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In this episode, I share tips on how to stay awake and engaged during sermons. I emphasize the importance of going to bed early on Saturday nights, preparing ahead by reading the passage of Scripture, arriving early to find a comfortable seat, and actively participating in worship through singing. It also helps if listeners to expect to be challenged and changed, take notes, plan to discuss the sermon later, sit near the front, bring a physical Bible, and avoid distractions. By following these tips, you can get the most out of sermons and have a deeper encounter with God's Word. Takeaways Go to bed at a decent time on Saturday nights to ensure you are well-rested for Sunday morning worship. Prepare ahead by reading the passage of Scripture and praying for understanding. Arrive early to find a comfortable seat and engage in the entire worship service. Actively participate in worship through singing, awakening your senses and mind. Expect to be challenged and changed by the Word of God. Take notes during the sermon to enhance your understanding and create a reference for later reflection. Plan to discuss the sermon later, either in a life group or with family and friends. Sit near the front to better focus and engage with the sermon. Bring a physical Bible to minimize distractions from mobile devices. Avoid distractions and be mindful of creating a distraction-free environment during the sermon.

Collectively we are all going through a rebalancing of masculine and feminine energies, not only in what it means to be a man or a woman, but what it means to be human. We are just moving into rebalancing this energy so masculine and feminine energies can be in flow together. While women struggle to find their place in the masculine energy, men struggle to fit into more feminine things, such as being vulnerable or pursuing more creative endeavors that may feel less manly. This is not a time to be discouraged. We are all longing for belonging and connection. This episode is about questioning the old paradigms and rules. Today's caller, Jake, thinks he is stuck, but from my point of view he is at a crossroads. Will he continue to let old programming and belief systems drive him, or will he make a commitment to move past the fear of old paradigms, and step into his full potential? During the call, I didn't want to take Jake down the road of investigating his past, because he had already spent too much time analyzing the past and worrying about the future. Jake said he had an easy-going upbringing without a lot of drama or trauma. Often, feeling that degree of comfort as a child makes it harder to take risks as an adult, because we don't have enough experiential evidence to recover from failure, risks, and things that scare us. We have to stop asking ourselves why, why, why. We don't have to self-analyze ourselves to death. We need to be aware of the patterns and self-limiting beliefs, so we can shift them. We all need to step up into our full potential, and not allow outdated paradigms hold us back. Men, it is ok to be vulnerable, to talk about your doubts, and to admit to confusion about who you are, and how to find your purpose.   Consider/Ask Yourself: ● Are you a man, or with a man, who is questioning his career path or purpose? ● Is fear something that is stopping you? ● Do you relate to sabotaging yourself?   Jake 's Question: Jake feels drawn toward another career change. He wants to know how to get out of his own head to move forward.   Jake 's Key Insights and Aha's: ● He is sabotaging himself. ● He has competing intentions. ● He has a propensity to not follow through. ● He battles with fear and low self-worth. ● He has time management issues. ● He has created motion toward what he wants by putting himself out there. ● He is afraid he won't live up to his full potential.   How to Get Over It and On With It: ● He should invest in a coach. ● He should read The Way of the Superior Man, by David Deida, and other personal development books. ● He should work on shifting his belief system and get clear about what his vision is. ● Over the next 40 days, he should do 10 things that get him out of his comfort zone. ● He should make a schedule for himself and stick to it.   Assignments and Takeaways: ● Go out and engage in behavior which pulls you out of your comfort zone, to develop trust in yourself. ● Commit to rewiring your brain. Visit NeuroGym to learn more. ● Stop obsessing about what you think is a liability. ● Show up fully for yourself, be your own word. Make commitments and don't break them. If you do break them, re-negotiate and start again.   Resources: Christine Hassler - Book a session to be on the show! Christine Hassler Podcasts Christine Hassler Free E-book Find me on Snapchat @chrishassler @christinhassler on Twitter @christinehassler on Instagram Christine@christinehassler.com NeuroGym

