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Sometimes Jesus is so annoying We are in the midst of the Gospel of John's discourse on the Bread of Life It began a couple of weeks ago when Pastor Ellen read about the miracle of the loaves and fish feeding 5,000 people Everyone is in awe of witnessing this incredible miracle Jesus has them in a really good place He captured their attention in a big way They suspect something incredible is going on They seek him out, track him down, and really are curious They engage him, wanting to understand what's going on And then he blows it He rambles on and on for three weeks in the lectionary about being living bread from heaven I'm with the Jews on this one They are feeling confused, frustrated, and they begin to complain “Hey, we know you – we know your mom, we know your dad – what do you mean ‘You came down from heaven'?!” And then Jesus doubles down on being annoying First, by telling them not to complain And then by talking way over their heads about learning from the Father, coming to Jesus, hearing from the Father through Jesus… Their one assurance, Very truly   Is that Jesus is the bread of life. I think that the reading from Ephesians offers us more information that seems actually helpful We are given instructions that we can apply… like Speak the truth Don't make room for evil Lift one another up Be kind, tenderhearted and forgiving Why didn't Jesus “very truly” speak more directly like this? I wonder about the message he's sending us through this twisted discourse I see the closest connection between Ephesians and John when I read in Ephesians: “We are members of one another” and Give yourself to one another like Christ is given to us   I think Jesus is being annoying on purpose Because there are no easy answers to the incarnation of Christ in the world There are no universal solutions to living into God's presence within YOU There are no easy answers for the disciples or the Jews – Or for us – When we're asking about who God is and how God works and where God is found Even after the obvious presence of a miracle of God through the feeding of 5,000 God can't be pinned down God is on the move, flowing in and out of everyone, everywhere, always If we allow God   This whole chapter causes me to think about the Lord's Supper I think sometimes we hear the words and do the thing so often that it's hard to grasp its significance Every week, and again in just a few minutes we will hear the words: Our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:  Take and eat; this is my body, given for you.  Do this for the remembrance of me. The way Jesus talks around things I doubt “do this” is literally get the bread and share it I wonder if Jesus is inviting us, our very selves   To be taken Broken open And given In remembrance of him We are taken into Christ through baptism We are broken open in so many ways We are given to one another in community I want to be specific about how I think about being broken open This isn't a breaking down of oneself This isn't admitting to sinfulness and therefore brokenness   God doesn't call us to be broken down by the world No God invites us to be broken open to the world God calls us to recognize Godself within our soul   And crack through the layers of ego that have buried Godself so deep inside of us And break open our true self Revealing the incarnation of God in US This sounds beautiful and lovely in theory   But there are no turn by turn directions for being broken and shared And Jesus doesn't try to give us directions He gives us a promise Because cracking through our outer protective layer to reveal our true self is scary Being broken and shared feels incredibly vulnerable and can be emotionally painful! I don't want to do it!    Jesus promises that if we go for it Then we will truly live If we let go God will be with us so obviously   Life will be more incredible than we imagine! Sometimes Jesus is so annoying Especially when everything within my being resists what he's trying to tell me Especially when I'm trying to be tough And smart And look like I've got myself together I don't want to be baptized into being broken and shared!   I'd rather be baptized into comfort and wholeness And this is the miracle God does within us Like the feeding of the 5,000   When we allow ourselves to be broken open And shared with one another God makes us whole God makes us whole And them whole   And wholeness is God's miracle Sometimes Jesus is so annoying We'll get another week of his unclear “very truly” explanations   God is asking us to really sit with this one Like maybe it's really important Like maybe it's getting to the core of being Christian It's so important we'll spend half of the summer wrestling with it   Jesus doesn't offer a clear answer for us I sure don't have an answer for us So I pray,  may Jesus the Christ, allow us to sense the unique gifts God has placed within each one of us.    May that sensing be a sign, may our wondering be a guide, may Jesus' promise be an inspiration, and may we have the audacity and courage to allow ourselves to be vulnerable.   Within that vulnerability may we be broken open, so that all of our insecurities, and doubts held up by our egos, fall away to reveal God's incarnation inside us.  May we be bold in our belief in abundance to give ourselves to one another in community, and may we celebrate the wholeness that this broken and shared living brings.  Amen

In the face of mounting comic book chaos, the PAP-CREW has been hard at work getting comics into the store and back out! And prepping the store to open again one day. People are putting a ton of work in! Anyway, We felt bad about not having a podcast 2 weeks in a row, so Jeff and Roman Pop in just to say hi and have a quick, rough and dirty chat about the books we loved this week.00:05:42 - Nice House On The Lake #200:18:20 - X-Men #100:26:31 - Immortal Hulk #4800:34:13 - Skubound X #100:39:34 - Blacks Myth #100:43:50 - Mamo #100:47:30 - United States of Captain America #100:52:42 - Django, You There?00:57:52 - Geiger #4SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we're going to talk about what happened in these books. So maybe pause this, read your books, and come back. We'll still be here!Subscribe to us on iTunes or wherever you like to get your podcasts.Call in with your questions at 1-619-663-7336. Or email them to us info at our website addressess.

Here are our tips on what NOT to do if your goal is healthy WFPB living.A lot of people know exactly what to do to achieve optimal health.Much fewer are really able to put what they know into practice.Here we share our tips - what we've seen support our individual success and the success of others in whole food plant-based living.If you'd like to join these conversations live, join the Plant Based & Stress Free FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealthAlter Health Cleanse Enrollment is open! Join dozens of people as you take your WFPB eating to the next level and breakthrough barriers to health. https://www.alter.health/cleanseSome highlights from today's MM episode...- The power of preparedness- Avoiding analysis paralysis- Saying "no" to others is saying "yes" to YOU - There is a reason for self-judgement- The "hundred-fall-rule" and how it applies to WFPB living- Why eating MORE is so important Links to some more good stuff-  Join the Plant Based &. Stress Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alterhealth- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants- ATTN Health Practititioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitionerPeace and Love

Tommy's show from Wednesday 5th may 2021 on Pulse 98.4 Playlist was MAROONED - Mr Taxman Matt McManamon - Here Comes The Fear Cathedral Birds - Wild River Swimming Rosie Bans - Inside of You There's a Universe Serena Sophia - Hold on Nicola Taylor - The Way Scott Ramsay - Picture Felix & The Sunsets - Pass Me My Matches The Kaplans - NO NO NO AMANDA HOPEWELL - Another Dimension Graham Hanlon & the solid bond - Movin Up Weller - Cleaning This Whole Town Hippy - Feelgood (live Pulse Session) Shuna Lovelle - Rise Up Emma Forman x Six Four Zero Two - The Truth Kryptik - You Want It Out of the swim - Medieval Tummy Storm Gordon - $2 Tuesdays Fightmilk - Hey Annabelle! Climbing Trees - Troubling Times LISSY TAYLOR - Quiet Rage Boxteles - D'You Mind? Helen Maw - Wait The Social - The Writing's on the Wall Soda Blonde - In The Heat Of The Night

Episode 177 of the weekly new music show hosted by Tommy Clark Playlist is Matt McManamon - Here Comes The Fear Cathedral Birds - Wild River Swimming Rosie Bans - Inside of You There's a Universe Serena Sophia - Hold on Nicola Taylor - The Way Felix & The Sunsets - Pass Me My Matches Storm Gordon - $2 Tuesdays Scott Ramsay - Picture AMANDA HOPEWELL - Hey Mr Climbing Trees - Troubling Times Eoin Glackin - How Quick the World Can Change Boxteles - D'You Mind? Iona James & Clint Slate - Believe Helen Maw - Wait

The Bible speaks many times about the second coming of Christ and this week on The Gospel Jubilee Chip and Denny dedicate the program by playing songs about His soon return.Go to: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/44374753/download.mp3You can now listen to The Gospel Jubilee on your Echo device by asking the "wake word" to play the Gospel Jubilee on Apple Podcast.You can also catch The Gospel Jubilee Saturday evenings at 7:00 and Wednesday afternoons at 4:00 CDT on Praise Radio.Go to: www.PraiseRadio.netPlaylist:Artists | Song Title | Album01. Master's Voice - I'm looking for Jesus to come - "More Than Enough"02. The Anchormen - Jesus is coming, get ready - "Unsinkable"03. The Littles - he's already on His way - "You've Got A Friend"04. The Greenes - he's coming back - "Jesus' Rocking Chair"05. The Dove Brothers - Jesus is coming back - "Pure Tradition"06. Phil Cross & Poet Voices - When Jesus comes in the clouds - "Love's Sweet Story"07. Kirk Talley - Look up high - "Singing News Top 10 Southern Gospel Songs of 1998" 08. The Inspirations - Jesus is coming soon - "No Two Ways About It"09. Driven Quartet - I would not be surprised - "Takin' You There"10. N' Harmony Quartet - I've got that feeling - "Hold On"11. The Freemans - Children of the dust - "The Very Best Of ... And More"12. The Wilburns - Out of the dust - "Resting Place"13. The Old Time preachers Quartet - I believe He's coming back - "The Old Time Way"14. Soul'd Out Quartet - here comes the bride - "Solace 4"15. Carroll Roberson - He's coming back for me - "Make A Difference"16. Greater Vision - Redemption draweth nigh - “Far Beyond This Place” 17. Brian Free - Where would you be - "Brian Free"18. The Kingsmen - The cloud He's coming back on - "When God Ran"19. The Florida Boys - He shall return - "He Shall Return"20. the Gospel Lads - Second coming medley - "Thanks From The Vintage Gospel Lads"21. Steve Hess & Southern Salvation - He's coming back - "Three Beating Hearts"22. Soul'd Out Quartet - He's coming back soon - "Ain't Nobody"23. Tribute Quartet  - Meeting in the middle of the air - “Here For You”24. Triumphant Quartet - When the trumpet sounds - “Everyday”25. The Hoppers - Stepping on the clouds - “The Best Of The Hoppers”Send your request to:request@gatewayfortheblind.com

Podcast SummaryLyrics & Lattes is a self-development podcast that uses hip-hop lyrics to inspire and encourage you to show up as your best self and live a more fulfilled life. We release a full episode every Monday and a mini-episode every Thursday. Episode SummaryToday’s episode is titled, The Self Love Manual. Trevor and Jason are joined by Tera Chantelle, Self Love Coach, Author of the book The Self Love Manual, and the host of Take the Lead podcast. This week Tera walks us through some practical steps and guidance on how to love ourselves.Key Points: Step 1: You vs You - There is no competition (Aha Gazelle) Step 2: Stop playing it safe - Theres no easy path to you (The Internet) Step 3: Keep the momentum - trust the process (Wande) Step 4: Health is Wealth (Aha Gazelle) Step 5: Have a purpose (Lecrae) Stay ConnectedIs there a song that encouraged you or changed your perspective? Explain it via voice note at  LyricsAndLattes.com and we'll play it on the show!  IG: @LyricsAndLattesHosts: @JasonWallaceDC and @LostinDesauss 

Thoughts Design and Photo: Steve Webb Jesus Prayed For You Did you know that there is a prayer by Jesus about YOU in the Bible? How exciting is that? Jesus prayed for you before his crucifixion. He knew he was soon going to be betrayed and turned over to be beaten and hung on a cross. He knew that His purpose would soon be fulfilled, and He prayed to the Father about many things. And you and I were on His mind. Hours Before the Crucifixion Jesus' prayer in John 17 is a marvelous look into the mind of our Savior in the hours before the sacrifice that would change the eternities of those who believe in Him. The events of the coming hours will be the fulfillment of His mission…the reason He gave up the glories of Heaven to be born in a manger some 33 years earlier. He prayed to the Father, as a Son. “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You…” There had never been a moment when Father and Son were out of touch with one another. Think of it. Jesus was with the Father from eternity past until this very moment when He prayed this prayer. And He knew that in just a few short hours, the Father would turn His face from Him when all the sins of the world would be placed on Him. Jesus would be alone for the first time in all of eternity. And yet, He thought to pray for you and for me. But First... First He prayed for the disciples, that they would be one, as Jesus and the Father were one. And that they would have His (Jesus') joy fulfilled in them. What a prayer! The joy of Jesus fulfilled in them. Think what that means. A perfect, pure joy. A joy that comes for knowing that you have perfect oneness with the Father. That there is nothing separating you from Him. Pure joy. And Jesus prayed that the Father would not take the disciples out of the world, but that He would keep them (or protect them) from the evil one…from compromise, from falling away, from anything that would keep them from running the race to a victorious finish. He prayed that the Father would sanctify the disciples by the Father's truth. To sanctify is to set apart for God's purpose. Jesus said, "…by Your truth." How do we know what God's truth is? By reading His Word, hearing it, understanding it and applying it to our lives. Jesus prayed that God's Word would set the disciples apart for His purposes. Beloved, it is impossible for anyone to live a life of close relationship with God, or to be used by God, unless he or she is steeped in the Word of God. How To Know God The Christian life is a relationship with the Creator of the Universe. That relationship is kept alive and healthy and strong by staying in contact one with the other. How do we do that? How does God communicate with us? Primarily through the Bible, His Word. We communicate with Him through prayer, as Jesus did. Jesus' Prayer For You And after Jesus prayed for His disciples, He prayed for you and for me. He said, "20I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. 24Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”John 17:20-26 ESV There's a lot in that prayer, beloved.

