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It was a hot summer day when my oldest son and I were out working in the yard. I was doing the mowing; he was doing some clipping around the rocks; working just a little bit behind me where I had just mown. And I noticed that he was working pretty hard, and I glanced at him. I was pretty pleased with how he was doing, and I just kind of gave him a quick smile and went back to work. About ten minutes later he walked up to me and I could see his lips moving, but I could not understand what he was saying because of the lawn mower was so loud. So, I turned the mower down and I said, "What did you say, son?" And he said, "Dad, would you do that again?" And I said, "Do what again?" He said, "Would you give me another smile like you did a few minutes ago?" And then this is what I'll never forget. He said, "Dad, you know, it's your smile that keeps me going." Talk about a melted Dad! "It's your smile that keeps me going." He had decided that a father's approval was worth working for. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Whose Smile You're Working For." In our word for today from the Word of God the Apostle Paul tells us whose smile he was working for. Galatians 1:10 - Paul says, "Am I now trying to win the approval of men or of God?" By the way, that's a good question to ask looking in the mirror today. "Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ." Wow! Paul said in essence, "I've decided who my audience is. I've decided whose applause I'm interested in. I've decided whose smile I want." And frankly he's saying, "It just doesn't matter to me what men think of what I've done, but I want to know that my Lord Jesus is smiling when the day is over and saying, 'Good day. Good job, faithful servant.'" Now, when you work, and sweat, and minister, and sacrifice; when you do all those things that you do for your family, who are you doing it for? Even the simple things of household chores, homework, tasks you have to accomplish at work. Who are you doing it for? The answer to that question makes all the difference in the fulfillment factor and the meaning of what you're doing. Years ago, author Keith Miller told in one of his books about getting close to the Oklahoma college football team at a time when they had the longest winning streak in college history. For years they had not been defeated. And he went to a practice at the invitation of the soon tp become immortal Coach Bud Wilkinson, and he said after a couple of days there that he found out what their secret was. They lived for Monday. Yeah, that's when they watched the movies of the game with Coach Wilkinson, because as it turned out it really didn't matter to them what the sports writers said. And even though there were say 50,000 people in the stadium, it really didn't matter ultimately whether they cheered or jeered. And it didn't really matter even what the rest of the team said. They waited for one thing. They waited for the coach's verdict on how they had played that day. And Keith Miller said, "The secret of that football team's winning was that they played only for the coach." How about you and me? Are you playing for the stands, you playing for the other people on the team, playing for the writers, the publicity? I'll tell you this: ultimately every other audience will prove disappointing and unappreciative. You do it for your family, sometimes they'll disappoint you. For your church, for some Christian leader, for your employer, for your teachers? Count on it, sometime they're going to let you down. But the Bible says, "We serve the Lord Christ." And the thrill of that is taking today's activity and saying, "Lord Christ, I'm doing it all for You."

Al Christopherson preaches on the need to “walk with God” not just “work for God”. He gives three pointers to help you walk with God – ever stand by the cross, regularly confess your sin, and keep sitting at Christ's feet. Reading: Gen 5:22-24. (Recorded at the Roseisle Gospel Hall conference, MB, Canada, on 27th Sept 2024) The post Working For or Walking With? (17 min) first appeared on Gospel Hall Audio.

Welcome to another episode of The Story of Rock and Roll Show.  S7E28 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 11 Jul 2024.  You can follow us on Facebook, X, or Instagram, search for The Story of Rock and Roll on those sites it's always great to hear from you guys.  This show is an awesome mix of rock and metal from the late ‘60s to the albums released this month.  As always, loud guitars take center stage.  Please also note that the artists featured are in order of play so you will see that the show's end had some awesome heavy stuff if that is what you are here for.   This week on Twisted Twins we had twins instead of triplets for the first time in a while.  We checked out two songs called ‘Little By Little'.  We had Alice Cooper (feat Joe Satriani on the solo) and Oasis doing the honours.   Immortals this week came from Walter Trout and his good friend Joe Bonamassa.  This title track off his 2017 release 'We're In This Together' is wonderful.    The Diabolical Challenge looked at four bands beginning with the letter ‘D'.  The idea is that we have 4 albums, and you can only pick one.  This week we had: David Lee Roth – Eat ‘Em and SmileDanko Jones – We Sweat BloodDeep Purple – In RockDire Straits – Dire Straits Bomb Crocodile and Slow Panda's picks of the week were Loverboy - 'Working For the Weekend' and Five Finger Death Punch – 'The Way of the Fist' Artists Featured:  Badlands, Seether, Fozzy, Mötley Crüe, Blue Öyster Cult, Sinner, Dropkick Murphys, Cinderella, The Rolling Stones, Warrior Soul, Godsmack, Sex Pistols, Stiff Little Fingers, Angra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Oasis, Sammy Hagar and the Wabos, Rose Tattoo, Phil Rudd, ACDC, Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson, Sepultura, Hinder, Walter Trout (Feat Joe Bonamassa), David Lee Roth, Danko Jones, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Children of Bodom, Butch Walker, Loverboy, Five Finger Death Punch, Overkill, Annihilator, Bullet For My Valentine.    The Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

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EP 111 - Daniel Blue, How to Dramatically Change Your Financial Life The more movers and shakers you surround yourself with, the more likely you are to realize that most have one thing in common — at some point, they've lived a f***ed up life. That's according to Daniel Blue.  “Most winners had some kind of tragedy or adversity hit them, usually on more than one occasion,” he says. “For me, I'm a product of my mistakes, and I happened to make countless mistakes in early childhood.” At 18, Daniel was addicted to Oxycontin, had gotten a woman pregnant, and dropped out of college. In need of some quick money, he turned to real estate sales — and in his first year made $95,000. By the following year, he was making six figures. The problem was that he had no clue how to be a responsible steward of this money.  “I didn't grow up with a bunch of money. I grew up with a single mom after my dad moved to Mexico when I was 12. We lived in a hotel, and there was a year in high school where I lived with one of my friends because we didn't have our own place. So, I didn't see a lot of money transactions and investing and financial literacy.”  As an addict and new dad, Daniel was over-drafting his bank account, doing his taxes poorly, and stuck with “s*** credit.” Then, in his mid-20s, after getting clean from Oxycontin, he decided to change his financial habits, too. Exposed to entrepreneurs who introduced him to new ways of approaching investing, Daniel was able to turn a new leaf financially — and ultimately save and invest enough to, at 29, start his own financial literacy company.  In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Daniel talk about how to improve your cash flow with self-directed 401k's and investments, as well as the path that brought Daniel to making financial literacy his mission.   What You'll Learn: Why self-directed retirement accounts are key for entrepreneurs in particular (and why traditional financial advisors won't tell you about them) The two different types of “come-ups” Daniel has seen, and why only one is sustainable The steps Daniel took in order to comfortably sacrifice his salary and start a company And much more!   Favorite Quote: “You have to make sure your purpose cup is being filled. Being in a funk happens when you're going about your day without having your purpose cup and your passion cup filled.”  — Daniel Blue    Connect with Daniel: LinkedIn Quest Education   How To Get Involved: Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas. He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.  After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.  Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group.  With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.  With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders. LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Jeff Smith, From Service to Civilian and Maintaining Authenticity One thing that life in the Special Forces and life as an entrepreneur have in common? Neither one is particularly comfortable — and that's a good thing, according to Jeff Smith, a man who's experienced both.   “If you're not challenging yourself, if you're not doing hard things, if you're not recognizing a level of discipline that makes you internally proud, I think you're not in a great place,” Jeff says. “And I believe that for everyone. I just don't think most people recognize it or have ever been challenged with having to go there.”    As a coach, in addition to being the co-owner of a gym and 68 rental properties with his wife, that's what Jeff helps people do: go there. He starts by helping clients reassess the narratives they've told themselves and instead opening them up to “the entire story.”    “A lot of the time, we have the tendency to feel sorry for ourselves and make excuses, like, ‘Oh, this is why this is happening to me,'” he says. “My job is to snap you out of that s*** and be like, well, it doesn't matter why it's happening. How and where do we go from here?”   In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Jeff tells Patrick what he's learned going from the military to corporate life to entrepreneurship, as well as the ways he engenders empowered authenticity for his clients today.   What You'll Learn: How Jeff helps clients pinpoint what they're facing, what they're telling themselves, what the real story is and how to work their way out of it How his time in the military helped him learn to recognize his emotions without being dictated by them Why it's so important to create abundance in your network and in your communities And much more!   Favorite Quote:  “If you start building wins, you will climb out of any situation. There's no situation that doesn't have a resolution.” — Jeff Smith How To Get Involved: Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas. He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.  After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.  Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group.  With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.  With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders. LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

In 2018, Erick Sanchez had less than $500 to his name — and decided to sink $200 of that into a ticket to a Mastermind entrepreneurial event. “My financials were not really at their best,” he says. “But I made the decision that I was going to change my life. And I wanted to surround myself with people that are up there and to elevate my life, my mind, and energy.”   Three years later, and Erick, at the age of 27, is a six-figure earner and the owner of the solar energy business. He's “in the process right now,” he adds, of becoming a multi-millionaire: “I know that by the age of 30 if God allows me, I'll be a multi-millionaire multiple times.”  Jumping from flat broke to successful CEO in such a short window may seem unlikely, but it isn't Erick's first time overcoming significant adversity. At the age of 15, he was brought to the U.S. by his mother from their native El Salvador to help him escape a life that was headed in the wrong direction, fast.   “My life at the time was completely lost,” he says. “I was lost in the streets, doing things I wasn't supposed to be doing. That's when my mom decided to bring me to the United States because she was afraid I would get killed.” Making the journey by bus and foot — the latter portion of which involved being chased by helicopters — Erick entered the U.S. without documentation and understanding English. Since then, he's been manifesting one dream after the other, from obtaining a driver's license and a green card to owning his own company. But it hasn't happened without hurdles.   In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Erick talk about the choice to change your fortune and how he's now helping others do the same.   What You'll Learn: Why being a little selfish can help foster selflessness, and why Erick believes in filling your own cup first How Erick taught himself financial literacy and learned to set boundaries that helped him grow his net income (and not just spend it) How he's turned himself into an opportunity for others outside the U.S. who are growing up similarly to the way he did And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “I'm a firm believer in the Five Year Rule. If you stick with something for at least five years, no matter what, once you get to that fifth year, you're going to start to see results.”   — Erick Sanchez   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Erick: Instagram LinkedIn   Connect with Patrick:  How to Get Involved: Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas. He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.  After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.  Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group.  With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.  With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders. LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Sometimes, powerful reminders come to us in seemingly innocuous ways.    In this special solo episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick reflects on two lessons while taking his wife's van to the car wash. Within these reflections, he thought back to his lowest point nearly a decade ago, and he shares an email he found that exemplifies this period.   “The main f***ing reason I had to write that type of email was that my mindset was broken,” he says. “I was broke — broke financially, broke mentally. It took about ten more years for me to wake the f*** up.”    He also shares a vital lesson someone working at the car wash that day showed him and invites us to consider the question: Are you doing the right thing in life, regardless of who's looking?   What You'll Learn:   The mindset that led Patrick to live paycheck to paycheck for 15 years How he came to realize “no one is going to come to save my company or my marriage or my family” and learned accountability The profound lesson Patrick took away from a simple exchange at the car wash And much more!   Favorite Quote: “How you do one thing is how you do everything.”   — Patrick Bolanos   How to Get Involved: Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas. He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.  After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.  Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group.  With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.  With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Growing up in Guatemala with wealthy parents, Pedro Meneses “had it all.”  “That's the reality,” he says. “I went to private school. My dad sponsored me for college and everything I've always wanted in my life… my friends were, like, politicians' kids and people that had to have chauffeurs and security.”  As he moved through his early 20s, Pedro realized that although his life was full of privilege, it wasn't full of much meaning. “You start growing up in a way that you feel like the world owes you something,” he adds. “My entire life, for some reason, there was always something in me telling me that there was something that was not right.”  He tried searching for meaning as a volunteer firefighter in Guatemala, where most of his time was spent working with poor, underresourced families. Eventually, the search for meaning would take him to the U.S., where he married and became an entrepreneur. But it wasn't until the pandemic that he realized his struggle to find meaning could be attributed to one source, in particular: his relationship to masculinity.  In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Pedro talk about why COVID led Pedro to develop “a hunger to be more of a man” and how that led him to found his beard-care company and community, The Way of the Modern Beast.   What You'll Learn:   What made Pedro realize that so many of the men he encountered in life had “emptiness in their eyes” Why he believes “self-mastery” and “self-care” go hand-in-hand Why he founded a community where men can grow and find their strengths alongside other men And much more!   Favorite Quote: “Masculinity for me is that a man should have a purpose... because then you have something that you have the battle to fight for. You have the adventure to live, and you have a companion that can help you through that battle and who you can invite to that adventure for your life.” — Pedro Meneses   Connect with Pedro:   The Way of the Modern Beast X (Formerly Twitter) Facebook   How to Get Involved: Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas. He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.  After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.  Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group.  With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.  With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Nicaragua, where Patrick Bolanos was born and raised, is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, right behind Haiti. He's lived in the U.S. for some time now, but whenever Patrick returns — as he did recently, with his 15-year-old daughter in tow — he's reminded of the way his native country's extreme poverty “hits you every single time.” Patrick was back in Nicaragua to meet the parents of children he supports through his Working for A Dream Baseball Academy.  “My goal in life was to make an impact, especially in the life of Nicaraguan boys and children that play baseball,” he says. “My ultimate dream was to play baseball. So that's why I support a baseball academy, and by support, I mean economically and financially. I made it a mission to help this academy so that we can give kids the opportunity to sign with Major League Baseball.” In this special solo episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick talks about the impact he's been able to help make through the academy and the importance of perspective.   What You'll Learn: What Patrick's takeaways are from his recent return to Nicaragua The type of support he's been able to offer Nicaraguan families Why baseball gives kids a unique opportunity to access a better-resourced life And much more!   Favorite Quote: “I invite everybody that's listening to find something that you're passionate about. Find something that you can do to get out there and create some perspective in your life. It helps build that gratitude muscle.” — Patrick Bolanos   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram   How to Get Involved: Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas. He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.  After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.  Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group.  With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.  With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.  

Right before hitting rock bottom, Samuel Smith was on top. Or at least, it felt like he was.  When the oil field crashed in 2009, Samuel needed a new way of making money. So, he googled “how to make money online” — and discovered what he calls the “wonderful rabbit hole of affiliate marketing and pay-per-click marketing.” Before long, it felt like his earnings had no cap.  “I remember my first $100 day and my first $1,000 day,” he says. “By 2011, I was spending like $5,000 a day on Facebook, which was the most you could spend on an ad account back then, and it was nothing because I would make $7,000 a day in return. I thought I'd made it. I remember telling my buddy that I found a cheat code to life.”  But, as Samuel says, all good things have “an equal and opposite reaction.” He was making more money than he'd thought possible, but he was a bad steward of it. He wasn't taking care of his finances, and he wasn't taking care of himself, his diet, or his relationships. What Samuel was doing a lot of us was drinking. And when the time came that his business faced a challenge, he wasn't prepared.  In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Samuel tells Patrick about the “complete collapse and absolute disaster” of that first business, what it was like to hit rock bottom after believing himself already retired at age 36, and how Samuel is doing business differently — and sustainably — today.   What You'll Learn: How drinking helped fuel his life's rock bottom moment and lost him hundreds of thousands of dollars — and how he's recovered with two seven-figure-earning businesses today How his life has changed for the better since he ditched the toxic masculinity instilled in him in his youth Why shifting his business attitude from making money to guiding people has been so impactful And much more!   Favorite Quote: “What I've discovered is that most entrepreneurs have all been through the same stuff. You have a point in your story where you're sitting in the truck crying. I have a point in my story where my mom hugged me and whispered into my ear to ‘sort your f***ing life out.' Every entrepreneur seems to have hit bottom.” — Samuel Smith   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Samuel:   Facebook Instagram The Small Business Surgeon   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram   How to Get Involved: Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas. He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.  After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.  Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group.  With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.  With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

Jesse Lee Ward's childhood set her up for later success as an entrepreneur — though not in the way you might think.  “I grew up with nothing. I was the kid that got made fun of for not having the right clothes, not having the right food at lunch — if there even was food at lunch,” she said. “I was the kid that couldn't go on field trips. Like, it sucked. And I'm really grateful for that. Because it made me not so much know what my ‘why' was — a lot of people in personal development are like, ‘What's your deep-rooted why?' And I'm like, I don't know! But I can tell you very clearly what I don't want because I lived it for so long.”  After college, Jesse Lee found that she was still struggling. She was sick of the “glorification of the 9-to-5,” as well as the “glorification of going broke every two weeks.” She knew she could work hard, but not if it meant giving her everything to a job that was paying her $35,000 a year. She'd already been fired once and needed a way of making rent, fast. So, she decided to go out on a limb.  “I just googled ‘at-home businesses that make the most money,'” she said. “I went to training. I showed up. I started personal development because I was a hot mess express. And at 26, I made my first million that year, and it's been crazy ever since.” In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Jesse Lee tells Patrick how she made it big in network marketing after starting at zero — and how she ultimately created success on her own terms.   What You'll Learn: How being told no her “whole childhood” made Jesse Lee resilient against the rejection of early entrepreneurship  How she turned the things that make her “not a great employee” into (profitable) strengths What helped her to overcome her scarcity issues And much more!   Favorite Quote: “When was the last time you wrote down, pen to paper, where you want to be in five years? In 10 years? This year?... When is the last time you said out loud that you have, not even that you're going to, but that you have multiple streams of income that flow abundantly to you? You're gonna feel like a strange, little witch. That's fine. But the crazy thing is when you start to see yourself as a different version of yourself, your brain literally reverse-engineers the steps necessary to get there.” — Jesse Lee Ward   How to Get Involved: Connect with Jesse Lee:  Instagram Facebook YouTube Podcast   How to Get Involved: Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas. He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.  After college, Patrick's career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you're selling and why it's important to believe in it.  Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group.  With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.  With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what's now become Trailer King Builders.