How much pain are you experiencing because you feel less than warm and secure in your own home? If you feel like your family life has turned into a battlefield or that being in a blended family is non-stop fighting, this episode is for you. Dr. Patty Ann Tublin joins the show today to share from her wealth of knowledge as a relationship, communication, and emotional intelligence expert. Listen in as she shares ways for your family to break free from the cycle of screaming and yelling at each other. Her insight into helping your kids to get along better is incredibly valuable, and she provides tools to help you manage your family better. You will walk away with actionable and WORKING ways to make your home a peaceful place again. 0:56 – 7:53 - Who Patty is and her expertise in successful relationships. 7:54 – 13:45 – Where to go when you're feeling disconnect and tension in your home life. 13:45 – 17:45 -  The difference between the romantic relationship and the family relationship working or not working. 17:55 – 29:29 – Setting boundaries and the security that comes with that. 29:30 – 37:24 – How to manage time and feeling like there's just not enough. 37:25 – 43:15 – The importance of empathy and connection when parenting imperfectly. 43:16 – 49:35 – Patty's book on entrepreneurship and how she navigated business and children. 49:36 – 101:32 – Finding the right way to do things and communicating well verbally and non-verbally. Takeaways: Go into a blended family situation with aligned (and realistic) expectations. The romantic relationship often becomes a casualty of a blended family not working. You need boundaries and alignment on rules and expectations. It's important to communicate about things that bother you. Be clear on who you are, what you want, what your core values are, and how you live them out. Parent imperfectly with connection and empathy. Do what works for YOUR life and don't get wrapped in what other people think is the “right way.” Quotes: “The perfect storm comes whenever it feels like it.” – Dr. Patty Ann Tublin “Pull yourself out emotionally, and your partner, and tell them you need to have a talk about expectations.” – Dr. Patty Ann Tublin “The pace of the world is like a squirrel on crack cocaine. We have the responsibility to set our pace, and if we don't, we've abdicated that to someone else.” – Dr. Patty Ann Tublin 3 Interesting Clips: 12:04 - 13:10 – Where to start when you see signs of trouble and how to go into a blended family. 18:35 – 19:01 – What to do when rules and expectations in different homes don't align. 22:34 – 23:00 – What to do when you “didn't sign up for this.” 49:37 – 50:33 – How to do it the “right way.” Links: Dr. Patty Ann Tublin: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Not Tonight Dear, I've Got A Business To Run! by Dr. Patty Ann Tublin Money Can Buy You Happiness by Dr. Patty Ann Tublin Text us: 760-389-3722 Send us an anonymous letter Subscribe & Review on Apple Podcasts! Are you subscribed to our podcast? If not, we would strongly suggest you do. This way you won't miss a thing! Subscribe here: Everything Always And now for the pretty please with a Bordeaux Maraschino Cherry on top. We would be so incredibly grateful if you left us a review on for Everything Always as well. This will help other parents and families like you find our podcast. Plus, it's fun for Mike and I to sit and read them together on date night! Just click here, click open in Apple, select “Ratings and Reviews”, tell us your favorite moment and best take away and we will send a huge cyber hug and kiss right to you! Find the Everything Always Podcast wherever you listen! Apple Podcasts  acast Pocketcasts ListenNotes Spotify player.fm

In this day and age of social media and the internet, a lot of people seem to have no respect for intellectual property. They will just take someone else's words, content and or ideas and slap their name on a quote card and call it their own. They believe that if they alter it slightly, even just by one word and then attribute it to themselves, then they're good to go. Sometimes they'll even teach entire concepts word for word without ever giving attribution. In fact, there's a few successful people who've made a lot of money in the coaching and entrepreneurial world on the backs of people who came before them that they give no credit to. Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we're talking about having integrity and not plagiarizing someone else's work. Or as I like to simply say… “Don't steal sh*t!” It's really not that complicated. Having the integrity to acknowledge your teachers or where you get information from doesn't take anything away from your intelligence or reputation. In fact, it works in your favor and shows that you're confident enough in your own wisdom and lived experience, to not be afraid to let people know about your mentors, teachers or other brilliant friends who you've learned from or are also doing great work in the world!   KK's Takeaways: Go & Steal Someone Else's Work?! (3:20) Be, Do, Have (7:30) There Are Exceptions (13:48) Live Their Lives Backwards (18:05) Who Am I Being? (21:46) Karen Kenney is a Certified https://www.karenkenney.com/spiritual-mentoring (Spiritual Mentor), Certified Hypnotist, writer, speaker, and the host of https://www.karenkenney.com/podcast (The Karen Kenney Show Podcast). She's also the founder of https://www.karenkenney.com/nest (THE NEST), a powerful & practical online spiritual membership, mentorship & community. She's been a student & guide of A Course in Miracles for close to three decades, a certified yoga teacher for 20+ years and is a longtime practitioner of Passage Meditation. She's also a certified Gateless Writing Instructor, transformational retreat leader and has been an “accidental entrepreneur” for over 20 years. KK grew up in Lawrence & Boston, MA, and graduated from Boston University with a degree in Communications. She's known for her storytelling, her sense of humor and her no BS approach to Spirituality. It's part of Karen's calling to help people rewrite their old stories, shift their perception from fear to Love, and deepen their connection to Self, Source & Spirit! She calls this transformational work, Your Story to Your Glory and it lights her up to see how putting this “down to earth” Divine alchemy into action, helps people to feel more empowered, happy, grateful and peaceful in their everyday lives! A sought-after speaker, spiritual teacher, and wicked fun guest for podcasts, live events, group retreats and mastermind programs, Karen's been invited to speak & teach on various platforms, stages & retreat centers across the country, including leading four weeklong workshops at the https://www.eomega.org/workshops/teachers/karen-kenney (Omega Institute for Holistic Studies).

