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+++German-speaking sections: 00:35:32 - 00:42:26 and 00:50:15 - 00:54:08. English subtitles available on YouTube for that part! Just activate them on YouTube.+++ Do we think that Germans should be more patriotic? Was it difficult to have our university degrees recognized in the other country? What did our parents say when we told them we were going to move abroad? It's time for a Q&A episode, so we asked you guys on our Instagram page (@understandingtrainstation) to ask us questions and we went through them and tried to answer them as best as we could. P.S. When Josh talked about having his university degree recognized in Germany, he's referring to this government agency: https://www.kmk.org/zab/zentralstelle-fuer-auslaendisches-bildungswesen.html Mentioned videos: EP29: Where It All Began - An Interview with Josh's High School German Teacher▸https://youtu.be/m0V3CT0vuTA EP13: Josh in Germany - Moving During a Pandemic ▸https://youtu.be/KpFrtKhfy6Q You can listen to this podcast/watch it on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio! Buy our merch ▸https://felifromgermany.com/collections/understanding-train-station • Follow us on Instagram▸instagram.com/understandingtrainstation • Support us on Patreon▸patreon.com/understandingtrainstation • Buy us a coffee▸buymeacoffee.com/utspodcast • Email us▸understandingtrainstation@gmail.com • Website▸understandingtrainstation.com Check out all the videos with Josh and Feli on the "German Girl in America" YouTube channel▸https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvcmNAGhcEEMm1zpbbFcz41YALTd2eAed --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/understandingtrainstation/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/understandingtrainstation/support

Contender eSports Cary was opened in October 2020 by Caleb Smith and Vinny Smith. As a top-rated esports gaming center, Contender eSports Cary is The Triangle area's go-to facility for online gaming training, workshops, tournaments, open play, and more.Caleb talks about his background and how he and his company decided that Cary was a good place for them to set up their business.Caleb played soccer overseas and what living in Germany for 3 years. We talk about his experiences in a multicultural city.Joe and Caleb talk about how the view of video games has changed from when they were younger. There is more opportunity for gamers to be able to make money and to get scholarships more than there ever was before. When Josh and Joe were kids they would get in trouble for playing video games too much, playing games was considered lazy and their parents would tell them to go outside and play as if video gameplay was bad for them.Interested in checking out eSports in Cary, Caleb talks about the ages of the kids who can join, how to join, and more in-depth about the whole joining process. Caleb talks about how you don't even need to be in a team you can work your way up to the top by yourself in eSports.Caleb talks about how e-sports are different from regular sports as companies own the games so they have to be careful in how they navigate some things. They all talk about how streams and youtube videos are up and coming and how it is beneficial to be able to teach kids how to do things like coding and editing those types of things.You can find them at contendercary.com

In this special hour-long episode of Late Nite Take Out, my friend, music journalist, & fellow music lover Josh comes on the show to share his thoughts & have a conversation with me about Music Culture. It was an absolute blast making this episode with him! I got to find out how well-spoken and intelligent my friend is and truly connect over culture. During our conversation, we cover a variety of topics, such as black celebration, cultural appropriation, racism, trends, predictions, & the current state of music. But not only that, but we also just chop it up about life. My favorite parts of the conversation are where Josh talks about when he feels most represented in music, & when he and I talk about feeling "othered" by music. We don't hold back! And, get as honest as we can be. I got to talk about how I relate to music as an Asian American man, too. That felt particularly great. On that topic, Is black music made only for black people? What is the responsibility of the listener, and artist, when taking part in a culture that is not theirs? All things we talk about in this episode. Timestamps 1 - 14min. Introductions, Black Celebration, Cultural Appropriation 14 - 30min. When Josh felt most represented in Music, artists who push the boundaries, & who is music made for? 46 - 58min. Daniel talks about feeling "othered" in Music 58 - 64min. Josh closes up the show!

Episode Notes In this episode of Last Year's Horror, we're talking about the 2020 Vince Vaughn acting showcase / teen slasher horror comedy, FREAKY. Freaky was written by Michael Kennedy and Christopher Landon and directed by Christopher Landon. It stars the aforementioned Vince Vaughn as well as Kathryn Newton. The plot revolves around the Freaky Friday trope of body-switching, but this ain’t your momma’s body-switching comedy. There is blood, there are guts, there’s a chainsaw to the nuts! And we’re thrilled to be joined by one of our favorite guests and good friends, Josh Gideon, to break it all down for you! When Josh is involved, you know we’re gonna go off the rails pretty quickly, and we are happy to say that this episode is no exception!   Follow us on social media: TWITTER: www.twitter.com/lastyearshorror INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/lastyearshorror FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/lastyearshorror Follow your intrepid hosts: BENJAMIN'S TWITTER: www.twitter.com/BanjaminAllocco   CAREY'S TWITTER: www.twitter.com/andcareyon   CAREY'S INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/andcareyon Support a small business Buy some quality used furniture or trading cards from Josh’s Syracuse-based furniture and game shop at www.gideonsgallery.com!   If you enjoy Last Year's Horror, check out all the interesting, entertaining, and elbow deep shows on the Ordis Studios Podcast Network, by visiting the website or following the network on social media.   ORDIS STUDIOS WEBSITE: www.ordisstudios.com ORDIS STUDIOS TWITTER: www.twitter.com/ordisstudios   ORDIS STUDIOS INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/ordis.studios   Theme song written by Benjamin Allocco and Marty Allocco, and performed by Marty Allocco.   Last Year's Horror is created by Benjamin Allocco and Carey Feagan and produced by Benjamin Allocco.   Last Year's Horror is part of the Ordis Studios Podcast Network.

In this week’s episode, Amrit interviews Josh Gryniewicz, a storyteller, storytelling consultant and writer. He is founder of Odd Duck LLC., a boutique storytelling for social change communication firm, that works with nonprofits, NGOs, social impact start-ups, and issue-based documentaries to help them shape their narrative.Josh Gryniewicz is co-host of the beautiful Story Matters podcast. This podcast is about why story actually does matter. It focuses on the use of story for social change and the power of narrative to shape culture, especially during times of crisis. We are going through climate change and social challenges that are threatening our democracy and safety. We are also in the middle of a global pandemic. But Josh and Story Matters give hope. This podcast uses the power of imagination conveyed by narrative to overcome all the adversity and sad things that we are facing in this world. “We need to think more broadly and that means a call for radical imagination and changing the narrative of everything that brought us to this point”“Narrative gives us the structure to reimagine what's possible and see solutions”Story Matters brings the storytelling campfire experience right to you! If you would like to listen to it, please go to: https://www.storymatters.site/Josh and Amrit dive deep into the heart of “story”. They share an entertaining and fascinating conversation about the depths and history of “story”, and what it means to be living your story. Josh is a storyteller above all and covers more than 45000 years of evolutionary storytelling history. Amrit is wisdom hungry and completely fascinated about storytelling ever since he can talk. They both turn this episode into a moment of bliss.Amrit makes reference to experts in psychology, mythology, unified physics, religion, literature, philosophy, neuroscience and human cultural evolution amongst others to explore his point. He believes that wisdom, especially in his country, was passed on to later generations through the ability of storytelling, and we have lost some of that art because of the need of writing and not being able to transmit stories verbally. He sees clearly how much story informs us as human beings and our story and narrative. We are connected to our story and our story informs our presence; the way we live is through our character and the character is in our story. Josh believes a lot of storytelling is a learning tool but going back to the aboriginal origins, he remarks that it was used for a cooperative purpose. In regards to written word as opposed to the oral traditions, he affirms that when you start recording a series of events in a factual and detailed way all it does is reinforce the protagonist models making us follow somebody through a narrative from beginning to end.This isolates us and takes us away from the collective model where we are all together getting bits of that story and sharing that space.When Josh is training, he talks a lot about Joseph Campbell’s “Hero Myth”, a common template of stories that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, is victorious in a decisive crisis, and comes home changed or transformed. And also refers to his favourite and beautiful concept of “Sonder”, the realization that each random passer-by is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. Josh embodies and strongly believes that every single one of us has an informed rich inner life, we all have our own experiences, and we are all protagonists in our own stories. Everybody is in a story with their own story and collectively trying to bring all those stories together.Sharing story can heal you. Josh has witnessed it at first hand and states that healing is about looking at your trauma through your lense and taking ownership and action over it. And each time you heal, your story shifts including more of what is relevant in your life and reducing the trauma.Finally, Josh talks about why we identify with some characters in movies and books. When you identify with a character, you identify with their narrative and this activates the same parts of your brain, so what you are sensing is because you are very in tuned with your own mind. He also shares a short hilarious story about Hemingway you can't miss, as well as another couple of arguments to demonstrate there is something about how the viewer, listener, experiencer, audiencer, of the story interprets what they see and how they incorporate it into their own experiences.Gryniewicz shares ways in which people can connect to their own story. He himself is focussed on sharing stories publicly and connects by journaling and picking up things of his day, looking at them in different ways and trying to understand how important they are to him. Personally he suggests you pay attention to the stories you tell yourself and why you tell them in a certain way. If you see it needs to be changed, then change it. In this chapter you will learn how to live your story in the most empowered way you have ever imagined.“Each random passer-by is living a life as vivid and complex as your own” About Josh Gryniewicz:Josh Gryniewicz is the founder of Odd Duck, a boutique storytelling for social change communication firm. Josh Gryniewicz prides himself on being a storyteller above all else.As a creative, Josh has applied his craft to writing, spoken word, filmmaking, comic books, and other mediums. As a nonfiction writer, Josh has had work published in the Guardian, Huffington Post, and PopMatters. For over a decade, he has worked in public interest and health communication, specializing in unconventional public health programs. While serving as the communication director for Cure Violence, the internationally renowned violence prevention program was featured in the award-winning film The Interrupters.Josh helmed the rebrand of Integrate Health, a global health initiative in West Africa, on two continents, helping to increase their budget by nearly $1 million and propelling the organization forward as a thought leader. Most recently, Josh led communication efforts for Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH), a Program Office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focused on national multi-sector data sharing to address social determinants of health.In 2018, Josh founded Odd Duck to combine his passions of storytelling and social change.Mentioned resources:Video about “Yoga laughing”:https://www.theshiftwellnessrally.com/lalive - Mentioned in timestamp (00:02:00) Odd Duck recently was a "Content Consultant" on The Shift. At 1:03:24 seconds into this video of the LA Wellness Rally Ifacho Okeke demonstrates how it is done.Story Matters Podcast - Hosts Josh Gryniewicz & Aseem Giri - : https://www.storymatters.site/ Inspired Evolution Podcast/Charles Eisenstein on The Conspiracy Myth: https://inspiredevolution.com/charles-eisenstein-on-the-conspiracy-myth/ - Mentioned in timestamp (00:27:33) - Conversation about myths. Nowadays myth is sectioned off as being fiction. Eisenstein discovered they are not made up, they are hyper real and we are consistently living in a story.Charles Eisenstein’s Essays: https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/ - Mentioned in timestamp (00:27:33) - Essays highly recommended by Amrit Jordan B. Peterson Podcast: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/s3-e18-maps-of-meaning-3-marionettes-individuals-part-2/ - Mentioned in timestamp (00:27:33) - “Analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio to illustrate the manner in which great mythological or archetypal themes inform and permeate both the creation and the understanding of narratives” – Jordan PetersonJordan B. Peterson: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/about/ Jonathan Young: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Young_(psychologist) - Mentioned in timestamp (00:27:33) - Conversation about what Amrit teaches in his course “Live your Purpose” (first part is connecting with your values and the next step is connecting to your story) - Joung had to get familiar with his inner story for the sake of his patients; to be able to support he had to be aware of his own story. Inspired Evolution/Nassim Haramein on The Quantum Science of Personal & Global Healing: https://inspiredevolution.com/nassim-haramein-on-the-quantum-science-of-personal-global-healing/ - Mentioned in timestamp (00:27:33) - Conversation about space-memory. As we are moving through space we are leaving bits of ourselves on the hard drive of life. We are connected through space with this memory identity that we are leaving along through time.Rupert Sheldrake: https://www.sheldrake.org/about-rupert-sheldrake/biography - Mentioned in timestamp (00:27:33) - Sheldrake talks about Morphic Resonance - A conversation about energetic match; mysterious telepathy-type interconnections between organisms and of collective memories within species and potentially that is where mistakes and psychics can connect to your story.Joseph Campbell’s quote “Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths” - Mentioned in timestamp (00:27:33) or (00:39:53) - Conversation about “Hero Journey”Joseph Campbell’s “Hero Myth”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey Joseph Campbell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell Definition of “Sonder”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkoML0_FiV4 - Mentioned in timestamp (00:42:54) - “The realization that each random passer-by is living a life as vivid and complex as your own”Werner Herzog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog#Film_theory - Mentioned in timestamp (00:56:04) - Fiction and documentary filmmaker and philosopher - Josh’s favourite film maker Raoul Peck:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Peck - Mentioned in timestamp (00:56:04) - Filmmaker who directed “I Am Not Your Negro”, a documentary film based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript “Remember This House”Tune In: Welcome Josh Gryniewicz to the Inspired Evolution!:(00:00:00)The story of Story Matters:(00:04:47)Moment in which Josh owned the identity of a storyteller:(00:08:22)Vulnerability and strength needed to share our story:(19:17)What it really means to be living your story:(00:27:33)Josh’s favourite word “sonder”:(00:42:54)How the ability of sharing our story can heal us:(00:48:05)Josh’s favourite story:(00:49:48)Getting out of the way to find stories that support Josh on his journey:(00:51:37)About drawing values from communicating tools:(00:56:04)How do you help people connect to their own story?:(01:04:17)Connect with Josh Gryniewicz:Website: https://oddduck.io/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgryniewicz Story Matters Podcast - Hosts Josh Gryniewicz & Aseem Giri: https://www.storymatters.site/ Join the Inspired Evolution Community:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InspiredEvolution/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/InspiredEvo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/InspiredEvolution/ Website: https://inspiredevolution.com/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/inspiredevolution. 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When good things end is the 199th episode of the Soul Forge Podcast. And yet, it's so much more than that. This episode is a kind of eulogy for the Rusted Robot Podcast. Rusted was my baby for more than 7 years, and I did everything I could to make it successful, entertaining, and fun. Those days are over now, and this is a nostalgic look back at something I put my heart and soul into. Enjoy! The Final Episode of The Rusted Robot Podcast April 18, 2021 It's been a long road getting from there to here. From humble beginnings, to a pop culture phenomenon, the Rusted Robot Podcast has been around a very long time. We have met so many amazing people along the way. We would like to thank you all for the support you have shown us over the years. The podcast began in January 2014, and with only a few breaks here and there, it continued on for almost 7 and a half years. It started with Shawn and his wife Brigitte sharing their love of all things geek. It was an attempt to bring a bit of culture to a small northern Ontario town better known for hunting, fishing, drinking and drugs. Once their marriage fell apart, they continued on for awhile but times changed. After a brief hiatus, Shawn recruited Josh as a new co-host. When Josh wasn't available, there would be solo episodes and other guest hosts. This episode is a farewell to a huge part of Shawn's life. The episode is filled with nostalgia and absolutely packed with clips. So many people were a part of this episode in particular, and of the podcast in general. Make sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCataaeTRQltObb7n1GHW_qw/videos You can also find Shawn continuing his podcast journey with the boys of the Cosmic Pizza Podcast, and by his self on the Soul Forge Podcast which can be found at http://www.soulforgepodcast.com/ If you would still like to support the show, visit https://ko-fi.com/rustedsoul And make sure to join our Facebook page for any and all updates on future podcasts: https://www.facebook.com/groups/therustedrobot/ Thank you all for an amazing journey! This week's podcast promo: Cosmic Pizza Podcast

