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If you missed Aldis Hodge's classic 10,000 NOs origin story episode from last week, you can listen to it here. Today’s episode was unplanned. When Matt and Aldis sat down, one of the first questions Matt asked was “what’s the biggest ‘no’, literal or proverbial, that you’ve had to overcome?” This led to what we deemed to be a stand-alone conversation about race in America and, particularly, in the film and television industry. Without holding back, Aldis brings truth, courage, humor, thoughtfulness and an articulate perspective on what he, and other minorities are forced to live through unbeknownst to others who do not share their ethnic background. Matt weighed in, from the perspective of his background, ethnicity and experiences as a white man in the world, and this industry. What followed is the conversation you are about to hear: two friends, colleagues, cast-mates trying to understand one another’s experience and find some answers amidst the large and difficult questions that arise around this hot-button topic. It is not the critic who counts. If you’ve been knocked down... get back up, dust yourself off, and get back in the game. If you want to give back, share this with someone who could use it. Encourage them to take the next step and leave a 5-star review so more people can benefit from these conversations. SHOW LINKS: 10,000 NOs: THE BOOK JOIN THE 10,000 NOs TRIBE FOLLOW MATT ON SOCIAL ONE ON ONE MENTORSHIP GUEST LINKS: FOLLOW ALDIS ON INSTAGRAM IMDB FILM & TV CREDITS WIKIPEDIA RECENT HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ARTICLE See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When Matt was here, he and I made a new friend, Ipo... and she was good at karaoke... like REALLY good at karaoke... check out her 10 songs list here

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, October 8, 2020 - OTR Westerns Gunsmoke - "Prairie Happy" When Matt and Chester return from a week-long trip, all of Dodge is talking about a Pawnee uprising -- and that a Pawnee attack on Dodge City will take place the next day. As the civic leaders urge Matt to organize the defense of their town, Matt is more interested in where the rumor started. That is when he meets a very old man dressed in Buffalo Skins. The man, named Tewksbury, claims to be an expert on Indian tribes, having worked in the past with Kit Carson and John Fremont. What is it about this tragic, yet apparently innocent, character that Matt can't trust? And, is the pending attack truly imminent? Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, James Nusser, Lillian Buyeff Original Broadcast Date: September 12, 1953 on CBS

Gatorland has been around for 71 years and current CEO Mark McHugh says they have never seen anything like what the coronavirus pandemic. The popular family attraction, which is still family owned, has suffered major setbacks over the years. It has weathered hurricanes, tornadoes, recessions and even a fire that burned down its main building some 14 years ago. Still, McHugh says the pandemic has outdone all of those major disasters. But a place that houses thousands of live animals can’t just shut its doors and hope for the best. The attraction closed for two and a half months due to the pandemic. “We’ve got 2,500 crocodiles and alligators at Gatorland so even if you are closed you still have mouths to feed. You don’t want hangry alligators on your hands, they get really grumpy” he joked. While nothing could prepare them for the coronavirus, Gatorland was somehow prepared to take care of its 190 employees though it all. “We were also blessed to be able to continue to pay all 190 of our employees through the pandemic” McHugh said during a recent appearance on the podcast Florida’s Fourth Estate with News 6 anchors Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden. “Most of them were at home, sheltering in place, taking care of themselves and their families," McHugh said. "We had a small crew in here taking care of the animals but we were fortunate to be able to pay all of our employees through the entire pandemic and get back open with everybody that we had back in March when we had to close so the park was ready to open up and start welcoming guests back. McHugh credits the local love from Florida residents for getting them through past disasters and this one. He said every time there’s a crisis, it’s the locals who save the day. And now he wants to assure them when they return to the 110-acre park that they will get all that love back by the great care they’ve taken to keep everything pristine. Each day crews clean the entire place and they have put safety protocols in place to make sure guest can have a great time and stay safe. It’s a lot of work but McHugh says it’s worth it. McHugh even gave us his impression of another guy who used to run a local zoo and became a household name for all the wrong reasons. When Matt asked him about the Netflix hit “Tiger King” and its star, Joe Exotic, McHugh wasted no time in saying, “Well I’m no Joe Exotic, I’ll tell you that. That cat is crazy!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, September 10, 2020 - OTR Westerns Gunsmoke - "The Last Fling" When two harmless old men come to Dodge City for a good time, one of them is set up for an attack -- and is shot in the neck. When Matt questions the old men, he is more than surprised to learn who they claim did the shooting. Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Ralph Moody, Helen Kleeb Original Air Date: February 20, 1954 on CBS

https://youtu.be/GfNwesDiZoE David Friend is the owner of Mobile Tech and Wilmington Hybrids, from Wilmington, NC David has two locations. an ADAS Calibration shop and teaches ADAS calibration in his dedicated training center. Listen to David’s previous episodes  (https://remarkableresults.biz/?s=%22david+Friend%22). Matt Lachowitzer is a husband, father of 3, avid Minnesota Vikings fan, and owner and founder of Matt’s Automotive Service Center. A Herman, MN native, Matt started this company as a two-bay shop back in 2009. He has expanded the company into 6 locations with beautiful, state of the art facilities all over the Fargo-Moorhead area. Matt enjoys being a pillar in the community, giving back in any way he can, and providing knowledge and education in the biggest ways possible. As a result of being a continuous educator and an amazing pillar in the community, Matt won Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015 through the Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce. When Matt’s not working, he enjoys fishing, riding ATV’s, watching football, and traveling with his family. Check Matt’s other episodes (https://remarkableresults.biz/?s=Matt+Lachowitzer) Jim Carpenter is the owner of Quality Auto Body. Key Talking Points: Part 1 was Town Hall Academy 138. (https://remarkableresults.biz/captivate-podcast/a138/) ADAS calibrations require a continual investment is newer equipment You may not be able to work on every single make or model Aftermarket equipment is a compliment to OE toolingThis is yet to be an exact science but OE tooling is best to lean on Get paid for your investment. Get your pricing that includes your investment in facility, tooling and equipment Insurance companies make their money by not paying out. A body shop problem getting paid or their money worth for ADAS calibration Every make/model is different. Chevy vs Audi will require more time and different equipment. Charging the same for a Chevy vs an Audi will not make you any money. Insurance companies see no value in training, certifications. Too many want it done cheap and fast to get their client out of a rental. There is a safety factor here. You need to consider a moral factor to do the job right. You need to know where to get OE service information You must want to understand technology in order to do calibrations. You need to read and comprehend. It takes math and science to do a good calibrations Markets will not bear an ADAS Calibration shop on every corner You need to research how many ADAS Calibration shops in your market You will need to develop a business plan to you can see the return on investment over time Promoting your new calibration center will require door to door, flyers and even a campaign into the marketplace. Promote your new services to glass shops a great source of work.Just because the post-scan is good doesn’t mean the ADAS component of the vehicle is fully functional Consider if the vehicle is not drivable there will be a tow involved to bring it to your shop A big responsibility is to be sure the vehicle is functioning 100% within spec. It needs to behave properly when it leaves your shop. Moving forward David feels the OEs need to help us verify if the vehicle is fully functional after calibration. Full autonomous will require that. Access to information for ADAS calibration will be important to the future of calibrations   You must sign the petition HERE:  (https://yourcaryourdata.org/)   You need the right type of environment for a calibration center Matt purchased a new facility to create his ADAS calibration center and put it under a separate entityHe is looking for opportunities from body shops, small dealers and mechanical shops that require calibrations He is offering pick up and delivery services David says there are some great aftermarket tooling however he cautions that nothing will replace OEM David holds ADAS training and recommends paying to

When Matt and I were at the C.S. Lewis Symposium in North Carolina, we heard Dr. Diana Glyer give a talk on the Inklings which rightly received a standing ovation. In this episode, Matt and Dr. Glyer discuss the material covered in that talk and its associated book, Bandersnatch.

Matt Lachowitzer is a husband, father of 3, avid Minnesota Vikings fan, and owner and founder of Matt’s Automotive Service Center. A Herman, MN native, Matt started this company as a two-bay shop back in 2009. He has expanded the company into 6 locations with beautiful, state of the art facilities all over the Fargo-Moorhead area. Matt enjoys being a pillar in the community, giving back in any way he can, and providing knowledge and education in the biggest ways possible. As a result of being a continuous educator and an amazing pillar in the community, Matt won Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015 through the Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce. When Matt’s not working, he enjoys fishing, riding ATV’s, watching football, and traveling with his family. Check Matt's other episodes (https://remarkableresults.biz/?s=Matt+Lachowitzer) Key Talking Points: Grew up wanting to be a lawyer then plan B was diesel mechanics The family sold the farm, dropped out of school and started working at local GM Dealer Opened first shop with support of wife 6 locations in 11 yearsThe secret is hiring employees that believe in your company and what you’re doing and being a pillar in the surrounding communities Culture of business- people want to feel something when they come to work, customers want to feel like they had an experience Continue to “wow” your customer and have a relationship with them- giving them a card, blanket, flag, etc- cement that “wow” moment with the customer to create your brand Need to have standard operating systems in order to successfully run multiple locations  Connect customer with the technician that works on their car Training- twice a month and 3.5 hours each timeBuilt training facility  SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities, threats) once a quarter A lottery system for employees to go to other training opportunities/seminars- if they go they are required to help develop training for the rest of the employees that didn’t go Connecting with the communityEncouraging entrepreneurshipGirl scout cookie badge- any girl scout that comes into each store to sell the store will buy 2 boxes (has to be the actual girl scout). Donated half of the cookies local food pantries and the other half sent to veterans overseas Make a wish foundation Sister is cancer survivor and business strives to grant a wish to one child per year Day of Service- 5th year The nomination process to get up to $1,000 worth of repairs on the vehicle the day after Thanksgiving Any car that has a child seat in the back, technicians take a teddy bear and buckle it in and make note of version (change teddy bear once a year) and the customer keeps it. On pace to go through 25,000 teddy bears. This isn’t just a car, it’s a customer  Knowledge is power: women car care events- 14 events so far. Average attendance is around 80 Resources: Thanks to Matt Lachowitzer for his contribution to the aftermarket’s premier podcast. Link to the ‘BOOKS‘ page highlighting all books discussed in the podcast library  (https://remarkableresults.biz/books/). Leaders are readers. Listen for free on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spreaker, iHeart Radio, Spotify, Podchaser and many more. (https://remarkableresults.biz/listen/) Find every podcast episode (https://remarkableresults.biz/episodes/). Every episode segmented by Series (https://remarkableresults.biz/series/). Key Word Search (https://remarkableresults.biz/tag-cloud/). Love what we do? Buy Carm a cup of coffee (https://remarkableresults.biz/coffee/). Be socially involved and in touch with the show: Email (mailto:carm@remarkableresults.biz) Join the Ecosystem - Subscribe to the INSIDER NEWSLETTER HERE. (https://remarkableresults.biz/insider/) Buy Carm a Cup of Coffee  (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/carm) NAPA AutoCare’s recent partnership with CarVantage gives your AutoCare Center an easy way to take advantage of telematics, increasing customer

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 23, 2020 - OTR Westerns Gunsmoke - "Poor Pearl" When Willie Calhoun comes to town it is to marry Pearl Bender. The only problem is Web Thorne. Web is a new gambler in town and has declared he will kill any man who tries to take Pearl away from Dodge City. When Matt becomes involved, it is obvious there is some sort of a love triangle between the three -- it is up to Matt to figure out if the three sides have equal angles. Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Vic Perrin, Virginia Christine, Harry Bartel. Original Air Date: February 19, 1955 on CBS

Matt is far more than your standard retired college football player. You may get caught up and stop at his incredible curling ability, but carry on. What Matt in his ability to crawl into tight spaces be makes up for with a big presence and encompassing hugs. When Matt was looking for a house with his stunning wife Katie they had the normal list of necessities. Garage, kitchen, a roof or two, but Matt had one that most people don't think to add. He said "I want a lawn so big that the second I finish mowing it, I need to start again on the other side. I want a lawn so big that my Clifford sized dog can run laps and not see the whole thing". We all said "No! You're crazy!!!" but he proved us wrong. Matt's happy place... is in the seat of his spaceship style lawn mower. Matt also says good morning. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gmtyou/message

Matt and Kyle respond to correspondence, answer a listener question about Scooby-Doo, and address the place of humor in these meetings. N.B.: If you are using an inferior podcatcher, like Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify, the following “show notes” will be truncated, missing links, missing formatting, or otherwise mangled. Please switch to a decent podcatcher or see this issue’s notes at http://www.sisyphiansociety.org/proceedings/v01n002. N.B.: For disclaimers, rules, and prefaces, see Vol. I, No. 1. N.B.: The Society might earn a commission for purchases using “buy on...” links below. Learn more. Minutes of the Meeting. For corrections to this issue, see errata of Vol. I, No. 3. The meeting of the Sisyphian Society was held on Tuesday, 23 June 2020, remotely, the co-chairs pro tempore being in the chairs and the secretary being present. 0:00:51 Meeting (naturally) came to order. 0:01:09 Apologized for poor audio. 0:02:17 Refreshments. 0:05:14 Announced that podcasts will be topic of next meeting rather than of this one. 0:06:00 Errata for Vol. I, No. 1. Introduction. Audio and editing quality was poor. Kyle cannot edit that heavily from now on. Apologized for plosives, lip smacking, and overuse of brilliant. Discussed Kyle’s additional recording rules for himself, to prevent some such errors in future. When Kyle said “golden coins”, he should have said “gold coins”. When Kyle said “I was a group of ... it was like, two or three people”, he should have said “I was in a group of . . .” Public credit to listener David for reporting error. When Matt said lifehacking had become about “how inefficient you can do something”, he should have said “how inefficiently you can do something”. When Kyle said “you can hover your mouse over the comic and . . . title text pops up”, he should have said “you can hover your cursor or your pointer over the comic and . . . title text pops up”. When Kyle said, “I’ll list you some of these things”, he (probably) should have said, “I’ll list for you some of these things”. At this point in the errata, Matt requested someone donate The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language [buy on Amazon] to Society. When Kyle said, “the second category are fun topics”, he should have said “the second category is fun topics”. When Kyle gave Society’s telephone number, he forgot to give first (international) digit. Full number is +1 805 538 2382. When Matt said, “we might as well motion to adjourn”, he should have said “we might as well move to adjourn”. 0:20:49 Minutes of the last meeting were approved. Cited Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (11th edition) [buy on Amazon] (p. 354, l. 23 – p. 355, l. 6). 0:21:36 Announcements Vol. I, No. 1, which was published just earlier today, already enjoys 43 unique downloads. 0:23:02 Treasurer’s report: Treasurer reported coffers remain steady. Kyle informed treasurer of not-yet-reported expenditures. Society is actually in poor financial health. Society should set up online donation system posthaste. 0:23:56 General Correspondence. 0:24:41 Personal correspondence to Kyle from Mark complimented Vol. I, No. 1. Two kudos given to Mark. 0:25:22 Personal correspondence to Kyle from Tyler expressed excitement for Kyle’s brother to be guest. 0:25:55 Personal correspondence to Kyle from David told Society to consider him “a loyal fan”. 0:26:21 Personal correspondence to Kyle from Hannah expressed offense at not having been invited to help form podcast. 0:27:25 Personal correspondence to Kyle from Jenn inquired into Kyle’s marital aspirations. 0:27:56 Personal correspondence to Kyle from William invited Hannah to start rival podcast. Secretary recorded William as first enemy of Society. 0:28:46 Personal correspondence to Kyle from Hans, John, and Nathan expressed provisional interest in Proceedings. 0:29:13 Personal correspondence to Kyle from Nathan recognized Kyle’s famously bad MIDI-keyboard work. 0:29:55 Personal correspondence to Kyle from Chris provided either praise for Vol. I, No. 1 or cleverly disguised grammatical criticism. 0:30:09 Voicemail message from George, self-described “best friend” of Matt and Kyle, criticized Looney Tunes, praised Scooby-Doo, and asked whether Matt and Kyle would allow their hypothetical children to join the Scooby-Doo “gang” on mystery-solving adventures. Matt answered in the negative, raising various lifestyle concerns about gang. Kyle began with a long digression on poor quality of Scooby-Doo animated series, citing Jamie Malanowski’s criticism of franchise’s mystery, humor, and animation, and plot “formula” as described by Wikipedia article for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. Kyle endorses only Season 1, Episode 10 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? and Season 2, Episode 25 of Batman: The Brave and the Bold (featuring cast of Scooby-Doo). (At this point in published issue, editorial audio comment was inserted, to discuss clips that were played, sufficiently enough to warrant “fair use” claim. Kyle requested listener add accordion/concertina error to “Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities” section of entry for Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode in Scoobypedia. Kyle also cited Season 4, Episode 13a of Johnny Bravo, Scoobypedia note on questionable canonicity of Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode, and Scooby-Doo characters’ brief cameo in Season 2, Episode 22a of Duck Dodgers.) Debated merits of Scooby-Doo. Kyle said he would not allow children to watch any of the shows, briefly praised Looney Tunes in comparison and reaffirmed desire to discuss those theatrical shorts at future meeting, and said he would not allow children to join gang either, citing Wikipedia article on Scooby-Doo with regard to “presumed subversive themes”. 0:50:53 Personal correspondence to Kyle from George expressed willingness to serve as guest or co-host. 0:51:52 Voicemail message from Kyle’s mom requested definition of Sisyphian, requested technical support, and expressed well-wishes. Kyle and Matt discussed being blocked by Google’s overzealous spelling correction and coined terms invisibilization and Sisyphianed to describe said phenomenon. Discussed original (and correct) spelling of Sisyphian from Oxford English Dictionary (subscription required to view). Cited The Silkewormes, and Their Flies by Thomas Moffett. 0:55:52 Voicemail message from Joel criticized Matt and Kyle for being unlike “great artisans or inventors of the past“ (see Vol. I, No. 1), “like Thomas Edison”, and offered conflicting sentiments about Proceedings. 0:59:58 Discussed impropriety of humor. Cited The Rule of St. Benedict (other formats). Discussed strategy with reference thereto: proselytizing gradual move to sobriety. 1:03:35 Next meeting’s topic will be podcasts. Called for collaboration and peer review, especially regarding the topic of podcasts or any previously published issues. See Correspondence for instructions. 1:05:17 Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Kyle, secretary   * * * “I’m a well-known bad MIDI keyboardist.”

