Podcast appearances and mentions of Todd Peterson

It's a big day at WCCO, not just Chad's birthday but its the Cure Blood Cancer Radio Auction in partnership with NMDP! Chad is joined by Todd Peterson who is the Executive Director with NMDP. Chad and Todd talk about what brought him to working with NMDP and the interactions they have with people when they reach out to the organization after being touched by blood cancer.. They take bids on the Twins Executive Balcony package where 20 ticket winners join Chad Hartman, Dave Harrigan for the Thursday, June 26th 12:10p game vs Seattle Mariners. The experience includes fully catered food & beverage from one of the coolest private viewing spots at Target Field! In the second half of the hour Chad and Dave take bids on the TPC/3M Package which includes golf/tee times for 4 at the exclusive TPC club in Blaine...PLUS, 4 tickets to the 3rd round at the 3M Open, on Saturday July 26th - which includes a concert that evening with country music recording & touring artist Lee Brice.

It's a big day at WCCO, not just Chad's birthday but its the Cure Blood Cancer Radio Auction in partnership with NMDP! Chad is joined by Todd Peterson who is the Executive Director with NMDP. Chad and Todd talk about what brought him to working with NMDP and the interactions they have with people when they reach out to the organization after being touched by blood cancer.. They take bids on the Twins Executive Balcony package where 20 ticket winners join Chad Hartman, Dave Harrigan for the Thursday, June 26th 12:10p game vs Seattle Mariners. The experience includes fully catered food & beverage from one of the coolest private viewing spots at Target Field!

Drew Formsma, CMO of I Like Giving and author of Everyday Generosity, is a prominent voice for generosity among Gen Z. Drew was raised in a home where the generous heart was encouraged and modeled. By his late teens, he had already become a seasoned speaker on generosity platforms.   Drew developed a passion to use his unique perspective on generosity to empower his generation to give freely and give with a purpose. As the CMO of I Like Giving, Drew is particularly involved in the more recent introductions of Generous Family and Generous Classroom, including the Generous Kids Book Club, fostering the next generation of givers through children's books and curriculum for Chirstian schools.   Major Topics Include: Drew's story of calling as a young teen Seven expressions of generosity Being aware of daily opportunities to be generous Generosity as evangelism The innovation and creativity of Gen Z The story of I Like Giving Reaching children with the heart of generosity  Advice for parents to cultivate a generous environment at home Inspiring stories of everyday generosity QUOTES TO REMEMBER “Generosity begins in the mind. It's choosing to think well of others, to assume the best, and focus on who we can be a blessing to.” “Words have the power to bring life and death, to build or to break. But I think if we can choose to uplift, encourage, and inspire others with our words, there could be something powerful at hand.” “You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving.” “Generosity is the love language of Jesus.” “Generosity is love with boots on.” “Generous people trust God to provide.” “Live the kind of lifestyle that's focused on others.” “If you can experience the love of Jesus, you will overflow with generosity.” LINKS FROM THE SHOW I Like Giving Generous Classroom Generous Family IllumiNations Bible Translation Alliance (see our interview with Todd Peterson or John Chesnut) Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson The Finish Line Community Facebook Group The Finish Line Community LinkedIn Group BIBLE REFERENCES FROM THE SHOW 1 Corinthians 13:3 | Nothing without Love    If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.   John 3:16 | God's Love   “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.   Ephesians 3:17-19 | Love Beyond Knowledge   so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.   Matthew 6:21 | Heart and Treasure   For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you have a thought about something you heard, or a story to share, please reach out! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also contact us directly from our contact page. If you want to engage with the Finish Line Community, check out our groups on Facebookand LinkedIn.

Entrepreneurial powerhouse Chris Lee joins us to share his incredible journey from a humble childhood in Washington State to achieving multiple nine-figure business exits in the home services industry. Chris opens up about the foundational lessons learned from his schoolteacher father and growing up in a competitive sports environment that have shaped his exceptional work ethic and values. Throughout the conversation, he paints a vivid picture of how these early influences have driven his passion for instilling similar values in his own family, illustrating the profound impact of his upbringing on his path to success.   We also explore the complex dynamics of entrepreneurship within high-trust religious communities, particularly among the LDS population in Utah, and the delicate balance between ambition and transparency. Chris candidly shares personal stories, including lessons learned from a former business partner's involvement in a Ponzi scheme, shedding light on how good intentions can sometimes spiral into deceit. Through discussions on mastering sales via understanding personality profiles and the emotional rollercoaster of financial setbacks and recoveries, listeners gain insights into the resilience and adaptability that are crucial for navigating the entrepreneurial journey.   In a thrilling narrative of risk-taking and success, Chris recounts how embracing new opportunities and betting on oneself can lead to extraordinary achievements. He reflects on his experiences under industry titans like Todd Peterson and credits strategic foresight and innovative approaches, such as leveraging Facebook marketing and Zoom sales, for propelling his company's growth to $233 million in revenue. The episode concludes with a powerful message on the importance of self-investment and a fearless approach to entrepreneurship, leaving listeners inspired to pursue their own paths with courage and determination.   CHAPTERS    (00:00) - Success Stories (08:25) - Trust, Ambition, and Entrepreneurship in Utah (15:37) - Mastering Sales Through Personality Profiles (27:22) - Lessons From Failed Entrepreneurial Partnership (33:24) - Overcoming Financial Loss and Building Wealth (37:59) - Journey to Entrepreneurial Success (51:09) - The Power of Risk-Taking Entrepreneurship  

On this episode, we provide a sneak peek into our upcoming, new Parent Spotlight Series as Britt interviews Todd Peterson. Todd was an NFL kicker for 13 seasons, but more importantly, is a sports dad whose son played D1 college football. Todd shares his experiences and insights as a sports dad, how he and his wife Susan approached parenting to keep sports in balance, help their kids, Zach and Hannah, set and achieve their goals, overcome adversity, and leverage the lessons learned in sports and other activities to become healthy, productive people. Todd and Susan's faith, wisdom, and commitment to helping their kids grow and thrive is relevant, informative, and inspiring for sports parents everywhere.10:00 Todd's high school transition from soccer to football12:15 Transferred from Annapolis to the University of Georgia20.50 Start of an NFL career23.55 Todd and Susan's Parenting Journey with Hannah and Zach 34.00 Parenting through Zach's sports journey to College

In the studio today are Todd Peterson & Robert Garza to discuss the following bills currently in North Dakota State Legislation Assembly - HB1242 Rebuttable Shared Parenting Bill, SB2184 Time Taken Time Back Bill, SB2186 Three Strikes.  Contact Robert Garza on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/robert.garza.5015 - Contact Todd Peterson - 701-831-9807   The 'Stand for North Dakota Children' website Todd Peterson discussed - https://www.custodyreform.org/   'We the Parents' Documentary as discussed on the show that Robert Garza Appears in - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTxqEFTBgJM   Show is recorded at Grand Forks Best Source. For studio information, visit www.gfbestsource.com - For access to past GFBS Interviews visit https://gfbsinterviews.podbean.com/   #parentalrights #divorce #centurycode #bill  #northdakota #interview #GFBS #grandforksbestsource 

Davis Powell, CEO of Seed Company, was raised in a Christian home in North Carolina and at a young age, decided to become a medical missionary. However, in his junior year of medical school, he felt led by the Spirit to follow a different path. Through a series of providential events, Davis was exposed to the work of Bible translation and a passion was ignited within him.    Davis now serves as the CEO of Seed Company, a Bible translation company with two primary focuses—collaboration with other Great Commission organizations and impact acceleration with the help of indigenous community leaders and technology. Davis was full of stories about how fast the work of Bible translation is moving, with a particular emphasis on the brand new integration of AI into the process. You won't want to miss this one!   Major Topics Include: The history and heart behind Seed Company How Bible translation models have changed in recent years The challenge of engaging hard-to-reach language communities Empowering indigenous communities to work together toward full Bible translation Working with indigenous speakers to tailor the process for their community context A walk through of the cyclical, community-centric translation process Transformative stories from working with non-believing translators AI as a tool in Bible translation Collaboration with other translation agencies Exciting projections for Bible translation in the next decade QUOTES TO REMEMBER “Missionaries have to deal with borders, the Word of God doesn't. Missionaries have to figure out how to start the church; the Word of God gives the perfect blueprint for starting the church.” “When the Word of God is planted, it transforms everything.” “We can, in our generation, see the Word of God get to every language community. But may it not be said that we didn't let the Word of God be in our heart language.” “Scripture must be clear, accurate, natural, and acceptable.” LINKS FROM THE SHOW Seed Company Young Life Wycliffe Bible Translators (see our interview with CEO John Chesnut) Unto Operation Christmas Child International Mission Board (IMB) Jesus Film Project (see our interview with Executive Director Josh Newell) Faith Comes by Hearing (see our interview with VP Morgan Jackson) Meta–No Language Left Behind IllumiNations Bible Translation Alliance (see our interview with Todd Peterson or John Chesnut) The Finish Line Community Facebook Group The Finish Line Community LinkedIn Group BIBLE REFERENCES FROM THE SHOW Proverbs 3:5-6 | Trust In the Lord   Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.   Psalm 19:1 | Creation Declares His Glory   The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you have a thought about something you heard, or a story to share, please reach out! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also contact us directly from our contact page. If you want to engage with the Finish Line Community, check out our groups on Facebookand LinkedIn.