Welcome back to another episode with Josh Steimle. Previously, we discussed Josh's career and content writing. In today's episode, we're going to discuss the 7 Systems of Influence and how they can help us gain influence with our ideal customers. The 7 Systems of Influence The seven systems of influence include vision, genius zone, audience, content, action, collaboration, and love. They act as a framework, a way of thinking and organizing information, to create influence and then leverage that influence to achieve goals. Arguably the most effective way to get what we want is through influence. We say knowledge is power, but knowledge can't really get us anywhere without influence. So the seven systems of influence are the fundamental steps, or systems, we can use to create, leverage, and maintain influence.   Vision   The first system is vision. For anything we want, we have to clearly visualize it. For example, if what we want is our child to take out the trash, we have to visualize it. Whether it is something small like that or something big like creating a billion-dollar business over the next 10 years, we have to visualize it. Then we have a clear vision of where we need to be going, and it will be much easier to stay focused on it. We may run around chasing a goal that we haven't fully visualized. We end up chasing visions we don't really want because they have not been fully formulated. By sitting down and going through the right process, we can clarify our vision and make sure it's what we really want. Then we focus our time and resources to ensure that vision happens.   Genius Zone   System number two is the genius zone. This system asks questions such as “Who are you? What are you good at? What is your knowledge? What is your experience? What is it that makes you special? What can you do that no one else can do?” Josh grew up skateboarding. He ran a skate shop as a kid, and today, he's still connected to the industry. So, he knows a bit about skateboarding. However, he isn't the only one with that knowledge; there are probably 20 million other people in the world who know as much as he does about skateboarding. Josh also knows a bit about marketing, having run a marketing agency for 20 years. But again, he's not the only marketing expert in the world. When Josh overlaps these two expert zones, they create a genius zone. There aren't many people who have his knowledge about skateboarding and marketing combined. This makes him unique in this area. So, he could go to a company like Nike with this experience and help them market shoes to skateboarders. This is a simple example of overlapping two areas, but we might overlap in five different areas. It might include the language we speak, somewhere we live or some other experience in our background. When we start listing out our expert zones and looking for unique connections and overlaps, we'll find genius zones that nobody else in the world has. Typically, we have one genius zone that stands out to us, one we are passionate about and want to spend the rest of our life doing.   Audience   The third system is the audience. Who can we serve with our genius zone? The question is not “Who is anyone in the world who might care a little bit about our genius zone?” The question is “Who are the people who desperately need what we offer through our genius?” Josh likes to ask his clients how many customers they would need to totally change their business. For those who are doing consulting, the answer is typically 10 or 20. Josh then asks how many potential customers they have in the world. His clients respond by saying, “millions.” Then Josh says, “If you only need 10 or 20 to change your business, why are you creating your content and messaging for millions? Why would you create content marketing and messaging that appeals to millions rather than to the 10 people you would ideally love to work with?” We can pick and choose. For example, with Josh's published author program, he decided he wanted to work with entrepreneurs. He could work with a lot of people and help them to write books, but he loves working with entrepreneurs. So, he decided to narrow it down and only work with entrepreneurs,  creating content marketing and messaging directly for them. Because of this, they often feel like Josh is speaking right to them, and they want to work with him because of that. 61% of consumers say that they are more likely to buy from a company that provides custom content (Source: dragon360.com).   Content   Content is system number four. Now that we know our ideal audience, we can ask what will motivate them to take action. We often think of content as a book or website, but it's also our words or example. It can be the chore chart on the fridge to track tasks for our kids. If we're trying to build a billion-dollar business over the next 10 years, then it's important to ask: what's the content we need to create to recruit partners, to recruit clients, and to get people to fund this?   Action   System number five is action. What is the plan to get this done? If the content is a book, the action questions may be how are we going to finish this book? How are we going to write it? How are we going to get started? Are we going to write the book ourselves or hire a ghostwriter to do it? “Everybody needs a plan to actually get to a destination.” - Josh Steimle   Collaboration   The sixth system is collaboration. The central question of this system is how can I work with other people to get 1,000 times the influence that I have on my own? Josh has a friend, Derek Andersen, who started a company called Startup Grind. The company started because Derek began interviewing successful entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. He hosted a fireside chat and only about 10 people attended, but they wanted him to do more. About 20 people attended the second one, and more went to the third one. Someone came to Derek and asked if they could host one of the events in San Jose. Derek said yes, and they partnered together to start Startup Grind. Today, Startup Grind has 800 or 900 chapters around the world, and they've hosted millions of people at their local events. Derek has been able to influence millions of people, which he never would have been able to do by himself. Collaboration allows us to spread our influence a lot further than we could otherwise on our own. We can think about: who can we work with? Who has the same audience? Or who has the same audience but is selling something else? How can we find somebody who wants to connect with the same audience we want to connect with? How can we collaborate in a way that we both end up with more influence?   Love   The final system of influence is love. This was a difficult system for Josh to come up with. He had the first six, but he knew something important was missing. He realized it was love through a discussion he had with his business partner about parenting. Josh's business partner said, “If you know your parents love you, it really makes up for a lot of the mistakes they make because you know their hearts are in the right place.” The truth of this statement stuck with Josh and made him realize that love was the last element he needed in his systems. We often let people do crazy things if they have good intentions, but love is all about goodwill and good intent. “If people feel like you are trying to help them because you really want to help them, then you can get almost everything else wrong in the systems of influence, and you will still have influence. But if you get everything else right—the vision, the genius zone, the audience, the content, everything—you can do everything else right. But if there's no love, people will just ignore it, and then you have no influence.” - Josh Steimle Why are they called systems?  Josh calls them systems because they don't have to be done in order like steps. As with a car and its propulsion system, steering system, navigation system, etc., all the systems work and run at the same time. Then we can move from point A to point B. However, if one of those systems is not working well, it can throw everything into reverse. The Importance of Data in Marketing One of Josh's favorite interviews from his book, Chief Marketing Officers at Work, was with Seth Farbman, the former CMO of Spotify. Seth told Josh a story about the importance of data in marketing. Seth and his team were looking at Spotify user data, and there was a group of people listening to Spotify consistently for about seven or eight hours without any interaction. They weren't changing or skipping anything. Seth was unsure what these users were doing for so long without interaction, but he eventually realized they were sleeping with music on.  This realization allowed Spotify to set up many playlists for people to use while they were sleeping, and to further entrench themselves with that user group. Spotting trends from data can lead to product development and new ideas. Looking at the data allowed Spotify to do marketing that further connected them to their users. Key Takeaways Thank you so much Josh for sharing your stories and knowledge with us today. Here are some of my key takeaways from this episode: It is important to visualize our goals so we have a clear direction and increase our chance to accomplish them. We can combine our expert zones to create a genius zone, which becomes a skillset unique to us. We must think about who our ideal audience is to create content marketing and messaging that will appeal specifically to them. If we're trying to build a billion-dollar business over the next 10 years, then we have to think about what content we are going to create that will help us do so. In order to achieve our goals, we need a plan of action. We can collaborate with others to gain even more influence. Without love, the other systems of influence won't help us. We have to care about our audience and our business. Use the systems together to achieve our goals. Spotting trends from data can lead to product development and new ideas. Connect with Josh If you enjoyed this interview and want to connect with Josh you can find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuasteimle/ or visit his website at https://www.joshsteimle.com/. Want to be a Better Digital Monetizer? 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“72% of marketers say content marketing increases engagement. In addition, 72% say it has increased the number of leads.” (Source: optinmonster.com) Content writing can be a great way to boost leads for our businesses. In today's episode, Josh Steimle and I discuss how he got into content writing and how he is helping others to do the same. Josh Steimle has generated more than $10 million in revenue from his businesses by authoring books and writing articles for publications like Forbes, Fortune, Time, Inc., Mashable, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur. Josh created the 7 Systems of Influence. He wrote the book Chief Marketing Officers at Work, which contains 29 interviews with Chief Marketing Officers from organizations such as GE, Harvard Business School, Spotify, Target, and PayPal. He won the BYU Business Plan competition in 2001, the same competition that helped me start my first business in 1997. He was also named Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002 by the Utah Small Business Association.  Josh's Entrepreneurial Journey Starting Entrepreneurship Young As a child, Josh loved to find creative ways to make money. He was always recycling paper, cans, and newspapers. In high school, he even sold skateboard goods and competed with the vending machines by selling a lot of candy at school. When he got older, Josh planned to be an artist because he knew how to draw. He didn't realize that entrepreneurship was something he could study. He then learned about business school after his first year of college and immediately switched from art to business.  Starting His Own Business As John got further into the business world after college, he realized he wanted to start his own business. So, he quit his full-time job in 1999 and started a web design firm. “The problem with entrepreneurs is that we have a high tolerance for risk and a low sense of reality. And so I thought, I'm gonna start a business. This is going to be great, I'm going to make a lot of money, and everything's going to be awesome. I had no clue what I was doing.” -Josh Steimle Josh had a difficult time signing on clients at first. He hadn't landed a single client when a telemarketer called, trying to sell him something. Josh told the telemarketer he didn't have any money, and the telemarketer then asked what Josh did for a living. Josh said he designed websites, and the telemarketer replied with, “Oh, my brother needs a website, let me connect you with him.”  That's how Josh received his first client. Things didn't go well at first, but eventually, they picked up. Josh was able to make enough money to survive. He expanded the business to focus on the marketing side of things, providing services such as SEO and paid ads.  Becoming a Writer When Josh was at a low point with that business, he did two things that changed his life. He brought in a partner, and he started writing for Forbes magazine. Up until this point, Josh had never thought of himself as a writer, even though he'd done lots of blogging.  As Josh started writing for Forbes, he began receiving a lot of leads from it. Clients were coming to him after reading his articles, wanting to hire John's agency to do their marketing. This attention from Forbes helped his business grow. After writing for Forbes, Josh wanted to see if he could write for other publications. He started writing articles for Entrepreneur, Fortune, Mashable, TechCrunch, Time, and Business Insider. Josh really enjoyed writing for these publications, which sent his business a lot of leads. Writing also led to his first book deal. Shortly after his book deal, people came to Josh for advice, wondering how he created content that generated attention for his business. He then began coaching clients on how to build a personal brand, how to engage, and how to create thought leadership content. This coaching is what Josh focuses on today. The Importance of Audience Of all the publications Josh has written for, Forbes has been the best for generating attention to his business. At one point, Josh did an experiment with different publications. He had an article on Forbes that led to millions of dollars of revenue for his business. He wrote very similar articles like the ones published on Forbes and published them in other publications, but nothing happened. The articles didn't generate any leads in the other publications. Josh realized that Forbes had the right audience to generate his ideal leads while the other publications didn't. Josh's Passions: Influence and Helping Others Josh is passionate about influence, which is where the seven systems of influence came from. But, it all started when Josh realized he wanted to share what he's learned over the years about marketing and thought leadership. He wanted to help people share their message and make the world a better place. He wanted to help by mobilizing people to become more influential by writing books or building large followings on social media. Biggest Home Run When I asked Josh about the biggest home run in his career, he responded that he didn't think about the most satisfying moments in his career as financial home runs. Rather, the biggest, most important, and most satisfying moments in his career have been about individuals. His home runs have come by doing something that changed a person's life. He finds it satisfying when they come back and say, “I'm a different person!” or “My life has improved because of what you guys did for me.” Recently, one of the students in Josh's Published Author program said to Josh, “I'm not going to write the book I was going to write.” When Josh asked him why, the student said, “I went through your workbook, and I realized I don't even like this business that I'm in. I'm going to go change my career, and I'm going to start something entirely different than what I thought I was going to do.” Josh thought it was amazing he was able to help this student realize he wanted to do something else, which would change this individual's life direction. Published Author Program Josh's new published author program is about making it easy for entrepreneurs to publish books that they are going to use as marketing tools for their businesses. In addition to using the book as a great marketing tool, they want them to write meaningful books, books that will help people and make a difference. The program walks these entrepreneurs through each step of the book publishing process. The program includes different levels. They have some free content on Josh's Published Author Podcast. Then they have a large group that's more affordable, a mid-tier group, and one-on-one coaching. Length of Business Books Most business books are 150 to 200 pages or 50,000 to 80,000 words. Shorter books are becoming more popular. However, Josh says the length doesn't really matter as long as it has good content and is well written. “The fact is that people will pay attention to any content that's good, and if it's good, they generally want more of that. That's why kids read Harry Potter and these other huge books because it's great content, and they want more of it. If a book is boring, it's not necessarily because it's too long. It's just that it's too boring, and the content needs to be written better.” -Josh Steimle Key Takeaways Thank you so much Josh for sharing your stories and knowledge with us today. Here are some of my key takeaways from this episode: We shouldn't be afraid to make changes in our lives to help us get where we want to be. We can use good content to help us generate leads for our businesses. If we are writing for other publications, make sure their audience matches ours so we receive good leads. The length of a book often doesn't matter as long as the content is valuable and well-written. Connect with Josh If you enjoyed this interview and want to connect with Josh or his business, you can find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuasteimle/ or visit https://www.publishedauthor.com/.  Want to be a Better Digital Monetizer? Did you like today's episode? Then please follow these channels to receive free digital monetization content: Get a free Monetization Assessment of your business Subscribe to the free Monetization eMagazine. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation YouTube channel. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.  Follow Monetization Nation on Instagram and Twitter. Share Your Story  How have you used content to help grow your business? Please join our private Monetization Nation Facebook group and share your insights with other digital monetizers.   Read at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/7043/ 

When Josh first met Lauren, he had a great job and she was new in town and had no friends. Now things are completely flipped! Josh is out of work, and Lauren has a lot of new friends. This leads Josh to think that maybe Lauren is planning on leaving him soon... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Historically, businesses would focus on purchasing advertising and reach and then use that reach to tell people how awesome they were. That model doesn't work very well anymore. If I want to buy a new SUV, I'm not going to go to a Toyota salesperson and ask them what the best SUV is. I'm going to go to credible sources such as review sites or safety rating sites to pull incredible data to help me make a decision.  One of the credible sources people go to now are influencers, experts in the field who have a wide audience and a lot of credibilities. 49% of consumers depend on influencer recommendations (Source: digitalmarketinginstitute.com). In today's episode, Josh Albrechtsen and I talk about how we can leverage influencers and other strategies to boost our credibility. Josh Albrechtsen graduated from the BYU Marriott School with a BS in Management Information Systems. He started his full-time career at Entrata as a development project manager, and he was promoted to lead different parts of the company over his 5-year tenure, including the development, services, and product management organization. Josh left Entrata to become a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator with the Ensign Group. He met Riley, his partner and the founder of Cortex, while running a Skilled Nursing Facility in Orem, UT, and eventually joined Riley as a co-founder of Cortex. Josh has accepted a spot in the MIT Sloan EMBA Class of 2023. Entrata and Influencer Marketing Entrata was Josh's first job out of college. He started doing development project management for them and was eventually promoted to lead that team. While in that position, Josh had the opportunity to work with developers in India and travel there. He transitioned to a services leadership role for about two years. Then, he moved to project management as Entrata was growing there. Early on while Josh was working at Entrata, the company's sales began to grow. But, they were growing fairly linear. Josh was a part of the executive team when they made the decision to connect with some industry consultants in the multifamily space. These consultants were highly regarded at trade shows and were there on the panels talking about multifamily. Entrata did a consulting arrangement with each of them, and ultimately the arrangement led to more conversations that would not have happened, otherwise, because the consultants had the network and credibility that Entrata could piggyback off of. Entrata grew exponentially purely because of that change. Influencer marketing can lead to a lot of success and growth. Entrata found people that have influence in the space, and they positively associated themselves with those influencers and leveraged their credibility. Using the “Kind of Like” Strategy to Describe Our Business Josh left Entrata and became a nursing home administrator. He did that for two years and then co-founded Cortex. When Josh was describing Cortex to me, he said Cortex does follow-up phone calls for healthcare providers to patients recovering at home, employing registered nurses to make the phone calls. Then he said it's kind of like Uber for nurses doing in-home health care. This “kind of like” strategy of describing a business is one of the secrets for credibility. This strategy is a great element of credibility because we can take something that is credible― something that everybody knows is credible and knows how it works―and associate it with ourselves but with a small twist. If we were to describe Airbnb this way, we'd say it's kind of like Uber for homes.  Being Vulnerable to Build Credibility One of Josh's mentors and associates is Johnny Hanna, the CEO, and co-founder of Homie. Recently, Johnny has become more prolific on LinkedIn, and he's been doing mental health Monday posts. He is being very vulnerable on LinkedIn about mental health issues he has struggled with or that he's helped other people with, inviting them to be more vulnerable and open.  Initially, these mental health posts had some traction, but now they have massive followings. In the comments, people repeatedly say that when Johnny pulled them aside or sat in their car and talked to them about this topic, it really resonated with them. These individuals have since been seeing a therapist, working on their mental health, or doing something else to address this issue.  Being vulnerable with our associates is a huge aspect of credibility. One of the secrets is the secret of imperfection. When we try to be perfect, we're not real. But, showing the scars we have actually gives us credibility. It allows people to connect with us in a way that is otherwise difficult when we are trying to be “perfect.” Perfect is not relatable because nobody is perfect. “Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.” -Brene Brown, American professor, lecturer, author, and podcast host Listening First Another concept of credibility is listening first. Josh's father is a great example of this. Josh called him before the interview, asking him for advice on something, and Josh said he talked for the majority of the time while his dad just listened to him. When Josh was growing up, his dad was the CEO of a motorhome company. Josh asked him how he managed his life with all the people in his company. His dad said he just stayed quiet and listened. People usually assumed Josh's dad was smart, but he surrounded himself with smart people who could help him. "Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand." -Karl A. Menninger, American psychiatrist The Most Credible People in Josh's Life When I asked Josh who is the person that has the most credibility for him in his life, he said first his father and outside his family, Johnny Hanna. He said they are very similar in many ways. They both always do what they say they're going to do. They are both vulnerable. Despite having a lot of success, they both haven't let that go to their heads; one wouldn't know how successful they are if they met them on the street. Johnny and Josh's father are intelligent, well-versed in business and life principles, and they rely on those principles instead of the opinions of others. Month-to-Month vs Long-Term Contracts When I was running Adoption.com, I had a client that stayed with me for 11 years, the longest client I've ever had. This client was on a month-to-month contract with me, and I believe that is one of the reasons he stayed with me for so long. If there was something wrong, I had to fix it immediately. It forced me to try to make him happy every month.  Long-term contracts are the enemy of successful long-term business relationships. If a customer isn't happy, they will cancel as soon as they can. Most SaaS customers usually sign month-to-month contracts for this very reason.  Key Takeaways Thank you so much Josh for sharing your stories and knowledge with us today. Here are some of my key takeaways from this episode: We can connect and build positive relationships with influencers to connect with their credibility and network.  To establish credibility when we're describing our business, we can use the “kind of like” strategy to connect customers with something familiar and credible and put our own unique angle on it.  When we are vulnerable with our customers, we can connect on a higher level and establish credibility with them. Listening to others is a great strategy for credibility because it shows them we care about what they have to say. Just like Johnny Hanna and Josh's dad, if we are committed, vulnerable, humble, and hold strong to our principles, our credibility will probably grow. Consider using month-to-month contracts to encourage us to keep our clients happy. We may be able to keep our customers for a longer period of time this way. Connect with Josh If you enjoyed this interview and want to connect with Josh or his company, you can find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshalbrechtsen/ or email him at josh@cortexhc.com.  Want to be a Better Digital Monetizer? Did you like today's episode? Then please follow these channels to receive free digital monetization content: Get a free Monetization Assessment of your business Subscribe to the free Monetization eMagazine. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation YouTube channel. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.  Follow Monetization Nation on Instagram and Twitter. Share Your Story  What strategies have you used to boost your credibility? Please join our private Monetization Nation Facebook group and share your insights with other digital monetizers. Read at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/55-how-to-use-influencer-marketing-and-other-strategies-to-increase-credibility/ 

How does a 27 year old become the CEO of a major online brand? Not only that, how does a 27 year old take an online brand, build upon it, and create something better? Well, if your name is Scott Trench, the answer is: a lot of hard work, some tough decisions, and looking out for the customer whenever possible.Before he was head honcho at BiggerPockets, Scott was a financial analyst in the corporate world. He wasn’t too happy, and spent all his free time finding the best (and quickest) ways to reach financial freedom so he didn’t have to go to a 9-5 for the next 40 years of his life. Without many investments or rental properties, Scott was introduced to the founder of BiggerPockets, Josh Dorkin.Josh saw something in Scott, and hired him as the third employee of BiggerPockets. Scott was given the title “Director of Operations” which really meant taking care of the finances for the business and making sure everyone had their coffee. Scott started acquiring more properties as he worked with Josh and later became such a crucial part of the BiggerPockets family, he was promoted to president. When Josh decided to step away to be with his family, Scott became CEO.In the 2 years he’s been CEO, he’s had to make some tough decisions such as changing the overall management structure of the company. This has helped BiggerPockets grow into a website and business that over 2,000,000 people use and love. When Scott isn’t running BiggerPockets, he’s playing rugby, gaming on his PC, or having a beer with a fellow investor!In This Episode We CoverHow Scott used the principles outlined in Set for Life to reach financial freedomTaking a chance and joining a very early stage startup The importance of having very low expenses when making hard decisionsHow to work with a private equity firm when they acquire part of your businessNPS (net promoter scores) and why they’re crucial for continual business improvement Driving value for shareholders, without tarnishing your brand for customersScott’s new book First Time Home BuyerAnd So Much More!Links from the ShowMr Money MustacheBiggerPockets Business Podcast 01: How to Turn a Hobby Into a Booming Business (Then Get Your Life Back)—The BiggerPockets Story With Joshua DorkinBiggerPockets Business Podcast 18: How to “Have It All” by Living with Intention with Brandon TurnerBiggerPockets Real Estate PodcastBiggerPockets Money PodcastMcCarthy CapitalBiggerPockets PublishingBiggerPockets Podcast 297: Mastering the Decision-Making Process with Business (and World Series of Poker) Champion Annie DukeBiggerPockets Real Estate Rookie PodcastBiggerPockets MarketplacePier 1Check the full show notes here: http://biggerpockets.com/bizshow100

When Josh initially got sober, he held onto the reservation that at some point he'd be able to drink successfully. It wasn't until he began to grasp the concept of staying sober just for one day at a time that he was able to continue his journey in the program.. . . AND NO MORE RESERVATIONSWe have seen the truth again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.". . . If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol. . . . To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 33These words are underlined in my book. They are true for men and women alcoholics. On many occasions I've turned to this page and reflected on this passage. I need never fool myself by recalling my sometimes differing drinking patterns, or by believing I am "cured." I like to think that, if sobriety is God's gift to me, then my sober life is my gift to God. I hope God is as happy with His gift as I am with mine.Need the Daily Reflection Book?Visit our web siteRead about Recovery on our BlogVisit our Facebook GroupFollow us on TwitterSupport the Podcast:- On Patreon: https://patreon.com/dailyreflection- On PayPal: https://paypal.me/dailyreflection

