Hello my name is Jackie and welcome back to my channel. In this video I wanted to touch on something that I've observed about myself and no one has said this to me yet but I've seen people make these types of comments to other writers and that is why do you do it if you complain so much about it? And the reason I started thinking about this in relation to me is that pretty much all of these writing ramble videos are me complaining about something I can't do or can't figure out and a lot of my recent project reciprocal stalking was me complaining about not being able to figure it out and that got me thinking I have been spending so much time complaining about writing and the writing process why don't I stop? Wouldn't it be easier if I just wasn't writing at all and then I wouldn't be complaining at all in theory? And for me at least the truth is no that even though I have been complaining a lot about writing stopping wouldn't make me happier and I think an accurate comparison would be comparing writing to the gym so with the exception of the coronavirus shutdown I've been going to the gym regularly since October 2018 and sometimes I love it like sometimes I get there I'm really enthusiastic have a good workout I get my sweat on it's awesome. That's not most of the time though like most of the time I'm ambivalent sometimes I really don't want to go but I go anyway and the reason for that is because it makes me feel better. I might not feel good going into the gym but I feel good having gone to the gym and as a whole going to the gym and getting in better shape has made my life better. It has made my mood better it means I get less back pain. I feel a sense of pride in the fact that I've been going regularly for what is a fairly long time for me. I feel a sense of pride in the fact that even though they're all still all covered under a layer of fat I do have muscles there and I can flex them and people can feel them. I get excited when I'm able to hit new milestones and lift heavier things or when I'm able to do a move that I couldn't do before like if I get a push-up from the feet rather than from my knees or one day if I'm ever able to get an unassisted pull-up that's going to feel really good and writing similar. I've spent a lot of my adult life being really unsatisfied and frustrated and searching for my path and searching for the career that would fulfill me or the country or the city that would fulfill me the perfect balance of where I was living and what I was doing that would make me happy and that included working for I don't even know how many companies off the top of my head but working for a lot of companies and starting my own business and Tallinn is now the fourth city I've lived and worked in and ultimately wherever I went I was still there and I would get distracted by the bright new shiny thing for three months and then I would start getting frustrated and I have itchy feet again and I'd want to look for something else and over the past few years I have thought about getting back into writing and I did a little bit in 2017 like a month or two or three maybe and then fell out of it and didn't really pick it up again until mid 2019 and what I noticed was that from mid 2019 once I started writing regularly again even if the projects weren't going well the fact that I was writing made everything else better so when I was writing I was less frustrated at work I was happier in my life in general I didn't feel like I needed to run somewhere else in order to find fulfillment and that was true whether I went into a session really enthusiastic eager to get started and went really well or whether I was feeling ambivalent towards getting into a writing session but I did it anyway or whether I was feeling really enthusiastic but made myself do it the fact that I was writing and writing regularly made my life better even if I was complaining about it now admittedly that hasn't quite been the same this year and I think that's due to a number of things including not giving myself downtime between projects so I could continue to work on my writing in a sustainable way again and choosing a difficult project that made it really hard to set up a regular routine because I wasn't getting anywhere and going for a new job which took up a lot of my time and energy and meant that I didn't have the capacity to write as well but as a general rule I know that writing makes my life better and that's why even though I might seem like I complain a lot and even though I might be struggling to figure out how to write and how to write well I still want to do it and admittedly maybe I could stop complaining and I think that is something I'm going to work on but I just thought this little reflection was useful and I wanted to share it with you and if you're in this position where there's something you're doing that you've got a lot of negative commentary happening around it have a think about why you're really doing it and even though you complain is it something that makes your life better or is it something that doesn't make your life better in which case is it worth letting it go so I'd love to hear from you please let me know in the comments what your relationship with writing is like and whether you have a similar I guess love hate relationship with it like I do or whether things are a bit smoother for you or maybe you're just more experienced and you've gotten through these initial growing pains so please let me know if you like this video please give me a like to keep the gods of youtube happy and I will see you next time bye


Why focus on Nickel as opposed to other metals like Lithium? Well, although there's a number of elements that are very important to the battery and EV growth market, I feel that Nickel is the most critical and the largest forecast demand increased. Hi, how's everybody doing today? I'm your host Rich. Here we have a Rich TV Live with our very special guest, Brad Vandenbush, the CEO of Fathom Nickel. How are you doing today, Brad? Very good. Thanks, Rich. I'm looking forward to speaking with you today. Yeah, I'm excited to learn more about your company and have our community also learn about your company today for the first time. Maybe you can start by telling us a little bit about yourself. Well, my name is Brad Vandenbush, as you said. I'm the president and CEO of Fathom Nickel. I'm also a co-founder of the company along with Ian Fraser, who is our vice president of exploration. I'm a geologist by training, graduated from the University of Manitoba with a BSc geology honors in 1985. And I've been involved in the resource exploration development business for over 35 years, the last 20 of it in various management and executive positions, mainly with public companies, public listed companies. Fantastic. Brad, can you give us some insight into Fathom, its genesis, history and focus? Sure, Rich. As I mentioned, Ian Fraser and I are co-founders of Fathom. We started the company in 2015 with a specific mandate to source projects that could supply the mineral and metal needs and support the growing green movement, specifically the battery and the EV electric vehicle demands. Fathom was a private company for the first six years and supported mainly by investment from management, friends and family, and a small circle of brokers. And we raised about $2 million on our own as a private company to move things forward. So we use this time as a private company to compile, evaluate and interpret historic data on the project and build this strong geological model and exploration plan. And to get drill-ready targets ready for success when the industry rebounded. And in early 2021, on the back of a rebounding industry and a growing demand for the battery and EV markets, particularly Nickel, Fathom completed a public listing on the CSE under the symbol FNI and raised approximately $11.15 million. Fathom is comprised of an experienced team with over 100 years finding and developing mining projects. In addition to Ian and myself, management consists of Doug Porter, our CFO, and Manish Grigo, our director of corporate development in IR. And to round things out, we have a board of directors comprised of Ian and myself plus three well-seasoned independent directors, John Morgan, Mark Cummings and Eugene Chen. And why focus on Nickel as opposed to other metals like lithium? Well, although there's a number of elements that are very important to the battery and EV growth market, I feel that Nickel is the most critical and the largest forecast demand increased. A significant quantity of Nickel is required for the technologies currently being used and the ones likely to be developed in the future. And for the best performing batteries in the EV market, each individual battery contains approximately 39 kilograms or 85 pounds of Nickel. And given the global conversion to EVs in the coming decades, the demand for Nickel should be here to stay. Yeah, I agree. I agree. The big Nickel in Sudbury is a place I visited and there's a lot of Nickel out there and definitely it's one of the commodities that is very hot right now. Can you give us a quick breakdown of your project in particular where it's located, why you chose that area, and what makes the project so attractive? Well, the project is located in Saskatchewan, Canada. It's a very mining friendly jurisdiction, consistently ranked in the top 10 jurisdictions for mining in the world by the Fraser Institute. We chose the area for a combination of reasons. You know, one is, first, we're familiar with the project and it has a very attractive grade. It fits our mandate of Nickel and associated battery minerals and metals. You know, secondly, Ian and I have worked in Saskatchewan before, so we not only know the technical aspects of the project, but we're familiar with the government, with the permitting, with the stakeholders, with the First Nations of the area. And, you know, we figure we're well poised to really bring a new opportunity in Saskatchewan to fruition and add some real shareholder value in this project. Saskatchewan's been under-recognized in the past and it's really coming into its own. It's got some interest from some of the other majors in the area now, both Rio Tento and BHP have shown interest in Saskatchewan and been involved in some joint venture opportunities. So really looking forward to moving forward in that jurisdiction. Very good. The Alberto Lake Project centers around the historic and very high grade Rottenstone mine. Can you put those grades into context compared to other NICU and PGM exploration projects? Maybe give us some comparisons. Okay. Well, there are very few primary Nickel deposits in the world that have PGE or platinum group element content comparable what was recovered at Rottenstone. So it's very rare, very unique. The two comparable deposits in terms of the high grade associated platinum group elements are Norilsk and Russia and the Raglan by Glencore in Northern Quebec. To get these big PGE, platinum group element contents, you need to have magnetic systems which are very large. And that is why we feel Rottenstone and the regional Albert Lake Project is a very large Nickel PGE type magnetic system. How did such a high grade asset become available to Fathom? Well, good question, Rich. Fathom management is known about this for a long time. In fact, we knew about the core project for 20 years. Ian Fraser was responsible for sourcing this project for a previous owner who was focused on uranium. And Ian and I had