Deputy Minister President, Mr. Al-Wazir. Lord Mayor, Mr. Feldman. Former President of the ECB, Dear Jean Claude. Fellow and former members of the Governing Council. Former Lord Mayor, Mrs. Roth. Honorary Citizen, Mr. Fohmetzler. Head of the Jewish Community, Mr. Korn. Heir of the Grossmarkt Halle Architects, Mr. Elzaizer. And Mr. Pricks, the famous architect of a new house. Where are you, Mr. Pricks? Oh, there. Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to welcome you all today to the inauguration of the new European Central Bank headquarters. But let me especially thank you, all of you, for being here, notwithstanding the very difficult situation outside. And let me also give a truly special and warmest thank to the police and the security and all the security forces for their action and their efforts in maintaining security outside. As we learned from, as we saw, as we just watched in the short movie before, we saw the history of this building. And we shouldn't forget the choice process and the wisdom of those who made that selection way back in 2003, if I believe, at the end of the international competition. And we should thank Mr. Wolf Pricks, the architect for his genius and his team. We also shouldn't forget the history of the building. The Euro, our single currency, has become the most tangible symbol of European integration. A piece of Europe accessible and valuable to each and every one of us. This building will inevitably become known as the House of the Euro. It provides a sound foundation for the ECB to pursue its mandate of maintaining price stability for all Euro area citizens. In that sense, the building is a symbol of the best of what Europe can achieve together. But it's also a symbol of why we can never gain risk to split apart. We are standing here today in what used to be as we just watched the Frankfurt former wholesale fruit and vegetable market. A state of the art functional building from the 1920s that has largely been preserved and incorporated into the new structure. I wish to say it again, and remember that between 1941 and 1945, more than 10,000 Jewish people from Frankfurt and nearby were deported from here to the concentration camps. A memorial on the east side of the building has been built to remind us, and those who come after us, of deeds that cannot and must not be forgotten. An integrated democratic and peaceful Europe was one of the key lessons from this dark chapter of history. We come a long way since then, but nothing we have achieved should be taken for granted. European Union is strained, is being strained today. People are going through very difficult times. A recent Euro barometer survey on how households in several countries are coping with the crisis still showed that all respondents had been affected by a loss of income and almost all said life was worse since the crisis hit. As an European Union institution that has played a central role throughout the crisis, the ECB has become a focal point for those frustrated with this situation. This may not be a fair charge. Our action has been aimed precisely at cushioning the shocks suffered by the economy, but as the central bank of the whole Euro area, we must listen very carefully to what all our citizens are saying. There are some, like many of the protesters outside today, who believe the problem is that Europe is doing too little. They want a more integrated Europe with more financial solidarity between nations. And there are others, like the populist parties we see emerging across Europe, who believe that Europe is doing too much. Their answer is to re-nationalize our economies and reclaim economic sovereignty. I understand what motivates these views, why people want to see a change, yet in truth, neither offers a real solution to the situation we face today. Solidarity is central to European integration and it is right that countries have supported each other during the crisis. But the Euro area is not a political union yet of the sort where some countries permanently pay for others, like it happens within one single country where regions pay for other regions. It has always been understood that countries have to be able to stand on their own two feet, that each is responsible for its own policies. The fact that some had to go through a difficult period of adjustment was first and foremost a consequence of their past decisions. Nevertheless, standing on one's own feet is not the same thing as standing alone. Renationalizing our economies is also not the answer. It wouldn't change the basic economic realities that European countries confront, that we are aging societies which have to go primarily through raising productivity. And it would not offer citizens any more economic security. There is no country in the world that is both prosperous and insulated from globalization. In fact, the single market process was introduced precisely because European economies acting alone could not create enough jobs in an increasingly open world. And that process led in turn to monetary union because as the ERM crisis in the early 90s showed, countries realized that they could not integrate in part and benefit in full. The financial and sovereign debt crisis since 2008 have only reaffirmed that truth. So the answer is not to unwind integration, nor is it to hold out an unattainable vision of where integration should lead. It is to complete our monetary union in the areas where it can and needs to be completed. We need ambition in our hands and pragmatism in our means. We have already shown how this can be done with the solidarity and stabilization mechanisms that were set up during the crisis. Banking union is also a remarkable achievement. Now we need to make progress in the other areas that remain unfinished, notably in terms of economic and institutional convergence. Still, I recognize that we cannot have a purely economic perspective on the questions facing our union. While economic integration produces more jobs and growth on aggregate, this doesn't completely solve the problem that drives the satisfaction with the euro and the European Union. There is also the problem of distribution. Who gains and who loses from that process? For example, higher labor mobility across countries might reduce unemployment, but it can also stoke fears about immigration and create insecurity for low skilled laborers. Opening up a previously protected sector might reduce costs for consumers, but it can also leave citizens employed there with an uncertain future. So if we are to build lasting confidence in our union, we still need to address this tension to reconcile the economics of integration, which is about efficiency with the politics of integration, which is about equity. This is a complex issue, but a solution can be summed up in one word, skills. Theoretical and empirical research both suggest that recent technological change has been skill biased. In other words, production technology has shifted in a way that favors skilled over unskilled labor by increasing its relative productivity and therefore its relative demand. Equipping workers with the right skills therefore makes the economy more efficient and creates new job opportunities. And it also makes the economy more equitable by allowing as many citizens as possible to participate in those opportunities. For this reason, education and training need to be as much a part of the reform agenda as creating more flexible markets and reducing red tape. But it's also a second way in which the economics and the politics of integration need to be reconciled. The more decision making over economic issues moves to the European level, the more democracy needs to move with it. This is not just because democracy is a core value of the European Union. It's because making policy without adequate representation and accountability just doesn't work. So we need to deepen our economic union and our political union together. And this means strengthening the channels for genuine European democratic legitimacy like the European Parliament. Inevitably European democracy will be different. Voters in any one country may initially fear that they have less influence over decisions than at the present. But it is my belief, and certainly this is what happened in the monetary policy area, that in giving up some formal sovereignty, people will gain ineffective sovereignty. They will empower institutions with Euro-wide responsibilities able to tackle the pressing problems of jobs and growth. And so their votes may in fact make more of a difference to their lives than they do today. In this way, I trust we can reconcile those who feel left out, including many of the protesters gathered in Frankfurt this week with a process of integration that has already generated so many benefits for three generations of Europeans. Let me conclude. This building is a credit to all those who have work to bring it to fruition. It's a landmark for the city of Frankfurt, and it provides the ECB with an impressive new home to pursue its mandate. But it also stands as a powerful symbol of what European integration is about. It reminds us where we have come from and where we have come to of the horrors that can happen when we split apart and the huge steps forward we can make when we work together. So let us not undo what's been achieved. Let us not hanker for the past. Let us draw on the past to unite us in the present to build a complete union that can deliver the stability and prosperity we need. We, as the central bank, will do our part in this process by ensuring the integrity of our single currency. Our shared money is the most tangible sign of the trust we place in one another. As the ECB's first president, Vim Duisenberg, put it at the launch of the euro more than 16 years ago, he said, a currency is far more than just a medium of exchange. A currency is also part of the identity of people. It reflects what they have in common, now and in the future. Thank you for your attention. Dear President Mario Draghi, dear Lord Mayor Peter Feldman, dear members of the governing council, ladies and gentlemen, I'm very pleased and honored to speak here today at this important occasion. So thank you very much for this invitation. I'm bringing along with me warm regards from the entire government of the state of Hessen. Ladies and gentlemen, today is a good day for the European Central Bank and it's a very good day for Frankfurt, the metropolitan region, Frankfurt-Rhein-Main and the state of Hessen as a whole. The opening of the new ECB's premises here is a strong sign of confidence, both in Frankfurt and in the state of Hessen, and we are proud of that. It's a further milestone after the start of the single supervisory mechanism last November when the ECB became the direct supervisor for the 120 largest banks in the euro area. With its characteristic silhouette, the new high-rise adds to and enriches Frankfurt's skyline. It's an impressive, energy-efficient building surrounded by, as I was told, 7,000 new trees. I'm grateful that the building of the former Grossmarkthalle, the former fruit and vegetable market of Frankfurt, is still visible. And I'm happy that Konrad Elzesser is with us today. And I know that you are also aware that the history of this place is connected to the darkest period in German history, and I'm grateful that Salomon Kahn is also with us today. Of course, more than the building, it's the international stuff of the ECB that adds to the region's development, an international region where people from all over the world feel at home. I hope that you, the people working for the ECB and your families, already feel at home. And I hope that this building, unlike today, becomes a natural part of the city of Frankfurt. Mr. Draghi, let me express our warmest welcome to all ECB staff here in Frankfurt in this new building. I can assure you that we're always ready to listen to your needs and visions for further development and mutual cooperation.  