We are joined today by Josh Garman. Josh is a touring cyclist who lives in the U.K. and recently cycled 600 miles across England ~ with E.T. as his co-pilot!Josh is an accidental touring cyclist who started his first tour with no prior cycling experience. He had spent time in Australia as a barefoot long-distance walker but had never considered a bike tour. When Josh returned to England, he learned about Chris Brannigan, a father who walked across England barefoot to raise money for his daughter’s medical treatment. Josh was captivated by this unique story and decided right there and then that he would do something to help.He came up with the idea of doing a cycle tour to raise funds for Chris’s charity, Hope for Hasti. While planning his trip on a gloomy, rainy day, the scene from the movie E.T. where Elliot rides across the sky with E.T. on his bike came to him. The vision brought such a simile to his face, and he decided that he would take E.T. along with him to bring attention to his fundraising cause. In 2 short weeks, with very little planning, a small budget, and way too much gear, he set off. Josh spent a total of 23 days on the road. It was very slow going at the start, and he quickly realized that a mountain bike loaded down with gear is not the right way to travel on the English roads! Having E.T. along brought him tremendous attention. Josh spent the first night sleeping in a small tent, but people started offering him shelter after news of his tour got out. He spent 21 of the 23 nights on the road staying in people’s houses, some of which were Warmshowers hosts. Josh was overwhelmed by the kindness he received from total strangers on his journey. On the second last day of Josh’s tour, he and Chris Brannigan from Hope for Hasti finally got to meet. His trip was such a magical experience for him that he knew he would do it again. For his next challenge, he plans to cycle 5000 miles around the coast of England, towing a bicycle camper he built to resemble a school bus while raising money for charity.You can learn more about Josh on Instagram at ExpeditionJosh, on Facebook, on Patreon, YouTube, or his website ExpeditionJosh.com. To learn more about Hope for Hasti, or make a donation, visit their website HERE.Join our community at www.warmshowers.org, or you can reach Tahverlee at tahverlee@warmshowers.org.Instagram: warmshowers_org

Today's guests are Josh Santos, Co-Founder & CEO, and Daniel Cavero, Co-Founder & CTO, of Noya.Josh and Daniel met a few years ago when they were roommates in San Francisco. In 2020, they founded Noya together. Noya captures CO2 from the atmosphere and reselling it for half the cost of current options. The company works to retrofit existing industrial equipment to enable carbon capture and resale. When Josh and Daniel broke down the cost of direct air capture systems, they realized a large portion of the cost hinges on one component. Noya is working to reduce this component's cost, allowing for a scalable process that can have a massive impact. Noya aims to capture seven gigatons of carbon emissions with a removal cost that is half the current market price through its proprietary technology.Josh and Daniel are fantastic guests with a great vision. They walk me through how they met, what motivated them to start Noya, and the company's future. Josh and Daniel touch on Noya's timeline and approach for go-to-market, key milestones, and funding to date. We also discuss the problem Noya is tackling, the barriers holding the company back, and direct air capture as a climate solution more broadly. Whether you're interested in DAC or an aspiring climate tech founder looking for inspiration, this episode is a must-listen.Enjoy the show!You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded March 3rd, 2021MCJ Investment in Noya: https://myclimatejourney.substack.com/p/our-investment-in-noyaTo learn more about Noya, visit their website: https://noyalabs.com/Noya is hiring a Chemical Engineer! Reach out to them here: https://noyalabs.com/founding-chemical-engineer

In this episode we learn about facial fish farts, an academy awarding winning performance by Kate Winslet posing as Sally from Cincinnatti just to gain access to an all men's club, and Josh's non-filtered assessment of his professional and personal relationship with both award winning actresses. When Josh gets on a soap box you never know what he's going to say. Which leads me to my tag line....Ya just can't make this sh*t up!

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How much are you loving the life you have right now? In our modern society, it can be easy to get caught up in the trap to always want more, but this mindset forgets one important step. Loving the life we have, life won't give you more of something until you appreciate what you already have.  Today on the podcast Josh opens up his heart to share what his coming home story was like and it is not a conversation you want to miss.  If you have deployed before this episode will hit pretty close to home.  Josh Steffens is a passionate father, veteran, and business owner. As the CEO and owner of Hollywood Powder Company, Josh has spent the last three years building a highly regarded brand. Josh and his team are focused on delivering high-quality products to hard-working men and women.  In Josh's current role within Hollywood Powder Company, he focused on emerging markets, growth, and places a large emphasis on customer satisfaction. Throughout his fifteen-year tenure within the Wisconsin National Guard, Josh has built a reputation for developing service members both personally and professionally. His leadership style is focused on empowering those to achieve outstanding results no matter their rank or position. Josh currently serves in the guard in the role of a Master Sergeant and is the Senior Enlisted Advisor of Intelligence within the Engineer Regiment. Josh's awards and decorations include; Purple Heart, Army Accommodation Medal with Valor 5th award, Army Achievement Medal 4th award, The De Fleury Medal, Valorous Unit Citation, and Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Gold Star.   Josh Steffens is a husband, and father of two children. He is inspired daily by his family, Josh takes pride in being a father and watching his children grow every day.  When Josh isn't working he is often spending time with his family outdoors or taking a late-night/early morning run.     "Put down the devices and spend that quality time. It's better to love what you have before life teaches you to love what you lost." - Josh Steffens Discount Code: MVD @ https://hollywoodpowderco.com/ Topics Covered: Returning from deployment Talking to new dads Doing better as a unit to talk about family The war within Starting a conversation Losing a friend The masks we wear How to connect with guest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hollywoodpowderco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollywood_powder_co/ Website: https://hollywoodpowderco.com/ Thank you for Listening to the Episode! Be sure to subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line at ben@militaryveterandad.com. Follow Ben on Social Media to stay up to date on Military Veteran Dad – Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn For help, resources, and community support, please join the Military Veteran Dad Facebook Group. Be sure to check out all the free courses available to help come home to a better tomorrow. Heads Up: My episodes may contain affiliate links!  If you buy something through one of those links, you won't pay a penny more, but we'll get a small commission, which helps keep the lights on. Thanks!

Matt Schofield, Josh Smith, and Jeff McErlain talk about their Two-Rock Amplifiers, give tone tips, and perform. For more TrueFire Live sessions, check out https://truefire.com/liveAbout Matt:Though he holds a British passport and is an inductee of the British Blues Hall of Fame, Matt Schofield has been making his mark globally as one of the top players in the new class of six string wunderkinds.The Los Angeles Daily News wrote, In Schofield, the UK has produced the best Blues guitarist from any country in decades head and shoulders above the herd, while Guitar & Bass Magazine rated him in the top ten British blues guitarists of all time ranking him with icons Eric Clapton and Peter Green.Born in the industrial city of Manchester and raised amongst the rolling hills and locked in time Cotswolds, Schofield began playing guitar at the age of 12.My dad relocated to America, but before he left he gave me a BB King video. I watched it before school every day; it was three or four tracks from a concert. Later, when I was in California with my father, he showed me BB King with Albert Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughan on video.It was like; Ive got to do this. Theres something about the way the three of them were jamming. B.B. really was majestic. As an 11-or 12-year-old watching him, I was mesmerized but didnt think there was any way I could ever do that. It was too special. But when I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan playing with him, I thought maybe I could. Stevie made it seem accessible to people. I taught myself, working my way through my Dads great blues record collection. I did my first gig age 13, and Ive been doing it ever since.At age 18 he left the countryside and moved to London. There, as a sideman, he was able to hone his skills as backing a great variety of experienced and well known artists of the British Blues scene, visiting American artists, as well start touring internationally. The introspective, well read (lover of science, history and philosophy) and passionate Schofield said, this enabled me to stay close to my roots while learning my trade and exploring a variety of musical frontiers.By age 25 I was starting to explore my own band projects. Although my formative guitar influences are the largely the old school blues players, I never wanted my own music to be constrained by a rigid formula, or even genre. I just want to play Matt Schofield music. Classic Jazz, funk, soul and rock and all the music I love have all found their way into it. The process of writing and singing has become increasingly important to me, and I feel its those other aspects of creativity that helped define my own voice on the guitar. Its always been important to find a context for the guitar to be part of, so that its not just guitar solos for their own sake.I remain a music lover first and foremost. The recognition Ive received from both fans and peers is humbling and inspiring, and those pinch me moments where I found myself trading licks with heroes like Robben Ford and Buddy Guy are still the biggest thrill.Now after five studio albums and a solid 10 years of touring with my own band, I have definite broader concepts I want to explore. Remaining open to where the music might take me while maintaining the excitement that improvising and collaborating with talented musicians allow, is key to me. My inspiration and goals came from many places: My influences old and new, including musicians I have wanted to collaborate with for years. Things I still feel I hadn't fully realized on previous studio records, and a need to keep pushing myself. It all meets at the place where Im heading now. Im always aiming to go as far as possible to capturing the same connection with the listener that I aim to make at a live show or on record. Thats the goal. Capturing that special moment."About Josh:Josh Smith was born October 7, 1979 in Middletown, Connecticut. Before he was 1, his family relocated to Florida, eventually settling in Pembroke Pines, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. At age 3, he received his first guitar and at 6, he started taking guitar lessons.Josh was exposed to the blues at an early age. He listened to a variety of artists, such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Albert King and T-Bone Walker. He also started going to concerts, including the Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.By 12, Josh was playing at established professional blues jams in South Florida, such as Musicians Exchange Café in Fort Lauderdale and Club M in Hollywood, FL.When Josh was 13, the Rhino Cats, house band at Club M, asked him to be the lead guitarist. Musicians Exchange owner Don Cohen was so taken aback by the talent of this young musician that he offered to help manage and develop Josh’s career.The Café was renowned for bringing in the best national touring blues bands, and Josh was quick to learn how to approach these blues greats, many of whom would invite Josh to sit in with them, thinking it may be a “novelty” to have a 14-year-old kid playing the blues. The novelty quickly wore off and was replaced by musicians stopping, watching and listening as this “kid” wailed out blues licks better than many of the touring guitarists on the circuit. Josh began sitting in with such greats as Jimmy Thackery, Tinsley Ellis, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Johnny “Clyde” Copeland, Double Trouble, Joanna Connor and Kim Simmonds, among others. Jimmy Thackery said of the 14-year-old, “Josh is three heartbreaks away from being a true blues guitar genius.” At 14, Josh released his first CD, Born Under a Blue Sign , and at 15, he released his second CD, Woodsheddin.While performing all over South Florida, Josh Smith and the Rhino Cats quickly became one of the most in-demand blues bands in the area. In 1994, while Josh was only 15, they received the Florida Jammy Award for best blues band and were selected as XS Readers Choice Winners in 1995 for best blues band. In 1996, then a senior in high school, Josh was put on the cover of the national magazine High School Senior , which hailed him as an “Up and Coming Guitar Legend.” That same year, Washburn Guitars Int’l recognized Josh’s talent and offered him an endorsement. They flew Josh to Chicago and guitar luthier Grover Jackson built him a custom guitar.Although Josh was an honor student, after graduation from high school in June 1997, Josh followed his heart and began pursuing what he was best at. His first national tour ensued with his newly formed power trio, Josh Smith and the Frost. Josh was now the band leader and vocalist, so he not only had to continue developing his guitar chops, but had to concentrate on his vocal prowess. In September 1997, Josh enlisted world-renowned producer Jim Gaines, whose credits include Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Luther Allison, Steve Miller and Jimmy Thackery, to produce his third CD, Too Damn Cold.By 1998, Josh had completed four national tours with his band. In January 1998, Billboard Magazine took note of the rising young talent in a Continental Drift article. In February 1998, Josh was asked to support B.B. King on a number of theatre dates. In March 1998, the TV show Chicago Hope purchased the rights to the tune “32 degrees” from Too Damn Cold . An international CD release, The Mentos Freshmaker Tour , included the title cut, “Too Damn Cold,” in the spring of 1998.Josh toured nationally all of 1999 and in October of that year, he entered the recording studio again with Jim Gaines and produced Woman , his fourth CD. This CD was released and well received in the spring of 2000. Josh continued to tour the East Coast from New York to Florida through 2001 with his band. In June 2002, he married and he and his wife decided to move to Los Angeles. Josh was ready for something new and wanted to be around a variety of musicians. He also began being a sideman.Within a year of moving to L.A., he was retained by Virgin recording artist Ricky Fante. He played nationally and internationally with Ricky for the next two years.In May 2006, Josh recorded his fifth CD, Deep Roots . A more traditional blues CD, his music was once again well received by Blueswax and Blues Revue magazine. Josh continued to play with a variety of artists, such as actress Taryn Manning, Universal hip-hop artist Benny Cassette and Tara Ellis, to name a few. In January 2007, Josh was hired by 2006 American Idol winner Taylor Hicks to be his lead guitarist. They completed two national tours from February-September 2007 with monthly dates and charity events until June 2008 when Taylor started Grease! on Broadway. In July 2008, Josh was hired by Raphael Saadiq. Since that time, Josh has played such high profile gigs with Raphael as backing Mick Jagger at the Grammy Awards in 2011 and the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2011. Josh continues to tour nationally and internationally with Raphael.Josh released his 6th studio CD, “Inception,” in 2009. This is an all-instrumental CD with a variety of genres that was once again well received by the public and critics alike.In 2010, Josh was signed to Crosscut Records, a label based out of Germany. Crosscut re-released Josh’s CD, “Deep Roots,” as “I’m Gonna Be Ready.” In October 2012, Josh’s CD, “Don’t Give Up On Me,” was released in Germany.Josh continues to live in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two children.About Jeff:Jeff McErlain is one of the rare musicians who can teach as well as he plays. This is borne out by Jeff being one of the most in demand guitar instructors as well as performing and recording with Robben Ford.Jeffs unique curriculum and method of teaching is perfect for the player who has been working at the guitar for a while but wants to go to the next level. Jeff has a straight forward and easy rapport with his students, he breaks things down so they can be easily understood, applied, and most importantly, made fun.Music is a language and learning it can be approached in much

No question, the hospitality industry is among the hardest hit by COVID-19. And yet, Josh McCallen is thriving. The distressed Renault Winery Resort he bought in December 2018 is sold out for 2021, and revenues are up 200% from last year. So, why is Josh doing well while others are struggling? Are there opportunities for investors in the hospitality space right now? And what can we multifamily syndicators learn from Josh’s others-focused approach to business? Josh is the hospitality investment expert behind Accountable Equity, a firm specializing in resort value-add and turnaround projects, and VIVÂMEE Hospitality, the management company that operates those assets. In the past two decades, Josh has led over $100M in luxury residential and hospitality construction projects, growing the revenue of the resorts he manages by 10X in less than six years and increasing the appraised value of those properties by 70%. On this episode of Apartment Building Investing, Josh joins cohost Garrett Lynch and I to share his journey as an entrepreneur and discuss how helping flippers during the boom evolved into the work he does now. He explains how his company’s focus on resorts (not hotels) has helped them thrive despite the pandemic, describing how his team’s expertise in sales drives the kind of distressed assets they buy. Listen in for insight on the opportunities available to investors in the hospitality space right now and learn how a service-based, ministry model helps Josh serve both his guests and investors well. Key Takeaways How Josh got his start as an entrepreneur Sold cotton candy to classmates in grade school Paper boy at 12 (collect pay from customers) When Josh got into real estate Bought duplex with wife in late 1990’s Started helping flippers in 2006 What Josh does in real estate today Runs hospitality development company Acquire distressed resorts for rehab + repositioning What differentiates VIVÂMEE as a management company Start with core values (dignity of every person) Loyalty and recurring business model Why Josh is doing well despite the pandemic Focus on resorts (multiple revenue streams) Sell experience, i.e.: wedding at winery Earn revenue now for 2021 and 2022 reservations Room revenue = trailing indicator What Josh looks for in a property High volume of inbound calls for weddings Older/tired owner losing money, just breaking even What makes Josh a good operator Experience of taking over for management collapse Treat hospitality as ministry, make guests feel loved How Josh’s others-focused model extends to his investors Treat investors as guests Apply hospitality to fundraising How Josh structures a resort deal Charge asset management fee Zero split until investors fully repaid + preferences 50/50 split moving forward Connect with Josh McCallen Accountable Equity Capital Hacking Podcast Resources Join the Nighthawk Equity Investor Club Learn More About Michael’s Mentoring Program VIVÂMEE Hospitality Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki Renault Winery Resort Renault on Instagram The Real Estate Guys Cashflow Ninja Podcast Show Notes  Michael’s Website Michael on Facebook Michael on Instagram Michael on YouTube Apartment Investor Network Facebook Group

Kate from Federal Way has asked for help with her boyfriend Josh who she says is turning their yard into a trashy junk yard. Josh has been buying cars with the intention of fixing them up and selling them, but Kate says he lacks the skills to do it, as well as the money needed to fix them up. At first Kate was supportive of Josh having this hobby and his vision of investment but now all he does is buy junky cars and leave them and their parts lying around and now the yard and garage make them look like, in her words, the “white trash house of the neighborhood” and she’s embarrassed to even have people over. Plus Kate is really stressed-out about how much money he is spending on all this. When Josh comes on he says this is an investment and she needs to be patient and in fact this is his plan for the future and how to send their kids through college. When he lists the cars he has, even Drew is impressed but Drew cautions Josh that if he doesn’t start working on them soon they will lose value. Josh says Kate needs to have more faith in him, but Kate says Josh needs to face reality. Can the P1’s help them? Can they work this out? And will Drew buy a few of these cars off Josh?

Last Friends Edition video for the month of October! If you've been enjoying these, another round of Friends Edition will be available in December! Hopefully y'all have enjoyed these as much as I have. About Josh Ferrer Josh Ferrer is a freelance musician based out of Southern California. His versatility as a musician has given him the privilege of sharing the stage with many wonderful artists and musicians from all walks of life. When Josh isn't working as a musician and trumpet player, he enjoys spending his time recording, mixing, photographing. running, mountain biking and talking cars. Josh's greatest accomplishment in 2020 is growing a mustache. Special thanks: Chad Manalo (Audio Editing) Josh Ferrer ____________________________________ Gear used: Microphones RØDE Procaster Microphones: https://amzn.to/2TtHeDG RØDE Pop Filter: https://amzn.to/36lSFm2 ____________________________________ FOLLOW JOSH: http://www.instagram.com/joshferrermusic FOLLOW ME: http://www.instagram.com/sir_kevinchong WEBSITE: http://www.sirkevinchong.com

“Sometimes it takes a car crash to realize you were driving irresponsibly.” When his mother died and his marriage ended in the same month, Josh Millburn had to reexamine how he was living. He had spent his twenties focused on making money and climbing the corporate ladder. He wracked up a lot of debt and was focused on so called success and achievement. In our society, we know that means accumulating more and more stuff, believing that “if we just get one more thing, I’ll be happy”. The average American household has over 300,000 items in it. But stuff never fills the void, it only widens it. Josh woke up to that reality and embraced a minimalist lifestyle, writing an ebook called “The Minimalist Rulebook: 16 Rules for Living with Less.” Living more deliberately with less is now Josh’s way of life. After the financial crisis of 2008, Josh realized his money and stuff were doing the opposite of what he wanted. They weren’t making him happy. They were getting in the way of what was truly important. Too often we live with overindulgent consumption and sometimes a big event is needed to wake us up. For single parents, the changes that lead us to parenting alone often act as a wake-up call or “car crash”. Covid has had the same affect for many too. We find ourselves reevaluating our lives, our priorities and our decisions. When Josh found himself reevaluating, he discovered that it was time to redefine what brought value to his life. Rather than letting his belongings give the impression of adding value, he started to examine everything he owned through a different lens. He started asking himself what he needed to let go of and what was important to keep. In this process, he found out that sometimes we assign equal value to all the things in our life even when they don’t add the same benefits. Instead, we must be intentional in determining what adds value and what doesn’t. In doing so himself, Josh began to embrace a minimalist lifestyle. He now only owns things that serve a purpose or bring him joy like art or music. The Minimalist Rulebook Josh uses a set of “rules’ to determine what he keeps and what he eliminates from his life. These are found in his e-book, “The Minimalist Rulebook: 16 Rules for Living with Less”, available free on his website (www.theminimalists.com). These rules aren’t meant to be rigid or exhaustive. They are meant to be used like a recipe. You put several of them together to get the result you want. For example, we sometimes justify holding on to things “just in case”. Josh says these are the three most dangerous rules when it comes to hanging on to things. To overcome the “just in case” mentality, Josh says you should never hang on to anything “just in case” if it is something you can replace for $20 or less without having to go out of your way more than 20 minutes. Another rule is the 90/90 rule. Ask yourself, have I used this in the last 90 days? If not, ask yourself if you will use it in the next 90 days. If not, give yourself permission to let that item go. When it comes to the minimalist lifestyle, Josh says don’t start with nostalgic or sentimental items nostalgic like letters, cards, and kids’ craft items. Deal with these “memory box” type items after you’ve made progress in streamlining other areas first. Don’t start eliminating there. Instead, Josh says a tactic he uses for people to get started is “the 30-day minimalist game.” This helps you start small with things that are easy to let go of so you can build momentum as you minimize. A good place to start might be with clothes you don’t use anymore. Josh also suggests that when it comes to sentimental items, it helps to keep in mind the idea that if everything is precious, nothing is precious. Sometimes we water down the value of things simply by having too many of them. We don’t need nearly as many clothes, or kitchen gadgets, or accessories...