Sean Howard is all of the things! He’s a talented speaker, podcaster, writer, brand marketer, and he’s the co-founder of Fable and Folly, a network of kick ass audio fiction podcasts, some of which he’s acted in and produced. Which is...   [If your podcast app isn’t showing the featured art for this episode above visit https://rebekahnemethy.com/artink15 to check it out.   Castbox and Podcast Addict are both apps I recommend that do show episode specific art.]   Links from the Show at a Glance:   Artist: Sean Howard Title of Art: Disconnected Artist’s Website: seanhoward.ca Instagram: @passitalong   Discover audio fiction podcasts on Sean’s network: fableandfolly.com   Sean Howard’s Levitation photographs   Art Ink Submission Guidelines: rebekahnemethy.com/artinksubs     Art Ink Podcast Transcript:   [Intro:]   Hello again, my friends! It’s been awhile since I’ve last spoken to you, and I hope you didn’t think I’d gone and pod-faded on you!   Believe it or not, I haven’t taken any breaks from this show. I’ve written at least a little bit, almost daily since the last episode came out. In my head, I was sure I was writing a short story, but it didn’t want to end, I just kept writing and writing, and watching the word count grow and grow.   One day I impulsively took a break to Google the definition of a short story, because I wasn’t so sure that this writing still fit into that category anymore. By the time I’d done the search it was already well over 10,000 words, which falls into the realm of a novelette. Anyone else out there new to this literary term? Apparently that is what you call a story that’s too long to be a short story but too short to be considered a novella.   I got excited at that point because I was sure that I was almost done, and as my creativity accountability partner Amy will attest, week after week it was my goal to finish this story. I was convinced that by the time I was done writing I’d get to introduce you to my finished novelette. Yet here I am, another 10,000+ words later, and I’m quite sure this story is destined to be a full-length novel… eventually anyway. For now, I’m calling it a novella and I’m recording it for you, because you’ve waited long enough!   Today’s artist is who I’m going to blame for all of this, Sean Howard, it’s totally all your fault for creating something that inspired me so much! I was instantly triggered when I saw your work, and it sent me down a rabbit hole that was hard for me to escape.   Sean Howard is all of the things! He’s a talented speaker, podcaster, writer, brand marketer, and he’s the co-founder of Fable and Folly, a network of kick ass audio fiction podcasts, some of which he’s acted in and produced. Which is awesome for you, my listeners, because while you’re waiting around for me to put out an episode, you could be discovering a world of new podcasts over at fableandfolly.com!   As if all that talent isn’t enough to squeeze into one human, Sean is also an amazing photographer. There’s something about his Levitation series of photographs that haunt me, in a good way, and I have to say it was not easy to select just one of these photos to write about. The saying a photo is worth a thousand words doesn’t do Sean’s art any justice… and, as I’ve already shared with you, it’s provided me with thousands and thousands of words.   When you get a second, my friends, make sure you take a look at the cover art for this episode to see the haunting photograph that Sean created. For those of you who can’t look just yet, let me attempt to paint the picture with words.     [Art Description:]   A girl in a spaghetti-strap, teal dress hugs her knees to her chest in front of a brown brick wall. She faces left, and we see a profile of her, eyes closed tight, pink and red highlighted dreadlocks pointing wildly in every direction.   Floating around the girl, surrounding her at shoulder height, are five floating devices: a tablet and several smart phones. Sean titled this piece Disconnected, and I could think of no better title for the story that his creation helped bring to life.   Enjoy…   [Story:]   Jennifer was hearing phantom ring tones. Despite the fact that she’d intentionally left her phone at home, her arm still instinctively reached out at least halfway to the empty dashboard mount before she realized there was no phone to be heard.   This was the third time she’d reached out to a non-existent phone. It was as if the fucking thing was a part of her body recently amputated.   It’s not that Jennifer didn’t want to bring her phone with her, but it’d be immediately confiscated as soon as she arrived at the center anyway, and so she’d figured it’d be better to leave it home; she didn’t want to worry about strangers invading her privacy… not that she had anything to hide.   There it was again; the distinct sound of her Instagram notification. Jennifer wondered if she was telepathically connected to the damned thing, as her arm automatically rose once again. She jerked it back toward her body, and huffed. If her other hand weren’t already occupied on the wheel she would’ve smacked herself.   Wouldn’t that be ironic, thought Jennifer, if I caused another accident distracted by a phantom phone? At least this time there’d be no evidence to incriminate her. She winced as the memory flashed through her mind, placed both hands firmly on the wheel, and squeezed until her knuckles were white and her concentration was on the road.   She panicked a bit when she saw the sign for exit 34; had she passed her exit?!   She glanced down at her odometer and sighed with relief as she remembered that A: she still had 30 miles to go and B: the exit numbers were counting down, not up.   Jennifer had known that driving to an unknown area without a GPS to guide her would be a challenge, but she’d done it as a teenager, back in the MapQuest days, when she’d had to print out directions on paper. Directions that didn’t magically rearrange themselves if she drove off course, she reminded herself, and then winced as horns blared in her memory. She remembered crossing three lanes of traffic in order to avoid missing an exit on her road trip to Maryland more than a decade ago. Jennifer sighed and reminded herself to be careful and alert.   The absolute worst part of this trip, however, was the silence. Usually she had an audiobook or podcast running when she drove. Occasionally she’d put upbeat music on when she was feeling down; by the time she finished belting out a couple of songs, she always felt much better. Jennifer was sure she’d be giving herself some music therapy by now… she’d tried the radio, but there was nothing to sing along to, the crackling quality was lacking, and there were more commercials than songs.   Jennifer’s circular thoughts filled the silence instead: she was broke, she was now jobless, she’d just maxed out her credit cards on this mandatory detox, and she couldn’t start fixing any of those problems until a month from now. A month from now!!!   It wasn’t like she was addicted to heroin… no one would have to hold her dreads while she puked her way back to sobriety for fuck’s sake.   The Insta notification chimed in her mind again, and Jennifer was reaching out before she could stop herself. She sighed loudly, put her hand back on the wheel, and rolled her eyes at the fact that some unknown force was calling her bluff. Maybe I am addicted to my phone, she thought.   Still, that didn’t justify the $6,000 it cost to go through this program. $6,000 down the drain… down the future drain, Jennifer corrected herself, sighing.   Jennifer felt pretty proud when she pulled into the parking lot a couple of hours later. She hadn’t gotten lost at all. Though it’s hard to get lost when you’re in the middle of nowhere and the turn offs are sparse.   The place was huge, and very modern looking; quite the opposite of what Jennifer had imagined it would be. The entire front of the building was covered in mirrored glass. In its center rose a pyramid shaped peak that stretched well above the rest of the structure; this was covered in the only glass that wasn’t mirrored. It looked more like a shortened, more angular version of a NYC office building than a rehab center. But what did a digital detox building typically look like? Jennifer knew of no others to compare it to.   Stepping inside was like putting sunglasses on, it dimmed the outside sunshine, but not enough to make you feel like you were indoors. Faint, lyricless, music played in the background, along with what sounded like a babbling brook. Jennifer noticed a waterfall that was built into one of the walls to her left. Floor cushions that looked like low love seats and couches were scattered across the floor in front of it.   Aside from the glass, everything seemed to be made out of natural elements. The floor was made of some kind of polished stone, with glimmers of an almost holographic iridescence where the light caught it. Sculpture creatures made of dried out driftwood and metal were scattered about the lobby. A crane with it’s wings spread and a fish in its mouth here, a puppy posed in a play bow over there, and what looked like a koala bear climbing a bamboo stalk in one corner.   “Welcome,” said a voice from the wall opposite the waterfall. Jennifer turned to it.   “Hi, I’m a bit early- I was afraid I’d get lost without the GPS on my phone.”   “Oh that’s no problem, let’s get you settled into your room.”   Even though Jennifer had told her she’d left her phone at home, the girl asked to go through her bags, which felt a bit demeaning. But apparently, many guests tried to sneak in digital contraband: tablets, iPods, old smartphones people claimed were no longer connected and thought should be allowed. The website had been clear about what was and wasn’t allowed – basically anything with a screen was banned.   Satisfied that Jennifer hadn’t hidden an iPod in her underwear, the girl moved on. She handed her a thick information packet, told her that orientation would be at 6 in the Oak Room, and walked her to her room.   With four hours to kill before orientation, Jennifer dropped to the bed and started leafing through the papers. She grew bored about halfway through the second page and studied the room around her. $6,000 and there wasn’t even a TV in her room. How was she going to make it through a month without Netflix?   Jennifer glanced at the clock on her nightstand, saw that only 5 minutes had passed since she’d stepped into the room, let out a lengthy sigh, and threw herself face down into a pile of pillows.   What was she going to do for the next 3 hours and 55 minutes? The panic started to tighten her throat; what if there was an emergency and she needed to call a friend? Then she started to breathe deeply as she remembered that she’d been through this scenario before and had planned accordingly.   She opened her suitcase to find all of her solutions. On top of everything was a practically blank notebook, the first page filled with her go to contacts and their numbers… when was the last time she’d manually dialed a number?   One side of Jennifer’s suitcase was stuffed with clothing and toiletries, and the other half was packed with a pile of books and art supplies. Jennifer was a doer; doing nothing was the ultimate depressant for her – and so, in a way, her suitcase was filled with anti-depressants.   Jennifer pushed her art journal and pencils aside to reveal a pile of novels. She grabbed a Carol Goodman book, The Lake of Dead Languages, and settled into the love seat to read… she couldn’t remember the last time she’d sat down to read a physical book. She “read” books all the time, but audiobooks were her medium of choice – that way she could multitask, “reading” while she walked, cleaned, cooked, and even while she was doodling sometimes. When she was caught up with everything else.   It’d been at least a decade since she’d given her total and complete attention to a book. Pinching the thickness of the pages in both hands, Jennifer had a nostalgic sense of beginnings; just the sliver of the paperback cover and the first few pages pinched between her fingers… the excitement of so many pages ahead. She remembered that giddiness every time she’d gotten a new Goosebumps book as a child.   Jennifer got lost in the book… until a loud knock startled her back into reality.   The girl who’d checked her in was standing at the door with a serene smile. “They’re waiting for you downstairs,” she said, and on a quick glance over her shoulder, Jennifer saw that it was 6:15.   As she approached the Oak Room door it didn’t take her long to figure out the origin of it’s name. Through the massive, triangular-shaped glass wall that stretched up at least four stories was the leafy top of a giant oak tree awash in golden light. The tree had to be at least 100 years old, judging from the thick trunk. Walking into the large room was like stepping outside. There was even grass on the floor… er… ground.   Though the base of the pyramid shaped room was as big as a high school gym, for some reason all of the chairs and their mostly silent occupants were all squished together in the center of the room… aaaannnd it didn’t look like there were any empty seats left.   Jennifer stopped behind the last row of chairs and mouthed the word “sorry” to the woman facing the group, before she bared her teeth, raised her eyebrows, and winced. She crossed her legs and stood with her hands clasped in the front pocket of her hoodie, avoiding eye contact with several people who glanced back at her.   “Oh good, I didn’t want to start until everyone had arrived,” said the woman in a sickly happy high-pitched tone. She wore a form fitting teal tank top and black leggings on her petite frame, and her blonde hair was twisted into a high 2-tier bun. She waved her hand rapidly saying, “there’s an empty seat up here,” and then she pointed to the front row.   Ugh, that’ll teach me to be late, Jennifer thought as she sped to get out of the spotlight, but once she was sitting down, she was grateful to have the chair. No one likes being the odd one out.   The gratitude only lasted a minute though, because although the tiny teenage girl to her left had unnecessarily scooted over when Jennifer sat down, the man on her right hadn’t budged his man spread knee until she’d wedged her own leg between his and the seat. Even then, he’d only moved an inch, keeping his knee hovering over her personal chair space.   The girl crossed her closest leg over the other, covering the rip in her jeans with a manicured hand. The black nail polish was in stark contrast to her pale skin, and the fine sprinkling of silver glitter in it did little to lessen it.   Jennifer scooted over a bit towards her, but was unable to escape the manspreader’s hovering knee.   “Ok, welcome, for those of you who don’t know,” she looked at Jennifer, “I’m Chris, and this is orientation, but it will also double as our first meditation session, so don’t anyone disappear.” she laughed at herself.   You’d actually have to disappear to escape this room without notice, Jennifer thought, as it was at least a 30-foot trek back to the door. Jennifer hadn’t seen another exit, but she hadn’t had enough time to gawk yet. She wanted to ogle the sunset lit view out the full glass wall she’d only had a chance to glance at upon entry, or up at the strange pyramid peaked ceiling, but there’d be no unrude way to look around this close to Chris… stupid front row seat. Another reason Jennifer liked to arrive to things like this early.   “I know that some of you are here of your own free will, but most of you have been given a court order for one reason or another, and to you I say don’t underestimate the power of your addiction. Yes, you are here to be rehabilitated… digital habits are just as toxic as chemical addictions. And for that reason we take our jobs here very seriously…”   Jennifer tuned Chris out as she squeaked on about rules and consequences… and then suddenly everyone was getting up and moving their chairs. She followed the manspreader’s lead, trailing behind him with her own chair. Everyone put their folded chairs into a number of wooden chests up against the far wall. Then they turned to either side to pull rolled yoga mats from matching wooden cubbies.   She picked a purple one and hustled to find a clear spot at the back of the room. As Jennifer walked through the crowd she noticed that nearly everyone here was a kid. Some might be in their 20s, but most looked they were still in high school. Aside from Chris, Jennifer guessed she was the oldest one here. Apparently 36 was a bit old to have a digital addiction.   Luckily, Jennifer was still flexible enough to cross her legs, unlike the manspreader who was struggling on his mat in front of her as she settled down. He managed to cross his ankles, but his knees wouldn’t go down further than chest level. As he continued to fight with his knees, pushing them down, only to have them bounce back up again, Jennifer felt a giggle rising up in her throat and attempted to stop it. She pressed her lips together and clamped a hand over her face, but this only forced the giggle through her nose AND through her lips in what, all together, ended up sounding like a squeaky face fart.   Jennifer suddenly felt eyes on her, and she let her face go lax and casually glanced around the room. Well if anyone was looking at her, they weren’t now; so she examined the young people, mostly girls – she noticed, around her, feeling proud that she could still twist herself into such a position.   “Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes,” Chris started, and Jennifer did so as a soothing chime resonated for several long seconds.   There was shuffling in front of her and Jennifer opened one eye to see that the manspreader had risen and was making his way to the wall, presumably to find a comfortable position on no less than three chairs. He turned around to face the room and looked directly at her as he unfolded, and then lowered himself onto a chair.   Jennifer closed her eye quickly, feeling the heat rise up into her cheeks. He’d definitely caught her staring. And she was probably glaring at him too, unintentionally, of course. She had one of those faces – what had her friend called it? Something bitch face… oh yeah, resting bitch face. She could only imagine what resting bitch face looked like with a one-eyed glare. Probably not very friendly.   Chris’s words brought her back to the present. “Focus on your breath. Pay attention to how your body feels as you breathe in… and out.”   Am I breathing normally? Jennifer wondered. She thought she noticed her heart rate going down as she slowed her breaths.   “It’s completely normal to have thoughts enter into our meditation, hear them and let them go… observe your thoughts, and as soon as you recognize them, remind yourself to come back to your breathing, focus on your inhale… and follow it through your body as you exhale… and repeat.”   Chris was silent for a few seconds.   Jennifer exhaled and wondered how long this meditation was going to last. She should definitely post an Instagram photo of this; no one would ever believe she’d sat still for longer than 5 minutes. How long had it been anyway? She should ask once they were finished so that she could have an accurate number to add to her caption… and then Jennifer realized an Instagram photo was not going to happen. She mentally smacked her palm against her forehead.   “Let your thoughts move on,” Chris suddenly reminded her, “and come back to your breath.”   Okay… Jennifer thought, breathe in, breath out… oh my god, my foot is totally asleep. How much longer are we going to sit here? She opened an eye again and glanced around without moving her head. No one else seemed uncomfortable, and she didn’t want to disrupt the silence by shuffling around.   She switched eyes and looked towards the wall. The manspreader wasn’t even trying. He was slouched against the wall, one hand on his crotch, knees spread to the max, and when her eyes finally traveled up his body, she saw that his eyes were open, a bored expression on his face. He was looking at Chris, whose own eyes were closed as she continued to breathe deeply.   Jennifer glanced back at the manspreader, but this time he was aiming his intense gaze directly at her. She automatically snapped her eye shut and winced; she’d been caught staring at him twice now. Oh. My. God. Stop looking at this guy. He probably thinks I’m a creepy cougar, Jennifer thought, but she quickly corrected herself. I’m too young to be a cougar.   “Now we’re going to do something that may be a bit uncomfortable,” Chris said, and there was a mysterious edge to her voice. “Think of an embarrassing moment… something from your childhood maybe… something that not many people in your life now would know about.”   Jennifer was immediately transported to a college classroom. She’d gotten high, maybe a little higher than she should’ve gotten, right before class. Usually it was the audience type of learning experience versus the participation kind… Jennifer took care to categorize her classes this way to make sure she didn’t get caught in a weed driven social anxiety attack, but Professor Brinkley must’ve been experimenting that day. He’d decided to have his students take turns reading aloud… only one paragraph at a time, but the text was dense with unfamiliar four and five syllable words that Jennifer had no idea how to pronounce.   As the student in front of her started to read, Jennifer quickly read ahead, trying to prepare herself for her turn. She’d internally sighed with relief when she was finished, but then the girl in front of her had gone on… she was reading the paragraph Jennifer was supposed to read. She had become frozen with shock, and suddenly it was her turn, and she was totally unprepared.   Jennifer had stumbled through the text, gripping both sides of the desk to stop her hands from shaking. She’d sounded out at least three unknown words as if she were a second-grader, then she proceeded to butcher even the parts of the English language she did know.   Jennifer couldn’t look up in the silence that followed. No one laughed or snickered… it was an uncomfortable, pitying silence, which was confirmed with the professor’s elongated, “ooookaaay.”   The heartbeat in her ears hadn’t relented its pounding until three students later.   She’d often wondered what her classmates had thought of her that day. Jennifer would be perfectly fine with the truth: she’d gotten stupidly high… but she feared it was more likely that they thought stupid was her default setting.   “Now, it’s time to forgive yourself.” Chris’s voice intruded into the memory, “step into your past as the present version of you, older, more experienced, and bring love to the child you used to be. Give that child a hug, tell them it’s ok, tell them you forgive them, tell them that you love them. See the expression on their face when they experience this forgiveness and love. Ok, it’s now time to come back to the present moment.”   Jennifer opened her eyes slowly, and unfolded her twisted legs even slower. She’d definitely need to sit there for a few minutes to let the blood flow reach her foot; to make sure the pins and needles had run their course before she tried to walk. Jennifer pretended to stretch as everyone around her began to rise, and intentionally avoided looking up, terrified of somehow being pulled back into the manspreader’s gaze again.   Chris directed everyone to the dining hall and a soft chatter filled the air and faded away behind Jennifer as the crowd left the room.   “Not as easy as it looks, is it?” A deep voice asked, and a hand reached down to her. It was the manspreader standing over her. Looking past his hand into his face, Jennifer noticed that, though he was dressed like a teenager in a white hoodie and jeans, he was a lot older than she’d realized. Maybe even older than her.   Jennifer took his hand and let him pull her to her feet, which still felt a little tingly. He held onto her hand at the end of the gesture combining it into a handshake and said, “Matt.”   “Jennifer,” she said with a tight smile.   “You a workaholic?” he asked.   “No… I don’t think so…” Jennifer said, “why?”   “Oh… I just assumed… wait. You’re not here on a court order are you?” He asked and amusement shone in his hazel gaze.   “Yeah, actually, I am.” Jennifer said shortly. And with that she turned her back to him and marched toward the dining hall.   When she smelled the tomato-sauce-drenched main course, she grabbed an apple and a banana and made her way back to the double doors, intending to eat and read back in her room. But manspreader, Matt, stepped in front of her, blocking the way.   “You want to join me for dinner?” he asked, an empty tray in one hand.   “I was actually going to go eat in my room,” Jennifer said, a hint of irritation in her voice. What was with this guy? Her earlier embarrassment around him was quickly being replaced with annoyance at his boldness.   “Ok, well, I just wanted to apologize if I offended you before… it wasn’t intentional.”   “Ok.” She said. But he was still blocking her way out. Should she walk around him?   “Sorry.” He said.   “It’s fine.” But it wasn’t fine, Jennifer thought, it was none of his business.   And then he finally stepped away, saying, “Ok, I guess I’ll see you later.”   But Jennifer didn’t answer him as she hurried out the door and back to the comfort of her room.   She read her book until her eyes were so heavy she got stuck in a loop, reading the same paragraph again and again in between bouts of wakefulness, until she finally gave up.   The next thing she knew she was sitting straight up in bed, heart thudding, her skin tacky with sweat. She’d had a nightmare, she realized… thank god it was just that. Jennifer had woken up just before she’d hit someone, someone else, she thought as she recalled the dream woman’s fear-twisted face through the rain-smeared windshield. She’d had a yellow umbrella and it had cast her skin in a shade of jaundice.   Jennifer didn’t see it happen, but the sense of speed and lack of control as she’d dropped the phone, gripped the wheel and punched the brake pedal to the floor… it made her almost certain that the hit had to be fatal.   Was this the Universe trying to warn her? Trying to make her take her “crime” more seriously? Not cool, Universe, not cool.   She let herself fall back into the pillow, which was now damp and cold and not at all comforting. The EHH, EHH, EHH of the alarm clock jarred her upright again, and once she could finally figure out how to shut the archaic thing up, Jennifer let out a long sigh. She thought of how, if she’d had her phone, she’d be woken up gently as a harp played, slowly increasing in volume as it went. She groaned as she got up; there wasn’t much time to get ready before her 1-on-1 with Chris.   Jennifer brushed her teeth furiously with one hand as she pulled socks off with the other, hopping a couple times to keep from losing her balance. The contrast of blonde on black automatically drew her gaze away from her brown eyes, and she sighed through her nose so as to avoid spewing toothpaste everywhere. She couldn’t even afford to buy a cheap bottle of dye, not unless she wanted to add to her already Everest high mountain of debt, and the pink had long since faded from her short dreadlocks.   Jennifer hadn’t taken a single selfie since… she’d thought about going with black and white photos, tried every filter there was, but nothing looked right alongside the colorful art in her feed; too off-brand.   Luckily, she didn’t have the time to dwell on it. She rinsed, spit, turned away from her reflection and its reminder of all her problems, and got in the shower.   Fifteen minutes later, Jennifer passed into Chris’s office with her clothes clinging to her still damp skin, but at least she wasn’t late, she affirmed to herself as she glanced at the clock. It was 7:29, one minute to spare.   Office was a formal word for the comfy, brightly colored room. There was no desk, no file cabinets, and it was as if a box of markers had thrown up on the walls. The glossy white walls were floor to ceiling dry erase boards, and they were almost completely covered in writing and drawings. Here and there were rectangular patches of black chalkboard paint, which were equally scribbled upon in pale pastels. An L-shaped couch, a love seat, and a few chairs were arranged in a circle that surrounded a bunch of beanbag chairs on the floor. The room looked more suited to a teenage hangout than an office. Jennifer took a seat on a vibrantly green, velvety soft sofa.   “How are you settling in Jennifer?” Chris asked from her seat on a hot pink chair; hers was equally velvety looking. Her hands were laid one atop the other in her lap.   “Well, my wake up wasn’t fun, but aside from that… fine.” Jennifer knew that no digital devices were allowed on the premises, but she’d thought for sure that an exception would be made for the people who ran this place. But even if not, shouldn’t Chris at least have a notebook, a folder to reference… something?   “Yes, you had quite the nightmare, didn’t you?”   “No,” Jennifer said, her gaze scanning above Chris’s head to a long, twisting, Chinese-style dragon drawn in red, “it wasn’t the nightmare I was talking about, it was the alarm cl—wait,” she interrupted herself, her eyes darting back to Chris, “How did you know about my nightmare? Are there hidden cameras in my room?”   “No, there are no cameras in your room,” said Chris, “along with being immoral, that would also be illegal.”   “Then… how did you know about my nightmare?”   “The same way I know about the manspreader.” Chris smiled broadly and raised her eyebrows expectantly.   “Who?” Jennifer began to mentally retrace the past 24 hours, but she couldn’t remember saying that aloud to anyone. Had she secretly been hypnotized during the meditation, caught muttering her inside jokes aloud?   “Hypnotism is something we can do here,” Chris responded, unprompted, “but I assure you, you have not been hypnotized.”   Chris paused for a moment, as if to let that sink in. Jennifer was stunned into silence.   “I hope you’ll forgive my intrusion,” Chris continued, “unfortunately, it’s the only way I’ve found to get through to most people… do you know why you’re here Jennifer?”   “Because it was this or lose my license.”   “Yes… that’s true. You’ve got three counts of texting and driving on your record… but I’m not asking you about your crime Jennifer, I’m asking if you know what you’ve come here to learn. Any idea?”   “How to promise I won’t do it again?… and mean it, since you apparently can read my mind.”   “Let’s go about this a different way. What have you experienced since you last had your phone?”   “I’ve felt… lost. Like something’s missing. Like I’m missing something.” Jennifer paused, but Chris nodded for her to continue. “I feel out of the loop. Disconnected.”   “Yes! You feel disconnected, and rightfully so. You know, smartphones have only been around for the past couple of decades, and in that time we’ve somehow conditioned ourselves to be completely reliant on them for our connection to everything.”   Jennifer couldn’t dispute that. The past day had been a challenge to say the least. She nodded.   Chris went on, “but what if I told you that you could be trained to connect to others, to this world, to this Universe, in ways that you could never imagine… in ways that would make your phone seem subpar?”   “What, you want to teach me how to read minds?” Jennifer asked doubtfully.   “You already know how to connect to others, you’ve had at least one big hit since you’ve been here.”   “What do you mean?”   “That wasn’t just a nightmare, Jennifer, it was a memory… someone else’s memory.”   Jennifer thought back to her dream. It was a bit fuzzier now, but she could still recall most of it: the phone in her hand, white screen blazing in the dimly lit interior, though the words she’d read were totally lost now, and the yellow-skinned woman with wide eyes. But wait… Jennifer went back to the phone in her hand… had it been her hand? Had it been her car? It was hard to tell. It’d been dark.   “Whose memory?”   “Well that wouldn’t be very fun, now would it?” Chris said with a smirk. “You’re here for a month, you’ll have plenty of time to figure it out.”   Jennifer headed to the dining hall after that. She walked through the food line in a daze, trying to remember the details of her nightmare. Could it really be a memory? Jennifer would’ve found that hard to believe before her strange encounter with Chris, but she also would’ve thrown mindreading into the same box; passing it off as just another sci-fi element, along with teleportation and time travel. There was no doubt, though. Unless Jennifer was truly losing it, there was no other explanation for Chris knowing about her dream… or the fact that she had internally nicknamed the manspreader.   Speak of the spreader himself, as Jennifer was exiting the line he was waving her over to his table. Her impulse was to pretend she hadn’t seen him and return to her room like she had last night, but she had so many questions about this place now, and maybe some of these other digi detoxees could answer them. At least this time he wasn’t alone, the ripped jeans girl who’d sat on the other side of her in the Oak room was at the table too.   Jennifer took a deep breath and headed toward them. “Hey,” she said with a forced smile she hoped didn’t look it. “Matt right?” she started, looking at the manspreader, but she didn’t wait for him to answer before she shifted her gaze to the girl, “I didn’t get your name.”   “Karen,” the girl said, extending her hand. Her long, almost black, hair was shiny, sleek, and straight. With her bangs, the way it hung was like a three-sided picture frame around her face, all hard edges and contrast.   “Jennifer.” She shook the girl’s hand over the table, and noticed that the black nail polish from yesterday had been replaced with fire engine red.   “We were just talking about Karen’s 1-on-1,” Matt said, “did you have yours yet?”   “Yeah, just before I came here,” Jennifer said, “wasn’t exactly what I’d expected.”   “Me neither, but the idea that we’ve somehow stumbled upon a school for psychic development makes it so much more interesting. Don’t you think?” Karen asked, but didn’t wait for an answer. “I mean if going through this detox is mandatory, we may as well get something useful out of it. I’m actually excited now.”   “I mean it’d be cool, I’m not debating that… but do you think it’s even possible?” Matt countered. “I’m not entirely convinced.”   “I wasn’t either, at first,” Karen said, “but Chris knew things… she knew things I’ve never told anyone.”   “Like what?” Matt asked, a smirk on his face.   “Chris knowing is bad enough, I’m sure as hell not telling you.” Karen said looking at him like she had a bad taste in her mouth. After a pause she started again, “But, I will say that I think that whole embarrassing moment thing she made us do during the meditation was a way for her to get material.”   “Material?” Jennifer said.   “Yeah, you know, to prove this shit to us.” Karen explained.   “Well that’s not gonna work on me,” Matt replied, leaning back and crossing his arms over his chest, “I couldn’t think of anything embarrassing. I was barely able to focus on meditating in the first place.”   “Well you’ll see,” Karen said assuredly, “when you go to your 1-on-1.”   Matt only shrugged and switched his gaze. “What about you, Jennifer?” he asked.   “I guess I’m still trying to absorb all of this.” She paused to eat a spoonful of bland oatmeal. She’d piled brown sugar on top and mixed it in, but barely tasted it. “My inner skeptic is still trying to convince me there’s a reasonable explanation for what just happened; but she’s having trouble finding one.”   “Yeah,” Matt agreed, “like maybe our friends and family are in on some elaborate practical joke?”   “But there’s no way,” Jennifer was shaking her head. “Chris was reading the thoughts in my head as I was thinking them.”   “Yeah, she did the same thing to me.” Karen said. “Look, I’m not saying I’m entirely convinced we’ll be able to do this mind reading thing anytime soon. But I have no doubt that Chris has some crazy skills… makes total sense now why we have to be here for so long… but yeah, I’m willing to give it a go. Think of what we could do.”   “Yeah…” Matt’s smirk returned, wider than ever, “Well I guess only time will tell.”   They were all quiet for awhile as they finished eating.   “Hey we still have an hour until the next group meeting,” Matt said. “Who’s up for a walk?”   “I’m down,” said Karen quickly, “the weather’s supposed to be gorgeous today.”   Matt and Karen both looked at Jennifer expectantly. “Ok, you’ve convinced me,” she said on a sigh.   “Well don’t let us twist your arm,” Matt said, but he smiled.   “No, I could use the fresh air, and who knows, this could be the last of the nice weather, we should definitely take advantage of it.”   ***   Matt was much taller than Karen and Jennifer, and he stopped several times to let them catch up to him before he found their pace. It was still a bit chilly out, but the sun on their backs was comfortably warm, and grew warmer as it rose.   “So, Karen,” Matt began, “you said earlier that this is mandatory for you…” he glanced at her before continuing, “care to indulge our curiosity.”   Karen shrugged. “Sure, I’ve got nothing to hide. It’s kinda stupid actually. Long story short, I got my three strikes and here I am. But it’s impossible not to text and drive when most of your “driving,” she used air quotes, “is actually idling in dead stopped traffic, ya know? Plus, I can’t do my job without my phone, I’m an Uber driver… so in reality, I never actually texted anyone. My dash mount broke and I had an unlucky week with cops, what can I say? What about you?”   So apparently Karen was older than she looked too, because Jennifer was pretty sure you had to be at least 21 to be an Uber driver.   “I checked myself in voluntarily,” Matt said, “but not until after I had a wake up call.” He paused for two or three paces, then continued on a bit reluctantly. “I’m kind of a workaholic. I was driving out to dinner after a late night at work, it was raining, pouring actually, and I was waiting for an important email. My phone went off, and it was just so automatic the way I grabbed for it… anyway, I took one hand off the wheel at the same time I hit a stretch of deep water. I dropped the phone as soon as I started hydroplaning, but it happened so fast, and before I had both hands on the wheel again I’d already done a 180 and was flying off the road. The next thing I knew I’d slammed sideways into a tree.”   “Wow,” Jennifer stopped walking, “were you hurt?”   “Not at all, but I can’t stop myself from wondering what could’ve happened if there was another car nearby… what if I’d hurt someone else? Killed someone? And all because of a stupid email? I’d never be able to forgive myself.”   “Well, you didn’t,” Karen gave Matt a friendly pat on the back, “and you’re here to make sure it doesn’t happen again, right? So don’t worry about it.”   Matt nodded and they started walking again. The path they’d taken looped around a large pond, and they were nearly back to where they’d started again.   “I worry about the same thing,” Jennifer broke the silence. She hadn’t planned on airing out her own skid marks, but Matt’s unexpected vulnerability made Jennifer feel like she owed it to him to be honest herself. “Though… I have to admit I don’t think it has anything to do with needing to digitally detox.” Jennifer started, she was about to bring up the nightmare since that was the main instigator of her recent fears, but she quickly decided against it. If that nightmare was a memory like Chris said, it most likely belonged to someone here, and who was she to tell someone else’s story. Plus, it had an uncomfortable number of similarities to Matt’s story. Could that be a coincidence? Was her dream off? Was he hiding part of the story?   “I actually did hit someone.” Jennifer admitted, and Matt and Karen both stopped simultaneously to turn toward her. “He was fine,” she quickly continued, a bit defensively, “but the fact is, it would’ve happened whether I had my phone with me or not.” Jennifer could probably squeeze between the two of them and keep walking, and that was what she wanted to do most, but she also didn’t want it to look like she was hiding anything either, so she stopped too.   “I was pulling out of this gas station. It’s on a busy road, so you can’t make a left there, but there’s a yield sign to go right. Sometimes you get lucky and catch a gap in traffic when the light down the road changes, but most of the time you have to sit there and wait.” Jennifer paused here as if her audience needed time to paint the scene in their heads. “So I was waiting and waiting, and my phone went off; it was a text from my friend checking on my ETA, so I tapped the screen to read it. Then I told Siri to text her back that I was on my way. I looked to the left and saw there was finally a gap I could cut into, I hit the gas as the last car was passing in front of me, but as I turned my head to face forward there was something in front of me, and I slammed on my brakes to stop from hitting it. But it was too late. My car jerked forward a couple of feet and stopped, and suddenly there was a man in front of me sprawled in the road.   “I tried to help him, but he got up all on his own before I could make it to him. He was furious, waving his arms at me, screaming that he saw me looking down at my phone. He called the police. And sure enough, they believed him as soon as they saw the time on my last text matched the time he’d reported the accident. It didn’t help that I already had a couple of texting and driving tickets on my record.   “What pisses me off the most though is that I was trying to do better! I got one of those stupid mounts so I could be ‘hands free’ and I hadn’t typed out a single text since my last ticket. And I wasn’t even driving!!!” Jennifer took a moment to breathe away her fury.   “Plus,” she continued in a much calmer voice, “I’ve turned out of that parking lot so many times. I never look right. There’s not even a shoulder on that road. It’s not the kind of road you should be out taking a stroll on. So I’m sure I would’ve hit him anyway.”   Karen was suddenly laughing, “So,” she started, but she was cracking up and couldn’t spit out the words. “So,” she said again once she could get control over herself, “you mean to tell me that guy saw you NOT look at him and decided to walk in front of your car anyway?” Again, laughter burst out of her, and Matt and Jennifer couldn’t help but be infected by it, letting out a few of their own chuckles.   “Yeah,” Jennifer said starting to catch a bit of Karen’s contagious laughter, “probably not his brightest moment.”   “That guy wouldn’t last two seconds in the city.” Karen said with a shake of her head.   Matt was chuckling a bit now too, though Jennifer could tell he was trying not to. “We are such assholes for laughing about this.”   “Why?” Karen said, “It’s not like he died… of anything other than embarrassment, maybe.”   “Ya know, that’s probably so true,” Jennifer said, “I never said it at the time, but I thought he was totally overreacting. I mean, if he had the energy to jump up and wave his arms around at me the way he was…” Jennifer was laughing again. “I’ve seen toddlers with less energetic temper tantrums.”   The laughter and the rest of their walk wound down as the trio reached the end of the trail. The paved pathway spread out into a parking lot before them.   “Just in time,” Matt said, glancing at his watch, “we have 10 minutes until our next group meeting.”   “Perfect,” said Karen, “I’m gonna grab something from my car quick, and run it over to my room.” She veered to the left towards a bright red Mazda RX8 and opened the passenger side door.   Something about the car was familiar to Jennifer, but with the only eye-catching paint job in a lot full of neutral blacks, whites, and silvers, she assumed she must’ve noticed it when she pulled in yesterday.   “You can use that for Uber?” Matt asked. “I thought all of their cars needed to have four doors.”   “Well, technically it has four doors,” Karen said as she reached in behind the seat and pulled open a surprise back door. “But you’re right, this is my personal car, and not at all Uber-approved, which is good, because if anyone threw up in this car, I’d be pissed.” She grabbed a small storage container out of the back seat and gently bumped both doors closed with her hip.   As Karen got closer Jennifer recognized the case’s colorful contents. “That’s a lot of nail polish!”   “Yeah, well, we’ve got a lot of time to kill,” Karen shot back, glancing at Jennifer’s nails as she did, “oooooohhhwww, you’ve got some blank canvases for me.” She raised her eyebrows in question.   “If you really want to,” Jennifer agreed half-heartedly, “I mean, there’s not much there—”   “Oh please, help a girl out,” Karen pleaded, “I’m doing my own daily, and it doesn’t take up nearly as much time as I need it to.”   “Ok,” Jennifer chuckled. Internally she wondered how she was going to keep from poisoning herself the next time she unconsciously bit her nails.   “You think we scared the big guy off?” Karen asked, and Jennifer noticed that Matt had somehow gotten ahead of them. He was already pulling open the glass doors some 50 feet ahead of them.   “Maybe… but he doesn’t seem like the type to scare easily,” Jennifer replied.   “I’m sure I could fix that with one ride.” Karen winked.   “I hope you’re talking about a ride in your car.”   “Of course! What kind of girl do you think I am?” As Karen made her way across the wide open lobby toward her room, she giggled in a way that made Jennifer wonder.   A few minutes later they’d joined the rest of the group in the Oak Room and were once again preparing themselves for another guided meditation.   When Matt tried to slink back to his comfort zone against the wall, Chris followed him. She gently pulled him to his feet, lifted the chair he’d been sitting on, and folded it. She looked up at him, paused. Matt had a shit-eating grin on his face. They were too far away to hear, but in a flash Matt’s forehead furrowed in shocked confusion, holding his mouth open like the shit had fallen right out. Chris turned around, bringing the chair closer to the group. She had a serene smile on her lips, but her eyes wore a cockier expression, like they were screaming “HA! Gotcha!”   “Does anyone want to go get something warmer to wear?” she addressed the group as she pulled a sweatshirt on over her tank and returned to her mat. “Once the sun’s gone it’ll get pretty chilly in here.”   A few people looked upward to the endlessly blue sky that shone through the clear panes above, but nobody moved from their seats.   The pyramid shaped room was basically a green house and Jennifer was grateful for the toasty temperature. Although it was comfortable outside while Jennifer was walking, once she’d slowed down in the parking lot, any hint of a breeze had bit into her skin.   “Anyone?” Chris tried again, but still no one budged from their seats. “Ok, then let’s begin, shall we?” She gave her tiny bell a tap and a familiar chiming vibrated through the large space for several seconds.   Chris led the group to focus on their breathing as she did before, and after a few minutes of that she guided them into full relaxation. “Notice how the top of your head feels, relax your scalp. Feel any tension in your face… and let it go. Let the skin on your forehead go slack, relax your cheeks, your jaw…” and she went on to bring attention to every bit of Jennifer’s tense body. Odd how you didn’t even realize your jaw was clenched until someone told you to unclench it, Jennifer thought. By the time Chris had reached her toes, Jennifer was so relaxed she felt like her skin had melted off; but in a good way.   “Focus on the sounds seeping into your ears,” Chris said softly, “let the noise gradually get louder, until you start to recognize it…”   The orangey glow that’d shown through Jennifer’s closed eyelids gradually faded to black. At the same time the staticky sound of nothing grew louder until she knew what it was. Rain. Jennifer opened her eyes to confirm it. The blue above had been replaced by a dark gray and it was pouring.   Only Chris still had her eyes closed, everyone else was looking up in wonder. Jennifer hugged herself and rubbed her arms as the temperature quickly dropped.   Without opening her eyes, Chris said, “I warned you that it would get chilly.” Then, after a pause, “Well I guess we’re done meditating for now,” she said and finally opened her eyes to look at everyone in front of her.   The group broke for lunch and afterwards, Chris divided them up. Most everyone had taken the opportunity to bundle themselves up before returning to the chilly, gray Oak Room, but it turned out that only half of them would be needing the extra clothing.   As Chris directed them all to form two neat lines, Jennifer felt like she was back in elementary school about to march out to recess. She was at the back of the line, Karen stood in front of her, and Matt towered in the next spot. But that’s where the nostalgia ended, as Chris instructed the group to turn sideways to face the opposing line. There just so happened to be an even amount of people in the room, and Chris told them all to pair off with the person directly in front of them.   Jennifer was mildly disappointed, as she seemed to already be losing her recently found companionship with this forced partnering. She walked toward the blonde girl across from her and offered a weak half smile. Jennifer was trying to be warm, but she had a feeling her face was suggesting more of a well-I-guess-I-don’t-have-a-say-in-this look. It was the same kind of smile one of two team leaders in a high school gym class might give you when it’s his turn to pick and you’re the last one standing.   “Hi,” Jennifer tried to warm up her smile as she extended a hand to the girl, “I’m Jennifer.” The girl reminded her of Baby Spice, minus the slutty attire and pigtails.   “Emma,” she said quietly.   No way, Jennifer thought, wasn’t that Baby Spice’s real name? She wished for the instant gratification of a quick Google, and she wondered if she’d ever stop wanting to Google and Instagram things every hour on the hour.   The brief introduction was all they had time for, though, because Chris was already separating them again. Those who were from Emma’s line were directed to make themselves comfortable beneath the oak tree, while Jennifer, Karen, Matt, and the rest of their group followed Chris back to her teen hangout of an office.   When they walked in the room seemed brighter than it had been earlier, and at a second glance, Jennifer realized it was because the shiny, white walls had been wiped clean.   “Take a seat for now,” Chris said as she spread her arms out and stepped to the side.   “We’re going to do a mini-meditation.” She continued as Jennifer planted herself beside Karen on the velvety green couch. “By now, your partners have been given their own instructions… to send you a message. Your job is to receive that message.”   A few people were exchanging skeptically raised eyebrows, one guy rolled his eyes shaking his head slowly back and forth, someone nearby shrugged their shoulders at him and returned their attention to Chris, who was making her way to an empty beanbag chair towards the room’s center. She practically fell into it on one arm, stretched herself out like a cat, and crossed her ankles.   “Before we begin, I just want you all to know that you can feel free to get up at any time. These messages can be fleeting, and as soon as you sense something, I encourage you to note it on the walls.”   Everyone started looking around the room, a couple with confused looks on their faces. “They’re dry erase boards,” Chris clarified before anyone could ask, “you’ll find markers scattered around, take your pick. Any words, images, shapes, feelings, sounds… anything that comes to you, make sure to record it on the wall. This is a way to communicate more than it’s a test of your artistic capabilities… so please don’t hold back. We welcome chicken scratch and stick figures.”   Chris paused as she looked around the room with a smirk on her face, and Jennifer wondered if she might be waiting for her audience to laugh. “Any questions?” she finally asked.   Jennifer had a few: Are you serious right now? How do you expect us to do that exactly? Is this for real, or have I somehow found myself in an American accented episode of Black Mirror?, but they all came out sounding incredulous in her mind, so she remained silent.   When no one uttered a word, Chris went on, “Close your eyes and clear your mind by focusing on your breath, like we’ve been doing, and once you’re relaxed, bring your attention to your partner. Imagine them sitting in the grass beneath the Oak tree, you’re standing in front of them, you look down at your hands and notice that they’re semi-transparent; you’re in the Oak Room in spirit.” Chris quickened her pace, “now merge into your partner, become one with them, feel what they’re feeling, hear what they’re hearing…”   Despite the energy in Chris’s voice, it seemed to be getting more distant in Jennifer’s ears, and suddenly she heard another voice… it was slightly familiar, but she couldn’t place it. “Imagine them in your mind’s eye, whisper your message, whisper your message, whisper your message…” but now that voice was fading away too, and Jennifer was sitting down on top Emma, falling into her body—   A red umbrella, it’s handle up in the air, flashed into Jennifer’s mind, and though she saw no hand holding it steady, it was balanced perfectly like a non-spinning top. And before she even knew what she was doing, Jennifer found herself at the board drawing what she’d seen. When she was done, she was embarrassed to see several sets of eyes staring at her curiously. She quickly made her way back to the couch, noting on the way that nobody else had drawn a thing… Jennifer’s upside-down umbrella was the only image that graced the walls.   “Very good,” Chris mouthed to her, and then out loud, “I’m going to give you 5 more minutes to focus on the message your partners are sending you, and then I’m going to ask you all to doodle your findings on the board… whether or not you think you’ve received anything.”   Someone sighed loudly, frustrated. Jennifer let out her own sigh; though hers was one of relief.   As everyone else focused with furrowed brows, Jennifer reimagined the experience she’d just had. It was a strange thing to admit, but this vivid umbrella had felt like it’d come from outside of her. She’d always had a vivid imagination, could create and see things in her mind’s eye… but she couldn’t trace this ‘vision’ – for lack of a better term – back through any stream of consciousness that’d come from her own thoughts. It was like a unicorn darting out from a herd of elephants.   “Ok,” Chris called out, “time’s up. Whether you think you have answers or not, go on, grab some markers and head to a clean space on the wall.”   A chorus of sighs and groans sounded as everyone stood and trudged over to the boards.   “You haven’t failed yet, so don’t make assumptions,” Chris said, “just write or draw the first thing that pops into your head. This is your first attempt at something you’ve probably never done before, and just like with any other skill, some of you will find your strengths in different areas. We’re all like radios, and you’ll find that you tune into certain stations more easily than others. Right now we’re just experimenting with the dial to see what we can pick up on.”   Karen had a blue marker and was rapidly scribbling a manifesto in tiny letters. Jennifer couldn’t read any of it from her spot on the couch. Next to Karen, Matt was adding pigtails to one of the 5 stick figures he’d drawn. A few others were adding their own embellishments to the wall, but more than half of the class stood stationary in front of a blank space.   “Don’t think about it,” Chris said to those paralyzed people, and she snapped her fingers as she went on, “first thing you think right now, put it on the board. We’re just playing a game here. There’s no penalty for a wrong answer. The only way you can fail here is if you don’t try.” That finally got the few remaining stragglers to add their own hasty additions in an effort to return to their seats quickly.   “Good job everyone.” Chris made eye contact with each and every person in the room before she finally dismissed them to lunch. Apparently they’d be going over their work once they’d reassembled later that afternoon. Jennifer looked forward to that with a mixed sense of excitement and dread, like she was just cresting the peak of the tallest point on a rollercoaster, waiting for the inevitable drop.   Karen looped her arm around Jennifer’s and leaned into her, “if we hurry up and eat we’ll have enough time to do our nails before the next meet,” she whispered conspiratorially.   ***   “So what was all that you were writing on the board?” Jennifer asked as she stretched her arm out to Karen.   Karen applied a mauve polish to Jennifer’s pointer finger in three quick, neat strokes and moved on to her middle finger. Without looking up she said, “The lyrics to a song that was running through my head.”   “What song?”   “Let it Go.”   “From Frozen?”   “Yup.” She was already done painting the nails on Jennifer’s right hand, and reached out for her left.   “Do you think that has anything to do with your partner’s ‘message?’ ”   “I dunno.” Then after a pause and another couple of painted fingernails, “but I guess we’ll find out,” Karen said finishing off on Jennifer’s pinky and finally looking up. She shrugged. “The real question is,” she said as she rummaged through her box of polish and pulled out a trio of bottles, one after the other, and laid them out on the bedspread in between them, “Red Red Wine, Lotus, or Garnet Star?”   Jennifer hunched over and squinted at them, the hues were nearly indiscernible in the dim indoor light. “What’s wrong with the color you have on now?” she asked as she picked them up and twisted to get a better look beneath the lampshaded light.   “Uh, they’re chipped,” Karen said, in a way that implied Jennifer was a bit thick, and thrust her ring finger towards her to prove it.   Again, Jennifer found herself in a game of find the difference searching Karen’s pristine nail for a defect. Finally she noticed a minuscule amount of missing polish on one corner of her squarely shaped nails. “Ahh,” Jennifer said, returning her gaze to the trio of dark purpley reddish colors in her hand. “This may seem like a dumb question, but, why not just paint over the chip? Or just redo that one nail?”   “I mean I might in a pinch, if I had somewhere to be,” Karen snorted, “but what else do we have to do?”   Jennifer nodded and handed her the color labeled “Lotus.” All three colors were too dark in Jennifer’s opinion, but that one was a shade brighter than the others.   As Karen silently began scrubbing at her nails with a cotton ball, Jennifer blew on her own nails, contemplating whether or not she should pursue the topic further. Karen seemed completely uninterested in the strange exercise they’d just performed, as if they’d just come out of a math class where they were learning obvious facts like two plus two equals four, and it was all mundane enough to be forgotten. But Jennifer had experienced something profound; something unexplainable. She’d had an out of body experience. She’d had a vivid vision! Like she was straight out of the pages of some supernatural thriller, playing the role of the reluctant psychic being drawn into a murder mystery. Even though the validity of what she’d seen had yet to be officially confirmed, Jennifer held a strange certainty that it would be.   [Conclusion:]   Don’t worry, my friends, there’s much more to come. If you’re listening to this in the week that it goes live, you can expect Part 2 of Disconnected next week. If you’re listening to this from the future, it’s you’re lucky day, and you can dive into Part 2 right now!   Thank you to Sean Howard for inspiring me with your art and for your generosity in sharing it with us as this podcast’s cover art. Please, please, please, check that out when you get a minute, and visit Sean over at fableandfolly.com to discover new fiction podcasts. I’d recommend you check the show notes to find a link to the rest of Sean’s Levitation series, too, I promise you won’t be sorry!   Much love goes to my Patrons Jennifer, Matt, Karen, and Chris whose continued support for this show is much appreciated. Words seem a dim representation for my gratitude, but I hope you all know that it’s there in a big way.   I have a bit more to share about the kind people my characters were named after at the end of Part 2, but for now, it’s time for me to get crackin’ so I don’t leave ya’ll hangin’ for too long.   I’ll be bok, I hope you’ll hear me there!

