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Hiring a Virtual Assistant (VA) can transform your business, but how do you avoid consequential pitfalls and maximize success? In this episode, Ryan Lang and Brooke Bishop share invaluable insights from 18 months of running a VA staffing business. They cover the top 10 mistakes business owners make, like failing to onboard effectively, setting unrealistic expectations, or treating VAs as disposable instead of integral team members. Learn why clear communication, consistent check-ins, and focusing on specialized tasks are essential for success. They also explore the difference between VAs and executive assistants, how culture impacts performance, and why trying to hire a “Swiss Army knife” is a recipe for disaster. Packed with real-world examples and expert tips, this episode is your essential guide to leveraging VAs effectively. Don't miss this opportunity to revolutionize your approach. Tune in now!Key Points From This Episode:Today's topic: Top ten lessons from 18 months of hiring and managing VAs.One: Why you need to treat VAs as integral team members, not low-cost, disposable workers.Two: The importance of stepping into leadership and preparing a clear list of tasks and goals.Three: How effective onboarding ensures success.Four: The importance of implementing a good communication strategy.Five: Why having consistent weekly check-ins matter.Six: The dangers of micromanagement and how to empower VAs.Seven: How to help VAs thrive by creating a positive work culture.Eight: Knowing when you need a virtual assistant vs. an executive assistant (EA).Nine: Setting clear expectations and how this helps prevent complications.Ten: How to avoid the “Swiss Army knife” trap for better results.The many benefits you can expect to see from applying these lessons!Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Episode 16: Building a Profitable Coaching BusinessRyan Lang on LinkedInBrook Bishop on LinkedInEmpire PartnersEmpire AcademyThe Coaching Equation Podcast on iTunes

In this video, we dive into the power of combining emails, texts, and phone calls for a highly effective follow-up strategy. Learn how integrating these three methods can help you build stronger connections and convert uncertain leads into clients.

Today we talk about a more invisible, yet arguably among the most important elements of being Visibly Fit. We're talking about prayer. My guest Sharon Hill is a true prayer warrior, and has used the power of prayer to find healing through personal difficulty, and guided countless people through challenges of their own with prayer.Sharon originated the term "Prayer Shield," a unique take on the concept of prayer partners and remaining accountable to others. You'll definitely want to stick around to hear that!I hope you are blessed with today's episode and feel called to use some of the guidance shared in it to enhance your own prayer life.Here's a bit of what you'll hear in today's episode:-How would you grade the quality and frequency of your prayer life?...05:00-Delay is not denial: How to respond when our prayers are not immediately answered...07:30-How Sharon found healing from a traumatic life event by maintaining a prayer journal...11:00-The story behind the Prayer Shield Covenant...16:00-Biblical examples of the power of three...23:00About the guest:Sharon Hill is President Emeritus of Christian Women in Media Association, Founder of OnCall Prayer, Inc. and Past President of Fellowship of Professional Women. Sharon has spent more than 40 years training, mentoring, and ministering to venues of all sizes. Because of her belief in the power of intentional prayer, along with discovering victory through real life experiences, she empowers others how to discover inner strength and develop an effective prayer life.Sharon has a gift of administration and organization. With a background as a corporate executive to include president of an international marketing company and sales and management for a Fortune 500 company, Sharon has trained thousands of men and women nationally. Sharon now uses her expertise in full time ministry. In this unprecedented time of uncertainly, Sharon's passion is leading Women's Prayer Retreats called “Becoming Women of Intentional Prayer.” Sharon, often referred to as "The Prayer Coach," has a strong belief that every leader needs the prayer covering of a designated Prayer Shield, as portrayed in Ecclesiastes 4:12 …. "a cord of three strands is not quickly broken." Sharon and husband, Ronnie, live a blessed life in Texas and have four grown children and several grandchildren. She is the author of the OnCall Prayer Journal, CWIMA Prayer Journal, The Power of Three-How a Protective Shield of Intentional Prayer Can Transform Your Life, the OnCall Pocket Prayer Book and co-author of a children's book The Most Powerful P Activity Book and Prayer Journal. Visit her website at OnCallPrayer.org.P.S. If you're just checking out the show to see if it's a good fit for you, welcome!If you're really serious about becoming Visibly Fit, you'll get the best experience if you download the worksheets available at https://wendiepett.com/visiblyfitpodcast.

