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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 11:27

Dan Michelson is the Founder and CEO of InCommon, a “for purpose” company that helps companies turn culture into a strategy that drives productivity and engagement by ensuring everyone feels connected and part of the CORE. He has a 20+ track record of helping to build high-performing, high-growth companies with world-class cultures. In his upcoming book, Holy Shift! Moving Your Company Forward to the Future of Work, Dan helps leaders at every level of a company move forward to the future of work using a common sense, data-driven approach. Holy Shift! combines a reflection of how we got to now with deep research on how companies are managing this moment. Summary Introduction. Why do we do what we do is changing. Culture eats strategy for breakfast and dinner. The playbook for bringing people back to the office. A compassionate, empathetic, and evolutionary way to think about change. Who is a hero of yours and why are they a hero, and why they are a hero.

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Thought Leader - Dan Michelson on his book Holy Shift!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 11:27

Dan Michelson is the Founder and CEO of InCommon, a “for purpose” company that helps companies turn culture into a strategy that drives productivity and engagement by ensuring everyone feels connected and part of the CORE. He has a 20+ track record of helping to build high-performing, high-growth companies with world-class cultures. In his upcoming book, Holy Shift! Moving Your Company Forward to the Future of Work, Dan helps leaders at every level of a company move forward to the future of work using a common sense, data-driven approach. Holy Shift! combines a reflection of how we got to now with deep research on how companies are managing this moment. Summary Introduction. Why do we do what we do is changing. Culture eats strategy for breakfast and dinner. The playbook for bringing people back to the office. A compassionate, empathetic, and evolutionary way to think about change. Who is a hero of yours and why are they a hero, and why they are a hero.

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Thought Leader - Rusty Shelton on his book The Authority Advantage

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 8:20

Rusty Shelton is Founder and Chairman of Zilker Media, Senior Marketing Strategist at Forbes Books, and an active speaker to audiences around the world. He has written three acclaimed books, including his newest, The Authority Advantage: Building Thought Leadership Focused on Impact, Not Ego which is co-authored with Adam Witty. Summary Introduction to Rusty Shelton. Focus on leading with the logo or entity. Showing the why and how. The shift away from making a profit to social responsibility Living your purpose and creating a profit.

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Thought Leader - Rusty Shelton on his book The Authority Advantage

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 8:20

Rusty Shelton is Founder and Chairman of Zilker Media, Senior Marketing Strategist at Forbes Books, and an active speaker to audiences around the world. He has written three acclaimed books, including his newest, The Authority Advantage: Building Thought Leadership Focused on Impact, Not Ego which is co-authored with Adam Witty. Summary Introduction to Rusty Shelton. Focus on leading with the logo or entity. Showing the why and how. The shift away from making a profit to social responsibility Living your purpose and creating a profit.

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Thought Leader - Chris Meroff on his book Empathy Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 9:25

Chris Meroff is a CEO, founder, author and serial entrepreneur with a passion for helping business professionals find fulfillment in their work through sustainable success. In 2011, he started his first company, MSB Consulting. In 2019, he pivoted into the venture capital space, currently, he owns a variety of startups in various industries throughout Austin and Maine, ranging from hospitality, restaurant, education, farming, medical and community development. Chris is the CEO and founder of DCX Community where he hosts a personal development conference and monthly networking event, The Table Network. Summary Introduction to Chris Meroff. Lead discovering the heart of authentic leadership. How empathy is really about mirroring others emotions. How empathy taught me to slow down. Who is a hero and why are they a hero?

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Thought Leader - Chris Meroff on his book Empathy Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 9:25

Chris Meroff is a CEO, founder, author and serial entrepreneur with a passion for helping business professionals find fulfillment in their work through sustainable success. In 2011, he started his first company, MSB Consulting. In 2019, he pivoted into the venture capital space, currently, he owns a variety of startups in various industries throughout Austin and Maine, ranging from hospitality, restaurant, education, farming, medical and community development. Chris is the CEO and founder of DCX Community where he hosts a personal development conference and monthly networking event, The Table Network. Summary Introduction to Chris Meroff. Lead discovering the heart of authentic leadership. How empathy is really about mirroring others emotions. How empathy taught me to slow down. Who is a hero and why are they a hero?

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Thought Leader - Rick Yvanovich on why we should be architects of change

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 8:08

Rick Yvanovich is a serial entrepreneur, techie, Brit, baby boomer, and professional bean counter with over 40 years of experience in various businesses, including supermarkets, the accounting profession, breweries, newsagents, defense manufacturing, IT, and property development. He has worked at BP in the UK, Singapore, Switzerland, Vietnam, and China where he first served as a Finance Manager. Rick then relocated to BP Vietnam in 1990. An active promoter of AICPA-CIMA, Rick is a very regular speaker in Vietnam on multiple topics including Talent, Accounting, Digital Transformation, Cloud, Project Management, and UK - US - Vietnam trade and investment. Summary Introduction to Rick Yvanovich. Why I inspire and transform professionals. Why do you think we should be architects of change? What does it mean to be an architect of change? Why are they your hero?

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Thought Leader - Rick Yvanovich on why we should be architects of change

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 8:08

Rick Yvanovich is a serial entrepreneur, techie, Brit, baby boomer, and professional bean counter with over 40 years of experience in various businesses, including supermarkets, the accounting profession, breweries, newsagents, defense manufacturing, IT, and property development. He has worked at BP in the UK, Singapore, Switzerland, Vietnam, and China where he first served as a Finance Manager. Rick then relocated to BP Vietnam in 1990. An active promoter of AICPA-CIMA, Rick is a very regular speaker in Vietnam on multiple topics including Talent, Accounting, Digital Transformation, Cloud, Project Management, and UK - US - Vietnam trade and investment. Summary Introduction to Rick Yvanovich. Why I inspire and transform professionals. Why do you think we should be architects of change? What does it mean to be an architect of change? Why are they your hero?

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Thought Leader - Lauren Maffeo on Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 13:29

Lauren Maffeo is an award-winning service designer working full-time at Steampunk where she serves the U.S. federal government. She is a founding editor of Springer's AI and Ethics Journal and an adjunct lecturer of Interaction Design at The George Washington University. Lauren has written for Harvard Data Science Review, Financial Times, and The Guardian. She has also presented her research on bias in AI at Princeton and Columbia Universities, Google DevFest DC, and Twitter's San Francisco headquarters. She is the author of Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up. Listeners can buy a copy of her book, and get 35% off using the code DATAGOV23 (valid until September 2023) Summary Introduction to Lauren. Managing data and data governance. The lack of governance around data. The problem of data spoilage. Who is a hero of yours and why are they a hero?

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Thought Leader - Lauren Maffeo on Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 13:29

Lauren Maffeo is an award-winning service designer working full-time at Steampunk where she serves the U.S. federal government. She is a founding editor of Springer's AI and Ethics Journal and an adjunct lecturer of Interaction Design at The George Washington University. Lauren has written for Harvard Data Science Review, Financial Times, and The Guardian. She has also presented her research on bias in AI at Princeton and Columbia Universities, Google DevFest DC, and Twitter's San Francisco headquarters. She is the author of Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up. Listeners can buy a copy of her book, and get 35% off using the code DATAGOV23 (valid until September 2023) Summary Introduction to Lauren. Managing data and data governance. The lack of governance around data. The problem of data spoilage. Who is a hero of yours and why are they a hero?

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Thought Leader - Summer Davies on the impact of over-management and micromanagement

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 8:14

Summer Davies is an award-winning leadership development expert who has dedicated her career to cultivating thriving work environments where individuals feel equipped, capable, valued, and connected. She specializes in guiding emerging leaders to develop the mindset and tactical skills required to lead with impact, confidence, and empowerment, while loving what they do. Throughout her impressive career, Summer has had the privilege of coaching, teaching, and studying leaders from around the globe. Her unique depth and breadth of experience has fostered an unending passion for helping managers embody the leader they aspire to be, while enjoying the process of leading. Summary Introduction to Summer Davies. Impact of over management and micromanagement. The difference between micromanagement and over management. What is the problem we're trying to solve? Who is your hero and why are they heroes? How to contact Summer on LinkedIn and her website.

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Thought Leader - Summer Davies on the impact of over-management and micromanagement

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 8:14

Summer Davies is an award-winning leadership development expert who has dedicated her career to cultivating thriving work environments where individuals feel equipped, capable, valued, and connected. She specializes in guiding emerging leaders to develop the mindset and tactical skills required to lead with impact, confidence, and empowerment, while loving what they do. Throughout her impressive career, Summer has had the privilege of coaching, teaching, and studying leaders from around the globe. Her unique depth and breadth of experience has fostered an unending passion for helping managers embody the leader they aspire to be, while enjoying the process of leading. Summary Introduction to Summer Davies. Impact of over management and micromanagement. The difference between micromanagement and over management. What is the problem we're trying to solve? Who is your hero and why are they heroes? How to contact Summer on LinkedIn and her website.

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Thought Leader - Neil Rogers on taking ownership of your small business

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 13:13

For over three decades, Neil Rogers has built a successful career in sales and marketing, working with clients in a wide range of verticals, including pharmaceutical, biomedical, manufacturing, logistics, financial services, and government defense contractors. He is the Owner and VP of Marketing and Sales at Rogers Marketing, winner of several Million Dollar Sales awards, the Velocity Award for growth, and the Heavy Hitter Awards for large accounts. Neil and his wife Lori are the creators/owners of the Positive Activity 11-Step Process, using scientifically proven activities to increase the quality of life and business through creativity, optimism, and positivity. Bar Tips is his first published book, drawing on the lessons learned during his years as a bartender that Neil has applied for success in sales. Neil started the non-profit PASE (Parents Assisting Special Educators) and PASE After 21 for special needs adults. Discover more at: https://www.positiveactivity.net/ Check out Neil's book at https://www.positiveactivity.net/bar-tips-book Summary Introduction to Neil Rogers. Why do you do what you do? Taking ownership of your business. The importance of holding yourself accountable. Positive activity is the practice. Spelling to communicate with autism. How to get in touch with Neil

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Thought Leader - Neil Rogers on taking ownership of your small business

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 13:13

For over three decades, Neil Rogers has built a successful career in sales and marketing, working with clients in a wide range of verticals, including pharmaceutical, biomedical, manufacturing, logistics, financial services, and government defense contractors. He is the Owner and VP of Marketing and Sales at Rogers Marketing, winner of several Million Dollar Sales awards, the Velocity Award for growth, and the Heavy Hitter Awards for large accounts. Neil and his wife Lori are the creators/owners of the Positive Activity 11-Step Process, using scientifically proven activities to increase the quality of life and business through creativity, optimism, and positivity. Bar Tips is his first published book, drawing on the lessons learned during his years as a bartender that Neil has applied for success in sales. Neil started the non-profit PASE (Parents Assisting Special Educators) and PASE After 21 for special needs adults. Discover more at: https://www.positiveactivity.net/ Check out Neil's book at https://www.positiveactivity.net/bar-tips-book Summary Introduction to Neil Rogers. Why do you do what you do? Taking ownership of your business. The importance of holding yourself accountable. Positive activity is the practice. Spelling to communicate with autism. How to get in touch with Neil

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#68 – Dr. Chanequa on Sacred Self-Care, Connection, Reconciliation, and Strategies to Survive

Faith in a Fresh Vibe

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 59:20

Season 10 already?! Hello friends, welcome to the Faith in a Fresh Vibe Podcast, where we journey through decolonizing and deconstructing the Christian faith. Season 9 just finished and this episode is the start of Season 10! It's also a "bridge" episode. Since last season was one on embodiment and mental health, and this season is for authors and their new books, I thought an episode that covers both would be fitting. Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes is someone I've been looking to invite on the podcast for sometime. You might remember her words if you've read my book, When We Belong. I reference, I Bring the Voices of My People, in my chapter on white supremacy. But this episode we talk more than reconciliation. We discuss Dr. Chanequa's latest book, Scared Self-Care. We go deeper to address the systemic issues that impact self-care and how wholeness and liberation are tied to community and reconciliation. Dr. Chaenqua's book is built to provide daily practices and strategies to survive what is often an unjust and hyper-individualized world. Listen in to this insightful and in-depth conversation to hear the expertise of a public theologian and clinical psychologist. Summary Introduction. 0:30 The belief that things could be better and that human beings can make it better. What drives the notion that things can be better, and what drives the belief that if there is a will and a vision, things can happen better. Vision for a better future? 10:16 Cultural differences between western and Black spiritual healing. On family systems therapist and is trained to look at the whole family, not just one person. How the pursuit of happiness fuels disconnection. 15:59 In our hyper-individualised world, happiness is celebrated as the one individual overcomer that celebrates the pursuit of happiness, fueling a greater disconnection. Self care as a survival strategy. Talking about Sacred Self-Care and hope filled community. 22:25 Getting in touch with your body. 27:24 Simple self-care practices that are doable and can be done in five minutes or less, like standing in front of a full-length mirror. Discussing intersectionality. 34:10 Racial reconciliation needs to be centred on women of colour. 41:34 White Supremacy and power preservation. 52:06 About Dr. Walker-Barnes (Twitter; Instagram; Facebook; Substack) Chanequa Walker-Barnes, Ph.D., is a prominent scholar, theologian, and author, known for her thought-provoking work on racial justice and spirituality. With a deep commitment to social change, she combines her expertise in clinical psychology and theology to tackle issues of systemic oppression, cultural trauma, and their impact on individuals and society. Through her research, writing, and speaking, Dr. Chanequa strives to inspire others to transformative social action and wholistic self-care. A professor at Columbia Theological Seminary, she has authored three books – Sacred Self-Care, I Bring the Voices of My People, and Too Heavy a Yoke. Her faith has been shaped by Methodist, Baptist, and evangelical social justice communities as well as by Buddhism and Islam. https://www.drchanequa.com/

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Thought Leader - Charles Lubar on his book, An Improbable Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 16:09

Charles Lubar is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School and holds a Master's Degree in taxation from Georgetown Law. For two-and-a-half years he worked in the Chief Counsel's Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. He spent thirty-four years as a partner for the global law firm Morgan Lewis. Lubar most recently served as a Senior Counsel at McDermott Will & Emery. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Lubar spent two years as an entrepreneur in Nairobi, Kenya, and has been a resident of London, England since 1971. Over fifty-plus years of international tax practice in London, he has represented a substantial number of well-known entertainers with respect to their international tax and often other issues including Michael Jackson, the Muppets, and several contributors to the James Bond films. Summary Introduction to Charles. Why did you go to Nairobi, Kenya? An improbable journey into the world of money and law. Working with the Muppets. Who's a hero and why are they a hero?

