Podcasts about thinking without thinking

  Words That Shape Us: Rethinking the Language We Use in Relationships In this thought-provoking episode of the Human Intimacy Podcast, Dr. Kevin Skinner and MaryAnn Michaelis explore the powerful impact of the words we use in our relationships. From misunderstood terms like gaslighting, addiction, and defensiveness to therapeutic concepts like parts work, triggers, and intimacy, they unpack what these words really mean and why clarity matters. Drawing from decades of clinical experience, Dr. Skinner explains how language—used consciously or not—can either create emotional safety or reinforce shame and confusion. MaryAnn adds vivid examples of how common phrases and labels can trigger strong emotional responses, especially when they've been used harmfully in the past. The episode invites listeners to be more intentional about their communication—pausing to clarify meanings, owning emotional experiences instead of blaming others, and understanding the deeper messages behind the words. Listeners will come away with a richer appreciation of how language shapes healing, self-awareness, and human connection. Resources Mentioned in the Episode: Richard C. Schwartz, Internal Family Systems Therapy — foundational model for understanding "parts" of the self Brené Brown — referenced for her work on shame and how addiction is often about numbing and disconnection Key books: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking — explains unconscious decision-making and rapid intuitive responses Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear — explores how intuition and implicit memory keep us safe Joseph LeDoux — neuroscientist referenced for research on the brain's fear pathways and emotional processing (notably how we feel before we think) Dr. Kevin Skinner Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal PTSD Assessment for Betrayed Partners Denial and Blame Scale (early scale now recognized as assessing gaslighting behaviors) Seven Types of Intimacy course — mentioned in the discussion on redefining intimacy beyond sex Podcast Episode: Making Love and Other Non-Sexual Activities (December 2024 / January 2025)  

Part 1 David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell Summary"David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants" is a non-fiction book by Malcolm Gladwell published in 2013. In this book, Gladwell explores the dynamics of struggle and advantage, arguing that what we often perceive as disadvantages can actually be sources of strength and that the strongest opponents might not be as formidable as they appear. Key Themes and Concepts:Reinterpretation of Underdog Story: The book famously reexamines the biblical story of David and Goliath. Gladwell argues that David's victory over Goliath was not just a matter of faith but also strategic advantages. David, a skilled sling shooter, had the upper hand due to his agility and range advantage.Disadvantages Turned into Strengths: Gladwell posits that perceived disadvantages, like being an underdog or facing overwhelming odds, can lead to innovative thinking and resilience. He illustrates this through examples from various fields, including education, business, and civil rights.Dyspraxia and Advantage: In discussing personal experiences, Gladwell brings up his own struggles with dyspraxia (a condition affecting motor coordination), which led him to develop other skills such as storytelling and analytical thinking—demonstrating that challenges can cultivate unique strengths.Education System: The book examines how smaller class sizes and less traditional educational methods can lead to better outcomes for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, highlighting that unconventional strategies can turn weaknesses into strengths.Civil Rights Movement: Gladwell discusses the civil rights movement, arguing that the movement's success was partly due to its strategizing, grassroots organization, and ability to leverage the power of the 'underdog' narrative to garner support and change public perception.The Theory of the "Inverted U": The author presents the idea that too much adversity can overwhelm one's capabilities, while a certain level of challenge can provoke resilience. He outlines the importance of finding the right balance between challenge and support. Conclusion:In "David and Goliath", Gladwell encourages readers to reconsider their judgments about strength and weakness. By showcasing how underdogs can and do win against giants through intelligence, creativity, and perseverance, he invites us to look beyond conventional definitions of success and power. The book challenges the reader to see the silver lining in adversity and to recognize the value of unconventional approaches.Part 2 David and Goliath AuthorMalcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker known for his thought-provoking works that explore the sociological and psychological implications of various subjects. He was born on September 3, 1963, in Fareham, England, and raised in Ontario, Canada.David and Goliath was published on October 1, 2013. The book explores the dynamics of what defines strength and weakness, using various case studies and narratives, including the biblical story of David and Goliath, to discuss how perceived disadvantages can lead to better outcomes.In addition to David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written several other influential books, including:The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000) An exploration of how ideas spread and why certain phenomena become trends.Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005) Examines the power of rapid cognition and intuition in decision-making.Outliers: The Story of Success (2008) Analyzes the factors that contribute to high levels of success, emphasizing the importance of context, opportunity, and cultural legacy.What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (2009) A collection of selected essays from Gladwell's writing in The New

What if your gut instinct could save your business—or cost you everything? Join hosts Sid and Keith in this quick-hit episode of the Overlap Podcast as they explore the art of trusting your gut. Drawing from personal stories and leadership lessons, they unpack when intuition is your greatest asset and when it might lead you astray. Perfect for small business owners and entrepreneurs, this episode delivers actionable insights at the intersection of work, family, and leadership—all in under 30 minutes.   What You Will Learn How to harness your gut instinct to make smarter decisions. The surprising link between expertise and intuition. Ways to spot and avoid common decision-making traps. Key Topics Discussed Why going against the crowd might be your secret weapon (but only sometimes). The hidden costs of ignoring your instincts—think time, money, and missed opportunities. How experience sharpens your gut—and when it's time to double-check it. What Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink" reveals about snap judgments (and their limits). Real-life gut checks: from bad hires to sinking decks, what went wrong? Show Resources and Links Book Mentioned: "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell – Dive deeper into the science of gut instincts. Overlap Podcast Website: overlaplife.com – Explore more episodes and resources. Sponsor Page: overlaplife.com/sponsors/ – Support the show by checking out our trusted partners. Sponsor Spotlight Content Fresh: Elevate your social media presence with Content Fresh, the team behind our 2,235% growth across platforms – contentfresh.com. Barranco and Associates: Get holistic financial guidance from Johnny Barranco, a trusted accountant with over seven years of impact – barrancoandassociates.com. C2 Wealth Strategies: Plan your financial future with Wes Cody and his team at C2 Wealth Strategies – c2wealth.com. Roadmap for Growth: Scale your small service business with Chris Francis and Rick Miller's online course – treebusiness.com. Quotes “Sometimes you can save yourself out of business. You can step over $10 bills to pick up dimes.” – Sid “Trust your gut only when it's backed by expertise and experience.” – Sid (paraphrasing Malcolm Gladwell) “If your gut has worked in the past, then maybe trust your gut. But if it's failed you more times than it's helped you, you may need to get a new gut.” – Keith Conclusion   Sid and Keith wrap up this quick-hit episode with a clear takeaway: your gut is a powerful tool, but it's not infallible. When paired with experience and expertise, it can guide you through tough calls in business and life. Next time you're at a crossroads, listen to that inner voice—just make sure it's earned its stripes. Tune in next week for more insights at the overlap of work, fitness, family, and leadership. Have a gut instinct story? Share it with the Overlap team via overlaplife.com or tag them on social media.

Today's guest has been a pioneer in self-publishing since 2012, when print-on-demand technology enabled the current indie publishing revolution. She has overseen the production of over 200 independently published books. With over 50 years of experience in book publishing, design, and printing industries, she's the founder and CEO of Wonderlady Books. She transforms manuscripts into polished books with professional cover designs and layouts, ensuring every book meets industry standards. She is a Founding Hub Partner of the Biz Book Publishing Hub. More than 50 experts like her are ready to help entrepreneurs navigate the complexities of writing, editing, publishing, and marketing a business book. Beyond her entrepreneurial endeavors, she champions community welfare as the founder and CEO of Respecting Our Elders, a nonprofit dedicated to providing food to seniors in need across Marin County. Please join me in welcoming Ruth Schwartz.  Dive into self-publishing with pioneer Ruth Schwartz and host Robbie Samuels in this Biz Book Publishing Hub podcast episode. Ruth shares her extensive journey in the publishing sector and drops invaluable insights on navigating the self-publishing landscape.

Intuition can manifest as a sudden, sharp knowing or as a slowly dawning certainty. Regardless of its speed, intuition carries a powerful sense of knowing, signaling us on a deep level, "Hey, pay attention. I have something to say."Intuition is a powerful force rarely spoken about openly. And when it is talked about, intuition is often seen as a vague, almost mystical whisper rather than a credible guide.What if embracing your intuition could lead you to tap into more of your power? What if, instead of dismissing odd symptoms or vivid dreams as mere quirks, you recognized them as valuable messages from your inner self and learned how to decode them? What if you could refine your intuition so it becomes a helpful guide when you need it most?Today, we'll explore how we can reclaim this essential part of ourselves and recognize intuition not as a mystical or unreliable force, but as a skill that integrates our most profound wisdom into our everyday lives. We'll debunk two harmful myths about intuition and then I'll guide you through an exercise to help you reclaim your wise, intuitive self.Listen to the full episode to hear:How our cultural emphasis on rationality and logic disconnects us from our intuition from a young ageWhy intuition acts as a complement to, not a competitor of, data and logicHow intuition reflects our experience and ability to recognize patterns in the world around usHow we can compensate for implicit bias in our intuitive thinkingHow intuition helps our “emotional radar” and supports our relationships with others and ourselvesA practice of listening to your yes and no to help you tune into your intuitionLearn more about Valerie Black:The Change AgencyBecoming Power NewsletterCoachingResources:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, Audre LordeSources of Power: How People Make Decisions, Gary A. KleinBlink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm GladwellThinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel KahnemanEmotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Daniel GolemanThe Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You, Karla McLaren

Join Tiffany Earl and Aneladee Milne, the founders of LEMI, as they explore the world of quality mentoring in this enlightening episode. Tiffany and Aneladee dive deep into how effective mentoring can positively transform education, home environments, and children's lives. They share their expertise on crucial elements that make mentoring truly impactful. Whether you're an educator, parent, or simply interested in personal growth, this episode offers valuable insights into the art of guiding others toward their full potential. Tune in to discover how quality mentoring can make a lasting difference in our lives and communities. BOOKS, ETC. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig Boundaries by Henry Cloud & John Townsend The Quality School by William Glasser The Seven-Lesson Schoolteacher by John Taylor Gatto (PDF) 00:00 Introduction to the Classic Conversation 01:27 The Power of Quality Mentoring 02:19 Defining Quality in Education 04:52 The Seed Crystal Analogy 09:28 Great Mentoring vs. Poor Mentoring 23:16 The Role of Personal Values 44:07 Embracing Ownership and Resilience 45:37 The Role of Mentors in Education 47:55 Teaching Emotional Security 50:15 Understanding Boundaries and Emotional Dependency 58:36 Intellectual Honesty and Self-Reflection 01:04:02 Personal Divine Nature and Self-Esteem 01:10:09 Quality Mentoring and Efficiency Mentality 01:21:27 The Power of Belief in Mentoring

Channel productivity or creativity on-demand - experience more progress, positivity, and freedom using the power of your environment. In this episode of the Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast, we explore the significant impact of our environment on our overall mindset and actions. Delve into lesser-known productivity tips from neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy and the actionable take-homes you can directly apply to your own life. Key insights explained: Cathedral Effect - for creativity or productivity The Movement Effect - For positivity and progress Intentional Laptoping - For focus and freedom Learn how your environment can be a game-changer in achieving a life well-lived, along with practical tips and personal anecdotes to build a productive and creative space around you. [Note - This archived episode was recorded two years ago while Sam was cycling around Europe - Obviously he was not on his bike at the time...] Sponsors:

Kevin Kim, Peter & Kim   Each week on ToT we talk to people who have worked as counsel, arbitrators, founded law firms and become figures in both their local and international communities.  This week, we talk with someone who has done all of the above throughout his career.  Kevin Kim is one of the founding parters of Peter & Kim, a storied career law firm with experience working and representing parties around the globe and now regularly serves as arbitrator on international and commercial matters. He has a great sense of humor and has a story that uniquely displays his experience on the international and in the Korean communities. Peter & Kim Website:  https://peterandkim.com/team/kevin-kim/ Time Stamps:   Opening Notes - :40 Interview Begins - 2:57 Personal Interest - 43:09 Closing Notes - 1:20:23   Books: @48:25 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell Music: @50:50 Classic Opera    Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/40833847/admin/   Check out our website: TalesOfTheTribunal.com   For Feedback, comments or submissions contact TalesOfTheTribunal@Gmail.com None of the views shared today or any episode of Tales of the Tribunal is presented as legal advice nor advice of any kind.  No compensation was provided to any organization or party for their inclusion on the show nor do any of the statements made represent any particular organization, legal position or view point.  All interviewees or organizations included appear on an arms-length basis and their appearance should not be construed as any bias or preferred affiliation with the host or host's employer.  All rights reserved.

In Part 1 of his discussion with John, Brian shared his inspiring story of overcoming childhood trauma and adversity and becoming a successful serial entrepreneur. In Part 2, Brian discusses the importance of coaching and how to identify the right coach according to your goals and business needs. They also talk about learning from failures and prioritizing holistic well-being and relationships along your business journey.   Listen to this episode to learn more:  [00:00] - Difference between failing and failure [02:12] - Post-failure analysis [03:16] - The difference between “And” & “Or” [04:57] - Three types of coaches: relational, technical, and tactical [07:33] - How to vet coaches and find the right fit [10:24] - No single coach can take you all the way [11:44] - How some businesses adapted over time to survive and thrive [13:22] - What Brian does to improve his significant relationships [16:43] - Brian's #1 daily habit [21:49] - Brian's thoughts on the traits of a great leader [23:10] - Listening to your own advice [27:08] - Brian's legacy [27:47] - The best way to connect with Brian [31:01] - Book recommendations [32:25] - How personal filters shape decision-making [36:49] - Wrap-up NOTABLE QUOTES:  “You got to fail to succeed. That is the biggest crap I've ever heard in my life. Failure does not lead to success; failure leads to failure. Learning from the failure is what leads to success. Failure is when you quit. Failing is just another lesson. If I fail, I learn my lesson, and I move on. I'm still in the game. It's not over till I say it's over. If I quit, then I fail. So, failing is just a lesson on the path to success. Failure is when you quit.” “A good coach has failed so many times. They can tell you what not to do.” “You can't teach what you haven't done.” “Understand the difference between ‘and' & ‘or' in a contract. That difference makes lawyers millions of dollars. If a contract says you can't do this ‘and' that, it means you can't do either. But if it says you can't do this ‘or' that, it means you can still do one of them. One little word can change everything.” “The toughest part of coaching is people not listening, or they do half of what you say and not all of it and then blame you because it didn't work.” “Every coach helps you get further toward your goal. But no one coach can get you all the way there.” “Success is a progression. It's a progression of ideas and executions.” “You have to be willing to adapt in your business if you're going to survive long term. And that involves change.” “You need to spend time learning how to be in better relationships with both the people in your family and the people you're in business with because, at the end of the day, friends and family are all we got.” “Conflicting advice can cause confusion. And confusion leads to doing nothing … you gotta be careful who you listen to. Do not listen to too many people at the same time. It's just not going to do you any good.” “The difference between me and you and Elon Musk is the way we think.” BOOKS MENTIONED: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki (https://a.co/d/0tCF6hj) The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber (https://a.co/d/2bl3Pg6) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (https://a.co/d/5focCHT) USEFUL RESOURCES: https://brianwillmedia.com  https://www.instagram.com/thedropoutmm/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/theforcemm/  https://www.facebook.com/brian.will.10  https://twitter.com/Thedropoutmm  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxoxEUCYLFWi90uRiEuW09A  "Your Past is Not Your Future" - TEDx Talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5irkFsdEy4) The Force Multiplier Mastermind Podcast (https://tinyurl.com/ForceMultiplierMMPodcast)  I Give the Dumb Kids Hope: 57 Life Lessons to Take You From a Life of Despair to Multi-Millionaire (https://a.co/d/1HZZbN3)  The Dropout Multi-Millionaire: 37 Business Lessons on How to Succeed in Business With No Money, No Education and No Clue (https://a.co/d/e57UswC)  NO...The Psychology of Sales and Negotiations: 40 Lessons in Negotiation...From a Street-Smart Negotiator (https://a.co/d/6uBwj1F)  CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://thejohnhulen.com     Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen     Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen     Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/johnhulen     LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen     YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA     EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/