“Sometimes it takes a car crash to realize you were driving irresponsibly.” When his mother died and his marriage ended in the same month, Josh Millburn had to reexamine how he was living. He had spent his twenties focused on making money and climbing the corporate ladder. He wracked up a lot of debt and was focused on so called success and achievement. In our society, we know that means accumulating more and more stuff, believing that “if we just get one more thing, I’ll be happy”. The average American household has over 300,000 items in it. But stuff never fills the void, it only widens it. Josh woke up to that reality and embraced a minimalist lifestyle, writing an ebook called “The Minimalist Rulebook: 16 Rules for Living with Less.” Living more deliberately with less is now Josh’s way of life. After the financial crisis of 2008, Josh realized his money and stuff were doing the opposite of what he wanted. They weren’t making him happy. They were getting in the way of what was truly important. Too often we live with overindulgent consumption and sometimes a big event is needed to wake us up. For single parents, the changes that lead us to parenting alone often act as a wake-up call or “car crash”. Covid has had the same affect for many too. We find ourselves reevaluating our lives, our priorities and our decisions. When Josh found himself reevaluating, he discovered that it was time to redefine what brought value to his life. Rather than letting his belongings give the impression of adding value, he started to examine everything he owned through a different lens. He started asking himself what he needed to let go of and what was important to keep. In this process, he found out that sometimes we assign equal value to all the things in our life even when they don’t add the same benefits. Instead, we must be intentional in determining what adds value and what doesn’t. In doing so himself, Josh began to embrace a minimalist lifestyle. He now only owns things that serve a purpose or bring him joy like art or music. The Minimalist Rulebook Josh uses a set of “rules’ to determine what he keeps and what he eliminates from his life. These are found in his e-book, “The Minimalist Rulebook: 16 Rules for Living with Less”, available free on his website (www.theminimalists.com). These rules aren’t meant to be rigid or exhaustive. They are meant to be used like a recipe. You put several of them together to get the result you want. For example, we sometimes justify holding on to things “just in case”. Josh says these are the three most dangerous rules when it comes to hanging on to things. To overcome the “just in case” mentality, Josh says you should never hang on to anything “just in case” if it is something you can replace for $20 or less without having to go out of your way more than 20 minutes. Another rule is the 90/90 rule. Ask yourself, have I used this in the last 90 days? If not, ask yourself if you will use it in the next 90 days. If not, give yourself permission to let that item go. When it comes to the minimalist lifestyle, Josh says don’t start with nostalgic or sentimental items nostalgic like letters, cards, and kids’ craft items. Deal with these “memory box” type items after you’ve made progress in streamlining other areas first. Don’t start eliminating there. Instead, Josh says a tactic he uses for people to get started is “the 30-day minimalist game.” This helps you start small with things that are easy to let go of so you can build momentum as you minimize. A good place to start might be with clothes you don’t use anymore. Josh also suggests that when it comes to sentimental items, it helps to keep in mind the idea that if everything is precious, nothing is precious. Sometimes we water down the value of things simply by having too many of them. We don’t need nearly as many clothes, or kitchen gadgets, or accessories...

When Josh was deployed to Afghanistan, it was tough on his wife Paige.  Then she got the call that Josh had lost both of his legs - and could lose his life. What happened next will make you laugh, cry, and see that God is in the details of your life - big or small.

Josh Smith, Jennifer Batten, & Charlie Apicella talk about their guitar lessons available on TrueFire, perform, and answer questions. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Josh:Josh Smith was born October 7, 1979 in Middletown, Connecticut. Before he was 1, his family relocated to Florida, eventually settling in Pembroke Pines, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. At age 3, he received his first guitar and at 6, he started taking guitar lessons.Josh was exposed to the blues at an early age. He listened to a variety of artists, such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Albert King and T-Bone Walker. He also started going to concerts, including the Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.By 12, Josh was playing at established professional blues jams in South Florida, such as Musicians Exchange Café in Fort Lauderdale and Club M in Hollywood, FL.When Josh was 13, the Rhino Cats, house band at Club M, asked him to be the lead guitarist. Musicians Exchange owner Don Cohen was so taken aback by the talent of this young musician that he offered to help manage and develop Josh’s career.The Café was renowned for bringing in the best national touring blues bands, and Josh was quick to learn how to approach these blues greats, many of whom would invite Josh to sit in with them, thinking it may be a “novelty” to have a 14-year-old kid playing the blues. The novelty quickly wore off and was replaced by musicians stopping, watching and listening as this “kid” wailed out blues licks better than many of the touring guitarists on the circuit. Josh began sitting in with such greats as Jimmy Thackery, Tinsley Ellis, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Johnny “Clyde” Copeland, Double Trouble, Joanna Connor and Kim Simmonds, among others. Jimmy Thackery said of the 14-year-old, “Josh is three heartbreaks away from being a true blues guitar genius.” At 14, Josh released his first CD, Born Under a Blue Sign , and at 15, he released his second CD, Woodsheddin.While performing all over South Florida, Josh Smith and the Rhino Cats quickly became one of the most in-demand blues bands in the area. In 1994, while Josh was only 15, they received the Florida Jammy Award for best blues band and were selected as XS Readers Choice Winners in 1995 for best blues band. In 1996, then a senior in high school, Josh was put on the cover of the national magazine High School Senior , which hailed him as an “Up and Coming Guitar Legend.” That same year, Washburn Guitars Int’l recognized Josh’s talent and offered him an endorsement. They flew Josh to Chicago and guitar luthier Grover Jackson built him a custom guitar.Although Josh was an honor student, after graduation from high school in June 1997, Josh followed his heart and began pursuing what he was best at. His first national tour ensued with his newly formed power trio, Josh Smith and the Frost. Josh was now the band leader and vocalist, so he not only had to continue developing his guitar chops, but had to concentrate on his vocal prowess. In September 1997, Josh enlisted world-renowned producer Jim Gaines, whose credits include Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Luther Allison, Steve Miller and Jimmy Thackery, to produce his third CD, Too Damn Cold.By 1998, Josh had completed four national tours with his band. In January 1998, Billboard Magazine took note of the rising young talent in a Continental Drift article. In February 1998, Josh was asked to support B.B. King on a number of theatre dates. In March 1998, the TV show Chicago Hope purchased the rights to the tune “32 degrees” from Too Damn Cold . An international CD release, The Mentos Freshmaker Tour , included the title cut, “Too Damn Cold,” in the spring of 1998.Josh toured nationally all of 1999 and in October of that year, he entered the recording studio again with Jim Gaines and produced Woman , his fourth CD. This CD was released and well received in the spring of 2000. Josh continued to tour the East Coast from New York to Florida through 2001 with his band. In June 2002, he married and he and his wife decided to move to Los Angeles. Josh was ready for something new and wanted to be around a variety of musicians. He also began being a sideman.Within a year of moving to L.A., he was retained by Virgin recording artist Ricky Fante. He played nationally and internationally with Ricky for the next two years.In May 2006, Josh recorded his fifth CD, Deep Roots . A more traditional blues CD, his music was once again well received by Blueswax and Blues Revue magazine. Josh continued to play with a variety of artists, such as actress Taryn Manning, Universal hip-hop artist Benny Cassette and Tara Ellis, to name a few. In January 2007, Josh was hired by 2006 American Idol winner Taylor Hicks to be his lead guitarist. They completed two national tours from February-September 2007 with monthly dates and charity events until June 2008 when Taylor started Grease! on Broadway. In July 2008, Josh was hired by Raphael Saadiq. Since that time, Josh has played such high profile gigs with Raphael as backing Mick Jagger at the Grammy Awards in 2011 and the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2011. Josh continues to tour nationally and internationally with Raphael.Josh released his 6th studio CD, “Inception,” in 2009. This is an all-instrumental CD with a variety of genres that was once again well received by the public and critics alike.In 2010, Josh was signed to Crosscut Records, a label based out of Germany. Crosscut re-released Josh’s CD, “Deep Roots,” as “I’m Gonna Be Ready.” In October 2012, Josh’s CD, “Don’t Give Up On Me,” was released in Germany.Josh continues to live in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two children.About Jennifer:M.I. grad Jennifer Batten performed with Michael Jackson for 10 years followed by 3 years and 2 CD's with Jeff Beck. She released 3 CDs under her own name the last of which also includes a DVD exploring her film making endeavors. She's written two music books and has released three TrueFire courses. She continues to tour the globe under her own name either performing solo in synch with her films, with various bands, or workshops. In 2015 she launched a brand new four hour crash course workshop called Self-Empowerment for the Modern Musician which she continues to tour and expand. Her newest CD released September 2017 is in the classic rock genre with vocalist Marc Scherer, called Scherer Batten- BattleZone on Melodic Rock Records.About Charlie:Charlie Apicella was voted onto the 84th annual DownBeat Readers Poll for Guitar and nominated in the 2019 Hot House NYC Readers Jazz Awards in three categories:Jazz Artist Of The Year, Group (Charlie Apicella & Iron City), and Guitarist Of The YearHe has performed concerts and recorded with jazz legends Dave Holland, Sonny Fortune, and John Blake, Jr. as well as contemporary masters Joe Magnarelli, Vic Juris, Dave Stryker, and Don Braden.In 2014 he was invited by Pat Martino to study improvisation, composition, and Pat's unique method for learning the mechanics of the guitar.Charlie began his music training in 1999 at the University of Massachusetts studying composition and improvisation with Yusef Lateef, music history with Archie Shepp, and private guitar lessons with Dave Stryker

Josh Charadia graduated from a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2017. This year, a mere three years later, he was named a finalist in the Sulman, a prestigious Australian art prize. A proud moment for both Josh and his parents. When Josh was younger he would pester his father to get out his water paints and show Josh how to improve. Roller coaster is a a word Josh uses a lot throughout our chat. And it's understandable. The life of any creative is one of great highs and doubt invoking lows. Learning to ride them out and stay on track is a big part of the artists path, and Josh is taking it all in his stride and his paves the way for a bright artistic life. Check out Josh's Instagram @joshification for his beautiful art and to stay across upcoming exhibitions. Josh joined me from his studio in Sydney for this week's Interview With An Artist.

Josh Komenda is the Co-Founder & CEO of Veyo, an affordable rideshare program for those who rely on Medicaid and Medicare. Like Uber/Lyft, the company has a call center that runs a technology platform, but delivers a service in partnership with existing health plans. Veyo is available in the app store.  When Josh’s cab-hailing startup was outshone by emerging rideshare startups, his team began looking at other opportunities in the ride-hailing market. They realized the medical transportation sector was lacking and antiquated so they set out to build a startup that met that need. 4:17 Josh shares details about the start of his entrepreneurial career as an intern at Qualcomm in San Diego. At the tech giant, he led a global engineering team from 2004-2010. Technology interested him from a young age, so Qualcomm gave him a chance to get familiar with the industry to eventually start his own venture. 6:40 Josh discusses his first startup idea, GoFastCab, which he and his friends launched in 2009 to make the ordering of cabs and taxis easier. Little did they know rideshare startups would disrupt the entire ride-hailing industry. Total Transit eventually hired him and his team, allowing them to further explore their goals.  11:10 In 2013, Total Transit acquired GoFastCab, and hired Josh and his team to ensure more widely available and higher quality service in a new health care transportation venture, Veyo. 15:28 Josh explains Veyo’s business model. Like Uber and Lyft, a plurality of the company’s employee population runs its call center.  17:39 Veyo’s average customers are health payers, so the transportation benefit is primarily catered towards those who struggle with gaining access to transportation services in the moment. Healthcare providers partnered with Veyo help book and manage claims/trips, taking into account the customers’ insurance and maximum benefit. Company growth is generally geographic and insurance based. 23:55 Covid has pushed the startup to make a significant amount of adaptations, as there is a concern regarding the risk of infections spreading. Recently, Veyo contracted with Meals on Wheels to help the nonprofit deliver thousands of meals. Veyo drivers also delivered PPE to at-risk Medicaid members. Lastly, the startup also started an initiative to safely transport those who have been infected by Covid. Josh plans for Veyo to continue taking some of these safety precautions even after the pandemic ends.  Listen in as Josh takes us through his entrepreneurial journey, going from cab-hailing to health care transportation, and the changes he has had to make in light of the pandemic. Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support in enabling us to grow the San Diego ecosystem.   Josh’s favorite local tacos:  Puesto at The Headquarters  Connect with Josh: Linkedin: Twitter: @josh_komenda   Keep up with Veyo: Website: https://veyo.com/ Linkedin Facebook @veyologistics Twitter: @veyologistics

Josh Shapiro is the founder of Baseball Lifestyle 101, an Instagram with over 550,000 followers that he started in high school that he has since turned into a seven-figure business, all centered around his passion of baseball.In our conversation we discuss what led to Josh starting the account at 15, why he dropped out of college to pursue BL101, turning his Instagram account into a million dollar business, his current approach to social media and so much more.If you enjoy today’s podcast please be sure to leave a rating and a review. Today’s podcast is powered by Trufan.TIME CODES1:39 - When Josh started playing baseball and his entrepreneurial beginnings7:03 - Starting the account in high school and running it through college32:22 - Dropping out of college and growing the business while running it full time56:13 - Baseball Lifestyle 101’s Social Media Strategy and long term goals 1:19:42 - Wrap Up QuestionsFOLLOW BASEBALL LIFESTYLE 101https://www.bl101.com/Instagram - @Baseball_Lifestyle101FOLLOW JOSHInstagram - @JShap101FOLLOW JACOBhttps://www.jacobkelly.ca/Twitter - @TheJacobKellyLinkedIn - Jacob KellyInstagram - @TheJacobKellyTikTok - @TheJacobKellyYouTube - Jacob KellyFacebook - Jacob KellyFOLLOW MY SOCIAL LIFEhttps://www.jacobkelly.ca/mysociallifeYouTube - My Social Life Instagram - @MySocialLifePodcasthttps://mysociallifepodcast.comFOLLOW TRUFANhttps://www.trufan.ioInstagram - @Trufan.ioTwitter - @Trufan_ioLinkedIn - TrufanMUSICSong: Tough Love - Joakim Karudhttps://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudhttps://www.facebook.com/joakimkarudmusichttps://www.youtube.com/user/JoakimKarudMusic from SoundcloudMusic provided by RFM:https://youtu.be/jaoStyAQN4o

Josh Smith talks about his Improv guitar lessons and In The Jam available on TrueFire, performs, and answers questions. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Josh:Josh Smith was born October 7, 1979 in Middletown, Connecticut. Before he was 1, his family relocated to Florida, eventually settling in Pembroke Pines, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. At age 3, he received his first guitar and at 6, he started taking guitar lessons.Josh was exposed to the blues at an early age. He listened to a variety of artists, such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Albert King and T-Bone Walker. He also started going to concerts, including the Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.By 12, Josh was playing at established professional blues jams in South Florida, such as Musicians Exchange Café in Fort Lauderdale and Club M in Hollywood, FL.When Josh was 13, the Rhino Cats, house band at Club M, asked him to be the lead guitarist. Musicians Exchange owner Don Cohen was so taken aback by the talent of this young musician that he offered to help manage and develop Josh’s career.The Café was renowned for bringing in the best national touring blues bands, and Josh was quick to learn how to approach these blues greats, many of whom would invite Josh to sit in with them, thinking it may be a “novelty” to have a 14-year-old kid playing the blues. The novelty quickly wore off and was replaced by musicians stopping, watching and listening as this “kid” wailed out blues licks better than many of the touring guitarists on the circuit. Josh began sitting in with such greats as Jimmy Thackery, Tinsley Ellis, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Johnny “Clyde” Copeland, Double Trouble, Joanna Connor and Kim Simmonds, among others. Jimmy Thackery said of the 14-year-old, “Josh is three heartbreaks away from being a true blues guitar genius.” At 14, Josh released his first CD, Born Under a Blue Sign , and at 15, he released his second CD, Woodsheddin.While performing all over South Florida, Josh Smith and the Rhino Cats quickly became one of the most in-demand blues bands in the area. In 1994, while Josh was only 15, they received the Florida Jammy Award for best blues band and were selected as XS Readers Choice Winners in 1995 for best blues band. In 1996, then a senior in high school, Josh was put on the cover of the national magazine High School Senior , which hailed him as an “Up and Coming Guitar Legend.” That same year, Washburn Guitars Int’l recognized Josh’s talent and offered him an endorsement. They flew Josh to Chicago and guitar luthier Grover Jackson built him a custom guitar.Although Josh was an honor student, after graduation from high school in June 1997, Josh followed his heart and began pursuing what he was best at. His first national tour ensued with his newly formed power trio, Josh Smith and the Frost. Josh was now the band leader and vocalist, so he not only had to continue developing his guitar chops, but had to concentrate on his vocal prowess. In September 1997, Josh enlisted world-renowned producer Jim Gaines, whose credits include Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Luther Allison, Steve Miller and Jimmy Thackery, to produce his third CD, Too Damn Cold.By 1998, Josh had completed four national tours with his band. In January 1998, Billboard Magazine took note of the rising young talent in a Continental Drift article. In February 1998, Josh was asked to support B.B. King on a number of theatre dates. In March 1998, the TV show Chicago Hope purchased the rights to the tune “32 degrees” from Too Damn Cold . An international CD release, The Mentos Freshmaker Tour , included the title cut, “Too Damn Cold,” in the spring of 1998.Josh toured nationally all of 1999 and in October of that year, he entered the recording studio again with Jim Gaines and produced Woman , his fourth CD. This CD was released and well received in the spring of 2000. Josh continued to tour the East Coast from New York to Florida through 2001 with his band. In June 2002, he married and he and his wife decided to move to Los Angeles. Josh was ready for something new and wanted to be around a variety of musicians. He also began being a sideman.Within a year of moving to L.A., he was retained by Virgin recording artist Ricky Fante. He played nationally and internationally with Ricky for the next two years.In May 2006, Josh recorded his fifth CD, Deep Roots . A more traditional blues CD, his music was once again well received by Blueswax and Blues Revue magazine. Josh continued to play with a variety of artists, such as actress Taryn Manning, Universal hip-hop artist Benny Cassette and Tara Ellis, to name a few. In January 2007, Josh was hired by 2006 American Idol winner Taylor Hicks to be his lead guitarist. They completed two national tours from February-September 2007 with monthly dates and charity events until June 2008 when Taylor started Grease! on Broadway. In July 2008, Josh was hired by Raphael Saadiq. Since that time, Josh has played such high profile gigs with Raphael as backing Mick Jagger at the Grammy Awards in 2011 and the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2011. Josh continues to tour nationally and internationally with Raphael.Josh released his 6th studio CD, “Inception,” in 2009. This is an all-instrumental CD with a variety of genres that was once again well received by the public and critics alike.In 2010, Josh was signed to Crosscut Records, a label based out of Germany. Crosscut re-released Josh’s CD, “Deep Roots,” as “I’m Gonna Be Ready.” In October 2012, Josh’s CD, “Don’t Give Up On Me,” was released in Germany.Josh continues to live in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two children.