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Thought Leader - Charles Lubar on his book, An Improbable Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 16:09

Charles Lubar is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School and holds a Master's Degree in taxation from Georgetown Law. For two-and-a-half years he worked in the Chief Counsel's Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. He spent thirty-four years as a partner for the global law firm Morgan Lewis. Lubar most recently served as a Senior Counsel at McDermott Will & Emery. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Lubar spent two years as an entrepreneur in Nairobi, Kenya, and has been a resident of London, England since 1971. Over fifty-plus years of international tax practice in London, he has represented a substantial number of well-known entertainers with respect to their international tax and often other issues including Michael Jackson, the Muppets, and several contributors to the James Bond films. Summary Introduction to Charles. Why did you go to Nairobi, Kenya? An improbable journey into the world of money and law. Working with the Muppets. Who's a hero and why are they a hero?

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Thought Leader - Rick Walker on applying knowledge from non-business domains

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 10:07

Rick Walker is an experienced founder, leader, and thinker across a variety of domains. He scaled his first company to 400 employees when he was 26, and simultaneously, as Chairman, grew a 53-country international nonprofit from 800 to 2,100 team members, while helping his hometown of Houston attract over $5 Billion in job-creation investments. Rick's volunteer service also includes stints as a Director of a college in the Middle East and Chairman of a $250 Million charitable foundation. His 3:30 AM wake-up call helps fit everything in. Summary Introduction to Rick Walker How to approach life like a servant The correlation between learning and business strategy The story of the entrepreneur Leadership and mentorship in music Shane Batty, the glue guy Who is a hero and why are they heroes?

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Thought Leader - Rick Walker on applying knowledge from non-business domains

The Denison Forum Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 10:07

Rick Walker is an experienced founder, leader, and thinker across a variety of domains. He scaled his first company to 400 employees when he was 26, and simultaneously, as Chairman, grew a 53-country international nonprofit from 800 to 2,100 team members, while helping his hometown of Houston attract over $5 Billion in job-creation investments. Rick's volunteer service also includes stints as a Director of a college in the Middle East and Chairman of a $250 Million charitable foundation. His 3:30 AM wake-up call helps fit everything in. Summary Introduction to Rick Walker How to approach life like a servant The correlation between learning and business strategy The story of the entrepreneur Leadership and mentorship in music Shane Batty, the glue guy Who is a hero and why are they heroes?

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How can doubt and disbelief become transforming faith? A conversation with Alister McGrath

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 59:21

How the atheist writings of Richard Dawkins led Alister McGrath—and many other intellectuals—to the Christian faith Dr. Alister McGrath was an atheist when he entered Oxford University to study natural sciences. Through a series of influences he switched to theology and became a Christian. In his new book, Coming to Faith through Dawkins, coauthored with Denis Alexander, McGrath compiled twelve essays from fellow scientists, an engineer, a graphic designer, a journalist, and others who were led to question their atheism by reading the work of atheist Dr. Richard Dawkins. In our conversation, McGrath explains how he and others from around the world admire much of the scientific work of Dawkins. But Dawkins' sometimes-scathing attacks on religion led them to discover the credibility of Christ and Christianity—and eventually to their personal conversions to faith. Download the unedited transcript here (PDF). Summary Introduction 0:01 Coming to faith through atheism 2:42 The current state of faith in the UK 5:00 The motivation of the New Atheists 11:53 Johanna Erasmus and the journey of faith 18:13 The most transformative essays in Coming to Faith through Dawkins 26:58 The myth of a conflict between science and faith 32:58 The story of a young atheist turned Christian 37:41 Open about faith lead to job loss? 44:00 The role of science and faith 49:07 The power of intellectual pursuit and personal story 52:22 Download the unedited transcript here. About Dr. Alister McGrath Dr. Alister E. McGrath is a former atheist who studied natural sciences at Oxford before switching to theology and becoming an Anglican priest. He served as the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford from 2014 to 2022. He holds three doctorates from Oxford in molecular biophysics, theology, and intellectual history. McGrath is also the author of the international bestseller The Dawkins Delusion?, as well as C. S. Lewis: A Life and his latest book, Coming to Faith Through Dawkins: 12 Essays on the Pathway from New Atheism to Christianity. About Dr. Mark Turman Dr. Mark Turman is the Executive Director of Denison Forum and Vice President of Denison Ministries. Among his many duties, Turman is most notably the host of The Denison Forum Podcast. He is also the chief strategist for DF Pastors, which equips pastors and church leaders to understand and transform today's culture. About Denison Forum Denison Forum exists to thoughtfully engage the issues of the day from a biblical perspective through The Daily Article email newsletter and podcast, The Denison Forum Podcast, as well as many books and additional resources.

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Thought Leader - Emily Cosgrove on her book, Conversational Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 9:01

Emily Cosgrove began her career winning Young business person of the year for her first business, The High Tide Café, at 24 years old. Six years later she trained with Cardiff University's Learning and Development Unit, and partnered with them on widening participation mentoring programs for almost 20 years. After retraining as a professional coach-mentor in 2007, Emily began supporting global organizations and cutting-edge start-ups to create award winning mentoring schemes, and people at all levels to strengthen their human connection at work through their conversations. In 2014 she co-founded The Conversation Space with business partner Sara Hope where they co-created the framework and idea of their book, Conversational Wisdom: Strengthening Human Connection Through the Power of Conversation. Summary Introduction to Emily Cosgrove Why do you do what you do? What Is conversational wisdom? Moving away from transactional to transformational. Being upfront and transparent about intent. Who is a hero of hers?

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Thought Leader - Emily Cosgrove on her book, Conversational Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 9:01

Emily Cosgrove began her career winning Young business person of the year for her first business, The High Tide Café, at 24 years old. Six years later she trained with Cardiff University's Learning and Development Unit, and partnered with them on widening participation mentoring programs for almost 20 years. After retraining as a professional coach-mentor in 2007, Emily began supporting global organizations and cutting-edge start-ups to create award winning mentoring schemes, and people at all levels to strengthen their human connection at work through their conversations. In 2014 she co-founded The Conversation Space with business partner Sara Hope where they co-created the framework and idea of their book, Conversational Wisdom: Strengthening Human Connection Through the Power of Conversation. Summary Introduction to Emily Cosgrove Why do you do what you do? What Is conversational wisdom? Moving away from transactional to transformational. Being upfront and transparent about intent. Who is a hero of hers?

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Sage Colleague - Jeff Richards on the state of the CRM marketplace

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 9:22

Jeff Richards is the Head of Training Program Development at Sage CRM, joining the team in 2001. He possesses a deep understanding of the challenges faced by business partners during implementations and regularly shares his expertise through writing and presentations on Sage CRM development. Jeff collaborates with global and local partner advisory councils to shape the Sage CRM Roadmap. In this episode, Jeff will discuss the AI features introduced in Sage CRM 2023 R1. He will explain what those are, and why they matter to accounting system owners. Summary Introduction to Jeff The state of the CRM market space The Company Narrative Generative AI vs. deterministic AI Who is a hero and why are they a hero?

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Sage Colleague - Jeff Richards on the state of the CRM marketplace

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 9:22

Jeff Richards is the Head of Training Program Development at Sage CRM, joining the team in 2001. He possesses a deep understanding of the challenges faced by business partners during implementations and regularly shares his expertise through writing and presentations on Sage CRM development. Jeff collaborates with global and local partner advisory councils to shape the Sage CRM Roadmap. In this episode, Jeff will discuss the AI features introduced in Sage CRM 2023 R1. He will explain what those are, and why they matter to accounting system owners. Summary Introduction to Jeff The state of the CRM market space The Company Narrative Generative AI vs. deterministic AI Who is a hero and why are they a hero?

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Sage Partner - Kimberly Deobald on why tax compliance is getting harder for SMBs

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 9:24

Kimberly Deobald is the Chief Revenue Officer at Avalara. She is a Global Sales Leader with 20+ years of technology industry experience managing go-to-market strategies, B2B sales, product development, operational excellence, and business development. Kimberly has Built, mentored, and empowered Many high performance teams. She is a Passionate proven leader of leaders and is Focused on driving Customer Experience and value to maximize revenue performance. Summary Introduction to Kimberly. Why is tax compliance getting harder for businesses? The evolution of taxation in America. Businesses are the collectors but not the payers of tax. Kimberly's mission to give to the women in STEM community. Kimberly's heroes: Three women who changed the world.

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Sage Partner - Kimberly Deobald on why tax compliance is getting harder for SMBs

Late Confirmation by CoinDesk

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 9:24

Kimberly Deobald is the Chief Revenue Officer at Avalara. She is a Global Sales Leader with 20+ years of technology industry experience managing go-to-market strategies, B2B sales, product development, operational excellence, and business development. Kimberly has Built, mentored, and empowered Many high performance teams. She is a Passionate proven leader of leaders and is Focused on driving Customer Experience and value to maximize revenue performance. Summary Introduction to Kimberly. Why is tax compliance getting harder for businesses? The evolution of taxation in America. Businesses are the collectors but not the payers of tax. Kimberly's mission to give to the women in STEM community. Kimberly's heroes: Three women who changed the world.

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What is the Healing Path?

Rahma with Rose

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 33:44 Transcription Available

Curious about what the healing path is and what it might look like? Join the host, Dr. Rose Aslan as she explores what the healing path means to her and its connection to the spiritual path. In this episode, Rose shares some of her personal journey and experiences, from encountering the Dalai Lama as a young girl to vaginal steaming with a Guatemalan shaman, finding release and power in kickboxing, and connecting with her body in somatic therapy. Get ready for an insightful conversation on finding balance, serving humanity, and the importance of compassion. Stay tuned for an inspiring exploration of the healing path and how it can transform lives. Don't miss it!Summary:Introduction to the healing path and its different interpretationsThe intricate connection between the healing path and the spiritual pathRose's early experiences with spirituality and her love for exploring different traditions.From feeling broken to finding the healing path: Rose's ongoing journey of healing and self-discoverySeeking physical, emotional, and spiritual healing through various healing modalitiesOvercoming difficult circumstances and the search for goodness and joy in lifeThe importance of self-compassion, acceptance, and finding balanceTune in to Rahma with Rose for an honest and real conversation n on the healing path and its transformative power. Discover how you can embark on your own journey of healing and self-discovery. Support the showFind out more about Rose's work, including the Rahma Collective: https://lnk.bio/dr.rose.aslanWebsite: https://compassionflow.comSupport Rahma with Rose so I can keep producing more episodes here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2197727/supporters/new Music credits: Vocals: Zeynep Dilara Aslan; Ney/drum: Elif Önal; Tanbur: Katherine Hreib; Rebap: Hatice Gülbahar Hepsev

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MONEY REIMAGINED: Unraveling the Digital Currency Landscape With Riccardo Ricchi

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 37:49

This episode is sponsored by EY.Join Michael Casey and Sheila Warren on this episode of “Money Reimagined,” as they delve into the multifaceted world of digital money and explore the intricate dynamics that shape its scene with Head of Policy and Government Relations Riccardo Ricchi of The Payments Association located in the UK. Together they unravel the differences between stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, and CBDCs, shedding light on the diverse forms of digital currencies that exist. Data privacy and surveillance concerns take center stage as they discuss the implications of a digitized monetary system on personal information and surveillance practices. Their conversation will take you on a journey through the evolution of Bitcoin and stablecoins, recognizing their significance as the next generation of money.Finally, the role of regulation is examined in embracing programmable digital assets and the challenges and opportunities it presents in this ever-evolving financial landscape. Join us as we explore these thought-provoking topics and navigate the exciting future of digital money.SUMMARY: Introduction to, central bank digital currencies, stablecoins and crypto. (0:00)Innovation is unstoppable, it's happening. (2:44)Differences between stablecoins, CBDCs and crypto. (8:06)Programmable money and digital money. (13:48)The conflation of programmable money. (16:21)The idea of choice in India. (22:55)The impact of CBDCs on banks. (27:29)Banking disintermediation. (29:36)The Policy Crisis. (33:08)LINKS: thepaymentsassociation.orgArticle from CD: Crypto Industry Asks UK to Think Globally as Government Closes Consultation on Proposed RuleFrom our Sponsor: EY blockchain solutions can transform the business lifecycle for digital ecosystems, by promoting trust, transparency, privacy and efficiency. EY: Helping you build a better working world. Find out more at blockchain.ey.comMoney Reimagined has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “AITA” by Neon Beach.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Unraveling the Digital Currency Landscape With Riccardo Ricchi

