Welcome back. This is Y254 Business Tuesday. And if you're just joining us, our discussion today is looking at the reasons why we have so many millennials today quitting well-paying jobs. And also remember you can follow this conversation on our social media pages at Nginna underscore Lizzie and at Y254 channel. So, Socrates, how are you? Welcome. Thank you so much. How are you? I am fine. And so, first of all, let me ask. In your profession, are you in the job that you school for? No. Okay. And is this part of the, well, are you in a field that you chose for yourself, like after school, and then you decide now let me leave what I studied for and follow what I want or how was it for you? Thank you so much for the question, Gina. I'm happy to be here. I'm a trained journalist, work as a journalist in my university. I was passionate about journalism many years ago. I loved the profession and its consumables. But going into the university, I shifted my focus from journalism that I was called to PASU. And I wanted something that will amalgamate communication in business so that I would make money by holding candid conversations. So, well, platforms are many who have PR practice and other platforms. So I took PR as my personal path, though I'm a trained journalist, and so far I must say it's been fulfilling. Okay. So, well, that was just a by the way question, you know, to also know if you're part of the demographic that quit their jobs, but ARUS was simply a shift. So now, millennials, first of all, can we let's look at how different are they from the previous generation or from the other generation? How different are they? Well, I've heard candid conversations about millennials and why I consider them a very special generation. They're the sort of generation that is hanging between a traditional setup and a digital future. They're hanging between the balance. And therefore, somebody once tweeted that the millennials will not know deep tradition, neither will they borrow into a future that is what they call it, an artificial intelligent future. So it's a very special generation. Well, it's a different one because of the digital landscape that has intruded into our lives. Millennials are looking to find freedom in their own thoughts. They are trying to free themselves from traditional jobs where you are tested if you can do something you're employed and paid after every four weeks, you're monitored. There's a lot of stringent missions at workplaces. They don't like that. They love freedom, the freedom of thought. They want to make money using the digital landscape, and that makes them unique. And therefore, yes, it's a very different generation. You see, back in the day, our dads, moms, and grandparents were using the traditional ways of doing their jobs. After schooling, they would go get employed, retire at a certain age, and then blah, blah, blah, blah. Many are very predictable. Well, so also on that, why do you think many of them, we have such high numbers quitting their jobs? Well, the digital, the present digital landscape has come with a lot of promise of freedom. Actually, it narrows down to freedom. Millennials want to do their own things at their own time. And with that, they still want to make huge profits. So I think the huge chunk that are shifting from the traditional job criteria are simply looking for this freedom. And they're also looking at their icons, who have done it both domestically and formally. But I still have a concern. Well, I understand that we are, the way you've explained it in the middle of, we are the amateurs, we are the beginners of digitization. So my question is, as we quit these jobs, are we going to a brighter future? Or what exactly, do we look forward to a brighter future? And what impact does it have on the workforce? Because I would imagine someone who want to take the risk to quit their job, they are leaving a space somewhere in the workforce that needs to be filled. So how is that impacting on us today and in future? Because you see it's high numbers, and I believe they are taking the best of the best in our workforce. Will it have any impact on our economy? Yes. I mean, my opinion is that we are carelessly leaving the job market to do our own things without guided strategy. You'd get somebody leaving, let's say civil service, they get some, let's say a million Bob. And now they imagine that a certain person in South Africa used a million Bob to create an empire of billion dollars. And now they run down empires, and now they exit this well-paying job to get into something that they would consider uniquely their own. So you can also agree, most of these people quitting have not properly calculated their steps, it's not a calculated risk, they just do it. They're just doing it because of pressure, social media, let me tell you, it's all over the place, people are not posting their failures. We are all out there posting what we did and the moves we were about to make. So these guys are saying that they jumped into this river, bought their feet and they are ripping millions, and therefore you are motivated to do it. We have organizations that I would not wish to mention, but every day they keep on telling us about digital marketing and promising new millions, flight trips around the world, and the pressure is too much. And I feel like with that kind of incitement it can also mislead very many young people in their work first. So let's talk about the group that quits their job and going to solve proprietorship now. So let's talk about that. Well, this group, I had a conversation in this same business Tuesday on how these sort of people, after getting into their own sole proprietorship adventures, they lack the money to sustain their businesses. And they start regretting how they would wish they had stayed in their well-paid jobs because the banks promised them money, government agencies promised them loans. But the bureaucracy is involved in getting these monies so detailed, a patient person would not go through. And so Ken is affected, Sana, because of the pressures that come with people. The 1% that managed is negatively affecting the remaining 99% of these people who are trying to get in. So my insight is that that is going on. Sadly, there is not clear thought process. And I really think you guys in active media should really add more thoughts into discouraging these. But if it's to be encouraged, let there be a very comprehensive thought process so that when you leave civil service and get into business, there will be no much hitches. And I also think education is lacking on finances and on placements in the jobs. So are there just specific occupations that people are living or it's the entire workforce? Like I'm talking of doctors or teaching. Is it the whole workforce or there is a specific group that suffers this more? Well, these are specific.  That's very true. People are living middle-class employment ventures, you know, the 8 to 5 desktop sort of employment, whereby all you do around, let's say you studied some interesting course at diversity, but all you do in somebody's office is to arrange files, you know, make online, you know, have online trajectories, sales. People no longer want to work for others, okay? And they also want to escape from these 8 to 5 schedules and get freedom in their own things. So yes, these are specific working frame that is really affected, but other people, they seem to be enjoying what they do. So I also see a lot of people in the workforce, you know, you see, especially, well, the young people, you'll see that they do not agree well with the rules of the company or the traditional rules. You'll find I have a few, I know a few of a few people who have gone through with quitting their jobs. And when I probe further, I realize it's the policies that they have in the workplace, like they just don't apply to us, they just don't apply to the millennial generation. Are there other things that, other than work policies that motivate these people to, you know, quit the job? Oh yeah, it goes back to my earlier insight where you find that these people, apart from the policies, they also want to, it's natural for people to want to be in control. They also want to manage other people, they also want to control income, they also want to have a name that can be celebrated in the society. So apart from the policies of their workplaces, there is that kind of drive that really pushes you to be independent and free. And I think that is even more a more spirited trigger to really want to venture into your own personal appropriation, other than work policies that are set. So now I've looked at, I've taken time to look at companies, empowered companies, and Andela was one of them. It was used as a case study for a millennial survey that was going on a well back. So I find that in such a company, rarely will they lose their employees. So I tend to think they are things, they are measures that they do to incorporate the millennials. So my question