***SPECIAL NOTE: Our giveaway has been extended until Friday, May 10! See the details to enter in our "One Year of Clairannoyance" episode (two episodes before this one)! You can also still submit for our Time Capsule project (directions are also in the show notes of our "One Year of Clairannoyance" episode). ******************ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Hesitation is such a common yet fleeting feeling, often occurring mere moments before an ultimate decision. This instinctive pause is intertwined with moral choices, offering us a moment to confirm where we stand on the spectrum of good and bad, right and wrong. Hesitation can be the difference between cautious wisdom and paralyzing fear, as it taps into your primitive flight/fight/freeze response, often exacerbated by anxiety. Søren Kierkegaard described anxiety as “the dizziness of freedom,” capturing how existential freedom and responsibility can lead to hesitation or paralysis in making significant life decisions. Meanwhile, Martin Heidegger's notion of resoluteness — the act of being true to oneself by overcoming hesitation to act authentically — serves as an antidote to the paralysis hesitation can induce. If you listened to our April and May astrology forecasts, you know that old patterns are coming to a head right now while we adjust to the wave of new energies coming in. Under the influence of new possibilities and life directions on the horizon, hesitation is a natural part of the process, giving us the space to align our intentions with our actions as we navigate moral and existential choices.What's making you hesitate right now? Do you feel like a dork for hesitating? (We apologize in advance for the amount of times we say dork in this episode.)Resources Mentioned In This EpisodeBook: "The Concept of Anxiety" by Søren KierkegaardBook: "Being and Time" by Martin HeideggerBook: "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcom Gladwell******************P.S. Rate us 5 stars please and leave us a review! It helps so much!P.P.S. Get Ryan's new astrology calendar BizmosCEO which includes tons of additional membership perks!******************Additional Resources:Clairannoyance InstagramClairannoyance TikTokClairannoyance WebsiteMegan's InstagramMegan's TikTokMegan's WebsiteRyan's InstagramRyan's TikTokRyan's Website

Have you ever caught yourself apologizing for no apparent reason? Maybe you've held back from speaking up in a meeting or felt guilty for asserting your needs in a relationship. These instances may seem minor, but they often stem from a larger issue of self-doubt and self-criticism that many professionals encounter.In the latest episode of the Power, Purpose, & Prosperity Podcast, Sabine sits down with Lisa Kelly, CEO of the Curly Life Company, to discuss her entrepreneurial journey and her evolving relationship with power. From corporate project manager to empowering entrepreneur, Lisa shares her highs, lows, and the transformative journey of creating the AuBonacci Styler for curly hair.Listen in to discover how individuals unknowingly diminish their power and gain insights on shifting your mindset to stand confidently in your own strength. Explore the transformative impact of self-discovery, self-acceptance, authenticity, and embracing your unique path.Key Takeaways:The skills and confidence you develop in your evolution journey as an entrepreneur.The importance of self-examining your definition of power and recognizing your areas of empowerment.How to overcome ingrained societal expectations and make a difference by standing in your power.Pay attention to how you're showing up in situations to own and demonstrate your personal power.What You Will Learn in This Episode:[02:33] Lisa's career transition from the corporate world to entrepreneurship, fueled by her lifelong dream of starting her own business.[05:07] How her personal struggles with styling her curly hair inspired starting the Curly Life Company.[09:41] She explains the significance of "AuBonacci" for her flagship product and its connection to the Fibonacci spiral.[12:11] She describes the process of expanding a product line and developing a range of products for women with curly hair.[15:17] The unexpected challenges and growth you face as you evolve in your entrepreneurial journey.[18:40] Lisa defines power as the ability to create change and influence one's situation.[22:12] The subtle ways people diminish their power and how to shift your mindset and stand in your own power.[26:47] When Lisa became aware she was giving away her power and shifted her mindset to own her power.[33:30] Lisa emphasizes the importance of seeking mentorship and recognizing their inherent worth.Connect with Lisa: Website: https://curlylife.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakellyflorida/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curlylifecompany/Book Recommendation:Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell*************HOST INFO:Sabine Gedeon is a transformative figure in leadership and personal development and serves as the CEO of Gedeon Enterprises. With nearly two decades of experience, she guides clients in startups and Fortune 500 companies. Sabine's unique approach combines human-centered principles with tech-enabled solutions, delivering customized programs for leaders at all levels to tackle crucial leadership and talent development challenges. *************ADDITIONAL SUPPORT:Download Free Resources - https://sabinegedeon/giftsGet Coaching Support: https://meetwithsabine.as.me/Discovery

Join us on the latest episode of the Moonshots Podcast, where your hosts, Mike and Mark, dive deep into Malcolm Gladwell's fascinating exploration of rapid cognition and intuition in "Blink." This episode promises a rich discussion filled with insights, experiments, and animated reviews designed to challenge how we think about the decisions we make in the blink of an eye.Buy The Book on Amazon https://geni.us/BlinkMalcolmBecome a Moonshot Member https://www.patreon.com/MoonshotsWatch this episode on YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESL4-6WL50USummary: https://www.apolloadvisor.com/summary-blink-by-malcolm-gladwell/INTRO: We begin with a brief introduction to Gladwell's "Blink" and ponder the value and pitfalls of snap judgments. Can these quick decisions be trusted? (46s)Thin Slicing and Rapid Cognition: Discover the concept of 'thin slicing,' a process that allows our brains to make quick decisions based on very limited information. The hosts discuss the power of first impressions and how they shape our thinking and decisions. (41s)A: EXPERIMENTS AROUND MAKING JUDGEMENTSCoke and Pepsi Challenge: Explore an experiment that reveals how high-stress situations can impair our ability to make quick, accurate judgments. (2m11s)Orchestra Auditions: A revealing discussion on the importance of eliminating biases to make fair judgments, illustrated by the shift towards blind auditions in orchestras. (2m19s)B: ANIMATED BOOK REVIEW: HIGHLIGHT OF LESSONSAnimated Review/Lesson One: An exploration of first impressions and snap judgments, and how different brain parts contribute to these processes. (27s)Animated Review/Lessons Two & Three: A look at 'thin-slicing' and the power of unconscious thinking, followed by an intriguing insight into how appearances can influence perceptions. (19s, 11s)Animated Review/Lesson Four: Discuss how rushed judgments can lead to tragic misunderstandings. (14s)OUTRO: The episode wraps up with a final lesson from the animated book review, highlighting how an overload of information can sometimes lead to more mistakes than better decisions. (33s)Buy The Book on Amazon https://geni.us/BlinkMalcolmBecome a Moonshot Member https://www.patreon.com/MoonshotsWatch this episode on YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESL4-6WL50USummary: https://www.apolloadvisor.com/summary-blink-by-malcolm-gladwell/This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the psychology behind quick thinking, the biases that affect our decisions, and how understanding these processes can lead to better outcomes in both personal and professional contexts. Tune in to the Moonshots Podcast for an engaging and thought-provoking journey through "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell. Thanks to our monthly supporters Diana Bastianelli Andy Pilara ola Lorenz Weidinger Fred Fox Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Antonio Candia Dan Effland Mike Leigh Cooper Daniela Wedemeier Bertram O. Gayla Schiff Corey LaMonica Smitty Laura KE Denise findlay Krzysztof Wade Mackintosh Diana Bastianelli James Springle Nimalen Sivapalan Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt Jette Haswell Marco Silva venkata reddy Dirk Breitsameter Ingram Casey Nicoara Talpes rahul grover Evert van de Plassche Ravi Govender Andrew Hyde Craig Lindsay Steve Woollard Lasse Brurok Deborah Spahr Chris Way Barbara Samoela Christian Jo Hatchard Kalman Cseh Berg De Bleecker Paul Acquaah MrBonjour Sid Liza Goetz Rodrigo Aliseda Konnor Ah kuoi Marjan Modara Dietmar Baur Ken Ennis Bob Nolley ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode, Eleanor Manley, Co-Founder of Metta Space, delves into the critical issue of workplace misconduct and violence, shedding light on the startling statistics and the profound impact it has on organizations and individuals. Eleanor shares valuable insights into the importance of creating psychologically safe workplaces, the role of technology in preventing and resolving workplace misconduct, and the need for data-driven strategies to address this pervasive problem.Key Things Discussed: Creating Psychologically Safe Workplaces: Eleanor emphasizes the significance of fostering psychologically safe environments where employees can confidently report misconduct. Leveraging Technology for Prevention and Resolution: Eleanor explains how Metta Space employs technology, ensuring privacy and advocating for reduced resolution times in addressing workplace misconduct. Empowering Employees and Normalizing Reporting: Eleanor underscores the importance of empowering employees to report misconduct while challenging the misconception that fewer reports signify a safe workplace and discussing the complexities of addressing misconduct. Show Notes [00:00:00] Introduction to Workplace Violence and Harassment: Jenny introduces Eleanor Manley, CEO of Metta Space, discussing the complexities of defining workplace violence and harassment. [00:01:46] Identifying and Addressing Workplace Misconduct: Jenny and Eleanor explore various forms of workplace misconduct, highlighting its impact and the challenges of identification. [00:06:15] The Hidden Costs of Unreported Workplace Misconduct. Jenny and Eleanor discuss the financial consequences of unreported misconduct and the need for data-driven solutions. [00:07:56] Understanding the Root Causes of Workplace Misconduct. They delve into reasons behind the persistence of misconduct, including zero-tolerance approaches and cultural factors. [00:09:38] Legislation, Rights, and Resolution of Workplace Misconduct. Discussion on laws like POSH and the importance of swift internal resolution. [00:12:21] Addressing Workplace Misconduct at the Highest Levels. Jenny and Eleanor discuss Eleanor's invitation to speak at NATO on International Women's Day. They focus on the importance of addressing workplace misconduct to retain and empower women in STEM fields, including the challenges faced by military organizations in reporting misconduct. [00:13:47] The Crucial Role of Psychological Safety in Workplace Effectiveness. The role of psychological safety in workplace effectiveness and its impact on team productivity. [00:15:22] Leveraging Technology for Safer Work Environments. Eleanor discusses Metta Space and technology's role in prevention, reporting, and resolution. [00:20:16] Practical Steps for Creating Safe Work Environments. Jenny and Eleanor discuss practical steps that organizations and leaders can take to create safe work environments. Eleanor explains the importance of implementing clear goals and frameworks, breaking them down into pillars like prevention, reporting, and resolution. She also highlights the value of training to help employees empathize with different situations and understand the nuances of workplace misconduct. [00:22:45] Empowering Employees to Speak Up and Measuring Resolution Effectiveness. The importance of empowering employees to speak up and viewing case reporting positively. [00:24:27] Understanding the Distinction Between Breach of Code of Conduct and Breach of Law. Jenny and Eleanor discuss the distinction between a breach of a code of conduct and a breach of the law in the context of workplace misconduct. Eleanor explains that the majority of cases are breaches of a code of conduct, which may not necessarily require legal action. She emphasizes the importance of providing evidence gathering tools for individuals reporting misconduct to strengthen their case. [00:26:29] Envisioning a Future of Safe and Empowered Workplaces. Eleanor's goal of normalizing safe workplaces with data-driven support. [00:28:15] Strategies to Accelerate Resolution Time in Workplace Misconduct Cases. Strategies for organizations to reduce resolution time in misconduct cases. [00:33:00] Quick-Fire Questions for Eleanor Manley: What is your dream with a deadline? Normalize creating safe and empowered workplaces within all organizations through prevention, reporting, and resolution of workplace misconduct. What do you appreciate most about your team? Open communication, having each other's backs, and speaking up when something feels true and right. Greatest Challenge as a Leader: Lack of statistics on workplace misconduct and educating organizations about the need for data-driven approaches. Metta Space's Ideal Customer Profile: Organizations with more than 100 employees, especially those with limited HR resources. Starting with Workplace Misconduct Policies: Have strong policies and employee handbooks but ensure they are living documents with constant reminders. Intrinsic Motivation: Empowering more women in tech and creating safe workplaces where individuals can excel without facing misconduct. Contributing Factors to Exodus from STEM: Poor managerial relationships are a significant reason for people leaving organizations. Book That Shaped Your Thinking:  "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell, emphasizing trusting instincts and the power of intuition. Relevant links: The U.S. Surgeon General's Framework for Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being The U.S. Surgeon General Workplace Well-Being PoSH Act International Women's Day 2023: NATO Presents – Innovators and Game Changers: Women in Tech Shaping the Future Google's Project Aristotle “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,” by Malcolm Gladwel About the Guest:Eleanor Manley is the CEO of Metta Space, which helps companies prevent, report & resolve workplace misconduct. Specializing in NLP, she heads up AI, Analytics & RevOps. She has been a guest speaker at NATO and Bosch. Personally, Eleanor advocates for more women and marginalized groups to join tech, both with Metta Space's mission and mentorship.Follow Our Guest:LinkedIn | Website | X Follow Dreams With Deadlines:Host | Company Website | Blog | Instagram | X

E18 | Mastering Intuition: Unlocking The Power Of Silent Knowledge What is intuition? It's that inner voice that nudges you in a certain direction, sometimes gently, sometimes persistently. Referencing Malcolm Gladwell, Carlos Castaneda, Wayne Dyer, and even the movie Yes Man, we explore the relationship between intuition and logic and the fine line between intuition and fear. How do you hear, trust, and use your intuition? When making important decisions, which should have the last word: your intuitive gut or your logical brain? Episode Transcript Questions for Reflection from the Episode How do you personally define intuition? Does it play a significant role in your decision-making? Have you ever experienced a situation where your intuition told you to do something, but your logical mind was hesitant or extremely resistant? Do you believe there is an intersection between intuition and spirituality? Is it possible to seek confirmation or guidance from a higher power when you're making an intuitive decision? Looking at your own life, can you identify any major decisions or moments where your intuition played a significant role? How do you think those situations would have unfolded if you had ignored your intuition? Or if you ignored your intuition, how would they have unfolded if you hadn't? How do YOU differentiate between fear and intuition? Are there any specific signs or indicators that help you distinguish between the two? How important is intuition in your decision-making process? Do you believe that intuition is a reliable guide for making life decisions, or do you think your decision-making should always include logical reasoning? Do you feel that it's necessary to receive confirmation that your intuition was right to consider it a successful decision? Let's talk! Join the Chat in The Change Evolutionist Community Ask a question on Wisdom and receive a Voice reply! Books & Resources Referenced In the Episode Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell The Power of Silence by Carlos Castaneda Yes Man with Jim Carrey The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer We Want Your Feedback! Rate & Follow on Spotify Leave a Comment or Start a Discussion on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or in The Change Evolutionist Community Never Miss an Episode! Get notification to your inbox when a new episode is released. Download to your device or listen on Spotify, Apple, or Google podcasts. Get Notified of New Episodes Tell Your Story as a Guest on the Podcast! Apply Now

Setting up a solid financial foundation is the key to successful investments. Every decision you make has tax implications that must be considered and analyzed carefully. Real estate investing is great but it can also be a big challenge for those that already have financial issues.  Summary: This week's episode is a refreshing change where we turn the table and become the guest rather than the host. We are excited to share an episode of our friend and previous guest, Sarah Larbi's podcast, Where Should I Invest, where Meghan takes the spotlight. In this insightful episode, Meghan delves into the significance of incorporating real estate investments into holistic financial planning strategies. In this episode of Where Should I Invest with Meghan as the guest shares and emphasizes the importance of working with advisors who have firsthand experience with real estate and provides insights into debt management, mortgage insurance, and wealth creation for different age groups. She encourages individuals to be intentional in their investments, take a broad lens view of their financial goals, and make informed decisions based on their individual circumstances.Chapters:  00:01 Introduction.  02:16 How to incorporate real estate investing into overall financial strategies. 4:20 How does the financial industry works with clients/investors   07:34 How wonderful is compound interest! 10:01 The importance of working with Financial Advisors   15:26 Why insurance is important?      26:01 How to save a million dollars.  32:20 The benefits of owning rental properties and using the income from those properties to invest in other ventures.  39:04 How to diversify investment portfolio and potentially increase their overall wealth?  43:05 The difference between Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) and RRSPs #RealEstatePlanningStrategies #HolisticFinancialPlanning #RealEstateInvestments #WealthCreation #MortgageInsurance #InvestmentAdvice #FinancialGoals #InformedInvesting  #InvestWisely #IntentionalInvestments #FinancialPlanningPodcast #InvestmentTips #TaxSavings #TFSA #RRSP LINKS: Black is the New Red: THE place to have Canadian money conversations! www.facebook.com/groups/blackisthenewred SHOUTOUT: Have you thought about buying a rental property? If you're interested in finding out more, check out Meghan's site here: https://porterouge.co/ HOW TO GET IN TOUCH:   Join the conversation with 10000+ other Canadians (and finance industry pros) in Black is the New Red: www.facebook.com/groups/blackisthenewred DM Lindsay @ www.facebook.com/lindsayplumbmoneycoach DM Meghan @ https://www.facebook.com/porterougeco DM Meghan @meghancfp DM Sarah Larbi @ www.sarahlarbi.com                              @ https://sarahlarbi.com/reiacademy/    Resources: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - https://a.co/d/iOiYtZi SmartLess Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/smartless/id1521578868     Porte Rouge Porte Rouge - Advisory Porte Rouge offers solutions that bridge the gap for real estate investors in the financial services industry.    