CoinDesk's Money Reimagined

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 37:49

This episode is sponsored by EY.Join Michael Casey and Sheila Warren on this episode of “Money Reimagined,” as they delve into the multifaceted world of digital money and explore the intricate dynamics that shape its scene with Head of Policy and Government Relations Riccardo Ricchi of The Payments Association located in the UK. Together they unravel the differences between stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, and CBDCs, shedding light on the diverse forms of digital currencies that exist. Data privacy and surveillance concerns take center stage as they discuss the implications of a digitized monetary system on personal information and surveillance practices. Their conversation will take you on a journey through the evolution of Bitcoin and stablecoins, recognizing their significance as the next generation of money.Finally, the role of regulation is examined in embracing programmable digital assets and the challenges and opportunities it presents in this ever-evolving financial landscape. Join us as we explore these thought-provoking topics and navigate the exciting future of digital money.SUMMARY: Introduction to, central bank digital currencies, stablecoins and crypto. (0:00)Innovation is unstoppable, it's happening. (2:44)Differences between stablecoins, CBDCs and crypto. (8:06)Programmable money and digital money. (13:48)The conflation of programmable money. (16:21)The idea of choice in India. (22:55)The impact of CBDCs on banks. (27:29)Banking disintermediation. (29:36)The Policy Crisis. (33:08)LINKS: thepaymentsassociation.orgArticle from CD: Crypto Industry Asks UK to Think Globally as Government Closes Consultation on Proposed RuleFrom our Sponsor: EY blockchain solutions can transform the business lifecycle for digital ecosystems, by promoting trust, transparency, privacy and efficiency. EY: Helping you build a better working world. Find out more at blockchain.ey.comMoney Reimagined has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “AITA” by Neon Beach.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sage Partner - Marcus Wagner - Above and beyond the implementation

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 10:51

Marcus Wagner is the leader of Baker Tilly's middle-market digital practice. Marcus has more than 25 years of experience in finance and accounting, auditing, internal controls and risk management, system implementation, process design and re-engineering, finance transformation, outsourcing and shared services. He began his career at a Big Four firm, where he spent 11 years in auditing and consulting. Marcus then became the co-founding partner of a public accounting and advisory firm based out of Houston. In 2010, he founded AcctTwo, a provider of accounting software and managed accounting services, which eventually merged with Baker Tilly in Oct. 2021. Summary Introduction to Marcus Wagner. 0:01 What can software implementation partners bring to the table beyond technical implementation skills?1:16 What is Sage Intact's niche? 3:05 What are some of the features missing from the course that are unique to the industry? 5:13 Building trust with clients over a period of time. 6:56 Who is your favorite business hero? 9:13

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Sage Partner - Marcus Wagner - Above and beyond the implementation

The Real Expat Wives of Arabia

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 10:51

Marcus Wagner is the leader of Baker Tilly's middle-market digital practice. Marcus has more than 25 years of experience in finance and accounting, auditing, internal controls and risk management, system implementation, process design and re-engineering, finance transformation, outsourcing and shared services. He began his career at a Big Four firm, where he spent 11 years in auditing and consulting. Marcus then became the co-founding partner of a public accounting and advisory firm based out of Houston. In 2010, he founded AcctTwo, a provider of accounting software and managed accounting services, which eventually merged with Baker Tilly in Oct. 2021. Summary Introduction to Marcus Wagner. 0:01 What can software implementation partners bring to the table beyond technical implementation skills?1:16 What is Sage Intact's niche? 3:05 What are some of the features missing from the course that are unique to the industry? 5:13 Building trust with clients over a period of time. 6:56 Who is your favorite business hero? 9:13

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Joshua Bloom: Reflection and Intention, Unlocking True Potential