In this special 100th episode, the shoe is on the other foot as Kealan and Cody are interviewed by Todd Harper, co-founder of Generous Giving, and David Wills, President Emeritus of the National Christian Foundation (NCF). Together, Kealan and Cody share about their family and faith backgrounds, how they got started on their journeys of generosity, and some of the amazing things they've learned along the way.   The interviews conducted over the last 99 episodes have been life-changing for the Hobelmann brothers in many ways by providing opportunities for “spiritual templating,” implementing what they've learned from others into their own generosity strategies, and by facilitating connection between like-minded Believers.    Major topics include: What life looks like now for Cody and Kealan The inspiration for the Finish Line Pledge How setting Financial Finish Lines has changed both of their lives  The evolution of the Finish Line Podcast Making the Finish Line Pledge relational Most memorable podcast moments The many ways they have seen God work through the podcast   QUOTES TO REMEMBER Cody: It kinda felt like I was walking up a staircase that I could not see the end of. It just continued up into the clouds. But when I set a financial finish line, suddenly I could see the top of the staircase, and I realized I was most of the way up it in terms of the course of my career.   Kealan: I appreciate so much more now the true breadth and diversity of expressions of generosity.    Cody: We realized that God's up to something that we didn't even notice. We had no idea. It really humbled me and helped me to understand that even though it's a lot to ask of our guests and our wives to carve out this time once a week, once every other week, and do the editing and all that kind of stuff. It is such an honor to be able to do this and we hope to be able to do this for a very long time.   Kealan: At this point, I don't ever say for myself or for anybody else, “this is how generosity has to be expressed,” or “this way is how God intends it.” There is too much range of expression that God gives us for anybody to say “it has to be this way.”   Cody: I've learned that giving is a lot of fun and it's a relational thing. As a financial planner and as someone who was not giving or living generously, it seemed like a transactional thing. But I'm starting to understand that it's far more complex than that and far mor joy-creating for everyone involved.   Cody: I'm learning that generosity and giving are not the same thing. Giving is an expression of generosity, but when done in community as a relational thing, there's nothing better and it's become my favorite use of money.   Kealan: I just want constant stories and relationships to help me grow as a Believer and not just in generosity. We've grown in prayer and community and so many other areas that are all interrelated to generosity. LINKS FROM THE SHOW Cody Hobelmann, Shifting to Eternal Kingdom Building (see our past interview here) Kealan Hobelmann, Answering “How Much Money Do I Really Need?” (see our past interview here) Journey to Generosity (JoG) with Generous Giving (see our interviews with cofounder, Todd Harper and CEO, April Chapman) National Christian Foundation (see our interview with President Emeritus, David Wills) Crazy Love by Francis Chan Compound Impact Doulos Partners (see our interview with CEO David Johnson) MacLellan Foundation (see our interview with Director of Generosity, John Cortines) ROI Ministry (see our interview with founder, Tim Barker) Jimmy Seibert, Pastor, On Sensing the Spirit through Spontaneous Generosity (see our past interview) Faith Comes by Hearing (see our interview with VP Morgan Jackson) Neverthirst (see our interview with CEO Matt Letourneau) Richard Baxter, DMD, On Leveraging His Entire Dental Practice to Bring the Gospel to Unreached People Groups (see our past interview here) Aaron and Miran Cho, Committing to Give More Than You Can Budget For (see our past interview here) Andy Dewitt on the Importance of Sharing Your Generosity Story (see our past interview here) Eternal Perspective Ministries (see our interview with founder, Randy Alcorn) The Finishing Fund (see our interview with founder Doug Cobb) IllumiNations Bible Translation Alliance (see our interview with Todd Peterson or John Chesnut) Kingdom Advisors (see our interview with founder, Ron Blue) Faith Driven Investor Podcast Faith Driven Entrepreneur Podcast Generosity Now Podcast Celebration Conference with Generous Giving The Finish Line Community Facebook Group The Finish Line Community LinkedIn Group BIBLE REFERENCES FROM THE SHOW 1 Corinthians 12:6 | God Empowered Action   And there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.  Proverbs 11:24 MSG | Generosity and Abundance   The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.   Proverbs 30: 8b | Our Daily Bread     give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you have a thought about something you heard, or a story to share, please reach out! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also contact us directly from our contact page. If you want to engage with the Finish Line Community, check out our groups on Facebookand LinkedIn.

Dr. Rich Rudowske and Dr. Tilahun Mendedo are the CEO and Associate Executive Director of Lutheran Bible Translators. Rich's passion for the written Word of God took root when, as a small child, his parents gifted him an NIV Bible. Tilahun's life was changed at the age of 15 when a German missionary gave him the greatest treasure of all – a Bible in his own Ethiopian language.  They each have an extensive background in Bible translation and a great passion to see the Word of God printed in every person's mother tongue through the work of Lutheran Bible Translators and other translation organizations worldwide. LBT has some particularly unique strategies blending entrepreneurship with translation in projects that fund themselves. They will share their personal stories, how God led them into Bible Translation, and about some incredible momentum happening today.  Major topics include: Tilahun's gripping backstory of being surrounded by death and struggling for a will to live, but finding life and hope through meeting Christ in the Word Rich's inspiring journey from the world of finance into the call of God, bringing his wife and five children with him The history of LBT and how their unique approach to Bible Translation evolved What is a “ministry entrepreneur” and how do these self-funded missions work to expand the Kingdom and engage local communities in Bible translation? The profound spiritual impact of hearing the Word of God in your mother tongue How Bible translation and language development improves quality of life as a whole The story of how God miraculously provided for their pilot project, the Helge Center, to be built during the pandemic lockdowns  An update on the incredible leaps happening now in the Bible translation world and the great need that still exists  How you can get invested, financially and through prayer, in this eternal endeavor QUOTES TO REMEMBER Tilahun – “Bible translation isn't something that I talk about, it's something that I am because I am the result of Bible translation.” Tilahun – “What I need is just something that makes a difference. If I could be anything that would make a difference to millions, then here I am.” Rich – “As many different folks there are with that mission drive, there are as many different stories and details of how they go about getting it done. But the common denominator is the drive to know that there's a better future for their people or for the neighboring people around them and the drive to put pieces together to make to happen.” Tilahun – “When you see the Word of God in your mother tongue, it means God is speaking to you. God has come all the way down to your language and is talking to you!” Tilahun – “Bible translation is tough, hard, and full of struggles, but at the end of the day, it's worth dying for. It's a noble cause. There is nothing better than connecting the Incarnated Word to this generation and the generations to come.” Rich – “We're at an unprecedented level of understanding where those needs may be, and an unprecedented level of both collaboration and innovation in reaching out to those language communities.” Rich – “The number one strategy is prayer – lifting the need for Bible translation in hard to reach people groups before the Lord, asking him to give us wisdom collectively on how to move forward and be wise.” Rich – “Even now, data shows us that it's not possible to meet the goals that we have in the next nine years. But data also shows us that we've closed the gap by about 100 years in the last five years. The last bit of it is going to be more difficult, but what looks impossible to us is not impossible to God.” Tilahun – “It's every Christian's responsibility to make sure his fellow humankind, who was created in the image of God and for whom Christ Himself died, has Christ in written form.” Tilahun – “Every person who supports Bible translation through prayers, funding, or advocacy is impacting the whole person.” Tilahun – “Don't forget, we are here only for a time. Don't take for granted that this is the world for you. We are here for a purpose and that purpose is designed by God so that we can live out that purpose and deliver it for generations to come.” LINKS FROM THE SHOW Lutheran Bible Translators Wycliffe Bible Translators (see our interview with CEO John Chesnut) SIL International (see our interview with Executive Director, Michel Kenmogne) IllumiNations Bible Translation Alliance (see our interview with Todd Peterson or John Chesnut) The Finish Line Community Facebook Group The Finish Line Community LinkedIn Group BIBLE REFERENCES FROM THE SHOW Revelation 7:9 | Every Tribe, Nation, and Tongue After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 1 Timothy 2:3-4 | God Desires All to be Saved This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you have a thought about something you heard, or a story to share, please reach out! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also contact us directly from our contact page. If you want to engage with the Finish Line Community, check out our groups on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author of over sixty books, including two which hold a  particularly special place among listeners of this podcast: The Treasure Principle and Money, Possessions, and Eternity. His books sold exceed twelve million copies and have been translated into over seventy languages. Considered by many to be a founding father of the modern Christian generosity movement, Randy is overflowing with wisdom and thoughtful anecdotes to tackle a variety of complex subjects, all backed by a solid biblical foundation. Listen as he shares his personal journey in generosity and addresses some of the more challenging questions we've received over the years.  In particular, Randy provides a picture for how eternal rewards work in the kingdom of God. We had all sorts of questions for him on the subject. Listen for topics including: Why is a financial finish line such a powerful tool for generosity? How can we approach giving in times of scarcity? What questions should we ask ministries before giving? How can we reconcile the call to “give in secret” and the call to “let your light shine”? What are eternal rewards as laid out in the Bible? How can there be such a thing as eternal rewards if we are all saved by grace? What exactly are the rewards people may experience in eternity? Will there be any sensation of lack or scarcity in heaven? QUOTES TO REMEMBER “There is nothing we could do with that money that would bring us as much joy as giving it away” “You can't take it with you, but you can send it on ahead.” “Don't assume that you're supposed to leave 100% of your money when you die to your kids who may be as wealthy or more wealthy than you” “If you don't hear people's giving stories, you won't become as great a giver as God wants you to be” “He has made us to do good works, but none of the works we do are in any way earning our salvation” LINKS FROM THE SHOW Eternal Perspective Ministries Money, Possessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn Randy's 19 Questions to Ask Before You Give Operation Mobilization Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand Voice of the Martyrs The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom IllumiNations Bible Translation Alliance (see our interview with Todd Peterson or John Chesnut) The Finish Line Community Facebook Group The Finish Line Community LinkedIn Group BIBLE REFERENCES FROM THE SHOW Matthew 5:16 | Let Your Light Shine Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 6:19-20 | Treasure in Heaven Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 6:1-4 | Giving in Secret Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Daniel 7:18 | The People of God Shall Reign Forever But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever. Matthew 25:21 | Parable of the Talents His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.' Isaiah 65:17 | New Heaven and New Earth For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth Luke 16:1-9 | The Parable of the Dishonest Manager Ephesians 2:8-9 | Saved by Grace For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:10 | Created for Good Works For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you have a thought about something you heard, or a story to share, please reach out! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also contact us directly from our contact page. If you want to engage with the Finish Line Community, check out our groups on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Let's get hyped! It's time for Nebraska football to resume its 2023 season after a one-week hiatus and who better to get fans fired up than the Husker247 trio and special guest, former Husker wide receiver Todd Peterson.  As they always do things start on offense as the group walks through every position group ahead of the Northwestern game, including Brian Christopherson giving a few X-Factor players for both Saturday against the Wildcats and also for the final six games of the season.  Then Michael Bruntz did the same for defense as the group talked through Nebraska's strong game against Illinois, the return of Luke Reimer and how the Huskers might play on Saturday and beyond.  After a break the show resumed with oddly specific predictions (which featured Todd Peterson and BC sharing almost the same prediction that would make Matt Herian smile), picks to click and ultimately score predictions. Did everyone take Nebraska? Are there any intriguing or different picks to click? Find out yourself with this week's Husker247 HypeCast.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brad Jones sits down with Allison Dukes, a member of our Financial Oversight Team, as well as Todd Peterson, a member of the Passion Board, to have a conversation about generosity and what that looks like as a believer in Christ.—With Passion City Online, you can join us every Sunday live at 9:30a and 11:45a, and our gatherings are available on-demand starting at 7p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com—Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church:https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurch1—Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our Passion Kids Channel:https://passion.link/passionkidsonline—If you would like to give to our house, visit https://passioncitychurch.com/give/—Check out Passion's books, music, and more at https://passionresources.com/—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God's Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song.—Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncity/Follow Louie Giglio: https://www.instagram.com/louiegiglio Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.