The people in this region are always interested in people from other regions and countries. They're open and want to communicate with you, take this opportunity and be an open institution. I'm aware, of course, that financial news agencies are of bigger importance for you than the regional newspapers, but don't forget that for the people in this region, financial news agencies are usually not their main source of information. The ECB is certainly one of the most outstanding institutions contributing to Frankfurt's ideal to become a leading center for the development of financial markets for regulation and supervision. It's our ideal that here in Frankfurt with all the European monetary institutions as well as our leading academic institutions, we can develop a regulatory center that will stand for a philosophy of stable and sustainable financial markets which are both socially beneficial and effectively regulated. That should be, I think, also an ideal of the majority of the protesters outside, and it could be the common ground that we all can happily subscribe to. Frankfurt also has a history as a place for international political dialogue and productive dispute. However, let me add, violence and destruction is not part of a productive dispute. I want to say to the people outside, stop the violence. And to the peaceful demonstrators, I want to say distance yourself from the violence. Everyone has the right to demonstrate. No one has the right to injure people, destroy buildings, or burn cars. Nowadays, the ECB plays a crucial role for the future of the euro. The successful handling of the problems that we are currently faced with in the euro area is of tremendous importance for the economic and political stability of European countries, and hence for social cohesion and democracy. We are well aware that the ECB has to deal with a completely new set of problems, both in monetary policy for the euro area and in banking supervision. People in the euro area are concerned about the economic situation and have many questions. What could the ECB do about the ongoing unemployment in many European countries and resulting high human costs? I know that this is the reason why the ECB embarked on developing new forms of monetary policies such as the bond buying program. But again, many are concerned and ask what this means for the savings of ordinary people. The demonstrators outside today also have many questions, but they don't have answers to the challenges we've been facing since 2010, at least no answers that work. But they're asking some of the right questions. Has it ever been successful in economic history to try to balance the budget through massive spending cuts in a shrinking economy? As the past years have proven, in my view, austerity can indeed be self-defeating. On the other hand, if you want to protest against austerity, why protest in front of the ECB? In this respect, the ECB might be the wrong target in March 2015. However, if you look at Greece, the problem in the past decades wasn't a lack of money. It was, of course, a lack of structural reforms within the country. Many things to discuss, many things to negotiate. And I think that negotiations should be characterized by understanding and mutual respect, not by command of one side, not by obstruction from the other side. Dispute is the engine of analytical and social progress. Provided the dispute takes place in an atmosphere of acceptance, understanding, and respect. In search for solutions for the euro, we may bear in mind that no one is in possession of a crystal ball showing ultimate truth. Nobody can be sure to know the best solution. Unfortunately, this applies to myself, too. Therefore, the ECB, academia, and other institutions here in Frankfurt could become the hub for productive regulatory, financial, and monetary disputes. It is these disputes that we'd like to have and that are essential for Europe's future. Ladies and gentlemen, the contribution of the ECB with all its expertise to the regulatory, financial, and monetary policy dispute is highly appreciated. To get ahead in Europe, this dispute must be governed by mutual respect, acceptance, and understanding. I'm confident that together we will progress on the route to a better euro area. Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the whole Hessian state government, I congratulate you on this new, beautiful location. And I'm looking forward to the next years. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. President Draghi, Mr. Minister Al-Wazir, Mr. Member of the ECB Directorate of the Bank, Mrs. Dr. Roth, Mr. von Metzler, Mr. Korn. Ladies and gentlemen, today's official inauguration of the ECB is in the name of the city of Frankfurt the best greetings.  Welcome. Europe plays a significant role for Frankfurt. Frankfurt plays a significant role for Europe. The European cultural history, the European economic history, the history of European migration are unthinkable without Frankfurt. Unimaginable. It is therefore true that the 25-year anniversary, the most important event of the European post-war history, this year, is celebrated in the city of Paul's Church, the German Reunification. The people themselves were what went on the street at the time. They were living a better life than the arrogance of power. It is always wrong to step up from above, to build walls, to step down. From Frankfurt the signal goes off. Frankfurt goes ahead with the best example. In my eyes, Frankfurt is more than a democratic city, more a democratic city than the often mentioned bank city. Our free Goethe-Universität, on our theater stage, our hip-hop scene, is being practiced criticism on the streets. Here is an open discourse that is possible, which also raises the question of financial capitalism. Peaceful capitalism criticism has already been connected to our city since the world-renowned Frankfurt School and its self-sufficiency has become our communal biography. Names like Adorno, Horkheimer, Makuse stand for it. I can therefore understand that our local media were disappointed that today's event was not invited. However, they are very committed to the establishment of the ECB from the beginning and also very comprehensively supported our city. I share this disappointment a good piece. But let me also clarify, in terms of customer service and demonstrations, there is a democracy. But there is no place for violence in Frankfurt. One message to the crowds from Greece, Italy and even from Berlin. This is not your town. You hit the average people, the workers, the policemen, the families and their relatives. This town, Frankfurt, is not waiting for destruction from you. Critic on capitalism is our tradition, always has been, what has to be, peaceful. Ladies and gentlemen, the city of Frankfurt has put a lot of effort for the ECB. But the ECB also thanked the city of Frankfurt. With the ECB, Frankfurt became the third European capital to Brussels and Strasbourg. The ECB is an architecturally enthusiastic building in our city silhouette. The ECB is one of the largest workers in Frankfurt-Rhein-Main. The ECB creates new jobs through the new government. More than 1,000 families are expected in our city. You will find the best infrastructure, many schools, kindergartens, also many corresponding institutions, bilinguals and their own communities. With the ECB, the position of Frankfurt as an international city of Germany will continue. If the citizens and citizens, the media, the guests of our city now look at the ECB, they ask the questions about the future of Europe. Is it a warm-hearted Europe? Is it a solidary Europe? Is it a Europe of regions? Is it a Europe of all citizens? Is it a Europe of diversity? Is it an open Europe? Is it a peaceful Europe? And above all, it becomes a social Europe. Ladies and gentlemen, in the centre of Frankfurt is an impressive building, the Paulskirche, the Vienna of the German democracy, the Cradle of Democracy, as Kennedy said. I wish very much that in a few decades one of my followers in this new impressive building here in the east of the city stands and says, in Frankfurt there is only a Vienna of the European democracy. Here, together with cultural roots, one of the citizens with a proud identity continues to develop. Here, in emergency, states were helped. Here, not only the balances were thought, but the whole European idea. What began in Athens and Rome many centuries ago was continued and ended in Frankfurt through the aid of the ECB. Ladies and gentlemen, we carry a good life in politics and finance for the responsibility of a human being, a good life for all citizens of Europe, Germany and Frankfurt. Dear Mr. Draghi, I wish you and all of us a very happy weekend. Thank you for your attention. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for joining us and invite you to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which will take place just outside the meeting room. And I would suggest that our three speakers, Mr. Draghi, Mr. Alvazir, Mr. Feldman, lead us there, the way out of this room. Thank you very much.


