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Hour 4: Gio is receiving plenty of support following his anxiety reveal, the Knicks have a long way to go, Mike Francesa used to have an app, Boomer is starting to wonder about our new video guy Anthony, Jerry Recco gets all the praise he deserves, some updating of the masses, that time Greg Maddux got ghosted by the Yankees, the Lakers sure are a mess these days, Thursday's ‘Moment of the Day' was next and then some concern for an infected body part takes us home.

7th grade. It's a boy/girl party in my best friend's basement. There are about 10 of us there. Rumors by Fleetwood Mac, is playing non-stop on the record player. The lights are low. The air is filled with equal parts anticipation and terror. Someone suggests we play a game called 7 Minutes in Heaven. The voice you're about to hear belongs to someone who was also at that party. We eventually lost touch with each other when I moved to the big city in 8th grade, but we recently reconnected. When I asked him if he'd be interested in being interviewed as part of the Under Covers series he graciously agreed. I have no nostalgia for my middle school years. I always felt like a misfit and a weirdo back then. Probably because I was a misfit and a weirdo back then. I never had the right clothes or the right shoes or the right anything. I was frequently bullied and take joy in knowing that my biggest bully married into what's been described as an extremist religious cult. She is now is required to wear a wig and obey her husband at all times. Meanwhile, I do whatever the fuck I want and eat all the bacon I desire. Bwahahahaha! Yep, I'm a little triggered by all of this episode but the truth is, this episode ain't about me. Three years ago on this podcast, I began asking women I'd never met a series of questions about the most intimate details of their lives. I called the interviews Under Covers and you can find all of them here. All of the women were asked identical questions about their sexual awakenings, sex education, partners, early experiences and long term relationships, with the hope that my listeners could find healing in discovering how much we all share. This season, I've flipped the script. I'm taking the exact questions I asked women, and I'm asking them to men. Last week I interviewed “David.” A married, gay man, his answers to my questions were incredibly honest, revealing and often hilarious. In this Under Covers episode I speak with someone I'm calling “Josh.” All you need to know is that “Josh” has been divorced twice, identifies as very heterosexual, and once spent 7 Minutes in Heaven with me in my best friend's basement. That's where all similarities end…or begin. If you'd like a custom autographed copy of my book, 3 Secrets the the Happy and Healthy Relationship You've Always F*cking Wanted, but you can't attend a book-signing in person, email me and I'll snail mail you a signed bookplate you can affix to your copy. Because, I'm super nice that way. For all sorts of fun stories from my days running programming at Playboy TV, sure to check out my writing on Medium.com. Sex Ed The Musical is available on iTunes, Stitcher, Podtail, IHeartRadio, Podbay, Spotify and more. Please share and follow Sex Ed The Musical wherever you enjoy podcasts. Also, if you'd do us a solid and leave us a 5-Star Review on iTunes, we'd ever so gratefully appreciate it. If there's anything or anyone you'd like to hear on this show, or if you have any questions, feel free to email me at info@sexedthemusical.com Thanks, as always, for listening. See you next time!

Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Dak Prescott made some controversial statements and Jason Smith and Mike Harmon thinks it indicates a much larger problem with the Cowboys organization. With Ben Roethlisberger's retirement looming, what will head coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburg Pirates do at the quarterback position? Plenty of NFL teams are in panic mode! Which ones are they? Jason Smith and Mike Harmon break it down for ya and much more!  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Chicago Justice, Callers Wanted, The Okidok Special #TrueTuesday 

LFP Today we get to talk about what YOU said you wanted this New Year. We are learning and enjoying all things flute including what's in the mind and what it takes to have true success as a learning musician. Do you remember when you were young and invincible? Let's revisit this time and find ways to really enjoy the process of learning new skills. For even more info and video lessons visit http://learnfluteonline.com

Photo:  Cambridge 21st August 1775. Wanted for the Continental Army .  Public requisition of supplies, including bricks, firewood, lumber, charcoal, hay, straw, corn, oats, shovels, spades, pickaxes, handsaws, and lime. 2/8  The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington across the Delaware, by Patrick K. O'Donnell      Hardcover – May 18, 2021 @combathistorian https://www.amazon.com/Indispensables-Marbleheads-Soldier-Mariners-Washington-Delaware/dp/0802156894/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= From the bestselling author of Washington's Immortals and The Unknowns, an important new chronicle of the American Revolution heralding the heroism of the men from Marblehead, Massachusetts On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had trapped George Washington's forces against the East River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side by side in one of the country's first diverse units, they pulled off an “American Dunkirk” and saved the army by transporting it across the treacherous waters of the river to Manhattan. In the annals of the American Revolution, no group played a more consequential role than the Marbleheaders. At the right time in the right place, they repeatedly altered the course of events, and their story shines new light on our understanding of the Revolution. As acclaimed historian Patrick K. O'Donnell dramatically recounts, beginning nearly a decade before the war started, and in the midst of a raging virus that divided the town politically, Marbleheaders such as Elbridge Gerry and Azor Orne spearheaded the break with Britain and shaped the nascent United States by playing a crucial role governing, building alliances, seizing British ships, forging critical supply lines, and establishing the origins of the US Navy. The Marblehead Regiment, led by John Glover, became truly indispensable. Marbleheaders battled at Lexington and on Bunker Hill and formed the elite Guard that protected George Washington. Then, at the most crucial time in the war, the special operations–like regiment, against all odds, conveyed 2,400 of Washington's men across the ice-filled Delaware River on Christmas night 1776, delivering a momentum-shifting surprise attack on Trenton. Later, Marblehead doctor Nathaniel Bond inoculated the Continental Army against a deadly virus, which changed the course of history. White, Black, Hispanic, and Native American, this uniquely diverse group of soldiers set an inclusive standard of unity the US Army would not reach again for more than 170 years. The Marbleheaders' chronicle, never fully told before now, makes The Indispensables a vital addition to the literature of the American Revolution.

Nate is joined by Clint and James to talk all things TacoCorp Fantasy Football going into Week 16 of the 2021 NFL Fantasy Football Season. They touch on potential rule changes to the SACKO, who in the league is most likely to ruin Christmas for their families, Clint smokes a cig, and they close it out with a top 5 things they would want for Christmas draft. TacoCorp FFL Twitter 58 W. King Podcast - Apple 58 W. King Podcast - Spotify 58 W. King Twitter Subscribe. Download. Listen. Rate. Review. Share. Love.

Here's your morning news: COVID deaths climbing in L.A. County; Mobile testing labs for police open on PCH; Amid teacher shortage, Gov. Newsom giving school districts more flexibility in hiring substitutes; Organizers offering rapid COVID testing after Kingdom Day Parade is cancelled; L.A.-based non-profit celebrating MLK Day with block party and clothing drive; L.A. Metro closing several bikeshare stations in North Hollywood This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.   Support the show: https://laist.com

Justin Wells works in the Entertainment industry, has masters degrees in philosophy and theology and is teaching at the Biola Film School. He's got a book on film. https://amzn.to/3A7HcW5   He's interested in starting an estuary surrounding Documentary film making. The best way to contact him is through his Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/justinsmorningcoffee/  Discord link. Good for just a few days. Check with more recent videos for a fresh link. https://discord.gg/PAfngxkD Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ Estuary Hub Link https://www.estuaryhub.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333  If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/  All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos.  https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo  To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h  To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640  

E1165 | If You Wanted it; You Would Have It! My Why is bigger than my excuses. I didn't want to do these podcasts on Saturday. I didn't want to come to the fitness center. I did it because my purpose is bigger than my excuses. No body is going to give me an award for doing these podcasts. Listen Now! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping | Promo code 20WARRIORS at MANSCAPED.com Free Discord | https://3twarrior.com/discord49541345 JOIN TODAY! (CRYPTO/MINDSET) | https://3twarrior.com/sales-page-515930741636122245022 3T Warrior Academy YouTube! | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_e0zCKJyBdLYAvTQBgQrPw 3T Labs Gear and Supplements |https://www.3twarriorlabs.com #podcasting #motivation #health #crypto #cryptocommunity #cryptocurrency #fitness #wealth #generationalwealth #investing #entrepreneurship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you good at waiting? What about waiting to be wanted by someone you care about in your blended family? That's a hard reality for many in the early years of stepfamily life. In this episode, listen to Ron Deal's conversation with stepmom Cheryl Shumake on how to persevere through the waiting during the wilderness years. Show Notes and Resources Cheryl Shumake and Stepmom Sanity Free Ministry Map Blended and Blessed Online courses Your generous support of FamilyLife helps create podcasts like the FamilyLife Blended® Podcast. Links not working for you? Go to our website to get more details about this episode: https://www.familylife.com/73.

This week's episode is a sneak peek into our regular support calls, which I call "check-in calls".These calls allows participants to share their challenges, their wins and their aha! moments and get all the empathetic support, encouragement and accountability they need. This is where we have real, personal interactions in a safe environment. We go way deeper than just talking about food and sugar.Debbie joined the Life After Sugar Program after she'd tried keto, and she knew that she had to get to the heart of her problem with sugar. With her permission, I'm sharing one of her big wins during this call.Veronica also shares her experience with mindless snacking and becoming more mindful and aware.And Ellen shares about what attracted her to the program, even though she already has a science background. Spolier alert: it was all the info about gut health and the microbiome. She  was also looking to change her habits and to her surprise, she discovered what made her cravings disappear!If the Life After Sugar Program sounds like a good fit for you, go here.If you would like to join the monthly After Sugar Club, go here.

In this episode, I am joined by writer and pop culture columnist Sophie Ross. I found that Sophie was not so happy about the rules on Twitter, so we discussed them at length. We talk about why sex on the first date is not the move, the backlash she has dealt with from her candidness on Twitter, her current relationship and why it's different from her past ones, why she hates call her daddy, if they really would if they wanted to, and more! This episode starts with a solo where I discuss my bachelorette party, how easy it is to find support if you want to be sober, the 90/10 rule in relationships, and if my wedding is sponsored in any way. Sponsors: Girlfriend.com/acme  for $25 off your purchase of $100 or more Sakara.com/acme code ACME20 for 20% off your first order crabtree-evelyn.com code ACME15 for 15% off Produced by Dear Media.

Guests: Ben Collins, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Bill Swor, Daniel Goldman, Mark Elias Tonight: A look at the plans the Oath Keepers and other extremists were making ahead of the January 6th Capitol insurrection and the link to Trump World. Then, a look back through history at when the charge of 'seditious conspiracy' has been used before. Plus, another corruption case sees an official indicted for seemingly far less than what Donald Trump has done out in the open.