You may have loved public speaking from a young age. But it's more than likely that you learned to love it over time. Of course, you may still be at the liking stage with loving it still a ways off. In any case, you'll understand and appreciate my guest's journey from hating public speaking to embracing it. Tune in as Ruth Rotkowitz talks about her experience and shares tips about preparing to deliver engaging messages.   Takeaways - Go from fearing to embracing public speaking - The number one thing to keep in mind - A different use for index cards - How music speaks to people and can help you connect - Use speaking engagements to promote your book   Resource - RuthsWhale.com - Ruth's books, Escaping the Whale and The Whale Surfaces are available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/ruthrotkowitz

This episode is about looking inside and healing unresolved issues. Today's caller, Sarah, went through a breakup and is having a hard time letting it go. We work through how when we don't have our needs met as children we may fumble with our needs as an adult. If you are not going through a breakup right now you will relate to this conversation if you have ever tried to fix something in your life that was not working.   [For show notes, go here: Christinehassler.com/episode307]   Often, we attempt to work out our childhood wounds through dating and relationships. Unconsciously, we look for someone like mom or dad and think — oh this feels familiar. And, we confuse familiarity for love. But they are not the same thing. That is why we sometimes feel scared to do unfamiliar things. Because we confuse unfamiliarity with not being safe.   We try to heal our childhood by drawing in people who remind us of it. This creates issue-based relationships that become addictive. We are looking for a relationship to fix the issue rather than doing self-honoring, internal work. When we do the work we avoid attracting those kinds of relationships in the first place.   Sometimes we have the expectation that we have to have a certain personality or be a certain way. When we are in our pain, we do not like the pain and we don't like ourselves in the pain. And, judgment of ourselves and our process only slows us down. It makes things worse. Healing happens when we accept the phase we are in.   In a relationship, we all need total honesty, trust, loyalty, intimacy, and someone to hear us and see us without gas-lighting us.   Would you like to win a free 30-minute (unaired) session with me? To add your name to the drawing, leave a rating and review in your podcast listening app. When the review posts take a screenshot and upload it to ChristineHassler.com/review. I'll choose the winner in the first week of August.   Consider/Ask Yourself Do you have a hard time letting go of things even when you know you're supposed to but you just can't seem to let go? Did you grow up in a house where you didn't feel securely attached? Maybe your parents were emotionally unavailable, unpredictable, or there was chaos in your house? Have you ever been in a situation where you feel like the situation itself makes you needier? You look at a relationship, career, or friendship and don't even recognize yourself because of some of your behaviors. Do you feel like you have done a lot of work and you have a lot of awareness but you find yourself in the same position over and over?   Sarah's Question: Sarah is having difficulty letting go of a relationship and feels like she should be doing better.   Sarah's Key Insights and Ahas: Her breakup happened three weeks ago. She is setting unrealistic expectations. She felt insecure in the relationship. She is grasping for the relationship. Her parents did not meet her needs as a child. She didn't feel emotionally safe in the relationship. She did not feel enough as a child. She's done a lot of work and is aware of her parents' shortcomings. She continues to repeat past patterns. She is holding anger and resentment toward her parents.   How to Get Over It and On With It: Grieve the death of what she wanted her parents to be. Allow little Sarah to express her hurt and anger. Ask the universe for the resources to help her heal. Realize the relationship came in because she is ready to go deeper.   Takeaways: Go back to the little girl, little boy, or little one inside and allow yourself to get super clear about what you wanted from your parents that you never got and that you are more than likely never ever going to get and allow yourself to grieve it. Let go of trying to fix a relationship, the way you look, a job, or a friendship. Stop looking out and look in. That is always where the healing is.   Sponsor: ShipStation — Do you have an online business and want to reliably ship things without micromanaging the process. ShipStation software tracks all of your shipments in one easy-to-use interface. Over and On With It listeners can try ShipStation for free for 60-days by using the offer code 'OVERIT'. Go to ShipStation.com and click on the microphone at the top of the page to let Shipstation help your business grow and thrive.   Resources: Christine Hassler — Join the Free Over It and On With It Community Christine Hassler Podcasts Including Coaches Corner Christine on Facebook Expectation Hangover, by Christine Hassler @ChristinHassler on Twitter @ChristineHassler on Instagram @SacredUnionCouples on Instagram Assist@ChristineHassler.com — Males who want to be on the show Jill@ChristineHassler.com — For information on any of my services Get on the Waitlist to be coached on the show. Get on the list to be notified about the upcoming certification program for coaches.