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As we rush around doing all the things we do in life, the easiest thing in the world is for us to kind of believe in this Jesus … out there somewhere … but not really ever have a relationship with Him. It's kind of a lukewarm thing … and as things turn out, that's the last thing Jesus is looking for.   Knock, Knock – Who's there? It's so exciting to be with you again at the beginning of a new series of messages that we are kicking off today. And before we get going, let me share with you what brought me to this place. One of the things that I have done many, many times in churches around the world is to stand up the front, either leading worship or preaching, and one of the things I have noticed, especially, let me say, as people are supposedly worshipping God, is (what are the words?) a lack of engagement. You look around at the sea of faces and you can see the minds wandering – people being distracted by who is walking in late behind them; people looking at their watch … well, you can just tell that they are not there! Blankly staring into space – their lips might be moving, sure, but the last thing they are doing is actually worshipping God. Now, I don't care whether you are someone who believes passionately in Jesus, or maybe … maybe you are someone who is not in that place. Maybe you would call yourself more an agnostic or an atheist but irrespective of where we are at, if we wandered into a church amongst people who professed to believe in this amazing God, we would all expect them to be sincere about their faith, wouldn't we? I mean, we would! But a good many people aren't! They go to church out of – I don't know - a sense of obligation, maybe or maybe its habit. It blows my mind and that's what led me to this series of messages. The series is called, “There's a Knock at the Door,” and that's a phrase that comes straight out of the Book of Revelation, as Jesus is speaking to a church where the people are lukewarm towards Him. Now, we might think, "Well, at least they are lukewarm – that's better than ice cold, right?" Um! We'll have a listen to Jesus and see what His take on it is. Revelation chapter 3, beginning at verse 14: And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God's creation. I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. For your say, “I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.” You do not realise that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich; and white robes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. So this idea that lukewarm is better than cold is far from the truth. Jesus wishes we were either cold or hot. Have you ever drunk a lukewarm cup of tea or coffee? It's disgusting! What you want to do is spit it out of your mouth. And see, the thing doesn't start with the church; the thing starts in our hearts – you and I – we're hot, or we're lukewarm or we are cold, when it comes to this Jesus; this God who loves us with a love that would have Jesus nailed to a cross for you and me. Nothing, absolutely nothing lukewarm about God's love for you and me! God is passionate about you and me. And yet it is so easy for us to live a lukewarm life. Just recently, I had to fill out a census form here in Australia – we had a national census, I think it's every five years or so. They ask you all sorts of questions; one of the things they ask you is your religion. You can tick the different Christian denominations or boxes for other religions. Last census, almost two thirds of us ticked a box for a Christian religion and yet only ten percent of us are regularly part of a church. That's at least over fifty percent of the nation who are probably lukewarm Christians – probably more because there are plenty of people in churches today who are lukewarm Christians. Okay, it's a broad generalisation, but you get my point. By far, the vast majority of people who would call themselves "Christian", aren't committed followers of Jesus Christ. By far, the majority of people who would call themselves "Christian", aren't in a dynamic, vital community of faith. By far, the majority of people who call themselves "Christian" have anything but an intimate relationship with Jesus. Hello? I'm sorry if I am getting in your face here. I'm sorry if this has you squirming in your seat a bit, but this passage that I just read before – this passage of Jesus talking to a bunch of lukewarm Christians, is bound to make us squirm a little in our seats if we happen to be a lukewarm Christian. Anyone who kind of believes in this Jesus as a bit of an insurance policy, just in case; anyone who kind of believes in Jesus but has Him at arm's length; anyone who goes through the motions – plays out the religious rituals but doesn't have a relationship with Jesus; anyone who is in that place is going to squirm just a bit. That's good; I think that's what Jesus is looking for, because today, if you are in that place, the last thing I'm here to do is to criticise you or condemn you because I spent a huge part of my life in that place. I know it well. And the longer I stayed in that place the less certain I even became that there was a God who had sent His Son to earth to die on a cross to pay for my sins. So if you are one of the people who are kind of squirming a bit – wondering whether you really are a Christian; wondering whether Jesus would consider you hot or cold or lukewarm, this is especially for you. Today there is a knock at the door; a knock at the door of your heart. Today as we spend these minutes together, I believe Jesus is knocking on the door of your heart and asking you, "Where are you at?" Today, I believe Jesus is calling you to open your heart to Him. And I remember when He first came knocking on the door of my heart. It was a shock! You know those "Knock, knock" jokes – "Knock, knock, who's there?" And that's what it felt like. Hang on, someone or something is kind of knocking at the door of my heart. I had this sense that God was touching me; that God was speaking to me; that God wanted to fellowship with me. It was such a weird feeling. It was like, "What's this? What's going on? Who is there?" It was an unsettling feeling. And I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, as I speak these words, there is many a man, woman and child listening who has the same unsettling thing happening inside them right now. That's because Jesus is knocking on your heart. He doesn't want you to lukewarm any more. He wants something so much more; so much better for you – here and now, for the rest of your life and for all eternity. I can speak the words but I can't touch your heart, only He can and that's precisely what may be happening to you right now.   When Jesus Comes for You There was a time in my life – twenty years ago or so – when I was completely alone on this earth. I mean, completely alone; no friends, no family. Now, sure, I knew people but none of them were my friends; at least, that's what I thought. I'd never been alone like that before. If you have been in that place, you know how devastating it is to find yourself completely alone. And then, little by little, a handful of people – three people at first – came out of the woodwork and gathered around me and became my friends. I was going through some awful stuff in life and these three people all had a couple of things in common. Firstly, they were Christians and secondly, because I hated Christians, I'd never been very nice to them. As I look back on those times I realise that back then, I wasn't particularly easy to love … truly. Not only were things difficult for me, but I had an ego the size of a small planet; I wouldn't listen to people and boy, did I hate Christians. So for these three people to step up to the plate and care for me the way they did, to this day, I find that completely astounding. Now Jesus had been on my case in the months leading up to that time and as I shared earlier, He had been knocking at the door of my heart – I knew that but it was when He brought these people into my life that, all of a sudden, He became real. We are chatting today about this sense that Jesus is knocking at the door of our hearts and whether we have been a church goer for a life time or perhaps not, that simply isn't the issue. There are many people who warm the pews of a church each Sunday and yet they have never experienced a dynamic, life changing relationship with Jesus. They're the people who – as I once was – who are lukewarm. Let's have a listen again to what Jesus has to say about that. Revelation chapter 3, beginning at verse 16. Jesus says: Look, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth. For you say, “I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.' You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked. Now, that bit about being rich is something I really relate to. I wasn't rich per se but I was pretty well off. I thought I was self sufficient. I subscribed to the theory that you make your own life. Life is what you make it – work hard, focus, achieve – life is going to be fantastic. And truly, I thought my life was fantastic but there was always something missing; there was always an emptiness there; there was always a sense that, as hard as I was working and as successful as I was becoming – according to the world's standards and the world's plans – I was somehow missing the point. When I first read these words of Jesus, they were like a sword that cut through all the pretence and the pride, straight to the quick; straight to my heart. I knew in an instant what the problem was: You say, “I'm rich, I have prospered, I need nothing." You don't realise that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked. Absolutely, that was it! That was precisely the life I was living. I was kidding myself. I thought I could see clearly but I was blind and what a terrible state that is to live in! Again, Jesus puts it this way in Matthew chapter 6, verses 22 and 23. He says: Look, the eye is like the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! In other words: if you think you have your act together; if we think we are seeing life clearly – but we are deluding ourselves, we have it all wrong – then, "Houston, we have a problem!" Now interestingly, Jesus said that in the context of wealth – the delusion of wealth – thinking that we are all well and good if we are provided for and we have plenty of money in the bank and a good income; hey, it'll be a good as gold! And that's how many people live their lives. That how I lived! I really didn't need God because I had provided for myself – that was the delusion I was living out. And so I went from believing in Jesus in my late teen years to kind of going lukewarm for a good many years on the basis that I was self sufficient, to finally not even knowing if Jesus was real. That, as it turns out, is a pretty typical cycle. You can't stay lukewarm forever, eventually you go cold. And so my prayer for anyone today who has anything but a rich, fulfilling, dynamic, passionate relationship with Jesus – if you are in a place that falls a long way short of that, then my prayer for you is that by hearing what Jesus is saying, your eyes will be open to the truth of the reality of life that you are living. Not for any other reason than the fact that Jesus has so much better planned for you. For you say, 'I am rich, I have prospered, I need nothing.' You don't realise that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked. Therefore I counsel you (this is Jesus talking remember) – therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich; and white robes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. When I came to that realisation, it took some doing. I had to ditch my pride; I had to admit that I was in the place that Jesus was saying I was at, so I know how hard it can be to admit that. Even though once we may have professed some sort of faith in this Jesus; even though once our backsides may have warmed the pew of a church, today, now, here, maybe you are in this place; maybe you are lukewarm or going cold and it's time to admit that and do something about it. So if this is speaking to your heart right at this moment, I know … believe you me, I know what it feels like. But let me encourage you to trade in the pride and the desire for the world's riches for the real God; the real truth that will truly make you rich. Let me encourage you to accept the white robes that Jesus is offering you in this place right now – the robes of complete forgiveness; complete right standing in God's sight – free from shame and reproach. Let me encourage you to let His Word be the salve to anoint your eyes so that you may truly see. Know the truth because as you do, it will set you free to live the life that Jesus always planned for you.   We Don't Have to Tidy Up The other weekend my wife, Jacqui, and I had a bunch of people over for drinks on Saturday afternoon. We live in an apartment complex and a new couple have moved in on our floor so we thought, "Let's invite the other people as well so this new couple could meet their neighbours." It was a really good time. But you know, with my upbringing and all, I can't help myself – I have to do a major cleaning operation before we have visitors. I whizz around with the vacuum cleaner and I make sure the bathroom is sparkling clean and the kitchen and all that. Not that we live in a mess, we don't. And it's not that I'm interested in impressing people either, because I'm not. It's just that that's what my parents used to do and somehow that kind of behaviour has been – I don't know – imprinted on me, if you like. Some people are tidy, other people are messy; I'm a tidiness freak and I really enjoy living in a tidy place. Now, these were our neighbours; nice people all of them but they were just our neighbours. So as I was hauling the vacuum cleaner around the lounge room, I'm wondering to myself if this is the trouble I go to for a bunch of neighbours, imagine … I mean, just imagine if Jesus was coming over for dinner tonight. Imagine if I knew that the Son of God was going to be knocking on my front door at 6.30pm tonight and come in a join us for dinner. I suspect that that impulse to clean up and tidy up would have been about, I don't know, a gazillion times stronger than it was for my neighbours. I suspect I'd want to clean the place to within an inch of its life. But is that really what Jesus would want us to do? To tell you the truth, it was this idea – can I call it a delusion; yea, that's not too strong a word – it was this delusion that caused me to keep my distance from God for probably – I don't know – twenty years or so. I started out believing; knowing there was a God but I was doing things in my life that I knew were wrong. And when you know what you are doing is wrong and you want to keep doing that, how can you possibly get close to God? I mean, any kid learns growing up that if it does something wrong it's going to get punished. So we run away from God because that the natural reaction we have to our own disobedience. Nothing new in that! I mean, Adam and Eve that very first time they sinned, had the very same response. The first sin in the history of the human race – eating the fruit from that one tree of which God said, “Don't eat the fruit from this tree.” Genesis chapter 3, beginning at verse 8: They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord among the trees of the garden. Just like Adam and Eve, I spent twenty years on the run from God, deluding myself that my success and the money I was earning and the house that I bought were where it was all at. I was self sufficient and so I reasoned: I didn't need God! To tell you the truth, that was just a cop out; that was just my excuse to keep on keeping on with my anger and my selfishness and all that stuff. Are you relating to any of this? I think we can all fess up to this happening in our own lives at some time and so like Adam and Eve, we feel compelled to run and hide from God. Have you ever thought how stupid that is? As though we can hide from an all seeing, all knowing, all loving, all powerful God!! Give me a break! And so there we hide, thinking to ourselves, "I can't face God. I have to clean up my act." Until one day, God comes looking for us, just as He did with Adam and Eve: But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” And Adam said, I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. That's the discomfort we feel when God comes knocking at the door of our hearts. But here's the amazing thing: we don't have to clean up our acts first – that's something that Jesus will help us do later. Have a listen with me again to exactly what He said – Revelation chapter 3, beginning at verse 19. Jesus said: I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you and you with me. In other words, “I love you and because I love you, let Me reprove you; let Me discipline you.” And literally, the original Greek words that sit aback of our English translation carry with them the sense of correcting and training. In other words what Jesus wants to do for us and with us, out of His great love, is to help us clean up our act. And what does He want us to do? What's our part in this transaction of transformation? Be earnest, therefore and repent. What does that mean? Literally it means to "change our minds"; to turn back to Him. That's all! The reason we want to run and hide is that we have the sequence confused in our heads. We think it's (1) clean up our act and (2) then come back to God through Jesus. And right here and right now Jesus is saying, “No! You have got that wrong. You have forgotten about this thing called "grace". What I want you to do is (1) repent – first change your mind and come back to Me. And then (2) together, we will clean up your act. And that makes perfect sense because you and I simply don't have the power to clean up our respective acts. Now, I'm one of the strongest willed people you will ever meet. I went from smoking three packs of cigarettes a day to completely giving up in a single instant. That was thirty years ago and I haven't had a cigarette since that time. And yet still, I can't clean up my own act. That's what Jesus is doing for me now. When Jesus knocks on our door to have dinner with us, we don't have to race round and clean up – we don't have to vacuum the lounge room and tidy the cushions on the sofa. He didn't come to do a ‘house cleanliness' inspection. He came to have dinner with us. Cleaning up the mess? "Let's have dinner first", says Jesus, "let's sit and chat first – let's be together, then I'll help you clean up your act." Don't believe me? Have another listen to His own Words. Listen: I am standing at the door knocking. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you and you with me. This is not a point of condemnation; this is a point of invitation. What an invitation – dinner with Jesus!! - dinner with the Son of God who will help clean up the life of anyone; any man, any woman, any child who earnestly has a change of mind. Jesus is knocking at the door! Jesus is inviting you into a relationship with Him – will you open the door?

