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On this week episode of Bulture PodcastTeen Goes Viral After Clocking in at Burger King Right After Graduation Raises Over $150kMan goes off on Kobe Bryant's wife for allegedly getting pregnant after his passingSo, I guess they going rate for a good graphic tee with some swag to it is $40-$50Footage now surfaces of DDG's brother DuB and his cameraman fighting off a hater for calling DDG 'Doo Doo Garbage'Man who trolled DDG and called him “Doo Doo Garbage” says he plans on taking legal action after being attacked by DDG's brother BossMan Dlow accuser admits it was lying the whole time! BossMan Dlow's accuser posts “Hush Money” on story after revealing the DM's were fakeWoman is going viral after saying that she is now dating a feminine man because masculine men “aren't emotionally intelligent.” plus they get to wearing the “same clothes and he understands her betterThree teenagers from Georgia reportedly attempted to break into a home while masked and armed. The homeowner fatally shot all three, and their parents are claiming their innocence & are suing homeowner they are still demanding justiceSouthwest Airlines To End Longstanding Free Checked Bags Policy Starting May 29 + Introduces $35 Fee For First Bag, $45 For The Second Teyana Taylor and Aaron Pierre Seemingly Confirm Romance Rumors In New Album TeaserMuni Long Doubles Down After Saying Only Black Women Have An Issue w/ Her PersonalityOffset is asking for spousal support from Cardi B, via tmz.Cardi B Explodes on Offset Over Spousal Support and Parenting ClaimsPatriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel Responds To Viral Video Of Stefon Diggs Allegedly Partying w/ Mystery Substance “First Take” appearance, Perkins seemingly referenced Edwards' off-court drama, particularly his legal battles with Ayesha Howard, the mother of his daughter NewAge Jerkboy was reportedly killed yesterday after a police K-9 dog bit him causing a severe infection that overwhelmed his bodyNicci Gilbert Speaks Out After Court Orders Her to Pay Lionsgate $170K in Ongoing IP Battle Over P-ValleyPresident Trump has assured that NBA YoungBoy will no longer have any travel restrictions or require approval to travel. A world tour is now possible YFN Lucci has transformed the Maybach, where his friend tragically lost his life in a shooting, into a public monumentYNW Melly's team has asked to delay his trial until 2026, citing mental and physical health. ((Will put him at 7 years))Pluto has the entire city on lock as her remix to “Whim Whamiee” FT. Sexyy Red may be Song of the SummerYFN Lucci and his day-one label 'Think It's A Game' are now independent after buying back his contract from WMG. He now has full control of his career and can release music freely without the need of major label Lil Wayne verse on Hollywood divorce ain't talked about enough when people gas up Andre 3000It has been revealed that the woman accusing Zion Williamson of rape is seeking up to $50 million Moriah Mills speaks after Zion Williamson's ex accuses him of rape and reportedly plans legal action. Zion Williamson sued for allegedly raping, kidnapping, and terrorizing his ex-girlfriend, via tmz.Rapper Erica Banks announces she will be going on a stripping tour in the U.S., charging over $1,000 per private danceTravis Hunter's wife faces backlash after video surfaces showing her dodging his kiss at wedding receptionDonald Trump Open to Pardoning Diddy “If He's Being Mistreated,” but Says He Must “Look at the Facts” First FBI Orders Agents to Refrain from Pride Month Celebrations at Work Under New Trump-Era Directive The reward for the arrest of the two remaining New Orleans inmates has more than doubled to $50,000 per inmate, authorities announced on ThursdayFootage surfaces of when Tory Lanez got stabbed multiple times by a Mexican Inmate Florida rapper NewAge Jerkboy was reportedly killed yesterday after a police K-9 dog bit him causing a severe infection that overwhelmed his body

Welcome to AI Lawyer Talking Tech, the podcast that explores the cutting edge of artificial intelligence in the legal world. Today, we delve into how AI is transforming everything from document analysis in litigation and transcript review in trial prep to streamlining administrative tasks and enhancing workflows in law firms. We'll look at the emergence of AI agents as the next frontier in legal tech, offering autonomous capabilities for complex tasks. Our discussion will touch upon the regulatory landscape surrounding AI, including proposed state-level moratoriums and the ongoing debate over AI training and copyright. We'll also examine how AI is being applied in specific areas like debt recovery through novel models and integrating into legal operations and risk management strategies. Join us as we unpack the opportunities and challenges presented by this rapidly evolving technology, emphasizing the importance of human expertise, ethical deployment, and the potential for AI to increase efficiency and improve access to justice.The Big Long List of U.S. AI Laws13 May 2025Morris, Manning & Martin,LLPLegal AI assistants that help you deliver better work12 May 2025Legal.ThomsonReuters.comHow To Build Your Own LLM Product In 5 Easy Steps With Horace Wu12 May 2025Above The LawFrom Anticipation To Reality: CLOC Global Institute 202512 May 2025Above The LawHouse Committee Aims to Ban States From Regulating AI12 May 2025PYMNTS.comColorado Officials Seek Delay in AI Regulations Start Date12 May 2025PYMNTS.comGuest Perspective: How legal firms boost efficiency with IT solutions12 May 2025New Orleans CityBusinessBillable Hour Dying So Slowly, You'd Think It's Billing By The Hour12 May 2025Above The LawAI Transcript Analysis Is Changing Trial Prep — Has Your Tool Kept Up?12 May 2025JD SupraCybersecurity's Role in Legal Transcription12 May 2025JD SupraClio Names SaaS Veteran As New Chief Product Officer12 May 2025LawSitesFiring of Top Copyright Official Raises Alarm Amid AI Debate12 May 2025BillboardGerman consumer protection group calls on Meta to halt its AI training in the EU – will other countries follow suit?12 May 2025TechRadar.comA Survival Roadmap For Lawyers and Law Firms In The Age of AI12 May 2025JD SupraComment: Garfield.Law – AI hype or access to justice hope?12 May 2025Legal Technology InsiderGlobal spotlight on document management: What law firms really think12 May 2025IManage.comDemocracy Forward Files Lawsuit Opposing EEOC's Law Firm Data Request12 May 2025JD SupraTrellis Partners with Fisher Phillips to Deliver AI-Powered Case Strategy Reports through Automated Alerts12 May 2025LawSitesAI usage continues to grow in legal circles, for the better or worse12 May 2025LegalNews.comDentons Launches AI Tool DAISY For Europe12 May 2025Artificial LawyerDo You See What I See? Fake AI Cases Can Result in Real Contempt12 May 2025LexologyAll you need to know about AI implementation in Europe12 May 2025Bird & BirdData minimisation: 10 things to know to protect your clients' data12 May 2025Law SocietyAI Will Make My Firm More Profitable, Says Small Law12 May 2025Artificial LawyerImplementing Legal Design Thinking To Improve Internal Client Engagement12 May 2025LexologyA brief overview of Vietnam's legal framework on Personal Data Protection12 May 2025LexologyAnother Instance of Misleading the Court with Artificial Intelligence (UK)12 May 2025Financial Institutions Legal SnapshotIs Garfield the ‘1st AI-Driven Law Firm' A Big Deal?12 May 2025Artificial LawyerCyber security: A month in retrospect (Australia) - April 202512 May 2025LexologyLegal Transformation: Why The Stakes Have Increased Dramatically12 May 2025Forbes.comShould law firms trust AI for legal research?12 May 2025LexologyILTA Evolve: Finding the use cases for law firms around agentic AI systems12 May 2025Thomson Reuters Institute

I Think The Hidebehind Is Real.  I Just Don't Think It's What We Thought | Creepypasta

Life has a way of lulling us into a false sense of certainty, where the day-to-day feels predictable and safe. But every so often, something slips through—a moment so unexplainable it stops you in your tracks. Like a friend navigating unfamiliar streets, led home by what she swears was a pack of werewolves. Or a disembodied voice that cuts through the quiet to warn you of danger, just before a nightmare pounds on the door. These aren't grand epics or tales of distant lands; they're cracks in the veneer of normal life, reminders that the world isn't as neatly ordered as we'd like to believe. It's the kind of mystery that sticks with you, gnawing at the edges of your understanding. A man in a rain-soaked poncho appears out of nowhere to save a family from certain disaster, only to vanish without a trace. A closet defies every test, staying impossibly cold, as if keeping secrets of its own. Strange lights flicker in the fields, a chill runs through your body, and suddenly, the ordinary feels fragile. These moments don't come with explanations or answers—they simply happen, leaving you to wonder what else might be out there, just beyond the reach of reason. We'll see you on the inside... -------- TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - Let's Get Weird 0:28 - Theme Music 1:47 - Welcome Back, Homies 3:47 - STORY: Werewolves, Lead Me Home! 6:59 - Still Haven't Listened to The Telepathy Tapes, Sorry. 7:23 - Scott Guesses About What The Telepathy Tapes is About 8:13 - STORY: He Is Coming 10:55 - Have You Heard? Time Is a Flat Circle.. 11:03 - Scott Tests Christian's Premonition Abilities  12:03 - STORY: Thanks, Poncho Man 16:19 - Wait, Christian Doesn't Think It's a Guardian Angel?! 17:30 - (Context For This After Outro) 18:35 - Why Angels For Some, But Not Others? 22:29 - STORY: That's One Cool Closet 26:03 - M. Night Shamalamadingdong 27:48 - STORY: The Worry Wort 29:23 - Should Scott Just Let Everything Go? 33:43 - Christian Studies Religion (Allegedly) 35:03 - Scott Knows How to Convert Christian 37:52 - Scott Fights Sleep While Editing Episodes 40:36 - STORY: NEVER Flash a UFO 42:43 - UFO's And Sentience 44:59 - Kate Winslet's B00bs 46:23 - Aliens Should Disguise Themselves as Proctologists 47:57 - Outro 51:31 - The After Party: Wes Huff, Billy Carson, Christian's Dignity & Scott's Headspace -------- If you want to become a producer, visit this link: http://bit.ly/3WZ3xTg Episode Producer: Eric Long -------- The Twilight Zone meets Mystery Science Theatre 3000 meets an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner conversation with your in-laws. TFD is a weekly paranormal comedy podcast featuring real ghost stories, Cryptid lore discussions, and true paranormal experiences catering to the week's theme. Fresh episodes drop every Thursday across all podcast platforms, and feature perspectives from both believer and skeptic sides of the aisle. So if you're a fan of haunted places, terrifying paranormal activity, and true ghost stories from real people, you're in the right place, friend. Recorded in an undisclosed location somewhere in the beautiful woods of Wasilla, Alaska.   ++SUBMIT YOUR STORY FOR OUR LISTENER STORY EPISODES++ Email: thegang@thefreakydeaky.com Voicemail: 801-997-0051 ++WEBSITE & MERCH++ Website: www.thefreakydeaky.com Merch: www.thefreakydeaky.com/store ++FOLLOW OUR SOCIALS FOR EXCLUSIVES++ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3goj7SP Instagram: https://bit.ly/2HOdleo Facebook: https://bit.ly/3ebSde6 TFD Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/tfdfb TikTok: https://bit.ly/35lNOlu

In this episode of The Word is Leadership, we explore the word "Carnage," using its more colloquial sense of “total disaster” to discuss how leaders can rebuild after major failures. Whether stepping into a role amidst chaos or managing through a significant organizational breakdown, every leader will face a moment when they must recover from carnage. So, how do you rebuild? This episode gives me the chance to offer a practical 3-step framework to lead in the aftermath of a leadership or organizational disaster: 1. Start with a Clean Sheet (Clarity and Standards) To rebuild, start by wiping the slate clean and resetting expectations. Focus on clarity (what needs to be done and why) and standards (how it needs to be done). 2. Rebuild the Basics (Trust and Team Dynamics) After setting the foundation, focus on trust and team dynamics. You need discretionary effort from your team to truly recover. 3. Don't Think It's Over (Realism and Monitoring) Carnage often happens when leaders are caught off guard. To prevent future failures, stay vigilant by monitoring performance with objective metrics and feedback. Recovering from carnage isn't about perfection—it's about laying a stronger foundation, building trust, and remaining adaptable to navigate the unexpected. If this episode resonated with you, don't forget to rate, review, and share it with others!

Hoy James Taylor cumple 77 años y hemos seleccionado dúos que grandes artistas femeninas han grabado con él: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow, Natalie Cole, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Luciana Souza… ¡Happy Birthday, sweet James! DISCO 1 JONI MITCHELL & JAMES TAYLOR Close Your EyesDISCO 2 CARLY SIMON & JAMES TAYLOR MockingbirdDISCO 3 LINDA RONSTADT & JAMES TAYLOR i Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine DISCO 4 SHERYL CROW & JAMES TAYLOR Flying BlindDISCO 5 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER & JAMES TAYLOR Soul CompanionDISCO 6 KATE TAYLOR & JAMES TAYLOR It’s In His KissDISCO 7 DIXIE CHICKS & JAMES TAYLOR Sweet Baby JamesDISCO 8 ALLISON KRAUSS & JAMES TAYLOR How's the World Treating YouDISCO 9 CAROLE KING & JAMES TAYLOR Up On The RoofDISCO 10 THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER & JAMES TAYLOR Dream LoverDISCO 11 JAMES TAYLOR & NATALIE COLE Baby It’s Cold Outside DISCO 12 MAURA O’CONNELL & JAMES TAYLOR Love DivineDISCO 13 LUCIANA SOUZA & JAMES TAYLOR Never Die Young DISCO 14 KARAN CASEY & JAMES TAYLOR The Winds Begin To SingEscuchar audio

We peer into commerce's self-driven future and see new frontiers arising for AV-centric city planning, (more) invasive advertisement integration, commerce-based search engines, and Meta mind control. PLUS: Phillip and Brian designate their week's heroes and villains, and we get excited about the official Adobe x Future Commerce Shoptalk After Party!Think It, And It Will Be DoneKey takeaways:[9:00] News from the week: Shopify earnings, Klaviyo, bird flu, and the latest from Future Commerce.[15:30] Autonomous Vehicles Will Redesign Commerce: AVs will create massive changes in urban planning, retail, and logistics.[19:00] Amazon's Next Big Move: The company is now allowing advertisers to drive traffic off-site, signaling its ambition to become the next big search engine.[23:00] Ad Takeover: Everything – even your car's infotainment screen – eventually becomes a surface for advertisement.[42:00] Klaviyo's B2C Event: Klaviyo announces Built for B2C livestream event, happening Thursday 2/20.[49:30] Meta Brain: Meta releases research on mind reading via magnetic therapy and AI-assisted analysis.[1:05:00] Heroes and Villains: Phillip and Brian's biggest winners and losers of the past week in commerce.“Amazon is about to become the biggest search engine for product discovery. Google should be worried.” — Phillip“The Gulf of Fortune, brought to you by Panda Doc.” – Brian“We've seen heart rates submitted as evidence, truth serums outlawed by the Geneva Convention. I have to believe that things like this are not Black Mirror, but actual legitimate real things that will be used in positive and negative ways. That to me seems scary.” – Phillip “I think this is going to be a retooling of the way we think.” – BrianIn-Show Mentions:Join us at Rivea for the official Adobe x Future Commerce Shoptalk After PartyOrder LORE by Future Commerce on MetalabelFortune: Some Jeep owners are being hit with pop-up ads inside their cars.The Age of Agglomeration: Our predictions report from January.Netflix Bites (Good luck finding the menu?)Future Commerce Links:Shop our print products on shop.futurecommerce.com Check out Future Commerce on YouTubeCheck out Future Commerce+ for exclusive content and save on merch and printSubscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce worldListen to our other episodes of Future CommerceHave any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!Commerce shapes the future because Commerce is Culture™.

