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The power of Digital Story Telling using Video to bring creative ideas alive · Authentic Living

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  Welcome to authentic living with Roxanne, a place where we have conscious cover about
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  things that really matter in our lives.
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  And now here's your host, Roxanne Turhage.
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  Everyone, it's, Roxanne.
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  Thanks for tuning in this week, to I have a special guest, Chuck Davis.
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  Chad and I met each other a couple of years ago now.
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  We were in a a pretty big, mass mind group out of the US where we were privileged to, run
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  across each other.
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  And we have some, common colleagues and in, in common now that we stay connected with.
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  So, Chad, welcome, to authentic living with Roxanne.
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  Thanks so much, Roxanne.
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  I'm happy to be here.
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  So Chad's gonna talk about something that I know that most of us struggle with.
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  I know I do and I try to maintain my cool, but probably not a very pretty way often through my
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  day, which is technology.
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  So Today, Chad's gonna talk to us a little bit about his expertise, and he is an expert in, in
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  in technology.
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  So I'll I'll read a little bit about chat for you.
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  And, Chuck's gonna fill in any blanks that I maybe missed.
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  He's an award winning technology teacher who's helped over a 100,000 people learn, how to use
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  technology more successfully, creatively, and more securely.
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  He's taught workshops, online courses, webinars and delivered presentations on a wide range of
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  technology topics, coupled with this classroom teaching experience He makes it difficult
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  attainable with his engaging front approach and his in-depth knowledge of all things tech.
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  Sounds pretty good to me, chat.
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  Wow.
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  I hope I can live up to that.
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  The chat I'm you know, I know you work with a lot of different people, in a lot of different
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  professions like, with our our world or circles.
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  It's a lot of speakers, trainers, authors, and an an entrepreneur on an ongoing basis.
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  So tell me kind of what's what got you in this this path?
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  Like what what got you into technology.
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  Yeah.
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  It, you know, from an early age, I, I was very comfortable with technology, very comfortable
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  with systems and things.
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  And, coupled with a creative approach, I I I played the trumpet growing up, that was kind of
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  my art form and and now very much into what I call digital storytelling, you know,
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  photography and video.
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  And, as I got older, I saw my father struggle with technology.
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  And in his eighties, I, my parents lived just a couple hours away, and and I I saw him really,
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  really struggling.
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  And that was it it was a challenge for me to see, a man who I looked up to and who could
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  always do anything.
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  And, he was trying to to use technology to stay in touch with his body easier now and and watch
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  his golf online and and, with their community and the church choir and all that stuff.
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  And and and regularly getting calls of his frustration and it it it just frustrated me to
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  see him so challenged.
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  And, I realized there was just so much potential in in helping others master the
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  benefits of technology.
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  I I I, you know, it it's a double edged sword.
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  There's a lot of challenges, and there's certainly a lot of information about a a a p
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  how people use technology.
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  And and I don't advocate using it in place of a human connection, but I think it can help
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  inspire human connection and create connection.
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  And that's when I kind of set inside myself, you know, I'm gonna do whatever I can to help
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  people feel more comfortable with what I think is an important tool.
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  Absolutely.
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  And I think connection key.
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  Right?
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  Like, I think of, you know, I'm dating myself, but I remember, you know, when when Facebook
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  came out and and, you know, I was kinda like, nah, I was indifferent.
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  But I grew up in Trinidad.
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  So, you know, I left home when I was sixteen to come to Canada to go to school.
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  And of course, like with a lot of the my other friends, they went all over the world.
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  Some went back to Trinidad, some were state in Europe, you know, all over the US and Canada.
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  And then eventually somebody created this group.
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  From all the people in our year, that's entered school together and graduated together.
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  And guess what happened?
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  So here you are women all over the world now and anything that's going on in anyone's life
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  we know about, which is such a nice element.
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  Right?
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  So even though they don't see my life and kind of what's going on in my life, they they kinda
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  know, you know, what's with my family, those types of things.
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  And then when I go back to Trinidad, it's it's it's like we've never disconnected, which is
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  it's such an awesome and, like, a element to connection.
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  And, you know, I know we have other lots of negatives, which we know all about those, but,
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  you know, the positives to your point with your dad and his buddies and and connection with my
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  friends has been just it's been, invaluable.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  Very much.
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  So I know I've connected with a lot of people that I, grew up in the same community with.
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  And, you know, high school classmates and and etcetera, And, yeah, there's a degree of
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  superficiality, but it's but it's way more connection that I had, you know, outside or or
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  prior to that.
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  So There's some I kept in touch on the side, but but a lot more I've reconnected with.
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  And about 15 years ago, we had the benefit we spent a year in a motor home, and I did classes
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  all over the US and Canada.
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  I would we did 40 states and 2 provinces.
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  And and and I met a lot of new people on that trip and I've been able to rekindle friendships
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  and relationships.
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  I I I really do believe that technology has the power to make the world smaller.
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  And so by staying in touch with with friends, you know, on other continents as well, when
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  used properly, I do believe it has the power to increase connection, you know, not replace
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  connection, but increase it or maybe invite it.