Mr. Matt Leonard of Superior Flight Solutions and Team Control Tower joins us Monday evening. Matt started jumping in 2010 and eventually started competing in formation skydiving and sport accuracy at USPA's collegiate nationals. Matt quickly found his love for canopy piloting. When Matt is not training for competition, you can find him organizing, coaching, and participating in all sorts of canopy events. Tune in as we hangout and grab a drink.

When Matt’s old mentor Pat Dreyfuss arrives backstage at his second show, Matt invites him to visit a co-working space, where Pat discovers how much the working world has changed. Open floor plans, flavored water, phrases like ‘circle back’ and ‘level set’ -- the millennial workplace is foreign to a Boomer like Pat, who struggles to steady himself. Meanwhile, Matt heads downtown to interview presidential candidate Andrew Yang, whose thoughts on the coming automation crisis hit Pat like a tide pod to the head. With Pat pushing Matt’s ‘Dad joke’ threshold to its limit, the pair still manage to work together: for Pat, it’s pivoting hard into the information economy; for Matt, it’s getting back into the dating game. Written by Matt Hooper Music & Lyrics By: Ben Easton & Mark Levy All Songs Performed By: Ensemble & The Academy Blues Project (Jim Bloom, Trevor Brown, Ben Easton, Mark Levy) Score By: Ben Easton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Issue # 140 ... Matt Billon Matt Billon is one of Canada's funniest comedians. Not only that, he's the host of a comedy/conspiracy show on youtube called The GTFOH show. Now he's finally on the TNWPod. When Matt was a child, his father booked wrestling in Prince George BC. Stampede Wrestling, that is. Hear Matt's story of watching Owen Hart to meeting Owen and his relationship with him. Matt tells us about being at the funeral and having a conversation with some guy named Terry. We also discuss The Dark Side of the Ring. All this and so much more. So join for a bit here oh Talk'N Wrestling, where wrestling and comedy collide!!

Download the episode hereOr listen on SoundCloudMatt “Giggysan” Giguere is back this episode to help us pay tribute to the 3DS, a system that has all but finished its run as Nintendo’s last dedicated handheld console. We’ll take a look back at the machine and its features, its successes and failures, its quirks and its lasting legacy. And then we’ll brave the monumental task of cherry picking the 3DS’ 25 best games (with a fair amount of rules to keep things interesting). If you’re not into the idea of an almost four hour podcast, don’t worry, we’ll be publishing our list soon for your reading pleasure, as well as posting personal favorite lists from Matt and Chase. When Matt’s not guesting on GOTG, you can often find him guesting on the Abstract Japan podcast spinning Japanese tracks that aren’t just your typical J-pop.

Ben and I have a guest with us today who is a patient at Rock Recovery Center. Mathew K, our special guest, shares his history and experience with recovery from alcohol addiction. Matt has been in several different types of treatment several times over the past five years. We discuss Matt’s past wins, mistakes, and his past history related to his addiction. Currently, in his mid-30’s, he started drinking at age 14 and his first use of drugs at age 15. His earliest childhood memories at the age of five were of a work-oriented father who wasn’t present and gave Matt constant negative feedback and a mother who was giving. Several times his father would come home drunk and have arguments with his mom, which is the reason Matt remembers feelings of being protective of his mother. He played several sports and remembered his grandparents watching his games. School was a safe place for Matt as he was an outstanding athlete and received good grades, until his junior year in high school. When drinking, Matt felt that he was free, and his state of being drunk made the world feel like it was slowing down. His alcoholism progressed with his junior and senior years when he quit sports, found a job, and bought a car. Additionally, he was friends with many of the cheerleaders and sports jocks who liked to throw parties. Known as “the party guy,” he held parties on his property as his parents had a large property with land, which he would host parties on frequently. By the time he was out of high school, he had identified with being the bartender. He would boast he could “drink like his dad.” Like a badge of honor, this was a sense of accomplishment and entrance into manhood. He was continually trying to “one-up” himself drinking. He realized at the age of 25 that he had become an alcoholic. Even though his friends pointed out he had become alcoholic, he would respond with “alcoholics go to meetings.” About four years ago, he had to time out how often he needed to drink so he wouldn’t get the shakes. Matt avoided drinking during his workday as a pizza delivery associate because he didn’t want to be drunk and kill someone drunk driving. His drinking, bad eating habits, and smoking ended him up in the hospital with pancreatitis at the age of 30. Since then, he has been hospitalized 15 times for pancreatitis. His liver and pancreas are so weakened that he will die from pancreatitis or liver shutdown if he continues to drink. Listen in to find out when Matt sought out treatment for alcoholism, his residential rehab experiences, and the different programs he went through during the past five years. Learn why he couldn’t stand to be in his first treatment program, and what his criteria are for being successful at a rehabilitation clinic. Check out my new website where you can download any episode right from my site along with other useful information for those in recovery. Share this podcast with a friend and leave us a review! Show Notes: [05:34] Matt shares his history of addiction with Ben and I. [09:32] How Matt reacted and dealt with his dad’s drinking at a very young age. [11:44] Alcoholism paving the way for Matt to have trauma related to his dad’s drinking.  [13:06] Neurological aspects of alcohol addiction.  [14:18] Matt’s first experience getting drunk involved eating pizza with cigarettes on top. [18:34] His road to alcoholism starting in his junior year of high school. [19:33] When Matt did eight shots twice, then kept drinking and blacked out in the snow. [23:14] Upholding drinking as a badge of honor, this was a sense of accomplishment and entrance into manhood. [24:15] When Matt realized he had become an alcoholic. [26:30] The reason he went into treatment was because he had pancreatitis. [29:41] Why Matt has been hospitalized 15 times in five years. [32:01] Matt’s attempt at drinking with attempted moderation after being diagnosed and told he would die if he continued to drink. [35:24] Ben’s professional opinion on 30 days of treatment for addiction. [40:20] Why Matt had to fall flat multiple times to keep himself in treatment. [41:30] Matt’s criteria for a rehabilitation clinic. [46:09] The importance of a geographical change when getting sober.  [50:27] This is the longest period since his teens that Matt has been sober. [52:44] Ben discusses the positive aspects of recovery far away from home. [55:12] Sobriety support in the “Recovery Capital of the World”. [58:16] Taking pride in your sobriety. [61:13] Drivers for addicts to become sober. Episode Links and Resources Real Recovery Live Chat Real Recovery Talk on the Web Real Recovery Talk on YouTube Leave Real Recovery Talk a review on iTunes Rock Recovery Center Real Recovery Talk on Facebook Ideas for a show? Email us tom@realrecoverytalk.com and ben@realrecoverytalk.com Brene Brown and Vulnerability Futures Recovery Healthcare Center

Matt Atkins, the founder and owner of Paleo-based meal prep and delivery service Eating Primal, joins me on the show this week to discuss his fitness and entrepreneurial journey. Prior to launching Eating Primal, Matt was 40 pounds overweight and suffering from a host of ailments as he worked at his IT desk job. When Matt joined a CrossFit and then eventually connected good nutrition with his fitness regimen, his health changed dramatically, and the foundation of his new business was put in place. Matt attributes much of his success to understanding what healthy habits looked like and what the not-so-healthy habits were doing to him, all of which he and I discuss in this conversation. Check out Eating Primal at http://eatingprimal.com/ Check out (and subscribe to) my new YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC05uBdyk4apD68VcHjy7mhQ Visit www.theinvolvedman.com to order your copy of my new book! Also available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Thank you for listening to the show. Please subscribe and share with a friend or family member that might enjoy this podcast. And as always, if you feel up for it, I'd greatly appreciate it if you left a rating and review. Thanks again!

Matt Stephens,  Pastor The Fort Church in Columbus Georgia. Matt stopped by the bootcamp and shared his replant story with Bob and JimBo on this, another Quarantine edition of The Replant Bootcamp. When Matt became the Pastor the church had already been involved in Replanting for some time. When another church approached them about taking […]

Matt Stephens,  Pastor The Fort Church in Columbus Georgia. Matt stopped by the bootcamp and shared his replant story with Bob and JimBo on this, another Quarantine edition of The Replant Bootcamp. When Matt became the Pastor the church had already been involved in Replanting for some time. When another church approached them about taking […]

Welcome back to The Atheist Experience! Today’s show is hosted by Matt Dillahunty and friend of the show Dragnauct Sylvas. We start the show with discussion about the coronavirus and its effects on daily life, from isolation depression to grocery store gross-outs. Then, we get to caller numero uno!Dragnauct picks an interesting topic from Gavin, who says he wants to check in on his own rationale. Gavin says he believes in a soul, or at least something like it, based on some experiences he’s had in life, but he’s pretty sure something about that rationale is faulty. Is he right?Brian in Washington, DC calls in to convert Matt by asking, “What’s wrong with being a saint?” and using a version of Pascal’s Wager. When Matt and Dragnauct bring up the fact of Catholic cover-ups of child molestation, Brian starts to get a little squirrely.We have a few frequent callers, and one is coming back: Kamal in Alabama was brought into a Facebook intervention by his family, who tried to bring him back to Jesus. We’ve all had this experience, unfortunately, and it’s nice to relate to each other sometimes. We love you, Kamal.Carlos is another newly frequent caller, and his argument today is...well, it’s a little confusing. He says that God as described in the Bible gives life so he can determine how long it is for you. Then there’s an analogy from Batman. Essentially, Carlos thinks we shouldn’t see God’s action as distasteful if we read the Bible as fiction, because you’re not allowed to think fictional characters are bad guys, I guess?Can somebody say Clergy Project? https://clergyproject.org/ Well, not quite, but our caller is in that sort of predicament. Cade went to a Christian high school where he lost his faith, but he’s stuck in the church. No one knows about his non-belief, and he’s not sure what to do. Matt ends up turning this caller into a co-host for a moment!Laura in Michigan has personal access to God, and Matt attempts to use this access to have Laura ask God what she should say to convert Matt. Turns out, you just have to study the Bible and be open to love! We should have known.Our last call is an important one. Justin has a wife, and the two are currently awaiting a child’s birth. His wife has started to express concern about her child “being told there is no God,” or something along those lines. Dragnauct takes over most of this call, as his wife is also a believer, so he has some experience here. The key: communication between spouses, education for the child!That’s our show today! If you want to support the show you can check out https://www.patreon.com/theatheistexperience for a monthly subscription to podcasts with NO ADS and other fun goodies, or https://tiny.cc/aenmerch for merch from all of the ACA’s shows! Hosts can be found on Twitter @Matt_Dillahunty and @Dragnauct. Thanks for watching/listening!

From a scrawny kid with asthma who was abused and bullied, to a world champion martial artist with multiple black belts — Matt Stait is our guest on this episode. When Matt was a teenager his father committed suicide. Shortly after that, he was diagnosed with PTSD. He spent many years working as a bouncer and a bodyguard, and now runs a martial arts gym in the UK. He is the CEO and co-founder of Team Fightback CIC — an organization which helps military veterans through martial arts. Matt is an author of books and magazine articles, a creator of online courses, along with being a public speaker, and corporate trainer. If you could use some positive energy and inspiration amid all the uncertainty and startling news with the COVID-19 crisis — this episode will do it for you. You’ll hear: How everything goes back to your mindset Ways to practice having an “attitude of gratitude” How to change your perception so that many so-called problems disappear How just like Tim and Steve discussed last week — Matt, too, is cautious of who he surrounds himself with and what information he is taking in Please visit Matt’s Modern Samurai website. You’ll find links to his books, courses, and more.

When Matt is away, Gio will play around and make the episode longer than usual!And what better way to do that than nerd out with a special guest? Find out who that is and what "Oss!"means.   Gio also gives a non-spoiler thought on Disney's Onward.

On this episode of Beyond The Limit, we sit down with Matt Ward. Matt is passionate about helping employees, managers, and business owners move their business and personal life to the next level through word of mouth referrals.He has experienced all the same challenges that most employees and business owners face. These failures have helped Matt craft a message that resonates with the audience to leave them with actionable steps to improve their business through word of mouth referrals.When Matt was running his website agency, he focused his efforts on a few select contacts, which resulted in never having to advertise or do any marketing the 4 years prior to him selling the agency. Most business owners find themselves wondering how to get more word of mouth referrals, and Matt knows exactly how, he did it. The Referral Revenue Calculator: http://fireupreferrals.comMatt Ward’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwardspeaksMatt Ward’s Website: https://breakthrough-champion.comTyler’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twilliamsliveTyler’s Website: https://www.tylerwilliamslive.com

During this episode of the Lab Coat Agents Podcast, host Jeff Pfitzer speaks with Matt Plumer, a real estate coach that emphasizes physical and fiscal fitness. They discuss how Matt lost over one hundred pounds, paid off massive debt, saved his marriage, and conquered his addictions. You’ll also hear Matt’s inspiring approach to coaching that focuses on stabilizing the present so you can structure your future.  Episode Highlights:  Matt Plumer was addicted to gambling, drinking, and eating. He was making a lot of money but had no time. When Matt created enough margin in his life to see his problems, that created awareness. Awareness can be transformational. Deciding to lose weight put Matt on a trajectory to change many things in his life. In 2012-2013 he lost 100 pounds, became sober, and quit gambling and smoking. Matt believes that physical and fiscal fitness are identical. The only way you can ever lose weight is to create a caloric deficit. To pay off debt, you have to spend at a spending deficit. Making healthy lifestyle changes compound over time. 75 Hard was an internet-based challenge Matt participated in at the end of last year. During that time he followed an intermittent fasting diet. People choose plant-based diets for a wide variety of reasons. Matt and Jeff discuss the discipline required to become physically fit. Mental discipline is how you can conquer pretty much everything. Handling money poorly is not a problem that is exclusive to real estate agents. Going from consistent income to inconsistent income is a big struggle for many agents. It’s easy to get caught on the transaction treadmill. When he works with clients, Matt begins with an exploratory call to get a sense of whether they’re pursuing someone else’s goals or their own. He focuses on helping clients create awareness around their habits. We must acknowledge the shame, blame, and guilt that comes with wherever we are. Unlike many coaches, Matt doesn’t focus on increasing income and increasing transactions. The first thing they address is spending. Financially fit agents are extremely clear and aware of when and how they spend their money. When working with Matt, you need to have a crystal clear cash flow plan of how you'll spend your next thirty days of money. In their first five minutes of the day, his students check their budget, check their bank account and look at whether what they spent was allocated in their budget. Most people feel restricted when they think about budgets. Do you have closings scheduled for the next month? If the answer is no, start planning for that month. Stabilize the present to structure the future. Fun is a line item in your cash flow plan. Ask what you can control. Pick one to focus on first: money or weight.  Allocate money in an app before you spend it. 3 Key Points: Awareness can help you transform your life.  Mental discipline can help you conquer many of your problems. To become a financially fit agent, you must choose to be aware of where your money  goes and how that fits into your cash flow plan.  Resources Mentioned: LCA Marketing Center: LCAmarketingcenter.com Lab Coat Agents: LabCoatAgents.com Matt Plumer Instagram, Facebook Financial Peace University 75 Hard Challenge The Game Changers (documentary) What The Health (documentary) Joe Rogan Podcast myfitnesspal Connect with Lab Coat Agents: Lab Coat Agents on Facebook Lab Coat Agents on Twitter Lab Coat Agents on Instagram Lab Coat Agents Facebook Group

Described as the "Airbnb of Luggage," Stasher is a sharing economy solution for storage. They realized that people don't want to drag their suitcases, backpacks, or more around a city when they just have a few hours before they have to depart. They created a global network of hotels and stores with extra space where travellers can find affordable, convenient storage for their belongings. Secured with the same standards as a hotel check-in, Stasher partners with leading brands like Premier Inn, Accor & Hotels.com to provide storage worldwide. The service has no size restrictions and award-winning customer support. Pick the most convenient location to store your bags and book easily online from just £6, €5, or $5 per item for up to 24 hours. Each bag is also fully insured up to £1000. Book online now and get instant confirmation. How did it all start? People were always asking to store their stuff at Anthony's home near King's Cross. When Matt asked, Anthony replied, "Sure, but I'm charging you for it." This joke was the lightbulb moment. On 21 September 2015, they incorporated CityStasher Ltd (now Stasher). Fast forward to 2020, and the travel tech startup secured a $2.5 million funding round and was featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, and Yahoo. I invited Jacob Wedderburn-Day, CEO & Co-Founder at Stasher onto the podcast. Jacob oversees operations, finance, and strategy at Stasher. Prior to co-founding the startup in 2015, he graduated BA Economics & Management from Oxford University and MSc Economics from UCL. He's passionate about entrepreneurship, economics, and football.

In this episode, Michael introduces Matt McCambridge, the co-founder, and CEO of Eden Health, a virtual primary care and navigation platform centered around care teams. Eden Health helps employees navigate today’s complicated healthcare landscape across insurance, primary care, and mental healthcare so they can make smart, well-informed and cost-conscious decisions.  Matt had a personal situation that influenced his decision to move out of the venture capital space to launching a start-up in healthcare. When Matt’s sister was sick as a kid, Matt and his family personally witnessed the broken components of the healthcare system. Now, Matt is seeing how the “coordinated care” offered by Eden Health has made a difference in the lives of patients like his sister.    Eden Health is a certified Primary Care Medical Home - the top-of-the-line quality certification in the country for primary care; this model emphasizes team-based care, communication, and coordination, which has been shown to lead to better care and why Eden has integrated specialties like behavioral health and physical therapy. The reason for including behavioral health, Matt explains, is that many other health issues are rooted in mental health conditions and these must be addressed to make meaningful progress with the patient’s health conditions.  Matt’s company is different than other in-person or virtual primary care solutions in that it is highly integrated with a core focus on eliminating the employee’s hassle as a patient. Typically, it’s very confusing for employees to figure out where to go and for what, which is why Matt believes you simply cannot separate navigation from primary care and delivery. For this reason, they have an app with the accessibility to virtually chat with a doctor 7/365, and this connection enhances the solutions offered. By leveraging technology, they’ve been able to provide their users with the appropriate instant and personalized care.  Eden Health also offers physical locations across the country for those who need it, and will even send a provider from their pool on-site to the workplace. Matt understands that the key to helping patients is engagement - and that engagement is more likely to occur if patients are receiving high-quality care through an integrated platform that they can easily use. Eden Health tracks their patients’ satisfaction with star ratings, and they proudly report an average of 4.95 out of 5 stars with a 75% response rate.  Employers can engage with Eden Health in two ways: They can either fully-cover Eden Health for unlimited access or fully-insured with a fee that is reduced when insurance is taken into account since they would be considered an in-network provider. Eden Health has an exciting road ahead as they expand into new geographies and continue to grow and serve.  Here’s a glance at what we discuss in this episode:  00:30 - Introducing Matt, the co-founder and CEO of Eden Health.  03:00 - The insights Matt received about healthcare from doing venture capital. 04:50 - The problems with the current primary care model.  10:00 - How Eden health is different from other primary care solutions.  13:20 - The importance of engagement that’s backed up by quality.  14:30 - Why behavioral health is integrated into the program. 17:00 - On their certification as a primary care medical home. 18:50 - Why it’s important that Eden Health makes 66% fewer referrals to specialists. 21:20 - The process behind their specialist “closed-loop referrals” and how they short-cut the patient journey.  24:45 - Pop-up on-site visits, permanent brick and mortar clinics, and the experience they create in the workplace.  27:30 - On the trusted patient-provider relationship, how it keeps patients healthy over time, and a case study.  32:00 - On the integration of navigation at the...