Scott Huesing is a retired United States Marine Corps Infantry Major with 24 years of service, including 10 deployments to over 60 countries worldwide. He has led hundreds of combat missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa, and since then he's authored the bestselling book, Echo in Ramadi, which tells the story of his experiences and the sacrifices of his fellow Marines during the Second Battle of Ramadi in 2006. Today, Scott serves as the Executive Director of Save the Brave, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping veterans and active duty military personnel. But regardless of the time that's passed since, one thing's for sure - Scott still feels the Echoes of Ramadi, in one way or another. ----------Chapters:00:00 - Intro01:45 - California & Texas03:45 - Morning Routine09:30 - The Waukegan Kid14:45 - Genetically Predisposed16:45 - Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm 25:43 - A Criminal Justice Degree 28:00 - Becoming an Infantry Officer33:00 - Generational Differences35:00 - So We Were Living in Saddam's Palace...40:00 - The Impact of 9/1145:30 - On Hazing48:00 - Boots on the Ground56:30 - Working For the Government1:04:30 - The First Ramadi Gunfight1:06:00 - Corporal Libby1:13:00 - Where the 2nd Amendment Doesn't Work1:23:00 - Active City Tactics1:35:30 - Dog Day Afternoons1:38:30 - Fighting in the Al Anbar Province1:45:30 - The Meaning of 'Echo in Ramadi'1:48:30 - Homeward Bound1:54:30 - Expeditioning in the Horn of Africa1:57:30 - ... But Do You Miss It?2:00:30 - Getting Into Nonprofit Work2:05:30 - Save the Brave----------Support Scott Huesing: Veteran Support - Save the Brave: https://savethebrave.org/Book - Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City: https://amzn.to/3Gn5LChWebsite - Echo in Ramadi: https://bit.ly/3iiHXXWFB: https://www.facebook.com/EchoinRamadiIG: https://www.instagram.com/echoinramadi/------------Sponsors:MUD/WTRGo to mudwtr.com/mike to support the show and use code MIKE for 15% off!------------Bubs NaturalsThe BUBS namesake derives from Glen ‘BUB' Doherty, who was heroically killed in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. In addition to remembering Glen for the patriot he is, the BUBS ethos centers around the passionate and adventure seeking life that Glen lived. BUBS Naturals products are rooted in sustainably sourced ingredients and controlled consistency to provide our customers with the highest quality Collagen Protein & MCT Oil Powder that help you feel amazing and live a fuller life.Our mission is simple. FEEL GREAT. DO GOOD. 10% always goes back to charity, helping military men and women transition back into civilian life. Go to bubsnaturals.com and use code MIKEDROP for 20% off your order.------------Athletic GreensAthletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1-year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE Travel Packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit https://www.athleticgreens.com/MIKEDROP------------Fueled by TeamDog | www.mikeritlandco.com | @Teamdog.petALL THINGS MIKE RITLANDSHOP for Fueled By Team Dog Performance Dog Food, Treats, Apparel, Accessories, and Protection dogs- MikeRitlandCo.com - https://www.MikeRitlandCo.comTeam Dog Online dog training- TeamDog.pet - https://www.TeamDog.pet

Working For the FBI by Adam Wadley

To grow up having everything taken away from you can have crippling effects on your mindset. Coming up from nothing and thinking the world is against you can create a negative mindset. Taking action is the key to helping others and making an impact in a positive way. Patrick Bolanos has been dragged to the bottom and has been working his way to the top to help improve other people's lives by creating opportunities.  Patrick Bolanos is a Husband, Father, Podcast Host, BJJ Expert, but most importantly he is the Owner of the Working For a Dream Baseball Academy, a Non- profit organization that provides coaching, funding, and baseball equipment to the children and teenagers of Nicaragua. He is also the Founder of Trailer King Builders, a trailer production company that builds food trucks, and other trailer equipment for your company's needs.   There's a difference between being dedicated and being a natural hustler. Patrick no doubtedly embodies both of those qualities. Patrick speaks about why you are in control of the process. The process isn't against you, it is for you. Patrick shares his experiences growing up dealing with a corrupt government in the 1970's/ 80's, and he shares how he used this as motivation to go in search of a better life, not just for his family, but for others who are in pursuit of the next level of greatness and living a great life.    What You'll Learn: Patricks upbringings moving from Nicaragua to the U.S. Why winning is a tradition in the Bolanos family  What Patrick did to get his education  The process it took Patrick to level up   The turning point Patrick experienced in 2017 Why Patrick decided to move back to the U.S. in 1998  How Patrick established his Baseball Academy “Dream Academy” and how it has impacted others What being of uncomfortable means to Patrick    Favorite Quote:  “Was I passionate about being an entrepreneur before? No. Was it something I would think about? Absolutely, but you can create the passion that is not something that is within you, you can create it if you make the decision to work towards something every single day.”  -Patrick Bolanos    Connect With Patrick: Instagram Trailer King Builders   How To Get Involved: Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family's farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn't helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff's early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out.In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for the next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue SKy Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/ Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further. If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping.   

LifeChangers is about Asian philanthropists sharing stories about life-changing turning points that have shaped their mindset and inspired their philanthropic passion. Now, they feel compelled to change the lives of others. How old were you when you first started making money? 16? 17? 18? Meet Mei-Lee Ney - an investment advisor, philanthropist, and art collector.  At age 75, Mei-Lee has been working non-stop since she was 10. Why? Who gave her critical advice about how she could get anything she wanted? And what is that advice?  How did Mei-Lee build and create wealth for herself and others without a college degree? And what motivated Mei-Lee to begin giving away her fortune, and for what causes?  Tune into my conversation with Mei-Lee Ney in Episode #2 “Money Matters” Music used: Working For the County by Derek CleggPlaytime by Jahzzar Banish by Slinte Dear Old Dad by HoliznaCCO Acoustic Fingerpicking 5 by Independent Music Licensing Collective Gray Drops by Sergey CheremisinovAcoustic Fingerpicking 1 by Independent Music Licensing Collective Love Wins by Lee Rosevere Sour Grapes by Pictures of the Floating World Go Tell It On The Molehill by Doctor Turtle Climb by The Ghost in Your Piano Florid by Mid-Air MachineThe Dance of the Sky by MMFFF One in A Billion Theme Song by Brad McCarthy Mei-Lee Ney is the president of Richard Ney & Associates, Asset Management, Inc., a registered investment advisory firm that she joined in 1973. She was the business partner and wife of Richard Ney, author of three books on the stock market: The Wall Street Jungle, The Wall Street Gang, and Making It in the Market, the last two of which she edited. She was co-writer and editor of “The Ney Report,” an investment newsletter, from 1976 to 1999. She also serves on the USC Pacific Asia Museum Board of Councilors, and the Otis College of Art and Design Board of Trustees and is active in several other communities, arts, and education organizations. Learn more about Mei-Lee here.

I've noticed since coming into the "Truth" that everyone focuses on resting on the "Sabbath," but I have honestly, never heard anyone emphasize the command that precedes the Sabbath. Which is to WORK, Labor, GRIND, 6 DAYS A WEEK. “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates” Exodus 20:9 “For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.” Exodus 23:12 Almost in every instance that the Sabbath Day of rest is mentioned, the commandment to work for 6 days precedes the Sabbath Day of Rest. God is practical, the Sabbath Day of rest was given to us as a refreshment day, a day to rest, after WORKING FOR 6 Days. “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭24:33-34‬ ‭ The honest truth, is nearly every Man that I have met in the so-called "Truth" including myself, have been sitting around waiting for manna to fall from the sky, when our lord has commanded up TO LABOR. I pray that whoever hears this message, hears it with clarity and understanding. In Christ Name Shalom Subscribe for Exclusive Content & Early Release messages at https://ministries.leodunson.com/ "Gods Laws, Commandments, & Statutes" (Book): https://tinyurl.com/33j95pbc "Precept Upon Precept" (Book) on Amazon at: https://tinyurl.com/z2uu46ez

Listen in podcast appIn this week's episode of Reformed Millennials, Joel and Cam talk Oil Stocks, NHL revenues and SBF’s FTX buying an Alberta based company.It’s a long-term game. Stay the course.Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.If you aren’t in the Reformed Millennials Facebook Group join us for daily updates, discussions, and deep dives into the investable trends Millennials should be paying attention to.👉 For specific investment questions or advice contact Joel @ Gold Investment Management.📈📊Market Update💵📉In a bear market, eventually, every sector gets under pressure. Up until last week, oil and gas stocks were enjoying one of their best years. And then, they were hit hard. The Fed raised the base interest rate by 75bps and declared that its goal is to bring down inflation to under 2%. All of a sudden, the market’s main worry was not stagflation (high inflation and very low growth) but a recession (negative growth). The oil & gas sector ETF is now down 24% from its 52-week highs. Despite the drop last week, most oil & gas stocks are still in a long-term uptrend and many might have a short-term bounce near their year-to-date volume-weighted average price.There are not many stocks left that are still above their 50 and 200-day moving averages. Lately, we have seen select Chinese ADRs and biotechs push against the mainstream weakness but overall there are just a few decent-looking long setups and none of them are really very exciting.The silver lining is that even the scariest and longest bear markets experience powerful counter-trend rallies from time to time. Market breadth has become so weak that we might be close to one. SPY is about 5-7% from major potential support near 350–340. If that level doesn’t hold, we might see a major panic selling and acceleration lower. The faster, the better. It’s always preferable to rip the bandaid quickly than to be tortured for many months by choppy down-trending price action. I am not in a rush to be aggressive on the long side.Typically, bear market bounces characterize by very high correlations, so A trader might just as well participate with an ETF like SPY, UPRO, QQQ, or TQQQ.What are your favorites from these fallen angels?💸Reformed Millennials - Post of The WeekStan Druck Interviewed By Stripe's John Collison:Notes from the interview provided by JSCC Cap - highlights mine.Companies down 60-70% w.o a notable change in fundamentals so valuations have reset).How slow the Fed was to recognize the problem (he thought they were slow in April of ‘21 yet in March ‘22 they were still buying bonds & didn’t pivot verbally until November).In his 45 years as a CIO he has never seen a combination where there is no historical precedent (e.g., 8% inflation into a weakening economy with bond yields at 3%).“I’m about to play a round of golf without a driver or 60 degree wedge”POSITIONING:He's made money over the last 6-8 mo's short fixed income & stocks, owning oil, (mistakenly) gold, & copper. Things are harder now so he’s waiting on his hands for a fat pitch, but at some point anticipates getting back to short equities & eventually USD. He still owns energy & other commodities and Ukraine has given the trade an extended life but thinks the world is short energy over the next 5-10 years due to ESG pressures which means the trade has legs.CRYPTO:Druck said you cannot build $2T in wealth/purchasing power, destroy $1T & it does not matter. He sees a high correlation between BTC & the NASDAQ & looks at it as an indicator. He said he’s sympathetic with what both Charlie Munger & Bill Miller say about Bitcoin.He thinks there's a strong overlap b/w NASDAQ risk players & BTC owners, and then curmudgeons that are gold bugs and want that world to fall apart. He said there’s no question if you believe we are going to have irresponsible monetary policy & inflation going forward if it’s in a Bull phase you want to own $BTC, but if it’s in a bear phase you want to own gold. He also said he’d be shocked if blockchain isn’t a force 5-10 years from now. His advice to a 20-year-old tech investor would be to spend as much time in that space (similar to Internet & Cloud)100% SUCCESSFUL INDICATORS:Druck highlighted two historical facts that have undefeated track records:(i) Once inflation is >5% its never come down until Fed Funds got greater than CPI(ii) Once inflation is >5% its never been tamed without a recession.He thinks the first will be violated but sees a recession highlighting the Fed has orchestrated just 2-3 soft landings historically (notably ‘94-’95) but with Fed Funds, at 75-100 bps and projections at 2-3% vs inflation at 8.6% we’re so far behind, with so much wood to chop, on the back of such a large asset bubble going into it probabilities support a hard landing.We have $1.5-$2.0T of excess savings & it may be time to work thru that, but given the asset bubble & subsequent market destruction, Ukraine, and the 0 COVID policy in China, he sees a recession in ‘23 (just doesn’t know if it's early or late).MARKET INTERNALS AS A PREDICTIVE TOOL:John asked about his ability to use market internals to predict the economy. Right now you have homebuilders down 50% on “good” fundamentals, trucking stocks down 40% on record-high earnings, and retail (which isn’t much of a leader but more leader than laggard) down w/ even once you adjust for COVID normalization.These tend to have longer lead times so don’t expect a recession tomorrow but within 6-12 months.DIVERSIFICATION:He also spoke about his philosophy of putting all his eggs in one basket, watching it closely, and developing conviction 1-4x a yearHe thinks investors get in trouble by being diversified with stale long ideas or short ideas; if he has 15-20% or in macro 200-300% of his assets in a single position, they are never stale, you need ruthless discipline, to be constantly paranoid, re-evaluating, & open-minded.Working For the Goat George Soros:His #1 lesson from Soros is sizing is 70-80% of the equation.It’s not whether you are right or wrong. It’s how much you make when you are right and how much you lose when you are wrong. As an investor he believes in streaks, so he needs to have an investment that excites him and sees himself trading well.He said the #1 piece of advice he got from his original mentor was focusing on what makes stocks move; e.g., why will people think differently in 18-24 months than they do today. Don’t invest in the present. The present doesn’t move stock prices change moves them.Imagine a different world in 18 months and where these security prices would trade given the world you envision.TECH BUBBLE EXPERIENCE:Stan gave a rundown of his famous tech bubble story (e.g., shorting $200M in March '99 losing $600M in 4 weeks & being down 18% for the first time in his life. Flipping long finishing +42% net for the year. Thinking it's a bubble selling everything putting $6B of longs on "hours away from the top" losing $2-$3B in weeks down 18% again, taking 5 months off coming back shorting, and being +40% in 4Q).Invest then Investigate:He also spoke about "invest then investigate" and how given the competitive dynamics in the business over the last 20 years with more information & people you don’t have the time you used to have when you hear a good idea. If you wait 2-3 weeks 60-70% of the move could occur maybe not a long-term move, but entry price is important & important psychologically as you add over time. You don’t have time to do a deep-dive analysis. If you have intuition you buy it & then do analysis & double down or cut it, as opposed to waiting & then doing analysis.He told the story of a Lehman analyst coming in who laid out the whole subprime thesis that by 3Q 2007 all hell will break loose, in the next 2 days Druck shorted everything in housing & was wrong for 6 months but the analysis was consistent & the deeper he dug more confident they got where are we now is as hard as ever to predict.What CB's (central banks) did globally over the last 10-11 years leaves him open-minded to something really bad.E.g., 1930s post asset bubble and horrible recession. Do they get stagflation or deflation? Japan still suffering since 1989. We could be no growth & sideways for 15-20 years like ‘66-’82, or something similar to Japan.Druck has a bearish bias but he knows that exists in him and he has to manage that always viewing the world probabilistically & changes his mind.Well worth the listen per usual as he's had the best "crystal ball" for 30+ years now in the world of macro.🐦 Twitter Thread of The Week 🐦My favorites from the thread:Beautiful Mess Effect: We tend to view our mistakes & vulnerabilities with shame because we think they make us look unappealing. But research suggests our mistakes & vulnerabilities actually make us more relatable and endearing to other people. So don't be afraid to be human.Backwards Law: The more you pursue happiness, the less likely you are to obtain it because chasing it will only remind you how much you don't have it. Ironically, the best way to find happiness is to stop worrying about it.End-of-History Illusion: We're all works-in-progress that view our current selves as our final selves. This blinds us to the possibility of our own growth. Realize your potential by remembering you are not set in stone, and you never have to be who you were five minutes ago.The Imp Of The Perverse: When you forbid someone from something, it makes them want it even more. A big reason why censorship is often ineffective; banning information only increases its appeal, leading to a Streisand Effect in which the info becomes shared even more widely.Agenda-Setting Theory: What's important doesn't become the news, the news becomes what's important. The public conversation is based on whatever's reported by the press, giving the impression that this news matters most, when really it's just what was chosen by a few editors.🎬 Video of The Week🎬Burry stresses the economy is coming to a screeching hault. Will he be right again?Joel says this is fear porn: What say you?🔮Best Links of The Week🔮Reducing Inflation Will Come at a Great Cost: Stagflation - Ray DalioAFTER HIRING FREEZE, WEALTHSIMPLE MAKES STAFF CUTS - Beta KitNHL Commissioner Gary Bettman: Thrilling On-Ice Action Is Driving League-Record Revenues - ForbesCrypto company FTX Exchange acquires Bitvo, plans to officially launch in Canada - Globe and Mail This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reformedmillennials.com

