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CJ McClanahan is a Business Keynote Speaker and Sales and Leadership Coach with more than 25 years of executive leadership experience.  He helps organizations achieve their financial goals as well as connect them with a bigger purpose - giving back. Find out more about CJ and his mission to serve others and support amazing charities along the way on this week’s show!    Key Takeaways: [3:05] What is the Two Rule Foundation about?  [5:35] No matter the amount of money CJ’s coaching clients made or goals they had achieved, they still found themselves unhappy and unsatisfied. [7:15] What is our purpose in life? It’s always to give back! [9:45] How is it possible that humans were able to survive all these years? It’s because we banded and worked together in tribes. [14:10] Let’s be clear, we’re all a little bit selfish, but giving back to make yourself (and others) happy, that’s the good kind of selfish.  [16:00] On the fence about giving back? Try it yourself and see how it goes. [16:40] How does CJ help high-achievers become more ‘selfish’? [21:30] 89% of consumers will switch to an alternative brand if they’re doing something good.  [28:10] CJ talks about a local Indianapolis charity that’s close to his heart.  [28:45] Imagine what would happen if all children, in all communities, had a level playing field.  [29:15] CJ participated in a Make-A-Wish and it charged his life forever.  [35:35] Who wants to live in an ‘either/or’ life? We’ve convinced ourselves that this is okay, but it can change. [36:05] Did you know that Big Brothers/ Big Sisters has thousands of kids on their waiting list? [40:10] CJ’s organization doesn’t tell people where to give their money. He wants people to give their money directly to the organization they support.  [40:45] Two Rule Foundation has a pledge coming up as well as other events.  [44:25] Please sign up for Two Rule’s newsletter for more information!    Mentioned in This Episode: Giving Back Podcast Two Rule Foundation CJ McClanahan CJ McClanahan on LinkedIn Shepherd Community Center Make-A-Wish Foundation Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America on Wikipedia College Mentors for Kids

CJ McClanahan (@cjmccoach) and Logan Brown (@realloganbrown) field your questions and comments for Mentor Minutes! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming Mentor Minutes episodes, drop us a line at   questions@cjmcclanahan.com. Now, let's dive in! On This Week's Mentor Minutes, We Discuss: What should you consider when deciding whether or not to start a business with your significant other? How can you be a better entrepreneur and business person when you are a perfectionist? How should a CEO of a non-profit approach stepping down and appointing a successor? How do you get introverted employee to open up and express their “why? What challenges have CJ and his wife faced in working together, and what has been the most rewarding part of working together? How can you try to limit the impact of social media has on your children? What can managers or supervisors do to engage and motivate millennial employees? Recommendations of the Week: Give Yourself a Break and Irresistible. Have any questions, comments, or stories you’d like to share with us? Drop us a line at questions@cjmcclanahan.com! Connect with CJ on Twitter at @CJMcCoach and LinkedIn Connect with Logan on Instagram at @logand.brown and on LinkedIn, and check out his blog: The Realationship Project. Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! (Download Episode Here) ​(Subscribe in iTunes Here) ​(Connect with CJ on Linkedin) The Two Rule Foundation is on a mission to helps inspire professionals to live gratefully and commit more of their resources to help those in need. The foundation can help you determine who you should give your money to and how. Looking to get more out of all your hard work? Enroll in ThriveMap University, and online video training program for professionals. 100% of the proceeds are donated to the Two Rule Foundation.