It may not seem like it, but this episode is about you. In fact, this whole podcast is about you. When Matt was young, he wanted to be just like Micheal Jordan. Now, while he may not have been blessed with the same DNA that would make him grow into an all-star basketball player, he did learn that by copying those you admire, you can encounter unprecedented growth as a person. Recently, Matt was deeply inspired by the book "Tribe of Mentors" by Tim Ferriss. It was through reading this that he began to create The Essential 11. He narrowed down from his research into concrete data and his daily interactions with students the top eleven questions young people have for successful and influential people. Questions including: How to handle anxiety How to build self-confidence Your best piece of financial advice What traits would you want to see in a young person who is coming to work for you And he's doing the hard work for you- tracking these people down and getting the answers directly from them, all in one place. Leaders, entrepreneurs such as Gary Vaynerchuk, football players, Youtubers, influencers, public speakers, music artists, actors, authors, you name it, they'll be here. For more value, follow MattBeaudreau on twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.

Download the episodeOr listen on SoundCloudWe’re kicking off 2020 with a look back to 2013 as East Coast Correspondent Matt Giguere returns to GOTG to talk about Millennium Kitchen’s serene adventure game, Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale. In this episode we’ll cover the rest of Guild series of games, Friday Monsters influences like Jet Jaguar and Japanese tokusatsu shows and we even cast our custom spells at each other. So, jiwa-jiwa, fuwa-fuwa, koron-koron and enjoy this latest episode!Show Notes:Here’s the interview we referenced featuring Millennium Kitchen game designer Kaz Ayabe by the Gaming Intelligence Agency.If you need more tokusatsu, here are some fight scenes courtesy of Zepher024.When Matt’s not guesting on GOTG, you can find him guesting on the Abstract Japan music podcast.

Tread Merrily concludes with a return trip to Baywatch for the two-part Christmas episode, "Silent Night, Baywatch Night." When Matt expresses his disdain for Christmas, a number of little people camp out by his tower. He comes to believe they are Santa's elves. Meanwhile, Mitch wants to celebrate a very special Christmas with his new girlfriend Tracy, who also happens to be his employee. CJ's beauty seemingly causes a priest to reconsider his devotion to the Lord. Hobie meets another street urchin with a compulsion for grifting. Will they die when a goon lures them out to the pier? Sarah Madden returns for a slice of holiday cheer. She also learns about Man Power Pills and John Allen Nelson. Justin finds himself missing the acting talents of Billy Warlock. The group begins to identify Friends characters as their Odyssey counterparts. Sarah points out Christmas week weather in Los Angeles rarely allows for bikinis. David Charvet gets turned into an elusive hitman and Showtime is unveiled as the home of the nostalgic wank. Well, at least in the 1990s. Professional film and television goon Rhino Michaels gets dubbed "Slow Renegade." David Hasselhoff becomes the fourth Doctor What and Justin completely fails to make a joke land.

Fans pointed out that WDWM's Phish episode was missing a key component of what makes them so passionate about the band: seeing Phish live. When Matt and Tony recorded the episode over the summer they didn't know that an opportunity to see a Phish show was in the cards, but as luck would have it the band ended up doing two nights in Rhode Island the weekend after Thanksgiving. In this bonus follow up episode, the guys talk about their expectations and experiences after seeing Phish live at the Dunkin' Donut Center in Providence, RI on November 30.

I’d like to introduce to you a new friend of mine, Matt Wallerstein, I met him at a dinner in LA, we hit it off right away, respect.  This week, my interview with him makes me ask you the following question:   Can you have both?  Or do both, in this case?  Maybe a day job to pay the bills and a passion project on the side.  This week’s guest, Matt Wallerstein, Esq, is a lawyer during the day and a musician at night, and I find how he does both inspiring to a more fulfilling life for those of us who want more than our day job provides, without plowing into the burnout that simply having 2 jobs would lead to.   This week we cover: *Why Matt is lawyer by day, musician by night. *How your day job and passion project can synergistically balance each other *That Matt wrote, directed and starred in his own Indie Movie in law school. *How to play the law school game *Matt describes the unique musical creative he shares with his band partner *What 2 things entertainment law contracts all come down to…(I’ll give you a hint, money and …) *How Netflix has changed the world Matt practices law in     Show Notes [1:30] Our guest today is Matt Wallerstein, an entertainment lawyer, and a musician. Matt and Larry met at the meeting of the master’s dinner. He participated in one of the branches and now working at the bar for fun. [2:50] Matt represents writers, producers, directors, and actors in the entertainment law side and on the music side, he plays keys, singing and songwriting project called Kingdoms. He also does some solos and a project called Vanity Shades which is also the name of his Instagram account. Matt makes time for both music and law. He always finds time for the things he has a passion for. When he finishes a day as an entertainment lawyer, he goes to the studio with his bandmates and has a wonderful creative session that allows him to both decompress from entertainment law stuff and have a beautiful creative outlet. [7:07] Matt's creative path was always been there when he was at school at USC. He was a screenwriter and he was represented by one of the biggest talent agencies in town, CAA. It helps him in scripts, putting actors and directors and everyone in place. With that, he thought that he was going to be a writer. Matt went to GW in DC and in his first semester, the 9/11 attack happened. He did not come home after that but he was a freshman across a country from his home, Los Angeles. [9:20] Matt said that we are sincere when he saw the Notre Dame football on our Instagram. Matt was a USC hater, he saw three Heisman trophy winners: Carson Palmer, Reggie Bush, and Matt Leinart. [11:15] Matt was an American literature major which was not his emphasis. He went to entertainment law because his dad was also an entertainment lawyer for over forty years. When Matt was a club promoter and going every night, he feels he is not positively channeling his energy. It was fun, but he thinks that it is a social life masquerading as a job so he takes all spare time to write more screenplay. He was about ready to produce and direct an act when his parents called him one day to send him to law school. [14:10] Matt was in entertainment for ten years now. He went to law school at the age of 22 and finish at 25. The movie project he and his group made was called the Diet Life and he thinks he has the only copy of the movie. The movie has won the 2009 Bel Air Film Festival. [16:44] Matt did not find it difficult to make the movie while he was in law school. He felt that it was very natural. He was the trainer guy and co-directed the movie with his friend. He said that in law school, your entire grade is mostly weighted towards the finals. In the two hours test at finals, he figures it out and studies two weeks before the finals and passed. [19:50] Matt said that the law school is just general knowledge and once you start in your field that’s when you gain the actual expertise. [22:00] Matt’s moment was when he woke up one morning and got a message from his friend inviting him to play the keyboard at their band called Pierce The Arrow. They will open up for Martha Davis and The Motels at Lake Arrowhead and he accepted it. [24:00] That week when he accepted his friend's offer, he went to the place every night to learn all the songs. He performed before but never played piano in front of many people and suddenly he was asking to play in front of thousands of people. Also, the Vanderpump rules are going to shoot and he has only one-week preparations. This laid the foundation for the two-person project he was doing right now. [27:03] Matt and one of his friends Brayden went to the manager’s place before the show. They experienced a foggy, crazy winding path and all his nervousness was gone and he felt the show was going to be a breeze. [30:00] The anticipation is so intense before the show but once Matt steps on stage, hearing all the applause, the preparations he made and the nervousness went away. Larry is impressed that Matt is very calm in that situation. [32:40] After the show, Matt did not realize at first that this is a thing for him and it took a bit longer before his idea to catalyze that he should be the one writing songs and having more ownership over the project. [34:30] After the show, the producers of Vanderpump rules an American reality television series says it was a very cool segment and wants to make it on a larger scale. Matt has a house at Westwood and they decided that they were going to throw an enormous Memorial Day party at his place. [37:00] After the party at Matt’s place, they went almost completely on-hold because they didn’t know what their next step. After a few months, Matt and Brayden decided that they did not necessarily want the politics of being involved in a reality show.  They want a band that has many parts and that’s when they broke off and form their two-piece band. [39:23] Matt feels awkward when they broke off from the Pierce The Arrow band because he was the new member and he takes as their vocalist. The reality tv show didn’t help because all the footage at the party never aired which part of the reason there was a band problem. [41:30] Matt did not know how good he had it with Brayden until they had a little rift three years ago. He tried collaborating with other people and he realized that it was not working as he experienced with the five-piece band. [45:30] They need to come up with a name for their project and they were debating over “Infinity Pool” and “Kingdoms”. They mutually decided to pick “Kingdoms” because it was easier to say and grander and has some staying power. [47:55] Matt’s favorite song that they released last month was Senses by Kingdoms. Their next show might be coming in early 2020. We can follow their band at Kingdoms Universe on Instagram and we can follow Matt at Vanity Shades on Instagram. [50:00] Matt did not want to let go of being an entertainment lawyer. He just loves the intellectual side and problem-solving part of his law job. He feels that it was so interpersonal as figuring out creative solutions to business problems. Entertainment law is a very small subset of law and practically only exists in Los Angeles and a little bit in New York. The focus of Matt’s firm was television and films and mainly the core has been the writer, executive, producer in televisions and sometimes actors and actresses. Matt can relate to them for being a musician himself. [53:00] Matt said that the two most emotional issues in any deal that he does for someone, are the money and the credit. So if the money is not there the credit becomes the utmost importance. The highest level of a producer on the television show is the executive producer, but the highest level of a producer in a movie is produced by or the producer's credit. [54:34] Matt talks about how Netflix set off a domino effect because almost all the big studios gave their content as an extra monetary source and now used their content to build up their platform and make their originals. So now the big studios will release their streaming services. [57:00] Matt talks about the buyers especially the tech companies. The entertainment is not their core business. In making deals with them, there is a little bit of learning curve because they did not know the custom and practice in the entertainment industries. Matt finds it very difficult because there are more deals to be made.

On this episode of Couple Collective, I'm pumped to speak with two of my best friends, Katie and Matt. I've known Matt since before kindergarten (Tiger Cubs stand up), and I met Katie at our first job out of college. I take credit for the two of them getting together, but in all reality, I just put two great people in the same room and they've done the rest. Both in their mid 30's, they've been together for over 10 years, and have always beat to the sound of their own drum. I've learned from them to enjoy the moment that you're currently in, together with your partner vs. rushing to check the next box. Additionally, have a strong understanding of your strengths and that of your partners, and you'll be able to better communicate and work together. If you are interested in a particular topic we discussed, below I’ve included time stamps that you can click on to jump ahead (only on Spotify mobile) (01:13) - What happens when you put two great people in a room together - ‘Julian was the one that actually made it happen.’ (07:59) - ‘We were fairly slow on our relationship path but always on the same page.’ - in reference to their relationship journey (11:47) - ‘Eventually, we would move in together but it was not a rushed factor at that point.’ - they moves to a new city together without moving in with one another (13:50) - How their relationship transitioned into an engagement - ‘When he did propose, I was really surprised cause I thought we would have another conversation or two to solidify like, this is going to happen.’ (22:14) - ‘We were looking towards like the big picture, how does this benefit his career and our lifestyle in the future.’ - When Matt went to school (26:46) - Before moving to Austria they took a cultural personality test, and it turned out to help them to understand how they each thinking about planning (37:45) - Katie explaining the challenge of having to communicate with a partner when you are an introvert (41:20) - What Katie & Matt hope to learn from other couples This particular episode was recorded at my crib in Albany, after my in home consultation with  @couplecollective (https://www.instagram.com/couplecollective/) ; I want to hear your stories and your feedback. If I’m bringing value, please subscribe and share with those that may pull value from this as well. If you find value in the idea behind Couple Collective, but feel I am missing the mark, please let me know what you would like to see and hear. Much Love! Cover art by Laurie Berger (www.laurenjanestudio.com)

When Matt says it's time to purge, it's time to purge. We hear from more listeners about coming to terms with not having a second child, a listener writes in with some baby eczema advice, the PPD signal goes out, and a German woman insists that nice Germans exist (she is one of them).Leave us a voicemail: 413-461-BABYSend us an email: doreeandmatt@gmail.com or mattanddoree@gmail.comSupport us on Patreon and get up to two bonus episodes per month: www.patreon.com/eggcellentadventureThis episode is sponsored by:Bona. For cleaning tips and exclusive offers visit bona.com/eggcellent.ButcherBox. Sign up today and get a free turkey plus $20 off your first box. Just go to ButcherBox.com/adventure20 OR enter promo code ADVENTURE20 at checkout.ThirdLove. Go to thirdlove.com/adventure now to find your perfect-fitting bra and get 15% off your first purchase.Daily Harvest. Go to dailyharvest.com and enter promo code ADVENTURE to get $25 off your first box.Four Sigmatic. Receive 15% off your Four Sigmatic order when you go to foursigmatic.com/eggcellent or enter code EGGCELLENT at checkout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Download this episodeOr listen on SoundCloudFrequent flyers on the GOTG program, Matt Giguere and Bobby Pease join Chase for this spoiler-filled episode on the newest entry in Nintendo’s ongoing strategy franchise, Fire Emblem Three Houses. We’ve each selected a different house and come together to compare and contrast the stories we experienced (and, y'know, decide who best girl is.) Strap in, it’s going to be a long one. Show Notes:When Matt isn’t guesting on GOTG, you can find him guesting on the Abstract Japan podcast.And for more Bobby and Chase content, check out The Casual Hour podcast and their quick looks on the Lumberjacksmack YouTube channel.

The boys aren’t playing games this week… well, maybe a little bit. Tony and Kevin spend some time discussing Raw and the awfulness of Seth Rollins promos. When Matt arrives the guys jump to some New Japan discussion after announcing the 8th Anniversary show. Apparently, Matt ate it hard on the Kobe picks while Tony gave lead back to Kevin in the PPV Pick Extravaganza. ROH’s Brian Milonas called in to discuss his tag match with his Bouncer partner the Beer City Bruiser against Silas Young and Vinny Marseglia at Death Before Dishonor. Plus, the guys make their own picks for the show and discuss a whole lot more.   Be sure to check us out on http://www.RantEMRadio.com Follow us on Social Media: Twitter - @RantEMRadio - http://www.twitter.com/RantEMRadio Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/RantEMRadio Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/groups/RantEM Instagram - @RantEMRadio - http://www.instagram.com/RantEMRadio

Friday, September 20th on Smoke Night LIVE we interview Matt “Boofy” Booth from Room101 Brand Cigars. When Matt show’s up on SNL you never know how things are gonna go so this should be an interesting show. We will get Matt’s take on the 2nd Helping of Noodles that will be on sale on the 20th of September. And of course we will chase all the rabbit trails that arise as is typical when Matt is on the show.

Are you looking to increase eBay sales but don’t know where to start? Would your business benefit from building systems and processes? eBay is still a thriving platform that has a potential upside for making a profit. If you’re interested in growing your sales—listen to this episode of Maximizing Ecommerce with Matt Leavell, CEO of BuyLow Warehouse. You’ll hear Matt’s love for processes and procedures, hiring tips, and sales strategies to boost your business! Outline of This Episode [2:40] How Matt got started in the business [10:00] Finding a process for everything [13:40] What does buying truckloads of a product look like? [17:00] How Matt sources remote team members [22:25] Hiring virtual assistants - how do you find a good candidate? [34:35] How to increase sales on eBay [46:45] Use a product image that captures attention [49:15] advice he wished he would’ve known Developing systems and procedures will greatly benefit your business When Matt started buying products by the truckload they come with a manifest. It would supposedly list everything that was included—but he’d often find the products didn’t match up with the manifest. They were accurate about 85% of the time. So Matt developed his own procedure for sorting the information and structuring it for bulk upload to eBay. He’s learned that you can develop a process for just about everything.  To be efficient, he writes procedures for everything. His goal is to only run the process himself 3 times. The first time he’ll write instructions as he’s carrying out the process. Then he takes what he typed and follows it word-for-word, editing as he goes. Lastly, he gives it to an employee to test and report back to him. Keep listening as Matt shares how the system works for him and why it’s so important.  How to hire the right virtual assistant All of Matt’s employees are remote. Why pay for office space when everything can be carried out remotely, from anywhere in the world? He’s sourced team members from Upwork, OnlineJobs.ph, Kuhustle, and more. The 1st person he hired was from Pakistan—and he paid him $0.50 a listing he posted. At first, he felt guilty about such a low pay rate. But the conversion of money from the US to Pakistan quickly assuaged his guilt.  In Pakistan, he was making three times as much money as a lawyer. But how did Matt find the right person for the job? If you’re hiring someone in a different country, how do you assess their skill-set? Ask them questions that weren’t pulled from a template. If you’re assessing customer service ability, give them questions you’re asked often and analyze their answers. One of his favorite strategies to utilize is to pay his candidates $5 to carry out a task. Whoever delivers the best result is who he hires. For more tactics for hiring the right people, keep listening! Increase eBay sales with these simple strategies Matt states you need to view eBay as one big search engine. Your item description needs to be specific and descriptive for it to show up in search results. When a customer is searching they choose from different categories—if you haven’t chosen that category for your item it will be excluded from the results.  So how do you get your product ranking? One technique you can utilize is eBay’s promoted listings. For a percentage of the final sale, they bump you up in the results. If you do this for a certain length of time and—purchases are made—you can drop the promotion. The increase in sales will then help boost your product. Matt covers sale tactics, learning your maximum discount, inventory tips and MUCH MORE in the next section. Product photos can make or break your listing It’s not something we would typically think about, but having the right image associated with your listing makes a world of difference. Matt experimented with a product and the results were amazing: The first product image was a crisp view of the front of the box, well-let, with a white background.  In the second image they shifted the box and shot the photo from a lower camera angle (same background, same lighting). The second product image showed an increase in clicks—seven times higher than the original photo. Perception is everything. So make sure you test what works the best for your products and adjust your listings accordingly. Listen to the rest of the episode for some advice Matt wished he had been given when he first launched his business. Resources & People Mentioned Upwork OnlineJobs Kuhustle BuyLow Warehouse Connect with Matt Leavell Matt on Facebook Matt’s LinkedIn MLeavell(at)BuyLowWarehouse.com BuyLow Warehouse LinkedIn Connect With Kevin Sanderson www.YouTube.com/maximizingecommerce www.Facebook.com/maximizingecommerce www.Twitter.com/maxecom Subscribe to Maximizing Ecommerce onApple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, PlayerFM

In todays episode I am joined by Matthew Parry, the founder of the Good Crisp Company. When Matt was based in Adelaide he saw an opportunity to create a crisp which ticked several health banners. After pushing his product into retailers here with some success, he felt the US market was a bigger opportunity. With a great product and a vision, Matt uprooted his family to the US and built his empire over there too. In this episode we took about the difference between the US and Australian market, Matts journey in the US which has landed him in Walmart and Wholefoods stores. Matt drops some great knowledge bombs for start-ups to take on board and we discuss the role Amazon has within the grocery space. Please let me know what you thought of the episode and leave a review on iTunes. Here is episode 23 with Mat.

Matthew Simpson humbly serves as the self-appointed civilian ambassador to our nation’s veteran suicide tragedy and epidemic. He brings very diverse experiences to the table: leadership in corporate America, free spirit world travels, extensive healing with psychedelics, and plant medicines. He generously shares his transformation and awakening to spiritual principles in hopes of inspiring others to look within to find their truest purpose and calling. When Matt is not writing books he is probably in the kitchen cooking or the library reading; As a self-proclaimed “foodie” and an enthusiast of knowledge especially books centered around Flow states and optimal states of consciousness. Matt also is an aspiring stand up comedian who swears that practicing discomfort is one of the most important skills for our modern world. Recently, Matt moved to Los Angeles to get his first book Worth the Fight off the ground and to deliver this vital message of hope and healing to the hands of our nation’s stars and influencers. You can learn more by visiting his website: nltrans.org This was Matthew's second time on the podcast, and we were so glad to have him back!   Listen as we talk about: His new up and coming book The importance of tuning out all outside distractions The exciting discoveries of Flow How the more he surrendered, the more insight would come The Teachings of Napoleon Hill His healing journey, and how scared he was about the trip Everything is an expression of unresolved trauma Perfect is the enemy of good     Links Mentioned: www.amazon.com/Tribe www.amazon.com/Art-Loving www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind www.amazon.com/Stealing-Fire www.heroicheartsproject.org/team www.amazon.com/s?k=Aubrey+Marcus     Sign up or hear more about our Path to Purpose course here   Join our purpose seeking podcast community at...   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube Channel   Facebook Group - Purpose Seekers     Sign up for the Bi-Weekly Newsletter by emailing: peopleofpurposepodcast@gmail.com   Help More Find Their Purpose by Donating to the Podcast

When Matt was having a terrible day, he discovered the one principle in common with every successful action: from dating to business, to social interactions, all the way to inner peace, there is one principle that guides successful actions. Learn how to apply it in your life in this short solo episode. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST FOR MORE MINDSET TIPS.

That’s right, Matt Pohlson. Cal sits with the founder of Omaze, a company that has helped raise $130 million for roughly 350 charities through donations made by people looking for a chance to win once in a lifetime experiences with the people they dream of meeting. Drink wine with Jennifer Lawrence. Get in a tank with Arnold Schwarzenegger and go crush things. Go on a double date with George and Amal Clooney. These events can lead to extraordinary stories. When Matt tells them they get better and better . . . and then Matt describes what it was like when he flatlined for four minutes, and came back from the edge of death, and how it changed his life. By the end, you’ll see why this is one of Cal’s favorite episodes.

When Matt gets this excited about a guest, you know it’s going to be good! Today, Matt chats with Dean Soto, president of Pro Sulum, about scaling your team and saving time by enlisting virtual assistants to document your systems. Dean also explains why rescinding control can be a good thing. In fact, Dean firmly believes that 95% of what we do can be done by someone else if there is a process in place. In this episode, you will learn: What drove Dean to start his own business Which essential and time-consuming tasks virtual assistants can do for you Who the most important person is to have in your organization How to make standard operating procedures easier to put together Why virtual assistants will save you time and money Where the name Pro Sulum came from And more! Listen in now to find out how to document your systems and free up your time!\ Resources: Dean Soto via LinkedIn | Pro Sulum Brought to you by: Iris.xyz  

In 2008 a group of cyclists, mechanics, and bike messengers who wanted to see more people on bikes started a small community bike shop called 2nd Cycle. When Matt first visited them in 2011 they were in a small storage space with no windows tucked behind a Pho shop in the heart of Tacoma's Hilltop area. There were dozens of crates full of parts and partially disassembled bikes. Today, they have a permanent shop-front location, serve a large community of cyclists, host a repair events and kids camps, and run a bike-shop at IDEA, a local high school. At a fundraiser this week, Matt was able to hear stories about how lives have been changed by the shop and its outreach and was inspired to reflect on how his life has been changed by cycling. It forced a moment of thankfulness for Danny and Matt and a needed reminder that cycling is amazing! We invite you to donate to 2nd Cycle's efforts here: https://www.2ndcycle.org/copy-of-open-shop-1

On today's episode, Emily interviews Dr. Matt Hotze, an administrative director at Rice University and co-host of the Helium podcast. When Matt moved to Durham, NC for his PhD, he immediately purchased a 3-bedroom house and rented the two extra rooms to his labmates. The rent Matt collected from his two housemates covered nearly all of his mortgage payments during his years in grad school, though he had some financial bumps in the road as well relating to house repairs and his dual relationship with his housemates. Ultimately, his decision to sell the property also hinged on his personal relationship with his tenants. Matt shares the overall effect this investment had on his finances and his three key pieces of advice for another early-career PhD considering this route.

In this week's episode Sarah and T interview Matt Landau. One of the most prominent faces and voices in the vacation rental business Whether it is his podcast (Unlocked), his television show (The Vacation Rental Show previously known as A Sense of Place), his various public speaking events, or his wildly successful website (VRMB.com), Matt has become the standard bearer for many operators in the vacation rental business. He has 15,000 followers on his weekly vacation rental blog, and he has more than 800 subscribers to his "Inner Circle" where he delivers special content to his closes followers. When Matt speaks - people listen.In this episode Sarah and T get to the bottom of how he has so many followers, the secrets of the production of his television show, and how he thinks the future of the hospitality industry is held by the vacation rental operators of today. In the weekly news segment we hear how the recent challenge Sarah put to Tim was handled. This is one of the most entertaining and informative episodes so far.

GUEST BIO: My guest on today’s show is Matt Harrison.  Matt is an instructor on Python and Data Science material.  He has been co-chair of the Utah Python user group and has presented at conferences including PyCon, OSCon and OpenWest.  Matt is also an author of a number of books about Python, including the Treading on Python Series.   EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Matt Harrison is Phil’s guest on today’s show. He is a Python and Data Science Consultant who offers customized training to corporations and startups as well as consulting services through his company MetaSnake. Over the years, he has worked with a range of languages and platforms, including Pandas, Pylons, Django, CherryPy, Postgres, AWS, SQLAlchemy, SciKit Learn, and Matplotlib. Matt was the co-chair of the Utah Python user group as well as an author and public speaker. In 2012, he published his first Python book Treading on Python Volume 1: Foundations of Python. Since then, he has published several other books and is currently busy writing more. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (1.02) – So Matt, can I ask you to expand on that brief intro and tell us a little bit more about yourself? Matt explains that he runs a small consulting and training company called MetaSnake. He works with businesses big and small and spends half his time speaking to very technical people teaching them Python and data science. Right now, he is working on three more books. (2.09) – Python is quite a theme, in your career, what made you choose that, in particular? The first language Matt learned was Perl. He used it for his first summer job, so became very comfortable with it.   Matt was lucky enough to work with a really smart guy. At the time, he was building on a model to pull out relevant terms for their corpus of text. The guy he was working with wanted to use Tcl to get the task done and Matt thought Perl would do a better job. So, they agreed to meet in the middle and use Python instead. At that time, it was a relatively new language. Within 3 days they had the proof of concept working. Python just gelled with him, unlike, Perl, C and Java, which he had mostly been using up to that point. (3.42) – Phil asks Matt to tell the audience more about his books, which Phil understands are mainly about Python. Matt explains that his book “Illustrated guide to Python 3” is for beginners. He has also written an intermediate book, one that covers the Pandas library and a few others. All of which are available on Amazon. (4.14) – Can you please share a unique career tip with the I.T. career audience? Matt says his advice is to – get comfortable with being uncomfortable. When he was just starting out, his local Python meetup took place a couple of miles away from where he lived. But, he didn’t attend partly because it would take him outside of his comfort zone. A decision he regrets to this day. At the time, it was a very tight-knit group. Not attending meant that he ended up missing out on a lot of important interactions. Plus, he eventually ended up meeting everyone anyway. At the time he did not understand the power of interacting with others. If you want to further your career, you need to get away from your computer sometimes and mix with other people. (6.00) – Can you tell us about your worst career moment? And what you learned from that experience. For Matt that was when he started his small vertical niche software company. A lot of firms let them liked the software. But very few of them decided to buy. In a surprising number of cases, this was because using the software would mean they would have to fire someone. A lot of the firms were small and employed family members, so they really did not want a piece of software to replace them. When Matt heard this he just said OK and moved on instead of trying another sales tactic. He knew he had a good product, but his lack of sales skills meant he could not close the deal. (8.20) – What was your best career moment? For Matt, that was when he wrote his first book in 2010. He wanted to reach more people with his training and realized he could do that as an author. His self-published book was a great success and opened a lot of doors for him. (10.00) – Phil asks if the process of writing books gets easier. Matt says yes, to a certain extent it does. Things do move faster once you have created a process that works for you. He now finds it easier to start typing and get in the flow. (10.59) – Can you tell us what excites you about the future of the IT industry and careers? The fact that a lot of companies are now waking up to the power of their data is exciting. There is a lot of low hanging fruit. As a result, you can make a huge difference and do so very quickly. (12.14) – What first attracted you to a career in IT? Matt always enjoyed creating things. When he was younger, he attended a lot of art classes and thought he might end up being an artist. But, a family member encouraged him to take a programming course. Once he did, he realized that there is a lot of creativity involved in most areas of technology, including in the data science field. (13.23) – What is the best career advice you have ever received? Matt says that he actually ignored the best piece of career advice he got. In 2004, he was advised to get a job at Google, but he didn’t. Fortunately, he did follow another great piece of advice, when he was told you need to network, he started doing exactly that. It is hard for a lot of programmers to network, because, by nature, many of them are introverts. In the IT world, you usually get good jobs, not because you interviewed well, but, because someone in the company knows you. So, learning to network is something everyone has to do. (14.33) – Phil points out that effective networking does not always have to happen face to face. There are plenty of online tools you can also use. Matt says that personally, he prefers face to face networking. However, he has seen people using Twitter and LinkedIn for job hunting. In fact, he tried it once and was contacted by about 40 people, so it can work. (15.43) – If you were to begin your IT career again, right now, what would you do? Matt is intrigued by the idea of taking the full-time, online immersive Computer Science courses offered by the Lambda School. They do not charge for their courses, at least not at first. Instead, you pay for your tuition once you get a job. Although, he goes on to say that he enjoyed his college experience. So, if he were to start again, he would probably still opt to attend Stanford and get a degree. His advice to someone who is just starting out would be to go and get a job at Google or somewhere similar. Work for a big company for a few years. Build up your connections and involve yourself in the community. Having a firm like Google on your resume is still something of a golden ticket. (18.40) – What are you currently focusing on in your career? For this year, Matt’s focus is growing MetaSnake. He really enjoys spending three or four days with a group of people who are motivated and excited to learn, so wants more clients. (19.53) – What is the number one non-technical skill that has helped you the most in your IT career? Matt likes to think of himself as creative. Fortunately, when it comes to machine learning and data exploration creativity is a great skill to have. (20.31) – Phil asks Matt to share a final piece of career advice with the I.T. Career Energizer audience. Matt’s advice is to look at where you are now. Then think about where you want to be a year and five years down the line. Ask yourself what you want to achieve. It could be publishing a book, speaking at conferences, or something else. Matt has found that desire and motivation have helped him to move his career forward. BEST MOMENTS: (4.30) MATT – "Get comfortable with being uncomfortable." (5.16) MATT – "The more I network and connect with people the more value I can bring to them and the more value they can bring to me." (11.46) MATT – "There is a lot of low hanging fruit that companies can take advantage of.” (13.51) MATT – "The best career advice I have seen is to network" (20.42) MATT – "Look hard at where you are and know where you want to be." CONTACT MATT: Twitter: https://twitter.com/__mharrison__ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/panela/ Website: https://www.metasnake.com/

When you hear Ashley Davidson tell the story of how she first met her husband Matt, you’re reminded of those stories that are almost too good to be true. Matt was a counselor at White Mills, a camp where Ashley’s little brother attended one summer. He wouldn’t stop talking about Matt, and suggested that Ashley should go out with him. Later, when Matt baptized her brother, she met him, and even though they went on a few dates, they ended up going their own separate ways. Fast forward a little bit. Ashley’s praying to God on the heels of a relationship that didn’t work out. All she wanted was to be a wife and mother, and as she took her concerns to God in prayer, the Holy Spirit came to her and told Ashley that she would marry Matt Davidson…whom she hadn’t talked to in months.   Ashley was so convinced by this that she reached out to Matt, and though he was seeing someone else, she persisted. Soon, they began dating again and were married a year later. It was the kind of love story Christians pray for, where prayers are spoken to God, who answers with the perfect spouse—but it’s a story without a fairy tale ending. Matt Davidson passed away in 2012, leaving behind Ashley and their three children.    I wish you could have known Matt. He was one of the most joyful, loving people on the planet. He loved Jesus and loved people as genuinely as any pastor I’ve ever known. When Matt died, we felt his absence, but Matt’s legacy lives on. When someone who is young and healthy and making a difference in the world dies unexpectedly, it’s hard to make sense out of it. Even if God doesn’t cause such a tragedy, it’s hard to understand how he’d allow it. In this episode, we'll wrestle with the question, “How can anything good come out of this?”

