue for my marketing. If you're not in a life setting that allows for this level or complexity of work to take place, then simply follow along and bide your time. Your day will come as a result. I didn't mention this in the podcast but that above point? I started doing that by reading Rich Dad Poor Dad, probably ten years before I began any bit of what you see here today. But those books were the spark. Links: You Sit With Your Answer Every Day: Another article written in 2015 as I was just closing in on all I stated above: Notice how I've progressed! Jenny H Design: My podcast cover artwork creator Life Below Zero: Where I plagiarized today's title from John Leguizamo: I sort of met him once. I love his work! "Spun" w/ John Leguizamo: A delightful flick about speed freaks: clarifies my current mental status from 2 weeks of non-stop work Robert Kiyosaki: Author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad": The first business Outsider to help me understand why my dissatisfaction with being an employee was a healthy outlook. Buy everything he writes. NOW! Outsiders Journey on Facebook Your Platform - Plant the Seeds: The context for this entire episode Net Neutrality Repealed: Will We Little Guys Still Get Heard? The photographer of this post's featured photo: unsplash-logoJoel Filipe

(I reuse the following opener due to the critical nature of this post.) With the utmost respect I say the following: "If you're an Outsider and you skip this post, you are throwing away one of the best chances you'll ever have of building a life with the very things that make life hard for you" I just finished listening to the latest free webinar from Jason Leister. Why should that matter to you? For the most part, Jason is why you even know of me today. He helped direct me down this path in a way no one before him was able. He kicked open the door of opportunity for me How? By showing me how to benefit the greatest by simply remaining as I am, but also by showing me who amongst you would probably love hearing from me the most. I can't fully describe the pressure (self-inflicted) I was under. This not understanding how to move forward with what was in my heart and head was killing me. We're ALL in our own way! But if you're following me, you've most likely already figured that out and you're searching for a way through. You're looking to stay "you" and have that represent more than a way of identifying who "you" are in a lineup. You want to be known for what it is you give to the world, the value you offer Well, you've just hit pay dirt then. My site is my attempt at helping a very particular batch of people do that very same thing. But Jason is doing so at a higher level and for a wider group of people, in a way I am striving to emulate. He did it for me. Now I want to do it for you. Who do you want to do it for? Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Jason Leister needs to be a part of your soul searching advisory diet if you want to speed up the discovery of the answers you desire most How you act is far more important than what you do. It's your way of being that holds all your answers Even as you get your answers, you're going to eventually evolve, possibly changing direction entirely, but to not seek these answers is the same as choosing death. You'll remain just as you are right now There's no fast fix for what ails you. It's a process. The only "fast" involved is in getting good with that notion as quickly as you can You really are perfect just as you are. This is more an issue of execution and mindset WHO do you want to help most? Answer that first and the rest of your answers will come quicker Right NOW is all that truly exists! The past and future aren't real. They're mental constructs that help us navigate life. Necessary but nothing we can actually work inside of. They're simply not here and never will be Remaining present and staying in the moment with people leads to other really cool shit! You shouldn't be doing work then living your life in your "off" time. They should be the same thing! Links: Did You Look Behind The Medulla Oblongata? An article written in 2015 as I was just closing in on all I stated above: Notice how I've progressed! Incomparable Expert: Free Daily Newsletter: Get on Jason's list. It's one of the greatest gifts I can ever give you The Incomparable Expert Advisory Program and Business Intelligence Report: Get more of Jason's attention as well as in depth monthly info his free newsletter people do not receive Podcast Answer Man: I got my idea for multiple podcasts from Cliff Ravenscraft Human Design: Discover The Person You Were Born To Be: Literally! This is a situation of "it is what it is". Relax any rigid thoughts you may have on the topic and investigate. I mean, seriously. What can it hurt? The Presence Process: A Journey Into Present Moment Awareness: Jason highly recommends this book. I just started it and already it's sharing info my own life has confirmed to be true...

With the utmost respect I say the following: "The Jews in my life have always had a profound impact on my thinking, directly and indirectly." I'm gonna be honest: mostly indirectly. But the effect they've had on me is no less important. I never sought the help or advice from anyone, simply because they were Jewish Yet those who are turned out to resonate with me so well that I paid a little closer attention to them for slightly different reasons than anyone else I've dealt with. What I'm discussing here is a vibe, a perspective, an attitude and a known history that I find fascinating. One of my best friends became so only after I'd started healing from bipolar disorder. He seemed unfazed by the aspects of me that many others found scary or off putting. Only later, as we became much closer, did we start to conversationally deal with one another in terms of his Jewishness and my non-so. The humor that came out of this, and the mutual respect, was something sweeter than words can convey. We simply bonded deeply over his cultural background. Other Jews came across my radar or met me in person and their presence impacted me in deeply resonating ways as well. I came to appreciate their advice and their style of delivering it I can't duplicate that, nor would I try. But I naturally emulate their ability to deeply connect with another, especially when in person. And that's the crux of what this episode and my entire goal with Outsiders Journey is about. How to get that sense of caring onto the computer screen and make best use of it? I'm doing what I can to get me there. To get you to see what so many see and feel when meeting me in person. I'm doing all I can to become able to farm out the tech work so I'm free to just talk and write. Of course, it's tough. But, with time, I feel I'll make it clearer and find ways of having others help me make it so too. Maybe you're one of those folks? If so, I can't wait to meet you! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: This episode sprung from a comment my wife made the other night that comedically sums up my entire aim in life It's always been crystal clear to me when a Jew enters my reality and it's always a welcomed event. This episode's other main emphasis: it's often hard to condense all that makes you valuable into one easy path for others to follow. I've decided to split my path into 3 venues but present them all in this site. Rethinking your old content can sometimes produce gold I'm expanding my reach to include other industries and people who fall on both sides of the fence within those industries I'm expanding my ambition and wish the same for you Links: You'd Have Made A Great Jew Said to me directly from the mouth of a very smart Israeli woman! Dr. Donny Epstein: EpiEnergetics: I will be shedding more light on this incredible man Dr. Donny Epstein: Facebook Page: Or go visit Donny at Facebook Dr. Marc Rabinowitz: My NSA chiropractor (and friend) in Kingston, NY Jason Leister: Incomparable Expert: No one's done more to right my online ship than this man The photographer of this post's featured photo: unsplash-logoJosh Applegate

Sometimes, we ask for more than we can handle in one sitting. Then we add even more to our plate. Like extra gravy. Gravy's tasty...until you've had too much. You asked your mom for more on your mashed pertaters but she poured in excess. And you must clean your plate. In this example, you're your own mom; the supreme purveyor of all things gravy-like. In your attempt to get your mission cooking, you asked for too much. Now the taste of gravy sickens you as you try to eat it all. Nobody forced you to take this job Always remember that when the gravy boat comes your way once too often, every now and again. The increased workload is part of the bargain. My workload has increased mightily, due to the creation of two more podcasts getting connected to this site. There's no easy way for me to say what I've got to say inside one podcast. It would get messy, confusing. I had to split the messages. So I'm upping my capacity This, all by itself, is no big deal. I have a fairly decent podcast production system in place that gets a little easier/faster to use as I go. But the amount of change this has created in how all the little pieces of The Big Picture will flow has been a teensy bit enormous. (Life's better with the odd oxymoron unexpectedly tossed about here and there, I find.) I've reached another Bifurcation Point This is a term I learned from Bill Harris at Centerpointe. A bifurcation point is when a system has absorbed all the entropy (chaos) it can safely contain. Any more energy will cause the system to do one of two things: Break down, destroy itself or reorganize at a higher level so that the amount of entropy is now easily managed, due to increased tolerance levels In my case, these two new shows have created chaos (entropy) within the Outsiders Journey's current system, in the forms of needing new art that I can't easily create or easily afford to have made deciding how to handle the now separate and distinctly different three audiences I'll be speaking to creating the best suited services and products for these new audiences and equipment failures due to operator error, as I struggle to remember all the ins and outs of the recording studio I have built But I've been here before My entire life, I've been forced to learn about new systems and situations faster than is ever comfortable, or intense in some other way as to make failure a non-option. It's like that for me with a lot of this platform building. But it won't kill me. And it wont kill you. Try and remember that handily equalizing thought whenever the tension in your studio gets a bit high. This won't kill you. You will get better. It always makes more sense, eventually, And one day you will wake up to realize you are kicking ass on a level you once thought impossible to reach. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: I'm creating two new podcasts for Outsiders Journey: After Bipolar Podcast and NSA Pod Despite not wanting to heavily focus on anything bipolar, I feel I've found a way to do it that will be helpful to those who need it, as well as meet my needs in a way I couldn't pull off the last time this was my main focus I'm creating an NSA podcast to share my entrainment experiences and also to help the doctors who've made this their calling, in a way that puts me in control "Control": As a freelancer, I found my clients often got in the way of how I could help them best. So, for this one set of folks, I am building things my way, not needing their approval and not stepping on their toes at the same time The above item is one of my coolest "out of the box" initiatives ever As you'll hear,

