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How we define success is important, and the way most people define it is flawed at best. I propose anyone can enjoy instant success, and still be engaged in growing, achieving, and serving, but more about that later… Also coming up, how you can get MY new VIP Email Insiders Newsletter…FREE FOREVER! Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Spiritual Foundations I've been struggling with REST lately. Too many opportunities. Too much to do. Plus neurological complications. God says, "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." This week I'll show you how to use rest as a weapon. Tip Of The Week Enhance your daily productivity and effectiveness with your personal Apple Mail assistant. Message Templates – NEW- A brilliant way to save time. MailButler allows you to customize the formatting and text of emails, which include information that you frequently share with different recipients. Tasks – NEW – Mark your emails as to-do items to never forget about important tasks again. Snooze – NEW – By snoozing an email you will temporarily make it disappear out of your Inbox. Tracking – Let you know if the recipient has actually opened your email. Scheduling – Write now – send later…MailButler allows you to schedule an email to be sent at a specific date and time. Thus, you can fulfill lots of tasks beforehand by writing several emails at once and letting MailButler secure their scheduled delivery later. Essential Features – FREE – Cloud Upload, Undo Send, Attachment Reminder, Direct Inbox, Emojis and many more. Feature Segment: "How to Achieve Instant Success" How to Achieve Instant Success How do you achieve Instant Success? Change the way you define success! But should we change it? Is that just a word game? How we define success is important, and the way most people define it is flawed at best. I propose anyone can enjoy instant success, and still be engaged in growing, achieving, and serving…. when you invoke the Four Keys to Instant Success revealed in this episode. If you define success as a destination… you'll never get there. It's like that sign in the cafe that always reads "Free Coffee Tomorrow". As the great Earl Nightingale says, "Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal". If you define success THAT way, you can celebrate the milestones, not just the destination…you can literally be successful right now. Special Announcement Announcing my new VIP Email Insiders Newsletter! All the details are inside this week's episode, but here are some highlights: IT'S FREE FOREVER! You get a sneak peek at my raw thinking as it happens Before it's published on the blog. Before it shows up in a product. Before it becomes R&D'd ("Ripped Off and Duplicated "- thanks Dan Kennedy and/or Bill Glazier for the terminology) Sign up now at rayedwards.com/vip Resources Mentioned In This Episode Apple Mail – Mail Butler Ray Edwards New VIP Email Insiders Newsletter How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. PLEASE USE THE APPLE PODCAST APP! Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript. 

If you want to build an effective online presence, gain influence with an audience, ask people to join your cause or buy into your ideas…it all starts with a blog. In my opinion, there's nobody better qualified to teach us than my guest on today's podcast, Leslie Samuel. Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Spiritual Foundations Do you believe it's wrong, or at least tacky, to want to get rich? I'm not even talking about getting rich quick…just wanting to get rich in general. Does that bother you at all? Do you feel a little pang of guilt or fear you might be viewed as being a little cheesy? As Dave Ramsey says, "There's a dignity to wealth creation through honorable business that is unlike anything else on Earth. In this episode I'll share the real Secret of Wealth Creation…and one of the most important questions you can ask yourself. Tip Of The Week I have people ask me all the time about how I started my podcast, and how they should go about starting one the right way. I always tell them, "Cliff Ravenscraft is your guy." If you're serious about starting a podcast, then you need to check out Cliff's Podcasting A to Z course. This week I have a short talk with my friend Cliff and we go through more details of why Podcasting A to Z is so transformational…but here are some facts that should wet your whistle in the meantime: The course has been going strong since March 2011, with over 600 students getting Cliff as their personal coach for 4 weeks. You'll know exactly what equipment to get…and why. Have technical questions about how to dial-in your gear? No worries, Cliff has you covered. You'll clearly define your message and the perfect target market During those four weeks, the students of Podcasting A to Z get Cliff's full attention…you are the priority. And check this out…Over 600 students have gone through this course, not one single person has ever requested a refund. If you want to start a podcast, or if you have a podcast and you want to improve it and make it an excellent podcast, this is the way to do it. Feature Segment: "How To Become A Blogger" Yes, blogs are still alive. I believe they are still the best way to build a platform, and a business online. I am very excited to introduce you to my friend, Leslie Samuel. Leslie is a former university professor turned full-time blogger. He is also the host of the "Learning with Leslie" podcast where he teaches about blogging, online business, and entrepreneurship. Here are some snippets from our conversation about how to become a blogger: The biology of blogging (12:06) Are you experienced? (14:35) Teach what you know (15:24) It all started when… (17:07) Tiny hinges swing big doors (18:41) Learning as you go (21:19) The Philosophy of Free (22:57) Look below the surface (25:35) It's harder than it looks (27:44) I thought we talked about this… (29:39) If they can do it, so can you (30:47) The three biggest mistakes bloggers make (34:49) Leaders are readers (36:31) The struggle is real (38:29) The Piano Man (39:28) Words to the Wise (40:30) Resources Mentioned In This Episode Podcasting A to Z Cliff Ravenscraft Learning with Leslie podcast The Greatest Salesman in the World Become a Blogger 2017 Content Calendar Spreadsheet How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. PLEASE USE THE APPLE PODCAST APP! Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript.