When Matt checked into the hospital at the age of 28, he had a 0.42 blood alcohol level and the doctors thought he might die. Fast forward nearly 21 years,... The post Ep 27: Failure appeared first on MARR Addiction Treatment Center.

When Matt’s away, the cast will play! Tune in for the Out To Pastor Spring Sports Spectacular! Bonnie LeLeux Geddie brings the Leadership Henderson team to talk about their upcoming pre-Olympic corn hole and washers tournament! And Robert Wallace brings us a report from the Daytona 500! It’s only on Out To Pastor! 1470 AM and 98.8.

I'm joined this week by Matt Walker, one of modern rock's most celebrated and accomplished drummers (Morrissey, Smashing Pumpkins, Filter, Cupcakes, Garbage, and more). Go see Matt kick ass behind the drum kit with Sons of the Silent Age at Metro on 1/12/19! We met for vegetarian food from the fantastic Chicago Diner (3411 N. Halsted), a true Chicago institution ("Meat-free since '83!"). Chicago Diner is a great entry point for people curious about vegetarian and vegan food... and for the already-converted. Chicago Diner's "Soul Bowl" is fantastic. Matt had the Trio Burger Sliders (Buddha's Karma Burger, Cajun Black Bean Black Bean Burger, and Titanic BLT). The orange drinks we ordered that we loved (and I couldn't remember the name of) were SPICED ORANGE: House-made orange syrup infused with vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice Sons of the Silent Age: The phenomenal Bowie tribute band Matt's a part of, along with other A-list musicians including vocalist Chris Connelly. Sons of the Silent Age plays a benefit at Metro on Saturday 1/12/19. The Facebook Live recording is merely an amuse-bouche. Chris Connelly didn't need to rehearse the "SHUT UP" part of Bowie's "It's No Game." When Matt was asked to audition for... and join... Smashing Pumpkins, right out of the Filter "Short Bus" tour. The Pumpkins' matinee show at Metro. I was there and helped Tim Meadows from SNL get into the show. The nickname James Iha gave Matt Walker that just stuck. What are the drumming differences between Matt and Jimmy Chamberlin? Matt's time with Filter and current relationship with the members of the band. The Chicago scene as Matt was coming up: "I loved that time... I played in a lot of different bands." Leaving the Pumpkins to go all-in with Cupcakes. There's a Cupcakes reunion brewing... Is it a better environment for an up-and-coming artist these days? The times Matt filled in for Butch Vig with Garbage (including "Bleed Like Me"). The dark cloud that follows Matt Walker from A-list band to A-list band. If Matt weren't in a Bowie tribute band, he'd be in an Adam Ant tribute. Wind up the jukebox! "Everyone loves Matt Walker." Car Con Carne is presented by The Autobarn Mazda of Evanston.

Matt is the managing partner of Blue Rudder. When asked what was his journey that lead him to where he is today, he says it was not a planned journey. Matt went off to college at Gonzaga where he got a couple degrees. He then went out into the business world where he bought, ran and sold a few businesses. It was then that he got an itch that he wanted to teach, so he went back to school to get his PHD in Leadership Studies. He came to teach here at Columbia Basin College for six years and went on to teach at Heritage University by Yakima where he has been there for three years. He has had a calling for leadership for the last 10-15 years. His advice about advanced degrees and education is do it while you are young. Being married now with three little kids, there are too many financial commitments and other distractions now! He would tell his 20-year-old self to find a good mentor. He has been very fortunate to have a few really great mentors. When you are 20 you feel like understand the world and that you have it all figured out, but then you fast forward another 10-15 years and you realize you were 20. You didn’t have it figured out! He has a mentor now that he met at 22 on the basketball court. His wife actually sang at his wedding and has been a great influence in his life. He is a psychologist and has been able to learn a lot from him. He has a few kids that he mentors currently and through the basketball camp he runs in the summer. He has coaching clients as well. When Matt thinks about his strengths, he thinks about the people he surrounds himself with. He has three young kids that encourage him to get out of bed and be his best self. He feels his biggest strength is having a very wide life perspective. He has a big picture all the time, which can also be considered a weakness. He asked his wife what she thought was his weakness, and she said that he isn’t very organized all the time. When you look at the big picture, you can often lose sight of the details. Find people in your life to help you stay on track. Post notes on your mirror; have your spouse remind you about something five times a day for a week until it becomes a habit. The other thing he would say that as you find your strengths, try to find an occupation that lines up with them as best you can. By doing this you will have less frustration and friction in your life. StrengthFinder is a great test you can take online. Another one was created by professor Martin Seligman who has a website called www.viacharacter.org. He has found in his studies that we should operate in our strengths instead of improving our weaknesses. Matt doesn’t really have a morning routine because his days are all so different. He tends to get up early, has coffee--and he really hasn’t had a morning routine in the last 9 years because his teaching schedule changes often between nights and mornings. When he wakes up in the morning, he plans the day and just gets stuff done. He feels fortunate that with his job there are always new students every quarter or semester and that provides a lot of change. He has a personal battle with feeling like there isn’t enough time. So, he works hard to maximize his days. He has had some friends that died young and he just doesn’t want to wake up and waste the day. Matt’s challenge in leadership is about being intentional. As humans we are creatures of habit. Being intentional means having a lot of discipline and energy. He then needs to have mental focus and he gets that by treating himself well, which means he needs to be spiritually, mentally, and physically well. It’s really hard to be an effective leader if you aren’t taking care of yourself. Being a leader is not easy; there is a misconception that you wake up a great leader. It’s lots of ups and downs. Matt exercises a lot and is very intentional about what he and his family eat. They have never eaten fast food. They also do simple activities like hang out in the back yard, take walks, watch movies together. Since having kids, they make sure that they go on a family vacation every year. It’s a time to unplug, turn off the phones and be together. Building trust is everything. Matt talks about a certain failure in his book about when he was leading a painting company in college. He thought he was doing well. Years later a friend, an employee asked Matt why they didn’t do a certain something on a house. Matt was surprised that it had taken him 5 or 6 years to bring it up to him. The failure in that was that he must have been doing something in that leadership role that made him intimidating or not approachable. Leaders need to make time for reflection. Reflection plus experience is the best teacher. If you don’t reflect, then you don’t learn from the failures or experience. There are many ways to reflect. Talk to someone at the end of the day and journal. Bluerudder.org Mattkincaid.net

Growing up Matt Cubbler’s purpose was clear. His job was to protect his “mentally retarded” brother (that was the term in use at that time for a child with autism). When Matt was 18 his brother died in a car accident. It was as if a part of Matt also died that day. He went on to serve his country with honor (he was highly decorated), in 2001, following 9/11 Matt was one of the select few who were selected to be an Air Marshall. Even the birth of his daughter did not save Matt. He knew he would protect and care for her, but he still felt broken. After the birth of his son, his grandmother handed Matt a homemade quilt made from some of his brother’s clothes. She kept them for 13 years before deciding the time was right. On that day Matt began to rediscover his purpose. That very night he went down into his office and wrote a 26,000 word book as a tribute to his brother. He published the book and donated proceeds to the special needs school his brother had attended. Bad knees and all he ran across the state (3 consecutive marathons) and raised another $25,000. He opened a fitness facility to work with people with neurological diseases. And now Matt has decided he knows how to change the mindset of an entire generation of children. Based upon his past track record I wouldn't bet against him. Contact Matt: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcubbler/ Website: www.mattcubbler.com   Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection. Email tim@screwthenaysayers.com Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/stnwithtimalison/ Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/screwthenaysayers/ LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-alison/ Screw The Naysayers- www.screwthenaysayers.com   Full episode at:   iTunes: https://apple.co/2LkWSPV Screw the Naysayers Episode Page: https://screwthenaysayers.com/ Google Play Music: https://bit.ly/2NBgqMv Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2MF5T6g Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2uYCsRC Podbean: https://screwthenaysayers.podbean.com/e/67-Matt-Cubbler/

Matt Brauning is a two-time best-selling author, master NLP trainer, entrepreneur, and leader in the field of business development. He was a self-made millionaire by the time he was 25 years old. He is the host of The Purpose Driven Entrepreneur podcast and was featured in The Journey with Brian Tracy and Bob Proctor. Matt is here today to talk about how to make money based on the seven drives or key principles that leading entrepreneurs and business people have in common. We talk about how our drives change over time, the importance of being transparent and congruent, and the surprising drive that has inspired many ultra successful people. You can find Matt here: Ask LoralThe Firebox Principle: The 7 Drives That Fuel Every Entrepreneur and Free QuizMatt BrauningMatt Brauning on LinkedIn@MattBrauning on TwitterThe Purpose Driven Entrepreneur Podcast Show Notes [01:56] Matt's book is called The Firebox Principle it's almost like a story of entrepreneurs and visionaries. [02:35] Matt always felt like he was trying to fit in and looking from the outside-in until he started his first business at 22 years old. [02:52] Entrepreneurship was what changed Matt's life. [03:04] The seven drives. [03:12] Matt look at the origin stories of visionary entrepreneurs. They had seven deep motivational drives to create what they created. [04:23] If you understand your deep unconscious drive and the reason you do what you do, your actions will be congruent and you will be driven by the correct principles. [04:25] The significance drive, the artisan drive, the world impact drive, the contribution drive, the spiritual drive, the thrive drive, and the avenger drive. [04:46] Significance is because you want to be important. Artisan is because it's beautiful. You want to change the trajectory of the Earth with the world impact drive. Contribution drive is about the people. Spiritual drive is because the Creator said so. Thrive drive is about money and success.  The avenger drive is about taking a wrong and making it right. [05:49] Drives change over time they're not a personality profile. [06:12] When Matt was young, he was driven by the significance drive. [07:42] I went from the significance drive to the contribution drive overnight. [08:04] If you find yourself shifting drives realize it but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. [09:04] All of the drives have successful entrepreneurs behind them. [09:15] The Avenger drive is an overarching one among successful entrepreneurs. [11:15] Once you find out what your drive is wave the flag and share your story with everyone. [12:03] If your drives aren't congruent, you can always change them. [13:10] You gain wealth by having a story and real reasons and authenticity behind why you do what you do. [13:41] NLP can help behavioral change. You can take control of your brain and have influence over your life. [14:56] Association disassociation is one of the most underrated techniques in NLP. Looking through a memory in your own eyes is called associated. Watching the memory is called disassociated. [15:40] You can consciously decide when to associate. When you associate with your own eyes the motivation is higher. [16:38] The difference between what you do is based on your association in the morning. [17:03] Look through your mind's eye to accomplish the things you want to accomplish, and it will create more motivation. [17:59] We will always fail and be overwhelmed but the question is what are we going to do with it? Links and Resources: Loral’s Real Money Talks

Welcome to the start of the 2018 War of the Worlds Week Event! When Matt first heard the legend of The War of the Worlds broadcast from 1938, the early seeds of a obsession were planted. Now to kick off this year’s War of the Worlds Week event, Matt records a commentary track for that infamous broadcast. This commentary is filled for some fun facts, trivia, and a few personal tales or how this broadcast influence Matt’s love for the audio drama format and it’s influence on NEOZAZ today.

Welcome to the start of the 2018 War of the Worlds Week Event! When Matt first heard the legend of The War of the Worlds broadcast from 1938, the early seeds of a obsession were planted. Now to kick off this year’s War of the Worlds Week event, Matt records a commentary track for that infamous broadcast. This commentary is filled for some fun facts, trivia, and a few personal tales or how this broadcast influence Matt’s love for the audio drama format and it’s influence on NEOZAZ today.

Welcome to the start of the 2018 War of the Worlds Week Event! When Matt first heard the legend of The War of the Worlds broadcast from 1938, the early seeds of a obsession were planted. Now to kick off this year’s War of the Worlds Week event, Matt records a commentary track for that infamous broadcast. This commentary is filled for some fun facts, trivia, and a few personal tales or how this broadcast influence Matt’s love for the audio drama format and it’s influence on NEOZAZ today.

When Matt was in college, he took a film class where the professor showed Danny DeVito's The War Of The Roses (1989), a movie in which an affluent couple go through a bitter divorce. At the end of the movie the professor asked who in the class sided with Michael Douglas, and who sided with Kathleen Turner. The divide split evenly on gender lines—the women sided with Turner, the men with Douglas. So what now does a man/woman married couple think of this movie? Are they destined to divide like the college students, and head for a War of their own?  Also: They discuss the hype for A Star Is Born and predict how much they'll like it.  Do you want us to talk about YOUR movie? Leave a review of our podcast on iTunes, and in your review give us the name of your load-bearing beam and why it's so important to you. Website: www.loadbearingbeams.com Twitter: @LoadBearingPod YouTube: LoadBearingBeams