always wanted to obtain this project. And when we put Fathom together, again Fathom was put together specifically to look for metals and minerals to support this growing greener evolution and particularly the battery EV market. And we were able to negotiate for the Rottenstone core project on very favorable terms in 2015, which was a low one in the Nickel business. So since acquiring the project, we've expanded the land base from its original 10,000 hectares around the Rottenstone mine to its current 90,000 hectares and made it into a regional play and control the structural trend. Wow, the project had historic production in the 1960s, but hasn't had a lot of advancement since then. Can you give us some feedback as to why this is the case and what work has been done prior to Fathom acquiring the project? Right, like very little work was done during this timeframe. Mainly limited exploration was done by the previous owners to keep the title. With the exceptions of some detailed mapping and geophysical programs that were performed in the early 90s, 1990 to 1992 and specific and some airborne geophysics and some ground geophysics and some very intermittent drilling from 1999 to 2008. And the reason, the main reason I believe for this relatively small amount of work include a lack of understanding of the type of geological setting and the geological model required for this type of a magnetic Nickel deposit. It's a lot of work. It needs a person to set up or a company to set up the base case and really develop that model so that you have an exploration plan that's poised for success. And the other reasons are there was low Nickel prices during a lot of this time and the programs were underfunded. The companies that mainly owned this for the couple of decades before we picked it up were not Nickel focused, they were uranium focused, and it never got the attention that it deserved. Since Fathom acquired the project, what work has been done and why? So Fathom inherited a very large and very good geological database. So as a private company and with the assistance of some Nickel experts, we're able to create or recreate the geological setting. Essentially create the geological extent, the chemical signature or figure print, and to some extent just the overall historic setting of the project. So this signature is very important as it gives us a snapshot into the future of what we need to find. So essentially, let me just put this in more, I guess more layman's terms. So we now have a very good understanding of what the signature of these types of deposits look like and understand the necessary structural traps these systems require for the deposition of Nickel Platinum PG projects. As a private company, we invested a great deal of time and resources analyzing interpreting and reinterpreting this historic data to better understand the Rottenstone model. We now have a systematic plan designed to make new discoveries. Fantastic. And what are your exploration plans for the remainder of 2021 and into 2022? And are there specific targets that you've identified that you will be focusing on? Yeah, so our preliminary results from our summer 2021 field program have highlighted areas in need of follow-up and additional prospecting and detailed soil geochem, and of course drilling. So we're currently drilling targets that we have generated from the initial gradient mag survey and are coincident with anomalous areas defined by our other geophysics such as the gravity, the borehole EM, and surface and airborne EM. So more concisely, targets developed from anomalies based on these previous geological surveys. So the current drill program will continue until the end of October. And then that the drill rig will be staying on site and beginning in late 2022, or not late, sorry, in January 2022, utilizing the lake ice, we will follow up on the successful drilling results generated from this program. So we're planning a total of 6000 meters of drilling during these two programs. Wow. In your mind, what would success look like for the upcoming phase of drilling? So finding a mineral deposit, you know, takes time. At this point, if we intersect the right host rock and the right geochemistry based on our model within this host rock, and follow up borehole geophysics indicates off-hole conductivity. This means we're really close and this is a success scenario. And in that case, we would initially drill and immediately drill, I should say a second hole and follow up on that conductivity anomaly. Now, if we intersect mineralized rotten stone type host rock, this is an obvious success. This is basically a proof of concept. And the ultimate level, if we're very fortunate and intersect mineralization identical to the rotten stone like grade, this is an enormous success. And there will be no questions asked at this point because this was, you know, really it was one of the rotten stone deposit itself was one of the highest grade that I've ever seen. And it was pushing 4% nickel, one and a half copper, and nine to 12 grams per ton of PGEs. So there's not a lot of deposits that have those kind of grades. So that's the catalyst behind the real focus on this project. Here at Rich TV Live, we love to understand the fundamentals of the company. What is Fathom's cash position and are you well positioned to deliver on your exploration plans? Yeah, so Fathom currently has a little over 7 million Canadian in the bank, which is plenty to run the company through next year through 2022 and fully fund its current drilling program and its Q1, Q2, 2022 drilling program. So essentially we're well funded for the next two drill programs and for company overhead through 2022. Very well done. That's what we'd love to hear. And we love to understand the meat and potatoes of the company. So can you touch base a little bit on the share structure of the company? So Fathom currently has 45 million shares outstanding, pretty tight. Love it. We're not pushing a billion. Yes, good. So we've got good support in both the retail and institutional side of things from investor standpoint. About 6.5 million of these shares are held by management and insiders and fully diluted, including our options and warrants, we'd be 56 million shares outstanding. I love it. I always tell our audience 100 million is good, 50 million is bingo, and you guys are right around that number. That's exactly what we look for. A large position and a large portion of our audience is based in America and also internationally in Frankfurt that may not be able to purchase shares on the Canadian securities exchange. Does the company have plans to list on the US stock exchange or other other exchanges? So in addition to our CSE listing, we are currently listed on the Frankfurt exchange under the symbol 6Q5. And we're also on the OTC and the US under the symbol FNICF. Perfect. We're currently in the process of applying for our DTC eligibility for the US market. We expect to get that. It's a bit backlog, but probably in the next four to six weeks. Oh, fantastic. That means our entire community, if interested, can get into this security, which is great. How can viewers that are interested in learning more about your company getting contact with you or the company if they have any questions? Well, shareholders can visit the company website at www.fathomnickel.com and our CEDAR profile, obviously on www.cedar.com. From that, you can get contact emails, contact email, which will direct you to the appropriate personnel in the company. Or if you want to reach out directly to Manish Grigo, our director of corporate development at and IR, I mean at that M Grigo, M-G-R-I-G-O at www.fathomnickel.com or myself, Brad, B-V-N-D-E-N at www.fathomnickel.com Fantastic. Now I must remind everyone that Rich TV Live is strictly for information education purposes. Please do your due diligence, do your research before you invest in anything that we talk about or discuss here in Rich TV Live. In saying that, I like what I hear. Money in the bank, tight share structure, starting your drilling program with the potential of if you guys hit potential home run. So if you guys like these videos, please smash the like button, comment down below, share the video everywhere and subscribe. I'm here today with the CEO, Brad Vandenbush of Fathomnickel. Thank you for joining us today, Brad. Thank you for having me, Rich. I really enjoy it. Always a pleasure. Love to invite you back. If you ever have any big breaking news or anything you want to discuss, love to invite you back here on Rich TV Live. And remember, guys, if you're not winning, you're not watching, we bring you the winners and we bring them to you first. This is Rich from Rich TV Live saying, have a nice day, everybody, and we'll talk to you soon.


If we're successful, that means that everybody can be a creator. They are creators already today, but we don't consider everybody to be a creator. My name is Peter Sunde-Kolmesopi and I hate the term, but I'm an entrepreneur and I build new web tools and services and right now I'm building Flatter.com. Flatter is something in between payment and donation system. It's actually the first real money-sharing project. The idea is to help people to easily transfer funds between them in a really easy and cheap way. And it's based on the idea that rather just pay or not pay than having a price tag attached to things. You register as a member on Flatter.com and you put in a monthly fee and then you find content you like around the web and you press the Flatter button and that says you like it. And in the end of the month we calculate how many buttons you pressed and we share your money between those people equally. So if you press a hundred buttons, that will be one percentage each. If you press one, they will get all of your money. So it's very binary that you say I like or I don't like or rather I care or I don't care. I think the big thing would be that we change the word creator or the definition of it. If we're successful, that means that everybody can be a creator. They are creators already today, but we don't consider everybody to be a creator. So I think that today with all of the information we have, a creator is also the one who participates in the discussions surrounding content. So the metadata becomes as important as the data and that is probably what will change. And I think that the long tail will probably benefit from a system like this because it was too hard before to give money to things that was in the long tail because you can't put the price tag on it in the same way you do with big media content. So that changes. I think to begin with there will be traditionally content that has not had any sort of real income before at all.  And I think those people will benefit most from it in the beginning. In the end it might also be another income source for bigger media like musicians and filmers and so forth. But I'm not sure that this is, that's going to take a while and I think also that it's just going to be one small part of the bigger content revenue earnings in the future. It must be that the media industry today is very focused on social media and they're still viewing it as a megaphone, another megaphone to use and they're not actually using the social media for what it is. So start participating instead of screaming and yelling like a megaphone because social media and people who participate in social media wants to be participatory and they don't want to be yelled at or just being treated as that.