This is a call about releasing anger to find passion and calm. Today’s caller, Kirsten, is feeling anxious about what comes next for her. She is a stay-at-home mom who has fallen into the trap of looking for something external to relieve something internal. But as you know, something external never fixes or resolves what’s going on internally. [For show notes go here: Christinehassler.com/episode238] For many of us, we are so busy being ‘human doings’ that we forget about being human beings. And during this time when we are staying at home, we have an opportunity to come face-to-face with who we really are because we are less distracted. I encourage you, during this time, to go within and delve into nothingness and see what comes up. That's why my Mastery course is such a good investment at this time. This is the perfect time to do your inner work. Our passion and our true calling often reside underneath our anger. If we haven’t addressed our anger, especially as women who tend not to let it out, it is hard to find our passion. And, passion and purpose is a juicy, fiery energy. What we think we want to do often comes from a place of conditioning. But when we release the energy of compassion, we open up the second chakra of our body and when we pull the anger out all of the passion opens up. Releasing anger in a healthy way, as in Expectation Hangover, basically it is finding a safe space. It is important that we voice our feelings at our parents in particular, not at them directly but in a therapeutic way. They don’t need to know about it. In our effort to protect them, we suppress our feelings. When we get the anger out, let it go and eventually get to forgiveness, real forgiveness, then we can have healthier relationships with our parents. It is important to release our anger, release our sadness and to get our energy up and moving so it doesn’t turn into anxiety, fear, pain, or disease. Would you like to work directly with me? I have two Private Client spots open. Email Jill@ChristineHassler.com for more information. Join Stef and me three to five times per week, as we guide you through breathwork to release stress and fear, meditation to shift your state, and then answer your questions to support you. Visit ChristineHassler.com/freecall and allow us to support you. Stefan and I will be hosting our second ‘Be the Queen’ virtual teaching and coaching in April. The program for women seeking to call in an amazing, conscious relationship includes nine calls, a Facebook group, Facebook Lives, and a bonus live event in September. Christinehassler.com/bethequeen/   Consider/Ask Yourself: Are you wondering what’s next? Are you returning to the work environment or reevaluating what you want to be doing? Did you have a parent who had a temper but maybe it wasn’t directed at you so you could see their loving side so you don’t think it impacted you? Do you have a hard time feeling and expressing anger in a healthy way? Or, do you feel guilty about acknowledging your anger at someone you love because you feel protective of that person? How do you deal in calm when there is nothing to do? Does anxiety get triggered when you don’t know what is next?   Kirsten’s Question: Kirsten feels lost and is trying to find herself now that her kids are getting older.   Kirsten’s Key Insights and Ahas: She is married with two children. She worries about where her worth and value will come from in the future. Her identity is based on her being a wife and mother. She was financially self-reliant from a very young age. She is not fond of relying on her husband for money. Her father had a temper and was aggressive with other family members. She feels anger toward her parents but is very protective of her father. She felt unsettled as a child.   How to Get Over It and On With It: She should read 20-Something, 20-Everything: A Quarter-life Woman's Guide to Balance and Direction, by Christine Hassler. She needs to work toward true forgiveness toward her father. She needs to practice release writing and start the sentences with “I am angry because…” She should read Expectation Hangover and join my Personal Mastery course.   Assignments and Takeaways: Go back and listen to Coaches Corner with Nicole Sachs on how emotions create chronic pain in our body.  If you are in your twenties or early thirties, grab a copy of 20-Something, 20-Everything for women or 20-Something Manifesto: Quarter-Lifers Speak Out About Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Get It, by Christine Hassler. Re-read Expectation Hangover or join me in my Personal Mastery course. Get $200 off by using the promo code ‘HEALTH’ and take advantage of the monthly payment plan. Don’t be afraid to follow any feelings of nervousness or anxiety into bigger feelings that reside underneath them. You will find your passion and calm.    Resources: Christine Hassler — Join the Free Over It and On With It Community Christine Hassler Podcasts Including Coaches Corner Christine on Facebook Expectation Hangover, by Christine Hassler @ChristinHassler on Twitter @ChristineHassler on Instagram Assist@ChristineHassler.com Jill@ChristineHassler.com — For information on any of my services.