Text and Be HeardTake Time Take Time to Think  -  It is the Source of PowerTake Time to Play  -  It is the Secret of Perpetual YouthTake Time to Read  -  It is the Fountain of WisdomTake Time to Pray  -  It is the Greatest Power on EarthTake Time to Love and Be Loved  -  It is a God Given PrivilegeTake Time to Be Friendly  -  It is the Road to HappinessTake Time to Laugh  -  It is the Music of the SoulTake Time to Give  -  It is too Short a Day to be SelfishTake Time to Workl  -  It is the Price of SuccessTake Time to Do Charity  -  It is the Key to HeavenThis Poem hung in my Mom's Kitchen for 60 years.This episode honors a mother's timeless wisdom through the lens of a cherished poem. We explore ten essential life lessons that encourage listeners to embrace joy, emotional intelligence, and the importance of time. • Honoring a mother who lived 90 vibrant years • The power of taking time in daily life • Ten lessons from the poem "Take Time" • Importance of laughter and love in recovery • Reflection on emotional intelligence vs. IQ • Encouragement to live fully and appreciate every momentSupport the showRecovery is Beautiful. Go Live Your Best Life!!Facebook Group - Recovery Freedom Circle | FacebookYour EQ is Your IQYouTube - Life Is Wonderful Hugo VRecovery Freedom CircleThe System That Understands Recovery, Builds Character and Helps People Have Better Relationships.A Life Changing Solution, Saves You Time, 18 weekswww.lifeiswonderful.love Instagram - Lifeiswonderful.LoveTikTok - Lifeiswonderful.LovePinterest - Lifeiswonderful.LoveTwitter - LifeWonderLoveLinkedIn - Hugo Vrsalovic Life Is Wonderful.Love

“Most people are just winging life. They don't really have a way of doing life. They just do the best they can. And the problem is that they have nothing pulling them forward to their desired life, so they continually recreate their past.”  There's a reason Think & Grow Rich has sold over 150 million copies worldwide—it contains a secret. But here's the catch: Napoleon Hill only gives you half of it. The other half? That's where the game changes. This episode breaks down the science of success, revealing why 95% of your daily actions are unconscious and how to rewire them for massive results. It turns out, success isn't about grinding harder; it's about thinking differently. By applying a 12-minute-a-day technique that leverages neuroscience, you can systematically reshape your habits, thoughts, and actions to align with your highest goals. The difference between those who dream and those who achieve? The ones who do it right have a process.  Our guests share personal stories that prove this process works—exponentially. One of them, at age 50, realized he wasn't nearly as successful as he wanted to be. Despite making a solid six-figure income, he wasn't playing at the level he knew he could. So he studied Think & Grow Rich, cracked the hidden formula, and built a system that catapulted his income 25x. Today, he's teaching this method to elite business leaders, athletes, and universities. His insights reveal why most people are stuck in old patterns and how a simple daily shift can transform everything from wealth to relationships.  John Mitchell is the founder of Think It, Be It, a performance methodology based on Think & Grow Rich. After discovering the missing piece of the book's secret, he applied it to his life and skyrocketed his income, ultimately turning his insights into a system that's now taught to top executives and athletes. His book, The Missing Secret, dives deep into the principles behind his 12-minute-a-day success formula.  Learn more & connect:  Receive a free nine-minute video explaining The Missing Secret of Think and Grow Rich at:  https://www.themissingsecret.org  Raymond Aaron has shared his vision and wisdom on radio and television programs for over 40 years. He is the author of over 100 books, including Branding Small Business For Dummies, Double Your Income Doing What You Love, Canadian best-seller Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul, and he co-authored the New York Times best-seller Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul. Raymond's latest, co-authored book is The AI Millionaire's Path: Discover How ChatGPT‐Written Books Become Bestsellers and How They Can Make You a Millionaire Author!.

Get more notes at https://podcastnotes.org Product and Media are the Leverage of the New Wealth (Listen) | Episode 21* The most important form of leverage is the idea of products which have no marginal cost of replication (aka product leverage)* You can replicate your efforts without having to involve other humans* Ex. – A podcast* Long ago, to get similar reach, you would have had to give a public lecture* 30-40 years ago – you would have had to get on TV* But today, thanks to the internet, anyone can launch a podcast* Product leverage is how fortunes will be made in the digital age – using things like code or media* Ex. of people who utilized code-based product leverage – Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin* Ex. of media-based product leverage – Joe Rogan, PewDiePie* Combining labor leverage, capital leverage, and product leverage is a magic combination for tech startups (for more on labor and capital leverage, check out these Podcast Notes)* You use the minimum, highest output labor – engineers and product developers* You add capital which you can use for marketing, advertising, and scaling* You then add lots of code, media, and content to get everything out there* Product and media leverage are permisionless – they don't require someone else's permission for you to use them or succeed* For labor leverage – someone has to decide to follow you* For capital leverage – someone has to give you money* But coding, writing tweets, making podcasts, YouTubing – these are permissionless* The robot revolution has already arrived – we just keep them in data centers/servers* Think – every great software developer has an army of robots working for him/her at night, while they sleep, after they've written the code and they're just cranking away* Robots do web searching for you* Robots handle customer service inquiries* Over time, this will progress to autonomous vehicles/planes/trucks* Coding is a superpower because it allows you to speak the language of the robots and tell them what to doProduct Leverage is Egalitarian in its Outputs (Listen) | Episode 22* Product (both code-based and media-based) leverage is egalitarian in its outputs* Compare this to labor and capital leverage – which are much less egalitarian* In general – the more of a human element there is in providing a service, the less egalitarian it is* “It's the nature of code and media output that the same product is accessible to everybody…The best products tend to be at the center, at the sweet spot of the middle class, rather than being targeted to the upper class.” – Naval Ravikant* For example:* Things like Netflix and Facebook – everybody can use* Compare this to Rolex watches or a Lamborghini – using/owning them is much more related to status-seeking* As the forms of leverage have gone from being labor-based and capital-based to being more product/code/media-based – “Most of the goods and services that we consume are becoming much more egalitarian in their consumption”* Things like food – rich people don't eat better food* Technology and media products have amazing scale economies* “If you care about ethics in wealth creation, it's better to create your wealth using code and media as leverage. Then those products are equally available to everybody as opposed to trying to create your wealth through labor or capital.” – Naval Ravikant* “If you're wealthy today, for large classes of things, you tend to spend your money on signaling goods to show other people that you are wealthy, and you try and convert them to status as opposed to actually consuming the goods for their own sake” – Naval RavikantBusiness Models Have Their Own Leverage (Listen) | Episode 23* Some business models give you “free leverage” – Examples:* Scale economies = the more you produce of something, the cheaper it gets to make* Technology and media products have this great quality where they have zero marginal cost of reproduction* Thinks like podcasts and YouTube videos* Ex. – Joe Rogan is working no harder now than he was on podcast #1, but it's now generating millions more* Then there are network effects businesses* A network effect is when each additional user adds value to the existing user base* Like language – The language becomes more valuable the more people who speak it* “Long-term, the entire world is probably going to end up speaking English and Chinese” – Naval Ravikant* It's thought that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of nodes of the network* A network of size 10 would have a value of 100, while a network of size 100 would have a value of 10,000* “You want to be in a network effects business” – Naval Ravikant* Things like Facebook, Uber, Twitter, YouTube, Google* “You should always be thinking about how your users or customers can add value to each other because that is the ultimate form of leverage” – Naval Ravikant* When you're picking a business model, aim to pick one where you can benefit from network effects, low marginal costs, and scale economiesAn Example: From Laborer to Real Estate Tech Company (Listen) | Episode 24* An example from the real estate business* A day laborer on a construction site, unless you're in a skilled trade, doesn't have specific knowledge* Even if you're a carpenter or electrician, other people can be trained to do your job – you can probably be replaced* You don't have much accountability – “You're a faceless cog in the construction crew”* They don't have much, if any, leverage* A general contractor, who someone hires to come and fix/repair their house, has a little more accountability* They'll make more money than a day laborer, but they take more risk (if the project runs over budget, they'll eat the loss)* The accountability gives them more potential income* They have labor leverage (people working for them)* A property developer is one level above a general contractor – these are people who go around looking for beaten-down properties which have potential and then buy them to fix them up* They can make a healthy profit by selling a building for 2-3x what they bought it for* A developer has more accountability/risk and much more specific knowledge* They have to know which neighborhoods are worth buying in, which lots are good/bad, and what makes/breaks a specific property* They have capital leverage and labor leverage* Beyond the property developer might be a famous architect/developer where just having your name on a property increases its value* Above that might be a property developer who builds entire communities* Above that – someone who funds real estate through an investment trust* Beyond that – someone (or a team of people) who understands the real estate market and the tech business (how to code/recruit developers/build a good product), and knows how to raise money from VCs* Think – something like Zillow* This team/individual would have all forms of leverage – labor (people working for him/her), code, capital (money from investors)* As you climb the chain – You layer in more knowledge which can only be gained on the job, more accountability/risk-taking, more capital, and more laborJudgment Is the Decisive Skill in an Age of Infinite Leverage (Listen) | Episode 25* First aim to get leverage, and once you have leverage – your judgment becomes the most important skill* How do you get leverage?* Get it permisionlessly – learn to code, create podcasts, become a good writer* Through permission – get people to work for you, or raise capital* “All the great fortunes are created through leverage” – Naval Ravikant* In high leverage positions (like a CEO), most of the time you're paid based on your judgment ability* Definitions:* Wisdom is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions* Judgment is wisdom on a personal domain (wisdom applied to external problems)* True judgment ability comes from experience* “Intellect without any experience is often worse than useless” – Naval Ravikant* You get the confidence that intellect gives you along with some credibility, but because you had no skin in the game and no real experience….”you're just throwing darts”* The people with the best judgment are actually among the least emotional* “The thing that prevents you from seeing what's actually happening are your emotions; our emotions are constantly clouding our judgment” – Naval Ravikant* Let's sum up:* First, you're accountable for your judgment* Judgment is the exercise of wisdom* Wisdom comes from experience* That experience can be accelerated through short iterations* “Investment books are sort of the worst place to learn about investment”* To get good at investing, you need broad-based judgment and thinking – the best way to obtain this is to study everything (including a lot of philosophy)* Philosophy makes you more stoic/less emotional and more likely to make better decisions (so you have better judgment)* The more outraged somebody gets, the worse their judgment probably is* “If someone's constantly tweeting political outrage and seems like an angry person, you don't want to hand them the keys to your car let alone the keys to your company”Set and Enforce an Aspirational Hourly Rate (Listen) | Episode 26* “No one is going to value you more than you value yourself” – Naval Ravikant* So set a high personal hourly rate and stick to it* Always factor your time into any decision (as well as your personal hourly rate)* So if your personal hourly rate is $60, and you estimate it will take you an hour and a half to return a $40 product, it's not worth it* You have a finite amount of high-output mental hours each day – “Do you want to use them to run errands and solve little problems or do you want to save them for the big stuff?”* “You can spend your life however you want, but if you want to get rich, it has to be your number one overwhelming desire” – Naval Ravikant* This means it has to come before ANYTHING else* Advice – Look forward to the future and set an aspirational hourly rate* Way back, Naval's aspirational hourly rate was $5,000/hour (even though he was only making a fraction of this at the time)* Today, Naval estimates he's actually beaten his goal* “It should seem and feel absurdly high. If it doesn't, it's not high enough.” – Naval Ravikant* If you can outsource something for less than your hourly rate, outsource it* Even for things like cooking* Paul Graham has said (directed to Y Combinator startups):* “You should be working on your product, getting product-market fit, exercising, and eating healthy. That's it. That's kind of all you have time for while you're on this mission.”Work as Hard as You Can (Listen) | Episode 27* “If getting wealthy is your goal, you're going to have to work as hard as you can” – Naval Ravikant* BUT – “Hard work is absolutely no substitute for who you work with and what you work on”* The hierarchy of importance:* “What you work on is probably the most important thing” – Naval Ravikant* AKA Product-Market-Founder fit (how well you personally are suited to a business”* Next – Picking the right people to work with* Third – How hard you work* But – they're like 3 legs of a stool, if you shortchange any one of them the whole stool is gonna fall down* The order of operations when building a business/career:* First – Figure out what you should be doing* Is there a market that's emerging that you're interested in?* Is there a product you could build which would fall in line with your specific knowledge?* Second – Surround yourself with the best people possible* “No matter how high your bar is, raise your bar” – Naval Ravikant* “You can never be working with other people who are great enough. If there's someone greater out there to work with, you should go work with them.” – Naval Ravikant* A good tip on deciding which startup to work for – Pick the one that will have the best alumni network for you in the future* Third – Work as hard as you can (AFTER you've picked the right thing to work on and the right people to work with)* “Nobody really works 80-120 hours a week sustainably at high-output with mental clarity” – Naval Ravikant* Knowledge workers tend to sprint while they're working on something that they're inspired/passionate about and then they rest* Sprint —> Rest —> Re-asses —> Try Again* (You end up building a marathon of sprints)* Inspiration is perishable* When you have the inspiration, act on it right then and there – otherwise you probably won't do it* Be impatient with actions and patient with results* “If I have a problem that I discover in one of my businesses that needs to be solved, I basically won't sleep until the resolution is in motion” – Naval RavikantBe Too Busy to “Do Coffee” (Listen) | Episode 28* Naval once tweeted – “You should be too busy to do coffee while keeping an uncluttered calendar”* The ONLY way to stay focused and be able to do the most high-impact work/what you're most inspired about is to constantly, RUTHLESSLY, decline meetings* It's fine to make connections and “do coffee” early in your career when you're exploring* But later in your career when you're exploiting – “You have to ruthlessly cut meetings out of your life”* If someone wants to have a meeting, suggest a phone call* If they want a phone call, suggest an email* When you do have meetings, make it a walking meeting (or a standing meeting), keep them short, and keep them small* “Any meeting with 8 people in it sitting around a conference table – nothing is getting done in that meeting, you're literally just dying one hour at a time” – Naval Ravikant* When you've done something important or valuable, busy people will meet with you* Suggest – “Hey, here's what I've done. Here's what I can show you. Let's meet and I'll be respectful of your time if this is useful to you.”* You HAVE to come with a proper calling card* “Product progress is the resume for the entrepreneur” – Naval Ravikant* You NEED proof of work to get a meeting with a busy person* “A busy calendar and a busy mind will destroy your ability to do great things in this world” – Naval Ravikant* If you want to be able to do great things you need free time and you need a free mind.Keep Redefining What You Do (Listen) | Episode 29* Naval tweeted – “Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.”* “If you really want to get paid in this world, you want to be number one at whatever it is you're doing” – Naval Ravikant* Some of the most successful people in the world get paid for just being “them”* Oprah, Joe Rogan, etc. – they're being authentic to themselves* But – keep changing what you do until you're number one* It should be something that aligns with your specific knowledge, skill sets, interest, and capabilities* You should be thinking:* “I want to be the best at what I do”* “What I do is flexible, so that I'm the best at it”* (It's not an overnight discovery, it's a long journey)* A company should search for product-market fit* An entrepreneur should search for founder-product-market fitEscape Competition Through Authenticity (Listen) | Episode 30* Humans are highly memetic creatures – we tend to copy what everybody else is doing, including our desires* Very often, you get trapped in the wrong game because you're competing* The best way to escape competition is to just be authentic to yourself* If you're building and marketing something which is an extension of who you are, no one can compete with you on that* Think – It's near IMPOSSIBLE to compete with someone like Joe Rogan or Scott Adams* This is easiest to see in art, but even entrepreneurs are authentic (the businesses and product they create should be authentic to their desires and means)* “Authenticity naturally gets you away from competition” – Naval Ravikant* In entrepreneurship, the masses are never right* “If the masses knew how to build great things and create great wealth we'd all already be done. We'd all already be rich by now.” – Naval Ravikant* “Generally, most people will make the mistake of paying too much attention to the competition and being too much like the competition and not being authentic enough” – Naval Ravikant* The great founders tend to be authentic iconoclasts* As Robert Frost said – “Combine your vocation and your avocation” (what you love to do and what you do)* Long term, if you're good and successful at what you do, you'll find you're pretty much doing your hobbies for a living* “Ideally you want to end up specializing in being you” – Naval RavikantPlay Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes (Listen) | Episode 31* When you're being authentic, competition matters a whole lot less* Silicon Valley tech industry businesses tend to be winner take all* When you see competition, this can make you fly into a rage* You're often 1 step away from a completely different business, and sometimes you need to take that one step* But you won't be able to take it if you're fighting over a booby prize (aka playing a stupid game), blinded by competition* A personal example from Naval:* He was running Epinions (an online product review site independent of Amazon) a while back…* The space eventually turned into Trip Advisor and Yelp* “This is where we should have gone. We should have done more local reviews. There's more value to having a review for a scarce item (like a local restaurant) than some camera which might have 1,000 reviews on Amazon. But before we could get there, we got caught up in the whole comparison shopping game.” – Naval Ravikant* The whole space went to 0 as Amazon ended up winning the online retail game* “We should have been looking at what the consumer really wanted, and stayed authentic to ourselves – which is reviews, not price comparison” – Naval Ravikant* “We should have gone more and more into esoteric items that needed to be reviewed where customers had less and less data and wanted reviews more badly”* “If we stayed authentic to ourselves, we would have done better” – Naval RavikantEventually, You Will Get What You Deserve (Listen) | Episode 32* Naval tweeted – “Apply specific knowledge with leverage and eventually you'll get what you deserve”* (You could also add to that, apply: judgment or accountability)* Results take TIME* “If you're counting, you'll run out of patience before it actually arrives” – Naval Ravikant* Everybody wants results immediately, but you have to put in the hours* Put yourself in a good position with the specific knowledge, the accountability, the leverage, and your authentic skill set which allows you to be the best in the world at what you do (but you have to enjoy it)* Then just keep doing it, doing it, and doing it, and don't keep track, and don't keep count* “On a long enough time scale, you do get paid, but it can easily be 10 or 20 years” – Naval Ravikant* In entrepreneurship, you just have to be right ONCE* And the good news is you can take as many shots on goal as you want (usually every 3-5 years, 10 at the slowest)* Nivi has an equation:* Your eventual outcome = (the distinctiveness of your specific knowledge) x (how much leverage you apply) x (how often your judgment is correct) x (how accountable you are for the outcome) x (how much society values what you're doing) x (how long you can keep doing it) x (your improvement rate with learning and reading)* But the thing that matters most – find something you're good at that the market values* If you're good at it – you'll keep it up, develop the judgment, and eventually take on accountability (all the other variables fall into place)* “Product-market fit is inevitable if you're doing something you love to do and the market wants it” – Naval RavikantReject Most Advice (Listen) | Episode 33* “Avoid people who got rich quickly, they're just giving you their winning lottery ticket numbers” – Naval Ravikant* “The best founders I know listen to and read EVERYONE, but then they ignore everyone and make up their own mind” – Naval Ravikant* They have their OWN internal model of how to apply things to their situation and don't hesitate to discard information if necessary* Remember – “If you survey enough people, all the advice will cancel to 0”* When you hear a piece of advice/information, ask yourself:* “Is this true?”* “Is this true outside of the context of what that person applied it in?”* “Is it true in my context?”* “Do I want to apply it?”* Reject most advice, but remember you have to listen to/read enough of it to know what to reject and what to accept* Here's how Naval views the purpose of advice:* “I view it as helping me have anecdotes and maxims that I can then later recall when I have my own direct experience and say, ‘Ah, that's what that person meant.'” – Naval Ravikant* “90% of my tweets are just maxims that I carve for myself that are then mental hooks to remind me when I'm in that situation again” – Naval Ravikant* Like Naval's tweet – “If you can't see yourself looking with someone for life, then don't work with them for a day”Read the Full Notes at Podcast Notes Thank you for subscribing. 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Annie Dies A Lot. Jay Dies A Lot.   But this, “bad a video games” (except Madden) team is the amazing brain trust behind the online laugh factor of KO Comedy (ComedyHub)!   Shout out to whoever put KO on Jacques' radar (we THINK It's Sally Mullins).  Jacques has been doing shows with KO for well over a year and most Friday's driving back from shows, he logs on to KO … and … AND the always fun “After Party” with Lauren and Sarah.   We chat gaming (Last Star Fighter), meeting KO folks in the real world, Apple TV's Mythic Quest and the NFL Raiders playing games with Annie's heart and the night Joe was Jacques' drummer on a KO show.   Get in on the fun and get on their mailing list and follow them across the socials.   KOComedy.Com Twitch: ComedyHub Follow: AnnieDiesALot and JayDiesALot on most socials   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening: WKRP parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)   Midshow Drop: Galaga Parady by Joe and @Model_chp3Y (on Twitter)   Closing Song: Wedding Present by Beyond Id (on Spotify – album: The Stovin' Years)    