Let's talk about bias. Not just “explicit” bias, the conscious bias for or against someone. Instead, think about “implicit” bias, those subconscious decisions we all make about hiring, capability, and value because of our own experiences. It happens every day.  Guest Al De La Cruz leads the litigation department for the San Diego office of Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP and examines how our own internal biases affect our daily decisions, even if we don't realize it.  When legal cases touch on discrimination or other issues in employment law, start with understanding how the decision was made. What was going on? It's complicated. To overcome bias, start by being intentional. Learn to reflect on your decisions and understand your own starting point and thought process. It's not just race, ethnicity, or gender. Think about being tall, short, older, younger, etc. Bias has consequences across our daily lives, from education to business to economics and the law. Take this opportunity to make the best, most equitable, decisions you can. Start with the Harvard University's implicit bias test. Mentioned in This Episode: Law360 Article, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (free registration required) Implicit Association Test (IAT), Harvard University American Bar Association, “Implicit Bias Videos and Toolkit” New York Times, “Why Many CEOs Are Tall People? The Height Of The Matter” (registration required) The Economic Times, “The Necktie Syndrome: Why CEOs Tend To Be Significantly Taller Than The Average Male” “Thinking Fast and Slow,” Daniel Khaneman “Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,” Malcolm Gladwell

Let's talk about bias. Not just “explicit” bias, the conscious bias for or against someone. Instead, think about “implicit” bias, those subconscious decisions we all make about hiring, capability, and value because of our own experiences. It happens every day.  Guest Al De La Cruz leads the litigation department for the San Diego office of Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP and examines how our own internal biases affect our daily decisions, even if we don't realize it.  When legal cases touch on discrimination or other issues in employment law, start with understanding how the decision was made. What was going on? It's complicated. To overcome bias, start by being intentional. Learn to reflect on your decisions and understand your own starting point and thought process. It's not just race, ethnicity, or gender. Think about being tall, short, older, younger, etc. Bias has consequences across our daily lives, from education to business to economics and the law. Take this opportunity to make the best, most equitable, decisions you can. Start with the Harvard University's implicit bias test. Mentioned in This Episode: Law360 Article, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (free registration required) Implicit Association Test (IAT), Harvard University American Bar Association, “Implicit Bias Videos and Toolkit” New York Times, “Why Many CEOs Are Tall People? The Height Of The Matter” (registration required) The Economic Times, “The Necktie Syndrome: Why CEOs Tend To Be Significantly Taller Than The Average Male” “Thinking Fast and Slow,” Daniel Khaneman “Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,” Malcolm Gladwell

Amit Dangwal is a Design Director at Microsoft India Development Center, where he leads the Search and AI design studio. He has been with Microsoft for 16 years, with 20 years of experience designing user-centric products and solutions. Amit has led the design team for products like Microsoft Office, SharePoint, CRM and Lync. He holds a Master of Design degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a B.Arch degree from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He is passionate about creating engaging and delightful user experiences across different platforms and devices. In this episode, Amit shared great insights on How to grow as a designer in an organisation. We started by discussing the core skills a designer needs to possess to succeed in an organisation and how designers can show their value to the organisation and impact business outcomes. Later, we spoke about what role collaboration plays in the growth and development of a designer within an organisation. How can a designer take on leadership roles within the organisation, and what sort of preparation or guidance is required? In the end, we concluded the show with Amit's take on how designers can use feedback and constructive criticism to grow and improve their work and how does the organisation measure the success of a designer's work? Book Recommendation by Amit Dangwal Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss⁠ and ⁠Tahl Raz Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Thank you for listening to this episode of Nodes of Design. We hope you enjoy the Nodes of Design Podcast on your favourite podcast platforms- Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and many more. If this episode helped you understand and learn something new, please share and join the knowledge-sharing community #Spreadknowledge. This podcast aims to make design education accessible to all. Nodes of Design is a non-profit and self-sponsored initiative by Tejj.

#66I love Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell and the only reason it's not number one in our Top Ten Books for Expat Property Investors is because it's perhaps less applicable to property than the two titles above it on the list.Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, and how brilliant decisions are often made in the blink of an eye, but built on the foundation of years of experience. It examines why some people are able to follow their gut and win, while others fail and explores why the best decisions are often those hardest to explain to others.I explain how this concept has informed my own Expat Property Story.This episode is the tenth bite-sized daily episode celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas 2022. Please rate, review and follow the show and if you're an expat property investor with a story to share, please get in touch via the podcast website.

This week Dr. Burton and I talk about what cognitive biases are, and how to counteract them. References:  Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman                                 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,  by Malcolm GladwellMusic by AudioLounge  - Facebook: www.facebook.com/audioloungemusic - Soundcloud: @audiolounge1 - Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/AudioInstrumentals - Twitter: @audio_lounge - Google+ goo.gl/toKclZ Our email: mentalhleathpod21@gmail.com

Fast and Furious action unit director Spiro Razatos shares rags to riches story and how seeing the movie Shaft at age 11 inspired him on his path to becoming a Hollywood Stuntman. Apple Podcasts users full show notes here: https://languageofcreativity.podbean.com/e/spiro-razatos-friendslikefamily-fastandfurious-action Spiro Razatos began his career as a stunt man and quickly worked his way into the Directors Guild of America just by asking. Somehow, on the spot producers gave him his very first sequence directing a car chase! Since then Razatos has 2nd Unit Directed major films such as Venom, Bad Boys II and Bad Boys For Life, films in The Fast and The Furious franchise (Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, Fate of the Furious, F9), and Captain America Winter Soldier, to name a few. From Denver, Colorado and the son of Greek immigrants, young Spiro began training himself to be a stuntman after a fateful day when his dad took him on a Greyhound to visit the zoo. His father, who was also blind had saved for six months for the trip, but they never made it to the zoo. Eleven year old Razatos saw the marquee for the movie Shaq and begged his father to take him to see it… that day. “I started crying and said I don't know, I just need to see it now.” He practiced jumping off of roofs (don't try this at home) and crashing his own bicycles until he was finally able to get a Super Eight movie camera. He'd managed to get his home-made stunt reel onto the set of Heart to Heart, when legendary stunt coordinators Mike Vendrell and Greg Barnett finally called him and told him they would help him come to Hollywood. In this episode we talk about the magic of visual storytelling, the importance of shooting practical stunts and how CG (computer generated elements) can totally ruin the believability of a sequence, why Spiro always hires his own editor (the one he's had his whole career) spending hours at the end of every shooting day to present the sequence to the studio. We talk about his work/life balance and yearly trips to the “ashram” to detox. But most importantly Spiro highlights the importance of having a team of people you know and trust with your life. His stunt team, Team Malaka has been with him for over 30 years, oh yeah, and of course we talk about his favorite “team building activity” playing Call of Duty 2. Guest: Spiro Razatos  IMDB On My Radar - Spiro Razatos ShootOnline.com Bullitt Signs Director Spiro Razatos for branded content spots CineMovie.tv F9 Car Stunt Coordinator says movie ran out of cars to crash Host: Steven Leavitt Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Featured Music “Haunting Me” by Testing Tomorrow Episode References Fast 5 Vault Sequence (YouTube) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell (GoodReads) Vantage Point (IMDB) 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Producer Talks Story, Characters, and Practical Effects vs. CGI (Interview: ScreenRant) correction: I said Deborah Winger it was actually Kathleen Kennedy Shaft (IMDB) Buzz Bundy (Memoriam JamesBond007.se) Paul Walker death (The Guardian) Wiz Khalifa - See You Again ft. Charlie Puth (Music Video - YouTube) Stunt Coordinator (Wikipedia) Squib hit (Wikipedia) Ashram (Wikipedia) Call of Duty 2 (Wikipedia) Captain America Winter Soldier (IMDB) The Russo Brothers (Wikipedia) Fast Getaway (IMDB) Midnight Run (IMDB) The Goonies (IMDB) The Goonies - ‘Slick Shoes'' scene (YouTube) Gainer (gymnastics) (Wikipedia) Hook (IMDB)   Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! Website: https://thelanguageofcreativity.com/ Facebook Group: The Language of Creativity Discussion Group - Facebook Tags Fast & Furious, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Bad Boys for Life, Crash, Taurus World Stunt Awards, Justin Lin, second unit director, action unit, cannon rolls, visual effects, VFX, Man of Steel, Debra Winger, Star Wars, practical effects, video game industry, editing, film, first unit, making choices, what the audience feels, mastering, mixing, speed, driving, cars, 100mph, focal length, background, foreground, location, big break, DGA, Directors Guild of America, The Bourne Identity, Denver, Greyhound, Greg Barnett, Michael M. 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This week on the Self Smarter Podcast, Michelle Wewers, owner and Chief Revenue Officer of Nexus Therapy Management, joins Dan'l in New York City to share her Self Smarter journey in entrepreneurship. You'll walk away from this episode feeling encouraged and inspired as you hear both the highs and the lows of Michelle's leadership journey and the lessons she's learned along the way. Stay tuned for the music moment to hear what Michelle enjoys listening to, a recent concert featuring an all-star performance line-up and a showstopping true confession about her royal music highness, Adele.Show Notes: #6: What Is The Enneagram & Why You SHOULD Care… episode – The Self Smarter Podcast#15: The Damn Truth About Work-Life Balance episode – The Self Smarter PodcastThe Power of Positive Thinking book - Dr. Norman Vincent PealeBlink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking book – Malcolm GladwellPivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One book – Jenny Blake#5: Why You Need to Read Atlas of the Heart NOW episode – The Self Smarter PodcastThe Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself book – Michael Singer#34: The Journey Of Armor, Agility & Acceptance episode – The Self Smarter PodcastBroken Horses: A Memoir book - Brandi CarlileFollow the podcast:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/selfsmarterpodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/selfsmarterpodcast/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/self-smarter-podcast/about/ Rate the Self Smarter Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review to help us improve our content.Advertise on the Self Smarter Podcast to reach our audience of business leaders via info@dma-solutions.com.

In the latest episode of Climb in Consulting, Nick is joined by Michael Simmonds and Manfred Abraham, who are both Co-CEOs at Yonder Consulting. We don't often have two guests appearing at once, but this episode really does demand it! Their story, and that of Yonder, makes for a fascinating case study in how, by combining complementary skill sets and businesses with shared values, you're able to create something that is truly greater than the sum of its parts. Having worked closely together in their previous businesses, Michael at Populus and Manfred at BrandCap, they decided to join forces to form Yonder back in 2020. Fast forward to 2022, and Yonder is thriving. Despite the challenges of bringing their businesses together during the pandemic, they're now a growing firm of over 150 people, with offices across London, New York and Hong Kong. In this conversation, Nick chats with Michael and Manfred as they explore their journey to co-running Yonder. They discuss the lessons they've learnt along the way, including: - How they successfully merged their businesses and launched Yonder during the pandemic, the challenges both of these things caused for them and how they overcame them. - How Michael and Manfred are able to make co-running the business work, the structures they use, and their advice to others thinking of following a similar approach. - And how they've approached diversity and inclusion at Yonder. The practical steps they've taken and advice for others looking to create more of an open conversation about diversity and inclusion in their firm. If you want to understand how you can make a merger work - whether you're merging firm, practice or team - the advice that Michael and Manfred share in this one will give you a lots to think about. Enjoy the show! Reach out to Michael: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simmondsmichael/ LinkedIn: michael.simmonds@yonderconsulting.com Reach out to Manfred: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manfredbrandcap/ Email: manfred.abraham@yonderconsulting.com Learn more about Yonder: https://yonderconsulting.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwm8WZBhBUEiwA178UnKZqrA0l7dGAX9vp1jwsR8ZFM_4GRqSrDy11rXHwXbj3zIk7UpATsxoCbxEQAvD_BwE Specific things discussed in the episode: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0141014598 Stolen Children by Michael Wood https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stolen-Children-gripping-addictive-thriller-ebook/dp/B084ZB444L Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Circle-Maggie-Shipstead-ebook/dp/B08CMLCFWM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IOXAFVFB8N6Q&keywords=the+great+circle+by+maggie+shipstead&qid=1665066034&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjMyIiwicXNhIjoiMi4xMiIsInFzcCI6IjIuMTYifQ%3D%3D&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+great+circle+by+Maggie%2Cdigital-text%2C59&sr=1-1

MLOps Coffee Sessions #111 with Samuel Partee, Principal Applied AI Engineer of Redis, More than a Cache: Turning Redis into a Composable, ML Data Platform co-hosted by Mihail Eric. This episode is sponsored by Redis. // Abstract Pushing forward the Redis platform to be more than just the web-serving cache that we've known it up to now. It seems like a natural progression for the platform, we see how they're evolving to be this AI-focused, AI native serving platform that does vector similarity, feature stored provides those kinds of functionalities. // Bio A Principal Applied AI Engineer at Redis, Sam helps guide the development and direction of Redis as an online feature store and vector database. Sam's background is in high-performance computing including ML-related topics such as distributed training, hyperparameter optimization, and scalable inference. // MLOps Jobs board https://mlops.pallet.xyz/jobs MLOps Swag/Merch https://mlops-community.myshopify.com/ // Related Links https://partee.io Redis VSS demo: https://github.com/Spartee/redis-vector-search Redis Stack: https://redis.io/docs/stack/ Github - https://github.com/Spartee OSS org Sam co-founded at HPE/Cray - https://github.com/CrayLabs This paper last year was some of the best research and collaborations Sam has been a part of. The Paper is published here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877750322001065?via%3Dihub Do you really need an extra database for vectors? https://databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/emerging-data-architectures-approaches-real-time-ai-using-redis Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell, Barry Fox, Irina Henegar (Translator): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40102.Blink --------------- ✌️Connect With Us ✌️ ------------- Join our slack community: https://go.mlops.community/slack Follow us on Twitter: @mlopscommunity Sign up for the next meetup: https://go.mlops.community/register Catch all episodes, blogs, newsletters, and more: https://mlops.community/ Connect with Demetrios on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm/ Connect with Mihail on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihaileric/ Connect with Sam on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sam-partee-b04a1710a Timestamps: [00:00] Introduction to Samuel Partee [00:24] Takeaways [02:46] Updates on the Community [05:17] Start of Redis [08:10] Vision for Vector Search [11:05] Changing the narrative going from the "Cache" for all servers and web endpoints [14:35] Clear value prop on demos [20:17] Vector Database [26:26] Features with benefits [28:41] AWS Spend [30:39] Vector Database upsell model and bureaucratic convenience [32:08] Distributed training hyperparameter optimization and scalable inference [35:03] Core infrastructural advancement [36:55] Tools movement to help [39:00] Using Machine Learning at scale in numerical simulations with SmartSim: An application to ocean climate modeling (published paper) [42:52] Future applications of tech to get excited with [44:20] Lightning round [47:48] Wrap up

Is telemedicine the future for reproductive healthcare? Carrie SiuButt, CEO of SimpleHealth, suggests that increased virtual reproductive healthcare will enhance traditional approaches to care. Listen in to learn how Carrie's personal health journey has also guided her career path.Tune in to learn:(00:38) SimpleHealth's mission, including using data to offer dynamic healthcare(16:37) How differing state telehealth regulations are a challenge (19:45) About the future of telemedicine for reproductive healthcare  (21:37) How to build the right team for success  Mentions:“Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” by Malcolm GladwellIT Visionaries is brought to you by Salesforce Platform. If you love the thought leadership on this podcast, Salesforce has even more meaty IT thoughts to chew on. Take your company to the next level with in-depth research and trends right in your inbox. Subscribe to a newsletter tailored to your role at Salesforce.com/newsletter.Mission.org is a media studio producing content for world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org.