Courtney talks to Bekah McNeel about birding and better mental health, spiritual metaphors, recovering from church hurt, and the ABA Bird of the Year. Links from Bekah's show Bekah's author website Bekah's book: Bringing Up Kids When Church Lets You Down Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow Bekah: Twitter Facebook The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

On Thursday, AOA started by discussing the meteoric cattle market with Naomi Blohm of Total Farm Marketing and the wheat market, which Naomi believes has another surprise coming. Dr. Todd Peterson, Water Quality Partnership Consultant with the Sand County Foundation, discussed the farmer/municipal partnerships designed to keep nutrients out of waterways. The show closed with Steve Reinhard, Vice Chair of the United Soybean Board and farmer from Ohio talked about the recent efforts of the USB at the White House Easter Egg Roll to tell the soy story.

Dr Tom Pommering and Todd Peterson visit the studio as we consider sudden cardiac death in student athletes. These events are rare, but devastating… and the difference between life and death depends on the quick actions of those nearby. We hope you can join us!

Courtney talks to David Johnston about how to see the most birds (fast!), the connections between mourning and birding, Mississippi kites, and the birds of West Virginia. Links from David's show A History of Birding's Big Year Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow David: Twitter The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Courtney talks to Amy Nemecek about the birds of Michigan and the spiritual practice of reading and writing poetry. Plus, a sweet story about a wren and the encouragement of God from her husband Sean. Links from Amy's show Amy's book: The Language of the Birds and other poems Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow Amy: Twitter Facebook The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Courtney talks to Dale Gentry about the connections between discipleship and science. Links from Dale's show The Audubon Society Dale's Audubon Page Disciple Science: Connecting People to God Through Nature Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow Dale: Twitter The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Todd Peterson joins Michael to discuss our identity as believers regardless of our jobs and being a generous giver.  Links Mentioned: Illuminations Website To read the full show notes, click here.

Courtney talks to Dr. Christy Hyman about the magic of migration, the tenderness of birding in grief, how to spot the most birds, and the fascinating world of human geography. Links from Christy's show Random Nature Pod Christy Hyman's Website Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow Christy: Twitter Instagram The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Courtney talks to Susie Finkbeiner about her book The Nature of Small Birds and the interplay between patience, creativity, and birding. Plus: we get a great idea for a t-shirt. Links from Susie's show Susie's Author Website Susie's books Preorder The All-American Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow Susie: Instagram Twitter Facebook The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Courtney talks to Fernando Ortega about his new book: Fernando's Birds: Photographs and Tales, the place of listening in songwriting (and birding!), his current album-in-progress, and the hope that sustains. Links from Fernando's show Fernando's Website (discography, book, and tour dates) Follow Fernando: Twitter Instagram Facebook The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Courtney talks to Paul Foth about the birding church fathers, getting outdoors as a spiritual practice, Eastern Orthodoxy, and all things Canada. Links from Paul's show Paul's Birding Guide Site: Go Pishing! Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow Paul: Twitter The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Wisdom on cultivating backyard bird habitats, what we can learn from nesting studies, and an invitation to join us for the upcoming Great Backyard Bird Count (THIS weekend!) with the brilliant Becca Rodomsky-Bish. PLUS: what should we feed our hummingbirds and what's another name for an American woodcock? Links from Becca's show: The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) Nest Quest Go! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Free Birding & Ecology Resources from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Merlin Bird ID E-Bird Other Free Resources: iNaturalist Seek Follow Becca: Becca's Cornell Lab Profile The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

This week: Courtney talks to Tim O'Connell about ecology, conservation, cultural beliefs about eagles and vultures, and Tim offers up the best bobolink impression we've ever heard. The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Links from Tim's show: Wilson Ornithological Society The American Bird Conservancy Cambridge Conservation Initiative with Bill Sutherland Himalayan Connections to Vultures and Sky Burial Follow Tim: Twitter Wordpress A couple free apps to get you birding: Merlin Bird ID E-Bird Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Courtney talks to brilliant biologist and author Joan Strassmann about the gifts of paying attention, the under-appreciated blue jay, citizen science, and why mockingbirds might just blow your mind. Links from Joan's show Joan's book - Slow Birding: the Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow Joan: Twitter Wordpress The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Shane Parrish (The Knowledge Project & Farnam Street) explains why your New Year's resolutions won't last, the importance of ritual, and his most costly mistakes as an investor in the first episode of a new series on the Permanent Podcast called Outside Insights.  LINKS & MENTIONS FROM THIS EPISODE Visit Shane's website https://fs.blog/ Shane mentions Buffet: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein (44:12).  Brent mentions Todd Peterson and Illuminations (31:22) https://illuminations.bible/  Follow Shane on twitter https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish Follow Brent on twitter https:/https://twitter.com/BrentBeshore Follow David on twitter https://twitter.com/DavidACover  Visit https://www.permanentequity.com/ for more. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro & About Shane Parrish 3:40 Meat and Greet 6:03 Why New Years Resolutions Always Fail 10:30 Ritual vs Discipline 13:59 From Intelligence to Knowledge 19:30 Two Kinds of Knowledge: Tactic and Perspective 22:31 Why Should People Care About Continuous Learning? 27:28 The Best Sources of Knowledge 33:06 What Should You Stop Doing? 36:47 A Good Position is Better Than A Good Decision 39:06 Efficiency vs Relationships 41:34 Shane the Investor 45:42 Biggest Mistakes You See New Investors Make 52:38 How Has Growing Your Resources Changed You? 55:07 What Would You Tell Your 30-Year-Old Self? 57:17 Five Minute Management & More Coming on the Permanent Podcast    

Courtney talks to Paul Wallace about expansive faith, the gift of wonder, barred owls, and A Bird from the Lord. Links from Paul's show Paul's books - Love & Quasars and The Stars Beneath Us Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow Paul: Twitter The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. New episodes every Monday! Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

Welcome to The Thing With Feathers! This preview covers the story behind the show, how birds can unite us, Badly Drawn Birds, #ABirdFromTheLord, why Twitter is the best birding social media, and why Courtney is constitutionally unable to replace the toilet paper roll. The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests. Free Birding & Ecology Resources Merlin Bird ID E-Bird iNaturalist Seek Follow Courtney: Twitter Facebook Website Many thanks to author & professor Todd Peterson for suggesting the perfect name for the pod (and for Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain!). Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

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Todd Peterson is a retired NFL placekicker. He played 13 years in the league with various different teams, spending the most time with the Seattle Seahawks. We dive into the process and viewpoint from a Kickers perspective. Get some inside information on how kickers view the game, and how they approach each and every kick. Todd will definitely change the way you look at football and life.

Cameron Diaz had a lot going on. Her latest movie, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, was about to hit theaters. With the release just days away, a photographer named John Rutter reached out to her. John had photos of Cameron from about a decade earlier, when she was a 19-year-old model. He'd shot the photos for a racy S&M lingerie editorial. He told Cameron that people were offering him millions of dollars for them. Then he offered to sell them to her, for a discount. Then Brandi tells us about the murder of Leslie Vaughn. Leslie was a successful criminal defense attorney whose work sometimes put him in close contact with violent people. So when Leslie was shot in his home one evening, the list of potential suspects could have been long. But the behavior of Leslie's son, Brian Vaughn, made investigators think that perhaps the killer was right under their nose. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “Photographer convicted of trying to blackmail Cameron Diaz,” by Michelle Caruso for the Seattle Times “Cameron Diaz photographer convicted for topless photo plot,” by Gil Kaufman for MTV.com “‘I'm proud of topless shots,'” by David Sanderson for the Evening Standard “Cameron Diaz photographer headed to jail,” by Todd Peterson for People.com “Actress takes the stand in trial of photographer,” by Cara Mia DiMassa for The Los Angeles Times “Man who blackmailed Cameron Diaz over topless photos faces jail,” by Catherine Elsworth for the Daily Telegraph “Photos develop into court case,” by Cara Mia DiMassa for The Los Angeles Times “Jail for Diaz dirt,” by David K. Li for the New York Post In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “Shattered Innocence” episode Forensic Files “Brian Vaughn: A Student-Athlete Kills” by Rebecca Reisner, forensicfilesnow.com “Teen Convicted of Dad's Murder” by Associated Press, The Marshall News Messenger “Brian Leslie Vaughn v. State of Texas” justia.com YOU'RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We'd offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you'll get 35+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90's style chat room!  