Here are the deaths that should've been... Jess McDonell presents 10 Video Game Deaths We All Wanted (But Never Got)... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dune leads the first round of 2022 4k UHD releases, along with Criterion's The Red Shoes! Also television, music and concert Blu-rays and the amazing Shawscope Volume 1! Only on The DigiGods! #DVD #Blurry #4k #TV #Movies DigiGods Podcast, 01/11/22 (M4a) — 44.25 MB right click to save Subscribe to the DigiGods Podcast In this episode, the Gods discuss: 2021 World Series Collector's Edition - Atlanta Braves (Blu-ray) 2021 World Series Film - Atlanta Braves (Blu-ray) The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 1 (Blu-ray) Beethoven: Sonatas: Pathetique - Moonlight - Waldstein - Appassionata (Idil Biret) (DVD) The Best of Cher (DVD) Casual Sex? - Retro VHS (Blu-ray) Corridor of Mirrors (Blu-ray) Country Legends: Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner & Friend (DVD) Creepshow Season 2 (Blu-ray) The Deceivers (Blu-ray) Disciples of Shaolin (Blu-ray) A Discovery of Witches, Season 2 (Blu-ray) Dolly: The Ultimate Collection (DVD) Dune (4k UHD Blu-ray) Eli Roth's History of Horror, Season 2 (Blu-ray) Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions (Blu-ray/DVD) Flight to Mars (Blu-ray) Gangs of London (Blu-ray) Genesis: The Last Domino? (DVD) Hahn: Ciboulette (Blu-ray) Harvey (The David Susskind Archive) (DVD) The Heart Guy, Series 5 (DVD) Hercules and the Captive Women (Blu-ray) Hinterland: Complete Collection (DVD) International Lady (Blu-ray) It Happened Tomorrow (Blu-ray) Jack Irish, Season 3 (Blu-ray) Juice 4k UHD (4k UHD Blu-ray) Kull The Conqueror - Retro VHS (Blu-ray) The Learning Tree (Blu-ray) A Life at Stake (Blu-ray) The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 3 (Blu-ray) Lully: Atys (DVD) Maillot / Shostakovich: La mégère apprivoisée (Blu-ray) Malignant (Blu-ray) Manen: Live - Schläpfer: 4 (Blu-ray) Massenet: Thaïs (Blu-ray) MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: Baptiste, Season 2 (DVD) MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: Grantchester, Season 6 (DVD) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Blu-ray) Mondonville: Titon et l'Aurore (DVD) Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Series 2 (Blu-ray) My Life is Murder, Season 2 (Blu-ray) Offenbach: Barbe-bleue (Blu-ray) One Night in Miami (Blu-ray) The Original Three Tenors - In Concert, Rome 1990 (Blu-ray) Paul Newman - The Paul Newman Trilogy (The David Susskind Archive) (DVD) Placido Domingo Arena di Verona (Blu-ray) The Power and the Glory (The David Susskind Archive) (DVD) Prodigal Son: Season 2 (Blu-ray) The Red Shoes (4k UHD Blu-ray) Renegades - Retro VHS (DVD) Rick and Morty: The Complete Fifth Season (Blu-ray) Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante (Blu-ray) Rossini: L'occasione fa il ladro (DVD) Shawscope Volume One: Limited Edition Box (King Boxer, The Boxer from Shantung, Five Shaolin Masters / Shaolkin Temple, Mighty Peking Man, Challenge of the Masters / Executioners from Shaolin, Chinatown Kid, The Five Venoms / Crippled Avengers, Heroes of the East / Dirty Ho) (Blu-ray) The Show (Blu-ray) Silver Queen (Silver Series) (DVD) South of Heaven (Blu-ray) Splitting Heirs - Retro VHS (Blu-ray) Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Blu-ray) Taming Of The Shrew Two Evil Eyes (4k UHD Blu-ray) Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Blu-ray) Wanted for Murder / Cast a Dark Shadow (Blu-ray) Whitstable Pearl (DVD) Young and Willing (Silver Series) (DVD) Zola (Blu-ray) Please also visit CineGods.com. 

Happy Friday! Today on the show we talked about whether remote start or seat warmers are better to have, A new Mixtape game, What song is this in reverse?, Allison Struggling, Talked to Melissa from Joe Millionaire, & More!

I was listening to The Angie Lee show the other day and she had  Samson Strength (Samson Odusanya) as a guest on her show and some of the things they were talking about around fears, beliefs in ourself, and our thoughts were eye opening for me. So I thought I would share them with you! I would love to know what your feel is holding you back after you take a listen. Hop in the So She Grows Mom Tribe to share!  -Ash 

Zeoli Show Hour 4:  In the final hour of the Zeoli Show, Rich broke down all those teams from just a few years ago, including now President Biden, being against the elimination of the Senate filibuster, that they now in 2022 want to destroy.  

Wonder hacker Barbara tries to break into Al's PC with the password… “Alfred”. Uhh… nice try. Bruce may have Ivy on the brain but he's got sweet Alfie in his heart as the two share a tender moment and our hosts get weepy. Completing his week of investigations is the gaming guru and '80s master himself... it's Desmond Miller - aka Shecky Davis Jr! Desmond will help this show beat back death itself! The next episode follows on Monday. Same Bat Pod, different Bat Minute! Join us on Facebook at the Bat Minute Listener's Cave! The Bat Minute theme song is by the band Rat Bit Kit and Ash Lerczak (aka Doc Horror) of Zombina & The Skeletones and Double Echo.   Desmond Miller - Twitter The Speakeasily Hour Minute & Speakeasily vs The '80s Podcasts - Facebook - Website  

Thanks to everyone who supports TMBH at patreon.com/thetmbhpodcast You're the reason we can all do this together! Discuss the episode here Music written and performed by Jeff Foote.

Hour 1: Craig and Evan talk about the Knicks acquiring Cam Reddish. They also discuss the report that it was Steve Tisch who ultimately pushed for the Giants to clean house. Craig took issue with the paparazzi showing up at Joe Judge's house. 

Does it seem like things in this country are getting worse in almost every conceivable way? From COVID to the economy to Afghanistan, it seems like society is rapidly deteriorating, and we have a very old man to thank for that: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. Thanks, Joe! Stu Burguiere takes stock and offers some ideas for how to turn this ship around. Then, Emmy Award-winning automotive expert Paul Brian joins to discuss the supply chain crisis and its impact on automobiles — and Stu's ability to get a new car. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig and Evan opened their show talking about the Knicks trading for Cam Reddish and the report that Steve Tisch was the one who ultimately pushed for Joe Judge to get fired (as Craig predicted on Monday). 

This week Abby gets into...-The Steelers are the luckiest team in the NFL-Andrew Berry's presser-End of season comments from players-My end of season awards for the Browns-Cavs extend Koby Altman

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Singer Dee C. Lee's vocal talents are undeniable. She was already making strides in the London music scene when she was pegged by Wham! to sing back up on their first album which featured hits like "Club Tropicana" and "Young Guns (Go For It)". This led to the life-changing gig with the Style Council. Hits like "Walls Come Tumbling Down", "Shout to the Top", and "Wanted" wouldn't be what they are without her. She proved to be so valuable she became a full member and a writer, not to mention she married and had two kids with Modfather Paul Weller. Along the way she managed a couple of her own solo hits like the huge "See The Day". Eventually, when the band and the marriage broke up, Dee focused more on that solo career, but when it wasn't happening she pretty much retired. Today she's working on her first solo material in decades and ready to get back into the biz! We get to hear stories about all of it, including Live Aid, working with the late great Guru of Gang Starr, and Dr. Robert of the Blow Monkeys. Enjoy! www.deeclee.com  www.patreon.com/thehustlepod

When Alice rents a cabin in Lake Placid, she expects a nice, quiet break from the hustle and bustle of city life. But she's hiding a massive secret – she's the most wanted hacker in America.The Hacker Chronicles is an original series created by the team at Tenable.Additional production support provided by the team at Caspian Studios. 

My version of if he wanted to he would because sis, are you communicating? All links to my socials + youtube can be found below. Happy Healing !xo, Dee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakotaacross/?hl=enTwitter:https://twitter.com/dakotaacrossYoutube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVvHkFdOKfGKc_Z5eldSKZQ

He's a recluse, a cockfighting high-roller, a former cop and a maniac. But will Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka El Mencho, do what he's been threatening for years and become the most powerful cartel boss on the planet? From avocados to abogados, weed to coke to fentanyl, Mencho is a narco so bloodthirsty his men are compared to ISIS. Can the Mexican state cut him down to size? Or will a lifelong quest to build a citadel in his home state of Michoacan come off, ruling local civilians with a sadistic iron fist? We look at the past, present and future of who might just be the scariest criminal we're profiled on this show.

We discuss the 4 huge shows that kicked off 2022 and give our picks for Most Wanted Figures of 2022! -Plus Listener Mail!! Become a Premium Foley Fam Member at chickfoleyshow.com Use code CHICKFOLEY to save 10% on all your wrestling figures at Ringside Collectibles. ringsidecollectibles.com Use code PF10 to save 10% at https://chalk-line.com Check out the Pod Foundation www.link.tree/podfoundation

Today's episode is a Q&A session I did with MYX! This meeting is all about my stance on school, being successful on TikTok, learning to not value other peoples opinions and much more! I know you're going to love it. Enjoy! Let me know what you thought. Tweet Me! @garyvee Text Me! 212-931-5731 My Newsletter: garyvee.com/newsletter Check out my new NFT project: veefriends.com Join the VeeFriends Discord: https://discord.gg/veefriends Checkout my new co-hosted podcast with DraftKing's founder--Matt Kalish on all things sports, business, and alternative investing: https://linktr.ee/propsanddropspod

In this rerun episode, Dennis explains tactics on how to find out if you are dealing with possible wanted suspects. Recorded on 03/08/2017. If you like what you are hearing and want to stay in the loop with the latest in Street Cop Training, please follow our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StreetCopTraining

We’re keeping the holiday spirit alive for just a bit longer with this listener stories episode all about how people discovered the truth about St. Nick! Thanks to friends, family, and listeners Garrett and Cassie for sharing your stories. To see our sources and any extras for this episode, head to our website at www.spookysciencesisters.com. Hit subscribe to be notified of future episodes, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@SpookySciPod), TikTok (@SpookyScience), and Facebook (@SpookyScienceSisters) for even more spooky content! Help us grow by sharing with a friend and leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support the show further by buying us a “spirit”!

We're keeping the holiday spirit alive for just a bit longer with this listener stories episode all about how people discovered the truth about St. Nick! Thanks to friends, family, and listeners Garrett and Cassie for sharing your stories. To see our sources and any extras for this episode, head to our website at www.spookysciencesisters.com. Hit subscribe to be notified of future episodes, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@SpookySciPod), TikTok (@SpookyScience), and Facebook (@SpookyScienceSisters) for even more spooky content! Help us grow by sharing with a friend and leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support the show further by buying us a “spirit”!