Epizoda sa Vukom Kosovcem je posebna na više načina. Iako dolazi iz jedne tradicionalne industrije, Vuk važi za pravog lidera, inovatora i game changera. Upravo takav profil nam je trebao za razgovor na temu mindset-a za biznis u 21. veku u digitalnom ekosistemu. Kako se danas, u vremenima velikih i brzih promena, složenih društveno-političkih uslova postaviti u biznisu, kako inovirati, kako voditi i birati ljude za buduća vremena, sve su ovo bile teme i pitanja na koja je Vuk dao neke zaista sjajne odgovore i uvide. Vuk Kosovac, član Izvršnog odbora za poslove sa stanovništvom i razvoj digitala @ OTP banka - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vuk-kosovac/ Teme u epizodi: - Uvod i predstavljanje - Ekonomija pre deset godina i danas - Kako se postaviti danas u biznisu, sa akcentom na tradicionalne biznise u kontekstu sve složenijih društveno-ekonomskih uslova - Šta je ključno da u svetu gde se sve menja brže nego ikad, ne samo opstanete, nego i budete lider? Kakav mindset treba da ima menadžer u tradicionalnom biznisu ukoliko želi da menja stvari i kompaniju? - Šta je za tebe inovacija? - Da li u kompaniji treba da postoji neko pored lidera ko će se baviti budućnošću kompanije? - Kako se tradicionalne industrije trebaju postaviti danas prema marketingu, svom proizvodu i prema potrošačima (klijentima)? - Ljudi su najvažniji, više nego u bilo kojoj drugoj industrijskoj revoluciji, sada su najvažniji ljudi. Da li se od svakoga u kompaniji očekuje upravo da poseduje mindset o kome razgovaramo? - Liderstvo, odabir ljudi i organizaciona kultura - Neophodnost kontinualnog učenja i usavršavanja - Ko su danas game changeri u digitalnoj ekonomiji? - Da zaključimo i rezimiramo Prijavite se na naš YouTube kanal: https://bit.ly/3uWtLES Posetite naš sajt i prijavite se na našu mailing listu - https://www.digitalk.rs Pratite DigiTalk.rs na društvenim mrežama: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Digitalk.rs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalk.rs/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/digitalkrs Veliku zahvalnost dugujemo kompanijama koje su prepoznale kvalitet onoga što radimo i odlučile da nas podrže i daju nam vetar u leđa: 1. Pokrovitelj podkasta: MTS - https://mts.rs/ Želeli bismo da vam skrenemo pažnju na jednu od usluga MTS-a: Upravljajte svojom digitalnom administracijom i fakturisanjem lakše, sigurnije i brže - sa bilo kog mesta i kada to vama odgovara. Dočekajte spremni prelazak na elektronsko fakturisanje uz Banqup platformu za eFakture, koja se nalazi u mts ponudi. https://mts.rs/Poslovni/Digital/Poslovna-resenja/eFakture 2. Partneri podkasta: - OTP banka - https://www.otpbanka.rs/ - kompanija Mastercard - https://www.mastercard.rs/sr-rs.html - kompanija Idea - https://online.idea.rs/ U Ideinoj online prodavnici unesite promo kod digitalk500 i očekuje vas 500 dinara popusta prilikom vaše online kupovine! 3. Prijatelj podkasta: Izdavačka kuća Finesa - https://www.finesa.edu.rs/ Svi oni koji na Finesinom websajtu poruče knjige i unesu promo kod digitalk dobiće 10% popusta na već snižene cene izdanja na sajtu: https://www.finesa.edu.rs/ OTP banka Srbija će pratiocima Digitalk podcasta podeliti po pet primeraka knjiga Dilema inovatora i „Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking“ koje je Vuk preporučio u ovoj epizodi. Pišite nam u komentarima ili na info@digitalk.rs kako biste osvojili ove fenomenalne naslove, a dodatna dva primerka knjige Dilema inovatora poklanjaju i naši drugari iz izdavačke kuće Finesa.

In this episode of The Warrior Podcast I speak with Greg Arnold, founder of the Live Bold Christian App for Men, an app with over 100,000 downloads from across the world. In our conversation, Greg and I talk about his life, how men can overcome pornography, the absence of men in the Church, and so much more. Episode Links Books: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - https://amzn.to/3t0tuSX David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants - https://amzn.to/3NepaHh No Short Cuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks - https://amzn.to/3G3VSsF Live Bold Website – www.liveboldapp.com Find the app on your phone by searching Live Bold or Christian Men Join The Warriors' Guild The Warriors' Guild is the official home for listeners of The Warrior Podcast and men who want to strive to be the husbands, fathers, leaders, or simply just the men God wants us to be. Join The Warriors' Guild Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/theguildformen Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @theguildformen Text the word warrior to 828-307-0007 Show Sponsors Ruddy Man Grooming: www.ruddymangrooming.com Freeman Family Chiropractic: www.freemanfamilychiro.com  

Episode 130 includes: To hell with imposter syndrome! Here's how to become the truly confident MSP you really are The importance of taking your team out for a walk Plus this week, former MSP and number one LinkedIn expert Andrew Moon shares his advice on the platform Featured guest Thank you to Andrew Moon from Orange Nomad for joining Paul to share some great LinkedIn lead generation tips. Andrew is serial entrepreneur who has launched and run several successful businesses since the age of 8! After running a successful MSP for 10 years, Andrew founded Orange Nomad to help MSPs, small businesses and entrepreneurs bridge the gap between strategy and execution. Andrew helps his clients to learn how to build a "calm company". Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmoonorangenomad Show notes Out every Tuesday on your favourite podcast platform Presented by Paul Green, an MSP marketing expert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-green-msp-marketing/ https://www.paulgreensmspmarketing.com/about/ In discussing the importance of the 'walk and talk', Paul mentioned the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steve-Jobs-Exclusive-Walter-Isaacson/dp/034914043X Register for a free copy of Paul's book, Updating Servers Doesn't Grow Your Business https://www.paulgreensmspmarketing.com/podcastbook/ Right now you can watch the extended interview with this week's featured guests on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDRSdM8tZbEBEL1Sh4Z-t3PXKbsW7b4BC To dig deeper into this episode, Paul joins Sophie Law on the complimentary YouTube show 'Another Byte', from this coming Thursday: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDRSdM8tZbEAXxJRY5vU4LWldRNLjZZng Thank you to  Rob Jolliffe from Sabre Limited and MicroAge Kitchener for recommending the book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0141014598 https://ca.linkedin.com/in/robjolliffe In next week's episode, Paul will be joined by Max Pruger, Compliance Manager at Kaseya, to talk about a brand new 'compliance as a service' revenue opportunity: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxpruger Subscribe to Paul's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mspmarketing Subscribe to this podcast using your favourite podcast provider:

Episode 130 includes: To hell with imposter syndrome! Here's how to become the truly confident MSP you really are The importance of taking your team out for a walk Plus this week, former MSP and number one LinkedIn expert Andrew Moon shares his advice on the platform Featured guest Thank you to Andrew Moon from Orange Nomad for joining Paul to share some great LinkedIn lead generation tips. Andrew is serial entrepreneur who has launched and run several successful businesses since the age of 8! After running a successful MSP for 10 years, Andrew founded Orange Nomad to help MSPs, small businesses and entrepreneurs bridge the gap between strategy and execution. Andrew helps his clients to learn how to build a "calm company". Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmoonorangenomad Show notes Out every Tuesday on your favourite podcast platform Presented by Paul Green, an MSP marketing expert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-green-msp-marketing/ https://www.paulgreensmspmarketing.com/about/ In discussing the importance of the 'walk and talk', Paul mentioned the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steve-Jobs-Exclusive-Walter-Isaacson/dp/034914043X Register for a free copy of Paul's book, Updating Servers Doesn't Grow Your Business https://www.paulgreensmspmarketing.com/podcastbook/ Right now you can watch the extended interview with this week's featured guests on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDRSdM8tZbEBEL1Sh4Z-t3PXKbsW7b4BC To dig deeper into this episode, Paul joins Sophie Law on the complimentary YouTube show 'Another Byte', from this coming Thursday: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDRSdM8tZbEAXxJRY5vU4LWldRNLjZZng Thank you to  Rob Jolliffe from Sabre Limited and MicroAge Kitchener for recommending the book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0141014598 https://ca.linkedin.com/in/robjolliffe In next week's episode, Paul will be joined by Max Pruger, Compliance Manager at Kaseya, to talk about a brand new 'compliance as a service' revenue opportunity: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxpruger Subscribe to Paul's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mspmarketing Subscribe to this podcast using your favourite podcast provider:

The sooner you start recording scripted podcasts or even recording podcasts with outlines, the faster your podcast will reach a new level of quality, unlock new opportunities and be on a path towards a successful monetization. Full episode transcripts are available at:https://improvepodcast.com/school ( improvepodcast.com/school) Research Key Findings: – Recording Fully Scripted Episodes vs. Working with Outlines The study of over 1,000 podcasters has revealed that: 38% of higher-income podcasters record their episodes having a full script ready. On top, an additional 36% have a very detailed outline.  This means that 76% of successful podcasters come highly prepared for their recordings. Doesn't this limit creativity? Not at all. It Actually shifts when your creativity is being used. When recording scripted podcasts, you focus your creativity during the writing of the script. And when recording, you focus on a perfect delivery of what you have already prepared. The study of podcasters has found that higher-income podcasters, those who earn at least $50,000 per year from their show, are 2.2 times more likely to use a full script for recording.  This was determined to be one of the TOP 10 things that successful podcasters do differently. Should You Record Scripted Episodes or Use Only Outlines? A single-person podcast should be scripted. When doing interviews, you need to have a target your interview is trying to accomplish, the information you want to obtain. Reach this target using an outline of questions. When you mix interviews and narration, the narration part should be scripted. – What are the Benefits of Recording Scripted Podcasts? What are the Benefits of Recording Podcasts with Outlines? How Do You Make a Podcast Script Sound Natural? How Much Practice Do You Need to Sound Natural? How To Improve Your Podcast Script? If you are struggling with starting your own podcast, and need professional advice, go to https://improvepodcast.com/pro (improvepodcast.com/pro) - Setup used for recording: (if you use the below affiliate links you will support the show with no additional cost to you) * Microphone - Shure SM7B -https://amzn.to/3bikQXj ( amzn.to/3bikQXj) * Audio interface - Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 -https://amzn.to/3sR6gMg ( amzn.to/3sR6gMg) * Preamp - Cloudlifter -https://amzn.to/3bfFreF ( amzn.to/3bfFreF) * Music - Soundstripe - https://improvepodcast.com/soundstripe (improvepodcast.com/soundstripe) * Full Podcasting Gear Recommendationshttps://improvepodcast.com/gear ( improvepodcast.com/gear) Mentioned resources: * Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - https://amzn.to/3tnR9xf (amzn.to/3tnR9xf) - Need help with podcasting? * Check what I can do for you athttps://improvepodcast.com/pro ( improvepodcast.com/pro)

Inspired by feedback from episode 533 Reactions Matter, Phil unpacks a comment from a listener, “Everyone's brain produces a different story.” The views we have and the stories we tell are developed from our experiences and knowledge. We don't always get the story right because our view is limited. However, with more awareness and diverse interactions, we will be able to better see the other person's story. Resources: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell - https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0316010669 Please send Comments, Questions, and Feedback to: mojo@cannonfinancial.com Please send First Friday Feedback submissions to: mojo@cannonfinancial.com

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is a revolution in the understanding of the mind. It is all about those moments when we know something without knowing why. Gladwell explores the phenomenon of "blink", showing how a snap judgement can be far more effective than a cautious decision. Great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing". Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? The Power of Thinking without Thinking "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell - Book Review Book of the Week - BOTW - Season 4 Book 44 Buy the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3DvJWO4 GET IT. READ :) #power #thinking #unconscious FIND OUT which HUMAN NEED is driving all of your behavior http://6-human-needs.sfwalker.com/ Human Needs Psychology + Emotional Intelligence + Universal Laws of Nature = MASTER OF LIFE AWARENESS https://www.sfwalker.com/master-life-awareness --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sfwalker/message

Patricia Stark shares key strategies for developing the calm and confidence to shine under any spotlight. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The critical mindset shift that brings both calm and confidence 2) The simple rule for looking and sounding like an expert 3) Just how long you should maintain eye contact Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep711 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT PATRICIA — Patricia Stark is owner of Patricia Stark Communications and Calmfidence® Workshops, providing training in personal and professional development. She works with celebrities, corporate executives, authors, news anchors, social media influencers, and others whose careers rely on their ability to communicate confidently. She lives in New York. For more, see patriciastark.com. • Patricia's book: Calmfidence: How to Trust Yourself, Tame Your Inner Critic, and Shine in Any Spotlight • Patricia's website: PatriciaStark.com • Patricia's website: CalmfidenceBook.com • Patricia's LinkedIn: Patricia Stark • Patricia's Twitter: @clickpatricia • Patricia's Facebook: Patricia Stark Communications • Patricia's Instagram: PatriciaStarkCommunications — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life by Daymond John • Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill • Book: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell • Video: Eye contact practice — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Postie. Run direct mail like a digital marketer with at postie.com/awesome.• StoryBlocks. Enhance your video storytelling quickly, beautifully, and affordably at Storyblocks.com/awesome.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I share a number of different book, podcast, and video recommendations for placebo mages. Books Religion for Atheists: A Non-believers Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain de Botton Atheopaganism by Mark Green Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Paganism edited by John Halstead DIY Magic: A Strange & Whimsical Guide to Creativity by Anthony Alvarado Postmodern Magic: The Art of Magic in the Information Age by Patrick Dunn The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane by Matthew Hutson Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain by Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris and Jeff Warren Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi Videos Sedna Woo The Skeptical Witch Podcasts THE WONDER: Science-Based Paganism Re-Enchantment Open Div Summit See also: OpenDiv organization Hidden Brain: "Secret Friends" "What are the Odds?" "Creating God" "Useful Delusions" Radiolab Invisibilia: "How to Become Batman" "The Secret Emotional Life of Clothes" "Outside In" The Happiness Lab: "The Power of a Made-Up Ritual" "Boldly Go like Yuri Gagarin" "Wisdom of the Ancients" series (particularly the episodes on Plato, Aristotle, and Confucius) Support the show on Patreon to gain access to our Patreon-Exclusive Bonus Show! Join the discussion on Discord! Music from https://filmmusic.io: Frost Waltz by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3781-frost-waltzLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Arcadia by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3377-arcadiaLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/placebo-magick/message