It's Q&A time! We're back, answering YOUR burning questions! If you find yourself in a flirty dynamic with your (married) boss, is this pre-mistress territory? If your sister is interested in your brother-in-law but you question their compatibility, how honest should you be? If your friend sleeps with the ex of another friend of yours, is this friendship-ending messy behavior? And how do you make friends if you're not "pretty"? Come join us in our living room for the Shandy take! Thanks to our sponsors! - Go to https://www.zocdoc.com/SHANDY and download the ZocDoc app for FREE! - Go to https://huel.com and use code DEARSHANDY for 15% off your order! - Go to https://HelloFresh.com/FREESHANDY for 10 free meals! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Housekeeping 4:49 - Q1: Am I About To Become The Mistress? 18:39 - Q2: My Sister Is Interested In My Brother-In-Law—What Should I Do? 29:37 - Q3: My Friend's Recent Behavior Disgusts Me—Is She Too Messy? 45:39 - Q4: Can I Avoid Visiting My In-Laws? 1:01:40 - Q5: I Wish I Had More Friends & Think It's Because I'm Not “Pretty”—Shandy's Advice? If you have a relationship question, write us at: dearshandy@gmail.com Subscribe and watch the episodes on YouTube! https://bit.ly/SubscribeDearShandy Follow us! Dear Shandy - https://www.instagram.com/dearshandy Sharleen Joynt - https://www.instagram.com/sharleenjoynt Andy Levine - https://www.instagram.com/machinelevine Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dear-shandy/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Collin reviews The Bye Bye Man for the first horror movie review this October. Three young people unearth the legend of the Bye Bye Man who seeks to destroy their pathetic lives for some unknown reason. Douglas Smith starred in The classic TV Show Big Love stars as Elliot. Who is the main character in the movie? Don't Say Don't Think It, Don't Say Don't Think It, Don't Say Don't Think It.

We're excited to announce the evolution of our podcast! Formerly known as "Think It, Be It," we're now rebranding as "The Missing Secret Podcast." Curious about why we made the change and what's coming next? Tune in to find out!This week, we're revisiting an insightful episode: Human Nature – We Are Not Wired for Success. In this episode John and Kelly talk about human nature. How humans are wired for survival, not for success. And that plays out regarding the negatives in human nature. We tend to be self focused, we tend to be reactive. As humans, we tend to be lazy. We tend to be unfocused. Easily distracted. That's human nature. But there is some good to human nature. We have an innate desire to help other people. And John made an interesting point. That all the negatives regarding human nature are all related to being wired for survival. By being wired for survival, that's what kept us alive 5000 years ago when there was a danger around every corner. It causes us to be fear-based and reactive. Which is exactly the opposite of how we want to be if we want to be productive creative and happy. During this podcast John and Kelly point out that you have to intentionally and proactively override human nature if you want to be successful. And you do that through the think it be it 12 minute day morning routine.About the Hosts:John MitchellJohn's story is pretty amazing. After spending 20 years as an entrepreneur, John was 50 years old but wasn't as successful as he thought he should be. To rectify that, he decided to find the “top book in the world” on SUCCESS and apply that book literally Word for Word to his life. That Book is Think & Grow Rich. The book says there's a SECRET for success, but the author only gives you half the secret. John figured out the full secret and a 12 minute a day technique to apply it.When John applied his 12 minute a day technique to his life, he saw his yearly income go to over $5 million a year, after 20 years of $200k - 300k per year. The 25 times increase happened because John LEVERAGED himself by applying science to his life.His daily technique works because it focuses you ONLY on what moves the needle, triples your discipline, and consistently generates new business ideas every week. This happens because of 3 key aspects of the leveraging process.John's technique was profiled on the cover of Time Magazine. He teaches it at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business, which is one the TOP 5 business schools in the country. He is also the “mental coach” for the head athletic coaches at the University of Texas as well.Reach out to John at john@thinkitbeit.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mitchell-76483654/Kelly HatfieldKelly Hatfield is an entrepreneur at heart. She believes wholeheartedly in the power of the ripple effect and has built several successful companies aimed at helping others make a greater impact in their businesses and lives.She has been in the recruiting, HR, and leadership development space for over 25 years and loves serving others. Kelly, along with her amazing business partners and teams, has built four successful businesses aimed at matching exceptional talent with top organizations and developing their leadership. Her work coaching and consulting with companies to develop their leadership teams, design recruiting and retention strategies, AND her work as host of Absolute Advantage podcast (where she talks with successful entrepreneurs, executives, and thought leaders across a variety of industries), give her a unique perspective covering the hiring experience and leadership from all angles.As a Partner in her most recent venture, Think It Be It, Kelly has made the natural transition into the success and human achievement field,

Do you think it's impossible to FULLY pay for school? You've probably heard that it's just easier with loans. But then you hear horror stories of people trying to pay back loans and it taking 30+ years! I want you to be able to KNOW it's possible to graduate from college debt-free!   Librarian Marsha, my guest today, did so WITHOUT ANY student loans whatsoever! Sometimes the ability to do something starts with seeing that someone else successfully did it. Come, listen, and be inspired!   Are you open to applying for scholarships, but don't have any time to find them? I got you boo!   I can guarantee finding students between $10,000-30,000 in scholarships for college, university, grad school, law school, etc.    Interested? Plan a FREE Scholarship Strategy Session → calendly.com/moneyandmentalpeace     Related Episodes:  256 - Dual Enrollment 101: Save $7000+ for College! 93 - Can I Really Find Cheap Textbooks Online for Under $50? YES!! 3 Steps to Save Money on Books! 158 - How to Graduate College with $10,000 to SPARE! Learn About FREE COLLEGE Here...  250 - Think It's Impossible to Graduate Without Debt? She Did, With No Student Loans at All! - With Dr. Candice Johnson   Also find me at… ~ Facebook: Christian College Girl Community - Scholarships & Graduate Debt-Free | Facebook at tinyurl.com/karacommunity  Instagram --＞ @moneyandmentalpeace) Email --＞ info@moneyandmentalpeace.com   **Get scholarships and pay for college without student loans!** Are you worried about how to pay for college? Stressed because it's so expensive? Are you having trouble finding scholarships, or all you find don't apply to you? Overwhelmed with all things school and money?   Welcome fam! This podcast will help you find and get scholarships, avoid student loans and maybe even graduate college debt-free!   Hey! I'm Kara, a Christian entrepreneur, amateur snowboarder, and scholarship BEAST! I figured out how to not only finish college debt-free, but I even had $10k left over in the bank after graduation. (& btw, my parents weren't able to help me financially either!)   During school, I was worried about paying for next semester. I couldn't find scholarships that worked specifically for me, and didn't know how to get started while juggling homework and keeping up with ALL.THE.THINGS.   But dude, I learned there was a better way! With God's direction, I tested out of classes, and found the perfect scholarships, grants, internships, and weird budget hacks that helped me go from overwhelmed to debt-free with $10k in the bank–all with God on my side.   ... and I'm here to walk you through this, too.   If you are ready to find scholarships specific to you, learn to manage your money well, and have enough money to kill it at college, this pod is for you!   So grab your cold brew and TI-89, and listen in on the most stress-free and debt-free class you've ever attended: this is Money and Mental Peace.    Topics included in this podcast: broke, waste of money, college, debt-free, scholarships, college scholarships, scholarships for graduate students, undergraduate, Dave Ramsey, grants, college grants, university, free money, student loan forgiveness, federal loan forgiveness, graduate, student loans debt relief, debt relief, student loans US, student loans pause, student loans news, student loans cancellation, student loans payment, student loans repayment, student loans gov, student loans supreme court, student loans debt, student loans interest rates, student loans sallie mae 

I tried to tell myself I was just paranoid... but after that, I couldn't deny it anymore... CREEPYPASTA ► "My Roommate Let Something into Our Apartment, and I Don't Think It's Going to Leave" written by Michael Marks (deadnspread), narrated by ClancyPasta ► https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1e13mov/my_roommate_let_something_into_our_apartment_and/ Here are ways to support the channel if you wish ~ MERCH ► http://teespring.com/stores/clancypastastore PATREON ► https://patreon.com/clancypasta Here's where you can find me, and also links to the audio version of the show ~ TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/clancypasta INSTA ► https://instagram.com/clancypasta SPOTIFY ► https://open.spotify.com/show/51DHHPsFnEvDAGfRiZPMF7 ANCHOR.FM ► https://anchor.fm/clancypasta MUSIC ► "Come Play with Me" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Gathering Darkness" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Ice Demon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Sunset at Glengorm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The following article of the talent industry is: “Not Finding That Dream Job and Think It's Your CV? Think Again” by Ayelene Kalenok, CEO and Founder of Kala Talent

Square Roots - Episode 410 If she only could, Yuffie'd make a deal with Cloud, and they would swap their places. She'd be running up that road, running up that hill, with no problems. Come on, Tifa. Come on, Aerith. Let her steal this materia from you now. But Cloud is too busy with a little headache from the green static of repressed memories to listen, and but at least they can exchange the experience (points). Also: - Sweebos! - I don't Think It's Happiness Good Times - They WRote This In the Recording Studio - Superman Entered the Speed Force - That's Sahz's Thing This Week: Finish Chapter 7, What We Left Behind! Next Week:  Finish Chapter 8, All That Glitters! Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/squarerootspodcast Thanks to Steven Morris for his awesome theme! You can find him at: https://bsky.app/profile/stevenmorrismusic.bsky.social and https://www.youtube.com/user/morrissteven Contact Square Roots! Twitter: @squarerootspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/486022898258197/ Email: squarerootspodcast (at) gmail (dort) com

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In this episode, Gabby shares her Think It to Feel It manifesting method and how you can use it to rewire your brain and turn stressful moments into positive experiences. She shares how this powerful tool can help you call in more safety, peace and resilience in any area of your life.My Anxiety Relief Challenge starts April 1! Join me for a 14-day guided journey that will soothe your anxiety, calm your mind and improve your wellbeing. Learn moreFor a deeper dive check out my books. -deargabby.com/booksIf you feel you need additional support, please consult this list of safety, recovery and mental health resources. bit.ly/3OhVHhySponsors:OneSkin: Get your best skin EVER with one step! I love this stuff *especially* for travel. Get 15% off with code DEARGABBY at OneSkin.coDisclaimer: This podcast is intended to educate, inspire, and support you on your personal journey towards inner peace. I am not a psychologist or a medical doctor and do not offer any professional health or medical advice. If you are suffering from any psychological or medical conditions, please seek help from a qualified health professional.Produced by Dear MediaThis episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In episode 1623, Jack and Miles are joined by host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff and Live Like The World Is Dying, Margaret Killjoy, to discuss… Overview - Why Do We Think We Can't Help Each Other? The True Story of How Paramedics Were Invented, Don't Think It's All Going To Work Out Ok And That Somebody Else Is Going To Fix It For You and more! American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard LISTEN: Sal's Groove by Tanhai CollectiveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Com o avanço da tecnologia, fraudes em boletos se tornaram uma preocupação recorrente, impactando desde pagamentos de mensalidades escolares até impostos como IPTU e IPVA. Um dos principais meios de propagação dessas fraudes digitais são links maliciosos compartilhados via e-mail ou WhatsApp. Para falar como é possível identificar esses ciberataques cada vez mais sofisticados, eu recebo hoje aqui no Podcast Canaltech o Marcos Pires, especialista em cibersegurança da Think IT. Este é o Podcast Canaltech, publicado de terça a sábado, às 7h da manhã no nosso site e nos agregadores de podcast. Conheça o Porta 101 Entre nas redes sociais do Canaltech buscando por @Canaltech nelas todas. Entre em contato pelo nosso e-mail: podcast@canaltech.com.br Entre no Canaltech Ofertas Este episódio foi roteirizado e apresentado por Gustavo Minari. O programa também contou com reportagens de André Lourenti Magalhães, Guilherme Haas e Felipe Demartini. Edição por Jully Cruz. A revisão de áudio é do Wallace Moté. A trilha sonora é uma criação de Guilherme Zomer e a capa deste programa é feita por Erick Teixeira. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do you think makes your work unique as an artist? Is it the style you paint in, like abstract work or oil pastel paintings? Or is it something much deeper than that? I'll spoil this one for you: It's so much deeper than your “style.” What makes your artwork unique is your voice, the thing that is pulled through any type of art you create. From style to style and medium to medium, your voice is the commonality between it all. But what IS your voice and how do you find it so you can create your most honest art? I'm digging into all of that in this episode.   Listen in to hear: How to stop caring what others (and yourself) think about your work Where to find inspiration and how to recognize what you might already be inspired by How to find your voice and how to use it Make sure to subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss a thing! And don't forget to come hang with me on Instagram @jodie_king_. Interested in being a guest on a future episode of Honest Art? Email me at amy@jodieking.com! Resources mentioned: Honest Art Bootcamp Registration: https://www.jodiekingart.com/bootcamp  Purchase my Honest Art Mix Media Journal here: https://shop.jodieking.com/collections/jodie-king-merch/products/the-honest-art-mixed-media-journal Episode 45: Think It's Too Late For You? Artist Betty Franks Proves Otherwise: https://jodieking.com/episode-45-think-its-too-late-for-you-artist-betty-franks-proves-otherwise/  Studio Elite: https://www.jodiekingart.com/studioelite   Have a question for Jodie? Ask it here: https://forms.gle/hxrVu4oL4PVCKwZm6 For a full list of show notes and links, check out my blog: www.jodieking.com/podcast 