What will the kids you know and love see as the end or purpose of work? Why will they choose to pursue the job and career path they choose to pursue? Will their goals be economic in ways that make the old Loverboy song “Working For the Weekend” their personal anthem? Or will they push back on the empty promises and dead-end of what's known as “The American Dream?” If we truly believe that the Gospel speaks to all of life and that Christian nurture leads to the integration of faith into our work, then we need to be pointing our kids to something better than what the culture is currently giving them. In a recent edition of First Things magazine, professor Max Torres writes about the Christian view of work: “The investment of the person into productive products is of transcendent, transformative importance, not just for the material progress of society, but most of all for the full realization of human potential.” We've been made to work to God's glory.

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Acey Slade has played with Dope, Murderdolls, Joan Jett and others. He also has his own coffee company, CatFight Coffee. In this episode we discuss his path to success with music, appearing on Dawson's Creek, his relationship with fans and more! 00:00 - Intro00:28 - Journeyman/Vagaond/Hired Gun 02:07 - Dope 05:20 -Growing Up in the Country 07:22 - Early Days & Creating Luck 08:45 - Working For a Shady Company 13:15 - Murderdolls 14:46 - Dawson's Creek & Katie Holmes 16:43 - Big Day Out Festival & Instigating 18:25 - Guns N Roses & Frank Ferrer 20:15 - New York Music Scene 22:05 - Break From Music & Joan Jett Phone Call 26:51 - Amen & Tour with Brides of Destruction29:50 - Hired Gun Vs Project 31:47 - Catfight Coffee Company 35:20 - Extra on Russian Doll TV Show 37:12 - Relationships with Fans 39:09 - Censorship & Police 45:22 - Horror Movies 48:35 - GoFundMe for Roger 50:01 - Promotions & Future Episode52:10 - Outro Acey Slade website:https://aceyslade.org/Go Fund Me for Roger: https://www.gofundme.com/f/remembering-roger-segal?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR2Y6srtasvK5lUlhlepK4mkkPWmkojNX7SBz_5APobJafLtHCMneg1dSNIChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the show (https://venmo.com/Chuck-Shute)

Noah and Bill grapple with the legacy of pop sensation Mitski on the eve of her new album drop, “Laurel Hell.” @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow This week's theme: "Working For the Knife” by Mitski. New episodes every Monday morning on Spotify, Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher, and GooglePlay!

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot are taking a sonic vacation from another pandemic winter by sharing their favorite songs about getting away! They also hear selections from the production staff and they review the new record from Mitski. Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lURecord a Voice Memo: https://bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Featured Songs:The Go-Go's, "Vacation," Vacation, I.R.S., 1982Mitski, "Working For the Knife," Laurel Hell, Dead Oceans, 2022Mitski, "The Only Heartbreaker," Laurel Hell, Dead Oceans, 2022Mitski, "Stay Soft," Laurel Hell, Dead Oceans, 2022Weezer, "Island in the Sun," Weezer (Green Album), Geffen, 2001The Ventures, "Hawaii Five-O," Hawaii Five-O, Liberty, 1969The Beginning of the End, "Funky Nassau Pt. 1," Funky Nassau, Alston, 1971Guided By Voices, "Motor Away," Alien Lanes, Matador, 1995Amyl and the Sniffers, "Hertz," Comfort to Me, B2B, 2021Willie Nelson, "On the Road Again," Honeysuckle Rose, Columbia, 1980Pink Floyd, "Point Me at the Sky," Point Me at the Sky (Single), EMI, 1968Joni Mitchell, "Free Man in Paris," Court and Spark, Asylum, 1974Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, "I Love Hot Nights," Modern Lovers 88, Rounder, 1988Big Star, "The India Song," #1 Record, Ardent, 1972Ronnie Spector & The E Street Band, "Say Goodbye To Hollywood," Say Goodbye To Hollywood (Single), Epic, 1977Summer Salt, "Driving to Hawaii," Driving to Hawaii, Cherry Lime, 2014Kraftwerk, "Europe Endless," Trans-Europe Express, Capitol, 1977Bronski Beat, "Small Town Boy," The Age of Consent, London, 1984A Tribe Called Quest, "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo," People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Jive, 1990Rihanna, "Desperado," Anti, Westbury Road, 2016The B-52's, "Roam," Cosmic Thing, Reprise, 1989Eleanor Friedberger, "It's Hard," Rebound, French Kiss, 2018Kiss, "Strutter," Kiss, Casablanca, 1974

Sermon Summary:Jesus brings reconciliation by:(1) Working FOR us - He Became Sin For Us (Vs 20b-21) Christmas is us celebrating God becoming man so that He might become sin for us, for our reconciliation (2) Working IN us - He makes us a...

At 48 years old, Kris Whitehead has been working for himself for 24 years. Having been bit by the entrepreneur bug in his teens, at 22, he was working for Radio Shack and doing well — but then he caught a glimpse of himself 10 years down the line.  “I saw the district managers working six days a week,” Kris says. “They were making a couple of hundred thousand a year, which back then was a lot of money. But I didn't see me in their chair, driving all over the states they operated in for a cause that didn't make sense to me.”  So, Kris did what a lot of “dumb**** entrepreneurs” do. He quit his job, and decided to get started in the remodeling trades. Today, he owns a multi-million dollar remodeling company, a coaching company, and a personal development company. He and his wife are investors, and Chris is also the director of Apex Executive Coaching, the No. 1 networking mastermind on the planet.  “We're living our dream life,” he says, “and the beautiful part about it is that I'm 48 years old and more excited than I was when I was 24. I'm more focused, and I'm more fired up.”  But Kris didn't get here without his share of trials and tribulations. Two years ago, coming from a place of deep fear that he calls “The Force of Average,” he was frantic that the coronavirus pandemic was about to upend all of his hard work as an entrepreneur. He'd already lost one company during the 2008 recession, and he panicked at the thought of it happening again. So, he stopped eating, started overworking himself, and turned to the bottle to help him fall asleep after 18-hour work days. Long story short, this destructive window culminated for Kris with a DUI and a sit-down with his family that gave him a “sense of purpose” again.  In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Kris talk about what it takes to build a foundation of purpose and integrity under you and how that will ladder into some major results, professionally and personally.    What You'll Learn: How Kris defines “The Force of Average,” and how he came to realize it was controlling his life How Kris used small actions of integrity to regain mastery of his life and generate $1.4 million a month in sales during a pandemic What it looks like to live guided by an authentic sense of purpose And much more!   Favorite Quote: “I started realizing that in order for me to be a leader on a macro level, I have to be a leader on the micro level where it's most important. I had to build that foundation.”  — Kris Whitehead   How to Get Involved: Connect with Kris: LinkedIn Instagram   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram  

The more movers and shakers you surround yourself with, the more likely you are to realize that most have one thing in common — at some point, they've lived a f***ed up life. That's according to Daniel Blue.  “Most winners had some kind of tragedy or adversity hit them, usually on more than one occasion,” he says. “For me, I'm a product of my mistakes, and I happened to make countless mistakes in early childhood.” At 18, Daniel was addicted to Oxycontin, had gotten a woman pregnant, and dropped out of college. In need of some quick money, he turned to real estate sales — and in his first year made $95,000. By the following year, he was making six figures. The problem was that he had no clue how to be a responsible steward of this money.  “I didn't grow up with a bunch of money. I grew up with a single mom after my dad moved to Mexico when I was 12. We lived in a hotel, and there was a year in high school where I lived with one of my friends because we didn't have our own place. So, I didn't see a lot of money transactions and investing and financial literacy.”  As an addict and new dad, Daniel was over drafting his bank account, doing his taxes poorly and stuck with “s*** credit.” Then, in his mid-20s, after getting clean from Oxycontin, he decided to change his financial habits, too. Exposed to entrepreneurs who introduced him to new ways of approaching investing, Daniel was able to turn a new leaf financially — and ultimately save and invest enough to, at 29, start his own financial literacy company.  In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Daniel talk about how to improve your cash flow with self-directed 401k's and investments, as well as the path that brought Daniel to making financial literacy his mission.   What You'll Learn: Why self-directed retirement accounts are key for entrepreneurs in particular (and why traditional financial advisors won't tell you about them) The two different types of “come ups” Daniel has seen, and why only one is sustainable The steps Daniel took in order to comfortably sacrifice his salary and start a company And much more!   Favorite Quote: “You have to make sure your purpose cup is being filled. Being in a funk happens when you're going about your day without having your purpose cup and your passion cup filled.”  — Daniel Blue   How to Get Involved: Connect with Daniel: LinkedIn Quest Education   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram  

To say Jose Sanchez has already lived multiple lives in his short time spent on this planet is putting it mildly.  There's the chapter when he moved to Texas from Mexico at age 7, where he later fell in with the wrong crowd and spent most of his adolescence “just trying not to overdose every day.” There's the chapter where he, unbeknownst to him, went to “visit” family in Alaska and discovered he'd been tricked into moving there, with $50 to his name.  There's the chapter — a couple chapters, really — where he continued to hurdle through life aimlessly while getting his “PhD in washing dishes.” The chapter where he left to work in the Alaskan oil fields, later giving that $120K job up to go make nothing as a college student who, at that time, was barely literate. There's the time he got into car sales, really dedicated himself to it, and wound up landing within the top 10% of sales people in the country. And most recently, there's the time he gave that all up to return to Texas and start his own business. Which, coincidentally, hadn't been his plan at all.  “I got comfortable selling cars because you're making six figures,” Jose says. “You've got a good thing going, and you're like, this is it. I'm gonna be here for the next 30 years, and I'm gonna get a 401k and not have to learn anything else.”  At the start of 2020, though, Jose's path took a major turn, again. In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Jose tells Patrick about the unexpected events that led him to start his own company running ads for businesses, and how — with some bumps along the way — he ultimately turned that into a six-figure venture, even in the midst of a pandemic.   What You'll Learn: How Jose went from washing dishes without knowing his ABCs at 25 to dedicating himself to self-development How he went from being $8K in the hole monthly for his business — during which time he was losing hair and living off tuna sandwiches — to making $100,000 a month The role a fateful Tony Robbins seminar plays in his story And much more!   Favorite Quote: “If you want to make money, there's two things you've got to do. You've got to put a plan together. And you've got to take massive action no matter what obstacles are in front of you, because that's the only recipe that's going to get you there.” — Jose Sanchez   How to Get Involved: Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram  

We're back with Part 2 of the interview with Zach Smacher, about what it's like for a new trucker in their first 6 months. We left off with a cliffhanger, so that's where we'll pick it back up. But first we're going to talk about the FMCSA's new rules about COVID extensions and how they're bending over backwards to get new truckers into the industry. We'll also talk about President Biden's vaccine mandate and how that's going to affect the trucking industry. And in related news, how to get your own authority if you want to sidestep the mandate. LOL What else? The pros and cons of working for a union shop, no government money for truck parking, higher per diem rates starting soon, lower Social Security benefits expected in the future, a naughty fuel card company, changes to an age-old technology - the CB, and with winter coming up, I'll point you to a great resource for chain laws state-by-state. In the listener feedback segment, we'll congratulate a new CDL holder, help another potential new trucker, and a couple of drivers want to discuss hazardous materials handling. This episode of Trucker Dump is sponsored by: Porter Freight Funding - So many services to offer, including Factoring, Dispatching, Freight Brokering, Fuel Cards, Insurance, and Compliance. Volvo Trucks - Check out the new D13TC engine in the Volvo VNL series. Pilot Flying J app - September is Driver Appreciation Month. Be sure to check out all the awesome offers and join the #ThankaTrucker challenge. Links mentioned in the news segment: Chains required in Colorado beginning Sept. 1 from OverdriveOnline.com Chain laws state-by-state from TheTruckersReport.com More COVID emergency waivers extended from OverdriveOnline.com FMCSA adds reporting requirement with extension of COVID HOS waiver from OverdriveOnline.com FMCSA Shows CDL Flexibility to Get Newly-Minted Drivers On Road from TheTruckersReport.com IRS per diem rate going up by $3 next month from FreightWaves.com FTC Takes Fuel Card Company To Court Over ‘Hidden Fees' from TheTruckersReport.com Pros & Cons of Working For a Truck Driver Union Shop from TheTruckersReport.com What would happen if employers forced truckers to get vaccinated? from OverdriveOnline.com Biden vaccine mandate may worsen low driver retention rates from FreightWaves.com How Biden's vaccine mandate could impact owner-ops, independents from OverdriveOnline.com Get your own authority: How to tackle the basics of filing, insurance, more from OverdriveOnline.com $3.5 trillion spending bill — and not one penny for truck parking from FreightWaves.com Social Security to become unable to pay full benefits sooner than previously estimated from MarketWatch.com Biggest change for CBs in four decades as FM mode gets approved by FCC from OverdriveOnline.com Links mentioned in the interview: TD129: 4 Ways To Become A More Efficient Trucker from AboutTruckDriving.com TD149: Job-Hopping In Trucking from AboutTruckDriving.com TD152: When Should You Look For A New Trucking Job? from AboutTruckDriving.com TD97: A Trucker's Worst Nemesis - Complacency from AboutTruckDriving.com TD104: Complacency Strikes from AboutTruckDriving.com TD66: Truckers Go Turtle Racing from AboutTruckDriving.com Zachary can be reached at ZacharySmacher@aol.com, or you can find him on the Trucker Dump Slack group and Facebook page as @smackerman. Links mentioned in the listener feedback segment: Congratulations to Angela Peters, who just her Class A CDL with tanker and hazmat endorsements! Steven Burnham joins the Trucker Dump Slack group and is looking to get his CDL through a company. Scott Lucas joined the Trucker Dump Slack group. Where are you, Scott? Billy Loving asked for the Trace tablet, but I already gave it to Christian Cooper. Sorry, Billy! Zach Smacher, a.k.a. @smackerman, shares a hazmat situation he had recently. Brett B takes me to task after listening to TD27: Hauling Hazardous Materials. Show info: You can email your comments, suggestions, questions, or insults to TruckerDump@gmail.com Join the Trucker Dump Facebook Group Join the Trucker Dump Slack Group by emailing me at TruckerDump@gmail.com Got a second to Rate and/or Review the podcast on iTunes? Download the intro/outro songs for free! courtesy of Walking On Einstein