Bryan Falchuk (@BryanFalchuk) has been an overachiever his whole life. When his life started to crumble, he took a step back, put on his consultant's hat and examined what was holding him back. No long after, Bryan drop a lot of weight, reorganized his daily routine, became a vegan, and developed a life-transformation system he calls "Do A Day." “I felt like an idiot every single day, and that was exactly what I wanted. I grew a lot at Tuck, but the amount of growth I went through during those two years at McKinsey was on a whole other level.” - Bryan Falchuk What We Discuss with Bryan Falchuk: How Bryan escaped the Dot Com bubble just as he was starting his career. Working at McKinsey & Co. as a 20-something who knows nothing. His wife's battle with chronic lyme disease. How Bryan has kept off 100 lbs. of excess weight. The 'Do-A-Day' framework. His current role in the c-suite. Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! (Download Episode Here) ​(Subscribe in iTunes Here) (Connect with CJ)   (Can 3 Simple Numbers Rescue Troubled Relationships? from Bryan Falchuk via TEDxTalks) ​​​​​​Please Scroll Down for Full Show Notes and Featured Resources!   The Two Rule Foundation helps inspire professionals to live gratefully and commit more of their resources to help those in need. The foundation can help you determine who you should give your money to and how. Looking to get more out of all your hard work? Enroll in ThriveMap University, an online video program for professionals. 100% of proceeds are donated to the Two Rule Foundation. More About the Show Bryan Falchuk had everything going for him in his career. He avoided the Dot Com bubble bursting by graduating a year early and taking a full-time internal strategy role at Liberty Mutual Insurance. A few years a couple job titles later, Bryan went back to school, earning his MBA in Business from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University. Afterwards, Bryan accepted a consulting position at the McKinsey & Company, where he stayed for nearly three years. Leaning on his experience in the insurance industry, Bryan took himself back into insurance and spent over six yers traveling the globe with UK-based Beazley Group. However, while everything was looking up in his career, life at home wasn't so joyous. For decades, Bryan's wife had suffered terrible, seemingly-unprovoked 24-48hr illnesses. For a day or two at a time, she'd be a sick as she'd ever been, and then it would subside. And in 2011, she suffered another episode, only this time for weeks she wasn't getting better. "It all came to a head on June 30th, when she was down to about 100 lbs. and losing two pounds a day," Falchuk says. "Her doctor called to tell me he was going on vacation for six weeks and he'd check in when he was back. If you do the math on that, she wasn't going to make it six weeks."   Bryan says this was his light bulb moment. THANKS, Bryan Falchuk! If you enjoyed this show with best-selling author, coach, speaker & consulting professional Bryan Falchuk, let him know by clicking on the links below and sending him a quick shout out on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.​ Click here to connect with Bryan on LinkedIn Thank Bryan on Twitter! Connect with Bryan on Facebook! Follow Bryan on Instagram! Click here to let CJ know about your number one takeaway from this episode! If you’d like to ask a question with a chance of having me answer it on the show, please leave me a voicemail by clicking below: This is a great way to cross-promote your blog or website because if I use your question on the show, I will link to it in the show notes!​ Mentioned in This Episode: Bowdoin College Internships at Liberty Mutual Insurance Tuck School of Business McKinsey & Company Undergraduate Development Program at Liberty Mutual Chronic Lyme Disease Do A Day Book use coupon code SUCCESS2 at checkout for an exclusive discount NewBodi.es Bryan Falchuk at TEDxSevilleSq

Before joining the faculty at Harvard University, Dr. Matthew T. Lee spent many years as a criminologist, studying and researching the dark side of the human mind and behavior. Today, Dr. Lee studies concepts of love and is the Director of Empirical Research for the Program on Integrative Knowledge and Human Flourishing at Harvard University. “Why would a missionary continue to go out into a dangerous circumstance, putting their life in jeopardy, contracting deadly diseases, when everyone else pulls out? What keeps them going, and what can the rest of us learn from these spiritual exemplars?”​ - Dr. Matthew T. Lee What We Discuss with Dr. Matthew T. Lee: How Dr. Lee landed a position at Harvard University researching love, after spending many years studying the darkside of human nature. The correlation between altruistic service and personal gratification. Dr. Lee’s work with kids in recovery from alcohol, drugs, and various forms of delinquencies. Systems for creating more ‘loving’ environments in the workplace. How compassionate company cultures help businesses to flourish. ​He is the co-author of The Heart of Religion: Spiritual Empowerment, Benevolence, and the Experience of God’s Love, published by Oxford University Press, in addition to 50+ articles/book chapters and four other books. In episode 110, Dr. Lee shares his insights around concepts of benevolence, compassion, volunteering and experiences of divine love in this riveting episode you’ll want to listen to again. Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! (Download Episode Here) ​(Subscribe in iTunes Here) (Connect with CJ) Please Scroll Down for Full Show Notes and Featured Resources! The Two Rule Foundation helps inspire professionals to live gratefully and commit more of their resources to help those in need. The foundation can help you determine who you should give your money to and how. Looking to get more out of all your hard work? Enroll in ThriveMap University, an online video program for professionals. 100% of proceeds are donated to the Two Rule Foundation. More About Dr. Lee ​As an assistant professor researching the dark side of human nature, Matt made a comment to a colleague that he wished to teach a class on love, but because he wasn’t tenured he wasn’t comfortable exploring it with the administration. While he never gave up on his dream, it took him several years of just being grateful for the opportunities that came his way, he was introduced to Dr. Stephen Post, who requested Matt join him at the organization he formed called the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Without hesitation, Matt took the position as and served as Vice President and Project Director for a $2.3M grant called the Flame of Love aimed on fulfilling the “Great Commandment”—loving and knowing God’s love and then reaching out to love others. “It’s interesting that so many people have had experiences of divine love - real meaningful experiences,” Lee says. “Roughly 80-percent of Americans have this experience that increases their compassion for others, makes them want to reach out to somebody in need, whether it’s a friend, a stranger, or perhaps sometimes even an enemy.” Going further into his research, an overwhelming pattern began to appear. Lee would discover scientific evidence that supported the hypothesis that serving others leads to greater levels of perceived happiness. “What people discover… is when they serve others, they begin to appreciate the sacred quality of life and the sacred quality of relationships that they didn’t fully appreciate before,” Lee says. In the recent years, Dr. Lee has been working with kids in recovery from substance abuse and delinquencies and saw that a lot of them came from adverse backgrounds -- they had been neglected or victimized in some way -- and many of them adapted by becoming depressed, self-centered or narcissistic. However, when these same kids are in recovery and start getting involved in the twin virtues of Love and Service, the world shifts for them. “There’s a difference between work that’s interesting and rewarding, and work that is truly significant,” Lee says. “It may be that the work is truly significant is not the work we do for a paycheck, it’s not what we do for the most of our waking hours that give us meaning.” THANKS, Dr. Matthew T. Lee! If you enjoyed this show with Harvard University Director of Empirical Research Dr. Matthew T. Lee, let CJ know by clicking on the link below. Click here to let CJ know about your number one takeaway from this episode! Mentioned in This Episode: Program on Integrative Knowledge and Human Flourishing The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love The Hidden Gifts of Helping by Dr. Stephen G. Post The Heart of Religion by Dr. Matthew T. Lee, Margaret Paloma, and Dr. Stephen G. Post​​ Compassion and Healing in Medicine and Society by Dr. Gregory Fricchione​​ The Philosophy and Life of Søren Kierkegaard Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl Benson-Henry Institute For Mind Body Medicine The Compassion Lab Heart to Heart On the Promotion of Human Flourish by Harvard School of Public Health

Unlike her siblings, Isabel Hundt (@IsabelKHundt) has always seen things differently, both in the figurative sense, and literally. Isabel has a rare quality called synesthesia. What this means for Isabel is sounds, number and emotions appear to have colors. If you are sad, and are feeling ‘blue’, she can actually see a blue aura around you. Isabel grew up in East Germany during the Cold War, the oldest of five children. As a twelve-year old, she had a vision of speaking on stage in front of thousands of people. However, she wasn’t speaking German -- in her vision she was speaking English. ​"Everything I've done after the age of 18 was always with the goal of coming to the U.S." - Isabel Hundt What We Discuss with Isabel Hundt: How Isabel became enraptured with the English language and the United States. Isabel's battle with depression as a student at the University of Stuttgart. Her experiences working as an au pair during her late teens and twenties. How she became a life coach, then a business coach, then a spiritual coach. What it means to be an empath and how to recognize the signs. Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! (Download Episode Here) (Subscribe in iTunes Here) (Connect with CJ)   Please Scroll Down for Full Show Notes and Featured Resources! The Two Rule Foundation helps inspire professionals to live gratefully and commit more of their resources to help those in need. The foundation can help you determine who you should give your money to and how. Looking to get more out of all your hard work? Enroll in ThriveMap University, an online video program for professionals. 