is, are there cultures that are millennial friendly? Yes, you know, there's something called business leadership, I've tried to incorporate it in what I do myself. Business leadership or my... Well, you can state that as well. Yeah, whereby you don't tell an employee of yours, go, you tell them, let's go. And therefore, bosses, business leaders, CEOs, project administrators are looking at hindering them from leaving companies by being part of their lives. By showing them how to do it and not telling them to do it. By holding conversations that are, from mandate to mandate, it's all about work. The bossy relationship, it's bad. So bosses and CEOs are bringing in disruptive activities like team building sessions. You know, these leaves that they send you somewhere to go really look into your own personal life are bits that you will use the company to introduce you to yourself. So well, there are cultures that are millennial friendly, the research is going on because it's a new thing. People really, people are tired of losing brains. And then my final insight to probably CEOs or recruiters who are watching is that the higher character then train the skill, the character will sustain, will sustain the business. Yeah, and also for those in the workforce, I think we're just looking at the millennials. More training should go in the CEOs and the employers. I also think it will be very important.  Well, I'll use myself as a care study. It was not a seamless transition. Oh, you were once employed? Yes, when I was leaving the university, I wanted to get into a media house, grab a microphone, get to the field and report these things. And I dived in. Then, wow, this guy is called directors and producers, you know, and yeah, the things they do in those media houses. I didn't really, I didn't, there was no spark, there was no motivation. So I called it quit. I left my job and then I was like, okay, now I've left that job. Where am I going to do it? Myself, I was broke for a very long time. I couldn't call home for probably either emotional or financial support because they'll be like, wow. And here you are. So myself as a victim, it really affects if you don't have a forethought of it, if you don't have a strategy of it, stay where you are. But even in the staying, have it in mind that one day I want to be a free, independent person, but work and train your mind into seamlessly getting into what you want. So Socrates, as we close, tell, what advice would you give to the rising demographic of people who are quitting their jobs as the last statement you'll say before we wind up? Yeah. I mean, I would like to tell these people to hold on. Just hold on. Yes. Don't go with the fast. I mean, the fast is so confusing. Yeah. Redefine your purpose. Business looks good when you're making money, but it will send you to suicide when you're working on a negative. So how about the ambitions of your freedom? How about them? You're allowed to how about them? Yeah. But train yourself, dive into research, delve into things that accompany doing sole proprietorship. Yes. And then now when you're getting into it, make sure you have money, not to start the business. No. Money to sustain that business as you look forward to making huge profit margins. Yes. So hold on.  Talk to people who have done it. Talk to people who have failed. Not those who have made it. Yeah. Yeah. Share in their past frustrations. Yes. Trust me you, your transition will be seamless. Okay. So I'm sure there's a lot we could say on this topic, but unfortunately, time is not on our side. So thank you so much for joining us and staying with us throughout the discussion. In case you missed anything or you would want to revisit this discussion, you can find it in our social media page that is on YouTube at 2254 Channel. We will have the whole discussion there. Yeah. So until that's all, until next Wednesday, no, until next Tuesday. 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Since 1938, we've had laws to protect workers from being forced to work overtime without getting paid for it. It's a simple principle, pay people for the work they do. The problem we have now is that the people these laws were designed to protect are no longer being protected. There are millions of Americans who regularly work overtime and don't get paid a cent for it. Hourly workers in most service and blue collar jobs are guaranteed the right to overtime pay. If they work more than 40 hours in a week, their employer is required by law to pay them time and a half for the extra hours. For salaried workers, it's a bit different. Whether they're eligible for overtime pay is determined by their salary and the nature of their work. Federal overtime rules don't apply to workers who, because of their pay and responsibilities, have enough power and authority within their workplace that they don't need these protections. We're talking about professional and managerial workers who do relatively high level work, have a high degree of control over how they spend their time, have a department and employees to supervise, and here's the critical part, who earn a salary that actually reflects this. Federal rules governing overtime pay set a salary threshold. Any salaried worker earning below this threshold is guaranteed the right to earn overtime pay. That means that no matter what your boss calls you, store manager, shift supervisor, assistant to the regional manager, if your salary is below the threshold, you have to be paid for your extra hours. This is a simple and important protection. But here's the problem, the salary threshold has never been pegged to inflation. The salary threshold today is only $23,660 a year. That's worth less than half what it was 40 years ago. In 1975 it covered about 61% of all salaried workers. Today it protects only 8%. Here's what that means in practice. Let's take Jane. She works at a car wash and makes $30,000 a year. She spends most of her time drying cars, but because she helps schedule her coworker shifts and occasionally manages inventory, her boss gave her a job title of shift supervisor. Most weeks she ends up working close to 60 hours, but because her employer calls her a manager and because her salary of $30,000 is above the current threshold, she gets paid nothing for those extra 20 hours of work. Her boss has an incentive to say she's a manager because it means he can make her work extra hours without having to pay her. But this problem has a very straightforward solution. Raise the overtime salary threshold and index it to inflation. The threshold is meant to protect workers like Jane from being taken advantage of by their employers, but it's just too low to actually work. If we want overtime protection to work like it's supposed to, the Labor Department has to update the law.


but all card ship um but yeah you know i don't need to yell and scream the card will do the talking you know oh sgc doing a little special that's pretty good check it out i do remember clay buckles i think we looked at the back of the card run one time and i think he there was nothing i don't know oh it wasn't an autograph i guess next time i spot a buckholz card i don't think he's related clay buckles might be too too young to have a kid that would be unless he had a unless he had a kid really young nice that's a good deal michael just for bowman stuff bowman chrome stuff or any bowman stuff you know 23rd yeah i'll i'll remind someone but feel free to send another message again 23rd seems to be a while yeah well listen it's only uh it's only horrid the reds are only bad if they don't hit ryan it was just non-stop reds hits no one else was hidden if the monster teams don't get anything which is possible and the reds aren't so bad now i will tell you that that's some shipping just because of the holidays is is going to get a little crazy even from as far back as the 23rd 346 out of 499 jack herman there's an o'neill cruise rookie card and alex bomb to 250 pirates is for joshua the o'neill cruise and the pirates auto joe simone with the fillies christian vicaros i'm one of the guys we're looking for matthew charize cleveland there's dylan carlsson to 299 and 15 out of 150 Edison paulinho boston redsox james hannah although i think the reds in a two case break i think still would have been a couple hundred dollars i don't think you i don't think you were minus too much what's the what's the cost of the break 235 i think the red still would have been like a 200 dollar team maybe in a dual case break it's blazed doors in 299 so dollar wise i don't think you you missed out too much by that much you're not angry about the cost you're just angry about the reds all right i get it hey i mean what reds aren't making big free agent moves anytime soon ryan those guys with these guys will eventually those reds prospects here in bowman chrome will eventually be called up maybe boost their value maybe sell high rex did you say possible younger brother for clay buckles i just looked up clay buckles he's 38 