If you’ve been wanting to start your side hustle, but are worried that you need a stack of cash to get going, this is the episode for you! In a perfect world every business would be able to start with a healthy flow of capital, a staff full of capable people, and a plethora of assets like a bright shiny website.  But the reality is that most of us are starting out with little-to-no money and we’re starting from scratch, doing everything ourselves. Here are several helpful hints on how to start your side hustle when you don’t have money to throw at it to begin with. Make Use of Social Media I am a big proponent of having your own website - owning the land you’re building on - but I also believe that starting where you are is better than waiting for perfection. So if you are hesitating on starting your business because you don’t have the time to get a website up and running, start with social media. There’s several advantages: it’s free, it’s easy, and it helps you get a sense of what you want to do and who you want to help. If you’re not sure what you’re wanting to do still, look at this as an experiment, or test run. Utilize the Free Tools Available to You There are tons of free ways to get yourself going You want to start a podcast? Anchor is a free app for your smartphone. Are you wanting to be in coaching and need to schedule when people are going to be meeting with you? Acuity has the tools to help you with that. This could be a great tool for scheduling consultations or podcast interviews too. They have a great free level of service to begin with. ConvertKit is an email managing service that I use and they have a free level as well so you can start collecting email addresses and so on.  Want to start a blog? Wordpress has an entry level as well for you to just get your content out.  Wordpress.org is where you’ll want to start if you plan on monetizing your blog, but I won’t get into all the ins and outs of that.  If you’re going to want to offer courses, MemberVault is where I keep all of my courses and offerings and they have a level of service for those just getting started as well. Overall keep in mind that many services offer free versions with a pay upgrade or free trial periods for you to test them out. Look for these free or super cheap things as a means of saving money to start with. Focus On Doing One Thing Well Focus on doing one thing well and not a hundred things poorly or mediocrely. Many beginning entrepreneurs try to take on too much, (I touched on this back in Episode 32) but in reality it is so much better to focus and hone your skillset into being great at one thing instead of trying to wear a million different hats at the beginning.  The problem is we listen to podcasts, read magazine articles, watch youtube videos and everything sounds like such a good idea and so…essential, especially when it’s people selling courses or services. But if your goal or your “one thing” at the moment is just building a facebook following, a super spiffy website or fancy logo can wait. Work on your one thing. Pre-Sell  Create an offer and sell it before you actually create it. See who’s interested and you can even record the content you’re offering live and resell it later. This also brings in money before you spend it. You’ll know what you have to work with and can budget from there and invest. Also important: use the tools you already have instead of investing in new ones. Think Like a Teacher Teachers know how to be scrappy in the classroom, but for some reason think we need all the things to run a business. Instead, think of your business like a lesson you want to teach, but don’t have the funding for. Get creative! New Episodes Coming! This is the last episode of season 4, but don’t worry, there will be more Side Hustle Teachers before season 5! Starting in January I’ll be sharing a few, shorter-format episodes called Teacher Features. These episodes will be brief interviews with real teachers who are building real hustles and will hopefully serve as an example and reminder that any teacher can be an edupreneur! I hope you’ll be around for those but either way, I’ll see you in Season 5! Wanting to start your side hustle but not sure what business is right for you? Take our new quiz to find out which business idea fits best with your interests, talents, and lifestyle at sidehustleteachers.com/quiz

Study Notes Ed Underwood Acts of the Apostles Against All Odds! But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth. (Acts 1:8) Luke’s sequel to his gospel, the Book of Acts, begins where he left off—the ascension of Christ. The emphasis is different. The Gospel of Luke stresses the work of Christ while He walked on earth; Acts highlights the work of Jesus done by the Holy Spirit through the Apostles. Without Acts we would have no record of the beginning and growth of the early church. Luke traces the birth and expansion of the church to strengthen the faith of Theophilus, a fellow Christian who may have helped finance Luke’s missionary and writing ministry (Luke 1:1-4). The Holy Spirit had a much broader audience in mind—the church of Christ throughout the age of grace. Luke’s selective but accurate history of the first 30 years of the church answers Theophilus’s questions in a way that is timeless: - What about the coming of the Holy Spirit? - What was the ministry of the Apostles? - How did the Gospel spread from Jerusalem to the rest of the world? - How did Christianity become a world religion rather than a Jewish sect? Throughout his account Luke presents Christianity as an irresistible force in the face of great opposition and persecution. Nothing can stop the work of Christ by the Spirit through His church. Gloriously more than a splinter group of Judaism, the church will inherit Messiah’s kingdom. Until then, He will be about His Father’s business, calling people to Himself from every tribe, tongue, and nation who will worship Him in His coming kingdom: God loves giving His people victory against all odds! Surprisingly, the people He used and is using are terribly flawed. Only their faith in Christ and His ability to work through them by His Spirit can explain the history of the church that is still being written today. I. Against all odds, the Lord Jesus built His church (Matthew 16:18). Luke-Acts is written to teach Theophilus and the church an accurate but selective history of the church (Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1-2). Luke, a companion of Paul (“we” sections,16:10-40; 20:5-28:31) and careful researcher of eyewitness accounts (Paul, Mark, James and others), wrote the Book of Acts in AD 60-62, during Paul’s imprisonment at Ceasarea and Rome (before the death of Paul in 66-68 and the burning of Rome in 64 which were not reported). Luke provides the only sequel to the history of the life of Christ recording the works or acts of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles. Acts emphasizes the ministries of Peter and Paul over a period of about 30 years, beginning with the Lord’s ascension in AD 33 and ending with Paul’s two-year Roman house arrest from AD 60-62. Luke-Acts is written to strengthen the faith of Theophilus and the church by demonstrating the powerful work of Christ to establish His church in the world now and His Kingdom in the future. 1. The two structural keys to Acts —theme verse and panels or “progress reports”—present the church as an irresistible force in the face of overwhelming opposition and persecution. a. The theme verse (Acts 1:8) anticipates a report of the growth of Christianity. b. The progress reports confirm what the theme verse anticipated (2:47; 6:7; 9:31; 12:24; 16:5; 19:20; 28:30-31). 2. The prophetic “bookends” to Acts — 1:6 and 28:31 — anticipate God’s objective to include a population of Jews and Gentiles in His Son’s millennial kingdom. a. Kingdom of God occurs 32X in Luke and 6X in Acts and is alluded to over 20X in Acts. b. The church of this age is presented as the heir of the kingdom. B. Luke-Acts is written to emphasize the power of God in the lives of ordinary people who believe their extraordinary God. Acts begins with the disciples still seeking an earthly kingdom now, forgetting the lessons of the upper room (1:6). Acts transparently reports Paul’s shady past and impulsive beginning, Peter’s legalistic struggles, the first church fight and the council to settle the dissension, Paul and Barnabas’ disagreement and parting of ways, and the realities of ministering in the name of Jesus—the pain of separation and persecution. II. Against all odds, the Lord Jesus is still building His church (Matthew 16:18). The church is still an irresistible force on earth. The church is still the steward of the kingdom message and the heir of the kingdom! God is still empowering ordinary people to live extraordinary lives. The church is still reaching populations of Jews and Gentiles during this age to worship Christ in the age to come! “The divine choice displays the divine wisdom. Though we might have imagined that men of education, wealth, or influence would be needed for the worldwide mission of the church, the divine choice centered on eleven unlearned and little-esteemed Galilean fishermen. It is not our qualifications for the work of God which matter, but whether or not we choose to do it. The worldwide spread and the centuries-long continuance of their work is the evidence of divine choice. Their fruit has remained because their mission originated in the divine choice. Whatever is of human origin withers (Isaiah 40:6,7) but that which is of God endures forever (Ecclesiastes 3:14).” --Zane Hodges, Acts 1:2, Greek 319 Class notes. III. Acts and You: There is nothing God cannot do and no one God cannot use to do it. Do you think of yourself and your church community as people chosen by God to reach future worshipers of Christ in His Kingdom? Why or why not? 1. In what ways do you identify with the people of the early church? 2. What about their experience excites you? Intimidates you?Humbles you? Scares you? Helps you?

In this episode, I welcome guest Melissa Lorenzo-Hervé - Full-Time Attorney Editor, CEO/Co-Founder/Creative Director of Pirouette, wife and mother of 2. Melissa shares with us some great insight into managing a very busy life, as well as how one goes about starting a new business with limited time. It may feel like other people have more capacity, more talent or more luck than you. It’s easy to compare ourselves to others and feel behind. But like Melissa, like myself (regular people like you!) we are so much more capable than we give ourselves credit for. This has nothing to do with perfection, there’s no perfect way to start a business, there’s no perfect way to do any of this. We as women are so many things to so many people. But who are you, for YOU? There’s purpose inside you. There are dreams and passions, for you, and I believe it’s time to honor them. Because I can’t think of anything more important to redefining Woman’s Work, than the notion that we show up as our authentic selves, with all our gifts, with all of our strengths, so we can take the world to its feet. This is Woman’s Work To learn more about what we are up to outside of this podcast, visit us at NicoleKalil.com

