Tonight, Lord willing, we're going to talk about how trials remind us how much we need God. Now, I've been doing biblical counseling for 20-something years, seven years, I think. And it's very common when someone is in a trial to come to me for counsel and they're asking the why question. It's very common. Their motive may be very innocent. Why is this happening? But most of the time it's not. Most people that struggle with the why question conclude that there is no God or he would stop the trial. Some people conclude that God is powerless to prevent trials. And some people, even preachers have preached that we have to come to the place where we forgive God for taking us through a trial. Now, these beliefs, these wrong conclusions are blasphemous. They malign God's character because they accuse him of not being good, of not being all powerful, of not loving them, of not caring about them. Now, it's been interesting and all of the ladies that I have counseled over these years that are in trials, some are in extremely difficult trials.  But in spite of that, some of these ladies have such a deep, abiding faith in God and trusting God that they are experiencing the supernatural peace of God that's guarding their hearts and guarding their minds. Others that come for help may be in a tiny, what I would call a relatively insignificant trial. And they are angry at God and they become what I describe as emotionally disturbed. Their emotional pain is horrific. They're not persuaded of the goodness of God and they are not grateful to him. They experience frustration, fear, bitterness. Their focus is only on themselves. And they're in such emotional pain that they're desperate for relief. But instead of giving God glory, they blame him. So one of the things that I do is I teach them what the Bible says about trials and tests that God takes us through and what is his purpose. One of them is I start out with teaching them a little bit about the character of God and that God is sovereign. That means he rules over us. He is our High King of Heaven. In Psalm 115, 1-3, it says, Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory because of your loving kindness, because of your truth. Why should the nations say where now is their God? But listen to verse three. But our God is in the heavens and he does whatever he pleases. This is something that every person on the planet needs to get settled. God is sovereign. He rules over his creation. He's the King of Kings. He's the Lord of Lords. I remember as a new Christian reading the Bible for the very first time. I was 33 years old and I was astounded at what I was reading. But I wondered why does God let bad things happen? I was a pediatric intensive care nurse and little children get sick.  Why would God do that? And then I got to Romans 9 and it settled the issue for me completely. God is the molder. We are the clay. And God grants repentance, he grants faith, and then sometimes he hardens people's hearts. But because this is his prerogative, this is his creation and he can do with it as he pleases. Whether we like it or not, whether we agree with it or not, God is our highest authority. And then we are his creatures. That means Peter said in 1 Peter that God has chosen for himself a people for his own possession so that they may proclaim his excellencies. It's all about him. It's not all about us. In Isaiah 43 and verse 7, Isaiah wrote, everyone, and this is God speaking here, everyone who is called by my name and whom I have created for my glory. See, the focus needs to turn back to God. Look what God has done, whom I have formed, even whom I have made. So we as his creatures are to glorify him and therefore we are to submit ourselves to his sovereign hand. And sometimes those providences of God are very hard, very dark, very bitter. And then a lot of times they're the opposite, just glorious and joy for us. Well, then I tell my councillors, God has decided or decreed, you could say that, how we may best give him glory. Now this is something you need to grasp if you don't already because this is whatever it would take to give God glory in our life is what we should desire, even if we must suffer at times in the process. The only way to give God glory is to become more and more like him. And God uses the circumstances, either good or bad, circumstances in our lives to test us and to mold us into his image. And I take my councillors through Romans chapter 8, verse 28 and 29, and we know that God causes, God causes all things. All things can be good things as well as bad things to work together for what? For good to those who love God. Now there's a hitch. Not everybody loves God. You have to be born again to be in a position to love God and then you have to be being obedient to him. So he causes all things to work together for good to those who love God to those who are called according to his purpose. His purpose is his own glory. That is the very best thing that could happen to us, that we could honor him and worship him and glorify him more. So those whom he foreknew, those that he saves the elect, he also predestined to become conformed to the image of his son. So the good, you may have heard the expression, this trial is for your good and God's glory. Well the good is to mold us more and more into Christ likeness. Now nothing happens to us by bad luck or fate or chance. This is God's providential care and hand over us. His sovereign decrees for us. Now the blessings that God gives us are astounding. He gives us life. He gives us abilities that we have. Saving us from our sin is the most astounding blessing of all and our salvation showcases God's mercy, His holiness, His love and our utter inability to save ourselves. God does permit others to sin against us and he uses it for his purposes.  Well because of the famine that ensued, his brothers had to come to Egypt because they heard that there was grain there that they could purchase and a long story short and if you don't know this story you need to read the book of Genesis. It is absolutely amazing but at the end his brothers, they knew who he was by then and they were afraid that Joseph was going to have them put in prison or killed and they came to Joseph and he said, they fell down before him and said, behold we are your servants but Joseph said to them, do not be afraid for am I in God's place. Now I remember the first time I read this as a brand new baby believer and I was astounded. Joseph said to them, as for you you meant evil against me. He didn't say, oh it's water over the dam, no big deal. He said, no, what you did was evil but God meant it for good the same time in order to bring about this present result to preserve many people alive and he forgave them. I don't think God, I would have killed them if they had been my brothers but God put it in his heart to forgive them. He said, so therefore do not be afraid I will provide for you and your little ones so he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. Only God can give you that kind of heart but he said, what you did you meant for evil but God meant it for good. And then point number C, God sometimes tests us and when he does he has a definite purpose or purposes behind it. For example, an unexpected death of a loved one or a long difficult illness for yourself.  One of the purposes that God has in a trial is to prune us so that we may bear more fruit for his glory. John 15, Jesus talks about this and he said, I am the true vine and my father is the vine dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away and every branch that bears fruit he prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. Pruning is painful. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you, abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine so neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him he bears much fruit. A true believer is going to bear fruit for the Lord. For apart from me you can do nothing.  We can become panicked. We can become angry. We can become very self-centered, very self-focused. We can become bitter and hurt and unforgiving and we can bring out the worst. But God thankfully he prunes the worst off as he convicts us of our sins and helps us turn from sin to righteousness. So God is good even though it's painful. He disciplines those whom he loves and he is going to not let us just continue because of his kindness be happy in our sin and continue in our sin. And then point number three. God tests us to discipline us for our good. Now tomorrow in the very last session Lord willing we're going to talk about the goodness of God and when I wrote that lecture I looked up every word good or goodness in the whole Bible and came up with the principles that I'm going to share with you tomorrow but it just absolutely thrilled my soul. Fortunately for us even with difficult trials God has a pure motive and he has a compassionate heart. He disciplines those whom he loves so that we can share his holiness. In the book of Hebrews in chapter 12 we learn about that and he says here in Hebrews chapter 12 starting in verse four he says you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood and you're striving against sin and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons. My son do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord nor faint when you are reproved or reproof is telling you what you're doing wrong by him for those whom the Lord loves he disciplines and he scourges every son whom he receives.  Furthermore we had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. Shall we not much rather be subject to the father of spirits and live? Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them. But now listen to this because this is astounding. He disciplines us for our good so that we may share his holiness. All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful. It's painful. It's embarrassing. It's humiliating but sorrowful yet to those who have been trained by it. Now listen to this. Afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Therefore, and then he goes on there, so God tests us and he disciplines us for our good so that we can share his holiness. We can experience the peaceful fruit of righteousness. And then number four. God gives us special opportunities to see if our faith is proven to be genuine. 1 Peter 1 verse 6 through 8. He's talking, Peter is writing to Christians scattered throughout the Roman provinces and they are undergoing persecution. Nero is either emperor then or about to become emperor. He was crazy. He despised the Christians and he was just grievous in how he treated them. Just wicked. And Peter is saying, remember what Christ has done for you but remember the glory that awaits you in the future. And he's talking about these trials in verse 6. He says in this you greatly rejoice what Christ has done and what you have to look forward to. Even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials so that the proof of your faith, he's testing your faith, he's proving your faith, being more precious in gold which is perishable even though tested by fire may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. And though you have not seen him you love him. And though you do not see him now but believe in him you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory as the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Now, when you have an extreme trial it should not be the very first time you think about this issue. A little trial, a little test could be you could have a flat tire or one of your good friends won't let you stop and get something to eat.  