Josh Rageth is a 4th grade teacher, that has been teaching now for 7 years. In his first year, Josh began selling lesson plans on occasion for a third-party lesson plan site. He took action, something we love to see! With our help and his consistency, his possibilities on his picture book membership site are endless!   What You'll Learn: How to take action! (6:50) Launch 101 (8:00) The ins and outs of opening and closing the doors to your membership (10:35) Price points 101 (11:35) How to do something next level. (14:00) Every business has a lull period. (17:00) The importance of one-on-one calls (20:45) How to capture your un-tapped audience. (25:00) How not to make it too hard. (27:30) The biggest mistake that anyone makes in online business. (30:15) Great marketers have to look into the future. (34:00) Show Notes Two years ago Josh and his wife found out they were pregnant. They were already starting to figure out ways to make more money. However, that pregnancy was a very hard one on his wife and she ended up having to leave her job as a Special Education Assistant. So in turn Josh had to double-down on selling lesson plans, so that he could provide for his family. Josh began making new week-long lesson plans for a different picture book every day! These lesson plans were made for existing books, he basically made these lesson plans for specific books. He did this for 223 days straight! These lesson plans help teachers out. If the teacher needed a lesson plan on this specific book, they could buy his plans and they had all the activities for the entire week. It started out with books that Josh was using in class. Then, he moved onto 1st - 3rd grade popular books, because that's where picture books are most needed. The lesson plans started giving him $2/month, then $10/month. Now, for about the last year Josh is making over $1,000 each month! It took a large volume of traffic to get there. At $2.75 or $3 a piece, it takes a lot of sales to get that number! To do this, he utilize SEO and how to drive searches to him. Josh was listening to a lot of podcasts about being a “teacher-preneur” and while talking to other people, he kept hearing people recommendation the Flip Your Life community. He spent his summer listening to the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast!   Take action! We saw Josh in our community posting about how he was taking action. Josh joined the Flip Your Life community and within two weeks he had his membership ready! He took the extra time he had during the Coronavirus pandemic, since he was teaching from home. His goal was to launch before the school year was out, so he did just that! It took a choice. Josh made a choice. He took action. He woke up early. He stayed up late. He did the launch, that's why things are happening!   Launch 101 Josh had a list of 1,200 people when he first launched. Since then, he has been trying to grow that list through Facebook ads and is now up to 1,600 people. That a healthy email list, especially for just launching! When Josh launched he also had 3 beta members. If he can find 3 he can find 300! They are there, he has proven the concept. Josh started out by simply sending an email that said, ‘hey, I'm thinking about starting a membership site, click here if you're interested.' He got around 100 people saying they were interested! So he thought: “Okay, we have 100 people interested.” “Let's start making this membership site.” “Get an email sequence out saying, ‘hey, I'm starting a membership site for all of my lesson plans, not just buying lesson plans here or there. You get a community. We will be supporting each other.'” Then, he emailed his list and let them know the doors were open! We're all here to learn and here's where Josh could have improved: When people hit the button saying they weren't interested, he didn't send the ‘hey my membership site is ope...

Nicole from Issaquah is having a problem with her husband Josh that she says is damaging their relationship with their daughter. Nicole says Josh is totally up in the 17-year-old girl’s business all the time, not just watching her social media but also following her on dates with her boyfriend. Nicole says the girl is so upset that she has only applied to colleges in Florida, which the girl says is the farthest away she can get from her father, something she never even considered before this year. When Josh comes on, he says he is merely trying to protect their daughter from what he knows are the true intentions of teenage boys. He says he is sure to stay back far enough when they are out so they have privacy but he wants to be available in case of trouble. As far as the social media, Josh says it’s a different world now and thinks Nicole is naïve to not read everything the kids are saying and doing.

Today on the #PirateBroadcast Russ Johns talks with Josh Tapp. Growing up Josh always believed in entrepreneurship and it was always something he wanted to do. He had 5 companies by the age of 21, doing different things. He started a marketing agency doing ads for small businesses on Facebook. When Josh learned that getting and keeping customers was hard, he realized that, that was something he did not want to something he did not love to do. He needed to make a major shift in what he was doing, because he loved his customers and marketing, but he did not like feeling like he was begging for their business. He sold his part of the company, making him a 10% silent partner of it, and he started The Lucky Titan Podcast

Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Founders of Beekman 1802, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge. When Josh and Brent lost their jobs in the 2008 recession, they began making goats milk soap from their kitchen table. Since then, the two have continued to curate artisan products and have brought their company to national acclaim, lead by the motto "work hard, never quit, help your neighbor." Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman

Josh Gangaware is a personal trainer based out of South Florida. He has been training clients for 10 years, running the spectrum of demographics. At this point, Josh works primarily with men between the ages of 35-65, typically with low back or shoulder pain, and who enjoy/want to perform better at golf. Josh grew up in Upstate New York. His whole life, he was an athlete. He would play any and all sports, but excelled at baseball and golf. While he was confident playing sports, Josh was a really skinny kid (6’2, 145lbs) and didn’t have a ton of confidence outside of that. He still remembers a friend of his (a girl) making fun of him because she had bigger arms than he did. Josh went to college at Coastal Carolina University, where he majored in Physical Education. By the time he got to his internship, Josh realized the teaching route wasn’t his real passion; he wanted to work with athletes. That was when he realized that having athletic ability wasn’t enough, he needed to look the part, too. Josh started working out regularly during the final semester of his senior year of college to get himself to look like he could actually be a strength and conditioning coach for athletes. (don’t get him wrong, he wanted to look better for the girls too). When Josh started, he was afraid of looking stupid in front of other people, so he didn’t even workout in a gym. He had a couple dumbbells, a curl bar, and a pull-up bar and worked out in his bed room. When Josh got to grad school, he finally broke through the barrier, and started working out in the Rec Center. This is where his love for lifting heavy shit was born. Connect with Josh: IG: @joshgangaware www.facebook.com/irongangfitness Let us know what you think of this episode or any others by joining our Team Dynamic Power Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teamdynamicpower/?ref=bookmarks Grab some Team Dynamic Power Apparel: (code PODCAST10 saves you 10% off your entire purchase) https://teespring.com/stores/teamdynamicpower      

The stats wouldn’t have predicted Josh McDowell would turn out to be one of the world’s most famous evangelists. Josh’s early life seemed headed for destruction. His dad was drunk just about 24/7 and a man who lived in Josh’s childhood home repeatedly sexually assaulted Josh for much of his young life. That is, until Josh violently threatened him to never touch him again. Josh’s anger being used as a tool to attempt to bring some order to the chaos of his home was a recurring theme. When Josh’s dad would hit Josh’s mom, Josh would fight him. He’d even tie up his dad in the barn to keep him from embarrassing the family when guests came over. In frustration he even swore off his belief in a good, loving God. It’s perhaps no surprise that when Josh came of age and enrolled at community college, Josh became antagonistic to a group of Christian students that attempted to love him. The group’s joy and kindness frustrated Josh and he set out to disprove their belief using all the tools of modern academia. Josh even saved up and flew himself to the other side of the world to study in Europe’s great libraries. He had hoped to disprove the truth of Jesus’ resurrection. Instead, he wound up believing the truth that it had indeed happened as described in the pages of scripture. Josh surrendered to Christ in the months that followed that epiphany and God began to move in His life powerfully. After being discipled by a local pastor for some time, he was encouraged to confront his dad and forgive him. Hesitantly, Josh followed through with setting up a time to meet with his dad. When he did, all that came out of his mouth was “I love you.” Those words had a profound effect on teh senior McDowell, and he ended up giving his life to Christ sometime later. The change in him was so radical that his small town immediately took notice and, before too long, others came to Christ. Josh’s mom passed away and he never got to speak to her about Christ. Then, a few years into his walk with Jesus, Josh’s dad passed away. This left Josh without family and pondering the state of his mother’s soul. One day, he was praying and asking God to show him whether his mom had ever surrendered her life to him. Josh thought this prayer would likely never be answered, but 90 minutes later, as he walked a pier not far from his seminary campus in California, he ran into a sweet older lady fishing on the doc. The lady struck up conversation and mentioned that she had family in the same town in Michigan Josh was from. It turned out that this lady was Josh’s aunt, his mom’s sister. Finding out that this woman was very dedicated to God, he asked if his mom had ever given her life to Christ. His aunt told him the incredible story of her and Josh’s mom giving their lives to Christ at a tent revival meeting as teenagers. The Lord had brought them together that day, thousands of miles from Josh’s home, in order to answer Josh’s prayer for assurance as well as to address Josh’s lack of family. Listen to the full story as well as hear Josh’s parenting and discipleship advice in this week’s episode. Audio above! HIGHLIGHTS Josh shared on his 7 keys to effective parenting with Justin (link below). Josh's real name is "Jos" but when he was a school athlete, someone printed it "Josh" in that paper and it stuck. Josh shared about his great wife and the advice his mother-in-law gave for raising great children. Even though Josh has written over 150 books, Josh said he'd be fine if he never wrote another one again because each one "guts you."

8 years ago, when dear friend Nate Elsen introduced me to Josh Sprague, I had no way of knowing the impact he'd have on my journey. I know Josh would genuinely and humbly deflect being called an inspiration - but defining the word as 'the act of influencing opinons' definitely applies here. Many examples exist for me as an entrepreneur, but they mostly are two dimensional - in books, magazines, the interwebs. When Orange Mud was in Colorado, and I saw first hand the growth, challenges, work and perseverance Josh, his family and his team put in. That provided inspiration, and continually influenced my opinion of myself and the Warmfront as a company, believing that I could do this too. Not only to grow and succeed, but to do it the right way - learning and doing with enthusiasm. When Josh and I booked this podcast, it was on the trail. I was riding, he was hiking with his kids. I've borrowed so many ideas from Josh and Orange Mud, but the one that I never forget is the WHY and HOW to run a company. No matter how busy he is with training or working, he always took my call, or returned an email within minutes. He taught me how to do product photography, and so many other skills that helped The Warmfront take a step forward.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

JCE was co created by my best and late friend Josh Mariano. Josh was a huge part of my life. When Josh passed away we didn't know how we should approach the show. We took a year off and decided to get together and do the show that let us all see how funny Josh was. I know he's not here but it sure feels like he's in the room. Thanks for all the support in life and with the brand. JCE " The Joshy butters and C-Rex extravaganza" is a topical sports show. JCE will last for the NFL playoffs. This week we have guest David Rifendifer. Self procalimed "chicken KING". Each week we will have new guests and new topics including the playoffs. Thanks again. ________________________________________________________________ Never Again Radio is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the official app for the HC Universal Network family of podcasts available for Android and coming soon for iDevices to get all the great stuff from Never Again Radio and More ________________________________________________________________ Show Sponsors www.rahmieneh.com www.finishersmma.com www.allvalleyrooter.net Rips Auto Detail - instagram @RipsAutoDetail Taylor Edge Wood Co - Instagram @Taylordedgewoodco Luke Dellmeyer Custom Knives- www.Lukedellmeyer.com HC Universal Network: www.hcuniversalnetwork.com/our-podcast…gain-radio/ Spreaker: www.spreaker.com/show/never-again-radio Breach.tv: www.breach.tv/user/NeverAgainRadio

JCE was co created by my best and late friend Josh Mariano. Josh was a huge part of my life. When Josh passed away we didn't know how we should approach the show. We took a year off and decided to get together and do the show that let us all see how funny Josh was. I know he's not here but it sure feels like he's in the room. Thanks for all the support in life and with the brand. JCE " The Joshy butters and C-Rex extravaganza" is a topical sports show. JCE will last for the NFL playoffs. This week we have guest David Rifendifer. Self procalimed "chicken KING". Each week we will have new guests and new topics including the playoffs. Thanks again. ________________________________________________________________ Never Again Radio is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the official app for the HC Universal Network family of podcasts available for Android and coming soon for iDevices to get all the great stuff from Never Again Radio and More ________________________________________________________________ Show Sponsors www.rahmieneh.com www.finishersmma.com www.allvalleyrooter.net Rips Auto Detail - instagram @RipsAutoDetail Taylor Edge Wood Co - Instagram @Taylordedgewoodco Luke Dellmeyer Custom Knives- www.Lukedellmeyer.com HC Universal Network: www.hcuniversalnetwork.com/our-podcast…gain-radio/ Spreaker: www.spreaker.com/show/never-again-radio Breach.tv: www.breach.tv/user/NeverAgainRadio

JCE was co created by my best and late friend Josh Mariano. Josh was a huge part of my life. When Josh passed away we didn't know how we should approach the show. We took a year off and decided to get together and do the show that let us all see how funny Josh was. I know he's not here but it sure feels like he's in the room. Thanks for all the support in life and with the brand. JCE " The Joshy butters and C-Rex extravaganza" is a topical sports show. JCE will last for the NFL playoffs. This week we have guest David Rifendifer. Self procalimed "chicken KING". Each week we will have new guests and new topics including the playoffs. Thanks again.________________________________________________________________Never Again Radio is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the official app for the HC Universal Network family of podcasts available for Android and coming soon for iDevices to get all the great stuff from Never Again Radio and More________________________________________________________________Show Sponsorswww.rahmieneh.comwww.finishersmma.comwww.allvalleyrooter.netRips Auto Detail - instagram @RipsAutoDetailTaylor Edge Wood Co - Instagram @TaylordedgewoodcoLuke Dellmeyer Custom Knives- www.Lukedellmeyer.comHC Universal Network: www.hcuniversalnetwork.com/our-podcast…gain-radio/Spreaker: www.spreaker.com/show/never-again-radioBreach.tv: www.breach.tv/user/NeverAgainRadio

JCE was co created by my best and late friend Josh Mariano. Josh was a huge part of my life. When Josh passed away we didn't know how we should approach the show. We took a year off and decided to get together and do the show that let us all see how funny Josh was. I know he's not here but it sure feels like he's in the room. Thanks for all the support in life and with the brand. JCE " The Joshy butters and C-Rex extravaganza" is a topical sports show. JCE will last for the NFL playoffs. This week we have guest David Rifendifer. Self procalimed "chicken KING". Each week we will have new guests and new topics including the playoffs. Thanks again. ________________________________________________________________ Never Again Radio is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the official app for the HC Universal Network family of podcasts available for Android and coming soon for iDevices to get all the great stuff from Never Again Radio and More ________________________________________________________________ Show Sponsors www.rahmieneh.com www.finishersmma.com www.allvalleyrooter.net Rips Auto Detail - instagram @RipsAutoDetail Taylor Edge Wood Co - Instagram @Taylordedgewoodco Luke Dellmeyer Custom Knives- www.Lukedellmeyer.com HC Universal Network: www.hcuniversalnetwork.com/our-podcast…gain-radio/ Spreaker: www.spreaker.com/show/never-again-radio Breach.tv: www.breach.tv/user/NeverAgainRadio

In this episode, Steve talks with Joshua Berngard President and Founder of Buzzer Real Estate, a boutique residential real estate company with a specialization in divorce, eldercare, and veteran related residential real estate transactions for buying, selling and leasing. When Josh isn’t beating the streets and closing deals for his clients, you might find him on the stage. Aside from the real estate business, Josh has been dancing professionally for years. This was a fun interview. Learn more about Buzzer Real Estate: https://www.buzzerrealestate.com/ For more episodes: https://www.locallevelshow.com

Josh Schaefer, one of the co-owners of Roca Berry Farm joins me on this episode. Also joining us are Mike Patestas and Eric Howerter, who also work at the farm. We talk about the 40+ year history of Roca Berry Farm as well as some behind the scenes things you may have always wondered. We also talk about other topics such as:-When Josh hiked to Mount Everest Base Camp in the middle of winter-Some upcoming changes coming to Roca Scary Farm-What their Lost and Found bin looks like at the end of the season-What Burger King looks like in India-Mike's totally legitimate theory as to why he believes the cure to diabetes is out there-How we would each spend $100 million dollarsAnd many more...

Josh met Crystal at work about 5 years ago and immediately they became best friends. Crystal doesn’t hide anything from Josh, so when she decided to have her upper eyelid surgery by Dr. Mendelsohn, he was instantly skeptical. Josh didn’t want Crystal to look any different and was worried about the actual procedure.Crystal decided to her upper eyelid surgery after doing a lot of research on finding the best surgeon. Dr. Mendelsohn invited Crystal’s mom to sit in on her initial consultation and during that time, her mom, Vickie, decided to have her eyes done, too. Having their eyelid procedures together was more than just a new experience, they actually had a great timWhen Crystal returned to work the following day after her upper eyelid surgery, Josh couldn’t believe how great she looked. He was excited that she had done this for herself!When Josh decided it was time to take the next step in healthy looking skin, Crystal brought him to Advanced Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Center for his first treatment of Botox. Josh knew that skincare alone was not going to erase his deep forehead lines he has had since high school. Since having Botox, Josh has received compliments on how great his skin looks and feels that it is now more acceptable and less secretive than it used to be.Josh is hooked on Botox. And has even consider fillers for under his eyes and lips. While he was never a fan of needles, Josh thought the injections were painless and very simple. He tells all his friends - Do it… Why not?