Mae'n gweithio'r TV o Toffey, mae'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n 3. Southampton won the Blues have won the opening Premier League game of the 21-22 season and it was absolutely delightful to be back at a packed Gooderson Park today. You realise once you're there how much you've missed it. Obviously watching games on the telly, especially when there's no crowd in the ground as well, it just isn't for anyone. I don't think it's just like a really rubbish Netflix show but to be back at Gooderson today was incredible and so enjoyable and the lads have ended up putting in a good performance and winning the game. Before the game obviously fire players missing with Covid issues today so Ben Goffrey was the one who probably was missing who would have started the game I imagine. He wasn't available for Rafa Benitez's selection but it was Michael Keane and Mason Holgate who partnered each other at the centre of the evident defence. I think all the other positions, James Coleman was always going to play right back, Luca Dean and then into midfield we had Alan and Decorey in the middle and then the three across or three rather just behind Dominic Albert Lew and with Richard Charleston, Damari, Gray and Andrews Townsend and Dom up front on his own. I thought Everton started the game quite well really, we'd had a shot within the opening couple of minutes Alan with a shot from the edge of the box, too close for Alex McCarthy, he made a comfortable save and Everton some nice football at times, got it into wide areas, put balls in, Dominic Albert Lew and flashed a couple of headers over the bar. It was all going okay and then a mistake from Michael Keane, under hitter passer Mason Holgate, Che Adams reacted brilliantly, slid it through and Adam Armstrong on his debut fired into the roof of the net and it was a case for ten minutes of panic stations. We were all, oh yeah, this is what it's like to be back at Godderson. But you know what, we went in behind, it wasn't a great first half after that, we were a little bit ragged at times, not in the way we were playing just in the ideas, there was too many long balls looking to Dominic Albert Lew and to try to get us out of trouble. Rytialaswm was booked for diving and Everton just lost away a little bit towards the end of the first half and I think at halftime I think the manager would have been pleased to get in and just organise it a little bit better. And he came out for the second half, fired up, I thought the crowd stayed with them, he came out fired up for the second half and really put Saltampton on a back foot immediately, Rytialaswm winning a corner straight away and from that that kind of set the tone and we'd won a succession of corners and off one of them, Andrews Tanger and heads it back over the top and Rytialaswm fired into the roof of the net to get Everton level. And then after that, Everton took control and we're in front with a absolutely screamer from Adelaide Acore, he was fantastic today and the goal was excellent, Alex Oboby came on at 1-1, we were looking for that little bit of a push on, I think Andrews Tanger was tired anyway and we were looking to try and just pick up the pace a little bit. And you know what, Oboby came on and done quite well today, he really did, he got in the game like he wanted them to and I think if he just has a bit more belief in what he's doing, you know he still could be a decent squad player for Everton and you know forces way in every now and again, put it up to him. We've seen little flashes before and it's not worked so you know I think Everton would still move them on if an offer coming but if he's here then we need them to do well and that's what he did do second half and it was him involved in the corey's goal, he'd done well, good move down the right, he flicked it back, the corey brought it down under control, got it out of his feet and it's a screamer into the top corner. Absolutely brilliant goal and exactly what we need from Abdelhaid y corey, what he used to do for Wafford, used to get half a dozen goals from midfield and it's you know he's done it today for us, absolutely brilliant to put us 2-1 up in the game. And then Tael Danton, today's credit I think had a good 10 minutes after that where he put us under real pressure, mainly from Corners from War Prals who we know is fantastic delivery into the penalty area. There was one particularly uncomfortable ball in mid-jubin pick for that to claw away but Everton broke and you know a good move down the right hand side, a little one-two, good ball across and a header from Dominic Alvalium diving in there. I wish it had just cleanly gone in but it hit Alex McCarthy and rolled over the line. So it's brilliant news for Everton that Ritualyson is off the mark on day one, it's fantastic news that Dominic Alvalium is off the mark on day one and a great goal for the corey. And Everton could have had the fourth, another little move, counterattack a move, Ritualyson sliding Alex Obobi in, he ran on to it and he should have fired it with power at McCarthy. He tried to place it beyond him back into the far corner and it was a comfortable save for the Shalthanson keeper. But Everton ultimately won the first game of the season by three goals so on. I thought before and Rafa Benitez was introduced, I thought the reception he got was quite good. You could hear the odd boo but listen, each to their own but I think overall I think the manager will have been pleased with the reception he's got from the Evertonians. And we all know that we're going to have to get right behind our football team this season and if people don't like Rafa Benitez or for whatever reason, that's fine, that's fine. I'm not sat here telling anybody that they should like him but what I'm saying is what we do need to do and we're all part of it and we proved it again today that when we're there and we're noisy like we were today and we get behind the team, the team response. You know there was a little spelling, the first half where it'd gone a bit flatten and maybe we needed to get behind the team and kick them on a little bit there but this certainly wasn't the case in the second half and it showed what we can bring to the game as well. So I think the manager will be delighted with his reception. At the end of the game Everton have won the game by three goals to one, they give a little laugh of appreciation just for the people who haven't been at the game for 18 months and who've stuck behind them and that was good to see as well. But just delighted we've won the opening game, we've got a tough game at Leeds United next week but it's great to get off the mark with a win and like I said delighted our strikers and I've delighted the corey as up and running as well. So overall a good win, job done. I think one of the little obstacles in the season is obviously can you come back when you go behind and Everton have done that today. Clearly we need to make sure we don't make any stupid mistakes, we need to get people fit back from this Covid then get them fit and ideally we will still bring in two or three more there, that's the fingers crossed and everything else crossed. There's still over a couple of weeks to go on the transfer window so hopefully we can strengthen a little bit more as well but yet we've won the game and I'm delighted. My man of the match, Abdelai the corey, just shade it for me from Recharlas and he was brilliant as well but I just thought the corey was everywhere particularly second half and his goal was a key goal to get us in front as well so he is my man of the match today. That is it for the matry action, give the video a thumbs up, subscribe if you haven't and if you want more videos join us over on Peyton. Thank you very much for watching, have a fantastic Saturday night, see you later.


Hi, and welcome to Hawaii Food and Farmers' Series. I'm your host today, Matthew Johnson, where we meet with Hawaii's farmers, foodies, and everyone who cares about Hawaii's local food industry. As always, you can join the conversation by tweeting in at atthinktechhi.com, and you can also join the conversation by calling on the hotline at<PHONE_NUMBER>. As always, we have super exciting guests on the show, and with me today we have Chuck Wakeman with Butcher and Bird. It's going to be Honlou's hottest new butchery, and same with Chuck. So Chuck, thank you so much for joining me on the show. Thanks, Matt. So yeah, you and I met probably a couple of months ago. You've been working out of the food hub in Kalihi. Mm-hmm. Tell us a little bit about Butcher and Bird. Butcher and Bird is going to be a local full-service butcher in Delhi. Full service meaning everything will be freshly displayed in a meat case.  You can request special cut items, things that you can't find in big box stores because we are utilizing whole animal, which gives us all the cuts you can imagine. Also with that, we'll be doing our own fresh sausages. We're building out a 40-foot cure room to cure on charcuterie, so salamis, chorizo, prosciutto, the whole gambit there. And we'll also be doing lunch service 11 to 3 daily with sandwiches and sausages and the like. Wow. So I definitely know that there's been places that I've spoken about or even tried to do this concept before, but this is really going to be kind of, at least as I know on the one of the first type full-service butchery like you're talking about. Is that correct? Definitely the first one in a long time. You know, I talked to a lot of the older generation and they always remember, you know, all my mom would go down to the butcher and get our cuts on a Sunday and things like that. So I think it's just been a while since that's been here. And I think the challenge has been that I've seen the past is a lot of chefs will get interested in being a butcher and they'll try that approach to be a butcher. For me, I was an apprentice and came through to a journeyman in a meat program. Okay. So I understand the retail side of butchering. So that, I think, gives me a bit of a leg up and then I did spend time in kitchen's cooking, which added to my skill set. And now I'm kind of able to bring that all together to where I do have, you know, fresh meats and sausages, but also I'm able to, you know, compose dishes and plates to be able to have an outlet to sell my food as well. Okay. Hey, because like you mentioned to me before, there's a difference between being a butcher and then there's also just people who are a proportioner, whether it's kind of like how you break apart an animal where there's definitely more of a craft and an art to what you're doing that maybe people don't have as much of an appreciation for. Absolutely. And a lot of that, you know, it's meat cutter versus butcher. A meat cutter, for the most part, things will come in, boneless, you know, it's called a subprimal or it's a smaller piece where they are, they're taking in there and they're portioning steaks for a counter or packaging and things like that, which makes sense. You can get it like safe way or even whole foods. Right, which is a business model for a big store like that. It