When approaching innovation and branding, understand who you serve first. Don't focus on the solution first. According to Harvard Business Review, statistics tell us that over 70% of innovation fails. With a background as a global innovator, Sue Bevan Baggot learned this quickly as she looked to begin her career at Proctor and Gamble. She was drawn to the company because of their focus on innovative ways of improving people's businesses. Sue worked on helping clients uncover the insights they needed to help them set business or innovation strategies. She discovered that the secret to success is motivation, the continual evolution of information and social contact, personal and professional development, and the ability to promote success across all platforms. Failure taught her that innovation and creativity alone is not enough to move a product or build a client base. Building trust was crucial and that took time as the company stepped back to ask some important questions. The questions they asked are universal in their scope of application for anyone in business. We will approach four of them here: One: Who are you serving? Two: How can you create value? Three: How can you build trust with uniqueness? and Four: What does empathy look like? Full article here: https://goalsforyourlife.com/innovation-and-branding

Live from the no panic zone—I'm Steve Gruber—I am America's Voice— I am an anti- socialist     Here are three big things you need to know right now—   ONE— The most barbaric vote in America—came from of all places—my former home, Montana—where voters said no to giving medical care to infants that survived an abortion attempt—   TWO— Iran—has decided to execute 15,000 human rights protestors—for standing up for womens rights—almost as bad as Michigan—green lighting Abortion up to the moment of birth—   THREE— How is it—that Arizona and Nevada—two states of ordinary size—cannot complete ballot counting on the day of the election—like just about everyone else?   States like Florida, Georgia and Ohio can close out the counting—usually well before midnight and give the results—and not wait for days—or even a week or more—   This is not normal!   Elections in America were never this way in the past—seems we have ever faster technology with incredible speed and ability—so good that I never have to balance a checkbook— and the power of computers is off the charts—   BUT somehow, even with all of this high-tech sophisticated machinery—they just cannot seem to count votes in a timely or orderly fashion—   Arizona just announced late Thursday—they won't be able to sort out about 290,000 ballots that were dropped off directly on Election Day—until sometime next week—this is just inconceivable— Kari Lake—running for Governor— led in all the polls leading up to November 8th—and says she fully expects when the hundreds of thousands of votes do finally come in—no matter when it is—she will prevail—and it will be a resounding victory— Meanwhile—other newly elected members of Congress—are reflecting on what it took to make it happen—and where they go from here— But the President's victory lap is not getting rave reviews—not even from those on the left—who say his answers left quite a bit to be desired—BUT what do you expect from a guy who doesn't even know where he is most of the time? The real question now—is what is next for the GOP—waiting for the outcome of the important races—and who is the leader of the Republican Party today— Some strong supporters of former President Donald Trump—say it may be time to call it a day—  

Live from the No Panic Zone—I'm Steve Gruber—I am America's Voice—God Bless America—God Bless You and let's do this! This is the Steve Gruber show— I am just an overgrown Zygote in search of humanity and leadership in a nation—that seems desperately in need of both—   Here are three big things you need to know right now—   ONE— Joe Manchin should be kicked out of the Democrat Party according to Robert Reich—the former Labor Secretary for Bill Clinton—I think that's a great idea—kick him out—we could use one more GOP vote— TWO— In DC the Mayor is upset that her city is getting inundated with illegal aliens that are being bused north by Texas and Arizona—and I thought she liked open borders— THREE— How long can we really put up with Joe Biden in the Oval Office?  I know we talk about this every day—But there is just no way around discussing President Disasters declining mental health—I mean it has become more pronounced ever since he took the oath of office—and it does raise questions about who really is driving the bus—because its awfully hard to believe that Feeble Joe is running anything— I mean he shows up with cue cards that tell him when to sit—what reporter to call on—when to ask a question—when to leave the room—and we have seen quite clearly anytime he is without his crib notes—he has not one clue on what to do— This is the leader of the Free World—he has the nuclear football in tow wherever he goes—and you have to wonder—if he had to make a call at 3 in the morning about responding to a rogue Russia or North Korea—would he even be capable— I mean—if you look at Joe Biden on the campaign trail in 2019—and compare that to the guy that took the whole day off Monday—and takes off too many days to keep track of—a guy that has given a total of 2 sit down interviews in all of 2022—its not the same— To say he has lost a step would be too kind—and it gets to the point that we have to seriously consider the 25th Amendment—I mean his polling numbers continue to fall to places we have not seen before—and yet is still telling people around him he intends to run for re-election—which would be a catastrophic failure for the Democrats—because the majority on the left want a new candidate in 2024— They are petrified that Biden may choose to pursue another term—in which he would be far more compromised than he is today—it is not a serious conversation any more—not that it ever was— Joe Biden is not competent now—he clearly won't be competent at 82 to start another term—or 86 when he would finish—and who can honestly predict that he will even be alive at that point—I am not being smart—but the average lifespan for men in America is… well less than Joe Bidens age today—so I think we can figure that one out— And as much as I realize what a terrible choice the Democrats have left us—because Kamala Harris may be just as incompetent as Joe Biden—we have arrived at a point that the idea can no longer be dismissed—or worse, ignored— And this Presidential crisis comes as Americans are being punished by an economy that is headed south—a border crisis that is being promoted by the failing administration—and possible armed conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere—in a world where both Iran and North Korea now claim to have nuclear capabilities—and missiles to deliver the warheads