Happy Founders Day to the men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Wanted to shoot this extra episode out to chat about the frat from a new school top mid school perspective. Yes, a mid school...... Shoutout to Trey for joining us from the Listening to Millions Podcast, follow him below: https://linktr.ee/listening2millions (https://linktr.ee/listening2millions) https://linktr.ee/tlpmediaco (https://linktr.ee/tlpmediaco) Guest Info Support Words With KB Podcast On All Platforms Words With KB IG [https://www.instagram.com/wordswithkbpodcast/ (@wordswithkbpodcast)] Words With KB FB [ Words With KB https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordswithkbpodcast (Group) / https://www.facebook.com/wordswithkbpodcast/ (Page )] Happy Accidents Media Page [ https://happyaccidentsmedia.com/series/wwkb/#support (Words With KB at H.A.M.)] Join the Happy Accident Society and Connect With Happy Accidents Media! [https://www.facebook.com/groups/happyaccidentsmedia/ (here)]

Scripture of the Day:   1 Kings 8:28“Yet give attention to your servant's prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day…”NEEDS verses WANTSYesterday, we talked about “believing you receive.”  And I gave a couple of examples that your NEEDS are given priority over your WANTS.  This is especially true when it comes to prayer. You could have been praying for God to deliver you from financial oppression. And, truth be told, if you are honest, if your debts are out of control as compared to your income, it is usually because you lived beyond your means. You were spending today based on tomorrow's income…and something happened to tomorrow's income. The pandemic shutdown your business or you lost your job. But the debts are still there and they debtors want their money. Whose fault is it? Don't blame the economy or China or the government. They did not tell you to incur the debt. If you did not have the debt, yes, you might not have that 84” flat panel TV to watch the Super Bowl on… but you would not have the debt for it either. I'm not saying this to condemn anyone. I'm using it as an example of NEED verses WANT. You WANTED the TV.  Now, you have a NEED for income to pay for it. If you would have saved $100 per month for several months, and then, if you still wanted it, you could have paid cash for it. But, you took immediate possession based upon several months of income in the future, which is now no existent. OK, enough on that…on with my example. You need a couple of thousand dollars of income – Immediately – or the lights are being turned off and you will not have any food to feed the family. That is an immediate WANT. You may think you NEED it (and you do). But in reality, it is your fault you are in that position, right? Now, let's say you are out on a walk with your family and group of thugs surrounds you and is threatening to kill all of you.  They pull out their knives and they are getting ready to go to town on your family. You cry out to God… How would you like it if God answered, while you are about to be attacked, with, “Ok – I'm going to give you what you want. Once you get home, there is a $1000 check waiting for you in the mail box… It took me several weeks to get the right people to finally wake up and send it…but it's there.” That's what you WANTED right? The $1000? OR – would you be praying for God to do an IMMEDIATE answer to a very REAL NEED that you have concerning the safety of your family?  Which one would you rather have God answer? THE NEED for immediate deliverance, right? You're crying out to God, “PLEASE GOD, HELP US!” And about 5 seconds later, a police car just happens to turn the corner.  The thugs see and start running. Now, the police are in pursuit…you and your family are safe. Would that be God answering an IMMEDIATE NEED or your WANT based upon past mistakes you've made? Which one would you prefer God answer? I think everyone would agree the immediate need would be priority. You still WANT the $1000 and it is needful…but as far as BELIEVING YOU RECEIVE WHEN YOU PRAY – are you seeing the difference as far as how quickly God can answer a NEED and how the WANTS will come… it will come… in due time. Again, God can answer immediately in all things. I'm not saying He will not answer. I have personally seem Him deliver me in a financial need. I don't have time to go into here, but there was a check in my mailbox that was desperately needed.  My wife and I went to the store and when we came back, out of habit, I looked in the mailbox and there was the check. There was not even a postage cancellation stamp in the corner!  Then, about 30 minutes later, the mail truck went by putting our daily mail in the box… I believe God sent an angel who grabbed that check as soon as it was printed and that angel came and put it...

It’a another jobs report day today, and one thing that’s shown itself to be constant no matter what the data says is that demand for workers remains high. There’s a record-setting number of job openings and a desire for people to fill them. While inflation has been seen as a kind of economic dark cloud by many, others see some marketing possibilities. The BBC reports on how steel companies in the U.K. are handling U.S. import tariffs.

It’a another jobs report day today, and one thing that’s shown itself to be constant no matter what the data says is that demand for workers remains high. There’s a record-setting number of job openings and a desire for people to fill them. While inflation has been seen as a kind of economic dark cloud by many, others see some marketing possibilities. The BBC reports on how steel companies in the U.K. are handling U.S. import tariffs.

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Scripture of the Day:   Mark 11:24“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”Believe You ReceiveWe spent the last few days about how important it is for you to identify what you want, exactly, before you start to pray. We talked about the importance of knowing specific scriptures you can quote when confronted with a demonic attack. I want to look now, at receiving answers to your prayer requests to God for the things you want. You can do this by simply believing the scriptures and the prayers you said actually worked. Notice I used a past tense on worked. Not that “they will work.” Not that “they are going to work.” But, when you prayed – they WORKED. The job was done. “Well, brother bob, what if I don't see the results.” Let me ask you this.  Are you saved?  “YES” How do you know? “Well, Jesus said I was when I asked Him to forgive me and come into my heart…” Did you SEE any change your body? Did money start raining down from Heaven to help you financially? Did life suddenly become all sunshine and roses? “No – but it did get better over time…” EXACTLY! That is my point! YES – some people will see an immediate event or change. Someone they prayed for will instantly be healed. Someone you pray for to be healed will die. Did God answer your prayer? “No – they died…” But – where did they go? Once they died, where did they go? If they were Christians, they went to Heaven, right? So they have received a Glorified Body and they will never be sick again! “Yeah, but – I wanted them healed here…” First, “don't' Yeah, but – God. Ok. Second, what YOU want – was it backed up by scripture?  Did you find a scripture that said, “So and so will be healed and stay here?” The answer is NO. “But I don't understand. You said to believe we receive and we could have it. I prayed and they died. I didn't get what I wanted for the answer.” This can quickly turn into a very indepth teaching…and I'm trying to keep this teaching short. We will go over this more in upcoming sessions. But let me say this… Notice what you just said in regards to this example. I wanted… I wanted them healed.  Now, let's go back to our scripture references. Remember, we are focusing all of our requests on scripture, right? That is the purpose of this training. Matthew 6:32 says, “…your Heavenly Father knows you NEED all of these THINGS.” Ok. So there are THINGS YOU NEED. Notice that… He is telling us to ASK FOR THE THINGS WE NEED… He expects us to come to Him in prayer, in the Name of Jesus, and ASK FOR THE THINGS WE NEED… One more time… NEED.  Notice the words you uses in the example I provided… WANTED. There is a difference between a NEED and a WANT. I want a million dollars.  But do I NEED a million dollars?  Or would $1,000 meet my need that I'm faced with right now? See the difference?  In the example I used about praying for someone who was sick and they died and went to Heaven. They are healed in Heaven and never will be sick anymore.  You said you WANTED them Healed. But did you NEED them healed?  I'm not being cold and hard hearted here. Nobody wants a loved one to die. Even if they are 90 years old. Nobody wants that…but yet, these bodies and these lives are meant to terminate in the natural. Some in a matter of days, unfortunately and some many, many years later.  That is why it is so important to get people born again and into the Kingdom of God and the Body of Christ. That is why it is so important for Christians to learn how to pray, what to pray and when to pray. If you were shooting cocaine for 30 years and then, on your death bed, become a Christian and ask God to heal you – can He?  Yes. He can. WILL HE?  Maybe…if there is a mission you can accomplish for Him. But what is the most likely outcome?  Your body, due to...

THURSDAY! ! We are diving into the year slowly! Wanted to just be fun and silly this week before i start interviews next week. So many great guests lined up. Trust me! Until next week we are going to spend Tuesday, Wed and Thursday recapping Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip from Peacock! Ramona, Teresa, Kyle, Cynthia, Kenya, Melissa and Luann all together in one house. I did episode 1 a month ago and you can go find it if you haven't heard it yet! It's so fun! Todays episode is insane. TWO PLUS HOURS with one of the ladies behind this pod and does the incredible artwork the amazing Maritza Lopez (Insta @martiza.gif)! Plus, we talk a bunch of other pop culture stories! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and So Bad It's Good listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/SO BAD. That's B-E-T-T-E-R-H-E-L-P.com/SOBAD Also, So Bad It's Good has a voicemail now! 323-425-9542. Pleas feel free to call with your thoughts! If you do you are giving me full permission to use on the show! Also, I'm on CAMEO. I'll be filming in Dorit's Room so sign up today at cameo.com and search Ryan Bailey! Have a great week guys! Remember to subscribe and join me Monday thru Thursday for interviews with podcasters and reality stars, show recaps, Garth and Justin, Bill and Becky Bailey and so much more!! Plus, tell your friends. I, honestly, think there is something for everyone in these pods. The more the merrier!  ALSO GO CHECK OUT THE PATREON patreon.com/sobaditsgood. Support what we are doing here. THANK YOUUUUUUU!!!!! If you're enjoying the insane amount of blood, sweat and literal tears of this pod consider telling a friend or rating us 5 stars on iTunes! Special shoutout to Maritza Lopez (Insta: @maritza.gif) for all of her insanely hard work creating these beautiful pieces of art on my instagram and patreon page!!  Time Stamps are below. Use them. They are your friend. This pod isn't meant to be digested all at once! Contact me on Insta if you need me to send them to you if you can't find them! 4:50-Show Instagram: @sobaditsgoodwithryanbailey, @ryanbailey25 Twitter:@ryanabailey25 TIKTOK @sobaditsgoodwithryanb Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

POV It's 2012: Rihanna has the greatest Pixie cut of all time Twilight saga comes to an end The Tumblr girls are pushing ballet flats and infinity scarfs Kimye is official Boybands are BACK (One Direction or The Wanted?) Drake becomes the greatest meme of the decade Beyonce becomes a mother All of your friends with androids now have Instagram for the first time EDM is EVERYWHERE for this week's episode of Does It Hold Up?, we took a look back the year 2012 in Pop culture, film tv, and music! Let us know what you think! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/textured-heir/support

Imagine your boyfriend sends you his Christmas wish list, and it's full of weapons. We're talking about multiple stuns guns, staff sticks, and first aid kits. Would this alarm you? In this case, Cassie's friend thinks it's weird. So what should she do? Confront him about the list or run for the hills?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-bert-show.