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  So tell me about that, I did, you know, I'm remiss in remembering if I did know above that,
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  but tell me about that trip.
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  Like, what was the kind of the impetus to do that.
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  I mean, obviously, it's well in line with what you do, but I'm curious.
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  How what about that idea and what what you experienced and You know?
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  Yeah.
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  That was that was a a marvelous experience.
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  At the time, I was a sales manager for a company that sold a video editing products.
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  And, I I was kind of, for lack of better word, you know, the the the brand representative and
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  I love presenting.
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  I love speaking and teaching and love getting in front of a group and exciting them about the
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  potentials and the possibilities.
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  And so, my boss at the time said, hey.
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  I'd love to get you out in front of as many of our resellers as we can.
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  We had a network of of people across the US and Canada across North America.
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  And and I said, you know, I I love doing that, but I don't wanna be away from my family that
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  much.
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  You know, you want me on the road like every week doing this and this and this and, there's
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  a a part that excites me and and my youngest son was 3 at the time.
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  And, you know, I don't wanna be gone that much.
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  And, so I put my thinking cap on, and I said, what if, you know, my wife had just finished
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  her her doctorate degree.
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  So she was just finishing, her higher university.
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  My son was reached, so he didn't have commitments at school yet.
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  And so I came back and I proposed, hey.
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  What if we do this?
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  You know?
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  Put me in a motor home, and I'll go around to all of these places and we'll do workshops and
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  seminars, etcetera.
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  And, look how much, you know, how many people we can impact.
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  And they said, okay.
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  So we, we put our house up for rent.
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  And I think it was something like sixty two thousand miles in a thirty seven foot motor
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  home towing our car and visiting, like I said, 40 States and 2 provinces and doing workshop
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  some seminars and, it was an amazing experience getting to see parts of our continent and and
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  meeting so many wonderful people.
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  Yeah.
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  I could just imagine what an experience.
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  And then for your son who's kinda like, you know, having lots of learning in such so many
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  different ways and just just how, how ingenious to come up with that because to leave your
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  family behind, you know, we know we're traveling and how tough it is.
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  You know, because it's it's one thing after a while.
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  It's kinda it's kinda glamorous and sexy at the beginning.
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  And then after a while, it's like, okay, get me home.
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  Exactly.
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  And the cool thing about being in a motor home, I I know several people and they meant it said,
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  you're crazy.
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  You know?
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  But interesting thing about being in a motor home is is unlike, working out of a suitcase
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  where, you know, you're in a different hotel each night you you come home at the end of the
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  day too.
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  You're traveling home.
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  So, you know, my son's toys were there.
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  Our our stuff was there.
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  It was my bed with our bedspread, and and my wife was there.
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  And, and so it it was with us, and it truly wasn't met.
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  The only downside was we we got our son started on this on this wanderlust is, you know, when
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  when we finished the trip and we pulled into our driveway at the end of at the end of the
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  trip, he said, Where are we going tomorrow?
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  I said, well, sorry.
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  We're here for a while now.
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  Oh, how cute.
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  So I'm I'm, I want you to kind of, share with with us, kind of, that element of getting
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  comfortable with technology.
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  So I think you you must see a span of people from people like your dad So people that are
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  pretty savvy or high-tech or into things.
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  What when people come to you, chat, what what are their what what genre are people looking
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  for?
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  You know, that I I think that's the first most excellent question is is for me to turn the
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  tables and say, you know, what's your goal?
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  What do you what do you wanna get out of this?
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  And I think the important distinction is, I'm not here to low help you learn technology so
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  that you know technology, I'm here to help you use technology as a tool to accomplish
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  something.
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  So first, we have to identify what is that something, and then let's select the proper
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  tool and teach you what you need to know to use that tool.
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  I use the analogy of of tools because I think it's something easy for us you know, to kind of
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  wrap our our brain around is like if if if if I have, a drawer that that has a loose pull on
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  it, then I know I need to tighten that pull.
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  So I'll go to my toolbox and I'll select a screwdriver?
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  And then do I need a, you know, a flat head screwdriver, or do I need a Phillips
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  screwdriver?
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  Okay.
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  So I gotta select the proper tool.
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  And then I don't need to know everything there is to know about screwdrivers.
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  I just need to have the correct tool that's gonna do what I need it to do.
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  And then I'll put it back in the toolbox.
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  Right?
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  So, I know there's probably screwdriver representatives out there maybe listening on
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  this program who can tell us everything them and, you know, the composition and the
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  strength, etcetera.
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  But, you know, as an end user, I don't need to know all that.
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  I just need to know enough to get my job done.
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  The thing that I experience a lot, Roxanne, is is first of all, I think the huge part is is
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  confidence.
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  And helping instill the confidence that you can do this.
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  I see so many people who have already given up on their own capacity.
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  And in some ways, I'm a life coach.
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  That helps them realize they do have the ability to do this.
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  And, instead of giving it up and and thinking, especially working with a lot of older people,
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  you know, updating myself of an older person myself.
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  Anybody over, like, 3540, it's like, well, you know, My grandkids pick this up, and they can
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  do it right away.