Live from the no panic zone—I'm Steve Gruber—I am America's Voice—God Bless America this is the Steve Gruber FIERCE AND FEARLESS – in Pursuit of the truth—   Here are three big things you need to know right now—   ONE- Some Michigan residents can now get free covid antiviral treatments   TWO- Ford Motor Company unloading another 7 million shares   THREE - How are they going to feed their families?

Live from the no panic zone—I'm Steve Gruber—I am America's Voice—God Bless America this is the Steve Gruber FIERCE AND FEARLESS – in Pursuit of the truth—   Here are three big things you need to know right now—   ONE— Lee Chatfield traveled the nation as Speaker of the House but who paid the bill   TWO— Opening set to get underway in the Gov Whitmer Kidnapping trial.   THREE— How rising gas prices are going to impact auto sales and fuel.  

Podcaster/author Tim Ferriss published a book called Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World. In it, the best people across every discipline answer questions from a list of 11 curated questions Tim was interested in learning for himself and his audience. Below are those 11 questions. And in this video, I answer most of them in hopes that it helps you out. Of course, I highly recommend the book as well. ONE: “What is the book (or books) you've given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life?” T WO: “What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months (or in recent memory)? My readers love specifics like brand and model, where you found it, etc.” THREE: “How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a “favorite failure” of yours?” FOUR: “If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it — metaphorically speaking, getting a message out to millions or billions — what would it say and why? It could be a few words or a paragraph. (If helpful, it can be someone else's quote: Are there any quotes you think of often or live your life by?)” FIVE: “What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you've ever made? (Could be an investment of money, time, energy, etc.)” SIX: “What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love?” SEVEN: “In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life?” EIGHT: “What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore?” NINE: “What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise?” TEN: "In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to (distractions, invitations, etc.)? What new realizations and/or approaches helped? Any other tips?" ELEVEN: “When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, or have lost your focus temporarily, what do you do? (If helpful: What questions do you ask yourself?)” After listening, kindly feel free to ask questions or offer opinions of your own, whether down in the comment section or by hitting me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check out my website at http://philsvitek.com. RESOURCES/LINKS: -Coach or Consultant Services: https://philsvitek.com/lets-work-together/ -Podcast Services: http://philsvitek.com/podcastservices -Love Market Film (available now): https://www.amazon.com/Love-Market-Amy-Cassandra-Martinez/dp/B09DFS3FTZ/ref=sr_1_14 -Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philsvitek -Financially Fit Foundation: http://financiallyfitfoundation.org -Master Mental Fortitude Book: http://mastermentalfortitude.com -Elan, Elan Book: http://philsvitek.com/elan-elan

With Pastor Jordan HodgesWe continue our series on the power of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 4:23-25 NLT “Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all. Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.” Today on every campus we would like to speak with you all about HEALING! Does God still heal ONE: Does God heal?Powerful reality: Sin is to the soul what sickness is to the body. Repeat!         Jesus paid for both.Sickness is no more our friend than sin is! We cannot treat it as a friend! Healing is not the whole gospel….. but the gospel is not complete without it. We must settle this… Jesus heals by His power.   He heals through His kids and their gifting's.   He heals by the power of the Holy Spirit!TWO: Why do we still deal with sickness? The cross saved us from the penalty, power, and presence of sin. He does the same thing with sickness.THREE: How do we receive healing? Listen I'm a faith guy! But it's not my faith that gets me saved…. It's His grace! Jesus said even faith the size of a mustard seed can move mighty mountains…. Why?   Because… GRACE! 