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John Chesnut is the President and CEO of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. Wycliffe began over 80 years ago in an effort to see the bible translated into the heart language of every people group, and now consists of over 100 partner organizations working around the globe.  However, in the last few years, the bible translation landscape has changed dramatically with unprecedented levels of collaboration between organizations. John lays out the foundation of the IllumiNations Impact Alliance as well as the exponential growth that has taken place since then, all with the goal to translate God's Word into every known language by the year 2033. IllumiNations started as a collaboration between 5 financial partners and 3 translation agencies and has grown to include 11 major translation agencies today. The purpose of the alliance is to coordinate, reduce redundancy, and share resources in order to accelerate the work of making God's Word accessible to every person on Earth.  In addition to the work of IllumiNations, John shares about the challenges ahead in reaching the remaining languages, quality assurance in translation, and stories of financial partners who have come beside Wycliffe over the years. John has a unique birds eye view into the work happening globally to make God's Word accessible everywhere, and you won't want to miss what he had to share. QUOTES TO REMEMBER “This God of yours, if He is so big, why doesn't He speak our language?” “It used to be common for a New Testament translation to take the life career of a missionary family.” “Now today, more and more translation is being carried out by people from these communities.” “God is bringing together different partners to carry out His work in ways I don't know if we've ever seen in the history of the church.” “What would it look like for the Great Commission to be fulfilled in our lifetime?” “We've seen collectively more resources come in working in an open handed posture in that way than what we could have done individually, by far.” “The unreached people groups of the world are unreached for a reason. If it were easy, they would be reached. But those that are unreached are literally at the ends of the earth.” “Where outsiders are not allowed in, God is raising up people from within these communities.” LINKS FROM THE SHOW Wycliffe Bible Translators SIL International Jesus Film (see our interview with Executive Director, Josh Newell) Faith Comes by Hearing (see our interview with VP Morgan Jackson) Finishing the Task (see our interview with Global Church Planting Strategist Dan Hitzhusen) IllumiNations (see our interview with illumiNations partner Todd Peterson from Seed Company) The Finish Line Community Facebook Group The Finish Line Community LinkedIn Group WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you have a thought about something you heard, or a story to share, please reach out! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also contact us directly from our contact page. If you want to engage with the Finish Line Community, check out our groups on Facebook and LinkedIn.

“As we give our life away, God enlarges our world.” Today we are joined by our good friend, Todd Peterson, as he imparts wisdom on what it looks like to live a life of generosity instead of comfort. He illuminates the sacrifice of Jesus dying on a cross as the ultimate example of generosity. Jesus didn't just give 10%, He gave everything. VERSES // Proverbs 11:24-26, Psalm 111:6, Isaiah 60:3, Matthew 24:14, Matthew 24:14, Matthew 28:18-20, Romans 10:14, Revelation 5:9,7:9, Acts 17:26 — With Passion City Online, you can join us every Sunday live at 9:30a and 11:45a, and our gatherings are available on-demand starting at 7p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com — Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurch1 — Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our Passion Kids Channel: https://passion.link/passionkidsonline — If you would like to give to our house, visit https://passioncitychurch.com/give/ — Check out Passion's books, music, and more at https://passionresources.com/ — At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God's Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. — Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncity/ Follow Louie Giglio: https://www.instagram.com/louiegiglio Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.

Todd Peterson started his career with 13 years in the NFL, but has since become a powerhouse in fueling the bible translation movement and encouraging others towards radical generosity. When Todd was drafted by the NY Giants in 1993, he was initially distracted by the excitement of a substantial income. However, God got Todd's attention with a dramatic wake-up call after his rookie year.  From that point on, Todd and his wife Susan dedicated themselves to the exciting adventure God had in store for them. Throughout his NFL career, Todd and Susan delved deep into their generosity journey and began drawing others into that journey with them. Since he retired from the NFL in 2006, Todd has become significantly involved in many organizations in the generosity and bible translation spaces. From 2008-2013, Todd served as Chairman of Seed Company, one of the leading bible translation ministries. And through his involvement, he was able to participate in the formation of the IllumiNations impact alliance between 11 major bible translation organizations. Because of that collaboration, it is anticipated that the bible will be accessible to every language spoken on Earth by the year 2033. In Todd's words, “The last bible translator is alive today.” Todd has served on numerous other boards including Global Generosity Movement, Passion Conferences, the Young Life Foundation, and Pro Athletes Outreach and has a depth of wisdom in living out radical generosity. Todd shared plenty of wisdom on topics like honing your giving focus and how to do more than write a check. Even more interestingly, Todd shared his unique insight into the relationship between givers and ministries, having spent significant time on both sides of the field. Listen now to hear all Todd had to share. QUOTES TO REMEMBER “We very early on saw the NFL as a mission field and we were very highly compensated missionaries in a sense.” “You can't really be a man of humility until you've been humiliated.” “I'm never going to make another penny before we give to God first.” When the income really started to come, we were better prepared for it because we had made a decision that we were going to give first.” “As our income increases, our lifestyle doesn't have to grow with it.” “My NFL career, all 13 years, felt like God had a plan for my life.” “At the end of the day, what we're supposed to be doing with our lives is giving them away.” “We want to life full and abundant life and experience all God has for us. And the best way we knew how to do that was to hold things loosely.” “Football was one thing that God gave me a talent for, but it wasn't the only thing he created me to do.”  “We are people who really want to be invested in every sense of the word. We don't want to simply write a check to an organization.” “All ministry hinges on the power of the gospel in the language of a person.” “Could there be a greater injustice than not having access to the Gospel in your language?” “By 2033, we can eradicate bible poverty, meaning every language on Earth has access to at least some portion of the scripture translated.” “We believe in the bible translation world that the last bible translator is alive now.” LINKS FROM THE SHOW Safely Home, by Randy Alcorn The IllumiNations Bible Translation Collaboration Finishing the Task (see our interview with Global Church Planting Strategist Dan Hitzhusen from FTT) Seed Company The Finish Line Community Facebook Group The Finish Line Community LinkedIn Group BIBLE REFERENCES FROM THE SHOW Matt. 16:25 | Whoever Seeks to Save His Life For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. Isaiah 55:8 | My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. Ephesians 2:10 | We Are God's Workmanship For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Revelation 7:9 | Every Tribe, Nation, and Tongue After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you have a thought about something you heard, or a story to share, please reach out! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also contact us directly from our contact page. If you want to engage with the Finish Line Community, check out our groups on Facebook and LinkedIn.

On this week's bonus episode, Lara and Carey chat about acting lessons, Botox, humiliation being a key factor of Q2, fear of rejection, The Artist's Way, being TRUE Angelenos, give a couple book recommendations, and get reader mail about...you guessed it: roaches, do a wellness check on Todd Peterson (spoiler alert: he's unwell!) and give some advice on how to deal with a shitty bride. Become a patron of the pod to listen to the full episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lara and Carey chat about the best mid-level hotels, spray tans, tanning beds, teeth whitening, The Staircase, Todd Peterson's parking lot video, Michael Peterson's Dr. Oz appearance and how Michael Peterson may have secretly bribed the Owls of Ga'Hoole to kill Kathleen before getting into Mob Wives. This week, Big Ang's sister, Janine, throws a massive Christmas party, Renee has some level-headed conversations and Karen throws a blowout book party.Listen to this episode ad-free and get access to weekly bonus episodes and TONS of other premium content by joining the SUP Patreon.Come see SUP Live this summer, doll!Denver, June 2nd @ The Bluebird Theatre - get tix here.Minneapolis, June 4th @ The Cedar Cultural Center - get tix here.Detroit, June 5th @ The Majestic Theatre - get tix here.Philadelphia, June 7th @ City Winery - get tix here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Breaking down Nebraska's matchup with Northwestern, including oddly specific predictions, keys to the game and picks to click. This week we're joined by former Nebraska wide receiver Todd Peterson to break down the matchup with the Wildcats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you are at the top of your game in the NFL after 13 seasons, you'd think it would be tough to walk away.  Todd Peterson did just that.  A God inspired decision, knowing he had an identity in God that called him to a passion beyond the football field. The placekicker for the Seahawks, Cardinals, Chiefs,Steelers, 49ers  and Falcons tells his story in this episode of AMAZING GREATS.Todd found his calling, working for the glory of God among top professional athletes, and in youth ministry.  In this episode you'll learn to love this guy that works tirelessly growing the Kingdom of God .  He's fun and funny and authentic.  Take a listen, and share it with your believer friends.  Pro Athletes Outreach - https://pao.org/aboutPassion Conference - https://passionconferences.comTodd's Wikipedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Peterson

This week, we continue our three-part series on how the color line was drawn, maintained, and ultimately brought down, as Curtis speaks to Todd Peterson, a researcher and the editor of the book The Negro Leagues Were Major Leagues. Todd talks about what inspired him to pursue Negro League research and the process of putting together the book with likeminded researchers. He then shares some of the statistics he's found that show how the quality of play in the Negro Leagues was on par with the American and National Leagues. Curtis and Todd also talk about how the leadership of the American and National Leagues went to great lengths during this period to keep baseball segregated, the difficulties researchers face in trying to track down data from exhibition and barnstorming games, and why it's important for all baseball fans to learn the story of the Negro Leagues. You can buy The Negro Leagues Were Major Leagues from the publisher or wherever you get your books https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-negro-leagues-were-major-leagues/ Todd also contributed a piece to Baseball Reference with more stats that show the Negro Leagues were Major Leagues https://www.baseball-reference.com/articles/negro-leagues-major-leagues-todd-peterson.shtml