What does it take for a company like HubSpot to double its website conversions and inbound call volume, increase demo requests by 35%, and increase product sign ups by 27% This week on The Inbound Success Podcast, conversion copywriting expert Joel Klettke shares the process he used, along with a team from HubSpot, to achieve such remarkable results. Known as "the guy who 2x'd HubSpot's conversions," Joel is a world renowned conversion copywriting expert and the founder of Case Study Buddy. Listen to the podcast to learn exactly what Joel and the team from HubSpot did and get specific takeaways you can use to improve the copy on your site and increase conversions. Transcript Kathleen Booth (host): Welcome back to The Inbound Success podcast. My name's Kathleen Booth and I'm your host. This week, my guest is Joel Klettke. Joel came to the podcast via a casual mention at first by Ian Cleary who was on a few episodes ago. And Ian, for those of you who don't know, is the founder of RazorSocial and OutreachPlus, and a well known marketer and keynote speaker. He happened to mention the great work that Joel did at HubSpot and then lo and behold, Andy Crestodina, one of our past guests as well, commented, "Joel, you should come on the podcast." I love when this happens! So Joel, I'm so excited to have you on and I love that you came via Andy and Ian. Welcome to the podcast. Joel Klettke (guest): Yeah, thanks so much for having me. I'm really pumped to get a chance to chat with you. Kathleen: For my listeners, Joel is a conversion copywriter who has worked with some incredible brands and gotten really great results. I already mentioned that he did some work for HubSpot. He's also worked for WP Engine, which is a platform that we love here at IMPACT, InsightSquared and others. He is also the founder of Case Study Buddy. So Joel, I could probably talk a lot about you - you've got a long and interesting resume - but I'm going to ask you to tell the audience a little bit about yourself. Joel: Yeah. I mean, the quick and interesting, hopefully interesting version, is that I got my start kind of fresh out of business school. I knew more about the type of place I wanted to be than what I wanted to do. I sort of randomly found my way working agency side doing search engine optimization (SEO) and that was my whole world for about five years. I really enjoyed the analytical side of it, but always had this sort of passion for writing. I just never thought there was a job in it for me. I didn't want to be an author and that whole world of kind of writing websites and landing pages wasn't on my radar until I started working on them for SEO and went, "You know what? Someone's got to write these. And it's not enough that they get found, they probably have to convert people." And so little by little, over time, I got to pick up more of those types of projects. And in 2013 I went out on my own focusing mostly on the content pieces at that point - so blogs and E-books - and then kept getting deeper into this conversion stuff and it finally became my whole focus by 2015. So I've been doing it since then working with a lot of cool companies like you mentioned - HubSpot and WP Engine and InsightSquared - to get more customers to convert. And then about two years ago, I saw an opportunity to build a business product. I was kind of working on making case studies available to these awesome agencies and software companies. This was an area I saw them really struggling in, struggling to capture these stories, share them, how do you use them. And so I saw an opportunity and created Case Study Buddy. I've got a team and we've been kind of stealthily moving along and this year it's becoming increasingly part of my focus. Kathleen: I think it's really interesting what you're doing with Case Study Buddy, because having been in this business for a long time and owned an agency and worked with just a ton of different companies, case studies seem to be one of those areas where we as marketers really phone it in. Like, there's this formula like "This was the challenge. This was the solution. They came to us, and here's what we did, and here's the results." It's that three part formula and I think we feel like as long as we're following the formula we can say, "Check! I did a case study." I have to believe tremendous opportunity to innovate in that area because we know from experience that case studies are of huge interest to different audiences. Everybody wants to see examples of your experience. They want to see the proof that you know what you're talking about. But for something that that is so valued by the consuming audience, it's amazing how little effort we put into them. Joel: Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's funny too, because it is formulated. People always say "Well how hard can it really be?" and they go off and they slap these things together, but they don't realize that there's so much to capturing a story worth telling. And then telling it in a way that's worth reading. Even though the "problem - solution - results," yes, that's always going to be the heart and soul of it. But what's different, what's interesting, is how you tell that story and how you bring in the customer and how you weave it all together. And then increasingly too, how you use it. Where and how you wield that proof to make it useful. So a lot of companies, the big problem, once they have a case study is it gets relegated to a little resources section. And maybe sales pulls it out once in a while, but they don't have a plan for it. Both in the creation side of things it kind of gets overlooked or neglected or slapdash, and then in the actual using it, we're kind of like, "Well, okay. We'll email it out." Then we're yelling, "We have it and resources section, good work for us." And that makes me sad, because case studies are the one content asset that can play across the entire funnel. From acquisition, to nurturing, to upsells, to retention -- you can use them everywhere, but we don't. And so that's why I'm so excited about that space. Kathleen: Oh, I love it. Well before we dive too deeply into case studies, I really want to talk about the work that you did with HubSpot. Because as I mentioned, this came up when I had Ian Cleary on as a guest and I don't remember the context of exactly what we were talking about, but he was like ... he didn't even mention your name. He said, "There's this guy who was at HubSpot and he 2X'd their conversions." And it was so funny because HubSpot is a company that is known for being good at maximizing conversions. Like that's what they're all about is lead generation. And so, to know that there was an outside expert who came in and helped HubSpot take it to the next level - that immediately caught my attention and I was like, "Ooh, who is this guy?" And that was when I think it was Andy who chimed in and said, "That guy happens to be Joel." So, I would love to hear this story of what you did at HubSpot. We could start with what was it? Problem-solution-results or you tell a story that makes it interesting. Joel: Yeah. Well, before I dive into that piece, I want to make one thing really clear, because I love the fact that people are talking about it. This was such a rare opportunity to come into a situation and work with a company who is known for their lead gen. I want to make sure people understand that this is not something that I did alone. There's a great team there. People like Pam Vaughan were really instrumental. Austin Knight who was doing their design at the time was so instrumental. So this was definitely a team effort and I couldn't have done it alone. And it was a fantastic kind of case study, I guess, as we'll dive into here, in what can happen when you've got a whole team of people committed to doing this and committing to getting it right. So with that as the backstory, I want to kind of lead up into how this happened. So I had known Matt Barby for some time outside of that context before he was even at HubSpot. And so Matt and I had kind of chatted on Twitter during my agency days and we just continued to have a casual friend relationship. When Matt went into HubSpot, something he identified really quickly was despite the fact that yes, they are known for lead acquisition and they're quite good at this whole inbound mentality, he saw opportunity for them to grow. Opportunity for someone else to come in and objectively look at what they were doing and make some recommendations. And so because he'd followed me along, he knew where I was at in my career, which was I was working with one or more software companies on this type of thing. And so we decided, "Okay, well, we don't have buy in for the full project from the outset." You can imagine that for a company like HubSpot, they've got this brilliant team and there's a lot of moving pieces. So we thought, let's just focus on doing one section at the beginning. So originally, I got to work with Matt on revamping the CRM page. So just that product. What I introduced there with Matt was a very customer driven approach to writing copy. Customer driven research. So we were doing things like running a customer survey. And we were looking at things like, when people talk about the CRM out in the wild, what are they saying? What benefits are they mentioning? What pain points are they saying that it solved? And how does that stack up against how the company itself is talking about things on this CRM page? And so as we dug into this customer research, and as we pulled in the data from these surveys, we learned a lot of things. We learned, for example, that there was some language customers were using about the outcomes they achieved that we could pull in and we could put into the headlines. We learned that the things that the company thought was really important as far as features to be emphasizing, didn't necessarily align with what customers thought was important and the features they wanted emphasized. So, we revamped that landing page, saw positive uptake and that was the buy in that Matt needed. So, from there, I got a chance to be brought in for the whole big website project, which as you can imagine was a big endeavor with a short timeline. HubSpot wanted to have a brand new site ready for their INBOUND Conference. So our timeline was about 2.5 to three months to do the whole thing. Kathleen: What? Joel: Yeah. Kathleen: Oh, my God. Joel: Yeah. And that's why I say, you can imagine it took a village. I cannot pretend like I just was the hero riding in on the white horse. It took everybody being committed, and Kieran Flannigan and all those guys were there and present and so instrumental. I want to break down the process we used a little bit more to get the result that we got and how we did this on a scale. We took what we did with the CRM page, but we took it some steps further. So what we want to do when we're working on conversion copy, you can only sell to a customer you really understand. Everyone talks about understanding your customer but hardly any companies actually put the rubber to the road and do what it takes to do that. So again, we had a tight timeline, but thankfully HubSpot has got a huge customer base. So we ran some surveys to learn about how people were using it, whether or not they understood what the products could do for them and what the role of each was. HubSpot had recently split into these three products and the historical perception was that it was one thing. It was just HubSpot Marketing, but now they had HubSpot Sales and HubSpot Marketing and HubSpot CRM. And these are just different products. So we looked at customer surveys, and we asked questions like "What was going on in your life that led you to look for this solution?" And then we asked "How do you use this solution day to day?" to get them talking about the problems they solve with it. And then we got them to force rank the different features of the products they used by what was most important to them, again giving us a hierarchy for how we organize the page so people see that. The second kind of interesting thing we did that I always, whenever I give a talk on this, I always recommend companies do because it's so easy and it can be free, is we made sure that we went and looked at their chat logs. You can launch chat on your site tomorrow. It's dead simple. A lot of people are hesitant, because they're like, "Well, I can't monitor it 24 hours." You don't have to. Just make yourself commit to making yourself or your team available to do chat for a two week period and I promise you're going to be tempted to continue. After that point, you're going to want to make it a priority. But we looked at their chat logs, and we were looking for questions that came up again and again. Because those questions would be the things that the copy of their website wasn't doing a great job of answering. So if people are constantly asking questions like, "Which of the three products do I need to accomplish X?" Kathleen: Yeah. Joel: We found out really quickly that there was some confusion in the market about which product was right for each and how they interplayed and that sort of thing. So we started getting some insight into where people are at, what awareness level they're at, and what they're struggling with. We took all that information, combined it with the survey data and then worked closely with the internal HubSpot team and Austin -- as I mentioned, just probably the best UX designer I've ever had the privilege to work with -- and we started revamping the pages around addressing customer questions, around addressing features and benefits in a hierarchical way that met what the customer wanted to see and needed to see first. And then probably the most impactful thing we did, and I think it's still live on the site to this day (as you can imagine HubSpot's continually evolving) was we found some great language for talking about the way that their new tool suite worked. And so that's where the lines like "HubSpot tools are powerful on their own and even better together" come from. And we started being able to break down what each one was for and the benefits of each and then once you combine them, how they work well together. So clarity just went up and up and up. People started to finally get the picture of what HubSpot is today. Kathleen: That's really interesting. Let's go back to how you gather data because what I find interesting is you had a 2.5 to three month time frame for this massive website redesign. And having been through enough of these projects, I mean, I know that lots of people would hear that and it would feel like their hair was on fire and they just had to start writing and building pages from the day that the project began. But you guys stopped and slowed yourself down and did some homework. What I think is really interesting is not only did you do the surveys, which I feel like there's definitely people out there who do that, but I love the notion that your data already exists and you can find it by looking at the chat logs and looking specifically at the questions. Were there other existing sources of data that you drew upon? Joel: Yeah. Kathleen: And how long did this research process take? Because I can imagine you were under pressure to get it done pretty quickly. Joel: Yeah, really, really great question. I talked about surveys already and when you've got the customer base of a HubSpot, you can do that really quickly. But I should mention, you don't need 2,000 responses. Our threshold online is if we can get 1,000 or sorry, 100 really good responses. After that, you start seeing kind of diminishing returns. Chat logs were available to us, but other places that more companies who aren't at HubSpot's level can go are things like your testimonials, your reviews, and your case studies. We talked to sales. We interviewed their internal team. We asked sales and support, like, "What questions do you get all the time? What do you find yourself constantly having to explain that you wish you didn't have to constantly explain? So, myself and Josh Garofalo -- who I brought into the project to help me kind of cover the huge scope of it, because I couldn't possibly write all the pages alone -- interviewed that internal team. Often what our role becomes or what my role becomes in projects like this, is I'm unifying departments. Because they're all great at their own thing, and they all understand their own area, but sales might not have talked to customer support in a while. And marketing might not have talked to sales in a while. We can pull all these perspectives together, and then present to them and say, "Here's where you guys are actually at and where you're creating problems for the other side or where they're having an opportunity that you're not capitalizing on." So talking to your sales team, looking at existing reviews and testimonials to see what are these people already talking about, how are they talking about it -- those are existing data sources that are already there. One thing I want to drop as well. If you don't have a lot of these, go look at your competitors. And positive reviews are one thing for them, but go look at their negative reviews. Because those are things that you can exploit and position yourself against. So if, for example, people are saying, "Well, this solution is really slow and clunky." You can emphasize that you're agile and fast and easy to use. So by getting kind of a landscape of what your competitors struggle with, it also helps you understand how you can position yourself against them. Kathleen: That is a great idea. It's interesting because I feel like a lot of companies do the opposite, which is they look at the competitors but they look at the competitor websites. And they look at what the competitors are saying they do, as opposed to looking at what the customers feel that they don't do well. The result, when you look at your competitors and try to emulate them, is everybody starts to sound the same. Joel: Totally. Kathleen: And that actually suppresses conversions instead of improving them. Joel: There's this crazy fallacy that companies have that somehow their competitor knows what they're doing. They don't. I've written for the competitors. I've come into situations where I have written for both sides, the people being evaluated and the people being ... Often they're starting from the same point. Every company is just trying to figure it out. Just because someone launches a timer on their homepage, they didn't necessarily do that because it works. They're just trying stuff to see what works. Kathleen: They're throwing a bunch of darts at the wall to see what sticks. Joel: Completely. I would say more companies don't know what they're doing than really do, because why I'm so excited about conversion optimization and conversion copywriting as a whole, is I very much see what I'm doing now as in the same vain as where SEO was eight to ten years ago or inbound marketing was five to eight years ago or whatever it might be. It's still so young and so much opportunity and companies are waking up to the value of this. The tools are getting cheaper, the methodology is getting very defined. It's a fantastic time for companies to start thinking about this and to be moving ahead because we're getting to the point where if you're not, your competitor is. But there's still so much time to move and be the first to really measure and test and do this well. Kathleen: Oh, I couldn't agree more. CRO, conversion rate optimization, there's so much buzz and interest around it but there are so few people who really can claim to be experts in it, with true experience. One thing I want to talk about... so we start with all the homework you need to do before you can even sit down and put pen to paper or virtual pen to paper, however you decide to do it. Then there's really understanding the audience. There's the insights that come out of that. Obviously what you've talked about is to truly write for the audience but are there also certain universal truths or rules in terms of either how you structure copy on a page? I'm thinking of Joanna Wiebe who has her "problem-agitation-solution" formula or certain words that you should or should not use. Are there those universal truths out there that we should know about? Joel: Yeah. You know, everybody wants there to be this formula or this code. Plug in X, get out Y, but I think even Joanna would tell you the PAS, the problem agitation solution, that's a fantastic framework that can do brilliantly in some contexts and miserably in others. Joanna uses it all the time for emails and email series and that kind of thing. It works great. Let's put it in this context. There's different stages of awareness. So, if your customer already knows your brand and they already know they're sold on you, then a problem-agitation-solution format is just wasting their time because all they want to know is the deal. So, they just want to see okay, $50 off, boom. I know the deal. I know the value. I'm there. So, for that audience, a different formula entirely works. Whereas if someone is completely ... You know, they don't understand their pain even yet, they're still coming into the point where they realize that they've got a problem, then that pain can be addressed better. But there isn't just this sort of absolute truth. I think there's guidelines, there's best practices. For example, on language, there's some misconceptions. You can go read a bunch of blog posts that say never use jargon or never use a cliché or never use an acronym. Well, even in my work for InsightSquared, their audience uses and loves and understands acronyms. If we don't use acronyms, we're the weirdo. We're the ones who don't look like we understand the niche. If there is an absolute truth that I've found, if there are things that I can say every time, 100% of the time go and do this, it's you cannot be in the business of conversion without being in the business of talking to customers and having structured, documented conversations with them. You can't do it. You can guess, you can pull levers on a wall, you can change button color aimlessly, but you can't be in the business of writing conversion copy or optimizing your copy if you're trying to cut customers out of the equation and not spend time talking to them or researching them. It sounds so intuitive, but I guarantee there are companies listening to this where their methodology right now for how they come up with new copy is to huddle in a board room, copy up with a new tagline that they all feel is clever and represents management's vision, and never talk to a single customer until it launches. So, I wish I could tell you there are frameworks for these things, but there's best practices. It's more like a journey of well, if X, then Y. If you understand this piece then try this. But there's no one black and white this definitely works or this definitely doesn't work. Kathleen: So, when you develop that understanding of the customer, at some point you do have to sit down and write. The way you write and the volume of writing you do has to also be in alignment with the actual visual design of the page. Can you talk a little bit about how you think front end designers and content creators should work together on these projects? Which comes first? The chicken or the egg? Joel: Yeah. I'm so glad that you're asking about this because this honestly to me is what made the HubSpot project successful. When you've got a timeline like that, first, let's establish that if there is an absolute, its that copy should always lead design. You cannot just pop words into a pretty picture, otherwise you may be cramming a story into a frame it wasn't fit for. We knew that. We also knew we couldn't wait for copy to be done or design wouldn't have time to do it. So, the process that we used, and what made this successful, is that what you can do is you can iterate. So, when you understand the customer and when you've got a good understanding of "Okay, they're pain aware or solution aware or brand aware," then you know okay, you can define together with design. You can say, "We know these are the types of sections we're going to need to cover. We know this is the flow we're going to need to cover them in. We don't have specific copy yet but we know right now for example, we need a hero section. After that we need about a paragraph of narrative to agitate the pain. Then we're going to need this section on emphasizing particular features that solve that pain." So, when you've got an understanding of the customer you can sit down with design. What we did is we came up with a base framework, a base wire frame for the different types of pages on the site. In some cases you can template this a bit. So, one of the people that the project could never have been achieved without was Pamela Vaughan. Kathleen: I love her. Can I just say? I have to stop you for one second. I'm a huge fan girl of Pamela Vaughan's, because I've attended a number of her presentations and as a marketer, you can go to lots of conference presentations that are full of fluff and lots of "You should do this for this reason," but not a lot of "And here's how you actually do it." She gives the most detailed, useful, actionable information of ... Probably she's in the top three of anybody I've seen present. So, that's the end of my fan rant on Pam Vaughan. Joel: No, it's well earned. I mean, literally we could not have done it without her. She wrote a huge swath of the copy that ... You know, like the individual features pages. Those were Pam's. So, we worked together to define the template for common pages and then we were able to use that same template to kind of inform. So, we started with the base wire framed together with copy and design. Design was able to go away and mock something up while copy was working on our piece of the puzzle. Then we converged together, sent our wires to design and they would make our wire frames better and send it back. So, it was an iterative, collaborative process. That's the way it has to be. I love Unbounce and I love these companies that have these templated landing pages. They're great as a starting point, but if you're switching your brain off and not defining who the audience is or what they need to hear and just picking a template because "Oh I like the way that looks," you're missing the point. I think Unbounce does a good job of educating people there. Yeah, the design piece was a collaborative, iterative thing and for anyone listening who's thinking "I want to get into conversion copywriting" or "I want to hire a conversion copywriter," look for someone who's not just going to hand you a Word doc. Learn to wire frame. Josh and I both use Balsamiq. That was a common tool of communication so writing could be on the same page as design. It's a skill that I didn't anticipate ever having to learn as a writer, and it's one I'm loving exploring because the more I understand how the design interplays with the words that I write, the more effective I can be, and the more designers are going to like to work with me. So, the two are unbreakable, and actually Austin wrote a counter piece to my piece from design's perspective, so you can go read my piece on the HubSpot blog and you can read his. You can see where we both came from and how we made it work. Kathleen: That's great. I love that you mentioned Balsamiq because my next question was going to be are there certain tools that you find are really helpful through this process? It's funny, I'm not a designer either but I've had to create wire frames. There are many wire framing tools out there. We have one that our actual design team uses. I don't remember, I think it's called Moqups and it's super detailed. It's amazing, but it's too much for me. It would be like me going into InDesign and trying to create a webpage. I like Balsamiq because it's really streamlined and simple, and for a non-designer it's a great wire framing tool. Any other tools that you have used either in that project or in other projects that are really helpful for this kind of thing? Joel: Yeah. Basically, so for mock ups and wire frames Balsamiq has been the tool that I've found easiest to use, most versatile for me. I know the platform inside and out. I've also heard really good things about InFlow. So, inFlow is another one where you can experiment with that. I'm not an affiliate for any of the tools I'm about to mention, so none of this is a paid ad but I genuinely love them. Typeform is what we constantly use for surveys. Fantastic interface. Fantastic ability to use logic jumps to show different questions to different groups, which when you're segmenting information like we were was totally invaluable to be able to just naturally do that. So, Typeform is great. For chat, the one I always recommend to companies is Drift. Drift continues to innovate, continues to do really cool things and on their basic free plan you can get your feet wet, you can control manually the hours it's live and not live so you don't have to worry about being present at four in the morning. So, Typeform and Drift. Balsamiq is really helpful. These days I've been using Hotjar to look at both heat maps and recorded user sessions and I've been really pleased taht they just announced some innovations today where they can capture more in those recorded user sessions, so that's really exciting to me. We can get a deeper look at how people are actually interacting. So, those are kind of my old standbys. Then I'm increasingly looking at Google Analytics, which you know, it's kind of people are like ... It's been around forever but people still don't have a clue the fraction of the power you can get out of Analytics. One guy that I really admire in this space who is worth following and learning from is Michael Aagaard. He just knows the analytics piece really well. I think he would even tell you, he comes by it honestly, he's not necessarily like a numbers and analytics guy but he's found all these cool shortcuts and custom reports and ways to very quickly get at data that can highlight a problem so that you can respond quickly. So, that's kind of my stack. That's my toolkit. Occasionally you'll see things like FullStory or whatever, but I think that's one thing I want to communicate, is you don't need to have tens of thousands of dollars of budget to do this type of work. You just need to have the willingness to make the most of these free or basic plans for the period that you're using them. The barrier to entry to doing this stuff is only getting lower. The tools are only getting better. So, there's really no excuse for companies to just be turning a blind eye to this and saying well it's too complicated or too complex. No way. You can start doing this stuff tomorrow. Kathleen: Yeah, you could do it all probably in Google Docs too if you really had to. Joel: Totally. I used to wire frame in Word with like tables. I mean, it's not as pretty as Balsamiq. It's not as easy to communicate, but it gets the job done. If you're going to start there, start there. Just go with what you know and evolve, but just get started. Kathleen: Yeah. Absolutely. I love all the tools you mentioned. We use a lot of those. On my team we use Drift. We have Drift on our site, so I'm absolutely going to go back and look at the chat logs after we stop talking. You know, a number of those other tools ... One of the other ones that we're huge fans of, which if you haven't checked it out you might want to, is GatherContent. It's awesome. Our content manager has hacked it in a way that when we do website pages she's able to create blocks for the different content pieces that are needed and she can add in background on personas and guidance on how it should be written. It's really cool for content collaboration. Joel: Yeah. That actually ... Kathleen: That was my addition to the list. Joel: That reminds me, there's one more. It's funny I forgot. The tool that I'm really, really excited about I haven't had the chance to use it as much as I'd like but RightMessage. Brennan Dunn launched this tool. They continue to launch all these different sub tools, but RightMessage, if you believe in conversion optimization, if you believe that this is going to be important and integral for the future, RightMessage is what comes next. It's personalization. I have yet to see a tool working harder to make that easier, working harder to make it more intuitive, to make it more accessible. So, I'm really, really excited about what Brennan and his team are doing over there. I'm trying to bake it into my proposals more often because more people need to use this stuff. Kathleen: Oh, I'll definitely check that out. Now, circling back to the project at HubSpot. You somehow got this website rewritten, you and the other team of people in this two to three month time period. The new site launched. I've heard lots of different numbers thrown around about the results you guys got. Can you break it down for us? What was the change? Joel: Yeah. I'll pull those numbers up here, but the biggest change was we effectively doubled site wide conversions. So, on the biggest broadest level across all of their conversions, we saw a doubling there.  Then, to we break down some of the more specific conversions, HubSpot started seeing two times the inbound call volume. So, not just conversions on the site. Twice as many people phoning in. They saw a 35% increase in demo requests. They saw a 27% increase in product sign ups. For a company the size of HubSpot, with the traffic of HubSpot, those are some serious, serious numbers. So, the efficacy of having customer driven copy and really a design team who cares about conversion and about telling the story the right way, and then a support team and a sales team who are open about what's working for them and how to nail that down, it all comes together to create impacts like that. Kathleen: So, I have to ask. To what do you attribute that increase in inbound call volume? Because that's an interesting stat that I was not expecting you to mention. Joel: Yeah. That one was surprising to me too. You know, if you haven't ever had Matt Barby on the program, having him come in to talk about attribution and tracking and that sort of thing I think would be fascinating. Kathleen: Oh, I would love that. Matt, if you're listening, call me! Joel: Yeah. So, I mean, Matt. Matt would be the guy to really help pin that down. Not only did we change the site, and the copy, and the way we presented their products, during this time they also started playing around with kind of a freemium model and looking at some of these more freemium-type calls, so it's possible that maybe kind of having that angle correlated with more people being willing to check it out. I really do think, though, that it was the clarity, it was the ability for people to understand on their own very quickly how the different pieces of the tool connected to feel comfortable enough to make that call so they wouldn't feel like an idiot, or they wouldn't feel they'd have to spend all day trying to just sort up with sales, getting a sales pitch on everything, they could ask more direct questions about the things they actually needed. So, that's my hypothesis, that's what I would guess. But it would be fascinating for you to have somebody on the in-house side come in. And they continue to do some really cool and innovative things, and the site's changed and grown since then, so I'm sure they'll have even more stories. Kathleen: Yeah, there's so many very, very, very smart people on that team. Joel: Mm-hmm. Kathleen: I would take any one of them as a guest. So I assume that some of the lessons that came out of that particular project, or things you have applied in other places, fast forward to today and are there certain things that you're really excited about when it comes to conversion copyrighting, or conversion rate optimization? Joel: Yeah, two things in particular. So the first is that personalization piece. With RightMessage, like I mentioned, that's becoming more possible. What I'm really fascinated by is just before, if you wanted to have different conversations with individuals, it was clunky. You had to create a whole bunch of different stuff, just even pages upon pages, and you had to really do a ton of work to try to make it happen technically. So it wasn't always possible, and I love that the bar for that is coming down. I'm really having a fun time learning more and more about how to segment and identify the differences in user groups. So, that piece, I think, is so important. It is the future of this stuff, and I'm really excited about that. For me personally, where I'm seeing the most growth for myself, this year, interestingly, I've made more off of audits and reviews than any writing. So, I still continue to offer writing, but I'm doing more and more analysis and helping companies identify what's going wrong and how they can fix it with copywriting, and UX exchanges, and things like that. So for me, what I'm excited about and continue to grow in to, it's nothing sexy, but Google Analytics. Just unpacking the power available on Google Analytics, and how to deploy that properly, and the types of things you can learn. I want to share ... I'll make it quick, but I want to share a quick story, just kind of the stuff you can learn when you're paying attention. So, I was working with a client, and I was doing a review of their site. They offer divorce packages in the UK. One of those stats we found that was fascinating to us through Google Analytics that sent up a little red flag was men converted better than women, and we know that more women initiate divorce than men. So it was kind of like, that's an oddity. Something is amiss here. So, long story short, through Google Analytics, a combination of looking at Google Analytics, the times people were actually on the site, combined with chat logs to learn what challenges were unique to women, we were able to come up with a cool hypothesis that women are in more financially vulnerable situations, they're working multiple jobs, so they want to convert in later hours, but chat was off during those hours. Kathleen: Oh, interesting. Joel: So through that, we figured out well let's test extending chat hours and see what the impact is. So, stuff like that just gets me pumped up because it's ... The amount of stuff you can learn when you're paying attention is fascinating. Kathleen: Oh, I love it. I love ... I always say I'm a marketing nerd, and I feel a sense of kinship with you on this because when I discover the little nuggets like that, it does, it gets me super excited. And I'll admit, I definitely am not as much of an expert in Google Analytics as I would like to be. I feel like every time I start to get really proficient, it's like the grocery store when they reorganize it, and then you don't know where the milk is. Joel: Right. Kathleen: Google Analytics likes to do that to us sometimes, too, but it's like an ice berg, and we kind of see the tip, but there's so much there under the surface, so much power and so much data. But I think I agree, there is so much to be learned. Joel: Totally. Kathleen's Two Questions Kathleen: So two questions that I ask all of my guests. I want to make sure I ask you before we wrap up today. One is, company or individual, who do you think is doing inbound marketing really well right now? Joel: The women are crushing it. All of the people that I- Kathleen: Yes. Joel: Most admire doing this right now are all women, and they're doing brilliant jobs in really different ways. So as an individual, someone who recently came on my radar and now I'm so excited to be able to collaborate with is a woman named Val Geisler. I'm not sure how you pronounce her last name. She does email onboarding series and optimizes those. What she's done, you know, she's a one woman shop, so she doesn't have the ability to publish thousands of things, but she does such targeted, relevant content. She does these really cool email tear downs of companies people know and respect. Her candor in those, you know, she's not rude or mean, but she's also very honest and very great at exposing it. "Here's what they're doing. Here's what they could do better." So Val is doing fantastic. Claire and Gia at Forget the Funnel, so they've launched this really ... Like, they are, to me, a lot of people ... we talk about blogs, we talk about e-books, but what we don't often talk about as much is building yourself a platform, giving people a reason to want to listen to you and come to you, and see you as an authority. That's what Claire and Gia have done. Two extremely bright, very talented women, who have launched this thing, and created this avenue to get exactly the right customers that they want to work with, exactly the right sets of people to listen to what they have to say. They do these great webinars, and they do these great interviews. So those would be two examples. Then one group of fellows, I think who is doing is good, is Grow and Convert, and they're putting out some really great case studies, and really great content, and really great pieces that are helping Mark [Rozano 00:38:06] and myself just stay relevant and level up what they're doing. Kathleen: Okay, what's really cool about what you just said is those are three groups of people, places, brands, etc. that are totally new to me. I love when I get answers like that, and I have new places to check out. I'm particular interested in these email onboarding series right now, because we're revamping ours, so I will definitely be checking that one out. Second question, and I'm going to narrow it down. I usually ask people, with digital marketing changing so quickly, how do you stay up to date. But I want to get a little bit more specific than that with you, because I'm intrigued that you're focused on conversion rate optimization. I want to ask you how you stay educated for yourself, and build your skills in the field of conversion rate optimization? Joel: Yeah. So there's some really important sources that I consult and I look to, just to see what they're publishing. So, Joanna Wiebe, obviously. Anytime she's publishing a case study, or puts out a course, that's relevant to me. I'm almost always going to buy it. I'm really tuned in with her, and she's got tons of free content, but even if you can find her legacy content. It's just as relevant as it was then. Conversion XL continues to publish really valuable things. So, that's been really helpful. To me, in particular, and Michael Aagaard, like I said, he's done some recent webinars and that sort of thing. Expanding beyond that though, what's been really important for me in this field, and I think anyone coming in to should know, is that it is still young, and there is so much bad information out there where's it's like we change a button color and things would- Kathleen: Yeah. Joel: You can really educate yourself the wrong way, or you can educate yourself into a corner where you're like, "Well here are the rules. And here's what worked well in this situation," and you can treat it like gospel and try to apply it everywhere. So what's been really valuable to me is I've got Mastermind, just a little group of people in the same space, and we compare notes. We talk about what's going on with each other, and what they're learning, what they're coming across. In this industry, I think in all industries, it's valuable. But in this niche in particular, being tuned into what's going on with others, and what they're learning, and the context they learn it in is really important. Then the last one I'll mention is a site called GoodUI.com. He publishes a lot of, kind of tests and examples of stuff that people are trying out. Actually, one more that I really want to mention, and I'm excited to mention because it's not going to be on hardly anybody's radar, but I guarantee it's about to be on everybody's radar- Kathleen: Ooh. Joel: There's a company called User Insights. They have launched just the best tool for user testing that I have ever seen. Small batch user testing, very targeted, way cheaper than the competition, just as good, faster, but that service aside, that's really exciting. But they are doing some very interesting stuff. They haven't launched it all yet, but they're doing some very interesting stuff with case studies and actually testing in context a lot of different things that I know people are like, "Well should I have this? Or should I have that?" They're doing a lot of that practically now with ... across multiple sites, and verifiable outcomes. So they will be on people's radar because they're doing it at a scale I don't think anybody else is yet. So, I'm learning a bit from the people running that quietly in the background, and they're about to blow up. I'm sure of it. Kathleen: I can't wait to check all of this out. I feel like that's going to keep me busy for a while. That's great. I assume that everything you've learned through all of these projects, these engagements that you've done, you are bringing to bear with Case Study Buddy to help people improve their case studies. And you have a team there, right? Joel: Yeah, so Case Study Buddy is a different kind of a venture for me. Like I said, what excites me are these content assets that are easy to get wrong, super valuable when done well, companies struggle with the process, the strategy, the ownership of it. And so I've brought kind of all this stuff I'm doing in conversion. I'm trying to bring into the elements of how do we write something that appeals to multiple different scanners and readers and user groups, and how do we educate our clients on how to use these? For example, something I learned recently that I found fascinating is lots of companies are doing cold outreach. They're sending these cold emails. I can't remember the name of the company who did this study, but they tested out what is the impact of mentioning a famous "customer", so just a known customer in these cold outreach emails. And they've tripled the number of interested responses. Kathleen: Wow. Joel: So, the power is there, and if you can imagine attaching a case study, the impact that would have. Yeah, it's a different adventure. I've gotten to build a team and work outside of myself, and all the joys and pains that come with that. Yeah, it's been really fun, and that's going to be, like I mentioned, I'm still going to be doing this conversion work and that will be my bread and butter, especially on the back half of this year, growing Case Study Buddy, and getting it in front of more people and growing that initiative is high on my priority list. Kathleen: I can't wait to see where you take it. It sounds like you're on to something here. Joel: Thank you. Kathleen: Well, I know I've had a million questions throughout this, and I've had the opportunity to have you answer many of them, but if somebody's listening, and they wanted to reach out to you and ask a question, or get more information on something you've talked about today, what's the best way for them to find you online? Joel: Yeah, so I'm very active on Twitter. I do my best to respond to everything that comes in, whether it's a DM or a Tweet, or whatever. You can find me @JoelKlettke. That's one way to get at me fast. You can also email me. You can check out my ancient and desperately-in-need-of-being-updated site at BusinessCasualCopyrighting.com. Don't judge me. I built in 2013. It's due for an upgrade, but you can email me through there. I'm happy to field questions and if there's something you're struggling with. Then surprisingly, I always kind of shun the platform, but the past two months I've gotten a ton of value out of having conversations on LinkedIn. So, another space that you can see. I publish more there, actually, these days than my own blog. I do little snippets, and pushes, and tips and tricks there. I always try to make sure I'm responding to people who come through that channel, too. Kathleen: Yeah, LinkedIn- Joel: Those are kind of the three places. Kathleen: LinkedIn's making a comeback big time. Joel: Oh, huge. Kathleen: A lot of people are mentioning that on this podcast. Joel: They went from being the platform nobody wanted to talk about, to the platform everybody's publishing on. Kathleen: Yeah. Joel: It's remarkable. Even begrudgingly, there's still the joke about wanting to connect on LinkedIn, and after the apocalypse, only those emails remain. But joke all you want, they've become a serious contender. It's amazing that that team has done. Kathleen: Definitely. I agree. Well, thank you. This has been fascinating. I've learned so much. I have a feeling I'm going to learn a lot more when I go check out all those websites you mentioned. So I really appreciate you spending the time on the podcast. If you're listening and you liked what you heard, you learned something, I'm going to ask if you would please take a moment and go on iTunes, or Stitcher, or whatever platform you choose to listen to the podcast on, and leave a review. It would mean a lot. Finally, if you know someone doing kickass inbound marketing work, Tweet me @WorkMommyWork, because I would love to interview them. Thank you so much, Joel. Joel: Yeah, thank you so much for having me. It was really fun.

In this interview I speak with Matt from LeftHandedGuitarist.  His channel teaches tutorials to students who are trying to pick up guitar but are left handed.  Matt says the inspiration for this channel was the lack of quality instruction he saw for students who were left handed.  Don't click away just yet if you happen to play guitar right handed!  All of Matt's videos include chord charts for both left and right handed players.  Thanks for taking the discrimination out of learning to play an instrument Matt, for that, we here at Opensourced give you a big pat on the back! (long overdue) Seriously, Matt found a huge hole in guitar instruction and a really innovative way to serve his audience.  When Matt started putting the chord charts in his videos he had to create each one from scratch and place each individual frame in his footage.  Now Matt has a library of charts he uses but still places each chart individually.  The result of all this hard work is a superior product and a ruthl

Boomer Boulevard Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #120 --- May 21, 2018 Welcome to Boomer Boulevard --- Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome! Here is the line-up for this week: 1. NIGHT BEAT 10/26/51 "Mr and Mrs. Carothers" When an elderly couple who are huge fans of the columnist Randy Stone visit Randy at his newspaper's office, they ask him for advice about where to stay and what to do in Chicago. Randy is so impressed with the couple that he becomes involved in their lives -- never realizing one of them may be hatching a murder plan. 2. THE LIFE OF RILEY 11/30/46 "Free Medical Advice" When Riley hurts his leg jumping over a fence, he refuses to follow Peg's suggestion to see a doctor because they are too expensive. But when Riley learns that Bab's new boyfriend has a doctor in the family, he finagles things so he can milk the doctor for some free medical advice. Cute episode. 3. GUNSMOKE 8/9/52 "The Kentucky Tolmans" Hannah Tolman is afraid for her father's life and wants Matt to save him by putting him in jail. When Matt investigates he finds that Jed, Hannah's father, is in danger because he has a secret. A secret his very own son is willing to kill him for. Come and share some stories, memories, laughs and tears. http://boomerboulevard.com email: bob@boomerboulevard.com

Our guest on the May 17 Conference Call is Matt Whiat of the Barry-Wehmiller Leadership Institute. The topic is "Truly Human Leadership" Matt Whiat wakes up each day to put people in the driver’s seat so that passion and opportunity meet. As a co-founder of the Barry-Wehmiller Leadership Institute, Matt draws on over 20 years of leadership experience as a former military officer, helping organizations create cultures that put people and business in harmony. One of Matt’s missions was to escort Simon Sinek into Afghanistan. Matt became a believer in Simon’s work and Simon walked away with an idea, which later became his book, “Leaders Eat Last.” Simon and Matt later collaborated in the Department of Defense’s first TEDx event, showcasing “those who serve others.” One of the speakers was Bob Chapman, CEO of Barry-Wehmiller. When Matt heard Bob’s story he decided he wanted to join him to build a world where everyone matters. Matt served in the United Nations to bring peace to Liberia, worked with NATO partners for operations in Afghanistan, commanded a basic training squadron and was on The Joint Staff at the Pentagon.

My company and podcast is about making money, keeping money, and investing money wisely. Communication is the key to increasing the potential of money and exploring the best options to keep, make, and grow money. I am a huge fan of neuro linguistic programming or NLP when it comes to having conversations about money that influence people in the right way.  Matt Brauning is a speaker, best selling author, and master NLP trainer. He became a self-made millionaire by the time he was 25. He runs seminars all over the world and has worked with Tony Robbins, was in the movie “The Journey” with Brian Tracy and Bob Proctor, and has worked with countless Fortune 100 companies. Today, Matt shares some of the amazing potential that NLP offers to improve our business and our lives.  You can find Matt here:  Ask Loral Matt Brauning Evolution Matt Brauning on Facebook The Purpose Driven Entrepreneur Podcast Matt Brauning on LinkedIn @MattBrauning on Twitter Total Freedom From Addictions  Show Notes  [02:48] What Matt and Loral do are so collaborative and integrative. NLP and communication is critical for success.  [03:15] Matt started out in financial services and real estate.  [03:22] When Matt was 18, he worked with brothers who were in the mortgage business. He learned everything about credit and mortgages and took his first vacation to Cancun at 18 and bought his first house at 19.   [04:02] By the time he was 25, he had a five million-dollar portfolio and was a self-made millionaire.  [04:28] After going to a Tony Robbins seminar, Matt fell in love with the concept of changing lives and changing patterns, and he knew that there was something more for him to do.  [05:03] Matt wanted to change people's lives and became a life coach.  [05:29] New seasons and coming into the season change. Whether you're going into real estate or getting out of real estate there are seasons and times for change.  [05:43] What is NLP and why is it important? The lost user manual for the brain.   [06:43] The way we imagine our memories both past and future visions are what NLP centers on quite a bit. A shift in the way we internalize processes and the way that we internalize memories.   [07:08] Reliving memories over and over again make them more vivid. Pretty soon we are reliving lives.  [07:16] The ways that our brain works is so complex. Science hasn’t even scratched the surface.  [08:31] NLP is about looking at what my subjective interaction with my environment is.  [08:57] NLP is a study of why we do what we do and how to change deep unconscious habits that don't serve us.  [09:33] Why having a high awareness is so critical for being successful.  [09:57] People think of NLP and personal development in general as just goal setting or positive thinking.   [10:20] Positive thinking isn't the message. The message is positive habits.   [10:35] Our habits are everything. The behavior we do over and over again. What do we do with surplus money in the bank. We all have unconscious desires and habits.   [11:47] Rewiring the mind to conquer severe phobias. Judging things by what the outcome is.  [12:56] Phobias are habits. Look at the unconscious neural pattern that establishes the habit in the first place.  [14:51] Unconscious or deep ingrained phobias. Surface level and deep level.  [16:46] It's too late to intervene when you're already in the middle of the behavior.  [17:25] Go back to the exact moment when you are doing the undesired behavior and then go back an hour before that behavior. Find the exact trigger second in time. Scramble that picture in your mind, and you can't play the pattern again.   [19:22] Every habit whether good or bad has a trigger that starts it.  [19:54] It's all attitudes and habits. But before that there's always a trigger. We need to get to the heart of the trigger.  [20:13] These skills will enhance your life, your education, your relationships, and your ability to create wealth and money.  [20:27] These communication and presentation skills have enabled me to raise large amounts of money.  [21:24] How to get started with NLP.   [21:36] Find an immersive seminar type environment. Find a live place to learn and try this information.  Links and Resources:  Loral’s Real Money Talks  The Journey  Tony Robbins  Brian Tracy  Bob Proctor  The Secret   

Boomer Boulevard with Bob Bro Old Time Radio & Nostalgia Podcast Show #119-B --- May 14, 2018 Welcome to Boomer Boulevard --- Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome! Join us for a nostalgic listen to the following old time radio shows: 1. THE HALLS OF IVY 2-17-50 "The Chinese Student" This episode addresses ethnic bias in an excellent story. Dr. Hall becomes concerned when a female Chinese student leaves Ivy College due to racial prejudice. The very moving speech he gives in the Ivy Chapel about both brotherhood and tolerance will cause a bubble in your throat and a tear in your eye. The Halls of Ivy truly was a show before its time. ​2. THE WHISTLER 8-25-49 "The Eager Pigeon" ​Jack Webb stars as con-man Danny Fort, a character quite unlike Sergeant Joe Friday. While working a cocktail bar in a less fancy part of town, Danny knows he can't afford to be choosy. But even though his luck is running cold, he always dresses like a winner -- aware his appearance may open up opportunities. When he first sees her sitting alone at the bar looking both beautiful and out of place, it peaks his curiosity. When Danny picks up his drink and goes over to her, he never imagines it will lead to blackmail -- and murder! 3. GUNSMOKE 4-30-55 "Reward for Matt" A very thought provoking episode in high quality sound. When Matt is forced to shoot a local rancher, the dead man's widow puts a reward on Dillon's head. Soon there are a number of attempts on Matt's life. When one attempt ends in a tragedy, however, the story takes a very touching turn. Listen to how really good both Helen Kleeb and Jeanette Nolan are as the two grieving women in the story. Both give outstanding performances. BONUS: Howdy Doody & Clarabelle's Surprise As a bonus, we share a clip from the last Howdy Doody episode, completing 13 years on the air. "Hey Kids! What time is it?" You know if you ever dreamed of being a member of the Peanut Gallery! Come and join us and share the stories, memories, laughs and tears. http://boomerboulevard.com email: bob@boomerboulevard.com This is an archive presentation of my Old Time Radio Show that was first broadcast on January 24, 2010.