When Dominick Nusdeu first discovered Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1993 — the same year the UFC began — he'd never seen anything like it.    A teenager whose mother wouldn't allow him to play “aggressive” sports like football and hockey, he saw in jiu-jitsu an outlet for physical combat. But he saw something else, too. Even then, he recognized it was a sport about problem-solving — about identifying the problems you have, solving those problems, and then creating more problems for your opponent. (There's a reason jiu-jitsu often gets compared to chess.) In short, Dominick was hooked.    Since then, he's “never missed a day of training,” unless he was seriously injured. At a minimum, he's on the mat five days a week. And, with 23 years of experience and a black belt to his name, Dominick not only continues training himself but also serves as a BJJ mentor to others, including “Working For a Dream” host Patrick.    Since 2019, Patrick has looked to jiu-jitsu as an outlet for further sharpening his entrepreneurial instincts. As a sport, it's challenging. And it translates incredibly well to everyday life. The lessons he picks up in BJJ training sessions, he says, often directly correlate to the problems he encounters as a business owner. But until he met Dominick, he didn't realize how well BJJ could be harnessed to help solve those problems.    In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Dominick talk about why it is that jiu-jitsu translates well to business, as well as their individual journeys with the sport.   What You'll Learn:   How Dominick's career in exercise physiology, motor control, and motor learning intersects with his work as a BJJ professor Why he considers the belt system in jiu-jitsu “quite arbitrary” The No. 1 mistake those new to the sport make, and how its lessons carry over to entrepreneurship  And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “People ask, ‘How do I get better?' Just show up. No matter your attributes or your ability to learn, if you show up enough, you will improve.” — Dominick Nusdeu   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Dominick:   Facebook   Instagram   LinkedIn   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

Before becoming a serial entrepreneur, Billy Batt worked in the oil fields, and before that, he was a teen runaway. Having left home at 13, Billy learned his way around the streets at a young age, sleeping outside in the Canadian winter and eventually joining a gang. He was selling, and doing, his share of drugs and losing friends to crack jail and violence. But after one too many near-death experiences in the same two-week window, he decided to give it all up.   “I literally threw my phone in the water and left,” he recalls. “I didn't tell anybody I was leaving except for one person… I picked my brother up and we drove west, and I never looked back.”   From there, Billy landed in the oil fields and found himself “back at the bottom.” He was working 97 days straight at a time for 12 to 16 hours a day, making $15 an hour.    “You do stuff in the streets and you think you're mentally tough and you think you're physically tough, and then you go to the oil field,” he says. “Those guys put what you think you know to work… I thought, there's gotta to be more to life than this.”   After eight years of pipe fitting and welding, running crews of 100 to 150 men in northwestern Canada, he'd had enough. He left the oil fields — and became a marketer. Three years ago, he started his own business doing marketing for contractors and never looked back. He doesn't need to. The day before this episode was recorded, Billy's lead generation and marketing agency, Chrome Leads, pulled in five figures in a single business day — far from a rare occurrence.   In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Billy talk about how Billy's earlier lives prepared him for entrepreneurship and his best marketing advice today, including his approach to a strong multi-channel referrals system.   What You'll Learn: How Billy helps clients make upwards of $50,000 a month from Instagram DMs alone Why it's a “sh** business model” to buy leads and why you should be building out an organic referrals system instead The tech platform that's helped him to delegate and knowledge share with his team And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “You're not going to love every minute of entrepreneurship. I've taken losses. It's almost cost me everything. And still, you have to stay focused.” — Billy Batt   How to Get Involved: Connect with Billy:   New World Marketing Order Podcast Chrome Leads Facebook LinkedIn Instagram   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Growing up, Tony Whatley was told, as many of us are, that time equals money. The first person in his family to go to college, it took him seven years to get his degree because of the number of jobs he was working and the time that went into them. Tony worked full-time in construction and at chemical refineries, went to school at night, and waited tables on the weekends. It was, in short, a grind.   “I had this 24/7 hustle and grind life for seven years,” he says. “I was broke, sleep-deprived, in a bad relationship, stressed out, had gray hair.”   Even after he graduated from college and got his first mechanical engineering job, still he believed that working overtime and picking up extra restaurant shifts was the only way to keep growing his capital and advancing in life. Then, he discovered ways to make money by building websites — and the communities that went with them — online. That's when he realized that money and time didn't necessarily have to go hand-in-hand.   “When you wake up and check your PayPal account, and you've made thousands of dollars while you were sleeping… I realized that ‘money is time' is all bull****,” he recalls.   At that point, while still working full-time, Tony began to pour more and more of himself into building his side businesses, ultimately selling his first for millions. In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Tony talk about what it took for him to turn a hobby into a true business, what commonly stops others from doing the same, and how he approaches mentoring others today.   What You'll Learn: What Tony's response is when people tell him they're “too busy to start a business” How a near-death experience ultimately pushed him into mentoring Why it's key to “learn as you go” with entrepreneurship, rather than telling yourself it's possible to sufficiently prepare beforehand And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “When you're starting a business, if you treat it like a hobby, you should only expect hobby results.” — Tony Whatley   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Tony:   365 Driven   365 Driven podcast    LinkedIn    Instagram    Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

One thing that life in the Special Forces and life as an entrepreneur have in common? Neither one is particularly comfortable — and that's a good thing, according to Jeff Smith, a man who's experienced both.   “If you're not challenging yourself, if you're not doing hard things, if you're not recognizing a level of discipline that makes you internally proud, I think you're not in a great place,” Jeff says. “And I believe that for everyone. I just don't think most people recognize it or have ever been challenged with having to go there.”    As a coach, in addition to being the co-owner of a gym and 68 rental properties with his wife, that's what Jeff helps people do: go there. He starts by helping clients reassess the narratives they've told themselves and instead opening them up to “the entire story.”    “A lot of the time, we have the tendency to feel sorry for ourselves and make excuses, like, ‘Oh, this is why this is happening to me,'” he says. “My job is to snap you out of that s*** and be like, well, it doesn't matter why it's happening. How and where do we go from here?”   In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Jeff tells Patrick what he's learned going from the military to corporate life to entrepreneurship, as well as the ways he engenders empowered authenticity for his clients today.   What You'll Learn:   How Jeff helps clients pinpoint what they're facing, what they're telling themselves, what the real story is and how to work their way out of it How his time in the military helped him learn to recognize his emotions without being dictated by them Why it's so important to create abundance in your network and in your communities And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “If you start building wins, you will climb out of any situation. There's no situation that doesn't have a resolution.” — Jeff Smith   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Jeff:     The Tactical Empire   Instagram   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

In 2018, Erick Sanchez had less than $500 to his name — and decided to sink $200 of that into a ticket to a Mastermind entrepreneurial event. “My financials were not really at their best,” he says. “But I made the decision that I was going to change my life. And I wanted to surround myself with people that are up there and to elevate my life, my mind, and energy.”   Three years later, and Erick, at the age of 27, is a six-figure earner and the owner of the solar energy business. He's “in the process right now,” he adds, of becoming a multi-millionaire: “I know that by the age of 30 if God allows me, I'll be a multi-millionaire multiple times.”    Jumping from flat broke to successful CEO in such a short window may seem unlikely, but it isn't Erick's first time overcoming significant adversity. At the age of 15, he was brought to the U.S. by his mother from their native El Salvador to help him escape a life that was headed in the wrong direction, fast.   “My life at the time was completely lost,” he says. “I was lost in the streets, doing things I wasn't supposed to be doing. That's when my mom decided to bring me to the United States because she was afraid I would get killed.”   Making the journey by bus and foot — the latter portion of which involved being chased by helicopters — Erick entered the U.S. without documentation and understanding English. Since then, he's been manifesting one dream after the other, from obtaining a driver's license and a green card to owning his own company. But it hasn't happened without hurdles.   In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Erick talk about the choice to change your fortune and how he's now helping others do the same.   What You'll Learn:   Why being a little selfish can help foster selflessness, and why Erick believes in filling your own cup first How Erick taught himself financial literacy and learned to set boundaries that helped him grow his net income (and not just spend it) How he's turned himself into an opportunity for others outside the U.S. who are growing up similarly to the way he did And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “I'm a firm believer in the Five Year Rule. If you stick with something for at least five years, no matter what, once you get to that fifth year, you're going to start to see results.”   — Erick Sanchez   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Erick:   Instagram   LinkedIn   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

In this first [French and English] episode of Section 347A and others stories we are talking about Sexual and gender minorities rights in Cameroon with Alice Nkom, a Cameroonian lawyer, nationally known for her advocacy towards decriminalization of homosexuality. About her : In 1969, she was the first French-speaking woman called to the bar in Cameroon. In 2003, she founded ADEFHO (Association for the Defence of Homosexuality). Her most famous cases : Les neufs de la discothèque ( 2005) Jean-Claude Roger Mbede (2012) Shakiro and patricia ( 2021) This is an audio versio of an Facebook live of August 10th in our office. Also, we are working to give you a better sound quality in the future. ©Working For our Wellbeing Cameroon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/working-for-our-wellbeing/message

Sometimes, powerful reminders come to us in seemingly innocuous ways.    In this special solo episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick reflects on two lessons while taking his wife's van to the car wash. Within these reflections, he thought back to his lowest point nearly a decade ago, and he shares an email he found that exemplifies this period.   “The main f***ing reason I had to write that type of email was that my mindset was broken,” he says. “I was broke — broke financially, broke mentally. It took about ten more years for me to wake the f*** up.”    He also shares a vital lesson someone working at the car wash that day showed him and invites us to consider the question: Are you doing the right thing in life, regardless of who's looking?   What You'll Learn:   The mindset that was led Patrick to live paycheck to paycheck for 15 years How he came to realize “no one is going to come to save my company or my marriage or my family” and learned accountability The profound lesson Patrick took away from a simple exchange at the car wash And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “How you do one thing is how you do everything.”   — Patrick Bolanos How to Get Involved:   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

John Dragoo became a police officer because he “wanted to help people.” After nearly 20 years of service, with a severely autistic son who needed more support and attention, John retired from law enforcement and attempted to pivot paths in a direction that would see him at home more.   He got to work selling cars for a buddy until one day, he fell off a trailer and broke his right foot in half. Five surgeries and four years later, and John had spent most of his time forced to sit. Now physically disabled, he was also struggling with the PTSD he'd developed from his time in the service. In short, John needed a new plan. Around that time, he realized that his weekend habit of smoking meat for friends could be turned into a business.    Today, as the Blue Brisket food truck owner, he feels he's finally fulfilling his original goal of helping people — just in a slightly different way.   “Instead of putting people in jail and making them miserable, I'm making people happy now by serving them brisket, pork, sausage, and smoked Bologna,” he said.   In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and John talk about John's path of pivoting from law enforcement to entrepreneurship and how he got his business off the ground.   What You'll Learn:   Why do we need to make conversations about PTSD in civilians, versus the military alone, less taboo How John leaped and saw his weekend meat-smoking hobby as something worth investing tens of thousands of dollars in His best piece of advice to anyone else interested in opening a food truck And much more! Favorite Quote:   “Whenever someone says ‘Man, this is some of the best food I've ever had,' if you've never felt that compliment before, your chest just swells up.”   — John Dragoo How to Get Involved:   Connect with John:   Facebook   Instagram   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

Sometimes, dreams sneak up on you.  Jessica Stroud — also known by the name her best-selling book and podcast are under, The Lady CEO — knows this from experience. She can remember living comfortably as a pharmaceutical sales rep, with a company car, bonuses, and no shortage of bells and whistles. And yet, she'd become too comfortable. Some hard knocks in her 20s, she realized, had led her to over-prioritize security.   “I had some failures in my late 20s, and I had a failure that stuck with me to where I said to myself, ‘You failed at something.' And that became my identity,” she recalls.    A decade later, Jessica knew she needed a path that brought more meaning to her life. Ultimately switching over into the insurance industry, she's built a name for herself as a high-power generator of “referrals without asking” — which, coincidentally, is what she's since named her academy that teaches others how to do the same. Averaging over 500 referrals a year through her work alone, reaching this consistency is something Jessica is exceptionally proud of. But she didn't get here overnight.    In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Jessica talk about how to ramp up your referrals, manage social media for your business the right way, and find the confidence to pivot paths.   What You'll Learn:   How a health crisis led Jessica to realize she was approaching entrepreneurship unsustainably (and how she corrected that) Why the “80-20 rule” is critical for successful social media use as a business owner Where Jessica gets the majority of her referrals  And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “I think people have to be very careful in re-evaluating ‘the dream,' right? Re-evaluating the dream because it's a never-ending pursuit, because the dream changes. And that's okay.” — Jessica Stroud   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Jessica:   The Lady CEO   Instagram   Facebook   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

Growing up in Guatemala with wealthy parents, Pedro Meneses “had it all.”  “That's the reality,” he says. “I went to private school. My dad sponsored me for college and everything I've always wanted in my life… my friends were, like, politicians' kids and people that had to have chauffeurs and security.”  As he moved through his early 20s, Pedro realized that although his life was full of privilege, it wasn't full of much meaning. “You start growing up in a way that you feel like the world owes you something,” he adds. “My entire life, for some reason, there was always something in me telling me that there was something that was not right.”  He tried searching for meaning as a volunteer firefighter in Guatemala, where most of his time was spent working with poor, underresourced families. Eventually, the search for meaning would take him to the U.S., where he married and became an entrepreneur. But it wasn't until the pandemic that he realized his struggle to find meaning could be attributed to one source, in particular: his relationship to masculinity.  In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Pedro talk about why COVID led Pedro to develop “a hunger to be more of a man” and how that led him to found his beard-care company and community, The Way of the Modern Beast.   What You'll Learn:   What made Pedro realize that so many of the men he encountered in life had “emptiness in their eyes” Why he believes “self-mastery” and “self-care” go hand-in-hand Why he founded a community where men can grow and find their strengths alongside other men And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “Masculinity for me is that a man should have a purpose... because then you have something that you have the battle to fight for. You have the adventure to live, and you have a companion that can help you through that battle and who you can invite to that adventure for your life.” — Pedro Meneses   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Pedro:     The Way of the Modern Beast   Twitter   Facebook   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

Nicaragua, where Patrick Bolanos was born and raised, is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, right behind Haiti. He's lived in the U.S. for some time now, but whenever Patrick returns — as he did recently, with his 15-year-old daughter in tow — he's reminded of the way his native country's extreme poverty “hits you every single time.” Patrick was back in Nicaragua to meet the parents of children he supports through his Working for A Dream Baseball Academy.    “My goal in life was to make an impact, especially in the life of Nicaraguan boys and children that play baseball,” he says. “My ultimate dream was to play baseball. So that's why I support a baseball academy, and by support, I mean economically and financially. I made it a mission to help this academy so that we can give kids the opportunity to sign with Major League Baseball.”   In this special solo episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick talks about the impact he's been able to help make through the academy and the importance of perspective.   What You'll Learn:   What Patrick's takeaways are from his recent return to Nicaragua The type of support he's been able to offer Nicaraguan families Why baseball gives kids a unique opportunity to access a better-resourced life And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “I invite everybody that's listening to find something that you're passionate about. Find something that you can do to get out there and create some perspective in your life. It helps build that gratitude muscle.” — Patrick Bolanos   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