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  You know?
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  Or, you know, this is for the young people.
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  And so all automatically in our minds, We're dismissing our own capabilities.
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  And I say, no.
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  No.
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  No.
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  No.
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  No.
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  Wait a minute.
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  What is it you wanna get done?
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  I believe you can do it, and I can help you do that.
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  You know, it is not such you hear that statement.
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  I I've said it too.
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  I'm a teenager.
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  Right?
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  I'm like, Oh, I'm sure RJ will figure it out.
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  And then you're right.
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  I'm already discounting the my ability to probably just sit through from saying to myself
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  before getting overwhelmed, then I am going to get overwhelmed.
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  So most likely, I will get overwhelmed when I'm stuck.
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  Right?
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  So you're right.
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  It's that confidence of that voice in my head to say, oh my goodness.
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  How am I gonna fig figure out Camtasia?
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  Like, I I'm already overwhelmed I've watched a couple YouTube videos and I'm freaking out.
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  So I think you're right.
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  Having someone just walk you through the steps or teach you some of the basics.
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  Right?
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  And and then figuring out how you learn best.
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  Right?
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  Like, do you let let you learn best by my sometimes I learn best by listening chat and
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  not looking.
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  And sometimes I learn best by listening and watching, and sometimes it's just reading based
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  on on my, you know, my level of, energy or my discomfort or comfort or with learning a new
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  skill?
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  Do you find a lot of people kind of, might struggle with those types of things?
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  Oh, a 100%.
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  100%.
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  That, you know, I think why I have such a passion for this as well Roxanne is is I am a
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  for for good or bad, a classical quote teacher.
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  I I I was a classroom teacher for 17 years, and so, learning styles and modalities I I love to
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  teach people.
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  I love what I what I strive for most is what I call, enjoying the moment.
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  When I'm working with a learner, whether it's in one of my online classes and, you know, they
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  they respond back or or a face to face workshop or, you know, speaking to a group of people
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  when I can see their eyes sparkle and I can see they get it.
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  That just thrills me.
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  It's like, yes.
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  I knew you could and they get it.
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  And that's, to me, is is a real powerful moment and and a lovely moment.
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  And I think that's partly why I'm really excited about, working with people in this
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  realm.
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  I think there's just because you know something doesn't mean you can teach it.
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  And that may put some people off.
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  And and and I don't mean to do that.
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  But it's I mean, teaching is an art and a science.
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  And I believe everybody maybe can be a great teacher, but just saying something isn't
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  teaching.
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  Like you said, some people learn best through list some people through readings, many people
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  by doing it themselves.
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  And so people say often, you know, well, they're you can find anything to do on YouTube.
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  Yeah.
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  But have you waited through all the different options?
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  You know?
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  I have fixed my clothes dryer.
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  I fixed our kitchen range by watching YouTube videos, but I had to sift through ones, some
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  with irrelevant or incorrect information, and some just people who, though well intentioned
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  their video was like, oh my gosh.
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  I can't watch this anymore.
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  And so it's It's that proper presentation.
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  It's covering the material in a way that helps someone learn.
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  I took a left turn there, but I think that's, that's a big challenge is a lot of people set
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  out to learn something and they haven't maybe found the right teacher for themselves yet.
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  That's a good point.
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  Right?
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  Cause I I've I've tried that and sometimes I I you know, I'm in on freak out mode and I'm
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  trying to learn, and then I'm trying to find the I'm trying to find the answer on YouTube.
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  And then I'm like, oh, no.
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  I can't do that.
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  Okay.
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  Forget that.
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  I don't that person has been oh my goodness.
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  No.
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  No.
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  That's too much tax.
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  Or, you know what I mean?
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  You're right.
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  And then before you're you're dizzy, and you're like, okay.
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  I need to take a break now.
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  I think I I I think need a nap.
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  You know what I mean?
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  To go back to it, so you can't ask for that.
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  You know, if I can go back to something you said a minute ago too about learning something
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  new and thinking and starting.
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  And then this is uncomfortable, and it's so easy for the kids.
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  There there's a term you may have heard, and and a lot of people are calling the young
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  people today, digital natives.
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  Our children, our grandchildren, our digital natives.
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  They grew up with this.
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  Okay?
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  It's just around them.
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  It's very natural.
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  For us, where technology is a new thing, it it it doesn't come naturally But again, it doesn't
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  mean that we can't learn it.
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  It's something that, it comes differently to young people.
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  Yes.
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  But again, that's something they're humans.
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  They've learned it.
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  We can do that too.
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  And, I heard an interesting phrase in a podcast this week, and and the presenter said that,
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  discomfort is the currency of your dreams.
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  Discomfort is the currency of your dreams.
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  And I thought about that, and I said, that works well with a lot of people that I work
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  with as well, and and a lot of our colleagues on and speakers and authors and and not
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  suggesting that you go out of your way to find, you know, a life that's uncomfortable.
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  But sometimes because it's new, we as human creatures find things that are new,
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  uncomfortable at first.
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  Right?
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  But then we do it and we realize, oh my gosh.
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  Okay.