Powering Stories with Depth and Honesty   Matt Scott leads storytelling and engagement at the innovation agency and business accelerator SecondMuse and is the creator of 180º of Impact, a project to interview and celebrate 180 people changing our world for the better. In the past few years, his work has included communications projects with NASA, Nike, USAID, and the Australian Government as well as involvement in the White House Open Data Innovation Summit and a presentation UN Leaders Programme. To-date, his 180º of Impact interviews have included the former CEO of Pepsi, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, NASA Datanauts and dozens of other change makers.   Matt has always been fascinated by stories, specifically capturing stories in a way that truly conveys their depth and power and that will live on forever. He first did that years ago in a 40 minute audio recording of part of his dad's story, chronically his father's upbringing and resilience in the face of racism and our country's only closing of the schools during the civil rights era. Matt's dad went on to do great things, including serving in the army, graduating Harvard Business School, having a beautiful family of his own and owning his own business, all the while being incredibly humble about it all. When Matt's father passed away on March 8, 2017, Matt was really compelled to give others a platform to share their stories in their own words rather than doing it in his own words, pivoting 180º of Impact from a blog to a platform where Matt actually interviews people making a difference, sharing their stories in their own words and voice.         Questions You'll Hear Today:   You graduated with a degree in business administration, concentrating in marketing, from the George Washington University. Why did you choose to work in the social impact realm (as opposed to in the corporate world, for example)? In interviewing social entrepreneurs for 180º of Impact, what have you learned about what leads to someone starting a social enterprise? Is there a story that stands out that reminds you why you do the work you do? What has been the biggest challenge you've come up against in your career? Through your work, what is the best piece of advice you've heard? What advice would you give to a millennial starting their career? What is your vision for your career and for 180º of Impact?     Connect with Matt Scott:   Website: www.lets.care ,  www.secondmuse.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattscottgw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattscottgw/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/letsyoucare Email : hello@lets.care

Algorithmic Trading Strategies (Moving To Automation) In episode 133 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Matt DeLong, an algorithmic trader & business owner to discuss the process of moving to automation. Over time, Matt went from being a manual day trader to making returns in the market through the use of algorithmic trading strategies. While I find interest in the topic of algorithmic trading, I find a lot of value in speaking with people who are in-the-action and executing on their ideas. That's primarily why I wanted to bring Matt on the show! Watch the video interview! Topics Covered In This Episode How Matt was trading prior to building algorithmic trading strategies 2:38 When Matt decided to go from manual to automated trading 6:00 The steps before starting to trade live with algorithms 8:02 How to avoid curve-fitting the strategy to past data 11:40 What to look for in a trading strategy programmer 13:27 How to use risk in your favor 16:53 The plan with Matt's hedge fund business 20:40 How to use things like S/R areas in algorithmic trading 24:23 How to handle major events in the market 26:57 What Matt does if a strategy hits the max drawdown 28:57 How Matt plans to find investors for his fund 30:14 The required equipment as an algorithmic trader 32:30 How often Matt looks at his past trades 37:00 Essential risk management rules 38:10 Resources Mentioned Recommended Udemy Course: Build Your Trading Robot EA Lab by TradeView Matt's charts: TradingView Financial website: Finviz DesireToTRADE Top Resources Desire To TRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist (free checklist!) One-Page Trading Plan (free template!) DesireToTRADE Academy (exclusive training program) How To Matt DeLong? Parabolic Capital Quora TradingView Twitter Email What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Will guest appearances on podcasts benefit your consulting business? Is it worth it to start your own podcast even if your audience is limited? Matt Inglot thinks it is! In this episode of DYF Podcast, Brennan talks to 2016 DYFConf speaker, Matt Inglot, about using podcasting to get consulting clients and expand your audience. When Matt started his podcast, Freelance Transformation, he didn’t expect it to have any effect on his web-development agency. More than 145 episodes later, he has found that the impacts have been manifold. Not only has his podcast become one of the most prominent in the freelancing community, but it also helped him develop his contacts and directly led to a $60,000 gig. Other benefits have been less obvious but just as empowering, and Matt has learned all of the right and wrong ways to podcast along the way. Key Takeaways: How to determine if podcasting is right for you How to book your first few guests How to build your listenership How to use podcasts to build your authority What tools and setup do you need to get started

On this episode, Matt Beardsley joins me in my office.  First off, thanks to Matt for giving me the motivation to clean my office!  Matt is a husband, father, and friend.  In his professional life, he works in technology as a site reliability engineer.  Since his diagnosis in April of 2017, Matt has been able to go on a deeper journey of self-discovery, finding along the way, himself and the community he cherishes.    In this conversation, you will hear Matt’s story.  He talks about his academics and emotions as a youth.  He explains his love for math and why he sees math as a place for creativity.  When Matt was evaluated for ADHD, he was nervous that he would not be diagnosed because, in his research, it seemed to answer so many questions.  You will also hear Matt describe some of the tools he uses to be efficient.    You’ll Learn:  [04:28] - Matt shares information on his background, which includes being labeled “sensitive” and being moved back and forth from advanced and standard classes.   [12:32] - Matt explains why he found it easier to pay attention in math classes and he says that math has space for a lot of creativity.  [14:38] - Matt talks about how numbers are abstract. An example is the fact that zero was not a number until a certain point.  [16:45] - Matt looks back on the anxiety he would feel with tasks and the introduction of the “what if” monster.  [21:42] - Matt says that, for him, numbers have shapes and feelings.  He explains why certain numbers are comfortable and uncomfortable.   [25:30] - Matt explains agile methodology and “cracking the code of you.”  [32:16] - Matt points out that we overestimate our ability to remember.  [33:17] - Matt talks about doing a budget.   [35:22] - Matt explains that 10% of your effort gets you to 90% of your goal.  The remaining 90% of your effort goes to the last 10% of your goal.   [37:37] - Matt talks about his routines and some of the adaptations he uses to be efficient.   [45:03] - Matt says his commute is the best three hours per day and he shares how he utilizes that time.  [50:56] - Matt tells the story of his diagnosis.  [1:00:07] - Matt talks about the support and love he receives from his family and the ADHD community.  [1:04:25] - Imposter Syndrome is something Matt has encountered.  We talk about reframing the situation by saying “Welcome to the party.”  [1:14:00] - Matt shares what a real apology sounds like.   [1:16:49] - Matt talks about “emotional flood” and the loss of control that comes as a result.  [1:20:00] - Matt explains that  made a lot of sense to him and his wife.  [1:22:59] - Matt listened to the first episode of this podcast and my sharing that I felt “normal” after starting medication.  He had the realization he had never felt normal.   [1:26:00] - Matt describes his first day on medication.  [1:38:44] - Matt says that if you want to be good, you have to be the best that you can be.  Use my Audible.com affiliate link for your favorite titles:    ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Group  Early registration of our 12th season of the ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Group is now open. To learn more and schedule your interview, .  Early registration pricing is limited to the first 18 people.   Support the podcast on Patreon  Patreon allows listeners like you to support content creators like me.  With a monthly contribution, you can get access to different levels of perks.  Learn more at    ADHD reWired Facebook Group:  If you would like to join the ADHD reWired secret Facebook group, go to  and fill out an application.  Productivity Q&A  Get your ADHD questions answered live!  These Q&A sessions take place on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 12:30pm.  Go to.  ADHD Women’s Palooza   I will be one of the presenters at the 3rd annual Women’s Palooza!  Join me and over 30 other ADHD experts at this conference.  This is an online event, and you can catch all of the sessions and the replays.  Learn more and register at   Want to be a guest?  Hey! What about you?  Do you have a story?  Are you a Coach?  Are you an ADHD Clinician?  If you answered yes to any of these questions and you’d like to be a guest, schedule a pre-interview call .   

Whether you're a few hundred miles from home or several time zones away, there are always smells and tastes that can take you straight back to your family's table. When Matt and Ted Lee moved up to New York, they found themselves in a familiar predicament that many regional ex-pats do: feeling homesick for familiar foods. Since nobody was selling authentic foods, the brothers took it upon themselves to represent the cuisine to their new home. Matt shares their experiences, and how they went from a catalog of boiled peanuts to representing Southern cuisine around the nation through writing and recipes. He also talks about their latest adventure - republishing beloved older cookbooks and introduce a new audience to some great old classics. 

Who is Matt Gumm? Known for his unique characters and comedy impersonations, Matt comes from a family of professional entertainers.  Matt Gumm has been performing in Branson with Clay Cooper's Country Music Express for over a decade.  In this episodes: Stand up comedy Matt's childhood and upbringing Ozark Opry becomes a comedy college The high school years Saturday Night Live The college experience Should you do your own show in Branson? Interacting with audiences Branson shows vs attractions Gambling in Branson   For What It's Worth... When Matt hears the word successful, who does he think of an why?   What is something Matt believes that other people think is insane? What book would Matt gift to others? Matt's favorite movie and or documentary What is a skill that Matt has that might surprise others?   HOST CHRISTOPHER JAMES Christopher James, Branson's Male Entertainer of the Year, hosts All Things Branson, has a daily show in Branson Missouri and was named the Emcee of the Year, Magician of the Year, Comedian of theYear, Most Creative Performer, Top 5 Club Act of the Year, and Best Stage Act of the Year by the Magician's Alliance, Campus Activities Magazine, and Branson Show Awards. For more information WWW www.funnyhypermagic.com  FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/funnyhypermagic TWITTER www.twitter.com/funnyhypermagic   ALL THINGS BRANSON All Things Branson is an online network dedicated to sharing news, human interest, art, entertainment and business news fromBranson, MO. We present an honest look at Branson from the perspective of local residents from various walks of life. We give a voice to those that can’t afford the high price of advertising in a tourist community. If you are interested in appearing on one of our shows, have relevant news about Branson, or would like to be the focus of one of our interviews, please contact us at allthingsbranson@gmail.com. iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-things-branson/id950004069 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/allthingsbranson Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/allbranson

Welcome to the Creative Studio, the podcast where we conduct experiments in podcasting. Most podcasters stick with the “normal” podcasting practices, but you - you’re different. You like to try different things.   “You do it like this, and then you break the mold.”   This fifth season of the Creative Studio is a production of Podcast Guy Media, LLC. We will be talking with people that are doing something unique with their podcast. Maybe it’s their format, their philosophy, their niche. Whatever it is, we’ll find out what makes it tick. We’ll see what works...and what doesn’t. We’ll see what we can learn and apply to our own podcasts.   Visit our website at PodcastingExperiments.com.   We will be talking with Matt Medeiros today from the Matt Report Podcast. We’re going to hear about the way he experimented with publishing Netflix style, the power of video, and his approach to sponsorship.   Matt’s podcasting journey   Matt first began podcasting about 4 or 5 years ago. It began a few years before that, when he’d first started running his WordPress agency and went to an event and saw the potential for people to be talking with each other in the WordPress space. He was starting his agency and had other colleagues doing the same, growing fast and putting a lot of stock into their relationships in the space. At the time there were maybe 2 other WordPress podcasts, whereas now there are at least 15. It all started with the idea of getting connected in the community and growing his business, which for Matt, it has.   Matt’s podcast is the Matt Report. It’s an interview podcast that is basically a breakdown of what’s happening in the WordPress space. The interviews are with people in the space—developers and agency owners, as well as general tech and business owners—to help his audience learn from a variety of differnet perspectives. His audience ranges from people running small software startups doing anywhere from a few hundred dollars per month to $5000-$50,000 per month in sales of digital products.   The changing way Matt has published the last season   Like everybody else, Matt started doing his show every week. He did that for nearly 100 episodes, but without a hard schedule or plan on how he approached it. After a while that becomes a lot of work, and becomes a little stale, for the host but possibly even for the listeners. So Matt decided to change things up a little bit. He decided to release a whole season onto the website and Soundcloud ‘Netflix style’. However, they’re still released through iTunes once per week. That way, superfans can listen to them all at once on the side, but the normal cadence still happens every week.   This has been a benefit for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it allowed Matt to really focus and spend a month or so preparing the season. It also allowed him to dedicate an entire landing page to his season’s sponsors. It’s great for Matt because it’s easier to pitch sponsors that way, it’s great for the sponsors because they have more focused attention for a whole season and it’s great for listeners who aren’t getting hit with new sponsors every week.   More podcasting experiments   In Season 5, Matt also introduced 2 new co-hosts of the show, so he only hosted half the season. The other half was co-hosted by 2 other gentlemen who took the lead talking about software as a service. That was an experiment to get some new voices and a new perspective.   In Season 6, which is due in August, the podcast will go audio and video and feature an educational component. Everybody who was on the show was interviewed for 15 minutes and then presented some form of topic for 15 minutes. There will also be slides people can download so it will be a more value-based season for the audience.   The power of video   When Matt first started the show, 4-5 years ago, he did it on YouTube as well as audio. However, it was a lot more work back then. Now, the software is getting better, live streaming is more accessible and editing software is much more powerful so it’s easier to produce video and audio on the post-production side.   Matt has three YouTube channels and he knows there’s a huge connection for audiences with video. It’s the personal effect and that’s what makes some people tune in. There’s a stronger audience on the audio side because it’s so much more portable than video. However, video is very powerful for growing audience retention so he recommends it.   How Matt is approaching sponsorship   WordPress is an interesting space because although there are a lot of products and services, the everyday consumer doesn’t know about them and isn’t going to sign up. It has a lot to do with trust and referrals. Those pockets of companies that have something to sell—products, themes, hosting—do recognize authority in the space is valuable, so Matt is able to position his show quite well, even with numbers of listeners that are nowhere near like a mainstream podcast, or a tech podcasts and YouTube channels. For those mainstream channels, it’s a big ocean to swim in so they have to get big numbers to make it work. WordPress isn’t a big ocean but you can get big numbers when you have the trust and authority both of companies willing to sponsor you and of your listenership.   Matt is a trusted voice in the community, which means he can command a little bit more in sponsorship dollars. He has one of the most popular and certainly the highest rated WordPress podcast, so he is that authority. There’s no magic to his strategy: he simply goes to popular companies that he knows have advertising money to spend and pitches them to sponsor the show. He also limits the sponsorships to two per season so they don’t get drowned out, and that also makes it more attractive to sponsors.   The next steps for Matt and his advice to other podcasters   Season 6 is going to be a continuation of the experiment theme in terms of structure. Matt is also considering going outside the WordPress pocket, and expanding the show topic a little. He also plans to be more consistent with live shows. His advice to people questioning whether or not to start a podcast is to just start, but don’t worry about going the full monty right away. You can just dip your toe in the water with some consistent kind of audio or video content. It could be on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or even Twitter. Find the platform you are most comfortable with right now and just start with getting your message out. Don’t worry about subscribers or microphones going into Skype going into a recorder. Just dip your toe in the water and start.   Where to find more from Matt   Check out the podcast at https://mattreport.com/   Matt’s fulltime job is representing Pagely at https://pagely.com/ which is Enterprise WordPress hosting. The agency he cofounded helps a lot of higer end and larger implementation of WordPress for startups that are using it in different ways, not just as a website.   He also has a YouTube channel that covers tutorials for WordPress: www.YouTube.com/plugintut   Or to have Matt review your website at a very affordable price, go to www.UserFeedbackVideos.com  

MJS 029: Matt Creager On this episode, we have another My JavaScript Story, our guest is Matt Creager. Matt works for Manifold. He's here with us today to tell us his story. Stay tuned! [01:00] – Introduction to Matt Creager Matt works for an interesting company called Manifold. They sponsored the show. [01:35] – How did you get into programming? Before Matt fell in love with programming, he was in love with technology. They bought his first computer. It was a Gateway 2000 and he got access to the internet around the same time. He spent all of his time on that computer because they were moving around so much. That became the way that he stayed in touch with people. He remembers taking it apart and formatting the hard drive accidentally. His uncle has been in the IT industry since he was a kid too. Matt was always associating him with spending time with his computer programming, a role model, and stabilizer in his life. He was switching tapes. And then, his cousin decided that he was going to start scripting his character’s actions in a game that they were playing. And now, looking back, it was some combination of Lua and C++. He started taking his cousin’s scripts apart to automate his own character in the game. He was 13 or 14. The first programming book that he bought was a result of not being able to figure out how to get his character what it wants to do. It was one of the C++ bibles. And then, he became active in the forums around the scripting language. He was sharing the scripts and he started to realize that he can harvest stuff in the game and sell it for real cash. Matt never considered himself technical and never considered programming a career. He was just translating CPU and RAM for people who were shopping for computers. And then, he wanted people to measure theirs so he built tools that took the data they had in an office and turn them into reports. When the manager started using that, it became a nationwide program and suddenly, he was on the map. He was leading a team. When Blackberry started a technical interview, he realized that he has the answers to these questions. Initially, he was just a Technical Issues Manager. He had a Data Science team and that team was responsible for identifying and prioritizing issues. They were using Node 0.4, very early version of Node. And then, he discovered Angular and dived head first to the Angular community. [13:10] – BlackBerry got Matt to JavaScript Matt looked at Node because he was trying to figure out how he could do real time analytics. He wanted these dashboards that data scientists are looking at. That was the stepping stone into JavaScript. [15:30] – Hackathon On the side, a couple of local companies started to run hackathons. Matt was going to hackathons all the time. Then, he ended up of hopping from BlackBerry to becoming a full time front-end developer at a start-up. Matt was talking with one of the organizers at LA Hacks. She was telling him that the reason why people are going to these hackathons is because they want to win and they want to put that fact on their resumes. In his day, that was not hackathons were like. The prizes can act as a negative incentive. They really work hard for the prizes. Sometimes they actually end up becoming more creative as a result because they know they need to use this specific combination of API’s. [18:45] – Contributions to JavaScript community When Matt joined GoInstant, it was very early days of RTC. Web sockets are new at that point. You’re probably more familiar with Firebase. In the early days, GoInstant and Firebase are competing for the same developers. They’re working on the same problems. The tools that they are building were real time synchronization between the state you have on the client and the state you have on the server. A lot of those that they build, open-source tools, they went with GoInstant to Salesforce. But they inspired the libraries and a lot of it is probably on the same code base that you now see in libraries that pretty much does the same things with Firebase. And then, most recently, Matt and the team built Torus. They realized that if they are going to be building smaller applications, going to start to use more cloud services, more services tailored towards developers, and going to manage a lot more credential, a lot of credentials that need to be secured and shared with the teammates, they needed to take those credentials and put them on applications wherever they are running, whether that’s a Docker container or Heroku. That’s his most recent open-source project. [20:50] – What are you working on now? Manifold is their latest project. They’re trying to build a market place for developer services. It’s been 3 months. They moved from Torus to building Manifold earlier this year. The official launch hasn’t happened yet. That’s hopefully to come earlier this year – September. If it’s something that you want to try out and experiment with, there is a coupon for My JS. Give it a try before they launch a $25 credit that they can use to provision a logging instance, monitoring, or database. You can use it with any type of services that you might need to build your app. Picks Matt Creager OpenCollective.com Scaphold GraphQL Elixir Manifold.co Twitter, Github: @matt_creager Charles Max Wood AWS Lambda Zapier Heroku Udemy course for Ionic Framework

MJS 029: Matt Creager On this episode, we have another My JavaScript Story, our guest is Matt Creager. Matt works for Manifold. He's here with us today to tell us his story. Stay tuned! [01:00] – Introduction to Matt Creager Matt works for an interesting company called Manifold. They sponsored the show. [01:35] – How did you get into programming? Before Matt fell in love with programming, he was in love with technology. They bought his first computer. It was a Gateway 2000 and he got access to the internet around the same time. He spent all of his time on that computer because they were moving around so much. That became the way that he stayed in touch with people. He remembers taking it apart and formatting the hard drive accidentally. His uncle has been in the IT industry since he was a kid too. Matt was always associating him with spending time with his computer programming, a role model, and stabilizer in his life. He was switching tapes. And then, his cousin decided that he was going to start scripting his character’s actions in a game that they were playing. And now, looking back, it was some combination of Lua and C++. He started taking his cousin’s scripts apart to automate his own character in the game. He was 13 or 14. The first programming book that he bought was a result of not being able to figure out how to get his character what it wants to do. It was one of the C++ bibles. And then, he became active in the forums around the scripting language. He was sharing the scripts and he started to realize that he can harvest stuff in the game and sell it for real cash. Matt never considered himself technical and never considered programming a career. He was just translating CPU and RAM for people who were shopping for computers. And then, he wanted people to measure theirs so he built tools that took the data they had in an office and turn them into reports. When the manager started using that, it became a nationwide program and suddenly, he was on the map. He was leading a team. When Blackberry started a technical interview, he realized that he has the answers to these questions. Initially, he was just a Technical Issues Manager. He had a Data Science team and that team was responsible for identifying and prioritizing issues. They were using Node 0.4, very early version of Node. And then, he discovered Angular and dived head first to the Angular community. [13:10] – BlackBerry got Matt to JavaScript Matt looked at Node because he was trying to figure out how he could do real time analytics. He wanted these dashboards that data scientists are looking at. That was the stepping stone into JavaScript. [15:30] – Hackathon On the side, a couple of local companies started to run hackathons. Matt was going to hackathons all the time. Then, he ended up of hopping from BlackBerry to becoming a full time front-end developer at a start-up. Matt was talking with one of the organizers at LA Hacks. She was telling him that the reason why people are going to these hackathons is because they want to win and they want to put that fact on their resumes. In his day, that was not hackathons were like. The prizes can act as a negative incentive. They really work hard for the prizes. Sometimes they actually end up becoming more creative as a result because they know they need to use this specific combination of API’s. [18:45] – Contributions to JavaScript community When Matt joined GoInstant, it was very early days of RTC. Web sockets are new at that point. You’re probably more familiar with Firebase. In the early days, GoInstant and Firebase are competing for the same developers. They’re working on the same problems. The tools that they are building were real time synchronization between the state you have on the client and the state you have on the server. A lot of those that they build, open-source tools, they went with GoInstant to Salesforce. But they inspired the libraries and a lot of it is probably on the same code base that you now see in libraries that pretty much does the same things with Firebase. And then, most recently, Matt and the team built Torus. They realized that if they are going to be building smaller applications, going to start to use more cloud services, more services tailored towards developers, and going to manage a lot more credential, a lot of credentials that need to be secured and shared with the teammates, they needed to take those credentials and put them on applications wherever they are running, whether that’s a Docker container or Heroku. That’s his most recent open-source project. [20:50] – What are you working on now? Manifold is their latest project. They’re trying to build a market place for developer services. It’s been 3 months. They moved from Torus to building Manifold earlier this year. The official launch hasn’t happened yet. That’s hopefully to come earlier this year – September. If it’s something that you want to try out and experiment with, there is a coupon for My JS. Give it a try before they launch a $25 credit that they can use to provision a logging instance, monitoring, or database. You can use it with any type of services that you might need to build your app. Picks Matt Creager OpenCollective.com Scaphold GraphQL Elixir Manifold.co Twitter, Github: @matt_creager Charles Max Wood AWS Lambda Zapier Heroku Udemy course for Ionic Framework

MJS 029: Matt Creager On this episode, we have another My JavaScript Story, our guest is Matt Creager. Matt works for Manifold. He's here with us today to tell us his story. Stay tuned! [01:00] – Introduction to Matt Creager Matt works for an interesting company called Manifold. They sponsored the show. [01:35] – How did you get into programming? Before Matt fell in love with programming, he was in love with technology. They bought his first computer. It was a Gateway 2000 and he got access to the internet around the same time. He spent all of his time on that computer because they were moving around so much. That became the way that he stayed in touch with people. He remembers taking it apart and formatting the hard drive accidentally. His uncle has been in the IT industry since he was a kid too. Matt was always associating him with spending time with his computer programming, a role model, and stabilizer in his life. He was switching tapes. And then, his cousin decided that he was going to start scripting his character’s actions in a game that they were playing. And now, looking back, it was some combination of Lua and C++. He started taking his cousin’s scripts apart to automate his own character in the game. He was 13 or 14. The first programming book that he bought was a result of not being able to figure out how to get his character what it wants to do. It was one of the C++ bibles. And then, he became active in the forums around the scripting language. He was sharing the scripts and he started to realize that he can harvest stuff in the game and sell it for real cash. Matt never considered himself technical and never considered programming a career. He was just translating CPU and RAM for people who were shopping for computers. And then, he wanted people to measure theirs so he built tools that took the data they had in an office and turn them into reports. When the manager started using that, it became a nationwide program and suddenly, he was on the map. He was leading a team. When Blackberry started a technical interview, he realized that he has the answers to these questions. Initially, he was just a Technical Issues Manager. He had a Data Science team and that team was responsible for identifying and prioritizing issues. They were using Node 0.4, very early version of Node. And then, he discovered Angular and dived head first to the Angular community. [13:10] – BlackBerry got Matt to JavaScript Matt looked at Node because he was trying to figure out how he could do real time analytics. He wanted these dashboards that data scientists are looking at. That was the stepping stone into JavaScript. [15:30] – Hackathon On the side, a couple of local companies started to run hackathons. Matt was going to hackathons all the time. Then, he ended up of hopping from BlackBerry to becoming a full time front-end developer at a start-up. Matt was talking with one of the organizers at LA Hacks. She was telling him that the reason why people are going to these hackathons is because they want to win and they want to put that fact on their resumes. In his day, that was not hackathons were like. The prizes can act as a negative incentive. They really work hard for the prizes. Sometimes they actually end up becoming more creative as a result because they know they need to use this specific combination of API’s. [18:45] – Contributions to JavaScript community When Matt joined GoInstant, it was very early days of RTC. Web sockets are new at that point. You’re probably more familiar with Firebase. In the early days, GoInstant and Firebase are competing for the same developers. They’re working on the same problems. The tools that they are building were real time synchronization between the state you have on the client and the state you have on the server. A lot of those that they build, open-source tools, they went with GoInstant to Salesforce. But they inspired the libraries and a lot of it is probably on the same code base that you now see in libraries that pretty much does the same things with Firebase. And then, most recently, Matt and the team built Torus. They realized that if they are going to be building smaller applications, going to start to use more cloud services, more services tailored towards developers, and going to manage a lot more credential, a lot of credentials that need to be secured and shared with the teammates, they needed to take those credentials and put them on applications wherever they are running, whether that’s a Docker container or Heroku. That’s his most recent open-source project. [20:50] – What are you working on now? Manifold is their latest project. They’re trying to build a market place for developer services. It’s been 3 months. They moved from Torus to building Manifold earlier this year. The official launch hasn’t happened yet. That’s hopefully to come earlier this year – September. If it’s something that you want to try out and experiment with, there is a coupon for My JS. Give it a try before they launch a $25 credit that they can use to provision a logging instance, monitoring, or database. You can use it with any type of services that you might need to build your app. Picks Matt Creager OpenCollective.com Scaphold GraphQL Elixir Manifold.co Twitter, Github: @matt_creager Charles Max Wood AWS Lambda Zapier Heroku Udemy course for Ionic Framework

Meet Matt (human) and James (canine), who became friends through shared service - and maybe a little bit of fate. When Matt returned home to the States, after a stay at Walter Reed, he joined Warrior Canine Connection only reluctantly. In this interview, Matt shares his experience working through to the other side of TBI and PTSD, and the role James plays. As both a trainer, helping to prepare canines to work with other warriors, and having been paired with a canine of his own, Matt offers a unique and personal perspective about re-connecting to others and to self. Sometimes, the nudge to reengage and potentially to participate fully in further treatment may come from an unexpected source like a cold, wet (non-human) nose. Please join us for this podcast as Matt eloquently describes his friendship and work with James, and how Love Heals. 

A hunter discusses his encounter in Colorado. As the two men slept in their tent something walked up and smacked the tent three times. Here is a portion of the encounter as the third hunter returned to camp and the men were sitting around the fire: “My view of Matt had in the background the tent and a row of trees ten yards beyond it. Daylight was still hanging on, but would slide into dusk within thirty minutes. As I stared at Matt’s face while hearing him elaborate, bipedal movement of a grey form caught my eye. Usually when I see something grey in the forest, it’s what we deer hunters seek. Immediately my eyes left Matt’s and locked onto a large, broad-backed figure slipping through the trees about 30 yards away. It traveled from right to left, and seemed to be going away from where our tent stood. It was very tall, and its light grey hair was clearly visible. Its hair was all one short length, starting at the top of its head and continuing without break down its neck onto its massive shoulders and back. Seeing its V-shaped physique struck me unusual because normally people up there on the mountain don’t go around shirtless. We wear either vests or jackets while hunting in the high country. This being wore nothing. It was quartering away as it moved between the lodgepole pine trunks, so I never saw its face. When Matt saw my eyes shift away from his, my head cocked to the side for a better view around him. He stopped talking, and swung around to see what I was looking at. The creature I saw walked upright, unlike the horizontal body orientation a deer or elk would have. It was exactly the same shade of grey as a mature timber buck, which probably helped draw my eye to it. “What the…?”, I muttered. It continued to pass between several trees that were spaced about five feet apart..."