THIS was a cool episode and one you won’t want to miss! Meet Mark Schulman, who has enjoyed a 30-year career as a first-call drummer for world-class rock and pop artists including P!NK, Cher, Billy Idol and Beyonce to name just a few. During his years in the industry he has observed some incredible instances and shares with us some amazing stories where attitude was the key that would make or break a career. His passion for the power of attitude has inspired him to write his first book 'Conquering Life’s Stage Fright’ which shows people in all industries how to harness doubt, fear and anxiety as it relates to any performance or presentation and transform that into clarity, capability and confidence. I LOVED chatting with Mark about the power of attitude, how he has utilised it in his career, and likewise seen it utilised by the amazing individuals he had the pleasure of working with. My kids even got involved and gave us some fun questions to throw at him. Tune in and enjoy - I know you will! We’ll be talking about: ➠ Introduction [0:00] ➠ Take responsibility, stay in control of your life [8:33]➠ What Mark does to have an instant attitude shift [12:46]➠ Mark’s experience where he had to check his attitude himself [16:13]➠ Mark’s tips when dealing with people with bad attitude [21:50]➠ Discerning between your energy and other people’s [26:26]➠ A story of an attitude shift Mark has seen amidst the COVID crisis [31:40]➠ The WINS formula [33:28]➠ What’s been up and what to look forward to for the band P!nk [36:07]➠ Embracing change - lessons taught by COVID [40:01]➠ Mark’s piece of advice to businesses owners who feel stuck [45:06]➠ Pointers for aspiring drummers from Mark [46:00]➠ Mark’s hobbies other than playing in a band [47:47]➠ Mark’s fun times with the band P!nk [49:34]➠ Mark’s scary and wild on-stage encounter with Sheryl Crow [51:52]➠ Book recommendations by Mark [56:01]➠ The superpowers Mark and his daughter wished they had [57:10] About Our Guest: Mark Schulman has enjoyed an unprecedented career over the last 30 years as a first call drummer for world-class rock and pop artists. Mark's first book 'Conquering Life’s Stage Fright’ shows people in all industries how to harness doubt, fear and anxiety as it relates to any performance or presentation and transform that into clarity, capability and confidence. Mark is now writing his second book on the power of ATTITUDE utilizing a groundbreaking formula: Attitude x Behavior = Consequence! Mark and his writing partner, Dr. Jim Samuels have interviewed Rockstar performers in all industries on how ATTITUDE has driven BEHAVIOR and produced CONSEQUENCES in their lives. Resources: ➠ ‘Conquering Life's Stage Fright’ by Mark Schulman https://amzn.to/3z2XoXG➠ ‘Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking ’ by Malcolm Gladwell https://amzn.to/2W1c3E7➠ Wayne Dyer’s Book Collection Set https://amzn.to/3y1VhSE➠ Seth Godin books https://amzn.to/3k1F6PZ➠ ‘Love is the Killer App’ by Tim Sanders https://amzn.to/3k4Kh1O➠ Michael Crichton books https://amzn.to/3xV5j82 Connect with Mark Schulman: ➠ Mark Schulman Instagram https://www.instagram.com/markyplanet/➠ Mark Schulman LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/schulmanmark/➠ Mark Schulman Twitter https://twitter.com/markyplanet/➠ Mark Schulman Website https://www.markschulman.com/ ➠ Mark Schulman Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzVDrfNNlNzrtVTFNDPg-8A➠ Marks personal email mark@markshulman.com Connect with Direct Selling Accelerator: ➠ Visit our website: https://www.auxano.global/➠ Subscribe to Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwiHRznJ6Iimj1aRD3xdKow/➠ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auxanomarketing/➠ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/auxanomarketing/➠ Email us at grow@auxanomarketing.com.au If you have any podcast suggestions or things you’d like to learn about specifically, please send us an email at the address above. And if you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 43, Diego Bocanegra, Head Coach of University of Houston Women's Soccer, talks with Phil about how his childhood shaped his love for soccer, specialization, how we can give youth sports back to the kids, the state of soccer in America, what elite players have in common, his personal “Why,” his new podcast, and what he has learned from the beautiful game that he uses in other areas of life. Specifically, Diego discusses: How he developed his passion for soccer, other sports, and leadership, and how he got to be where he is today (2:06) How his childhood experiences and his parents have shaped him and taught him lessons that help him in his coaching (6:09) His thoughts on specialization, and if and when kids should specialize in one sport (10:17) How he believes club and youth soccer are being taken away from the kids and what we can do about it (16:26) The state of soccer in America and how we need to make it more about the players' flourishing (22:47) The common threads among elite athletes (34:43) His personal “Why” and life mission, and how it informs his leadership (42:03) The why and what of his new podcast, “Boca” (46:33) Clubhouse and how we can engage the new platform to help us and others flourish (52:35) How Diego used the lessons learned playing and coaching soccer in his stint in the financial planning and insurance world, and vice-versa (58:31) What he wants his players to know when they leave his program (1:04:19) What he has learned directly from soccer that he has used in his life and leadership outside the game (1:06:32) His book and podcast recommendations (1:09:40) Resources and Links from this Episode Diego's “Boca” Podcast Uncut Video of the Episode HSEL Facebook Group Phil and HSEL on Clubhouse -- @phildarke Changing the Game: The Parent's Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids, by John O'Sullivan Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!, by Robert T. Kiyosaki The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Rich, by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D, and William D. Danko, Ph.D Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Daniel Pink Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, by Angela Duckworth Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court, by Jay Bilas Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Don't Learn From Their Mistakes, But Some Do, by Matthew Syed Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell  

This week, the guys talk to Mark Fowler, the COO at Mountain View Church, about his transition from working in education to working in the church, and what it means to be called by God. Mark's recommendations: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell, https://smile.amazon.com/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0316010669/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=blink+malcolm+gladwell&qid=1626302136&sr=8-1 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, https://smile.amazon.com/Five-Dysfunctions-Team-Leadership-Fable/dp/0787960756/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3FQ8CWPFV4L3F&dchild=1&keywords=lencioni+the+five+dysfunctions+of+a+team&qid=1626302175&sprefix=lencioni+%2Caps%2C317&sr=8-3 The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything in Business by Patrick Lencioni, https://smile.amazon.com/Advantage-Organizational-Health-Everything-Business/dp/0470941529/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3NHEP0WK0RNH3&dchild=1&keywords=lencioni+the+advantage&qid=1626302204&sprefix=lencioni+%2Caps%2C259&sr=8-3

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What if we could step back and evaluate our practices for efficiency? (Doesn't that sound like a fun Friday night?) Seriously though, it's an exercise we all need to apply once in a while - both personally and professionally - to see what's working, what we can do differently and what we can stop altogether. I've come up with a list of seven items for you to have a think about, to free up some more of that valuable time, energy and money.Key Points:Stop spending on the frills and unnecessary items (2:31)Stop doing what you hate or feel you should (5:16)Stop second guessing yourself (7:01)Stop working for today (9:42.5)Stop not taking care of yourself (12:52.5)Stop avoiding networking (13:54)Stop denying your skills (16:43)Also mentioned:E36: https://shows.acast.com/connections-coffee-confidence/episodes/take-the-weight-off-your-sales-processE52: https://shows.acast.com/connections-coffee-confidence/episodes/not-living-the-cookie-cutter-lifeBlink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (https://amzn.to/3vX5L5s) (Please note that this is my affiliate link and should you choose to buy this book, or anything else using this link, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my small business.)Connections Coffee Confidence Community on Facebook, my groupMy Products:Don't Waste Your Breath guide on messaging (https://janicefogarty.podia.com/dont-waste-your-breath-get-your-best-message-across)How to be an Amazing Podcast Guest checklist (https://www.janicefogarty.com/how-to-be-an-amazing-podcast-guest)10 Places to get Publicity, Even with Zero Budget (https://www.janicefogarty.com/discover-10-places-to-get-free-publicity-even-though-you-have-zero-budget)I love Landish products because I appreciate a natural approach to my well-being and love to support Canadian. We drink 5 Mushroom Hot Chocolate every night - except when we feel like it's a Golden Latte kind of night! (And Pure Canadian Marine Collagen is a staple in my morning smoothie.) By using my referral link, you can get 20% off of your first order --> https://bit.ly/2SEOqzl✔Join me on Pinterest