Ho-oooo! Now that's an incredibly jarring start to a podcast episode Ken, n'est-ce pas? Yeah. It is. But quite a few helpful, hilarious, and insightful stories are rooted in my mind, in relation to that phrase. And I couldn't pick just one to focus on, so I'm handing you three or four at once. Don't let your enthusiasm steamroll your people That's the key point I wanted to make. Those of us on a larger mission and those of us who tend to draw inquiring/seeking souls our way have to be careful with how we proceed, once that hand's been raised. People tend to come to us looking for guidance, support, or helpful criticism. How we respond to their questions and concerns can make or break the puppy of a personal growth nucleus we've just been made part of. I've handled more than one personal evolution kickoff poorly But the one that annoyed me most is how I didn't help my friend Mike as best as I could have. The one that pissed me off the most was a deranged puppy that needed to be culled from the project we were both working, in order for the fucking project to have a chance at success at all. And the puppy that made me laugh the hardest was on the cover of a well known satire mag. Not until this particular episode did I realize I had so much puppy material to work with. Enjoy! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: First, a disclaimer; my memory played a trick on me: I have no idea when I first saw the "Or We'll Shoot This Dog" Lampoon cover, as I would have been 5 years old. But I DO remember flipping the fuck out the first time I saw it! Your excitement, frustration, impatience, self-assuredness and much more can come out of you in a rush all over the face of whomever you're trying to help. Don't do that. However, some puppies need kickin'. An honest look at your whole life and what people may be holding you back will reveal which puppies (if any) these may be. Every time I try to build something with a partner, it never bears fruit. At least not any kind of fruit I find tasty. You might be like me, meaning you might have to find a way to use the energy of other people without directly employing those people. I miss the days of reading National Lampoon as a teenager. For good or bad, that mag had a huge effect on me. Links: The original Mike Wahl post (Maybe we all get lucky and Mike makes a return to this idea) Steven King 'On Writing' Marc Maron 'Waiting For The Punch' Artist Philip Lekki on Facebook Outsiders Journey Podcast EPI-2: The one with the Megalomaniac, the Psychotic, and the 'Puppy' Seven21 Media in Kingston, NY: where I met the 3 lunatics mentioned above (which had nothing to do with Seven21 themselves BTW) The photographer of this post's featured photo: NIDHIN MUNDACKAL The infamous National Lampoon, January 1973 "If You Don't Buy this Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog" cover Philip Lekki: God Saving Him From Hell: Click for full sized image (opens in new window)This chalk drawing hangs on my wall with pride and honor. It is one of the most deeply personal gifts anyone has ever given me. Thank you again, Phil! (sorry about the camera flash) Philip Lekki: God Saving Him From Hell Thank You Message 2009: Click for full sized image (opens in new window)Philip Lekki and I had a veteran-to-veteran and mental illness sufferer-to-mental illness sufferer talk one day in 2009. It went way deep, very fast and was hugely helpful to us both. Thanks also for the trust and faith in me Phil!

This is, of course, hogwash. But I made a promise to my NSA chiropractor that I'd use that title in my next post. (Marcus! I stuck to my word! You're welcome!) This episode isn't even about NSA, beyond the little bit I just stated. It's partly about remaining authentic, at all times. Because you must if you want your shit to fly. It's partly about what it takes to bring the goods "The Goods" in this case are/is my sense of humor. I'm striving to organize my day in a way that allows me to record these audios earlier when the sun is still up, rather than later when the mellow crush of these winter early evening darkenesses hit. I tend to not want to do much once the sun's gone down. The night has been my close friend my entire life What this means is, I relax a lot once it gets dark. I also tend to get a lot of work done late at night, if my life permits me to be able to sleep through the next morning. I'm a night owl, and I am doing all I can to keep it that way, even as I build and strive to supply you guys with what you need. What's the fucking point of designing a life that doesn't fit your natural way of being? Rhetorical question. There is NO point to doing that. A HUGE part of the reason behind doing all that I do, and trying to teach you guys the value of doing so, is to have life function on my terms. To have it be otherwise would mean I am maintaining something closer to a job. And I can't do "jobs". I have been proven to go insane when trying to hold a normal job. Of any sort. So I'm not having it. Neither should you. Together, we'll figure out how you and I can make it so. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: My mission is to produce mulitmedia content that shares what matters most to me, in order to help other people My doctor is just another dude like the rest of us, with problems, concerns, worries, fears, and issues he must overcome in order to do what is is he does best Remain authentic. You CAN get paid to wake up every day and just be yourself. One of my jobs is to help you figure out how. I have no fucking clue, other than using the line above, how to answer people when they ask me what I do The three main things I help people with are: Successfully remaining an Outsider, Using NSA Chiropractic to excel in all you do, and sharing all I learned as someone who's conquered bipolar disorder Your main goal, at all times, is to gauge whether your behavior is taking you closer to, or further from your goals. Links: Ken’s Story: A Road Trip Jeremy Ellenbogen: It pays to be authentic, transparent, and to operate with integrity Bill Harris at Centerpointe is the guy who taught me to gauge the whole goal reaching thing

Fighting hard through a rather persistent case of "Marc-itis". This is the term I came up with to describe the pleasant, yet useless-for-work state of being I sometimes enter after my entrainments at Family Network Chiropractic. I'm just sort of satisfyingly numb. Rational thought, applied to the running of this site in particular, is mighty hard to generate after certain days with Dr. Marc. To be clear, this is not a bad thing. Like I said, it's pleasant. But it makes work tough. Anyhoo... I made it. I'm here. The podcast episode got produced. And I like some of the stuff I shared in it quite a bit. Big things are headed my way. And they're all originating within me. From me. To me. Trippy, yes? (Lessons just got imparted right there. Hope you caught that.) Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Thanks to my friendship with my doctor, I have an insider's look at NSA, allowing me to grow in ways many cannot My doctor is just another dude like the rest of us, with problems, concerns, worries, fears, and issues he must overcome in order to do what is is he does best There's absolutely nothing about porn in this episode. Sorry. NSA is 3 dimensional care and probably even more than that, once you start becoming aware of all that it addresses I can think of few other things that have the potential to turn your life around for the better than this particular type of chiropractic care. You have NO idea. But I hope to change that for some of you! Links: EPI-5 of the OJ Podcast sheds more light on why NSA is such an advancement from Structural Chiropractic Much of what I learn from Dr. Marc is echoed in other terms by Jason Leister Kai's Kitchen in Kingston, NY (only fair that I throw them a mention!) The photographer of this post's featured photo: Hanny Naibaho

Hit a major milestone this month: 13 years sober! In a way, this event is no big deal to me. I don't struggle to stay sober. But...13 years is 13 years. No small achievement, especially when considering how much I once loved to drink. Why is this not such a big deal to me? Because 'not drinking' is routine for me I don't struggle to stay straight. Does that mean I never miss it? Hardly. Every now and then I'd fucking LOVE LOVE LOVE a huge mug of freshly poured brew...followed by 25-30 of its closest friends! I just don't allow it to happen in the same way that I never think placing my hand on a hot burner would ever be a sensible thing to do. To give in to my thirst would only bring me pain. How did I ever get to where my thirst no longer hounds me day and night; to where I no longer stand in front of the beer cooler at 7-11 shaking with desire to consume? My wellness system, that's how. I created it to survive bipolar disorder. Effortlessly staying straight was a pleasant unintended side effect. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: When you discover what's truly powering your addictions and deal with these things, you'll find staying sober much easier to achieve The reason why 12-step programs have such a low success rate is because they don't address some of these core problems But programs like AA and the like may be just what you need right now: communal support, non-judgmental setting, a place to vent, and the learning of the initial addiction facts that need to be known even when using a system such as mine Is it easy staying straight? Not always but it gets easier with time For some of you, getting straight is not enough of a motivator. You guys might like to pursue what's inside my other system, the "You Do You" Guide Links: Alcoholics Anonymous and/or Narcotics Anonymous may be just what some of you need Jason Leister: My business coach and much more: his free newsletter is for everyone wanting to do better in this life Get my free "You Do You Guide" for those looking to capitalize on their life experiences The photographer of this post's featured photo:

Puerto Rican brothers Osvaldo and Orlando Marmolejos crossed paths with me at a less than desirable moment in each of our lives. We all made it out of that situation but not before we became friends. We became friends because we each realized that there was a depth of thought and a sharing of life purpose in the others that made us fellow travelers. Fellow Outsiders. The very last time I saw them in that setting, we decided that this podcast interview should happen. These young guys have far reaching plans that focus on personal evolution and love of community They come from an interesting background: Homeless for a time Separated from one another for almost ten years Raised by a dad who hammered sales techniques into their young minds Taught strict discipline by their mom And have lived in both their homeland of Puerto Rico as well as the States, giving them a more worldly view than many the same age can attest to They're hard workers with huge dreams! The name of their musical group is Silver Back Noise and they coproduce it with their cousin, Antonio Marrero I feel very fortunate that I got to meet and then interview them. The talk went well, all things considered: This was Kenny's first podcast guest(s) interview The technical side of things was not in order One recording device failed me yet I was smart enough to have a second one running alongside it I didn't properly figure for voice loudness, be it too much or too little My throat was destroyed from screaming at my son's football game days earlier In post production, where I could have improved upon the loudness issues...I forgot to I still spoke more than I meant to I forgot to get a picture of me and the boys while we were all together (for this blog post) But I/We Did The Damn Thing! And that's a giant victory! This was a first for us both and we made a run at it, shitty technical results or not. I stress the tech portion of that complaint because the human side of the story telling was pure gold! The Brothers Mamolejos of Silver Back NoiseWe had a great warm up meet before the machines got turned on and I swear, we should have started recording right from the beginning. Each party was a little self conscious about doing the interview well. I could sense it from them and felt it clear as fuck in me. But we did it. And great info and emotions were shared. We all parted ways feeling we'd done some great work. And I'm proud of us all. You listen and see if you feel the same. And come back later because we're already planning to share not only more of their story, but their friends' stories as well! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Stay open and say "hi" more often. You never know who the people are who can move your whole game forward, or where you'll find them. Never give up on your dreams Design intelligent business templates but feed them by focusing on helping others instead of making the sale Even when life's bad, there is good that can come from it Don't waste time. It's all you really have. Some people are fortunate enough to build a really great thing with their family as team members Hurricane Maria just recently took their grandfather away from them (The whole island is still hurting as of this date) Oz and friends crashed in the penthouse of the man who signed off on the design of the largest shopping mall in Puerto Rico Orlando builds out this dream in large part to be a great dad to his daughter (I met her. Scary smart little girl for her age!) The brothers are all about art, giving back, and community growth In comparison to what I was doing at their age (stellar work in the dual fields of alcoholism and drug use),

So I cheated tonight. Sue me. I also flew in the face of the SEO gods and risked this page's ranking high in Google. Who cares? I simply needed to be seen as being consistently on time, regardless of my (secretly) unprofessional effort. And for now, as far as anyone who hasn't read this far can attest, I was. It's a bit of a hollow victory Because...you have read this far. So now you know my shame. But my back was up against the wall. Some explanation: I tried for all I was worth to have this episode and post completed before midnight, to keep up with my "guaranteed" once every week delivery of content. But home stuff (like making applesauce from scratch) and poor planning got in the way. I won't even bore you with the details. But I failed to complete this post on time and within the 7th day. Yet, you'll notice the date says otherwise. You may be asking, "What mystical forces allow for these two realities to coexist Ken?" (Or maybe you couldn't give a shit. But I hope you're in the first crew.) I posted a mostly dummy batch of content, then went back and edited it up right. This at least allowed the date stream to stay on time when you look at the march of posts through the podcast's category. Well, why bother with all the subterfuge in the first place Ken? Because I want this thing done right - done well - and I want those of you following along who may also be building your platform to have this secret "out" for when fuckery within your planning abounds. I've learned over many years ago and on many different jobs that appearances count for a lot. And even if false, their proper deployment can buy the time needed to right whatever wrong you perpetrated that your boss has yet to find out about. I don't recommend you use this tactic much. And there's a slim chance that this sort of tawdry effort may one day rear its ugly head on my site again. But I swear to do my best to keep it rare with an eye on making it, one day, extinct. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: The mission of Outsiders Journey is to share my story of overcoming in order for you to do the same It's often hard to see the forest for the trees as you build your platform It's trite and cliched, but "fake it til you make it" sometimes works for me This whole night's work is just one more example of things I keep overcoming, in order to have the kind of life I want Links: Jason Leister at Incomparable Expert: He pinned down my one main topic of "overcoming" The Kolbe "A" Index Strengths Test was the tool that showed I perform best when under a deadline The photographer of this post's featured photo: Roberta Sorge

"What am I supposed to do next? If I figure that out, how am I supposed to build it? Once it's built, where am I taking it? What if 'it' is more than one thing, or multiple things?" I get it. I feel your pain. When your head is full of so many ideas and knowledge, and your life has been so full of rich experiences, it's hard to decide what to do with it all. This site is how I've handled all those questions for myself. And I'm about to make it all even cooler! I am constantly struggling, on some level or another, to figure out my way forward from all the possible ways I have to choose from. I am constantly struggling, in some form or another, to make it all clearer and more concise for those who may be following along trying to see how it is I may be of use to them. And one of my biggest struggles is in deciding how to present all my groovyness in such a way that it hits on every groovy topic within my mental stockpile. Well, that, as I am being routinely reminded, is not always going to be easy. But every now and then, some sun breaks through the clouds, lighting my way forward. The creation of my next two podcasts is what that sun has made clear for me. Maybe you'll have to do something similar. You may just be so damn full of good things to share that you'll have to give each their day in the sun. I already know how much work that's going to add to my plate. But I'm willing and able to pull it off. If you haven't reached this point, then you haven't built enough to generate some form of feedback from the world and/or your inner voice. Those two things will tell you when it's time to evolve yet again, into a higher level of complexity. Just keep building shit until your personal sun lights a clearer path. It's the act of building that makes it come out! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: You're going to need a ton of patience as you build your platform As long as you are clear on a general umbrella concept to fit everything under, go ahead and build key entities to expand on any key ideas you have I'm creating two new podcasts to be shared inside this site: one for bipolar disorder and one for Network Spinal Analysis Chiropractic There is NO true altruistic act. Get good with getting paid and getting paid well, so that you can more effectively help more people Links: Herding Satellites: The idea storm that constantly swirls around my head What Is Network Spinal Analysis Ken's Story: The Bipolar Bullshit (hold tight for this ride) EPI-2: Projects: Freelancing, Partnerships, and Mad Demi-Gods Podcast Answer Man: My inspiration for starting multiple podcasts My Free Wellness Guide: No strings. Click. Have! The Free 'You Do You' Guide The photographer of this post's featured photo: NASA

I tarried a hair today. I have excuses. But hearing excuses is not why you hired me. Sigh. So I'm hammering away at these keys and jumping back and forth between multiple windows to get this thing posted before midnight tonight. Nothing like a deadline to intensify one's focus!* That pressure aside, let's look at another force that affects certain of us who try to help save the world from time to time: The role of Supporter When you live life as a supporter, you run the risk of helping too much; being too enthusiastic; spreading your net too wide, catching more types of people than you care to. You can shoot yourself in your own foot, if you're not careful. I've been struggling with being someone who can't help but try to support at all times and doing so in a way that actually benefits both me and the ones I'm trying to help. Given time, I'll potentially stomp your guts out with the best of intentions This is where personal development practices, maturity, hard earned wisdom, and proper mentoring all come into play to produce a more metered approach as I attempt to give all in a way that doesn't smother the recipient. It's a fucking chore at times. Maybe you can relate? *(Finished with 3 minutes to go!) Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: I couldn't stop supporting people even if I tried. What do you feel similarly about that you could turn into a platform? When I try to build with others, it often falls flat; I do most of the work and others can't maintain what I've built in my absence I get nowhere when directly trying to lead people to my work: Facebook ads are how I will passively lead people to my info Most of my best info has come from outside the system - from left field The people part of business has to be done right or the business, itself, will never prosper If you know something that others don't or have a unique way of sharing something familiar, you need to get it out there for those who will only hear it from you Thousands of others know how to do this better than me but millions more don't! (Paraphrased from the movie "Chicken People") I walk a tough line between sharing my old bipolar info in a way that doesn't draw me into people's pain and my new focus on showing people how to live life on their terms You have to know yourself as well as possible so that you can build anything at all in the way best suited to someone like you If you are building or maintaining an audience, be consistent with your delivery of updated content! It separates you from the herd! Links: Human Design Report: Mine shows I work best in response to things When I try to build something with others, it often blows up AdEspresso: How I intend to leverage Facebook in my favor Jason Leister: The first person to clarify that I work best in response to things My Kolbe results say I am designed for idea creation and information spreading "Chicken People": The movie I got the quote from "You'd Have Made A Great Jew! My book was contraband in an Israeli psychiatric lockdown ward Wealth Dynamics Entrepreneur Type Test: Where I first found out I am a Supporter "Best In Show": This movie belongs in your head. You're welcome! The photographer of this post's featured photo: rawpixel.com