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How to Make Your Success INEVITABLE!   Do you ever get frustrated when going after your dreams? Have you ever felt like your goals and dreams just won't happen and consider giving up on them?   I've been there! And I get it! Sometimes we can get pretty frustrated and disappointed on our road to our dreams.   However, I've discovered something VERY UNIQUE that gave me confidence to achieve my goals. As a matter of fact…there is almost an inevitability and predictability to your success. Yes…I said the word ‘Inevitable'! There is a way to nearly guarantee and secure the accomplishment of your future goal!   OUR CHALLENGE: Typically, the way many of us see our goals as being far away, far removed, and separate from us. Therefore, we ‘go after' our goals. It becomes an arduous struggle to get to a place or become a person that we don't ultimately believe is who we are. So the pursuit of our goals includes a lot of stress and struggle because the internal belief of who we believe we are is completely different that who we want to become. Therefore, any challenge along the way toward our goal, actually confirms in our own mind that we ARE who we currently are, and NOT who we want to become.   The Result? Stress and a lack of achievement of our goals.   OUR SOLUTION: However, what I've seen is that it's actually more of a difference in mindset and perception that prevents us from achievement. The reality is that it's not so much that we are far from our goals but that the way we see ourselves relative to the goals doesn't help us achieve it.   There is a difference between…   Working FROM Success vs Working FOR Success   Working from Success says… I AM, therefore it's simply a matter of time I AM an expression of who I believe I am, which is the person that is connected to the achievement of my goal IT IS inevitable…I just have to continue working   You have to BE it…before you SEE it!   Working for Success says… I'm not, I'm trying to become I need to achieve the goal to prove and validate that I am the person I'm trying to become I don't know if it's really going to happen   Think about a seed of an apple, and it's inevitable future…an apple. The seed of an apple…when planted will inevitably be an apple Think about a caterpillar, and it's inevitable future…a butterfly. The caterpillar…when in the right environment will inevitably be a butterfly THIS IS WORKING FROM SUCCESS!   Working FOR success is taking an unknown seed….planting it and hoping it turns into an apple. Working FOR success is taking an inchworm and hoping it turns eventually into a butterfly   You inevitably develop into who you believe yourself to be!!   ACTION STEPS: How to work FROM Success: (Think about a planting a seed) Define the seed. Who are you? Connect ‘who you are' to your person who is connected to the achievement of your goal. You ARE NOW CURRENTLY MENTALLY the person who has accomplished your goal. Cultivate the seed. Place it in good soil. Place yourself in the right environment People: What kind of people are around you to help you be your best self. Encouraging and supportive people. People who can coach and guide you. Settings: Are you in the right places that are putting you in position to succeed? Water the seed. Consistent watering: Active pouring into yourself! Audios and Books: What books and audios are you consistently listening to?? I encourage you to ALWAYS be reading or listening to something that is strengthening your mind, faith, or knowledge. Expose it to the light. Expose that goal to God, aka…The Light Bring your goal to God! Discuss it with him. Include him into your goals and dreams This provides discernment and clarity on what decisions to make Relationship with God provides fulfillment. This way you don't feel like you are IN NEED of your goal to be happy. You can pursue it with no pressure. Believe & Trust in God for the transformation & increase We can only plant the seed, cultivate, water it and put it into the light. However, the actual transformation is up to God…not YOU! Do what you can do, and let God do the rest! You are NOT responsible for the transformation…you are responsible for being obedient to YOUR PART (Steps 1-4 above) If you need help, book a 1:1 Discovery Call with me at https://drbradmd.com Talk to you soon, Dr. Brad

Chelsy Cardin is the first person in her family with a college degree and the first person who wanted to take the corporate path.  Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, she hadn't watched anyone work a 9-to-5 schedule growing up. But she did have a lot of energy and ambition, and she needed to direct it somewhere. By 19, she'd already graduated from college, returning to school the following year for her MBA in marketing. At 23, she was running a marketing department and making a six-figure salary.  “Looking back over what I've accomplished this far, I feel like every place I've gotten both in my personal life and my professional life has just been because I've taken massive action,” she says. “When I make a decision, I go all-in because I know undoubtedly that that's the right move for me.”  Even still, there have been some unexpected turns in her path — including when the entrepreneurial bug did eventually bite her. In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Chelsy talk about how she went from corporate life to entrepreneur life to ultimately a mix of the two.   What You'll Learn: Why Chelsy quit her cushy, six-figure job at 23, and what she did after When people ask her whether an MBA is “worth it,” what her response always is How she, in her current industry, made as much on her first commission as her entire starting salary And much more!   Favorite Quote: “You can't be everything to everybody, right? So at least to start with, you have to have a niche. You have to know who you're trying to focus on. That's always the first thing. I feel like a lot of times, especially new businesses, try to market too broadly. They try to appeal to everybody, and in turn, they appeal to nobody… you have to focus on that smaller group, and take the people that are your ideal audience and make them passionate.” — Chelsy Cardin How to Get Involved:   Connect with Chelsy:   LinkedIn Instagram Facebook   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Mike Claudio had what many would consider a cushy job at Verizon Wireless, working within their corporate sales team. His clients were major international companies, from Volvo to US Airways, and he was considered a top performer, hitting 250% of his quota for three years running. But the pace was brutal.  “It's a rollercoaster that's not for the faint of heart,” Mike says. “Looking back now, it ruins a lot of people. Because you're never allowed to be satisfied — happiness will at most last 15 days. Like, ‘Hit my quota halfway through the month, I'm happy now.' You just never, ever, ever felt like you could get ahead.” Mike wasn't just unhappy at work. He was also “fat, miserable and an alcoholic” in his personal life. But the pay and benefits were persuasive — until one day, a decade down the line, they weren't anymore.  “I'm in the same office as this guy who I'm going to be replacing… I remember looking at him and going, he's been in that job for 17 years. He's 400 pounds and miserable. And I went, that's going to be me. I was making $170K a year, was 27 years old. I had the life. I had the Cadillac, I had the house, I had the wife, I had the trips. I had whatever the f*** I wanted. But I remember looking at him going, ‘I'm too young to be the next thing I'm looking forward to is retirement.'”  In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Mike tells Patrick how he decided he was worth more and how today, as founder of WinRate Consulting, he helps clients and businesses find their “more,” too.    What You'll Learn: What happened when Mike ultimately turned his back on corporate life (and why people's reaction counterintuitively confirmed he'd made the right move) The difference between empathy vs sympathy for employees and others topics he coaches companies on today What kind of impact he's making through his Champion Shoes nonprofit And much more!   Favorite Quote: “I don't look at the big picture. If you look at my mission statement as a person, I want to have an impact with every conversation I have... I don't think enough people focus on the now. Right? I'm focused on this conversation and being in tune and being dedicated and focused. I'm not on my phone, worried about text messages… I have big goals, big visions, and big targets I want to hit, but I play the small ball. I do the work other people won't, I show up when other people won't, and I do the little things right that matter.” — Mike Claudio   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Mike:   WinRate Consulting A Champion's Shoes LinkedIn   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram  

Right before hitting rock bottom, Samuel Smith was on top. Or at least, it felt like he was.  When the oil field crashed in 2009, Samuel needed a new way of making money. So, he googled “how to make money online” — and discovered what he calls the “wonderful rabbit hole of affiliate marketing and pay-per-click marketing.” Before long, it felt like his earnings had no cap.  “I remember my first $100 day and my first $1,000 day,” he says. “By 2011, I was spending like $5,000 a day on Facebook, which was the most you could spend on an ad account back then, and it was nothing because I would make $7,000 a day in return. I thought I'd made it. I remember telling my buddy that I found a cheat code to life.”  But, as Samuel says, all good things have “an equal and opposite reaction.” He was making more money than he'd thought possible, but he was a bad steward of it. He wasn't taking care of his finances, and he wasn't taking care of himself, his diet, or his relationships. What Samuel was doing a lot of us was drinking. And when the time came that his business faced a challenge, he wasn't prepared.  In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Samuel tells Patrick about the “complete collapse and absolute disaster” of that first business, what it was like to hit rock bottom after believing himself already retired at age 36, and how Samuel is doing business differently — and sustainably — today.   What You'll Learn: How drinking helped fuel his life's rock bottom moment and lost him hundreds of thousands of dollars — and how he's recovered with two seven figure-earning businesses today How his life has changed for the better since he ditched the toxic masculinity instilled in him in his youth Why shifting his business attitude from making money to guiding people has been so impactful And much more!   Favorite Quote: “What I've discovered is that most entrepreneurs have all been through the same stuff. You have a point in your story where you're sitting in the truck crying. I have a point in my story where my mom hugged me and whispered into my ear to ‘sort your f***ing life out.' Every entrepreneur seems to have hit bottom.” — Samuel Smith   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Samuel:   Facebook Instagram The Small Business Surgeon   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

The idea for Cousins Maine Lobster originated over a night of drinking and a visit between two cousins, Sabin Lomac and Jim Tselikis. Jim had trekked out to visit Sabin in L.A., and a few drinks into the night, the conversation grew nostalgic as they reminisced about their shared Maine childhood.  “We decided that we wanted to do something creative. We wanted to work together. And the more we drank, the more nostalgic we got about our childhood. And that led to lobster,” Sabin recalls.  Opening a restaurant seemed too daunting, with long leases and big buildouts. This was 2012 in L.A., and gourmet food trucks were just beginning to arrive on the scene. The cousins figured they could buy one for around $60,000.  “Let's put a truck on the street. Let's represent our home state. What we wanted really was just to recreate our childhood,” Jim adds. “We were privileged to have grown up with the best lobster in the world and we wanted to bring it to other areas… at the end of the day, it was a passion project. Something we could do together, have fun with, represent our home state of Maine, and see where it goes.”  Ten years, one “Shark Tank” investor, 50 food trucks and a franchise later, and the cousins have created a multi-million dollar business. In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Jesse Lee tells Patrick how she made it big in network marketing after starting at zero — and how she ultimately created success on her own terms.   What You'll Learn: How the question “what would make our moms happy?” led the cousins to develop such a successful business idea How they managed to stay cool, calm and collected in the Tank What it's like to have Barbara Corcoran as an investor And much more!   Favorite Quote: “That's one of the things we were taught, is like, hey. You may not know everything. We always say we didn't go to business school. We didn't have any restaurant experience. But what we did have was passion. This had a lot of meaning for us, because it was about our family.” — Jim Tselikis   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Sabin and Jim:  Facebook Instagram Cousins Maine Lobster   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Jesse Lee Ward's childhood set her up for later success as an entrepreneur — though not in the way you might think.  “I grew up with nothing. I was the kid that got made fun of for not having the right clothes, not having the right food at lunch — if there even was food at lunch,” she said. “I was the kid that couldn't go on field trips. Like, it sucked. And I'm really grateful for that. Because it made me not so much know what my ‘why' was — a lot of people in personal development are like, ‘What's your deep-rooted why?' And I'm like, I don't know! But I can tell you very clearly what I don't want, because I lived it for so long.”  After college, Jesse Lee found that she was still struggling. She was sick of the “glorification of the 9-to-5,” as well as the “glorification of going broke every two weeks.” She knew she could work hard, but not if it meant giving her everything to a job that was paying her $35,000 a year. She'd already been fired once and needed a way of making rent, fast. So, she decided to go out on a limb.  “I just googled ‘at-home businesses that make the most money,'” she said. “I went to trainings. I showed up. I started personal developing because I was a hot mess express. And at 26, I made my first million that year, and it's been crazy ever since.” In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Jesse Lee tells Patrick how she made it big in network marketing after starting at zero — and how she ultimately created success on her own terms.   What You'll Learn: How being told no her “whole childhood” made Jesse Lee resilient against the rejection of early entrepreneurship  How she turned the things that make her “not a great employee” into (profitable) strengths What helped her to overcome her scarcity issues And much more!   Favorite Quote: “When was the last time you wrote down, pen to paper, where you want to be in five years? In 10 years? This year?... When is the last time you said out loud that you have, not even that you're going to, but that you have multiple streams of income that flow abundantly to you? You're gonna feel like a strange, little witch. That's fine. But the crazy thing is when you start to see yourself as a different version of yourself, your brain literally reverse-engineers the steps necessary to get there.” — Jesse Lee Ward   How to Get Involved: Connect with Jesse Lee:  Instagram Facebook YouTube Podcast   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram   I grew up with nothing. I was the kid that you know, got made fun of for not having the right clothes, not having the right. You know, food at lunch. If there was even food at lunch, I was a kid that couldn't go on field trips. Like it sucked. And I'm really grateful for that. Because that made me not so much know what my y was, you know, a lot of people in personal development are like, what's your Why? What's your deep rooted? Why? And I'm like, I don't know. But I can very clearly tell you what I don't want very clearly because I lived it for so long. And I never wanted to go back to that.

When Carlos Wallace was laid off during the pandemic, the timing was serendipitous.  Two months prior, Carlos, who'd already been barbequing for eight years, decided to turn his love for smoked meats into a proper side hustle. He opened Seven Seeds Texas Barbeque, named for his seven children, and started to serve up everything from briskets, BBQ and ribs to dishes inspired by his wife's Trinidadian heritage. Once he'd been laid off, as a dad to seven kids aged 22 through 3 months, he needed a new plan, fast. So Carlos put everything into Seven Seeds, and he hasn't looked back since.  “Layoffs rip the band-aid off,” he says. “They forced my hand and caused me to have to come up with a solution, which I did.”  New to the role of entrepreneur, Carlos spent years working on oil fields — a job that saw him away from home between 250 and 300 days a year — before moving into a corporate role. He knew he needed to make a change and be present more for his kids. Corporate life was stressful, though, not to mention not as well paid compared to his time on the fields.  Today, as the owner of his own Seven Seeds Texas Barbeque food truck, he's still working long hours, but he's also with his kids more; his oldest child and wife often work with him. It's become a family labor of love, one they're determined to see through.  In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast — the first to be recorded onsite at Trailer King Builders' Houston headquarters — Patrick and Drew talk about going all in as an entrepreneur and running a business for, and with, your family.   What You'll Learn: What a typical day, as a small business owner and father to seven kids, looks like for Carlos What's helping him transition from an employee to entrepreneur mindset How he stays motivated And much more!   Favorite Quote: “I can only afford to pay my employees right now. I'm not even paying myself yet… but even not paying myself, I'm still happier than I was when I was working in the corporate office making money for somebody else.” — Carlos Wallace   How to Get Involved: Connect with Carlos:  Seven Seeds Texas BBQ Facebook Instagram   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Drew Laine is a serial entrepreneur who, in the past, has done his fair share of chasing after the next shiny thing.    He's started a wide variety of companies, from lead generation to insurance, software, printing, and, today, sports manufacturing. Some have been successes, some haven't. He's learned from them all. But perhaps his most impactful learning came out of his hockey company, the Penalty Box.    Growing up “with a stick in his hand,” Drew has always been a major hockey fan. And when, through the Penalty Box, he came to see how local hockey communities were rallying around young hockey players in need and organizing for them on Facebook, he wanted to be a part of that. The Penalty Box Foundation started small, supplying a handful of kids with free hockey bags. When he was sent a video by a foster mom of one of her foster kids opening the bag with tears in his eyes, Drew knew the Foundation had already moved it way to the core of his purpose.   “Seeing the charity and the giving side of it gives me the basis to everything I do,” he says. “I'll tell you, the fire I feel every day waking up knowing I'm making an impact on the sport that I love, on a community that I love, on the people that need it — it's everything to me.”   In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Drew talk about the “freedom to dream” that comes with entrepreneurship, what makes the hockey community so special, and the gift you get when you give back.   What You'll Learn: How an idea one couple-of-beers-deep night became The Penalty Box How Drew has learned to combat the loneliness of entrepreneurship and find a community that gets it The value of failing “so many d*** times” And much more!   Favorite Quote: “The feeling that you can make an impact through your hard work and really drive change is everything to me at this point. Other companies that I've had in the past, it was all, ‘Oh, this seems like a good idea.' We go after it and there's no heart. There's no desire, there's no passion. I can't wake up in the morning and look myself in the eyes and see the fire and desire to get up and kick a** like you do when you get excited... it didn't feel like this, man.” — Drew Laine   How to Get Involved: Connect with Drew:  DrewLaine.com Instagram Facebook YouTube   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

In 2007, Mike Young had a successful mortgage company and was a “liquid millionaire.” In 2008, after the market crashed, he'd lost it all and was a couple hundred thousand in debt. He was devastated — not just by the loss, but by the realization that he hadn't been happy for some time.   “It wrecked me. There was a time where I had everything that someone could want, or that you're told you should have — go to high school, go to college, start a business, get a big house, and then you're quote-unquote ‘going to be happy,'” Mike says. “But I found myself unhappy. I was spending 80 hours a week at the office. And I just knew I wanted something different.”   The financial crash of 2008, he says, “helped act as a catalyst for that.” Today he's the founder of The Makeover Master, host of the top-rated “Made Over Podcast,” and the author of “Made Over: How to Create a Powerful Brand That Will Transform Your Business & Save Your Life.” He's also newly the founder and president of the Association of Mental Health and Well-Being For Entrepreneurs — a worldwide network of 24/7, 365 support in development for entrepreneurs.    Mike is hugely passionate about bringing mental health and wellness support to entrepreneurs for a few reasons. He lost his brother-in-law to self-harm in 2015, and he's seen firsthand the impact this kind of loss can have on family's lives. And as an entrepreneur, he's experienced his peaks and valleys with mental health — something he believes entrepreneurs may be particularly susceptible to. That's because when you attach so much of your identity to something that exists outside of you when it gets taken away — as Mike's business did in 2008 — the mental health impact can be profound.    “Entrepreneurship is no joke,” he says. “It can be a very lonely road… I just started thinking, who's out there to help them? Who's out there to support entrepreneurs when we crash?”   In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Mike talk about making over your mindset, fostering resilience, and prioritizing your mental health and well-being as an entrepreneur.   What You'll Learn: How Mike, after a decade of 10-14 hour workdays, learned to prioritize sleep, nutrition, and exercise (and regulate his emotions better in the process) How he recovered from the “ego death” of losing it all and cultivated a stronger identity Why changing your environment changes the molecular structure of who you are, and why it's key to “surround yourself with people who want the best for the very best parts of you.” And much more!   Favorite Quote: “Over the last 15 years, I've had three or four significant crashes where I felt like I was lost. I felt like I was hopeless… I felt like my business was falling apart, my finances were falling apart, my life was falling apart. Just the complexity of the world — it overwhelmed me. You have these catalyst moments, and sometimes those moments that are the darkest are like your greatest blessing. Because just on the other side of that thing are these moments of brilliance.” — Mike Young   How to Get Involved: Connect with Mike:  The Makeover Master LinkedIn Facebook   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