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  Yeah.
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  I did that.
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  So that is a big part of of it for me is taking small steps on the way to learn what you need
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  to learn and celebrating every step of the way.
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  You know, that that really makes sense.
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  Right?
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  Because, like, you know, my little example is me freaking out because I'm trying to, you
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  know, bite off too many big chunks, right, and try to and then, you know, kinda thinking,
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  okay.
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  That's not right.
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  That's not right.
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  And then Of course, where am I?
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  I'm just kinda spinning from it versus saying, okay, what part of this can I learn today?
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  Right?
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  What little part of you know, an interface that's new to me can I learn?
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  Right?
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  And then and then mucking around because I'm thinking of when I used to, you know, years ago
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  when we were kinda getting everything kind of, coming at us in reference to marketing with our
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  with our, mastermind in Philadelphia.
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  It was like, during the headlights because it was like, woah, this is a lot of information.
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  And now years later, you were not.
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  I mean, you were already into technology, but me, I was relatively new.
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  And now I look at where I am, you know, 3 years later, and it's it's like night and Day.
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  Yes.
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  There's a lot there's still a lot to learn.
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  But now I'm I'm I'm kinda saying, okay.
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  I can't learn IGTV today, right, because everybody's, you know, every time a new
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  technology comes, everybody's on it.
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  And then you kinda used to, in 15, I would be overwhelmed because I had to learn it.
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  Now I'm like, okay.
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  It's alright.
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  It's not part of my marketing.
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  I might get to it.
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  I talk myself down, then I go from
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  there.
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  Exactly.
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  I think you're right.
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  It's the newness of it and then being realistic about you know, what capacity can I take in
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  knowing I have a new skill and and then, you know, how do I practice it?
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  You know, how do I practice it?
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  Try it, see what works, what's got easier, those types of things.
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  And, like, with anything else, it just gets a little bit more comfortable.
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  We don't like changes.
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  Human beings, you're right.
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  We don't like change.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  You know, it it and a a parallel I see with that is kind of that overwhelm and I know a lot
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  of, you know, entrepreneurs face that is like, well, I I feel like I need to be on Facebook
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  and I've gotta have a LinkedIn profile and I gotta be on and I'm I'm setting up my Pinterest
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  and trying to do all these things, and none of them particularly well.
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  And and and and it's much better to just focus on one that you love that that suits you well.
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  And that's that goes back to that tool analogy.
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  Right?
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  When I when I need to fix something, I don't go to my garage and, you know, and grab all these
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  things and bring them back in the house.
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  I that's I have to discern which one's right for me.
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  And so that's the first step is which one's right.
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  And I I the parallel I see with what I call common folks everybody, regardless of your
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  profession, is, around security.
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  And that's been a big focus of me.
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  In fact, I'm hoping to finally have my my book on tech security out this next spring, but
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  it's, is I think people are are learning enough to know that they should be more secure in
• 21:32
  their use of technology.
• 21:34
  But they're so overwhelmed.
• 21:36
  They don't know where to start that it's like, oh, well, you know, that's and kind of dismiss
• 21:42
  it like, well, that's that's too challenging and I'll I'll just go on and do the best I can
• 21:47
  when instead of taking those like you said, those those bite sized steps and and instilling
• 21:54
  the confidence and move through that little bit of discomfort.
• 21:57
  To take control themselves and realized you do have the capacity to be successful, to be more
• 22:05
  secure.
• 22:06
  So tell me some of the things that you actually teach.
• 22:10
  Are they actual, social media courses?
• 22:15
  What kind of things do you actually teach on, on your site and on in your coaching?
• 22:21
  Sure.
• 22:22
  I I actually about, I I think my online teachings in, I think, 5 different sites.
• 22:26
  I have I have a 109,000 students right now in in
• 22:30
  Oh my goodness.
• 22:32
  A variety of different.
• 22:33
  And I teach everything from, you know, iPhone Photography, to, using digital tools as a
• 22:40
  professional So, with with a kind of a hyper focus, authors, speakers, and coaches, using
• 22:48
  technologies to become more successful in your business there.
• 22:52
  But, I am launching a new program in the in in the new year that's related to what I call a
• 22:59
  tech success club helping.
• 23:02
  Everybody use technology more successful.
• 23:04
  And that's what I would call general technology.
• 23:06
  It's not technology for Geeks, I think there's enough people out in the ad space, but it's
• 23:10
  technology for for for us to to be more successful in in our particular ways.
• 23:16
  But that focus on security is something that I, is near and dear to me because I've I've I've
• 23:23
  met with people that have lost 1000 of dollars to scammers.
• 23:28
  And I was just reading this morning, and it shocked the heck out of me that a year ago,
• 23:36
  mobile phone, fraud was like 3.7%.
• 23:42
  This last year, the determination is 30% of all mobile calls are fraudulent.
• 23:49
  And the expectation is that in 2019, we will see 50% half of all mobile phone calls will be
• 23:57
  fraudulent in some way, shape, or form.