UNIVERSITY OF EXCELLENCE Prince HandleyPresident / Regent PRINCE HANDLEY PORTAL 1,000's of FREE ResourcesWWW.REALMIRACLES.ORG INTERNATIONAL Geopolitics | Intelligence | Prophecy WWW.UOFE.ORG MIND ~ MEDITATE ~ MIRACLES IMAGINATION AND CONCEPTION You can listen to this message NOW. Click on the pod arrow at top left. Or, listen here >>> LISTEN NOW Email this message to a friend. 24/7 release of Prince Handley teachings, BLOGS and podcasts > STREAM Twitter: princehandley Subscribe FREE to Prince Handley Teaching and Newsletter ____________________________________ DESCRIPTION You will have to SEE yourself doing those BIG THINGS God has put in your heart … and then you will experience their fulfillment. Imagination is the ability to SEE both the REAL and the UNREAL. However, just because something is UNreal NOW―in the present―does NOT mean it can NOT be REAL in the future. The SECRET to MIRACLES is the ability to SEE in your mind's eye … to imagine, or to “cut out” a vision in your mind of the thing(s) God has spoken to you about. And then to DECREE them. What are your goals: The real DESIRES of your heart―the things you want God to do through you? How much time do you allocate to envisioning them? How important are your goals to you. It's NOT enough just to write your goals down. You must SEE them in your mind's eye―cut them out in your imagination―and them SPEAK them. ____________________________________ MIND ~ MEDITATE ~ MIRACLESIMAGINATION AND MIRACLES To SEE with the eye of the mind … that is, to envision … can encompass the following: Imagination Thinking Decision Making. To cut out with the eye of your mind is to SEE IT―or to THINK IT―upon the tablet of your heart or human spirit. This will enable you to experience MIRACLES ... real miracles ... for the glory of God! In Job 22:28 we read, “You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto you.” In the original Hebrew language the word “decree” is a primitive root form of the word “gazar,” which means “to cut out exclusively, or to decide.” In its primitive form it is used also as a quarrying term ... as in cutting out stone from a rock quarry. ____________________________________ To DECREE means more than to say or speak. It conveys the meaning of cutting something out in the eye of your mind; that is, to envision―to make a vision―to decide upon it, and confess it ... and then it will be established unto you! ____________________________________ To DECREE is the progenitor of heart belief and mouth confession. It is BOTH the nucleus and all-encompassing embryo of initiating great moves of the Holy Spirit on Planet Earth. This is why we need to spend time meditating the Word of God. We are NOT talking about New Age type meditation―which can actually be used and energized by demonic forces. We are talking about meditation of God's Word and Promises so we know how to work in alignment with our Father in Heaven, the LORD God of Israel. When we meditate the Word of God we learn His principles; we also learn WHAT He wants (what His will is for the nations and for us). We also learn how to please Him by living holy and doing His will: reaching people and nations with the Truth of Messiah. Then we can DECREE a thing because we have decided upon it … we have cut it out in our mind's eye. We therefore BELIEVE it in our heart: the Holy Spirit has impressed the will of the Father upon our mind and deposited it in our human spirit. We have seen the Will of God in our mind's eye and have decided to implement it. We decree it by Seeing, Believing, and Speaking. We ACT on our decision after we have HEARD from God … and it comes to pass. We PLAN in the Spirit; we IMPLEMENT in the Spirit. We BELIEVE and KNOW that it will come to pass, and therefore we RECEIVE it for the glory of the Father. (Read Mark 11:23-24 in the Brit Chadashah, the New Testament). ____________________________________ MEDITATE / IMAGINE Imagine = The faculty of creating mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses. Meditate = See yourself performing by creating it in your mind. 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Today's guest is Joe Smazal.   Joe is the most active broker in the sale of $2M+ apartment buildings in Chicago. Joe has personally closed over 200 properties, comprised of over 4,300 units, for a total consideration of over $725,000,000. Join Sam and Joe in today's episode. -------------------------------------------------------------- Where did Joe start? [00:00:48] Opportunities in the Chicago real estate market [00:02:41] Considerations for investing in Chicago multifamily properties [00:07:54] Understanding Local Regulations [00:09:10] Challenges and Opportunities in a Competitive Market [00:10:27] Desirable Amenities and Property Types in Chicago [00:13:52] Investing in Chicago [00:19:01] Getting in touch with Joe [00:20:48] Closing remarks [00:21:31] -------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Joe:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesmazal/ Phone : (312) 848-6682  Web: https://interrarealty.com/   Connect with Sam: I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HowtoscaleCRE/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samwilsonhowtoscalecre/ Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com   SUBSCRIBE and LEAVE A RATING. Listen to How To Scale Commercial Real Estate Investing with Sam Wilson Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-scale-commercial-real-estate/id1539979234 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4m0NWYzSvznEIjRBFtCgEL?si=e10d8e039b99475f -------------------------------------------------------------- Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below: Joe Smazal (00:00:00) - A market that's challenging, I think weeds out some of the competition. If you're here and you're operating and you're you know, you're doing it the right way for the long haul. Think it it kind of puts up some barriers to entry that can provide a competitive advantage for those that can do it. Well, you know.   Sam Wilson (00:00:16) - Welcome to the how to scale commercial real estate show, whether you are an active or passive investor, we'll teach you how to scale your real estate investing business into something big. Joe Masel is the most active broker in the sale of $2 million plus apartment buildings in Chicago. Joe, welcome to the show.   Joe Smazal (00:00:36) - Good to be here, Sam.   Sam Wilson (00:00:38) - Thank you so much for coming on today. Appreciate it. Joe, There are three questions I ask every guest who comes on the show in 90s or less. Can you tell me where did you start? Where are you now and how did you get there?   Joe Smazal (00:00:48) - Uh, as a as it relates to my life, I started in Iowa.   Joe Smazal (00:00:52) - Um, I'm in Chicago, and I got here because of the job. My wife, as it starts, is it's with my career, which Imagine more of what you're asking. I started selling middle market size apartment buildings in the northwest side of Chicago, and Jefferson Township was the submarket of Focus. Um, I got there from a couple of years in medical sales and it just didn't really didn't really see as a long term career for me, enjoyed it, but just wasn't a fit for what I wanted to do in 5 or 10 years down the road, how I got here and being the most active in the space where I work is staying really focused on that niche and not chasing deals or not chasing other kind of distractions along the way.   Sam Wilson (00:01:38) - Got it, man, That's. That's really, really cool. You know, you you're a broker, but you also own apartment buildings there in Chicago, is that right?   Joe Smazal (00:01:49) - Yeah. Do you know my. My bread and butter? The way that I, you know, provide for my family is very much still from brokerage.   Joe Smazal (00:01:56) - But over the course of the last few years I've tried to acquire a small building or two. Um, and it's, it's allowed me to be a better broker, you know, certainly understand what, what my clients deal with a little bit better and I believe in what I do think it's a great vehicle for long term investment for for my family. Um, my wife and I manage them together. So that's kind of been fun. And, and it's going well. It's time to do it for the long haul.   Sam Wilson (00:02:26) - Man. That's really, really cool. Tell me, guess what the opportunity is right now? I mean, you have people buying. Obviously there's transaction volume, but but what's what's the opportunity that you have now maybe that we didn't have a year ago if there is such a thing?   Joe Smazal (00:02:41) - What say that we're dealing with with sellers that have a little bit more conviction to sell? You know, in Chicago, we didn't have, um, we didn't have the run up that and no, this is a national show.   Joe Smazal (00:02:54) - So if I talk too much Chicago.   Sam Wilson (00:02:56) - No, no, this is, this is, this is why you're here on the show is the talk Chicago because we know exactly what's going on in your local market.   Joe Smazal (00:03:02) - Cool. Um, well, in Chicago, um, a couple of years ago, folks were griping that we didn't have the same rent growth and population growth and such as some of the Sunbelt markets did or some of the more popular markets did. And, um, you know, Chicago was looked at as kind of boring. Now, you know, I think that folks to look at the last few years in Chicago and say that Chicago has been much more stable compared to some of those markets. And you know, we never had three caps for caps, you know, unless something was really, really prime. You know, we were selling generally in the fives on the north side of the city and we're still there. And we've had a ton of rent growth here, really strong. We have a very seasonal leasing season because the weather sucks in the winter and the beginning of the leasing season has been really strong.   Joe Smazal (00:03:52) - So we've seen folks kind of come back that left Chicago to explore some of these other markets. And then the folks that have never left seemed to be kind of doubling down and encouraged by encouraged by the operations. In terms of the opportunity here, um, like I mentioned at the beginning of that ramble, you know, we've just got sellers that have a little bit more conviction, kind of circumstantially in some cases that's just a loan maturing or, you know, a loan that have been floating or a partnership or a fund just kind of run its course. Um, and so we're seeing we're starting to see the inventory open up a little bit here this spring and really good real estate at prices that I think makes sense.   Sam Wilson (00:04:36) - No, that's. That's really, really awesome. And you said that things are on average, you think you're still trading in that five cap ish range.   Joe Smazal (00:04:44) - Yeah. I'm, um. He was funny. Mentioned a cap rate as a as the way to refer to pricing but in, in selling a middle market size apartment building.   Joe Smazal (00:04:56) - From your underwriting to my underwriting to another buyer's underwriting, the seller's underwriting to the lenders under a cap raise. You know, it's such a moving target. So I think that if we're underwriting apples to apples and something is stabilized in the consistent format that we usually present them to the marketplace, then I would say, yeah, we're, you know, between a five and a six depending on the submarket, depending on the quality of the real estate. You know, we can sell much lower than that if there's significant upside to the deal. And then if something is more hairy or, you know, not as attractive of a location or, you know, whatever the reason is, you'll see it adjust up from there.   Sam Wilson (00:05:36) - What would you say the average average not not transaction dollar size, but number of doors maybe is the average average number of doors per sale that you work on. I mean, what does it look like in the Chicago market?   Joe Smazal (00:05:51) - Yeah, last year was about 30 units. It was about it was about $9 million.   Joe Smazal (00:05:58) - Over the course of my career, the average has been about $6 million. And, you know, call it 25 ish units. Right.   Sam Wilson (00:06:06) - And that's going to be the standard kind of inventory size that you're working on.   Joe Smazal (00:06:10) - Yeah, it's typically private capital. It's and it's, you know, generally kind of that middle market space that call between, you know, eight units and 100 units in broad strokes. And then, you know, circumstantially slightly more, slightly less.   Sam Wilson (00:06:27) - But I mean, in Chicago proper, that's that that is that's basically what the inventory is, right? I mean, you're not going to run into those two, 300 multifamily, two 300 unit multifamily properties very often. I wouldn't imagine.   Joe Smazal (00:06:42) - No. You know, there's some high rise product downtown that ends up trading more institutionally. That's not really my my focus. You know, we've done some larger deals than what I referenced, but it's not you know, it's not what I'm selling, you know, 20 of a year. And then in the suburbs, you know, you see more garden style deals, you know, two, three story kind of sprawling with the pool, with the clubhouse.   Joe Smazal (00:07:05) - You know, that's more suburban product. My focus being more in the city, it ends up being more, you know, vintage or newer. We've got kind of three vintages of construction here. We've got like, you know, 20 ish construction, 6070s construction. Then, you know, after 2000 construction and walk up or elevator kind of mid-rise buildings.   Sam Wilson (00:07:26) - That's basically what would you say are some maybe top 2 or 3 considerations somebody should take into account when looking at a market like Chicago and you're looking at, like you said, stock that could be up to 100 years old. There's got to be some. Some nuances to investing in that type or that size of property. So what are some of those things that people should be thinking about as they consider this as an investment opportunity?   Joe Smazal (00:07:54) - Yeah. The first place my head went with the answer to the question is more from operations rather than maintenance, you know. Think Chicago being a major market with, you know, a landlord tenant ordinance. Um, you know, you have to even if you're trying to be a a good person, you have to know the rules.   Joe Smazal (00:08:12) - You know, it's more than just kind of trying your best. You have to know the specific rules to operate in Chicago and, and abide by the specific, you know, notice provisions and handling of evictions and that sort of thing. So I think knowing, you know, or having an operational partner or, you know, management company, um, physically, you know, the 20 construction buildings feel like end up having sometimes fewer issues than the, the newer construction stuff. You know, they've been stress tested for 100 years. You know, the adage that they don't make them like that anymore, it ends up being pretty accurate. Um, and so don't know you know, we um versus some of the Sunbelt markets or, or you know Florida we don't have the same don't know some of the same construction issues or the same like weather challenges. You know, insurance here is more reasonable in some of those markets. So physically, I think the buildings are pretty solid. It's more about being able to run them right now.   Sam Wilson (00:09:10) - That makes that makes a lot of sense there. That's yeah, that doesn't surprise me. The 20s vintage stuff is potentially less less maintenance work than some of the stuff that was built there in the in the 2000. I think that's something really important there that you bring up is just understanding, you know, what the local regulations are and how you work inside of them. For somebody like me here in Tennessee, which is a very landlord friendly state, and even in Shelby County, where I'm in Memphis, Tennessee, you know, there's more rules and regulations, but it's still pretty landlord friendly. I mean, by and large, and not that we don't want to do right by our tenants because we very much so want to, but we just don't have to jump through as many hoops as you do. Think It was interesting. I think it was in California where when they started putting in rent control, it was actually kind of spearheaded by somebody that was one of the very, very large multifamily property owners, which is kind of counterintuitive, but in its own weird sort of way, like most regulation does, it builds a hedge kind of around what they're doing and kind of makes the game much more difficult for everybody else to get into.   Sam Wilson (00:10:13) - But, you know, with all that kind of preamble put in there is there is their opportunity inside of that where we say, hey, this is this the game is now more difficult to play. So then that creates opportunity for people that actually want to get it and understand it.   Joe Smazal (00:10:27) - Yeah, for sure. I mean, think, you know, rent control is a horrible policy measure by every standard that, you know, I don't know how many case studies we need to see before, you know, it stops being proposed as a measure to to help tenants because it does anything but, you know. Yeah. Anyway, we don't need to go off on that tangent. Um, but yeah, I think as, as a market, um, you know, a market that's challenging, I think weeds out some of the competition. If you're here and you're operating and you're, you know, you're doing it the right way for the long haul, think it, it kind of puts up some barriers to entry that can provide a competitive advantage for those that can do it.   Joe Smazal (00:11:05) - Well, you know, think of it sometimes from brokerage standpoint, like wish it was harder to get your brokerage license, wish it was wish that there was more barrier to entry in this space because, you know, pulled myself to a high standard. And I wish the whole industry would be able to do that, too. So think if it's if it's competitive and difficult to operate, there is the silver lining is that not everybody can do it. And so if you can and you can do it effectively, um, sometimes it's half the battle.   Sam Wilson (00:11:35) - Absolutely. Absolutely. Let's talk a little bit about you and your personal journey. You've been very niche focused, which is, I think for most people, myself included, a challenging thing to do, the one thing to stick with it and just just to master that. What have been some keys for you doing that?   Joe Smazal (00:11:56) - Uh, well, it hasn't been a perfect ride to do that, you know? Think as you. As you grow and as you have some success and doing it, you know, the challenges or the, you know, the the shiny object is doing bigger deals.   Joe Smazal (00:12:11) - And what I've found is that there's not as much velocity in those. You know, generally the institutional firms are set up a little bit differently in the way that they have teams and kind of handle the workload and. And so I took my eye off the ball a little bit and kind of trying to chase some of those and realize it's not really the way for me to to grow my business. I'd rather do more of the size that I'm doing. And, you know, the deal size can kind of gradually work up. But it's been a competitive advantage because in brokerage, you know, it's brokerage. There's a lot of good things about the job. But it is it's not easy. And so think as you have some success, either are tempted in to do something different and more on the principle side or at some point in the journey you get you get tired of kind of the grind of having to feed the front of the pipeline. So one of my advantages has been, you know, some attrition and competition and just a general like kind of doubling down of of my focus on this space.   Sam Wilson (00:13:11) - No, I think that's great. That's absolutely great. Yeah. And that's and that's something that that I do think is a struggle for all of us. But I'm always impressed with people who say, you know what, I've been doing this for a dozen years, 20 years, whatever it is, and this is exactly what I focus on. Yeah, it seems like by and large you've been able there to pull that off. Let's talk a little bit maybe what I have some questions on. Oh, what's trading like Right right now. I know you mentioned you kind of unit size. Is there are there particular amenities that people want in Chicago? Are there certain building styles or types that you say, man, this is doing better than that? So somebody coming to Chicago and wants to invest, they should be looking at whatever it is. Fill in the blank. Are those types of things that we should be thinking about?   Joe Smazal (00:13:52) - Um, yeah. What's trading is call it 20, you know, 15 to 20.   Joe Smazal (00:13:59) - It's up to 50 ish unit product in any North Side market and some of the south side markets, you see the same type of velocity. Um, the trading have a lot of different amenities or they, you know they can be kind of they can run the gamut of finish level and quality, but the common denominator is that they end up kind of lending well to the buyer pool of owner operating long term investor, um, a lot of family offices or private individuals that, that have um, that end up kind of having consistent demand for that type of product. And they don't trade real frequently. I mean, a lot of those are held for decades prior to selling. So when they come up, regardless of what the conditions are in the market, the long term holders in any given submarket end up being pretty territorial with the inventory. So if you can get the right type of inventory, we're seeing really strong demand from that type of buyer pool. Um, amenity wise, you know, I don't know that there's I don't know that there's anything that's a particular hot button.   Joe Smazal (00:15:05) - I mean, it seems like individual Hvac just given kind of the cost of utilities and, and offsetting that to the tenants and then having in unit laundry seem to be probably two for different reasons, but two of the most desirable amenities to have um say there's probably a slight preference towards more stabilized physically versus less and that's changed a little bit over the course of the last few years. Just given, um, you know, the Chicago permitting process has gotten embarrassing, embarrassingly slow, and the cost of construction obviously has gone up kind of everywhere. And here's no exception. So somebody can buy more physically stabilized and create some operational efficiencies or roll it into an existing portfolio. Um, I'd say that product is more attractive than something that has a real heavy lift right now.   Sam Wilson (00:15:56) - That's interesting. Yeah, I wouldn't I wouldn't have thought about that. But again, going back to the, you know, challenges that may be faced from the landlord tenant laws, the rules and those provisions, all those things that that could be a hurdle that maybe you wouldn't want to climb as a new investor coming into the city.   Sam Wilson (00:16:13) - So.   Joe Smazal (00:16:14) - Yeah. And the lead time and giving the notice and then, you know, getting the permitting and doing the work. I mean, it can be a longer cycle than a lot of people have tolerance for. Um. But over the course of the last few years, you know, prior to the recent past, it's been like value add, value add value add. Think it's easier to raise money for. There's, you know, there's some sort of pop kind of earlier on in the hold that creates some excitement for both sponsors and and passive investors. And so, um, but I think there's just been some challenges in the way those get executed recently. We can still certainly sell them and some of them are more attractive than others, but I'd say there's a bias probably towards more stabilized versus less right now.   Sam Wilson (00:16:58) - Right now, that makes that makes a lot of sense, especially if you're out of town. Investors. If you came to me, I'd certainly want to look at more stabilized assets than less.   Sam Wilson (00:17:05) - You know, in the Chicago market, what you mentioned that owners tend to be territorial in in the sense that they probably buy up as much as they can within a given area and they hold them for a long time. I think that's a really compelling, compelling thesis for seller financing. Do you see any deals getting done at this point where they say, hey, look, you know, we want to unload a portfolio seller, Financing is the way to do it that way. I mean, do you see anything on that front happening or is that something that's just kind of outside of. Outside of the norm.   Joe Smazal (00:17:37) - I'd say outside of the norm, you know, down a handful of them over the course of my career, I wouldn't say we've seen really in Chicago. I know that, you know, I'm reading about more getting done nationally as a solution to where the debt market is gone. But I'd say for the type of product that I referenced, most sellers would say if they don't have to do that, they don't really want to do it, and not for everybody.   Joe Smazal (00:18:00) - Some people want to do it as a, you know, as kind of a mechanism to create some some more passive cash flow over the course of the next year, not realize capital gains, whatever the reason why somebody wants to do it. Sure. But I'd say there hasn't really been a significant uptake in it here because the buyer pool that I was referencing or that I have been referencing still still getting fairly attractive term, there's still, you know, kind of the sponsor of choice for most local banks. So they're still getting pretty decent terms. Um, and it's competitive on the buy side. So generally like unless it's something the seller is trying to do is kind of a segue into retirement. Haven't seen a ton of them.   Sam Wilson (00:18:44) - Got it. Okay, cool. No, that's awesome. Joe here, before we jump into the last segment of the show, we were learning how to get in touch with you. Is there anything else we should be thinking about as it pertains to Chicago? Investing in Chicago, investing in multifamily, small multifamily in Chicago? Anything else come to mind you'd love to share with our audience?   Joe Smazal (00:19:01) - Uh, you know, I think Chicago is, is getting some a bit of a bad rap in the in the news.   Joe Smazal (00:19:08) - And, you know, if you read the headlines, I think people that that don't know it intimately could can say I'd rather you know live or invest elsewhere. But Chicago is an incredibly well rounded city. You know, there's a job market where you could do anything in the world. In Chicago, we've got incredible housing stock. We've got great nightlife, restaurants. We have geographic constraints and how the city can expand. So it's not easy to build here in addition to the permitting and, you know, the scarcity of land, it's just we don't see supply grow much in Chicago. So right now we're in a gangbusters rental market when other areas of the country are, you know, are seeing rents recede. And, you know, it's not as bad as the news on the other fronts, you know, it's not without challenges. I'm not being, you know, Pollyannaish about it, but, um. It's a great place to live. Believe in investing here and running my business here. I'm not going anywhere.   Joe Smazal (00:20:12) - And there's a lot of people like me who are going to be here for the long haul.   Sam Wilson (00:20:15) - Yeah. Understand that, man. Absolutely. Love Chicago. A big a big, big fan of the city there. That's. Yeah. If you had to pick any city in the US, I wanted to go visit and spend a weekend, and it certainly would be Chicago. But I'm not just saying that I really, truly love going to Chicago, so it's always, always a good time. And it's kind of like Memphis. I mean, we get we get that bad rap too, or it's like, Oh man, if all you do is read the newspapers, then don't think any of us would ever leave our home. So it's just kind of the way it goes. But Joe, appreciate you coming on the show today. If our listeners want to get in touch with you and learn more about you, what is the best way to do that?   Joe Smazal (00:20:48) - Uh, thanks for having me on, man.   Joe Smazal (00:20:49) - Uh, my cell phone number is (312) 848-6682. I work for a firm called Integra Realty and Terra Realty. Um, yeah, I've got LinkedIn. Joe Small. I'm not super active on the other social media platforms, but I'm pretty easy to get in touch. I'd be a bad broker if I was hard to get in touch with. So you can't touch me Like there's not that many Joe houses running around, so it's easy enough to do so.   Sam Wilson (00:21:19) - Fantastic. Joe, thank you again for coming on the show today. We will include all of that information there in the show. Show notes to look for that if you want to get in touch with Joe. Joe, thank you again. Have a great rest of your day.   Joe Smazal (00:21:30) - Thanks, man. You too.   Sam Wilson (00:21:31) - Hey, thanks for listening to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate podcast. If you can do me a favor and subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, whatever platform it is you use to listen. If you can do that for us, that would be a fantastic help to the show.   Sam Wilson (00:21:48) - It helps us both attract new listeners as well as rank higher on those directories. So appreciate you listening. Thanks so much and hope to catch you on the next episode.      