At the end of 2018, when Randy Gonzalez's daughter first introduced him to TikTok, he had no idea it would eventually put both him and his son Bryce, who was just three at the time, on the map.    “I didn't know I had this talented little boy just waiting to get exposed to the world. It happened because Bryce was just this annoying kid,” Randy says, chuckling. “He kept telling me, ‘Dad, hey Dad, let me jump on TikTok.'”    Ultimately, Randy did let Bryce jump on TikTok — and their first video racked up more than 5 million views. Since then, after a series of equally popular TikToks, most of them featuring the duo dancing, Randy and Bryce have gained 8.7 million followers on TikTok and nearly a million on Instagram as the “enkyboys.” Their lives, Randy says with Bryce sitting next to him, have “dramatically” changed in the process.    “All we do now is influence work, promos, and advertising — this is what we do for a living now,” Randy says. “We started off making $50 (for posts) and then went from $50 to $100 to $200 to $300. Our first big check was from Safeguard the soap, and they gave us a $12,000 check. It's amazing how social media can change somebody's life.”    As Randy puts it, the “effort you put in is what you're going to get out of it — and that's like in every situation.” In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick, Randy, and Bryce talk about making it big on TikTok, Randy's challenges pre-enkyboys fame as a former felon, and what's next for the duo.   What You'll Learn: How, as a former felon, Randy changed life paths after “coming from the streets and a bad background.” How the dad-son duo is combating stereotypes and changing the conversation about what it looks like to parent as someone with a criminal background What Bryce wants to be when he grows up (hint: it's between a Power Ranger and one other job) And much more!   Favorite Quote: “Getting out of prison, I was thinking, ‘Oh man, I'm going to get out and work in the (chemical) plants and take care of my family'… but God had a different direction for me. I guess the plan that he had for me is to show the world that people can change — no matter who you are, what you are, what color you are — and to be an inspiration to other people on being a father.” — Randy Gonzalez   How to Get Involved: Connect with Randy and Bryce:  TikTok Instagram   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Jenna and Kyle Fry's relationship — professionally and personally — started in a corporate catering kitchen.    Jenna, who'd gone to school for Nutrition and Dietetics before pivoting into food service, and Kyle, who trained under several chefs before becoming Food Service Director at Nationwide Insurance, knew they made a compatible team after working together at Nationwide. Within a few months of their marriage, Kyle was over corporate life.   “We were serving hotdogs and hamburgers and french fries to college students, and I was more chef-oriented than manager-oriented,” he says. “I wasn't doing what I wanted to do or what I love to do… I like to grind it out and be creative and make my menus.”   The couple decided it was now or never — it was time to start their own catering company. With a little (okay, a lot) of elbow grease, Pennsylvania-based Scratch Kitchen was born.   It was a considerable risk, but they had “faith in each other,” Jenna says, as well as faith in their abilities. They knew they could work hard and, with the right amount of time, effort, and luck, get their dream off the ground. In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick hears from Jenna and Kyle about what's made them a successful team, in and out of the kitchen.   What You'll Learn: How they decided the time was right to make the leap and start working for themselves, together What sacrifices they've had to make (including working in what was essentially a closet at first) and what the payoff's been How COVID served to help their business grow unexpectedly And much more!   Favorite Quote: “It's about having faith in your ability. You can work hard. You can put in the time and effort. You're going to be working nights and weekends — is that worth it to you to sacrifice time with friends and family? You have to be willing to do that and put that time in to get where you want to go.” — Jenna Fry   How to Get Involved: Connect with Jenna and Kyle:  Instagram Facebook Fry's Catering   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Welcome back for part 2 of "Getting the Love You Want" my grandma used to say “anything worth having, is worth WORKING FOR and WAITING FOR” so when you meet someone you have a good connection with, allow that connection to develop and grow. That is the type of sound advice I've shared with my children and into my adulthood. Trust that that unique individual knows that there is a missing piece and that you are it. So relax Hunnnay and go with the flow and HAVE FUN TOGETHER. This episode is dear to me and I know you will enjoy it too. So Listen Now!! Because you appreciate this content so much and want to Support our efforts then go ahead and

Twenty-some years ago, as Erik Allen tells it, his life was going nowhere fast.    He'd been raised in a broken home, learning how to defend his mother from an abusive, alcoholic boyfriend physically and, after moving in with his absentee dad, getting into drugs and trouble with the law in his teens. By age 21, he'd been in jail, was $28,000 in debt, had filed for bankruptcy, and was plagued by addictions — something his lifestyle as a Universal Records employee and regular concertgoer wasn't helping.   But then, Erik had a come-to-Jesus moment — literally. Working nights in a coffee shop, he was on the clock one evening when a woman came in and asked if he'd like to go to church with her. Not long after, a dreadful night led him to consider the offer more deeply.   “I woke up Easter morning in my buddy's basement surrounded by 15 passed-out guys, and at that moment I just felt God say, ‘Man, you're done,'” he recalls. “I quit cold-turkey drugs, drinking, cigarettes, everything right there. I gave my life to Christ at that moment. And I called that girl up.”   Now, at this stage in his life, Erik is celebrating few pretty significant milestones — including 16 years of marriage to the girl from the coffee shop, 219th episode as a podcaster, and a successful entrepreneur. As he puts it, “Our past does not define our future.” That's the mantra he likes to remind himself as he continues working toward his ultimate future goal — becoming a full-time speaker, podcaster, content creator, and coach.    In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Erik tells Patrick about growing his two podcasts, Top Rated MMA and The Erik Allen Show, from the days of recording in walk-in closets and the power of rewriting your legacy.    What You'll Learn: What helped Erik release the shame and hurt of his upbringing and embrace his journey publicly How he makes time for podcasting and entrepreneurship on top of parenting and his full-time job How he turned his love of combat sports into a career calling And much more!   Favorite Quote: “I had to become a quitter. I had to quit being lazy. Quit complaining. I had to quit being around negative people. I had to quit thinking that I wasn't deserving of money or deserving of success, and I had to quit being a quitter.” — Erik Allen   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Erik:  Erik Allen Media LinkedIn Facebook   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Greg Scheinma‪n has accrued more than a couple of titles over the years. He's an insurance broker, a blogger, a fitness enthusiast, a father of two, and a husband of 20 years. He's the producer of independent films, having started his career at Miramax Films in New York. He's an entrepreneur whose children's home entertainment venture, Team Baby Entertainment, was sold to the former CEO of Disney. And he's a middle-aged man.    It's the last of these titles that's Greg's focus for his podcast, Midlife Male. With 136 episodes under his belt to date, Greg realized the demographic he's in is a traditionally underserved one. That's because too often men are sold the message that middle age is something they need to fear rather than embrace. But that narrative is one Greg is determined to end.    “We're talking about midlife men and how they're navigating middle age to achieve a better quality of life — how they've turned their lives and careers around and how they've become a better husband and better father,” he says. “That's where I am in my life, and that's what I want to learn about.”    On that front, Greg has been far from alone. From Olympic gold medal winners to Grammy-winning artists to chefs and entrepreneurs and dads and average Joes down the street, everybody has a story worth telling, with trials and tribulations and lessons to share. Celebrating those stories, the wisdom that accompanies them, and what midlife men are achieving in the here and now is what Greg as a podcaster is all about.   In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Greg talk about recognizing the power of your midlife years, where Greg's career has taken him, and what comes next.    What You'll Learn: The six focuses for success as a midlife male, according to Greg Why middle age is an aspirational place to be (and how brands are starting to recognize that) How Greg approaches taking risks, and how getting older means he's gotten better at it And much more!   Favorite Quote: “The middle is the sweet spot. It's not the end. It's not a crisis. It's not either. It's the sweet spot. This is when life should be getting better. This is when my foot's on the gas, right now.” — Greg Scheinma‪n   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Greg:    Midlife Male   Instagram   LinkedIn   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

Brent Hunter knows that when you're working for a dream, things don't always go one hundred percent according to plan.    When Brent's wife of 24 years unexpectedly lost her job in 2017, that's when the couple decided it was time to make good on their dream of being entrepreneurs. “It was time for us to do for us, instead of doing for someone else,” he says. “So we took that opportunity.”    Months of market research, backed by his wife's love of cooking, pointed them in the direction of opening their food truck. Hawaiian food had always been their favorite, and there wasn't much of it to be found near where they lived in Oregon. After buying and driving a former t-shirt vending truck across the country, the Hunters were ready to turn their dream into a reality. But whereas Brent has friends who've taken nine months to build out a food truck, he and his wife were dealing with a much shorter deadline — they needed the truck to be ready in nine days, to be exact.    In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Brent talk about what it took to build his dream from scratch — literally — and what it's like to run Grindz Food Truck as a family.   What You'll Learn: How Brent and his family got their food truck ready in nine days (without sleeping for three of them) What they've learned about themselves as entrepreneurs and where they see their business going next Their favorite Hawaiian dishes to cook (content warning: your mouth will water) And much more!   Favorite Quote: “You've got to put in the work is the first and foremost thing. Put in the work. It's a job, and it can become a career.”  — Brent Hunter   How to Get Involved: Connect with Brent:  Instagram Facebook   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Michael speaks with Partrick Bolanos, Host of Working For a Dream Podcast, about coming to the US from Nicaragua, starting up a business and his charity work for promising baseball players back home.“Working For A Dream” With Patrick Bolanos is about the hard work and hustle it takes to build an empire. On a quest to help Nicaraguan students pursue careers as professional baseball players, entrepreneur Patrick Bolanos shares his story of climbing to the top in multiple industries. Coming from a background in finance and business development, Patrick shares his wisdom on this show and interviews iconic figures in the marketplace. Tune in for a show that will get you armed and ready to create your own dream life. It will take responsibility and hard work but with strong mentors and a will to succeed, you can do anything.Check out Patrick's Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/working-for-a-dream/id1552270132About the Crushing Your Fear PodcastBioMichael is an Entrepreneur who has started multiple revenue generating companies both in the US and Europe. He currently hosts two Podcasts (Crushing Your Fear and Craft Beer Storm) and has learned to conquer Fear through leaving the past behind, learning from it and adopting Gratitude and a Positive outlook for the future. On his Crushing Your Fear Podcast, Michael explains "We live in a Society of Fear. Everywhere we turn, fear is there. Most people we know are affected by fear in one form or another. We ourselves are consumed by fear - we cant move forward - we wont take chances - we "fear' what others may "think" of us - and on and on and on. Enough! There is another way. We explore different areas in society, flush out the manipulation and empower you to overcome fear. Our guests are experts and give you the insight and tools needed to identify and conquer fear. So join us and Crush Your Fear..."Michael BearaHostCrushing Your Fear Podcastmichael@crushingyourfear.comWebsite: http://www.crushingyourfear.com/Instagram: @crushingyourfearFacebook: @crushingyourfearTwitter: @crushingfearTik Tok: @crushingyourfearSubscribe to our Podcast!iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crushing-your-fear/id1465751659Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/craft-beer-storm/crushing-your-fear

Michael-David Riley is a big believer in mantras.    Specifically, he believes in using mantras and language to shift our internal narratives and own what we visualize and internalize in life. These visualizations and internalizations, he says, feed directly into the decisions we make — and when the average person makes 35,000 decisions a day, the impact adds up.    “When you really own everything — the good, bad, and ugly and the victories — now you're controlling the outcomes of your life because you're no longer allowing conditions and others to control your emotional reactions,” he says. “When you're finally taking ownership of decisions — all 35,000 — and being mentally aware of everything you're doing, you start to realize your habits change, your actions change and your outcomes change.”    But Michael-David didn't always have this level of ownership in life. Growing up as a “highly abused kid,” he found solace and escape in cycling. It helped him handle the emotional chaos at home, and it also introduced him to an athlete's approach to forming the intention and taking action. Years later, he was training to make the Barcelona Olympic cycling team when an injury sustained in the gym left him unable to stand up straight, literally, for the next five years. He was losing control of his life. Until he chose to make the mindset shift that would eventually become the 35K Decisions A Day mission.    In this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Michael-David talk about why now, at age 48, Michael-David has “never felt more in control of his life.”    What You'll Learn: How Michael-David went from being a victim of his circumstances to truly owning his life What it took for him to bounce back from dropping out of college, two failed marriages, a lost job, and an injury that caused him to gain 100 pounds The mantras that he uses with his team And much more!   Favorite Quote: “As I wallowed — ‘why me, poor me, why did this happen to me — I had this moment. For everything in your life, you're the common thread. If you want a different outcome and a different life, you have to start making different decisions.” — Michael-David Riley   How to Get Involved: Connect with Michael-David:  Instagram  Facebook Spotify   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Growing up in North Texas, Zack Hughes always heard positive stories from his grandfather, a World War II veteran, about life in the military. After 9/11, the call to join the military felt strong and the right thing to do, yet, he wasn't sure what exactly that path would look like until years later.    “I had just left grad school and didn't know what I wanted to do,” Zack says. “I thought maybe I wanted to go into law enforcement but decided against that and pivoted to Special Forces. And it was big for me.”    Deciding to become a Green Beret, he graduated from his Special Forces qualifications course as class valedictorian before being deployed to Afghanistan. After seven years of service and the in-combat loss of a close friend, he was hit by a rock-propelled grenade, went through rehab and four surgeries, and ultimately left the army for civilian life in 2019. Today, through his involvement with Elite Meet, he's helping other special ops veterans land leadership roles in Corporate America, and he's also sharing his expertise as the founder of the Operations Association community.    On this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Zack talk about the biggest lessons Zack learned on the field, his transition to civilian life and how he's helping OA members push past their comfort zone.   What You'll Learn: How his time as a Green Beret changed his perspective on America's opportunities and resources  Why the principles you learn in Special Operations are crucial in the business world How he's “connecting the dots” for other veterans And much more!   Favorite Quote: “We still got it. Even in 2020, we still got it. I think the world needs a little bit more perspective on that sometimes.”   — Zack Hughes   How to Get Involved: Connect with Zack:  Operations Association Instagram Personal website   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

The year was 2001 when Miguel Montero, a 16-year-old, living with his family in Caracas, Venezuela, was signed into baseball's minor leagues. His contract was for $13,000, but the money was hardly what excited Miguel.    “All I wanted was a plane ticket and put me in the Dominican and leave the rest up to me,” he recalls.    But being away from home, he quickly found that it wasn't easy. He was fending for himself far from his family, and he wasn't playing his best ball. There were times, he remembers, when he thought of quitting. But Miguel found the willpower to stick around, and in doing so, he learned a lesson that he carried with him all the way to the World Series.    “I was not the most talented guy,” he says. “I really worked hard. I put in a lot of work and I got better. He told himself “I got to be really strong mentally… there's one way that you're going to survive, and it's competing. They're good, but they're not better than you and you're not better than them. You've just got to beat them someway or the other, and it's competing.”    On this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Miguel talk about how he hustled in his way to becoming a two-time MLB All-Star, how it felt hitting a Grand Slam in the NLCS (with a back injury to boot), and how he set (and achieved!) his three main goals for coming to the U.S.   What You'll Learn: Why Miguel believes he “plays the game of failure” — and is glad he does How he approaches being retired at 37 What he's doing to support young baseball players in Colombia through the Miguel Montero Academy And much more!   Favorite Quote: “It was a grind but it was a good grind, because you love what you do. When you start thinking ‘this is a job,' that baseball is a job, that's when everything starts falling apart because the passion stops. It's about playing with passion and not even worrying about the money you want to make, because in the end if you play good, the money's gonna be there, as long as you just enjoy what you're doing and play well.”  — Miguel Montero How to Get Involved: Connect with Miguel:  Instagram Miguel Montero Academy   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