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 Plenty of advice on how to build a basic budget, but how do you strike that balance where you’re saving and investing for financial freedom and independence while still having fun now with the kids? We’ll find out how today! What’s the Best Budget for You?  Budgets, spending plans – whatever you call them, people have strong feelings about them.  Over the past ten years, I’ve talked to and interviewed couples and families about reaching big goals – financial or otherwise.  I noticed certain patterns or habits that they shared.  One of those is how they handled their money. Here’s the strange part that might surprise you.  While they all some spending plan for their money, they had different types of budgets they used. That’s good news in a way because that means there’s no one size fits all approach when it comes to budgets.  The challenge though is discovering which method is right for you.  So how do you do that – how do you find and create a budget that fits your family?  We’re going to tackle that today!  In this episode we’ll go over:  Creating a budget you’ll love and stick with Three effective, yet different budgets to look at  Choosing the best one  Let’s get started! Resources to Help You Create a Budget Quickly and Easily If you’re ready to get your budget up and running, here are some handy tools and resources you should check out!  Best Budget and Money Apps: Personal Capital, Tiller, Mint, Honeyfi, Zeta Free 401(k) Analysis: Blooom Grow Your Stash Faster: High Yield Savings with CiT Bank Jumpstart Your Marriage and Your Money  The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart About Your Money  How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money   Real Life on a Budget: 17 Practical Challenges to Live and Thrive on a Budget  Thank You to Our Sponsor Coastal Support for this podcast comes from Coastal Credit Union! If you’d like someone to work with you on your goals, Coastal has the people, accounts, and services to help you hit your goals. How to Create a Budget You’ll Love and Stick With   What’s the point of a budget? First off a budget isn’t about what you can’t spend or have, it’s about what you can. Very loosely, a reasonable budget typically cover three areas: Essentials & necessities – roof over your head, food in your belly, clothes on your back building wealth – saving for retirement, getting of debt, seed money for a business fun – quality of life options When I speak with families who are having a hard time with their budget, one of those three goals are missing or aren’t being addressed properly.  When you can’t pay the bills or they’re late, one or both of you are stressed.  If you don’t have much saved up, or you struggle to pay down the debt, you’re worried about any hiccup that can come up. (And they do!) And if you don’t have some fun with that money now, you’ll start to resent the spending plan (and the person who came up with it).  If you want to create a budget that you both keep and stick with you have to hit each of those goals.   Why Most People Break Their Budget There are plenty of myths and assumptions people have about budgets that aren’t true. Myth #1: Budgets are time-consuming. Truth: Budgets are time savers.   Intitial setup does take time, but once you have it, it’s easy to check. Most of us have fairly consistent expenses. There might be some shifts here and there, but you easily adjust those bit and pieces. Automating it through bill pay and transfers makes managing the budget pretty much checking in once a week or paycheck for a minute or two to verify everything went through. Myth #2: Budgets are about restrictions. Truth: Budgets are about respecting your time and money. The key to a budget is hitting those three goals I mentioned earlier and that includes having some money to enjoy. 3 Popular Budgets You Can Try  On our YouTube channel, this week’s money tip went into detail on the different budgeting methods out there. I want to share three effective and popular ways families are budgeting to hit their money goals and still have room in the budget for some fun now. 50/20/30 Budget As the name suggests, your money goes into one of three ‘buckets’ of expenses. 50% Essentials: This covers your ‘needs’ like rent/mortgage, food, utilities, and necessary transportation. 20% Financial Priorities: This money is allocated for your future such as investing for retirement and taking care of important money goals now like having an emergency fund and paying off your debt. 30% Wants: These are your lifestyle choices. What do you two enjoy? It’s encouraging to see at least 20% being devoted to financial goals. Another plus with the 50/20/30 budget is how easy it is to set up bank transfers and bill payments. You two can set it up one evening, giving you more time for things you enjoy. Since one of the goals here are Simplify & Enjoy is to share how you can move towards financial freedom, I want to modify this budget just a bit. Instead of saving for 20% and spending 30%, I’d like you to switch those around. Save 30% (or use it to pay down debt) and have some fun, guilt-free spending with 20%.  By the way, other bucket system approaches are the 60% solution and a balanced budget. The percentages shift, but it’s the same idea in that you take your money and put it into buckets. Pay Yourself First/Reverse Budget Most budgets begin with your expenses – bills, credit cards, student loan payments and so forth.  Once those are plugged in, you go ahead and split up rest to savings and fun money.  The reverse budget is about beginning with you. You take out your savings and whatever key goal you’re saving up for first. You then take out the bills and so forth.  This can be really helpful if you really want to or need to hit a particular savings goal. Maybe you want to get that emergency fund up and running ASAP. Or you need to build up that house downpayment pretty fast.  The downside of this approach can be that you may have trouble allocating enough for your other expenses. This can come up especially if you haven’t ad much traction with budgets so far.   Zero Based budget You got to admit, at least these budgets are named properly.  So we talked about using a budget to divvy up your money into buckets.  With zero-based budget, you’re really focused on taking that income that you’re bringing in and giving every single dollar a purpose.   This method is used by Dave Ramsey’s budget tool – you guess it- EveryDollar.  This can be a great budget for detailed minded families who want or need to track every single dollar.  This strength can be a hurdle as well.  One hang-up people have with budgets is that they have to do a line by line review of all their expenses and income. For those new to budgets or people who are busy already it can seem overwhelming. How to Choose the Right Budget for You There you have it – three budgets that have worked for other family. The question is what will work best for you? As we’re went through the different budgets you may have felt drawn or even repeled by one of them. That’s okay. There’s more than one way to budget. If you’re trying to figure out what’s best, start with where you are now? Take a look at your current budget or spending plan. Is it more high level buckets or down in the trenches with transcactions? How well is it working for you? Sometimes you look at the numbers it doesn’t seem as bad. Speaking of numbers let’s look at them, but instead of tallying up the expenses, I want you to try out a different approach. I got to speak with with Carl Richards a few times. He’s a Certified Financial Planner and the NY Time columnist. As a planner, he’s worked with couples and many times, the budget is a source of stress. So to take the tension out he suggests looking at the expenses and asking yourselves, did I get value out of that? Was eating out out something that made me happy? How much?Go over it together and review your own spending? No judgeing just asking. What we’re tryingt o do here is define those expensesin the context of is it something you need? Is it bringing you closer to your big goals? Or is it something that you’re enjoying now? Because your budget is a mix of that. When we had Drew Snider the beginning of this season, he talked soccer. That wasn’t going to get cut out of his budget. For me, I have to have something set aside for meals with friends. I enjoy it. Besides discovering your must-haves don’t be surprised or feel ashamed if you also realize that some spending doesn’t fit any of those categories. Maybe you see that eating out with friends once a week is valuable, but grabbing something at teh drive-thru isn’t. Being able to see your expenses through this lense allows you to create a  values driven budget.   And then the budgeting method is less a concern as you now understand it’s just the tool to make sure your money is working for you. Living Debt-Free Speaking of hitting your money goals, have you ever thought about what it would be like to be completely debt-free, including the house?  Next week we’ll look at the pros and cons of paying off your mortgage faster!  So if you haven’t already, make sure you’re subscribed. You don’t want to miss that episode.  We’re on iTunes and wherever you get your podcast from!  Our music today was from Lee Rosevere.  Finally and most importantly, thank you for your support! If you have any questions or ideas for the show, please email me or join our free and private Facebook group Thriving Families. We’re all about encouraging one another with our goals. I hope you have a wonderful week, take care!   