My name is Omi Lino St. Dicox, I'm from Atlanta and I'm also the national coordinator of an initiative called Girls Paint Africa Green Kenya. I'm also a member in a platform called Kenya Platform on Climate Governance and a subgroup which is Climate Finance. Under this we seek to improve the capacity of civil society organizations to be able to access climate finance and be able to effectively adapt and mitigate climate change. Climate change in simple terms is just the alteration of the average weather conditions of a long period of time. In relation to deforestation we will say climate change has been caused by a rise in the number of carbon emissions into the atmosphere which is indirectly linked to the cutting of trees which is deforestation. I can say there are a number of processes that contribute to these emissions but deforestation stands high up the ladder. Deforestation is caused by a number of activities but the one that stands out currently is increasing populations without proper planning. So this has led to other unsustainable practices such as deforestation to be able to create settlement units. There is also deforestation to clear land for cultivation and there is also deforestation as a result of populations encroaching into forest reserves. The one that stops the list I think and has been a real issue recently is water scarcity. Because as a country we are water stressed and this has been indirectly linked to the destruction of the water towers. The Mount Forest for instance is one of our critical water towers and it has been encroached and deforestation has really done a lot of damage. As we know forest cover improves water retention, improves purification of air and is mostly also a source of rivers. So in that sense you find with the destruction of our water towers there is water stress that is but it is also increased. And in that sense also you find indirect effects of that where there are club conflicts as people try to look for regions where they are able to find water and also food. We should really put a lot of emphasis on this unsustainable practice that is deforestation. Because even statistics show that we are able to reduce carbon emissions to the tune of 37% if we manage to improve our global tree cover. So if you look at it in that perspective and a contribution that is brought by lack of adequate tree cover to climate change then I think it is only right that we collaboratively work towards improving not only the global tree cover but also at national level such as our country can. It is possible but even as it is possible there are a number of roles that I think each and every one of us has to play. I think for instance where you find citizens always talk about the government being the one that should be able to spearhead such but I think it should be an initiative from each and every individual. If you have that opportunity if you are able to develop such an initiative then you are on the right path. There are examples that I think have been realized such as one in the Mount Kenya region. I think there are some women groups who have been assisted to acquire seedlings for this trees and they are also able to plant and grow them over time and they are also able to sell these seedlings and acquire income for their needs. So I think working from the government level working with these groups at the local level is important and for instance I will talk about the women groups and youth groups.  So they are more in tune to be able to understand the issues that would come up as a result of deforestation. So getting these groups at the local level and getting them to understand the importance of deforestation and the importance of planting and growing trees is good. It should reach a point where we separate politics and science because science has shown us that there is that direct clean. Because when you have trees you are able to tap in the carbon which is directly causing global warming and to avoid the extent climate change. So when somebody comes and says there is no way the cutting of trees is linked to global warming then I think that's a far less. So forest ecosystems have a big role to play in terms of mitigating climate change which is reducing the carbon and greenhouse gases, more specifically the carbon emissions. You find that for instance it has been projected that if we meet our targets for tree cover globally then we are able to contribute greatly to mitigating climate change to the tune of 37%. For instance the mangrove ecosystem, the statistics show that they reduce carbon emissions four times more than rainforest. So for instance like recently I noticed that there was a reverse on the ban that was initially placed on logging of mangrove trees. If you look at it in that sense I don't think the reversal of the ban was well informed because in as much as they lack livelihood opportunities I think the government would have come in in terms of providing alternative sources of livelihoods training the ban on logging of these mangrove trees. As at now Kenya we are projected to increase our efforts on reducing our carbon emissions to the tune of 30% by the year 2030. We will see efforts have been made because at 1963 I think we were at 10% that dwindled through to 6.6 I think in 2006. Right now we are at 7% but efforts that have been made by the CS Kiriako Tobiko I think are commendable. More importantly the ban on logging which has reduced the unsustainable initiatives where people go into forests and cut trees without replenishing them. And also recently we had the import duty on timber having been reduced from 10% to zero. So I think that is also that is also an effort I think that is commendable because then you reduce the costs of importing timber and also you reduce the process of deforestation within the country. I feel it is important that communities for instance you find communities such as the Ogei Kua found in the mau forest. I think they have been part of the forest for the longest time. We have been able to find ways where they positively interact with the environment. So it is important that the government does not shun these communities because they are indigenous and they are part of the forest ecosystem. So the government should ensure that they train these communities on how they should sustainably get resources from the forest and to live in harmony. Land as a resource in my opinion I would say it is not limited. I think the money in which we utilize land is actually the problem. Because you find in water towers such as the mau there are communities that have encroached the forest. I mean they have done it for maybe cultivating the land for food and so on but you find these happen at the expense of tree cover that they cut to be able to develop these land parcels. So I think in my opinion maybe we should be able to merge that we should be able to merge the two such that in as much as you cultivate land for food you should also be able to put I mean to secure a part of that land for the planting and growing of trees. For the communities such as the Ugek I think initially there was the Shamba system where you are located a parcel of land. You are able to plant and grow trees but you are also able to cultivate the same land for food. So I think such a system will be able to work supported with the right policies and legislations. Of importance is we should also be able to identify the native species within that particular region such that you don't bring a tree species that is not in tune with the climatic conditions of that particular region because like you found that people just bring trees for planting and growing in areas where they were initially not there. For instance like in the colonial era you find the British colonialists were exploiting certain types of trees without any issue. And in the event that they would get other tree species to replace the ones that they had cut they would bring tree species that are not native to this particular region. So you find in the long term they are not able to grow to maturity and their value is not actually the same. So I think initiatives that improve on planting native tree species to this region is also a critical point to consider. It should be a mix between individuals, the initiatives, institutions and the government. Inasmuch as the leadership is expected from the government through policy legislations and direction from the ministry as a people at the community level and maybe people who are running civil society organizations and maybe non-governmental organizations we should be able to take the initiative to ensure that in their own spaces they prioritize tree planting and growing. And also for the private sector private enterprise should also not only incorporate them in their CSR programs but also they should be able to ensure that in the development of their products and services we should be cognizant of climate change and the contribution that is brought by unsustainable practices to the environment. Government should make this issue more relatable to the common monage. We should be able to assist in developing the capacity of these actors to understand through knowledge transfer and technological advancements. They should be able to also understand and capacity with them on how they are able to access finances to maybe develop this tree, access these tree seedlings. And also for instance a target group such as the youth should be put at the forefront of this and they should be supported in ways that the government thinks appropriate. And I think with the collaboration of all these actors I think we can be able to make the 10% tree cover even higher than this reality. Under the leadership of the government I think we should ensure that we work together all partners in the public sector, the private sector and also non-governmental, non-state actors I think we should be able to work together towards developing a culture where we see the importance of planting and growing trees with the wider picture of the target that we have set as a country which is 10%. And also of importance I think is the government through the local actors, maybe the county government should take the initiative of training and facilitating knowledge transfer at the local level such that even the rural area can be able to relate and understand why we need an improved forest cover and how that is relatable to maybe that particular river that was passing down there and as a dried up. The most important is we should ensure that we facilitate effective stakeholder engagement. From the government down to the Wanjikwa, the local level I think it is important that we work together towards our target which is 10% by 2022, which I feel is doable if we all work smart towards.