For a lot of folks, hitting rock bottom is more than the product of a single adverse moment or even season in your adult life. Wounds from childhood run deep, and without working to understand the ways our subconscious and unconscious selves impact conscious choices and behavior, self-awareness and success can be hard to find.   That's where Tiffany Toombs comes in. As a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and hypnosis coach, she helps people dive into the unconscious mind and, as she puts it, “pull out all of the gunk that's been holding you back.” The journey that brought Tiffany to this line of work is a personal one. After a series of toxic relationships and a miscarriage, she was at her life's lowest point. That's when she realized that her trauma was all part of the same continuous thread, and that this thread began with abuse she'd experienced as a child at the hands of her stepmother.   “These events that had seemed separate throughout my life had built up, and I'd been sweeping them under a rug to pretend they weren't there,” she recalls. “It was no longer a small pile of dirt. It was this huge mountain of stuff. I was like, ‘Oh, nothing to see here!' and trying to cover it with, like, a face cloth. I realized that I had to do some healing.”    After discovering NLP and seeing her life transformed by it, that's when Tiffany decided to dedicate herself to helping others access this same healing. Today, she helps clients understand how the brain combines beliefs, emotions and the language we use to create our perception of reality — and how, by harnessing the power of NLP, we can improve our reality.   On this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Tiffany talk about rewiring the brain, letting go of self-limiting and damaging belief systems, and getting unstuck.    What You'll Learn: How 95% of our adult beliefs were planted in us as children, and how we can liberate ourselves from those beliefs How self-talk interacts with the brain's reticular activating system (and what exactly that means) Why NLP can be the thing that helps you make true change a part of your routine  And much more!   Favorite Quote: “A lot of people, whether they want to admit it to themselves or not, are comfortable with being the victim of their circumstances because they don't have to take responsibility for their life. They don't have to take ownership. It's never your fault that something happened to you. It is your responsibility how you choose to move forward from that.” — Tiffany Toombs   How to Get Involved: Connect with Tiffany:  Blue Lotus Mind Facebook LinkedIn Instagram YouTube   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

Believe In Yourself Always Keep growing & keep Working For your dreams Only and only you can achieve your dreams so get up & start working now it's time to change the world - Sandesh Daniel

Starting a business can take you to places you never would've expected — sometimes literally!    Not long ago, JC Hite was growing a real estate business in his home state of Arkansas and, next, an ed tech company that he'd go onto sell to IBM later. It was during this second entrepreneurial endeavor that he decided to spend some time in South and Central America, where the majority of his clients were based. After travels that took him to places like Guatemala, Chile and Ecuador, JC met his future wife and permanently relocated to Nicaragua to be with her — and to start a digital marketing agency alongside her.   Launching a company within a different culture gave JC the opportunity to expand his awareness and EQ as a business leader. Building a business, he says, is all about applying that EQ to answer a few questions: “How can we operate and work through other people? How can we encourage and motivate them and get them really excited, and do that in different cultures and with different people?”   Today, he has learned not only how to scale his own company — in just three years, Hite Digital has grown to employ about 80 people, with offices in Nicaragua as well as Dallas, San Francisco, Nashville and Miami — but also how to use digital marketing to scale others' businesses. On this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and JC talk about the changes coming to digital marketing in 2021, how JC approaches his daily routine and how you can help your team achieve alignment as a leader.   What You'll Learn: How to set core values at your company (and use those values to hire the right people) The secret to motivating people, across age groups and cultures Why there's a power in hitting rock bottom And much more!   Favorite Quote: “We have everything against us. We went through a civil war in Nicaragua. We went through an economic crisis in 2020. And our last offer to buy us out was just under $15 million. That's insane. We're proving that you can build something like that in a country like Nicaragua, and hopefully that's going to lead a lot more opportunities.”  - JC   How to Get Involved: Connect with JC: LinkedIn Facebook Instagram  Hite Digital   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram  

How do you channel loss into purpose, and how can healing be gleaned from that sense of purpose? These are among the questions that Pam and Gary Roberts had to explore upon losing their daughter — who, after a car accident, struggled with an addiction to opioids and pain medication — at age 27.    Their daughter's experience in Florida rehab facilities — where Pam and Gary say patients were ping-ponged, by design, between rehab and halfway houses as part of a “terrible cycle” — opened their eyes to the need for more holistic addiction treatments. And as a firefighter and crossfitter, Gary saw similar needs for natural antidotes to pain in his personal and professional communities. That's why today, the couple is finding healing both for themselves and others through the medicinal uses of hemp, cannabis and CBD.    As the owners of Pure Body Zen, Pam and Gary bring superior-quality CBD to U.S. markets. As the hosts of the Pure Body Zen Podcast, they fight misinformation and myths about these natural substances and shed light on their medicinal value. And as the founders of Promises Recovery Center, they're exploring the ways that CBD can be used, in combination with exercise, nutrition and vocational training, to heal from addiction.   On this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick, Pam and Gary talk about learning from loss, ending the stigma surrounding CBD and making healing a part of your daily life.   What You'll Learn: How CBD can help rebuild your brain and body Why we need better alternatives to addiction recovery today How to handle adversity, in life and at work And much more!   Favorite Quote: “You're still going to go through tough times. It doesn't mean that life is over. You always will go through tough times… Whatever adversity we have, go with it. It's not going to be all day, every hour. It's going to be at that moment. So take it, swallow it and move on.” — Gary Roberts   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Pam and Gary:  Gary's Instagram Pam's Instagram Pure Body Zen Podcast Purebodyzen.com   Connect with Patrick:  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram

When you've lost your sense of motivation and purpose in life, every day can seem like a battle you don't feel like fighting. Patrick Bolanos knows this all too well. Not long ago, he was simply going through the motions of life, working a job that wasn't making him happy and living paycheck to paycheck in the process.    “I wasn't doing anything with my life,” he says. “I would come home, turn on the tube and drink some beers. I was overweight… I wasn't all there, I wasn't committed, I wasn't happy.”   Patrick's identity, he says, was “severely broken.” Until he got a wake-up call four years ago that made him realize it was time to turn things around, for the sake of himself and his family. Today, he's the proud co-owner of a thriving food truck company and the supporter of not only his own four children but also kids in his native Nicaragua, where he founded a baseball academy. His marriage has been patched up, he's out of debt and most important of all, his life feels like it has meaning again.   From hitting rock bottom to finding fulfillment, hear Patrick share what he's learned, where he's come from and where he's going on the Working For a Dream Podcast.    What You'll Learn: How embracing self-development and gratitude helped Patrick change his life Why it's never too late to find meaning and purpose again How to recognize the signs that it's time for a life overhaul And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “If you're about to hit rock bottom or you don't know where to start, it all starts with feeding your mind with positivity and being grateful, and then we go from there… All you have to do is be consistent, apply the disciplines, and one small step at a time, you will see incremental changes.”  — Patrick Bolanos   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram  

Success is relative, and even for people who've “made it” by society's standards, feeling fulfilled isn't a guarantee. That was the case for Joey Yak.    It was just a few years ago that Joey, now known professionally as the Studio CEO, was living what he calls a “crazy rockstar life” as an independent artist in Hollywood, traveling across the country in tour buses with his face plastered on the outside. People thought he was living the American dream, but in reality, Joey says it felt like he was stuck inside “the worst nightmare.”    “Everything that I didn't want to become, I felt on the inside that I was that person — away from my kid, flying first class on a guilt trip,” he says. “I would wake up and pop Adderall, and in order for me to go to sleep, I had to drink alcohol.”    Ultimately, Joey was pushed by something he now recognizes as God to get sober, get home to St. Louis and come up with a new plan for his life. That plan would see him build a six-figure business creating custom theme songs for entrepreneurs, using his musical prowess to help others get their dreams off the ground. But Joey didn't get here overnight.   On this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Joey talk about changing your life's direction, the power of music for branding and how to create consistent content that'll get your business attention.   What You'll Learn: Why you should use your personal story to add value to your business How to put out content that creates “edu-tainment”  Why it pays (literally) not to ask for permission And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “Everyone wants to know the end result before they take the action. I go into it saying I'm going to prepare myself for an opportunity that may never happen and create that opportunity. Opportunities don't just come to you.” — Joey Yak   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Joey:   Facebook   Instagram   LinkedIn   Joeyyak.com   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram

Do you have a growth mindset? If you want to succeed as an entrepreneur, you'll need one. The good news is that, by hacking your brain, there are ways to cultivate that mindset.   That's according to Alex Vonderhaar, the CEO and founder of Hidden Falls Media, a neuromarketing agency that applies psychology and neuroscience research to digital marketing. As someone who originally went to school to study pharmacology, or the impact of different substances on the brain and on behavior, Alex has long been interested in ways to optimize the human mind. But it was a brush with death that ultimately brought him to his current path.   “I had a near-death experience, and it ended up causing me to be dead for over two and a half minutes,” he says. “It was from an unknown airborne allergy that I dropped dead, literally, in one of my best friend's dorm rooms. They brought me back, and after that I had a new approach on life.”    After a subsequent stint working in flotation therapy, Alex realized that his understanding of psychology could be harnessed to explore the world of marketing in new, innovative ways. On this episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick and Alex talk about what exactly that work looks like, how to calm your anxiety's “monkey mind” and pursue your goals, and why 2021 will be the “year of collaboration.”   What You'll Learn: How Alex brings a neuroscience-based approach to his daily routine What he's reading, and what you should be adding to your shelf Why the “Eisenhower Matrix” is the secret to successful prioritization   Alex's No. 1 tip for anyone who plans to advertise in 2021 (hint: it has to do with changing your social media approach) And much more!   Favorite Quote:   “The biggest thing that 2020 really taught me was that, for everybody who mentally checked out, it was a ‘separation season.' We got lucky in the sense that for people who said, ‘I'm going to take this as a blessing in whatever way, shape or form it appears to me and run with it' — those are the people who are winning right now. They're the people who are going to be succeeding over the next few years.”   How to Get Involved:   Connect with Alex:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram   The Hidden Falls Media Experience   Connect with Patrick:    LinkedIn   Facebook   Instagram  

It's the end of Season 1 of Working For the Rich & Famous podcast! I wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of our guests who have taken part and all our listeners for supporting the podcast throughout. The purpose was to help educate and inspire others and to build a community where we can all come together and talk openly about the careers and opportunities available within this amazing sector of ours. We have learnt a lot during the year (which wasn't hard considering I had no idea how to host a podcast a few months back!) and we have decided to have a complete re-brand and name change ready for the launch of Season 2 in the New Year. Whilst we love the name we worry that at first glance it gives the impression that we will be gossiping about the lives of our Principals, which as everyone already knows is certainly not the case. It is a very professional and highly discreet podcast purely focusing on the careers within the sector. So we will be changing the name and also mixing up the guest list. I am hoping to not only talk to staff within the industry but hopefully clients, trainers and other recruiters to give their input on careers, recruitment, interviewing, opportunities etc available. The more people we have on the show who are involved in the recruitment process then the more educational and useful the podcast will be. So thanks once again for all of your support. All of us at Silver Swan Recruitment wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I look forward to talking to you all once again in the New Year with the launch of Season 2.

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Air Date 5/21/2020 Today we take a look at the classic battle between good and... not evil exactly but worse than just 'bad'... 'malicious indifference to suffering in the pursuit of ideology over real-world outcomes' maybe?... as seen through the lens of trying to destroy or save the US Post Office, the battle for basic labor rights and protections and the struggle to define the revolutionary change we are going to experience on the back end of the pandemic for either good or ill. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) EPISODE SPONSORS: Clean Choice Energy SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: USPS - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Air Date 5-10-20 As the U.S. Postal Service faces financial catastrophe, John Oliver discusses why the service is so important, what brought it to this point, and what we can do to help. Ch. 2: Far from a loser, the post office is a money-making operation - Jim Hightower - Air Date 4-21-20 Antigovernment ideologues and privatization dogmatists hate the very word “public” and they’ve long sought to demonize the US Postal Service, undercut its popular support, and finally dismantle it. Ch. 3: Trump Attacks Post Office While Carriers & Clerks Die from COVID-19 - Democracy Now - Air Date 4-29-20 President Trump has lashed out at the U.S. Postal Service as the pandemic brings it to the brink of collapse and more people than ever are relying on the mail. Ch. 4: Is Postal Banking a Good Idea? - David Pakman Show - Air Date 05-14-18 Audience question: Is postal banking a good idea? Ch. 5: Should Trump be America’s Postal Potentate? - Jim Hightower - Air Date 5-7-20 The humble Post Office is a community fixture, a civic inheritance, a rural lifeline, and one of the last vestiges of a shared civic culture in America. Ch. 6: Refocusing May Day On The Revolutionary Struggle For Workers' Rights - The Real News - Air Date 5-5-20 The revolutionary history of May Day is recognized around the world in a way that should inspire workers in the United States to continue their fight. Ch. 7: Mike Elk on Frontline Worker Rights - CounterSpin - Air Date 4-10-20 Mike Elk discusses essential workers and the power of labor and strikes. Ch. 8: Food Workers and the Virus - Belabored by Dissent Magazine - Air Date 5-9-20 We talk with Raj Patel, research professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin and the author of Stuffed and Starved. Ch. 9: Charles Derber Upstairs/Downstairs Economy - Unauthorized Disclosure - Air Date 4-5-20 Charles Derber on whether the pandemic may significantly alter the structure of the economy in the United States. Ch. 10: Congress Sets Aside $1,200 In Trust For Each American Until They Prove They’re Responsible Enough To Handle It - The Topical - Air Date 4-15-20 It’s a historic stimulus bill that will finally offer some financial relief to those affected by the coronavirus outbreak. But will Americans be able to prove they’re mature enough to spend it responsibly? Ch. 11: Ricardo Salvador on the Food System & COVID-19 - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-8-20 As for food workers—farm laborers, meatpackers, grocery and restaurant workers—how can they be deemed “essential” and yet treated as expendable? Ch. 12: Demand Congress Pass The #PeoplesBailout via ThePeoplesBailout.org Go to The People’s Bailout dot org to easily write and call your members of Congress demanding they take effective, inclusive, equitable and preventative legislative action. Ch. 13: Coronavirus Capitalism and How to Beat It - The Intercept - Air Date 3-16-20 This video is about the ways the still-unfolding COVID-19 crisis is already remaking our sense of the possible. Ch. 14: The Georgia Experiment - Social Distance - Air Date 4-30-20 Staff writer and Georgia native Amanda Mull join to talk about the political forces pushing to reopen her home state. Ch. 15: A New Economy for a post-COVID world - Progressive Faith Sermons - Dr. Roger Ray - Air Date 5-3-20 As President Trump and many states’ governors are pushing (largely minority) workers to go back to work in unsafe conditions for less than a living wage in the midst of a pandemic, is the word “revolution” too strong to use or is it not quite enough? FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 16: Final comments on the best-laid intentions TAKE ACTION! Write & Call Your Members of Congress & MORE at ThePeoplesBailout.org Follow @_PeoplesBailout on Twitter Spread the word with #PeoplesBailout on social media EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE The Bailout is Working - For the Rich (ProPublica) Retail workers at Amazon and Whole Foods coordinate sick-out to protest Covid-19 conditions (The Guardian) For immigrants without legal status, federal coronavirus relief is out of reach (Vox) Essential workers still lack basic safety protections on the job (Vox) Millions Of Americans Have Lost Health Insurance As Unemployment Soars (NPR) Vote safely by mail in November? Not so fast, say Republicans (The Guardian) Republicans plan to spend at least $20 million to combat voting rights lawsuits in 2020 (Vox) Want To Jump-Start The Economy? Include A Green New Deal In The Stimulus Package (Forbes) Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna Unveil Essential Workers Bill of Rights (Warren.senate.gov) Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Ed Markey to introduce a Senate bill to give Americans $2,000 a month until the coronavirus crisis ends (Business Insider) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman  MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  PolyCoat - The Cabinetmaker Turning to You - Landsman Duets The Spinnet - Castle Danger Contrarian - Sketchbook Turning - Lathe Eventual Victory - Codebreaker Haena - Cloud Harbor Our Fingers Cold - K2 Homegrown - The Pine Barrens Take a Tiny Train - Ray Catcher Vengeful - Warmbody Chilvat - Lillehammer Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! 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Audio from our online broadcast on 03.22.20 To view this online teaching, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9alzs3JhgcMHit the subscribe button to be notified as we post new content.SUMMARY: We are living in uncertain times. But we aren't the first people to deal with change. Today we track along with Jesus to see how He navigates change and what He prioritizes in seasons of disruption.LINKS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:(If these aren't live, copy and paste them into your web browser)1. MCC family, please update your contact info so that we can stay in touch: HERE2. Share a prayer or practical need:HERE3. Volunteer to serve others:HEREMESSAGE NOTES:Mark 6:30-46; Matthew 9:36; John 5:19, 12:49; Philippians 4:11b-13God is WITH us and WORKING FOR us- especially in times of uncertainty.As He navigated changes and disruptions, Jesus prioritized:1. REST & RELATIONSHIP- How might the "new normal" you are experiencing give you more time and opportunity to rest? Even at home, what do you need to rest from?- Who do you need to check in with? What are some ways you can pursue relationships even when you can't be with people in person?2. PEOPLE & THEIR NEEDS- What needs do you have to bring before Jesus today- physical and spiritual, big and small? -Do you believe He cares and will meet them- maybe through means or ways you've never imagined?3. TIME WITH THE FATHER- As you find a new routine, are you building in time and space to be with God?- What does spending time with God look like for you? Are there spiritual practices you may want to learn about or lean into more during this season?