makes sense because if you think about cubic footage, which is what everything comes in here, cubic footage, right? If you hang a side of beef in a refrigerated box versus 10 cases of rib eyes, you're paying for so much more potential if you're buying, you know, the boxed beef, right? So a lot of that skill has been lost for the whole animal butchery and understanding how to extract all the cuts and how to cost them properly to where you're selling them and making the proper margins to keep the product flowing essentially, yeah. Hey, because you were talking about before where, you know, because you really have to utilize a full animal, especially if you're going to be, and that's one of the great things about what you're doing is you're going to be using local animals as much as possible. So you were kind of talking about like the different types of cuts that you have to do and really how to utilize as much of the animal as possible. Talk a little bit about that where, you know, people are obviously familiar with the steaks or the hams or whatnot. You're talking about some of the different things that, you know, you're talking about adding value to different parts of the animal. Talk a little bit about that. So sausage is definitely the biggest outlet for a value-added product, right? Every time you break down animal, you end up with lots of trimming that necessarily can't be used for stew or steaks or different cuts. Basically, you take that, you grind it, you go through a sausage making technique, emulsifying, adding seasonings, stuffing in a casing, and you make it into something that does not only perceive value, it's a value. People love sausage. Yeah. So knowing how to make sausage or even like charcuterie and things like that gives you an outlet for some of the off cuts that are normally just sold as, you know, ground pork or ground beef, which helps you with your margin mix. So talking a little bit about, like, I mean, I think even for myself, I think people are familiar with the term charcuterie, but really what is that and what is your charcuterie going to look like? Right. So charcuterie encompasses a lot of different aspects. The one that we're going to be focusing on is dry-caring meats. So, you know, hundreds of years ago when people wanted preserved meat, they would salt it. They would hang it in caves where the environment is usually around 62 degrees and, you know, pretty low humidity.  You're creating an environment where the meat can dry out, but not spoil. Something that's not conducive to bad bacterial growth. The side product or byproduct of that is it makes for a really delicious product. You know, the flavors change. You get certain molds that grow on the meat that give almost like that blue cheesy flavor. That's like kind of like that. Almost like the crusting, the casing. Yeah, you'll see that white like fuzz almost on the outside, but it's mold. And but it's good mold. And so that's a flavor profile that you can't just create. You can't go into a lab and, you know, mix something up and add it to meat and like, oh, this tastes like salami. It's something that takes time and skill to create those flavors. So obviously, you don't have a cave that you're using. So talk about, so you're going to be opening up a butcherm bird. So it's a new, like you said, full service butchery that's going to be located in Kakako. Talk a little bit about the actual space itself. Yeah. So well, off the charcuterie subject, right when you walk in, there's going to be a 40 foot cure room, which is basically a, you know, temperature and humidity controlled box. We're going to cut a three by three viewing window. So when you walk in, you can see all the different salamis and things hanging in there. After that, you'll pass that. It'll come into a deli display case with all our different cheeses, meats, and breads on the charcuterie side. Then there'll be a eight foot fresh case with all the pork, lamb, beef, fresh sausage. And behind that, you'll be able to see all the production going on. You'll see the bandsaw, you know, grinders and all these old school butcher shop things that you don't really see much of anymore. And, you know, I'll be back there cutting away and waiting for people to come in so I can greet them and, you know, not only get them what they're asking for, maybe educating them to find things that they didn't even know they needed or wanted, you know. Right. Like, oh, I'm making a marinara sauce. Well, traditionally, a marinara sauce, you want to start with pork neck bones, because it gives a lot of collagen and body to the sauce. So, hey, I've got pork neck bones. Why don't you start with these? And, you know, it's a lot of education, I think, at the beginning. Yeah. Well, especially since there hasn't been something like this, like you said, in O'ahu, in Hawaii for, you know, a really long time. So, I'm sure a lot of people, you know, like I was saying before, like kind of have a general idea of what the concept may be like, but until they actually walk in there, it's probably going to be, you know, you're probably going to be getting a lot of questions and kind of maybe some confused people when they first walk in. Yeah, absolutely. But for me, that's one of the things I love about being, you know, in a full service butcher shop is the exchange of ideas. And people that shop there are usually pretty passionate about what they're doing. Yeah. And as am I, so when you get that flow, that exchange going on, to me, it's really fun and people get into it, you know, they come back and they tell you like, oh, man, I tried this. It was really, really great. You know, here, why don't you try this next time? And you get the regulars coming through just because it's exciting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I grew up just outside of Philadelphia, so I remember going to the old Italian markets and I imagine it's going to have like a similar vibe to that where you don't want to be carrying it. Pick out your meats and you're on the first-name basis with your butcher. So that's very exciting. So the shop is going to be in Kakaako at the salt area. So yeah, talk a little bit about, so in this space, you're going to have the Shakuridri room, the viewing room. Talk a little bit about what else, like what kind of products can someone expect to see. And then we'll also then talk about where you're getting your supply of products from. Okay. Yeah, so, you know, as well as the meats, we'll have pretty much everything that goes with meat, pickles, mustards, fresh breads, all the things that you would want to take to a barbecue, let's say, or if you're going to make a stew, something like that. So definitely meat-centric, but also I should touch on the fact that in the name Butcher and Bird, Bird is my wife's nickname. So she does aerial burlesque and she's on the silks and she's flying around like a bird. She has a little bit different diet than I do. She is a very clean eater, lots of veggies, a little bit of meat here and there. And what we notice is when her and I go out to places together, it's usually one or the other. Like we're either at a vegan restaurant where I'm like, or she's had some meaty place where she's going, so we wanted to have that dichotomy of a place where anybody can come together and eat. So we'll have a bird side of the menu too, where it's going to be roasted vegetables and salads and things like that. So that's the other side that you're going to be able to find there. It's not just meat. I mean, it feels up to me to be, but there's lots of other things going on there as well. Well, I mean, I think it's a great idea other than the fact to appease your wife, so she'll come and hang out with you at work as well and maybe help out. But yeah, definitely diets are changing and people are looking for more mixture of foods. And I think you might have a combination of maybe people that had been anti-meat before because the traditional large meat industry does have a lot of issues with it. So I think the fact that you're kind of going this small scale, locally sourced meats where it's like, hey, you know your butcher and having those conversations about the meat, where did it come from, how was it prepared, more of that background, which I think is really what people are looking for. Oh, for sure. So you may even get some cumbers of people that were kind of anti-meat, but kind of learning your story and kind of learning more about the whole process might be willing to try it out again. Yeah, for sure. And also too, we just took a trip to Portland about a month ago, and it was great because the restaurants that we went to there, usually when she starts rattling off her allergies or her restrictions, it's uncomfortable sometimes because she feels like she's asking the kitchen to do something that might be difficult or whatever. And I've always told her, I said, you know, any kitchen worth at salt should be able to come up with a nice vegetable dish or something like that on the fly because that means they're cooking things fresh, right? Yeah. And so in Portland, we noticed she would give them their allergies. They'd have like four or five different menus. Oh, nightshades and this and that. Oh, here's a menu for you. You can order anything off this menu. So we really want to be as accommodating as possible so anybody can come in there and have something to eat. Cool. So unfortunately, we've got to take a quick break. But yeah, we'll be back in about one minute and we'll talk more about your background. I want to hear kind of like, how did you fall into this? So yeah, we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back. Hey, Aloha. Standard Energy Man here on Think Tech Hawaii where community matters. This is the place to come to think about all things energy. We talk about energy for the grid, energy for vehicles, energy and transportation, energy and maritime, energy and aviation. We have all kinds of things on our show, but we always focus on hydrogen here in Hawaii because it's my favorite thing. That's what I like to do. But we talk about things that make a difference here in Hawaii, things that should be a big changer for Hawaii. And we hope that you'll join us every Friday at noon on Standard Energy Man and take a look with us at new technologies and new thoughts on how we can get clean and green in Hawaii. Aloha. Hi, I'm Ethan Allen, host on Think Tech Hawaii of Pacific Partnerships in Education. Every other Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. I hope you'll join us as we explore the value, the accomplishments and the challenges of education here in the Pacific Islands. And welcome back to White Food and Farmer Series. I'm your host today, Matthew Johnson. We're talking with Chuck Wakeman with Butcher and Bert. And yeah, talking about Hawaii's newest full-service butchery. And so, yeah, we're kind of talking about the store that's going to be opening up in Kakaako at Salt. And before I forget, do a plug for the store. When's the opening going to be happening? We're looking to open around April 15th. Okay. So we're excited we're building right now and things are coming together. It's, you know, it's the vision is coming together and it's really exciting to see. Yeah, that's great. So one of the things I want to talk about is a little bit your background. So how like you mentioned before that you had working at the whole ox before, which also used to be in Kakaako. That's right. Yeah, how did you get into slaughtering him, breaking apart animals? What happened? Well, if I would have started that at age five, they probably would have profiled me as some sort of weirdo, but fortunately for me, it happened when I moved to Chicago at about age 24. I moved there with literally $40 in my pocket, not a lot of prospects. I love the city. I just wanted to be there for some reason. Where did you grow up? I grew up in the Bay Area through Pennsylvania. And then, you know, eventually ended up in Chicago. And so when I got there, it was just one of those things like don't want to age myself too much, but I'm looking through the paper for a job, right? In the classifieds, circling them with the old red pen, you know?   