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The hardest part about getting your prayers answered is being able to recognize when they are being answered. This episode will help you to learn how to get the answers to your prayers, and more importantly how to know they are coming from God. ---Transcript--- Hey everyone, this is Russell Brunson. Welcome back to the Book of Mormon Challenge podcast. I'm so excited to have you here and I'm excited for today's episode. The title for today's episode is, The secret to getting your prayers answered and how to know it's actually from God. I'm picking up this podcast a couple of weeks after my last one and I feel kind of bad. If you remember I did a day, it was Parley P. Pratt's birthday and I decided to take the whole day off and try to read the entire Book of Mormon in a day, and I was going to do a whole bunch of mini podcasts throughout the day and afterwards and try to share with you the things that were happening, and I recorded one or two of them, but they didn't turn out amazing and I wanted to kind of put my thoughts together and really focus on helping, probably the biggest question I've been getting from people who've listened to this podcast is, “Russell, I've been reading the Book of Mormon, I'm going to try it, but I don't know how to pray. How do I pray? How do I get answers? When I do get an answer, how do I know it's actually from God?” As I've been thinking about that and kind of putting together this episode, I didn't, I decided to not post those other mini episodes, and I wanted to kind of recap it here first because actually during that day, I received answers to some of my prayers, and it was special so I wanted to kind of share some of those experiences with you on this podcast as we're talking about how to get your prayers answered. With that said, I'm going to jump right into this. As you know on Parley P. Pratt day I tried to read the entire Book of Mormon. I ended up spending about 18 hours doing it. I got about, actually I got to page 266, which is not quite halfway there. So I didn't quite hit it, but I got almost halfway there. So I'm going to block out another day, and do the rest of it. And I will keep you in the loop of how that goes. But it was amazing. It was really neat to read it that way and try to keep my focus for 18 hours. It was kind of tough, there were times where I'd get tired, and I'd have to stand up and read while I was walking around. And other times where I'd sit in different locations, or just a whole bunch of stuff. But it was a really special experience and I'm so grateful I had an opportunity to do that. And I cannot wait to do part two, coming soon. So I will let you know. But as I was reading the book, and I remember I got an answer to a prayer while I was reading. And when I did that, I jumped off and I recorded my thoughts right afterwards. And I'm not going to share that recording, instead I'm just going to kind of share the thoughts right now, because it's a pretty neat thing. There's a quote I heard on my mission, I don't know who said it, so I'm not going to give them credit, unfortunately, but whoever said it was awesome. They said, “Prayer is how we speak to our Heavenly Father, and oftentimes the scriptures are how he speaks back to us.” So I kind of heard that a lot in my life, and there have been times where I'd try to use the scriptures as a way to get answers and I knew that on Parley P. Pratt day as I was reading I was looking for some answers. But it was crazy, within the first hour of me reading, I got the first answer to my question. I was going crazy because it's so cool when it happens. I actually want to share with you guys a funny story before I tell you the prayer I was trying to get answered and how it got answered. It's funny, on my mission I got about 7 months into my mission I got the dreaded “Dear John” letter. The girl I was dating at the time, who I was convinced I was going to marry and everything, sent me the letter saying that she was not only dating somebody, but she was engaged and was going to be getting married here very soon. As a young 19 year old missionary, I was destroyed. I just remember crying and I could barely control myself, I was just like, I'm out serving the lord and this is the person who I'm supposed to be marrying. Why would you take her from me, I'm doing everything that you told me to do? I remember a day or two later, I had a chance to go meet with my mission president, his name was President Giddons, and as I was meeting with him he must have either heard what happened or he saw it on my face, or maybe I told him, I don't know. I was just broken, and I told him, “My girlfriend is getting married.” And he looked at me and said, “You know what, you can find comfort in the scriptures.” And I remember when he said that I was kind of frustrated. I was like, you know what, there's nobody in the scriptures who got a Dear John letter. There's nobody in here who could even relate to me, there's no way. And I remember going home that night kind of being a little frustrated and the next morning saying, you know what, I'm going to start over at the very beginning, start reading the scriptures and I don't care if I have to read the Book of Mormon, the Old Testament, the New Testament, everything, I don't care. I'm going to read the entire thing just to prove to President Giddons that there's nothing in here that's going to comfort me for this problem. And that was 19 year old Russell. I started at 1 Nephi, chapter 1 in the Book of Mormon and I started reading and what was crazy is, by 1 Nephi Chapter 2:15 I got my answer. What's happening in the book at the time, if you haven't started reading it yet, I encourage you once again to go to Bookofmormonchallenge.com get your free copy of the book and go and read it, but at this point, Lamen and Lemuel are the older brothers of Nephi. Nephi's this younger kid who is good, who is listening to his dad and following what the Lord says and trying to do everything. But they were asked to do a really hard thing. They had to leave their family, leave their gold, their riches, all their money, their home and go into the wilderness and to basically leave. And it was hard for them. It was not an easy thing to leave everything you loved behind and wander into the wilderness. And they're out there in the wilderness wandering and in Chapter 2 Verse 15 there was a scripture, and when I read this scripture it was like a punch in the face. It said, “And Lamen and Lemuel being the eldest did murmur against their father and they did murmur because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them.” I remember reading that and I was sitting here listening to myself murmur about my girlfriend and how sad I was and all these things. And when I heard that, it said, Lamen and Lemuel, they murmured because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them. And as I read that I felt the spirit and the spirit told me to quit murmuring, quit complaining, the lord's got something special for you, just wait. So I decided to wait. I stopped murmuring and I went on my way and served my mission the best I could and I got home. A few months after I got home from my mission I met a beautiful girl named Collette. A few months later than that, I somehow convinced her to marry me and since then we've had 5 amazing children. We had a family night a little while ago with the kids and we were reading the scriptures from the beginning and we read this verse. And I told them, “You guys this verse is all about you.” And we read it and I said, “That's Lamen and Lemuel being the eldest did murmur against their father and they murmured because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them.” And the kids said, “Dad, how is that about us?” I said “Because one day a little while ago I murmured and the only reason I murmured was because I didn't know who Collette was, and I didn't know who you guys were and I'm so grateful that I stopped murmuring and let the lord do what he wanted to do with me. Because if I didn't I would never have had you guys.” And it was such a special thing, looking backwards. A lot of times it's hard to look backwards when it's happening in the moment. But for any of you guys who are going through trials, I encourage you to do what I learned this day, and that's to not murmur, because you have no idea what God's got in store for you. So that was one of the first times I got an answer from reading the scriptures. Again, prayer is how we speak to Heavenly Father and the scriptures is how he speaks back to us. So when I was going on this Parley P. Pratt day, I knew I needed an answer to some prayers and I didn't know what to do, so I was praying for an answer and I jumped into the scriptures and what was cool, within the first, still 1 Nephi, the first section of the book, I got the answer to the prayer I was looking for. So I'm going to give you some context into the question I was looking for and then the answer I got, just to show you guys the pattern of how this works. When you understand, when you see the pattern of something, then you're able to replicate it and do it over and over again. For me, about a year ago I got introduced to an organization called Operation Underground Railroad. I had never heard of this before, I found out about it through a really sacred experience that I don't feel comfortable sharing on this podcast right now, but I got a call to see if I would be willing to help with Operation Underground Railroad, and I had never heard of it, I didn't know what it was. So I went online and started Googling and found Operation Underground Railroad and started watching the videos and I found out about this guy named Tim Ballard and Tim goes to the deepest, darkest places on this earth and goes and saves little children from horrible, horrible, evil people. And I remember that night as I was watching the videos I was actually, I have a vlog that I do and I was recording myself and I said, “I feel like tonight the direction of my life is forever changed.” And I knew that it was something that I needed to be part of and to help in any way I could. So I decided I would jump in and help. I'm not super talented at a lot of things, but there are a couple of things that I'm good at. And I said, you know what, I'm going to try to help this organization the best that I know how, and I know how to do it through this thing called a sales funnel. For most of you guys, you have no idea what that is, don't even worry about it, but I was like I'm going to build a funnel for Operation Underground Railroad to try to get their message out to the world and try to shine a light on this evil, evil thing that's happening. They say when you shine a light in a room, all the cockroaches scatter to the corners. I said, if I could help magnify this message and shine a light in the room I'm going to do it. And I don't know how I'm going to do it but I'm going to do it. So I started running as fast as I could and started putting together a plan based on my own ideas and the plan seemed good, but for some reason it didn't seem….I don't know, you know that feeling where you're like, this is good but it didn't seem great? Like I'm missing something. So before then, I was supposed to drive down to Utah and meet with Tim Ballard and some other people who are involved in this organization and the day I was supposed to be heading down there I was praying in the morning, “I need help. I need inspiration. I'm supposed to present these guys with my plan and my plan's not very good.” And in the middle of that prayer I had a flash of inspiration from Heavenly Father. The inspiration was simple, you need to make a documentary and you need to call Nick Nanton. And at the time, you're probably thinking who's Nick Nanton, and that's almost how I felt. I had met him five or six years earlier, we had a conversation for less than 5 minutes and I hadn't seen him since. He's the guy who had done documentaries in the past, he had a lot of success with him. So I said okay. I messaged him on Facebook Messenger, I was like, “Hey Nick, we talked once five or six years ago, I know we don't know each other that well, but I don't know if you believe in God, but I do and he told me today that you are supposed to help me do a documentary for this group called Operation Underground Railroad, check them out and let me know what you think.” I got a message back from him a few minutes later, he said, “Brother, I'm in.” I said, okay. We're making a documentary. Then I drove down to Utah, I presented this to Tim Ballard and some of the other people down there and they said, “yes, that's it. That's right.” So we went back to the drawing board and said okay let's do it. I called Nick up and introduced him to Tim and said, “You guys, let's make this documentary.” And they went for the next 3 or 4 months, flew around the world to Haiti and all over the place to capture this story in a way that not only shines light in the darkness but helps to capture hope. We got back after the documentary, they finished the filming of it, I do a big event once a year for entrepreneurs and we had about 3,000 entrepreneurs coming to this event. We had Tim Ballard come and we had Nick Nanton come and we had them show, do a private screening for this group to show them the documentary. So we showed them this amazing documentary that talked about Operation Underground Railroad and the mission and what they were doing. And I'm sure I'll do a whole podcast in the future just on that topic alone, but after we showed that documentary, from the group of entrepreneurs we were able to raise over a million dollars right there that will go on to save hundreds of kids from sex trafficking, which was one of the most amazing, special moments of my life. In fact, if you want to see the trailer and eventually the documentary, if you go to ourfilm.org, you can see. As of right now the trailer is there, and in the future the documentary will be there. So we did that and it was such an exciting thing, but I knew that that wasn't the end. I knew that was the beginning. We had this documentary, how do we get this out to the world? How do we shine such a light on this darkness that the evil goes away? And I didn't know the answer to that. I honestly still don't know the answer to that. And I was scared and nervous once again. As I started my Parley P. Pratt day and started reading as fast as I could, as soon as I got to 1 Nephi Chapter 17 I read these versus. Some context of what's happening here, Nephi, Leman and Lemuel have left Jeruselem, they've gone across the wilderness and they found this amazing place, they called it the land of Bountiful and there's trees and an Ocean, and it's probably like sitting in San Diego. It's perfect weather, they're loving it, their family is there, they're prospering finally for the first time in years and then Nephi has a vision and the vision says, “Nephi you've got to build a boat and you're going to leave this amazing land and we're going to take you somewhere else.” So Nephi, as he always does, says, “Okay I'm going to do it.” And he starts running, comes back down and starts building a boat and what happens? Immediately his brothers Lamen and Lemuel, they start murmuring again right. That's all they know how to do. They're complaining and they're angry and frustrated with Nephi. And he's like, “No this is amazing.” They even talked about killing him, they were so frustrated. And they said, “Nephi, you don't even know how to build a boat. You don't have any actual skills, you're not going to be able to do this. The boat's going to sink, we're all going to die.” And Nephi said to them, “I said unto them that they should murmur no more against their father, neither should they withhold their labor from me. For God has commanded me that I should build a ship. And I said unto them if God had commanded me to do all things, I could do them. If he should command to me I should say unto this water, be thou earth, it should be earth. And if I should say it, it would be done. Now if the lord has such great power and has wrought so many mighty miracles among the children of men, how is it he cannot instruct me that I should build a ship?” “Russell, how is it he cannot instruct you how to launch this documentary? Russell, how is it he cannot instruct you how to get this message out?” That's the message I heard that morning as I read this.  And I felt the spirit so strongly. I was like okay, I'm just going to go forward and do it and the lord will instruct me how to do this mission he's asked me to go on. So that's, you guys, that's why I'm hoping you guys are catching some of this. I'm hoping you're feeling it. That's why these scriptures are so important. How many of you are like, “Where's God today? Why is he not talking to me? Why is he not helping us?” He is, he wants to. But we have to be willing. And this is the lesson I'm learning over and over and over again. I come doing this podcast and I'm nervous because I don't want people thinking that I am perfect in any way, because I am so far from that. I struggle everyday to read the scriptures. It's a difficult daily process for me, but man every time I do, I feel it. And that's the key. So the challenge for me, the reason why I did this whole Book of Mormon challenge, I'm hoping as many of you guys as possible come on with me, but I'm doing it for myself as well, to get me back into the scriptures. I forget these things. I'm going through this process and I felt the spirit that morning, when I'm reading this, or reminding me of when I felt the spirit earlier in my life, and it's like, the lord is there, if we'll just open the scriptures and read. If we'll pray, pray, pray, open the scriptures and read, he'll answer our prayers. Alright, so I want to jump into this now. Again, the title of this podcast was The Secret to Getting Your Prayers Answered and How to Know it's Actually From God. The whole reason why I've titled it this and why I'm doing this podcast is because a lot of you guys have been asking me that. “Okay Russell, I'm doing this thing now. How do I know that it's true?” and I tell people, “You pray about it.” “Okay, I've prayed a lot in my life, what then? Is something going to happen? Is an angel going to come to me?” Probably not, but let me explain to you how it's worked for me. And I don't know if this is the same way it works for everybody, but this is the pattern that I've learned, and I've used it and its helped guide me throughout my life. So I'm going to kind of walk you guys through that. So with that said, the two questions I want to answer in this podcast. Question number one, if you're writing these down, how do you get prayers answered? And question number two, how do you know it's actually from God and not just some voice in your head? So those are the two questions we're trying to go for. As I was breaking this down I realized there's kind of different types of answers we're looking for. So I broke it into three types of answers and there's probably more, but these are the three I was able to kind of think through and identify. So the first one, the first type of answer is a yes, or a no. This is the kind of thing where it's so important you're not going to move forward until you get an answer. The second one is inspiration and guidance, try to take you somewhere. And then the third one is comfort. So I'm going to kind of go through these. The first type of answer is a yes or no. This is the ones where you don't move until you get an answer. So a good example of this is like marriage. Before I got married to my beautiful wife, Collette, I was not going to just go on this path with my eternal companion without asking Heavenly Father first, “you have the ability to see the future and everything that's happened forever and what's going to happen, is the right companion for me? Should I really marry her? I love her, she's beautiful, I think she's awesome, but what do you think? You have better vision than me, you can see a lot more than me.” So we prayed, and it wasn't just a prayer and the answer came, it was work. I had to pray, my wife had to pray, we prayed separately, we prayed together and we thought through it and it took a while, but we didn't stop until we got an answer. I was not going to go kneel across the alter and be married for time and all eternity to my beautiful wife, unless Heavenly Father said, “Yes.” So we did that, we prayed, I'll also add that we fasted while we prayed. Fasting is where you don't eat or drink while you're praying. Usually fast for a day or two or however long you are, but fasting is amazing, fasting will amplify your prayer. So if you really want an answer, I recommend adding fasting with it as well. So that was one example. We prayed and prayed until we got an answer. And only after we got the answer did I make my movement. So that was the first thing. The next big one, that happened earlier in my life was when I prayed about the Book of Mormon. Is the Book of Mormon true? Is there a God in Heaven? Is Jesus our Savior? Those questions we talked about two episodes ago during the three givens. All those questions I prayed and I was not going to move until I had a yes or a no. It blows my mind to this day, that some people will leave the church or they'll forget God without getting an actual answer. I would never move without the answer to something that's so important. The quote I shared with you guys two episodes ago from Bruce R. McKonkie, talking about the Book of Mormon said, “These are deep, and solemn and ponderous matters, we need not think we can trifle with sacred things and escape the wrath of a just God. Either the Book of Mormon is true or it is false. There is no middle ground.” So when I was reading that book and I was praying about it, I was like, I am not moving until I get a yes or a no. There's no middle ground. I can't be like, oh I'm just going to kind of go down the middle. There's either a yes or a no and I have to know what it is. And I'm not moving until I get the answer. So those are the yes and no kind of questions. When you pray until you get an answer and those ones usually take more work. It's usually not just a quick answer and you get it. They take a little bit of time. That's number one. Type of answer number two, I called it inspiration or guidance. This is where you're trying to get inspiration for your life, for what you're doing, trying to get guidance to make sure you're doing the right things. There's a quote I heard on my mission as well, and again I don't know who said this one so I can't give it to anybody, but it said, “Pray as if everything depends on the lord, and then work as if everything depends on you.” This is where most of my answers come from. When I wake up in the morning and I know that I'm going in a direction, I kneel down and I start praying. I pray and ask the lord. I pray as if everything depends on the lord, and I end my prayer, I'm not looking for a yes or a no, I'm looking for inspiration and guidance. Then I go and work as if everything depends on me. Operation Underground Railroad, I was asked to be part of this thing, so I prayed for inspiration and guidance and I started running. I started running and running and moving forward and then every morning I would pray for guidance. I would pray as if everything depended on the Lord, and I would work as if everything depended on me. I kept moving forward and moving forward and moving forward. And there's something magic about moving forward. When you move forward, the lord blesses you. Sometimes it's not immediately. For me it was the 11th hour. It was literally the morning, getting ready to jump in the car and drive down to present my plan with these people and I didn't have the plan yet. I'm sitting there praying in the morning. But the lord knew I was moving forward. I was working as if everything depended on me, and then just when I needed it he gave me the inspiration. This is what you should do. You need to make a documentary. This is the person you need to call. I was guided. This is true in my business, I don't know about you guys if you own companies or businesses, I get this every single day. I'm trying to make the best decisions possible. I pray every morning, guide me, lead me, make sure I do the right thing so I can serve my audience the best that I possibly can. Then I work as if everything depends on me. I cannot tell you how much guidance I get. Every single day there's things that come up, there's ideas, there's things that just come to my head that aren't my own idea. They show up, and then I'm able to go and move forward on those things, because I'm praying for inspiration and guidance. And when you pray for it, it appears. Next on my list here, books. I've written two books now, and working on others. But when I'm writing my books, it's crazy, I'll be studying and praying and figuring things out and my books having nothing to do with spirituality or church. These are business marketing books, but still I'm looking for inspiration. How can I change somebody's life with these books? And I'm praying and I'm researching and all the sudden in the middle of stuff, all the sudden these ideas pop up, these patterns show up, things that I didn't know before come to my head.I'm like, “That is not my idea, I don't know where it came from, it's amazing.” Same thing happens to me when I speak on seminars and stages. Before I get onstage every single time, I pray “Heavenly Father please give me the guidance to inspire these people and know what to do and to say to actually help people to change their lives.” And then I get onstage and start speaking and the most amazing things always happen. I don't know where they come from half the time because they come out of my head, they come out of my mouth. I'm like, “I've never said that before, I don't know where that came from, but it came. It showed up when I needed it.” I talked to Tony Robbins about this and Tony said the same thing, “I have an outline of what I'm going to talk about, I get onstage and then it just, something magical happens. Something's channeled through me, I don't know what it is.” But I know, and you guys know. It just comes from me, as long as I'm in a place where I'm trying to serve other people, it just shows up. And it's true. All my callings in church, on my mission, I saw it over and over and over again. One of my favorite stories of my mission, there were these things called media referrals where somebody will see on TV an ad for the Book of Mormon or a movie called the Lamb of God or something. So I got this call one day on my mission saying, “Hey, this girl requested..” I can't remember if she requested a bible or what she requested, “if you could deliver it, here's her address.” So we jumped in the car, drove over, met her, gave her the thing she ordered and asked her if we could teach her a lesson, a missionary discussion. She said, “Yes.” We came in and taught her the first discussion, told her about Joseph Smith, about the Book of Mormon and we gave her a Book of Mormon, she was so excited to read it and we scheduled the appointment for two days later. We came back two days later and knocked on the door and her mom opened it and she said, “Sorry, she's not here right now.” And we said, “Where is she?” “She's actually in jail for a little while.” We're like, “Oh, are you serious? She was so excited, we could have helped her, we could have shifted her life. I know that this message, it could have been the thing for her.” She's like, “Yeah, I'm sorry but feel free to come back, maybe she'll be out in a couple of weeks.” So we came back a couple of weeks later, she was still gone. Came back a couple weeks later, and then finally after a couple of tries we just kind of gave up. Fast forward a month or two later, my companion and I were sitting there, and all of our appointments that morning had followed through, it was raining outside and we thought, we have to go out and knock on doors to find someone, and to be completely honest we didn't really want to go out in the rain and get soaking wet. So we're sitting there and we're like, “You know what, let's pray. Let's ask Heavenly Father where we should go. Maybe he's got someone prepared for us today.” So my companion and I sat in our car, we sat down and folded our arms and prayed, we said, “Heavenly Father, please give us the inspiration we need, please guide us to somebody today who is ready to hear this message.” We ended the prayer and sat there for a few minutes and I was like, “You know what, I don't remember that girl's name, but we visited her a couple of months ago and she's the one who went to jail.” My companion looked at me and he's like, “Are you kidding me?” I'm like, “What?” and he's like, “I honestly was thinking of the exact same person right now.” I'm like, “Are you serious?” That person, her face or whatever came to both of our minds at the exact same time, and we got so excited, so we jump in the car, we were trying to find her house, race over to her house, go knock on the door. The door opens and her mom comes out again and we're like, “how's it going? Is so and so here.” And she's like, “No you guys, I told you. She's in Jail.” And we're like, oh I guess we weren't paying attention or maybe… We were kind of frustrated and were about to turn away and walk away, and then the mom, her name was Monica, she said, “I have a quick question. You guys keep coming by, how do you know her. What are you visiting for?”and we said, “We're from the Mormon Church and she had called before and we had given her the Book of Mormon.” She said, “Oh I've seen it here. The Book of Mormon is here by her bed. What is that? I'm just curious what it is you guys do, what you talk about?” and we're like, “Do you have a few minutes and we'll tell you?” She's like, “Sure, come on in.” we were like, really? So we came in and we had a chance to teach her the first discussion. Told her about the Book of Mormon, about Joseph Smith and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ coming to him and setting up this church and all the amazing stuff I've been sharing with you guys on this podcast and Monica felt it. She felt the spirit and she said, “Please come back.” We came back a day or two later and talked about Jesus Christ and his sacrifice for her and how he had died to save her from her sins, and how she could repent for her sins, and we told her about that and she was so excited. And we came back and taught the third discussion, the fourth and all the way on and she ended up getting baptized. It was one of the most amazing experiences. And what's cool is fast forward to the time I got home from my mission, I actually got an email from Monica's daughter after she got out of jail. She said, “Hey, I got out of jail and my mom got baptized, as you know, and now I'm going to church with her.” It was just such a cool thing. I remember thinking how special it was to know that our Heavenly Father knew that Monica was prepared, knew exactly where she was at. And as soon as I was willing to pray, as if everything depended on the lord, then he opened it to me. And showed us exactly where and how to find her. The same thing is true inside of our families. Pray as if everything depends on the lord and then work as if everything depends on you. The third type of answer we're looking for, the first one again was yes and no questions. Number two was inspiration and guidance and number three is comfort. I've used this so many times in my life. Someone who's struggled, who needs comfort right now, I testify to you that the Lord will comfort you through prayer. This is the way he answers our prayers. I know my girlfriend got married on my mission, as funny as it is now looking back on it, prayer is what gave me comfort. I have a handicapped sister who is two years older than me, and when my handicapped sister, Stacy passed away, I didn't know how to take that. It was hard, it was scary, it was all those things wrapped into one and prayer is what comforted me. There's trials in our family and society, things that happen all the time and prayer is how we get comfort. So those are the three types of answers. We have our yes and no's, we have our inspiration and guidance, and we have comfort. That's usually where we're, at least for me personally, where I'm looking for how to get my prayers answered. Alright, so I'm going to dive back into this. There's two questions, number one is how to get your prayers answered, and number two is how do you know the answer is coming from Heavenly Father, not something you just made up in your head? So question number one I broke down into a couple of steps. So step number one to how to get your prayer answered. Step number one is you have to sanctify yourself. What does that mean? There is a scripture in Joshua 3:5 it's one of my favorite scriptures. It's really simple, really easy, but it was a turning point for me. In Joshua 3:5 Joshua is actually meeting with his people and they're about to go in and try to recapture, repossess their promised land, which is obviously a scary thing. There's armies and wars and this crazy that they have to do. So in Joshua 3:5 it says, “And Joshua said to his people, sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” So what does that mean to sanctify yourself? Sanctify means to clean yourself, be prepared, be clean, the Lord wants to do wonders among you, but you have to be clean first. If you are out there breaking all the commandments and doing all sorts of horrible, evil things, the Lord's not going to come to you, he's not going to answer your prayers. You need to be clean if you want answers from God, you want his spirit to visit you, you have to clean yourself, you have to sanctify yourselves. So how do you do that? You do that through a process we call repentance. Repentance is basically asking our Heavenly Father to figure you. Maybe we'll do a whole episode on repentance because it's important and there's a lot that goes into it. But it's basically, repentance is as simple as stopping what you're doing, turning your heart to God and asking him for forgiveness. That's what repentance is. On my mission it was interesting, I told you guys before, I went in the mission field and I was praying and asking, “Is the Book of Mormon true?” and what's funny is I asked that question over and over and over again for months and I never got my yes or my no. I was asking, I was praying, I was moving forward, but I never got my yes or my no and I was always stressed out. Then I remember one day getting the answer, and it wasn't the answer that I thought. I was looking for a yes or a no, but the answer I got was not that I needed a yes or no, the answer I got was that I needed to be clean. I needed to sanctify myself. I'm like, what? I'm on a mission. If you know anything about the Mormon church, going on a mission is not simple. You have to be clean, you have to prepare yourself, there's all these things you don't do before you go on your mission to be ready. But as I heard that I started thinking, what have I not cleaned up in my life? What have I not repented of? I've stopped doing a lot of bad things that I was doing. I mean nothing grievous or super evil, but what did I not repent from? What have I not asked forgiveness of? And I started thinking back and I was remembering, oh my gosh, there's a lot of things that I've done that I never asked for forgiveness. So I started praying and asking Heavenly Father for forgiveness. And after I asked for forgiveness, that's when the answers came. So for you guys, it's important to understand, you have to be clean, you have to repent first. There's a talk by Elder Jeffery R. Holland that he gave, and he's one of my favorite apostles, he's an amazing person. In this talk he was talking about people like us, who are trying to do things, trying to have the lord help us with whatever it is, answers to questions, to help change the world, whatever it is we're trying to do inside of our sphere of influence. And he was talking to us, he said, “Brethren, if you are struggling with self control, I ask you to pray to your Father in Heaven for help. Pray to him as Enos did, who wrestled before God and struggled mightily in the spirit. Wrestle like Jacob did with an angel, refusing to let go until a blessing had come. Talk to you mom, your dad, your bishop, get the best help you can from all the good people who surround you. Avoid at all costs others who tempt you, weaken your will or perpetuate the problem. If anyone does not feel worthy tonight, he can become worthy through repentance and the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Savior wept and bled and died for you. He has given everything for your happiness and salvation, he is certainly not going to withhold help from you now.” When I hear that I just start thinking, okay I need to get away from the people that are distracting me, I need to get clean. I don't know how to explain it more than that. We've got to become clean. Sometimes we think, there's no way that based on all the stuff I've done in the past, I've done so many bad things and there's no way that I could be forgiven. I get that. It's one of Satan's great lies that he tells us, that what you've done is too bad. The lord's not going to come to you. He's not going to forgive you. He's not going to help you. And I think this last line is so powerful. “The Savior wept and bled and died for you. He has given everything for your happiness and salvation, he's certainly not going to withhold help from you now.” One of my favorite phrases that I ever heard that actually came from the Savior's lips, it was before the crucifixion and he was outside of Jerusalem looking at the entire city, looking at this people, the people who were eventually going to crucify and kill him, and in Matthew Chapter 23 he said this, “Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem thou that killest the prophets and stonest them  which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not.” And then fast forward, this is when it comes back to the two different witnesses, so fast forward, not even that far in the future, but across the world on the other side of the world, after Christ was crucified, then he came to the people here on the American continents and what's cool, in the Book of Mormon, in 3 Nephi 10:6, the Lord actually came to the people in America, I talked about that earlier, it was one of the most amazing things. But when he came here he said almost the same thing to the people in America. He said, “Oh ye house of Israel whom I have spared, “ So these people here in America, they were part of the house of Israel that he had taken away from Jerusalem and he spared them over here in America. He said, “how oft will I gather you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if ye will repent and return unto me with full purpose of heart.” I hear those scriptures twice now, I think of a hen and chickens, and I don't live on a farm, but I've been to a farm once or twice, and you look around and there's these chickens running around and a hen gathers them together and the chickens run away, and they gather them together and they run away, and it keeps happening over and over and over again. And how many times do we look like those little hens, those little chickens who are running around and messing up and messing up and messing up. And the lord is like the hen saying, “Come back. Come back.” It's Satan who's telling you it's too late to come back. You can, no matter where you are, and no matter what you've done wrong, you can come back. Literally, he's looking at his people who are about to crucify and kill him and he says, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathers her chickens under my wings and you would not.” He will continue to forgive us over and over again. So that's the key. So I'm going to kind of repeat this. Step number one is you've got to repent. You've got to sanctify yourself. The lord is going to do wonders. He's going to answer your prayers, he's going to lead you and guide you and help you know exactly what to do. He is going to answer your prayers and when he does that, your life is going to change, and when your life changes, you have the ability to change other people's lives. That is the marvelous work and wonder that the lord wants for you. So if you were going to go on this journey and change yourself and change other people and if you want those blessings, you have to do what Joshua said, you have to sanctify yourself because tomorrow the Lord wants to do wonders among you. That's number one, step number two, after you've cleaned yourself, you've repented and you've tried your best to do what's right, and again, we're never going to be perfect. But you've done your best to repent and try to make those shifts in your life, the second step is you've got to study it out. Now this is a really cool scripture that helped me to really understand that, a lot of times I would go and say a prayer, “Hey I have a question.” I'd pray and nothing would happen. I'm like, huh. Maybe the lord doesn't know, maybe he doesn't care, maybe he's not even there, or whaever. And I had all these thing, I'm sure all of us have had those same feelings sometimes. Oliver Cowdery was a guy who was helping Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith was translating and Oliver Cowdery was writing it down by hand on this paper. In Doctrine and Covenants section 9, there's some verses where the Lord's talking to Oliver Cowdery and he says something that when you read this and you hear this, it will make your mind open like, “Oh, that's how I receive answers to my prayers.” So this is what he told Oliver Cowdery, he said, “Behold ye have not understood, ye have supposed that I would give it unto you when you took no thoughts, save it was to ask me. But behold I say unto you that you must study it out in your mind, then you must ask me if it be right. And if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you, therefore you shall feel that it is right. But if it not be right, you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have the stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong.” I want to kind of emphasize a couple of things, at the very beginning it says, “You took no thought, save it was to ask me.” So, all you did was just asked me. If you go to a teacher like, “Hey, what's the answer to the question.” The teacher's going to be like, “I'm not going to tell you. How are you supposed to learn and grow if I just give you the answer?” So the Lord tells Oliver Cowdery here, you took no thought, save it was to ask me. You have to do more than just ask me. He says, “Behold, I say unto you, you must study it out in your mind.” You gotta study it, you gotta figure it out first. Study it out in your minds, “And then you must ask me if it is right. And if it is right, then you shall feel that it is right.” You will feel the spirit. The spirit will tell you that it is right. But first you have to study  it out in your mind. And then if it be not right, then you should have no such feeling. So that's how it works. We can't just go ask him, we have to do the work first. We have to study it out in our minds, figure out the answer and then pray about it, and when we do, we'll feel if it's right. Or we will have no such feeling. So before I got an answer to my question of if the Book of Mormon is true, I had to actually read the Book of Mormon. I had to read it, study in my mind, I had to think is this logical, does it make any sense? And then I got an answer to my prayer. Before I was going to marry Collette, I didn't just say, “Oh she's cute. Let me pray. Should I marry her?” I had to study it out. I had to go on dates with her and figure it out and ask her questions and we had to figure out if we were a right fit. I had to think about it and pray about it, I had to fast about it. Allthese things I had to do and then I got an answer to my prayer. Before we moved to this home I was like freaking out. If I move to this home, is this going to be a good place for my kids, is it going to be bad. I don't know if it's going to be good. So before we made the decision we prayed about it, we studied it out. We looked at the school systems here, we figured things out and studied in our minds and prayed and then if the answer is true, we'll feel if it is right. Now one thing about this, this is especially true with yes or no questions. We don't come to the Lord, “is the answer yes or no.” because he has to have us feel something and we're like, wait was that for the yes or the no? We gotta figure out, I think this is the right way. Then we say, “Heavenly Father, I feel like the Book of Mormon is true. I read this thing, I studied it, I feel really good about it. Is the Book of Mormon true?” Boom, you'll feel it. “Heavenly Father, I met this girl, I've been dating her. I fasted, I pray with her, I've done everything I can. I know about her, I met her family. I feel like she's the right one. I think I should marry her. Heavenly Father, should I marry Collette?” Boom, I got my answer. So don't do what most people do and take no thought, save it was to ask me. Do what you're supposed to do. Study it out in your minds, and then after you've studied it out in your mind, then ask him if it is right. And if it is right, then you shall feel that it is right. The spirit will tell you, you'll feel it. If it's not right, you will not feel the spirit.  Is this making sense? So that's step number two. Step number one was sanctify yourself, step number two is to study it out, and step number three now, you have to listen, and recognize, and follow the voice of the spirit. And this is where we transition to the second big question now. How do I actually know that this voice is from God, it's not just something in my head that I'm just making up? I don't know about you, but that was my biggest concern all through high school. I would pray for something and I'd have an inspiration and I'm like, “Wait, was that from me? Did I just think that? Or was that from God? Or was that just something I thought from a movie I saw? Or was that evil?...” and I didn't know. How many of you guys have felt that before? It's scary. What if I have inspiration and it's from somewhere that's wrong or evil? I don't know. How do I know what the spirit actually is? For you guys, one of the biggest things is, and I'm going to share with you guys a really powerful tool that I've learned. The biggest thing, you need to start recognizing. I remember I had some really good teachers when I was younger and  I would be in class with them and they would teach something where the spirit would be there and they would feel it. And they would ask us, “Hey do you feel that.” We'd be like, “Yeah I do.” “That right there, that's the spirit.” I remember on my mission we knocked on a lady's door and we came in and started teaching her about the scriptures, we showed her the Book of Mormon and read about it, and then I remember showing her the picture of Joseph Smith in the First Vision. I remember I told the story of the first vision and I felt the spirit so strong as I told that story. And I looked at her and I could tell that she felt it. I said, “Did you feel that?” and she had tears in her eyes, she said, “Yeah.” I said, “That's the spirit telling you it's true.” If you listen to my other podcasts, I encourage you if you haven't or if you have, go back and maybe listen to them again, and as you listen to them, notice what you feel. If you don't feel it with me, then go read the Book of Mormon, or go read the Bible, or go…a big key for us, one of the things we have to learn is we have to learn to feel and then recognize that spirit. So you're putting yourself in spiritual situations, you're going to church, learning about Christ, doing things that are good. Notice how you feel. Because as soon as you start recognizing, “oh that's what the spirit feels like. Oh wow, that's what it is.” Then you can start becoming, it becomes a lot easier. As soon as I realized, and it was sometime through high school, towards the end of my junior or senior year, were the first couple of times I felt the spirit. And what was neat is that, fast forward on my mission when I started praying and I asked if the Book of Mormon was true, and I felt this thing I was like, “That's the feeling, there it is. That's the spirit.” So that's the thing that's going to take, and I don't' know how to explain it other than you feel something. It's like, for me, it's weird when I feel it, because I'll be reading the scriptures or something that's not, I don't know. Sometimes when you go to the movies or something and you see this big amazing thing and you feel like an adrenaline rush, it's almost like I'm in a situation where there should be no adrenaline rush and all the sudden I get this adrenaline rush. I don't know, it's hard to explain and it's going to be different for everyone. So as you feel it, I want you to start recognizing it, because that's how you're going to, the more clear you understand what the feeling is, the better you're going to be able to recognize it as you're moving forward on things. Again, the question, how do you know it's actually coming from God and not just in your head? The best explanation I've ever heard about this, ever, is from a book called Following the Light of Christ into His Presence by John Pontius. I was actually listening to the audiobook of this probably almost a year ago now, and I was listening to it and as I got into it, there was this one section that he called, The Voices. It had such a huge, profound impact on me. In fact, so much so that I'm not even going to try to teach this to you, I'm just going to read this from the book, because it was so powerful. So I'll kind of set this up. He basically said that there are three voices inside of our mind. So when you're hearing stuff inside your head, thoughts and things like that, there's three voices. We start learning how to distinguish which voice is which, man it makes things so much easier. So the three voices, I'll kind of give you what they are ahead of time. Number one is your mind, this is your brain, this is the conversations you're having inside your head. Number two is Satan's temptations, this is Satan, this is the adversary, this is the person who hates us, who's trying to destroy us. Now as I read this, there's some things that will make sense for Mormons, for those who aren't Mormon, I'll give a little preface just so you understand what this means. I think the next podcast episodes I'm going to do, I think the next three I'm going to talk about the three main questions, where do we come from, why are we here, and where are we going? But so the next episode, if that's where I'm going with where do we come from, I'll talk more about this. But as you know, we believe we came, we lived with our Heavenly Father ahead of time, and if you read in the Book of Revelation it talked about Satan was there, there was a big war in heaven and he left with a third of the stars, so we believe that a third of the hosts of heaven, a third of Heavenly Father's children came to earth here, with Satan and they are basically, they work for Satan, tempting us. So as we get to Satan's voice, the voice of the adversary, it's Satan or the people that are here, his minions that are tempting us and trying us at the same time. There's that voice of Satan that's there all the time. Then the third is the voice of the spirit. So these are the only three voices that are happening inside of our head. So when you start understanding what they sound like, now you can start becoming very clear like, “Oh, this is what that meant. This is what I should be doing.” So I'm going to read these sections. So again, the book is called Following the Light of Christ into His Presence by John Pontius. “There are three main sources of voices in a healthy mind, the first is the voice of your own mind. You hear yourself think, you talk with yourself, you discuss things with yourself, you argue with yourself, berate, praise, and jabber with yourself all day long. This voice is distinguishable because it is unsure, or in other words, it questions things. It's seldom definite or decisive. It almost always asks questions. ‘What is that? Who is that? Why did you say that? What does that mean? Do you suppose? What would happen if? I wonder…' Even when it is empathetic it leaves open the possibility of change. ‘I'm definitely going to bed now, okay? I'm going to go to town if the car will start.' “You'll notice that this voice usually takes the personal case. ‘I think I should fast today.' The Holy Spirit would have said, ‘Fast today.” Okay so that's the first voice, that's your mind. Your mind is the one always asking questions. So remember that. “The second voice comes from Satan's realms. It is unlikely that we receive much personal attention from the king of kingdoms personally, rather we deal with his minions, his messengers, and his tempters. These beings have been in the business of tempting mankind for as long as the earth has existed, perhaps even longer. They are undoubtedly very skilled and highly motivated. Each has probably tempted thousands of people just like us, they have spent thousands of years in intimate contact with mortals. They have much more experience with tempting mortals to sin than we could possibly ever have in resisting it. “They know the subtleties and the tricks necessary to entice and trick us into failing. The undoubtedly specialize in their works, meaning that there are certain men that specialize in anger, marital infidelity, family disharmony, murder, drugs, illness, depression, hate, or a million of other maladies, sins and vices. Once successful, they linger with year after year with those that they afflict. When we hear the voice from this source it will be cleverly disguised and enticing. It will appeal to the natural carnal, central, and devilish side of us. There are real intelligences in the message and malice of forethought. They plan and plot against us, and their messages are carefully chosen. “A prompting from this source will nearly always be stated as an absolute. ‘Don't let them get away with that. You're too tired to pray. You deserve better. Pay them back. No one will ever notice. It should be yours anyway. Just take it. She's your wife, not your mother. Football only happens once per year, church can get along without you for one Sunday. She wants you. It's only natural. He loves you more than your husband, how can you not love him back.' “These promptings will always lead us away from the truth. They prompt us to disobey, to not pray, to abandon church assignments and family responsibilities to commit sin and walk in forbidden paths. They have destroyed millions of souls and you're simply the next on their list. They are confident, efficient and successful and they hate us with unimaginable intensity. From their perspectives they are engaged in an all out war against us. Our perspective barely even includes a realization that they exist. It's no wonder that they win so frequently. “One of their weaknesses is that they can rarely voice just one lie. While the Holy Spirit generally prompts us just once, the tempter often voices many objections to each prompting. The Holy Spirit may prompt us to call everyone to family prayer. Thereafter the evil suggests many reasons why you should not obey. ‘Everyone's tired; they're just going to complain. You don't feel like it. The wife is already in bed, it's late, and it's useless. You can do it tomorrow.' This is actually one of the ways we may discern the voices. The Holy Spirit whispers the truth, and thereafter the opposition tirades against it.” Okay there's number two, which are Satan's temptation. This one's interesting to me the more I think about it, because when I first was listening to this as an audiobook, I started thinking, we always talk about how everyone's got their pet sins, or their things that they fall back on. And I honestly believe that when we're born, Satan's got these people tempting us to do all sorts of things, and when we find out, “the thing I struggle with is pornography.” Or “My struggle is Lying or cheating or stealing.” They figure out what our things are and then we literally have someone assigned to us that's trying to tempt us. They know, “That's what Russell falls for every single time.” They're coming back and they'll keep tempting us with that thing over and over and over again. Alright, so there's number two. Now number three…So number one was your mind, number two is Satan's temptations, and number three is the Spirit. It says, “The third source of information in our minds is the voice of the Lord through the Holy Spirit. This voice always entices us to do good. To believe, to serve, to pray, and to repent. It often prompts contrary to where you were headed. If you were just settling into the super bowl on Sunday morning, it would tell you to go to church. If you were already on your way to church, it would prompt nothing but would give us the feelings of comfort and satisfaction. The voice of the conscious is easy to recognize because it is the only one of the three that prompts us to do good. “These promptings come as an absolute statement. The Holy Spirit would say, ‘Fast today.' Your mind would have said, ‘I wonder if I should fast today? Or perhaps I should fast.' Any time you have a prompting to do good it has come from God.” So the mind has questions, it's trying to question things. Satan is typically telling you either to do bad or it's bombarding you with a whole bunch of things, and the spirit prompts you to do something once.  As I was reading this, it was interesting. The spirit will tell you to do something. Like the spirit will say, “Hey you should fast today.” And then instantly Satan's going to come tempt you and be like, “You shouldn't fast today, you're hungry. Instead you should go do whatever.” It will like bombard you with five or six different things to try to fight against that. And then your mind's like, “That's true, I shouldn't fast. What if I did this today….” And it starts questioning it. So if you look at that, almost every situation you're going to be hit by all three of those things. The spirit's going to come and say, “Go to church.” Or it's going to say, “Read the Book of Mormon.” So you hear that spirit says, “Read the Book of Mormon.” It's precise, it tells you to do something. It's a still, small voice and it usually says something once and it stops. Then instantly Satan comes in with his temptations and doesn't say something once, he usually comes in and like, “No, don't read the Book of Mormon. You don't even have a copy and it's going to take a long time and it sounds like scripture and it's going to be a lot of work. You're catholic anyway, you already have a scripture.” All these things, it won't just be one, it'll be one, two, three, four, five. And your mind will be like, “That's a good point. What about this?” and your mind will start questioning it, and that's how you'll know. So the voice we listen to is the still, small voice. The command that's leading us towards good. There's one more paragraph I want you to read because he kind of bundles these all together. He said, “We have been talking a lot about promptings, perhaps even the term needs clarification. A prompting is information that originates outside of one's mind. The Holy Spirit prompts to do good, the Devil prompts to do evil. Our mind's consider and analyze the promptings and make decisions concerning them. These promptings all appear and sound exactly like our own thoughts. The only way to differentiate between them is the way we have already discussed. Good comes from God, evil comes from the adversary, questions and analysis comes from within. It really is just that simple.” So I don't know about you guys, but when I heard that, it just made so much sense. It made things so clear. All the sudden I was like, okay. I just need to pay more attention. When something comes to me, I'm listening. Was it a still, small voice that just told me to do something once? And what happened afterwards? This isn't just church stuff. Every single day when I'm doing my work, what I do for my business, I'm going in there, I'm listening for voices. Usually it will be like, “Hey you should do this.” Something that's leading towards good and instantly Satan comes in and is like, “Oh, you could do this.” And just shortcuts to the ways that aren't serving my audience the highest will immediately come in. And my brain's trying to figure out, what was the first thing? It's interesting, I read a book a little while ago called Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, he's one of my favorite authors. But in Blink, the subtitle of the book is The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. And it's interesting, the premise of the entire book is like if you look at the majority of decisions, most people their instinct, their initial reaction is truth. And then they come back and try to rationalize it, and figure things out, and most of the time when they do that, they actually end up with the wrong answer. They said that the blink the decision, the immediate thing that you hit with initially is typically the right answer. And as I was reading that, listening to that, I was like, I think that that's the spirit. I think what happens, we have a situation and instantly the spirit comes and tells us what to do with a still, small voice and then the borage of tempters come into us and start fighting things and we try to analyze things and half the time we end up on the wrong path. But if we listen to the blink instinct, the first thing, that's almost always the truth. It's interesting. I just thought it was kind of an interesting tie in as I read that book and thinking about this. And I don't know how these things correlate, and obviously Blink wasn't written through a spiritual eye, but as I read that I was thinking about this, it became very, very interesting to me. So for me, as I pray for guidance every day in my business, I'm always trying to listen to the voice of the spirit. It's happening in business, happening in my family, it's happening as I'm praying and moving forward on things. Alright, so the last step in this process, step number four. Step number one if we come back here, was to sanctify yourself, step number two was to study it out, step number three is to listen and recognize the voice of the spirit, step number four is to follow the voice of the spirit. After we hear, then we must do. Movement is essential. I think a lot of times the Lord gives us little things. He tests us, tries us, gives us little things to see if we're going to be good stewards of what he gives us. And when you do little things, he gives you more. And when you do more, he gives you more. And when you don't pay attention, you fall back. It's interesting. So movement is essential. It's important when you know the truth that you act on it. In times of my life where I follow promptings from the spirit and I move forward I get more of them. Times in my life where I ignore, or I fight against them, or follow Satan instead, I've noticed the voice gets quieter and quieter and I hear it less often. So I want to kind of end this back in Joshua, back in the Old Testament because if you read the entire Joshua chapter three, the story keeps on getting good. So Joshua 3:5 is the verse I shared earlier where it said, “And Joshua said to his people, sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” Then you fast forward, the nice thing about history is we have a chance to actually see what happens. So the people didn't sanctify themselves, and then the Lord said unto Joshua, if you go down to verse 7. “The Lord said unto Joshua, this day will I begin to magnify thee, inside of all of Israel that they may know, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.” So you remember Moses took the children of Israel out and came to the Red Sea, parted the Red Sea and everyone moved through it. So then he told Joshua, I'm going to let all of Israel see that you are just like Moses. And he said, “And thou shalt command the priest that bared the arc of the covenant saying that when ye come to the brink of the water in Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.” So coming to Jordan, which is this huge body of water,