But last November I got a phone call from our daughter, Anna and she said, Mom, I have a lump in my breast and so we talked about it and she went to the doctor the next day and to make a long story short she had very aggressive, very bad breast cancer and so I just remember having anxiety at the beginning of this. Now I'm not, I don't tend to be a warrior I don't tend to be an anxious person so it was just about to overwhelm me but every time I would feel almost overwhelmed I would turn that into a prayer and the Lord had helped me in much lesser trials to learn through the Scripture and His enabling me and helping me and giving me grace how to think about things like this and my prayer went like this and the first thing I would say tears running down my face Lord, thank you for reminding me how much I need you thank you for this test thank you for this trial and it looked very dark at that point and I didn't feel happy but I was thanking God because He commands us and everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you 1st Thessalonians chapter 5 so and then I would pray and I would say Lord my prayer my request is that she can be cured of this cancer but in a prayer request like that you always have to add but whatever would glorify you the most in Anna's life and all of our lives and I didn't want to add that I just wanted to say please cure her but I could not know how we could glorify Him the most I didn't sleep very well I'd wake up I don't know how many times at night I'd be praying and then one night in the middle of the night it dawned on me God is listening to me I didn't know that He would grant my desire but just the wonder of being able to talk to God and He does cure and He is good and He is loving and He has a special purpose in our trials well for weeks that anxiety kept on and I was praying my special prayer many times every day and then the anxiety went away and then this as she started the chemo the grief settled over me that was the worst grief I have ever experienced in my life but I just kept praying and the Lord enabled me to keep functioning and then after a month or so of that one day I got up and the grief was gone and nothing had changed she was still in chemo we didn't know what the outcome would be but the Lord will not give you more than you can bear 1 Corinthians 10-13 he promises that and you have to obey him regardless of how you feel and he will enable you to get through it and not only get through it but he will give you his supernatural peace well the weeks went on then Anna had a double mastectomy and when they did the pathology report there was not one living cancer cell left and that was what we had been praying for for seven months so we are but you know it's not always that way so we want to we can trust God that he's going to use it for our good but we want him to be glorified so he tests us to discipline us for our good and then he gives us special opportunities to see if our faith is proven to be genuine so all these trials whether they're little bitty whether they're great big give us what I call it an on the spot opportunity to prove who we really worship who we really serve is it our own comfort or is it our Lord and if our faith is genuine then it will be proven it will survive the test it would result in praise and glory and honor to God and then of course James is saying the same thing God is maturing us during trials James 1 verse 2 through 4 consider it all joy my brethren when you encounter various trials knowing that the testing of your faith you're not going through it in vain God has a high and holy purpose behind it the testing of your faith produces endurance and let endurance have its perfect result so that you may be perfect and complete lacking in nothing now Roman numeral number three on your outline God wants us to be grateful now being grateful or being thankful I think it's similar to loving someone sometimes you've I've been married it'll be 50 years in September and I love my husband dearly but I don't always feel like that don't tell him I said that sometimes you feel like you love the other person but sometimes you show love regardless of how you feel in a similar way gratitude to God is either a thought and or an action it may or may not include a wonderful feeling of gratitude but God's commands are clear Colossians 3 Colossians chapter 3 15 through 17 Paul wrote in Colossians let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts to which indeed you were called in one body and listen and be thankful this is a command it's all over the place in the Bible to be thankful he's not commanding you to feel happy he's commanding you to thank God let the word of Christ richly dwell within you that's the scriptures with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God and whatever you do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks through him to God the Father the few counselors that I've had over the years that are what I would describe as extremely emotionally disturbed they were very different ladies different backgrounds but they had two things in common one is they were not persuaded of the goodness of God and they were not grateful to God they were not thankful I used to when our church was young we didn't have very many people I was a church pianist not because I aspired to be the church pianist but because my husband was one of the elders and I was the only and he knew I could play the piano so he told and so I ended up being the pianist and the only thing worse than my playing was their singing so I would pick out two hymns and tell whoever was leading the singing these are the hymns that I could play and this is what we're going to do this Sunday well then we grew a little bit and then we had a man who became our song leader well he wanted to have a choir we had a choir all right we had eight people and if Cindy Carson couldn't come we had to cancel because she was the only one who could really sing but anyway we didn't have we didn't have our own piano and we didn't have a building so we rented space in different public schools and we went from place to place and one and I kept resigning as pianist but they wouldn't let me because I was the only one who could play the piano finally the Lord sent somebody and that was a happy day but we were moving from one school to a different school and for some reason I thought they had a decent piano in that auditorium in that public school auditorium so I got there early and Jerry Gunter he was one of our elders and the song leader and so he came early and so we would practice we would go over the songs and I started playing that piano it had broken keys it was out of tune it sounded like a honky-tonk bar piano it was the worst piano ever that I have ever played and I was just so disappointed and I began to cry and I'm not a cry baby but I was crying tears running down my face and then it's hard to see the notes and then your nose starts running and then it's really bad but my thought was this Lord, why? why are you doing this to us? we love you we believe the Bible is true the church down the street they had hundreds of people they have a huge steinway and they don't even believe your words true so anyway Jerry noticed that I was crying and so he stopped singing and he came over and I stopped playing and he said I think we need to pray and I said I think so so we bowed our heads and Jerry said Lord, thank you for this piano and I thought oh brother I didn't say that I just thought it and if that wasn't bad enough he said I pray for Martha I thought he was going to say that you'll comfort her he said that she will repent of her pride well when he said that I thought well I'm not going to cry anymore so I stopped crying and I blew my nose and we went got through the practice and I went to Sunday school I have no idea what the lesson was about for an hour I sat there like Jacob wrestling with God and toward the end of the hour it dawned on me how ungrateful I was after all the Lord had done for me for us, for our little church and so I asked the Lord to forgive me and then had to go face the music literally and we got through it and then Jerry did call the principal of the school that week and said we do have a piano available that's better than yours do you mind if we bring it and she was thrilled to have a much better piano but I didn't expect that test I expected something entirely different and yet I failed it miserably God teaches us through little tests like that so that we can be prepared for the big trials that come and then God wants us to be fully persuaded of his goodness in Psalm 100 it says shout joyfully to the Lord all the earth serve the Lord with what? gladness come before him with joyful singing know that the Lord himself is God it is he who has made us and not we ourselves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture enter his gates with thanksgiving now picture this the temple was up on a hill the singers of Israel would gather at the bottom of the hill and start singing psalms and they would go up towards the temple into the gates into the gate into the courtyard so there's a wall around the temple and there's different gates and it says enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise Jerusalem wasn't very big back then and I just imagine that these men and their voices must have been magnificent you could probably hear them singing God's praises all over Jerusalem it says for the Lord is good his loving kindness is everlasting and his faithfulness to all generations now suppose you receive an unexpected bad report on a medical test or you learn of the sudden death of a loved one or you get a phone call and you find out your child's spouse is leaving him or leaving her at the very least your emotions will be all over the place you'll be reeling emotionally you probably won't be able to sleep grief will wash over you like a wave at the beach now all of these examples are trying times testing times but you must remind yourself of the goodness of God and tomorrow we'll go into much more detail about that but I want you to pray I want you to think Lord you are good to have let me live this long with a good medical test or you are good to have let me have my loved one for as long as I did my mother's been dead several years and I can still tear up when I think about her I wish I could talk to her but I have to remind myself that God was so good to me to let me have her as long as I did or God you are good to our child because he or she does not have to go through this marriage separation in vain God can teach her things or teach him things mold them more and more into Christ's likeness we should remind ourselves that God is good regardless of our circumstances so somebody