Spiritual Dope

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 48:21

Welcome to another exciting episode of our podcast, where we explore spirituality and personal growth with industry experts. In today's episode, we are thrilled to have an enlightening conversation with Brandon Handley and Joshua Bloom. They discuss the importance of embracing one's spiritual identity, integrating spirituality into everyday life, and understanding quantum energy healing. Joshua Bloom is a renowned expert in the field of spirituality and quantum healing. With his vast experience, he has helped countless individuals unlock their potential and achieve personal growth through spirituality. You can find Joshua online through his website at https://www.quantumenergycenter.tv/ and on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Join us for this insightful conversation and embark on a journey to deepen your spiritual growth and discover new ways to overcome life's challenges. Listen in and let us know your thoughts in the comments below! Summary Introduction of the episode. 0:00 What does quantum energy transformation mean? 0:43 Being the giver and the giver. 7:51 Finding a location for furniture. 12:37 Turning over a new leaf. 19:10 What is the power of choice? 24:06 How do you know what you need to change? 29:54 The bell curve of love energy. 34:16 What is the quantum energy scale? 38:43 What are we also afraid of? 43:16 Intro Guy 0:00 Your journey has been an interesting one up to hear you've questioned so much more than those around you. You've even questioned yourself as to how you could have grown into these thoughts. Am I crazy? When did I begin to think differently? Why do people in general appear so limited in their thought process? Rest assured, you are not alone. The world is slowly waking up to what you already know inside yet can't quite verbalize. Welcome to the spiritual dough podcast, the show that answers the questions you never even knew to ask, but knew the answers to questions about you this world the people in it? Most importantly, how do I proceed? Now moving forward? We don't even have all the answers, but we sure do love living in the question. Time for another head of spiritual day with your host Brandon Handley. Let's get right into today's episode. Brandon Handley 0:43 One Hey, there's spiritual dope I'm on here today with number one best selling author Joshua bloom, he's the author of the ultimate answer is inside. Creator of quantum energy transformation, mastery of the quantum shift and founder of quantum energy center LLC, as the internationally acclaimed trusted authority on quantum transformation number one best selling author and the executive producer of the ultimate answer is inside movie with upcoming companion book. And the creator of quantum energy transformation. Josas sold Joshua's sole purpose and passion is to empower and pass and Intuit is to unlock and own their authentic power and turn their potential into lasting paradigm shifts. Josh was so great to have you on as we were just talking before we got going here with this has been there's been in motion for a while. So so glad we can finally get together in person. Joshua Bloom 1:37 Yeah, thank you for having me. I'm excited. Absolutely. So Josh, Brandon Handley 1:41 I usually like to start these with the whole idea, right? That, look, you and I were like universal conduits for just like the energy, right? It's just flows through us. And the people listening to our conversation, right? They're gonna hear something that you and I aren't even finally even talking about, right? You and I will have our conversation, and somebody tuning in is going to hear something else entirely. There's gonna be a message that's coming through you being delivered by the universe right now to that person's tune. And what's that message person today, Josh? Joshua? Joshua Bloom 2:16 Well, that anything is possible that we have the ability to create change at the quantum level, to allow ourselves to, in a sense, upgrade or up level ourselves to a new possibility that maybe we haven't even discovered yet or thought about yet. And allowing ourselves to reach potentials that we never thought we'd be able to do during our lifetime. Brandon Handley 2:43 I love that. I love that. And I think that those people who go through certain shifts, they find that for themselves. And my guess is that you've you've kind of got you've got a process and how we get there, and how can people reach that in a systematic way? When you say Quantum? So what do you mean, because I think a lot of people hear quantum and they don't know what to do with it. Joshua Bloom 3:06 I totally agree with you. People use the word Quantum. And they actually use it in a way that doesn't actually mean what quantum means. I'm glad you asked the question, because a lot of people are putting the word quantum on to things because it either sounds cool, or it's gonna make the money. But the truth of the matter is that quantum means cellular. So that means when you're talking about quantum healing, or what I call quantum energy transformation, that means we are making a shift making a change at the cellular level of the body. And we're doing so at the smallest part of us, that has consciousness. And when you make that shift, when you make a change, at that level, it upgrades or up levels, your identity. So when I work with a client, for example, they might come in as one person and leave at the next level of who they get to be. Yeah, Brandon Handley 4:01 yeah, that sounds great. I would like that machine or that capability, right? Like, let's walk in. Let's walk in here. I'm gonna need a 2.0. As I walk out the door, the better improved version of myself, as we were talking a little bit to, you know, your best selling author, congratulations. I mean, it's it's no small feat to put a good book together. I think anybody can put a book together and just slam it out there. Right. It's another thing to get, you know, be well received and actually help people with it. You mentioned too, that you did some work with us, Bruce Lipton had endorsed your book is, is he a part of your story on how you got to where you are today? Give me a little insight there. Joshua Bloom 4:46 Well, he's definitely part of my story in the sense that I was having a lot of anxiety, so much so that most people would have been on medication for like years. I was having so much anxiety that I would, it would be fearful for me to even like walk outside and walk around my house outside. At times, it was like, you know, 21 years ago. And when I was in this place, it was it was really difficult to determine how was I going to get out of this place? Is this going to be the way that I was gonna live my life for the rest of my life? Or was this going to be something that I could shift and change should actually never believe that I was going to be able to change this, I thought, actually, this was it, this was the way that I was going to be. And I was gonna either have to deal with it, or try to get help. So I worked on learning, that was my main mode for moving myself forward, I learned so much, I learned about 20 different healing modalities, most of which I became certified in. And still I couldn't shift my issues. And it was very, very difficult, until I started to work at a Hypnosis Center. And I Well, the reason I went to the Hypnosis Center in the first place was for them to help me but I had learned so much that I had surpassed what they were doing in the hypnosis session with me that I realized they were not going to be able to help me at all. But I thought, well, maybe I can help them. So I started to work for the Hypnosis Center. And I started to do sessions. And I was getting these really amazing changes in people that I was seeing right before my eyes. So somebody would come in with anxiety, and all of a sudden, their anxiety would be gone. I'd go home with mine, but they would leave without theirs. And I'm like, wow, I must know something because I mean, something is happening. And I would see people that would come in with things like fibromyalgia, migraine, headaches, pain, all sorts of things like this. And they would be leaving without their issues. And of course, it was really difficult for me, because I was going home with my issues every night, saying, I must, this must be a disconnect here. I'm obviously getting it for other people, but I'm not getting it for me. So after a while, I started to realize I could use the same understanding the same quantum understanding that that I learned from Bruce Lipton, because that's one of the that's one of the learnings I got was with Bruce Lipton taught me so many powerful things that led me to understand how to make those changes with those people. And I understood the science behind it all, I never would have been able to create a quantum energy transformation or create the changes that I've helped people do so profoundly. Yeah, I think the biggest one was me. I mean, I was my most definitely my most difficult client. Brandon Handley 7:51 So it's interesting, right? I always make this line about the being the giver and the gifts, the gift and the giver type of thing. And so you were able to give this gift to everybody else, but you weren't able to give it to yourself or like I'm just thinking like, again, we talked about being conduits of energy for like everybody else, you were able to receive it and deliver it for others. But you didn't have an awareness of how do I apply this to myself? Yeah, Joshua Bloom 8:22 well, I was able to help them shift the energy at the cellular level of the body to create that change. And I taught them exactly how to do it. And they were able to do it. But when I did it for myself, I was too disconnected. So So here's the thing, Dr. Bruce Lipton says that if you are in growth, you can transform and heal. And if you're in, if you're in protection, you can't. Brandon Handley 8:50 So the anxiety was asking as a barrier, the anxiety, Joshua Bloom 8:53 he put me in protection, like 24/7. Even now, when I work with other people, I was able to help them get into growth, not the problem. But getting myself into growth, I needed another Joshua to Brandon Handley 9:09 kind of like tickling yourself, right? Like you can't, it's really hard to tickle yourself. There's no Joshua, like, I got you. Joshua Bloom 9:16 But I finally did, I finally learned how to get into my body, how to connect with myself, how to move that energy at the cellular level of the body for myself, which was much harder than helping other people by the way. I did it. And I released all of those things. But I definitely say that Bruce Lipton helped me understand the science behind the cellular transformation. So that it let me create such amazing shifts for people. Brandon Handley 9:46 Not as powerful and I think that I think that's really important. There's always the it's almost always easier to help others with their problems and what they're going through and because you're Though you're, you're not attached to their shit, right? You don't have their emotional, you don't have their baggage, right? So you can be like, Look, I actually see you as you actually are. And here's the reflection of who you actually are like, Oh, well, thank you so much. I can go now I'm good, I think right? And but looking at yourself in a mirror, you see the same thing like all the time you never really see the truth of who you are. Joshua Bloom 10:24 Yeah, when we get in our own way, really easy. Brandon Handley 10:27 Yeah. So you, you're just anxious character. You finally figure out like how to heal yourself. And you're taking the show on the road? Right? Where's where's the I guess transition where you said, Alright. I can roll out of this Hypnosis Center. We've helped each other out well enough from here. I'm good to strike out on my own. Tell a little bit about that story. Yeah, Joshua Bloom 10:55 well, I was working for hypnosis. And I was making lots of money. I was helping people tremendously. I was still holding on to a lot of my issues. I had made it a little bit better, but not really at that time. And so that I that I had this argument with the lady that owned the center. I mean, never had an argument before. But she got into this energy that I didn't like, and I didn't think she was being fair. And I look at it now as the universe was saying, Joshua, you need to get out of this place needed to open up your own center. Sure. So but I didn't see it. At that exact moment. I thought, you know, this lady is just being unfair to me what's going on? And then, when I decided to leave, which was after that argument, I didn't have anywhere to go, I went home. Brandon Handley 11:49 It was gonna take my thing and leave now. Joshua Bloom 11:52 Yeah, exactly. So I took my stuff with me. And I had a lot of stuff there. And I took my, you know, modality they created with me to take everything with me. And I went home. And I looked for a place in which I could rent to see if I could rent some space. But I had no luck with that I couldn't I couldn't find a place in which I could rent that I could afford. I mean, I didn't have a whole lot of money. Because I was living on the money that I was that I was I was getting. And I was living in an expensive area. So it was costing a bit of much money at the time. So what ended up happening was one of my clients called me, and I see wanted to see me and I said, Well, I can't see you there because I just left. So I don't know what we're going to do. I don't really have a location to see the one. And I said, I've been looking for one for the last couple of days, and I couldn't find a location at all for anything. They're all too expensive. She says, I'll call you back in 20 minutes and hung up the phone. And I'm like, What is she talking about? So she called me back in 20 minutes. And she says, I want you to meet me at this address. And I'm like, what, why? And she says just made me there. I said, Okay, so I get in my car. And you know, now I'm anxious. Because my client for I don't know why. Brandon Handley 13:14 She picked out right, yeah. And we Joshua Bloom 13:17 get out of the car at at this location. And she says they have they have three rooms for rent for a price you can afford. And I'm like, really? So I went in and I spoke to the owner, and of the building. And he said, Yeah, we have three rooms for rent and a waiting room. They had like an office. And then they had a room where I could do classes. This is like crazy. Because I've called everybody searched everywhere did everything. And all of a sudden, here it was Brandon Handley 13:45 what you know, I mean, I know that you'd mentioned to, you know, studying a lot of things that turned out to be BS, right? What I found in this space, law of attraction, energy work, whatever. All this effort that we put out tends to get in our way. It's like, hey, universe, I don't trust you, even though you've done the rest out there to handle my shit here. So I'm just gonna go ahead and do it without you because you're not helping me. And then as soon as like, we're doing it. We're frantic, right? We don't know what I can't find a place. What am I gonna do? I can't afford where I'm at, right? This is you right? You're in a scenario. You're like, you know what universe? I fucking I give up right? Like, what I'm not gonna deal with it right now. Client now we can't get together. It couldn't possibly happen. Right? Couldn't couldn't possibly, and she's like, it's happening. And the University says, Why don't you trust me? Joshua Bloom 14:45 Yeah, and the universe provides so I took that I took that place and I didn't know who was gonna pay the next month but I figured I was just going to be able to just do this thing. I put the deposit down and I paid for it. And then I needed furniture. So I didn't have any purchase, I thought I could rent furniture that that was like, oh, yeah, I just rent it no big deal. So, I don't know if you've ever rented furniture, but it's really, really expensive. And you think, Oh, it was gonna be like $10 a month, isn't it like hundreds and hundreds of dollars a month. And so I got really stuck. And I went to a meeting to help somebody else that was going to actually meet with a weight loss clinic, who asked me to come and give them advice about their clinic and what I could help them with their with their business. So I went over there, and I walked in, and all of a sudden, I got this intuition that I should ask them if they have any furniture, which I thought was really a weird question to ask somebody, because Hi, do you have any Berger, you know? Sure. I did. And she said, I can help you with that. And then I'm looking to see behind me to see that she's talking to somebody, like, like, that was a real answer. And she said, Yeah, I can help you with that. So I came with a van to her house, and had all the furniture I needed for my, from my from, from my office. And so I got, you know, a bunch of friends. And we, we loaded up the truck. And I said, Well, what do I owe you? She says nothing. Like, if I unlocked my legs, you know, sure, Brandon Handley 16:16 ya know, Joshua Bloom 16:17 you've you came to help me that day. And then I've helped you. So Brandon Handley 16:22 I love it. And I would have an interpretation of it. But I'd love to hear kind of like, you know, as you've looked back, what, what are you feeling? What is what's the universe telling you at this point? Oh, well, everything Joshua Bloom 16:32 was falling into alignment. So it was, it was, you know, the universe had me have this argument with this woman, and who owned the Hypnosis Center. And I left for that reason. And then, you know, I mean, I don't have anything negative against this woman that at the center, we never had an argument before that, that moment, but it got me it got me to take action. So I knew it was, you know, a spirit in the universe, saying, This is what you need to do. And then everything fell into place. I got all the furniture I needed. I got the clients just came, everything just started to happen automatically. For me. I didn't have to work very hard. When we are in alignment. That's how it looks. Brandon Handley 17:13 Yeah, it is, right. I mean, I got, you know, little little tingles and goosebumps because it's so true. And it's so it's so hard to impart that was somebody that's not even looking down that alley. Right? So somebody's not looking down that alley at all, Joshua, like, what do you start? Where do you start to direct them? Joshua Bloom 17:36 Well, I direct them inward, we tend to look outside of ourselves to find our answers. And of course, my book is called the ultimate answer is inside. Instead of instead of us looking inside, we tend to look at, you know, reach searching for someone for help, or we tend to look outside of us for an answer. And truthfully, the answers are all inside of us. So when we point the arrow back at ourselves, and we say, Okay, I'm gonna now look and see what's inside here, and connect with ourselves, we start to have situations where we become in alignment like I did, where everything just start to happen, and all this goodness start to happen without a lot of effort on my part, I'm gonna walk in, again, intuition here. Do you have furniture kind of questions? Sure this happens automatically. These are the kinds of things that happen when we're in alignment. So how do you get into alignment? Well, first, you got to be connected to yourself when you're disconnected from yourself. We have all sorts of issues. First of all, anxiety like I had, some people may have depression, some people have both. Some people might have the experience of being scattered or, or not really knowing what's going on in their life. And they feel disconnected. No add today is an epidemic that is really not necessary, because we've all been taught to be out of body. So if you are out of body or in your head, you are running at fast energy. Anybody would be scattered for and from that position of energy. Sure. So it's interesting because I grew up all of my life thinking that I had Add Error. The actually, I'm a little bit older than that. So they didn't have add as a as a as a diagnosis when I was growing up in third grade. When I was diagnosed. When I was diagnosed, they they came they came at me and said you have a neurological impairment. Yeah. What's that today? That's called ADD? Sure. So that was pretty, pretty crazy to realize. I have this thing called add. And so I looked at add as a problem. And also, I had what they call dyslexia, so Difficulty and reading, which I have neither those things today. But when I had them in third grade, and fourth grade and fifth grade, until I got into high school, I was, you know, the broken kid, I was the kid who sure couldn't do anything. I was the kid who was having all this trouble until my. So what was my junior year, which became my senior year, I decided that I wasn't going to live that way anymore. And I call that turning over a new leaf. It took me several times of turning that leaf before the prep really turned, but in my in my junior year, and I became very, very organized. And I became so organized that I helped other students become organized also. And if there was a valedictorian kind of thing in my school, which there wasn't, I would have been that because they did ask me to speak at my graduation. And I went to two graduations, I went to the one my junior here, which was was, you know, I wasn't a senior yet, but I was going to college at that point. And then in my senior year, which I would put I didn't spend at school, I went to I was in college, they had they come back and speak again, also there. So that was that was a really amazing experience to realize that I could shift it all. Knowing that I don't have to live what people tell me who I am, I could decide who I choose to be. Brandon Handley 21:27 That Listen, that's a powerful story. And I think to discover that at such a young age. Yeah, yeah, that's a that's a that's a multiplayer, right there. You know, I don't think listen for myself, I don't think I started, you know, going back and looking at my stories, and started to retell them to myself in a way that was actually supportive of who I am. Right. And my life 40. Right. So what could I have done with that other 20 years? Look, I had fun during that 20 years, I'm not gonna lie. Like, what would it have been like, if I actually supported myself internally, right, with a marvelous internal scaffolding to bring to the world? Joshua Bloom 22:11 Yeah, that's the really, when I was 25, around that, that age, I learned that I didn't have to have these disabilities, the Add, and the dyslexia. I remember I was in a class, because remember, I took all these classes and stuff. I was in a class, and one of the students questioned me having a disability at all. And I was I was like, you know, so trying to prove it? No, no, you don't understand, you know, I had all this trouble. And I'm Brandon Handley 22:49 arguing for your limitations, right? Yeah. Joshua Bloom 22:51 I'm fighting for this, you know, it's really fighting for it. And as I was fighting for it, she was looking at me and says, You thing, but what have you been able to do, that other people can't do. And so I started to list them. I learned how to ski in two weeks and became an instructor, I taught myself how to play the keyboard, and I created albums for kids and, and adults and played my own music and, and produce my own music and did all this without any training at all. And then there are several other things that I've done, including creating quantum energy transformation and, and other things