What will the kids you know and love see as the end or purpose of work? Why will they choose to pursue the job and career path they choose to pursue? Will their goals be economic in ways that make the old Loverboy song “Working For the Weekend” their personal anthem? Or will they push back on the empty promises and dead-end of what’s known as “The American Dream?” If we truly believe that the Gospel speaks to all of life and that Christian nurture leads to the integration of faith into our work, then we need to be pointing our kids to something better than what the culture is currently giving them. In a recent edition of First Things magazine, professor Max Torres writes about the Christian view of work: “The investment of the person into productive products is of transcendent, transformative importance, not just for the material progress of society, but most of all for the full realization of human potential.” We’ve been made to work to God’s glory.

#23 The Chinese are coming, the Chinese are coming..Equal opportunity annoyance..As is Dayton, so are we..A whole new way of things..Working For the WeekendMiller timeSome Folks from outta townTireless Self expression, (The American Way)Cultural Mathematics;Wonder Bread x Burrito = Egg roll Disneyland ÷ by General Tso = ?Chain-gang Cantaloupes Communication breakdown..Gomez saves the day -Ramirez saves the day -Lopez saves the day -Oh wait a minute..

   Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop/Dance/EDM/Fun The progression of the Playlist 001 continues with Toss Sound 3. The wave of electronic dance mixed with rap and hip-hop continues in a fun lively & upbeat playlist. Just press play, enjoy! Track list: Intro: Chappelle Show 1. Shake Something – Louis The Chile ft. Joey Purp 2. HyperParadise – [Flume Remix] 3. Glamorama – Bryce Vine 4. The Violin Effect – Pete Element 5. Breathe – Prismo 6. When Im Down – Wethan Vs. Oliver Tree 7. Butterfly Effect – Travis Scott 8.  Sauce It up – Lil Utzi  9. Kong - Bonobo 10.  Rubbin Off The Paint – YBN Namir 11. Mine - Bazzi 12. Refuse – Tiesto 13. Tarida - Stone Van Brooken 14. Sugar – Robin Schultz ft. Francesco Yates 15. Return of The Mack 16. Working For it Remix 17. Summer - Marshmello 18. How Deep is your –Calvin Harris [Tiesto Remix] 19. Love Lies – Kahlid 20. Lalala – Lil Wayne 21. Stains –Brockhampton  22. Savage – Flux Pavilion  23. Good Nights - Wethan 24. Dirty Harry – Gorillaz  25. Better Not – Louis The Child [Lake Chon Remix] 26. Faded of Bloom Lane 8 – Odesza x UK Mashup 27. No Place – Rufus Du Sol  Creator: @1080kelvin

In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki debate President Trump’s proposed tariffs, Weight Watchers’ bid for teenage dieters, and Disneyland’s underpaid workers. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:  Donald Trump has announced he is slapping high tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, all in the name of national security. Niki referred to Alex Thompson’s Vice article, “Trump’s Tariffs Made Him Labor Unions’ Man of Steel.” Niki also recommended Marc-William Palen’s book The Conspiracy of Free Trade. Weight Watchers is reaching out to young teenagers. Natalia referred to Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s New York Times article, “Losing It in the Anti-Dieting Age” and to Joan Jacobs Brumberg’s book The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls. Neil referenced Jennifer Wiener’s New York Times op-ed, “Take Your Daughter to the Movies, Not to Weight Watchers.” Natalia recommended Christy Harrison’s Food Psych Podcast. We discussed the history of Weight Watchers in Episode 19. A new report shows that many employees of Disneyland, “the happiest place on earth,” are homeless or hungry. Niki cited a new study, “Working For the Mouse” and the film The Florida Project as well as two books: Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America and Louis Hyman’s forthcoming TEMP: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary. In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Neil shared Anne Ewbank’s Atlas Obscura article, “How Orange (the Fruit) Inspired Orange (the Color).” Natalia commented on Drew Schwartz’s VICE article, “Conservatives are Whining Because No One Wants to Date Them.” Niki discussed Joseph Bernstein’s Buzzfeed article, “Teach Them Right: How PragerU Is Winning the Right-Wing Culture War Without Donald Trump."

You are working hard, struggling to survive and thrive. Sometimes the world seems out to get you. This show features music for the every day, hard worker with Celtic music from Spoil the Dance, The Gatehouse Well, Water Street Bridge, Vicki Swan, Kinfolk, Na Skylark, Nick Hennessey, The Tea Merchants, Kilted Kings, Celia Ramsay, The Kreellers, The Jackdaws, Bill Grogan's Goat, Sisters of Murphy. http://celticmusicpodcast.com/ Listen and share this podcast. Download 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free newsletter and your guide to the latest Celtic music and podcast news. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. TODAY'S SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY... THE CELTIC INVASION OF THE ISLE OF SKYE You can join me in Scotland in June 2018. Imagine joining a small group of eight Celtic music fans, driving in a van as we explore the  Isle of Skye. Some call it one of the most-beautiful islands in the world, with spectacular vistas, gorgeous castles and towns, fairy pools, and magic. We won't see everything. Instead, we will stay in one area, and get to know the region through its history, culture, and legends. Subscribe to the mailing list to join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:04 "Trip To Skye / Breton An Dro / The Cat And The Capo" by Spoil the Dance from Fairer Skies 6:13 "Calliope House Set" by The Gatehouse Well from And the Sparks Did Fly 11:04 "Paddy on the Railway" by Water Street Bridge from Oh Death 14:31 "Battle of the Somme" by Vicki Swan from a Single 17:47 "Working For the Company" by Kinfolk from This Land 22:12 CELTIC PODCAST NEWS 23:00 "A Highland Reel-The Humors Of Glasses-Lough Ernes Water" by Na Skylark from Old Ceol 26:16 "Honest Work" by Nick Hennessey from Pebble & Bone 29:28 "Chariots of Steam" by The Tea Merchants from One Lump or Two? 33:38 "Blue Sun" by Kilted Kings from Name On My Soul 36:11 "I Ain't Gonna Work in the Factory" by Celia Ramsay from Songs of My Father's People 39:34 CELTIC FEEDBACK 41:33 "Barnyards" by The Kreellers from Saints & Sinners 44:52 "Banish Morrisons" by The Jackdaws from Troubles 48:33 "Haul Away Joe" by Bill Grogan's Goat from Third Eye 55:05 "Working Stiffs Unite" by Sisters of Murphy from Working Stiffs Unite The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to iTunes or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/. THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST Imagine a world with no Celtic music. Pretty crappy, right? All you have is boring pop music being shoved down your throats by big record labels. You wouldn't get to experience the incredible music shared each and every week in the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. These incredibly generous people bring you hours of great Celtic music. You can help celebrate Celtic music and culture and keep this show running every week. Become a Patron of the Podcast a http://patreon.com/celticpodcast CELTIC PODCAST NEWS * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a Celtic and Geek musician and podcaster. This podcast is dedicated to the indie Celtic musicians. I want to ask you to support these artists. Share the show with your friends. And find more episodes at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. This episode has been on my mind for a long time. It was inspired by Sisters of Murphy's latest album which called "Working Stiffs Unite". I wanted a show for everyone who is struggling to make ends meet, when the odds seem against you. I hope this show will inspire you to keep creating, working and following your dreams. Christmas is just around the corner. You can find Celtic Christmas podcasts, CDs, videos and more. Visit CelticChristmasMusic.net. My gift to you is the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast app. You can download it for free on iTunes or on Amazon. If that's not good enough for you, I'm giving away my CD Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion to everyone who becomes a Patron of the Podcast in December 2017. Sign up today and support your friendly neighborhood Celtic podcast. If you want more Christmas music, I released an episode of Winter Pub Songs over on my Pub Songs Podcast. It's mostly Celtic Christmas music with a few geeky fun additions. Listen at PubSong.com I also want to send out an extra special thanks to our new Patrons of the Podcast. Patreon made some painful changes this week which I will share more about in the Celtic Music Magazine. Thanks to Adrian Piazza who raised their pledge and also to our new patron, Jan. Become a patron at patreon.com/celticpodcast VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 It's easier than ever to do. Just list the show number, and the name of one or two bands. That's it. You can vote once for each episode help me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2017 episode. http://bestcelticmusic.net/vote/ I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture  of what you're doing while listening. Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com Dan Buchner emailed from from Niagara Falls, NY: "Hey Marc! Discovered the podcast over the summer. Great mix of music. The last couple weeks I’ve listened to a few I got behind on while restoring some old windows from a friend's 100 year old house. The tempo and mix helps me get through the work with ease." Will Collins emailed: “Hey Marc (if I can call you that), I only found your podcast at the beginning of October but it's already got its hooks in me. I am a junior in college dual majoring in engineering and math. This isn't as exciting as anyone else, but I listen to the newest episodes and the giant backlog that exists every saturday during my 8-hour study sessions. It really makes the time fly, and I really appreciate all the work you put into making the best podcast around! Hope this finds you merry,“ Thanks Will. I’m so glad you found the show. It’s funny. You say that listening while studying for eight hours isn’t as exciting, but man, I love to hear it. Sure it’s  nice to think that we are all traveling in Ireland or Scotland, and listening to the podcast. But the truth is I listen while cleaning house, giving the girls a bath, or playing it to wear out overactive daughters right before bed. Most of our lives are spent in mundane tasks. And while you may think it is uninteresting, personally, I find those mundane pieces of life to be fascinating and inspiring. And it lets me know how to make the show better. So thank you

“William is a bit of a dreamer.” That’s what Will’s teachers often wrote on his reports. He knew from a young age that he wanted to be an animator. He describes his own story so well, that I’ll let him speak for himself here: “After a degree in animation at Edinburgh College of Art, Will joined Aardman Animations as a trainee assistant animator on Wallace & Gromit's Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Since then he has worked on features, commercials and TV shows including The Pirates, Creature Comforts and Shaun the Sheep. He has written and directed three independent short films and is currently Animation Director on Nick Park’s latest feature film Early Man in Bristol. Will lives in South Gloucestershire, England with his talented wife and two children.” Links: Will Becher: will_becher, willbecher.co.uk Eve Coy: @evescoy, http://evecoy.blogspot.co.uk/ Aardman Animation: http://www.aardman.com/ Early Man Movie: @EarlyManmovie If you're curious about Will's work, here's a list...it's not exhaustive, though! :) Early Man (animation director) (filming) 2015Wolves and Dogs: Howls for Full Moon (animator) 2009-2014Shaun the Sheep (TV Series short) (animator - 45 episodes) - Fruit and Nuts (2014) ... (animator) - The Stare (2014) ... (animator) - Duck! (2014) ... (animator) - Save the Dump (2014) ... (animator) - Picture Perfect (2014) ... (animator) Show all 45 episodes 2012So You Want to Be a Pirate! (Video short) (animator) 2012ParaNorman (animator) 2012The Pirates! Band of Misfits (character lead animator) 2008A Matter of Loaf and Death (Short) (character animator) 2007Creature Comforts America (TV Series) (animator - 7 episodes) - Great Outdoors/Pet Peeves/Talent Show (2007) ... (animator) - Growing Up/Fears & Phobias/Something's Afoot (2007) ... (animator) - Communication/Feeding Time/Parrot Tongue Twister (2007) ... (animator) - Working/For the Birds/Love, Animal Style (2007) ... (animator) - Winter/The Zoo (2007) ... (animator) Show all 7 episodes 2006Off Beat (Short) (animator) 2005The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (animator)

Wednesday evening message with Pastor Rex Johnson. Visit clcaustin.com, “like” our FACEBOOK PAGE facebook.com/clcaustin, or follow us on Twitter @clcaustin to stay up to DATE on what is happening here at Christian Life Austin.

On this edition of extra it's trapped people, a mystery solving priest, a trio of bounty hunters and a hunting necormancer.  First up I talk about some startling news of a death of a very famous singer that happened this weekend.  It's six people in the struggle for thier lives in the DVD review of DIE (Courtesy of eOne Entertainment) in this pyschological thriller.  Then it's another dip intro retro tv land with my dvd review of The Father Dowlin Mysteries : The Complete First Season (courtesy of Paramount Home Video)  starring Tom Bosley as the invetigative priest.  Former WWE Dive Trish Stratus takes center stage in the dvd review of Bounty Hunters (courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment) in her theatrical debut as a tough as nails bounty hunter.  It's a trip into the near future where a necromancer must work for the prince of darkness in the audio book review of Lillith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine : Book 1 : Working For the Devil Parts 1 & 2  from Graphic Audio.  Music for this episode features the songs Trapped by Darryl, Fever by Electric Fence and Running In Circles by Postmark Twain, they can all be found at www.famemusic.com. Other instrumental music is by the band Mr. Burns (www.mrburnsmusic.com). As always your comments and suggestions are welcome and encouraged.

Episode 3: Working For the Man This month's show is a Illinois Grand Lodge Special! but you don't have to live on a prairie, or even have an affinity for Lincoln to enjoy the show. We interview David W. Miller, Grandmaster of Illinois and ask him what we all want to know: what's it like to be the big Kahuna, le Grande Fromage, The Poobah? What's it like to be Grandmaster? Plus we introduce a new segment called Working Tools: cool tools on the web to make running your lodge a little easier. SHOW NOTES: 00:00:00 - 00:02:00 Intro 00:02:01 - 00:03:00 Getting help? 00:03:01 - 00:04:48 Shout out to Arcadia Lodge No. 249 In Ames, Iowa 00:04:49 - 00:13:54 Working Tools: Online tools to help manage your lodge; a review of BackPack and Ta Da 00:13:55 - 00:17:18 Music: Lullaby by Gidgets GaGa, available at Podcast NYC 00:17:19 - 00:48:18:00 Chapter 2: Interview with Grandmaster David W. Miller, Grand master of the M.W. Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois, A.F. & A.M. 00:48:19 - 00:53:45 Music: There She Goes by Brother Love, available at the Podsafe Music Network 00:53:46 - 01:16:37 Outro So usually there is a method behind my naming the show. This show titled "Working for the Man" was named becasue I thought that we all work in a sense for the Grand Master--he is our boss, right? ( generally speaking of course) After talking with Grandmaster Miller I have come to realize that it is he who works for us. The job of Grandmaster is tough. It is a lot of responsibility, a lot of miles to drive in a year and a lot of cranky guys to contend with. And not a lot of perks. Somehow a big gold collar and a fancy apron doesn't seem even close to the kinds of issues a GM must face every day to help keep us alive as a brotherhood . I always liked Dave Miller, but now I have a new and deeper respect for not only the man, but the office he holds. Fiat Lux! E The opinions expressed in this show are strictly those of X-Oriente and its editorial staff, and do not reflect those of any Lodge, Grand Lodge or appendant body. 10/6/05 12:00 AMSociety and Culture