100% of proceeds are donated to the Two Rule Foundation. More About This Show After switching universities and changing majors from studying economics to sociology & psychology, Isabel thought she knew exactly how life was supposed to look like. In her mid-twenties, and still without her degree, Isabel was determined to have a normal life. She condensed her studies from four years to three so she could get her career started and make her way back to America. Shortly after graduating, she discovered the whole time she was in school her boyfriend had been cheating on her the whole time they were together, and some of those women harass her and say terrible things. However she didn’t let that stop her. Instead, she dug her heels, asking herself “what is normal?”, and resolving that she would have her own path. Not long after, immigration laws changed in the U.S. and Isabel was once again able to return to work as an au pair. But her struggles didn’t stop there. By this time she was in her late twenties, and she’d be subjected to prejudice from her host families, be kicked out on the street with all her belongings, and forced to move across country to retain her visa. It was only then that a good friend would say something that would change her life forever. “Isabel, when you just look at people, people know that you know something about them that they don’t want you to know. They trust you easily, but they are afraid that you see the real them.” Low and behold, she’d make her way to Indianapolis, Indiana studying to get her master’s in counseling at IUPUI. While at IUPUI she would meet her future husband, get her master’s degree. Later, she would discover her calling as a life transformation coach and learn that she’s an empath. For nearly a decade now, Isabel has been living out her childhood dream, and has been speaking onstage (in English!) and helping highly-sensitive people navigate their inner worlds and become the best version of themselves. Isabel is the author The Power of Faith-Driven Success, creator of The Empath Warrior Program, has appeared on 70+ podcasts including Entrepreneur on Fire with John Lee Dumas, and is an accomplished motivational speaker. Catch her on social media and check out her Youtube channel. THANKS, Isabel Hundt! If you enjoyed this session with life transformation coach, speaker, & author Isabel Hundt let her know by clicking on the links below and sending her a quick shout out on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. Click here to thank Isabel on Twitter! Connect with Isabel on Facebook! Follow Isabel on Instagram! Click here to let CJ know about your number one takeaway from this episode! And if you want us to answer your questions on one of our upcoming episodes, drop us a line at podcast@cjmcclanahan.com. Mentioned in This Episode: Find Out If You Have Synesthesia via Business Insider University of Stuttgart Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) ActionCOACH - business coaching ​The Differences Between Highly Sensitive People and Empaths via Psychology Today Four Signs You May Be an Empath-Warrior via HuffPost The Empath-Warrior Coaching Program taught by Isabel Hundt The Power of Faith-Driven Success book by Isabel Hundt The Empowered Warrior ebook by Isabel Hundt Isabel on Entrepreneur On Fire Episode 1823

No matter how much more you do today, you'll never get everything you need to do done. Let's face it, ever since we could take home with our laptops and fast wi-fi connections, we work more than ever. This hasn't lead to getting more things done; rather more things to do and an unhealthy expectation of getting it all done. On this episode, we'll look at ways to take back our freedom from the distractions caused by the very technology we expect to helps us get more done. Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! (Download Episode Here) ​(Subscribe in iTunes Here) ​(Connect with CJ on Linkedin) Have any questions, comments, or stories you’d like to share with us? Drop us a line at podcast@cjmcclanahan.com! Connect with CJ on Twitter at @CJMcCoach and on Linkedin On This Week's Episode, We Discuss: Reducing Distractions as a Result of Technology What work-life balance was like before the modern age of the computer and internet. How the printer cut the time it took CJ to do his very first job as a payroll clerk by 90%... How CJ developed a habit of continuing to work at home on nights and weekends. The steps CJ took to overcome an unhealthy obsession with piling more on his plate, so he could find more people to compare himself to. What you can do to reduce amount of noise in your life and its impact. Please Scroll Down for Full Show Notes and Featured Resources! The Two Rule Foundation is on a mission to helps inspire professionals to live gratefully and commit more of their resources to help those in need. The foundation can help you determine who you should give your money to and how. Looking to get more out of all your hard work? Enroll in ThriveMap University, and online video training program for professionals. 100% of the proceeds are donated to the Two Rule Foundation. More About This Show At the start of his career with Arthur Anderson, his was given a laptop. It was his first, and completely useless by today's standards; nonetheless, that evening, the routine of work would change forever. Later that night, he would pull out his new gadget, wait for the strange noise and a flashy cursor-thingy.  He'd fumble through a clunky user-interface, and with luck, be able to find the 'file' he was supposed to 'open' on his 'hard drive'. At the time, these were all very new terms. And as time passed, CJ's career grew, and the power and breadth of devices to help his work become less location-bound, CJ would find himself stealing time from other important areas of his life to 'get caught up' or 'get ahead' with work. While this allowed his career to seemingly progress faster, when he became a business owner and a father all at the same time, it would take him 4 or 5 years to understand how devastating his obsession with work was becoming. CJ's since learned to practice a much more balance life with firm boundaries between work and everything else.  5 Annoying Things that Keep You From Being Really Productive (And How to Begin Addressing Them) Notifications - Keep them off by default. Emails, texts, pushes, payments, reminders, deals, coupons, alerts...  