like this. And so she's she opened up the door there for me to look at myself, and to say, well, that doesn't sound like a learning disability. Sounds like more of an ability. And it just depends on how you choose to look at it. And she changed my life. And I realized in that moment, that I was going to do the same thing for other people that I was going to help them change their life. And using quantum energy transformation, I was able to shift all of this, I no longer experience migraine headaches, which I used to have, I don't have anxiety like I did before, I don't have the Deficit Disorder, or the or the dyslexia. So all of that's gone. And the power of that is we do get to choose who we who we get today. Brandon Handley 24:15 So let's talk about the power of choice, right? Like a lot of people think that that's like a dinner thing, right? Like, Oh, I get steak and potatoes, you get chicken, that's the choice I make in life. That's, you know, I choose to do this thing in life. Like, you know, recognizing a conscious choice, right? Let's talk just to talk a little bit about the power of choice and somebody's life and, and what you mean by that. Joshua Bloom 24:40 So when we think about choice, it's what we choose to do. However, the way that I like to look at choices at the identity level, who do I choose to be? So it's a little bit different. So I can choose choices like you were saying like a menu, or I can choose was to become someone greater than I am today. And how that looks, you know, when we look at you look at quantum quantum as the science of possibility. So when we look at the possibility of who I choose to be, can can look many different ways. You know, even in my experience of helping people today, I evolve all the time I evolve every day, from day to day, I am no longer the identity I was the day before I shift consciously and unconsciously, to become more and more of who, who I am. And I'm very authentic with my, with my students and with my clients, and I share, you know, all my stories where I fell on my face several times, and, and also how I overcame falling on my face several times as well, you know, the power of choice is really about who you choose to become. And when we take that into the quantum field, it really becomes amplified. So we tend to look at who we don't like that we are. Sure, we tend to look at that. And then whatever you focus on is what you get. So if you keep looking at yourself, and you keep looking and seeing that you don't like what you see or don't like what you feel or don't like what's going on in your life, and you feel stuck? Well, that's because our focus is hyper focused on being stuck. So in the quantum field, what we do is we get into the body, and we feel that stuck, we release that stuck, and then we focus, and we focus on a new possibility. Who else could I be instead of this anxious person that I used to be with attention deficit disorder, with anxiety and so forth? Right? Sure. Brandon Handley 26:51 Yeah. Let's, I think people might get tripped up on, you know, being greater than I am today. Right, the word greater seems to trigger people for greatness, right? What do you know who, you know, who might be great, right? Joshua Bloom 27:07 Huh? Yeah, I can do that be triggering. Brandon Handley 27:11 So, you know, what do you mean by like, you know, be greater than I am today. And I, you know, I think I was stressed too, like, when we think of the quantum field, anything is possible. And that's actually been shown, you know, scientifically, right, you know, you the possibilities, all the possibilities exist at once. Yeah, which one? Do you choose? To call forth? Kind of thing? Yeah, exactly. Right. You know, what are some of like, again, like, what is a first day student gonna learn from you? Joshua Bloom 27:50 A first day student is going to learn how to reconnect with themselves, how to get into their body, and how to stay there. Because we have habits of whoever we are at that moment. So most of us are in our head. And we're thinking, we're overthinking we're hyper focusing on the wrong things all the time. And then we get stuck in those patterns. And then someone comes along and says, Hey, you know, you shouldn't do that. And it's like, yeah, but I've been doing it for like, for so many years. And how do you stop doing that? Brandon Handley 28:23 I'm really good at this. Joshua Bloom 28:26 Exactly. So how we stop our habits, and the things that plague us, is by reconnecting with ourselves, and moving the energy at the cellular level of the body to create a quantum shift, that now no longer includes that as being me. And now I can choose something else. But we have to connect to ourselves to do that. We tend to connect to, to, like, the universe, but we tend to be like out of body looking outside of us to find the answers. The answers aren't outside of us, even though we're that's where we're looking. We have to look inside. So when you ask me, you know, what is the person going to learn, like in a first session, they're going to really learn that anything is possible, because we're going to have a release in that very first time that we meet, and you're going to experience because until you experience it is different than talking about it right. Once you experience it, you're like, oh, that's what he's talking about, that I could actually let that crap go. And I don't have to live like this anymore. Yeah, you can let it go. And yes, it is. It can be difficult for some people to do that. But when I work with you, is it there's a difference because I hold that energy, I hold that possibility for you when you can't hold it. And that's the difference. So when I'm holding all that for you, it's easy at that point to remove these energies and create a new way of living a new way of life a new way of being. Brandon Handley 29:54 Yeah, no, that's That's powerful. Definitely appreciate that. And again, you You know, you hit the nail on the head when somebody experiences it when you experience actually saw this guy for a little bit, its energy worker, and he had the best question and he says, you know, how do you know that? Um, if you're, you know, if you're a fish, how do you know that like water is what you need? All right? Have you heard this one before? No, I have not. You take them out of the water. Right? You know, because you're in it all the time. And it's not until you're separated from what you're, you've always been a part of that you, you know, you recognize that this is where you're supposed to be. Right? So you get back into the water, you're like, oh, shit, that's what I needed my entire all this time. So real similar to what you're talking about in that? Okay? Okay, we go back to that. This is how I've always been, these are my these are all my patterns, this is my life pattern is never going to change. I'm going to be anxious and all the rest for the rest of my life. You could never possibly help me. Right? You help them? And then they see just for a moment that they've been living out of the water. Right? Yeah, I should have been, I'm supposed to go back in the water. That's a reconnection to yourself feel like? Right. I'm where I'm supposed to be. And it was always available. Right? So how does it you know, how does that I think I'd even jump back a little bit to, you know, it's really tough, I think for you have to be open to the possibility in order for the shift to happen, or am I wrong? Right? Have you met somebody who's like, not open to it, and it works. Joshua Bloom 31:43 So I think there's a distinction that's really important here, which is, most people believe that you must believe in order for it to work. And I don't buy into that, that game, you do not need to believe that it will work for it to work. Actually, most people who I work with, including myself, never really believed in the first place, that it was gonna work. We hope we're hopeful. We just want it to work. But do we believe it's gonna work? No, we really don't, we don't believe anything's gonna work, really. And so you don't need to believe what's really key, though, is to be open to the possibility that this could work. You don't have to believe that it will work, but just be open to the possibility. So those people that are not open, and there are those people that are not open? Yeah, they're going to have a more difficult time, because they're not even open to considering the possibility. So then, in a sense, they're collapsing their possibilities before we even get started. So some people need some hand holding beforehand, they need need to work with them, just to get them ready. Whenever we're not even talking about making the change yet, we're talking about, let's just prepare to make the change shirt, you can just consider the possibility of being open to it. And many people who take that road with me, we we really have an amazing transformation, because they started out closed, and they end up open and moving in a direction that they never even thought they could do it themselves. Brandon Handley 33:10 Yeah. Yeah. I mean, going from I think, again, just using your own story, being this guy, you know, tied up with anxiety to where you are today. Right? I mean, I think that too, a lot of times people just they again, they look at where they're at, and they feel like that's forever. Right? Yes, true. One thing that I think is a challenge in this space is maintaining that high frequency that high vibrations, that continuous connection, you know, how do you assist people to do that? Joshua Bloom 33:45 Oh, that is a really great question. So I've been working with people for many years on how to raise your energy frequency, and that we have many different ways of doing this. You know, raising your energy frequency can be as simple as taking a shower, going for a walk barefoot, can be using tuning forks, singing bowls, toning things, things can do it. The biggest problem with this, though, is that it works like a bell curve does. So it starts at the bottom you, you let's say we use singing bowls, and the singing bowls bring you to a point where you hit a peak and now you're at the top and it's like, well, I feel really great. And then you start playing the singing bowl. Well, then that doesn't really work very well, because then it starts to go down and down and down and down and down. And then now your energy frequency has plummeted. It a really great example for that as Yoga people go into yoga for an hour and a half, and they really enjoy it and they're feeling really good. And then they stopped doing yoga and of course, same thing happens. It goes up in the peaks and then all of a sudden, you know, half an hour an hour later. You're like I wish I could do yoga again. Well, I don't have the patience for that to be honest with you. You know I and I've done yoga plenty of times, I, you know, whenever, whatever I need to do, I did. And so, you know, doing something like yoga is really great. But if you're just gonna go up and come right back down, that's not really useful. And it takes too long if I got to do 45 minutes to an hour and a half of that, just to be able to feel okay, which one time in my life, that was how it was, it's kind of it gets a rough game, because you're, you're feeling better only during the time, you're really in the yoga. And then after you get out all the anxiety comes back in. So that was a real rough game. For me. Today, what we do is we, we have very fast and very powerful energy transformations that we create by by releasing in the moment, and by raising our energy frequency. And so when we do that, we actually can raise our energy frequency to very, very high level that that instead of it going down, like I was saying the bell curve, you actually keep a good percentage of that. And now that becomes more your new energy level that you've that you've raised up to. And now we have something even even more amazing is that I've created a pendant that I use. Now, that helps us get there. And it helps us stay there and maintain high frequencies of well over 1000 hertz, which is, which is amazing to be able to get get up there. So when you're using, you know, love is like 500 hertz. So 1000 hertz is well beyond the love energy. And we in my classes, we're going up to 10,000, and energy frequency and higher. It's amazing what we can do. And we have tools that actually work to do that. And then today's class that I was in, I was just in the class before coming on to this interview. And in today's class, we were like really going, we weren't even trying to raise our energy frequency. But all of us together in the group were just raising and raising and raising and raising and we're like sitting in this energy thing. Wow, isn't this cool? That's great to be able to connect at this level. Brandon Handley 37:05 Joshua, you've made an energy battery. I mean, what is it? Right? I mean, it's basically right, you're like, Hey, we gotta recharge this thing. So we can just take it on the road with us? You know, I think that that's just been a little tongue in cheek, but it sounds right. Like you've created something that can store the energy frequency that you create, that you can take with you right and have exactly that. How is the frequency being measured? Like you know, it, I think it's one thing to talk about, and there's people that are gonna be like, Well, that sounds like some hippie shit, Joshua, I'm going to need to see like, at least a thermometer for some death. Right? Joshua Bloom 37:48 Yeah. So we do test for the energy frequency in the class, we use energy testing to be able to see what level we've actually reached in and using our intuition. That's our, that's how I do it. Other people may use other tools and stuff. But I find that intuition brought me to where I am today. And intuition can also calibrate and be able to tell you exactly where you are. So I can tell when a student gets to a certain level of energy frequency, and whether they maintain it or not, I can tell them exactly where they are at any point in time. That's, I guess, a gift that I have. So the power of that is that I can when I work with people, I can let them know where they are, and where they need to get to. And I can help them with the pendant and, you know, also using the pendant in certain ways to create permanent energy frequency so that you're not living at multiple limit, like to 250 energy frequency. Brandon Handley 38:43 Are you referring to like the Hawkins scale? Joshua Bloom 38:46 Yeah, I don't use that scale, particularly. Yeah, no, I'm just I'm just trying to know the scale you're talking about. It only goes up to 1000. But yeah, which is telling me that energy frequencies can go up to 55,000 and higher. And I don't understand the difference in the scale, but according to my intuition, that's there. It's much greater than 1000. Brandon Handley 39:08 Yeah, I forget. I'm not really math dropped out. Right. Quite literally. You said it's like a logarithmic scale, which I think is actually in tune with what's you're saying? Right? So if you were to say, all right, 1000 is actually your or 55,000? I think, and again, I don't I don't math very well, so I'm okay with that. But, um, when you say that most people are living at like 250 and 200. Yes. I would agree with you based off of his scale. Right, exactly. So that's awesome. Joshua Bloom 39:41 To be honest, I mean, I live there to for many, many, many, many, many years. And so that my students, but that's the fear. That's the fear that's right down there. It doesn't, but the moment and 200 200 Brandon Handley 39:52 is the tipping point, right? 200 And again, using his scale, just as a topic of conversation is Like 200 is where courage is. And once you start to take courage and step into your greatness, you start to realize you're not alone. You're working with the quantum field, you're working in the space. It's like, all powerful, always available, never off. Right? What's what is possible? Right? So speaking of what's possible, like, where should we where would somebody direct? You know, where would we direct somebody who wants to get to know more about who would read a book, go to your site? What's the first thing? Somebody listen to this podcast? What's their next step? Well, the Joshua Bloom 40:34 best thing to do is to go to Bing, quantum.com Bing, quantum.com. And when you go there, you'll be able to discover more about what I do, and, and so forth. But I also have a free gift to give you. And I believe that's at iqet.com forward slash Brandon, Brandon Handley 40:57 nice. People have gifts, man, people Yeah, like stuff. Yeah. What are they gonna find there? Is it a surprise? Or can we give a little little information on what they might find there? Joshua Bloom 41:07 Yeah, so it's on manifestation. And it's actually includes Dr. Bruce Lipton talks on it, I speak on it, Donna Eaton does and other other well known people do as well. And we're all talking about health, and manifestation together and how you can manifest your best health through all of what we're saying, and all of what we're offering. And we're all saying the same thing. But we come from different experiences of, of the quantum right. So everybody has a different perspective. And everybody gets to the right. So it's amazing what you can what you learn from, from moving forward. When we think about the idea of manifestation, we tend to think about doing things, this is a different than that. This is allowing it to fall in your lap, like I was talking about before, where you're in alignment, and everything's just happening, manifestation can be that way for you, too. And so when you get this gift, it will really help you understand them. That's Brandon Handley 42:05 awesome. Because like, like you, you'd mentioned on on a couple of your pages that there's a lot of stuff out there. That's BS, right? It's a lot of stuff out there that causes more struggle. And what you're offering helps to remove that struggle and shows you how you can be in alignment with this quantum field, and work with less effort. Joshua Bloom 42:28 Absolutely, everything I do is simple. And I think that's really important. You know, I've been in places where I didn't have any energy to do anything more than I could just just to get through the day. And so I needed to create something that was very simple that anybody can do. Even if you're exhausted and have exhausted all of your energy, you still can do what I when I teach, it's very easy and very, very powerful. Brandon Handley 42:51 I love that. Joshua, I do a little thing here, right? Where I look at this as kind of like, spiritual speed dating, right? So I'm gonna ask a couple questions that come from like, I need new questions. These are like the 20 questions for every spiritual seeker. I'm just gonna pick a couple out of here. Didn't any better questions are still refer to the list? So you good for that? Sure. All right. All right. Dears, spiritual. Bachelor number one, what are we also afraid of? Joshua Bloom 43:30 Well, I think we're afraid of ourselves. And we're afraid of being so powerful. I think that in and I'm sure that was for me as well. You know, we want to be amazing. But we've been squished down like a bug by so many people from such a small child, all the way until we as whoever however we are, however old we are today. And we try to you know, come out of that. But we have so many rules and so many things that say we can't be great. We can't be awesome. We can't be amazing. We're not allowed to do those things. And so I say, although that we're being we're scared to jump out and be amazing that I dare you to do it anyway. Brandon Handley 44:15 Sure. That's great. You're You're right, right. What would happen if I were amazing? Joshua Bloom 44:20 Yeah, what would happen I wonder what would happen Brandon Handley 44:24 to to do? Do your spiritual Bachelor Number one, what is your one wish for the world? Joshua Bloom 44:33 Oh, wow. I wish that everybody would love each other. You know, there's so much hate and there's so much politics and upset and all sorts of things that really make us crazy. I mean, TV is, you know, we watch the news. I don't even watch the news. It's just so so negatively energetic in a sense. So you know, I just would love everybody Love each other, we all are one, we are all we all are together, we're all in this boat together, so to speak, regardless of where we live or who we are. And we should just love each other. Perfect now, thank Brandon Handley 45:11 you for that. What, um, anything that we didn't hit on today that you wanted to share with the group? Joshua Bloom 45:16 Well, we hit on it before, which was, anything is possible. And I know that you don't, or may not believe that anything is possible. If you're listening to this, you know, I didn't necessarily believe that either. So instead of believing it, allow yourself to consider the possibility that anything could be possible. And if it was possible, who would you be, then? What would you create? Where would you go? What would you do? What would be possible for you, if you just considered the possibility that anything was possible? Brandon Handley 45:48 Outside of Bruce Lipton, who would you say? Were some of the biggest influences on the work that you do? Joshua Bloom 45:57 Oh, wow. Donna Eaton, I think was a huge influence for me. Because he taught me that energy moves in different ways, and that you can direct it in certain ways, doing certain things. So that brought me to many understandings of how can that work in a quantum field? You know, if I were to take that understanding that I can move energy, you know, she stuck it, she looks at it, from, you know, sort of that will recall that, I guess, that's that, that I guess Chinese medicine kind of point of view. And, and not only that, but generally that, generally speaking, that area, and I was taking that and sticking that into a Quantum Experience a quantum box? And in that box, what would be different? How could we do it? So it's very interesting. You know, it helped me develop a lot of quantum energy transformation differently. Because it let me see things from a different point of view that she was sharing. I thought that was really cool. Brandon Handley 47:03 Awesome. Now, thanks for sharing that. So it's always interesting to hear, you know, who helped you to get to where you are today. Right. And I think we've all got, you mentioned, you know, most of us are saying similar things. Everybody gets to be right. It just reminded me of like, you know, I don't think it's funny to even think about a radio station anymore. But like the FM dial, right, like you could, you could pick anything along that and like that, that could be your station, right? So I want to say thanks for being on here today had a blast. I'm sure we probably could have gone on and on and on. But we only get so much time to do this. So thanks again for being on. One more time with the website. Joshua Bloom 47:44 Yes, being quantum.com Brandon Handley 47:47 Joshua, thank you. Thank you so much. I Intro Guy 47:49 really hope you enjoyed this episode of the spiritual dough podcast. Stay connected with us directly through spiritual dove.co. You can also join the discussion on Facebook, spiritual dough, and Instagram and spiritual underscore Joe. If you would like to speak with us, send us an email Brandon at spiritual dove.co And as always, thank you for cultivating your mindset and creating a better reality. This includes the most thought provoking part of your day. Don't forget to like and subscribe to stay fully up to date. Until next time, be kind to your zone and trust your intuition. Transcribed by https://otter.ai