• 24:00
  And, like I said, I've seen people usually older citizens, our, you know, our our parents
• 24:06
  and grandparents, built out of not 100, 1000 of dollars with nobody course, and it just It it
• 24:14
  just makes me angry.
• 24:17
  And, that's part of my challenge I think is to enable people to help themselves and help their
• 24:24
  parents, you know, help family members realize that there's some simple steps we can take and
• 24:29
  these people are praying on the the fear and the insecurity, but they're using technology in
• 24:35
  a way that people don't, you know, they're they're making you think there's somebody
• 24:38
  they're not, and they're using technology very inappropriately, illegally, and and that's
• 24:45
  where I wanna give people that confidence to say, no.
• 24:48
  No.
• 24:48
  I'm gonna hang up now.
• 24:49
  Right?
• 24:50
  And you know what?
• 24:50
  And I I can give you a story, like, you know, to kinda speak to that.
• 24:54
  And I'm, you know, I'm pretty savvy but I received a call from our, you know, our your
• 25:00
  equivalent of VRS versus that I'm calling from Revenue Canada.
• 25:05
  My badge number is blah blah blah blah blah.
• 25:09
  Really quickly.
• 25:10
  So I'm like, okay.
• 25:12
  Right?
• 25:12
  I'm a business owner, you know, obviously, with our business taxes and all that stuff.
• 25:16
  And I'm like, and you need, you know, you need to call back, hang up and call back this number
• 25:21
  immediately.
• 25:22
  Because there, you know, is some issue with legal action against you from outstanding
• 25:28
  taxes.
• 25:28
  And I'm like, well, that doesn't make sense, but I said, Okay.
• 25:31
  What's the number?
• 25:33
  I said, give me your give me this number that I need to call back.
• 25:37
  So I took down the number, And I said, okay.
• 25:39
  I'll give a callback.
• 25:40
  Then I called Revenue Canada themselves.
• 25:43
  The correct number that I knew I had, and I said, I'm calling.
• 25:46
  I give, you know, give them my social insurance and I said, I just received a call.
• 25:50
  She said that's fraud.
• 25:53
  Yeah.
• 25:54
  Yeah.
• 25:54
  And I'm like, If the average, I mean, person re because you're freaking out
• 25:59
  Right.
• 25:59
  Well, and then you could probably call and probably give them your social insurance number
• 26:03
  and gun then god knows what.
• 26:05
  Happens at that point.
• 26:07
  You know?
• 26:08
  And is now they've got all your private information, blah blah blah.
• 26:11
  So it was, you know, and I I and I that has happened not once, but twice to me.
• 26:16
  Yeah.
• 26:17
  I I I you are so right.
• 26:19
  And they're taking 1 of 2 routes.
• 26:21
  This one is requiring and and they're very, threatening, either at, you know, fear of of
• 26:31
  legal action or, and sometimes it's, we have your your son or grandson and and they're, you
• 26:38
  know, we caught them.
• 26:39
  They're going to jail, etcetera.
• 26:40
  We could stop this.
• 26:41
  You know, here's bail, that kind of stuff.
• 26:43
  And if you're, you know, an elderly remember, especially living a distance away, you might
• 26:47
  think, oh my gosh.
• 26:48
  You know, what what can I do to help?
• 26:50
  You know?
• 26:50
  And and they're very immediate about a course of action.
• 26:54
  Either with, like you say, the the private information here in the US would be your Social
• 26:58
  Security number, that kind of stuff.
• 27:00
  And then they're developed, then it's, you know, I identity theft, and they're creating
• 27:04
  credit cards under your name, etcetera, or they pressure people to buy gift cards or to
• 27:10
  turnover, monetary value I just reading this morning to power companies that's rampant in
• 27:14
  the wintertime.
• 27:16
  They they help people over the phone open up a debit card to pay off, an an o outstanding
• 27:25
  balance on the current bill to avoid your heat being shut off.
• 27:28
  And if you're a know, a shut and elderly person in a very cold climate, you're thinking, oh my
• 27:32
  gosh.
• 27:32
  I I don't want my heat turned off.
• 27:34
  It's freezing.
• 27:34
  So they comply with these people.
• 27:36
  And then they run up 100 of dollars of bills.
• 27:38
  So it's Yes.
• 27:40
  These little steps, I think, that we opening emails.
• 27:43
  Like, I get emails every week that I know are not from the people they portend to be, and
• 27:48
  there's a very simple video I have online that, that you can by hovering over it with your
• 27:54
  mouse.
• 27:54
  You can see who the original identity but but people don't take that simple step because
• 28:00
  you're in that fear mode.
• 28:03
  So that's so that's, on your on your sites that's something people can access for
• 28:08
  security.
• 28:08
  Do you have courses specific for security on your site right now?
• 28:13
  I do.
• 28:13
  In fact, I've I've got, what I consider a great little resource.
• 28:16
  It's it's a free nine page, document, a PDF book that's called creating safe passwords.
• 28:23
  And I think that's that's the biggest beast.
• 28:25
  This, passwords overwhelms to many of It's like, I know I'm supposed to have, you know,
• 28:29
  more secure passwords.
• 28:30
  The the the the number one password, I think it's 10 years in a row is p a s s w r d.