Michelle Pippin is the CEO and Founder of Women Who Wow and effectively uses content marketing to keep her business thriving. In this podcast, we discuss the ins and outs of content marketing. Join us as we talk about what it is and why you should use it, the 3 “How's”, bedside manner in business, staying focused, and MUCH MORE. You can find Michelle at https://www.bmichellepippin.com. Full Focus Entrepreneur: The Podcast is hosted by Elizabeth Tollis.Some Note-worthy Times:4:43 What is Content Marketing and why use it?7:14 Lighthouse Marketing9:11 The Three “How's” of Content Marketing9:45 Consistency10:40 Purpose11:40 Intention13:10 Bedside Manner in Business14:06 Being Unique20:00 Imperfect Action22:48 How to start in Content Marketing27:00 How Michelle stays focused while working from home32:23 Three Categories of tasks33:11 The business-killing wordSome Time-worthy Notes:As a small business coach and consultant, I have built my business on the idea that entrepreneurship impacts communities and the world. I work with small business owners to increase their impact, build businesses for greater purposes, hone their focus, and sort out what exactly they should be focusing on. With the members in my Full Focus Entrepreneur Program, I dive into a different key area of entrepreneurship each month to bring them EXACTLY and ONLY what they need to succeed in that area. The Podcast is a chance for me to bring in an outside expert on that topic.If you want to hear, watch, read, and learn more about Entrepreneurship, Focus, and Living a life of impact I invite you to check out Full Focus Entrepreneur where I coach small business owners to be more effective, more organized, more profitable, and more impactful. Sign up for The Focus Group to receive access to all my free resources and be notified when new podcasts, videos, and blogs are available (don't worry I won't be filling up your inbox).If you are interested in listening to more of me talking to myself and others please check out The Emerald Office where all the episodes of all of my podcasts can be found.A special thank you to Eric Tollis who made this sweet backtrack and to Maria Carias for the beautiful art that graces this Podcast. All of Maria's art can be found on her Instagram. She kinda rocks right?

In this final episode about philanthropy, expert Lisa Dietlin and I share our views and opinions about the impact of giving on physical and mental health. The evidence suggests that giving is related to well-being and overall wellness and we consider how giving can improve the meaning and purpose in your life.In 2000, Dietlin founded Lisa M. Dietlin & Associates, Inc. in Chicago, and served as President and CEO. LMDA worked to create philanthropic strategies for its clients, mainly entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations. Dietlin's first book, Transformational Philanthropy: Entrepreneurs and Nonprofits, was published in 2010. She later authored three more books, the Making A Difference series, which provides tips, ideas and stories about creating positive impact through giving. Two additional books authored by Lisa are The Power of Three: How to achieve your goals by simply doing three things a day and I Got Hit By a Taxi but You Look Run Over: Life Lessons about happiness and joy.Lisa runs The Institute of Transformational Philanthropy in Chicago and can be reached at lisa@lmdietlin.com Support the show (http://www.hownottothink.com)Tags: philanthropyaltruismgivingnon-profitscorporate givingLisa DietlinHoward Rankincharitable donationsEpisode is LivePublished: Sep. 06, 2020 @ 4PM EditUnpublishAdd a TranscriptGet episode better indexed by search engines.Add Chapter MarkersListeners can tap through & see what’s coming up.Create a Visual SoundbiteBest way to share to social media for engagement.Share Episode OnFacebookTwitterLinkedInMore OptionsEmail Link to EpisodeDirect Link to MP3Embed this ONE EpisodeSupport the show (http://www.hownottothink.com)