years old i think he has a brother that's 18 years younger than i i just suppose it's possible i shouldn't i shouldn't say i shouldn't say that but mostly these guys are what between between 18 and 20 years old or something like that at 38 i think i mean unless he had a kid right at like 18 18 or 20 when he would be like 18 or 20 i guess i mean we'll we'll look next time i run to a buck holds card i'll take a look it could be there's wilfred verus white socks i think age difference between david and derrick maybe five or six years there's ronald's brother 195 out of 499 louise on hell and brian a brian opinion on the twins they're a little more that that that that age range makes sense there's ronald all right thanks ryan harrell good to see you men i'll see you uh today's my friday but i'll see you some point next week i'm sure there is immanuel valdez maybe maybe in uh this for the astros michael p with the straw is michael saying i mean you're 19 years old you're playing for the tusk loose of barons you know one thing leads to another and there you go matthew chara with the a's riccardo cabrera for the reds 47 out of 250 purple shimmer and christian vequero for alex donnelly and the nacionals all right next box yeah they got they got a they got a pretty good farm system all right another box another two autos i guess i am looking at the clay buckholz wikipedia page i feel like they would have i feel like they usually put family info here doesn't say anything about him having a a son in major league baseball or a brother that's like 20 or younger than him clay buckholz had that had that one great season he was an all-star and he finished like top 10 in psi young about top six in psi young voting in that 2010 season with the redsox made 28 starts 173 innings went 17 and seven with a 233 e r a that's pretty good 120 strikeouts all right there's benjamin cowles 19 out of 100 atomic refractor it's true it is not it's not a common name although you know what it could be could be like well now now i gotta look this up it could be like an uncle right clay buckholz's dad may have a younger brother that had a younger kid there's cj abrams 133 out of 199 now i'm looking for another buckholz card right so yeah like a cousin that could be it cj abrams for the padres that'll be for joe and yan kill for nan is for the rockies so the net oh red coming oh that's a nice one too is that a proper red not a fake red there's jake rucker for the twins purple chrome 161 out of 250 that will be for joshua the goldschmidt refractor to 499 we'll go to matthew chara and the cardinals and here is louise anhel akunya red red ranger going to joshua five out of five josh elis with ronald akunya's younger brother he's supposed to be from what i'm from what little i've heard i think he's supposed to be pretty good too joshua all aboard the big hit express number eight rangers prospect yeah best defensive infielder in the baseball america system speedy runner tough to whiff sneaky power and i think the youngest is on the twins another box like a fairly decent case so far a little orange there peeking out i mean maybe next case superfractor are we feeling that we're not we're not going to go anywhere for a little bit a lot of cards super in this case we do have four boxes plus this fifth one right here in front of me it's possible that'd be a hell of a case got a got a red and a super all right onwards there's mason jar hour for the rays that's going to be joce moe got trey sweeney to 125 that's for the yankees that's going to go to joe we got willy finas from the bronx to queens it's going to go to joshua and the new york mets metropolitans and nice orange kaleb killian arizona foley card 10 out of 25 matthew shura cubbies yeah i like the i like the rays farm system as well you've got a lot of guys torkelson tigers michael p wander franco joe and the rays bobby wit jr that's for dylan and the royals all right final third of the case coming up four boxes to go we've got some end of season uh farm system rankings corner mlb.com this is written on late august of 2022 orials they're ranking number one with top prospects gunnar henderson shorts up third baseman pitcher right-hander grayson rodriguez shortstop jackson holiday outfielder colin caliser infielder jordan westberg and dl hall lefty this is the third straight time this is the the writer writing this is the third straight time the orials have landed the top spot is now five range in row baltimore has had a top 10 farm system they stay atop the rankings even after losing adley rushman to graduation as he owes to all the two of the top four prospects and all the baseball three in the top 15 six in the top 100 overall and having number one overall pick in the i guess the previous draft doesn't hurt top end talent depth up and down the system currency the entire draft and renewed efforts in latin america their pre season orials preseason rank was one and now of their their uh postseason end of season rank they end at one so i'd also suggest that none of those prospects kind of had down years and in their farm systems got promoted where they need promotion and so on and so forth cubs matthew shirah yeah bet the o's to win the world series three years from now yeah i don't i don't think i don't know maybe you can get some offshore to make a line for you there's houston that's for michael p julio rodriguez goes to uh goes to seattle and chris buckholtz 86 out of 199 wan bin cho the south korean from st louis we go to toronto estavan machado autograph so cardinals that's matthew shirah we'll get cho and machado going to toronto that'll be for joshua and jordan lawler for arizona that'll be for matthew akins 23 out of 199 louis meza one out of 99 for toronto rodriguez for new york it's going to go to joe next wait were we talking about a buckholtz in this set or were we talking about chris buckholtz who has the mariners i'm using myself now uh second best farm system their preseason rank was five they ended at two my los angeles dodgers their top 100 prospects diago cartaya catcher at number nine bobby miller righty at 27 to gal vargas 44 third base outfielder second base outfielder michael bush outfielder annie pogas ryan pepio gavin stone i think this is a reason why uh let's read the blurb the dodgers continue to marry winning in the majors with churning out impact talent in the miners they're enroute enroute enroute they're enroute enroute how would i say it they're enroute to setting a franchise record for victories for the third trade full season this is written in august 2022 um and top all organizations with seven top 100 prospects among that group pepio is in los angeles miller vargas bush and stone are all knocking on the door in triplet i think that's one of the reasons a lot of reasons about what the dodger doing in uh in free agency or in the off season which is not much you know because they they spent on mookie bets they spent on freddy freeman you know they got some guys under contract some nice guys under contract some guys some guys will have to pay youngsters have to pay later on there's albu puhuls to 499 and and there's wonbin cho or te wonbin if you want to do it in korean matthew with the cardinals some cardinals fans in here a week or so ago who are really excited about his prospect i think he's a yeah became first amateur to ink with st lewis a lot of times these guys end up in like the the pros before the majors even looks at him so to get to sign an asian kid a korean or even a japanese player to sign one of those guys out of high school they must really saw must have seen something in him o'neill cruise pirates joshua jason kuryo speckle matthew it's 299 i'm going back to the dodger i just think that that's their they got it they want to get under the luxury tax too they want to be flexible payroll wise they're more likely to be in the trade market because the luxury tax also counts for deals that you make the trades that you makes i think the strategy is hey we've got these great youngsters we got seven in the top 100 which is more than any other team and a lot of the a lot of these guys are triple a guys so let's see what they can do and then reevaluate trade deadline there's ryan wreckley for san francisco and that goes to joe and the giants i think the dodgers should be a little more active in the trade market before the season though i would think there may be some young guys that single a double a guys if they could that they could move along and then start working those triple a guys i mean bobby miller miguel vargas michael bush gabinstone a lot of them i mean half that group has a good chance of getting out of the uh i mean there there could be if like let's say if diego kartaia kills it in spring training i mean there's a shot that they may trade austin barnes a great defensive catcher to a team that needs a great defensive catcher get some other guys back in return you know i'll have to look at that well looks like out of the top 100 louise rodriguez