WEDNESDAY!! We are diving into the year slowly! Wanted to just be fun and silly this week before i start interviews next week. So many great guests lined up. Trust me! Until next week we are going to spend Tuesday, Wed and Thursday recapping Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip from Peacock! Ramona, Teresa, Kyle, Cynthia, Kenya, Melissa and Luann all together in one house. I did episode 1 a month ago and you can go find it if you haven't heard it yet! It's so fun! Todays episode is insane. TWO PLUS HOURS with friend of the pod the amazing Emily Clayton (Insta @emilybclayton)! Plus, we talk a bunch of other pop culture stories! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and So Bad It's Good listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/SO BAD. That's B-E-T-T-E-R-H-E-L-P.com/SOBAD Also, So Bad It's Good has a voicemail now! 323-425-9542. Pleas feel free to call with your thoughts! If you do you are giving me full permission to use on the show! Also, I'm on CAMEO. I'll be filming in Dorit's Room so sign up today at cameo.com and search Ryan Bailey! Have a great week guys! Remember to subscribe and join me Monday thru Thursday for interviews with podcasters and reality stars, show recaps, Garth and Justin, Bill and Becky Bailey and so much more!! Plus, tell your friends. I, honestly, think there is something for everyone in these pods. The more the merrier!  ALSO GO CHECK OUT THE PATREON patreon.com/sobaditsgood. Support what we are doing here. THANK YOUUUUUUU!!!!! If you're enjoying the insane amount of blood, sweat and literal tears of this pod consider telling a friend or rating us 5 stars on iTunes! Special shoutout to Maritza Lopez (Insta: @maritza.gif) for all of her insanely hard work creating these beautiful pieces of art on my instagram and patreon page!!  Time Stamps are below. Use them. They are your friend. This pod isn't meant to be digested all at once! Contact me on Insta if you need me to send them to you if you can't find them! 3:50-Show Instagram: @sobaditsgoodwithryanbailey, @ryanbailey25 Twitter:@ryanabailey25 TIKTOK @sobaditsgoodwithryanb Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

This week, in episode 90, we have a special guest, Fred Warmbier, owner of a metal-finishing business he founded in Cincinnati in 1998. About 10 years ago, Warmbier was ready to walk away from that business. “It just never seemed like I could have the type of business that I wanted,” he says, “where things worked properly and our employees were happy and our customers were happy.”That changed when he discovered the Deming Management Method through a consultant, Kelly Allan, who helped him tame the chaos. Where does one start with Deming? “You start,” says Allan, who is chairman of the Advisory Council of The W. Edwards Deming Institute, “where the pain is.” As it happens, and as he discusses in this conversation, Fred Warmbier has experienced more than his share of pain.

TUESDAY!! We are diving into the year slowly! Wanted to just be fun and silly this week before i start interviews next week. So many great guests lined up. Trust me! Until next week we are going to spend Tuesday, Wed and Thursday recapping Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip from Peacock! Ramona, Teresa, Kyle, Cynthia, Kenya, Melissa and Luann all together in one house. I did episode 1 a month ago and you can go find it if you haven't heard it yet! It's so fun! Todays episode is insane. TWO PLUS HOURS with friend of the pod the amazing Kate Legako (Insta @middlekate, tiktok @middlekate49)! Plus, we talk Any Cohen, Bravo accounts, Tristan Thompson, Elizabeth Holmes and so much more!! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and So Bad It's Good listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/SO BAD. That's B-E-T-T-E-R-H-E-L-P.com/SOBAD Also, So Bad It's Good has a voicemail now! 323-425-9542. Pleas feel free to call with your thoughts! If you do you are giving me full permission to use on the show! Also, I'm on CAMEO. I'll be filming in Dorit's Room so sign up today at cameo.com and search Ryan Bailey! Have a great week guys! Remember to subscribe and join me Monday thru Thursday for interviews with podcasters and reality stars, show recaps, Garth and Justin, Bill and Becky Bailey and so much more!! Plus, tell your friends. I, honestly, think there is something for everyone in these pods. The more the merrier!  ALSO GO CHECK OUT THE PATREON patreon.com/sobaditsgood. Support what we are doing here. THANK YOUUUUUUU!!!!! If you're enjoying the insane amount of blood, sweat and literal tears of this pod consider telling a friend or rating us 5 stars on iTunes! Special shoutout to Maritza Lopez (Insta: @maritza.gif) for all of her insanely hard work creating these beautiful pieces of art on my instagram and patreon page!!  Time Stamps are below. Use them. They are your friend. This pod isn't meant to be digested all at once! Contact me on Insta if you need me to send them to you if you can't find them! 3:40-SHOW NOTES/RECAP Instagram: @sobaditsgoodwithryanbailey, @ryanbailey25 Twitter:@ryanabailey25 TIKTOK @sobaditsgoodwithryanb Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