And so I went down to the shop and it was just a local butcher shop in Lincoln Park in Chicago.  And I told him, he said, you know, I don't have experience, but I'm young. I'll work hard, you know, give me a shot. Maybe we can check it out. And he said, OK, he called me back, said, come in, let's work for a couple weeks. If it fits for you and, you know, if it fits for us and that kind of thing. And I think pretty much right off the bat, I loved it. For me, I always just say it's making big rocks into little rocks, right? So they throw a slab of meat on the table and I have my tools in my hands. And, you know, I take this and I break it down, break it down. And then it becomes this and it looks beautiful. And I put it in a case and I can see the process all the way through until it goes out the door and it's gratification, right? I was fortunate enough to be in a shop where it was mostly old-timers. There was a guy, he was about 62. The other guy was 70. He did it just because he still enjoyed it. And then the owner was about 45 years old and he'd been doing it since he was 13 for his uncle. So the knowledge in there was insane. And these guys kind of realized that there's not a lot of young people trying to learn the craft that they've already known. So they wanted to dump as much knowledge as they could into me. And they really, like, they really trained me well. They showed me as much as they possibly could. And it was a shop where we still did whole animal butchery, which I thought was just butchery. I thought, like, everybody does it that way, right? So whole animal versus, I mean, is what you're going to do with your shop not going to be whole animal or what? No, it will. It'll be whole animal. You always have to supplement some cuts because, you know, you're always going to sell a ton of steaks, like rib-eyes and strips. So you would back up on everything else if you just did whole animal. Gotcha. So you do as much whole animal as possible and then supplement some of the cuts. When I left there and got a job at a grocery store in San Diego when I was moving, I just saw boxes of beef. And, you know, everything was already, and I was, well, where's all the whole animals? Like, where's the sides and where's the quarters? Well, we don't do that. So that's when I realized how fortunate I was to have learned from the beginning, like the really old-school classic way of cutting meat. Yeah, you almost had like the fine dining part of butchery and then you kind of went and worked at a fast food place and, you know, wasn't going to be nearly as impressed with that. Yeah. And the owner was a German sausage maker too, so that kind of helped. Okay. So I got to learn from a German sausage maker. I was like, all right, yeah, it'll be okay. Nice. So, how'd you get to Hawaii? So Hawaii, you know, came for vacation, served without a wetsuit one time. I said, okay, this is the only way to do this, and the cold, and I'll add no more. So I moved here and, you know, I was looking for a place to work as a butcher. I didn't want to work in a grocery store. And I saw a, out on Craigslist at the Holox, where Bob McGee was looking for a butcher. And I said, yeah, it sounds great. So I went down there and he gave me a shot and saw how I cut meat and was like, wow, welcome. And, you know, after a while, I've always enjoyed cooking. And I decided I wanted to, you know, get on the hotline and start cooking at age 30. And I did. And I jumped in and got in way over my head and learned a lot. I went and worked with Chris Kajioka, vintage cave for a year. And I mean, I went from a burger cook to really high in fine dining, which was a massive learning curve, but learned a lot. And I worked at Pig and the Lady as their butcher. But what I noticed is every kitchen I went into, my skills as a butcher were always way more unique than another cook or a chef. Right. And, you know, after a while, I just kind of realized the cooking thing's fun and everything. But I kind of feel responsibility to share my craft with other people. Yeah. Yeah. Great. Talk a little bit about your supply of product. Where are you getting, like what kind of, you mentioned some of the meats, pork, beef, lamb, chicken. I think probably a lot of people that maybe aren't in the industry, don't really have an appreciation for the variety of different meats that are available. Can you talk a little bit about what you're going to have and where they're coming from? Absolutely. So, beef, be using Canola Cattle Company. They recently opened a slaughterhouse in Kapolei. I think it was last March. And it's been a while since we've had a USDA approved functioning state-of-the-yard slaughterhouse. So it's great. They have their own brand, but they also bring in all meats from the islands and they can process there. So if I found something special and unique that I liked, they would process it for me there and I could have it in the shop. As far as pork, I'm going to be using Pono Pork, which my old friend, Bob McGee, he's facilitating that. They use pigs from Waianae, Mountain View Dairy Farm. They use a Korean farming method, which is a really clean, great way to raise pigs. And also, I want to bring in pigs from Malama Farms on Maui, which is, they use a Berkshire hog, which is kind of like the wagyu of pork. I mean, it's really an amazing, amazing product. The fat on it is super soft and it just crisps up and it's great product. So I'm going to bring that in. We can get lamb, venison. There's also another cattle company that I've been talking to in Kula on Maui that are actually doing some grain finished local beef. So I mean, you can get plenty of grass fed, grass finished, which is a great option and people are into it. But I think it'd be fun to kind of check out maybe some of the grain finished stuff too, just to offer like a contrast and flavor profiles. But there's a lot of ranchers and farmers out there that they have the product. They just need an outlet. So that's what I want to provide. I'm sure your suppliers are getting very excited. I mean, especially if it's, because I know that's one of the biggest challenges like you mentioned, traditionally, if someone is raising an entire hog, they've got an entire hog that they need to sell and make something happen with. So if you're able to take that whole animal off their hands, literally, that'll be a huge benefit for them. Yeah, absolutely. And in the past, the biggest outlet for a lot of the local ranchers and farmers has been through restaurants, which it's a good way, I think, to get recognition and get your brand out there and get feedback on flavor and that kind of thing. But a butcher shop will allow me to move more of their product and utilize it in ways that sometimes restaurants, they don't have the facilities to do. And they end up with a lot of offcuts that they're kind of like, I don't really know what to do with the shanks and the feet and the heads and stuff like that. So let's talk a little bit more about the actual shop. So you have an event coming up this weekend, yeah? This Saturday, Salt is doing a bar crawl and block party. Okay, it's like St. Patty's Day. So I made a corned beef flavored sausage. It tastes just like corned beef. And we're going to put cabbage and kind of spear mustard on there and pickle and serve sausages to people drinking beer all night. It's kind of like a backyard barbecue, pretty much. That sounds perfect.  Awesome. So then talk about, I guess, someone like what your future plans.  But kind of talking about the meat industry in Hawaii as a whole, where hopefully this is going to be a great initial outlet that makes it a little bit easier for some of the ranchers and some of the other meat producers.  Do you have potentially plans for additional shops? Or I'm sure you've been kind of thinking about this because the space you're going to have is relatively small. Right. I think you said 1,500 square feet. About that, yeah. But what are kind of things do you think can be done, either by you or other groups out there? Yeah, what I've noticed is consistency is something that I've had, that I've struggled with with some of the producers. And it's not any individual producer. It's usually there's like a conglomerate, right, that you're going to buy your product through. I won't name names, but I've used ones in the past where, one week you get something from this ranch and it's great. And then the next week you get it from a different ranch in the conglomerate. And then it's good and it's up and down. So I would love to see just more collaboration within these different conglomers, to where they start kind of standardizing things. The breed, the feed, the gestation period, how long are they growing for, when you're harvesting them, all that kind of stuff. Just to see a little bit more consistent product. I think I'll be able to help with some of that as far as like the guys at Canola Cattle Company, they trust my opinion about things. When I first went out and met them, they say, oh here, come in our coolers and check out the meat in here. And let me know what you think about the fat on the animals and the intramuscular fat. And for me, I have enough experience and knowledge where I can tell them like, oh yeah, this feels a little loose. The flesh is a little off or something in this net. And they're real receptive. They want to produce the best product they can as well. So it's good, I think, for there to be somebody at the end of the chain, which is me, sending feedback back up through the chain, and hopefully affecting some differences. Well, unfortunately, that's all the time that we have. But Chuck, thank you so much for coming on the show. I know I learned a lot about just what it takes to open up a butcher shop. And so good luck with the venture. I'm excited to come by and check it out. Definitely coming by this Saturday to see your pop-up. Awesome. And yeah, so thank you for joining us, Hawaii Food and Farmer Series. We're here every other Thursday. And we'll see you in two weeks. Aloha.