because this little blurb is only showing top 100 prospects but i keep can't be too far outside that third on the list if you're curious this article is written late august 2022 cleveland guardians they started the preseason at ranked 12th farm system ended the minor league season ranked three with daniel espinoe george valera gavin williams brian rochio and bow nailer as your uh as their top 100 100 prospects guardians excel at signing talented young hitters and helping pitchers take their stuff to another level hosey remeera is shane bieber the best big league examples and all five of their top 100 prospects fall into those two categories the farm should make a huge impact in cleveland shortly with 13 of its 15 best prospects having reached double a or higher so that that's another and that's a you know if you're a gm that's one of the smart things to do right is because you kind of try to create windows different windows so here's here's a here's a group where 13 of its 15 best prospects reached double a or higher you know all together right now there's going to be some there's brian akunya there's going to be some uh you know not all of those 13 are going to be major leaguers right but even let's say half of them let's say five or six of them become regular major leaguers that's great let's save two or three of those become superstars that's what you want to see there's cj rodriguez 15 out of 250 for the a's that'll be for matthew chara there's launay white jr refractor to 499 denser guzman purple shimmer to 250 for the angels that'll be for ryan ryan gamsby launay white for the pirates that'll be for joshua there's christian pache for the a's refractor to 499 for matthew chara and yorbet vivas 70 out of 99 green dodgers shawmatic julio rodriguez wordolfo castro and is that a green yeah green chrome wander franco joe simon tampa bay rays 82 out of 99 there's louis rodriguez 12 box 12 box and then guess what we've got another case so yeah looks like this case we're at the 50 minute mark right now so yeah that should be just under an hour and then another hour maybe a tiny bit longer if i start dragging a little bit since natty reds are your number four according to mlb.com your number four ranked farm system at the end of the minor league season their pre-season rank was 15 they climbed up to four top 100 prospects ellie delacruz shortstop third base at number 15 wellby marty shortstop at number 18 edwin arroyo shortstop number 55 sam camcaller third baseman number 63 and matt mclean at number 76 the reds this is this is good writing right here the reds restocking the red stockings i have a red socks reference but the reds restocking has come in a very a variety of ways their last two first round draft picks are in the top 100 and international signage ascension give them one of the most exciting prospects in baseball but it's been the trade market where cincinia has restocked its system the most with nine of its top 30 and eight of the top 15 coming in deals in addition to that intriguing talent top this is the deepest the system has been in some time and then of course with these teams will the will they spend the money to to keep these players or add to a young crop there's evan lee 213 299 alex donnelly washington and nationals marco luciano to 125 you might have to move off that position with uh carlos korea there now christinialich blue to 150 for the brew crew it's going to go to joshua matt manning refractor to 499 johy gallo spilling out there and there's antonio pinheiro for the brewers joshua matt manning will go to the tigers i'll be for michael p kibrian haze pirates uh 42 out of 199 yeah out of 199 that aqua lava parallel all right one case down another case to go and then we'll do a uh a big auto recap at the end uh diamond back's pretty pretty much unchanged they started the season at four they ended at five uh arizona is the only organization with three prospects ranked among the pipeline's top 13 overall corbin carol drew jones right andrew jones's kid jordan lawlor brandon uh fought um yeah three prospects ranked in that among the top 13 following the following the uh edition of drew jones and the impressive years of corbin carol and jordan lawlor it's a far draw from them to fat who looks like he has the best chance to emerge from a glut of double a and triple a arms to become a bona fide major leaguer and uh in phoenix but don't read too much into that one spot drop deep dime backs have served held serve as a solid rebuilding system that stands out more for its high ceiling talent than its depth ranger started the season nine ended six with josh young jack lighter alliter's kid i think i think that's alliter's kid because zack fleasack i think is dan fleasack's nephew anyway jack lighter evan carter oan white justin foeskew brock porter rangers have improved their standing for the fourth straight ranking thanks to a combination of potential start talent and depth they may have the deepest their deepest crop of pitching prospects ever starting with lighter white porter kumar rocker coal wind who were signed out of the drafter combined 21.5 million the well-stocked position players well led by young carter foeskew and louise anhella kunya i mean rangers have spent a lot of money on players there's logan serny 22 out of 499 refractor autograph the fillies joe um but i still think you know they could have a lot of young uh it is outliers kid okay yeah they could have a lot of they could have a lot of young players surrounding that that pricey core and since those young players will be all team controlled and all that that could be a chance for them to spend even more money which is kind of crazy to think about we've got edison polinio for boston that's going to be for james hannah speckle autograph 38 out of 299 like how the speckle parallels pop nicely ryan mountcastle purple chrome to 250 will be for matthew and the orioles team seven pirates started the season at seven end of the season ranked seventh best pharmacist mccorn mlb.com because of henry davis termar johnson quinn priester leover preguero nick gonzalez this is the fourth straight time the pirate system is in the top 10 even though they lost o'neill cruise and ronzi contrarious to graduation they did add 2022 first-rounder uh termar johnson this remains a very deep farm system bolstered by trade acquisitions and some aggressive drafts especially the last two years and i think they got this was the first year of the draft lottery remember this article was written in august so this was the first year of the draft lottery they also have a number one overall pick two raise rank three dropped to eight taj bradley kurtis mead arson williams on one hand this is the lowest the raise of ranks in 2017 on the other hand this is the 12th consecutive time tampa bay has slotted in the top 10 an mlb pipeline record graduation by shane boss josh low tougher years for greg jones aviar edwards have taken a little edge off but ascensions of bradley and mead are there yeah my tower saying yeah what about henry davis yeah henry davis is on pittsburgh as we just mentioned so what about henry davis yes he was there's alex tejesus 105 out of 150 i'll be for the dodgers is there a follow-up to that my town there's leonardo balkazar 29 out of 150 oh just calling him out yeah yeah yeah yeah definitely mentioned henry davis as they're as one of their top prospects yeah former number one overall pick and we not think we know this number 20 overall in the top 100 power it's another team where where where teams are begging them hey spend some money hold down to some of these guys let's start building something now there's ronzi contraris another evan lee for alex i thought you had something extra for us my tower i was like now we're gonna get a my tower factoid uh harry ford 74 out of 199 and we got a bowman inside i don't think we saw one of these in the first case right they're short printed i don't think they're generally cases but i guess they don't always land one per case but here's oscar colas for the white socks joshua idlitz with that one we got chris with the mariners harry we got drew baker 175 to 199 all right so pirate at seven rays at eight rockies at nine their preseason rank was 24 and they jumped all the way up to nine thanks to zac veen is equal tovar adiel amador and drew romo rockies have been making small incremental projects up the ranks until this huge leap putting them in the top 10 for the first time since 2017 when we only did a top 10 there weren't any big trades but a combination of several players already in the system breaking out as top-notch prospects three of the four top 100 possible systems were not enlisted at the start of the season and then a strong 2022 draft class six from the top 100 of our top six of the top 100 of our draft top 250 are now rockies a mouthful then they added seven new names to a much deeper top 30 rex's cubs at number 10 preseason rank 18 god of 10 thanks to ppro armstrong brennan davis and kevin