this goes for your Apple watch or smart watch as well SOLUTION: Turn them off, get a separate alarm clock. Make regular times of checking what is most important to you, rather than to the email list you are on. Time Vampires - one quick question can turn into 10-20 minutes or more, plus another 7-20 minutes to get back in the groove. Two or three questions and you've lost a huge part of your day. SOLUTION: Close your door, turn on and be visibly in 'Do Not Disturb' mode. Schedule regular time for employees to meet with you for anything not absolutely urgent. Leave your laptop at the office - If your office is a table at Starbucks, maybe this isn't for you, but if you have a coworkers you trust, non-sensitive information and otherwise no reason to worry about security issues, you take advantage of the opportunity to free yourself from being shackled to your computer. No computer, not as much work. SOLUTION: Even if you can't physically keep yourself away from your computer, you can turn it off, keep it stashed somewhere inconvenient. But whatever you do, keep it as far away from your bed as possible. Short charging cables - Charging cords for smartphones are just long enough to read your bedside table. And since our phone is the last thing we check before we got to bed, for most of us, it's the very first thing we do in the morning... even before throwing off the covers.  SOLUTION: Plug your charger into an outlet in another room. Make a pledge to not check your phone after a specific time and stick with it. Train the aforementioned Time Vampires not to expect an immediate response or any response during times you've set aside. Digital tasks and note pads - When we think of something, but don't write it down, we create a feedback loop that throws our momentum off. We think that by analyze the thought right then and there, we can determine whether or not it could be beneficial to our present situation to pursue further. However most the time these aren't good ideas or the timing isn't right, so we can't do anything with it. We have no choice but the continue to entertain the ideation process though because some of our ideas are really good and can be capitalized upon. SOLUTION: Get a tiny notepad or journal from the 99¢ store, keep it with you at all times, and jot down the ideas you have. You'll then be able to go back and revisit the idea when you are refreshed and avoid creating a feedback loop that drives you crazy and unfocused. Click here to let CJ know about your number one takeaway from this episode! And if you want us to answer your questions on one of our upcoming episodes, drop us a line at podcast@cjmcclanahan.com.

After more than 40 years in TV broadcasting, Indianapolis NBC nightly news legend John Stehr (@JohnWTHR) announced his retirement. Now pushing 60, John has had some time to reflect on the events in his career & personal life, and how they have shape his entire existence. “There I was sitting in the newsroom and the General Manager came in and said 'well, how about that kid?' I was 21 years old. I would NEVER give a 21 year old that kind of responsibility, but, thankfully, he did." – John Stehr, WTHR Lead Anchor Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! (Download Episode Here) (Subscribe in iTunes Here) (Connect with CJ)   (Anchor John Stehr announces retirement from WTHR via Youtube) What We Discuss with John: How John got into television broadcasting as a 21 year old in Erie, PA. The development of John's career Creating a #1 show for more than two decades straight. John's strategy for connecting with viewers on a one-to-one level. Advice for the 25 year old looking to get into  journalism & broadcasting. How the loss of his first born has shaped John's perspective in life. What is John going to do with his newfound time in his retirement? Please Scroll Down for Full Show Notes and Featured Resources! The Two Rule Foundation helps inspire professionals to live gratefully and commit more of their resources to help those in need. The foundation can help you determine who you should give your money to and how. Looking to get more out of all your hard work? Enroll in ThriveMap University, an online video program for professionals. 100% of proceeds are donated to the Two Rule Foundation. More About This Show John Stehr knew from an early age that he was going to be a TV journalist. Now nearing 60, John has had some time to reflect on the events in his career and personal life and how they have helped shape his entire existence. "The News was very important to my family when I was a kid. We made sure to have dinner before 6 o'clock so we could watch the local news from 6 to 6:30. Then at 6:30 it was Walter Cronkite with the CBS Night News... I knew from 5 years old that that was what I going to do," John says. As a student at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, John studied Communications, and by the time he graduated, he was the 6 and 11 o'clock anchor for the local CBS affiliate. From there, John would go on to work for several other stations throughout the country, eventually settling in at the Indianapolis NBC-affiliate WTHR. At the time, the station struggled with viewership. However, John saw that as an opportunity rather than a challenge. Before long, WTHR's Eyewitness News would become the top-rated program, and held the spot for over 20 years! While his career has been a shining example of what it looks like to do it right, John and his family have not been without trials and have faced some of the most gut-wrenching situations imaginable, including the death of their first born child at the age of 4. Up until recently, John was under close monitoring for an aneurysm in his aorta. After having emergency open-heart surgery in summer 2017, John has made a full recovery, and is excited to enter a new chapter. THANKS, John Stehr! If you enjoyed this session with TV journalist John Stehr, let him know by clicking on the link below and sending him a quick shout out on Twitter: Click here to thank John on Twitter! Click here to connect with John on Facebook! Click here to let CJ know about your number one takeaway from this episode! And if you want us to answer your questions on one of our upcoming episodes, drop us a line at podcast@cjmcclanahan.com. Mentioned in This Episode: WTHR Channel 13, NBC affiliate in Indianapolis Walter Cronkite Gannon University Aortic Aneurysm  