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So please leave a comment and if there's any technical issues if you can't hear me or Senior anything also, please leave a comment so I can get it fixed before we get started with the actual topic Let me know anyways And then a little bit about it TT if you are watching for the first time and you haven't heard about it TT yet I TT T stands for international Teflon and TESOL training and our website is Teflon course net and at International Teflon training is us on Instagram and we are a leading Teflon TESOL course provider world Wide and we do have a nice big discount for you today 30% of Teflon TESOL courses So what you can do is you can scan this QR code You can scan this QR code or I am having I'm going to share a Link with you in the comment section ends with FB live minus Linda This is the same thing. It will get you 30% off any Tefl or TESOL course From ITTT 30% off. So I always say don't pay full price use the discount And this is this discount. We only share during our live sessions as well And if you're listening to this as a podcast episode, it will be in the podcast Episode description as well. So you can find it there, too And we have a comment here. Hi, Loretto Loretto is saying what are you saying? This is Loretto from Botswana again another week Do you still remember? Yes, I remember you of course. I have the 170 hours with Specialization and online teaching. Yes, I remember it's now 339 a.m. Here. Wow. Yes, I remember because we talked about how early it was on your end last time But you said you didn't mind because I could have switched I could switch a The time if you want if that's more comfortable when you were like, no, it's fine So I appreciate that but do let me know if this is too early for you And you want me to push it back a couple of couple hours I don't mind doing that for a session or two So Great to have you Loretto and then we have Amitava here. Good morning. I can both hear and see you absolutely Bright and clear. Okay, wonderful. So no technical glitches issues at all from your end. That's good to hear perfect I was worried for a second because nobody was leaving a comment for a while. So I was like Can't you see me? Can't you hear me? What's going on? So thank you so much Amitava for clarifying that everything is working. Well, that's what we like to see I Appreciate that. Perfect. Well, uh, oh, we have Jing from from the Philippines. Hi, Jing. How are you doing? Hi Cool. Well with this new format here, my my face always kind of gets hidden doesn't it? Okay Maybe we just keep this like this for a second while we're still doing the introduction Okay So, yes, today's topic is all about overcoming challenges taffelin t-sol and teaching English abroad at 40 plus 40 plus and like I said in the beginning This was a requested topic by one of our podcast listeners Adele Who asked me to cover this topic and talk about it? So here we are and I am talking about it So again shout out to Adele over at our podcast And we have Anne Marie here. Hi Anne Marie joining from Indiana. How are you doing? Welcome? Welcome? Great. So today's episode is going to be of course, especially interesting if you are 40 and over But even if you're not if you're still if you're under 40, you know if You're under 40 is still gonna be valuable So I encourage you to stay on even if you're not in this demographic today, but anyways Let me tell us says Linda. It seems like you're wearing the same black t-shirt just like last Friday Okay, I don't remember what I was wearing last Friday, but But I have a lot of black t-shirts actually so might be the same one. Not sure Thank you though for the comment I appreciate it All right. Good. So let's jump right in and like I said, we are Talking about this topic today and we are gonna cover a couple of different things that challenges how to overcome these challenges But also what are the advantages and what are the opportunities? For English teachers that are 40 and over in the EFL fields and why is it relevant? Why are we talking about it and all that stuff? So even like I said, even if you're not in this demographic, you're still Be able to learn a thing or two. I hope in today's session. So please stay on But yes, and always you can watch our replays Later on as well We always keep our live sessions in our playlists both on Facebook and on YouTube at the same time So you can always go back And Marie says I taught English and soul 11 years ago would love to go back amazing Yes, I'm sure a lot has changed in 11 years I've been in Korea for eight years now and a lot has changed compared to when I first got here eight years ago And now so it's probably even more 11 years ago. That's crazy. Amazing. Please come back. That'd be great All right Good, we did that we did that. Okay, so let's talk about Teflon T-Soll certification because this is kind of the first step, right of your teaching journey Let me just see which format I want I'm gonna take the spanner away Let's just keep it like this for now, shall we Okay, okay, and I'm gonna keep an eye on the comment section as well So Teflon T-Soll, this is basically your first step and whether or not you are Over 40 under 40 doesn't matter a Teflon T-Soll certification is the first step to your Teflon teaching adventure abroad basically, right? And I really like to explain this By saying that a Teflon certificate is two things. It's like a two-in-one. Okay, so one it is a Required certification. It's a piece of paper that Proves that you can teach English that you're certified, right? So Teflon certificate, that's that's the left side here is often a mandatory requirement in numerous countries for people wishing to teach English abroad So it's a requirement in many countries. You need to have it in your portfolio. So that's one thing It's a required piece of paper But on the other hand, it's also Useful for you and of course your future students because taking a Tefl Certification course equips you with all the necessary teaching skills that are essential for effectively instructing students. So basically in a nutshell a Teflon course teaches you how to teach right and I think Everybody who wants to go abroad to teach English to be a teacher You want to make sure that you offer the best value to your students as possible so that you know what you're doing I feel like there's no worse Situation than if you didn't take a Teflon course, you don't we've never taught before You just speak English very well or you're a native English speaker And then you start teaching English abroad you set foot into your classroom, and then you're like, okay Now what do I do? So you want to avoid that Because teaching is not that easy even you can speak English you might be an English native speaker. Let me tell you Teaching English the whole nother ball game. So Taking a Teflon course will not only Give you this piece of paper that's required to teach in many countries But also much more it will give you that knowledge it will give you those skills to teach in a classroom And Also on top of that that's the thing here below a Teflon Teflon t-cell certified teachers They typically earn a higher salary compared to non Verified notes actually said non-certified. I misspelled that Non-certified teachers. Okay None non-certified teachers and this is actually true when I was I before coming to Korea I taught English in China and I got a Teflon certificate and then I came to Korea and a lot of my Fellow teachers they were first-time teachers out of college. They didn't have a Teflon They didn't have anything and I actually got a higher salary because I had a Teflon certificate So I can definitely attest that that is true But just for your own piece of mind so you don't freak out you're going abroad you set foot in the classroom It can be very scary Having that haven't having taken a Teflon course will help you Succeed and be a successful teacher. So that's just in the beginning right of the bat Just telling you that because like I said a Teflon t-cell certification is the first step to your teaching adventure So whether you whether or not you are over 40 or you are young you're fresh out of college Get a Teflon certificate and maybe also adding on to that specifically targeted at today's topic for people 40 and over you likely already had a career or a job before Many people also who are 40 and over and who take our courses They've actually already been teachers before they have been teachers in their own country And now they're like I want something different. So I want to go abroad to teach Being a teacher in your own country is also very different from Teaching English to speakers of other languages. Yes, teaching techniques and things can be similar. It's similar. It's teaching however T-Soll and Tefl is very niche and is still very different from let's say regular teaching or teaching in your home country Right teaching people who don't speak English, especially if you're teaching total beginner Course can be very challenging and a Teflon T-Soll course will equip you with that skill set So even if you're already if you've been a teacher for 20 years Still take a Teflon T-Soll course. It will be very beneficial for you Yeah I think that's all about that So move it on then we got that out of the way. We understand the Teflon T-Soll situation So now we need to understand the current EFL market, right? If you want to go abroad to teach Whether you're over 40 under 40 however old you are you need to understand the EFL market But this one is now specifically understanding the EFL market and How the EFL field views people over 40, okay? So the current demand this is general There's a high demand for English language education all around the world, right? Many countries they even face teacher shortages And the demand for qualified English teachers often exceeds the available supply and this has been true For example in China. China is a very good example of this China is huge and their English language education is booming They I've lived in China Literally you would sit on a bus and you would see an English language school on every single corner no matter What city you're in there is an English language school plenty many not just one There's many English language training centers and they all need teachers They all want foreign teachers And so they and then also due to covet a lot of people couldn't come into the country a lot of people have left On so especially in China now they are experiencing a shortage and they really are hiring like crazy So there's a huge huge opportunity there not just China other countries, of course as well So hot spots include Asia in general Asia is one of the biggest places best places for teaching English abroad in general Then also the Middle East Is a hot spot we have some of the highest Teaching salaries in the Middle East and they actually really like hiring older teachers as well because they Contrary to Asia in Asia You would teach a lot of younger students children Um of all ages all all kind of school levels in the Middle East You can also teach children, but you also teach a lot of business professionals And for that generally we see that schools prefer hiring more mature teachers for these business English kind of professional English teaching classes And of course also Latin America is another hot spot for people of all ages really you can find opportunities there However, I always say that if you are looking for The highest salaries if you're looking to save a lot of money, maybe pay off debts back home save Latin America is not the best region to look into the salaries tend to be very low very little benefits Cost of living is also very low, but you won't really be able to save a lot of money when teaching English in Latin America compared to Asia and the Middle East Then the next point here is diversity of opportunities