• 28:36
  So followed second by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
• 28:39
  But,
• 28:41
  I can't believe people will do that.
• 28:43
  Oh, you yes.
• 28:45
  Yes.
• 28:45
  Even businesses I visited there.
• 28:47
  I I can I log on here in that?
• 28:48
  Yeah.
• 28:48
  Here.
• 28:49
  Here's the password.
• 28:49
  1, 2, 3, 4.
• 28:50
  I'm really But, the, yeah, the the book is if you are practicing safe tech.com is is the
• 29:00
  website where you can get that free that free PDF.
• 29:03
  It'll guide you to some of those videos as well.
• 29:07
  And you'll be signed up to receive an email once my book practicing safe technically.
• 29:12
  Awesome.
• 29:12
  Well, I'm I'm gonna go check it out, just, you know, to anything more around that, I I think
• 29:18
  would be helpful.
• 29:19
  So thanks for thanks for sharing that resource.
• 29:22
  Now I want now I wanna shift our focus back a little bit to, with all the technologies, you
• 29:31
  know, whether you're somebody doing a, you know, a a project at for school or someone
• 29:35
  that's an entrepreneur like myself that you know, does do put out stuff weekly, on social
• 29:42
  and to my list, a lot of videos and those types of things.
• 29:46
  There's always that that thought in the back of my mind, you know, am I doing it perfect?
• 29:52
  So I wanted you to speak from your perspective you know, with technology, what are some of the
• 29:57
  things that, you know, we should keep in mind?
• 29:59
  Cause I think oftentimes, oh, that's not done right, or are they you know, goodness they're
• 30:03
  gonna be able to see that I didn't know what to say next or, you know, I didn't seem polished
• 30:08
  enough for those types of things.
• 30:09
  Do you have some kind of, you know, guidance that you could give people that might be
• 30:13
  listening that might have the same kind of concern that I do.
• 30:17
  Yeah.
• 30:17
  Yeah.
• 30:18
  And it's a great question.
• 30:19
  I think, you know, one of one of my mentors, one of the people I look up to is Jack
• 30:24
  Canfield.
• 30:25
  And if if I'm starting a Facebook live or doing a podcast or something else, I might think Wow.
• 30:34
  Really?
• 30:34
  You know, I'm gonna step in front of the mic today.
• 30:36
  I'm gonna I'm gonna be Jack Canfield number 2.
• 30:39
  And I think that's the biggest mistake right out of the gate is I'm comparing myself to
• 30:44
  somebody I'm not.
• 30:46
  And, you know, uh-uh, I think built around your whole brand Roxanne is the most important thing
• 30:52
  is to be your authentic self.
• 30:54
  Mhmm.
• 30:55
  And how can you use technology to share with people your mission, your passion, your person,
• 31:03
  and That's part of the searching is, like, first identify who you are and what is your
• 31:10
  unique gift to the world.
• 31:12
  And then let's use a technology that enables people to see and experience who that is and
• 31:21
  realize that by me, maybe hemming and hawing or stammering or, you know, coughing on camera or
• 31:30
  something, is, we're we're not looking for network TV.
• 31:34
  We're looking for connection.
• 31:36
  And that's the most important part is whether you're using Instagram or face book or your
• 31:42
  podcast or whatever it is.
• 31:44
  Allow people out there to see who you really are because that's what they're drawn to.
• 31:50
  They're not drawn to perfection.
• 31:52
  They can turn on network TV if they wanna watch a program.
• 31:55
  You know, they want they want something meaningful, and I think that's what sometimes
• 32:01
  is missing.
• 32:01
  We we we take that step as an entrepreneur to be perfect, but people don't want perfect.
• 32:06
  People want you and they what you have to bring to the table, if that makes sense.
• 32:12
  Oh, absolutely.
• 32:13
  And I think I've gone through, you know, as a new entrepreneur, you're kinda thinking, you
• 32:19
  know, yeah, and then you're right.
• 32:20
  You see the Jack Cam fields of the world and you, you know, the Tony Robbins and and even,
• 32:24
  you know, Steve Harrison, see, you know, I think you think, okay.
• 32:27
  How am I gonna fit my model in there somewhere?
• 32:29
  And then you go, I can't do any of those things.
• 32:34
  Right?
• 32:34
  Try to do them, but I'll do them poorly.
• 32:36
  And then you get back to the point, like, like to your point, I am Roxanne.
• 32:40
  I, you know, I believe in in in people, being themselves that we are not defined from what
• 32:46
  they we come from.
• 32:47
  We can create what whatever we want, and we've all been through stuff.
• 32:51
  But there's a way to get to deal with it in a way that that propels you forward to stay, the
• 32:56
  best version of yourself.
• 32:57
  That's my brand.
• 32:58
  And, you know, obviously, that goes from the spectrum of just mental well-being all the way
• 33:04
  up to mental health issues.