Wondering if an agency merger is right for you? Curious how do those new partnerships work? And what do you do if they don't? Taking the leap with another agency can be a strategic move. Maybe you want to grow faster or combine skillsets. Whatever the reason is, here's everything you need to know about agency mergers. In today's episode, we'll cover: Should your agency leverage the gig economy? How to know if an agency merger is right for you. #1 way to make agency partnerships work. How to cope with agency partner problems. How one small change can impact agency culture.   Today, I talked with Adam Williams, CEO of Magneti — a branding and digital agency out of Colorado. Over the years, Adam has founded a variety of startups ranging from publishing to construction companies. When Adam decided to take the leap into the agency space, he was well-prepared for the business side, but he needed scale and some extra creatives on his side. He's here to share the story of why he decided to merge with another small agency to tackle some bigger clients. Should Your Agency Leverage the Gig Economy? The rise of the gig economy is massive for agencies. Are you worried your agency doesn't have the creative scale to capture big clients? You can leverage the gig economy to deliver those creatives. Are you worried onboarding costs are going to sink your agency? The gig economy can help you deliver at a fraction of the price. The secret is creating processes for external contractors to follow. Once you have the processes down, you can scale-at-will. Want to deliver a massive project for a new client? No problem! You can scale up with freelancers quickly and easily. Hiring freelancers is a no-brainer for most agencies. Just make sure you're hiring the right one! How to Know if an Agency Merger is Right for You There are a million reasons to merge your agency with another. You may be experiencing a growth spike that's forcing your business into new roles you need help developing. You could have a big client you need a little help with. You may want to grow super fast. Or you may even want to fulfill some agency responsibilities you're, well, not good at (like taxes, billing, or even HR.) The only way to know if a merger is right for you is to ask yourself some questions, like: Does this agency offer services my clients need? Do the owners have skillsets I don't have? Does the agency have scalable processes we can adopt? What does the agency's book of business look like? When you start answering those hard-hitting questions, the merger answer will smack you in the face. #1 Way to Make Agency Partnership Work If you do decide to merge, it could mean bringing on a few new partners. And this can be a serious pain if you're not ready. How do you make it work? And how do you prevent bad partnerships from tearing your agency apart? Here's the secret — it's all about empathy. You have to care about the person on the other side of the table. When you're making agency decisions, think, "how would this impact my partner's family?" Make it personal. Because let's be honest. Sometimes, we get angry at our business partners. It's natural. But you always have to dig deep and remember who they are as a person and why you ventured into business together, to begin with. You can get mad at each other -- but you have to respect one another enough to be empathetic. But, what do you do if it just really isn't going to work? How to Cope With Agency Partner Problems Is your partnership just not going to work out? It's ok! You don't have to explain. But you do have to break up with them. At this point, the only question you have to ask is, "who's buying out whom?" If you want to remain in the driver's seat, you have to execute a successful buyout. Here's the thing. If you were empathetic during your entire partnership, this part is probably going to be easier than you think. Make sure everyone walks away happy, don't let it impact your day-to-day work, and smile when you're done. How One Small Change Can Impact Agency Culture Sometimes, having agency rules can disorient workers. Your team needs guidance and structure, but not a list of rules to follow. If you have a giant paper filled with rules hanging in your break area, it may be time to rethink your strategy. Your agency culture should create rules without having to write them down. Check this out -- Adam's agency only has 3 rules: Over-communicate. Nail the details. Have fun! Those three simple things capture so many different little things. They're easy for team members to remember, and they're rules that have scale. Looking for a Payroll and HR Solution for your Agency? Payroll and benefits are hard. Especially when you’re a small business. 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Welcome to the 11th episode of the Miracle Ford Podcast! This week we speak with Jim Odell, the Used Car Manager at Miracle Ford! Jim has been with Miracle for over 26 years! This is a great episode where we get to know Jim very well, his background, hobbies and his passion… Used Cars. This is a great episode that is jam packed full of information that you DO NOT want to miss. Enjoy! Topics Discussed: Jim’s BackgroundGrowing up in New JerseyHis Music BackgroundHow he met his wifeCollegeWhat Makes Miracle DifferentHow to maximize the value of your car before trading inThe Miracle Ford “Gong”Using online appraisal toolsPreserving the Paint JobAutomatic car washes Transcript John Haggard 0:02 Welcome to the Miracle Ford podcast where throughout each month, you’ll be able to learn the best ways to purchase, lease, service and maintain, also accessorize, and sell your vehicle for the highest resale value possible when you’re ready to do it. You’ll also find out about new technology on new vehicles. I’m your host, John Haggard, and throughout each month right here, we’ll have different team members join us from Miracle Ford to bring you tips you can use. Now you will also see a transcript of every podcast so that you can easily refer to it I find sometimes people want to get additional information and say what was that that he said? And you can see it right there at your fingertips. Today’s topic is how to maximize the value of your trade-in. And on this podcast we have with us, Jim Odell. He’s the Used Car Sales Manager at Miracle Ford in Gallatin. Hey, Jim, welcome to the podcast. Jim Odell 0:54 Thank you, John, great to be here. John Haggard 0:55 Well, you know, when somebody is ready to trade in a vehicle, Jim, there are a lot of things you should know on how to maximize the trade-in value. I mean, everybody wants to, you know, get the most amount of money. Why not? But before we dive into those specifics, tell us a little bit about your background. Did you grow up in Gallatin, Jim? Jim Odell 1:13 No, I’ve been here in the Tennessee area for about 26 years now. I actually grew up outside of New York City in northern New Jersey. John Haggard 1:25 Wow. Okay, so we’ll call you a local but you do not have that New Jersey accent? Jim Odell 1:30 No, no, you know, my, my mom was real strict about No, you can’t sound like you’re from Brooklyn or Bronx or whatever. And so she made sure that we spoke just the regular English without too much of an accent. John Haggard 1:46 There you go. Well, what a great mom, what a great mom. So you went to high school there, I guess, right? Jim Odell 1:51 Yeah, I went to high school in northern New Jersey, in a town called Franklin Lakes. The High School was called Ramapo. It’s a comprised part of Franklin Lakes and part of Wyckoff, New Jersey and great place to go to school. Still have some friends from there. John Haggard 2:08 All right. And just to try to get a picture of the map for folks that don’t know exactly where that is, I guess if you were going to say, how many miles south of New York City – Center City, would that be where you were where you grew up? Jim Odell 2:20 Well, we were basically just west of New York City. So if, if you kind of picture Manhattan Island, kind of the upper part of Manhattan Island where the George Washington bridges if you go over the George Washington Bridge, and you had west by about 30 miles, that’s where I grew up in, Wyckoff, New Jersey. John Haggard 2:42 Okay, so did you head into New York City as you were growing up? Jim Odell 2:46 We did. Yeah. Sometimes with sometimes without my parents consent, but yeah. John Haggard 2:54 So when you were in high school, and in the northern New Jersey area, what was the most one thing you did while in school? Jim Odell 3:03 Oh, you know, the same thing I guess that most kids do. I wasn’t involved in sports myself. I really didn’t grow up and out until I was about a junior in high school. So I really wasn’t athletically inclined. So, you know, I went to the sporting events as a spectator and watched all that and you know, just had my social group of friends that we hung around with. Did a lot of listening to music, and and we did a few concerts together, like I guess most high school kids did. Just your regular high school stuff. John Haggard 3:38 Yeah. What were some of your favorite groups that the the concerts that you went to? Jim Odell 3:42 Well, now I was, I was one of those kids that was, I don’t know, experimental music. I listened to groups like Genesis, those types of bands. Progressive rock is what they call it today. And of course, I liked you know, the rock and roll stuff, the Led Zeppelin and the The Who and The Beatles and things like that. But yeah, it was. That was a big influence on me. In fact, I still play music today. I’m a drummer, actually, John Haggard 4:14 Really? So you’re a drummer, now? You say you play music today? Are you like, have a group? Jim Odell 4:22 Well, actually, I do. I’m the drummer of a three-piece band. We call ourselves 3 MAG – three M-A-G, which stands for three middle aged guys. Now. We, we may have to change the name because I’ve recently hit the 60 mark. So yeah, we may be three old guys pretty soon. You There you go. John Haggard 4:40 There you go. Wow. So every weekend, you’re playing somewhere for money, I guess, right? Jim Odell 4:45 Well, not so much that we have done that. But we, you know, we all have real jobs. And it’s hard to get together, or hard to get out and play music out when you have a real job. So but we do still get together and you know, just get together and play music and just do that. We also have recorded music. So we actually have a few CDs that we have available that we’ve recorded. So it’s kind of neat there too. All John Haggard 5:13 Right. So you have one of those concession tables at Miracle Ford. Here are CDs, grab them while you can they’re going fast, folks. That sounds fun. You mentioned your wife and and you’ve been here about 26 years if I got that correct as well. Do you have other family here in the area? Jim Odell 5:31 Well, her family is from this area or has lived in this area a little longer than and we’ve been here. But yeah, her mom and dad, her sister, two brothers are all here with nieces, nephews, that kind of thing. So yeah, we have a pretty extended family here. John Haggard 5:47 Wow. You know, that’s always fun to know how people meet because there you were in northern New Jersey, her family is here. How did you all meet? Jim Odell 5:57 Well, at the time, when we met we met in at college at the University of Dayton. And at that time, she was living in Louisville, Kentucky. So from there to date, and was just a couple of hours. Now me, I followed a brother, my oldest brother, who went to college there. So we just met in Dayton, Ohio, and the rest is history. John Haggard 6:20 And the rest is history, as they say. You know, before we went on the podcast together here, you mentioned, hey, John, we just got back from vacation. And you were saying you went to Italy, to Greece, to Israel, you’re on a cruise. What was the most exciting and fun thing? I guess it was all of it? Probably? Jim Odell 6:38 Oh my gosh, yeah, it was, we literally call it the trip of a lifetime. It’s something we had been wanting to do. We were gone for 17 days total, which is just phenomenal to be able to get away from work for that long. But so many memories, and so, you know, just beautiful countries that we visited and, and people and of course, Israel being the Holy Land, we saw so many sites that just, you know, kind of bring you down to your knees, so to speak, and just a phenomenal adventure that we had. John Haggard 7:10 You know, it sounds like you know, a drummer, international travel. So what would you say is the one thing about you, Jim, that most people would not know that someone would really be surprised to know about Jim Odell? Jim Odell 7:25 Well, that music thing that’s, that’ll… Whenever I say I’m a drummer, they’d go, “Really? That’s really interesting!” And, to that end, I actually play drums at our church just… not really drums when you think of what a drummer would be doing, but more just percussion I guess you could say. Little snare drum, a little cymbal, that kind of thing just to accent the music. But I do that and, and people are surprised that I do that. So yeah, I guess that would be the one thing that that would people would go really I never knew. I never figure you for that. That kind of thing. John Haggard 8:00 Alright, so if somebody wanted to come see you drum in church, where do you attend? Jim Odell 8:05 I go to Our Lady of the Lake Church in Hendersonville. It’s a Catholic Church. John Haggard 8:10 Alright folks, there you know if you want to see Jim Odell on the drums, there’s the place to go. Alright, so let’s move from entertainment, international travel, living in northern New Jersey. How did you get into the car business? Jim Odell 8:26 Well, what happened is, as I said, I went met my wife in Dayton, Ohio. We basically dated throughout college and decided to get married. At the time she was living in Louisville, but during the time that she was in college, her mom and dad moved to Gallatin, Tennessee, where Jim Galvin, Sr. bought Miracle Ford. He since then has opened up Miracle Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram. And he, at one point, invited me down to become a part of the dealership. And I said, well, let’s go ahead and do that. So that’s how I’ve been here. And prior to doing that, I actually had 12 years that I was in the airline business John Haggard 9:16 Airlines? Jim Odell 9:17 Yeah, I worked for Northwest Airlines, I was a little bit of everything. You know, I started off in the reservations office. I went to move from there to the Detroit area, and worked in, you know, at the gate, and the ticket counter, ultimately became a service manager. But the airline business just turned out to be, I don’t know, a different environment than what I expected when when the airline went into its first bankruptcy. You know, as it’s common when those things happen. There was a lot of slashing of reducing of management. And people that I hadn’t known that I kind of thought would be able to move me along, all of a sudden weren’t there anymore. And at that same time, Mr. Galvin, opened up the Chrysler dealership and said, I’m in need of people to come and work for me, would you be interested in I said, Well, yeah, let’s go ahead and do it. John Haggard 10:17 So how did you all meet? Jim Odell 10:21 Again, we just met at college, just socially. We were, she was at a party. I was at a party. I said, that girl looks pretty cute. Let me go and talk to her. And like I said, the rest is history. We’ve been married. In fact, our anniversary was just yesterday. We’ve been married for 36 years. Wow. And we have three wonderful children and two grandchildren. John Haggard 10:42 You know, the question really was see, I know what is on top of your mind. But when I was asking you, how did you meet, I was actually talking about how you met the Galvin family? Jim Odell 10:52 Well, yeah. From dating, her daughter met the Galvin family, and we hit it off just fine. And he said, Okay, I’ll let you marry my daughter. And you know, it just he needed someone to take care of her, I needed somebody to take care of me. And he said, all right, I guess you two are meant to be then. John Haggard 11:20 That is really super. Now you have seen, you know, Miracle Ford, obviously, a family dealership. And there are a lot of dealerships that are owned by the big mega Wall Street corporations. And I guess you know, when people come in, Jim, there is a difference. Maybe they talk about what it’s like when they were at another dealership that’s owned by one of the big conglomerates. But based on your experience, and people that you speak to what is the big difference? I mean, isn’t a car a car at the end of the day? Isn’t a price a price at the end of the day? Or what’s the difference? I mean, why would you know, why would somebody really want to deal with a Miracle Ford versus anybody else? Jim Odell 11:59 Well, and you’re right cars, a car price is a price. You could probably buy a car for the same price that Miracle Ford that you could buy a car for at one of these big conglomerate dealerships. But the difference, I think that you’re going to find is just the backbone of the dealership, as I said, I’m, I guess you could say, part of this family part of the management group that has guided the dealership. And, you know, it comes down to relationships, and not the extreme pressure that dealership might face. If that dealership was owned by, you know, a multi billion dollar corporation, now we obviously are, you know, pressed to, to make money to, to satisfy the customer. But we also do it just in a different environment, a different mindset, which I think if you’re the consumer that’s looking to buy a vehicle from a CarMax, or just a big one of these big dealers. And you have the same option at a Miracle Ford, I think overall, your experience with Miracle Ford is going to be just that little bit better, because of the fact that we are a little closer tied to you. And I think that’s, to me, that’s what most people are looking for. They’re obviously Yeah, you know, you’re spending a lot of money on a vehicle. And you want to make sure you get the best value. But ultimately, you want to make sure that you’re getting the best in everything. Service, quality of how you’re dealt with how your talk to, and all those things really do come into play. And I think we become the advantage there to a larger dealer. John Haggard 13:49 Right, before we talk about tips on how to maximize the value of your car before you trade it in. What about, you know, you’re alluding to this a little but groups like Carvana and all this online? You know, you don’t need to see anybody, you know, just go online, a car is a car… What are the I guess the disadvantage or maybe some scary stories? Or why would you know what, why? Why them? I mean, why not do that? Jim Odell 14:16 Well, and you know, there is a movement toward that. But why not us? I guess would maybe be the answer to, to that is, you know, we have folks that send in internet leads, we respond to them, we set up a time we we give them information in advance for them to be basically ready to go ahead and do business when they walk into the dealership. So while we may not have that same kind of carve on a thing where we deliver the car to a customer, although we have done that, I think it’s just you can get the same experience if that’s the experience that you’re looking for, from a dealership like Miracle Ford, by just starting the process online. And, and we have all the ability to do that to give you everything that you need to basically just walk into the store and say, that’s the car that I want. We’ve already discussed everything and and be in and out. John Haggard 15:20 All right. So really no difference. You find the car… Jim Odell 15:24 That’s right. John Haggard 15:24 All right. Is there anything really cool at Miracle Ford that people may not know about? Something that’s like, you know, just really kind of a neat thing? Jim Odell 15:36 Well, we recently, and me being a drummer, you would have thought that I would have thought of this, prior to it showing up in the showroom. But we recently put a gong in the middle of the showroom. So when customers get all done with their paperwork, and if they have said yes to buying the car, we have them walk out into the showroom, and they take a mallet and they bang the gong as loud as they want to bang it. And it really is pretty cool. It really it. It makes you laugh, it makes you smile. And it kind of gives that customer that little I did it, you know, here’s the proof. John Haggard 16:15 Now, who came up with the idea? Jim Odell 16:18 Actually, that was my brother in law, Jim Galvin, Jr, the general manager. So I have to give him props where it’s appropriate. And yeah, all of a sudden, this gong showed up and I went, I should have thought of this. I’m the drummer in the family. But it really is fun. John Haggard 16:35 All right, well, let’s talk about tips. Someone’s getting ready thinking about okay, you know, I’ve had my car three years or 10 years, or five, or six, or whatever it is, I want to trade it in. But I want to be sure that I’m going to get the most amount again, because money’s money, like you said, that I can get from my car. So how would you advise someone as they’re beginning to, you know, they’re in the market or beginning to get into the market to trade, what do they need to do? How do you increase the value or maximize the value of your car. Jim Odell 17:06 And I would say it goes back to when you first acquire a vehicle. You know that the truth of the matter is cars are depreciating assets, we all know that and everybody knows that. What you just want to do is minimize your depreciation. So what I would do, or what I would suggest is when you first buy a vehicle, treat it like it needs to be treated, you know, make sure that it’s well maintained and all of that. But prior to coming into a dealership, if you’ve got a three year old car or a 10 year old car, you know, just kind of assess it. Does it need some tires on it? Does it need brake work? Has as the brake pedal kind of been pulsating as I pushed down on the on the brake? And maybe take care of minor maintenance items that might need to be done to increase the value of the car. Because these are the kinds of things when I’m doing an appraisal, you know, I’m stepping into a carfor the first time. I’m looking at everything on it. I’m looking at the interior condition, I’m looking at the exterior condition, does it have dings. But then I’m going to drive it and I’m going to feel what I just kind of described. Does the brake pedal pulsate? Does that mean that it probably needs some brake pads? And so the best tip that I can give a customer is just make sure that your car is well maintained, treated like it is a an important asset, which it is. And that will improve the the overall value that you get for the car. And the other thing that I guess I could also suggest is there’s plenty of online type of appraisal type of tools. You know, Kelley Blue Book is one and it’s one that we use, in addition to a lot of other things to how we assess the value of the car. But you can do kind of a self-assessment and say, but be realistic about it. If you’ve got a 10 year old car that’s got 150,000 miles is probably not going to be an excellent condition. Just say, all right, well, it’s in good or fair condition. And, and you’ll have an idea of what you can expect for the car. And then again, like I said, make sure that everything’s in running condition and and if you don’t want to spend that money, well, that’s okay. Just know that that somebody ultimately is going to have to spend that money to bring that car up to a resale standard. So it just comes down to do you want the best out of your car treated like it’s a valuable piece of asset. John Haggard 19:37 Got it. Got it. You know, and one thing that just came to mind when you were talking about that, is there any tip about how to preserve your paint job? Should it be waxed every three months, six months and not at all? Should there be any sealant put on it, or you don’t have to do that today or? Jim Odell 19:53 We actually offer a sealant product here at the dealership both for new and used vehicles, that will definitely improve the overall appearance of the car. Keep it to where nothing can get below the clear coat. And it’ll maintain that new vehicle appearance. But sure things like just waxing the car, I’d say maybe once a year, that’s going to keep that paint looking fresher, newer. And certainly that’s going to affect the resale value, the assessed value when you go to trade it in. Because if it looks good on the outside, and if it runs good, well, that’s the kind of car that people are looking for. Everybody wants to make sure that they’re not getting stuck with someone else’s problem. And you know, we and me personally, as a used car manager, I’m not going to put something out on the lot, that was somebody’s problem and just shoo it off to someone else. We’re going to, we’re going to probably say, you know, this car either is going to need this in this in this taken care of before we put it out on the lot or if taking care of this and this and this is more money than we want to spend, well, then we’ll just decide to wholesale it and and, and move on to another vehicle. That’s all. John Haggard 21:09 All right. One other final question that came to mind and that is a little bit of controversy about taking cars or your car through a carwash. You know, some advertise, hey, we’re brushless, you know, we’re not going to do anything to scratch. Others have the you know, the thing that touches all over your car and so forth. Any advice there? Is it a good idea or bad idea? Should you be touchless, does it matter? Jim Odell 21:32 These touchless… I mean, I have been through these car washes. And I personally like to just hand wash a car. Now I know you can’t do that all the time. And especially, you know, if you’re elderly or whatever, you’re just not able to do it anymore. But yeah, there are there are those car washes that are better than others. The ones that don’t have as much, you know, if you’ve been in some of these car washes, and the cars rocking back and forth. You know, that might be an indicator this the maybe this thing’s doing a little bit more to the car that I want it to be doing. But yeah, I’m kind of on the fence on that when there are some car washes that I’ve used that are good. There’s some others that I’ve used that aren’t so good. Taking a, you know, they’ve taken antenna off the car, so to speak. But yeah, if you could hand wash your car, or even take it to someone where it could be hand-washed, and like you said before, is a good idea to wax a car. Sure, take it to somebody who does a hand detailing, maybe once every year or every two years, something like that. And get the outside looking really good again. They’ll they’ll shampoo the carpet. And we actually have a detailed department here, we can do most of those things. Not fine tooth comb detail, but we can make your car you know, a step above where it was, and do that here at the dealership as well. John Haggard 23:00 Alright, well, Jim, is there anything… I did not ask you that you would want folks to know either about you or Miracle Ford? Jim Odell 23:10 Well, I think we’ve had a pretty good conversation here. And I think, you know, we’ve covered a bunch. It’s a dealership, like I said, the one thing I guess I would… Maybe my final thoughts would be, I’ve been in this business now 26 years. It’s the only dealership that I’ve ever worked for. So I really don’t have some of the experience maybe that some other people have of being in this type of store or that type of store. All I can say is that when I joined the business, I didn’t know kind of what I was getting into. But I immediately found out that my father-in-law, who owns the dealership, and my brother-in-law, who runs Miracle Ford are good, straight up people honest, hardworking people that are running a good, solid, honest business. And it’s a pleasure, it’s a privilege to be able to work for that kind of, this type of company. And I can say that I’ve never had any second thoughts about being in this business. Other than maybe those nights where you kind of get home at 9:30 at night and you’re worn. John Haggard 24:23 Yeah, sure! Jim Odell 24:25 But no, it’s just a great, it’s a great good local business, run by people who care, who are honest, and are hardworking folks, and just trying to make a living like everybody else. And I think that kind of sums up reason why I’ve been here for so long, and why we have so many employees that have, you know, good tenure at the dealership because they realize that it’s a it’s a good, solid, honest place to work. And we take care of our employees. And you know, you take care of your employees, they take care of the customer, you probably heard that before. John Haggard 25:03 Very true. Very true. Jim Odell 25:04 Most people have, but it’s it honestly, is the truth. And I think, again, going back to what we talked about a little bit ago, of why our store versus a corporate store. It’s because we take care of our employees, and they take care of our customers. So that’s the advantage right there. John Haggard 25:22 All right, Jim. So what’s the best way for someone to get in touch with you? Jim Odell 25:27 Oh, you know, I’m on all the digital platforms these days. But the easiest way to get a hold of me is either an email address by my email address is just the kind of the generic it’s miracleford@gmail. You can call me on my cell phone, you can call the dealership and just ask for me and they’ll turn you over to me. So I’m accessible all the time. And even through our Facebook page, you can ask a question of me. And I’ll be happy to answer it personally for you. So yeah, I’m digital in every way. So all those ways you can get a hold of me. But if you want to just pick up the phone and call me, I can be assessed that way as well. John Haggard 26:09 And what’s the best number or numbers to get you? Jim Odell 26:12 Well, just the dealership number, the (615) 452 5267, my personal extension is 148. If I’m not at my desk, because oftentimes I’m not, you can just leave me a message but I do respond to those messages, usually within a pretty short amount of time. So that probably be the easiest way just to reach me. John Haggard 26:32 Alrighty, Thanks, Jim. Jim Odell everybody, the used car sales manager at Miracle Ford in Gallatin. Join us throughout the month right here and you’ll be able to learn the best ways to purchase, lease, service and maintain, also accessorize and, as you learn today, how to sell your vehicle for the highest resale value possible. When you’re ready to do it. Don’t forget the transcript. It’s right here so you can refer to anything for more information at your fingertips. I’m your host John Haggard, and we will see you next time.