who loves him Jesus said if you love me you will keep my commandments sometimes I don't want to do the right thing but I will and I will pray and ask God to help me and I'll say Lord I'm doing this because I love you he said if you love me you will keep my commandments so a person who loves him will be convinced of his goodness on days sprinkled with small aggravating tests as well as on days consumed by immense grievous trials God is good and good thoughts of him should fill our hearts always and then we should realize that God must love us very much to test our faith as he does in Psalm 136 it tells us that his love is everlasting Psalm 136 give thanks to the Lord for he is good for his loving kindness this is the Hebrew word has said it's eternal love is covenantal love is everlasting give thanks to the God of gods for his loving kindness is everlasting give thanks to the Lord of lords for his loving kindness is everlasting to him who alone does great wonders for his loving kindness is everlasting to him who made the heavens with skill for his loving kindness is everlasting to him who spread out the earth above the waters for his loving kindness is everlasting. To him who made the great lights, the sun and the moon, the stars, for his loving kindness is everlasting. The sun to rule by day for his loving kindness is everlasting. The moon and the stars to rule by night for his loving kindness is everlasting. To him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn for his loving kindness is everlasting. When my daddy, my dad in the south, we say my daddy, got saved when he was 89 years old. It was amazing. And he started reading the Bible. And he got to, he started in Genesis.  And I said, well, when was it? And he said at the end of the flood. And then he said, and I bet you don't know why God put the rainbow there. And so I said, and I'm teary on the phone. I said, why daddy? And he said, because he promised to never flood the world again. So then he gets to Exodus and he called me and he said, did you know that that king, tell those people they could leave. And then he changed his mind and God sent frogs. And that king told us, and he went through all the plagues. I said, I had heard that. So to him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn for his loving kindness is everlasting. And he brought Israel out from their midst for his loving kindness is everlasting with a strong hand and an outstretched arm for his loving kindness is everlasting. And he goes on and on there. This is the same God that is our God. And in his kindness, we are on this side of the cross instead of the other side. We're not looking for the promise of the Messiah. We know the Messiah. We're looking for him to come back and we have joy in just thinking about that. And someday he will. When I was halfway through my master's degree in nursing at Georgia State University in Atlanta, when I got saved, I was 33 years old and I got saved in June. And before the end of the summer, I wrote a letter to the Dean of the nursing school. And I said, I have become a Christian and the Lord Jesus is coming back and I don't have time for this program. Withdraw me from the program. And they did. And I'm sure they're still laughing about it. Every once in a while, I think about it, I'll say, Lord, please come back soon. So that, because all those professors can say, oh, that's what she was talking about. Let's see, where am I? God's love is everlasting. And then first John four and verse 10, it says, in this is love. Not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins.  And then in Hebrews two and verse six, it says, but one has testified somewhere saying, what is man that you, speaking of God, remember him or the son of man that you are concerned about him? You have made him for a little while lower than the angels. He's talking about Christ. You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have appointed him over all the works of your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet. God loves us very much to test our faith as he does. Well, I already told you about first Peter one, six through eight, but I want to read this again. It says in this, in these trials, you greatly rejoice even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials so that the proof of your faith, this is what God is testing, being more precious than gold, which is perishable. Even though tested by fire may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. And though you have not seen him, you love him. And though you do not see him now, but believe in him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory. We had several years ago, our pastor got up one Sunday morning and he told us that a friend of two guys that he went to school with had, they had graduated from seminary, they were best friends, they were going, they had made plans with their families to go to France as missionaries. And while they were still raising their money, the families got together on a Saturday evening and the two men went out, I think they were gonna get donuts for the family or something there. They took, one of them had four little children. They took the baby with them. The baby was in the back seat. A drunk driver hit them head on and the two men were killed. The baby was okay, but the men were gone. And John just said, I wanna pray for the families and friends and please, he asked us to continue to pray. So we did. And I didn't know them. One of the wives, her name was Lois Stride and she is the one who had the four little bitty children and I was, we continued to pray for them and one day my phone rang and it was a friend of Lois's, somehow she'd got my phone number and she said, you don't know me but I'm a good friend of Lois Stride's and she proceeded to tell me what happened and I said, I know about it, we know about it, we are praying for her. And she said, well, what you don't know is she's been to some of your conferences, read your books and it would mean a lot to her if you would send her a note. And I said, I will be happy to do that. Will you please give me her address? And so she did. So as I sat down to write a note to someone that I had never met but assumed that she was a Christian and of course she was, I said all the usual stuff. I am so sorry that this has happened. If there's anything I can do, anything you need, please let me know. Our church family has been praying for you for weeks and then I thought I need to say something to her about why this has happened. And as I thought about it, I said, I'm not going to pretend to tell you why this has happened because I don't know. Only God really knows. I said, but I do know this, that he must love you very much to test your faith at this level. And I'm praying that it will be found to be genuine. And then I quoted first Peter one verses six and seven and eight. So I prayed that God would comfort her with that. I did not know her reaction, what it would be because I didn't know her. But I just asked the Lord to comfort her. Well, I sent it. Well, months later, I ran into another friend of hers at a conference where I was speaking and this other friend came up and said, Lois was comforted by your note and she put it up and when she would feel almost overwhelmed, she would get it back out and read it again. This is the power of God's word. This helps all of us. It helped me to think about this when I learned about Anna's cancer and we did not know what kind of outcome that would be. We need to honor God and glorify him. Our hearts should have a place for sorrow and grief but it should be godly sorrow like our Lord had when Lazarus died. He grieved but he never sinned. All the trials he went through were grievous but he never sinned. It is a glorious grand mystery how God sovereignly works in his creation. He has decreed from eternity past how we can best give him glory. He cares about every single one of us. He has very definite and good purposes for us as he tests us.  Then we can face whatever test or trial that comes upon us knowing that God is working in our life and the lives of our loved ones to accomplish his divine purposes. So let's pray. Father, we are reminded that you are sovereign, that you are the high king of heaven, that you rule over your creation and we just thank you and praise you for your goodness, your mercy, your love. Even when you test us and we go through trials I pray that you will use these things for our good and for your glory. Lord, it's easy to say thank you Lord when everything is going great but when you enable us to say thank you for this trial, thank you for reminding me how much I need you then that is the greater glory, the greater honor to you. And I pray that you will teach us these things, they will just be near and dear to our hearts and that if and when and we may never have a really bad trial but if it happens, Lord, I pray that our first thought will be to thank you for reminding us how much we truly do need you. Lord, we love you, we are so grateful for your word that you have told us these things that we don't have to just go through dark times and struggle and worry and I pray just thanking you and I pray for each of us that you will use us for your glory no matter what that means. We pray in Jesus' name, amen.


Did you know that in Csharp, we can conditionally compile and execute methods depending on the compilation symbol? Hello there, this is Krish Raj and in this video we will be going to learn that how we can conditionally execute any code or method depending on the predefined compilation symbol. So here in this demo console application, first I have initialized an instance of this log API class and in this class this is just one simple method which will write this message in the console and after that I have defined this pre-processor if directive and when the Csharp compiler encounter this pre-processor if directive followed by an end if directive it compiles the code between the directives only if the specified symbol is defined. So right now for this application, I have not defined any symbol. So when I run this application, this line should not be hit. So for confirmation, let me add the breakpoint over here. Now when I run this application, this line is not executed. Now when I click on continue button, there is no any message printed over here. Now let us define this compilation symbol for this application. So to define the compilation symbol, you need to go fast into the application property and then in this build section, you need to define the compilation symbol in this tax box. In our case, it's sandbox. Let me save this application and now when I run this application, our breakpoint is hit and you can see this message in this console application. Okay. So now so far so good. So now let's say if I have lots of this type of method and I want to wrap this method in this type of pre-processor if directive, it can start to get a bit of messy. Also if I ever wanted to change the name of this symbol, for example from sandbox to say dev environment, then I need to change it in multiple places. So there is an alternative to using the conditional compilation directive. So let's look at that.