I still get messages every single day from people about the QLA method by Dan Pena, you know, the multi-millionaire that lives in a castle. So I went to a seminar about a year and a half ago, made a review about it, the review got multiple thousands of views, and since then people are just asking me about his method and how he does things, and if I have tips for how to be more like the way he promotes, and I have to say I found that out of all the people that kind of teach you how to be a high performer, how to be more successful, I'd never found someone who truly gave as practical and as extreme, when I say extreme I mean just visceral and action-related tips as well as Dan Pena. So what I did a year and a half ago after I went to his $20,000 seminar in Scotland was to compile every single thing I learned from him in the seminar, from his book, and from hundreds of hours of videos that I saw of him, and just instill it into 10 very condensed, very practical principles that I call the 10 QLA commandments, and the reason for the word QLA is because that's the acronym that he uses for the quantum leap method, that's like his strategy, that's how he brands it, so I thought we'll actually take this chance to go over the 10 commandments and I myself decided to implement them again in my daily routine, because I looked at them and they're so freaking effective that I looked at what I was doing before and what I want to do now, and I was like whoa I don't do this anymore, I don't do this anymore, I don't do this anymore, so immediately these commandments, what they do is they shift your focus both mentally and in terms of actions to things that are extremely practical and things that you wouldn't normally think of, so the difference is that most people when they, most success coaches, they have things like, you know, read more books or talk to more successful people, or work out more or be more specific about what you want, but it's always like tangential stuff, like stuff that's correlated with success, but not necessarily directly causing success, and what Dan Pena does, which I find really awesome, that's the reason why I went to his seminar, is that he has this no bullshit approach where he's just about action and he wants you to take the most direct actions that will lead you there, so the 10 commandments are extremely concise, extremely direct, and basically will leverage your success if you follow them, so let's go after them right now and please like and subscribe if you've reached this point, I know usually people ask at the end, but I think it would be a really good thing for you to do right now, so let's begin. First of all, read your affirmations twice daily, set goals that you cannot achieve in your lifetime, so I condensed these two commandments into one because I saw how similar they are. The affirmations, what it means is you sit down and you begin writing things that make you feel incredible, like they make you feel powerful, and I'll give you some examples of these just from today. So I wrote, I'm a billionaire with more than five major corporations that control many facets of the world. I'm a huge celebrity known by tens of millions of people. I've been on Oprah, Tony Robbins, Grant Cardone and more. I'm married to my girlfriend and we have the best marriage of all time. We're raising five or more kids that are the best and most amazing kids of the world. I'm in the best shape physically a man can be. My body is the kind of body that's shown in movies and paintings of Greek gods. I've helped change the lives of multiple millions of people and consider one of the most influential and positive people in the world. So that's just an example of a couple of affirmations and they're written as you can see in the positive, present tense and in the first person like I'm doing this, I'm doing that. Not like I will do this, I will do that. And again, not the negative, like I won't be doing this, but I will be doing this, I am this. And when I write them, I just get super, super, super excited and I just feel a surge of passion and enthusiasm going over me. So you want to do this first commandment twice a day at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day would be the best. Now let's go to the second commandment. So the second commandment is yesterday's dreams are today's reality, simulation, practice within when you're without. What this means is first of all yesterday's dreams are today's reality. Dan Pena basically says that whatever you dream about, if you consistently dream about it and think about it, eventually it will become reality. Just like he dreamed of having his own castle and then he did. And just like any other successful person, first of all, envisioned what they'll have and then they actually reached it. And I coupled it with simulation practice within when you're without, which is really, really key because this is something that successful people usually don't talk about and especially success coaches, they don't tell you to simulate being successful. What that means is let's say you want to be a really successful YouTuber. So before you're actually successful already, you need to practice, for example, giving really, really good videos.  This is me from this channel and really just as if it's already happening. If you want to be a really successful businessman, again, practice doing the business handshake, practice looking at deals, practice how you would speak, how you'd sit, how you'd behave, which clothes you would be wearing. So already put yourself in a situation where by the time you reach that situation, by the time you make that video, you do that business meeting, you're already familiar, you're already comfortable because you practiced it.  He talks a lot about the anxiety factor and how when we do things for the first time, especially if they're really, really important, we'll get extremely nervous and anxious. But if you actually practice it, you won't be nervous and people will think that you've done it before, which is a huge, huge advantage in any situation. So write down the things that you need to practice every day to get to your goal. So things that you would already do if you were successful. Again, like practicing recording videos, practicing, speaking in front of a crowd, practicing coaching people, whatever it is, practice, practice, practice ahead of time so that when the situation comes, you're already completely comfortable because you feel like you've been there, done that. Now the third commandment is act as if there are no limits to your abilities. Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. This is really profound and amazing. And I'm like, I can believe that you don't hear that more. Act as if there are no limits to your abilities.  And, you know, because we're human, we're in a physical body, but you want to act as if there are no limits. So when you set certain plans, when you think of certain things, you want to plan it as if there's nothing that you can do. So plan more than what you think is possible.  Why not set 30 and see what happens or why not set 60 and see what happens? Again, act as if there are no limits to your abilities. You think you can't close that deal? Well, you have no limits to your abilities, so plan on closing it. You think you're not going to get that loan for your business? Act as if there are no limits to your abilities. Of course you're going to get that loan. You're going to do whatever it takes. And the cool thing is that the next sentence, absence of evidence, isn't evidence of absence. What that means is just because there's no proof that something is possible does not mean that something, that that thing is not possible. And really take a moment to just think about it. Just because something wasn't proven to be possible, that is not proof that it's impossible. And this means that, let's say, again, you want to close that deal and there's no proof that you can close it. That's not proof that you can't. That just means there's still no evidence, but you can't find the evidence if you try, you know, cool. So, yeah, just plan things as if you'll be able to do them because you're, you know, there's no limits to what you can do. Now, number four, enthusiasm, Greek God within. So, Danpinia states, and all high performers are enthusiastic. So, Danpinia states, I'm not really sure if that's true or not, but you can check it that enthusiasm, what the word means, or where it comes from, is from the Greek God within. That's like the origin of the word because it means the God inside us. It's about enthusiasm. And he says he's never seen a high performer who's dead or alive. That was not highly enthusiastic. And just as you can see me right now, I'm enthusiastically talking to you. I'm, you know, trying to be, I'm not really, I'm not feeling it because I'm somewhat tired and it's, it's a very technical video. But I'm acting as if I'm super enthusiastic. So I'm putting out passion, I'm putting out energy. And imagine if instead of that, I was like, yeah, so this is what it means. Yeah, enthusiasm is really, it's really, really important. You really need to be enthusiastic. Now, that doesn't mean, by the way, that you have to be like super high energy. Enthusiasm is more like intensity. You know, you can be very, you can be like very slow, but you can be like, this is really, really important. You have to listen to me. You have to follow this. This will change your life. That's low energy, but enthusiastic. Or you can be just, yeah, this is important. You have to do this. This is really, really cool. That's like high energy. But as long as there's that intensity behind it, that's what really, really matters. So be enthusiastic. And every day just ask yourself, was I enthusiastic today? Could have been more enthusiastic. Where could have been more enthusiastic? How can I make myself more enthusiastic? So on, so forth. Now, number six, there are no rules to be super successful. You must think outside of the box. This is another genuinely incredible commandment that I basically got out of his teachings, you could say. And what that means is every day you want to sit down and ask yourself, what can I do that will push me forward? That's outside of box. Because when you ask yourself, what can I do to move forward? Usually you think within the box. So we, until you get into the habit of thinking outside of the box, you need to choose manually to think outside of the box. What that means is, let's say you want to grow your YouTube channel. So you're like, OK, I need to grow my YouTube channel. How do I grow my YouTube channel?  I can promote it here. I can do this. But you're going to think about things that people conventionally do. You know, I've got to share it on Facebook, share it on forums. But when you decide I need to find a solution that's outside of the box, what's cool about it is that when you think of things that are not typically done, things that are outside of the box, there's also very low competition because not a lot of people are doing them. People usually go to the default things, the more common the things that everybody just does.  Just giving a random example, maybe because nobody's doing that, that will actually lead to a lot more effect. Or, you know, whatever you can think of, if you're salesperson, you know, how do you close this deal? You can think, oh, I need to call more and, you know, pester the person. No, maybe you can send them a gift and see what happens. Maybe you can talk to that person's wife or friend or family member and see how that might affect the sale. So think outside of the box because, again, these solutions have a low competition, so they're much, much more effective because they either are more effective because nobody does them and it's like a surprise to people. Or they're more effective because simply people are not used to them and there's less, less competition. Cool. So number seven, no, number six, work on your dream team immediately.  