Maybe I should have used a pic of my posterior, instead of a guy in a cave for this one. Because I'm gonna do some soul-barin' here today. And this may turn out to be my most "Outsider"-ish post yet. "How far outside of the circle do I travel? How not like the others am I?" These are some things I often consider about myself. And you may be wondering the same about your situation. Some Of Us Can't Do "Normal", Right? What might that mean? For me, as a disabled person, it means I've been afraid to admit to anyone that I'm on disability. - Because I don't think of myself as "disabled". It means I've had to stop trying to cover my tracks in social settings and stop trying to "keep up" with the social expenditures in order to save face. - I did so by disappearing from the grid, almost entirely. It's meant shutting down my social life, completely, in order to focus on what you're looking at right now. - Because it was the only way I could maneuver the ongoing inner work and create the ever evolving real world face of the wisdom gained from that work. And it's meant the loss of some close friends. - Because climbing a mountain is often a solo venture. It's also meant that I got serious about doing whatever it took to feed my family and to survive, as I've built out my dream and done my best to help others along the way. It's not easy living this life. Ironically, it's also not too hard (for me). The "not easy" part comes from living the way I do and trying not to let it disrupt the way my family lives or how my friends feel towards me. But some damage is unavoidable. And honestly? That's when the Marine in me buckles down for what comes of it all. I won't quit. I must be brave. I must bare my soul, leaving me open to attack and judgment. And I must do all I can to be of value to you, regardless of the negatives some of this puts in my life, by default. I take pride in my Outsiderness. But I pay a price sometimes to hold that title. Maybe you do too. If so, you're one of the people I want to help the most. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Transparency is what connects us to one another I've been living in fear of threatening my safety net by being too open But without openness, you can't fully understand why I might be so valuable to you And without openness, you won't feel comfortable telling me your story, which is what I need most of all! Some of us are more complicated than most, which interferes with our ability to grow I'm stepping out in faith here, so that you may one day be able to do the same with your message I am legally disabled but I don't live a "disabled" life, due to my understanding of my own limits and the ability to control my environment so as to not trigger "the old me" back into being There's a strong chance that you're gonna have to make some brutally hard choices in order to fulfill your destiny, build your platform and feed your family Links: Gulf War Illnesses: Private group on Facebook: Search for "Gulf War Illnesses" and find group number "125208941896". Request to join. I don't have any GWI but I identify with their mission statement: "I fight for my health every day in ways most people do not understand. I am not lazy. I AM A GULF WAR WARRIOR" Patton Oswalt: He hermit-ed for awhile too (albeit in movie theaters) It ain't all about me here: The world needs you and your unique perspective Apparently, I was working on this problem already: The fear of doing the right thing I am unable to work for anyone for long: Mindset of being unemployable If you rate the help, GET IT!: Using all available systems to their max WHY I can't work for anyone for long,

Met a nice guy who sometimes stabs people for a living! OK. He fences. Ha! Much nicer. And what a nice guy! We met as fellow practice members of my local NSA chiropractic shop. We'd both just wrapped up our entrainments and we were both rather energized when our chis collided in the waiting room. We got to chattin'. Turns out he is part of a fencing school that helps a lot of kids do better in this life using what they learn from practicing the sport. He was very passionate about all that this school does and how it affects the kids. (Here comes a key point.) But he was only sharing this with me. One guy! Alone! What would happen if he told that exact same story to me but on this podcast, where thousands will eventually hear it, if not one day millions? Think about that. Think about what that would mean for you and your story or mission. Off the back of that thought, you can understand why I (subtly) tried my damnedest to get him to agree to being interviewed on this show. I got nowhere with that, for now. And I let it lie. For now. I got time. I'll see him again. And I'm not desperate. But seriously, how much more good could you do for those you care about most if you could get your tale out in front of many, and repeat it on autopilot, for years to come? Well, that's what I'm offering you here. If this is you, how about you go over, or down, and click on that "Become A Guest" image and do just that? Let's talk. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Use me as the template for growing a similar platform Be sure to uncover, exactly, what makes you tick so that you build your platform in the way most sensible for you. I am looking for those who are passionate about their Outsider activities Sharing your story is what's most important to me! This episode displays a new way I've discovered to create unexpected value By not becoming attached to any result, you'll suffer less overall. You'll also find more things work in your favor because you are not projecting desperation Fencing offers scholarships yet very few kids seem to be aware of this If you become a guest on my show, you'll get a page just like every other episode's page, where I'll share anything important or relevant to your mission that you'd like! Becoming aware: The ability to look dispassionately at something that's usually loaded with emotion to see how you could've done better: I don't just preach this. I strive to stay aware and open to these lessons when they appear in my life just for my own needs, separate from my serving yours. (But I love sharing what I've learned with you and couldn't stop myself from doing so if I tried.) Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) tends to draw Outsiders by default NSA not only creates positive change within me, it also makes me more able to cause these changes on my own The fact that more people aren't using chiropractic, let alone NSA, is a crime Links: Human Design: You were designed at birth to handle things in a certain way that is unarguably permanent "NSA: It's not just for breakfast anymore!" Woodstock Fencing Club: I am assuming that this has to be my new friend's place Kolbe: Even if you have no faith in other tools I offer, you will find that you cannot get around the ways you are proven to act, in any situation. These are your Conative Strengths. Fight them and watch your life NEVER work! Centerpointe will show you how to step outside of yourself, in order to make decisions more wisely What the fuck is a Platform? Meet Dr. Donny Epstein, the creator of NSA and much more Meet Glenn Dietzel, the man who taught me to guard my time like a hawk The photographer of this post's featured photo: Eugene Lim

Other people's maelstroms are bumping into my rainbows, lately. There are a handful of folks having very bad days of varying degrees, seemingly all around me. Some are having melt downs. Others are dealing with years' worth of faulty decision making bearing its sickly fruit. One, in particular, is doing all they can, righteously (ironically), to make sure that the dreams they so strongly elaborate on, will never become reality. Others are caught in loops of stagnation that have gone on years, regardless of the open conversations we have about this phenomenon being a known entity amongst us. (Actually, this is one of my favorite go-to ways of shooting myself in the foot too.) And I am connected to all these people in a way that directly effects my own wellbeing, yet I have zero power to help them So, where does that leave me? Right where I am. Cool, calm, and collected. Not at all times. But my own frustrations with these situations do not lead to any lengthy melt downs of their own. Why? Because I refuse. If my life is to become the way I want it, then I must remain focused on my mission and its work, while doing my best to not cause any harm to those who are hurting all around me, through any well intended missteps. I have to interact with them without coaching too much (or at all), and just let them get to wherever it is they may be headed on their own. As a leader, this is just how it goes sometimes. You lead by example. Stay calm and soldier on. I have blown up a tad over some of these situations. But I keep it brief and force myself to refocus on the more important, bigger issues the moment I realize I've wallowed in anger long enough. I simply get back to work. Building this. Being with you. Doing all I can to make my horse shit into a positive learning experience for all. That's the hope, anyway. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Even if you are your only follower, pursuing your mission makes you a leader of you! To be a good leader, you'll often be forced to choose between the less shitty of two options and that's the best that that particular situation will get During times of stress, stay in the moment, feel the emotions but don't let the emotions affect your decision making I have only recently become any sort of good at doing the above Just the other day, the "Old Kenny" wanted out but I don't let that happen, and it's no longer a struggle as it once was; it's simply my default state of being when heavy shit hits I'm no angel, in sometimes thought or deed, but I strive to grow the better part of myself at all times and am constantly on the lookout for more resources to help me do just that, as well as constantly making better use of the resources I already have When leading yourself: life's gonna trip you up. How well you handle it and your ability to grow from it, will depend on how hungry you are to continually learn and stay aware of the need to always change for the better The Four Stages Of Competence/Awareness: Unconscious Incompetence: Blissful Ignorance (not knowing that you don't know something) Conscious Incompetence: Painful Awareness (realization that you don't know something) Conscious Competence: Educated Individual (you learn from others) Unconscious Competence: Second Nature (when it's all so obvious really!) Links: Human Design: Lead yourself better and you'll be a better leader of others Network Spinal Analysis: Mind-Body Connection Samuel L Jackson shares his dream: Near the very bottom of this article is where Sam states how he'd lose everything if he went back to drinking Kolbe: Conation Skills: You will be more competent in more areas when you better understand the reasons you act as you...