One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is about what specific apps, websites, sources, courses, and other tools we use to make stuff. In this episode we'll get geeky with you and dive deep into that exact subject. Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Spiritual Foundations How do you respond when someone asks, "How are you today?" If you're like most people you respond with something like: "Fine" "Okay" "I'm hangin' in there" This may come as news to you, but you get to decide how you process your day. In this episode I give you some reasons why you should carefully consider the instructions you give your brain, because what you say is often what you experience. Selah. Tip Of The Week If one of your goals this year is to take a trip…enroll in course…get in better shape…or anything else you're likely to not do when it's no longer convenient…today's tip is for you! Most of us struggle to achieve our goals, that's because there's a big difference between having a goal and achieving a goal—stickK works by helping people eliminate this gap by using a Commitment Contract. A Commitment Contract is a binding agreement you sign with yourself to ensure that you follow through with your intentions—and it does this by utilizing the psychological power of loss aversion and accountability to drive behavior change. By asking users to sign Commitment Contracts, stickK helps users define their goal, acknowledge what it'll take to accomplish it, and leverage the power of putting money on the line to turn that goal into a reality. Feature Segment: "The Apps & Tools We Use to Make Stuff " The Tools and Apps We Use To Make Stuff This episode is a little different since it's more like a giant resource guide. Everything we use is listed below, and if you want more insight into why we use what we use then join Sean and I on an entertaining romp through the good, and the not so good, items in the Ray Edwards toolbox. Resources Mentioned In This Episode stickK Apple MacBook Pro iPhone 7 Plus iPad Pro Bose Bluetooth Headphones WordPress Get Noticed Theme Bluehost Rightly Designed Slack Evernote Fujitsu ScanSnap Nozbe Todoist Asana Basecamp New Kajabi Thinkific 1Password TextExpander Dropbox Alfred Expandrive Snagit CleanMyMac3 Jumpcut Backblaze SuperDuper Zoom Gotowebinar Workflow Freedom Pages Word Excel Numbers Keynote Screenflow Canva Scrivener Chrome Day One Byword Textwrangler Dragon IMovie Adobe Premiere CC Adobe Photoshop CC Canon 80D DSLR Rode VideoMic Pro Heil PR40 Audio Technica ATR2100 MDX Compressor/Linmiter/Gate Focus Time Overcast Habit List Dragon Anywhere MyFitnessPal Bible Study Kindle How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. PLEASE USE THE APPLE PODCAST APP! Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript. Quote Worth Note Seth Godin tells this story in "What To Do When It's Your Turn (And It's Always Your Turn"… "Stephen King, one of the most beloved, famous and bestselling authors ever, often goes to writer's conferences. After he talks for a little bit he says, 'Any questions?' Inevitably, someone raises their hand—I'm paraphrasing here—and says, 'Mr. King, you are one of the most beloved, famous, and bestselling authors ever. What kind of pencil do you use to write your books?' It's almost as if knowing what kind of pencil Stephen King uses will help them be more like Stephen King." It's not the pencil. It's not the computer. It's not the app. Or as they say in music… "It's not the gear, it's the ear."