The dream team, what that means is you want to ask yourself, who are the people I need to have around me to accomplish my goals? So if you're going to be a billionaire, obviously it would be very, very beneficial to have a billionaire around you or highly, highly successful businessman. You want to grow your YouTube channel, it would be very, very beneficial to have people who are already successful on YouTube that can advise you. So you can only be as good as the people around you. So whatever your goal is, you need to every day sit down daily and ask yourself, who do I need to find or who can I add to my team, to my network of connections to move me much, much faster to my goal. So whatever, again, you're doing, find, think of who are the people that will really, really promote you, either specific people or like a criteria for the type of person you're looking for. And write it down every day and then think of strategies to get to those people. This is really, really crucial if you want to move yourself as fast as possible towards your goal. Now, number seven is don't feel good about yourself. Feel good when you have lots of money. So this doesn't have to be about money. But the key point behind this commandment is that oftentimes we begin to move forward and we just stop. And the reason we stop is because we feel really, really good. But we don't deserve to feel good at the moment. So for example, you make a good sale. You get a video that makes a lot of, it gets a lot of views.  You're just a step closer and now you stop to congratulate yourself. And because you feel content, because you feel really good, you're going to stop and you're not moving forward. So it's important to reward yourself, obviously, but don't stick too long, so don't feel too good about yourself because then you'll just stop.  You can actually, like maybe do something small to congratulate yourself and then just keep moving forward. And the longer you linger over this feeling of contentment and feeling good about yourself and telling people about how awesome you are and how proud they should be, the more likely you are to just stop. You know, there's a reason that even old Tao and Buddhists saying, they say, if you find the Buddha on the road, kill him or just don't stop to smell the little flowers, like move forward, keep going, don't stop. So this is a daily reminder.  Feel good when you have what you wanted. So when you lost all the weight, when you got all the money, when you got all the views or all the subscribers, when you actually reached the big goals, not just the small milestones, then you can feel good about yourself because now you've actually done it. So don't stop like to celebrate that you've climbed half of Everest or a fourth of Everest, like celebrate when you reach the top because now you can rest. OK, number eight, think of your exit strategy from day one. The more you investigate, the less you invest. Now, this is really cool. What this means is the more you think about what you're going to do before you do it, the less you have to invest because you've already investigated. So think of your exit strategy from day one. The moment you start something, a YouTube channel, a sales call, a business, start with the end in mind. So start with not just like where you want it to get, but how you want to finish it. So the business, do you want to have a business so you could sell it? Do you want to have a business so you could grow and take over the world? When you have, you know, your YouTube channel, what's the end goal? Like, do you want to be extremely famous and just a multi-billionaire or a multi-billionaire? Where do you want to finish? Like, not just what's the goal, where's the end point? And on top of that, the more you investigate ahead of time, the less you'll have to invest. So the more you, for example, you're about to invest money into Bitcoin, or you're about to start a new job, or you're about to start a YouTube channel or anything like that, a partnership, the more you investigate ahead of time, the less you'll have to invest because those things will go wrong. First of all, so you'll find red flags, things that you can avoid, and that's less money lost. And also, the more you investigate, you'll also find better ways to do things. So you'll also be more efficient. So investigate, investigate, investigate, and then when you start, really commit to it. Now, number nine is another one that I really, really love. Leverage other people and other people's money to pry open the door to success. What's really cool about that is it really changes your thinking, where instead of thinking, for example, the YouTube, this is a really good example. When I, at the beginning, just after Dan's Castle, Dan's seminar, I wanted to grow my YouTube channel. So I was just fresh off of the seminar, just thinking along these lines. And I thought I want to grow my channel. So I didn't think, oh, how do I make better videos? How do I share it with more people? I just started calling up people, like literally called up like 30, 40 people that I know and asked them to share my video just straight up on the phone. Hey, blah, blah, yeah, can you share it? That would be really cool. Thank you. About 80 percent of the people that I called share the video. And that's how I got like, you can see at the beginning of the channel, like sometimes 500, sometimes a thousand views per video at the beginning.  And so just how do you want them to look? How do you want the personality to be? Think about it and then talk to as many people as you can and say, hey, do you know somebody like that? Can you help me meet somebody like that? So whatever you need in life, just ask people to help you with it. And they'll feel good because they helped you. You'll be more useful and get more stuff and they grow much, much faster. Like you'll only be limited by how many people you've got to help you. And you'll also inspire other people to ask for help themselves. Incredible, incredible, incredible. I can't believe that I didn't use these these commandments for so long. So you can see why I'm putting them back in order. Number 10, a deal is either hot or not. Investigate generalities and always look for a red flag for the red flag. A deal is either hot or not. What that means is a deal could be a job. It could be literally a deal. It could be a romantic relationship. It's either hot or not. So don't go for things that are OK or that are like sort of yes. Only go for things, I mean, in terms of commitments, only go for things that you can when you think about committing to them, you can just think like, fuck, yeah, like I just I want to commit. This is really, really good. And before you commit, investigate generalities. So generalities mean the general thing that you should be looking for. So, for example, in a relationship, what are generalities? Is does this person come from a good household? Do they have friends? Do they have a good personality? Are we compatible? What are their dreams? What are their aspirations? Are they abusive in any way? Where are they abused? Whatever, you know, etc, etc. And the moment you find a red flag, that's why I didn't write a red flag or red flags and like many. I wrote the red flag. And the reason I wrote the red flag is because you only need one. So the moment you find a red flag, for example, is this partner, a potential relationship partner, would he be a good partner? And then you search for generalities. So you ask yourself, is this person a good person to other people? And then you find that, for example, this person has a secretary and they scream at their secretary and like verbally abuse them. Red flag. What that means? No, immediately, no commitment, don't go into it. You have a potential deal with a person that's, you know, the one that sells you like an apartment.  You don't know quite what, but the intuition just says, I don't trust this guy. Red flag, cancel it. So investigate generalities and look for a red flag. Always, always, always before committing to something. You want to go get a job somewhere and you somebody, one of the employees talked to you and they said that the company didn't pay them on time once. Red flag, cut it off. So these are the 10 commandments that I've summarized from Dan's castle. Again, this is incredible knowledge. And if you're not using this at the moment, and you can probably notice that you're now using at least five or six or seven or maybe even all 10 of them, you need to adopt them now. So what you need to do is to every day at the end of the day, sit down and basically write out these 10 commandments or just copy, paste them. And under each one, you want to refer to it. So, for example, when you look at the first one about the affirmations, just start writing down your affirmations. When you look at the second one about simulation, just sit down and ask yourself, what do I need to simulate? Like, what do I need to simulate towards my goals to be more comfortable when I actually get there? Or when you get to the act as if there are no limits to your abilities, just start writing down things that you can do right now or that you're planning to do. And how would you do them if you had no limits to your abilities, etc., etc. Just go through all the list every day, all 10 of them. And these habits are so comprehensive, like mindset, emotions, actions, social, business, investing. Everything is in those. And you can really look at all your daily decisions through these 10. So I'm pretty much sure that nothing is missed. Like, that's literally the most comprehensive, the most effective way to focus your mind and to basically act out your days in the most effective way possible.  You have no idea where it's going to come from. Like, you're going to grow faster than you've ever grown because you're literally leveraging every single possible success leverage that exists. You're using other people, you're using huge goals, etc., etc., etc. So use this resource. Use the wallpaper that I link at the bottom in the description to put it on your phone so that you can always see them on your lock screen.  And I'm going to update you since I'm going to start using them from today again, again, after a year and a half, I think, of not using them, which I'm so, so grateful that I am getting back to. So this is me. If you're new to this channel, you can subscribe for more videos like this and like. And you can go on a free coaching call with me. If you want, for now, I'm offering the first free first coaching call for free. So you can go to the link in the description and just book a call. You can also buy my autobiography, 300 pages to my entire life story, or you can get my free ebook, like 70 pages about everything I know about business and making money online, closing $1,000 sales and more. Just because it's free doesn't mean it's worthless. It's actually very, very valuable. So again, thanks for watching and I hope to see you soon in the next videos. Bye-bye.