Grim image, right? Doom, death, quitting, ending it all... i.e. HOLDING STILL! There is no such thing as "holding still" in the human experience. There is only death and growth. Holding still is an illusion we get to briefly enjoy as we head toward either end of the aforementioned spectrum. I've been the sinking lady. Didn't care for it much. I prefer to keep heading toward growth. But others delude themselves into thinking, "At least the water is calm and warm." These are the lies we tell ourselves when we're playing it safe. And there are times when we need to play it safe. But that cannot be our default "always on" perspective. To try and do so would only mean we are inevitably sliding toward death. Find that thing inside you that wants to grow. Then let it out! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: I've had to learn that I can't help others wake up who do not choose to do so willingly If you're following me but are unsure of your worth or potential, at least you're awake. That puts you ahead of most of the human race. The world is changing fast, in all areas. You must find a way to be that allows for continued growth in the face of all this chaos and change. Don't make important decisions out of desperation Don't join Amway (sort of the same thing as the point above). I'm not kidding. As you wake up and grow, some of those closest to you are going to fall behind and this will hurt. Grow anyway. You can't save them but they can drag you down, in some cases I am a Generator type. I exude Life Force. This makes me a huge help to others in ways that can, ironically, destroy me and them. If you're like me, then you must master discernment Links: Human Design: Clarify your Self, act accordingly Jason Leister: Do yourself a favor - if you're completely lost as to your mission, let Jason help find it for you It Takes Guts To Live Well: Free wellness system - if you're near or at the bottom, start with this resource first Kolbe A Index/Instinct Test: Stop fighting yourself. Use what makes you "you" for the benefit of all! Centerpointe: Remove desperation from your thinking I Became Aware, Which Led To Responsibility The photographer of this post's featured photo: Christopher Campbell

In my Human Design Report, my Root Center is defined. This report has clarified something about myself that I've always known, to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the circumstances. The Root Center is one of the nine centers discussed in the report and they are either "turned on" or "latent". This is neither good nor bad. It just is. But in my case, having my Root Center turned on means I have a constantly running, consistent and reliable source of energy that regulates this aspect of my being. It makes me the type of leader that I am Here's the definition of the Root Center from my report: "You have the means to be able to handle, withstand and even create extraordinary pressures in life that call you and others to perform. All imposed or presumed 'deadlines' are triggered in the Root Center, and you have to gauge whether any particular goal or cut-off date is essential. Recognize that the Root Center delivers raw power that urges you to act. In historic times, being confronted by a wild animal would have given you a sufficient 'adrenaline rush' to act. But in more modern times where you are confronted by traffic, competition, business requirements, family pressures, security issues and other attributes of modern life, the relative urgency of any situation can be hard to qualify. Know that in its normal state, your Root is calm and joyous, in other words, meditative and celebrative. If you can see that these attributes are part and parcel of your wellbeing, you will recognize the relative importance of what you are meant to commit to, and what to avoid. Riding the storms of life, with the wind in your face, and a confident glow in your being is part of your nature. When you can calmly smile to yourself in the middle of chaos, you have found your stillness and potential for joy." Re-reading my chart and rediscovering this info had a revelatory effect on my thinking and feeling with regard to all I am building right now, and how I've been seeing the world lately. (It was a good thing!) Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: I get regular breakthrough moments, about 3-6 weeks apart, but sometimes back to back (because I'm looking for them and give them room to arrive) I have direct, routine access to raw power that's used to create action within me and anyone working with me My life, years and decades before I ever got this report, has proven it to be true: I help myself and others move forward-ALWAYS! In relation to how wish to live my day, I've decided to rely even more heavily on my ability to attract podcast guests rather than to actively seek them out Whenever I directly bring another person into the mix, it never works; this has nothing to do with the other people, it's got to do with how my energy flows best I'm a true loner and happy to be so, and I'm designing the business of this site to allow me to live the Writer's Lifestyle as much as possible There are over a quarter million words inside this site about fixing some of the most heinous shit and learning incredible life lessons from some of the most interesting people As you decide and learn how best to live your life, search for peace and confidence within your work. Happiness comes later, by default Links: Herding Satellites: How my mind deals with all my ideas It Takes Guts To Live Well: My free wellness system (no strings!) Become a member of Jason Leister's Advisory Group and get his Business Reports free! Human Design Report: Get your root checked Kolbe Index and your conative strengths: perfect complement to the Human Design Report

Human Design is a relative newcomer to my stable of "things that made everything better". I recently began reviewing my report; the info derived from where I was born and when. Far out stuff, to be sure, this discussion. But no less powerful for it. And no less true! If I hadn't been made aware of this by the person who did, I would have shrugged this off as so much bullshit just as fast as many of you probably would have too. But I got led to this by Jason Leister, directly, in a coaching session, which I pay for His opinions matter to me and have endlessly proven to be of huge help to my furthering evolution as a person and a leader. And I pay him for guidance of a certain type - suggestions such as investigating Human Design being one of them. I had no choice but to take a look. Well, the results painted a picture of me that no one who knows me could argue with. Uncanny, really. These results have also helped make clear some of the ways I can easily, disastrously, shoot myself in the foot and why those same situations are also pools of great strength for me, when used properly. So I feel totally secure in leading you to these people too. You're welcome! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Really not sure how insanely worse off I'd be, had I not discovered Jason Leister Like my Kolbe Results, I routinely review my Human Design chart to more deeply understand and use what it shows me to build the life of my dreams My stability i maintained by carefully monitoring my inner universe and quickly adjusting course when my life takes me into troubled lands Kolbe shows your Conative Strengths: what you won't do, what you'll do for awhile, what you absolutely will not do Using any of what I've learned has been made possible by first becoming aware of my reality and becoming responsible for my own reality, which was all made clear to me by Centerpointe My personal evolution is speeding up, my awareness is increasing I'd already discovered on my own that I needed to guard against my own overenthusiasm but my Human Design chart showed me specifically why this was such a smart move on my part I'm working on stretching my comfort level for the benefit of us both My struggle: how to be me in a way that makes me happy, which I can also turn into a business - and this site and podcast is how I'd dealing with that My aim: all I want to do is meet cool people, tell the world about them, help others through the telling, and then run with whatever projects might arise within this process Links: Human Design For Us All: Discover Who You Were Born To Be! Do yourself a favor: go meet Jason Leister It Takes Guts To Live Well: Free wellness system Kolbe A Index/Instinct Test: Discover your conative strengths Holosync Meditation Technology: Become aware and discover a new life I Became Aware, Which Led To Responsibility

Unbelievable. I'm detecting a theme. The act of persevering, testing, stumbling, getting back up and soldiering on seems to be uppermost in my mind these past so many episodes. When I sit down to build one of these masterpieces of wisdom soaked audible missives, I don't look at the last episode before I create the current. Maybe from now on, I will. HOWEVER... It's an important point to make - this act of never giving up, particularly as an Outsider. I can already tell that it will almost always be front and center, even as I interview guests. The act of never giving up SHOULD remain front and center too! It's a hallmark of champions. It's usually the only thing that separates you from having the life you can only dream of and having the life everyone else has instead; the "accepted" life. So yeah. I'm going to continue harping on it and having my eventual guests confirm its importance. You need to keep hearing it. And so do I. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Life's ability to suck is never going to die down, even though you are trying to build something special. We can't outrun it or escape it. We have to face it and deal with it...and work on our babies at the same time I'm hyper focused on overcoming all that life hurls at me as I build this machine you're in now You're going to want to develop that same level of focus as your own shit storms come barreling your way I'm working hard at refining my methods for drawing people to me rather than pursuing their attention Others have achieved what we are all trying to do here. It can be done! Links: Your Past Reaches Out Through Your Back Making Your Dreams Come True Is All About Surviving What Life Throws At You Outsiders Journey Podcast: Become a guest or send a potential guest my way The Bad Old Days that I mentioned Podcast Answer Man: 8 Benefits of Podcasting: Cliff Ravenscraft explains how he started podcasting and why you VERY MUCHLY may want to do the same!

As you attempt to build out your potential bright and shiny future, some snags will inevitably arise. Many, many snags for most of us. Many. Do you have what it takes to not only deal with said snags but learn to overcome them, motivate yourself when there's no boss to do it for you, and keep pushing until a win arrives? If so, you'll start to see indicators that you're winning the Big Game I've read about a lot of folks who've already been some kind of established, who then began building a thing like I'm building here, let their people know, then hit a sweet payday. But I never had that swollen mailing list like they already did; or some other kind of prebuilt audience just waiting to see all it is I have to offer. I've been at this game, officially, since 1997. I've had a certain amount of wins and I've grown an incredible amount as a person and leader. But has the brightness and shinyness been attained? Mmmmm, no. But I have no doubt it will arrive. Because I KEEP winning. The evidence of this KEEPS piling up all around me. And I will never quit pushing to reach my first major milestones and the ones I've foreseen that will follow. Can you say the same? Then you're gonna make it. You're gonna be of great service to those who need you most. And you are gonna win. Big time! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: I almost have a guest interview ready! I swear! I'm currently in talks with a guest who's shown me an entire hidden kingdom that he owns Be prepared to 2 or 3 step your way to the successful completion of anything involving more people than just you A well built platform will cover your needs, the needs of your guests and audiences, as well as create unforeseen (or maybe completely foreseen) benefits that can only come from working people through the platform itself I built this platform in order to have a way to get paid to simply be me and help you do the same My future grows best when I focus on being useful to those I resonate with most - not by trying to convince people of my worth Resisting what is is why your life sucks. Find out how to adapt, improvise and make use of what is and you'll start experiencing the life you've always wanted Even though my largest milestones have yet to be reached, I have found a way to live life on my terms and wish to help you do the same Discovering, designing, and focusing on your process - your platform - will bring you lasting relief from your struggles to build the life of your dreams Links: Bill Harris: All suffering comes from attachment Jason Leister: Your only job is to consistently work your process Wealth Dynamics: Where I first I learned that I was primarily a supporter The Mad Demigods Episode of which I'm so fond! The photographer of this post's featured photo: George Bonev