alcantara the cubs system hasn't been this deep since chicago was assembling the talent that won the 2016 world series though all three of their top 100 prospects are outfielders they're pitching depth which is what they need in recent years is also notable most of their best arms have been acquired in the last 13 months including kade horton jordan wicks ben brown jackson ferris kaden wasnisky and kaleb killian now rex is saying earlier that's what i'm going to say the cubs are doing not getting guys to rely on their farm they should rely on the farm though let's keep it rolling there's michael burrow's pirates 26 out of 499 refractor autograph there's alexis hernandez to 199 for the cubbies that's going to be for matthew shara that's her mercy you've got some gold coming up here gold jay allen gold shimmer 12 out of 50 for ryan h and the red legs and they did go up rex their preseason rank was 18 and they went up to 10 at the end of season ranking although i think like most of these teams most of these rankings are based off of individual performance is not necessarily oh look at that they like double santhus 25 out of 499 looks like it went through the machine twice i'll go to the dodgers that'll be for uh shon matthew oh almost missed that nelson volat the the the stripes and then the auto kind of fools me a little bit nelson volasquez arizona folly got a graph going to matthew shara and the cubs it's number to 100 there's chris buckholz no no relation to clay sorry i i thought we had found it i i was confused i thought we were talking about a buckholz in this set that's where i got confused a little bit and i was saying like man clay buckholz would have had to have a kid really early if he has a kid in bowman chrome no but our uh chris buckholz who who is just checking in right now he said no you i could be his father he's 52 your two oldest met him and hung out with clay buckholz while he was in portland nice kid so where you like hey we got do you guys spell it this way we'll be like hey we're buckholz's too i think the bud chris chris saying i think the bottle got the best so we don't really think he blossomed to his full potential yeah we were we were looking at his stats a little bit earlier and there were there were there were some dominant years there and then continued flashes of continued flashes of brilliance all right so well we'll listen we're we're out of the top 10 we're not going to go through this entire list that in depth either top 10 but we will go through the rest of the teams and some players here boston's at 11 preseason rank 14th went up a little bit to 11th marcello meyer shortstop which maybe explains why they weren't too terribly bullish about retaining xander bow guards although they could have moved xander to like third or second or something like that tristan houses tristan casas and brian bellow marcello meyer's eight in all the baseball top 100 recording baseball.com mlb.com tristan casas is 26 brian bellows 37 yankees preseason rank 13 and at 12 they didn't move up too much but anthony voltby number five jason demingas 42 oswald paraza 53 and austin wells at 87 are there guys yeah i think it might be it might be what a year or two before we start seeing we might see chasing the mingas get a cup of coffee that could be a hell of an outfield once chasing the mingas gets up there and then behind one or franco is a hit for the fillies william burgola philadelphia that goes to joe do you hear about the the trump nft's ice promoting promoting them as sports cards each is $99 and then each time you buy you get a chance to win prizes one is dinner with him one is golf with him that could be interesting i remember this article where where apparently his uh golf etiquette is not it's not that great there's a match having the two for like he drives his golf cart onto the greens and stuff like that maybe it's a course that he owns he could do whatever he wants right if you're the owner of the course it's tray turner 146 out of 150 three million dollar man what is the what is the state of the world with nft's i feel like the shine has come off on those nft's a little bit jeremy panya nice rookie refractor to 499 that's for the astros michael p and adrian sagasti that's for uh the giants that's going to be for joe will he find us refractor to 499 yeah i think so too i think he has the uh the course record on a lot of courses all right cardinals were 16 they're now slightly up to 13 guys like jordan walker mason win gordon a graceffo matthew liberator alec burleson tink hence our guys push him out there new york metz went from 20 to 14 francesco alvarez bret baby kevin parada alex romirez except francesco alvarez that catcher is the number one overall and that's just in uh in the top 100 mlb.com's top 100 nationals went from 23 to 15 with robert hassel oh right that was part of the wansotto deal right robert hassel elisha green james wood ooh piece of candy and k kevali morales went went from number six and dropped to 16 that must be they must have graduated a lot of guys no maybe not grad yeah some graduations injuries and disappointing performances all right but urie perez max meyer jacob barrier some guys there number 17 is the a's went from 22 to 17 at the end of the year che lang lears tyler sodastrom ken wadachuk and zack gellar i think that shawn murphy trade must have yielded some extra prospects for them too but i'm a blockchain i mean i think that's the very building block of cryptocurrencies right of bitcoin blockchain still around for the padres there's harlin susana and v for joe and the friars yeah we haven't gotten to mariners yet alexa's wander franco to 199 that'll be for the rays joe use a lot of bullfrog too oh you should oh chris chris you might be lagging behind just a little bit i feel like we're a little time separation between our responses and in your chat oh the blockchain cars they put in products yeah i i don't know i think i think that might still be around i don't want to talk too much about another company uh tops bow and break 192 out of 250 manual valdez astros that'll be for michael p j allen to 299 they're onto that now all that sticky stuff they're definitely onto that now chris husky dolphins top shots those still it's i think so not as uh definitely not as as viral as it was before i don't know i think i think we still have a long way to go before before any of that sort of stuff i think nfts and crypto and stuff really gets a bigger foothold but hey these these will be the growing pains i think you know could be anywhere from 10 15 20 years later we'll probably probably look back to to 2022 especially with with ftx and all that and these crypto exchanges like struggling and i'll bet uh i'll bet people will look back here and just be like man what noobs in 2022 could be completely different in 10 15 years but with anything like this you know stuff like cryptocurrency i think i don't know much about it just but you know in terms of but from what basics i know you know like there are good points to it there is a framework in which the world could use something like that but very much in in baby stages i think they cover this in science fiction but when when you can buy sell actual memories or anything when can you buy and sell actual memories that's what nfts are supposed to be right antonio pinheiro that actually has a space i think it works i it's i think it works as a better as an extra layer of like maybe copyright protection in a certain way there's your dany de los santos for the pirates that'll be for joshua it's to 125 yes here mercedes twins there's your dany de los santos autograph for the pirates that's for joshua and we've got a blaze jordan 49 out of 75 for boston that'll be for james all right we are halfway through this final case we've got about another 30 minutes to go it should bring us yeah a little bit past the top of the hour and as promised i will still do yeah i'll still do that one pack that filler pack and looks like we're going to leave break credit on the table but that's that's all right we'll save that for another time all right then a's were 22 into 17 we talked about them giants went from 11 down to 18 so with uh marco luciano kyle harrison as their two top 100 prospects though their systems dipped in a little bit they got to saw some para high end talents let's see how they work out brewers went from 25 to 19 uh thanks to jackson kurio number 11 sal frillik number 49 joey wymer jackson kurio is one of the hits that we're looking for here in this bowman chrome manager cred council has actually name-checked jackson uh kurio as possibly being a regular contributor this year in spite of him only being like 19 years old or something like that blue jays improved by one spot from 21 to 20 thanks to gabriel moreno catcher ricky thymian lefty and orelvis martinez shortstop third baseman and you know we might see orelvis martinez or moreno that is i know moreno's been blocked actually he's a catcher he's been blocked by blue jays