Most people wish they could end each and every day proud of what they've accomplished. Trouble is, most people simply don't know HOW to make that happen. Today, my guest on the podcast, John Lee Dumas, has an answer that will help you. Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Feature Segment: "Focus Leads To Mastery" An eye-opening interview with John Lee Dumas. John Lee Dumas is best known as the founder and host of the award-winning podcast Entrepreneur On Fire where he interviews today's most inspiring entrepreneurs 7-days a week! The podcast was awarded Best Of iTunes because of his commitment to serve entrepreneurs…and with over 1500 episodes to date, he's shared a LOT of great content from people like: Tony Robbins Seth Godin Gary Vaynerchuk Barbara Corcoran and Tim Ferriss JLD has his brand new project, The Mastery Journal, that launches today (January 23rd) and I sat down with him to get the skinny. Here's a partial list of some of the things we discussed, and where to find them: The Big Reveal (2:34) Real Money, Real Business (3:20) Doing good while doing well (3:45) The three essential skill sets (4:17) The key to the Creator Code (5:38) Escape O.P.A. (6:40) How to be proud of what you produce (7:25) Ewww, it's all over me! (8:48) I don't think that word means what you think it means (9:28) How do you eat a frog? (11:30) Defeat the Weapons of Mass Distraction (14:20) The life-changing qualities of a tomato (16:28) Do more in One Day that you've done in a week (18:46) How to crush Parkinson's Law (19:08) Magic Time (20:03) Winning tomorrow today (21:15) Education brings opportunity (22:38) Here's what to do next (26:29) Resources Mentioned In This Episode Entrepreneur on Fire Podcast Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy Lynda.com The Mastery Journal How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. PLEASE USE THE APPLE PODCAST APP! Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript.  

Have you ever been in a position where you need money, and you need it quickly? Most of us have gone through a season in our lives where we find ourselves in a cash-flow crunch, and we need money fast. To help you avoid making an unwise, knee-jerk decision like borrowing the money, we created this episode to give you some better options. Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Spiritual Foundations This week's episode is for skeptics and my Christian friends who might be "wavering" in their faith because they don't think that believers should have any challenges in life. Once we accept Jesus, everything should be hunky-dory, right? Jesus tells us that in life we will have difficulty, but true to His nature, He also gives us hope because He has overcome the world. If you feel like you are struggling with your faith, in this episode I have some resources for you that will help sharpen your focus and help you find your footing again. Tip Of The Week Do you think you might be addicted to your iPhone? There's an app for that… Moment is an iOS app that automatically tracks how much you use your iPhone and iPad each day. If you're using your phone too much, you can set daily limits on yourself and be notified when you go over. You can even force yourself off your device when you're over your limit. Feature Segment: "How To Make Money Fast" Let's say you're faced with a cashflow problem. There's just too much month left at the end of the money. What do you do? Here are some of the things you'll learn about the Seven Ways to Get Money Fast: The #1 thing you absolutely must NOT do (12:12) The worst-kept secret to getting money quickly (12:40) Stop listening to the lies (13:38) The Viking way to wealth (14:23) The skills to pay the bills (15:10) The person with the most toys loses (16:50) The "Mmm…nevermind" strategy (18:23) Seek and ye just might find (20:40) A hard, but sometimes necessary, question (21:27) Stuff the fluff (23:20) Stop digging (25:26) Fight to be free (25:36) Do the side hustle (25:58) How to get paid what you're worth (28:25) The secret to a successful business (31:46) Make that money work! (32:05) Resources Mentioned In This Episode Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical by Timothy Keller The Moment App Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach Value-Based Fees: How to Charge-and Get-What You're Worth by Alan Weiss How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. PLEASE USE THE APPLE PODCAST APP! Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript. 