What's holding you back from being greater than your current circumstances would suggest? What is slowingeth thy roll? It's not too hard to routinely find a reason for not completing some next task in your master plan, thereby bringing you one step closer to death and no steps closer to living a life of fulfillment before it takes you. Whew! Ken. Harsh darkness much? OK. A bit brutal, that description of you never having all you are capable of having. But I wanted to grab your attention. None of us knows how long we have til the clock runs out. So what are you doing to make sure you get the most of of whatever time you have left? Am I saying to work ferociously hard on all you can, in an attempt to slay all your dragons and become a Master of Men in as short a time as possible? Um...no. I'm just saying that you'll find there are probably many times when you could be doing a hair more that you're doing right now to build out that life you've been dreaming about. The one all your friends, family, and innocent passers-by must hear about whenever the Excitement Muse moves you. You're not wrong to be excited about your potential future. You're not lazy if you don't work 24/7 on your golden dream. But you are wrong if you can take an honest look at the past month or so and specifically see where you could have done a few more things to advance your mission just that little tiny bit...yet didn't. Don't berate yourself. Don't guilt trip your face off. Don't slave drive your own ass off. Just up the ante a touch on how much work you could be accomplishing, by trying about 5% harder to complete any of the tasks on your to-do list than you do now. Or work 5% harder to find ways to simply become 5% more efficient or effective. (That's a lesson in both leverage and scale, btw.) Occasionally sacrifice a few comforts now to have more comforts than you could ever dream of later. (Then start building the next thing.) Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: You will never succeed at anything important if you don't leave your comfort zone at least every once in awhile There will always be a convenient excuse lying around to rationalize away your inability to get anything important done As you move on your dreams, you're going to run into opportunities that only exist because you made that move In your attempts to help others, and build a better life for yourself, you'll discover a synergy between some of them and you that will lead to bigger, unforeseen victories (synergy) As you continually make moves when you're not comfortable with doing so, you'll start to win more often and on a bigger scale, causing your confidence to go sky high! I'm right there with you, constantly having to push through my fears and discomfort when I really don't want to, in order for my dreams to come true. You'll find all of this much easier to achieve if you focus on what good it brings to the other people involved and stop thinking so much about what you'll get out of it Links: Pat Flynn: Smart Passive Income: Free Podcasting Course Jason Leister: Never Work As A Committee Member Cliff Ravenscraft: Podcast Answer Man (You're welcome!) Roseanne Roseannadanna: It's Always Something (A poor quality recording but hey) Gilda Radner (Roseanne Roseannadanna): Powerful autobiography OJ EPI-2: My Mad Demigods Experience The photographer of this post's featured photo: Paul Rysz

Not everyone is blessed to have a cheese-filled morning every day; a sublime experience upon awakening that has allowed me to do much of what you witness here right now. And I wish I could cheese up every morning. But life sometimes makes it into merely a wish, a longing that goes unfulfilled when things get a bit more hectic than I'd care for them to be. "WTF with the cheese reference, Ken?" you may be asking yourself. Well, I've baited you. Now for the switch. The cheese represents whatever you must do to start your day in peace For me, this means cheese, dates, crackers, coffee and a good book. The ritual of eating the first while digesting the second is something that brings me a great deal of satisfaction. It also opens my mind to new worlds, perspectives, and ideas. And it sets my internal energies in a way that expands and accelerates my ability to continue becoming more than I was before. Becoming more useful to those of you following me. I recently got caught up in some commitments that kept me from my cheese for months. I longed for my cheese. And I did NOT like how my life was evolving in the absence of the cheese. So, if I may confuse the shit out of you by switching metaphors even more: the cheese became the carrot at the end of my project stick; the thing I looked forward to as a reward for doing the thing I was not really enjoying. And it helped me stay sane as I completed my obligations. I did what I said I'd do for someone - a situation I went into already detesting how it would shape my day - thereby keeping my word. And I helped some good people through a tough time, leaving them with a good taste in their mouths for my capabilities should we ever cross paths again. And the cheese I eventually returned to...was good. Like, Zen good. Outsiders heed: however your day starts sets the tone, quite often, for the rest of the day. It also has a great effect on whether or not you're getting closer to success, or treading water (dying) as you watch it get further away from you. What's your cheese? Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Start your day at peace Refuse to let the world into your thoughts until your most important task for the day is complete Meditation will help clarify your thoughts and simplify your thinking when the going gets tough Morning rituals are powerful anchors for success Read bios and autobiographies to stretch your thinking There are reasons for why you are where you are that will blow your mind. Stay open to discovering what they are and how you might discover them. The more you can learn to be present with people, the richer your experience of life will be Links: "Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s" by Marc Spitz Hunter S Thompson WTF with Marc Maron: One of the very few podcasts I listen to Alehouse Cheddar Crackers: Castleton Crackers Old Croc: Extra Sharp Cheddar Bard Valley Natural Delights Dates Centerpointe: Holosync Meditation Technology Kobe A Index: Conative Strengths Test Human Design For Us All Learn more about your brain waves and being present: "The New Science Of Super Awareness" "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi "It Takes Guts To Be Me: How An Ex-Marine Beat Bipolar Disorder" (My story) The photographer of this post's featured photo: Jez Timms

Some of us work best behind the scenes; in support of the superstar who already has an established presence, mission, product or gift to share with the world, yet lacks the skills, time or energy to effectively spread the word or complete the essential tasks to bring the thing to its full potential. These people need a strong right hand man or woman. Someone they trust when the road gets rocky, the way forward unclear. Someone who'll tell it to them straight. Someone who can sort out the minutiae and map out the bigger picture, so that they can focus on creating the product. They Need "The Man (Or Woman) Behind The Throne" I've struggled to build a thing purely my own. For a handful of years, as I built the first version of this site and now this current one, I still had no idea what its clear goal was. What its purpose was, particularly when it came time to describe it to others. And I've struggled to create something new with similarly-minded folks, regardless of how well planned and regardless of how large the potential for success. When I try to build a stand alone item, it never pans out. You may then ask, "But what about this website and podcast Lord Kensington?" Ah, Grasshopper, this is where it gets interesting. This site and my spoken words are simply one half of a conversation. They're just me introducing myself to you in a digital format. They are the starting point from which I shed light on other unique folks. These tools and systems are how I give others a way to make noise about their thing. For people like me, this is almost magical. It relives us of the burden of trying to make the best use of what it is that makes us such spectacular Outsiders. I/We just have to share ourselves, like I do here, then leave the door open for the rest of you to join us. Then I/We will do all we can to scream the loudest to the world about all it is that makes YOU cool! What a relief to finally have figured out this one most illusive point. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Some of us work best in support of others One-man shows are killing my spontaneity Interviews with other Outsiders coming soon! Had to stretch my comfort levels to get to this point It's taken me over 2 years to launch this podcast I was cocooned from the world for too many years as I built this site and all the tech that drives it. I'd lost touch. My ONLY job is to be of service to other Outsiders I can't think of a single type of person who wouldn't benefit from reading Jason Leister's free newsletter Links: Some of the best resources I can lead you to WTF with Marc Maron: One of the very few podcasts I listen to Beacon: Create Professional Lead Magnets in Minutes That guy I keep talking about - Jason Leister Teachable: Create and sell beautiful online courses Udemy Online Courses: Learn anything, on your schedule The photographer of this post's featured photo: rawpixel.com

Live the metaphors with me people! That one to your left is a clean stand-in for "nether regions". Follow? I wanted desperately to use a pic of a guy with his head up his own ass, as the title implies, but I knew not where to find one with open copyright status. So, hot chick back side aside - what's the point of this post? You are the biggest problem to you! You're in your own way. Or you're directly or indirectly ignoring the steps to take that will lead you to where you need to be next. As an outsider, you have less choice than most in the area of self expression. It is paramount that you accept and do all that you must to get the unique or weird part of you into the public eye, in order to help them and you best! Take it from a guy whose head still somehow magically ends up deep up his own ass from time to time, that these steps will right your little boat the fastest! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Success can never be achieved without persistence Take responsibility for your entire life and everything in it, and see how fast your life changes for the better! Your world is a mirror of your mind We can become comfortable with anything, even horrifically bad shit, to where we don't try to make necessary changes Admitting you're wrong about some things opens the door for massive growth Nothing you've lived through has been a wasted experience. It all can be used to achieve greatness Don't offer unsolicited advice, it almost always blows up in your face somehow When you achieve full awareness, you'll stop or reshape how you do many things The content in Outsiders Journey and how it's arranged, was my attempt at understanding myself - a hard copy of my thoughts and experiences You don't have to build something as thorough and deep as my site. You can start with a much simpler platform and just start feeding your main content delivery system Links: Bill Harris: Reality’s not what you think it is Visit Centerpointe for Bill Harris' newsletter: Mind Power (where I read about the Buddhist info I'm positive I got wrong in the podcast) Learn about building your own platform! Learn about the man who helped me discover and build my platform The Road: All the stuff in my head this one time The entrainment I mentioned: learn more The photographer of this post's featured photo: Christopher Campbell