Melissa Carmon is the Bolt Gallery featured artist for February and March 2019. She joined us on Sunday to talk about her series of portraits titled Eternal Color, what eternal echoes reach from their lives to ours, and how we might go with all of it.   SONGS WE SANG Brother by The Brilliance Too Proud by Enter The Worship Circle How Beautiful by Mosaic Build My Life by Housefires   TAKEAWAYS Go where you go, but go differently.   BENEDICTION A Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

In this episode of the Health, Fitness and Lifestyle Show Gavin Gillibrand and Luke Grainger look at tips, tricks and tactics to avoid overeating when you are out for dinner. ‘taste and savour whatever you are eating. Enjoy it. Try and draw as much as you can from the taste. Try and find as many tastes and flavours in there as you possibly can and just slow down, look up, have a conversation, as questions. Just slow the hell down.' – Luke Grainger. 00:27 – Gavin welcomes us to the show. 00:53 – Gavin explains that the idea for the show came from one of his clients. 02:26 – Gavin talks about what he would do if he was trying to get lean. 03:03 – Gavin explains what he has found with his clients who get the best results. 03: 27 – Gavin creates a scenario and he and Luke consider what tips that person could be given. Do not hang out as often with people who are going to be detrimental to your goals. Don't give into the temptation of what is sitting there and what other people are doing. 06:25 – Gavin talks about calorie deficits and surplus. 06:40 – Gavin's top tip: Skip breakfast and have a very low-calorie lunch. 09:33 – Gavin talks about considering the weekly calorie intake. 11:35 – Gavin brings it back to tips that you can use during the meal. Make sure that you are not ravenous. Have a protein shake before. 12:25 – Gavin backtracks and talks about times when his top tip has backfired. 14:00 – Luke suggests mashing up both his and Gavin's tips. 15:20 – Gavin suggests another tip. 15:50 – Gavin brings up Alan Aragon and what he suggests (https://alanaragon.com) 17:25 – Gavin continues to talk about the myth of the affect of drinking water when eating. 17:50 – Luke talks about water and appetite. 19:26 – Gavin talks about why he goes out for dinner and what he does in preparation. 20:43 – Luke talks about his eating habits. Chew 32 times per mouthful. Put down your knife and fork down with every mouthful. Do not load up your fork or spoon before you have finished what is in your mouth. Taste whatever you are eating. 27:27 – Gavin tells a quick story about getting fish and chips when he was little. 30:04 – Luke tells a story about going out for lunch with a client. 32:00 – Gavin and Luke decide to wrap it up. The Takeaways: Go light on breakfast or have no breakfast whatsoever on the day of the outing. Go moderate on the lunch on the day of the outing, Do not eat the bread – send it back. Have a protein shake on route to the restaurant. Be mindful. Chew your food 32 times per mouthful. Put your cutlery down after every mouthful. Do not load up your fork or spoon until you have finished your mouthful. Taste and savour what you are eating. Enjoy it. Drink water before, during and after your meal. Research Alan Aragon. Intro Music: Au5 - Closer ft. Danyka Nadeau https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/closer   Contact us: @mrlukegrainger. Search Gavin Gillibrand.    