Tune in now and don't forget to sign up for www.solciety.co!Speaker 1 (00:03):Welcome to the Solarpreneur podcast, where we teach you to take your solar business to the next level. My name is Taylor Armstrong and went from $50 in my bank account and struggling for groceries to closing 150 deals in a year and cracking the code on why sales reps fail. online teach you to avoid the mistakes I made and bringing the top solar dogs, the industry to let you in on the secrets of generating more leads, falling up like a pro and closing more deals. What is a Solarpreneur you might ask a Solarpreneur is a new breed of solar pro that is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve mastery and you are about to become one. Should you even go on vacations as a Solarpreneur?Speaker 2 (00:45):How should you prepare for your vacations and the best things you should be doing during your vacations? You take them. That's what we're going to be covering today. Interesting topic, something I've thought a lot about. So let's get into it. How are you? I'm Taylor Armstrong. We're back with another episode. We are changing lives. We're changing the solar industry. And thanks for being a listener of the show. Appreciate all you guys do to share the love, share the podcast and reach out to others who are needing help. So we're all about in the industry. And that's what I appreciate about seeing guys that I interact with in the industry is most people are super giving, super willing to help out. So pat yourself on the back for that. Okay. Before we jump into the topics today, wanting to give a quick update, if you haven't already heard, we are launching a full on, uh, on, on board training app training platform.Speaker 2 (01:46):It's called Solciety. If you haven't checked it out, he can go check it out as solciety.co. It's launching, uh, July 1st. So depending on when you're listening to this episode may already be out, but if not go check it out. It's going to have some dope features that you're not going to want to miss out on. And I think it's going to change the industry. Okay. And I'm not just saying that cause it's me on there. Guess what? It's not just me on there. Spoiler alert. The reason I'm saying it's going to change the industries because we're getting the best of the best all combined in one place. Okay. I know I can speak for myself. I know I got some awesome stuff to share with you all, but when you add to me with, um, you know, Taylor McCarthy with Jay Pez with, um, a lot of other guests, we have James Swiderski.Speaker 2 (02:35):A lot of other people we have that are going to be featured on the platform. That's where the magic happens. They were trying to bring the best of the best all at your fingertips. So you can literally be sitting on the toilet. You can be learning from the top guys in the industry. So go check it out, get yourself on the waiting list. We are actually currently doing Beta testing with about 20 people. We're getting some great feedback and we're excited to launch it to the public. And we're also also doing some enterprise deals. Yeah. Some stuff I can't talk about, but you're definitely going to want to be on the list and see the full features and everything when it comes out on July 1st. Hey, so, um, yeah. Anyways, check it out. And the reason that I'm bringing this as well as, because we actually have one of the experts, one of our, um, trainers featured on Solciety is on, um, the episode is on the podcast, I should say next episode.Speaker 2 (03:39):So what I meant to say, and that is Taylor McCarthy guys. This guy has some buyer, some money tips, some, some of the best content I've heard for solar guys. So don't miss out. He's next episode. So today I'm going to kind of demo a few things that he talks about the jams on, but, um, just be prepared, go listen. The next episode it's dropping on Friday, it's going to be some sweet stuff. So Taylor McCarthy he's with a Knockstar. We've talked about him. We had, um, Danny Pessy his partner in crime. He was on a while back Taylor McCarthy, he is like the ying to the yang. These guys are awesome. And so we're going to feature him. So let's jump into the topic today. A few things that, uh, Taylor talks about is, um, first of all, obviously we're talking about like vacations, should you take them?Speaker 2 (04:33):But another thing besides that, um, Taylor McCarthy, something that he does is this guy's big on social media. And he will literally like manifest his goals. He'll call them out. Um, he sold, it was some crazy number of roofs, Taylor McCarthy. He also he sold roofs, alarms he's pretty much sold at all. But he tells this story about when he manifested the number of roofs he was going to sell. I think it was like a hundred roofs in a week. I don't know something and saying, and he puts it on social media. He says, Hey, how many do you guys think I can sell a hundred roofs in a week? Yes or no. He got the feedback. And then once people voted the yes or no, he used this as fuel to inspire all the people that voted. No, he takes a screenshot of this, puts it as a background on his phone.Speaker 2 (05:24):And then he's looking at this every probably, I don't know, hour of the day, just using this as few, holds it in the fire, be like, yo, I'm going to prove these idiots wrong. I'm going out. I'm closing a hundred roof deals in a week and he does it. So that's something I thought he was. Yeah. He had some awesome advice on is guys. If, especially if you're that, that type of person, you can use your heaters as fuel, try something like that, go out and make a social media post. See how many people challenge you see how many people say you're not going to do it. Use that as fuel, prove those people wrong, prove them wrong. It's that's a money tip. You're right there. The reason I'm saying that though is because, um, at the time of this, I am going on a little trip next week, going to Lake Powell.Speaker 2 (06:18):Um, that's in Utah, Arizona, if you guys have been there, probably the coolest lake, I would say in the world, you got there's cliffs. You can jump off of you get a houseboat. Um, I know like Sam Taggart he's as retreats there with his, um, door to door game. He'll do like leadership retreats and stuff there. Todd Peterson, he actually has a houseboat. He'll take a lot of the Vivian guys there. And um, a lot of door to door guys know about it. So I'm going there next week. Usually try to go there, um, in the summer. Um, but the way this all correlates is because trips are something I've really struggled with. Um, and anyone that's an entrepreneur, that's a Solarpreneur. I think you can probably relate in solar. We're not really making money for on a trip, right? Unless you're closing virtual, which that's cool.Speaker 2 (07:09):But lake Powell, I mean, I'm out there with basically no service. So ain't no close and virtual really for me out there. And let's be honest when we're on vacations, I want to enjoy the vacation. Okay. I don't want to be necessarily doing sales calls all day long, which maybe I differ in viewpoints with some people, but that's my line of thought. I want to enjoy the vacation. I want to go all out. I want to be a hundred percent in the vacation. Okay. And enjoying myself. Not to say you can't do other things, which I'll talk about here in a second, but what sh what should you do before the vacation? Okay. You should do. In my opinion, you should go all out. You should try to close as many deals as possible. You should do something like Taylor. McCarthy does make a social media post, get some haters, but go all out.Speaker 2 (08:02):Hey and the reason I do this. I say this is because when I started in pest control, I went on a vacation. I remember, I think I went on a cruise with my family and anyone that's doing the summer grind summer sales, you know, that summer vacations, it's basically a negative. Like you don't go on vacations. It's going to kill yourselves. But the reason that kills yourselves is because what happens with guys? What happened to me especially is probably about the three, four days before vacation. Guess what? I let my guard down. I said, okay, um, I'm going to check out mentally. I know I'm going on a cruise. Yeah. My head's not in it. So I'll just take it easy. I'll just coast. Get a few cells and be good. So three, four days before my numbers went, way down, didn't sell as much.Speaker 2 (08:52):Then obviously I'm in the, in the, on the cruise ship, on the vacation, you know, not making money. And then I get back. And especially first year ups, I had to basically relearn the pitch, um, relearn the door presentation and get back into the flow of it. So it takes me of the three, four days to get back to what my numbers were. So if you do the math on that, that's three, four days before the trip, three, four days after the trip, that's eight days basically of reduced selling. I've taken to adjust back into things and then that's a week on the trip. So you add that up. Now, all of a sudden that one week, it's a little worse, right? Well, that's 15 days. We're talking now. So this is the problem with vacations. And this is the problem I've always had. It's so hard to get back into things.Speaker 2 (09:45):And it's so easy to let your mind slip. It's so easy to not push as hard if before you went on the trip, especially in solar, it's like, oh, I don't need to go out and knock because, um, yeah, I'm going to be gone. So there's no point in setting up an appointment. Right? That's been my mindset at times in solar do so how do we overcome that again? Do a Throwdown like what Taylor McCarthy is talking about, do a challenge on social media and instead of taking the days before the trip to slow down, speed up. Yeah. That's what I've seen. The truly successful people do in this industry. There's lots of guys in this industry that take tons of vacations. And I used to think, oh, you can't take a vacation. You're never going to be successful. Some of the top guys, I know at like vivant, solar managers, they're taking more vacations probably than anyone.Speaker 2 (10:36):Um, but they're making more money than anyone I'm like, how are these guys doing it? And this is how they don't let trips become a thing where it's taken them 15 days or eight days to, you know, wind back into things. And their sales are slowing down before the trip. No, none of that. They're pushing extremely hard before they're closing tons of deals. Okay. I talked to my buddy, uh, Matt Crowder. He's um, he's been on the show. He's a district manager, Vivant Solar doing tons of deals. I remember we went to door to door con, um, we're hanging out a door to door con this last time. And he says, Taylor, yeah. Luckily I closed three deals before I came out here. There was like two days, you know, that he had to sell before he came out and go door to door con.Speaker 2 (11:23):And I'm like, dang, man, I didn't even, yeah, I didn't close any. I mean, I was actually gone the week before that too. But how many times have you been on trip? You didn't close any the week before you went on trip or you didn't get the results you wanted. This is what has to change. If you're going to go on a vacation, have it be something that you push extremely hard, you get a ton of deals lined up and you give yourself a shot at closing a boatload of deals before you go on a boat. That's what I'm doing, baby. I'm going to go on a houseboat and I want to close a boatload before I leave. So my goal this week is, um, I've got Monday and Tuesday. Um, it's when I'm recording this, I'm leaving on a Wednesday. So my goal is I want to close three deals before I leave.Speaker 2 (12:13):Okay. And I mean, I'm doing everything I can control. Okay. I know these people. I can't like, you know, for some, the sign up, I'm going to hear everything I possibly can. Everything that I possibly can, but what I did, I stacked my schedule. Okay. So I knew I want to close three deals. What's my closing ratio. How many deals do I honestly need to set up to give myself the best shot at that? For me, I've closed between 40 to 50% of the appointments I sit in. So that means I need to set up at least six appointments to have a good shot at closing. Right? So you need to be doing the math in your head to, if you have a goal, if you know you're leaving on a vacation, how many deals do you need to close before you leave? And then what's the math on that.Speaker 2 (12:59):Okay. I knew that what that math was, I knew when I was leaving. So I said, okay, Monday and Tuesday, I need to stack these appointments. It can't be, um, yeah, I mean, close same day deals, but I would rather just have my schedule stacked. I don't have to worry about, um, setting anything up. I can just go to these appointments, give myself the best shot at closing them. That's what I'm doing. I got a six appointments doctor in the next two days, and I know I have a good shot at closing, three of these bad boys. So do the math. Okay. And that's what I wanted to say is before you go on a trip, use that as fuel to push hard, use it as an incentive. Okay? Just envision the trip. How much more enjoyable is it going to be? If you know, you just closed out a handful of deals before you left on the trip and trust me, it is way more enjoyable.Speaker 2 (13:51):If you know, you got money coming in the bank. If you know you close deal before it trips are way more enjoyable. Okay? So that's what you do. And then as far as like during the vacation, that's another thing is for us, for us Solarpreneurs, it's tough to turn off. Okay. It's tough to turn our brains off. We want to be making money. We want to be feeling like we're improving. And that's something that I've struggled with too, is I just feel like I'm on a vacation. I can't, what am I doing? I'm not making money. It's tough to like, I'm not growing necessarily. But get rid of that mindset. You can grow in other ways though. So I talked about using, use the trip for other things, such as relationships. You don't need to be working a hundred percent in the trip.Speaker 2 (14:45):You shouldn't be working, you know, the same way you were before, but use it to focus on other things I've talked with a lot of successful people that, um, have, you know, thoughts on that. Like work-life balance. If it's a myth and what all these guys are saying is you work in seasons, K you there's no balance. Right? And we did an episode on this recently, but balance, it's a myth. Hey, they're seasons. So you push hard. And that's what I'm talking about. You push hard before a trip and then your balance is shifting. You're not working. Then what you should you be focusing on? You should be pushing hard towards those relationships. If for me, I'm married, sin, something I'm trying to improve on. I'm definitely not perfect. I struggle with them. Yeah. Not giving my wife enough attention. So you can go give her a shout out if you want.Speaker 2 (15:38):Tell her, sorry for me not giving her enough attention. But this is something that I'm trying to improve on is use these trips as seasons to improve my relationships, improve my relationships with my friends, with my family. And then number two, using, uh, using your vacations for learning too. Okay. I always bring a good book. Bring your audio books. You're not reading the whole time, but I just got done with 75 hard where you read, uh, the 10 pages every day. Okay. In my trips, I try to read at least 20 pages. So you use it as education. And that's how, for me, as a Solarpreneur, as an entrepreneur, that's how I get that part of my brain. That still feel like I'm making progress is I use it to, you know, improve my craft. I use it to learn new things that I can go back and implement right when I get back.Speaker 2 (16:32):So that's my thoughts on the vacations and Taylor McCarthy, he's going to talk more about his throwdowns. The vacations don't necessarily have to do with what we talked about, but I just got reminded of it because I'm going to be on a trip and Taylor McCarthy talks about his throwdowns. So go make sure you listen to the next episode. It's going to be lit. Share this with a friend, if you're going on a vacation. Okay. Remember those two things use it as fuel to push extremely hard to before you leave and then make sure you use your vacation time as the season to focus on your relationships and focus on yourself, improvements on your sales skills. Okay. Fuel that side of your brain too. So that's my thoughts. Let me know what you thought. Let me know if you guys have anything else that helps you as you're preparing to go on vacations, whereas you leave. And then remember when you get back, don't take forever to get back into it. Like I did push hard. When you get back, get your pipeline backflow and back full, and don't take forever to get back into the flow of yourself. Hope you enjoyed it. Listen to next episode. Love you guys. And we'll see you on the next one.Speaker 3 (17:45):Hey Solarpreneurs. Quick question. What if you could surround yourself with the industry's top performing sales pros, marketers, and CEOs, and learn from their experience and wisdom in less than 20 minutes a day. For the last three years, I've been placed in the fortunate position to interview dozens of elite solar professionals and learn exactly what they do behind closed doors to build their solar careers to an all-star level. That's why I want to make a truly special announcement about the new solar learning community, exclusively for solar professionals to learn, compete, and win with the top performers in the industry. And it's called Solciety. This learning community was designed from the ground up to level the playing field and give solar pros access to proven mentors who want to give back to this community and to help you or your team to be held accountable by the industry's brightest minds. For, are you ready for it? Less than $3 and 45 cents a day currently society's closed the public and membership is by invitation only, but Solarpreneurs can go to society.co to learn more and have the option to join a wait list. When a membership becomes available in your area. Again, this is exclusively for Solarpreneur listeners. So be sure to go to www.solciety.co to join the waitlist and learn more now. Thanks again for listening. We'll catch you again in the next episode. 