“Women want to be treated equally, not identically.” There is no shame in doing things #LikeAGirl, and Judy Hoberman's tagline sums up that sentiment quite well. Of course, women want the same opportunities as their male counterparts, but we do things differently—and that's an asset, not a liability. Hoberman has designed a series of workshops, seminars and coaching programs that put a positive spin on sales. With 30-plus years in the industry, she is adept at understanding the gender differences in management, recruiting and sales, and Hoberman has shared that expertise via appearances on CNN Headlines, ABC, CBS, CW33 and Good Morning Texas. She was recently named as a finalist in the Women of Visionary Influence Mentor of the Year. Hoberman serves as president of the company she created, Selling in a Skirt, and hosts a weekly radio show of the same name on The Women 4 Women Network. She is a sought-after speaker and a prolific author, delivering a 2016 TEDx talk on the topic of pre-judgement. Today she explains the SKIRT philosophy, why we need to incorporate the word ‘strategy' in professional conversations, and the secret sauce for making diversity initiatives work.   Key Interview Takeaways Hoberman is passionate about helping women live the Selling in a SKIRT philosophy. It encompasses standing out, identifying our keys to success, getting inspired, producing results, and practicing effective time management. Women want to be treated equally, not identically. We want the same opportunities as our male counterparts, along with the freedom to do the job our way. But prejudice is real, and women may have to be explicit in letting people know we are intelligent and capable. Use the word ‘strategy.' Aggressive women are often categorized in a negative way. Reframe the perception, i.e.: strategic thinking demonstrates intelligence and provides insight. Take a step back from pre-judgement and correct misconceptions. We all make judgements within the first .2 seconds of meeting someone. It is important to be conscious of this fact and give people the opportunity to show us who they really are. For diversity initiatives to succeed, an organization must 1) want it for the right reasons, 2) create a culture that is inviting, and 3) communicate effectively. To be truly inclusive, a company must ask employees why they are there and what their journey looks like—and then help them get there. Words matter when it comes to attracting diversity. For example, a job listing with words like collaboration and advancement is appealing to women. Connect with Judy Hoberman sellinginaskirt.com Selling in a Skirt on Facebook Selling in a Skirt on Twitter Judy Hoberman on LinkedIn Resources Always #LikeAGirl Video Judy Hoberman on TEDx: The Greatest Missed Opportunity Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Selling in a Skirt: The Secrets Women Don't Know They Know about Sales by Judy Hoberman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We received some great feedback from some of you listening in InspHERation Nation, and we are inspired by your inspiration! In today's episode, we want to follow up on some emails we receive and discuss how giving yourself the freedom and permission to make choices that are for and about you can transform your day-to-day.   What will you discover in this episode? A lot more about who Amanda is and what she enjoys Investing in yourself Why self-care isn't optional What we do to relax Morning routines Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell   Welcome to InspHERation Nation!    The Weekly Commitment  Every week, we will ask you the same question: What is the one thing that you will commit to doing or improving this week? Writing down your answer to the question will start a self-accountability process, and following up with this practice after every episode will help you take consistent small actions that ultimately lead to BIG transformations. If you want to share what you are committing yourself to, we would love to hear! You can get in touch with us at... info@InspherationPodcast.com Facebook Twitter (@inspHERationpod)   Be Good to Yourself (You Deserve It!) “You can only be as good for others as you are for yourself.” –Amanda Thomas McMeans  An investment in yourself is probably the best way you can invest your time and energy! You will always receive a positive ROI when you invest in yourself. There are certain things that should be non-negotiable: the things that rejuvenate you and make you who you are. That's self-care, and it's not optional (if you want to maintain your health and sanity in the long-term).    You can try this self-care experiment with Amanda: give yourself permission to do one thing that relaxes you every day.   The Morning “How you feel when you start your day dictates your whole day.” –Amanda Thomas McMeans What you do and what you tell yourself in the morning can transform your whole day. One simple way to start your day off right is just setting aside 30 to 60 minutes for you – read, work out, take a walk, meditate, or whatever else makes you feel good.   Don't Should on Yourself Don't think of self-care in terms of what you should do. Think of what you can do. It's the time you have for you, not a job!  You don't have to wake up at 4 AM, work out, meditate, make a smoothie, and do an hour of work before the sun is up – set the bar somewhere realistic.   Resources: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell   Production & Development for inspHERation by Podcast Masters

