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We all know that the truth isn’t always pretty but it can also be uncomfortable at times. You know what else is uncomfortable? Growth! Here at the Uncomfortable Truth our Host Velvet Jones and Qaadi team up to tackle subjects not often openly discussed or viewed as taboo in the Black Community. We welcome you along for the ride, it’s The Uncomfortable Truth with Velvet Jones & Qaadi
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Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth® is a weekly broadcast from “The Rock Star of Consulting,” Alan Weiss, who holds forth with his best (and often most contrarian) ideas about society, culture, business, and personal growth. His 60+ books in 12 languages, and his travels to, and work in, 50 countries contribute to a fascinating and often belief-challenging 20 minutes that might just change your next 20 years.
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Brutally honest weekly content designed to inspire uplift and most importantly to dare to think! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theuncomfortabletruth1/support
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Honest takes on politics, current events, entertainment and sports for the average street dude or just a person bored with CNN. Short and sweet. We have fun. We laugh. But main objective of this podcast is to inform.
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Uncomfortable Truths is hosted by Melbourne comedian Pradeepa Timmermans. She interviews interesting local comedians and regular people here in Australia. Each podcast briefly discusses or delves right into at least one uncomfortable truth. These include topics like being a comedian, writing comedy, sex, addiction, corruption, experiences of failure as well as success, mental health - you know, the stuff we don’t talk about. The only thing we find more uncomfortable than these subjects is tr ...
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The best leaders and most successful people I’ve met also exemplify generosity. This is not an accident.“Generosity” means “giving or sharing,” and being liberal in so doing. It isn’t primarily about money, but it is about credit, recognition, time, listening, coaching, supporting, and so forth. If it’s authentic, then it’s consistent, not situatio…
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Shane and Obie talk about how to intentionally meet your teen with the wisdom and grace they need.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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โดย Velvet Jones & Qaadi
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I was required to engage in a “liberal arts” education at Rutgers. That meant that I had to have credits in languages over two or three years, science every year, history for two years, and English for two years. Although I majored in Political Science, because I thought I was going to law school (!), these other classes were required.The length an…
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Where do you go when you find yourself empty? Shane and Obie sit down in the new studio space and talk avoiding burnout.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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A Conversation with Al McCree
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Al McCree is a former fighter pilot who has flown 196 missions! He is an executive in the music business and has managed all kinds of talent. He’s also worked with top business executives.We talk about the differences and similarities of combat flying and the competition of the music business and the challenges of changing hearts and minds in a bus…
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โดย Velvet Jones & Qaadi
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Primary and secondary1 End the “warehousing” of children• Chronology is silly and hundreds of years old• Socialization is important, but not at this cost• Move kids as they learn• Measure learning by outcomes: application, tests, etc.2. Stop defaulting to college educations• Prepare for a range of employment opportunities• I sat next to too many du…
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Not just about the government or the banks or big Pharma, but even sports when YOUR team loses! “The refs were crooked, it was rigged.”9/11 was an “inside” job, and we never landed on the moon.Key elements: belief in a pattern underlying the event; provocative and deliberate plans; coalitions or groups are involved, even disparate ones; there is a …
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Ask yourself this if you’re unhappy.
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My birthday episode I share some relationship advice that could change your life. ( Seriously) But fair warning, it requires some serious reflection and be prepared to deal with growing pains .