Is it ethical, or even possible, to have a full-time job and also build a business on the side? This is a big deal for a lot of people who want to pursue their own business without throwing their family into financial chaos by quitting their job. If you've wondered about how to honorably engage in a side hustle, then this episode is just for you. Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Tip Of The Week This week's tip comes courtesy of Cliff Ravenscraft. Public speaking is hard, Ummo makes it easier. Whether you are practicing for a presentation or interested in improving your everyday communication, use Ummo to track your "Umm"s and "Uhh"s, pace, word power, clarity, and more. Feature Segment: "The Ethical Side Hustle" My guest this week is Mark Mason from the Late Night Internet Marketing podcast. I'm honored to call Mark my friend, and the more I get to know him, the more I respect him and the vital work he's doing. Here are some highlights from our interview: Why Sean Edwards is like a human hand grenade (5:45) The value of being a "Yuck Monkey" (6:30) What exactly is Late Night Internet Marketing? (6:50) The core belief of the side hustle (8:10) Do you have to hate your job to have a side hustle? (9:10) The best way to start a side hustle (11:05) The epiphany that changed everything (15:15) Running a side hustle requires some life hacks (17:25) Stay away from the "fluff" (18:01) The Free Content Formula (19:35) How to succeed through the struggle (22:08) Wisely navigating the waters between your day job and your side hustle (25:01) Side hustling with a family (27:11) Finding the time for your side hustle (28:52) The Mother of all Jingles (30:29) Resources Mentioned In This Episode Ummo: Your personalized speech coach Late Night Internet Marketing Podcast with Mark Mason Free Resource: The Three Most Important Things to Know About SEO Sean Edwards Blog How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. PLEASE USE THE APPLE PODCAST APP! Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript. 

Selling is a problem for a lot of people because they associate it with being pushy and slimy. What if selling could be a soul-enriching experience where everyone comes out on the winning side? Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Feature Segment: "How To Sell Well" Our guest this week, StoryBrand CEO Nigel Green, reveals the secret of transforming selling from scary to soothing. Here are some of the things you'll learn in this episode: Never let your studies get in the way of your education (6:12) The Art of Selling Well (6:44) How to create long-term customers (7:49) Ignorance is sometimes bliss (8:24) The difference between marketing and sales (9:01) Why most people don't succeed at selling (9:25) The power of having a "Noble Selling Purpose" (9:43) Wanting something For people, not From them (10:40) How to properly reframe the most important sales question (10:58) The biggest mistake salespeople make (11:41) Why most sales training doesn't work (12:34) Here are the questions that really work (13:19) The "Secret Weapon" in selling (14:38) The steps to Selling Well (15:47) What to listen for in a sales conversation (17:03) How to make the needle move right now (19:51) Nigel's Core Philosophy (21:30) Resources Mentioned In This Episode Free Training: 5 Minute Marketing Makeover How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript.

Coming up this week… Finally…The Listener Appreciation Show! Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Feature Segment: "The Listener Appreciation Show" This episode is going to be a little different, it's all about you! Sean and I will be reading some of the the 252 reviews you've left for the podcast in iTunes and commenting on them. This is totally off script, we haven't previewed these reviews so we are venturing bravely into the unknown! Included in this week's episode: An off the cuff review of Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (1:40) Adventures in hosting (9:50) SEO is voodoo (15:40) Seedlings of Value (16:45) Beware of scams! (18:15) The 3 Types of Goals (21:40) Richard Branson, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg living on the moon (22:40) What constitutes a "worthwhile goal"? (23:35) A gun is not an argument (24:24) The three C's you need to achieve your goals (24:47) The curse of the White Fudge Covered Oreos (29:10) How to successfully "Ride the Elephant" (31:55) Ray channels his inner Peter Griffin (32:40) How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript. 