Being an Outsider is often a lonely and confusing affair. You know you're on to something. But how to present it? How to even pick what "it" is, should you be so fortunate as to have multiple gifts to share with the world? What's the best path to take and what's the best way to shape your personality for your burgeoning audience? Find A Template! The easiest way to get to these answers is to find someone (or many someones) who are doing what you like to do and saying it the way you like to say it. What If You Have Many Topics To Cover? Just pick the platform first. Then decide on your voice/personality. Then sprinkle your multitude of thoughts and ideas within said platform. No one said that this would be easy. But easy's for pussies anyhow. You gotta fight for this thing in you to have its place in your reality. Probably alongside or behind whatever you currently do. For now. But one day, you will realize that the day has come for your thing to have its day in the sun. It's happening to me right now. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: My search for what I'm about and how to say it has only just solidified this year Some mentors may not do anything like what you do but their words are helpful, nonetheless This is all way easier if you find someone to duplicate in some way; a template One of my guides just released his version of self help that is very similar to mine, causing me to see that I've been on at least one right track! Put yourself out there as is to avoid the strain of trying to be something you're not The mentors and guides you follow and respect most may not sound like you at all, which has a handicapping effect on your presentation development. So find someone who DOES sound like you who is also popular/successful in a way you'd like to copy, even if their field has nothing to do with yours The world's just a teensy bit fucked up right now and all the major systems are crumbling. Are you prepared for what might come next? One of my guys can help you with that (NOT prepper stuff, either) Successful people get their news from sources The Herd knows nothing about Erika Napoletano taught me to never apologize, to never reign in my personality to protect some field flower's feelings Jason Leister: I tell anyone I truly care about to follow this man's free newsletter Marc Maron: I tell only the people I consider cool enough to appreciate it to follow this man's podcast! Links: Yaro Starak: Change Manifesto: How I Overcame Crippling Panic Attacks And Anxiety Yaro Starak: Entrepreneurs Journey: How I Started Making Money From The Internet Erika Napoletano Says Whatever The Fuck She Wants! (Her timeline) Rethinking Unpopular: Erika Napoletano at TEDxBoulder 2012 Erika's Fuck You Poster (Image in blog post only-sorry) Sovereign Man: More Freedom-More Prosperity Sovereign Man: 2017 Blacksmith Liberty & Entrepreneurship Camp Craig Ballantyne: Author, Trainer, Coach Jason Leister: Incomparable Expert (Get his free newsletter "The Client Letter") Marc Maron: WTF Podcast

One of the hardest things for me to translate from real world to digital, has been the effect I sometimes have on people when they're with me in person. I tend to pump up expectations, hopes, and general moods of those I work with. People feel able to do more when I'm on the team. I often lend a voice of reason and calm to situations that might be spiraling out of control. I pull people up when they're sinking low. I soften views when a boss is taking a harsh look at the crew or customers. I make people feel like anything's possible Or at least survivable, if the situation's completely for shit. How does one take that energy and share it online? Well, after talking this out with my coach, Jason Leister, we figured the best way was this podcast. My words are fine an all in text but the real Me comes across a bit better in audio. But wtf does this have to do with Danny Trejo, Ken Kong? (You'll have to listen to the podcast episode above to find out!) So you might then ask, "What about video? Let people see all of you?" Well you can! Just dip into my free wellness system on the right (or wherever your frigging cell phone put it) and you'll find about 15 videos of me in full on teacher mode. But that's me teaching. The podcast allows me to be more conversational. Hopefully. Feel free to let me know how true you find that statement to be in the comments below some time! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: I often bring more to the table than meets the eye One of my biggest skills is unfucking very fucked up situations, at the 30,000 ft level Abstract ideas readily come to me when trying to solve any dilemma My ability to clarify a situation enables people around me to see the way forward on their part of a project I'm doing my level best to transform my ability to inspire people in real life into a digital offering, such as this podcast What would you do if you actually won the Lotto? What would you then do with your life? Your story can inspire others; to help them avoid the problems you ran into or fix them if they're already in them Helping people find a way forward that lets them use the best parts of themselves is one of my "things" Once you're awake to the fact that you could do something more, but never act on it - you will eat your face off in your later years, when you're no longer able to even attempt the deed Have faith in your ability to succeed and you will! All of life's struggles are easier if you can find a template of someone similar to you who's done what you're trying to do Links: You Are NOT Your Story (the mystery page I referenced in the episode) Champion: Danny Trejo Documentary How I View Success

We're all Outsiders here, right? Well how about an entire Outsider service? I practice a form of chiropractic called Network Spinal Analysis, or NSA for short. NSA trains you to become more aware of your body and less trapped in your monkey mind. It also trains you to self improve your entire nervous system! The result is a life lived better, lived well, and lived fully with an outlook the uninitiated simply can't fathom. Not to mention, your back may potentially hurt far less! I just got entrained earlier tonight and figured, "What better time to tell the world about my guy and his stuff?" NSA is the next evolutionary step up from traditional, or Structural chiropractic. You need to be a chiropractor first, then NSA proficiency comes second. NSA has totally changed my life for the better, in every way measurable. And my destroyed back is completely manageable too! NSA was a lot for me to swallow. Seemed too "hippy bullshit" to me, way back when. Part of the reason I no longer have such a limited view of such things is due to NSA. I'm more open to fringe systems than ever before, while retaining my ability to be sensibly critical at the same time. I'm simply more willing to give certain concepts a shot, where I once would not. And the proof of it's efficacy is beyond doubt, based on my personal results and the results of others close to me who've tried it. NSA helped me, and keeps helping me evolve as a human being. Without losing my edge. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Network Spinal Analysis is greatly aimed at the Outsiders NSA is about healing your entire life, not just your back Structural (regular back cracking) chiropractic does not lead to growth. It's a quick fix only My doctor went from being my health care provider, mentor, and counselor to dear friend, while still being the other three things! I relaxed my views enough, although under duress, to experience life changing care from a thing I once practically ridiculed Every science was ridiculed along its path to "normal". NSA is just one of the newest NSA heals your mind and heart by entraining the body. Meditation heals the body by entraining the mind: same-same! Links: Centerpointe: Creators of Holosync Meditation Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY Wise World Seminars (Now called "EpiEnergetics"): Meet Dr. Donny Epstein, creator of Network Chiropractic iAwake: Meditation Technology-An Alternative To Centerpointe The photographer of this post's featured photo: CloudVisual

A little bit of confidence goes a long way. I failed to mention this in the episode above but, around 5 years ago or so, it became clear to me that I was gonna succeed at all this. I just didn't know how. And I didn't even know what "all this" really was at the time. But I knew I was on the right track, because it had a feeling to it. I'd been working for almost 15 years on getting myself closer to discovering, using, and sharing what it was that made me tick. I knew that I was close to clarifying it all. Unfortunately, I really didn't "tag" it until the end of last year But I kept working on it that whole time because I knew I was right to do so. I knew I had done enough time on the front to finally earn my victory. I'm still closing in on the actual first big win. (And even that will only be a stepping stone on the journey to other wins.) Ken: Pee your pants, shit your pants, then grit your teeth and Do The Thing anyway! But, like climbing a mountain, I wanted to see the view and it was simply a matter on putting one foot in from of the other enough times to get there. To not quit. I had the confidence to keep climbing and the faith to know that not only would I summit this beast, I would also assuredly have what it took to do so. Confidence. Do you need more? I got ways of digging it outta yourself all over this site. Poke around a bit! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Go public with your story, regardless of trolls When you go out of your way to help others, you may trip across the help you needed in the process Reach out in as few ways as possible in the beginning, to lessen overload and procrastination One bad review actually caused me to change mt entire path in life If you think that your way is the only way to achieve what you've achieved, prepare yourself for when the world will shove your hubris straight up your ass in return If you're wondering if you should share that thing you feel so strongly about, that means that you should! You can never change anyone's opinion. Just be you and if they follow, they mat one day come to see things as you do to your mutual benefit (or not) Don't force yourself to be the person you assume the world wants to hear from. Just be yourself You don't have to be anything in specific. Build your platform and share yourself. The world will eventually tell you what they want from you Normal life, to me, is a purgatory. I need an certain amount of steady variety in certain unique ways Some people will only heard a message from the right person saying it. Be that person for the other person! People in worse shape than all of us have gone on to do what you're wondering if you have the confidence to do. You do. Do it! Links: How to build your platform That marketing company I talked about: Hibu What is a Davinci Personality? Scanners, Seekers, Davincis, Multipotentialites: Potato, potahto