are really deep at catcher they could probably afford to move one of those guys at the deadline royals preseason rank was eight dropped to 21 and i think that's because graduations you know mj melendez bobbywood jr etc etc there's victor labrata 498 out of 499 for seattle that's for chris they still got gabin cross and nick prado in that system carson williams 47 out of 75 joe with tampa bay and there's parker chevres for matthew shara and the white socks white socks matthew shara with the cubs that is this jason kurio drew bakers speckled to 299 another christian vicaro another box down denis is saying nfts will probably still have to deal with name and lightness so we need to obtain permission before making anything if the rights are owned such as shack he owns the right to alvis in maryland i think the way around that is often is by creating unique pieces of art so if i created if i took a bunch of images of shack and then created a acute little collage on a foam board and put little like i heart shack in felt lettering maybe made some frames around those pictures of the puffy paint and sold that i don't think i'd have to deal with name and lightness because that's an original piece of art that i created but then again if i think if i mass produced it like a poster is there is there a different legal ramifications there if it's not a one-off piece of original art that's considered art and it's more for commercial gains then maybe you do have to run into and maybe you do run as a name and lightness stuff almost there stay on target there's yasser mercedes yas joshua with the twins that's one of the big names of the twins that's who you're looking for you if you end up with the twins on her franco rookie card yeti cap to 150 joe with miami i think it does depend yeah if you're making money on it i think it's just a one-off piece of art that i'm displaying as art i think you can get away with it if i'm mass producing it on like t-shirts then i might be a different might be a different thing joe with the yankees michael with the tigers there's alexander ovales 79 out of 499 refractor autograph for tbr joe with the rays there's matt manning aqua to 199 160 out of 199 a little bit of that lava pattern there that i think looks pretty sharp all right another box twins went from uh did we talk tiger tigers went from 10 to 22 jackson joe and jace young i think that's mostly because of graduations riley green and spencer torkels are now off the prospect was twins went from 19 to 23 brooks lee roice lewis immanuel rodriguez a little bit of a mixed bag farm system for the twins there's alex's mariners went from two down to 24 with only harry ford the only player making the top 100 at number 68 but the mariners began the year with six players in the top 100 three most notably top prospect wheel rodriguez graduated from prospect status two more top 100 guys sent to the red in the louise castillo deal the depth of the system was aided by the addition of six members of the 2022 draft class but winning competing does have its cost in terms of maintaining a system that has been a mainstay in the top five but i think the mariners fans would rather be a top five team in baseball instead of having the top five farm system in baseball i think they're okay with that but harry ford still out there it could be it could be a little cal raleigh harry ford duo cal raleigh could definitely dh uh with that pop in his bat philadelphia philies stayed about the same started at 26 ended at 25 andrew painter mick abel white socks went from 30 to 26 colson montgomery is their lone top 100 guy brave started the season at 27 ended at 27 bon grissom but obviously they lost uh you know michael harris and strider had all advanced graduated and then we'll we'll take a look at the last two team last few teams after this box we got jared callanet to 299 bobby wood jr jr sanchez autograph for joe and the marlins yeah it's like i'd rather take our top five team sick of having a top five farm system branding from first there's paedra penata the jordan walker to 125 for the cardinals that's going to be from matthew and there's jordan walker bowman ascensions is that two in this case we didn't get one in the last case so maybe that's what we're getting two in this case it's usually uh usually falls one per case it's a short print marcella purple shimmer to 250 there is ian louis for the fish joe simone roberto compass 58 out of 99 michael p with detroit motor city all right just a few more to go rounding out the bottom three farm systems updated farm systems ranking for 2022 according to mlb.com article written late august of 2022 so obviously things could change if there have been some recent trades or something like that but padricks went from 17th ranked to 28 top 100 prospects are jackson maryl and louis compassano the fact that the soda trade didn't completely sink sandigo number 30 is a testament to where the farm system was before the blockbuster of the century astros preseason ranked 29 are at 29 hunter brown at number 71 the writing yeah i think they uh i think the thing the astros ranked next to last for the fourth straight time that hasn't stopped them from reaching five straight alcs while getting contribution from home growing talent yeah i think a lot of those guys that prospects that did have keep getting called up and angels rank last 28 to start the season ended at 30 logan ohop catcher at number 67 you got a lot of work to do guys like joa dell had flashed some uh had flashed had some flashes of of maybe being somebody but it's graham ashcraft but but it hasn't materialized so that i think to the frustration of a lot of people who are who have joa dell in their portfolio ashcraft goes to ryan herald and the reds there's randy aros arania to 250 for the rays brodrick arias for the yankees there's daniel macklevenny for the red socks that'll be for james there's urlan confidant 299 speckle there's daniel vasquez green shimmer 39 out of 99 two boxes to go we're almost there and we'll do a recap as well so the top 100 just looking at the top 10 now what's the mets catching situation francisco alvarez is ranked number one i forget who's that catcher but i mean they've got they've got a pretty uh spent a lot of money they got a pretty stacked team and they've got a number one prospect waiting in the wings that's a base mlb.com says zeta 2023 gunner henderson for the orioles korban carol i think they're already playing a little bit for the diamond bags rason rodriguez anthony volpe jordan walker marcello mayer d.l. cartaya urie pares and jackson curio rounds out the top 10 anil cruz awesome thanks uh see you next week man you too braves there's brandol mesquita 72 out of 75 it'll be for the braves joshua francisco alvarez 94 out of 125 i'm just talking about him now he appears that's for joshua and the mets jose rodriguez joshua and the rangers yosfar garcia for the fillies that'll be for joe that's to 125 pete crore armstrong 14 out of 199 and jason curio jackson's brother who's also pretty good in his own right and the final box the 24th box we're at one hour 37 minutes we made it final box good luck we got orange shimmer parker shaver is 18 out of 25 matthew chara nice of the way that orange looks really pops there's uribeel anhelis to 499 refractor for the a's that'll be for matthew chara whatever will be will be all right last mini box last auto last bit of parallels last auto is jackson curio we were just talking about him 23 out of 99 great way to end it joshua idlitz working hard on filling this uh this double header gets randomized the brew crew and gets this guy jackson curio right now i'm looking at him right now number 10 prospect in double a 18 years old estimated to come up to the big leagues in 2024 but correct council was talking like maybe maybe this year if you know your scouting grades hit 55 power 60 run 70 arm 45 field 60 overall 60 he's pretty good he's ranked a spot ahead of uh andrew jones kid drew jones so if you know the hype around drew jones he's one notch higher on the rankings at least for now so that that's where that's where he sits there's carsten williams purple chrome 250 i'm sorry miss jackson ooh i am for real and that my friend does it nice break here is the recap for this double header random team three chavers to 25 the jordan walker bowman ascensions yas wander franco to 199 the william burgola 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All right, welcome back to our second interview with Erica this year. She is one of the helpers in my ABC client group program. And yeah, I'm really excited to talk with you about any updates to your work recently, your experiences, your lessons, your learning. But Erica, maybe I'll just have you give you a chance to introduce yourself, how whatever you want to say today is just great. Cool. Thanks, George. It's good to be here with you. So, yeah, I'm Erica O'Kane and my work in the world is to care for people. I just happened to do that by way of Apple products. I bring an approach that is there's something great that you know how to do in this world that I have no idea about. I just happened to know about the technology.  