So a high demand this high demand that we just talked about this creates a wide range of teaching opportunities for individuals of all Ages right so age because of this high demand and the teacher shortages and all these things all these things we talked about Did it cut out for a second? I think my maybe my internet is slow Anyway, I'm just gonna repeat myself you let me know if I'm if I'm gone or something Let me know in the comments anyways So this high demand and teacher shortages we just talked about this creates just A lot of teaching opportunities for people of all ages and age really becomes less of a determining factor for many employers And they instead prioritize qualifications and experience and teaching abilities And then looking at that a lot of older teachers more mature teachers They have um the upper hand because they have a lot of experience Okay, Loretta says internet connection is good. Maybe it's just slow on my end because I have a lot of things like going on Thank you so much for letting me know Angelita. Hi, how are you doing? And Wajid says how can we join Tefl from Pakistan? Well, the good thing about ittt just before I move in and move on The good thing about ittt is that we have a lot of online course options So you can actually take our course From the comfort of your own home. You can study at your own home You just need an internet connection a laptop a computer And you can work through the the unit and the lessons and you can get certified from your own home So check it out Tefl course dot net and I also shared a link where you can get 30% off I'm also going to share it again At the end here, but you can you can check the comment section. There'll be the 30% off link as well So check it out But yeah, that's the great thing about our courses. You can take them from anywhere All right. Yes. So like we said this huge demand and the teacher shortages that really Makes age less important for a lot of employers However, also understand in the EFL EFL market, there are some common misconceptions From a lot of Tefl employers towards older teachers And these usually include things like These things include things like technological proficiency So maybe they think well, we have to use like all these new virtual white boards and like online things and maybe Older teachers they think can't really Work with that well There's also concerns about Adaptability I can't talk to it Adaptability and flexibility. There we go. Because older teachers can they adapt to new rules new cultures? They worry about that kind of thing and then also energy and enthusiasm and this is one I hear a lot I've heard a lot in my career That especially in Asia where or especially when you when the students are children or very young A lot of Tefl employers or schools They worry that if they hire older teachers the kids They are too Rambunctious they're they have too much energy for the older teachers and the older teacher can't keep up That's kind of what a lot of people are saying. I don't really agree with that But that's one of the misconceptions Um along with health and physical ability So maybe they worry while if we all if we hire an older teacher They're going to be sick more often. I'm you know, maybe And then just the things like receptiveness to professional development. So there's this one misconception where um employers fear that if they hire older teachers, they kind of don't want to um They don't want to learn more they don't want to Take more courses or like things like that For professional development, but yeah, again, these are misconceptions Some people have not everyone also not everyone has all of these misconceptions These are just some of the most common misconceptions that Me in this industry I hear about from employers Um And that might be why some schools and employers in the efl industry are reluctant to hire some older teachers From the Philippines, Angelita. Hi very good. Okay All right great So this is what the efl marks like at the moment and also how it feels like for older teachers All right Then moving on what are the advantages of teaching abroad teaching english abroad at 40 plus What are the advantages that a older teacher brings to a school to the classroom? So I highlighted three different things here. The first one is This demographic certainly has a lot of unique strengths that a lot of younger teachers do not have So some schools they actually prefer teachers with specific backgrounds in areas such as business english Or test preparation or teaching adults and individuals over 40 They may have relevant professional experience in this field. We see this a lot if someone worked in business For 20 years 30 years They usually make for really really good business english teachers because they know the business world um at the same time if somebody for example worked as a medical professional Right, and then you get you have an advantage if you get hired as a For teaching english for teaching medical english for example. So these like niche things Makes older teachers really really stand out and have an advantage Especially in the business english field like I said in the beginning Business english positions. They really like to be filled by more mature teachers because It's also kind of a respecting business english Students tend to be adults right and sometimes even older adults. So if You send in a very young teacher might not Sometimes work that well. So they like to also hire somebody who's the same age or maybe a little bit older than the students there Just for that and then also the next point here that I wanted to talk about is building rapport So older teachers they often have a wealth of knowledge and maturity of course and a unique perspective to share And this can also really enhance the learning experience for students and can help you bond with your students, right? Maybe even some older teachers. They have kids themselves. So you can find this This unique rapport this unique bond with your students that some younger teachers Can't really have right? Or what I also find sometimes students, especially when you teach older students like high schoolers or maybe university And if the teacher is really young the students think like Think of the teacher more of a friend Because you're more similar in age and then That can sometimes be disruptive If the if the atmosphere is more like is too casual and too friendly It's also not good for learning. So Then being 40 or over can be a good advantage as well And then the third point is high professionalism. And this is what a lot of um employers Think is a big advantage that older individuals they tend to have already established work ethics professionalism and just strong interpersonal skills if you've worked in a company for 20 years you basically Yeah, you tend to have a good work ethic and you might be a good team player And these are just really highly valued skills in the teaching profession as well. You need to be You know, you need to communicate well. You need to have a good relationship with your other teachers and co-teachers So a lot of employers really like that versus if you hire people straight out of college They've never worked before they don't really know how the working world works Versus if you hire somebody older who's already taught who's already worked in a company It might be a little bit easier and um, yeah more professional All right, so these are the advantages of teaching English abroad at 40 plus As always if you guys have any comments to anything that i'm saying or any ideas if you yourself Are teaching English abroad or online or in your own country at 40 plus and you want to add something to what i'm saying Please feel free obviously. I hope it's obvious. I don't know is it obvious. I'm not 40 plus So I do not have that experience personally It's just experience from my research and from people that I've met that were older that I talked with um So i'm trying my best to uh, you know cover this topic, but I cannot really give my own Um personal experience because I do not have this personal experience So if anybody has it, please let us know and give your input that'd be highly appreciated, but other than that um Okay, sanna here has a has a question or a comment so sanna says hello there I don't know the topic exactly, but could you please guide me how I can apply for teaching jobs in the Middle East with no experience? Okay, so good. Um, yeah, sure the Middle East We just kind of touched on that in the beginning the Middle East and I'm just going to make myself bigger for just a second to answer this question um So the Middle East is actually one of the best Tefl destinations in terms of salary and benefits a lot of countries offer tax-free salaries Which is really really great and lucrative and attractive for many people um, however, because it has these high salaries and great benefits It's also very competitive and be the requirements are very high So if you have no experience, uh, it can be probably a little bit challenging It depends on where in the Middle East which country again, there's many countries in the Middle East They all have different requirements different laws for work visas for teachers, etc but um So it depends on which country specifically however, they do tend to have very strict requirements in this region So they typically want people who have a bachelor's degree a university degree sometimes even a master's degree In certain cases or that will definitely be helpful They sometimes also actually want to hire older teachers so 40 and plus And they also like to hire people with experience So you're going to see that a lot actually in the job offers that they want a year or two Or sometimes even more than that in experience again, it depends on the country um However, I think with no experience it can be a little bit challenging. So What I would do definitely get Tefal TESOL certified if you haven't yet and then at ITTT You actually have access to lifetime job support. So we will help you to the best of our ability um You can what you can do right now is go to tefalcourse.net and at the top it says jobs And then you click on that and there will be a lot of job offers By country and you choose Middle East and then what I would do is read through all of these job offers What are the requirements? What are the requirements? And if every single one says job experience Then it might be probably very difficult for you unless you have all the other things you check all the other boxes What a lot of people are doing they start out teaching in Places that are easier to get into so a lot of people actually start teaching for example in asia because it's people Teachers without experience get hired into in asia all the time So a lot of teachers start out teaching in asia for a year or two and then once you have the teaching experience you can apply for positions in Um The Middle East for example. That's what a lot of people are doing. I'm not saying it's impossible and again It depends on the country So do your research Which country you want to go to and browse these job offers to see what exactly the requirements are and then see How it aligns with your skill set I hope that helps All right, also interesting questioning from lorado. I'm just going to take up one real quick So what happens if one is over 40 and lives with a chronic condition like diabetes hypertension, etc well, I think this is not only for people who are over 40, but um Anybody who has any kind of chronic disease or condition or something and they want to teach english abroad Of course, you need to I think do a lot of a lot more research, right? And make sure that you talk with your doctor to see if you can bring all the necessary medication that you need already with you before you go there, so Those are also things a lot of women are doing with like birth control and things like that They go to their doctor and you get your birth control already for the whole year And then you would go back home visit and you can get another stash So a lot of people are doing that And then if you want to stay longer or you can't get this medication for like the whole year, for example It's not possible right with diabetes probably um I would do a lot of research in terms of can you get your medication that you need in the country that you're going to You will have to do a lot of um research about that and So I would recommend again. I know every every live session.  