I am a big Allman Brothers fan. I have been since I was a teenager. After Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident, I became a fan of Gregg Allman as a solo artist. There's a song Gregg wrote titled These Days. It's really about regret. And, more specifically, the regret of a relationship that came to an end. The first time I heard the song, the last line got my attention. Let me share it with you. Please don't confront me with my failure. I'm aware of it. For me, it isn't just about the regret of a relationship ending but the regret we all feel when we have made a poor choice or when things haven't gone our way. When talking about the statement, I've frequently made a small adjustment. Please don't confront me with my failures. I'm aware of them. One thing that would get to me when I was growing up was to have my shortcomings or failures brought up to me repeatedly. Not the run of the mill kind of failure like 2+2=5. But the kinds that were a big deal. Like not being liked for who I was being seen as inherently bad because of a stupid choice I made as a child But there are other places where we can be reminded of how we don't maybe measure up with the crowd or what is defined as normal. There have been many times when I have been in a doctor or therapist's office with my son Josh. If you aren't aware of his situation, When Josh was three years old, he was riding in the back seat of his mother's Chevy Cavalier, when a semi-truck hit them which sent the car spinning out of control. That semi kept ongoing and hasn't ever been found. When the car Josh was in stopped spinning, it was hit by another semi-truck which totaled the Cavalier. While that truck stopped, it had nothing to do with causing the accident. That driver was a victim of the first truck, just like Josh. The collision left Josh with a massive brain injury. Ever since that day, he has lived between the world of people with disabilities and those without having recovered partially but never wholly. So back to the doctor and therapist visit. In the past, I had to answer the professional's questions because Josh couldn't. As he gained more and more awareness, he could tell we were talking about him. The more he understood about himself, the more difficult being at these appointments became for Josh. Eventually, he began to cry after being in an appointment and having to listen to all the things that he needed to work on in therapies in order to keep healing. He couldn't understand that it wasn't his fault. He just heard that there was something wrong with him. He's being reminded not of any failure on his part, but of his differences. And for him, those differences are both perceived and real. The differences are noticeable because he can compare himself to others now. He was, and still is, reminded of a day that changed his life completely every time we go to a doctor or therapy appointment. He is much better at handling it now that he is 17 and he can see his life in a more positive light, but it still gets to him. Something that many of us are good at is reminding others of their failures and their differences. We often believe we are doing it out of care or concern or even love. And possibly that is true. Sometimes though, it comes from another place. A not so kind place. A place where we may actually enjoy reminding them of their failure, or misstep or how they are different. I remind them of their failure for the benefit of reminding them of their failure. If you ever find yourself or someone else being overly critical in reminding someone of their shortcomings, there is a way to turn that upside down and make it work for both you and them. Being a teacher, I have to make corrections to students' actions. The more I point out the mistake the more likely that person is to repeat it. Even if I tell them what to do to correct it, if I come from the negative, the thing I don't want to be repeated, more that person's mind is drawn to that mistake and the more that mistake is re-inforced. What I have found that works best is to focus on the thing I want to see more of as opposed to the thing I don't want to see. For instance, if a student is misbehaving, I can highlight and praise different students' correct or positive behavior. We all want attention. In a perfect world, we would only do good things and seek positive attention. But if we don't get what we want, we often change tactics. It's amazing to watch a child who is not getting the positive attention from a teacher, sit straight up, keep their hands to themselves and focus when you point out how well their classmate is doing those very things. It works with adults as well. I can't count how many times I've complimented an adult student and actually had the other students in class adjust their own effort to match the person being complimented. We all want to be noticed... the key is to teach ourselves to focus on what we want, not what we don't want. It is easier for an adult or a child to see what is wanted as opposed to what is not wanted. Of course, people need to be reminded of things. Including to look both ways when crossing the street. Don't play with fire. Be nice to others. What we don't need is someone who is all too ready to confront us with our failures. We are already aware of them. Thanks Gregg!

Josh Terry is a movie critic for the Deseret News and teaches writing at Weber State University. When Josh is not teaching or reviewing movies, he travels to national parks as a freelance photographer. We talk to Josh about his life as a film critic and the way he approaches reviewing movies for his demographic. As always it was fascinating to get a unique perspective for a unique person.

Thank you very much to Julia for commissioning this episode! This episode was for some reason so much harder to watch than the last one, and I think maybe a big part of that has to do with sincerity. In the last episode, the inappropriate pole-dance is accompanied by denial and no self-awareness. This time, her humiliation is inflicted while she's attempting to be emotionally vulnerable, and I think that's why it came across so much more harshly. When Josh laughs in her face (a totally valid response, I must say) she's fully aware that she is in love with him, and wanting his approval, so of course it hits harder. Man, I don't know what to think about this sequence of events because I didn't really want her and Josh together but it seems like they're sort of pushing them together and even though in some ways I'm resistant, I can't help but start to root from them. I guess we'll see! Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

American Splendor scene #24 (1:10:45 to 1:14:55) — The scene opens back at Shay’s Diner. Another patron recognizes Harvey from the Letterman show — but not for the right reasons. Our man is angry and unfulfilled. Meanwhile, Joyce is looking for fulfillment of her own — as a creator and as an activist. Against Harvey’s wishes, she goes away to a peace conference, leaving him at loose ends. One lonely night, Harvey discovers a mysterious lump; his fear and loneliness are directed outward. Harvey’s co-dependency; Need vs. Love. How the fact that this film was written/directed by a husband-and-wife team really comes into play here. An in-depth discussion of shading film and other Old School toning techniques. What do Robin Williams, Jack Clark, Bucky Dent, Mister Rogers, and Busta Rhymes all have in common? Fame vs. integrity, turning down jobs, and being mistaken for a celebrity. Spending time apart from your spouse. When Josh started doing trips with the U.S. State Dept. Standing up for what you believe in: how Josh's passion to help victims after Hurricane Katrina gave him a focus for the kinds of comics stories he wanted to tell. --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scenebyscene/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scenebyscene/support

When Josh and Liz saw a need within their foster care community, they knew they had to do something about it. Instead of launching and fundraising for a new nonprofit, they joined up with The Forgotten Initiative (TFI), where they were equipped with all types of resources including a graphic designer, strategic planning sessions, and video calls with Advocates around the country, so they didn’t have to reinvent any wheels. In this episode, Josh and Liz share more about the practical help TFI provides, but also what it’s like to be part of the TFI Family where Advocates are rooting for one another, willing to sit with one another in the hard, and always pointing one another towards loving God. 

American Splendor scene #17 (41:38 to 44:32) — Joyce travels to Cleveland to meet Harvey in person — but will he be a “hairy ape” or a “young Brando?” The real Harvey sidles into frame. His opening line? "You might as well know right off the bat, I had a vasectomy.” The date begins with a handshake and dinner at a local family restaurant. Josh & Dean talk to special guest Val Mayerik about his five years as one of American Splendor’s primary artists, his thoughts on Harvey and his work, and the question if there is any connection between Cleveland icons Harvey Pekar and Howard the Duck! Vegetarianism, self-diagnosing, and hypochondria. An appreciation of Hope Davis (and her wig). Dean & Josh talk comics production — cutting & pasting before PhotoShop, and computer lettering vs. hand lettering. When Josh took out a personal ad... and now it can be told: Dean & his mom were on JOSH's first date with his future wife. Shout-outs to Drew Friedman, Gary Dumm, Joe Zabel, Upstart Studios (Chaykin & Simonson), Ken Bruzenak, John Workman, Gary Leib & Twinkle, the Teen Titans & the X-Men, Sari Wilson, The Nation magazine’s personals ads, and Tofu Sam! --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scenebyscene/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scenebyscene/support

Welcome to the LightHarted Podcast with Rising NBA Star Josh Hart (New Orleans Pelicans) & Rising Business Mogul Matt Hillman (Cut + Sew). To start these two long time best friends discuss: This episode being LightHarted, their wine weekend in Napa Valley & Wine Knowledge, Josh finally getting back on the court, focusing on the upcoming year ahead in New Orleans, going to N.O. to look at houses and take an airboat tour, Matt’s company picking up a new client and putting on the Quavo & Legends Celebrity/High School All Star Basketball Game last week, “Untitled Fan Question Segment” (Submit what you think the segment should be called) on: Advice for those graduating from college, The importance of NBA players learning the business side of the game & off the court, advice on starting a podcast, their favorite moment of playing together, come ups from Maryland to Los Angeles & more. Then it’s an honor and a privilege to have dear friend and former teammate Larry Nance Jr. join the conversation to discuss: Playing Fortnite on PC & PlayStation with The Smoke Boys, Getting new dogs, Birthday gifts, When Josh & Larry became close over video games, Josh admitting that he’s a nerd, Getting closer to the fans, Larry growing up in Akron, Ohio & the sports that he grew up playing while having a NBA player as a Father, When he realized how good his dad was at basketball, Getting to the NBA vs. staying in the NBA, The 3 & D Label, Leading the Cavs in assists last season, The colleges that recruited him, Visiting the university of Wyoming and meeting his wife, Hearing “Not Your Daddy Chants”, Their dunk contest moment together, Tearing his ACL as a junior In college after deciding he wanted to leave for the NBA, A never before told story of scrimmaging against Kuzma at Utah, The mental of getting over an injury, Making the NCAA tournament as a Senior by winning their conference tournament, Villanova vs. Wisconsin game, Thinking he was going to be drafted by the Celtics, His draft workout with the Lakers, Who whooped him in a draft workout, Playing with Kobe, The NBA being situational & players in new systems, Who Larry thinks is next, Larry getting traded from the Lakers with Jordan Clarkson to Cleveland & the trade scenario, What the trade deadline is like for players & the feeling of getting dumped, Playing with LeBron & getting to the NBA Finals for the Cavs, Getting married & if wedding bells are in the future for Josh, The rookies that the Cavs added & being a “veteran”, His contract extension by Cleveland, The happiness of NBA players, Having Crohn’s Disease, his foundation & what he can’t eat, The LightHarted 10 & more. This episode is not to be missed! Larry’s Foundation: https://www.athletesvscrohns.org Subscribe to the Video Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/lighthartedpodcast Music by Cadillac Freeze (www.CadillacFreeze.com)

Josh Cartagenova is the Co-Founder and CEO of Therapy Source Staffing Solutions, a national staffing agency based in Fort Washington. In 2000, after getting laid off from a marketing job, Josh and his wife stumbled into a business opportunity to employ therapists. Since then Therapy Source has carved out a very intentional niche, filling the need for specialized therapists for public and charter schools nationwide. Josh shares more about his business journey and how he has grown his company to over $30mil in revenue, employing 55 people locally and 2500 therapists in over 40 states. Tune in to find out more about Josh’s challenges and obstacles as he manages running a fast-growing business while working with historically slow school administrations with tight budgets.   Key Takeaways: [1:18] Kevin introduces his guest for this episode — Josh Cartagenova. [3:09] Kevin does a speed round with Josh. [8:41] Josh shares a little about his background. [11:04] Josh and Kevin discuss how the advertising world has changed since 1993. [12:56] Josh went through four jobs in seven years. He reveals more about his early years of finding himself and where he fit in. [18:07] In 2000, Josh started an online, high-end product business. What was his experience? [21:16] What was the early inspiration for Therapy Source? [24:36] What is in the Therapy Source database? [26:15] Josh and Kevin discuss how the costs work out for schools and the savings they make by working with Therapy Source. [27:43] When Josh first started out, how much client education did he have to do, and how has that changed over the years? [33:33] Online vs. in-person — Which manner of service delivery does Josh prefer or is better? Why? [37:52] There has been an evolution and growth of online learning in recent years. [40:19] How big is Josh's market and what is the competition like? [43:24] What are the threats to Josh's industry in relation to healthcare? [45:46] What are Josh's greatest hopes and fears for the next five years? [48:50] What was Josh's experience growing the company with no external investment or partnerships? [50:43] Looking back at the first 5-10 years, what was Josh's revenue stream like? [53:34] What does Josh's sales process look like? [55:31] What are some drivers of growth and revenue in Josh's industry? [56:49] How do staffing agencies such as Therapy Source get valued? [58:35] Josh and Kevin discuss some aspects of the hiring and on-boarding process for his employees. [1:04:47] How does Josh balance his relationship with his wife who also works at the company? [1:06:28] Who were some of the influencers in Josh's life in the course of his business journey? [1:11:24] Josh made a shift in his business from 1099 to W2. What was that process like and what impact has it had on his business? [1:17:00] Josh is moving into staffing solutions in a new industry — the cannabis industry. He shares more about that process. [1:22:10] Which niche is Josh focusing on in staffing the cannabis industry? [1:23:43] What are Josh's predictions for the cannabis industry? [1:26:22] What has been the hardest thing thus far with Josh's new venture? [1:28:13] What do the next 10 years look like for Josh? Links: John Cartagenova Therapy Source Staffing Solutions Clean Catch Nail System Hofstra University Harmelin Media Bala Cynwyd's dying main street: Will $100 million save it?, The Inquirer TheraWeb ASHA Khan Academy Jackson Healthcare EBSHealthcare Innovo Staffing Parents Gone Wild: High Drama Inside D.C.’s Most Elite Private School, The Atlantic DiSC Wonderlic Test Predictive Index Vistage Steve Jobs Gary Vaynerchuk American Management Association

On this episode of the Life in the Carolinas podcast, Carl is joined by Gary Bashears, his son Josh, and a brother he recently met for the first time, Dennis Proctor. Wilkes County barber, Gary Bashears, received a call toward the end of 2018 that would be life changing. His son, Josh had been working on their family genealogy for some time. While he was enjoying the process, he wanted to go further back in time and see if he could find out more about his family origins. Josh was curious about the possible information that an Ancestry DNA test might reveal. So, one day he ordered the test, followed the directions and patiently awaited the results. When they arrived, what he discovered was far more than he had ever imagined. Josh was looking for his family’s roots; He was not expecting to find a close family member he knew nothing about, but that’s exactly what happened. This Carolina story has several interesting twists and it all started before Josh was born. Some 50 years ago in Michigan, a young boy by the name of Dennis Proctor was doing a bit of exploring in his parents’ room. He had no idea that the box he would find and open on that day would set him on a lifelong journey.  The contents of the box lead Dennis to believe that the man he knew as his father was not actually his biological father. Filled with confusion and emotions, he ran to his grandmother’s house; she listened and together they shared tears as she was unable to answer the question as to who his birth father was. That was the start of a 50-year journey that would lead a man from Michigan to the third-generation barber shop at the top of second Street Hill in North Wilkesboro. Many things would happen between those younger years and now. Dennis would have many great adventures in life including a career as a history teacher and a passion for capturing images of wildlife. Dennis would also make family trips to the Shelby, NC area to visit the Proctor side of his family. Meanwhile in Wilkes County, a young boy, Gary always wanted a brother. He was envious of others who had brothers to go hunting, fishing and just to share life with. When Josh first called to let him know that he may have a brother, it took a little while for it to sink in. When asked how he felt about it, his very natural and likely common response was “I’m not really sure how to feel about it. If we had known each other when we were younger, he could have come to visit and spend the summer. At least we would have had the opportunity to grow up together.” But that’s not the way it worked out. After several emails and calls, Dennis ask Josh if he thought Gary would do the DNA test as well. Gary agreed and when the results arrived it seemed to make the case even stronger that they are indeed family. With this news, Dennis invited the Bashear family to visit Michigan. He even offered to send the airplane tickets to fly everyone up. There was only one problem with this offer, Gary always stays close to home and an airplane flight was not an option. With this development, talks of a Carolina trip started and the schedule was set for a June visit that would coincide with the Bashears family reunion. The day arrived when Dennis and his wife pulled up in Gary’s driveway. Gary said when he saw Dennis get out of the pickup it was just like seeing his dad 20 years ago. Nephew Josh was also part of the welcome committee. Gary said it was like they had known each other their whole life.    Josh got more than he bargained for when he ordered that DNA test. He now has a new uncle, Gary finally has the brother he’s always wanted, and while Dennis did not get to meet his birth father before he died, he now knows who he was, and he did find a brother and that’s a wonderful thing.

In this episode of TrueFire Live, we sit down with blues guitarist extraordinaire, Josh Smith, to discuss his guitar masterclass course, Blue Highways. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Josh Smith: Josh Smith was born October 7, 1979 in Middletown, Connecticut. Before he was 1, his family relocated to Florida, eventually settling in Pembroke Pines, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. At age 3, he received his first guitar and at 6, he started taking guitar lessons.Josh was exposed to the blues at an early age. He listened to a variety of artists, such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Albert King and T-Bone Walker. He also started going to concerts, including the Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.By 12, Josh was playing at established professional blues jams in South Florida, such as Musicians Exchange Café in Fort Lauderdale and Club M in Hollywood, FL.When Josh was 13, the Rhino Cats, house band at Club M, asked him to be the lead guitarist. Musicians Exchange owner Don Cohen was so taken aback by the talent of this young musician that he offered to help manage and develop Josh’s career.The Café was renowned for bringing in the best national touring blues bands, and Josh was quick to learn how to approach these blues greats, many of whom would invite Josh to sit in with them, thinking it may be a “novelty” to have a 14-year-old kid playing the blues. The novelty quickly wore off and was replaced by musicians stopping, watching and listening as this “kid” wailed out blues licks better than many of the touring guitarists on the circuit. Josh began sitting in with such greats as Jimmy Thackery, Tinsley Ellis, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Johnny “Clyde” Copeland, Double Trouble, Joanna Connor and Kim Simmonds, among others. Jimmy Thackery said of the 14-year-old, “Josh is three heartbreaks away from being a true blues guitar genius.” At 14, Josh released his first CD, Born Under a Blue Sign , and at 15, he released his second CD, Woodsheddin.While performing all over South Florida, Josh Smith and the Rhino Cats quickly became one of the most in-demand blues bands in the area. In 1994, while Josh was only 15, they received the Florida Jammy Award for best blues band and were selected as XS Readers Choice Winners in 1995 for best blues band. In 1996, then a senior in high school, Josh was put on the cover of the national magazine High School Senior , which hailed him as an “Up and Coming Guitar Legend.” That same year, Washburn Guitars Int’l recognized Josh’s talent and offered him an endorsement. They flew Josh to Chicago and guitar luthier Grover Jackson built him a custom guitar.Although Josh was an honor student, after graduation from high school in June 1997, Josh followed his heart and began pursuing what he was best at. His first national tour ensued with his newly formed power trio, Josh Smith and the Frost. Josh was now the band leader and vocalist, so he not only had to continue developing his guitar chops, but had to concentrate on his vocal prowess. In September 1997, Josh enlisted world-renowned producer Jim Gaines, whose credits include Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Luther Allison, Steve Miller and Jimmy Thackery, to produce his third CD, Too Damn Cold.By 1998, Josh had completed four national tours with his band. In January 1998, Billboard Magazine took note of the rising young talent in a Continental Drift article. In February 1998, Josh was asked to support B.B. King on a number of theatre dates. In March 1998, the TV show Chicago Hope purchased the rights to the tune “32 degrees” from Too Damn Cold . An international CD release, The Mentos Freshmaker Tour , included the title cut, “Too Damn Cold,” in the spring of 1998.Josh toured nationally all of 1999 and in October of that year, he entered the recording studio again with Jim Gaines and produced Woman , his fourth CD. This CD was released and well received in the spring of 2000. Josh continued to tour the East Coast from New York to Florida through 2001 with his band. In June 2002, he married and he and his wife decided to move to Los Angeles. Josh was ready for something new and wanted to be around a variety of musicians. He also began being a sideman.Within a year of moving to L.A., he was retained by Virgin recording artist Ricky Fante. He played nationally and internationally with Ricky for the next two years.In May 2006, Josh recorded his fifth CD, Deep Roots . A more traditional blues CD, his music was once again well received by Blueswax and Blues Revue magazine. Josh continued to play with a variety of artists, such as actress Taryn Manning, Universal hip-hop artist Benny Cassette and Tara Ellis, to name a few. In January 2007, Josh was hired by 2006 American Idol winner Taylor Hicks to be his lead guitarist. They completed two national tours from February-September 2007 with monthly dates and charity events until June 2008 when Taylor started Grease! on Broadway. In July 2008, Josh was hired by Raphael Saadiq. Since that time, Josh has played such high profile gigs with Raphael as backing Mick Jagger at the Grammy Awards in 2011 and the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2011. Josh continues to tour nationally and internationally with Raphael.Josh released his 6th studio CD, “Inception,” in 2009. This is an all-instrumental CD with a variety of genres that was once again well received by the public and critics alike.In 2010, Josh was signed to Crosscut Records, a label based out of Germany. Crosscut re-released Josh’s CD, “Deep Roots,” as “I’m Gonna Be Ready.” In October 2012, Josh’s CD, “Don’t Give Up On Me,” was released in Germany.Josh continues to live in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two children.