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00:00.00 Max Shank Hey, everybody welcome back to Monday mornings with max and mike hope you guys had a lovely weekend today we are going to talk about the greatest invention in the history of mankind which. Is the written word. It allows us for intergenerational communication that compounds over time that sentence is insane when you think about it that is the reason that we were able to jump out of the food chain. Entirely it is because of the compound effect of our acquired knowledge and the fact that we were clever enough to write it down. Ah orcas for example, have their own language but they have to teach it from scratch every generation and. Are limited by what they can store in their brain and of course they have the second largest brain in the animal kingdom as I understand it and their brains actually are more wrinkly they have more folds ah than ours which is an indicator of ah more. Neurological connection. So imagine if they had thumbs and pen and paper they would probably have overcome us at some point so today we're going to talk about books why you should read how to read a book what you should read and maybe maybe even when to read so. Mikey. Thanks for joining me again. I'm looking forward to this as always. 01:27.65 mikebledsoe Oh yeah, I'm excited about this topic I I was actually I suggested this topic and 1 of the things that inspired me was the my marketing team wanted the the top 10 books I read in the last year and ah that I that I'd be willing to talk about in an email or or something like that and so I go to make the list and I go I don't know if I read 10 books I ended up reading 14 books and I was actually surprised because I didn't feel like I was reading that much. And I think that happens when you and you're enjoying yourself. So ah yeah, I've not always been somebody who is an avid reader I used to go months without reading books I would read a chapter out of a book and then forget that I was reading it and it was. It was something that I stayed away from when I got out of school so coming from a place where you know in school we have to do a lot of reading if you're if you're actually doing the work which I'm 1 of those crazy people who who is a good student. And I was so sick and tired of reading and I my experience of reading was that I did not enjoy it and what I realized is a few months after I got out of college so I had I had done high school went in the Navy for 4 years 02:45.69 Max Shank A. 03:00.10 mikebledsoe Then started college so I got into reading a bunch of stuff I didn't want to read and I had this experience both times where I got to read some stuff I enjoyed and then when I started reading things that I had to read I stopped reading so much so I I did realize at 1 point I go oh. 03:10.80 Max Shank Ah. 03:18.57 mikebledsoe I I love reading when I'm reading what I want to read I don't like reading when I have to read it because it's signed so having been out of college for shit 13 years now I've i. Learn to really enjoy the process and sometimes I like to listen and sometimes I like to to read with my eyes depending on the topic usually. And yeah, it's it's been 1 of the biggest I mean you you hit the nail right in the head. It's a great way to gather information. And knowing which information to keep and which to throw out and being able to apply it to different contexts that is that is the skill in a time where information is at an all time high. So I imagine as we go through this. This conversation today. Some of what we'll be talking about is ah you know when we talk about how to read a book. It's how do you apply? it? How do you consume it? How do you digest it and how do you make sense of it because it's the it's the sense making. 04:31.61 Max Shank No doubt I liked what you said about how many books because when I first came onto the scene as a fitness entrepreneur. 04:31.87 mikebledsoe That is such a big challenge these days. 04:44.82 Max Shank I Wanted to hang out with that cool crowd of people who are also fitness entrepreneurs and they were like hey I own a gym and I was like hey me too hey I wrote a book hey me too and we would like you you know that whole thing where everyone's like comparing what's going on. Oh I've been doing this many seminars. Ah I've been. I Read this many books I Just remember a conversation I was a part of where it it was like um it was like a dick measuring contest for how many books we had read and I just remember that it it struck me that I was like right right in there with that game. Um. 05:09.82 mikebledsoe Yeah. 05:19.51 Max Shank And it's interesting because that idea of more books is better is totally ridiculous because in order to succeed You don't need to know that many things and in fact, you're probably going to make more forward progress if you. Use what you know rather than getting more information I think almost anybody listening to this would agree that they know enough to be probably twice as successful or maybe even 3 to 10 times as successful as they are now. It's just that they don't. Ply those things So I remember when I was I Just remember when I was speaking at a seminar ah over the course of a weekend and it was a bunch of really smart guys and at the end there was a panel and we're up on stage and they're like what. 05:56.86 mikebledsoe Got go ahead. 06:14.65 Max Shank What book would you recommend we read and everybody's got their book recommendation and I'm listening to these recommendations and I was like oh hey us? Yeah I like that book too. That's pretty nice and then it got to me and they're like well max what book would you recommend I was like I would recommend that anyone who attended this seminar not read anything. For between thirty to ninety days because the whole reason you came here was to listen to our summary or our synthesis of everything we know so the last thing you want to do is deviate from applying what you've most recently learned and I like. Reading for entertainment as well. But it's important to realize that when you're reading something you're not living your own life either. So the amount that you read is certainly a good shortcut and I have read ah a ton because I'm naturally a curious person and I like. When things are synthesized and summarized in a very cohesive way. It's 1 of the reasons I don't listen to a lot of podcasts actually because it's very meandering and I would rather have the nice concise block that is the let's say summary. Of you know a 50 year career in psychology or training or something like that and that's where you get the huge leverage from a book. 07:41.78 mikebledsoe Yeah I think it's a great point I remember hitting a point myself where I I had a I was in a meditation and there were no substances involved I know everyone's wondering. Ah, and I was in this. 07:47.58 Max Shank What. 07:58.98 mikebledsoe Meditation I was doing a bunch of ah Joe dispensive meditations actually and I was weeks into it and I had this meditation where I where I got a peek inside of my own mind and my own mind was a library with really high ceilings and just rows and rows of books. And it was dusty and there were cobwebs and it was hard to get around and it it was ah it was a movie that I was watching inside of my own mind it was I was in this observer state and I kick over 1 of the shelves and it hits another shelf and. It clears out the entire room the entire library just collapses and the dust settles and I have this incredible sense of relief that I I don't need to know anymore I don't need. 08:49.16 Max Shank And. 08:57.66 mikebledsoe There's nothing else I need to learn and I realized that the majority of the knowledge I had accumulated at that point I'm a very curious person as well. But there was also something else driving that. Um, which was I wanted to appear smart from when I was a little kid I. Wanted to avoid appearing to be dumb so because I because I felt like I was an idiot and I was homeschooled on top of that So I didn't have anyone actually compare myself to there was no reality check it was ah it gave me an opportunity to. 09:18.26 Max Shank Same oh. 09:34.32 mikebledsoe To really go deep into feeling like an idiot because I didn't know if I was smart or not and I I overcompensated and I read a lot and I think that that I already had some curiosity built in because that was my compensation. You know some people feel like an idiot and they. 09:37.29 Max Shank Hit the. 09:53.20 mikebledsoe Just go all in on being an idiot and decide not to learn anything. So what I what I realized in that moment was oh Wow A lot of what I've been studying is stuff that I don't actually enjoy learning about because I. 09:54.14 Max Shank The. 10:11.38 mikebledsoe I Think it's something that would be really good for me to know just in case. So I can appear to be smart. So I ended up studying a bunch of subjects that actually didn't matter to me at all and after that moment. Um, well I'd gone deeper into a lot of. 10:19.68 Max Shank What were they? what were they. 10:30.56 mikebledsoe Ah say exercise physiology I had gone deeper in a certain subjects where like I was I was pounding the same subject even though I already had what I needed to know to be able to operate the you know I needed I knew way more than I needed to know to do the thing like it'd be like ah. 10:31.76 Max Shank Ah, yeah, right. 10:45.74 Max Shank Totally yeah. 10:48.68 mikebledsoe Being an astronaut and learning not an astronaut being ah being ah, a fucking you know single prop pilot and you know going and learning about what it's like to fly in space cause yeah, it's like it's like you don't need that I'm just flying around you know from City to City not to the moon. 10:59.54 Max Shank Right. 11:06.27 Max Shank Yeah I totally relate with you because it's almost as if in my experience the male ego maybe female ego also being stupid or not knowing feels vulnerable. 11:07.52 mikebledsoe Or Mars or whatever. So. 11:20.10 mikebledsoe M. 11:22.61 Max Shank So it's like you're you're suddenly in the dark you're like in deep water and you're like oh my God I I don't know what I don't know what they're talking about I'm going to look so stupid and then I won't have any respect and then no woman will ever love me. Whatever it is right. 11:35.18 mikebledsoe Yeah, well in the and the result the result after that was I didn't read anything for about a week and then I started I go oh I want to read this book on. It's a spiritual book I want to read this. 11:43.97 Max Shank May. 11:50.76 Max Shank Ah. 11:53.60 mikebledsoe And before I wouldn't let myself do it because I didn't you know I was like ah had a lot of practical applications should I really spend the first hour of my day reading this thing that like's not going to make me more money when you know that's where I was focused at the time. 12:03.20 Max Shank How dare you how dare you read something. That's not going to make you more money. How dare you but. 12:09.34 mikebledsoe Ah, yeah, and at the time I was studying you know it was all about business and strategy and all the shit. So I um the result was I ended up reading after that and books I enjoyed I just went with whatever I enjoyed and what I what I. 12:16.40 Max Shank Her. 12:28.42 mikebledsoe What I noticed is I did end up coming back and reading some business books I did come back and end up reading some books that ah were scientific and and around exercise and round things I already knew a lot about but it it my approach to the reading shifted. Ah. Tremendously and so I enjoyed it more and then I look back and I go you know what? I probably read more since that moment than before that moment and and before it was work in order to read and afterwards it became pure enjoyment to read. 12:55.25 Max Shank And. 13:06.11 Max Shank Um, it sounds like it was curiosity driven instead of fear driven. Yeah I I relate. 13:07.68 mikebledsoe And ah, yeah, just yeah, yeah, exactly yeah in this past weekend I was um I was in some training I took a gun fighter training course and which is basically. Ah, training with nine millimeter pistols and carbines for you know worst case scenarios you know inside a house getting out of your house in your car and we actually did some some shooting as a team it was it was a lot of fun and 1 of the things that. Ah, 1 of the guys afterwards 1 of the older guys. He pulls me aside and he goes he goes you really? I'm really impressed by how you learn and I go oh well, how is that like how are you perceiving you know how I learn. And he was like yeah you just you ask lots of questions you don't care about looking dumb and and you're incredibly focused on what you're doing and and I I go yeah and it got me thinking about oh I when I look at the people I was training with. I I do think I was probably learning a little bit faster than than a lot of them. Although everyone advanced from wherever they were at they advanced tremendously the the coaches we had over the weekend were amazing. But I I definitely ah had more energy at the end of the day. Everything seemed a bit easier for me and and it's not because I already knew what I was doing it had everything to do with you know I was only concerned about learning what was right in front of me and I didn't care about how I looked if I made them. You know the only mistake you don't want to make in those situations is shooting somebody. Like as long as I'm not shooting somebody or making making you know making it. You know you don't want to flag somebody. You don't want to point your gun at anybody whether you you don't want to do that either. That's a safety violation. So inside these boundaries of. 15:17.19 Max Shank There's a more sinister mistake too though. There's a more sinister mistake of being afraid to ask questions. That's it I Think that's a mistake for sure. 15:21.62 mikebledsoe There There is that 1 that that is a mistake and so yeah I was I was in high communication with the instructors the whole time I didn't care how I was perceived by the group is whether I was smart or not and. I I could actually see that in some of the other people you know they would shoot their guns and then they would look over their shoulder for validation and I actually coached the guy the next morning afterwards because him looking over his shoulder for validation was causing him to flag people with his pistol and I and I go I go look. 15:45.44 Max Shank Ah. 15:54.23 Max Shank Oh my god. 15:59.00 mikebledsoe Like because I mean it's 1 of those things where like he might have been get asked to leave the range and I was like I was like hey man, let's talk through this and I give him some coaching tips and after that he he improved tremendously. Um, but yeah, that was 1 of the things too I noticed is like this. It was very loud in that experience of of this guy's seeking validation as he turns around to look for it His fucking weapon is being drawn across 5 people and everyone's going Whoa I Go Wow that that seeking validation thing. 16:33.33 Max Shank Yeah, that his insecurity. 16:33.44 mikebledsoe Could kill somebody in this scenario. So yeah, his insecurity. So um, that's another thing. Yeah I think we've been dancing around that topic basically is yeah, there's Insecurity Driven education is. Is going to be really slow and difficult. It's It's just yeah. 16:51.97 Max Shank It's fear based and it's fear based rather than curiosity based I think part of the reason you're so jazzed up and energized after the fact is you're legitimately interested. You're engaged. You're interested. You're not going to fatigue in that state. But if someone were trying to teach you something you don't want to learn in the first place it made you sit in a chair all day. Of course you're gonna feel fatigued I mean I'm I'm very similar in learning except I actually think I learned a little bit slower. Um, but I usually get. 17:13.74 mikebledsoe Move. 17:26.83 Max Shank Private lessons for stuff and I shy away from group classes because I don't want to hold up the flow of the class too long but I I hear this phrase a lot when I'm taking lessons. Wow I've never heard that question before because I'll just keep digging. 