Shelley Hunter began working with College Mentors For Kids (@CollegeMentors) as a volunteer. Fast forward 20+ years later and Shelley is the CEO. She’s not the only one in the organization that started at the very bottom rung. COO Amanda Koushyar also started on with College Mentors as a volunteer. With their leadership, College Mentors For Kids has impacted more than 25,000 students on 30+ campuses in 9 states around the U.S. “When they [little buddies] are on campus, they are learning about different careers they can have, what it’s like to be in college; and they get to really experience those firsthand.” – Amanda Koushyar, COO of College Mentors For Kids Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! (Download Episode Here) (Subscribe in iTunes Here) (Connect with CJ)   (College Mentors For Kids Mini Documentary from College Mentors For Kids on Youtube.) What We Discuss with Shelley & Amanda: How Shelley Hunter was drawn away from her job as a grant writer to volunteer at a tiny non-profit from central Indiana. The statistics that support that mentoring students about creating visions for their future from young ages. What it means to be a College Mentor and how the organization chooses campuses and other organizations to partner with. What goes into creating an impactful experience for both Little Buddies and their Mentors, as well as the parents and the effects on the community. The future vision of College Mentors For Kids, how to become a Mentor, and how to start a chapter. Please Scroll down for Full Show Notes and Featured Resources! Interested in partnering with College Mentors For Kids, becoming a Mentor,  or starting a chapter at your university? Head over to the websites to find out everything you need to know about getting involved. The Two Rule Foundation is on a mission to helps inspire professionals to live gratefully and commit more of their resources to help those in need. The foundation can help you determine who you should give your money to and how. Looking to get more out of all your hard work? Enroll in ThriveMap University, an online video program for professionals. 100% of proceeds are donated to the Two Rule Foundation.   More About This Show courtesy of collegementors.org College Mentors For Kids was started over 20 years ago by two college student friends at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. They imagined a community in which young, underserved children would be given the same educational opportunities and experiences as their peers. Believing college students to be a valuable yet untapped resource for children, the friends set out to design a program that would harness the energy, idealism, and resources that college students and a university campus could offer children. By providing children with positive opportunities they might make healthier life choices and achieve: 1) enhanced understanding of new opportunities they would not have otherwise had; 2) a future in which they are financially independent; and 3) a passion for giving back to their communities that lasts into adulthood.College Mentors applied for non-profit status in 1996 and opened its doors as an official 501(c)3 in 1997. Pilot programs at Indiana University and Butler University paired mentors with 33 local children in the fall and spring of 1996. The following summer, College Mentors opened state-wide headquarters in Indiana. In the next few years, the friends, along with other state staff, established four additional chapters, and helped lay the groundwork for two other chapters before their departure in 2000. Today, College Mentors for Kids serves over 2,500 children across the United States through the volunteer efforts of over 2,800 college students with a national office in Indianapolis, Indiana. College Mentors For Kids has partnered with SMARI to conduct research and understand just how big an impact the program has made in the the community and the lives of it’s little buddies and mentors over the years. According to the findings, 81% Of kids in College Mentors report working harder in school. 95% Of former College Mentors participants successfully avoided the justice system...and are more likely to go on to higher education. 80% Of former little buddies graduated high school; 85% did so in 4 years. 75% Of former little buddies followed the path to college or trade school. 84% of college mentors are likely to participate in additional community service programs after college as a result of being in College Mentors for Kids.   THANKS, Shelley Hunter and Amanda Koushyar! If you enjoyed this session with Shelley Hunter, CEO and Amanda Koushyar, COO of College Mentors For Kids, let her know by clicking on the link below and sending her a quick shout out on Twitter: Click here to thank Shelley & Amanda on Twitter! Click here to let CJ know about your number one takeaway from this episode! And if you want us to answer your questions on one of our upcoming episodes, drop us a line at podcast@cjmcclanahan.com.   Mentioned in This Episode: College Mentors For Kids Wabash College Depauw University Indiana University Purdue University College Mentors on Facebook College Mentors on Instagram College Mentors on Twitter