I believe that people should be able to do what we just did when I'm gone. Unless it's a one time thing, if it's a one time thing, you know, you're not going to have to do this again.  Let me just take care of that. But for things that people are going to have to do over and over again. I want to make sure that they can do that independently. That's great. Yes. And it's, it's unusual, right for someone who is supporting others with tech to say I care for people and that's sort of like my first goal. So that's, that's a wonderful uniqueness about your work. All right, so before we started recording, we were just talking about how you've been doing this practice. I'm going to call it net caring. You can call that if you want to but for those who, well, I'll let you describe what you're doing on a regular basis, and the kind of synchronicities effects that it's having so go ahead and share with those who are watching. Yeah. So I make it a point to reach out to three people each week, not even about business just, hey, you've been on my mind I'm thinking about you how are you doing. Sometimes when we connect we end up talking business and sometimes we don't. What I've noticed that happens though is when I am consistent in this particular practice business comes out of some other location. There's somebody that I haven't talked to for a while, or a new client gets referred to me. All of these things, they just kind of materialize out of seemingly nowhere. But I feel it, but I noticed when I don't keep up with the reaching out to three people. Those sorts of things don't happen. So I find it fascinating to watch the energy move and flow and see how it goes. It is so cool.  So somehow, and the law of attraction, like you're activating it by actually doing the caring and the universe responds back. And it's so it's so interesting that I mean this is this is a great example because, you know, like when I talk about net carrying it's different from net working. Like if you were net working, you'd be like, Yeah, George, my networking isn't working because I talked to, you know, Sally and Sally didn't hire me again after that conversation so it's not working. Right. And that's how most of us approach it like like what do you what have been your thoughts I mean have you have you tried networking before and how's that gone. It's excruciating for me. Yes. Well, because it doesn't feel like I'm caring for the person. I'm just trying to talk to them to get something out of them. And it's like, that's, that's so out of resonance for me. And so when I'm more in resonance with who I am, which is my job is to care for people, then things just materialize. Yeah, it's now the fact that you do it consistently is is an important sort of element to this.  Maybe there's a connection there. And the and the fact that you found this action that is doable for you is really awesome because it's simple. It's connected to your energy flow. It's connected to your like your heart. You know your your sense of like, like it's good for your heart. And it's good for the other. And it's good for the energetic universal flow. Okay, so I tell us about how do you figure out which three people to reach out to. Like let's say you're doing it this week like how do you decide. Honestly, it's kind of gizmo. It's who kind of pops up into my mind. And who feels like, you know, I really would like to reach out to that person. There's somebody that I reached out to this week because we've been kind of going back and forth and memes on Facebook and basically saying, why don't you just tag me next time. And so I'm like, you know, we think kind of should have tagged each other. So would you like to get to know each other better. Yes, absolutely. I've been meaning to reach out to you too. That's awesome. Yeah. I know you're you're you've also implemented the to do with CRM type of system. For those who don't know, I made a YouTube video about you could find it just go to my YouTube channel and search or you can search on YouTube to do is CRM. And the video inside that video I actually used Erica as an example. So you can see. And so, and I'm going to be updating our notes right right now and in my to do with CRM. So does that come into play and you know, it's not that someone pops up you have to reach out to them but does that somehow remind you and come into play there for for choosing who you reach out to. If I had fully implemented this do is CRM yet, it probably would come into play more. That's one of those things that I'm still trying to get good about staying with. Yes, yes. And, you know, every person that I, you know, get in touch with put them in there and every time I have contact, make a couple of notes. That's on the project list right now. Right and it doesn't have to be every time you make contact right. It could just be like every conversation you had that was more than a minute or more than three minutes or something like that. But yeah, like every call that I have with a client. I'm definitely updating my notes there. And a colleague or. Yeah, so, but but if I like commented, like one of my students asked a question I made a comment before I don't update the, I don't get the CRM but Okay, so tell me tell us more about, like, do you tell us more about the outreach itself or the the contacting them like, like, I want to know more about. Do you prepare yourself in some way like do you like look at their profiles or something or or tell tell me more about the process of the practicalities of it. Yeah. Very often it's as simple as, hey, you've been on my mind. How are you doing. Or I saw this thing that reminded me of you. How are you doing, how's it going. And one again, it's, you know, well, in my scheduling software, I have a follow up that goes out three days after the last appointment. And it says, Hey, is there anything that you know any loose ends that need to be tied up or are there anything that you're happy with everything. By the way, this is an automated email from my scheduler so don't feel compelled to respond if you don't want to there's no pressure it's simply an opportunity to respond if you want. That's a nice way of putting it. Yeah. And so the fact that you say, how's it going. How you've been up to.  I generally get a response. Oh, thanks for thinking of me. You know, and it's, if there's something that's more specific to that person or if there's some particular reason that prompted me to reach out.  It made me think of you. That's sweet. So I thought I'd let you know I've been thinking of you. And I guess what I'm trying to try to get is even though the message you sent sounds kind of generic, I feel like the energy behind it is not like there is a there's a palpable energetic difference between someone who we feel is kind of robotically using a templated outreach message versus the kind of thing you're doing, even though the words might be the same. And I find that really interesting because I know what you mean. And I do think there is some kind of, I don't know what it's opportunity. The right timing, some energetic connection that creates that right timing or that feel of the message being different.   So, that's, that's, that's wonderful. People already know me by this point. And they know how I care for my people. And so even just that little ping of, hey, how you doing is they understand the care that's behind that because they already know how I'm going to care for them. That's so essentially, you're reaching out. Not just to pass clients or only past clients. Tell me tell us more about like the categories of people using on to past clients.  Yeah, just, it's, it's really for me, it's, oh, you come you popped into my mind there must be a reason for that. I just want to let you know that you've been on my mind because so often it's easy to say to think that nobody's thinking about you and that nobody really cares. And yet, you know, I have friends who will be like, hey, how are you doing? Because, you know, maybe they know that something's been going on and they just check in a few days later. Yeah, but it's because they're thinking about me that they check in like that. Yes. Yes. And we have more people to check in with than we usually remember, you know, realize I mean if we don't make a list or go and actually look at our Facebook friends. Like, wow, there's there's a lot of people that I haven't been in touch with for for quite some time. Yeah, so thank you for for sharing that. Okay. Question for you. Like, if you so so it sounds like you're doing a better job than most people of keeping in touch with your warm audience. I'm wondering what are your thoughts about expanding that audience. So you get new people who don't know you reaching out to you like what's your current thought on that or what are you working on in terms that That is definitely a work in progress that I haven't given a ton of thought to it's one of those I want to get really good in the rhythm because Yes, this reaching out to three people a week practice is great. And unless I'm accountable to another person, I don't stay on track with it very often.  