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Tim Hur is the Managing Broker of Point Honors & Associates, a residential real estate firm in Duluth, GA. Tim has built a great firm and has also served on NAR's Fair Housing committee during 2018. Tim joins us to give life to the fair housing conversation and why it's important in our business. He also answers great questions around involvement in the industry and commitment to clients needs. Don't miss this episode. Tune in and listen to your favorite real estate podcast, reThink Real Estate. You can find Tim Hur at https://www.pointhonors.com The re:think real estate podcast is hosted by Chris Lazarus, Nathan White, and Christian Harris. Thank you for tuning in. Please subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Real Estate Podcast Transcription Audio length 36:42 RTRE 49 – Tim Hur, Managing Real Estate Broker of Point Honors [music] [Chris] Welcome to re:Think Real Estate, your educational and hopefully entertaining source for all things real estate, business, news and tech.  [Christian]: I am Christian Harris in Seattle, Washington. [Nathan]: Hi, I am Nathan White in Columbus, Ohio. [Chris]: And I am Chris Lazarus in Atlanta, Georgia. Thanks for tuning in.  [music] [Chris]: Everybody and welcome back to re:Think Real Estate. I am Chris Lazarus here with Christian Harris and Nathan White. Guys what's going on? [Christian]: Not much. Talking to my favorite people.   [Nathan]: Speak for yourself. But I am glad to be here on recording so that's good. Excited we get to talk about some new stuff. For someone might be boring but I still find it interesting so I am excited about that. And this is about it. [Chris]: How is your CMA going? [Nathan]: My CRM…I am just slightly…I'm doing alright. [Chris]: CRM. I say CMA because Christian was just talking about could services and CRM. You know. [Nathan]: That is something I am still failing at. We won't talk about it. We have a guest and we don't want to bore people. [Chris]: We'll move on. We do. We do have a guest. We have great guest. His name is Tim Hur. For those of you who haven't seen him at NAR events, Tim is the managing broker of Point Honors. His bio is a freaking novel. So we're gonna let Tim. Tim thanks for joining us today.  [Tim]: No thank you so much for the invitation. I really appreciate it. It's a lot of fun.  [Chris]: It's great to have you on. So for…for our audience you have achieved quite a lot of honors. Why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself? And what you're doing. [Tim]: Sure. Thank you so much for that [laughter]. I appreciate that. Well my name is Tim Hur. Unfortunate not related to the fictional character Ben Hur otherwise I would be not selling real estate. Of course. But no I am…I was your 2018 chair, national chair for diversity for NRA based here in Atlanta. And I have been rocking and rolling ever since, been a realtor for what 12,13 years now. Kind of have been doing this right after college.  [Chris]: Nice. So tell us your story. Did…Where did you grow up? How did you get into real estate? Where did you go to school? All the fun stuff. [Tim]: Sure. I was born in Huston. Moved to Atlanta than got too far away. You know, I went to high school here. I went to Georgia Tech right after that. And… [Chris]: [inaudible] [Tim]: I know. [laughter] Either you hate me or you love me. One or the other. But I had a really good opportunity going to real estate. So I got my license and got into real estate right before the crash. So it was really good. We all…I think a lot of us who have endured the pains of early real estate and have been in the industry at least for a while and everyone is complaining about interest rates right now but you know we started real estate when we were selling into it. It was 7,8,9,10,11,12%. So you know.  The market tanked so I moved over to commercial for a little bit. And sustained myself with Doreos [phonetics] and commercial and came right back swinging and we've been…You know we have a small team here. We have about 18 agents in our company and we operate pretty well. So… [Chris]: That's awesome so you were the 2018 national chair for Federal Fair Housing and implementing that. [Tim]: Well slightly. So yeah I was 2018 chair diversity.  [Chris]: Can you tell us on how that went on.  [Tim]: Yeah so the 2018 yeah chair for diversity. [Chris]: OK. [Tim]: So the diversity committee from the national association of realtors we were…one of our tasks was to make sure that we helped launch the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the fair housing act. So we were…we were very hands on on that last year.  [Chris]: So what was the…like how did that go? What did you do for the 50th anniversary? I know I saw you at several events. But what was the whole…What did NAR put together for that? [Tim]: Sure. So you know a lot of us you know we think of fair housing and fair housing violations more as…I mean this...It is obviously a very dry subject and a very boring subject at times but it is very instrumental and very important. But a lot of us put their housing as a risk. More than something that you can violate… [Christian]: You can't [laughter] [laughter].  [Tim]: …Trouble and then we learn about it. But really we were trying to take it different aspect of it and try show that fair housing really should be implemented in the beginning where you really should know about fair housing.  And the 50th anniversary was very, very instrumental and very…is very important because as realtors we are on the wrong side of the law. Back in 1924 our code of ethics actually said that we would not be instrumental in introducing members of the community that would actually bring down poppy values. It was a direct attack on you know Asians, Blacks, Hispanics. So there was actually red lining and we were instrumental in doing that. Obviously we…that's why it was very important. [Chris]: We as realtors, not… [Tim]: Right. Realtors [laughter]. Yeah that was in the code of ethics. And you know can you…Nobody really believes that 50 years ago that we were actually fighting against fair housing.  And you know obviously people don't know this as well but you know Atlanta has a very strong history with Dr. Martin Luther King and he actually was a very big pioneer in fair housing. And the day after the assassination of Dr. King, about a week later was when the fair housing act was signed.  So it kind of…you know it kind of…there was a lot of things that went out to it. And realtors got smart and the legal issues got smart and we started putting restrictions and covenants. And you know building you know, fair housing violations into them. But now it's obviously, it's all been taken away.  You know as realtors or you know, people that are in the real estate industry we are now looking beyond race and all the…classes at the fair housing act and trying to include LGBT queue housing rights and stuff like that. So we are looking at the future as well to make sure that stuff like this does not happen again.  [Nathan]: So question for you than Tim, and I don't want this to sound ignorant.  [Tim]: No no. It's OK.  [Nathan]: Right [laughter] you know, like fair housing you said it sounds boring but it's not but then again how big of an issue is it? Like it's not…Like I just don't…my mind doesn't think that way to say “Oh we can't take you here because of this, that or you know redlining as we talk” or steering. My mind does not work like that. Like it just… [Tim]: And that's like…that's the point. Right. So a lot of us…And that's why it was very important. Not a lot of us don't think to vio…Intentionally violate the fair housing act. Nobody goes out and says “I am gonna discriminate tomorrow” or “I am not gonna do this and that”.  We do it unintentionally and it brings up…that's why it was brought up to light. You know when we…for example you know there is issues such as you know I know that you know we as realtors and tidal companies you know there is a lot of D distinctions where it says “This property cannot be sold to somebody of black descend or Asian descent”. It is actually built into the legal description. [Chris]: I saw somebody post one of those online the other day. Yeah. [Tim]: Right isn't that crazy? [Chris]: Yeah and it's the first time I have been in real estate since 2010, that's the first time I have ever seen it. [Tim]: Yeah and you…it's still there. What people don't realize is that Tidal companies they assure over it because it is illegal. They don't really remove that portion where it says, this portion you know “This must sold…”.  So you know a lot of it is awareness but a lot of us don't go out and say “I am going to go and discriminate against you know, somebody in some, you know one of the protected classes.” We just don't think that way. That's why it's very important. That's why NAR really…and a lot of people took this as a moral of risk issue. Our committee was very…we were very adamant about you know rewriting the fair housing camp book. And making sure that everyone is tarter at the beginning. Yeah not to intentionally violate but a lot of us just don't know. And we just don't know. Sometimes you need a refresher.  [Christian]: So I have a question so if some would say, I have heard you know going back… [Chris]:[inaudible] [Christian]: Yes. And I am in Seattle. So you know it should be much more progressive and more focused on… [Tim]: Sure. [Christian]: …Discrimination. That sort of thing. You know I have heard you know very well articulated points that you know the history of real estate is reared with if not has a lot of racism and discrimination in history. And sounds like back in the day NAR and probably the whole real estate industry as a whole is on the wrong side of this issue. When did that change? Was that kind of the process of the civil right movement as society started shifting? Or.. [Tim]: Yeah I think…So I think you know I can't speak on behalf…I am not a history bud, but you know a portion of it you know when FHA started issuing loans. You know a lot of after World War 2 a lot of our veterans wanted to have the white big fences and to live in suburbs. And they were denied that because of FHA insurability and saying there whole fair housing violations here.  You know, as people came back and they were promised they could live in suburbs and they don't have to live in you know in the city limits sometimes and you know a lot of this stuff that were not allowed they weren't given the same rights so to speak. Some were African Americans but you know we also have to look at you know women. Women were not allowed to own real estate without the permission of their fathers or their husbands until certain parts of the country until the 70s or 80s. So you know, this is a very recent event. These are not stuff that again you know you talk about Seattle being very progressive and you know and California LA but you know fair housing violations come all the time.  [Chris]: Really? No way. [Tim]: I know that there are several instances where I have been, when I go around the country for renters. Renters they see an interracial couple. And the landlord is like “No not renting to you”. But in the beginning it was fine because they look at the last name and they were like “Sure sure sure”. And than they come and meet the tenant and they're like “I don't want to rent to you anymore”. Why? “So what's really the case. Why are you not renting to me?”  So you know there is a lot of those…there is instances and maybe there are one offs sometime but I think that if you talk to some of our women or if you talk to some of our multicultural clients or agents they may have a lot of different stories. And it was really interesting to hear a lot of stories.  You know there was one case in Chicago. There was one of the champions that I know. And he was talking about how he opened a real estate company and people just kept his phone lines busy so that he cannot sell real estate. So you know back in the day we didn't have email so you know all we did was we had a group of people keeping his phone lines constantly busy so that nobody could call his real estate office. [Christian]: Wow. [Chris]: Because he was black. [Christian]: That's messed up. [Tim]: That's crazy. Yeah it's crazy. You would never think that. That's just something they thought about. [Chris]: You know what year it was? What year was that? Do you know? [Tim]: This is right…I think this is…I don't know. He does speak often. He is at the VLNAIR [phonetics] conference. Well…But yeah it's crazy just to hear this. [Chris]: It's nuts.  [Christian]: That's in our generation. [laughter]. [Tim]: Yeah.  [Christian]: That's… [Tim]: It's only a few years. So what can we do? [Christian]: Yeah for like your situation you're talking about with the…the rental discrimination with like mixed race couple or whatever. I mean what sort of resort they have because I mean let's say “Why don't you rent to us?”. I would imagine most landlords aren't gonna be dumb enough to be like “Well because you're black”.  [Tim]: You actually would be surprised.  [Christian]: OK. [Tim]: Actually you would be surprised. So you would actually be very surprised. And a lot of realtors you have to be very careful as well.  [Christian]: Sure. [Tim]: Because you know and you know the way that you…You have to be puritan. If you report it you have a special dedicated line. You know you have to really be careful and they'll make the calls. [Christian]: Sure. [Tim]: You know if it's not any to you and they deny you. They may not sustain. They may not claim race or they may not claim sexual orientation or whatever the case is or classes. But they can…if you are denied they will call the landlord back and see if it is available for rent. And if it is they will try to go through the whole process you know with a very different case scenario. And see why they wouldn't rent. So you know if you don't report it, it doesn't get reported. So we encourage everyone. If you see violations, you have to report it. [Christian]: Sure. Now I would imagine that the violations, well I mean you know prior to the fair housing act you know it was just kind of part for the course. But I would imagine with those initially enacted those violations were much more obvious you know as they were struggling to civil rights and racial discrimination stuff. I would imagine it is much subtler these days. I mean what are you seeing as the most common violations you know and I would imagine a lot of those are even unknowing violations. What are you seeing now?  [Tim]: Yeah I don't know if there is any common violations. Right. And again nobody goes out there and says “I am going to discriminate against a certain race or you know religion.” It's you know…it may be more nuanced or a little more subtle than before. It may not be so plain. But you know it does exist and it does happen.  You know it depends…depending on what part of the country you may be in and if you're not aware or how to work with a certain culture you may…you may…you may be found in violation. Especially from the code of ethics not if you are a realtor. But you may be found guilty of violating their housing. And again it's a matter of reporting it. Rather than you know…And figuring out was it really a fair housing violation they really…”Are they doing something against me?”. [Christian]: Sure, do they take into account kind of intention versus ignorance or kind of just kind of if you were violated you violated it. [Tim]: That's…it depends on how that I guess would…how they want to…you know, how they want to approach it. You know I think a lot of the familiar status gets…gets you know found upon. You know being single versus with family right you know with 2,3 children,4 children, 5 children. You know what…I see that part often as well. You know, disability. You know, you have to make sure you don't discriminate on disability. So it's…I think some of the…You know…A lot of the stuff…some of this comes up especially during the rental process. No, I don't think you know someone says no to somebody when they buy or sell as much as you may see that in more of a lender, tenant sometimes. [Christian]: Sure. The ones I have seen…You own a brokerage, is that correct? [Tim]: I do. [Christian]: OK. As do I and Chris. And the thing I have seen most common that I had a couple of agents on would be like listing descriptions. Would be like “This is a perfect friendly house”. I am like “Yeah you can't say that”. You know, great for kids, you know.  And the other think I heard recently you know was an agent who was working with an Indian buyer and they were like “I want to live in a neighborhood hat is primarily Indian”. He is like “I can't tell you that. You do your research, you tell me where you are looking and I will support that”. But you know… [Tim]: Yeah if you say like “Oh yeah this is…you know…I think I know where you would like to live because there is a very big Chinese community”. You know that…that's…you're steering somebody so you have to be very careful how you do that. You know the next kind of the big one you know is schooling.  You know schools and how much is good schools. Is that also kind of rooted into fair housing right. Because sometimes some of the better schools will have certain races that would make them more predominant. And so people have been using sometimes, may be using schools for fair housing violations. So you have to be as an agent and as broker, be very careful of schools. Because they are looking at that now. [Christian]: So you're saying they're kind of using that as the avenue to be in a predominantly white neighborhood or something like that? [Tim]: Potentially yeah, potentially right. So you may need to be careful on how we present schools. You know if you're saying that this is a really good school it's very different form saying “Hey this school is predominantly white”. You know in a predominantly higher class subdivision, or a neighborhood so you have to be very careful of how you use school in it too because they can use that… You know it is interesting that you bring schools up too. Or I brought it up but you know the listing descriptions anyway. Because the other day I was browsing around and there is a couple of apps on…on target marketing. And some of the target marketing for properties I have seen clearly violates fair housing. And I brought it to their attention and they're like “Wow wow we don't do that”. But I am like “But you can click male or female and you can click how many children that they have and you can click you know…”Because the data is out there.  So you have to be very careful on how you do your advertising as well and this is why Facebook got sued. Because you know make sure that you're advertising when you do decide to purchase ad space, that it is open to all. Because you know in certain people…and this is another unintentional case.  