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From Addiction to Advocacy: Darren Prince's Inspiring Journey to Recovery

Spiritual Dope

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 47:46

Darren Prince, International Best Selling author of his memoir Aiming High, is a prominent sports and celebrity agent and global advocate for addiction/mental health recovery. Through his agency, Prince Marketing Group, he represents icons Magic Johnson, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Jerry West, Dominique Wilkins, Chevy Chase, Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards, Carmen Electra, and many others as well as having worked with the late Smokin' Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali and Evel Knievel. As a leading authority in this space, Prince's insights have been featured in WSJ, NYT, USA Today, CNN, Fox and Friends, Chris Cuomo, Tucker Carlson, “On Purpose” podcast with Jay Shetty, Extra TV, Dr. OZ and many other top media outlets. Darren has experienced what life is like in the celebrity world but also seen the dark reality of addiction through his own personal struggle with opiates. With over 14 years of sobriety, it's now Darren's mission to help others avoid and break free from addiction and mental health struggles. He had a God awakening on July 2, 2008, and believes in a spiritual higher power and that anyone can turn their bottom into a new beginning. Connect with Darren here: https://officialdarrenprince.com/ Summary Introduction to today's episode. 0:42 How did you end up with addictions? 1:36 The turning point in his life. 6:39 It's better now than it was then. 12:24 Where's the drugs when the drugs wear off? 16:32 The miracle of calling out to god. 21:03 The power of choice. 25:09 Finding your purpose in life. 29:05 The importance of taking care of your health. 35:44 Getting a call from the White House. 39:01 Darren's message 45:22 Intro Guy 0:00 Your journey has been an interesting one up to hear you've questioned so much more than those around you. You've even questioned yourself as to how you could have grown into these thoughts. Am I crazy? When did I begin to think differently? Why do people in general appear so limited in this thought process? Rest assured, you are not alone. The world is slowly waking up to what you already know inside yet can't quite verbalize. Welcome to the spiritual dough podcast, the show that answers the question you never even knew to ask. But you the answers to questions about you this world the people in it most importantly, how do I proceed now moving forward? We don't even have all the answers but we sure do love living in the Question Time for another decade of spiritual dub with your host Brandon Handley. Let's get right into today's episode. Brandon Handley 0:42 One Hey there Spiritual Dope I'm on here today with Darren prince. He is an international best selling author of his best of his memoir. Aiming High is a prominent sports and celebrity agent and global advocate for Addiction and Mental Health Recovery. There was agency Prints marketing group who represents icons Magic Johnson, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Jerry, West, Dominique Wilkins, Chevy Chase, all these guys are greats. Right? And, you know, I didn't meet him getting autographs or anything like that. Darren, I met recently at an event with Brandon Novak and Novak house. And I think that's somebody that you're fairly close with, through addiction and recovery. So I said, You know what, I don't want to miss this opportunity to chat with somebody and share your story about all that you're doing. It's so great out there in the space. So Darren, Thanks for Thanks for coming on today. Darren Prince 1:36 Thanks for having me. Brandon Handley 1:38 Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, let's let's just kind of dive right into it. You know, you You're, you're well known you've done. You've worked with all these greats. But you've started like, with an addiction at a pretty young age, right? You started with an addiction at a pretty young age, and it caused a lot of havoc in your life. And now you've kind of translated that and transmute it into something good let's start at the beginning man like how did you end up with with some addictions Darren Prince 2:09 I you know, I grew up you would have thought just a normal childhood which I'd say for the most part i i had great loving mother and father and sister but I was always verbally to use for things so called Special Ed and small classrooms and back then, which probably more add whatever I was interested in, I gravitated to them most of the stuff I didn't. And I think just that did a number of my psyche and my self confidence, my self esteem. So at 14 When I was in sleepaway camp, and I had terrible stomach pains one night, the nurse gave me the scream liquid and having no idea what it was for the pain I took it and walking back to the bunk within a minute I felt like Superman like all those feelings of inadequacies and low self worth and self esteem. I knew I felt just as good as everybody else just as popular just as smart and went to bed then I think nothing of it. But I did all the activities that camp that next day, and I remember just lying in the bunk bed next night obsessing on that feeling and I wanted more of and I did that for a couple of weeks until mom and dad came up with visitation day and found that I was taking liquid Demerol. Yeah, I don't know what is Demerol and emeralds in OBS general problem most likely something that gives you a hospital like more but heavier opiate and back then the opiate epidemic wasn't anywhere near but you know, it was today. And you know, I had a way about me to assist innocent kid that was just in a lot of pain. And you know, she was probably just trying to come a relief every night or I was getting his bed stomach cramps and just, you know, played it to the hill just like I did when I had my wisdom teeth removed a few months later and my mom gave me these white pills that were called extra sent by cannons and that same feeling came back and you know, when I saw the bottle had two pills left I put on the crocodile tears fry it and said I've got to go back to the dentist have a bad infection. I know it's something's wrong and you know, panicked as a loving mother took me back and gave her another dozen bills, whatever it was. Brandon Handley 4:15 Yeah, it's crazy. It's crazy to us and it's such a young age. Right. And those are like those are some that was your thing, right? Like kind of like Demerol and opiates and Darren Prince 4:27 cocaine, ecstasy, you name it. Sure. And I he became an age and opiates were the ones that taught me up and it took me straight to the bottom. Brandon Handley 4:37 Sure, sure. Let's let's walk our way into the agents. Phase two. Right. So here you are. Age 14, you're kind of you're already like, you know, a script chaser. Right. But you've also got some cool things going on. You may mention that you're you were in like these quote unquote special ed classes. You know, you need a little bit extra attention to get through teaching you how to chip on your shoulder. But that actually led you on to something kind of cool. Right? Talk a little bit about that. Darren Prince 5:06 Yeah. So I started a mail order baseball card company long before the internet boom, and became nationally recognized, doing trade shows all over the country. First person, I think in the state of New Jersey, I have a cell phone, it was called Bell Atlantic, it was in a big leather carrying case with a battery pack, the phone cost me about $3,500. That's how tough we were to get about $3 a minute to use the phone. And the dumb idiot that wasn't going to go anywhere in between class was going into his locker room dealing with stockbrokers and a bunch of guys from ESPN. Were buying from me some of the big commentators that were big collectors and I would just broker deals of it. I had an incredible network database of dealers around the country, I was advertising because trade shows I would go to the best convention to get the best location. So I was spending 1000s a week on advertising myself, I became a very well known figure in the baseball card hobby and the boom of the 80s. So for any collectors that are listening now, it actually started in the 80s, which is why there's an industry there is today and by Tom, I'm 16 years old man, I'm probably making a quarter of $1,300,000 Ask us globally mean anything to me, you know, I came home from school. And it was about, you know, the hustle of laying out my ads for the next week and filling orders and hiring. You know, some of the so called friends that were were calling me, idiot and dumb. They were now calling me boss at 16 and 17 years old. And you know, and then from there, eventually I sold that company in 19. I dropped out of college, my freshman year of Bridgeport and went full steam ahead into the memorabilia business. So it's booking autograph signings from Muhammad Ali magic chevy chase to Frazier. Pamela Anderson. And by the time I was 24, built, built that business had some legal issues. And it was kind of at this turning point in my life where first time I ever had some financial difficulties and magics dip on my side and said, Hey, I know about making mistakes he had he was coming up with his HIV announcement, the anniversary of that was November 7 on Monday. And what do you want to do now? And because of my dad giving me the inspiration of explaining that to you know, like, not what you know, we work with the most iconic people in the world. You know, go speak to magic, you supported you and first client for my agency. Brandon Handley 7:33 That's pretty that's pretty awesome. I love that. Well, give me a moment here. Like how did we translate from, you know, in first of all, like, I'll just in my mind, I'm thinking like, mail order catalog. I thought you were just I thought you were just going in and setting up setting up the tables doing the shows you were. Darren Prince 7:51 Yeah, but we had a big Yeah, I have people taking orders. We're going on clothing and buy the stuff on the weekend, sell it during the week and knew exactly what I needed to find on a weekend to follow orders, mark it up and make a profit and get it out next week. Brandon Handley 8:05 That's awesome. And you were making what you're making? This is a what is the 80s? Is that right? Like mid 86. So I mean, I'm just gonna I told my son right now he's 10. And he's already feels like he's done with school. And I told him like, you know, when he makes his first million, feel free to drop out, right? Like, you know, go ahead. So, so you go from you go from this card business bit, and it's working out really well for you, you sell it how do you make the translation over into, you know, signatures like what? Darren Prince 8:34 What happened, and it's funny because one of my agents here Matilda was telling her the story older I think the sexiness and the coolness of being around like some of the biggest stars that were doing these autograph signings at conventions, it drew me to it. And, you know, again, that insecurity brokenness, like no cards are cool and making money but the cards, and I kind of just more or less went into the autograph signing thing, because I was like, wow, I've an opportunity to book my first autograph signing with Muhammad Ali, the most recognized human being on Earth. And, you know, for somebody with low self esteem and you know, was always high and to be around that environment. It was just unbelievable. And then I just think my appetite grew. From there it was same sort of thing. Well, autograph signings are kind of cool and hanging out with them but I won't be this autograph fucker for shinies I want to do big things. I want to do endorsements commercials, you know, when that's how that evolved. Brandon Handley 9:28 You wanted to level up and this whole time you know, you're you're you're popping pills, right? You're you're doing whatever. Darren Prince 9:35 You're on the autograph signing era, which the company was called prints of cards. That was the same name as the the big card company. You always partying whatever it was you name it, I did it. But when I became an agent, I learned real fast with magic when a morality clauses when the lawyers put together an agreement I was like, Alright, I gotta play this straight. Sciatica had anxiety and hey, like any good drug out If you junkie, I played it to the hell, you know how easy it was to get any script that I needed when I'd get them on the phone with Joe Frazier or bring him a Magic Johnson signed jersey or go like this guy's got it all together and a lot of pain, go get an MRI, go get an x ray, let's see how we can fix you. Let's do medication management. And for the first five, six years, man of my ancient life, you know, it worked really did. I became a rock star with networking. But I also say like this, like what was once living to us turned out to using to live. Yeah, and I just don't know when it turned. And I do remember that night I lost my superpower. So I remember when the oxycottons didn't work at an example, Joe Frazier in Dallas, Texas, and probably for a good six or seven years. I was trying to chase that high after that. Yeah. Brandon Handley 10:52 And you talk a little bit about this insecurity and brokenness, right. Like where do you feel like that stemmed from a little bit that was encouraging. Darren Prince 11:00 Like, I can't blame my mom and dad for it. And my mom and I came from a family with a lot of love. You know, my dad had tough love bugs. That was my biggest supporter. My mom gave me way too much. I think some people could understand that because that cause anxiety, it'll leave the house and I'll be around them all the time. And you know, those two were on there's too much and she was she overwhelming. With love were a kind of, you know, like I said, causing excess amount of anxiety with the over coddling knowing that I was special ed and need special attention. And I think it just can be very uncomfortable and how to deal with life. If I was in, you know, attached to her at home with her and my dad, and we get homesick a lot if I'd sleep over at friend's houses or birthday parties or weekend getaways. I remember it just a horrible feeling in my stomach just not being comfortable being away from mom and dad. And you know, you take all that into the real world with the verbal teasing and you don't speak up about those words a dumb an idiot I think using the word that begins with our from mentally challenged, I heard all these things. And when you absorb that, and those developmental years, guess what, you start believing it especially now put it out. And I didn't have the courage to speak up. Brandon Handley 12:14 Yeah, and the 80s You know, I grew up in a suit. Like they weren't kind. They were not. They like yeah, now I think so it's, you know, gratefully for my children a lot. It's better, right as different than than what it was then. But there was there was very few teachers really stopping that from happening to right. Oh, hell, it could be the teachers. Darren Prince 12:37 Back then, like I had a teacher. I won't mention her name, which she's not even alive anymore. US history. 60 kids in the class. I remember like yesterday, and you know, it's a level of psychological trauma, nothing that you know, it's something I've been healed from but you remember it. And she bought the first 90% of the class their test. And I'm in the bath with for six kids. My friend John Angelo gave squirrel joy. I'll never forget my crew, Carmen. And we called ourselves the our only group. People can figure out what word I mean. joking around about it. But again, I'm actually taking this in Stoke, right? Handed everybody else their tests. She's shouts in front of the entire class, I'll get to you guys in the back row with your test in a minute. Let me just take care of everybody else first. And even the tone was speaking to us in a way that we're less than we're not as smart or not as good. And you remember that? Yeah. Here we are. 40 something hours later, and I'll never forget it. Brandon Handley 13:43 For sure. So when you're when you're, you know, drugging when your pill pop and when you're drinking. You're trying to forget that piece of who you are. Darren Prince 13:54 I'm trying to forget that piece of who you are. But I'm also there's a great revelation on Jay Shetty. He's a dear friend of mine. I was at his place on Sunday that I made it to the top. But I'm looking backwards at all the people that said I wasn't going to make it. Usually when you get to the top or somebody to fake top there's a lot of smoke and mirrors still it I didn't feel worthy of being at the top of the industry around the biggest stars in the world. And so my thing was always look backwards. Look at me look at the dumb ugly one to one no doubt that I'm Swanee one that wasn't going to make it look, I mean, I look at it, you know, and it was that way when I was 16. I remember when I would just go to bed at night laughing because my dad was like, you're making more money than most of your friends fathers that are that are lawyers that have real crown like the bed like, you know, celebrating this and Brandon Handley 14:53 what kid wouldn't right at that age for sure. That makes sense. Darren Prince 14:57 And that was all that deep rooted. insecurity that that verbal teasing and just that feeling of less than and, you know, my mom thought it was funny sometimes when she would hear me on the phone like buy and sell this person backwards and forwards and she thought it was hilarious, but it came from a deep place of insecurity and resentment. And I was like, How funny is that this guy is going to go to college mom for the next four years paying off loans for the next 10 years when he gets out, and already have more millions put away and she'd be like, I'm so proud. It wasn't like a corrective thing. I was just, you know, so I think all of that though, when I looked back, it was just such a deep level of brokenness and inadequacy that I just always had approved. And then now here I am at the top of the industry with magic and you know, Ali and Frazier and you know, Pam, Pamela Anderson and Chevy Chase and smokin Joe Frazier. So it's a recipe for disaster, man, you know, and the luck started coming. And I started developing and working out and the girls start comping left and right. I'm just frickin doing whatever the heck I gotta frickin do to uphold this image that my entire class is like, holy shit. Darren prince made it bigger than every single one of us is this world famous agent that's on the sideline of the Superbowl and, you know, backstage passes and walk in the red carpet at the MTV VMAs and all these big award shows, and I just ate it all up. I thought that's what what my calling was meant to be. And, you know, I need I needed a lot of driving force. I needed the expensive sports cars to be driving an Acura NSX, souped up at 21 years old that cost me $200,000 First person to buy a house and you know, the jewelry and the diamond Rolex is and now I look now and this is me. I could go on buy a new Rolex tomorrow. It's not what makes me happy. Brandon Handley 17:00 Sure. For sure. Sure. Well, let's get there. Right, like so where where's the drugs wear off? Right? You realize you'd lost your superpowers on one night, right? You go to pop the oxys and they're not doing what you need them to be doing? What happens then you panic. I mean, what where's it all got panicked. Darren Prince 17:21 I went down to this corporate event in the conference room this ballroom and I couldn't figure out for the life of me what was going on. And the next day the same thing happened and I'm in Florida by myself two days later, and I found a different way to ingest it. That gave me a little bit of a buds I started snorting my oxys my Percocet and my bike and it's, you know, I kind of mostly live that way. For another four or five years had an overdose and Las Vegas came back after that overdose finally in New Jersey, and called an addiction psychiatrist told me I was an opiate addict put me on Suboxone, but never go to a therapist and lie to him like I did because he didn't hit a nail. I was taking Xanax and Valium and mood stabilizers and antidepressants and anxiety. Every anxiety pill that I can get my hands on and snorting Ambien the frog went to bed at night and still drinking a couple of days a week and Mike Mike died awakening came on July 1 As you heard that I yeah, my Uncle Steve made the rest in peace in his own girlfriend Andrea. I was just sick and tired of being sick and tired at the jumping off point. My ego was too big. I'm too important to go to rehab I can't lock myself up for 30 days and she just came into my condo at the time I never met her and it was a godsend. She's like, I've never met you but are you okay? And I told her I told her everything I never had such an honest conversation but the human in my life and I just felt drawn to her. And she looked at me and said devalue an advocate below so manage by see that she could be related to you are powerless and said yes. And she because all this started looking at all the photos on the walls with all the celebrities and awards and different things that I've gotten because none of this means anything because you don't mean anything to yourself. Do you realize that the disease of addiction does not discriminate it doesn't matter for from Park Avenue or park bench or if you've gone to Yale or jail and that broke my soul. And here I am the so called Big Time super agent broke down and cried and she goes it's okay on each because I just celebrated five years sober last week. pulls out a five year coin at her pocket. And she goes Do you want to get sober he wanted to anything that takes us at anything she because you have to put this before everything in your life and occur what it is if you lose the business, you don't want to lose your life but you can do this and I can show you the SOP period so right and was beautiful life. And yeah, she put me on a 36 hour detox plan and that next night was seven o'clock on a Sunday night July 2 I came back from the gym I was living at the Caroline building. I was married man and I came back from the gym. It's my third workout at the gym clinic do everything I can to get the dopamine going and the endorphins and came up I called them I said I can't frickin do this. I'm going to call the doctor I gotta get whatever we got to get my ankle struck Yellin on the other end and said, It's the goddamn disease talking of time, kick the crap out of it. You've been doing this since you were 14 years old. He was in recovery as well. He was back in recovery. He struggled for years until he passed and I said I can't frickin do this because you have to get yourself to a damn meeting, put your hands up and tell these people who are sick and suffering you need help and I hung up the phone ran in the bathroom, I shut the door I'm going from medicine cab and looking for Klonopin or some other non narcotic anxiety meds, take the craving away and out came to Vikings. I don't want to pull bottles, which was just shocking because Simona and on my axe, we spent hours going through other medicine cabinets two days before mine 36 hours before when Andrea said you got to get them all out of the house. You know, I'm weaning them off Suboxone. And I thought it was the gap that that is exactly what I need a man that bloods that God moment in that split second just when I needed. And the miracle happened because I thought on my knees for the first time in my life. I never called up to God like this before. And I've never done it since I pray every single night to him now. And I said God, take the money, take the notoriety of the business, I don't care, I need a single day of freedom to feel like little Darren when I was a young kid again, I'll do whatever it takes. If you take me out of hell. I will spend one day at a time the rest of my life using my platform take another jet with the exact words that I said. And it was like a lightning bolt. Because their shoulder was literally felt like somebody had a blowtorch on it. And I heard in this year as a voice. Say I'd got you and you're ready. And I stood up. And this hand opens and I flushed the opiates left in the living room on to computer there's no Uber back then. And I searched 12 step meetings near me and I found a church. So little ways away in the upper 80s Because it was late at night on Sunday had had an 8pm meeting and jumped right in a taxi cab and I looked