There's so many facebook groups teachers in korea teachers in china, whatever it is You join this group. They have thousands of members and you ask this question um because there will be somebody who has this condition Living abroad right now and they will be able to help you exactly and see how they did it, right? Or you find people on social media with this condition who are currently in the country and you can ask them But yes, if you have a condition and you want to go abroad You have to do a lot more research to make sure that you get the medication and the care that you need while you are abroad, right? okay All right, just moving on here now. So these were the advantages now Of course, we need to talk about the challenges as well I'm just going to make myself smaller. So this is as big as possible. So the challenges. What are the challenges when? Doing taffle t-sall and teaching english abroad at 40 plus, okay? I have identified three main challenges here The first one would be that some employers they prefer younger teachers because of these misconceptions That we talked about about energy levels technological proficiency adaptability Now I personally think these misconceptions Are bs. I don't think that that's uh really relevant Really depends. I mean, there's some yeah there me I don't know if I have the energy level to keep up with little kindergartners for eight hours a day six hours a day however long um I don't think it has anything to do with age necessarily. I think it has a lot to do with your personality Right rather than maybe your age. So okay, but this is these misconceptions are out there a lot of Or some schools they think like that. So there's something we need to know That is a potential challenge challenge number two Adjusting to a new culture and finding a social circle can be more challenging for older teachers Again, I think this also doesn't have So much to do with age however You know adjusting to a new culture. Yes, if you've never traveled before if you've never lived in a different country before And you're older already. Maybe it might be a little bit harder to Adjust to a new culture sure However, I think finding a social circle. This can be a little bit more challenging as an older teacher Most foreign english teachers. They are younger. They are in their 20s early 30s So Finding that social circle Especially of people who are your age can be difficult in other countries Again, it depends on which country you go to if you go to a country that has a lot of Expats anyway Then they will be of any age, right? But if you're going to a country Or also the city that you live in for example, I live in korea. I do not live in Seoul So the expat community in my city is very small And most expats foreigners living in my city are either students. They're exchange students Or english teachers or like foreign workers And so a lot of them are actually a lot younger than me So a lot of the people that I meet now They are in their early 20s mid 20s. So they are younger than me So if you are even older than that if you're in your 40s and you move to a city that has a very small expat community And many people are younger. It might just be a little bit challenging to find that Really good social circle Yeah, that's one thing Challenge number three This is like the official side that is just local work visa requirements and retirement age restrictions That vary from country to country and we're going to go into this now But basically a lot of countries abroad they actually have age restrictions for some teachers So not for foreign teachers specifically, but just for It has a lot to do with the retirement age So if you are over the local retirement age, it can be very hard to get hired if you're over that So Let's have a look at this right now. Here are some age limits for efl teachers. So for example, south korea The age limit for the e2 teaching visa is 60 years old So if you're over 60, you Cannot qualify for this e2 visa So you can't get the english teacher visa the e2 visa is the visa that you get as an english teacher in korea so This the the age limit for this is 60 years old because this is also the local retirement age And so if you're over 60, you cannot get this visa You cannot teach english in south korea. For example Then china is very similar the maximum age for work visa issuance here is also 60 years old So same work visa. So this is any work visa. This is not only the english teaching visa. This is every work visa The retirement age in china is also 60 so If you're over 60, you also cannot teach there and the same is also true in many golf countries actually so Work visa age limits are in the in golf countries are between 60 and 65 in this region So you if you're interested in teaching english in the middle east and these in the golf region You have to research exactly which country you want to go to some countries the retirement age is 60 Some up until 65 But yeah, so 60 in most places Because these are some popular places and then there are some great options for older teachers in places These are countries that really don't care too much about the age Um, so all three of these are in asia. That's cambodia, thailand and vietnam cambodia is a really great option for anyone Over 40 also people who don't have any teaching experience Also a lot of teachers who are maybe non native english speakers And they want to teach english abroad cambodia is a really good option And also people who do not have a bachelor's degree. For example cambodia is good cambodia Actually has a huge demand for english teachers and is famous for the lenient requirements for teachers. So You can find positions in cambodia easier compared to other destinations in the region And they do not care much about age either And then thailand is one of the best options for english teaching abroad in general and also tourism Thailand is very very popular. It has abundant job opportunities, especially for english teaching And here you also end up teaching a lot of children, but also they have a lot of adult learners because of the booming tourism industry So you end up teaching maybe kids but also a lot of adults Which is great. And then they also really like having older teachers as well for these adult classes And thailand yeah Has a high demand. It's also popular for the relaxed lifestyle, right? So if you're looking for something really chill a relaxed lifestyle beach lifestyle Thailand is a really really great option for that And lastly also vietnam is a really really good option And it's one of the hottest efl destinations right now in terms of demand The demand is growing fast and the salaries are also rising there because a lot of other efl destinations like the the big ones from The past or like the past couple of years like china, korea, japan Their salaries are actually not increasing especially that's a huge problem Especially in korea where english teachers salaries have not changed in many years But the cost of living has changed, right? So that's a big problem But in vietnam the salaries are rising the demand is growing for english teaching and they also do not care too much About the age of their teachers so you can find opportunities there And similar to thailand because of the booming tourism you also find a lot of adult lessons a lot of adult English teaching opportunities business english opportunities Test prep these kinds of things so you don't have to necessarily teach really young kids if you don't want to So these are really good options for people over 40 because of their huge demand And leniency in terms of requirements and age So kimbodia, thailand and vietnam awesome So if you are oh, I should have deleted this this is from the from the presentation really great site.com I didn't delete that my bad. Just ignore that It's not a real website All right, so now if you're 40 or over if you're an older teacher Or older person and you want to go and teach english abroad. What can you do? What should you do? So two big things I want to mention here is Showcase your transferable skills Showcase your previous experience because I think that's the biggest advantage of any Older teacher if you already worked before you've done You worked in a company you worked whatever worked you've been a teacher before you worked in a company before whatever you did You did an office job That's all very valuable and these are all transferable skills that are very highly sought after in the international classrooms around the world And then you can build a really strong application From that. So let's look at more details here for your application again Transferable skills and your resume. So recognize and this will vary from person to person, right? So this is very Basic information now. So you have to go in and Kind of look at your own personal background and your experience and then adapt. Okay So transferable skills recognize and promote your transferable skills gained from previous careers Or life experiences that are relevant to teaching and I want to mention that this is kind of loosely loosely It can be loosely relevant to teaching it can't be Totally not relevant. I think you can make everything relevant to teaching Somehow, okay, if you worked in an office for 20 years You are good at time management planning all of these things which will translate great in the classroom Lesson planning time management is super important for English teaching also working in a team All of these things are so important and you need to highlight those So do not leave anything out that you think oh, this is not teaching experience So I'm not going to put it on my resume. No put it on your resume and find these connections Of the things that you did before in your career and how they link To English teaching because that's very valuable And tailor your resume and your cover cover letters to highlight these relevant skills and experiences So do not leave anything out even if you think well, I was a waitress. How is that relevant? It is very relevant because you need to be a people person You need to talk to people you need to have communication skills when you are a waitress or waiter So don't leave anything out if you if you think like oh, this is not relevant at all find these connections put it on a resume And It can be amazing because that's really what sets you apart from people who are fresh out of college, right? You have this valuable experience Even if you did something totally different in your career And then one thing I want to mention what you can do that's totally related to teaching is take Specialized Teflon t-cell courses. They can really boost your resume So we talked about the Teflon certification in the beginning, which is typically what you would do is start with the 120 hour the 120 hour Teflon course, which is the international standard the international minimum You want to have at least 100 hours, right of training. So a lot of people get the 120 hour course Well, what you can also do, especially if you are an older teacher And you want to showcase that you're serious about this and you want to be an english teacher You can get these additional specialized courses. So for example If you really want to be a business english teacher, we have a business english teflon course Teaching business