When Josh is away, the DEA Podcast “Nights” crew comes to play. Jeremy and Huw bust out their late version of the podcast once again to talk about the party nightlife. Huw regals with a tale about a recent trip to ‘da clurrb’ while Jeremy proves, once again, that he knows nothing about the outside world. Drinks have been drunk, these boys got krunk and now this show has been sunk. These Talkie Boys are grossly desperate for admiration and acknowledgement so if you would like to help these sad, sad boys out, you can find them here: Facebook: @deapodcast https://www.facebook.com/deapodcast/ Instagram: @deapodcast https://www.instagram.com/deapodcast/ Jeremy: @slippin_on_peels Josh: @j__sh._ Huw: @huwperfluous Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dont-expect-anything YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIlEVJAU7gIirt6xgaG3g4g

When Josh and Sean Szeps met they knew instantly they'd found "the one." How did they know? Because Josh insulted Sean. The pair met in 2011 in a dive bar in New York, moved in together in 2012, were engaged by 2013 and married in 2014. While many gay couples feel that having a relationship and a family is difficult, for Sean and Josh they felt they were always in the right place at the right time. Gay marriage became legal in the US just as they were considering getting married, the price of IVF started to come down just as they were wondering whether they should start a family. And when they decided that surrogacy was the way they wanted to go, the approval process was fast. In 2017 their twins, Stella and Cooper were born in America. The product of Josh's sperm and an egg donated by a female member of Sean's family. They've now moved to Australia and are raising their twins here. They join Mia to share their story... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guests Josh and Sean Szeps Listen to Sean on The Baby Bubble here: Go and see Josh's comedy show #youtoo: why social media is ruining everything - tickets at comedyfestival.com.au. Producer: Elissa Ratliff GET IN TOUCH: Call the PodPhone on 02 8999 9386. Email the show at podcast@mamamia.com.au Find any book mentioned at apple.co/mamamia No Filter is a podcast by Mamamia. Find more shows here.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Josh and Sean Szeps met they knew instantly they'd found "the one." How did they know? Because Josh insulted Sean. The pair met in 2011 in a dive bar in New York, moved in together in 2012, were engaged by 2013 and married in 2014. While many gay couples feel that having a relationship and a family is difficult, for Sean and Josh they felt they were always in the right place at the right time. Gay marriage became legal in the US just as they were considering getting married, the price of IVF started to come down just as they were wondering whether they should start a family. And when they decided that surrogacy was the way they wanted to go, the approval process was fast. In 2017 their twins, Stella and Cooper were born in America. The product of Josh's sperm and an egg donated by a female member of Sean's family. They've now moved to Australia and are raising their twins here. They join Mia to share their story... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guests Josh and Sean Szeps Listen to Sean on The Baby Bubble here: Go and see Josh's comedy show #youtoo: why social media is ruining everything - tickets at comedyfestival.com.au. Producer: Elissa Ratliff GET IN TOUCH: Call the PodPhone on 02 8999 9386. Email the show at podcast@mamamia.com.au Find any book mentioned at apple.co/mamamia No Filter is a podcast by Mamamia. Find more shows here.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Josh and Sean Szeps met they knew instantly they'd found "the one." How did they know? Because Josh insulted Sean. The pair met in 2011 in a dive bar in New York, moved in together in 2012, were engaged by 2013 and married in 2014. While many gay couples feel that having a relationship and a family is difficult, for Sean and Josh they felt they were always in the right place at the right time. Gay marriage became legal in the US just as they were considering getting married, the price of IVF started to come down just as they were wondering whether they should start a family. And when they decided that surrogacy was the way they wanted to go, the approval process was fast. In 2017 their twins, Stella and Cooper were born in America. The product of Josh's sperm and an egg donated by a female member of Sean's family. They've now moved to Australia and are raising their twins here. They join Mia to share their story... Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman  With thanks to special guests Josh and Sean Szeps Listen to Sean on The Baby Bubble here: Go and see Josh's comedy show #youtoo: why social media is ruining everything - tickets at comedyfestival.com.au. Producer: Elissa Ratliff GET IN TOUCH: Call the PodPhone on 02 8999 9386. Email the show at podcast@mamamia.com.au Find any book mentioned at apple.co/mamamia No Filter is a podcast by Mamamia. Find more shows here.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josh Zloof, Co-Founder & CEO of Sudden Coffee is passionate about more than just serving up a great cup of coffee. After launching several businesses that ended in some success and even more failures, Josh knew he needed to find his “why.” This led to him founding Sudden Coffee on the idea of “making one billion people happy.” Today, Sudden Coffee has served over 100,000 cups of their single origin, speciality grade, instant coffee (delivered right to your door). With over $3.3M raised from investors like Y Combinator and CRV, Josh and Sudden Coffee have been featured in the New York Times, Food & Wine, and GQ. Sounds like grounds for celebration. When Josh isn’t geeking out on tech, marketing, and operations, you can catch him at Burning Man (a seven time veteran), building a 10 foot tall wooden dinosaur, or running a midnight smoothie bar. He’s also a hardcore self-care advocate, believing a dedication to both mind and body are the secret keys to entrepreneurial success. Enjoy this fun chat as Josh connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** Connect with Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Perseverance and determination really go a long way. In this episode of Leader Manager Coach Podcast, Rob talks to Josh Gordon from Walsall Football Club to prove that there are things you need more to achieve success, not just your talent. Josh shares his personal stories and everything about his football career. He has been playing at an early age and has been continuing to improve himself in order to be one of the best professional football players out there. Of course, like anybody else, his career wasn’t always filled with rainbows and unicorns. He’s had setbacks, which have been part of his life and have helped him grow stronger. Discover from today’s discussion about how he deals with such challenges and prepares for great opportunities. KEY TAKEAWAYS Josh says starting training early has become fruitful for his football career. Josh has been playing football since he was really young even though his dad could get him inclined into basketball. When Josh was six, he started playing for Stoke City until he was 15. Like any other kids, he used to slack – arrive late during practices and show disinterest. He got disciplined and told he’s just wasting his talents if he continues to act irresponsibly. It came to a point in his career that a lot of teams want him. His coach pushed him harder since he believed in him. This brought him enough motivation to play better and get his name out there. Josh also owes a lot of what he has learned from his coach in Stoke City, Andy Holmes. Andy helped him with instilling in him the passion of the game. BEST MOMENTS “I think experience in men’s football early, doing bets on the side, going into a development team and getting the technical part of the game… I think – is the best way.” “I think most people that I’ve worked with have given me a little bit of everything. Some stuff is bad, some stuff is good. But the good stuff and the bad stuff – together, really – are what you are expected to do.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Walsall FC ABOUT THE GUEST Josh Gordon is a professional footballer who plays for Walsall as a striker in League One. Before he joined Walsall, he played for various teams including Newcastle Town. Nantwich Town, Rhyl, Stafford Rangers, and Leicester City. It was with the Welsh club Rhyl when he made one league appearance, and it was with Walsall when he made his first professional goal in EFL Cup. Josh’s Twitter ABOUT THE HOST Rob Ryles is a UEFA qualified coach with a League Managers Association qualification and a science and medicine background. He has worked in the football industry in Europe, USA and Africa; at International, Premiership, League, Non-League and grassroots levels with both World Cup and European Championship experience. CONTACT METHOD Rob’s Facebook Rob’s LinkedIn Support the show.

Given that Josh has already told the tales of being kidnapped in Egypt and playing one of the first shows that an American hardcore band in Kenya has played, I was worried that he might not have any stories left for me when he agreed to do this interview. Never fear. Josh delivers the goods - and this is probably the hardest I've laughed during any podcast that I've recorded. Josh has been a full-time touring musician with bands like Evergreen Terrace, Casey Jones, Stick to Your Guns and Eighteen Visions for many, many years. In his spare time, he often travels to countries with unstable governments. As such, he's accumulated a lot of hilarious stories. When Josh is in Chicago, he stops in at South Loop Strength & Conditioning to train, so it's always a treat to get to chat with someone who likes the two things that I like: heavy music and extreme fitness programs. Note: There was an issue with Josh's mic during the first 10 minutes or so of the podcast. We caught the issue and fixed it - and I did a little bit of post-production management to adjust the levels - so just skip the beginning part of the quieter audio is annoying. Apologies for that! Check out more from Josh here: Instagram: @joshjamesxxx//@stygoc//@18v_official Website: www.sticktoyourguns.net//www.18vofficial.com If you're enjoying the show, why not a leave a review? It makes a difference in terms of other people finding the show.You can also subscribe to receive my e-mail newsletter at www.toddnief.com. Most of my writing never makes it to the blog, so get on that list. Show Notes [01:00] Working out on the road - and some perils of awkward men working out [07:21] Josh’s first “real band” (Evergreen Terrace) and growing up in punk music - including buying a Misfits shirt without knowing who the Misfits were [10:53] The mic is fixed! [11:17] The process of digging for bands as a child in the pre-internet era (thanks lists, interviews, zines, etc) [15:19] Joining 18 Visions and Stick to Your Guns [19:55] Purposefully blending genres on tours - and the struggles of playing to an audience that isn’t into you as well as the upside of  catching an all new audience [32:44] How does Stick to Your Guns write new music while keeping in mind the expectations of fans who like their previous output? [41:43] When is the last time you moshed? [45:04] “I want to be a janitor at a mall or something like that” - and being forced to learn an instrument by your mother [49:09] Going on crazy adventures in countries without stable governments - and the learning that occurs from being in unfamiliar situations [56:34] Accidentally ending up on CNN throwing rocks Links and Resources Mentioned Casey Jones Evergreen Terrace Quads Gym Vans Warped Tour Again Faster Misfits MC Hammer Milli Vanilli Rancid Minor Threat Gorilla Biscuits Youth of Today Strife Earth Crisis Grateful Dead Type O Negative Prince Phish The Goonies Poison the Well Unearth Guttermouth Norma Jean Lagwagon Pennywise Parkway Drive Counterparts Stray from the Path Motionless In White Chelsea Grin Bleeding Through Slipknot Piece By Piece Emmure Disturbed Rivers Cuomo Weezer H20 Negative Approach Terror Adolescents Bane Propagandhi - How To Clean Everything LP Black Sabbat The Insane Clown Posse Teenage Bottlerocket This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb

What is Christian community? When Josh and Emilee visited Cuba on a series of trips, they discovered a kind of community that seemed unparalleled—and now Monacrest Church in the Pittsburgh Conference is able to pay it forward... Learn more about entering the “Flat BT” contest: www.lightandlifemagazine.com/flatbt To subscribe to the Heartbeat FMWM newsletter, visit www.fmchr.ch/mheartbeat Leave a voicemail for the show by calling: (914) FMC-USA1 Please like the show page at www.facebook.com/fmcradio and follow us on Twitter @FmcRadioShow Email Josh: josh@befreemc.org

In this episode of the Next 90 With Nick: running into an old friend at brunch, becomes the catalyst for this podcast. When Josh and his wife, Tracy share how they binge listened to the Next 90, Nick is impressed they had already set and met their first 90 day challenge. Nick shares with his listeners his first Balance challenge, involving his pregnant wife and a daily commitment to texting. Keep staying committed to the process;because being consistent will help you to become more connected.

Unless you've lived without a TV for the past decade or so, you probably recognize Josh Radnor. The actor--who is also a skilled writer, director, and musician--has been immortalized in the eyes of the public as Ted Mosby, the goofy and hyper-romantic protagonist of the hit series How I Met Your Mother, which ran on CBS from 2005 to 2014. In real life, though, Josh will be the first to tell you that in many ways, he and his fictional counterpart are worlds apart. When Josh sits down with Sam to track his life and career--from realizing in high school that performance was his solution to insecurity, to bringing two feature films to Sundance, to his new series Rise and his musical career with Ben Lee--the impression we're left with is one of determination and deliberation. Josh is brimming with insights from friends, artists, and his own experiences as he and Sam discuss periods of his life during which his dreams were tested, his success complicated, and his interests ever-changing. http://talkeasypod.com/

If you had to define it, could you clearly say what it means for a company to be a “lifestyle brand?” When Josh Stanton first started on his entrepreneurial journey he didn’t know either. In fact, it was the furthest thing from his mind. He just needed to make some money.   His story goes something like this: After a very short stint studying engineering at university, he was exhausted and not enjoying what he was doing, and his Dad recognized the problem. He told Josh, “You don’t have to do this. You can do whatever you want.”   Josh says that was the conversation that enabled him to understand that it was OK for him to take control of his own life and not follow the path everyone else does. So he did.   Today, most people know Josh as one half of the dynamic team behind Screw The Nine To Five, the company and community aimed at becoming the #1 lifestyle brand in the world. In this conversation you’ll hear the backstory of how Josh and his wife have gone from owning random online businesses that felt a lot like corporate jobs, to leaders of an energizing community that empowers those seeking lifestyle freedom.   If Josh can make money selling a goldfish book, you can be an entrepreneur too   The first thing Josh Stanton did to move into the realm of online business was to hire someone to research and ghostwrite a book about the care and feeding of goldfish. Sounds like a strange topic, but he had his reasons. The book was written, Josh got it formatted, put it on Amazon, and began selling it - to the tune of $15,000 in total sales.   It may not sound like much of a business… but most people never step out to create anything of their own. $15K earned from a simple book, in his first attempt, was all it took for Josh to see that he really could support himself independent of someone else writing him a paycheck.   Your first effort as an entrepreneur doesn’t have to be world-changing. In fact, it’s probably better if it’s not. The lessons you learn in those initial forays into the online business world  are what teach you the things you need to know in order to make a difference over the long haul. Josh describes his own meandering path to success in detail in this conversation.   Why Josh Stanton sold money-making businesses to pursue something greater   As Josh and Jill become more successful as entrepreneurs, they had their hands in many different types of online businesses. There were many affiliate relationships, skin care brands, health care products that filled their bank account each month. The Screw The Nine To Five Community was also starting to take off.   But it wasn’t as satisfying as Josh had assumed it would be. All those unrelated, random businesses started to feel like drudgery, something he didn’t really want to work on anymore. Sounds kind of like a corporate job, doesn’t it?   After discussing what they really wanted to contribute to the world, Josh and Jill decided to sell those businesses and put all their focus into Screw The Nine To Five. That decision proves to have been exactly the right choice for them. They have plans to make it the #1 Lifestyle Brand in the world. Their focus now is on helping others achieve success in three specific areas: business, health, and life.   How does one go about building a world-changing lifestyle brand? Josh reveals the ups and the downs of the Screw The Nine To Five journey, in this episode of Corporate Escapees. Do you know how to make the decision about who your ideal customer is?   When Josh and Jill first began Screw The Nine To Five they were focused on helping people start businesses and develop ways of producing side income. All of that is fine, but they discovered that many people were following along without committing to make their own lifestyle dreams happen.   That’s when they decided to narrow their focus by identifying their ideal customers. Rather than targeting anyone who was interested in learning about generating online income they decided to find those who are truly ready to start their own business. That subtle shift has enabled them to scale their business faster than ever before.   In this conversation Josh describes how they’ve learned to identify that target audience, how strategic partnerships enable them to help their audience with less effort, and why Facebook Ads have turned out to be unreliable in terms of long-term business success. Those are powerful lessons-learned you can benefit from, so be sure you hear them on this episode.   Members of the Screw The Nine To Five Community are given the opportunity to give back   The Screw The Nine To Five community is a dynamic place where those who are building their own businesses come together for support, resources, and training. It’s the main way Josh and Jill empower others to create the same kind of lifestyle they have.   But they want more for their members than business success. They also want to help them give back through their success. That’s why they are working to establish relationships with 3 non-profits. Every monthly member will soon be able to select one of those charities as the recipient of a percentage of their membership fee each month.   As you can see, Josh and Jill are eager for their lifestyle brand to do more than equip people to make money, they want to nurture a mindset that truly gives back in significant ways.   This is a great conversation that reveals many of the strategies Josh and Jill have used to establish their business and empower others to create the lifestyle they want. You don’t want to miss this episode.   What you will learn in the podcast [0:36] Paul’s introduction of Josh Stanton’s journey with Screw The Nine To Five [2:45] Everyone thinks Josh has a weird obsession with pugs (but he doesn’t) [4:12] The backstory: not quite the typical corporate escapee story [7:05] Josh’s first internet business: a goldfish book business that made $15K [11:59] Why it took so long for Josh to be comfortable saying he was an entrepreneur [14:20] The full time work that is Screw The 9 to 5 and how Josh and Jill made the decision to ditch profitable businesses to focus on their community and business [18:55] Discovering and targeting their ideal customer and build strategic partnership [27:07] Lessons-learned using Facebook Ads and why he wants organic traffic instead [31:19] The biggest challenges right now revolve around capacity [35:31] Daily habits Josh employs [38:39] The charity and giving projects the Screw The 9 to 5 team is aiming to help [42:05] Josh’s top 3 productivity tips [47:58] Parting advice from Josh: Stick with it - there’s always better on the other side   Links mentioned in the podcast www.BuildLiveGive.com/webinar Frank Kern - well known marketer and copywriter Jason Gaignard’s Mastermind Talks Amy Porterfield’s Webinar Training Course Nathan Chan of Foundr Ari Meisel BOOK: Traction Grill’d Burger Company Kiva: Microfinance loans that change lives Asana Slack Evernote Voxer Text Expander BOOK: The E-Myth   Connect with Josh Stanton Screw The 9 to 5 Website www.ScrewCommunity.com - Facebook Group Screw The 9 to 5 Podcast   Connect With Paul and Live Build Give On Facebook On Twitter: @BuildLiveGive On LinkedIn On Instagram: @BuildLiveGive

And now for something completely different! This week on Escrow Out Loud, our San Francisco Real Estate podcast, we interview our first guests. Josh and Carlos are clients who purchased their San Francisco home in a very different market – they purchased a REO property during the downturn. They termed the phrase “Shivering Heights” for their neighborhood and they agreed to let us come over to their house, interview them about buying in San Francisco, and just chat about owning a home in SF. It's a 3 episode interview, this is part 1 and covers our drive over and the beginning part of our home tour. It was still a bit messy since the have recently started renovation.[00:33] When Josh and Carlos bought their house the property market in San Francisco was completely different than it is today – in fact, we were in the midst of a property downturn. Seven years later, we visit them at their place to see how they have settled in![01:47] We kick off part one of our three-part interview with Matt questioning the suitability of using the Comic Sans font on the first page of the REO addendum document. REO addendums are horrible things that haven't been a regular part of the SF market since the last down turn. What is it about that font that screams unprofessional? Everything![03:06] As we arrive at their San Francisco home we meet our client’s huuuuge, Scooby Doo-like dog and hear his story.Fixer-upper[08:34] Starting in the foyer, it is clear Josh and Carlos have done quite a bit of renovating since we last saw their place! What was once sad and neglected but a huge amount of space is now a beautifully updated, very functional, modern space.[12:03] It is great to see how well they have settled into their new home, meeting their neighbors, and what it was like getting to know their new neighborhood.[17:27] We talk about how different the market was back in 2011, but even then getting your first offer accepted was rare. Prices have sky-rocketed since then… Tune in next week for part two, where we learn some more fascinating things about their home and the remodel they did. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Had two dear friends sit down for a chat for this pod, was a lovely time

Have you ever wondered what the perfect strategic sale looks like? On today’s show, we’re going to be talking to Josh Elizetxe, who was extremely successful at managing his company at a very young age. Within six months of deciding to sell, Josh successfully created a market and sold his company to one of his strategic partners. He’s going to share some of the best wisdom and insight that we’ve had on this show. Tune in to learn what Josh learned, what he’d have done differently, and what he’s up to now. In this episode, you’ll learn: When Josh decided to become an entrepreneur and how he decided to take the lead in his venture. Some of the goals Josh made and milestones he met as he snowballed his company from startup to success. Some of the benchmarks that Josh had been tracking mentally so he knew he had gotten to the point where it made sense to sell. The trigger when Josh knew that he was not doing what he should have been doing. How Josh managed all of the factors that go into the decision to sell, the tactical strategies he used, and his tips on making the transition. Thoughts on valuing a company and setting a price, as well as convincing a potential buyer that the company is worth that price. How Josh picked the partner he picked and how he removed emotion from the decision. How do you value the power of your own two hands? Josh Elizetxe learned just how valuable building something from nothing can be, particularly in the digital world. Today’s podcast explores how to properly build a successful and profitable business out of nothing and capitalize on its specifics for a strategic sell for the highest dollar. What do you need to do to be a successful entrepreneur? Simply put: work for it. Josh poured all he had into his work. Starting at the age of fifteen, Josh immersed himself in his hobby of computers (learning about them, playing on them, and eventually building websites on them) until he was a master of his craft. It took time, energy and prioritization. What Makes You Unique? Josh was surprised to hear from advertisers after he started his blog. He had built something for himself which was a labor of love — his first blog was about the new iPhone coming out (which he coveted) and was the tech review that has become standard today. He was before the curve. This is vital in being successful, we all know, so how can you take the product you have (or hobby or service) and capitalize on it? This is your time to shine. Find what makes you unique in the market and customize what you’re offering to further help yourself stand out. Josh did this by accident. But he capitalized on it with intention. Say Yes After he built his first blog site for himself, he started hearing from advertisers. This was at a time when the Internet was still an enigma and there was no trust in transactions conducted on it

When Josh and Jeff have too many e-mails - STUFF GETS WILD. In this new segment we discuss sex, drugs and JJ Abrams even more. write your e-mails in to mclassemail@gmail.com follow us on twitter @MClassPodcast

Episode 4 - Solutions Episode - Josh Houston - "But I'm Not An Expert..." When Josh wrote to me here is what he had to say. Running Around in circles, Ed... Not sure what to pick... Not sure who to serve...It's enough to make you wan to throw your laptop into the Bathroom! Well throwing electronics into the Bathroom is never a good idea! So we seen the episode helping Josh pick a market. We also answer perhaps the biggest stopper in market choice... "But I'm Not An Expert..." Enjoy! Challenge - Your First Dollar Live Workshop Do in two days what used to take thirty! I'll be doing the first two challenge LIVE! workshops in Sydney and Auckland. For $197 US you can come and do the Challenge in two days. Crazy right!! Sydney 18/19 March Auckland 8/9 April More Details - email me ed@thirtydaysonedollar.com Links from the show today Get my book for free! Your guide book to the whole First Dollar process. Want to be a guest? Shoot me an email to ed@thirtydaysonedollar.com and tell me what part of the process you would like me to help you with. I also love being a podcast guest - shoot me an email and let's organise a time.  