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Michael Jamin sits down with one of his good friends (and former bosses) Jonathan Aibel who was a movie writer for Kung Fu Panda 1-3 and has worked on other greats like Trolls, Monster Trucks, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, and Monsters vs Aliens. If you dream of being a movie or TV writer, you won't want to miss this podcast episode!Show Notes:Jonathan Aibel IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008743/Jonathan Aibel EMMYS: https://www.emmys.com/bios/jonathan-aibelJonathan Aibel Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jonathan_aibelMichael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Watchlist - https://michaeljamin.com/watchlistAutogenerated Transcript:Jonathan Aibel (00:00:00):We knew storyboards, we knew how to read storyboards. We knew what happens in an editing room and how actors perform, right? So we came to it with production skills or an, an understanding of the process that that helped us come in and say, oh, I think you can, you can cut a few frames there and actually know what we were talking about.Michael Jamin (00:00:23):You're listening to Screenwriters. Need to Hear This with Michael Jamin. Hey everyone. Welcome to Screenwriters. Need to hear this. I'm Michael Jamin, and I got a great guest for you today. This is my, this is one of my, this is one of my first bosses, actually. And yeah, yeah, John, it's true. I am here with John Abel one of the partner, he, his partners Glen Berger. I'll have him on in a future episode. So tell him to just relax. I know he wants toJonathan Aibel (00:00:51):Be, let's see how this goesMichael Jamin (00:00:52):First. Yeah, he'll, exactly. So yeah, and this guy's got a ton of credit. We, he's a real life movie writer. So let me give, I'm gonna sell you a, I'm gonna sell you, John, and then I'll let you talk for a second. But first let me talk, let me sell you up.Jonathan Aibel (00:01:04):That's fine.Michael Jamin (00:01:04):Proof everyone knows, like, I'm a, people say I'm a good creative writer. Wrong. I'm gonna prove it by selling you here, by building you up. So he's written on a u s a, he wrote run on King of the Hill for many years, including he was the showrunner, season five, cos Showrunner Mar. He also worked on Married to the Kelly's. That was his tv. That was his run in TV, I think. And then he went on to write Kung fu Panda, Kung fu Panda two, Kung fu Panda three proving like, you know, milking that thing, just milking that Kung fu panda thing. And then trolls, monster Trucks. And you've had a couple, couple upcoming stuff I want to talk about. Jonathan Abel, welcome to the show.Jonathan Aibel (00:01:46):Thank you. That was okay.Michael Jamin (00:01:48):What wasn't good? What should I have said?Jonathan Aibel (00:01:49):Well, you, king of the Hill is six years and like, that was six six. That was great TV. And then, and then you kinda mentioned some things. I was on six weeks with the same,Michael Jamin (00:01:59):Yeah,Jonathan Aibel (00:02:00):The same emphasis.Michael Jamin (00:02:01):I'm pretty sure, but I'm pretty sure. So they're not equal, you're saying, you're saying, well,Jonathan Aibel (00:02:07):You know, some, some are hits and some are are learning experiences. I'mMichael Jamin (00:02:12):Wearing my shirt for you by the, my King of the Hilter. But let, lemme tell you something. Let me tell you let me tell you something else. So will you, you guys, you and your partner Glenn hired basically, hi. You and Richard Pell hired us to be on King of the Hill. I think there was an opening because of Paul Lieberstein who left. And we literally took his office. So I credit I thank you for that. Oh, you'reJonathan Aibel (00:02:30):Welcome.Michael Jamin (00:02:31):When we got, when we joined the show, it was like, you know, it's your responsibility to get up to speed. So I asked for every script that was written or every, you know, anything on DVD that was already shot. And I distinctly remember reading all your guys' scripts, you and you and Glen Scripps, and just thinking, man, every script you wrote was just tight. It was so tight. And you'd come outta the box with a big joke. And it was just so well written. And like, you know, I didn't, there was 20 writers in the show, but I remember that your, your scripts always stood out like, man, these are always,Jonathan Aibel (00:03:02):You know, IMichael Jamin (00:03:03):Appreciate that. Always good. Yeah.Jonathan Aibel (00:03:04):I also appreciate your your diligence.Michael Jamin (00:03:07):My diligenceJonathan Aibel (00:03:08):Well, to come into a job and say, let me read everything. Lemme seeMichael Jamin (00:03:12):Everything. Oh, is, I didn'tJonathan Aibel (00:03:13):Think that was, it was a bit of a challenge with a hundred episodes.Michael Jamin (00:03:16):Always dreadful. The whole thing was a horrible experience. It's a lot to, but I remember. But you have to do it. You have to. That's how you get the voice of the characters and but the, to like, what kind of show episodes are being told. I remember, I dunno if I ever told you this, but I remember we had just, we were on just Shoot Me, you know, for the first four years. And I remember after the first season, king of the Hill was up against to shoot me. And I remember I was actually house-sitting for Steve Levitan for some reason. And and we were watching, I, we threw a big party. He, he wasn't in the house. And, and we were watching King of the Hill. It just came on. It was the, it was, you know, the Bobby's falls in love with the, with the dummy. And I, and I remember watching thinking, oh no, this is the competition. , this is really good Jonathan Aibel (00:04:01):That we used to watch. Just shoot me all the time in the writer's room feel that same way.Michael Jamin (00:04:06):Is that right? I didn't know that. I don't, I don't think so,Jonathan Aibel (00:04:08):But I, I just feels like it would, it should be.Michael Jamin (00:04:11):Yeah. You, you actually used to reciprocate.Jonathan Aibel (00:04:13):That'd be a nice thing to say.Michael Jamin (00:04:14):It would've been. But yeah, so Damn, Michelle was, and I still get, I, even today I get a ton of compliments on, on King of Hill. But tell me more. Tell me how you broken. How did you guys even get on King of Hill Hill?Jonathan Aibel (00:04:28):We were very lucky in that before we even moved to California, we, Glen and I met, we were management consultants and we met someone at this consulting firm who was college roommate with Greg Daniel's wife. And when we first started thinking maybe we don't wanna be consultants and would prefer to be comedy writers, she said, you should talk to Suzanne. Give her a call. So we called Suzanne to say, could we, we know you're Frank, could we talk to you about writing? And she said, you really wanna talk to my husband? So she put Greg on the phone. He didn't know who we were. We, he then I, whatMichael Jamin (00:05:11):Was Greg doing at that time?Jonathan Aibel (00:05:13):He had moved to la I think he was doing Seinfeld at the time or had done the freelance, the parking spot on Seinfeld. Oh, I didn't, yeah, he'd come off of snl.Michael Jamin (00:05:24):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:05:25):And he gave the most basic advice that now you would probably give people, or you'd Google this. And it was, and Glen wrote it down, it was moved to Los Angeles. Mm-Hmm. . Okay, okay. What else do we need to do? Like the how do you become a writer? And just super helpful in that regard. And then we moved to LA and never ran into him until King of the Hill. We had our first meeting and Glenn, I think he may have brought the pad and said, it's your fault. We're here.Michael Jamin (00:06:00):But how did you get the meetingJonathan Aibel (00:06:02):That, that it was just through our agent. There's this new show starting up, it's animated. I don't wanna do animation. I know, I know. And it's non gild. Yeah,Michael Jamin (00:06:12):I know aboutJonathan Aibel (00:06:13):That. And you're gonna work in a full year for 12 episodes. Mm-Hmm. . Well, this sounds terrible, but it's Greg, it's Mike Judge who's coming off of Beavis and Butthead. Mm-Hmm. . And you will learn a lot whether it's a hit or not. And we thought, well, that's probably the best reason to, to take a job. There's nothing to see. There was no pilot even, there's just a script. Right. There are no voices to listen to. It had been cast. So it was really just going under the assumption that, well, anytime you think something's gonna be a hit, it never is. So let's take a job just based on the people. And I don't think at that moment we had there, it wasn't like, do we take this or do we take this? It was, well, do we take this or do we just hang on? And, but you had no, I think maybe we hadn't,Michael Jamin (00:07:04):You didn't have any other credits before that, did you?Jonathan Aibel (00:07:06):No, we had done, we started off, oh, we did an episode of the George Carlin show. We had done, youMichael Jamin (00:07:13):Were right down the hall from me. I didn't know that. Cause I was a pa.Jonathan Aibel (00:07:15):Right. Well, we had done a freelance. A freelance,Michael Jamin (00:07:17):Doesn't matter. You were in the Warner Brothers building, building 1 22 or something. Cuz that's where it was.Jonathan Aibel (00:07:21):Well, here. No, cuz here's our great George Carlin story is that we wrote this script for Sam Simon. Right. We turned it in. We get a call a few weeks later from someone at the studio who said, great episode. And we said, oh, you read the script. Well read the script. Did tape last night.Michael Jamin (00:07:42): just slapping the face. Yeah.Jonathan Aibel (00:07:47):We were not invited to our own tape. So we watched, we had a party, we watched it at home. Look, our first, our first big creditMichael Jamin (00:07:54):That, but that's amazing too. How did you get, how did you pitch that? You're skipping all this good stuff.Jonathan Aibel (00:07:59):Ah, our agent just back then we were, we were new. I think we had a couple, we've done a, a sketch show on Nickelodeon that got us in the guild that got us an agent. And interesting. He just put us up for stuff. So one of them was this freelance of of Carlin. And one of the other things is we went to pitch Sam mm-hmm. , who it was, it was a hazard. Like he had a deadly sharp throwing stars on his table. So you'd go to like, oh, what's the paperwork? Don't touch those. They were razor sharp. And he also had a couple vicious dobermansMichael Jamin (00:08:42):In the office. Yeah, I remember that. I remember that.Jonathan Aibel (00:08:44):Then he also had, what we assumed was his story editor sitting at the table as we pitched him some story ideas. And then we left and realized, no, that was his next meeting. The next writer who's gonna pitch story idea sat at the table while we pitched ours. And then we left. And he stayed and pitched his,Michael Jamin (00:09:02):That's a littleJonathan Aibel (00:09:03):Unusual. It was a very, it was, it was a very odd thing. But that worked out in the sense that we got the freelanceMichael Jamin (00:09:10):Your scripts must have been very good then. I mean, cuzJonathan Aibel (00:09:13):I don't think they, I don't think so.Michael Jamin (00:09:15):It must have been if you would've got an agent that easily and got to be able to pitch these shows.Jonathan Aibel (00:09:19):Well, the, the agent, I don't know if it was easy. We, well, what happened was what Mo what happens to most people is you come out and you think, we need to find an agent. We need to get an agent. We're not gonna get a job without an agent. Right. And then you meet all these agents, they love you, they love your stuff, and they say, get a job. I'm happy to sign you.Michael Jamin (00:09:37):Yes.Jonathan Aibel (00:09:38):And we realized we're not going to get work, but just an agent. We need to get work somehow. And just by knowing people, talking to people, we wound up at M T V. Mm-Hmm. doing a game show.Michael Jamin (00:09:54):Which show was that?Jonathan Aibel (00:09:55):It was called Trashed. Think It finally Made it there. We just worked on the pilot and then got to know people on the, on the hallway. We share, we were in damn TV buildings. And next door were some writers on this Nickelodeon show. And a couple of the writers had just left. And someone said, oh, I hear they're, they're looking to hire. Wow. So we said, Hey, we, we've got sketches. Can we, can we meet? We the executive producer read our stuff, met with us, and said, yeah, I'll hire these guys. We went to our agent, the, the potential agent, and said, we just got offered a guild job. Do you wanna represent us? You, there's no negotiation other than you say, yeah, I think I can get my boss to sign you. Sure. And that was it. And then we were in the Guild. We were having fun writing, and I had had credits, but I, I wouldn't say we necessarily knew how to write. We knew how to be funny and come up with gags mm-hmm. . But the idea of how do you write a scene, how to you write a script was right. Was a little bit mysterious.Michael Jamin (00:11:01):But, and so you, I so you met Glen, you were just, you were, he was a coworker at when you were in your consulting firm. And then how did you both, like, did you, so you never even dreamed as a kid of being a writer. It was ne like, how did this come out of, where did this come from? This writing thing?Jonathan Aibel (00:11:14):I don't think I had any idea that people wrote for a living.Michael Jamin (00:11:20):Mm-Hmm. .Jonathan Aibel (00:11:22):Like, you didn't, you'd watch shows and you wouldn't think, I don't, I don't really know what I was thinking. Like, if I went to see a play on Broadway, I knew a human had written it, but there's something about TV where you would think like, I don't know, those are characters who would say these words and you don't think of 10 people in a room writing those words. So it wasn't until Stimson's and Seinfeld started breaking through that, I started feeling like, whoa, there's TV here that I'd wanna write. And later I found out it was because people just a few years ahead of me at Harvard,Michael Jamin (00:12:01):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:12:01):Were writing those shows. So I was sort of thinking like, why does this feel like it's my sensibility without realizing I was kind of swimming in the same waterMichael Jamin (00:12:09):They had? You weren't on the Lampoon then. No.Jonathan Aibel (00:12:11):You didn't have a no idea that this is something,Michael Jamin (00:12:14):How did you know you were funny then? Like, you know, IJonathan Aibel (00:12:18):Mean, I, I think I always had a sense of humor and was known for being funny slash maybe sometimes disruptive, but cleverly disruptive in school. Right. Like, I was, I'd done musical theater, so I was okay fam like, I, I wasn't like unfamiliar with entertainment.Michael Jamin (00:12:40):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:12:42):But that was different from thinking, you know, that's something you can make a living at. And then it was right around that time where these articles started coming out about the number of people who had gone from the East coast to LA and how many Letterman writers.Michael Jamin (00:12:56):Yeah.Jonathan Aibel (00:12:56):And SNL writers and Simpson's writer and Seinfeld and Frazier and Cheers and all these. That opened up my eyes to wait a minute, this is, you could make a living,Michael Jamin (00:13:07):But when you,Jonathan Aibel (00:13:07):I went to, I had no idea.Michael Jamin (00:13:09):When you quit your job, then you came to LA you'd had no job. Right. You were what? You were just like, I'm gonna live off my savings. Or what would you do?Jonathan Aibel (00:13:16):Right. We, we, we saved up from, I I, I think Glen says he sent away for grad school applications. His second day of work is how, how quickly he knew that place wasn't for him.Michael Jamin (00:13:30):He did it just .Jonathan Aibel (00:13:32):It was a little, a little later in the process, but we started writing at night. Like we found out you gotta write a specMichael Jamin (00:13:40):Script. Right. And you guys are roommates too?Jonathan Aibel (00:13:43):No. No. We, we weren't, but we wouldn't sometimes call in sick and then work on ourMichael Jamin (00:13:48):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:13:49):Ourselves or Glen would stay home and, and turn the light onto my cubicle and put a Right. Put my suit jacket over my chair. , you know, it wasMichael Jamin (00:13:58):All these, oh my God. Jonathan Aibel (00:14:00):Our heart wasn't really in it, but we stayed and did the job and, and saved up.Michael Jamin (00:14:05):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:14:06):So that we could move to LA And we didn't move out to LA like I think we were, we approached it, the way we approached consulting, which was this, this was my job as a consultant, was I was given a list of doctors and it, we had sent them a survey and it was go down this list, call each doctor's office and ask them if they filled out the survey. So it's like, hello, Dr. Levine, my name is John Avon. I'm calling on behalf of this. And we've sent a survey. I was just wondering if you had a chance to, to, and I would just have to do that for hours. And the skill it taught me was just pick up the phone and call people.Michael Jamin (00:14:47):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:14:47):So when we were thinking of moving to LA, it was, oh, you should like calling Suzanne.Michael Jamin (00:14:53):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:14:54):Instead of saying, ah, she doesn't know me. It was just, okay, she's just like a doctor. I'm calling you. She doesn't want to talk to me. She'll just, you weren'tMichael Jamin (00:15:01):To call, were intimidated at all. You, you had, you weren't intimidated at all.Jonathan Aibel (00:15:04):I don't think I knew to be intimidated. We were in Boston at the time,Michael Jamin (00:15:08):UhhuhJonathan Aibel (00:15:09):. We didn't, you weren't surrounded by people who had this dream of going to Hollywood and then came home with their tail between their legs and said, now it's awful out there. Right. It was, that place seems fun and sunshine and I knew people, people from school, people, friends of my brothers had lived were, were out there. So when we showed up, it felt like there was a, a group, there was a, you weren't alone. It was there other people here pursuing the dream, but not so many that you felt like there's no chance this is gonna happen. Like we were, I don't know if cocky is the word, but because we didn't know any better. We were just know it's gonna work outMichael Jamin (00:15:48):And itJonathan Aibel (00:15:49):We're gonna, we didn'tMichael Jamin (00:15:49):How long did it take for you to get work, but when you moved out here, it sounds like a fa it was fast.Jonathan Aibel (00:15:53):Well, we moved out in September and we got the game show started in December. And then I think amazing by the following summer we were on the Nickelodeon show.Michael Jamin (00:16:07):What show was that? What was thatJonathan Aibel (00:16:08):Called? It was called Roundhouse.Michael Jamin (00:16:10):I don't know that one.Jonathan Aibel (00:16:11):Right. Bruce Bruce Gowers who just passed away two days ago. Who did The Queen, the Bohemian Rapley video. He was the director of it.Michael Jamin (00:16:19):Oh wow.Jonathan Aibel (00:16:20):But there's a little little roundhouse trivia. It was really fun. It was a lot of in living color writers.Michael Jamin (00:16:25):Wow.Jonathan Aibel (00:16:26):Between gigs were there. So it had dancing and original music and it was a sketch show for tweens on on sncc.Michael Jamin (00:16:36):Sncc. Is that what it was? Really? Yeah. It's so funny cuz this show here was on Nick at night, which was supposed to be not Nickelodeon and Nick at night. No, it'sJonathan Aibel (00:16:43):Different.Michael Jamin (00:16:44):But it's not because it, Nick, I don't remember if Nick at night started at 8:00 PM or 9:00 PM or whatever. But see, my, my partner I siever it used to say, but it's the, it's the babysitting channel up until, you know, 8 0 1 and then it becomes racy. But the parents don't know thatJonathan Aibel (00:17:00):. Right. no one's turning you.Michael Jamin (00:17:02):Yeah. So the, we got a lot of peopleJonathan Aibel (00:17:04):From was Saturday night. Saturday night. Nick is a whole otherMichael Jamin (00:17:07):Ball game. Oh, is that what that is? Sncc? Yeah.Jonathan Aibel (00:17:10):I guess they could have also done it Sunday without changing the name. Yeah. But it was SaturdayMichael Jamin (00:17:15):Or Wednesdays. Wednesdays or Thursdays. Anything, any day that ends with an sJonathan Aibel (00:17:23):That's true. Wednesday, Wednesdays Nick.Michael Jamin (00:17:25):Yeah. Anyway, that's why we're not in the marketing department.Jonathan Aibel (00:17:29):My point though is by the time we got to King of the HillMichael Jamin (00:17:32):Yeah.Jonathan Aibel (00:17:34):We had had, we had worked on a, a show that was real old school in its joke telling, like real strong set up three a page, boom, boom, boom, boom. Then we worked on another show that was very emotional where it was single woman in the city kind of show. And that was, it wasn't, not funny, but it was as a writer there it was, wait a minute, I'm supposed to tell a story that isn't just the situation of situation comedy. It wasn't just the character loses her driver's license and has to go to the D M V and this crazy stuff happens. Mm-Hmm. , it was thinking about the, the internal life and they're Okay. That's an interesting then,Michael Jamin (00:18:23):But then when did you learn actually how to write like story, a story structure? When did, is that King of the Hill?Jonathan Aibel (00:18:29):I think so. The other, the, the show that was very joke heavy. The other thing you learn on a joke heavy show is, is the, the tricks. The okay, someone comes in and says something and then at the end of the scene someone repeats it in a callback andMichael Jamin (00:18:44):Right, right.Jonathan Aibel (00:18:45):Then people laugh and the music plays and you dissolve slowly to the next scene. And they're, they're like they're like weapons. They could be in that they could be used for good or evil.Michael Jamin (00:18:55):Right. Right. SoJonathan Aibel (00:18:57):By the time though, we got to King of the Hill, I remember pitching the very first week to Greg and you just have no idea what this show you're thinking the Simpson. So, okay. I remember we pitched something like Dale's an exterminator. So he tens a big house and then people think it's a circus and starts showing up at it.Michael Jamin (00:19:19):Oh, I like thatJonathan Aibel (00:19:20):. And Greg's like, oh, that's the little, probably by season eight that would've been a season eight idea. That's good. But in the beginning I think that's a little not observational enough. And, and, and it's sort of like, well what do you mean to define observational was the, the question like how do you find comedy out of human, actual human behavior?Michael Jamin (00:19:48):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:19:48):In the way, how do you observe what a person would do in a, in a real life situation? And no one had really done that in animation, which was Yeah. The, I think the brilliance of Mike and Greg was to say, well, what if you take this style that's associated with unreality Right. And give it more reality than anything else you've seen in animation.Michael Jamin (00:20:09):And that's what was unusual because we used to say in many ways just king of the Hill was less of a cartoon than, than just shooting me. I mean, just shoot me was more of a cartoon. You know, it was, but, and it's unusual cause you'd say, I I even back then I was like, well why is this show animated? Like, cuz you no one's eyes popping out, no one's running on air. You know, no one's doing any Daffy Duck stuff. But I guess it was just because you could shoot it like a movie and it could be real. But you didn't have the, you didn't have the budget. WellJonathan Aibel (00:20:39):You're probably overthinking it cuz it was just the real reason is they had to deal with Mike and Mike's an animator and this is what he wanted to do.Michael Jamin (00:20:46):. I guess so. But usually why is it animated? Like, you know, otherJonathan Aibel (00:20:50):Than because Yeah. That's, that's why are, why are, why is this? It's cuz cuz Mike wanted, he saw it. No, that was his thing. And, and he didn't. And, and that's great. That's as, that's as good a reason. And how,Michael Jamin (00:21:04):How much was, and I've heard stories, but I think people wanna hear this. How involved was Mike like literally on a day-to-day basis in those early years with the show?Jonathan Aibel (00:21:13):Huh. I can't say I know the full scope of it because I'm sure he was more involved in the production,Michael Jamin (00:21:22):But he wasn't in the writer's room. I mean, I know like,Jonathan Aibel (00:21:24):No, cuz he was living in Texas.Michael Jamin (00:21:26):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:21:27):So he would come in and then we would do the story retreats, maybe you remember. Yeah. Or we'd go to Texas and and meet with him, or he would come in or we'd go to his house. It re it was Greg on the day today. And then I don't really know what the, the communication between the two of them was. Right. I, I'm pretty sure Mike's deal was, I have a life in Texas and I don't wanna move to LA and do this grind cuz he had done that grind for Beefs and, but, and the Beavers and Butthead movie.Michael Jamin (00:22:01):Right, right.Jonathan Aibel (00:22:03):So I think that's what Greg took on.Michael Jamin (00:22:06):But yeah, he,Jonathan Aibel (00:22:06):It was a great combination.Michael Jamin (00:22:08):He have notes though. He I remember, you know, even on on the, on the audio track, you could sometimes hear him say, I'm, that that line's not right. He'd tweak a line or whatever, you know? Yeah, yeah.Jonathan Aibel (00:22:19):Yeah, you get his little I'm not gonna say that. How aboutMichael Jamin (00:22:23): not gonna do that. But, but then, okay, so then you guys rose up to the ranks cuz only in five or six years you were running the show, which is a pretty fast climb to be able to run a TV show after only that short amount of time is kind of crazy almost. You know, IJonathan Aibel (00:22:38):Think we were a and meanwhile feels like, oh, we're not getting anywhere in this town. And some of that is because you do a show. We were, we'd probably done a year of it worked under the year before it even premiered. Right. So you're putting all this into it and you don't know if it's gonna be a hit. And then the surprise was, it, it was doing really well. And then you have no time to enjoy it because you're halfway through starting season two. It was, it was both really exciting and just crazy exhausting. And itMichael Jamin (00:23:12):Was,Jonathan Aibel (00:23:13):Yeah. Like 3:00 AM And that's sort of fun sometimesMichael Jamin (00:23:19):When you're young, it's inJonathan Aibel (00:23:21):The beginning where it's, hey, it's like college, right? We're all hanging out. We're just being funny. And then you start dating and your partners saying, what time are you gonna be home? I don't know. Yeah. Or what time do you think I really, I don't know. Someone could come into this room in two minutes and say, we're good. Go home. Or someone could come in in two minutes and say, I just got Mike's notes. We need to start over. Yeah. You don't know. And that's a, when you're a staff writer, not so hard because you just do what you're told when as you move up and take on more responsibility. It, it definitely became less fun. Aspects of it were fun. Mm-Hmm. directing actors was really fun. Mm-Hmm. working with editing and storyboard artists and the animation directors fun. But the more stuff like, can I go to a dentist appointment on Wednesday? Let me see what's the staff, what, what room am I in today? Like, I, I left consulting because I didn't wanna be a, a manager. And that's wh part of show running is that, and for us, that was the, that wasn't the fun part. The fun part, as we say, Glenn and I would note you rise up and become a showrunner based on the strength of your writing. And then you get to a position where you don't have time to write anymore.Michael Jamin (00:24:41):Oh. It's not only that people, cause I people, they reach out to me all the time, you know, that I wanna be a showrunner. It's like, I just wanted to be a writer. Like, cuz be a show. It's like you just said, you, none of us become comedy writers because we wanna be managers. Like that's not, and when you're a show owner, that's what you're doing. You are managing other people. Yeah. And and, and we're not equipped, we're not prepared for it. And we don't necessarily even want to do that. And, you know, it's a, it's a, it's a hardJonathan Aibel (00:25:06):Leap. Right. And it was, it was definitely challenging also, cuz you're putting all this work in, then you realize, this isn't even my show. This is Greg and Mike's vision, and you're just trying to fulfill their vision. Right.