17:28.69 mikebledsoe Ah, so. 17:43.71 Max Shank To really figure out like why am I actually doing this and sometimes even a very experienced teacher it it kind of goes back to well that was what the other guy said so learning like if I don't know why I'm doing it just it's hard for me to buy in the same way. 17:55.46 mikebledsoe Yeah, yeah. 18:03.39 Max Shank So I think that's 1 of the huge advantages of learning in person is you can't ask those questions unlike a book. 18:11.27 mikebledsoe But yeah, well I think this next point will get to the book as well. Which is ah I had fantastic instructors. 1 of the things they were saying the whole time was ask me why I will never get mad at you for asking me why we're doing something and. 18:23.65 Max Shank Ah. 18:29.82 mikebledsoe They were more interested in teaching us how to think about situations and in a tactical sense than to just teach us how to do these maneuvers so 1 of the things that I think is really the thing we need to look at first when you're selecting. What you're going to read is who wrote the book. So for me over the past weekend my instructor I go who is going to train me oh a 20 year command master chief navy seal who's done you know a dozen deployments and had a pretty long kill list like oh. If I ask that guy why we're doing this maneuver or whatever it is. We're doing. He's going to give me a really good answer and he was also open to being challenged. so I think but when when I so when I choose to read a book I like to think about who that person is what their life is like. And what it is that they're actually an expert in and what they're not an expert in because I've watched authors ah be an expert in 1 field and then stray outside of that and I go more into maybe something I know a lot about I go ah, you know what you were right? when you were over here. But when you got over here, you kind of. And it's good to be aware of who this person is. 19:44.54 Max Shank It's tricky though too because then you also can fall into the appeal to authority or the ad homineym fallacies right? because a lot of the time. In fact, 1 of the books that I'm going to recommend today is an author. But he's also very intelligent in a lot of other areas and so it's kind of like in ancient egypt they would hold trials in the dark because they didn't want the um arbiters to be swayed by what the person looked like which I have this little phrase. Ah. How can you take something at face value if it's attached to a face. So I think really good ideas can stand alone regardless of who wrote the idea. 20:22.62 mikebledsoe Ah. 20:30.73 mikebledsoe Yeah, well when we're when I agree that and when we're swimming in in an infinite amount of books to read I'm gonna I'm gonna choose based on you know, well 1 1 of the things is who who are we learning from? yeah. 20:39.81 Max Shank Um, yeah, totally you want to learn from the best right. 20:49.50 mikebledsoe And 1 thing I Want to mention before we dig in because I want to dig in but I I wish I remember who there was a story being told recently and I heard this and there was somebody was sitting in this really intelligent guy's office and looking around his library Ph D type thing. And they go Wow. Your library is vast I've never seen a personal library So Big. You must have a lot of knowledge and then the guy responds This is not a sick. This does not signify my knowledge it signifies my desire and. 21:23.53 Max Shank Peace Boom again. 21:24.44 mikebledsoe A library is a signifier of desire not of knowledge and when I heard that story I said I said to myself. That's that's spot on. You know youre if you got a I've got quite a few books haven't read half of them. But. Maybe I will at some point. 21:44.23 Max Shank It kind of makes me want to point out the tool Belt knowledge analogy again versus the toolbox knowledge tool beltt knowledge is something you can whip out anytime anywhere you know it forwards and backwards left and right. 21:52.47 mikebledsoe And. 22:04.13 Max Shank If something comes up in conversation. You're like Boom I know this bit of information and then there's toolbox knowledge where if someone jogs your memory about it. You have a familiarity with it and when it comes to reading books you have to accept the fact that even if you're. You know some sort of insane memory What do you What are you gonna retain 1015 percent especially if you only read it once. So as for myself I'm reading a lot of books multiple times I will often read a book and then. Go right back to page 1 and read through it again without going to a different book I'll read book 1 and then I'll finish the book and I'll be like huh that was really good I'm going to read it again right now while it's still fresh and see if I can get this information to concreize. But the truth is. If. You don't apply the knowledge. It goes away and you can't you can't remember a whole bookshelf. It's impossible. 23:04.82 mikebledsoe Yeah, well quote I like to use frequently too is learning is behavior change. So if you don't put it to use. You didn't actually learn it. You just you may remember the words. 23:15.81 Max Shank Hello. 23:24.58 mikebledsoe Because that's all your that's all you unless you've applied it. That's all you have is you remember the words you remember the order of these words. Other than that, you really don't know shit so ah in order for to be in your tool belt like you're talking about it. It's something that has to be implemented. 23:30.33 Max Shank First. 23:41.14 Max Shank Well and you can never step in the same river twice because it's not the same river and you're not the same man. So I'm sure you felt the same way you read a book 5 years later you read the same book and it feels completely different. You're picking up totally different things. You're like whoa. Where was I when I read this last time I don't remember any of this this didn't resonate with me at all and now it's like like blowing my mind. 24:09.57 mikebledsoe Oh yeah, yeah, there's a several books I've I've read a couple times that that I will probably keep reading every 2 to 3 years for for couple more decades who know all right? So let's dig into what? ah. Let's just go book by Book. Let's have you share a book and then we'll ah love to basically like do a mini interview with you about. 24:34.33 Max Shank Should we do a why why? Why read? you should read to change your behavior or for entertainment and if and if you're reading a book that doesn't change your behavior then it was just entertainment and why are you bothering. 24:43.11 mikebledsoe Love it. 24:52.33 Max Shank That's that's why it's difficult for me to recommend books to people because I think the whole point is either to be entertained or to actually yield some behavior change. Ah otherwise like you know why are you reading 1 hundred business books shouldn't like. 2 be sufficient or or 1 good 1. 25:10.16 mikebledsoe Yeah I like reading for entertainment I'm gonna I'm gonna list some books off I read for entertainment but got massive practical ah practical advice from the book. Basically and I noticed that I thought about things differently when it's an autobiography. So was autobiography for enjoyment. This is Mark twain's yeah autobiography um, you know and he wrote it I guess I'll fucking jump I was gonna I was gonna ask you first year book but I'm gonna start. So um, the the book. 25:30.49 Max Shank So nonfiction. Oh Mark twain's okay, cool. 25:39.16 Max Shank Ah, you start you start. 25:48.22 mikebledsoe Ah, my favorite book that I read this year for pure entertainment was mark twain's autobiography. Ah, it's called roughing it and the story of his life is hilarious. There's just there's just tons up. You know we think back to Mark twain and 1 of the. Greatest literary artist american literary artists right? He was like the first american writer is is how he's commonly referred to and and I think a lot of times people think about huck finn and and all this in the Mississippi river and all this stuff when they think about Mark twain. But I'm reading his autobiography and he he's he goes to the west coast to mine for gold like he goes to Nevada he goes to california and he has the worst of luck just there's a story after story of him getting shit on and it's hilarious because the way that Mark twain writes is he can. Use very few words and you can picture the scene in your head and he says it in a way that you've never heard it before and it and it immediately causes visions to come so super super enjoyable and 1 of the benefits I got out of that book is just. 26:54.42 Max Shank The. 27:01.31 mikebledsoe Listening to his hardship and how much failure he had was a good reminder that. Ah, even if we experienced a lot of failure early on there's nothing to say you can't beat end up being like 1 of the greatest writers of all time or the greatest of anything of all time and you know the the thing that stuck out to me is. Even when he was mining and stuff like that he was picking up reporting jobs. He was always writing he was always. He would always go back to that and do some writing and he might he had this dream that he was always going to fucking strike it big and he was going to be. You know he talks about his ego in the book and how like when he had a lot of money. Cause there were times where he had a lot of money and he would blow it. He would just be like yeah I bought these fancy suits I would go to these these operas that I didn't really enjoy but I acted like I enjoyed them and and he's like I don't understand what the fuck is going on he eats all this fancy food and then like a month later he can't even afford a piece of bread. You know and that was it was that was Mark twain's life and this was during a time where like there wasn't homeless shelters. You know if if you fucked up in carson city Nevada ah you you know someone might take some pity on you but like you're out there in the. It was the wild wild west so I really enjoyed his book. In fact, there's about fifteen percent of the book I've I've yet to finish I've just been consuming it chapter here chapter there and whenever I need to relax the mind and get some chuckles in but it's it's. For me. The practical application has been just having a lot more ease in my life because sometimes something comes up and I go I just think about the story I read last night about Mark twain and how he almost died out in the cold because they got lost 10 feet from you know the hotel and it's just. Anyways, so that that 1 I highly recommend is just a lot of fun. 28:58.43 Max Shank Ah, to check that out. You do it on audio or reading it. Yeah. 29:01.72 mikebledsoe I got I my I'm I'm reading it? Yeah ah things I want to read slowly I Just ah I read that? Um, but yeah. 29:10.80 Max Shank I like being told a story on Audiobook but if it's something that I'm going to reference a lot I like to read it with my eyeballs. Um, cool. Yeah, it kind of goes to show how much stories shape our reality i. 29:16.19 mikebledsoe Yeah. 29:29.76 Max Shank Sure I sound like a broken record but stories and stimuli are what shape us simple is that forces on our body. The things that we remember how we frame those experiences. That's what shapes our reality and a lot of writing if it. I Hate say only if it only eases your suffering That's huge actually because when you are in a state of fight or flight. You're not healing yourself So you're You're not going to be able to get into that you know wizard level Cerebral. Or Neocortex ah thinking and planning and conscious action rather than ah instinctive reflex out of Fear. So That's huge so those stories can permeate our being Or. Just be an easing of our suffering for a short time. 30:30.30 mikebledsoe Yeah, yeah, how about you? What's what's ah but but you want to start with. 30:36.90 Max Shank Um, well actually the first 1 is ah by a comedian named norm mcdonald and it's his book. Ah based on a true story a memoir and what's really interesting is. He was a huge fan of Mark twain. He talked about Mark twain a lot and he will he in the book or I should say in an interview he said it's not facts, but it's truth which I thought was really funny so he didn't. Just write a story of his life. He wrote about the truths of life that he had experienced that weren't necessarily factual. Um, because as he said you know most of my life has just been finding and consuming food. And it doesn't make for a riveting read and um, he's my favorite comedian I think he's so Funny. He's so Smart. He always pretended to be really dumb and would you know get interviewed and say yeah I've read like about 6 books in my life. Meanwhile he's like. You know, dostoyevsky and reading like all of these like gargantuan tombs about life and death and religion and philosophy and just total genius but you never knew it because he didn't want it to take away from the comedy anyway, his book. Based on a true story is hilarious I've listened to it a few times. It's 1 of those that's actually read by the author and it's it's so funny. It just makes me laugh and it makes me think about. 1 of the things I like about comedy is it lets you think about the most horrible things in a lighthearted way and it sounds like that's what twain does also like he makes ah being like totally poverty stricken or on the ropes essentially. 32:36.71 mikebledsoe E. 32:47.16 Max Shank Ah seem kind of okay and I think that's 1 yeah, it's it's 1 of the things that um gives us the power to carry on. You know that that hope and. 32:50.80 mikebledsoe Comical. 33:01.67 Max Shank Taking things with a light heart when you said the first american writer I kind of thought maybe that's what the essence of that is um and I'm I'm not well read enough with other. Ah. International authors to really understand the difference but it seems like there's more of like a sardonic and ah comical and quiplike kind of american irreverence that goes along with that to me. So. 33:31.76 mikebledsoe Yeah, yeah, well I mean the the west Love it. Love it And yeah, he's ah well he spent a lot of time on the West Coast and the West coast is known for being irreverent. 33:36.45 Max Shank Anyway, nor Mcdonald based on a true story hilarious I've listened to it several times. 