• 33:06
  So I think what you're right when you, you know, when you figure out your unique gifts to
• 33:11
  your point, you're always speaking from your heart and that, you know, I'm I'm consistent to
• 33:16
  your thinking, when I'm you know, I, you know, if I'm teaching something until I did a talk on
• 33:20
  time management while I was talking about be be connected to why you do what you do, and then
• 33:26
  using your time effectively to take care of yourself so that you could focus on your why.
• 33:31
  So it made it easy because I thought you know, I'm a a business seminar talking about tag
• 33:36
  management and how am I going to, you know, create create any value that speaks to what's
• 33:42
  important to my brand and also to to the audience.
• 33:45
  So I think you're right.
• 33:46
  And it's something that I think, working with, you know, quantum leap like we did, it really
• 33:52
  started that process to really, really, not get overwhelmed by everything coming at you.
• 33:59
  But to really kind of funnel down to, you know, what's that thin edge of the wedge for me.
• 34:04
  Right?
• 34:04
  And and that's really about being authentic with you.
• 34:07
  You love teaching.
• 34:08
  You love technology.
• 34:09
  Like, what a, what a great marriage there between both of those because that's what you
• 34:14
  do out there in the world.
• 34:15
  And mind is to, you know, teach people that, guess we all have me think of how much time you
• 34:21
  use your brain, chat, in any different given day.
• 34:24
  And that's, you know, with caring and kindness for your body and your mind, you know, you're
• 34:29
  equipped to do anything possible.
• 34:31
  But we can't do it all and what kind of steps do you take to to kind of inoculate or or care
• 34:37
  for yourself so that that capacity stays at a 100%.
• 34:41
  So important.
• 34:42
  You know, you mentioned, Steve Harrison, one of one of the phrases that resonate in my mind is
• 34:48
  that and I hear this in all different kinds of ways with entrepreneurs is, you know, people do
• 34:52
  business with those.
• 34:53
  They know, they like, and they trust.
• 34:55
  Mhmm.
• 34:56
  And and I think that's to me the greatest potential that technology offers.
• 35:01
  Each of us is that, especially as entrepreneurs, is we can use technology as a
• 35:06
  way to connect to reach out to 100 and thousands of people and share our passion and
• 35:12
  share our mission.
• 35:13
  And for those who resonate with us, they're probably gonna wanna take deeper steps because
• 35:19
  they find value in what we bring when we're truly authentic.
• 35:22
  And and that's that potential is not to be everything to everyone, but recognize there's
• 35:27
  there's somebody out there who would really appreciate what it is you have to offer.
• 35:32
  And so be that authentic individual and enable them to see the real you and to connect with
• 35:38
  that real you.
• 35:40
  I think that's just so important.
• 35:43
  Absolutely.
• 35:44
  And, you know, and, you know, with technology, I think you're so right.
• 35:47
  A lot of people get overwhelmed by technology, and then they're not they they try to they, you
• 35:54
  know, they try to do too many things, right, like you're you're so right in saying, Pick 1
• 35:58
  interface to start, maybe 2 at a time.
• 36:01
  Perfect the first one.
• 36:02
  You know, you know, this concept that we can multitask.
• 36:05
  We know how.
• 36:06
  Horrendously wrong.
• 36:07
  That is just pick 1 and get a cuss if it's Facebook, you know, get get comfortable with
• 36:11
  Facebook, every aspect of Facebook.
• 36:13
  Like, I mean, you can run an entire platform from just Facebook, right, like videos and
• 36:18
  lives and, you know, chats and all that stuff and then just putting out good content from
• 36:25
  every kind of learning model.
• 36:26
  Like, we talked about audio, visual, you know, those types of big text.
• 36:31
  You can you can build a brand just by using one interface.
• 36:35
  But I think you're right.
• 36:36
  When you go on the internet to learn about how to market, talk about that is you you get
• 36:43
  overwhelmed because there's so much information and you're not sure Where do I go?
• 36:50
  Like, who who who do I go to?
• 36:52
  Like, because everybody has perspective.
• 36:54
  Right?
• 36:55
  And then to your point, it then it becomes overwhelming, and then you shut you think, oh,
• 36:58
  I'm not I'll do this next week.
• 37:01
  Right.
• 37:02
  Well, you know, it's like walking if any one of us were to walk on a university campus and
• 37:07
  recognize maybe at that moment in time, there's 562 classes that are being offered right now
• 37:13
  today.
• 37:14
  And it'd be like, I mean, YouTube's like that.
• 37:16
  Right?
• 37:16
  You just go, oh, I'm gonna pop into this classroom and sit down and, oh, oh, this one's
• 37:21
  not for me.
• 37:22
  Let me come over here.
• 37:23
  That's it's it's why you need, theoretically, you know, a guidance counselor or someone,
• 37:27
  first of all, who says, okay.
• 37:28
  What are your goals?
• 37:29
  What do you wanna accomplish?
• 37:31
  Alright.
• 37:32
  So I recommend you take this class and then you take this class next and this class next.
• 37:36
  And I think that's what's missing sometimes is and this is my the old teacher in me is is is
• 37:41
  an articulated plan to help you get there.
• 37:44
  And that's what I offer in in my coursework and in my programs is what I call the scaffolding.
• 37:52
  That's a big term in in project based education.