up on this gorgeous summer, July 2 2008. I said to myself, Oh my God, for the first time of my life, I wanted to stay sober. More than 100 Get Hired What the heck just happened and I walked into a church basement 150 to 200 addicts, alcoholics that were at once to a hopeless state of mind and later send anybody new coming back sick and suffering or struggling and Sam went right up. And I know, he lifted it. And I came playing in front of a roomful of strangers. And it just came out. I said, I'm sick, I'm suffering. I'm suicide. Amazing life. And I didn't know why I'm doing this myself. But I need you guys help. And, you know, in that moment, I had to get to desperation. And I was crying out to get the power of choice back in my life and these people but it doesn't spiritual brothers and sisters, right after I said that, which was so key, came over to me and started kind of talking to me intimately in a soft tone voice not to disrupt the meeting. And they said, You're in the right place. We've been where you've been. Keep coming. You know, if you aren't what we have, do what we do. Take the car out of yours, put it in her mouth. We will love you before you ever learn how to love yourself. And then the one that was just magical, they said, keep coming to AAA. And don't worry about if you get it, because if you keep showing up. It's gonna get you nice. And that was that I felt in that room during that hour man. A connection that I never felt in my life. Ever Brandon, it was just I've heard things like I do that. Oh my God, that's my oh my god. And it was like, it was like just to add a body experience where no therapist, no drug. I literally felt it was almost like the dark side of me clearing out of my body. Yeah, immersed and obsessed with me and nothing can be for my in person meetings. I did the 99 date. I eventually got my sponsor Steve Delaval who just celebrated 35 years. You know, and once I hit that, probably six month mark because, you know, you're doing pretty good. He goes, I just got to tell you. You want to keep this gift, right? I said yeah, he goes over doing stuff. We're gonna wrap up the steps probably by the end of the first year. I'm not rushing, you throw it because your drug addiction wants to rush, your substitute, Rush. But once we get there, you want to keep this gift that I'm giving you. You better be prepared to give it away. I'd others. And once I started doing that, after that one year more hope and recovery began to heal on the Cleon. Brandon Handley 25:09 I love this and like, I think that, you know, if I looked at this through, you know, part parts of this to just general spirituality, you that part where you, you flushed down the pills, right? You opened yourself up to receive, you know, the higher power, right? You let it come and through and through you, you surrendered, like, you're like I can't do like, I'm not doing this life anymore. And you recognize this like power of choice, I love that you bring up the power of choice, you realize that? Maybe you that had been taken away from you for a moment, were because of your addiction. Right? So being able to say like, I want that back in my life. Yeah. Tell me a little bit about your what? You know, for somebody that's not familiar with step work. Tell me Tell tell the group a little bit about it. Because I think that one part of it, and I'm not a stepper there. And so I just happen to be familiar with the space. And I've gone through the steps without doing the steps, right. So it's really cool to see, like, oh, wow, what I did is in alignment with this thing. So tell the audience a little bit about it. If they're not familiar, Darren Prince 26:30 you have the 12 steps. I actually emailed my girlfriend, Nicolette them a couple of weeks ago. She's young and like anyone at any age, really, but especially young is working on our own clearing and healing and stuff. And my whole point to her was everybody can use these every single day. Yeah, alcohol is only mentioned in the first step for a reason to reason over 212 Step organizations around the globe with an adapted from a built up even talked about created on June 10, in 1935. You know, it's about meeting a powerless, that life has become unmanageable, whatever error that might be. It's about kind of coming to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore you to sanity. It's about taking your own personal inventory. It's about making amends to the people that you've harmed along the way. But also in a way that you don't farm them or others, it's about continuously taking your personal inventory. And when you're wrong, promptly admitted, no matter what area of recovery, you might be in or healing. You have to be vigilant every single day. And then, you know, it's about maintaining that constant contact and whatever that area of recovery or healing that you've attained and achieved giving it somebody else. Yeah. That is the magic. That's what has given me the self esteem. Yeah, that adult due respect I love them to death their dear family friends at this point, magical Ric Flair. Charlie Sheen, Chevy Chase criminal electorate, that young, beautiful people, they never gave it to me. I got it from my spiritual brothers and sisters. And I get it every time I give this away to somebody because I have a God given gift. And I've kept my word. Anybody that works with me sees it. There's not a single day that goes by I still might not get to in person meetings as much as I used to. I'm doing that more I'm still doing zoom meetings, but there's not a single day that I'm not doing something connect with somebody in recovery. You know, I'm on the board of Banyan treatment centers I do whatever I can to scholarship people there. I've gotten people to oaks recover. I've gotten people to know facts house using funds that I've raised from my aiming high foundation, but the greatest thing in the world because I'm not just giving them an opportunity to get a new life I'm helping every single human in their life. The benefit of this person getting their life back. And it's the greatest feeling in the world. I could lose all the money tomorrow and lose the business tomorrow. We don't live in this beautiful place in Brentwood, but I found me found me and the heartbreaking part about all that I've ever lost like I said, it's everybody that's so near and dear to me that I do what I can to take care of and make their lives better financially. I might not have that but Darren Prince could have be all good. I mean, you're gonna speak and at the same Darren friends that was paying found his purpose. Right Brandon Handley 29:33 now. I love that and kind of what you're talking about. There's your, your scene like that image where, you know, one one match strikes and lights and other right. That's what you're doing is helping others to light themselves up and see kind of the truth of who they are the power, the connection that they've got. Darren Prince 29:53 But that when that just one gets finished. I've had so many that have been just mine Long when I see the lights come on in somebody's eyes. Yeah. Brandon Handley 30:08 I mean, that's, that's me. That's when you realize kind of what your purpose is right? Darren Prince 30:11 Obviously with my dear friend Jen Cohen last night just a huge podcast habits and hustle one of the top 10 Business podcasts in the world. There's Mark Cuban, I just know, helped her out. She got him and she said Gary Vee and Eric Thomas and she did a podcast that was out in the Middle East. These guys reached out to Scott Bo Hopkins, for me and her oddly, we had no idea I went to first she went the second I had the entire crew, including the whole, in tears multiple times to the interview, because he had something similar not to drugs in the alcohol, but he understood the brokenness, he understood the looking back, Spencer, the host, and she goes, You have no idea when I got there. I was like, why am I here? While they're talking about is Darren's don't like he had every single one of us in tears. Like, he took us to a different level of accountability and recognizing either flaws or what we've been through, because I think that's what God wants, wants me to do. You know, I'm not afraid to tell people at all mistakes I've made and continue to make, and my character flaws and my character defects because it's a free feeling. Yeah, liberation for 99% of this world. I think it's smoke and mirrors, and everybody's got something out there trying to cover up. You know, me my background Brandon Handley 31:33 right here. I'm trying to cover up my background right now. Darren Prince 31:39 I'm like, Man, I don't know if you put on a little bit of weight to try to buy, just to just to be able to have that for the first time of my life and this type of being made and said, I stomach. I'm not perfect, better quality mistakes lashed out. And this mouth can get me in trouble or texting or emailing. But I'm way better than I've ever been. I tell people try to say what you mean mean what you say don't say we try to scam people, instead of you being understood. I think in the heat of an argument for anybody listening, and you're about to open up your big fat mouth. Don't engage. And it's better to feel alright. And right. If you're 100%, right. The strength is keeping your mouth shut. Don't send that text don't send that email. Because in five or 10 minutes, whatever you're about to explode about forgotten like that. And that's how you build your spiritual relevancy built discipline that to yell at change of character defects to staying in alignment to manifest to your higher self. And I've gotten so good at that again, not perfect. Yeah. But filthy her will hurt me with my mom a handful of times. It's not easy. Sure. My girlfriend, I'll tell you but I am so much better than I've ever been. I'm aware of it. I'm vigilant. I have to weigh out. Take a deep breath. Which is why I'm looking forward to working with you. Be fun battered i Yeah, it could be Brett. Is this worth it was also in recovery. We say we're not doormats. Occasionally. My sponsor stabbed a laptop, my it things have to come out a certain way. Get out. But y'all know if you're right and wrong when you're in recovery. If you have that emotional hangover, there has been times I've had to put people in their place. I'll hang up the phone, go on with my day, not even think twice about it. Sure. Oh, my gosh, I know that it was something that had to be done. So people can understand the way I expect things to be done. Brandon Handley 33:43 For sure. Right. Yeah. I mean, I like that. Not being a doormat part, I think, um, could you help, maybe see, to be of service but not a servant. Right? Because I think a lot of us, especially when we find that we want to be of service, right and go out there. We contend to let ourselves be taken advantage of but again, become more of a servant than off service. Explain a little bit of that, that difference there. Darren Prince 34:11 I think there's a huge difference when I say you got to become selfish, to be selfless. And the truth is, again, we're all trying to better ourselves. We're trying to feel better about ourselves, not externally, internally. So if you allow yourself to not be of service, but be assertive, and you're still not in a place to live in your higher self, you're you're a yes person and you're being told what to do. You're not living the life that you want to live, you're not standing your ground and you know, living the purpose for life, and you have to speak up. You know, sometimes people say, Oh, I'm not motivated by fear. Now that fear is a great motivator. And if you're in a place where uncomfortable, speak up, because the more you express yourself, that's where the growth comes in. But if you allow help people to keep shitting on you and mistreating you, if it's your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife, sister, co worker, what's not gonna do, you're gonna frickin go home and just feel like crap, that's gonna just blow out your self esteem. You know, if the situation's not right, or Hodgson, I'll sit down and talk about it, go to therapy, do whatever you got to do, don't turn a blind eye to it. If you're in a relationship, same thing, if there's a co worker, that that you're not getting along with that, that's just bringing out that bad energy every time you see them, to pull them aside and say something, you know, it's Life's too short. People don't realize at any age, that history teacher that I had, it can happen in your 30s, in your 40s, or 50s. And it's a lot harder to get rid of when you get older. You know, our lives get so busy and so crazy that if you if you take it in, and you don't do something about it, at our age is man, health issues, mental health issues, physical, emotional, spiritual, not worth it. Brandon Handley 36:05 You're all torn up, we're all torn up. This time you say you listen, so you wrote a book called aiming high, you put you put a lot of this information in there. And you've also taken that book and the AMI high notion and you've created a foundation out of that, you want to share a little bit about that, you know, again, kind of going from, you know, this, this center into St. You're, and you know, for those of you that don't know to step 12, is what we taught what you brought up right, Darren Prince 36:34 giving it a spiritual awakening as a result of the six steps. Yeah, we've tried to carry this message to other alcoholics and people that are sick and suffering to practice and all their principles all their affairs. Brandon Handley 36:45 Sure. And so you're doing this now, in part through your aiming high foundation, you will share a little bit about what that group does Darren Prince 36:55 for the foundation combat when I wrote my book in October of 2018, aiming high, which Anna David was my publisher, Chris McGinnis, my brilliant writer, I gotta give her all the glory, even though she gives it to me. She's the one that wrote the masterpiece, within a week and a half became an international bestseller in England, Canada, Australia, and the US. And, you know, we got like the Amazon award and all these great accolades that came from it. But number it was ego driven. I mean, I just knew this was God. You know, given my purpose, and my dad passed you earlier, I told him my in the hospital, I was blessed that he added me back for eight and a half years sober. And I said, if I'm going to touch the world, I'm like this experience of what I had to deal with the past 32 days. And of course, it was 32 days, the last step after we went into the hospital, and our algorithm was Magic Johnson shirts, a number from the Lakers, and so urban like one by Israel, and I thought that was beautiful. And I just looked at him and I was like, you know, I never felt so comfortable during the most uncomfortable time in my life. Like, above up there with Joe and Muhammad, grandma, grandpa, Uncle Joe uncle, and I see you're gonna look down as the daddy, I'm going to touch the world. Not only with this experience, but with this gift, because I need people to understand that you can get food the roughest times in life and not have to drink not after drug not after. And it just took my spirituality to a whole nother level, for sure. And to be able to hold his hand say goodbye. And just He's crazy. I call them GMCs my friend Bruce are that passed away was so near and dear to me, my spiritual brother, couple of years ago used to call them GMCs got managed coincidences. But then two weeks, I got a call that I was going to be honored at New Jersey's largest drug and alcohol rehab center. I invested a ton of money and time into being a professional speaker. I knew this was just going to be a big moment. Not just for me, but to really carry the message to the general public and try to help people and then I went so fantastic. literally the next day to rehab got a call because the extreme that on Facebook from Dr. Oz's executive producer that they want on Dr. Oz The next day was Charles Schwab area when city went on Dr. Oz talked about recovery with Darryl and do an incredible job themselves. And literally right after Dr. Oz I got a call from Roanoke. Perhaps it was Donald Trump's executive assistant forever I think she's still got them Donald Trump is a dear friend from Celebrity Apprentice from having Dennis Rodman on their brand new Roderick a bunch of clients. I did a bunch of work with them. I got to see a different side zone because it was a sweetheart loyal always do an ad to the rehab center gal is that and they want to me at the White House. Wow. Frickin things for him to sign this $8 billion opiate epidemic Bill, you know, to start talking to teens around the country and I'd say you know, this is unbelievable. And then my dad always wants me to write a book Brandon and I just I didn't Feel comfortable writing about the HMI. I always take a lot of my stories out there between me and my my loved ones that I foster my clients myself and I met Anna David on Instagram one day, a few months after that. And I guess she saw something about, you know, a hashtag recovery and the White House and opiate epidemic. And somehow we linked up and I saw her that December of 2017, which was probably about eight or nine months after my dad passed and talking or just checking in with you, because your story is unbelievable, because you know, I'm in recovery. I was like, I had no idea. Because I've been in recovery, I read a couple of best selling books, I think it's time you write one. Because I have the angle. I know you said your dad always wants to do right when she goes take people on a fly on the wall journey of what it's like to be the agents most iconic stars of all time, like you went deep into health care side. And we looked at each other with tears. I said, That's it. That's powerful. That's hot. And so anyway, when the book came out, and I did so many speaking engagements, and I noticed that there was opportunities, very limited. And that short window of people that actually had such a deep connection with there was high school kids Did someone come over to me put their hands up during the q&a, where I knew I had an opportunity right then and there to help. There was adult audience, Gallows corporations, where people were just, they had that moment of clarity. And I'm like, I need to start a foundation. And because if I can grab somebody, and their lights come on in that moment, and they can afford it, and I could say, I could help you, right? Go home, pack your bag of a car company get you, it's gonna take you treatment center tonight, to check your work to get the life you deserve. And that's how even high Foundation came about. Brandon Handley 41:52 That's awesome. That's awesome. So I mean, you you you've gone from, you know, this kind of this broken, scared person, even though you had massive success came crumbling all down. And now you know, you've rebuilt yourself. And I always always look at spirituality is you recognize the truth of who you are personally, right? Like, I mean, you see the core of who you are. And you're looking now to help others to find that in themselves through AAA and through your foundation through the work. Darren Prince 42:23 And my friend Jen and I were laughing last night, I would say I didn't, I didn't get sober writing, you hide and make money. I didn't do it to build my brand, which I think just by default, you know, business is better than ever. I am a consultant with Ben and I help people, you know, get a, you know, get in there when I can't afford it. i I'm part of a it's an incredible group now bridge therapeutics that has this revolutionary 100 time better suboxone that hits the system, and 10 seconds when suboxone when I was on, it took 15 minutes. And I'm a voice for them. And I know it's gonna, you know, get people off methadone. And like, all these blessings that I've been a part of, because, you know, I've had that I've had the foundation in my business. But, you know, like Jay Shetty, and I was talking about now I had no idea that a byproduct was just the agency life. God knew all along the values ready. You know, Hong Kong, and he says an expression, he came into testimony for the back of my book that was so powerful and said, you know, July 2 2008, brother us God for the blessing. And he said, you've come to me correct. Now it's time to make your blessing to others. Brandon Handley 43:43 Yeah. Love it, man. And it's like, just like you said, you know, I was looking at, you know, the universe provides before you need the things right. So the universe kind of Gates gave you this agency and this platform so that like, when you got to this space, now you're able to leverage that to do what it is that you're doing right now. Exactly. That's awesome. There. Now what's next for you, man? What do you you know, where are you headed? What's going on? Darren Prince 44:12 I'm low on the travel for the next three weeks. Thanks, God me, my girl, her mom and my mom. Both of our moms are flying out for Thanksgiving just laying low. We have so much great business stuff going on. But you know, for me the stuff that really gets me excited is recovery. Get back out there and speak and again and you know, write my next book, which should be next year, raising whatever money I came from our foundation like I said bridge therapeutics, you know, I just can't wait to get this thing out to all the treatment centers and people that are suffering and you know, Banyan would probably have another you know, gala coming up for Banyan next year fundraiser. I just that's the stuff that really gets me excited. I mean, I got my dog on a personal override and I still up on my life. It's football season. Hopefully my Los Angeles chargers can turn Turn it around their records, okay, but they stink, they're all banged up and injured. So I do what I can to get my own personal enjoyment of time to check out and you know, with my girl and her dog and, you know, work out five days a week, still taking care of myself and nice. That's it. But I think, you know, it all comes into alignment when I put this first and when I help people. Brandon Handley 45:22 Yeah, I love that too, you know, that this is first for you. And I think that that's very profound. And hopefully that's something that some others take away as well. Man, I appreciate you coming in here. Like I said, we kind of bumped into each other Novak's house. And I you know, wanted to have you on Bill to share this story with some other people. I appreciate you being on World Darren Prince 45:44 Cup on Saturday. What's that? We're gonna wake up on Saturday. Brandon Handley 45:49 That's right. 100% Yeah, man, I'm looking forward to it. I you know, I think it'd be even. That's exciting. That's exciting for me that you're interested and the work that that I've been doing over there has been just kind of so makes me feel good, right? Kind of like the way it's what you're talking about. You can go there and get some people to see and connect with themselves and put some type of gap in between this anxiety that are feeling right and let go everything around them and just being able to do that for a moment, especially as they're making this transition from off the street. Some of these guys. I mean, these Darren Prince 46:29 are fresh. Exactly. Brandon Handley 46:31 Give them that for a moment. Man. This last one was super powerful, very excited. But again, man looking forward to us this coming week and we can and this has been a lot of fun. Darren so thank you. Thanks for where's that some people to find out more about you? How can they contribute? How where can people go to Darren Prince 46:48 follow me on Instagram at agent underscore DEP. The Foundation website is aiming high foundation dot work. Got my own personal site Official Darren prince.com. And for people that are intrigued by the agent life and whatnot, the business side is print marketing group.com Awesome. Thanks, Dan. All right. You got it. Excellent. I Intro Guy 47:15 really hope you enjoyed this episode of the spiritual dough podcast. Stay connected with us directly through spiritual dove.co. You can also join the discussion on Facebook, spiritual dough, and Instagram and spiritual underscore Joe. If you would like to speak with us, send us an email Brandon at spiritual dove.co And as always, thank you for cultivating your mindset and creating a better reality. This includes the most thought provoking part of your day. Don't forget to like and subscribe to stay fully up to date. Until next time, be kind to yourself and trust your intuition. Transcribed by https://otter.ai