33:49.50 Max Shank All right? My key book to. 33:51.60 mikebledsoe That's ah, that's 1 of the benefits of it. Ah, all, let me all right book 2 I'm gonna go with the Sovereign individual. So the first 1 is entertainment I've got my my book list and in. 2021 in the 3 categories is philosophy business or enjoyment and the sovereign individual falls under philosophy which for me is entertainment but again a lot of practical application there because with philosophy what I like about these philosophical books is. They're taking a generally take a macro view of of how the world works and a lot gives us space to know how to position ourselves. Well I'll say this for myself reading the Sovereign individual. It really informed me how to position myself as time goes on in this book. What they do is they wrote it in the they was published in the year 2000 it with the intention of predicting what was going to happen between the year 2000 and 2025 and as I was reading this book I got chills I got hairs were standing up on my neck. It was incredible. How spot on they were and they opened up the book because what's funny is if they knew that people were going to be reading this in 2021 they wouldn't have to give as much explanation as they did at and the beginning of the book first half of the book is really dedicated to the previous 2000 years and it looks at 500 year cycles and looks at big shifts in. Ah, power being centralized and decentralized and they they really look at the when the berlin wall fell. Ah, it was really the falling of the nation state. So this idea that these governments are in charge and so on and so forth they made the comparison to. 35:40.49 Max Shank And. 35:57.87 mikebledsoe Well you when you ask somebody ah world history and you go you know when did the roman empire fall that was a lot of people say you know four 1080 but it really it really when we look back on it. We could say it really lost. Steam around 500 a but but people were acting like it was still. You know in full force an 800 a d even though it was just kind of very surface level. It was still going but it didn't hold the same power and so they really painted a picture of. Nation state losing power due to technology decentralizing ah safety the protection of assets especially when assets become digital There's just this whole There's this whole um era coming and is we're we're in the the. Infancy stage of this decentralization and ah they they talk about in the book they call it cyber currencies so you know year two thousand bitcoin didn't arrive in what oh 8 till eight zero nine I think maybe oh 7 is when it. You know the founder started figuring it out. But ah, you know they they call it cyber currencies in the book. But the way they describe how these currencies will behave and how they'll be autonomous in some way ah was very predictive and in fact. what they described and what is reality the reality of cryptocurrencies at this point is is way more sophisticated than they were predicting because of course it didn't exist so how could they be? How could they comment too far on it but they did. They did note the results of there being ah cryptocurrencies. Ah, they predicted um, ah that there would be a bacterial or viral pandemic and that the media would behave the way it did they predicted race riots and wars. Um. And the context in which they talk about these things is what gives you chills. It's like yeah anyone can predict these things like there's gonna be pandemics. There's gonna be riots. That's that's part of human history. You don't have to be a genius to say. Yeah that's probably gonna happen. But the way in which it happened and the way they described why these things will. 38:10.47 Max Shank And. 38:26.92 mikebledsoe Happen the way they happen is pretty incredible and 1 of the things that they talk about in the book is ah governments because they're losing power and they lose control over the currency will you know government rules by 1 mean 1 method and that is violence right. Do as I say or else I'll put you in a cage or kill you and so ah, yeah, that's how it enforces there's There's no other like that when when it gets down to it. They have a monopoly on you know that that entity has a monopoly on violence and so be. 38:49.60 Max Shank Um, well, that's how it enforces. 39:05.17 mikebledsoe When you have an organization that that's always the last resort well as as it as it gets closer to losing more and more power. It's just going to become more violent so 1 of the things they talked about was you know there'll be a lot of smaller communities and h oas will include security and they they basically. Also noted that since the 80 s the amount of private security being employed is way up. Private security is a huge industry and you know if someone goes oh when are we going to start having to have private security. It's you know the reality is you already have it and um and. Or you may not have it personally. But it's probably you you it you get the it's prevalent and you're you're probably enjoying it I mean when I went to a store last night. There wasn't 2 cops sitting in front of the grocery store with guns. It's 2 security guards you know, ah the the the local government is supposed to hire police in order to. 39:47.12 Max Shank It's prevalent. 40:03.40 mikebledsoe Keep crime down but you know they can't do that well enough so they got to hire private security. So no, so um, anyways, they basically outline that they talked about the steps ahead and and that book was actually very. 40:07.75 Max Shank A can't be everywhere all at once. 40:22.70 mikebledsoe Relaxing for me to read in a lot of ways because it was I'm watching the world go through this chaotic thing and then it really did a good job of saying look look back 2000 years we're looking forward 25 years and maybe a little beyond that you know this is really just ah ah a frame. In history. It's not It's not the rest of your life. It's not this and that and and also it really instilled. You know we're not going back. We're we're definitely just progressing forward towards something and these are all the things that are going to happen as we we go there and. It may not necessarily be an easy path forward. But the thing you really have to because of the way what technology is an impacting culture the necessity for personal responsibility is at an all time high I mean that's what the the book is called the Sovereign individual is because if you if you don't want to be a slave. And the future you have to be sovereign and in order to be sovereign means that you have to educate yourself on technology. You have to educate yourself on protection and security physical protection and security. You have to educate yourself on these things or else. You're subject to like the government's not going to protect you anymore is basically what they're saying like you're gonna you're gonna have to create your own little tribe and you're gonna have to use technology and all this stuff to take charge of your own protection. So um, 1 of the things that motivated me to do the training I did last weekend this past weekend is I go. 41:56.60 Max Shank Ah. 41:58.86 mikebledsoe I'm looking at the book and I go yeah it could ah you know ah America in this time is actually a very safe place. Still um, it's relatively if you look at human history lot less murder a lot less a lot of things. Um I think in the last couple years 42:07.71 Max Shank Relatively? yeah. 42:16.45 Max Shank Yeah, super rare still well and what's funny about that? Well what's interesting about that I guess it's not funny about that is the dramatic difference. 42:18.60 mikebledsoe Um, homicides are way up, especially where awesome tax is up 1 hundred and seventy five percent homicides this year 42:33.67 Max Shank Between how many people kill themselves versus each other I mean whenever whenever anyone wants to talk to me about how like a place is dangerous I'm like dude like what people kill themselves with fritos people kill themselves with a toaster in the tub like it. 42:35.51 mikebledsoe Right. 42:51.80 Max Shank And you know like I said sometimes fast sometimes slow but people kill themselves like way way more. So if anything we should be like more afraid of ourselves than we should be of other people If if we're going to like follow the statistics right. 43:02.41 mikebledsoe Yeah, well well well a good example of this. Yeah, you're right is yeah I like to go down to columbia and columbia is not necessarily the safest country in the world. Um I've encountered a couple things down there I mean I've been down there maybe a total of. 43:11.47 Max Shank Ah. 43:20.56 Max Shank A. 43:20.56 mikebledsoe 3 or four months at this point I've made 3 different trips and yeah I've run into a riot I've had some people follow me I have you know there's there's been a few times where I thought I was gonna end up in a fight um and it was really just cause I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and you know after you're there for a bit you learn how to you know. 43:33.12 Max Shank Ah. 43:40.15 Max Shank Right. 43:40.70 mikebledsoe Navigate yourself to avoid those things but um, you know there people at home are going. Oh you gotta be careful and's like it's like this is the same person who is overweight eating ice cream before bed watching Jeopardy or something like that. It's just they're not like yeah but you're not living like you're. 43:54.65 Max Shank Ah. 44:00.30 mikebledsoe Like to your point probably killing yourself slowly whereas I'm just taking a little bit of a risk over here. 44:02.89 Max Shank Yeah, right? And who's who's to say that it's It's better to live like a really really long time sadly than a short time Happily you know that's it's hard to quantify. 44:14.53 mikebledsoe Yeah, yeah I think Ellenlan Watts Alan Watts has a tough thing about that and if aen said it then it's it's true. 44:21.55 Max Shank I mean he was a hardcore alcoholic but I like a lot of his ideas I mean that's why you you got to take everything with a grain of salt and that's why um a certain book. Might be the opposite of what you need to hear like a certain book could be fantastic for you. It could bring you to better action and I could read the same book and it could be devastatingly bad if I believe it because you and I are different people So to your point earlier. So. 44:54.82 mikebledsoe Yeah, yeah, context matters. 44:59.47 Max Shank Sovereign individual read it so you can defend yourself and when I think about um situations like that I think there are really only a couple important things you need to be able to defend yourself physically. Um, you need a community. Of people you know, love and trust and you need to be able to create value and that and that's a big 1 because no matter what the economy does if you are valuable then you'll basically always be okay. 45:28.50 mikebledsoe Many. 45:34.47 mikebledsoe Absolutely absolutely. Ah, um, by the way just on the on the notion of value just so this book out there the last safe investment I didn't read this this past year but to max's point the last safe investments all about how to it. 45:38.70 Max Shank Ah. 45:53.83 mikebledsoe It talks about 21 I think 21 or 22 different types of labor that you could develop yourself in that would be valuable and they they basically steer you away from the ones that are not that valuable and steer you towards the ones that are super valuable for example, copywriting is in there as 1 of the most valuable. So. Max you write and to that book's point ah the most valuable thing that you can have and when it comes to financial. It doesn't matter what the currency is or what's going on in the world if you can produce value for other people. Yeah, you should never go hungry. 46:27.75 Max Shank Yeah I mean bitcoin and gold could both go to zero bullets probably won't though I don't think Bullets ever go to zero. Um all right shall I do 1 you did 2 books in a row by the way. 46:30.95 mikebledsoe Yeah. 46:36.73 mikebledsoe Um, Bulletin seeds. Yeah yeah, what's your next book. Yeah, let's go now I just do 1 in that wasn't when I read this year it doesn't count. 46:46.23 Max Shank It's not fair. Ah I just threw an extra 1 in guess your opinion is more important than mine trouble in Paradise over here folks. We made it nineteen episodes. 46:54.69 mikebledsoe I I look I'm older than you I'm allowed to do these things I. 47:02.37 Max Shank Oh nice appeal to age authority very good I think you might be losing it though time is ticking. My friend time is on my side. Um, okay well I'm gonna do 2 books then also and I'm gonna really. 47:10.56 mikebledsoe Of course I'm losing it. 47:20.66 Max Shank And I'm going to relate them together because they're similar but ah, monumentally different in the same way. So I read a book this year that is actually out this year called how to live and it is 27 conflicting answers. And 1 weird conclusion I really like the format of this book because each chapter says you know this is how to live and then the whole chapter is about that and it's by a guy named derek sivers who started a cdbaby. He also wrote a book called anything you want. I really like the way he writes and his his chapters for how how to live are do nothing think long term master something pursue pain do whatever you want now. So they're all conflicting ideas. But that's how life is. 48:15.50 mikebledsoe Yeah. 48:18.73 Max Shank It's a bunch of paradoxes but he spent 4 years working on the book and it's it's a short read, but it's beautifully done. It's very concise. It's exactly what I am looking for in a book I get to essentially consume his suffering to make it concise. So I can get these ideas in their most purest form fully refined. Um, no wasted words. So I loved it. I think it speaks to me personally because the question of how to live is very conflicting. And it depends on the individual. some people are so over the top arrogant that they're going to burn themselves and some people are so um insecure and lacking confidence that they're never going to take that step forward. There's going to prepare prepare forever. So. Everybody needs to hear something a little bit different I thought these chapters were fantastic I'm interested in juxtaposing that book with another book that I re reread which is tools of titans which is a gargantuan book. Full of some of the top performers in the world in different areas, physical feats business feeds technology. Um, and there's a lot of differences. In their advice and I think that's what makes it good and that's what made me think of that book in relation to this book how to live because it's stories that you can relate to and be like oh that's how that guy did it and it's just little bites and books. As I mentioned should inspire some sort of action. So whenever I'm writing something it should inspire action I don't really like writing if it's not going to inspire action. Frankly I find writing kind of painful sometimes anyway so if it's not going to. Inspire action in somebody I'm not going to bother I'm going to go take a walk essentially so I think the the stories um the chapters in how to live by Derek sivers are fantastic I think it will make you think differently and. 50:35.40 mikebledsoe Yeah. 50:49.98 Max Shank It's each chapter is its own little book and it's really beautifully done So how to live by Derek sivers and that's ah with an s s I V E R S That's a great book. Very easy read to. 51:04.74 mikebledsoe Beautiful. 51:09.92 Max Shank Now we're even 3 each now we're even I'm keeping score by the way I'm also keeping score of how many minutes each of each of us talks. So we get equal time because we believe in equality here folks. 51:11.47 mikebledsoe Now We're even all right I'll go Okay, good. Well I'm um, um, I'm curious. Are you taking notes about are you taking the time down when I say something brilliant so we can cut it out for a video. Ah yeah, that was a softball all right? ah. 51:28.15 Max Shank Um. 51:33.76 Max Shank I'm still waiting for you to say something brilliant I do have my pen here though. 