When Josh isn't too busy giving away his entire paycheck to idols, Adam speaks up for Final Fantasy 2 and Zack ponders God Eater Resurrection.

Josh Dorkin started BiggerPockets.com from scratch 10 years ago and now has over 435K members. They have grown to be one of the largest and most reputable real estate community on the Internet with a forum that has over 900,000 posts! and they hold the #1 real estate podcast on iTunes. They attract more than 1k new members a day and help change people's lives to gain their own financial freedom through real estate! Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:   [0:00] Pre-interview banter: Things you’ll hear on this episode. [6:10] Jeremy’s introduction of Joshua Dorkin and the BiggerPockets.com story. [7:33] What Joshua wanted to be when he grew up. [8:37] Things Joshua learned from his mother, a successful business woman. [12:04] Why Joshua hated business school in college but discovered a passion for marketing. [13:34] We all struggle and have to find our way via the journey. [17:29] Dealing with the haters when BiggerPockets began. [20:39] The most difficult parts of saying what he knew to be true even though he’d receive backlash. [23:30] The most popular show on BiggerPockets: Investing With No Money. [27:00] How Josh started out as a real estate investor. [30:30] How Josh saw the real estate bubble in CA before it popped. [34:00] Why Josh didn’t trust the real estate investing training he found, and how he began building BiggerPockets in response. [36:39] Josh’s story regarding acting with Jerry Seinfeld on Saturday Night Live. [37:47] The first version of BiggerPockets, and why building an online community is impossibly hard. [42:46] Pushing forward after 4 years of not being successful, and how Joshua counsels people who are at that same point and considering quitting. [45:37] Making the decision to transition from hobby to full time business. [48:00] Keeping the content free always, building a paid community as an added value. [49:25] Success stories and benefits that have come from the BiggerPockets community. [50:34] An average day for Joshua when he first started full time with BiggerPockets. [52:49] The changes Joshuah made when he realized he was overworking and burning out. [53:51] How Joshua came up with the mantra, “Life wasn’t meant to be lived in a cubicle.” [57:00] Hiring his first person: one of his best decisions. [58:35] The roles Joshua took on once he began hiring people. [1:00:00] Becoming a student of business and starting a podcast. [1:01:53] How do you know when to stop or not stop in your business? [1:05:00] The lowest points in Joshua’s business journey. [1:08:30] The role Joshua’s wife played in helping him get his life under control. [1:09:54] The proudest moments Joshua has had in his journey. [1:11:40] The world wide impact BiggerPockets is having. [1:13:15] The free book from BiggerPockets. In this episode… The Real Estate Investing arena is fraught with dangers in the form of fraudulent schemes run by “experts” who line their pockets with other people’s money and give half-proven or untried systems in return. It can be a very difficult space to be in if you care about doing things ethically, honestly, and with integrity.   Joshua Dorkin felt all of that when he first began making money in real estate. His first purchase was a California condominium that gave him a pretty good return, so he began looking into what it might take to become proficient at real estate investing. What he found discouraged him and he realized, there’s no “safe” place to go for trusted advice and reliable resources.   In concept, that’s where BiggerPockets was born. When Josh first created the site he used it as a community/forum for people in the acting industry (he was an actor at the time) but quickly transitioned it into a real estate investing themed site and community. It’s now THE biggest site in the industry and is the hub for a podcast, forums, resources, a publishing house, and more.   In this conversation of Inspired Insider Dr. Jeremy Weisz asks Joshua to share his journey, from his humble beginnings as the son of an entrepreneurial single mom, to business school (which he hated), to the pursuit of an acting career in California, and finally, into the realm of real estate investing and the birth of BiggerPockets.   Joshua Dorkin is a humble guy, but confident and encouraged at the difference his efforts have made in the real estate investment space. He’s one of those guys who latches on like a pit bull once he knows what he wants to accomplish and never lets go until he’s done it. BiggerPockets is a testament to that sort of work and determination.   Be sure to listen to this inspiring interview to find out how you can get connected with Joshua and the community over at www.BiggerPockets.com.   Resources Mentioned on this episode www.BiggerPockets.com www.BiggerPockets.com/podcast Get the book Josh mentioned: www.BiggerPockets.com/UBG

"What is the best office chair to buy," and "What is the best ergonomic position to work in" are very common questions I get on a regular basis. Unfortunately there is no right answer to these questions, and more importantly, these are the wrong questions to be asking in the first place. They belong in the world of "Ergonomics 1.0." In this episode I discuss the concept of "Ergonomics 2.0" with Industrial Engineer and Certified Ergonomist Josh Kerst. We talk all about why traditional ergonomics no longer make sense, and more importantly, how to reshape your workstation and workspace to be more dynamic and promote better health. Click here to download your bonus document "How to Set Up a More Ergonomic (And Dynamic) Workstation" Our show sponsors: EditStock.com Topics of Conversation: What exactly does Josh do? When Josh decided he should shift his focus to standing instead of sitting Josh's thoughts on the AltWork Desk How Wall-E is becoming our reality What happens to the body when you don’t experience gravity properly What is N.E.A.T.?  “Your best ergonomic move is your next one.” Keep moving! The best ergonomic chair is not a chair Stand assist tools - The Mogo Great tips for transitioning from a sitting desk to a standing desk More Focal Upright Ergonomics tools that will help you transition to a standing desk The positive consequences of movement during the workday aka “getting your mojo back” How movement is helping to combat depression and anxiety How your posture affects how people perceive you Exercising (even if you do it often) will not make up for sitting all day Allowing kids to move is actually helping them learn and concentrate Try taking a walking meeting outside (especially after lunch)  The effects of lighting on humans - get out of your caves! The best color to work under Moving can really give you a competitive advantage Setting up the proper standing workstation How to deal with forearm and wrist issues Useful Links: Focal Upright Ergonomics FiP Podcast Ep63: The Solution To Your Sedentary Lifestyle FiP Podcast Ep55: We Are Not "Below the Line" F.lux App Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are Guest Bio: Kerst, Josh, CPE, CIE Executive Vice President, Principal Ergonomist, Focal Upright Furniture Inc. (Ergo Geek) Experienced, passionate and thoughtful leader in the field of ergonomics with an emphasis on designs that positively transform the way people work in the digital age. Josh holds a BSE (U of Michigan) in Industrial Engineering and is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), Certified Industrial Ergonomist (CIE) and is a Member of the ANSI/BIFMA X5.1 Office Seating committee. Show Credits: This episode was edited by Curtis Fritsch, the show notes were prepared by Natalie Boschan, and this show is executive produced by Kanen Flowers. We are a member of the THAT STUDIO podcast network. The music in the opening and closing of the show is courtesy of Dorian Cheah from his brilliant album ARA.  

On Today's show your hosts are walking you through the LA Galaxy's match with the Portland Timbers and LA Galaxy II's Championship match with the Rochester Rhinos. Plus new Co-Host Wendy Thomas tells you every intimate detail of her life! It's a bye week, so it's not going to be a packed show. Except THAT IT IS A PACKED SHOW! Corner of the Galaxy will welcome new Co-Host Wendy Thomas and she'll introduce herself to you, the listeners. We'll play celebrity island and learn how she's not a Giants fan and how her brother isn't invited on the show. The hosts will also walk you through Josh's Gordon Ramsay / David Beckham fantasy and much more. When Josh and Wendy get back from the break they'll actually talk LA Galaxy soccer. I know! It's a bunch of LA Galaxy news including an update on Bradford Jamieson IV, an explanation on how the MLS Playoffs work, and how the infamous MLS Tie-Breakers work. For the real hard-hitting LA Galaxy news, Josh and Wendy will drop the bomb no one was ready for. That's right, the LA Galaxy have made official a dream partnership. The LA Galaxy and Bulletproof Coffee have signed a deal and our very own, Baggio Husidic is the Bulletproof Coffee Ambassador. Wow. I'll give you a moment to recover. Finally it's previews of LA Galaxy II taking on Rochester in the USL championship and a look ahead to Sunday's big matchup with the Portland Timbers. It's an hour long program that has everything you've come to expect from our show and the SEASON IS ALMOST OVER! We'll get you through the last 2 MLS games and briefly mention the CCL game that gets played next week. We're so glad you've decided to join, won't you be our neighbor?! Music Provided by Back Pocket Memory. Their new Album "Victory & Empire" will be released on 11.13.15. Go to www.backpocketmemory.com to listen to one of their new songs.

On Today's show your hosts are walking you through the LA Galaxy's match with the Portland Timbers and LA Galaxy II's Championship match with the Rochester Rhinos. Plus new Co-Host Wendy Thomas tells you every intimate detail of her life! It's a bye week, so it's not going to be a packed show. Except THAT IT IS A PACKED SHOW! Corner of the Galaxy will welcome new Co-Host Wendy Thomas and she'll introduce herself to you, the listeners. We'll play celebrity island and learn how she's not a Giants fan and how her brother isn't invited on the show. The hosts will also walk you through Josh's Gordon Ramsay / David Beckham fantasy and much more. When Josh and Wendy get back from the break they'll actually talk LA Galaxy soccer. I know! It's a bunch of LA Galaxy news including an update on Bradford Jamieson IV, an explanation on how the MLS Playoffs work, and how the infamous MLS Tie-Breakers work. For the real hard-hitting LA Galaxy news, Josh and Wendy will drop the bomb no one was ready for. That's right, the LA Galaxy have made official a dream partnership. The LA Galaxy and Bulletproof Coffee have signed a deal and our very own, Baggio Husidic is the Bulletproof Coffee Ambassador. Wow. I'll give you a moment to recover. Finally it's previews of LA Galaxy II taking on Rochester in the USL championship and a look ahead to Sunday's big matchup with the Portland Timbers. It's an hour long program that has everything you've come to expect from our show and the SEASON IS ALMOST OVER! We'll get you through the last 2 MLS games and briefly mention the CCL game that gets played next week. We're so glad you've decided to join, won't you be our neighbor?! Music Provided by Back Pocket Memory. Their new Album "Victory & Empire" will be released on 11.13.15. Go to www.backpocketmemory.com to listen to one of their new songs.

In today’s episode, we put our co-host Josh Marsden on the hot seat! You will find out what Josh’s personal Utopia is that he is aiming for, what makes him happy, and why. Like many single hard-working entrepreneurs, Josh is looking for that one person that makes him feel complete. The challenge is finding that one person when you are trying to run a successful company, it takes so much time! Josh loves two Benjamins, for good reasons. Find out what shaped Build Your Utopia’s other half in his early years and the struggles that he saw as a child that molded him to be a money-motivated, success-driven, Type A, hard working, ambitious man. As hard as it was for Josh to share this, he speaks about some of the the fights he saw as a child, how his relationship with his father impacts him today, and what he wants for his son, Benjamin. What you will find here are several examples of how Josh takes negatives throughout his life and turns them into positives. When college didn’t work out the first time, he partied.. POSITIVE. When Josh didn’t have money, he took out credit cards… POSITIVE. When early adulthood didn’t go as planned.. the military came calling… POSITIVE. Which positives are actual positives? Find out in this episode. Finally, if you need a private PLUS college loan, just sign your mother’s name on the loan application. It works.. Turn off the switch of insanity from being plugged into your business or goals, relax, and listen to this show. On a closing note, having too many goals.. can be overwhelming. As always, a special thank you to The Strand for our intro and outro music! Utopian Quote of the Show “We all have subjective eyes to a realistic lens” - Josh Marsden

Let me be honest here: When Josh and I started our first business together, we knew NOTHING about running a business properly, hacking our productivity, or even setting ourselves up for growth. We were just two cocky wannabe moguls who thought we knew evvvverything. Fast-forward a few months later and we were overwhelmed, burnt out, and struggling to get a grip on our business! While that period of time was insanely stressful, it pushed us to start finding tools that could help us manage our day-to-day operations, as well as streamline our lives And let me tell you - it was the BEST thing we ever did for ourselves and our business. Score! Curious to know what these time-saving...errr....SANITY-saving tools are? You know what to do. *psssst* You just click the play button at the top of the page,download this in iTunes or listen on Stitcher. If you like what you hear, be sure to give us a 5 star rating or leave a review! And don't forget to tune in for a new episode every Thursday at 7am EST. Click Here to Subscribe and Make Sure You Never Miss an Episode Words of Wisdom in This Week's Podcast: The tools we didn't use when we started off, but looking back we wish we had Have issues remembering all your passwords? With this tool, you'll only ever have to remember one The perfect tool for coordinating time schedules between clients and yourself Which project management tool keeps teams together and is the apple of Josh's eye My #1 fave tool - it's core to our business and could be for yours too A music based tool created on scientific research and the second tool in my tool trifecta Is your Inbox getting out of hand? Let this tool save you time with your email The bee's knees of picture editing Our weekly Show Us Your Tips tip! Say it in an Aussie accent and have a little giggle! Post-Podcast Resources & Honourable Mentions: Start screwing your 9-5 now with The Escape Plan Natalie Sisson from the Suitcase Entrepreneur Elisa Doucette from ElisaDoucette.com LastPass ScheduleOnce Asana GoogleDrive FocusAtWill Sanebox Picmonkey Do you know a couple in business together or are you 1 half of an awesome duo that we should feature? Shoot us an email at questions@screwtheninetofive.com.

I'm going to be honest for a moment. When Josh and I started working together, we felt like we were the only couple out there doing the entrepreneurial thing together. We felt very out of place in Toronto. After packing our bags and moving to Thailand, things got a bit easier because we were surrounded by so many like-minded people. We were still craving that couple connection though. You know what I mean...that couple you just jive with, can talk for hours with, laugh with, be honest with, and share the struggles with. About a year ago I stumbled across UK couple Mish and Rob from MakingItAnywhere.com. Now, these two have a wickedly successful business - or should I say businesses; they have 5! - and have an incredible story. Click Here to Subscribe and Make Sure You Never Miss an Episode Words of Wisdom in This Week's Podcast: Introducing all of Mish and Rob and allllll of their businesses How they kicked the 9 to 5 and went nomad What their first day as official digital business owners was like How long it took them to make their first dollar What business structure works best for them Their biggest failure as a duo that fueled future success Advice for couples going into business together Post-Podcast Resources and Honourable Mentions: 7 Day Escape Plan Making It Anywhere with Mish and Rob Mortified Cow brand consultancy The Property Hub forum for property investors Yellow Lettings real estate renting service Elance

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Leigh Whannell and James Wan, the creators of the Saw series, and Jason Blum and Oren Peli, the creators of the Paranormal Activity series, came together in 2011 to give us Insidious, a supernatural horror thriller. When it was played at festival circuits, Sony Pictures immediately picked it up less than twelve hours after its initial screening. Whatever the "suits" saw was transposed to general audiences since this low budget film made for approximately $1,500,000 went on to gross $100,000,000. When Josh and Renai Lambert move into a new home with their three children, their young son Dalton falls into an unexplained coma. Soon odd disturbances begin to happen which forces the family to move once more to another house. Unfortunately whatever was haunting them seems to have followed them to their new address. When Josh's mother confesses a surprising secret that results in the arrival of paranormal investigators, the Lamberts begin a battle versus outer beings in a desperate fight to save their son's soul. A throwback to such films as Poltergeist, The Omen, and The Exorcist, Insidious fits nicely in the pantheon of ghostly horror films that work equally for genre fans, critics, and general audiences alike. Your hosts of Dark Discussions converse about the film and the recently released follow up, Insidious: Chapter 2. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

The good news: In 2231, twenty-five billion people walk the Earth. Most of them have basic food and shelter, and a few have much, much more. Among them are the SuperOld, who believe the promise of immortality will soon be within reach. Energy is cheap and abundant, most who are willing to work can find it, and a vast army of ‘bots serves man’s needs. The bad news: The Earth is depleted of key resources, which are now harvested on or around Mars. We are ruled from above by corrupt, bloated governments funded by enormously wealthy transnationals, and from below by powerful, ruthless street gangs. About a fifth of the world’s population has withdrawn into the drug Nirvana, while millions more have chosen the legal purgatory of Martian exile. Emerging mysteries abound: Some of the SuperOld are ending their lives, while in China millions starve to death despite massive foreign aid. Overseeing the world’s affairs and managing its systems is the omnipresent, manmade sentient entity called MOM. And MOM is not happy. Neither is a phantom group known as ‘The Patriots of Mars’, which jettisons the contents of an orbiting freighter into space to call attention to its demands. This sets off an escalating chain of events in which the powerful seek more power, and everyone else seeks cover. Josh Reynolds, a Martian-born 12-year-old with a strange secret, is looking to change his life when he gets caught up in this tide of events. Along the way he encounters an old, discredited prophesy and begins to understand that the change he and others had hoped for could become something more far-reaching than anyone had imagined. When Josh finally learns the identity of The Patriots of Mars, he is burdened with yet another secret. It is one he can never reveal, and it will change his life forever.

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As Hotshot rushes off to find the cavalry, Josh and Tom hunker down to wait, but the searching heroes of Siegel City won't let him go. When Josh faces Doctor Noble, will the other heroes serve as protection, or fuel for the fire?