You have to really, really understand culture, business culture and so on and we kind of butted heads too much. We wanted everything to be the same so it's easy to run similar processes in similar countries, but you're just going to stand in your own way. The thing that I think our artists learned and which I was very particular about from the beginning was that I wanted every artist to feel like an entrepreneur and we called it art apprenticeship. What I'm referring to is that a lot of the time I see artists saying, okay, I will do the project as long as I get the funding. So they apply for funding and then they wait to get the funding.  So I said, let's turn that narrative around. Let's have you understand how to do business, how to sell and how to calculate simple business cases so that you can make ends meet and then if you get additional funding, let's say by a government, by the European Union, that's a bonus. But you don't rely on it and you will see that the outside funding will come more easily because you'll stand like this because you're your own man or woman because you know you can make ends meet, you know your own business. You will be taken seriously very differently. You're not beholden to handouts and I think that changed it for us as an organization but it changed it for a lot of the people we work with as well. And I'm looking at also the aspect of the youth. For many we tend to wish for things to happen and you'd want something to take place. Yet it is a challenge. So you mentioned waiting for handouts, waiting for somebody to come and tell you, you know what, I have something for you, come and let's do it. You're sitting there relaxed but the breakthrough doesn't always come in that way. You have to go and get it or immediately. Sometimes it may work, sometimes you may get actually, depending on whether you believe that God can be able to give you that grace. But for many youths they face that challenge and you end up being so relaxed and mellow. So what would be your advice to many who are struggling to get that? I mean if I'm a bit flippant and I say it in one sentence, don't be mellow. Don't be sharp, get out of bed and hustle.   In the beginning you have to work hard. Another thing, and this is perhaps a bit more simple, a bit more applicable to all of us, don't tell me what you can do, show me. Show me, that's a problem.  But show me, I can tell you how I can help you or I can just start working with you. And what do I have to lose? A little bit of time but I'll learn something. I'll learn something about you. Otherwise, Netflix, right? So it's not that people need to be humble enough. Everyone, not just young people. Everyone needs to be humble enough to put in the work and not feel insecure about the fact that someone might take advantage or something might not happen as a result enough wasted time.  So go for it. But then how do you protect yourself from outside or external dangers? Yes, as a dance team international, because competition will always be there and people will always come to try and knock you down. How do you protect yourself from dangers that are external copyright issues? Lots of questions there. The first time I noticed that I'm a little bit famous was when I started getting hate mail on my blogs. Exactly. So it was quite fun. I was quite happy. I said to myself, this is great. I've been noticed because someone's written me a whole message saying you're boring, you're always saying the same things. And I'm like, well, I'm narrating my experience. I didn't do any sport. That time I did, it was early on. So I said, first of all, one, I'm narrating my experiences. Do you want me to make up things? And two, thank you for reading all my blogs.  Thank you. But then the other question about protecting yourself about... I mean, one easy one is you need to get up earlier than the competition. But still, even those who... on what you said previously, even those who come and attack you online and attack what you do and what you say, you also need to find a way of protecting yourself from such things. You need to find a way of saving yourself so that you don't get hurt from that. I think a big win for any of us is when we become so sure about our path and where we're going that we can become to a level immune to the judgment of others, we're much better off.  That's simple. Haters want what you have. That's why they're commenting, right? Move on. Move on from these people. And the other external factors that you do, that you get, those who try to bring you down in terms of business competition, you're mentioning, wake up early. Yeah. Yes, it's very simple. I get my... I mean, right now, it's five o'clock in the UK. I'm here. So I got up at three UK time.  And I have the whole day ahead of me. Why not? It's the best way to make sure that I have enough hours in the day and that I get enough sleep so that I'm sharp enough. I think that's an easy one. I think what we've now do with social media a lot is we're going to go on our phone.  We're going to watch something in the evening and we're looking at your daily schedule and realize that you've actually wasted six hours doing something that's not going to take you toward your dreams. That's a little bit sad, right? Harry, let me ask you one question. And of course, I know this will... It's just a one-light note though. Have you found yourself in a day where you've wasted time and you're thinking, okay, this is unnecessary, but I just want to do it anyway? Last time I checked I was still human, so yes. I think the important thing is I think it all comes from purpose. People call the current generation lazy and I think it's something with the human condition that the older generation always thinks the younger generation is lazy because they've forgotten what it's like. I don't think... I see millennials and they're not lazy. Sometimes they are unmotivated. When you're motivated, you move. When you're not motivated, you don't know where you're going, then you don't move. When you understand your purpose and how you can take action towards that purpose, it makes everything easier. And of course you waste time and it's actually quite pleasant sometimes to just drink the coffee for longer or have another one. But at the same time, you don't make that a habit. Make the other side a habit and work on that. If you work on your work ethic, everything else will follow from that. As you call it, lazy. Well, of course, we do not quite understand what is a line that we need to draw between resting and being lazy. You just choose, okay, today let me just watch Netflix. Today let me watch a football match. Of course. You end up sleeping late because you're watching a match. Most people do that. He knows I watched the Atletica United match last night until 1 o'clock. Did you love the match? I did the fight in it. I love the fight in it. I think I need to make this very clear because people are going to go like, oh man, this is damaging. He's saying don't sleep, work a lot. I'm not saying that. You see all these videos circulating saying millionaires don't sleep. It's not true. If you Google that or YouTube that, you'll find Jeff Bezos saying he sleeps 8 hours. You'll find Elon Musk saying he sleeps 7 plus. How many hours do you sleep? 6 minimum. 6 to 7. 6 to 7. Mostly 6. I try to sleep 7. It mostly ends up at 6, 6 and a half. Me too. I find it hard to sleep at 7. I'm excited in the morning so I get out of bed because I'm motivated.  That doesn't matter. You sleep for that amount of time. You still have 16 hours. You sleep 8 hours, you have 16 hours in the day. I'm not so interested in what you do in your 8 hours at night, maybe your 8 hours in your day job, but if you have a dream that's not your day job, you'll have another 8 hours. So I want to know what you're doing in those 8 hours. Is it 3 hours of Netflix? Or what is it? So we're not talking about sleep less. We're talking about how well you use the hours that you're left with in the day. When you're awake. Absolutely. I love that. Because that's what matters. It's not about trying to get a tentacle when you sleep. Some sleep for 3 hours. They intend to be active throughout the whole day because they want to be millionaires.  I think we sometimes have some interesting books out there. The 4 hour work week by Tim Ferriss. It's interesting. You can survive by 4 hours a week. People misinterpret that. The actual message there to me is much more you can do so much in focused 4 hours. When you first decide what are you going to focus on? What action are you going to take? Try that one time. Throw away the phone and work for 4 hours on something. You'll be surprised how much you get done. That's the message there. It's not about do you work 50, 60 or 70 hours a week. It's how much work do you get done in the 50 hours that you work? As an individual, how do you balance all of that? You mentioned you have business in Arusha and of course in London if I got you right. In other places that you have not mentioned. How do you balance that? What makes you choose that this is the best place for me to spend most of my time? As an individual. The balance comes from I found ways with professionals who are really good at this. I try to maximize my energy throughout the day. I need to take certain types of breaks. I need to move between different types of work. I exercise every single day. I get my energy up in the morning. If I need it, I'll do another set of exercise at 5 o'clock in the afternoon to get the second wind for the evening. Then I have a secret weapon. Shout out to the guys at Aura. Some people use Fitbits. I have this ring which does the same as a Fitbit. It monitors my sleep. It's a Finnish company. I was an early investor some years ago. Now the NBA players in the US use this. Get a shot of this. They're fantastic. This monitors my sleep rate. This tells me how much energy I have, how well I've slept, what my heart rate is, what my temperature is. It has several microchips in it and sensors. I'll always know how I need to balance my day. Which is incredibly helpful. To your other question, London is a great city to live in. Because it's in the heart of the world. It's in a way between Western and Western. It faces the US. It's six hours from New York. It's a great place to do business. Direct flights to Nairobi. You leave in the morning. You're here in the evening the next day. If you're lucky, you get to be in a TV studio with your good friend Ram. It's a great place for now. Thank you. Nairobi between balance. And of course there is somebody who keeps on asking me in my ear how do you choose which place to do business as opposed to another. Sometimes I think we overthink these things. Sometimes things happen. I'm a people person. A lot of the time businesses have come because I've seen an opportunity and then I've met someone who's seen the same opportunity and we've teamed up. That was also true for London. I don't go around market research saying I should probably now set up shop in Krakow because the tax rate is low. I look at the opportunity and I look at the people that come with the opportunity because just knowing that and no disrespect friends in Kigali you look at London and everyone says it's great for business. Well that's great but I don't know anyone there. So why would I go into business there? You have to you must have somebody. Your network. It's not about currency it's not about the place it's just about the network that you have in that place. I'm sure there's a lot of bankers and other people out there who would disagree with me. This is just how I roll. But I'm a people person first. The first thing I did before I even came here I reached out to my network and said I would like to have two people to work with me this whole week and to be with me. That's how I roll because people know people and otherwise if you google an agency to help you you're always going to be somehow shortchanged. Let's talk about Dance Team International and I'm doing the fact that you work with different people. How do you acquire these teams and you bring them into Dance Team International and motivate them, educate them and bring them out and sell them out and expose them and make them become what they want to be when they want to join that particular space. I'll answer that a little bit more generally not just Dance Team back in the days when it was in its heyday but also my newer companies. The one