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The more pressure you feel, the more your talent is “masked” and the worse you perform. You control pressure.You can’t allow yourself to feel “judged” every time you speak, write, or perform. And when and if you do need feedback, never accept it from unsolicited sources, which is always for the sender’s benefit, not yours. Seek solicited feedback f…
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Do you need shoes that you can put on without touching them, without bending down, without even sitting down? Barring those whose illnesses or conditions prohibit bending, just how lazy are the rest of us becoming?Skechers sells some shoes which have a patented device near the top of the heel that allows you to slip into them without manipulating t…
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Shane and Obie discuss the book, The Go-Giver, and what success means in terms of humbling yourself before men.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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Going Out Of Business
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โดย Velvet Jones & Qaadi
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Some things we can control, some we can influence, and some we can neither control nor influence. It’s important to understand the differences, and it’s vital to never cede control nor underestimate our abilities to control.Facing a prospect for the first time, what do you think you can control, influence, or affect neither? (Listen to the podcast …
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Special Guest Richard Ishihara: Ultimate Night Vision Channel
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Shane sits down with Richard Ishihara, owner of the YouTube channel Ultimate Night Vision. They talk life, the curse and blessing of social media, and His recent step into Christianity.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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We’re going to need tens of millions of electric charging stations to satisfy goals for electric cars in six years set by the government. It looks like we might have 500,000. Electric cars might represent zero carbon footprint improvement. The mining of lithium is dirty and expensive and requires a lot of energy. Disposal of the batteries presents …
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Have you mastered your mind?
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The average life expectancy is 4-5 years after retirement. Why? Many put their worth and mental acuity into their job, and when it is gone they find not much else to live by. Obie, Shane, and Shaun dive into the value of sharpening your mind through every season of life.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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I send out • Daily video • Monthly video • Weekly podcast • Monthly newsletter • Weekly newsletter • Blog 7 days publicly • Blog 7 days to community • Post on X 7 times per week • Post on LinkiedIn 3 times per week • Send out monthly promo pieceThat’s 1,651 potential contact points with clients and prospects annuallyThat’s why I receive unsolicited…
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Why Did Jesus Wash His Disciples’ Feet?
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Any capable leader knows that humility is critical to their success. What does the pattern that Jesus Christ set tell us about this servant leadership?โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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The pandemic is a milestone event. Even if the medical effects have been ameliorated (which is debatable), the social impact is huge and continuing. Some of the evidence:• Some people continuing to wear masks, which also serve as a “warning” to others, and is an extreme behavior if one isn’t otherwise medically compromised. Covid transmission inter…
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What do you do that is hard?
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Obie and Shane discuss the merits of discipline in your life, creating relationships, and what it looks like to delegate your leadership to others.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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Close Calls & 2nd Chances
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A Conversation with Jeffrey Magee
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Jeff is the publisher of Performance Magazine which has featured interviews of and articles from people as diverse as Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Shaquille O’Neal, Sir Richard Branson, Joan Rivers, and Larry King, among hundreds of others.In this conversation we talk about the effectiveness, and lack thereof, of the media; the major issues on the m…
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When you think about Jesus, do you imagine Him as a witty, carefree personality? Obie and Shane explore how our perception of Christ changes when we begin imagining Him as as a deeply joyful individual.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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I’ve met Rudy Giuliani. We belonged to the same cigar club in New York (which has since lost its lease). Those were the days when he was still in the afterglow of “America’s Mayor” from the way he led after 9/11. And those were the days when crime in New York was way down. He and the police commissioner, Bill Bratton, instituted tough approaches to…
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Why Does God Want Discipline In Our Lives?