(00:25:21):Like, I can see running my, if Im running my own show saying I love this idea and this is my baby and I'm gonna protect. And I just, I want to be the ur here. I want to see my vision through. But so much of show running isn't that at all? It's, it's, Greg would describe it as it's sort of like pottery where you would make a pot, put it on the shelf and all right, what's the next one? Sometimes they break, sometimes they're not quite formed. But you don't have time. You gotta get to the next Right. Get to make another pot.Michael Jamin (00:25:53):But do you have, and I wanna get to your film career, which is very impressive, but do you have, did you have any like, eyes to go back and do any kind of television, even creating your own show?Jonathan Aibel (00:26:03):We, after King of the Hill, we, we wrote a few pilots. We were at Fox and writing pilots. And it was a weird time in TV where every year Fox would say, we don't want single camera shows. We need, we need Multicam, we need to pair them with whateverMichael Jamin (00:26:20):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:26:21):Hit they had there. We need another, we need to pair this. So we'd write a multi cam and then they would only pick up single camera shows. But I think that happened two or three years or whatMichael Jamin (00:26:29):Yeah. What's,Jonathan Aibel (00:26:30):What's going on? So we started realizing, I, I think we were kind of spoiled by King of the Hill. It was, it was just creatively, it was just an amazing show. And so fun to write those characters and work with those actors and work with that staff that after that it was, I don't, it's hard to just go and do sitcoms. I mean, like, I enjoyed the form, but I couldn't see myself spending 10 more years doing that. And it felt like the the air was coming out of that format.Michael Jamin (00:27:07):Then how did you, how did you jump into features?Jonathan Aibel (00:27:10):Well, it started because King, as I mentioned, king of the Hill was not a guild go in the first years mm-hmm. . So we're doing it, we're in our second or third year, and we realized we're gonna lose our health insurance. What, what? I mean like, it was a very adult sounding realization of, oh, health insurance. What I, I hadn't even been thinking. Because when you're in the Writer's Guild, it's amazing. On a time I was 23, I had health insurance.Michael Jamin (00:27:40):But you had health through the Animators Guild though, through tag.Jonathan Aibel (00:27:43):We weren't animated animation. We were No, it was not unfamiliarMichael Jamin (00:27:47):Anybody. Oh no. Wow. I didn't know that.Jonathan Aibel (00:27:51):So we said to our agent, we need, we need either freelance episodesMichael Jamin (00:28:00):Mm-Hmm. Jonathan Aibel (00:28:01):Or we need to write a feature. And she said, well, do you have a feature spec? And we said, no. And then, and to her credit, she said, there's this director, he's been hired to direct a reboot of Freddy, or of Friday, it was Freddy versus Jason.Michael Jamin (00:28:20):Mm-Hmm. .Jonathan Aibel (00:28:21):And he loves King of the Hill. And basically it was, can you give him a fun, fun, he's got an idea for story fun characters that he can then kill. Like it was right around Scream had come out. So there was this, the, the Birth of Hard comedy.Michael Jamin (00:28:38):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:28:39):So he said, yeah, we can do that. And we, we met him, we got along, he loved the show. We, we love working with him. So we wrote this script, which then, which then didn't get produced. But it was, oh, this features is kind of like writing King of the Hill, but longer.Michael Jamin (00:28:59):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:28:59):You just kind of write King of the Hill and then you keep writing and keep writing and then you have a hundred pages of King of the Hill instead of 22. Right. But the three act structures similar. And the idea of thinking about a character and how do you write a character, we realized it's kind of more cinematic than episodic television. Like the things we were learning were more applicable to writing features than writing sitcoms at that point.Michael Jamin (00:29:28):Yeah.Jonathan Aibel (00:29:29):So when our television deal was nearing its clothes, and we were thinking, do we renew it? Do we throw our hats out there as, as showrunners for hire? And we thought, you know, let's, let's write, maybe we can write some more features. And we just started getting some rewrites, doing some originals.Michael Jamin (00:29:50):Mm-Hmm. .Jonathan Aibel (00:29:52):And you can start making a, a decent living writing movies and never get made.Michael Jamin (00:29:57):Oh, for sure. At least you could then. I don't know if it's nowJonathan Aibel (00:29:59):Yes. Yes. Then you then you could. But it was super frustrating. Yeah. Because everything would be about to go and then there would be a reason mm-hmm. it wouldn't go. And there were none of those reasons were under your control. And you, you could, you would do a great job and everyone would love it. And then, oh, this movie just came out. Yeah. Basically the same premise. So, sorry.Michael Jamin (00:30:20):Yeah.Jonathan Aibel (00:30:21):And that's when we had been meeting this, this fantastic exec name Christine Belsen, who was then at Henson.Michael Jamin (00:30:30):Mm-Hmm.Jonathan Aibel (00:30:30):. And we were huge Muppet fans. Right. And she brought us in and we totally hit it off. And she said, I wanna do a Muppet kung fu movie.Michael Jamin (00:30:39):UhhuhJonathan Aibel (00:30:40):. And we thought, oh my God, yeah, that would be so great. Yes. Sign us up for that. And we said, but you know, we read that that Dreamers is doing this Jack Black, kung fu kung fu Panda movie. And she said, oh, those movies take forever. I don't think it's, I I wouldn't worry about that. So then we don't hear from her for a while. We're worried what's going on. Then we get a call from her. Okay. So I moved over to Dreamworks and we're looking for writers who come from Panda.Michael Jamin (00:31:08):Wow.Jonathan Aibel (00:31:08):And we said, oh, okay. So it was just a case where it started off simple enough, they asked us to come in for just two weeks of consulting to see what they had underway and talk about the story. Cuz it was in a roughMichael Jamin (00:31:25):But had be different. Dreamworks has a whole different system over there. So what do you mean consultant? Cause I know they worked very differently from other studios.Jonathan Aibel (00:31:33):Well, so there had been writers who, well kind of what happens is, you know, king, king of the hill, the Simpsons though, shows very writer driven. Right. It doesn't have time. You don't have time to be anything other than ri writer driven. So the animators are given the script and the audio. Right. And they're So draw this,Michael Jamin (00:31:54):Hey, it's Michael Jamin. If you like my videos and you want me to email them to you for free, join my watch list. Every Friday I send out my top three videos. These are for writers, actors, creative types. You can unsubscribe whenever you want. I'm not gonna spam you and it's absolutely free. Just go to michaeljamin.com/watchlist.Jonathan Aibel (00:32:18):And in feature animation, Dreamworks especially, they may take that script and they'll take tens, the first 10 scenes of act, the first half the movie and give it to 10 different storyboard artists who will take that and read it and say, I see what this scene is doing, but maybe I can do it this way. And they will draw something and write it and animate and, and storyboard it and often record the dialogue themselves. And it's sort of like almost like what is it? 32 short films about Glen Gould where you end up with these almost mini movies in the beginning of a movie anyway. Like at the start of a development process where you would watch this movie and say, okay, that PO is different from this PO who's different from that po. And you watch it and you think, this doesn't make any sense, but I can start to see a story in there.(00:33:13):And then they'll do it iteratively. So then you're on that scene there, that moment I really understood who the character was. So more of that moment. So by way of saying, you may have someone who came in and wrote a script, but they might be long gone at this point cuz now it's been torn up it's storyboard and now you're walk working off transcripts where they've written down what's on screen. And that's what you're rewriting off of. So by the team time we came in, there was like a movie ish. Like you could, there was something in black and white you could watch mm-hmm. that everyone knew wasn't necessarily coherent. But the point isn't coherence. The point is what, what jumps out at you? Like we watched and said, oh, I think what you're doing is, it's kind of like a Cinderella story, right?(00:34:06):He's the guy in the beginning who wants to go to the kung fu ball mm-hmm. and can't go. And then the Prince points at him, and then he goes on this thing, and now the bad guy's coming for him and he doesn't know. And is he the chosen one? Or isn't he the chosen one? It's like those are like, now it's, it feels a little glib for me to say that as if it were obvious. It, it was, it's it was not it obvious. It's, it's, you're sitting there thinking, is it this story? No. Maybe it's the story. Some of it is, there are, there are two, Jack, Jack has, Jack Black has two kind of two great. Our type of our typical characters. One is the high fidelity like the jerk Yeah. Who deep down is suffering from low self-esteem. Right. And then he has the friendly guy who deep down is suffering from low self-esteem.(00:35:00):Right. So some of the, the production of the, the development of Kung Fu Panda was, which, which Jack is in our movie. Is he the guy who's chosen to be this kung fu guy and then realizes, oh my God, this is great. Now I don't have to work anymore. Now I can just go to the palace and hang out and relax and, and live it up until he finds out there's a responsibility. So there was some of that version of the movie. Then there's the guy who's wishes more than anything. He can be the kung fu master, but knows because of he's a big panda. That's impossible. Cuz Panas don't do kung fu and then his dream comes true. And then he has to, you know, that's what the movie ended up being. But when you started seeing that character in the opening reel, you'd say, whoa, I, I wanna, I, I wanna know more Right about that. And that's the magic of these time. You hadMichael Jamin (00:35:51):To sense of it. But see that's what I'm, I'm curious though, cuz for me it seems counterintuitive. It feel, it feels like you're putting the cart ahead of the horse. It's like, you know, I wonder if, was that, did you feel the same way? Because usually, you know, okay, we have an idea. We come, we have Ari, the writers come up with a th a thread, you know, through line and there's a story and Well,Jonathan Aibel (00:36:09):It's, it's inefficient for sure. But I think you can look at animated movies for the most part as a genre and say for the most part they're really well constructed.Michael Jamin (00:36:22):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:36:23):And I think this is, this is why, because if a writer's gonna, it's very hard to create a great movie off of six drafts, even eight drafts, 10 drafts. Mm-Hmm. and, and just see it on paper and say, yeah, that's gonna work. Because no one knows how to read a script.Michael Jamin (00:36:43):I see.Jonathan Aibel (00:36:44):Like, even as a professional writer, I don't think I could read a script and say, this is gonna be an amazing movie. You can say this is a great script. Right. But is it gonna be an amazing movie? I don't know, an animation, you're making the movie as you're writing the movie, so it's not you, it makes sense. Theoretical. Is this gonna be good? It's ah, I, I see that moment. I see Poe and his father. Right. Having that moment where Poe is afraid to tell his dad what he wants to do with his life. I see. That's one thing. Makes sense. How do we build on that?Michael Jamin (00:37:17):Right. That makes sense to So it's very collaborative with you and the animators then.Jonathan Aibel (00:37:21):Oh yeah. The storyboard team, the directors, the producer, the actors, Uhhuh . It was it very different from TV animation. Right.Michael Jamin (00:37:32):SoundsJonathan Aibel (00:37:32):Very different. And I, our, our, one of our first the first moment we realized that was the producer said, I I want you to sit in a room with this guy, a storyboard artist and talk about the scene and what it could be. So we sat with him and we worked line by line. We hopped it and said, it could be this could be this. Yeah. I could draw this, do this. Said great, we're gonna write it up. We wrote it up, gave it into him. Three weeks later we go to watch the scene. It's nothing at all we discussed and went to the producer, but a, a thing. She said, yeah, I know, but I know he's kind of out there. And I wanted to see what he would take your stuff and give you, you know, if you, if all you want, if all you're expecting is the best version of what you've already done, you're closing off the chance that you'll be surprised by something.Michael Jamin (00:38:24):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:38:25):So that's cool. On the other hand, sometimes in their scenes where you just say, can you just please do the, the pages? Right. Like, we've thought a lot about this. We understand. And there's some scenes in that first movie, which went pretty much from our pages to the final version. Cuz they were just compact. They made sense. Right. There wasn't a lot of room, but there wasn't a need for a lot of exploration. It was okay, that works. So let's just get that right going and move on to the theMichael Jamin (00:38:52):Others. So they brought you in under contract for a couple of weeks just to see how you would respond to the animators?Jonathan Aibel (00:38:59):Yeah, we had a after, well, no, to see what we would, it wasn't a trial. It was, they thought in 10 days we would give them an outline that they could work off of.Michael Jamin (00:39:12):But even still, you, they, they knew that they would probably go off via the reservation and you'd be required to Yeah. But that'sJonathan Aibel (00:39:19):Collaborate more. That's, but I think that happened a lot. It wasn't, it was more of then when we pitched our take on it to Jeffrey Katzenberg and he said, great, when you, when can you guys start writing Uhhuh. ? Okay. And then the other people lo looked at each other like, oh, I guess we, I guess we should probably get that, put that deal in place. So then we wrote a draftMichael Jamin (00:39:38):Mm-Hmm. .Jonathan Aibel (00:39:40):And then they took the draft and then started going through that process of tearing it apart. And at, at which point they realized it would probably be helpful to have us around. And I think it, what helped is that coming from tv, we, we knew storyboards, we knew how to read storyboards. We knew what happens in an editing room and how actors perform. Right. So we came to it with production skills or an, an understanding of the process that that helped us come in and say, oh, I think you could, you can cut a few frames there and actually know what we were talking about. At, at the same time, the, the big difference was television is it's a, it's a sprint as you know. Yeah. It's, you need to get this done because the actors are gonna be here at 10:00 AM to read this and record this.(00:40:35):So you need something for them. So we were approached feature animation, we gotta get this done, we gotta get this done. And then what you realize is that you, that's the exact wrong way to do because you, you get it all done now then when stuff starts changing, you've already written stuff that's, it's obsolete before anyone has seen it. Right. It's like animation is best. I think it's like, it's a marathon of sprints where we need, this scene has to go into production and Jack is coming in Thursday to record this. We need these three pages done. All right, we'll get it done, we'll get it done. Great. Now in six weeks, we're gonna need sequence 1500 going into rough layout though. That's the next one. I know it's,Michael Jamin (00:41:21):But you're working off an an outline. You know what the story is, right?Jonathan Aibel (00:41:24):You do and you don't. Isn't that, I know that's a weird thing to say, but you, Lenny, I can't tell you the number of boards there that would say big battle, like act three, big battle you know, wrap up epilogue.Michael Jamin (00:41:39):Is this the way animation movies were done like at Disney back in the day? Is this where they're getting this from?Jonathan Aibel (00:41:45):It's possible. I I think what where it comes from is that what's your expense, your greatest expense of time. And therefore money is the animator, the person at Disney drawing the cell mm-hmm. at Dreamworks. That final, the final editor moving frame by frame. That takes a lot of time. And it is such a skill and the people who do it are so brilliant that it's not like you can say we need six more animators who can capture Poe. It's, there's this guy Dan, Dan Wagner, just a brilliant animator and he was the one who could give Poe his soul.(00:42:29):Right. So you only get so much Dan. So you don't want to give Dan 10 scenes to do and say, we're not sure if these are all gonna work. But, so you are not giving the animators the scenes until they're ready at the same time. The animators can only do so much at the same time. So so while they're working on one scene, there's no reason to have the other scenes done. So it's sort of like you back, you back up into the process and you'd say, well if they can only animate these this much now mm-hmm. , well let's keep working on those other scenes and make them better and keep playing with them until it's too late. And then we'll, we'll turn 'em around. Right. So you really, you have the time to get it right. And if you said no, let's rush that. We, we gotta get All right. Now there's no reason to.Michael Jamin (00:43:16):It sounds like this cuz knowing how you guys ran King of the Hill, it sounds like this is like the perfect fit for you because you guys would often rewrite the hell out of a scene trying different ways and just experimenting.Jonathan Aibel (00:43:26):That was, I I think Thank you. I think it was, it, it it is a good fit for us to, to have said, okay, we've written that scene. There, there are a lot of exercises that are, are kind of cool that you can use, which is stuff like, well let's write the opposite. Right? You have someone come into a scene who's really excited, like, well, what if they came into the scene feeling the other way and that you flipped. You kind of have that, the opportunity to exploreMichael Jamin (00:43:58):More. Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:43:59):And then, and know that there's no punishment for it because the whole point is to experiment.Michael Jamin (00:44:05):Right. That's the point. So did they keep you under, how does it work? Do they keep you under contract at that point, Dreamworks, to do other movies? Or are you constantly pitching them to get assigned other projects orJonathan Aibel (00:44:17):That No, we had, we had a, it was great in that it started off, I think it was, we were there four days a weekMichael Jamin (00:44:25):Mm-Hmm. Jonathan Aibel (00:44:26):And I think at the time we were in person then it would be three, then after six months, three days a week, as there's less to change, they need less abuse. So then it was two days a week, then one day a week. And then at the same time we were doing other rewrites in other studios. And I think it was when we got down to one day a week, they said, you know, we have this smoothie monsters versus aliens when you wanna work on that. Right.Michael Jamin (00:44:49):So you were never squeeze.Jonathan Aibel (00:44:51):We were one day monsters. Four days.Michael Jamin (00:44:53):All right. So you were alwaysJonathan Aibel (00:44:54):Kind. Yeah, always. Show by show.Michael Jamin (00:44:56):I see. You're always jumping. Right. So it wasJonathan Aibel (00:44:58):Never, and then, and it, it was nice cuz you know, you don't wanna, we liked it because it led us take the projects that spoke to us that Right. Looked like they were gonna be fun. While also, like, the great thing about Panda was it was a hit came out. It was a hit. And when you've written a movie, it's a hit. People want you to write their movies. Right. So it, and and also people want you to write movies similar to the movie that was just a hit.Michael Jamin (00:45:28):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:45:29):So it didn't matter that we had done King The Hill or other stuff. It was, oh, they, they wrote Fu Pan, they should write the Chipmunks movies. We'll offer that to them.Michael Jamin (00:45:38):Right. Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:45:39):So talking Animal, oh, here's another talking animal.Michael Jamin (00:45:42):So did you have toJonathan Aibel (00:45:43):Ever Thenn Bozer,Michael Jamin (00:45:46):Did you have to pitch, when you go on further assignments, are they pretty much yours because of, or do you have to pitch? Do you have to win that assignment?Jonathan Aibel (00:45:54):It's always a little of both. I mean, look, we were very, we were very lucky in that they weren't bake offs where Yeah. Six people are coming in to pitch this. It was, I think that the Chipmunks people really like Kung Fu Panda. It was just a rewrite. Can you come? It was over Christmas.Michael Jamin (00:46:16):UhhuhJonathan Aibel (00:46:17):. So I think that that definitely helped that they found us saying, yeah, we'll give up your, our holiday to, to write these pages for you.Michael Jamin (00:46:24):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:46:25):But then the, the luck was these were, these became franchises. So then they come you for Comfort Panda Two and Comfort Panda Three and Chipmunks three. Right. And, and then we through people knew what Dreamwork got to SpongeBob. So then you'd do SpongeBob to second SpongeBob movie that led to the third SpongeBob movie.Michael Jamin (00:46:44):I didn't even mention those. Cause that's not even on your I M D B. We'll have to update that when we get off the, the Zoom. Yeah. What update your page? I didn't know any of this. I didn't know you did the I didn't know you did that. And so, okay. Because that's a big deal. Cause I, I remember, you know, when Si and I, we did, we did a couple of movies. We sold a couples, they didn't get made. We sold a couple movies and then we were all we're brought into you know, we didn't realize they were bake offs. We didn't, so we, we pitched for, you know, a couple big companies, I don't have to mention what they are. And, and we're told Yeah, you got the, you got it. You got it. And then only to discover that someone else got it. We didn't even know o other people were trying to get, like, we had no idea. And that's a lot. You're talking about months and months of heartbreaking wasted work and then the project never even made. So, but you don't really have it's true to deal with that True. Because of your level, you know. Yes,Jonathan Aibel (00:47:34):Yes and no. The the no is if they're, if you've worked with them on Kung fu Panda one, two, and three, there's a good chance they'll come to you for Kung fu Panda four.Michael Jamin (00:47:46):Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:47:47):So, and if you hit it off, feel like they may say, come in with some ideas and they like an idea. So they're not just saying, here's the deal before you've pitched anything. So there were meetings, but you know, they know you can deliver. That's kind of the main thing. Right. If it's people who you don't really know, then yeah. It's, they're rebooting this franchise and their hearing takes. And what we've learned, actually the hard way is if you're going to put yourself in that situation, you want to put as, I don't wanna say as little work as possible. You want to, you wanna do the right amount of work. That's the the best way where, but it's, we've, we've gone in and we've pitched I know, but we've gone in where we've pitched, you pitched for 20 minutes and then you realize by the second sentence you said the words they don't want to hear like, oh, that's not the kind of movie they want to do at all.(00:48:47):Right. And we've learned a better strategies to go and say, here, I I understand you wanna do a silly putty movie. I'm, I'm totally making this up, but here's, you could go this way where Silly Putty, it's a revenge story where it's a John Wick me silly putty. Right. Or it's the origin story of how a serious putty became silly putty because of a, of a family tragedy. And he's the clown who lasts through to you . Like, you know, each of these is an archetype movie. Right. And then it's, I don't know if any of those strike, well we kind of do like that. It's like, okay, okay, well we'll come back to you with that. It'sMichael Jamin (00:49:23):Interesting cuz you set the terms then over the pitch chart. Cuz that's not usually how we go in. We, here's the, here's the take, here's our take. And then, you know, you could be your, you could be completely off. I didn't know you had a choice.Jonathan Aibel (00:49:33):Well, this is a new, this is a new, this is a new realization. Uhhuh having, because you know, kind of what's happened is after doing a lot of these movies, you start to think, okay, I like this. I I know what I'm doing. What's something I don't really know how to do that I haven't done before mm-hmm. . And that's the type of movie where a person isn't necessarily gonna say, Hmm, get me the guys who did Kung Panda. Right. So you gotta hustle for those little more. And those were the ones where I think we were over preparing for many of them by saying we're gonna blow 'em away with the le attention to detail. Yeah. And especially in a Zoom era where you blow 'em away with the tension detail, they're thinking is I just need three sentences to bring the boss. Really? And it's hard because as storytellers you sometimes feel like, I can't, I don't, I'm sorry, I cannot pitch this idea unless I understand the character arts and Yeah. Right. The three acts and you're think, you know, maybe sometimes you can go in and say, and then in the third act there's a huge battle in which the forces of evil have to go against the forces ofMichael Jamin (00:50:39):I see. I would be worried about pitching something that I didn't know how to actually break. You know what I'm saying? Like, youJonathan Aibel (00:50:43):Know. Yes, I know. I, I you eventually, you just kind of have to have confidence and say, you know what, we'll figure something out. We'll figure, it's hard. It's really hard to, even at this point we'll go into a rewrite and say, what is that third act set piece? I don't know, but we'll, we'll, we'll figure it out. And it's in the back of your head thing if I don't get that.Michael Jamin (00:51:06):Yeah. Right.Jonathan Aibel (00:51:08):And then one day it'll be like, oh, wait a minute. Well, what if this happened? Because we just like, it will, it will come to you. And I think it's, it's a little, maybe this is the animation experience. It's a little foolish to even think I know what the perfect act three is before I've actually written Acts one and two.Michael Jamin (00:51:28):Yeah. But you andJonathan Aibel (00:51:29):Instead rely on your instincts and your experienceMichael Jamin (00:51:32):Wanna build to something you wanna, I I it's so, I'm, I'm telling you how to do it. I have no idea how to do it.Jonathan Aibel (00:51:37):No, but, but, but of course you will build to it, you know, you need to build to something, but you may not know the ingredients yet. Like, you'll be writing something and say, well, I'll give you a good example. In, in Conco Panda, we wound up having this, this pose, big realization. Mm-Hmm. that, can I give spoilers after 15 years after movies opened?Michael Jamin (00:51:59):I believe. I believe so. Okay.Jonathan Aibel (00:52:01):So Pose opened the scroll in it's blank, and he realizes he's failed. And his father says to him, it's okay, you can be a noodle old man just like me. And by the way, it's time. I told you the secret ingredient in my suit. And the secret ingredient is nothing. There is no secret ingredient. It was just to make something special, you just have to believe it's special. And really, that was just a joke about his father, who in the first scene we wrote that, oh, that'd be funny if he has a secret ingredient soup. And later we find out there is no secret ingredient. It's just a marketing gimmick. And it wasn't until he got to the later scene where someone, I think this bill Damascus, his name, he is, he was then the executive of dreamworks. And he said, I, I, I like what you're doing there.(00:52:49):You're kind of making comparison between the scroll being blank and the soup, not really having the spec, the specialness, it's that's it into here. And we said, that's not at all what we're, is that what we're doing? That is what we're doing. You know, like, I don't know if we consciously did that or everyone working on the movie was putting that stuff in there. But once, so if we had started with, what is it? We never would've gotten there. But like, it's funny you were talking about ingredients, but we had these ingredients of the father, the soup. We had this scroll that was blank, and it took a whole bunch of time. And thinking for a, a person to look at that with fresh eyes and say, I think you've given yourself the moment you need to do the rest of the movie.Michael Jamin (00:53:37):Do you think this is how they tell their movies at at Pixar? They have a different process. Do you thinkJonathan Aibel (00:53:43):That I I don't, I don't know all I've, all I know of the process there is, they seem to draw on tablecloths.Michael Jamin (00:53:51):Is that Oh, really?Jonathan Aibel (00:53:51):That I don't know. That was at, there's some documentary where they have this, this famous tablecloth that's amazing. Where it was, they weren't, the Brain Trust was meeting. And I said, well, here's some movies I think we could do. There's what if tos come to life? What, what if bugs come to life? What if Bumper Beyond that, I don't really know their process. It's probably somewhat similar.Michael Jamin (00:54:13):So. Interesting. And when you work, you know, you're, and I'm jumping around, but your partner, Glen, he doesn't, he lives not in la So how do you guys do, what do you work in on Zoom? Is that how you guysJonathan Aibel (00:54:24):Yeah, we, oh, we've been Skyped for, for years and years. Just, just audio. Just, I'm a, I'm Aist and I'll tell you why. JustMichael Jamin (00:54:32):Yeah, go on. And why just audio?Jonathan Aibel (00:54:34):I'm a Skype because Skype lets you Skype out. So you can call people's cell phones. So if our agent or lawyer or an executive or I know we need them to take a meeting, he's just stays in my ear and All right, let me patch him in and then you can Okay. Call. also we started before Zoom,Michael Jamin (00:54:49):Right?Jonathan Aibel (00:54:50):So we're And why no video?Michael Jamin (00:54:52):Yeah.Jonathan Aibel (00:54:54):Is, initially it was for bandwidth reasons. It was laggy at Skype at one point, and Glen was out in the sticks and didn't haveMichael Jamin (00:55:03):Because you could have used a cell, a phone. You know that Skype without video. It was a phone.Jonathan Aibel (00:55:08):Yeah. Yeah. There are a lot of other things we could do, but we realized I don't need to see him staring at me. I, I don't, I, and I, I'm not like the old married couple. We're okay with the silence.Michael Jamin (00:55:21):And do you,Jonathan Aibel (00:55:22):When you're going like this and you're not hearing anything,Michael Jamin (00:55:24):Are you on final draft collaborator? Is that what you're doing? Or what? No. Well, how'sJonathan Aibel (00:55:29):That? I know there's a lot of, there's a lot of that You could, we could do. And if it's real, really important, we might say, oh, let's, like now we outline on, on Google Docs.Michael Jamin (00:55:41):Okay.Jonathan Aibel (00:55:41):Instead of sending Word documents back and forth, is this, are you working on Tuesday's version? No, this is Thursday's. Wait. Now you, now you can see it. And that's useful. But I, I feel like daring, there are two ways to write. One is staring at the words and the other is staring at the sky. Right. And one day, some days I feel like doing one Glen feels like one sometimes the other like, I don't want to even know what's there. I just want to, but who's coming up with stuff? In, well, hopefully Glen, there have been times where we'll come up with a whole thing and then say, you got that. I thought you were typingMichael Jamin (00:56:20):.Jonathan Aibel (00:56:21):So we, we usually sa