thing that you have to define very quickly is a very clear vision and you need to be able to explain the vision in 90 seconds to everyone because people stop listening after that if they don't understand it after 60 to 90 seconds they stop listening and you need to be resilient enough in your vision so that when people start poking holes in it and saying that's a stupid idea or have you thought about this you're able to push back. The first thing people want to know is how and why you have to have a vision and their part in that vision will motivate them. So if I define a vision about how we're going to change the world together and I'll explain your role to you you're much better off than if I say here's a salary I want you to do marketing there needs to be something bigger and that motivates people and then if you're it's a mixture of luck, acumen and the right people it starts living by itself what an organism a company is so it starts taking on forms that you didn't even imagine when good people meet they don't come to take your work or do your work they'll be more work for everyone because good people come up in your ideas because you need to ask the question why are we doing that and I found that the further we've come along so the younger the people the more they require that vision the more we use that we bring what difference will they make if they join my company what difference in the world will they make what will be their calling card will they be proud talking about it to their friends and family or will they be a little bit shy because they're just doing it for the money and that's the difference because many want to do it for the money I mean I'm not hating on the money we all need it we all love it that's not what I'm saying I think people now expect both they expect money and purpose they go hand in hand for them but you do community development is that right? well on occasion I don't hold that up on a pedestal I don't talk about that so much it's for me, it's for my family it's for my friends but it's not I can't stand the social entrepreneurs who go around with orphans and all that jazz and with stray dogs and what have you and then saying like look I'm such a good person do business with me so those things are for me it's about having the integrity to do the right thing when no one's watching and so yes it's not a part that you take a photo no I do what I can the people who I've worked with and helped you know it's not for the world unless they want to share it's not my story to share but we should do that more I think so and I think one of the easiest ways for young people to get really good work experience is to volunteer there's one of those things where your first job that you do for money you might start quite low down be an assistant or something but when you volunteer, when you work for free when you help people in need you start much higher, you get much more responsibility because the need is there so you might be an assistant in a store at the age of 17 but you might be a project manager bringing supplies to a community school for instance, so it's fantastic for your CV, for your experience and of course for how you feel for your confidence but it's good that they know you're actually doing something for people I think it's good I feel slightly embarrassed at this moment you're doing a good job you see Sambu was having this conversation with me a few days ago and it was on Monday and they were telling me that we would like to talk about the bad things more than you talk about the good things we like to talk about the bad things more the bad things people do as opposed to the good things people do I think it's good to talk about the good things you're right you've triggered me on a topic that I absolutely love so did you know maybe the audience didn't yet neuroscientifically we are wired in a way that in our mind one negative equals five positives so if I say one bad thing to you and three nice things you still think poorly of me because we are wired that way as humans negative news affect us much more which means that you get clicks and comments with negative news much more easily than with positive ones and it's all in the human evolution it was very useful for us to be risk averse and to be worried about negativity if you saw something with big teeth you better go hide in a cave in terms of evolution when we were not enlightened beings but more closer to animals back in the days in the caveman days that was very useful as a survival mechanism we need to work very hard on the positivity because only positivity and optimism changes the world I don't know a single pessimist who's changed the world do you? anyone who always complains? no because negativity is easy to do if you look at comedians it's easy to make jokes about bad things that happen to people it's difficult to make positive jokes happy jokes it is so that's it you can't think of a single pessimist if you're there in the audience send us your favourite pessimist who completely changed the world but I guarantee you you're not going to find as many pessimists as you're going to find optimists you're right and I love that and of course when you go out to people and you bring them on board how is a reaction and what does it that touches you and motivates you when you go there and you're doing all these things and then it moves you and when you sleep at night that's the last thing you think about it just gives you the motivation to wake up the next day and do it again I think sleeping well at night has to do with whether you feel satisfied and that you've made the right choices as a man so I strive for that and I don't have to worry about my sleep when bringing people on board that one's a bit of a loaded gun because half the time and I know it I see it in people's faces the people look at me and they're like who's the damn cheerleader what is this he's talking 100 words a minute and he's just cheerful and grinning all the time and I was conscious of that when I was a younger man I was a little bit worried I toned it down a little bit but actually what we need to be is we need to be consistent in our personality and my personality is cheerleader so now I'm very openly the cheerleader wow that's how it goes and that's how you don't have to wonder how you're supposed to be you're just going to be yourself everyone else is taken anyway there's only you one thing that just to mention but a few things that when you look back upon that touched you I love seeing people win that's my poison that's my drug I love seeing people win and then telling the story later I do things a lot for something that when I say like he's going to come back in three years or she's going to come back in three years and many are saying like this changed my life so the company that you also saw with the lion logo called Empire Motion the cohort that I had two years ago every single one of them six people, every single one of them has doubled their income since then so that motivates me so they come back to me and say like look it was tough what we tried with you for ten weeks what you made us do now we've doubled our income and we're happier so that motivates me massively I want to see people win I love that and it's not easy for somebody to have such kind of a heart they see others win and they say I wish I was the one winning but they make a mistake there with their thinking imagine if all my network wins my god I rise high my network the people around me will lift me up if you have more I have more and if I have less I have less, absolutely imagine very easy maths if you had less cameras you have less fun now you have less lights it's very simple maths we all have more if we all have more we forget that for us to be uplifted we need to uplift other people well that's entirely right and Bill Clinton said it already back in the 90s he said the leaders of tomorrow will be those who empower others and it's entirely true and it's funny how people think of humanity as a zero sum game we have too many people on the planet if you take this there won't be enough for me it's never been like that we're more people than ever we're still okay we're still growing we're still doing things I want you to just give me a brief outline or overlook you've been in so many countries 15, 16 15 22 that I've spoken in and 15 that I've done business in 15 business and 22 you've spoken in and you've interacted with so many youths what are some of the common mistakes you've seen people make and then you'll be like I wish you knew the right thing to do the common things and you look at them you just you just feel moved have you ever seen somebody do something and you feel like just removing them yeah but the thing is I think everyone deserves to make their own mistakes I think one big mistake that people make is they never take action because they're worried about it going wrong so which means that they'll think about it for 10 days instead of taking action on the first day getting it wrong learning from it doing it again on the second day by the third day they're much further advanced than if they had 10 if they had just thought about it so I call it analysis paralysis people get paralyzed by their thoughts so they never take action so my advice is just take lots of action especially when you're young what you have to lose time you're losing it anyway by overthinking it so go for it the one thing that I see is people or two things actually one is people not believing in themselves enough to simply take action because they have everyone in their ear saying you should become an accountant or look at your brother he's a doctor or a girl if you're wearing that or whatever it is there's so much negativity going on people refrain from taking action until all of a sudden there you said 35 so all of a sudden they're 35 man I wish I'd taken action 15 years ago right so that's one and the other one is lacking patience they're a little bit contradictory one is taking action a lot but the other one is the progress needs to come quickly but the results can come later as long as you take the right kind of action and people are so impatient people want to take the picture in the pool or with the private jet now like learn Photoshop but they do the right things because you want to you're building for life you're building for legacy you're building for something that your family can rely on in the next generation and the next and the next you're not building for a photo because you think that will get you the girls because that doesn't work speaking of girls everybody why is everyone laughing what are you laughing it has to come up of course it's a morning show it has to come up but I want to ask that question what I want to ask is the support that you've got who are those people that you'd say are like your pillars I know many don't ask this question I don't know if you've been as such who are those people that if you look up to you look back on they're saying that if it's not for so and so they have been my pillars I would not be who I am today they have defined me, they have molded me and they have uplifted me as my pillars I think early on it's always good in these instances just in case they're watching to mention the parents yeah so my parents are very very different to me they're very risk averse they're very un-entrepreneurial I don't have anything to thank them for because I think I would have been too much a risk taker without them so I have that balance I always have my dad's voice in my ears saying be careful that could go wrong so that's been nice and balancing and of course family as you know it's very important but then there's been fantastic bosses and business mentors even to this day I was launching a product this Christmas and my old strategy from when I was in my early twenties called and said it's a terrible idea and I was like what do you know what do you mean what do you know this is my business and I was like have you thought of these three things and I was like damn he's right and so I started iterating the whole thing and because these people the people that you hold in great esteem you're always the little boy right when you've known them for very long so you always want to impress them so you're still working towards being right and listening to them and I think going through that transition of being a young man who doesn't listen to anyone to having certainty and going forward