And then each day, we text each other with Okay, what did you get done today. And so we celebrate everything that we got done. And if something's on the list of, you know, to do for too long, you can say, I noticed this has been on the list for a little while. Is this still something that is a value to you do you still want to do it or is it no longer important. That's so awesome that you're creating that kind of accountability to too few of us have that and thank you for kind of, you know, and for sharing that with us. Hopefully others watching this will feel inspired to reach out. So, okay, one more question about the whole not caring thing is, do you do you have a sense like do you because three people a week means you could possibly reach out to something like 150 people a year, right. And I don't know if there's 12050 on your list of people to reach out to. But I guess what I'm trying to say is like, do you do you remember, oh, we already reached out to George or like how do you like, like, some people might get contacted multiple times a year or how do you have a sense of keeping track of course you're working on the CRM thing, or you're going to you're going to you're going to check it out. But, but for now, like how do you manage that. For now, it's a purely intuitive process. Okay, so you kind of have a sense that okay I haven't reached out to that person in a while. Yeah. Yeah. And it's a spark of they've come into my mind for some reason. Yes, or you know I've I've seen some something on Facebook for from them or something in the world reminded me of them. Right. Yeah, I figure there's some reason for that. So following the spirits call for connection. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. One more quick topic before we we start wrapping it up is we also talked before we started recording about this, this idea of honoring our capacities, our own capacity to do things so tell us about that and particularly if you want to relate it to your own experience or you could just talk generally about it. You know, not every day or not every week. Do I have the same bandwidth to be able to do X number of things or X number of tasks, and not every task takes the same amount of energy to do. And so it's a matter of, okay, what kind of energy do I have today. How much do I have to give. And where is the most important place to put that energy so that I can get what I'm putting that energy in, I can get the most return of that energy. And not putting it in to get the return but putting it in. And it generates that. Yeah, it's, it's a it's a wise investment of your energy to create the greatest positive impact in the world. Which of course includes your own life and your own business. Much more eloquent is said than I could. No, it's really, I'm glad you said it. I mean, you know, honoring our own capacity, which it which does change day to day and particularly for those who have part, you know, dealing with health challenges. Sometimes it's chronic illness. It's it might be difficult to plan to say well tomorrow I was going to do tomorrow I'm going to do these 12 things. And then tomorrow goes around. And then there's a different health situation that day. Yeah. I have energy for four of those today. Yeah, so tell us more about that like like what what do you think about that. Yeah. Yeah, it's what are the things that I have the energy to do today. If I have the energy to do one big thing, then I can do that one big thing. Or if I have the energy to do if I've got 12 tasks, and three of them are big, and nine of them are small or three of them are medium and then three of them are are small. That's only nine. But anyway, the math works out however you want it. Yeah. But you know, maybe I have the energy for all three small tasks and a medium task. Yeah. Yeah. So which one of those stands out and says, Hey, this one really needs to get done. Right. And how do I make a practice of prioritizing those tasks. And I think the accountability helps prioritize those tasks, because it helps. I'm an external processor. Half the time I don't know what's going on in here until it comes out of here. And so when I talk with somebody hey I'm going to do this task and this task and this task. Great. And I only have energy for two of those one day. Okay, well which ones are most important or which ones just need to get done sooner rather than later. Do you deal with the always present, I guess, resistance, or the anxiety or fear towards certain tasks. Because how do you how do it's and I'm sure there's no perfect answer everybody and we each have our own way of going about but essentially this very delicate very delicate difference between a real limitation that we need to honor and respect versus an excuse perhaps or a imposed limitation that we can lift. How do you how do you think about that for yourself. That goes back to external accountability for me. Because I'm one of those people that if I'm left to my own devices, I will never get anything done. But if I have somebody that I can say okay I'm going to get this and this and this done. And I'm like, Oh, and now that I know that we're going to celebrate things when we get stuff done, like, ooh, what can I do so that I can celebrate these things. I actually get excited about doing tasks. Versus, geez, I don't want to do that. But it's a what can I say I did at the end of the day. Yes. I love that you've created you know yourself well enough. So therefore you created a system that works with you. Yeah, it's really great because. Yeah, my, my, this is why I'm on focus made like hours and hours a day for those of you who've heard me talk about it's like I'm religious about focus made because I need it. Otherwise, just like you said. If it was up to me, I would be playing video games and you know having having popcorn and watching that whatever I'm not not here and doing this. And yet, when I do show up. Again, designing a system that works for me each of us has to find the way Erica the accountability buddy things brilliant. Or like, like, when we show up for the system we've designed. You probably feel proud. At the, you know, like you said celebrating like, I feel proud that I showed up for my focus made such and even though I didn't really feel like it but I'm like, Hello, buddy, I could tell my buddy like, Yeah, I'm a little bit tired right now. Don't really feel like doing this but this is something I'm going to do and and one more thing of course, you know, I'm sure you probably do this you like breaking it down into smaller pieces. That so that it's not like any project. Most projects feel intimidating can feel intimidating to us. It's like, no, no, no, it's a breaking down. Oh, this thing I can do this piece I can start with, and then this piece I can probably get right like how do you how do you handle that.  Well, and then I get doing that little list piece and it's, well, I can move on to this next piece. And that, and then I just get going in the role. Yeah, it's easier to get going in a role if I can just start one little thing. Yes, absolutely. And there's always no matter how intimidating a project is, there's always a small piece we can get started with. You know, so, alright, well, I, you know, I could, I could talk with you for a long time about any all of the stuff and more but share with us what your current offer is what are you how do you serve your clients and you know how can people get in touch. Yeah, so I serve my clients on an as needed hourly basis. And so they get in touch with me and say, Hey, I have Apple products. Now what, and who G apple gal Apple. Apple computer. So what kinds of devices do you tell us more. Yeah, iPhone iPad Mac, Apple TV Apple watch, you know, all the different Apple incorporated products, because they're not Apple computer anymore they used to be when I works in the stores, but they're not anymore. Now does that mean it is okay. Yeah.   I know these things I know I know the underpinnings of them and how they work and I can explain them in ways that make sense to regular people, and you know, computer engineers. And if people would prefer a so called tech nerd who has a heart of gold and actually brings that kind of spirit and carrying into the, into the client work in the conversation well Eric is your person. So, tell us about your how the best people best reach you. My website is soulful support.com. So you L FUL support.com. And then my email is just info at soulful support.com. Awesome, I'll have that information below as well. Thank you so much Erica for what you do how you do it and just yeah being an example of doing these things that can inspire as well. Thank you so much George it's always good to talk to you. Thank you.