english that'd be a great add-on another one would be really great That would be really great Would be the teaching english to young learners course because then you can show them Hey, I am an older teacher, but I want to teach english to kids. I love kids. I've taken this specialized Teflon course for teaching english to young learners to kind of cancel out this misconception that we talked about before that older teachers Have no energy or have whatever can't teach younger students. So you want to cancel that out You can take these specialized courses that will really boost your resume help you out Yeah I think that's it about that uh Yes, and then just keep in mind and this is for everybody. This is really for everybody professional development and continuous learning So ongoing professional development and continuous learning is very important in the field of english language teaching So any kind of webinars like what we're doing right now webinars conferences online courses They enhance your teaching skills and most of all they help you stay updated with latest methodologies and just latest The latest trends in the efl field and industry. So you everybody who's watching this right now you're on point You're doing it absolutely right. You're here if you're listening as a podcast episode You're doing everything absolutely right you get as much information as possible You stay updated you work you you learn continuously and that's very important Also for any age right for any age always continuous learning and professional development is extremely important And that will also help you succeed in your teaching career And again, no matter what age you are no matter what age you are So I hope you found it helpful today. I hope um, this is what you were looking for if you are 40 And older um, I think the best tip that I can give you From my personal experience or in in this field working in this field and helping others find english teaching jobs and guiding them through is just to You know not Be confident be confident because older teachers your biggest asset is this experience you have Um, and this doesn't even have to be just work experience But life experience in general life experience if you've traveled before if you've any kind of work experience life experience that is your edge and your advantage compared to Fresh of the boat like Fresh of college uh people who are applying to teach english abroad.  Don't hold back right showcase your experience and be proud and confident And then you can do it You can teach english abroad just don't I think maybe a lot of older teachers are like, oh, am I too old for this to go abroad teach english You're never too old to change your life and follow your dream and go abroad and live abroad You're never too old for that. You're never too old for that Okay, even if you're 40 50 60 whatever age you are you're never too old To follow your passion and your dream of living abroad never So please keep that in mind and then if you have any questions now is the time for q and a any questions you have about today's topic or about Anything else related to tefl tea salt teaching english abroad teaching online whatever it is Let me now now is your opportunity. We still have a couple of minutes here Um that I can answer some questions and other than that That would be it for me and I hope you enjoyed today's session. Thank you So q and a is open out maybe just mention one more time our 30 off discount Okay, if you've tuned in later 30 off our teflin tea salt courses from ittt's you can scan this qr code You can scan this qr code here or you can just Let me give you the link as well. You can copy and paste our link It ends with sp life minus linda This is the link. This will get you 30% off any teflor tea salt course from ittt so that means our 120-hour course, which is the most popular one the one that is the international standard Also all of the specialized courses that I mentioned today and also all the packages which include the 120-hour course And the specialized courses as well. You can get course packages that are actually cheaper and then Even cheaper with this discount code. So if you're hesitating Now is a good time you can also save this link for later Once you're ready once you know, which course you want to take and then just use this link to sign up later also no problem So That is it Any questions i'm gonna wait maybe a minute more And if no questions coming through then i'm gonna sign off But I want to give everybody the opportunity and chance to leave a comment ask a question before I go So i'm just gonna wait a second And drink some coffee And i'm just i'm just gonna go through like the comments here if i've missed anything So again, just thanks so much for staying on lorado even though it's so early for you and amitava Jing and marie wajid angelita sauna Everybody thank you so much Okay, jing has a question. Hi, I had a question the free trial course two units will be credited to continue the course um I think so probably yes I would assume so um, I'm not 100 sure actually so uh what you can do To really answer this question, but I would assume so right That would make sense Email any course related questions you can always email courses at tcell minus teffel.com So any kind of course related questions that you have that I maybe will be able to answer Especially this one right now. Um, but I would say so yes um Ask them this team they know all of these courses inside out Much better than me actually All right, amitava says thanks a lot linda for your kind suggestions support words and inspiration at all times to come Have a nice weekend. Thank you so much amitava. I really really appreciate that. Thank you so much I appreciate you too All right Great and jorm said I asked the question. What was your question? Let me know again I think I don't see a question Feel free. Let me know before that that would be the last question for today Jorm, what was your question? I don't see you leave a question And is that what kind of question is that russia? What what does that mean? I have never been to russia. I've never taught english in russia. Not sure um Oh Jing thank you so much. Thank you so much jing. I appreciate you. Thank you All right, then I think we're going to sign off then today. Thank you so much. I really liked the live session Thanks for everybody who joined and tuned in and asked questions I really appreciate it and we are going live again next week and next week will be a whole Uh live q&a right every first friday of the month We do a live q&a session So prepare your questions and i'll answer all of them about tefal tesal teaching english abroad all of that and um Yeah I'll see you there and have a wonderful weekend and then i'll see you there. Thank you so much for tuning in And stay happy stay healthy and then i'll see you later. 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What's up y'all? It's W and I'm back with another gameplay. This is actually against Joel in the mudhead the head leaderboards This is what my team. I'm currently undefeated at the moment. I think I'm about 32 and 0 right now But his first chance to play Joel another player that was an ultimate league last year another top competitor In the Madden community and you know somewhere you guys all know and would love to see this match up So this is the first time I get to play him this year Interesting to see how he's playing how well he feels about the game this early in the season It would kick the ball off first. That's always a good thing. I'll come out Joel's in tight flex like he was in Madden 17 I believe We'll forget a little bit pressure there. He's actually had great pass protection this whole game really and here We're going to roll out play make it a little hitch up And then go to hitch over the top to John Ross Sean till it thumbs out my two players take each other out He gets a good block and takes it to the crib Wild play the second play of the game for me to be able to get a touchdown out of it So that's tough to give a kind of broken play like that for a touchdown That's that's I mean want to make you learn it and that one was kind of wild But you know down seven up and that's okay Gotta come down and make some plays and I get sacked on the first play He sent six people at me.  He was aggressive on the drag gave up the post over the middle Once again, what hit that post again boom right down in the field will range almost on the first drive Then we go ahead and over here hit a nice little out route to old del beckham. That's the upgraded or old del beckham Next play one or similar concept. Well, but he covers it away double flat at that side I was good defense had nothing wait till the last second go the way So good defense there by Joel and this time I'm gonna get sacked by Danny Schelt We're gonna get to third and 13. I've dumped it off plays good defense forces me to kick a field Well, it was okay. I get to ball a half just in the first half again You want to accumulate as many points as possible Can't leave a possession without points in the first half So I'll kick back off and we're down four. It's okay. I feel like I can get a stop I feel like my defense is gonna play an amazing early in the year here Here we go again.  You know dumps it off the tavern. Austin. He jukes cam chanceler Jukes Patrick Peterson and he gets close to the first down Fourth down with man up and everybody's bugging my and clown. He actually really gets some pressure there We're in a few times in the game. I got a lot of pressure He goes he sends six again able to dump it off underneath the reigning boss make a nice spin move back across the middle Pick up another 15 20 yards Randy moss man, it was spinning be that fast We're going cool. You got to soften them up a little bit when in that dollar Got a couple yards from time to time We're underneath more dump it off with Carson Wentz It's fully powered up Carson Wentz. He he's a gift in the curse He definitely messes up sometimes but here third and four hits a big end route to Randy Moss over the middle We're feeling good. He blows up my draw. He knows how to stop that. I might not do my net again But we're gonna want to come underneath one hit an ingram get a nice little animation, but doesn't fight forward for me Might need to tighten that's gonna fight a little more for me But we're here. We're able to go ahead and hit the little baby curl too old del for the touchdown We take the lead we get the ball to have This drive right here is big time for the game if I get a stop I feel like I want to win the game So once again, boom, he comes up here hits this corner out again Deep down if I think that bleed as Vernon Davis. He was able to hit there Here he goes again rolling around Russell Wilson makes a play a little playmaker underneath To John Ross again camp chance. So bring them down camp chance. So I actually run at linebacker with this team It will involve Joseph getting a little more pressure again Make them go the ball away Russell Wilson's really gonna lose in the pocket back there Thumbs it off the table on a gun camp chance. So it jumped again By Tavon Austin, I mean the camp chance started not like Tavon Austin. There goes getting the first down getting down with the smart With a little man coverage limbaugh Joseph again eating at the quarterback big limbaugh Joseph But he was going to draw At time Tavon Austin juice Sean Taylor.  