Tune in now and don't forget to sign up for www.solciety.co!Speaker 1 (00:03):Welcome to the Solarpreneur podcast, where we teach you to take your solar business to the next level. My name is Taylor Armstrong and went from $50 in my bank account and struggling for groceries to closing 150 deals in a year and cracking the code on why sales reps fail. online teach you to avoid the mistakes I made and bringing the top solar dogs, the industry to let you in on the secrets of generating more leads, falling up like a pro and closing more deals. What is a Solarpreneur you might ask a Solarpreneur is a new breed of solar pro that is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve mastery and you are about to become one. Should you even go on vacations as a Solarpreneur?Speaker 2 (00:45):How should you prepare for your vacations and the best things you should be doing during your vacations? You take them. That's what we're going to be covering today. Interesting topic, something I've thought a lot about. So let's get into it. How are you? I'm Taylor Armstrong. We're back with another episode. We are changing lives. We're changing the solar industry. And thanks for being a listener of the show. Appreciate all you guys do to share the love, share the podcast and reach out to others who are needing help. So we're all about in the industry. And that's what I appreciate about seeing guys that I interact with in the industry is most people are super giving, super willing to help out. So pat yourself on the back for that. Okay. Before we jump into the topics today, wanting to give a quick update, if you haven't already heard, we are launching a full on, uh, on, on board training app training platform.Speaker 2 (01:46):It's called Solciety. If you haven't checked it out, he can go check it out as solciety.co. It's launching, uh, July 1st. So depending on when you're listening to this episode may already be out, but if not go check it out. It's going to have some dope features that you're not going to want to miss out on. And I think it's going to change the industry. Okay. And I'm not just saying that cause it's me on there. Guess what? It's not just me on there. Spoiler alert. The reason I'm saying it's going to change the industries because we're getting the best of the best all combined in one place. Okay. I know I can speak for myself. I know I got some awesome stuff to share with you all, but when you add to me with, um, you know, Taylor McCarthy with Jay Pez with, um, a lot of other guests, we have James Swiderski.Speaker 2 (02:35):A lot of other people we have that are going to be featured on the platform. That's where the magic happens. They were trying to bring the best of the best all at your fingertips. So you can literally be sitting on the toilet. You can be learning from the top guys in the industry. So go check it out, get yourself on the waiting list. We are actually currently doing Beta testing with about 20 people. We're getting some great feedback and we're excited to launch it to the public. And we're also also doing some enterprise deals. Yeah. Some stuff I can't talk about, but you're definitely going to want to be on the list and see the full features and everything when it comes out on July 1st. Hey, so, um, yeah. Anyways, check it out. And the reason that I'm bringing this as well as, because we actually have one of the experts, one of our, um, trainers featured on Solciety is on, um, the episode is on the podcast, I should say next episode.Speaker 2 (03:39):So what I meant to say, and that is Taylor McCarthy guys. This guy has some buyer, some money tips, some, some of the best content I've heard for solar guys. So don't miss out. He's next episode. So today I'm going to kind of demo a few things that he talks about the jams on, but, um, just be prepared, go listen. The next episode it's dropping on Friday, it's going to be some sweet stuff. So Taylor McCarthy he's with a Knockstar. We've talked about him. We had, um, Danny Pessy his partner in crime. He was on a while back Taylor McCarthy, he is like the ying to the yang. These guys are awesome. And so we're going to feature him. So let's jump into the topic today. A few things that, uh, Taylor talks about is, um, first of all, obviously we're talking about like vacations, should you take them?Speaker 2 (04:33):But another thing besides that, um, Taylor McCarthy, something that he does is this guy's big on social media. And he will literally like manifest his goals. He'll call them out. Um, he sold, it was some crazy number of roofs, Taylor McCarthy. He also he sold roofs, alarms he's pretty much sold at all. But he tells this story about when he manifested the number of roofs he was going to sell. I think it was like a hundred roofs in a week. I don't know something and saying, and he puts it on social media. He says, Hey, how many do you guys think I can sell a hundred roofs in a week? Yes or no. He got the feedback. And then once people voted the yes or no, he used this as fuel to inspire all the people that voted. No, he takes a screenshot of this, puts it as a background on his phone.Speaker 2 (05:24):And then he's looking at this every probably, I don't know, hour of the day, just using this as few, holds it in the fire, be like, yo, I'm going to prove these idiots wrong. I'm going out. I'm closing a hundred roof deals in a week and he does it. So that's something I thought he was. Yeah. He had some awesome advice on is guys. If, especially if you're that, that type of person, you can use your heaters as fuel, try something like that, go out and make a social media post. See how many people challenge you see how many people say you're not going to do it. Use that as fuel, prove those people wrong, prove them wrong. It's that's a money tip. You're right there. The reason I'm saying that though is because, um, at the time of this, I am going on a little trip next week, going to Lake Powell.Speaker 2 (06:18):Um, that's in Utah, Arizona, if you guys have been there, probably the coolest lake, I would say in the world, you got there's cliffs. You can jump off of you get a houseboat. Um, I know like Sam Taggart he's as retreats there with his, um, door to door game. He'll do like leadership retreats and stuff there. Todd Peterson, he actually has a houseboat. He'll take a lot of the Vivian guys there. And um, a lot of door to door guys know about it. So I'm going there next week. Usually try to go there, um, in the summer. Um, but the way this all correlates is because trips are something I've really struggled with. Um, and anyone that's an entrepreneur, that's a Solarpreneur. I think you can probably relate in solar. We're not really making money for on a trip, right? Unless you're closing virtual, which that's cool.Speaker 2 (07:09):But lake Powell, I mean, I'm out there with basically no service. So ain't no close and virtual really for me out there. And let's be honest when we're on vacations, I want to enjoy the vacation. Okay. I don't want to be necessarily doing sales calls all day long, which maybe I differ in viewpoints with some people, but that's my line of thought. I want to enjoy the vacation. I want to go all out. I want to be a hundred percent in the vacation. Okay. And enjoying myself. Not to say you can't do other things, which I'll talk about here in a second, but what sh what should you do before the vacation? Okay. You should do. In my opinion, you should go all out. You should try to close as many deals as possible. You should do something like Taylor. McCarthy does make a social media post, get some haters, but go all out.Speaker 2 (08:02):Hey and the reason I do this. I say this is because when I started in pest control, I went on a vacation. I remember, I think I went on a cruise with my family and anyone that's doing the summer grind summer sales, you know, that summer vacations, it's basically a negative. Like you don't go on vacations. It's going to kill yourselves. But the reason that kills yourselves is because what happens with guys? What happened to me especially is probably about the three, four days before vacation. Guess what? I let my guard down. I said, okay, um, I'm going to check out mentally. I know I'm going on a cruise. Yeah. My head's not in it. So I'll just take it easy. I'll just coast. Get a few cells and be good. So three, four days before my numbers went, way down, didn't sell as much.Speaker 2 (08:52):Then obviously I'm in the, in the, on the cruise ship, on the vacation, you know, not making money. And then I get back. And especially first year ups, I had to basically relearn the pitch, um, relearn the door presentation and get back into the flow of it. So it takes me of the three, four days to get back to what my numbers were. So if you do the math on that, that's three, four days before the trip, three, four days after the trip, that's eight days basically of reduced selling. I've taken to adjust back into things and then that's a week on the trip. So you add that up. Now, all of a sudden that one week, it's a little worse, right? Well, that's 15 days. We're talking now. So this is the problem with vacations. And this is the problem I've always had. It's so hard to get back into things.Speaker 2 (09:45):And it's so easy to let your mind slip. It's so easy to not push as hard if before you went on the trip, especially in solar, it's like, oh, I don't need to go out and knock because, um, yeah, I'm going to be gone. So there's no point in setting up an appointment. Right? That's been my mindset at times in solar do so how do we overcome that again? Do a Throwdown like what Taylor McCarthy is talking about, do a challenge on social media and instead of taking the days before the trip to slow down, speed up. Yeah. That's what I've seen. The truly successful people do in this industry. There's lots of guys in this industry that take tons of vacations. And I used to think, oh, you can't take a vacation. You're never going to be successful. Some of the top guys, I know at like vivant, solar managers, they're taking more vacations probably than anyone.Speaker 2 (10:36):Um, but they're making more money than anyone I'm like, how are these guys doing it? And this is how they don't let trips become a thing where it's taken them 15 days or eight days to, you know, wind back into things. And their sales are slowing down before the trip. No, none of that. They're pushing extremely hard before they're closing tons of deals. Okay. I talked to my buddy, uh, Matt Crowder. He's um, he's been on the show. He's a district manager, Vivant Solar doing tons of deals. I remember we went to door to door con, um, we're hanging out a door to door con this last time. And he says, Taylor, yeah. Luckily I closed three deals before I came out here. There was like two days, you know, that he had to sell before he came out and go door to door con.Speaker 2 (11:23):And I'm like, dang, man, I didn't even, yeah, I didn't close any. I mean, I was actually gone the week before that too. But how many times have you been on trip? You didn't close any the week before you went on trip or you didn't get the results you wanted. This is what has to change. If you're going to go on a vacation, have it be something that you push extremely hard, you get a ton of deals lined up and you give yourself a shot at closing a boatload of deals before you go on a boat. That's what I'm doing, baby. I'm going to go on a houseboat and I want to close a boatload before I leave. So my goal this week is, um, I've got Monday and Tuesday. Um, it's when I'm recording this, I'm leaving on a Wednesday. So my goal is I want to close three deals before I leave.Speaker 2 (12:13):Okay. And I mean, I'm doing everything I can control. Okay. I know these people. I can't like, you know, for some, the sign up, I'm going to hear everything I possibly can. Everything that I possibly can, but what I did, I stacked my schedule. Okay. So I knew I want to close three deals. What's my closing ratio. How many deals do I honestly need to set up to give myself the best shot at that? For me, I've closed between 40 to 50% of the appointments I sit in. So that means I need to set up at least six appointments to have a good shot at closing. Right? So you need to be doing the math in your head to, if you have a goal, if you know you're leaving on a vacation, how many deals do you need to close before you leave? And then what's the math on that.Speaker 2 (12:59):Okay. I knew that what that math was, I knew when I was leaving. So I said, okay, Monday and Tuesday, I need to stack these appointments. It can't be, um, yeah, I mean, close same day deals, but I would rather just have my schedule stacked. I don't have to worry about, um, setting anything up. I can just go to these appointments, give myself the best shot at closing them. That's what I'm doing. I got a six appointments doctor in the next two days, and I know I have a good shot at closing, three of these bad boys. So do the math. Okay. And that's what I wanted to say is before you go on a trip, use that as fuel to push hard, use it as an incentive. Okay? Just envision the trip. How much more enjoyable is it going to be? If you know, you just closed out a handful of deals before you left on the trip and trust me, it is way more enjoyable.Speaker 2 (13:51):If you know, you got money coming in the bank. If you know you close deal before it trips are way more enjoyable. Okay? So that's what you do. And then as far as like during the vacation, that's another thing is for us, for us Solarpreneurs, it's tough to turn off. Okay. It's tough to turn our brains off. We want to be making money. We want to be feeling like we're improving. And that's something that I've struggled with too, is I just feel like I'm on a vacation. I can't, what am I doing? I'm not making money. It's tough to like, I'm not growing necessarily. But get rid of that mindset. You can grow in other ways though. So I talked about using, use the trip for other things, such as relationships. You don't need to be working a hundred percent in the trip.Speaker 2 (14:45):You shouldn't be working, you know, the same way you were before, but use it to focus on other things I've talked with a lot of successful people that, um, have, you know, thoughts on that. Like work-life balance. If it's a myth and what all these guys are saying is you work in seasons, K you there's no balance. Right? And we did an episode on this recently, but balance, it's a myth. Hey, they're seasons. So you push hard. And that's what I'm talking about. You push hard before a trip and then your balance is shifting. You're not working. Then what you should you be focusing on? You should be pushing hard towards those relationships. If for me, I'm married, sin, something I'm trying to improve on. I'm definitely not perfect. I struggle with them. Yeah. Not giving my wife enough attention. So you can go give her a shout out if you want.Speaker 2 (15:38):Tell her, sorry for me not giving her enough attention. But this is something that I'm trying to improve on is use these trips as seasons to improve my relationships, improve my relationships with my friends, with my family. And then number two, using, uh, using your vacations for learning too. Okay. I always bring a good book. Bring your audio books. You're not reading the whole time, but I just got done with 75 hard where you read, uh, the 10 pages every day. Okay. In my trips, I try to read at least 20 pages. So you use it as education. And that's how, for me, as a Solarpreneur, as an entrepreneur, that's how I get that part of my brain. That still feel like I'm making progress is I use it to, you know, improve my craft. I use it to learn new things that I can go back and implement right when I get back.Speaker 2 (16:32):So that's my thoughts on the vacations and Taylor McCarthy, he's going to talk more about his throwdowns. The vacations don't necessarily have to do with what we talked about, but I just got reminded of it because I'm going to be on a trip and Taylor McCarthy talks about his throwdowns. So go make sure you listen to the next episode. It's going to be lit. Share this with a friend, if you're going on a vacation. Okay. Remember those two things use it as fuel to push extremely hard to before you leave and then make sure you use your vacation time as the season to focus on your relationships and focus on yourself, improvements on your sales skills. Okay. Fuel that side of your brain too. So that's my thoughts. Let me know what you thought. Let me know if you guys have anything else that helps you as you're preparing to go on vacations, whereas you leave. And then remember when you get back, don't take forever to get back into it. Like I did push hard. When you get back, get your pipeline backflow and back full, and don't take forever to get back into the flow of yourself. Hope you enjoyed it. Listen to next episode. Love you guys. And we'll see you on the next one.Speaker 3 (17:45):Hey Solarpreneurs. Quick question. What if you could surround yourself with the industry's top performing sales pros, marketers, and CEOs, and learn from their experience and wisdom in less than 20 minutes a day. For the last three years, I've been placed in the fortunate position to interview dozens of elite solar professionals and learn exactly what they do behind closed doors to build their solar careers to an all-star level. That's why I want to make a truly special announcement about the new solar learning community, exclusively for solar professionals to learn, compete, and win with the top performers in the industry. And it's called Solciety. This learning community was designed from the ground up to level the playing field and give solar pros access to proven mentors who want to give back to this community and to help you or your team to be held accountable by the industry's brightest minds. For, are you ready for it? Less than $3 and 45 cents a day currently society's closed the public and membership is by invitation only, but Solarpreneurs can go to society.co to learn more and have the option to join a wait list. When a membership becomes available in your area. Again, this is exclusively for Solarpreneur listeners. So be sure to go to www.solciety.co to join the waitlist and learn more now. Thanks again for listening. We'll catch you again in the next episode.