Lisa Dietlin is a philanthropy expert and consultant with vast experience in helping corporations, non-profits and entrepreneurs hone their philanthropic efforts. This is such an important topic that this is the first of three episodes about the topic of philanthropic giving. In it Lisa will explain the philanthropy landscape in the US and show how important this industry is to the economy, while also explaining the dynamics of how it works. A second podcast - Part 2 - will consider ways to approach your individual philanthropic behavior, while a third episode will look at the impact of giving on one's own health.In 2000, Dietlin founded Lisa M. Dietlin & Associates, Inc. in Chicago, and served as President and CEO. LMDA worked to create philanthropic strategies for its clients, mainly entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations. Dietlin's first book, Transformational Philanthropy: Entrepreneurs and Nonprofits, was published in 2010. She later authored three more books, the Making A Difference series, which provides tips, ideas and stories about creating positive impact through giving. Two additional books authored by Lisa are The Power of Three: How to achieve your goals by simply doing three things a day and I Got Hit By a Taxi but You Look Run Over: Life Lessons about happiness and joy.Lisa runs The Institute of Transformational Philanthropy in Chicago and can be reached at lisa@lmdietlin.com Support the show (http://www.hownottothink.com)

People with chronic conditions dedicate a great deal of cognitive overhead to monitoring their own health. Type 2 diabetes patients, for example, have to constantly think about when to eat, what type of exercise to do, and when to take medication. Livongo is a company that aims to change that. For patients with type 2 diabetes, Livongo takes their blood glucose levels and provides actionable recommendations based on that data. It's another example of how AI and tech are revolutionizing healthcare.   Show notes Conversation with Glen Tullman and Dr. Jennifer Schneider of Livongo (1:00) Glen Tullman, CEO of Livongo (0:30) Dr. Jennifer Schneider, Chief Medical Officer of Livongo (0:25) All Turtles Podcast Season 1 episode 22 mentions Livongo as an example of a company that does personalization well (1:04) Hemant Taneja's book Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy (1:16) Livongo's products (2:48) Livongo's website (18:48)   Advice to entrepreneurs: How to pitch investors (19:00) All Turtles' video Rule of Three: How to pitch investors (19:44) When pitching investors, be able to answer these questions: Why this, why you, and why now? (20:15) The difference between pitching VCs versus pitching All Turtles (24:01)   Listener question (24:56) From Jacob via the hello@all-turtles.com email: In the example of self-driving cars, how do we prevent the onboard sensors from being spoofed into thinking they're on a safe country road, when they're actually driving off a cliff into the ocean? Could blockchain help us keep these sensors and the software from being corrupted? If not, what makes it a bad fit? What are the emerging/existing technologies that would be a better fit? Leave us a voicemail with your question and we'll play it on a future episode: +1 (310) 571-8448 (29:48)   We want to hear from you Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes. Voicemail: +1 (310) 571-8448 Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco with hashtag #askAT For more from All Turtles, follow us on Twitter, and subscribe to our newsletter on our website.  

Here are 5 things that affect your attitude and thereby your productivity. ONE Consider who are you hanging around. Take an inventory and get rid of those who are dragging you down. Or at least reduce the time you spend with them. This includes family and friends.  TWO What are you consuming? How much time do you spend watching the news, surfing social media and listening to gossip? THREE How much quality sleep are you getting each night? Sleep directly impacts your productivity. Four hours of quality sleep is better than eight hours of tossing and turning. Your day starts the night before. If you aren't sleeping well, what is going on before bedtime? Are you drinking a lot of coffee? Playing video games for eight hours? How are you sleeping…really? Use a sleep tracking app such as Sleep Cycle to track your sleep. FOUR What are the stressors in your life? Again, take an inventory of what stresses you out. Be proactive and schedule the time to think about this. Then create a plan to eliminate as much as you can. FIVE What does your outlook or vision for your future look like? Do you have one? What are your dreams and desires? Consider writing a dream day.   If you're looking to take your productivity to the next level or if you are interested in bringing me in to speak at your event, visit MarkStruczewski.com.   Join The 7 Day Productivity Challenge or go to MarkStruczewski.com/7day   Follow me: LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook   If you love the show, share it with a friend on Apple Podcasts.

Listen Here: Lisa Dietlin is the author of The Power of Three: How to Achieve Your Goals By Simply Doing Three Things a Day. In The Power of Three, Lisa provides helpful ideas, derived from her experience in the nonprofit arena and in business consulting, on where to start, doing the ‘hard’ things, networking right, […] The post Podcast: The Power of Three: Achieve Goals By Doing Three Things A Day appeared first on JenningsWire.