Coming up this week… Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? A magic photo bag that is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside And a remarkable conversation with Mark Goblowski, creator of the Strength Through the Struggle podcast Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Spiritual Foundations Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? Here's the short answer…He doesn't. In this week's episode I'll give you a scripture-based answer to back this up, but here's all you really need to know: God is good. The devil is bad. 'Nuff said. Tip Of The Week A magic photo bag that is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. I have been faced with a travel dilemma for some time now. I live in a smallish city that often requires me to take smaller regional jets with limited overhead bin space to get where I need to go. That's a problem because I travel with my photo gear, business essentials, and my carry-on bag with my clothes. All that baggage makes me look like a sherpa loaded down to climb some great mountain. This is not a good look for me by the way. Enter the Airport Essentials photo bag, from ThinkTank. It checks all the boxes that I need in a bag, and the best part is that it's magically bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Feature Segment: "How To Overcome Everything" A remarkable conversation with Mark Goblowsky, creator of the Strength Through the Struggle podcast. My guest this week is someone who has been through some crazy trials in his life, and the way he has responded has been an inspiration to me. Here are some of the things you'll learn this week from my friend Mark Goblowsky: The personal tragedy that inspired the Strength Through the Struggle mission [13:52] The power of testimony [15:14] Testimonies are all around us [15:44] The Scriptural basis for testimony [16:15] What to do when it feels like hope is slipping away [16:59] When hope disappears, action goes with it [17:53] The role of martial arts in high-speed problem solving [18:40] The world in-between [20:08] How to answer the question, "Why did this happen to me?" [20:20] Defeating emotional and spiritual challenges [21:58] The overcoming power of love [23:20] Create what you want to consume [24:20] Mark's top 3 podcast episodes [25:30] The power of perspective [29:55] Transforming the realities of life [32:30] Resources Mentioned In This Episode New Living Translation Bible Great Message from John Piper Airport Essentials photo bag, from ThinkTank Strength Through the Struggle podcast with Mark Goblowsky Free Download: The 7 Lessons Learned by Going Through the Hard Things in Life by Mark Goblowsky How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript.

Coming up this week… How to triple your productivity… instantly. If God wants us healed, healthy, and wealthy… then why aren't we? and then, of course, 7 Lessons Learned at the Gym From My Son" Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Spiritual Foundations If God wants us healed, healthy, and wealthy… then why aren't we? Not long ago a man emailed me to ask me a tough question. "I was listening to your message. My wife and I are Christians for many years. We both believe that God will and can prosper us. But we have no more money. I have no job. We have debt. My wife has diabetes. We believe in healing, but we have not seen it. We believe in prosperity, but we are broke. We believe in it, but it is not working." In this episode, I'll tell you how I answered him… Tip Of The Week How to triple your productivity… instantly. Being productive is more about eliminating resistance (drag) than about getting better at anything. Here are 3 simple practices that, in my experience, will triple your output: Do one thing at a time, for a focused block of time (using a digital timer), to the exclusion of all else. Check email only once per day. Accept no incoming phone calls, and return voicemails only once per day. And here's the thing: for these practices to work, you can't do them half-heartedly. You must be a fanatic. You must bring intensity to the game. Try it with full-on emotional intensity for one week and see the difference in your output. If you want to go beyond productivity and become more EFFECTIVE (not just EFFICIENT) in every area of your life, you may want to consider attending the webinar with Michael Hyatt this week at https://rayedwards.com/bye-webinar This week, Michael will be showing you the seven steps you can take to use goal-setting to design the life you really want. This is going to help you have your best year ever in 2017. Feature Segment: "7 Lessons Learned at the Gym From My Son" I've been on a personal health quest over the last few months, proactively taking control of what I'm eating and the quality and frequency of the physical exercise I get. The results are clear. I've lost over 50 pounds, had to buy a new belt, and had to buy some new clothes. I have a lot more progress to make, but it's been a very encouraging, if somewhat challenging experience. I've tried to take control of my health in the past, and frankly didn't have a great deal of success, at least not long-term. This time, I decided to try something different: I have enlisted an accountability partner that I absolutely don't want to disappoint. That accountability partner is my son, Sean Edwards. Sean is a great accountability partner and coach because he is unrelentingly truthful in his assessment of how I'm doing ("Hey dad, when you do those squats you need to go all the way down…"). He has a great sense of humor, and he is a good teacher. This week I share seven lessons I have learned from Sean in our time working out together. Here's a little preview of what you'll learn… The single best way to overcome inertia…doing this one this thing is half the battle. The secret to getting more from what you're already doing. Here's a hint…intensity matters. The truth about how to work with your physiology instead of against it…this works every single time. What most coaches and trainers don't want you to know…this one thing will dramatically amplify your results. Plus – I'll share the sneaky way to achieve things you think are impossible…it's easier than you think! All this and more awaits you inside this episode! How To Help Subscribe to the show through iTunes and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show. Get The Transcript Right-Click and "Save As" to Get the PDF Transcript.