The Ascension Celebration Was A Big Hit!Back in '99, out of sheer frustration from working shitty jobs, I and a coworker developed an entire event called "The Ascension Celebration". It was a huge gathering of people who into alternate healing, metaphysical perspectives, and anything even vaguely similar, under one roof, for 3 days in Denver, CO. The show, considering it was a first run, was satisfyingly successful. Most first runs don't even break even, we were told. But what happened to my partner and I during this time, both together and separately, was not so shiny an affair. I took my game up a notch or three, and bipolar took me down a peg or two at the same time. This show, although exciting and fun to produce, created stresses I couldn't foresee; stresses that damn near buried me mentally. Matter of fact, it was only about a half year later that I completely came apart at the seams and even begged the V.A. to put me in the psych lockdown ward, where I thought I might find some peace. They refused (thankfully, in retrospect) but at the time I had nowhere to go but continually lower. But even then, during one of my sickest periods, I was producing really cool shit on a grand scale! The Outsider in me was hard to keep quiet. And it usually found ways to exert itself that even I found fascinating as they happened. Listen to the cast and see if you can relate. The show taught me much, and much of the lessons came to bear in the years leading up to you being with me here today. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Some of us don't act until pushed by intense pain or pressure This event was my first extended, high volume exposure to a community of Outsiders I learned a lot about many things during this time, even as bipolar disorder was consuming what was left of my sanity Certain types of Outsiders have a hard time living within structured settings Even intelligent, highly successful people can be duped by the lure of false hopes and overexcitement MLMs are to be avoided by most of us Got to meet and hang out with Gloria Sassoon (of Sassoon Hair Products), which was pretty frigging cool! I learned the hard way, many times over, to not make important decisions when incredibly excited Not being able to hold a job can sometimes mean you are a Seeker or Scanner, which is normal for you and makes you special to others, once you figure out what all the searching is for Struggled for years to clarify the "post-bipolar" mission You're an Outsider for a reason. Don't fight it, explore it There's a strong chance that you're on to something that others simply can't see There's a strong chance that even YOU can't even see it clearly yet but it's your job to keep trying It's a damn beat to death cliche but no less true for it - if you fall down, get back up, dust yourself off, and keep going! Links: Sister Who: (The Ascension Celebration was Dec 4-5, 1999 on Sister Who's list) Kolbe Index A and my story with this incredible company

As an Outsider, you might feel like holding a "normal" job is a bit too constraining...or downright impossible. You're ready to get to work and start doing whatever it takes to become the "New You", finally getting the chance to express the deeper and more sublime aspects of your mind and heart. You'll probably start the big search for what you can do with your skills and experience that would also plant you in a world more to your liking, while paying you enough to survive and possibly thrive as well. Yeah...about that: This is a righteous path to take, no doubt. But it can lead you into some fascinating quagmires if the thing, or things, you pick are not exactly suited to your deeper goals or personality type. Stepping out of the Employee role and into, if not a full blown Business Owner role, then at least the Freelancer role, is a great step towards having all you want out of this life. But be aware that there might be a bit of a learning curve waiting for you. You're not ignorant. You know that to be true already. All I'm saying is, the ride can get truly incredible, both in good and bad ways. Point is, take the ride. Enjoy the good. Reflect, later, on the bad to find the good it inevitably holds and see what you make of it all next. It's worth the attempt. And you may get to where you wish to go faster than you'd ever imagined. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: When agreeing to projects, keep any potential overenthusiasm out of the negotiation Unless you are truly back against the wall, never make a move out of desperation Figure out a way to present yourself and your services from a place of strength Don't cross the friend/client line while working on a project Don't cram your vision for their future right down their throats if they can't see what you can see for their future Don't chase money. Find it inside projects you actually respect and want to work on If the situation goes bad, own any and all parts of the results that you know you are responsible for Try to decipher if a client wants a coach, therapist, or service provider as soon as possible, then act accordingly If freelancing, NEVER agree to be part of a fucking committee! Instant devaluation of your worth Everyone you agree to work with is a mirror of you. The way they're acting toward you is the way you've enabled them to Keep an eye out for the crafty devils who'll sense your enthusiasm and draw you into their mad worlds Don't confuse busy with successful "The check's in the mail!" No it isn't. Get paid up front. Always! Above all else, follow Jason Leister's advice Links: Jason Leister: Properly Position Yourself And Your Services I Rock The Technical But It's Not My Thing Becoming Responsible (Own Your Fuckups And You'll Grow!) Davinci Types: We are the living embodiment of overenthusiasm The Teacher: Don’t Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater (Meet The Biggest Demigod I've Ever Endured)

The question is, really, "What must you overcome to get wherever it is you're supposed to be in life." Where you're supposed to be. Not where you want to be. Big distinction. Where you eventually arrive, as you pursue what you want, is often not what you thought it would be. And it will involve twists, turns, and dead ends galore for many of you as you try to get there. While trying to develop your big dream, or a little piece of it, or even just the next step, you're going to pick up lessons that change what the final destination would have been. As this happens, if you're paying attention - or learning the VERY hard way, as I did for decades - you may start to notice that what you thought you wanted isn't exactly correct for your needs. Reaching this original goal, or trying to, sheds light on other issues you maybe had no idea needed solving first You'll see that if you address these issues first, you'll start to get closer to final achievement of the Big Goal, only to discover that you may still not be exactly shooting for the thing that will bring you the greatest satisfaction in life. That satisfaction only comes when you meld the best parts of you with your greatest strengths in a way that makes life better for those around you, and particularly for those who share the same perspectives in life as you. You'll also discover buried within this happening that a certain amount of sacrifice will be required of you, in order to finally have a life full of enriching experiences that leaves you feeling pleasantly depleted at the end of each day. This is not the same as suffering at a job you may be good at but hate. This is more a thing of having all of yourself fall into a pattern of living where you can't tell where work ends and life starts. You'll be too busy living a properly focused life that uses every bit of you, in a way that leaves you wishing there was more time in the day to give just a little more...because it's the right thing to do. Once this point is reached, you may discover that you finally do start to get some of the "shinier" aspects of your original dream fulfilled. But it will probably come as a surprise to you when it hits. Then you will have arrived. Until your next evolution. MY story, shared in this latest podcast will give you better context for what I'm saying here. Good luck! Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Don't believe what the gurus say about achieving success online - at least not blindly There is a way you're probably fighting yourself that you've never heard of I had a life filled with many wrongs to repair before I stood a chance of making my dreams come true My intelligence levels were enough to get me through many doors to careers I wished I'd never pursued in the first place Bipolar was my mind and heart's way of getting rid of the Old Me, so the New Me could arise Helping people beat bipolar without drugs, as I did, was my first Big Thing Discovered most could not do what I'd done, regardless of all my information Switched focus from bipolar disorder to online marketing freelancing, and drew those to me who were just as excited and lost as I was Found out in the middle of it all that I liked helping people far more than I ever realized Struggled for years to clarify the "post-bipolar" mission After a few years' wait, got the professional business coaching I'd always wanted...and needed Built what you're sitting in right now and built ways for you guys to do the same! Just begin. GO! NOW! Start building some early piece to your larger puzzle. The rest will sort itself as you go Links: Know how you'll always act in any given situation and how to stop fighting yourself

This is the first episode of the Outsiders Journey Podcast. As such, I was gently trying to find my voice, i.e. comfort level with the situation. I'm a loud guy, normally. Not so much with this first broadcast. It was a tricky experience to settle into, at first. But you'll see that I picked up some juice the longer I spoke. Got kinda pumped around the middle. Carried it through to the end. Since then, I've come to really dig the act of podcasting. OK. You'll hear some of the key things that led me to here, some ideas of why certain Outsiders are as they are and will NEVER be like "normal" folks (thank God). I'll turn you on to a few really powerful resources for seeing if you're one of us or not and what to do about it if you are. Subscribe To OJ Podcast! Sponsors: Family Network Chiropractic in Kingston, NY: The only providers of NSA Chiropractic in the Mid-Hudson Valley Maximum Results Fitness w/ Mike Romano: Online Training with Individually Customized Support Key Points: Ken's a bipolar disorder survivor who only got well after following his own path If you have something important to share with the world, they need a way to understand better why they should listen to you (or not) Some of us are meant to sample from life's many platters, not just settle for a few dishes And a few of us are the ones who lead the charge for change when it's needed most. We can't even help ourselves 80 percent of anything you have comes from 20 percent of anything you're doing. Figure out which 20 percent and you'll be a rock star! One of my most warped, yet highly intelligent friends had struggles similar to mine. Yet he went on to achieve greatness, including a life adventure in Nepal that was so stunning in its routine bizarrity, a movie should be made of it! Links: Ken's Bipolar Story Platform Creation "Living the 80/20 Way: Work Less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More" by Richard Koch Meet Mike Wahl