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The conversation continues with CEO of Checkmate Business Manager, and COO of Think It's a Game Records Chlon Henry @bemycheckmate . Chlon opens up about her thoughts on female rappers and the type of music they make for the culture. Can females have fun without twerking? All this and more on this episode of Real Industry Plugs! New Episodes Releasing Monday-Friday!. Host:  Boomman - @boomman_ae J.R. McKee: @jrmckee.co Set up a meeting today with Boomman to get heard at www.authenticempiremg.com or text 404-857-0040 If you want to learn how to grow your streams & build a real fanbase join J.R. Mckee's Stream Team at www.thestreamteam.club

The conversation continues with CEO of Checkmate Business Manager, and COO of Think It's a Game Records Chlon Henry @bemycheckmate . Chlon dives deep into another Tweets during ‘Tweet Takes' elaborating on the importance of being stern on your words and women not getting as much credit as men in the entertainment industry. Is the industry ‘male dominated' or have women taken over power positions? All this and more on this episode of Real Industry Plugs! New Episodes Releasing Monday-Friday! Host:  Boomman - @boomman_ae J.R. McKee: @jrmckee.co Set up a meeting today with Boomman to get heard at www.authenticempiremg.com or text 404-857-0040 If you want to learn how to grow your streams & build a real fanbase join J.R. Mckee's Stream Team at www.thestreamteam.club