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Nick Wingo - Gateway to Breathwork and Healing

Spiritual Dope

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 41:27

Nick is able to share his story of being a firefighter, which has taught him many core values, such as gratitude, resilience, intuition, and tenacity. These values have allowed him to persevere through difficult times and find his true identity. Through my struggles and hardships he has learned that it is possible to overcome and find joy in life. He is now dedicated to helping others and provides an open ear to anyone in need. Enjoyed the episode? Find out more about Nick here : https://nickwingo.com/aboutnickwingo Summary Introduction of the episode. 0:00 Spiritual Tip of the day. 0:43 The importance of opening up to help. 2:40 When you go digging for gold, you're not digging for dirt. 7:55 How did you deal with death? 11:38 How vulnerable did you feel when you needed help? 17:49 Let's look at the light. 20:28 How did you get into the world of breathwork? 25:30 The feedback from the men. 29:39 The importance of marriage and marriage. 36:26

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Summer Summary : Introduction of My next Guest!!!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 9:10

WOW WOW WOW!!! What a summer for our family! Change is a constant part of the ex-pat's life. Adapt or perish is a concept that remains at the forefront of this lifestyle. Was yalls summer as crazy as mine!!!??? Quick listen of my summer summary and intro of my next fabulous guest!

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HPR3462: Metal marbles.

Hacker Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021

Title: Metal marbles. Summary: Introduction of host, with reference to semantic playgrounds. Link to the rust converter recipe, which I found to be cheaper, and more sprayable than buckets of gel or paint-like substances which you might find elsewhere: https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/tannic-acid-rusted-iron-artifacts.html In case that link moves, search for tannic acid rust converters, then choose your buffers. Email: hpr@spoons.one Mastodon, though very very rarely: @one_of_spoons@hispagatos.space

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Live video marketing with Melanie Howe

Wenstrom Bible Ministries

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 44:42 Transcription Available

#091 - In this episode of Subscription Box Basics, Julie is joined by Melanie Dyann Howe to talk about live video marketing.Mel is a self-proclaimed tech junkie who shows you how to look and sound like a pro without breaking the budget and getting over the overwhelm of tech and software.Summary:Introduction of Melanie Howe (00:01:52)Why should we go live? (00:09:36)What do we talk about when we go live? (00:11:57)Recommended tech for newbies (00:27:52)What to do about fear? (00:34:29)Links:50 Facebook Live Ideas: https://www.melaniedyann.com/fifty Melanie's website: https://www.melaniedyann.comMelanie's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MelanieDyannDIY Marketing with Melanie Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DIYMarketingWithMelanieStreamYard: https://streamyard.com?fpr=julieball

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Exodus 28.1-14-Summary Introduction To The Chapter Followed By Instructions Regarding The Ephod

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 86:15

Journey Through The Bible Series: Exodus 28:1-14-Summary Introduction To The Chapter, Followed By Instructions Regarding The Ephod-Lesson # 34

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Exodus 28.1-14-Summary Introduction To The Chapter Followed By Instructions Regarding The Ephod

Bill Wenstrom

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 86:15

Journey Through The Bible Series: Exodus 28:1-14-Summary Introduction To The Chapter, Followed By Instructions Regarding The Ephod-Lesson # 34

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Behind the Scenes with Duffy of The Ballroom Box - BBP

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 26:52 Transcription Available

#084 - In this episode of Subscription Box Basics, Julie is joined by one of her students from Subscription Box Bootcamp Duffy Betterton of the Ballroom Box.Duffy together with her mom Debi co-founded the Ballroom Box, a subscription box designed to inspire and equip dancers. Tune in as Duffy shares her story of launching the Ballroom Box in the middle of the pandemic. Summary:Introduction of Duffy Betterton and the Ballroom Box (00:02:29)Launch Story (00:07:00)Biggest challenge in starting the Ballroom Box (00:10:46)Hosting an online community and Facebook group (00:17:54)Favorite thing about being in the subscription industry (00:20:49)Advice to new and aspiring subscription box owners (00:23:44)Links:Box Business Plan Workshop: https://www.boxbusinessplan.com/waitlistSubscription Box Bootcamp IG: https://www.instagram.com/subscriptionboxbootcampThe Ballroom Box: https://ballroombox.meThe Ballroom Box IG: https://www.instagram.com/ballroomboxThe Ballroom Box Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ballroombox

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Behind the Scenes with Jenn of Mama Needs

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 37:28 Transcription Available

#073 - Julie is joined by Jenn Collins of Mama Needs Subscription Box which is a box curated especially for Mamas with gifts, tools for self-care, and even simple ideas to make self-care a habit. Jenn is a star student of Subscription Box Bootcamp and one of the first cohort of Sell More Boxes.Tune in to hear Jenn's journey from launching to scaling Mama Needs subscription box. Summary:Introduction of Jenn and Mama Needs (00:01:16)The biggest challenge at launch (00:17:50)Favorite thing about the subscription box industry (00:24:20)Tips for aspiring subscription box owners (00:30:02)Experience with Sell More Boxes program (00:31:54)Links:Mama Needs Subscription Box website: https://mamaneedsbox.comMama Needs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamaneedsboxMama Needs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mamaneedsboxMama Needs Podcast: https://www.mamaneedspodcast.com/podcastSparkle Hustle Grow: http://sparklehustlegrow.com

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Behind the Scenes with Eric Musick of Louis and Lea