Do you go to bed before everyone else, or are you person that stays up late? Maybe you stay up late, just to wake up early. You could probably guess that the large portion of Americans at any given moment could use some sleep. Like a several hours more... According to practically every study on sleep behavior, you are absolutely right! Americans continue to hinder their potential, thinking they just need to try harder. That by putting off sleep to hours awake, we are going to get so much more done. Well, on this episode CJ challenges the whole ‘sleep is for the weak’ thing and shares some tricks he uses to get great sleep most every night. [INSERT LIBSYN] (Download Episode Here) (Subscribe in iTunes Here) (Connect with CJ on Linkedin) Have any questions, comments, or stories you’d like to share with us? Drop us a line atpodcast@cjmcclanahan.com! Connect with CJ on Twitter at @cjmccoach and on LinkedIn. Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! On This Week’s Episode, We Discuss:  Risks of Bad Sleeping Habits & How to Overcome Them Why CJ gets an abnormally large amount of sleep, compared to his peers (and has for as long as he can remember). The health repercussions of poor sleep . How sleep deprivation is costing the economy over $400B in lost productivity & healthcare expenses. Strategies for improving varying degrees of sleep limiting behaviors Creating feedback loops that ensures getting a great night of sleep, every night. Please Scroll down for Full Show Notes and Featured Resources! The Two Rule Foundation is on a mission to helps inspire professionals to live gratefully and commit more of their resources to help those in need. The foundation can help you determine who you should give your money to and how. Looking to get more out of all your hard work? Enroll in ThriveMap University, an online video program for professionals. 100% of proceeds are donated to the Two Rule Foundation.  More About This Show According to the Center for Disease Control, ⅓ Americans is not getting enough sleep. A, false, but way too common notion we have is that if we steal an hour from our sleep, we can apply that to work, and then we will be able to get everything we wanted to do in the day done -- if you’re a go-getter maybe you’re getting ahead of schedule (but that’s rarely the case). And this may have served us back when we were farming or working in a plant with little regulations. However, the act of work in our modern economy rewards those that can maximize productivity. Less Sleep = Less Productivity The old tortoise & the hare story, maybe it doesn’t apply when it comes to day-to-day productivity. So this whole “If I sleep less, I can get more done” lie we tell ourselves is what perpetuates our  disengagement. The Rand Corporation recently released a study that concluded sleep deprivation is costing the U.S. economy some $411B+ every year for attributing directly to employee disengagement and healthcare costs. Do you find yourself becoming irritable or grumpy throughout the day? It could be poor nutrition, or you maybe you just need some more sleep. Health Risks Associated with Poor Sleep Diabetes High blood pressure Heart disease Weight gain/obesity Impaired immunity Increase risk of death How would you describe your sleep quality? What time do you go to bed? On average we spend about ⅓ of our day sleeping. If you’re a really go getter that may be more like ¼, but regardless we spend a very significant amount of time on our backs (unless you’re an astronaut). You don’t have to try very hard to see that the the outcome of the other 60-70% of our waking hours, it's smart to get the best mattress you can afford. Strategies to Improve Quality of Sleep Stick to a sleep schedule, even on the weekends! Relaxing nightly rituals. Something to calm you down before you go to bed. If you have trouble sleeping avoid naps Exercise, get up and move for at least 30 mins Avoid blue light from TVs, Your bedroom’s primarily focus is to sleep. Make sure you are Avoid alcohol, caffeine, heavy meals Read If needed, talk to a sleep professional Do not resort to medication unless everything else fails. Mentioned in This Episode: 5 Hour Energy Center For Disease Control Mattresses by Mail Leesa Helix Sleep Tuft and Needle Nectar Casper  

CJ (@cjmccoach) is back to share some truth and prep us for true success on The Success 2.0 Podcast. If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly episodes, drop us a line at podcast@cjcmcclanahan.com. Now, let’s dive in! "We're having our self-esteem built, molded, tweaked by what we see on social media..." - CJ McClanahan   On This Week’s Episode, We Discuss: Tips to Reduce Stress From Bad Smartphone Usage Habits Don’t keep your phone on your person at all times Turn off notifications. Silence your phone, (not even vibe mode), and get rid of the blinking indicator light.* (some exceptions) Remove social media apps from your home screen. Force yourself to have hunt for them if you want to use them. Limit your smartphone time usage - time...using apps Replace old habits with something else, such as reading, meditation or mindfulness exercises Don’t check your phone within the first 30 minutes of waking up. Use an old-school alarm clock if you need help waking up in the morning. Set after work and leisure time limits. Set expectations with your colleagues and/or employees that you respect your free time and theirs. Share your frustration with someone close to you, and enlist an accountability buddy if needed. Have any questions, comments, or stories you’d like to share with us? Drop us a line at podcast@cjmcclanahan.com! Connect with CJ on Twitter at @cjmccoach and on LinkedIn. Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! (Download Episode Here) (Subscribe in iTunes Here) (Connect with CJ on Linkedin) Have you been looking for a better way to give to charitable causes without feeling like you’re money is going to fund another overpaid executive? Check out how different giving is over at the Two Rule Foundation. ThriveMap University is for overachieving professionals who are 100% COMMITTED growing their careers while increasing their tolerance to stress. Learn how to get more fulfillment out of life while continuing to do amazing things in business and the community. Resources from This Episode: Smartphone Compulsion Test by Dr. David Greenfield Scientists Study Nomophobia—Fear of Being without a Mobile Phone via Scientific American Social Media Is 'Ripping Apart' Society - Ex-Facebook Executive Chamath Palihapitiya on CNBC How Facebook Was Designed to Exploit the Vulnerability of the Human Mind - Sean Parker, Chamath Palihapitiya The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous - Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Moment App -  iOS app that limits time usage on distracting apps and social media How to Use Timeboxing via Mindtools What Is An Appropriate Response Time To Email? via FastCompany Waiting For a Reply? Study Explains The Psychology Behind Email Response Time via Forbes Why Every Organization Needs A Standard Response Time Policy via Forbes  

Lara MacGregor (@HopeScarvesInc) is a metastatic breast cancer patient and the founder of Hope Scarves, an international non-profit organization based in Louisville, Kentucky which collects scarves from women who have faced breast cancer to give to women undergoing cancer treatment. Since 2014, Hope Scarves has sent over 10,000 scarves to women in 16 countries. "Facing a cancer diagnosis throws in your face just how fragile and precious life really is" - Lara MacGregor   What We Discuss with Lara MacGregor: What it felt like being diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer while expecting her second child. The hopelessness and disbelief of undergoing chemotherapy and feeling her unborn child respond to the treatment. The relief she had when her son was born full-term and healthy. How a woman she had never met, named Kelly, gave her the idea to found an international non-profit organization that’s impacted more than 8,000 women worldwide. What it takes to find joy after surviving breast cancer to years later be diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. How to create meaningfulness by cutting negative energy out of your life in whatever form it takes. Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider leaving your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! (Download Episode Here) (Subscribe in iTunes Here) (Connect with CJ) (Hope Scarves Video from Hope Scarves on Vimeo.) Please Scroll down for Full Show Notes and Featured Resources! Hope Scarves is raising capital for metastatic breast cancer research. Help raise $450,000 in 2018 for the Metastatic Breast Cancer Research Fund by visiting the website here. The Two Rule Foundation is on a mission to helps inspire professionals to live gratefully and commit more of their resources to help those in need. The foundation can help you determine who you should give your money to and how. Looking to get more out of all your hard work? Enroll in ThriveMap University, an online video program for professionals. 100% of proceeds are donated to the Two Rule Foundation.   More About This Show In 2007, Lara McGregor was 30 years old and expecting her second child. In a routine trimester check-up with her OB/GYN, she mentioned something she had experienced some bloody discharge from her breast. As all mothers would tell us, the female body goes through some extreme changes during the course of pregnancy, that would otherwise be cause for concern -- she had thought nothing of it. On the other hand, her doctor did not, and Lara was sent in for a biopsy the very same day. 48 hours later she received a call... it was breast cancer. At seven months pregnant, in seemingly picture perfect health and at the top of her career, this was not the news she was expecting. She would soon learn that her cancer was estrogen-receptor-positive, and her pregnancy was directly fueling its growth. Within days, she would undergo her first round of chemotherapy treatment… In this episode, Lara describes her story of facing breast cancer, achieving remission, then being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer only a couple years later, and how she has found her purpose again by living every day with intention.   THANKS, Lara McGregor! If you enjoyed this session with Lara MacGregor, let her know by clicking on the link below and sending her a quick shout out on Twitter: Click here to thank Lara MacGregor on Twitter! Click here to let CJ know about your number one takeaway from this episode! And if you want us to answer your questions on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@cjmcclanahan.com.   Resources from This Episode: Hope Scarves website Lara MacGregor on Facebook Lara MacGregor on Instagram Lara MacGregor on Twitter Donate scarves to women facing cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance Metastatic Breast Cancer Project Hormone Receptor Status - BreastCancer.Org Types of Breast Cancer - WebMD