In today’s episode Nicholas sits down with Peng Joon and there are so many epic takeaways. Peng and Nicholas talk about focusing on your strengths while shying away from You're Weaknesses, Peng shares how he has produced tens of millions of dollars without hopping on any sales calls. He has spoken on many stages with thought leaders like Tony Robbins, Richard Branson and so many more!   Timestamped: [ 01:21 ] Living Out of a Suitcase [ 02:21 ] Tony Sanders, a Pen Name [ 10:18 ] Mastering Your Market [ 16:26 ] The Equation for Success [ 22:34 ] Building with Focus [ 28:10 ] Bombing for Success [ 33:57 ] Results are What You Make [ 41:14 ] Scaling   Takeaways: Go into a market that actually matters to you. went to a market that actually made, that made me excited every single day. And I think that many times when people start an online business, they go into a market where they think it's a great market because it makes them money. Then take a look at every single market, no matter how crazy you think that market is. Understand that right now in today's world there is somebody that's crushing it, making millions of dollars from it. No matter how weird you think that market is or even if it was a serious market like real estate or investing a four x, the truth is there is somebody in the market that has it figured out, figured out in terms of what the funnels look like in terms of the price point in front, in terms of the offer, in terms of the traffic, where to buy traffic from, how the ads look like, and now it's just about starting off and using that as a benchmark. Lots of copy, but to model what works so that you can separate and differentiate yourself from that offer. That's making millions of dollars online and that would be the next. Practice. I think we’ve got to understand that most people who look at someone who has mastered a certain skill look at them as Person who has mastered it because of genetics or this person was born with this gift, this talent. Most people only look at a result and say, ah. But the truth is in entrepreneurship, every single skill set, including speaking is a learnable, trainable skill. All you have to ask yourself is, “are we willing to be bad at something in order to be good at something?” The truth is, if you accept that struggles and failures are just part of the success equation, then that's how you can get past that initial hurdle of being bad at something. If you want to sell them stages, understand that right now all it takes is practice. What's our end goal? Once you know that you will see that it means underneath that umbrella it would be things like wanting facebook ads, social media, speaking, closing, running live events. All that we're putting out there today is based upon that belief. We aren’t going to spend our time and focus bullying up things even if it could potentially generate an additional six figures because I know for sure the one thing that is costing my business is focused, is losing focus. There are many times when I thought like this would be a great way to make more money. When a person is starting out and you've got bills to pay, it could be very enticing too, you know, want to do that thing that makes you a couple thousand dollars million, pay off the bills. Know that long-term that is not sustainable because as long as we're focused on tactics and not a strategy, it's going to be really tough to scale and evolve because tactics and platforms will always change over time.   Resources: The Billion Dollar Brotherhood Business Cheat Sheet

In this episode, we talk about the key to differentiation as you learn how manufacturers can achieve differentiation. Ideas, suggestions, and examples abound in this podcast episode of Manufacturing Marketing Matters. Guest: Andrea Olson, Founder & CEO Prag’madik, Author of No Disruptions - The New Future for Mid-Market Manufacturing Highlights: "Marketing is about communicating, positioning and perception" [3:00] When you ask your customers about how they perceive your differentiation or position, be sure to maintain objectivity, sometimes a 3rd party is best.[5:00] You can get differentiation on features and benefits if you have a huge, unlimited marketing budget, but it can be a bit disingenuous. [7:20] Perceptions are built over time. Andrea shares an interesting and relevant case study about Dominos Pizza. [10:20] Differentiation is the responsibility of all leaders and all functions within the organization. [16:10] If you want to be better at differentiation, first take a look at the current customer experience. [18:20] You can achieve a differentiated position with a comprehensive marketing program that offers helpful, useful content. [20:30] Interview Questions: Question 1 –  First, let’s level set. What does ‘differentiation’ look like? In other words, how does a company know it has differentiation? Question 2 –  In the manufacturing world, most companies try to differentiate on features. Could be specific features or broader features like quality or delivery. Is this differentiation strategy working? Is it achievable and sustainable in our globalized marketplaces? Question 3 –  Let’s talk about the tough ones, the commodities; manufacturers of things like ball bearings, chemicals, industrial gas (nitrogen), raw steel or lumber.  The perception is usually that they are all the same. When that is the perception, the buyers go to lowest price. How can a commodity manufacturer achieve a differentiated position and perception in their marketplace?  Or is it really only possible by shaving to razor thin margins? Question 4 – Internally, who are the players who define and achieve differentiation in the marketplace?  Challenge Question: This week our challenge question comes from a VP Marketing in the Pittsburgh area, a manufacturing company that produces welding equipment. Here it is “We sell welding equipment to end users all over the country. Over the past couple of years, our profit margin has been eroding despite our efforts to differentiate the product line. To the point of your book, we do pitch the products heavily and have not shared any expertise. What would you suggest for creating differentiation with a common product like welding equipment.” Be clear about what you are offering. Look at associated options that are around the product not about the product. Like delivery or training. Understand your target audience, their pain points, their perception, areas where they struggle and you can help. Takeaways: Go out and do some deep dive customer interviews or surveys. Do a competitive analysis from a differentiation perspective.