at a push and listening even less to realizing you should have properly listened to balancing who you need to listen to and who not and I think there's a piece of advice here for all the young artists entrepreneurs on the channel we take so much advice we listen to criticism we are heard by criticism from people that we would never take advice from yeah right and so that's the thing that I think I think we must stop as an internal process we need to not listen to people if people don't have what you have and they haven't gone on the path that you want to be on don't listen to them exactly they have nothing to teach you people tell you to do what they did and you look at them and you're like you're not happy you want to be happy you should marry a good man you should do this and you're like yeah grandma but that's what you did and it didn't even work for you and you're just saying that because at least it could have been worse so you're giving that advice so find the people who are where you want to be in ten years you should always have two heroes in my mind one is someone who has what you want in ten years and then you in ten years right so the future you should always be your hero as well yeah yeah I love that I love that and of course I want to bring this conversation to a close because of the interest of time but as you wrap it up what would be your final word to that Kenyan youth and of course not just Kenyan because I know many are watching even from outside the country what would be your advice to youth that young person who is watching you today and wants to make up something for themselves and is trying to make a plan of some sort but they're stuck and they don't know what to do next of course as you wrap it up also anything just being like a minute or so have a final word and that's your problem so two so one is take more action it's that simple take more action, get it wrong be laughed at don't care about that you're working towards something that's in the future the people who take action early on are the ones who are going to win and you have everything you need you've got the language, the technology the size of the market economic growth, you've got youth on your side Kenya is a fantastic place number two Napenda Kenya I love you guys you do dance I broke my ankle I dislocated my ankle sorry I've been very careful so I work out in the gym now are you asking me to dance? I thought I should we can always do something simple like a simple break dance move or something you can break dance do a few easy tricks and freezes so we can always do if you give me a beat and you dance in the background, you dance I'll try and see if I can do this in a suit, I'm not sure you'll embarrass me I'll just do one move by the way this is not planned you just cast me down it's not planned I don't know if you have a song there or a beat I'll just show you a move that I can still do because I don't need my feet for it oops I'll do it with the mic one of the things that we do to build muscle and to warm up is we do freezes so we do break dancing so we do oh shit those things are muscle memory okay are we finishing on the dance now almost almost so you so you need to put the lower knee that knee on this elbow this knee on that elbow and this knee in the air so there you go you need to move the here you go well done thank you at least those are a few dance tips do you have another well there's always the sideways shuffle if you can't think of anything else but that won't really need to be that is the director of dance team international you wouldn't have been where you are if you didn't know how to dance I love your style man I'm glad I got the memo about the blue suit yeah it was not also planned thank you guys it's been an absolute pleasure I appreciate it and of course that brings us to the end of this particular conversation glad to continue at any time thank you so much and that brings us to the end of this particular conversation you can have a seat there keep engaging with us that's why in the morning we still have some more artists coming your way right here on Y254 talk to us Harry thanks so much for coming and of course stay tuned for more right here on Y in the morning whoa


What's up everyone takedown here welcome back to the channel today is another hockey card video and we are opening up a Blaster box of Opiechi platinum. I already have them opened out of the box. So we have Six packs right here. We're gonna do them all in this video might as well because there's not too many packs to begin with And we're gonna start here. I have not purchased any Opiechi platinum yet Money is a little bit tight right now. So we are just gonna get Straight into this. Hopefully I do find some really good cards and we're just gonna get right into it So starting off with these look amazing by the way, I did not know they were like this I didn't I've never purchased Opiechi platinum before starting off with cam Talbot Pretty good goalie you guys already know I do love collecting goalie cards next up is Eric Carlson Should have showed it to you guys first. I'm not a huge fan of Carlson. I am a fan of Ottawa Senators Just not Eric Carlson. I believe this is like the retro style in a way Next up we have Jonathan Taze These are really shiny cards. I really do love them and a marquee rookie for Will Butcher So they are pretty good so far and we get four cards per pack, but they are pretty good cards in my opinion pack number two K Braden Shen I Might mispronounce some if I do just let me know pretty good one right here Austin Matthews I'm not a fan of Toronto, but that is a pretty good poll right there Here is another one carry price. I'm a fan of carry price I do love goalie cards, which I've already mentioned that before so this is a great poll for me and Kevin Hayes So not bad right there with pack number two. I didn't get really a big hit that was all base But a lot of it can go in my personal collection Next up there is Brandon Da Bint the bin ski Had a little stutter at first there Save this one save this one Clayton Keller marquee rookie. So there's another marquee rookie hit right there. We have a marquee rookie for I'm not sure what these are violet pixels That looks really freaking amazing and it is for Martin Necas I Might have mispronounced that but that is an amazing hit I was actually looking for it. Hopefully I was gonna find some of these and we have a Destined for glory for Dylan Larkin Bring a little bit closer. They look amazing. Honestly. I'm looking for the economy David one That'd be great for my economy David collection in my opinion, but Next up pack number four if I can get it open here We have cam Fowler just the base one Nazem Kowdery a Mark a marquee rookie for Nolan Patrick. I think this is the rookie one or the retro one, sorry It is pretty cool. I do like this and I do like on the back how it shows Where he played before before the NHL? So that is pretty cool. I do like that Ends I forgot about these ones. It is Patrick Wa So I don't have any of his cards. I don't have anything of his and I do love goalie cards So I'm really happy with this one a legend right there. Put that one aside next up pack number five we have Kutsnets off Kutsnets off, sorry, my name is pronounced that one It happens with me from time to time Alexander Nylander, this is a marquee rookie retro card. I believe marquee rookie for Christian Fisher and David past Rinnick past Rinnick and The last pack right here Let's see what we can find Mikaela Grandland, sorry Louie Erickson a Retro for Devin Dubnick Not too familiar with him. I know he's a lot of you guys are probably gonna say I should know his name But I'm not too familiar with him myself and a marquee rookie for Christian Jarrows I might be pronouncing that one wrong. I am a fan of Ottawa senators. This is a good one for my Ottawa senators collection I know I probably butchered his last name as well. I'm just because I don't see him too much But that is pretty cool. I do love this This would be the top one for me personally. We leave this here. Please take care. Peace


It's going on everyone, Sammy with Lin's sports cards ripping 23's top Star Wars Finest hobby 8 box case number 4 Random mini box style so Sean just explained that to me Greg. Just tell him caffeine dude. Just straight caffeine Greg Straight caffeine. So hard hard drugs. Oh, yeah Just a junkie. So I'm gonna open the case first Again, well, there'll be four boxes in front four boxes in back It'll be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 the front of the box I didn't specify this last break. So I'm gonna do it this break the front of the box will be in finest when you open the flap and The two boxes are facing and they'll pull them out and stack them on top of each other So it'll be 1 2 it'll be 1 on the front 2 on the back If they are not facing forward This is technically the front of the case where the label is if they're not facing forward I will spin them around so I'm just letting everybody know that so open the case here Again, I will specify once the case is open. I'll show you in the front. You can see up top 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 So, yeah, so we'll flip it around. So now it's facing me like this. So now that'll be box 1 and 2 3 and 4 5 and 6 7 and 8 so that is how it'll go right there And then you don't have to do it on the back as you could see right there the flap It's facing toward me. So there you go empty Now they're all in the right order we'll do the random now Okay, again, we have our 16 participants our 16 numbers 1 through 16 representing your mini box I'm gonna go twice that is a re-roll Snake eyes twice in a row 10 times 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 No, a seed down to Socrates J and 10 times on your numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 13 down to 12 and 10 Let's get the last star we're sold out everybody No, I see it 13 Scott J at 15 Brian D 16 Scott and 4 Jeremy s2 Felix and 1 William G 6 is equal I'm 14 Felix and 3 Zequiel M 9 Scott J 10 William G with the 8 Richard P 5 Troy H 7 Shane W 11 and Socrates J 12 Let me get these copied over look who's on twitch So just go to bed He works tomorrow, too. It should be in bed. Yeah, go to bed, dude All right. Here comes your guys's results We'll get started a little bit. All right again tend to go on the next one as well Let's get that one filled up tend to go eat next break. Jake. You just saw me today Well, he's still trying to say that he's not actually Jake. It works here. Yeah all right boxes one and two he's gonna be Felix and on one and Jeremy s on two so there you go number one luck here Felix Gantica in auto is Bobby Moynihan as orca Nice one there is orca finest warriors of ray and 15 to go on the Pini one mixer as well everybody Qui-Gon gin refractor. That is moments of Bix Kaylene Finest warriors of Qui-Gon gin That is a enemies of the Empire Han Solo case hit congrats on that one Felix. There you go, buddy nice one there Get that into a mag Kira and a Babu Frick box those Going to mr. Jeremy. Good luck. You're Jeremy Jedi master dooku That is a finest warriors of Obi-Wan every case. Yeah, I've noticed that as well It's a forest said to dark ray mace Windu extended base. Nice one there base base Moments Grand Admiral Thrawn and it's finest warriors of Crescent in purple auto mark boon juniors on czar mulk 38 of 50 nice one there on the auto and base General Grievous to 199 Cassie and indoor nice one there box To our three and four now. We've got three is Felix and four is Scott and look here three Jacasta new finest warriors of so katana Reva like a dirty gym walker Smell a man So I don't go in there indoor On solo What's that don't need to be watch we got a red got a red coming up here For Felix Khaled that is snap Wexley and red Vivian Lira Blair as Princess Leo, Organa nice one there congrats Felix Felix and on the red wave auto director correct Teddy with the spots But again tend to go on the next one ten it's you go you just see the the stench lines It's bad in there That is Darth Sidious and earn white as vetch Nice one there is vetch look at this guy. What's he put the red? What was that a red knife hunter hunter They all are gone They just give you a red card maybe that was a makeshift red card Stormtrooper refractor orange to 25 C3 p. Oh here we go congrats to Scott and on the orange C3 p. Oh, that'll work 13 of 25. Hell yeah moments Admiral