So people have said “Hey this million-dollar house I envision this to be a certain client. You know it's gonna be someone with a certain amount of wealth. And you know a certain race and sex”. And so they target, hyper target it you know a certain demographics so to speak. And you know instead of targeting based upon salary they were doing it…you can literally click on the different options and I was telling them “This is very bad”.  And then of course they redid their algorithm and they took out some of the choices but that it happens. So again another unintentional violation. You're not going out there as an agent to intentionally say “Hey I am going to market this property only to white people or only to Asians in this market or only to certain you know, Chinese”. You know whatever the case may be. So unintentional. [Chris]: That's interesting that you…you know with the whole schools and how Christian you mentioned being a predominantly white neighborhood for a school with…you know Harvard was just recently sued by Asian students for… [Tim]: Right. [Chris]: For not being able to get in because they were too good. So I mean it…cultures are changing. The demographics are changing and you know us as agents…what are some things Tim that really brokers or agents should know? Brokers can train the agents or things that agents should know to be aware of outside of the normal like federal fair housing. Because you mentioned online with algorithms. [Tim]: Yeah. [Chris]: There really has not bene anything that comes down formally that says “This is how you can use demographics online to advertise”.  [Tim]: Right. [Chris]: In the past we've had…Say you're in the Buford Highway area and you're advertising in a Korean newspaper. In Korean. In…In my training it has been that if you were advertising that elsewhere in the general population that is sufficient but if you go online and you target that it's a completely different story.  [Tim]: Yeah I think the intent is always a key factor, right. So you know as brokers our jobs are getting much harder. You know as an agent it's very important to train them but you know we…they're independent agents. You know we don't…They're not employees of our companies. You know we do have to watch what they do and what they say and I have seen a lot of employment agreement or…You know not employment agreement. I have seen a lot of independent contractors in the game that are actually saying that they are able to monitor social media. Right? Because that's one of the places where a lot of people do market their properties now.  And it does get a little harder as our jobs you know, as you grow you firm and your brokerage firm gets bigger and bigger and bigger. You know, how do you control your 3000 agents in you know do not violate right and who is the one that gets the trouble the broker or the agent? Right? Who is the one that has to go through the whole process and who is the one that is gonna get fined?  So it is you know…It's hard to always…Our job is you know to not employ…not only to encourage our agents to make money but to help them you know elevate their business. But it is a harder job for us. You know you mentioned advertising in different languages. And yeah you know I always say make sure that you just don't advertise it just to 1 community or 1 avenue. Make sure it is available to everyone.  And I think just in general it's good practice anyway. You know, why would you put everything in all Chinese or in all you know or in Spanish. You're limiting your market sphere anyway so why would you do that? [Chris]: Yeah. [Tim]: You know it's good practice. [Chris]: So what got you involved with NAR? So you came into this before, divide, you got into commercial. What created your firm and why did you get involved on the level that you did? Let's steer a little bit off of fair housing. [Tim]: Yeah. It was fun stuff. NAR you know being a realtor, starting off in a realtor world, you know that is something that we kind of naturally gravitate towards. I was fortunate. I kind of took a different path. I went to NAR and started on committees at NAR first.  I am kind of a little bit of a goof ball and I was taking a…auditing a class. ABR class. And I just happened to be with a lot of the past presidents and future presidents of NAR in the class. And it was really cold and being from Georgia I am always cold. I don't like snow and I took…I was in a hotel room and me and the instructor were just fighting you know over the thermostat and I just eventually took the hotel robe and I just brought it to class. And the minute he started playing with the thermometer I was like “Done, can't do it anymore”. Just put on my robe. Out at the NAR building. All the along had no idea. I didn't even know who I was even talking to. I was just like “Oh I came to take a class”. And then everyone was like “Is that the robe from the hotel? Did you just steal a robe? We're paying for your class”. And I am like “Oh no no I will take it back, I will take it back”. Come to find out that was Ron Vapes and Steve Brown and those were all the future presidents and the past presidents of NAR. So I think I made a little bit of an interesting impact rather [laughter]… [Chris]: Yeah that's a little bit of an impact.  [Tim]: Yeah but and you know I started getting involved with the realtor world just because it's very important for us to really ensure that our business is sustainable. You know there's so many things that we do and one of the few plan to my president circle…planted our members in Georgia. And I just…you know. Right? [Chris]: Our Pack baby. [Tim]: Our Pack. Yes. I do believe in giving back. And so I do give quite a bit back just because I have seen the policy world. I am a policy wonk. I have you know as…I want to make sure that our housing rights are protected. And you know yours and my jobs are…you know we're not impacted every day and I see that. So I want to make sure that we give back. [Chris]: Well you know what Tim is a former Our Pact chair. I appreciate that. Thank you so much for your contribution. [Tim]: Of course. [Chris]: You did everything that Our Pact does. So what made you go out and start your own brokerage? How did you get back into residential? [Tim]: So I work with a lot of international clients. You know, the good thing about having a dip or diversifying in the real estate world, you know, when I jumped back into commercial I also started working with a lot of international clients and global clients.  And so you know our firm is a little unique. Most or our agents actually are bilingual. They do speak more than 1 language in our firm which is nice just because we do cater to a whole different demographics of clients at times. And we can help them.  So when I started working with a lot of international clients they weren't really affected a lot by the recession. So they were able to work with a lot more investment properties and stuff like that. So when I started coming back into the residential world they were looking for commercial and then they were looking for something to buy on the residential side. So I kind of put my foot back in and it was fun. I started my own firm because I wanted to have a little bit more flexibility you know. Back in the day I would have said that it was because of commissions but looking at it now as a broker you don't really make that much money. You…There is a lot more headache. But I wanted to… [Chris]: A headache [inaudible] changes [laughter]. Yeah. [Tim]: But I did want the autonomy. So I started the firm and ever since I did it has been going ever since out. You know there is a lot of changes going on in the industry and I hate the word “disruptor”, but there is a lot of change going on. But I think at the end of the day if you service your clients and you take care of your clients that's why they have always been with me and you know I think they will always come back. [Nathan]: A [censored] men to that. [laughter] [Tim]: Yeah so I just… [Christian]: Nathan said the first F bomb in the day. Ladies and gentlemen Nathan [censored]… [Nathan]: Well you know how I feel about that so you know you don't need a big name, you don't need a gigantic flag, you don't need to have all the tech in the world. Just need to take care of people.  [Tim]: Yeah absolutely. And you know in that thing that is you know going to independence or working in a mega firm there is always pros and cons. But people always go…they go back to you. They back to Nathan White because they know Nathan White is in real estate. They go back to Christopher because they know that Christopher is in real estate.  So I think that if you know…and that is what I try to teach my agents like “You guys can leave me any day, I mean I have to sign your release forms if you decide to leave tomorrow or today or within the hour. You know, I hope that you know, during the time that you were with me that you were able to build your own brand so they come back to you for ever and ever and ever for real estate purposes. And if you can't than tie yourselves with…if you're not gonna be in real estate than tie yourself with a referral company and make some money that way”.  There are so many different avenues in making money in real estate. And I have a top agent, a top agent in my office. I call her top just because she doesn't sell real estate. She refers. And it's funny because she works for a company that does a lot of relocations and if they don't offer real packages she's like “Where are you moving? I know where you're moving to. Let me find you an agent”. And she just collects a referral check all day long. And so in my world that's a top agent who doesn't sell real estate but is able to collect and really utilize her license. But it's funny how…I know when the checks come in. And I am like “These are yours”. I know exactly whose check it is. It's fun.  [Nathan]: So Tim I always like to ask some fun questions and I typically pluck them out of a great book by Tim Ferriss. [Tim]: So you're the one? [Nathan]: Yeah I am the one right. Tim Ferriss wrote a great book called “Tribe of mentors”. He asked everybody the same questions and I always like to ask guests a few of these questions that he asked people. So I will fire away with the first one. If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it? What would it say?  [Tim]: A billboard with anything that I want on it? [Nathan]: Yeah what would that message be? [Tim]: [laughter] I think people very close to me would say…It would probably say “Leave me alone”.  [Nathan]: Really [laughter]. That's great. [Chris]: Tim Hur wants to be left alone.  [Tim]: You know when I am at home and I want to be by myself, I want to be by myself but you know you don't get that luxury as a broker and working with international clients. We're always…We're always doing something but you know just having the time alone to be like “Give me my 15 minutes”.  You know I try to turn off my phone when I am working out just because I am like “That's my 1 hour that I have, don't have to worry about clients. You can wait”. But yeah I think that's…you know that was the first thing that popped into my head. [Nathan]: That is fantastic. Might be the best answer that we've gotten for that one yet. I don't know. Leave me alone. [Tim]: I think that's the most truthful one you could get on the show. Right? [Nathan]: Yes and I appreciate that. So... [Chris]: That's good. [Nathan]: So number 2, what are some bad recommendations you hear in our profession? What are bad recommendations you hear all the time? [Tim]: Bad recommendations. You know I don't think anything is ever a bad recommendation. I think you just...you're just…you're just very misguided, right. You just…people don't realize all the ins and outs of how difficult it is to buy and sell a home.  Recommendations…Gosh I hear that every day. I hear bad recommendations every day. I will say that rather than giving examples you can probably tell by my face. My partner says that I have facial trots. And I can't hide it anymore. So when I hear something really weird or wonky my face just turns. So you know I don't say anything. You just kind of tell from my face. [Chris]: You just see the reaction.  [Tim]: You see the reaction. So I have been told that I need to really control my facial [laughter]… [Christian]: Start doing Botox. Just numb your face. [Chris]: Yeah it will tone it all down. Just nothing to worry. [Tim]: Yeah just gotta tone it down. That's probably you know sort of recommendations I hear all the time. I will tell you that. Just kind of be careful of that. [Nathan]: Got you. So 3rd one. What is a book that greatly influenced your life?  [Tim]: A book that greatly influenced…Who reads books? OK. [Nathan]: Audible counts. [Tim]: Yes I am a bad millennial. I like to have something in my hands. No this is… [Nathan]: I am a book nerd so… [Tim]: Oh you're a book nerd. You know I am a big fan of the Chronicles of Narnia and I do like reading a lot of of very you know I don't want to say Christiany but you know it's very interesting reads. You know things that are kind of up in the air and Scrutiny…One of my favorite books is the Scrutiny of Letters. It was…I re-read that book not long ago and it's a very good book. I would recommend it. [Christian]: Allegory. Allegory story. [Tim]: Yeah. I just like the title too. I mean Scrutiny of Letters. It's kind of like…you know. [Nathan]: I will tell you I like books. I do have to do a quick plug. For those that do listen and like to know what book…Right now I am reading a book called Men's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. If you haven't read great lately go grab this book. It's really interesting. He was an Auschwitz survivor. If you are having or struggling with your why in your life, go read this book. It will speak to you. Great book right now. This one right here. You can't see it because you're listening but those that are recording right now can, but an awesome book. So anyway, onto that. Well best answer ever. Leave me alone. Thank you for that. I appreciate it. [Tim]: [laughter]. [Christian]: I have a quick question as we're wrapping up here. So you own your own brokerage. So you're a managing agent. So are you selling real estate yourself? [Tim]: I am. I am a compete broker.  [Christian]: OK. So you're doing that [inaudible]. Whatever. We know what you mean. You're still involved in NAR? [Tim]: I am. [Christian]: Right you're still committee. So what's…What's…I mean I don't know how you find time for all of that. But what's kind of your next move? [Tim]: Mainly. [Christian]: Because of your involvement in the association. [Tim]: You know in this…as long as you can constantly serve and you know I don't mean that there is always ways to always get involved. You know I am a big Our Pack guy. I am a big global guy. Big diversity guy. You put your hands in a lot of business.  But the thing as…the important thing rather than what I want to do or what I see myself in 5 years with what the realtor world is really more of “Let's get everyone else involved too”. I think that's just really important on a local level. State level. International level. You know we hear all these different stories about “The realtor committee doesn't represent me” or certain things, “Certain communities don't represent me well”. We can find you a mission. We can find you a way to get involved. And I think that's the really more important story than trying to find where I really need to be plugged in the next life. We can all…We're all…We're realtors. We're selling real estate. We can bounce around. We can serve wherever we're asked. [Christian]: Yeah. Do you…Do you believe that non realtor, non-members have an ability to serve and make an impact without being a member of the NAR. Is there…is there diversity in that or… [Tim]: Yeah, so actually there's 4 multicultural associations that NAR recognizes rather. There is the agency of real estate association of America. There is a national association in… [Christian]: ARIA.  [Tim]: Yes ARIA. There is the national association of Gay and Lesbian in Real Estate professionals. NAGLREP. And National association of real estate brokers for the black community and the national association of real estate…of Hispanic real estate professional. NAHREP. So you know just because you're a realtor…You know if you're not a realtor and you want to get involved with some of our multicultural associations that's where to go.  And so they make an impact on their own communities itself. So yeah you don't have to be a realtor. We would always encourage you to be one but if you want to be one. But even if you're a part time or…you can still make an impact because there is so much to do in our world. And yes we don't have…There's only 24 hours in a day and we don't have a lot of time but you know there is always…You can shrug along and you can find something to do.  [Chris]: I couldn't agree more Tim. Thank you so much for joining us today. We got a lot of really great nuggets both on the fair housing side, both on your background and getting involved. For anybody who wants to reach out how can they find you? [Tim]: You can find me again…My name is really easy just think of the fictional American character of Charles Helson and think of Tim Hur. Other than that you can find me on Facebook. I am easily available on social media all summer. It's always nice when you get hacked and someone makes a fake profile of you which I found very recently but yeah you can't miss me.  But you can find me…the easiest way is just google me and find me. If you don't google yourself and do a vanity search of yourself I highly recommend it. [Chris]: Definitely. Awesome. Everybody thank you so much for tuning in for this episode of re:Think Real Estate. Catch us back next week as we celebrate our 50th anniversary…not anniversary. Our 50th episode.  [Tim]: Congrats you guys. [Chris]: Could be a long year. But thank you Tim for joining us. Everybody if you haven't go to rtrepodcast.com. Put in your email and name in the little subscription form and be alerted every time an episode drops. So you can hear great nuggets from guys like Tim Hur. Thank you and we'll see you next Monday.  [music] [Chris]: Thanks for tuning in this week's episode of the re:Think Real Estate Podcast. We would love to hear your feedback so please leave us a review on iTunes. Our music is curtesy of Dan Koch K-O-C-H, whose music can be explored and licensed for use at dankoch.net. Thank you Dan. Please like, share and follow. You can find us on Facebook at Facebook.com/rethinkpodcast. Thank you so much for tuning in everyone and have a great week.  [music]  