Scott, Craig, & Kyle are joined by guest Todd Peterson talking about sharing Jesus in everyday life and how do you influence others for Jesus. The Find & Follow podcast is all about helping you find and follow Jesus in everyday life! www.mc.life/podcast Show Notes: Bible Project Galatians Read Galatians

In today’s episode, Phil talks with former NFL kicker Todd Peterson and his wife Susan about their time in the NFL and the incredible mission God called them to after. For most people, a career as a professional athlete would be the highlight of their lives, but for the Petersons, it was just the launching pad to something greater. Hear them discuss their incredible work with Bible translation and their goal of ending Bible poverty around the world. Find out more about the amazing organizations they work with here: https://seedcompany.com/ https://illuminations.bible/

Mike Schaefer, Brian Christopherson and Michael Bruntz get you ready for the Huskers' matchup with Iowa on Black Friday. This week, the guys are joined by former Husker wide receiver Todd Peterson, who offers oddly specific predictions and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael and Joe with special guest and poker aficionado, Todd Peterson.  Friday 6/12/20, Nick Zaglifa from Oliva Cigar Co. will be hanging out at En Fuego Las Vegas (on Sahara).  Drop on by and enjoy a stick with Nick.  Need to reload? click here

Michael and Joe with special guest and poker aficionado, Todd Peterson.  Friday 6/12/20, Nick Zaglifa from Oliva Cigar Co. will be hanging out at En Fuego Las Vegas (on Sahara).  Drop on by and enjoy a stick with Nick.  Need to reload? click here

Today, Co-Hosts DJ Chuang and Kenny Jahng introduce you to Illumination.Bible's own Mart Green and Todd Peterson. They discuss getting Bible translation out to the whole world in all heart languages to spread the Word and their mission to provide all people access to God's Word by 2033. Illuminations.BibleLiked this episode? Help us by submitting a review on iTunes about the Future.Bible Podcast so more church technologists and leaders can discover these interviews and episodes. You can catch future episodes on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify and other podcast outlets, and be sure to keep up to date on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and our blog!

SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING TODD PETERSON! It is always great to see what the FFA can bring out in students.  Our guest today, Todd Peterson, is now a finalist for the award of National Star Farmer.  He is one of these students who makes it look easy, almost like it was his destiny to achieve this much in the FFA.  But looking back on his journey, he had humble beginnings like everyone else. On today's episode Todd recounts his journey, starting in his freshman year of high school when he first joined the FFA.  Todd's advisor explained to him and the rest of the class what a supervised agricultural experience was, and why they were all expected to have one. Over the next few days Todd tried to think of what to do, and he finally approached his father with the question.  At that point the idea of coming up with a partnership on a grain growing and wheat straw business was developed.  Todd entered into this partnership with his father, uncle and cousin.  This seemed to be the match that lit the fire for Todd. Over the next four years of high school Todd started leasing more and more farms on his own.  He did this with his earnings from the grain and straw business, but became completely independent.  Soon, he was farming well over 300 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat all on his own. This has of course led Todd to the big stage at the National FFA Convention in 2019.  It has also led him to Ohio State University and a major in agribusiness and agronomy. Good luck Todd! SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Crop Production HIGH SCHOOL: Miami Trace High School; Washington Courthouse, Ohio MASCOT: Panthers FFA ADVISOR: Bruce Bennett CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TODD PETERSON: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Miami Trace High School Ag. Department's website: Todd's FFA Advisor's Email Address: bennettb@greatoaks.com Miami Trace High School's Telephone Number: (740) 335-3010 FFA LINKS: National FFA Organization Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE's) Support FFA  Donate to FFA - One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000.  In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants.  With your donations, more students can get this head start - pay it forward. REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA: Only 2% of Americans grow and raise most of the food and livestock consumed by the other 98% as well as the rest of the world.  FFA is providing the needed education, training and resources to Americans that will carry that torch forward and insure that America continues to have inexpensive, quality food. Rural Communities will rely on entrepreneurship in the future for population growth and job creation.  The FFA is a major catalyst to that entrepreneurial growth. Farmers, ranchers and those working in agriculture give the rest of America incredible amounts of freedom because the search for food is as simple as going to the grocery store: “The future of American agriculture depends on the involvement and investment in America’s youth, In order to prepare for the population of tomorrow, we need to encourage America’s youth today, and show that careers in agriculture are profitable, rewarding, and vital.”. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue Where Off-Farm Income And Matt Brechwald Can Be Heard:   Member Of The National Association Of Farm Broadcasters

Former Husker WR Todd Peterson stops by to chat with Nick. They discuss his career, his mindset as a walk-on, dealing with a coaching change, the current Husker WR’s, what makes a good deep threat, QB/WR chemistry, and more! #NickBahePodcast #CollegeFootball #CollegeBasketball #Huskers #Creighton   Subscribe, rate, and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts so you don't miss an episode! Also follow up on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter OR NickBahe.com A Parkville Media Production. A podcast management and audio production company based in Omaha, NE.

On this THROWBACK THURSDAY edition of the podcast, we revisit our conversation from Episode 20 with Pastor Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Atlanta.  Louie Giglio is the founder of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus. Since 1997, Passion has gathered collegiate-aged young people in events across the U.S. and around the world. At the Passion gathering in January of 2017, more than 55,000 students gathered in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome in one of the largest collegiate gatherings in its history. Louie is a passionate sports fan, who lives and dies with his Auburn Tigers football team. He’s also a huge fan of Atlanta sports, including the NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons. Giglio pastors tons of athletes in their walk with Jesus Christ and even started Passion City Church with a former NFL kicker, Todd Peterson. You can listen to the entire interview with Louie from Episode 20 in July of 2017 here.  For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

LSU dropped its second home conference loss of the season Wednesday, this time to Florida.  Will Wade discusses the loss and the offensive possession at the end of regulation.  It's never too early to look ahead to football season and one website has LSU an 8-point favorite at Texas in September.  The baseball Tigers welcome in Bryant this weekend and pitching coach Alan Dunn gave his early thoughts on Zack Hess and Todd Peterson.  We wrap up with your LIVE Q&A.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LSU dropped its second home conference loss of the season Wednesday, this time to Florida.  Will Wade discusses the loss and the offensive possession at the end of regulation.  It's never too early to look ahead to football season and one website has LSU an 8-point favorite at Texas in September.  The baseball Tigers welcome in Bryant this weekend and pitching coach Alan Dunn gave his early thoughts on Zack Hess and Todd Peterson.  We wrap up with your LIVE Q&A.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We believe wholeheartedly that the future pastors, leaders, and marketplace giants are sitting in our very seats each and every Sunday. These 3x10s allow for three of our up-and-coming leaders to speak from their own experience and passion for ten minutes each.

Todd Peterson talks about the new weekly newspaper in the capital district

Todd Peterson and Mart Green have a shared passion to make the Word of God accessible to everyone—including the thousands of unreached people groups across the globe. Hear how Bible translation organizations are putting collaboration into action, and plan to reach their translation goals 117 years ahead of schedule! Be encouraged by testimonies of partnership in ministry as you discover the power in joining forces, aligning visions, and showing extravagant generosity.

The crew recaps coverage of the Ohio FFA Convention, in which the student reporters spoke with keynote speaker Eddie George and Dale Minyo talked with Todd Peterson. An important call to action day for corn farmers is here and Ty Higgins caught up with Ohio Corn and Wheat's Tadd Nicholson. A sinkhole in a farm field in Logan County is getting attention. Joel Penhorwood hears from Sunny Yoesting on the situation happening on her farm. All that and much more in this week's podcast, sponsored by AgriGold.

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week George continues his interview with Dr. Todd Peterson. In this episode George and Todd pick up where they left off and get right into managing practice growth. Todd gives his insight into the challenges that his practice faced with rapid growth - averaging 120 new patients per month! Startups can be romanticized and dentists might get discouraged hearing all the success stories. George and Todd emphasized that dentists need a plan that is well thought out about how they can scale and grow a startup. Thanks for listening to this week’s episode of the Shared Practices Podcast!   To learn more about your 2-Day Reboot Training, and the other services Design Ergonomics offers, go to  www.dental-reboot.com  Enter promo-code “Shared Training” on the Contact page to receive a 20% discount on your first Reboot Training off for a limited time! Team up with Dental Planet at: https://www.dentalplanet.com/  Be sure to mention “Shared Practices” to receive additional discounts! Our Episode Resource Page where you can find all of the resources from our episodes - for free! Join our Facebook Group! Reach out to George- George@sharedpractices.com   Dr. Todd Petersen began his college career at Brigham Young University. He transferred to the University of Oklahoma, and was accepted into the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, where he earned his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree. Todd’s practice can be found here: http://marinahillsdental.com/

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week George interviews Dr. Todd Peterson. Todd is a practice owner in Spring Creek, Nevada. Todd is famous for his thread on DentalTown detailing his progress with starting his office from scratch straight out of dental school! In this episode, George and Todd discuss the drive and determination that it takes to do a scratch startup. Todd goes through the process of securing financing, construction, and marketing campaigns. This episode was so packed with content that Todd is coming back next week for Part 2! Thanks for listening to this week’s episode of the Shared Practices Podcast! To learn more about how Design Ergonomics can make your startup a reality, go to www.desergo.com  Or Call 1-800-275-2547 today! Enter promo-code “Podcast Design” in the Contact page to receive $200 off Design Ergonomics Introductory Design Service. Team up with Dental Planet at: https://www.dentalplanet.com/  Be sure to mention “Shared Practices” to receive additional discounts! Our Episode Resource Page where you can find all of the resources from our episodes - for free! Join our Facebook Group! Reach out to George- George@sharedpractices.com   Dr. Todd Petersen began his college career at Brigham Young University. He transferred to the University of Oklahoma, and was accepted into the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, where he earned his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree. Todd’s practice can be found here: http://marinahillsdental.com/

1) What is your identity wrapped up in? Direction determines your destiny. 2) Who are you? Not your name or what you do for a paycheck, but who are you as a man? 3) A rich man leaves an inheritance for his children's children. The inheritance is not necessarily money. 4) God created you with a purpose to have positive impact within your community. God did not create you to live isolated outside of your community.

Episode 57. Todd Peterson Making Real Money From Fantasy Sports As A CEO by Nick Kho

Louie Giglio is the pastor of Passion City Church and the founder of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus. Since 1997, Passion has gathered collegiate-aged young people in events across the U.S. and around the world. Most recently, Passion 2017 gathered more than 55,000 students in Atlanta's Georgia Dome in one of the largest collegiate gatherings in its history. Louie is a passionate sports fan, who lives and dies with his Auburn Tigers football team. He's also a huge fan of Atlanta sports, including the NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons. Giglio pastors tons of athletes in their walk with Jesus Christ and even started Passion City Church with a former NFL kicker, Todd Peterson. Giglio has authored four books including "The Comeback," "The Air I Breathe," and his latest "Goliath Must Fall." Louie and his wife Shelley make their home in Atlanta. On this episode of the podcast, Louie Giglio shares why he began the Passion movement, planting a church at 50 years old, his love for the Auburn Tigers, why he wrote "Goliath Must Fall" and whether or not he's gotten over the Falcons Super Bowl loss to the Patriots. For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com

Part 7 of the series: Habit Message given by Todd Peterson

The folks at 501cTech describes themselves as "the people who help the people who help the people," and today we sit down with Todd Peterson who runs their Client Services division. Are you storing sensitive data on an Excel spreadsheet or flash drive? It's time to modernize. No matter how many staff an organization has, it will require IT services and 501cTech provides a full-range of services to nonprofits. While providing help-desk and other services to over 70 clients across the DC region, one question comes up again and again. Can you guess the most pressing question? To find the answer and how you could improve the performance of your own organization, don't miss today's episode. As 501cTECH’s VP, Client Relations, Todd oversees account management and new client acquisition. Previously, he managed 501cTECH’s service desk, network administration procedure and staff—doing everything from developing high-level IT strategy for clients, to managing 501cTECH technical personnel and client projects. 501cTECH, formerly known as NPower Greater DC and previously Technology Works for Good, was created in 1999 by our region’s philanthropic and business leaders to serve as a trusted source for the nonprofit community in the critical area of information technology.

Message given by Todd Peterson

Message given by Todd Peterson

Taking a look back over the previous year, Louie updates us on the status of Do Something Now from Passion07. Special guests Todd Peterson and Heather Mercer join in for updates on OneVerse/The Seed Company and Global Hope.