Ackbar Finest warriors of Darth Maul and a gold to 52 Baka. What a box man Congrats on that Scott. We will mag that one for you buddy 27 to 50 on the Chewie Hell yeah, that is awesome Socrates with another spot Arturo with a spot. We're down to eight to go now single digits sterile corn and Base that is awesome that that Chewbacca is nasty Chewbacca is fire Yes I'm gonna drop you guys a link again now. We're down to eight eight to go eight to go on Star Wars Star Wars eight to go eight to go Six and seven or no five and six now Five is Richard P. Six is William G That's what I was gonna say that young level lay a red wave. It's pretty big my bag in that one Seven this one. I think so. Yeah, I'll come back to that. Yeah. I got you for that is awesome, dude Number five. Good luck here Richard Pete a great break so far. That is a racks destroyed Luke and base color red. I meant to tell you That is finest warriors, you know, purple ray wave to 75 is O'Meara Nice one there. O'Meara Refractor Darth Vader another gold man. Let's go Paz Vizla finest warriors of Finn 10 of 50 nice one there That'll do 10 of 50 on the Finn Grogu and Nedby General Grievous finest warriors That is first-order stormtrooper and to 199 is Fixing Lear Blair is Princess Leo Organa Nice one there young Lea Solo and Crescenten miles with a spot. Let's go miles down to seven seven ago This has been a great case so far Orange C3PO red wave auto and a gold Chewbacca been fire man. Absolutely fire six is William G Again, there still is one more case remaining tonight, which is seven spots left everyone Seven to go that is a moments of Count Dooku finest warriors Chewbacca Gold wave auto Finn that is inquisitor gold wave auto is Molly Miller as Agra Agira Agira 16 of 50 nice one there congrats To mr. William finest warriors Darth Vader a la Secura refractor to 199 Princess Leia on the Aqua very solid we'll take that and Dryden boss General Leo, Organa extended base of jinn Ursa nice one there extended base 15 on the refractor Mon Mothma and the fifth brother Keith with a bunch of spots. Thank you, buddy Nate with a club competitions and Nathan with three spots in the next one Three spots down to four four to go everyone. Thank you all. Let's go man. Thank you guys Jalen Suggs might be him. He won a bet for me today for us and Seven and eight now. We've got Troy H at seven and eight is gonna be at William G It took the over in points and it hit Very happy about that. So let's go Jalen Suggs. Let's go magic knock you'll Tano Times where's chersanton is? Avril Schien and a dead Jramiro guy now. That's basketball, dude Dead Jramiro. It's unreal. People just give up on guys like people have already given up on James Weisman He's 22 that is a finest warriors of Ray We've got purple wave Otto is a meet up toby is dr. Pershing's 72 to 75 hit a 20 Wow, $25,000 on draft Kings last week. Let's go Jay blaze it. Hell, yeah Nasty dude Yoda refractor and Base one game basketball.  Wow, never forget that one. I'm sure Jay blaze and Qui-Gon Jinn for Santa That is dr. Director Krennick got auto of Jacobi Swain as jerko as we're Bridger That's the question base and base. Thank you, Jeremy. Jeremy picking up a spot and Anthony with another spot. Thank you guys. We are down to just to to go now to to go on the last Star Wars Thank you all appreciate that finest warriors Cassian and or Rio de Rant. Hey, that's not off the kids menu. Yeah What's our bagel bites dried in Voss 275 is Grand Moff Tarkin purple ray wave nice one there We're Sean Holmes absolutely have to buy his jersey now Although I will I will say that I can't roast you because what you said is very valid It is same portion and much cheaper. It's very true. It's very true. Still a baby. Yeah, like the stream everyone Make sure to like the stream for sure if you are enjoying it Thanks late in channel 2 This is now 9 and 10 so 9 is the kill M and 10 is Scott J And the floor is open on Channel 2 yes, if you're looking to get a personal rip no queue on channel Head on over there There's a patty ton of finest warriors bokeh ton gold is senator Dagnat as tales of the Jedi 750 Nice one there seven of 50 Mandalorian and the armor on solo refracting is to go to bed Shaker may feel it really needs to go to bed Luthin rail That is Princess Leo, Organa green to 99 is dark ray. It's one there 80 of 99 Dark ray Probably you happen dog mall refractor 2199 is Nazine contractor as a Sina song Sonora song in Arizona. Oh, so let's get the last break of the night filled up everyone the panini one mixer 15 to go Five boxes of 2020 panini one look here Scott Scott J on number 10 Yep, 2020 football in that one shots at Herbert Hertz to a burrow as well as J Jetta's Jonathan Taylor among a bunch of other names Brandon Ayak Is C3 Pio? I'm trying Scott. Let's see it man. Let's see it Anakin Skywalker finest warriors Obi-Wan Kenobi purple ray wave to 75 grief cargo Nice one there and grogu finest warriors of Kylo Ren That is Ezra Bridger auto is Fiona Shaw as Marva and or Han W with a spot down to one everyone one to go in the last Star Wars here C3 Pio Oh and Lars we got a gold to 50 is Saw Gerrera that'll work three of 50 Congrats Scott nice one there, buddy Three of 50 saw Gerrera alright 12 and 13 is Socrates J at 12 13 is no a C or no no no this is 11 and 12 yeah 11 and 12 11 and 12 we got Shane W and Socrates J at 11 and 12. Sorry guys Socrates J and Shane W gosh you Scott no problem buddy Thank you for taking a couple in this Thanks for the sub there Trevor at this guy out of here Qui-Gon Jen refractor forest needs to go to bed to Sleep in thousands of 1970 cards the Boba Fett R2 and John Every past I just get more blown away The most recent one I saw is Michael if you want the if you want the ball get the rebound Porter, Jr. That was my favorite jinn or so to 99 mall nice one there Congrats Socrates That is 83 of 99 on the mall see even for us knows he has to go to bed so crazy Riva on the moments this base Matt's losing it way past his bed time Ken and Jarrus that is a Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is governor price on the refractor auto And the armor and a 199 Boba Fett nice color in that one Congrats on that one. It's already bliss and rose T go Alright number 13 mr. Shane. Let's see it Shane One more for his new career high.  Oh sketch Shane. We got a sketch Let's go, baby. That is senator Dagonet and that's nasty detail on that what's up Tim shin it looks like on the sketch. That's awesome, dude Congrats on that Shane. You got a sketch coming your way. That is a Finn finest words. Oh wait. No, that was uh Shane was 11. Shane was the last one. That was Socrates That was Socrates Correct, right? That was number on number 12 Socrates is number 12 Shane is number 11 So congrats on that buddy. That is Moff Gideon. It's chat black That's what yeah my fault my fault Shane at number 11. So Shane had the uh The the Darth Maul to 99 and the other one is Socrates with the uh sketch Saga rare my mistake on that Moff Tarkin and O'Mara or Sausage Ventress Grief cargo BB8 That is IG 11 the Mandalorian extended base nice one there, uh Socrates and princess leo So that'll work tell me that don't look like jack black really does to be honest Fed uh, sure. Yeah jack black and lizzo is a couple in season three of mando uh 14 and 15 we've got uh Zikil M and scott j Zikil M and scott j This is 13 and 14 13 man Noa see got me all over in a zqlm. Noa seen a zqlm losing my mind. Yeah Arturo selling us out on the next one as well Let's go just one break left just the teeny one mixer kind of 60. I barely can man 13 now noa see 15 to go last break of the night here everyone There's Anakin Skywalker and tonight a 199 BB8 grief cargo that is Mandalorian BB8 and princess leo Hopefully babu fric refractor That is r2g2 moments Finest warriors of mace windu that is chad parker as padu shared Nice one there. God man. That's kind of insane uh so katana refractor and kylo and 14 is Zikil M 15 16 That's easy Twilight Zone reruns That's hot uh, honnell finest warriors luke skywalker green and 99 jacoby swain as uh, jerica Sean can count to 16 I believe in him keep you going task uh admiral ratus It's mon moth mug green and 99 hon solo nice one there from soloist star wars story Take that 14 of 99 She and eris and doula that is they finest warriors of po dameron It's not yeah clearly just not in the right order is right my god chain There is balergana third vader extended base nice one there Congrats on that grand moff tarkin and omera now 15 and 16 god dude 15 is scott j 16 is brian d I have not pulled a duel out of star wars yet now again one break left Wow player efficiency that's jaylon stick smith though mace windew jaylon stick smith in player efficiency rating finest warriors princess layoregana gold to 50 is luthin uh rail nice one there congrats on that one going to scott j nice one scott the enfist nest refractor yoda director krennick The goggled menace. I love jaylon smith. He looks so funny out there dude jar jar vinks Owen lars 299 nice one there Congrats on that scott on the green riding boss uh obi-wan kenobi a kinoloy and auto is nalini krishan as barris offy nice one there He's a player on the pacers He's drafted by the suns out of maryland in 2020 he got traded the pacers Yeah, the sun's former pick. Yeah, I love jaylon smith dude Does this guy if you saw this guy shawn would you think he was a basketball player? No This is this is the most recent jaylon smith picture that comes up right here That's jaylon smith right there. They really did him dirty on that picture No problems. Thank you scott. Appreciate you brother Uh 16 is brian d He only plays that's true. He only plays like 15 minutes a game also very valid also very valid Mark williams I get though mark williams. I have just crazy per 48 minutes that's That's smudge We've got anakin skywalker Chewbacca refractor and one of ten shura imway nice one there on the black Congrats on that one there brian. Let's go. That's jay blazon. I believe right Nice one there buddy sure it in way Goodbye forest. Yeah, make sure to get into your breaks with forest tomorrow on thirsty thursday fanatics live with jake God Harrison do a let's bot lobby one ninety nine. Oh mera sleep type. Oh, that's a bot lobby for some jake Yeah, that's not good Yeah, there's a lot of crashing into walls going on on that stream bokeh ton crease wake up thursday. Oh, yeah And last pack of the break Shura imway that is two ninety nine. We've got paul xiong xiong li as karsten tiva Nice one there karsten tiva it's in ninety nine And base that'll do it for the breaker everybody. Thanks again for the fill can't really do a recap on it coming up next is the last star


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We had a number of stack and then we were building a number of tools to manage this particular stack and there were lots of duplication across many number of teams. So we were trying to consolidate into a single platform and build a tool which is unified and standard for all the teams out there. So the first step towards that was making everyone running in a container world. And once we made everyone to run in a container, build containers, the next step was building an orchestration platform which can orchestrate this container. So Kubernetes was our choice of orchestration layer to push this container. We got lots of benefit by adapting this open source project because we have the community support helping us to solve lots of use cases which we need for our customer too. The challenge was to come up with some strong way of authenticating the client. So we built a product called Athens which basically gives the unique identity in the form of X-Found and certificate to every single workload we take by in our Kubernetes cluster. So Athens provides that unique identity. So once you have an identity, you can do a mutual deal as authentication between service to service communication. And we can also do the authorization through Athens where we can define fine-grain policies there. Then we can authorize to make sure that every authenticated client is whatever action it's trying to perform on your resource is authorized or not before you grant access. I would say start small and there are lots of choice with the CNCF projects and pick a project and do a small POC and definitely partner with an engineering leader who wants to use your solution. And based on the data and outcome, then you can expand more.