In This Week's Episode.....POWER Point #1: Belief in Yourself Behind and in Front of the Chair Danielle: Having a niche, owning your niche and being good at your craft creates power. The belief you have about yourself has an impact on your ability to produce. When I began my career in a small, rural town in Arizona, I believed there was a cap on my earning potential until I had one of those light bulb moments that created a shift within me. When I gained my power and realized the power of marketing, my business began to explode. Coach Ani: Most stylists are stuck in the box of what they believe they can and can't charge based on where they live and what everyone else is charging. It just takes one person finding their power and saying, "Fuck these rules, I'm not doing this! I'm going to make it up as I go because it doesn't matter!" This leads the way for others to do the same. QUESTION: Do you currently have limiting beliefs surrounding your income limitations or capabilities? What are they?   Point #2: It's an Inside Job Everything begins with a shift and story inside of you which oft times won't happen until you're mirrored back a new reality by individuals around you who show you what could be possible. This is exactly what the Big Money Stylist experience is and what the NBR tribe is all about. Valuing yourself by saying 'no' raises the bar and creates a powerful place within yourself and your business. Coach Ani shares her inspiring "sink or swim-no means yes" BMS journey and how she chose to make massive moves in her business, moves that first began taking place inside her own head. One by one, she began letting go of the stories: "You're supposed to take on all the clients, offer all the services - you're supposed to do everything! What are you thinking? You're turning away money!"   QUESTION: Who do you believe yourself to be? Who must you become in order to be, do, and have what you want?   Point #3: The Toleration Game Your life and your business are a result of what you choose to tolerate. There's a toleration game within how stylists and artists are treating themselves, what they have determined is the 'right' thing to do, what they have decided is the accepted modus operandi, and what is 'artistically correct.' So many stylists get stuck in the sacrifice game in the name of making money. Your power is obtained by what you're committed to and drained from what you tolerate. Your life cannot become more than you tolerate.             QUESTION:What are some ways you are stuck in the Sacrifice            Game by playing the Toleration Game?   Point #4: Reversing the Frame The entire industry has been built to teach stylists to go to powerlessness. The highest form of dysfunction inside the game of being an artist is where you don't listen to your own voice anymore - where the client begins dictating your direction. Coach Ani used to be at the beck and call of her clients until she reversed the frame and began seeing herself as the prize. She took control of who she allowed to sit in her chair by setting up an in depth application process, which garnered greater respect from her clients as well as creating a thriving business environment on her terms. The empowerment she felt and experienced in her business bled into all aspects of her personal life.   QUESTION: Where in your business will reversing the frame change the game for you?   Point #5: Create a Life That Actually Matters to You There are things you are tolerating that need to become intolerable to you. At the top of Coach Ani's list of intolerable's: tardiness and being on call for your clients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Finding your own power and letting go of bullshit results in turnarounds, breakthroughs, explosive business success, and peace & calm in artists' lives. Create a game and creation inside your artistic place that not only pays you what you're worth, but lets you enjoy your life outside of what you do in the business.   QUESTION: What are the top five things (behaviors, obstacles) you are tolerating inside your business - in front of and behind your chair - that if they became intolerable, your business would completely explode?   Quote of the Week: "I would get to this place of burnout and say, 'No, I don't want to be there. I don't want to do that!' I love hair. I love being in the game, but I'm going to set my own rules and create my own path." -- Danielle White   "I haven't sacrificed shit, I've just let go of things that don't work." --Anianne Rivera   Stay Tuned for Next Week's Topic....PRODUCTION

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Dave and Alissa Watson sing the Phil Wickham song "I Will Wait for You There" for special music.

Dave and Alissa Watson sing the Phil Wickham song "I Will Wait for You There" for special music.