• 37:55
  It's the scaffolding to help you get from point a to point b.
• 37:59
  With steps along the way instead of saying, okay.
• 38:01
  Just here.
• 38:02
  Learn YouTube.
• 38:03
  Here you go.
• 38:03
  Here's a here's a box.
• 38:05
  You know?
• 38:05
  No.
• 38:06
  No.
• 38:06
  No.
• 38:06
  We as humans don't learn like that.
• 38:08
  Very few of us do.
• 38:08
  There are some who could just take it and run, but most of us need the the the progress along
• 38:14
  the way like you suggest.
• 38:16
  Mhmm.
• 38:16
  Absolutely.
• 38:17
  I I would definitely agree.
• 38:19
  So for for people wanting to connect with you and to Tell them where they can reach you and
• 38:28
  your websites where they can go now you said you have 55, platforms.
• 38:34
  So I would say the main platform where they can go to and if there's, what if they're I don't
• 38:39
  know about, you know, if there's one to one coaching or group coaching that you offer that
• 38:44
  So please let them know where they can get a hold of you.
• 38:47
  Sure.
• 38:48
  Yeah.
• 38:48
  In fact, I do offer I'm launching a brand new, one on one tech coaching program in the New
• 38:53
  Year as well.
• 38:55
  Along with group coaching.
• 38:56
  I do some, live hands on workshops and video production.
• 38:59
  That was what I taught for 17 years.
• 39:02
  As well as the my general technology program.
• 39:04
  So, a couple different ways I would recommend is if you go to tech tech
• 39:10
  successclub.comtechsuccessclub.com.
• 39:15
  You can sign up and and you'll get an email with some regular technology updates.
• 39:20
  My little short videos on on a variety of different technologies, and and you'll be made
• 39:23
  aware when the tech success club actually launches as It's kind of a membership program
• 39:28
  to learn new technologies each month.
• 39:30
  And the other is the the the practicing safe tech dotcom for for safety and insecurity.
• 39:39
  Those are the two outlets that I think most people would find lots of value.
• 39:42
  My regular website is your technology tutor.com.
• 39:47
  If you're a speaker author or coach or or someone looking for a presenter, you know, with
• 39:52
  your organization.
• 39:53
  I speak on a variety of topics.
• 39:55
  I'm happy to engage in conversation there, but there's a there's some ways check out what I
• 40:00
  have to offer and and, you know, if if you find me an authentic fit to what you're doing, I'm
• 40:04
  happy to have a conversation.
• 40:05
  So otherwise, I hope that my material out there helped you you know, use technology more
• 40:11
  successfully.
• 40:12
  So, you know, you've taught me and reinforced some of the things that I already knew, but you
• 40:17
  know, thank you again for sharing that, you know, just take your time and take one step,
• 40:23
  right, and don't get overwhelmed.
• 40:25
  Because I really look at how far I've come in in and I'm not still not a techie.
• 40:30
  I have a VA that does some things for me and those types of things, but, just, I but but now
• 40:37
  compared to the, you know, 2015 Roxanne, would say I'm a bit of a techie now compared to what
• 40:43
  I was.
• 40:44
  Nice.
• 40:44
  Nice.
• 40:45
  You know, I think that's an important piece of it as well, Roxanne, is that at the end of the
• 40:49
  day or or the end of an hour when when you've made even an incremental bit of progress, go go
• 40:55
  to the bathroom and high 5 yourself in the mirror is like, I think we as humans, we need
• 40:59
  to celebrate even small successes and and continue to move forward.
• 41:03
  Absolutely.
• 41:03
  I'm gonna remember doing that then because I if I if I would have sit down and think of what
• 41:07
  I've taught myself or, with minimal instruction at times, in technology since I've started even
• 41:14
  this year, with my, you know, podcasts and stuff like that, I've I've, you know, I've
• 41:18
  learned a lot So I'm gonna check out your your success club because I think it would be
• 41:24
  something that would be beneficial to me.
• 41:26
  So thank you for taking the time, to be here with us today.
• 41:30
  I'm hoping I'm thinking your your California weather's a lot better than ours.
• 41:33
  We're pretty cold up here in Niagara Falls.
• 41:37
  So and I hope to reconnect with our group pretty soon.
• 41:40
  So for everyone, you know, what I would suggest is, to Chad's point, Technology is there, but
• 41:48
  remember to stay connected to why you're doing what you're doing.
• 41:52
  What is the, you know, what is the message that you're trying to get across?
• 41:56
  And and how are people experiencing that with you and figuring out that is most important.
• 42:01
  And then from that point, then figuring out maybe one platform that might be worked for you
• 42:06
  and starting with that.
• 42:07
  So if you're wanting more information on me, you can go to
• 42:10
  roxandorhodge.comforward/blueprint where you can download a free course and for any
• 42:16
  companies listening, you can also reach me there where I'm a mental health and wellness
• 42:21
  expert.
• 42:21
  Okay.
• 42:22
  Take care, chat, and we'll connect soon.
• 42:24
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• 42:30
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• 42:31
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• 42:41
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• 42:43
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