Collectively we are all going through a rebalancing of masculine and feminine energies, not only in what it means to be a man or a woman, but what it means to be human. We are just moving into rebalancing this energy so masculine and feminine energies can be in flow together. While women struggle to find their place in the masculine energy, men struggle to fit into more feminine things, such as being vulnerable or pursuing more creative endeavors that may feel less manly. This is not a time to be discouraged. We are all longing for belonging and connection. This episode is about questioning the old paradigms and rules. Today’s caller, Jake, thinks he is stuck, but from my point of view he is at a crossroads. Will he continue to let old programming and belief systems drive him, or will he make a commitment to move past the fear of old paradigms, and step into his full potential? During the call, I didn’t want to take Jake down the road of investigating his past, because he had already spent too much time analyzing the past and worrying about the future. Jake said he had an easy-going upbringing without a lot of drama or trauma. Often, feeling that degree of comfort as a child makes it harder to take risks as an adult, because we don’t have enough experiential evidence to recover from failure, risks, and things that scare us. We have to stop asking ourselves why, why, why. We don’t have to self-analyze ourselves to death. We need to be aware of the patterns and self-limiting beliefs, so we can shift them. We all need to step up into our full potential, and not allow outdated paradigms hold us back. Men, it is ok to be vulnerable, to talk about your doubts, and to admit to confusion about who you are, and how to find your purpose.   Consider/Ask Yourself: ● Are you a man, or with a man, who is questioning his career path or purpose? ● Is fear something that is stopping you? ● Do you relate to sabotaging yourself?   Jake 's Question: Jake feels drawn toward another career change. He wants to know how to get out of his own head to move forward.   Jake 's Key Insights and Aha’s: ● He is sabotaging himself. ● He has competing intentions. ● He has a propensity to not follow through. ● He battles with fear and low self-worth. ● He has time management issues. ● He has created motion toward what he wants by putting himself out there. ● He is afraid he won’t live up to his full potential.   How to Get Over It and On With It: ● He should invest in a coach. ● He should read The Way of the Superior Man, by David Deida, and other personal development books. ● He should work on shifting his belief system and get clear about what his vision is. ● Over the next 40 days, he should do 10 things that get him out of his comfort zone. ● He should make a schedule for himself and stick to it.   Assignments and Takeaways: ● Go out and engage in behavior which pulls you out of your comfort zone, to develop trust in yourself. ● Commit to rewiring your brain. Visit NeuroGym to learn more. ● Stop obsessing about what you think is a liability. ● Show up fully for yourself, be your own word. Make commitments and don’t break them. If you do break them, re-negotiate and start again.   Sponsor: Audible - Free audiobook download and a 30-day free trial.   Resources: Christine Hassler - Book a session to be on the show! Christine Hassler Podcasts Christine Hassler Free E-book Find me on Snapchat @chrishassler @christinhassler on Twitter @christinehassler on Instagram Christine@christinehassler.com NeuroGym

Text: Psalm 29 Takeaways: Go to coffee with someone you know has suffered a lot and listen to what they have to share. Read something by Brennan Manning Benediction:  Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am. Be still and know. Be still. Be.

Text: Psalm 126   Takeaways: Go to coffee with someone you know has suffered a lot and listen to what they have to share. Read something by Brennan Manning   Benediction:  Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am. Be still and know. Be still. Be.