So it's tie game 27 25 seconds left not much time for me to do anything with no timeouts Try to get a run back here with Tyreek Hill, but he just isn't able to get anything done I'm gonna try to chuck the ball down the field possibly throw one up A person once over those that slanted. I could have caught that guy out of bounds. Maybe I had something cooking Everyone the same play but this time we get sacked. Boom No, never but always give yourself a chance last play to have he just want to chuck something But why not what else is going to happen? Randy wants goals and gets it but knocks out of this man a little wild But you know I give yourself a chance for fluke. He does why I always chuck it up before half or run the ball or something I get the ball coming out of half. I feel good Fila alright on offense. He's playing good. He's playing decent defense, but he's playing really good offense I need to go ahead and get they get the leading the game change it up and he lurks me great play by him Those runs the play over and over a little too much But this is why you have lane Johnson with his 80 speed to be able to cover yourself from pick six Is with a fast line and like lane lane Johnson Here we go Tavon Austin getting juke and who's that he got that jail and ramesy that time Tavon Austin just really was killing me this game getting a little baby after yards. It's really a big deal He goes in underneath and tough catch by John Ross to hold on Giving the ball on the two-yard line tries to sneak we got defense for that second night Those are tossed though gets great blocking by the tight end on clowny I need clowny to fight a little bit more for me there So he goes up seven after the pick that was a big pick great defensive play by him So now I go tie the game up. That's what's about you know, I had the possession advantage now.  That's what McCoy's do to you Here we go.  I got to get one stop another stop, you know, just play real golf and it's really annoying with Russell Wilson But I feel like we can get us. I feel like somebody's gonna step up and make a play for me Really want to start manning up some of these hitches a little bit more because they're putting stress on my user to cover both these crossing routes and the hitch I'm not getting the type of pressure. I really want but here goes again. I man up Vernon Davis And Russell Wilson just skies it a couple times Man them up, but boom champ belly gets beat by Vernon Davis. He can't really play man on it when he's backed off that much Here we go. We get pressure. There we go. That's why I need Justin Houston coming through for me Over here we go. He's able to hit this crossing round on second 21. I give him a big play Should have maybe let him hit the drag underneath Boom, but then we're getting the pressure now. We're starting to cook. There's clown. He was the second sack of the game We're running a little too man under now getting a little more man covered So he can't run these hitches there. We'll take on Austin finally died and fumbled. Luckily for him. It was out of bounds Here we go. Patrick Peterson or not as Jalen Ramsey getting quick by John Raw speed matters more than anything And man always has Here goes Tavon again Hopefully get that triple Justin Houston. I got to stand up and make a play for myself Now he can run the clock out and take this whole game So I come down here get him to a third and six We're gonna play man coverage. He goes a double drags and camp chancellor in a spy picks him off Spies are really powerful this year, especially if you go right at their face at a player like camp chancellor So we get the ball back now. We can go win the game. Oh, we need as a field. Well, so I'll open it up run a little clock there And here we go Carson once kills me again. I mean Carson once killed me this game We really did. I don't know if he's really it but you know, I'm a Carson once fan Here we go Randy Moss getting the ball stripped out. He got a hold on to that for me So I get to a fourth and ten I go for a big play It's think him not thinking this fourth and ten And we hit rainy moss over the middle right down the middle of the field And then Sean Taylor strips the ball out of my hands and magically picks it off Picks it up rainy moss quits and Sean Taylor proceeds to run it back Break one tackle break another tackle get another 20 yards until Sean McCoy is actually able to break him down So now just like that he has the ball But I'm going to send a heater at him in first play because I want to you know I gotta make sure he's not comfortable right now. I don't get a feel for easily Here's those motions out Throws the ball to Ross and Amos just doesn't want to attack the ball and Ross does And that's pretty much want to end the game there because he gets the ball here all the time out It's 40 seconds. You can go ahead and milk this clock all the way down But he does This is a foolish thing here and rolling around and he actually throws the ball gets a penalty So that stops the clocking and leaves me with about 40 steering but 28 seconds left. I have no timeouts if I had timeouts I wouldn't took the cook kick out if I do take it out hoping for something So I got 25 seconds no timeouts. I'm kind of helpless here But uh, we try to chuck one up to moss for Beckham and that's swatted away down to 18 seconds Hopefully we hit Beckham over here get out of bounds and hold on no he drops that so now we're really in a hole I go ahead and just streak my running back. Hopefully get loose with McCoy, but he's broken taken down right away And that's how mine the defeated streak will lose will uh end Take my first loss actually in med in 19 Online that's the first one I lost both in uh draft champions and mud head to head to head I was it before this I was probably about 48, you know in the combined modes But this is my first loss now now I'm coming back. I'm I believe I'm 49 and won in mud head to head But it was a good game to Joel. He played great Not met anything about it, you know, it was a good game I'm gonna hope you enjoyed it that fumble really hurt But that's part of the game sometimes you get the fumble sometimes you don't But please hit the like please hit the comments and please subscribe Trying to bring out more gameplay throughout the year. I appreciate it


t pulled it out right here before switching cameras. So apologies guys, but I went one two three pulled it out so there it is right there and Let's put this back over here and here we go Yeah, they should have done something ahead of time right when they found out years ago Just say hey, we're gonna be there. We're not gonna play or something, you know All right, and how about a one of one for Belgium? Which is gonna Raymond Yuri tali men's with a Chucky Lozano tonight in out for Mexico. So Daniel with Mexico and the Yuri the one-on-one Nice little start right there. We have a redemption. Let me actually pull up This checklist what up King D. How's it going man? And this is penmanship. Let me see what penmanship and this is card number 24 which is Antonio Routhiger Which of course is Germany? Card number 24 Germany number 299 So Germany is David. I think that was one of the last few teams. I was taken So there you go. Very very nice All right, we got James Ward For England that was last spot mojo, which is going to Chris Huzzard and we got a Vincent company 10 of 10 For Belgium going to Raymond. All right, let's go guys. Here we go first auto Arturo Vidal for Chile Which is going to Daniel? Patch auto Then we have a Dennis pray it for Belgium. I feel like Belgium's just hitting like crazy Good break for Belgium when the Raymond We have for Italy that is a 24 out of 25 legendary signatures Giuseppe Burgamy, yeah, Burgamy and last one here guys is a Netherlands hit which is Robin van Bersie and that is four out of 25 And that's one of the Netherlands and Seung Very nice. There you go. There's the first one looks a little dirty like it was dirty, but it's actually not That's just the design So there you go guys first box of the case in the books 101 So appreciate it folks. So I'll pulse up the next one Number 33 Jaspies case breaks calm already Yeah, have a good night Joe. Have a good night Matt David. Yeah I'm gonna I'll be on for the next few minutes at least so print all labels and all that stuff, but I'm pretty much good. So today. I'll just do my normal two to ten But uh, we were really really busy yesterday. I was here for over a little hour and a half yesterday So it's fun today was more of a chill day. So again guys look for the website to be restocked It just might be a lot of Bowman Chrome Could possibly be other stuff, which I'm sure that we will post other things besides Bowman But Bowman will probably be the biggest thing. I don't know if it'll go up tonight tomorrow But I think that's what we're kind of gonna stock up the website with so Just be aware of that. I know the Eagles play at 10 in the morning.  I don't know though. What if there's Colts? This Colts team coach by Jeff Saturday. It's just a total new ballclub now. Everybody's playing for Jeff All right Next one should be up now all teams in and of course you guys can start selling those out and Like I said guys, I'm done for the night I'm gone for the next couple days get a enjoy a couple days off Sunday Monday But I'll be back on Tuesday on Instagram and then I'll see you guys here next Friday and Saturday for Black Friday and After Black Friday Saturday, I don't know if they have a day for that But uh and then of course early on on on Sunday on a Wednesday morning for release day, so Have a great night guys


What's going on everyone? Sam here with late in sports cards, ripping two boxes of 2022 Penini Prism World Cup Soccer Breakaway for Alexandros. So good luck here, Alexandros. Let's do it, man. I think you're guaranteed in autographing these, but they have all the gold and stuff, which are cool. Base pack. Giovanni Reina in there. They blew coming up of Serge Nabri. Nice one there. 46 out of 49 for Germany. You want to say Germany, right? Serge Nabri. Perfect. Red coming up now too. It's going to be Ruben Vargas. Nice color match for Switzerland. 65 out of 99. Take that for sure. See a big messy come out of here. That'd be cool. There's a Granite Chaka for Switzerland. Pulsar. I think those are not numbered. They're not. Argentina Cup Card. Very cool. Let's leave that one now because they just won. Hungman's Son for Korea. Nice one there. Tottenham Legend. That's one Griezmann on top. I agree, zero. It was such an exciting game. Silver, Jeremy Doku for Belgium. We got a redemption and it's going to be of Pau Torres. Nice. International Inc. Breakaway. Congrats on that. I think he's what? Stain? Pau Torres? That's my guess is he's Spain, but I could be wrong. Blake's looking that up. Spain. Let's go. We have these boxes at 260. LaytonSportsGards.com. 260 a box on these breakaways. I think we have Hobby or we had Hobby. I don't know if we have any more left. Silver, Farron Torres for Spain and base. All right, that'll do it for box one, Alexanders. Yeah, 260 a piece. Silver, Yusuf and Nesiri for Morocco. Guitar. Oh, such a great world cup game, Nick. So exciting. Really good to see Messi get one too. That may become the best player of all time now. There's an argument to be made there. Same here, Matthew. 20-26 World Cup in America. Got a red. Michael Ngadu for Cameroon to 99 on the rookie. That's going to be fun, man. I think they have games in Miami. I'm pretty sure, right? That should be our company outing for a world cup game. There's a bono for Morocco. I'll be in the middle of the season. Yeah, so I'm sorry, buddy. You're out. What's up, Penguin? I just, I don't know enough about soccer to be like, to make a definitive statement on it. That's a thing. Nice one here. Carl Toco and Kambi on the purple. 20 out of 35 for Cameroon on the rookie. Second ever player to get a hat trick in the World Cup final. That's awesome. That's so awesome. Mbappe. That's so sick. There's Diego Costa for Portugal on the Pulsar. Joaquin Correa, base. Scorer's Club, Yusef N. Nasiri. Timothy Wea on the back as well. Kimo Verner. There's Silver Connections, Declan Rice, Kaelin Phillips for England, and base. That'll do it for your break there, Alexandros. Thanks as always for jumping in, man. Do appreciate it. We'll get those right out to you, buddy.