Gayle Van Gils talks about ways to transform your interactions and work culture from a place of fear to one of love, kindness, and humanity.You'll Learn:The effects of a toxic workplace and how to counteract them with loveCore practices to deepen your capacity for kindnessA handy ritual to stop negative reactionsAbout GayleGayle Van Gils is an author, leadership consultant and life coach, who opens the minds and hearts of her clients. As a senior mindfulness teacher, with an MBA from UCLA, Gayle combines her extensive meditation practice with her business background to help clients integrate mindfulness and compassion into their work environment.Gayle is the author of Happier at Work: The Power of Love to Transform the Workplace, a practical guide for developing the powers of attention, stress reduction, communication and collaboration – for enhanced performance in work and life.Items Mentioned in this Show:Sponsor: TextExpanderGayle's Website: GayleVanGils.comGayle's Book: Happier At Work: The Power of Love to Transform the WorkplaceBook: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm GladwellBook: Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman RushdieBook: Midnight's Children by Salman RushdieBook: The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman RushdieBook: The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman RushdieView transcript, show notes, and links at https://awesomeatyourjob.com/ep169See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I interviewed Don Prophete of Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete, partner and practice chair of the firm's Whistle Blower Group. Today we discussed: Being a minority black man among a dominant white male industry Advice for young minorities in BigLaw Advice for law firm leaders wanting a more diverse law firm Insights as a rainmaker and business development professional Trends in the legal industry and for the future of law His hobbies, favorite basketball teams, heroes What he reads daily New skills he is going after and his current passion _______________________________________________ Give Feedback Please share your feedback for the show, who I should interview, and the topics that interest you right now.  _______________________________________________ Links referred to in this episode: Donald Prophete's Web Bio U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sprint Corporation  Law 360's 2016 Law Firm Diversity Snapshot  Venture Capital Kevin Warren CEO of the Minnesota Vikings San Antonio Spurs Frederick Douglass Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.   Jay Z Barack Obama Wall Street Journal New York Times Bloomberg USA Today Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Intuition expert Lynn Robinson shows how to access the wisdom of your gut.You'll Learn:Scientific discoveries about neurons in your stomach and why they matterWays to stop intuition-killers when brainstorming in a groupChecks and balances so you're not going astray with intuitionAbout LynnLynn Robinson is one of America's leading experts on the topic of intuition and has been sought out internationally for her advice on the topic. She's the author of Put Your Intuition to Work. She's a popular and widely recognized author and speaker who works with businesses and individuals as a trusted advisor, offering valuable insights into goals, decisions and strategies.Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She's been featured in the Boston Globe, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune, and has been a guest on many national radio and television programs, including ABC and Fox News.Items Mentioned in this Show:Website: Lynn RobinsonBook: Put Your Intuition to Work by Lynn RobinsonBook: How To Listen To Your Inner CEO by Lynn RobinsonBook: Six Ways to Supercharge Your Intuition by Lynn RobinsonBook: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan JeffersBook: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm GladwellBook: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph MurphyWebsite: Full SlateFacebook: Lynn A. RobinsonTwitter: Lynn A. RobinsonView transcript, show notes, and links at https://awesomeatyourjob.com/ep75See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

My guest today is Rod Khleif. Rod has personally owned more than 2,000 single family homes, and multiple apartment communities. Rod has also built several multi-million dollar businesses and has dedicated himself as a community philanthropist, forming and leading the Tiny Hands Foundation, which has benefited more than 40,000 underprivileged children. A compelling rags-to-riches-to-rags-to riches story, Khleif soared from humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrant to incredible success. Khleif's experience involves both remarkable triumphs, and spectacular failures, which he affectionately calls “seminars”. Khleif brings incredible authenticity and insight to his approach to real estate, business, and life. Khleif has used his personal philosophy of goal setting, visualization, and manifesting success to become a successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, and family man. Share your thoughts with me on Twitter @mclaubscher and Instagram @cashflowninjapodcast. Bestselfco., Make Success a Habit! Use the Self Journal to organize and align tactical day to day tasks with larger life goals.   Recommended Books: The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber  Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell  The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness by Jeff Olson and John David Mann   Recommended Resources: Lifetime Cashflow Podcast Through Real Estate Investing     Show Sponsors: Audible, download any audio book for free when you try audible for 30 days. Leadpages,  is offering a free marketing automation course that includes:12 video modules with step-by-step strategies to leverage what's working in your business. Thrive15.com, get a free month of access at www.thrive15.com/cashflow Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below and please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post! If you enjoyed this episode of our podcast, please leave an honest review for The Cashflow Ninja Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. John Lee Dumas of EOfire.com made a video explaining how to leave a review you can watch here. You can also access step by step instructions how to subscribe, rate and review on Itunes from Apple here. Thank you for supporting our podcast and sharing it with friends and family! Live a Life of passion and purpose on your terms, M.C Laubscher