51:42.33 mikebledsoe We've got my my um, my favorite business book of the year was incredibly practical and that is 1 hundred million dollars offers by alex hermosi now I want to I want to say this alex hormosey also wrote a book called jim launch secrets. He comes from the fitness industry and you know I learned about how he did his his tactics and I'm not really a big fan of the tactics he used and growing gym memberships and things like that I think that? yeah. That's all I'm gonna say about that I just want to I want to throw that out and to max's point early in the show if I were only going off of what I had already prejudged the author on I wouldn't have picked his book up because I already had a judgment about how he does things and then and and. Ah, 2 people 2 really intelligent friends of mine in one week they suggested to read his book so I pick it up and this is the beauty of having a kindle is I can usually get books at you know, half the price or maybe even a quarter of the price and I don't have to wait for it and I can. Lot of times I can read the preview ahead of time and that's what sold me on this I I got to read the first chapter and I go. Okay, this is going to go somewhere that book 1 hundred million dollar offers I have never seen anyone after reading it I realized that I never consumed a resource on offers by themselves. I'd study a lot of marketing I'd study a lot of business and offers usually fits inside of this marketing chat. So. It's like a chapter in a marketing book or it's a it's a module or a week during a marketing course and alex where Mosey is the guy's ah a fucking genius and he's built. I think over five companies at this point over 100 million dollars and and different industries at that and so um, it's 1 thing for someone. Um, you know, build a business that makes 1 hundred million dollars. But it's another thing to do it to do 5 and I think he's with 32 or 33 years old so really young guy. Um. Super sharp and 1 thing I really liked about his book as well is he had a an online course. Companion. So if you if you get the book. It's got little link at the he does a little lead magnet type thing. Um technically not lead magnet because he doesn't even collect your email address. So um, anyways I read that book and it really helped me and it was just perfectly packaged in the right order it. It's you just follow from chapter to chapter and by the end you're going to have a solid offer and you're going to understand what it is you offer your customers and your customers are going to understand. 54:28.64 mikebledsoe But you're offering them and they're going to feel as though you're solving their problem which is exactly why they're going to hire you or they buy a product anyway. So hundred million dollar offers by alex or Mosey favorite business book of the year 54:41.27 Max Shank That is 1 hell of testimonial and it's also a testament to how information is still valuable even though it's ubiquitous or even though it is everywhere information is free. It's everywhere. But you can still make information extremely valuable if you put it together in a format that is really easy to digest. Nice. 55:06.19 mikebledsoe Yeah, the beauties and the packaging. All right, You're up. What do we got? He's looking around. Yeah. 55:15.95 Max Shank I'm up. Ah another book I read this year was I have ah I have like a little list here but I also have a couple of books I'm trying to decide because I don't want to? um I want to do too many because I know we're getting close to the wire. But um. 55:30.54 mikebledsoe Why you probably just running out of books you read this year 55:35.80 Max Shank You know what. 55:38.99 Max Shank I can only I can't read actually I only listen to audiobooks ah now I'll recommend um I have 2 more that I really want to recommend so the travels by Michael crichton. 55:50.28 mikebledsoe Ah. 55:55.67 Max Shank And I reread it every year since I had a recommended to me by a good friend of mine and it's amazing travels by Michael creton. He's a um, super prolific author he covers it all. Travels he talks about um, you know going to medical school and seeing like the psychiatric wards and traveling to all these different places and nearly dying several times and um, he's. Just a fascinating individual. He goes into the ah physics and metaphysical plane and he just dives right in it kind of reminded me of richard feynman's book a little bit surely. You must be joking Mr. Feynman but travels by Michael crichton. Is absolutely fantastic. He talks about the travels externally and travels internally and relationships and science and I know I've recommended some of his stuff in the podcast before especially his. A little lecture called the state of fear which talk about prophetic for for what's happening right now. But michael crichton travels excellent book worth reading worth rereading. He's awesome. 57:20.91 mikebledsoe Yeah, you recommended a video for me to watch of his a lecture. He gave an hour long presentation that was just not only was it enjoyable but it was it was kind of kind of like the sovereign individual is relieving in some way in some ways and. 57:37.47 Max Shank Earth. 57:39.89 mikebledsoe Really pointing out really where a lot of bullshit exists in the world and the media and and how he really explains how things get out of control. Um, and so as far as how narratives get out of control and yeah. 57:43.87 Max Shank Oh yeah. 57:56.53 Max Shank Yeah, he goes over it in such a calm way too. There's like humor in it and he's like yeah of course then this happens and you know he's just talking about like horrible things. Ah that are happening but he's doing it in a very lighthearted manner which I like. 57:59.43 mikebledsoe Super cool. Yeah, he's chuckling the whole time. 58:12.91 mikebledsoe Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's It's really nice to have someone who's ah like an M D Ph D That's confirming some of ah your biases. But. 58:15.51 Max Shank It makes you feel a little bit less alone doesn't it. 58:27.45 Max Shank Ah. 58:31.62 mikebledsoe Um, let's see we'll do a couple more books and then I'll ah we'll put the rest on the blog that doesn't exist yet. So but I may if it if it does exist and you're listening to this I'll put it here at the end. 58:44.94 Max Shank It after. 58:50.58 mikebledsoe I haven't bought the domain yet I don't think. 58:51.48 Max Shank You don't want to read too many books either. You want to read a few good ones and then reread them and take good notes about them and write in the margins I mean here's a quick intermission you got to rewrite these ideas in your own words if you want to remember them. 58:58.79 mikebledsoe That's true. 59:07.93 mikebledsoe Yeah. 59:10.61 Max Shank Go ahead and and make notes inside of the book too. That's what those little margins are for it might not be what they're for, but that use the margins to highlight things and yeah exactly I used to try to keep them really pristine now I just write all over them because it makes you. 59:19.20 mikebledsoe It's your book. You can do whatever you want. 59:27.52 Max Shank Ah, helps you remember the information a lot better. 59:28.30 mikebledsoe Yeah, um, yeah let's do 1 more each and then we'll call it a day ah and outwitting the devil was would be ah another 1 at top of my list and outwitting the devil. Is by Napoleon hill he wrote how to think and grow rich. Ah rich. You know that's what he's most known for because that book was published maybe in what the thirty s or forty s and it's been commonly referenced if I go to a business networking. 59:57.97 Max Shank Something like that long time ago. 01:00:06.27 Max Shank It's still a good buck. It's still a good book. 01:00:06.83 mikebledsoe Event. It's people are referencing it all the time and it's practically a hundred years old. And yeah, so that's thing and grow rich is what he's known for. There's a book called outwitting the devil that he wrote back in the thirty s 01:00:11.94 Max Shank Hundred years later almost amazing. 01:00:26.60 mikebledsoe Early forty s and never was published until 2009 and when you read the book. You'll understand why it wasn't published and in fact, it required him passing and I think 1 of his children passing before it could. 01:00:26.70 Max Shank Um, ah, whoa. 01:00:45.85 mikebledsoe See the light of day and so the book is called outwitting the devil and it is quite the commentary on human nature and on culture as a whole and how ah groups of people. Um. Behave and how the majority of people are just drifting through life and if you're just drifting the devil has got yeah and talks about how to think for yourself and has warnings about different things to come and. Which there's some. There's a lot of really insightful and interesting things in that book I enjoyed reading it every book I've mentioned so far I smiled I giggled I I I got excited as I read these books so I hope you do too all right? come by. But your last 1 max. 01:01:45.14 Max Shank Outwitting the devil out outwitting the devil itself sounds kind of like outwitting yourself was the first thing I thought when you even said the title. Um, so I read ah I read a comic book. It was ah I think it was the the the prehistory of the far side by Gary larson. The guy who did the far side comics. Um, it was just funny is hilarious I thought those comics were really good. 01:02:12.15 mikebledsoe E. 01:02:21.31 Max Shank I Think that the fact that he frequently switches the roles between humans and animals is really funny like when you have animals doing human-like things. It seems very absurd and quite macabre. Also and I thought that was really funny. Um another but an actual book I liked was guns germs and steel which I doubled down I doubled down ah guns germs and steel because it gives you. 01:02:47.53 mikebledsoe Oh now you're now you're now you've got 1 up on me. 01:02:58.77 Max Shank A little I mean I don't know if it's more honest like where I'm at as far as history is concerned is it's just his story like whoever wins the War writes the history books So I don't really believe too much of. 01:03:08.78 mikebledsoe Are. 01:03:16.22 Max Shank What is told about what happened but I liked guns germs and steel because it gives a reasonable explanation for why things are the way they are now. And why some places advanced and why some places didn't I didn't agree with everything in the book. Um, but it was a really good. Ah it was a good follow up to another book I liked which was called Power Sex Suicide Mitochondria and the meaning of life so it kind of just goes. 01:03:48.26 mikebledsoe Me. 01:03:52.10 Max Shank Along that logical pathway and I think that sort of stuff is is just fun. It Also I don't know about you but it makes me a little more compassionate toward others especially with what we're talking about with. Outwitting the devil and there's so much pressure to fit into the group and I used to be I'm still pretty hard on myself which is fine I Guess Ah, but I used to also just think everybody was a malicious idiot and now I realize that it. It's just very uncomfortable to have this unique existence and try to fit into a group and that there's usually a reason why people are the way they are. You know if you get really good positive feedback for doing well at School. You're probably going to get good at school if you get really good positive feedback. Playing Basketball you're probably going to keep getting really good at basketball and so on and so forth so seeing things from more of a historical thing which is guns germs and steel and then seeing things from a cellular and biological standpoint power sex Suicide I think is ah. I Guess it's comforting for me to know this backstory but at the very least it's entertaining. 01:05:10.22 mikebledsoe Love it. Yeah, 1 things that you said ah brought up for me is everybody is suffering and it's it's just something to remember your your suffering is actually not unique and people tend to to think it is. 01:05:25.79 Max Shank Would you write a book if you weren't suffering. Why would you write a book if you weren't suffering. Yeah, that's what I'm saying like that that. 01:05:29.63 mikebledsoe Once you realize that it's. 01:05:34.35 mikebledsoe If you're not suffering. Why would you do anything. 01:05:44.95 Max Shank You hear me I'm like a broken record I'm talking about hunger pain and desire all being synonymous with each other. So um, every book I've written was to ease the suffering of others because the suffering of others. Ah, is quite irksome to me I don't I don't like it when other people suffer it it hurts I'm a very empathetic person I'm like oh man, there's no reason you should be suffering like this like you don't even know why you're doing this exercise you're doing this exercise because he saw it in a magazine you haven't even considered what a human body. 01:06:04.54 mikebledsoe Here. 01:06:12.75 mikebledsoe Right. 01:06:23.24 Max Shank Can and maybe even should be able to do as you as you age, you're just like copying the dance moves that you saw it's ridiculous. So That's ah, that's kind of where I come at I mean everything I've written was to. Ultimately ease suffering and I think that's why people write stuff at All. It's a very compassionate thing that we do and I think that compassion is what um ties us together intergenerationally and that's what allows us to write these things and have. Have a hope that they will ah be useful to our our family right. 01:07:05.69 mikebledsoe Yeah, yeah let's let's wrap it up. Um I'll go first and you know what make sure you're reading things that you enjoy because you probably already know enough of what you need, um, and. Ah, don't worry about how many books you're reading enjoy the process digest it learning as behavior change implement before going and consuming a bunch of new information. Um, understand why you're reading the book. Why are you picking it up understanding that intention is. Is ah very necessary to get the most out of it even if it's enjoyment. So yeah, that's all I go to say about that what reading contest which want. 01:07:51.15 Max Shank Well there goes our reading contest we were gonna do I joking we were gonna see who could read the most books next year it's not that funny. Okay, minus 1 that just. 01:07:59.89 mikebledsoe oh oh oh oh yeah I mean ah I would just pick up a bunch of Seth godin books whop your ass eighty pages tiny 10 words per page. 01:08:10.32 Max Shank Super short super short books I just read every Dr. Seuss books on you um fiction fiction books can help you make better decisions. That's that's a big 1 it doesn't have to be nonfiction. It doesn't have to be boring. It doesn't have to be a business book to understand. Value and scarcity and desire and human nature fiction. Books can tell a lot about that sort of thing as well. Um, read a book more than once if you like it read a chapter of a Book. Doesn't have you don't have to read the whole thing. You can just open up to a random page and you might get a spark of insight. You don't have to read the whole damn thing if you're reading a book and it sucks stop reading it? ah. 01:08:59.46 mikebledsoe That's a big 1 I probably started more books than I finished this year 01:09:03.41 Max Shank Yeah, it's good. Why not I mean why? why should you have to? um, rewrite the ideas in your own words. Don't don't just copy verbatim unless you're copywriting then it can be really useful and then you can ingest later from there. But. Rewrite the ideas in your own words and it's like the difference between um, just Mimicry and learning the principles. So yeah, don't get don't get caught up in how many books reread books over and over that really that you really like. Um, consider the source of course but really good ideas should be able to stand alone and. 01:09:57.85 Max Shank That's it. Yeah, you don't you don't need to read a lot of books probably most of us have enough information. It's better for us to spend time synthesizing um and organizing the information that we have already consumed as it pertains to your own life and. Um, maybe it's time to write your own book. Even if you don't think you should. 01:10:19.18 mikebledsoe Yeah, all right up if you can find me on Instagram mike underscore blood. So and you can go over to I have a summit coming up in March here in austin texas you can find out more information about that at where they go. Destrongcoach dot com slash summit max. 01:10:41.39 Max Shank I am max you can find me in maxshank dot com or at Maank sometimes I hope you guys have a lovely rest of your week see you later. Love you bro. 01:10:52.70 mikebledsoe Later.

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