Kate Lorenz and Matt "The Suitcase Junket" LorenzAPR19Kate Lorenz and Matt "The Suitcase Junket" LorenzMatt and Kate Lorenz ...... are siblings and artists who’ve taken divergent paths since Rusty Belle, the now legendary band they formed with friends in Amherst, MA, in 2006, more or less stopped playing together in 2014.Now, Matt, who makes music as “The Suitcase Junket” is releasing his fourth solo album. The Suitcase Junket is often called a “one-man band” but that old chestnut somehow belittles what he accomplishes musically, which can range from blues to rock to folk and pop, from fuzzy garage-iness of White Stripes to Led Zeppelin to the somewhat more melodic sound and sweet harmonies on the new record. It ain't your average one-man band, is all I'm sayin'.Matt is also a visual artist, whose work adorns the covers of his albums. I have known the two of them as friends, through their music, as a fan, and as one of too many owners of a bar called the Rendezvous in Turners Falls, MA, where we’ve been lucky enough to host them in all of their musical incarnations and with a show of Matt’s large scrapwood-and-metal bird wall sculptures.When Matt started making solo records, Kate hit the books, going to grad school in Education. Now, a few years later, she has the degree and has started a teaching career, but is also ready to return to the stage and studio. Her solo debut will be out this fall.We talked in early March, at Matt’s house in rural Western Mass, amid his work on boiling down sap from his maples for syrup.Interspersed with the conversation, you’ll hear three songs: one from Kate, “Slide tackle into your heart,” one from Rusty Belle, “I’m Alive,” and one from Matt’s new Suitcase Junket album, “Piledriver” called “Beta Star”Kate’s album and related URLs will out later this year. Find Matt at thesuitcasejunket.com - All the albums are great, but, if you get the chance, catch Matt live sometime, what he does is amazing to witness. Rusty Belle, their former band can be found at rustybelle.com.***Find us at 15minutesjamieberger.com and everywherever you get your podcasts. Please consider supportng us with a pledge of as little as $1 an episode on patreon - just go to patreon.com/15minutesjamiebergerThanks! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When Matt's away, apparently Carly will play! Until a certain facebook photo came into question that is...

As Founder and CEO of the marketing firm Triple R Marketing, Matt has been described as “highly creative with an unparalleled understanding of service”. With over 20 years’ experience in Marketing and Sales, Matt has helped small-local businesses and brand-name Fortune 500 companies alike become leaders in their industry. He has worked alongside world-renowned author and sales expert Jeffrey Gitomer, and has helped businesses promote their products at high-profile events such as the Sport Emmy Awards.He has been featured on the weekly television program Inside Indiana and also spoke at the IAVM 2015 Arena Management Conference on the ‘New Technology for Improved Fan Engagement.’When Matt is not at the office or traveling for work, he continues to wear or buy anything to do with Superman. He is a devoted marketing nerd that enjoys running, superhero movies and vacation with his family.Learn more: www.triplermarketing.comInfluential Influencers with Mike Saundershttp://businessinnovatorsradio.com/influential-entrepreneurs-with-mike-saunders/

As Founder and CEO of the marketing firm Triple R Marketing, Matt has been described as “highly creative with an unparalleled understanding of service”. With over 20 years’ experience in Marketing and Sales, Matt has helped small-local businesses and brand-name Fortune 500 companies alike become leaders in their industry. He has worked alongside world-renowned author and sales expert Jeffrey Gitomer, and has helped businesses promote their products at high-profile events such as the Sport Emmy Awards.He has been featured on the weekly television program Inside Indiana and also spoke at the IAVM 2015 Arena Management Conference on the ‘New Technology for Improved Fan Engagement.’When Matt is not at the office or traveling for work, he continues to wear or buy anything to do with Superman. He is a devoted marketing nerd that enjoys running, superhero movies and vacation with his family.Learn more: www.triplermarketing.comInfluential Influencers with Mike Saundershttp://businessinnovatorsradio.com/influential-entrepreneurs-with-mike-saunders/

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the aftermath of the election. Show notes: - Check out Matt's book Like a Comet: The Indestructibles Book 4 - Jay: Not moving to Canada - None of those celebs is leaving the country - Enthusiastic votes for Trump - Parallels to Brexit - Plenty of protests when Obama was elected - Scandals didn't hurt Trump - Clinton was a very Republican-safe candidate - Covering politics for a newspaper can change you - When Matt was dissed by the new Lt. Gov. - Oh, Gary Hart - Politicians and sex - To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Hillary is afraid of the gallows if Trump wins. She was interviewed by Matt Lauer and went off in a tirade of cursing. Hillary said: " If that f - - - ing bastard wins, we all hang from nooses!" Camera's were not allowed to film the massive meltdown. But the staffers couldn't believe how horrible she was. Remember the Sept. 7 Commander-in-Chief Forum where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton appeared separately but back-to-back for 30 minutes each? According to an email forwarded to us late last night, which originated from a Comcast email address, the technical crew for NBC which produced the event is now speaking out about what took place moments after Clinton walked off the set â?? a massive profanity-laced tirade aimed at NBCâ??s host, Matt Lauer. It turned out that Clinton had been fed all the questions for approval in advance of the forum. But then, after the approval, Matt Lauer had had a change of heart and he started his questioning with an unapproved line concerning Clintonâ??s use of an illegal private server for her sometimes classified, work-related emails. According to a Comcast official (the parent company of NBC Universal) who apparently was quoting those on the set: â??When Matt posed the one legitimate question about the FBI investigation concerning her homemade server and the unsecured emails, we could see she was beginning to boil.â?? According to an NBC Associate Producer of the Forum, as soon as Clinton got off the set, she exploded. â??Hillary proceeded to pick up a full glass of water and throw it at the face of her assistant, and the screaming started.â?? â??She was in a full meltdown and no one on her staff dared speak with her â?? she went kind of manic and didn't have any control over herself at that point.â?? â??How these people work with this woman is amazing to me. She really didn't seem to care who heard any of it.â?? â??You really had to see this to believe it. She came apart â?? literally unglued; she is the most foul-mouthed woman Iâ??ve ever heard â?¦ and that voice at screech level â?¦ awful!â?? â??She screamed sheâ??d get that fâ?¦..ing Lauer fired for this.â?? Referring to Donald Trump, Clinton said: â??If that f - - - ing bastard wins, we all hang from nooses! Lauerâ??s finished...and if I lose itâ??s all on your heads for screwing this up.â?? So, Crooked Hillary fears the gallows, eh? Interesting. Her dozen or more aides were visibly disturbed and tried to calm her down when she started shaking uncontrollably, as she screamed to get an executive at Comcast the parent company of NBC Universal, on the phone. Then, two rather large aides grabbed her and helped her walk to her car. Matt Lauer was massively criticized for the rest of the week on air by the Clinton campaign and the rest of the MSM as having conducted: â??an unfair and partisan attack on Clinton.â?? According to the email, calls were made to the New York Times, the Washington Post, Huffington Post and Twitter executives with orders to crush Matt Lauer. One staffer on the Clinton campaign told the NBC staff that they all fear Clintonâ??s wrath and uncontrollable outbursts, and one described Hillary as â??an egotistical psychopath.â?? Since Hillary does not allow any staff to have cell phones when she is in their presence, no footage is available. Interim DNC chairman Donna Brazile, the first black woman to hold the position, was singled out by Hillary during the rant. She screamed at Donna: â??Iâ??m so sick of your face. You stare at the wall like a brain dead buffalo, while letting that f - - - ing Lauer get away with this. What are you good for, really? Get the f - - - to work janitoring this mess - do I make myself clear?â?? A female NBC executive said that Donna Brazile looked at Mrs. Clinton and never flinched, which seemed to enrage Hillary all the more. The executive continued: â??It was the most awful and terrible...and racist display â?? such a profane meltdown I have ever witnessed from anyone, and I will never forget it. â??That woman should never see the inside of the oval office I can tell you that. She was unhinged and just continued to verbally abuse everyone â?? she was out of control.â?? Why did Lauer ask his rogue question? According to sources close to Lauer, because: â??â?¦ the American people deserve an answer from the former Secretary of State.â??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfGeXth-Do4&feature=youtu.be Hillary is afraid of the gallows if Trump wins. She was interviewed by Matt Lauer and went off in a tirade of cursing. Hillary said: " If that f - - - ing bastard wins, we all hang from nooses!" Camera's were not allowed to film the massive meltdown. But the staffers couldn't believe how horrible she was. Remember the Sept. 7 Commander-in-Chief Forum where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton appeared separately but back-to-back for 30 minutes each? According to an email forwarded to us late last night, which originated from a Comcast email address, the technical crew for NBC which produced the event is now speaking out about what took place moments after Clinton walked off the set â?? a massive profanity-laced tirade aimed at NBCâ??s host, Matt Lauer. It turned out that Clinton had been fed all the questions for approval in advance of the forum. But then, after the approval, Matt Lauer had had a change of heart and he started his questioning with an unapproved line concerning Clintonâ??s use of an illegal private server for her sometimes classified, work-related emails. According to a Comcast official (the parent company of NBC Universal) who apparently was quoting those on the set: â??When Matt posed the one legitimate question about the FBI investigation concerning her homemade server and the unsecured emails, we could see she was beginning to boil.â?? According to an NBC Associate Producer of the Forum, as soon as Clinton got off the set, she exploded. â??Hillary proceeded to pick up a full glass of water and throw it at the face of her assistant, and the screaming started.â?? â??She was in a full meltdown and no one on her staff dared speak with her â?? she went kind of manic and didn't have any control over herself at that point.â?? â??How these people work with this woman is amazing to me. She really didn't seem to care who heard any of it.â?? â??You really had to see this to believe it. She came apart â?? literally unglued; she is the most foul-mouthed woman Iâ??ve ever heard â?¦ and that voice at screech level â?¦ awful!â?? â??She screamed sheâ??d get that fâ?¦..ing Lauer fired for this.â?? Referring to Donald Trump, Clinton said: â??If that f - - - ing bastard wins, we all hang from nooses! Lauerâ??s finished...and if I lose itâ??s all on your heads for screwing this up.â?? So, Crooked Hillary fears the gallows, eh? Interesting. Her dozen or more aides were visibly disturbed and tried to calm her down when she started shaking uncontrollably, as she screamed to get an executive at Comcast the parent company of NBC Universal, on the phone. Then, two rather large aides grabbed her and helped her walk to her car. Matt Lauer was massively criticized for the rest of the week on air by the Clinton campaign and the rest of the MSM as having conducted: â??an unfair and partisan attack on Clinton.â?? According to the email, calls were made to the New York Times, the Washington Post, Huffington Post and Twitter executives with orders to crush Matt Lauer. One staffer on the Clinton campaign told the NBC staff that they all fear Clintonâ??s wrath and uncontrollable outbursts, and one described Hillary as â??an egotistical psychopath.â?? Since Hillary does not allow any staff to have cell phones when she is in their presence, no footage is available. Interim DNC chairman Donna Brazile, the first black woman to hold the position, was singled out by Hillary during the rant. She screamed at Donna: â??Iâ??m so sick of your face. You stare at the wall like a brain dead buffalo, while letting that f - - - ing Lauer get away with this. What are you good for, really? Get the f - - - to work janitoring this mess - do I make myself clear?â?? A female NBC executive said that Donna Brazile looked at Mrs. Clinton and never flinched, which seemed to enrage Hillary all the more. The executive continued: â??It was the most awful and terrible...and racist display â?? such a profane meltdown I have ever witnessed from anyone, and I will never forget it. â??That woman should never see the inside of the oval office I can tell you that. She was unhinged and just continued to verbally abuse everyone â?? she was out of control.â?? Why did Lauer ask his rogue question? According to sources close to Lauer, because: â??â?¦ the American people deserve an answer from the former Secretary of State.â??

My guest today is Matt Miller, Founder and President of School Spirit Vending, a vending machine company that helps schools fundraise internally rather than asking children to go door to door. In today’s episode, we discuss: What it felt like to be so poor that he was declined for a payday loan. How $100 opened the door to a million dollar business The importance of homeschooling and how parents are an essential (and often missing) ingredient to help children understand entrepreneurship and basic business skills. How you can quickly get started building your own vending machine empire Matt was concerned with the current fundraising model of selling magazines and popcorn and decided to do something about it. His idea was to create a vending machine business to literally keep the kids off the streets, but still allow schools a way to fundraise. Matt was a corporate guy and his parents taught him to go to school, get a job and work a 9-5 so that he can retire. Like many of us, this quickly seemed unfulfilling. He dreamed of being his own boss and could no longer stand the idea of selling his time to someone else. He HAD to become his own boss. When Matt lost his job, he was in a very difficult financial position. He had a wife and several children to support, but very little means to do so. Collecting aluminium cans only went so far. One day, in church, Matt was chatting with a friend who had recently bought a few simple gumball machine. Matt was surprised to hear that these gumball machines were actually generating noticeable revenue. Quarters can still add up quite substantially and he had to know more. After a few weeks of scouting the Internet to learn as much as possible, he and his daughters jumped in the car to purchase a single gumball machine for $100. This was the start of Matt’s appreciation and love for vending machines which is now his passion and business. He went from being broke (and not being eligible for a payday loan) to franchising a vending machine company and helping entrepreneurs and schools all over the nation learn how to generate wealth. Join us to hear more about Matt’s journey and why vending machines may be a good opportunity for you to build the lifestyle that you desire and deserve. Matt’s Contact Details: Email: matt@ssvbusiness.com Twitter: @ssvbusiness Facebook: www.facebook.com/SSVBusiness Download Matt’s free ebook “Live Your Dreams: Top 10 Reasons Why You Need To Start A Vending Business”: www.ssvbusiness.com/liberty Podcast review links: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/liberty-entrepreneurs/id1057809945?mt=2 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/LibertyEntrepreneurs Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/liberty-entrepreneurs-podcast

Matt Herbruck has lived two farming lives: one in down east Maine, and another in northeast Ohio. After 21 years of farming, he currently owns and operates Birdsong Farm in Hiram Township, Ohio, with twelve acres of vegetables and cut flowers sold through four farmers markets and a small CSA. Matt shares the story of moving his farm from Maine to Ohio, and we talk about the sometimes radical differences in the two markets, climates, and soils, and how Matt managed the transition from the coast to the middle of the country – as well as personal transitions that coincided with the move. Matt tells the story of breaking into markets in both locations, including how he has engaged with start-up farmers markets to create a winning situation for both the market and for his farm. We dig into Matt’s tricks for setting up a great farmers market stand and produce display, managing greens and root crops through the hot Ohio summers, juggling the expectations of family and farming, and the ephemeral nature of seemingly permanent decisions and situations. When Matt’s employee, Dave, recommended Matt for the show, I didn’t remember that Matt and I had known each other when we were both farming on the coast of Maine. But once I made the connection, I remembered his flat-bed truck and his infectious smile. And while the flat-bed truck is history, I enjoyed hearing his smile and the joy he has retained through all of the years and all of the challenges. I hope you’ll enjoy it, too. The Farmer to Farmer Podcast is generously supported by Vermont Compost Company.

As Founder and CEO of the marketing firm Triple R Marketing,Matt has been described as “highly creative with an unparalleledunderstanding of service”. With over 20 years’ experience inMarketing and Sales, Matt has helped small-local businesses andbrand-name Fortune 500 companies alike become leaders in theirindustry. He has worked alongside world-renowned author and salesexpert Jeffrey Gitomer, and has helped businesses promote theirproducts at high-profile events such as the Sport Emmy Awards.In this Episode, you will discover that Matt and Shawn, both arefan of a wonderful coach and person, and she is,  Jaime(Tardy) Masters (Best Selling Author and Coach at The EventualMillionaire) Matt’s vision of Triple R Marketing is key to his core beliefand operating principles, driving him to create distinguishedcustomer experiences, “Customer experiences are not planned basedon data, they happen when you empower the right people who lovewhat they do, and I love what I do.”As a leader in the industry, Matt has been asked to speak atwide range of organizations including, but not limited to, HamiltonCo Sports Summit, International Association of Venue Managers,Indiana State Fair Association, and the Sports Indiana EducationSession on topics of search engine optimization, social media, andcustomer experiences.Customer experience is integral to his work. He believessatisfied customer are not a level of success, as beingsatisfied is the bare minimum we will accept in today’s socialworld. With this customer-centric business philosophy, businessacumen and commitment to rapid, reliable results he and his staffhave retained over 96% of his customers.He is also a successful serial entrepreneur. For years,Ruedlinger had given his clients Joan’s Caramels on their birthdaysand was met with tremendous positive response. Clients loved thepersonal touch of receiving caramels and Ruedlinger was able toform many friendships through his sincere gesture. The homemadecaramels quickly became a key part of Ruedlinger’s business. Whenhe got word that the store was closing, the entrepreneur in himkicked in. He knew he had to reach an agreement with Fischer tokeep the caramels available for everyone. In January of 2016,Ruedlinger took over as the new owner of Joan’s Caramels. Havingthe ability to brand products to put the caramels in, has added anadditional layer to set Triple R Marketing apart from theircompetition. He also developed an app called Fanvious that allowsfood and merchandise to be delivered to your seat while at asporting event or concert. With the success of the app he has beenfeatured on the weekly television program Inside Indiana and alsospoke at the IAVM 2015 Arena Management Conference on the ‘NewTechnology for Improved Fan Engagement.’When Matt is not at the office or traveling for work, hecontinues to wear or buy anything to do with Superman. He is adevoted marketing nerd that enjoys running, superhero movies andvacation with his family. https://triplermarketing.com/ http://wgl.fm/ http://mediaauthorityshawnchhabra.com/ http://www.authoritycollege.com/ http://press.authoritycollege.com/ http://shawnchhabra.com/http://www.mediaauthorityshawnchhabra.com/ https://laptopuniverse.com/http://itparts.com/  

Dr. Matt Westheimer is a chiropractor and the founder of Elite Blueprint.  In this episode Matt talks about his journey of selling everything he had to build a chiropractic practice in Singapore, the role mentors have played in his life, why you need support from the people around you, and the reason the process is more important than the result. Here are three things you can learn from Matt: The Power of Mentorship One constant throughout Matt's life has been the influence of mentors on his life. Early on, Matt made the mistake of only focusing on one aspect of what he considered success. When Matt read an article about Michael Phelps, he brought it to one of his mentors and said Phelps was the type of person that inspired him. The mentor showed Matt that Phelps had success in one area of life, but was he excelling in other areas of life like relationships, friendships, and personal growth. From that moment on, Matt decided he didn't just want success in one area of life, he wanted it in all areas of life. On another occasion, Matt had been struggling for months trying to decide whether he should make the move to Singapore. The mentor asked one simple question that changed Matt's perspective. "In fifteen years, what are you going to regret more? Are you going to regret not staying here and opening up practice... or are you going to regret not taking the time to travel around the world?" This was the catalyst that gave Matt the confidence to move overseas. These moments were pivotal in Matt's growth. Without the help of mentors, Matt's life might be completely different. If you find yourself struggling, seek out guidance from a mentor. Their wisdom can have a profound affect on your life. Surround Yourself with People Who Will Support You In one of the most vulnerable moments of his life, Matt found confidence, strength, and the courage to move on and achieve more. How did he do it? With the help of the people around him. When his long term relationship ended, Matt felt stuck. He was a pivotal moment in his life where he could either grow or continue to live life in the middle. It was during that moment that Matt turned to his friends. Even though his relationship didn't work out, he was able to build life long friendships because of it. "I would say one of the biggest things that you can do is surround yourself with people that are going to inspire you, that are going to challenge you, that are going to support you. People that are going to build you up. People that aren't just playing it safe, that are going to call you out." When you have a strong group of people on your side, you can overcome just about anything. Don't try to do everything on your own because the support these people provide is invaluable. The Process is More Important than the Result One of the big changes Matt made in his life was going from a results based mindset to a process based mindset. He used to write down all the things that he wanted out of life from workout goals to monetary goals. Eventually, he realized when you have result based goals, and you don't achieve them, you feel down about yourself. When you have a process based goal, you get to enjoy the journey instead of focusing on the destination. Instead of worrying about whether you can achieve your goals, you get to enjoy the process along the way. Here's what Matt has to say about his every day process, "I focus all of my energy on where if I do these things every single day, it's going to be impossible for me not to have the result that I would love to have... a lot of people get too focused on the result and less focused on the process, which I think is much more important."The next time you find yourself down about not achieving your goals, re-frame your mindset to focus on the process instead. More shownotes from episode 46 with Dr. Matt Westheimer

Matt Urmy is a former touring musician, now turned tech entrepreneur. When Matt was a touring artist he often had trouble organizing his contacts, managing finances and keeping track of gigs while on the road. Sound familiar to anyone? Anyhow, Matt actually did something about it and created a cool new web based app and company called “Artist Growth”. Artist Growth is a great web based app that helps musicians and managers streamline the touring process. It’s designed to help you sort your finances, merchandise, royalties and much more, all in one place that’s always available online. And it’s also a great discovery tool where record company A&R reps can also potentially find your stuff as well!

In this episode we discuss director Sanjay Leela Bhansali with an in-depth look at three of his films Show Notes: This episode is late, we’re sorry (but our next episode will be out soon) Matt and Boman Irani are becoming pretty close Shout out to Shah Shahid and the Split Screen Podcast Sanjay Leela Bhansali, director of Devdas and Ram-Leela Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director of Broken Horses Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Who can tell the difference between Italy and Hungary? Kissing will not get you pregnant  Erin doesn’t watch the songs before seeing the film Oprah lied to us INTERVAL (”Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam) Black When Matt was a child he didn’t know the difference between Helen Keller and Anne Frank Rani Mukherjee evokes Chaplin When does SLB set his films? Guzaarish, a about euthanasia or “ethanasia” Hrithik Roshan, without the use of his body He does dance with a giant bubble though and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan claps Don’t replay Action Replayy Auteurism NEXT TIME: we go to the movies to see Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani with our good friend Juliet Franklin  Find us on iTunes!  and Stitcher! Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

This week on the Random Assault Podcast, the gang takes a sex quiz that I'm sad I missed out on, and they also talk about hard games and Deus Ex. Oh yeah and we as a species eat weird s**t. - Hard Games - Deus Ex - Sex quiz - When Matt left the show - foods and meats are weird and we eat them. Yum!

Episode 154 - Christian Griffith does not do anything quietly or half-assed. When Matt met Christian in 2012, Christian was already living what most consider a "pretty good life". He had a well paying job at an ad agency in which he could dress how he wanted, and travel to races all over the world on any given week. That was not enough for him and in April of this year, he moved from Atlanta to Jacksonville, FL to go work for GORUCK. Sounds great right? Still in marketing, but for a gear and event company that pushes people past their comfort zone. Seems like a perfect fit, however, 7 months into that job and he realized he still had a thirst for more. Much more. On Monday, Christian left GORUCK to start the next chapter of his life. Listen in and find out how he plans on taking on truly being his hashtag #liveforaliving. You will also hear his unique opinions on OCR, and what he doesn't like about Matt. Today's episode is sponsored by Enduring Warrior - Donate $5 to this great cause and be entered to win tons of cool race stuff, gear, etc. Show Notes Run 100 Miles -Superior Saw Tooth 100 - The blog post that put Christian on the map. This website has a bazillion race reports going back to 2007. So read this one, then read on, you'll learn a lot and it's entertaining as hell. Monster Inside Me - The episode where you can learn about the amoeba that almost killed Christian

I started with just one rhythm, then when we added more instruments, I didn’t know what to do because they didn’t fit with the melody. The clarinet, the flute, the cello, the bassoon and the violin have the main part, everything else just plays in certain places. I have learned that music takes lots of thoughts, if you just put down random notes, chances are, it’s going to sound terrible. When Matt said to add more instruments, I was worried because all the instruments played the same melody only with different notes. I wanted to make it the best that I could!

   Time for listener questions.  We’ll discuss refinancing, repairing damaged credit, and being a spendaholic.  We love answering your questions.  If you want to know, your fellow listeners are probably wondering too.  1.  How do I turn my spendaholic friends into the budgeting, investing machine LMM has turned me into?  First, tell them about the show!  You have to let each person realize they need help.  New Year’s resolutions are around the corner and money is a big one.  If they resolve to improve their finances, suggest some learning materials.  Podcasts, books, blogs that will help them learn.  If they suggest going out, offer up a cheap night.  A potluck, movie night at your place.  Remember, the host always gets to keep the leftover booze!  Inspire them, don’t lecture them.  2.  I have a secured credit card as I’m trying to rebuild my credit.  What’s another good card to help me repair the damage?  When Matt had bad credit, in the low 600’s, Discover gave him a credit card.  Set up an account on Credit Karma to check your credit score to see if things are improving.  Getting more than one card and putting a small charge (Netflix, gym membership) on each one will boost your credit score because it will show a history of on-time payments.  We wrote an article on credit scores with some additional information. 3.  How do on-going payments work in an index fund?  Inflation is usually 2-3% and no savings account offers anything close to that.  Through investing, over time, you can expect returns around 7%.  Make a deposit into your investment account every month and let it ride. 4.  My wife and I are looking to enter the property market.  After doing so, we’ll still have $20,000-$40,000 left over.  How do we stay ahead of inflation?  Betterment and Vanguard have great returns.  If you don’t need your money to be liquid, Lending Club is a great investment.  It’s not for everyone but it’s worth looking into.  If you’re more conservative, stick with Betterment. 5.  We are considering refinancing through SoFi.  Our rate could fluctuate  up but the term would be reduced.  Is this the right move?  It’s more than likely that interest rates will go up in 2015.  By re-financing now, you’ll pay less and pay the loan off more quickly. Thanks for the questions everyone.  Keep sending them in. Show Notes Betterment: The smart way to invest. Flying Fish Red Fish: A hoppy red ale. LMM Toolbox:  Some credit cards we recommend.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

London Youth Rowing is a charity dedicated to rowing for all, especially the young and the less fortunate. Matt Rostron, CEO of London Youth Rowing, is joining us on RowingChat this month to discuss how they achieve their goals and grow the London rowing community. They have achieved success in some ambitious rowing projects. They've delivered indoor rowing to state secondary schools accross London, founded the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships, and work regularlywith over 8,000 11-18 year olds every year to open up the world of rowing, both competitive and recreational. When Matt joined, the charity was very small indeed, with just 3 full time members of staff. Now they operate with a 23 person team and are expanding their reach into other sports (Canoeing and Sailing) with some big name partners. Matt talks here about how to grow accessibility, how to fund raise; what it takes to enable rowing with organisations and partners who have no knowledge of the sport, and smart ways to coach young people. Find more RowingChat at www.rowperfect.co.uk

When Matt and Ryan decided to focus on The Pretty Reckless’s “Going to Hell” for this episode, they thought they were playing an April Fools Joke. What happens next will astound you. Episode 101: Jenny Humphrey Died For Your Sins originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Coming off the euphoric high of 100th Episode bliss, Dan and Ian settled in this week to get back to business making money…for others. That’s right, they’re kicking around some angel investment ideas that would end with a qualified start-up getting some runway to make their lifestyle business dream a reality. Is an angel investment accelerator worth the time, resource, and money effort or should they just stop pansying around and make some real investments? In the Meat & Potatoes, Dan takes to the interview seat to chat with Matt Paulson, who has saved the LBP from a fate worse than death – Site Server Error. When Matt isn’t swooping in like a boss to save Dan and Ian, he’s running a web content company that focuses on various consumer and financial websites and newsletters. Matt has managed to build a devoted following that constantly increases with new readers and customers by NOT focusing on his SERP and SEO strategies. Instead, he thinks Outside the Index and uses unorthodox content oriented strategies to continue to build and grow. Some of his best Outside the Index strategies include:  YouTube and Google image content  Content Writers vs. Scraping Content  Content Generating Sites like Bing and Yahoo Finance  News Search Engines (Not Your Average SERP)

Gerry Ganaden (George Lynch’s guitar tech number 48) and London LeGrand (Brides of Destruction, Souls of We, George Lynch) recorded back in Aug. 2009. When Matt from Rocket Science first approached me The post Metal Moment Podcast 054 – George Lynch’s Guitar Tech appeared first on Metal Moment.

Matt Way (Joe's Dad), Anna Heacock, Julie Richards and Vashti Barnicot all jumped for Joe to raise money for the Precious Lives Appeal in memory of Cornish toddler. The Cornish Parachute club had another 25 jumpers also jumping for Precious Lives over the weekend with conditions varied the team where on their toes to make sure the best was made of every weather window. Team Joe raised an overall amount of over £1500 taking the total over £51,000.00 in just over twelve months since the website started after little Joe Way died. Claire Way said “The journey we have been on since the start of Joe’s website has been amazing and the fundraising has been running at £1000 per week for most of the last twelve months, he has inspired so many new people” Matt Way jumped with tandem instructor Dr Ryan Jackson who also treated Joe during his long stays at The Royal Cornwall Hospital and knows the Way family, they where filmed by Ben Wood as the 10,000 feet jumped took place over the stunning Cornish coast line of Perranporth and St Agnes. Joes banner was worn by Matt however its remand with Ben as he still has some plans for it which will be extreme with a capital E. Matt said "It was the most amazing experience and as Ryan said before we exited the plane “This ones for Joe” I highly recommend it and the team where friendly and completely professional in every aspect of the experience” When Matt was asked if he would do it again he answered “I couldn’t not experience that rush again I will absolutely have to return” If you have a crazy way to get Joe’s web address out there or can take his banner abroad then email info@joeway.co.uk. To see why Cornwall needs a children’s hospice then look on Joe’s website www.joeway.co.uk

When Matt's ancestor's crossed through Ellis Island, they handed the immigration officials a six-pack of delicious brews from the mother land. And thus, the FreeBeer surname was born. In this Episode, Dr. Matt brought us beer. And it was AWESOME! We asked him lots of questions about our medical problems. We talked about raging bulls and see-saws at bars. We discussed the merits of living at home vs the freedom of NOT living at home. Chuck E Cheese. Brewing Beer. And more medical issues for Dr. Matt. All while drink beers from Bell's, Deschutes, and Belguim's Br. Verhaeghe (???). Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/three-beers-later/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.