Reverse Your Thoughts, Increase Your Income Unifying Principles are those guiding thoughts around which all your actions revolve. When you hold them in plain sight, you always know what to do next. Brilliant people stumble when they focus on the parts and neglect to see the webs of connections between those parts. This is what causes medical doctors to treat each symptom separately while failing to recognize the underlying disease. Such compartmentalization is an even bigger problem in business, causing owners and managers to wrestle with symptoms instead of solving the problem. Not enough customers, low profit margins, high employee turnover and negative online reviews are merely compartmentalized symptoms of a systemic malfunction. Unifying principles eliminate compartmentalization. Let's develop some unifying principles for your business that will help you create your happiest possible future: 1. Think of your perfect ending; leap forward in time and see the outcome you most desire. How does that future company behave? Who are its customers? What marvelous things does it do that cause its customers to recruit their friends? What do these happy customers say about you? Describe, right now, the perfect day in this business you'll own in the future. See, feel, taste and smell all the details of that soon-coming day. 2. Hold those thoughts clearly in your mind. 3. You are now equipped to identify the constituent components of this happy future. You're ready to create the steps that will take you there. You're ready to draw the map you will follow. ONE: Where would such a company be located? TWO: How would such a workplace be decorated? THREE: How would such a company recruit its employees? FOUR: In what ways might such a company train its employees? FIVE: How would such a company compensate those employees? SIX: What hours would such a company be open? SEVEN: How would their ads make you feel? EIGHT: What would their written warranties and guarantees include? NINE: What would such a company NEVER do? TEN: What might such a company do for its customers that its competitors would be unwilling to do? Are you beginning to get the picture? A clear and stable vision of the End Goal is required to inform the small choices that will bring that goal into existence. You've previously heard of Gestalt Theory but now you've actually used it. AThis particular application of Gestalt Theory springs from TRIZ Principle 13: turn it upside down; reverse the process; do it backwards. If you want to learn the other 39 Principles of TRIZ, check out Mark Fox's book, Da Vinci and the 40 Answers or https://wizardacademy.org/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=88 (attend that class) when Br'er Fox teaches it on Oct. 30-31. Wizard Academy cognoscenti Dr. Kary Mullis never heard of TRIZ Principle 13 but he instinctively used it to create Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR,) the invention that opened the door for DNA research and won him the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Kary said, “Everyone was looking for a needle in a haystack, so I said, ‘Why not turn the haystack into needles?'” Turn it upside down; reverse the process; do it backwards. That's how PCR was born. More recently, Kary used Principle 13 to create Altermune, the invention that will probably win him a second Nobel Prize. Speaking of that portion of our immune system that attacks foreign tissue and of how it has been studied for decades so that it can be suppressed during organ transplants, Kary said, “Suppress it, hell, why not aim it?” And from that bit of backwards thinking Kary Mullis invented an antidote for anthrax. He will likely use this same technique to invent cures for dozens of other things for which our bodies have no defense. http://mondaymemo.wpengine.com/kary-at-ted (Watch the video) at TED.com Wizard Academy Cognoscenti rock the...

  Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del inglés. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios.Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Podcast Transcription You’re going to listen to a text about the Simpsons. Before you listen, here is some vocabulary from the text. careless = descuidado, despreocupado precocious = precoz to suck = chupar pacifier (US) / dummy (UK) = chupete role = papel Now listen to the text The Simpsons are a typical family who live in the fictional "Mid-American" town of Springfield. Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant - a job which doesn’t really fit his careless, clown-like personality. He’s married to Marge Simpson, a typical American housewife and mother. They have three children: Bart, who is ten years old; Lisa, who is eight years old; and Maggie, a baby who rarely speaks, but communicates by sucking on a pacifier. The family has a dog, Santa's Little Helper, and a cat, Snowball II. Both pets have had starring roles in several episodes. The first Simpsons episode was shown in 1987. Despite the passing of the years and celebrations such as holidays or birthdays, the Simpsons do not physically age and still look the same as they did at the end of the 1980s. Listen to some answers to questions about the text. Try to ask the questions BEFORE you hear them. Ask the questions after the tone. 1. Springfield              Where do the Simpsons live? 2. Homer       What’s the father’s name? 3. At the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Where does Homer work? 4. He’s a safety inspector What does he do? 5. Marge Simpson Who is he married to? What’s his wife’s name? 6. Three How many children do they have? How many children have they got? 7. Bart, Lisa and Maggie. What are the children’s names? 8. He’s 10. How old is Bart? 9. Yes, A dog and a cat. Do they have any pets? 10. Snowball II What’s the cat’s name? 11. In 1987 When was the first Simpsons episode? 12. No, they look the same as they did at the end of the 1980’s. Do the Simpsons physically age? Listen and repeat the questions. Copy the intonation. 1. Where do the Simpsons live? 2. What’s the father’s name? 3. Where does Homer work? 4. What does he do? 5. Who’s he  married to? /What’s his wife’s name? 6. How many children do they have? / How many children have they got? 7. What are the children’s names? 8. How old is Bart? 9. Do they have any pets? 10. What’s the cat’s name? 11. When was the first Simpsons episode? 12. Do the Simpsons physically age? During the interviews on last month’s podcast you heard some adjectives that are used to describe people (nice, lovely, kind, friendly etc.) What are the English adjectives for these Spanish ones? Say the English translation before I do. They are all similar translations. tolerante - tolerant paciente - patient sociable - sociable aventurero/a - adventurous maduro/a - mature sincero/a - sincere decidido/a, resuelto/a -  decisive práctico/a – practical Listen and repeat the adjectives. tolerant patient sociable adventurous mature sincere decisive practical Here are some more adjectives for you to translate. Say the English translation before I do. educado/a - polite                          tacaño/a, malo/a  -  mean egoísta  - selfish perezoso/a - lazy sensible - sensitive sensato/a - sensible malhumorado/a, de humor variable - moody   de fiar, de confianza - reliable  de mal humor, mal genio - bad-tempered alegre - cheerful Listen and repeat: polite mean selfish lazy sensitive sensible moody reliable bad-tempered cheerful Do you know the opposites of the following adjectives? Some have the prefix un- (u-n), for example selfish – unselfish. Some have the prefix in- (i-n), for example intolerant.  Some have the prefix im- (i-m), for example impolite, and some have a different word to make the opposite, for example lazy and hard-working. Try to say the opposite before I do, and then repeat the word to practise pronunciation. reliable - unreliable – repeat - unreliable mature – immature – repeat - immature lazy – hard working – repeat - hard working sincere - insincere – repeat - insincere practical - impractical – repeat - impractical selfish - unselfish – repeat - unselfish sensitive - insensitive – repeat - insensitive patient - impatient – repeat - impatient sociable - unsociable – repeat - unsociable sensible – foolish / silly – repeat - foolish / silly polite - impolite / rude – repeat - impolite / rude decisive - indecisive – repeat - indecisive adventurous - unadventurous – repeat - unadventurous mean – generous – repeat - generous moody – even-tempered – repeat - even-tempered practical - impractical – repeat - impractical tolerant - intolerant – repeat - intolerant cheerful – miserable – repeat - miserable bad-tempered – sweet-tempered, calm – repeat - sweet-tempered, calm Now listen to some sentences and guess the missing adjective from the previous list. Say the adjective after the tone. Thank you so much for lunch in this lovely restaurant. It was very (tone) of you. generous A person who doesn’t like to meet and spend time with other people is (tone) unsociable He’s 43 years old and he behaves like a child. He’s so (tone)  immature I like trekking, skiing, climbing and exploring different countries, but my wife only wants to sit next to a swimming pool all day. She’s so (tone) unadventurous / lazy The opposite of selfish is (tone)  unselfish My sister is always smiling, laughing and in a good mood. I don’t know what makes her so (tone) all the time. cheerful The waiter will bring your dessert in a moment, darling. Don’t be so (tone) impatient It takes me such a long time to make up my mind whenever I go shopping. I’m so (tone) indecisive Don’t believe a word he says. He never tells the truth and he cannot be trusted. He’s so (tone) insincere You left your wallet on the table outside, and went inside the café to go to the toilet! That wasn’t very (tone) was it? I’m not surprised it was stolen. sensible Listen and repeat That’s very generous of you.   Don’t be so unsociable.  He behaves like a child. He’s so immature.  My wife’s so lazy and unadventurous The opposite of selfish is unselfish  My sister is always so cheerful.  Don’t be so impatient darling. I’m so indecisive, I think. No I’m not. Yes, I am! Don’t believe him he’s so insincere.  That wasn’t very sensible was it? That was bloody stupid!