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In this episode, we have a special guest, Marissa Pasternak from The Burned Edge. Marissa and her husband Stephen have been running a successful Etsy business selling products that they make using traditional woodworking and a CO2 Laser. They have recently added a CNC to their shop and we are grateful that she was able ... Read more

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In this episode we discuss Bobby's Corn Hole Board and various ways to customize it for the logos that he wants to include. We also discuss the viability of this project and other ideas that could spin-off from it to expand the offerings to other markets. We discuss V Carve wood inlays as well as ... Read more

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2019 marked the five-hundred year anniversary of the launch of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world–a milestone marked by commemorative sailings, museum exhibitions, and a joint submission from Spain and Portugal to UNESCO. Two years later, the Philippines marked their own commemoration of Magellan's voyage: the 500th anniversary of his death at the hands of local leader Lapu-Lapu. A master voyager in Spain and Portugal, a defeated imperialist in the Philippines–these are just two of the ways that Magellan's image has evolved and changed over the past five centuries. But what was the man actually like? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto tries to get at who Magellan was in his latest book Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan (University of California Press: 2022). Relying on first-hand accounts of Magellan's voyage, Felipe portrays Magellan as a self-promoter, devious over-promiser, lover of chivalric literature, ruthless authoritarian and, at the end, a believer in his own hype. In this interview, Felipe and I talk about Magellan: the man, his voyage (and what it was actually supposed to do), and the legacy of his expedition. Felipe holds the William P. Reynolds Chair of Mission in Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a professor in the Departments of History and Classics and the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science. His most recent books are Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It (University of California Press: 2019) and, as editor, The Oxford Illustrated History of the World (Oxford University Press: 2021) You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Straits. Follow on Facebook or on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

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The great English poet and writer, William Shakespeare, dramatized the assassination of Julius Caesar in his dramatic tragedy, “Julius Caesar.” Early in the play, a soothsayer warns Caesar to “Beware the ides of March” as Caesar was leaving to participate in festivities of the day. As Emperor of Rome and spiritual head of the Empire, Julius Caesar would have naturally been expected to participate in the public festivities during this important day, despite the seer's prophecy to, “Beware the Ides of March.” When Caesar arrived at the Theater of Pompey, where the Roman Senate met, he was stabbed to death by a group of more than 60 conspirators led by the senators - his friends - Brutus and Cassius, former friends turned enemies in their own thirst for power. Shakespeare has the dying dictator say, in Latin, as he recognizes his one-time friend Brutus among the assassins: Et tu, Brute? (“You, too, Brutus?”) That the conspirators - Caesars closest political allies - chose the Ides of March to enact their plot was no coincidence. And it shouldn't be any surprise that many of the psychopathic conspiracies to make major regime changes have happened on or right around the Ides of March. But the Ides of March has been used frequently as that “world changing Date” So, what other world changing - history changing moment happened on the Ides of March? Think… It was on the Ides of March, March 15, 1917 that Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated the Russian throne and the age of Marxist Leninist Communism began: the first communist nation in the world, the Soviet Union. So what happened during the Ides of March in 2020? http://sovereignnations.com Support Sovereign Nations: paypal.me/sovnations patreon.com/sovnations Follow Sovereign Nations: sovereignnations.com/subscribe facebook.com/SovereignNations twitter.com/SovNations youtube.com/SovereignNations rumble.com/c/sovnations instagram.com/sovnations/ minds.com/sovnations?referrer=sovnations parler.com/profile/sovnations © 2022 Sovereign Nations. All rights reserved.