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Obie and Shane explore the dichotomy between discipline and freedom in our lives, and why you can't have one without the other.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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A Conversation with Noah Kagan II
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How do you create a million dollar idea and begin earning on it in one weekend? Noah Kagan is one of my buddies and a guy I greatly admire. He’s founded and sold several multi-million dollar enterprises—and readily admits to his share of failures, as well—and he’s put together an approach, summarized in Million Dollar Weekend, which is a clear reci…
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Helping Your Kids Become Honorable People
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We all know the Bible speaks about honoring your father and mother. But what if this command had the potential to fundamentally transform the upcoming generation of today? Obie and Shane explore what it looks like to help your kids learn to honor you and their future selves in the process.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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Isn’t Starbucks just a tad affected when the have “baristas” and sizes like grande and venti and trenta and Huey, Dewey, and Louie? Is it possible not to want to body slam a “barista” who informs you they don’t like to put whole milk in a cappuccino because of “poor frothing”? I saw a couple enter a diner for breakfast carrying takeout Starbucks co…
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Young Life: Lives Renewed. With Special Guests | S5 E7
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Special guests Eddie Maldonado and Joe Lane continue to share the incredible impact of Young Life ministries on kids in Longview and all around the world.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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One of the major issues with a lack of success is that people don’t hold themselves accountable. They fail to meet deadlines, fail to fulfill obligations. They put more work into making excuses than they would have doing the actual work. The old “dog ate my homework” is now “there was traffic,” “we have child care issues,” “my internet was down.” T…
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What is Young Life? With Special Guests | S5 E6
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Special guests Eddie Maldonado and Joe Lane talk the ministry Life and their mission to connect young adolescents to the Lord through community.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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If you want to see writing exhaustion, this is the series. After two pretty decent seasons, the show devolved through the ensuing six as if the writers had become deprived of oxygen.Every time someone knocks on a door, the response is, “What are you doing here?” It’s not, “Good to see you,” or “How can I help you?”, or “Are you lost?” People discus…
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Every human heart has an inherent need to be vulnerable with another, especially when life encounters severe turbulence. Obie and Shane explore what this vulnerability looks like in their daily lives--with their wives and the rest of their circle of trust.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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Elevation Requires Separation
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• We’re seeing huge changes in healthcare.• About 25% of patients used telehealth last year, far exceeding the 5% who accessed care this way before the pandemic.• Pharmacies with physicians present (like pet stores with vets present)• Physicians in private practice greatly reduced.• The share of doctors who worked in practices wholly owned by physi…
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Obie and Shane walk through the reality of our everyday tendency towards anxiety when we perceive we are not in control. How does it change us when we instead recognize God as in control?โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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Unnatural Allegiance To Losers
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We coming in hot with the 1st episode of the new year! Qaadi and Velvet give their take on the now viral Kat Williams interview, men wearing dresses, how they spent their new year and much moreโดย Velvet Jones & Qaadi
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How to Improve Your Profits
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• Cut your expenses: virtual assistants, subscription software, subcontracting (even in the Philippines).• Move work to the client.• Focus on advisory work, not project work.• Increase number of sales.• Increase amount of sales.• Increase duration of client relationships.• Increase solicited referrals.• Create community evangelism.• Produce new pro…
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Can You Lose Your Salvation?
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How does God look upon a backsliding Christian? It it possible for a born-again believer to turn their back on God?โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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When you have a great talent on stage, do we really need dancers, other singers, flashing lights, and magic tricks? What does Starbucks gain giving us all those choices in its own strange language?Have you ever noticed how visitors from Europe are astonished at the size and number of our restaurant dinner courses? Have you ever tried to quickly fin…
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Is Striving an Enemy of Grace?
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Our human nature pushes us to do things for God, as if we must prove our goodness to Him. But these works can never save us; we need grace. So where do they fit in?โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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•The American Council on Education reports that 33% of universities and colleges have female presidents. • In the Ivy League it’s six of eight. Several for the first time ever.• The three women in front of the congressional committee were clearly over their heads, ill prepared, stunned, and soon reversed some of their testimony.• We’re focused on i…
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How do we cultivate a successful professional and private life? It begins with rolling up our sleeves and learning how to serve. Entitlement could not be a more destructive mindset.โดย The Uncomfortable Truth
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I find the use of profanity is the last resort for the inarticulate. It’s supposed to be “daring” and “shocking” but it’s actually just lazy. I sometimes surf through the comedy channels and hear standup comedians simply repeating m…..f….. over and over. There is no intellect there, and intellect and pain are actually the basis for almost all real …
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Have you ever wondered about how other people might see this society? The proliferation of “tip jars” when virtually no service is performed; the intense scrutiny of head injuries in football, while players who make great plays deliberately bang their heads together; cars that can go almost four times the speed limit, manufactured and sold despite …
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