Hi everyone, Joe for Jasper's case breaks.com coming at you with 2020 Bowman's Best Baseball full case break eight box Pick your team number lucky 13. I hope hopefully it's lucky. There's the case right here. Here are the people involved in the break Thanks, everyone for getting in Dennis Schroeder look at you Laker spurs on in the background eight box pick your team 13 on Wednesday the 30th. Thanks for spending a bit of your Your Wednesday with us I guess holiday weekend with us New Year's happy new year everybody happy holidays We are turning a corner on this year and in the pandemic so Hey, thanks for thanks for a good year. I'm glad people people discovered us discovered jaspies and discovered the hobby and A little bit of fun in these these trying times All right, so all the boxes stacked up right here And here we go this break takes about 30-40 minutes. I'll do a quick little autograph and low-numbered card Recap at the end So if you're watching the replay if you don't want to watch the whole thing Fast forward all the way to the end. All right. Good luck everybody I'm starting to get a little more more action In baseball transactions ladies and gentlemen Obviously the Padres have been making a lot of big moves You Darvish and Blake Snell Blake Snell and Darvish on the top of that rotation They'll get Clevenger back after I think he's Tommy John right so eventually they'll have Clevenger in that rotation and still have Guys like Chris Paddock on that in that rotation too. So It'll be very interesting. They got the bats And they've got the arms. It's relief pitching. They might have to shore up a little bit Dangerous team Dodgers need a little adversity though. I think my that's my team. Dodgers could use a little adversity All right Good luck everybody. Thanks for getting in all card ship Carter Keeboom for Jack B. There you go Jack Nice. There's our first of four autographs Joyce Lewis for the twins to 150 The twin stuff is is donated actually We got Dylan Cease for the White Sox Eric J with Dylan Wow, Joe Christian check the futures odds little love for the world series They have the Dodgers at five to one and Padres at eight to one. Wow, I wonder what they were like a week ago Do you haven't remembered Joe what they were a week ago? There's Nick Gonzalez for the Pirates Michael Coons I mean Padres had to be like 15 to one a week ago 20 to one maybe a week One more autograph and it's Jordan Walker nice two out of 25 Atomic refractor Jordan Walker for the Cardinals. That's for Joe Christian last spot mojo Nobody wanted the Cardinals Joe. They were just sitting there. I think he's supposed someone was saying in the chat He's supposed to be a pretty good prospect to His corner infielders are supposed to be pretty good Future bets Justin Dunn to 250. All right next box Joe Joe Christian saying he doesn't remember but the Dodgers have been tops for a while The White Sox odds dropped a 14 to one interesting The win total game will be fun once those numbers are released Maybe in a couple months I'm suspicious with the eight to one for the Padres though I feel like I feel like it's almost it's almost like that's what the books like every time I feel like that's what the books want you to do Is to take the Padres and it's like hmm, what are they? What do they know that we there? They are a thorough for-profit business Probably could get a lot of a lot of square money on that eight to one So that's almost what I feel like they want you to do All right second box We got Nick Solak for the Rangers that'll be for Joshua B. There's Tim Anderson to 250 That'll be for Eric Jay and the White Sox remember all hardship folks everything you see here We'll go to their respective teams Tyler Soderstrom A's Joshua B Two for two on the autos. He's heating up That's Luis Robert and Pirates Nick Gonzalez for Michael Koontz And there's Brett Beatty for Ryan G and the New York Mets Joe Adele 250 halos That'll be for Aaron Pettit There's your four autographs right there next box Joe Christian saying they they know they'll take in tons of money on both LA and San Diego Yeah, I'm sure they'll be LA is already a pretty public team And one's guaranteed not to pay up that chance to play each other in the world So you'll be a little different because then people can hedge out. It's exciting though. I'm a Dodgers fan I'd like to see what what the Dodgers do in response And Dodgers still pretty deep. They're still a team that won the world series You know, they've got pretty much the same team coming back You can you can even argue that Belanger had a slightly down season Maybe Corey Seager cools off a little bit, but But still Old guys are still there They can get Julio Lourius and Dustin May if they take it take the next step in their careers It'd be pretty interesting We got Jaren Duran Duran going to Josh Proust and the Red Sox We got Logan Webb Giants Joshua B Cal Ripken fan favorite and the Aracise Aquino franchise favorites Aracise Aquino Rookie autograph for the Reds David Chan with the Red Legs Joe says they need to talk to Pittsburgh about their number one arm Pittsburgh would trade away their mom if they could That's my dad's squad horribly run organization Yeah, what are the pirates doing? That's Patrick Bailey. I mean I get that I don't know the That archer move was Was not good I get moving Josh Bell, but I mean What did they did they get good players back in return for that? Patrick Bailey goes to Joshua B and the Giants once again my rivals What's that front office doing at such a beautiful stadium? It's a beautiful park I mean at this point, I mean you got you probably have to move Joe Musgrove too, right Try to get something for him rebuild But are you trusting are we are we trusting that front office to rebuild that rebuild the pirates? There needs to be some October baseball played in that beautiful ballpark. I deserve some national attention Yeah, I've never been Joe Joe saying we went a few years ago. I got to go I had a I had big plans for a Cooperstown trip I've never been to Cooperstown I'm a big plan for a Cooperstown trip either The spring of this spring earlier this spring or next spring but Pandemic kind of got in the way, so Might be a minute or two before I'll be able to get out there, but More Giants Mauritius Dubon That'll be for Joshua B Casey Meis to 250 tigers also doing a rebuild Casey Meis Spencer Torkelson probably coming to come up in a couple years And there's Nick Solak Texas Rangers Joshua B He's heating up We got Cameron or Carmen Lodzinski speaking of the pirates That'll be for Michael Koontz and the buckos And wow 55 out of 99 Jason Dominguez autograph He's got a nice auto. That's that's hashtag good for the hobby Matt Lieber with the New York Yankees the Bronx bombers With how big his hype is Even if he's only 75 percent of the hype It'll still be pretty wild. All right. We are halfway through this break Got about another 15 20 minutes to go in this break We've got a basketball break coming up after this Pick your team 50 and then pick your team 51 is already down to 12 We could probably knock that out tonight as well Cooperstown is Western I actually don't know where I would fly in But would I fly into new Syracuse maybe Or New York and rent a car. I'd have to I think I'd have to rent a car anyway maybe Pittsburgh kind of close. It's all in the same area, right? So could wrap a Cooperstown PNC Park trip. All right another box. Good luck And there's franchise 2020 you wore on Alvarez die cut to 50 and Brett Beatty back there For Ryan G and the Metropolitan's and Brian Reynolds 106 to 150 You know Sam Strayer's here pointing us perhaps really out and had a team since the late 80s of the early 90s Well, there was that one McCutcheon year where they went to the playoffs, right? Maybe that was just one. So it's just that one year. There's Kyle Lewis to 150 That goes to Steve Wright and the Mariners There's Torkelson for the Tigers, Joshua B and Zach Delosh Mariners that'll be for Steve Wright And there's Tim Anderson our fourth autograph of the box for Eric Jay and the White Sox Yeah pirates actually are having a pretty nice break pad To tease junior right here as well three boxes to go That's right. They were lost that wild card game pirates did And I don't I don't want to be labored this point to pirate fans. They already know but Chris Archer deal was it was bad It kind of made sense at the time with just how How Archer's contract was structured and what his ceiling could be You know, and then uh, and then it just didn't work out. I think it was just ineffective and or injured Often by the time he was in in Pittsburgh and then to see guys like Austin Meadows play play as well. He's as he has been it's kind of rough Like they move who were the other guys that went to Tampa Bay with that deal The chain the chain bars bass go go there or is it someone else? Yoshi Tutsugo and Antonio Cabello Havana una na that goes to Matt Lieber and the Yankees Oh glass. I think it was Tyler Glass now There's Justin Foskew to 250 Rangers Joshua B Owen Casey For the Padres that'll be for Alex V and Jeff McMeal For the Mets Ryan G Is it Cassie or Casey? You think it's Casey maybe with the eye right there Wait Owen Casey was traded suspect Which deal? Which deal was he part of? And there's JT Real Muto for Kyle D and the Phillies Is it Cassie or Casey? I don't how do you how do you think you'd they pronounce it? Caici There's Ballinger to 99 West Matthews with 15 points All right two more boxes to go eight autographs to go Oh, so he was he was part of that Darvish deal Went to the Cubs Owen Owen C West Matthews six for six from three We got Laker Spurs on the background 10 minutes left in the fourth Second last box once again eight autos to go Four in this one four in the last one Hey, he checked Shoot another three West Matthews And we got Zach Delosh Steve Wright with the Ems Nolan Aronato 250 Zach Delosh Bow wow Everson Pereira for the Bronx bombers Matt Lieber. Oh nice nice Nico Horner rookie autograph That's pretty cool. I like those those us flag cards look pretty sharp That goes to DMAC Derek McKenzie and the Cubbies four out of 99 Might see a lot kind of playing time as the Cubs Are officially rebuilding looks like And another era CDs Aquino for David Chan and the Reds final box final four autos Good luck. This is a picker team 13 2020 Bowman's best baseball Tyler Brenner. Yes. I am all caught up on the Mandalorian. In fact, everyone should be by now It's been a what a week or two since the season finale I I've been watching every Thursday night basically when it hits midnight on the west coast We we get Mando LeBron suck at 22 points Let's put them in just put them in like a bucket for the twins don't in we'll figure out later Come on LeBron. Hopefully they don't take them out Kind of it's like 100 to like 85 or something like that 104 to 85 or 86 something But yeah, this season of Mando pretty good I was kind of wondering where they were going to go with it throughout the throughout the year And then the last few episodes were really fire. They're awesome Now it'll be interesting to see what's going to happen next year But the Mandalorian season three what kind of adventures he's going to go on Joe, you've never watched a single Star Wars movie or spin-off That's surprising. How did you manage to avoid that? Unless that genre is just not your thing Then I I get that there's Owen Cassie again 46 out of 150. He's a cub now. This will still go to the Padres Alex V Yeah, yeah, if you can't get into the space stuff then Then no, I don't you're not missing anything then there's Austin Wells Yankees Matt Lieber. I will recommend one movie to you though There's Blake Snell to 150 um I think casuals Or even if you've not experienced any Star Wars before I would watch Rogue one I would watch Rogue one. It's I think it's I think that's a pretty good standalone movie where you really don't have to know Too much, but you can enjoy it just as a standalone movie on Disney plus Brian Reynolds 46 out of 50 Well, if he's into westerns Tyler Brenner, then he would love the Mandalorian. That's kind of that's a bit of an old old uh old like Clint Eastwood's 60s era Kind of cowboy moviness to it. He's a good western vibe there Oh a redemption any guesses on redemption for bragging rights Love westerns. Just watch tombstone rewatch tombstone again the other day That's one of my favorites All right, Gams be guessing a Carlson Louis Robert Is the guess here? No, Joe Joe's more Sopranos the wire Ozark. I love the wire blue refractor parallel T was that Toronto Toronto it's shun Yamaguchi for the blue jays that's gonna be for Justin Fuller and the blue birds So there you have it and there you go ladies and gentlemen pick your team 13 In the books eight boxes of 2020 bowman best baseball. Thanks for watching everybody There's here's a quick little recap coming at you pretty nice break. I thought Some prospects some vet players Some rookies some Jason Dominguez That's pretty nice some giants some Aquino's more giants.  I'm at the very beginning. There you go boys and girls I'm Joe for jazby's case breaks.com. Thanks for watching with me and breaking with me We'll see you next time for the next break. Bye. Bye