What's up everybody? Jason here for jaspyscasebrakes.com. We are doing here 2020 Panini contenders optic football. This is a 10 box case break picker team number 16 And again 25% off all teams automatically shown the discount in the cart And this was also a promo break. So by selling this out You have a chance to win some prizes including a Justin Herbert full-size autograph helmet for the chargers and up to $250 and break credit And there's everybody there Patrick a last-bomb older Washington football team. So good luck everybody looks like uh, this is for pick a team 16 The center right here Yeah, I think they were 17. Yeah, they're the ones the Super Bowl But I think to the 18 may want to the 17 was a season All right, you guys are here you go Let's get some nice hits there. Good luck everybody.  I figure like most places I think they're like a hundred bucks But then again, you know, like I Don't know how much they'll charge. I rather just I mean tailgating is cool I rather just go to the tailgating party They're getting pretty sick Winning ticket Michael Thomas and Anthony McFarlane, Jr. Eagles tailgating party you can get to see this palace. I mean it's cool, but like it's kind of a little far Kyler Murray and how about a Justin Herbert rookie ticket? 33 out of 50 Looks like a variation that doesn't look like the same pose. He usually has Yeah, I got I got rooms at Park MGM. That's pretty nice We have Eno Benjamin and wow what a monster hits coming out right now guys. This is a complete monster This is a monster guys. If this is actually what I think it is Patrick Mahomes a veteran ticket and not only is a numbered 15 of 15 Jersey number eBay one-of-one Patrick Mahomes Whoo 15 of 15 Angel it is your lucky day. There you go. Wow. This is an amazing box I mean honestly this card might have might pay for most of this box That was that was just one box. I feel like it took so long That was just one box That was wild Maybe pull some fire tonight again guys yesterday. We pulled a one-on-one Lamella ball RPA out of contenders I am not sure whatever Angel wants to price it. I really technically a one-on-one X's and O's and Hulk Matt. I wish I bought this box at the shop Yeah, yeah, it's on card. Yeah. Yep. It's on car. It doesn't look like it is, but it really is 15 of 15 Rogers and Keeshawn Vaughn 40 out of 99. Nice. Cracked ice is a beautiful set. That's my favorite. That's one of my favorite all-time card that there's cracked ice Jemma Michael Hasty for the 49ers one of Angel and to 99 KJ Hamler rookie ticket 38 out of 99 That is for the Denver Broncos and Patrick Davis. There you go winning ticket James Robinson 36 out of 50 and Joe Burrow. I think people will argue well It's out of 10 it's a cracked ice But you have to remember to like you know this a lot of people out there that you know I think most of us will agree right if it was a jersey number 15 of 15 I think a lot of people would value that a lot higher at least I would Because I've seen card sell for ridiculous more amount of money just because it's a jersey number I mean You know looking like the economy gave that I pulled because it was 97 of 99 people value that as like a one-on-one Essentially, right the only serial number one of those cards if especially if it's only out of 15 So there's only one 15 of 15 so I Valued a little bit more to I don't know how much more though I'm sure the one of one of this will probably outsell this I would assume Jerry Judy Dalton Keen For the Patriots now back in grade. Well, I mean, I don't know I can't guarantee it I would double-check it, you know, maybe use a microfiber cloth You know just make sure that be fully gradable if we're to get a 10 Awesome right there JK Dobbins 197 out of 199 Ravens without an Aaron Don't worry man. We still got a lot of boxes left. We still have seven boxes left So plenty of hits hiding in here green pulsar Josh Allen wild And Jovan Kim law Buffalo Bill is going to Roy 16 of the 27 We have Julian Edelman and Jimmy G At a 125 Tyler Huntley Nice Eric. So yeah, once we sell out that Donner's T-Mobile, which it actually could be sold out already It's done a two left. We had to sell out the filler as well, which is done eight left RPS rookie ticket teal card number 117 LaVisca Chanel Junior Angel with the Jaguars. I don't know what the teal is out of X's and O's Dwight Franey. Hey, Manny and Rookie ticket Justin Jefferson. We got a little Justin Jefferson. We just got to get the auto this time Steve Zeke and Antonio Gibson. And if there was a big herbie in here with the Patrick Mones would be wild Colby Parkinson There you go, Steve. All you got to do is ask and shall receive ask and shall receive How about a Justin Jefferson little hollow rookie ticket? There you go Kryptonite no more Very nice, brother. I wish I could apply for everybody Steve Because I'm sure I disappoint a lot of people LaVisca Chanel Junior and how about more Patrick Mahomes little end zone Insert this palm all over this. That's pretty cool Oliver. That's a nice veteran ticket. I Know I remember that Steve. I pulled you some good stuff before I'm glad though, man Hey, Nick, look at this monster that I pulled Michael Thomas The turn around 15 Jersey number Nice and it's Herbert was in the same box Okay, oh for asking you shall receive as well. I wish I could have bought this team How about four out of 99 Jalen Hertz? Four out of 99 where you're not just getting a base card. You're getting the autograph as well Jalen Hertz You still got four boxes left Yes, sir I think all the rookies are on card for them or the bottom cards are usually the on card And I'm gonna get two beers at the Eagles game in Vegas now from Ofer Patrick Mahomes winning ticket man a lot of Patrick Mahomes in this box or this case. I should say Swift You're a little something hopefully a little bit more than that we got a sequin Barkley and Adam Thielen Will be in specific Green Pulsar coming up guys But a little Jimmy Johnson Angel with the Cowboys Jimmy Johnson green Pulsar. That's one of my favorite ones in here as well Six out of 27. Damn Angel. Well, there you go. Man. You're about five seconds delayed Derrington Evans 39 out of 75 nice color match right there Appalachian State I believe That is Tennessee times Terry All right, three more boxes guys three more boxes Try to get a big Herbie burl or two either one of those three For Matthew Matthew got this really rolling by grabbing the bangles the dolphins and the chargers That Herbie is really nice though, but let's get you a little bit more than that And for anybody else that hasn't had one JK Dobbins Exidos for the Rams and we have a orange Nick Chubb Out of 50 unless that's a goal. It looks like orange out of 99 CJ Henderson It's a nice blue right there 71 out of 99 Jacksonville Jaguars Angel Acevedo Kishon Vaughn for the Bucks going to Josh All right, two more guys. Good luck everybody. Oh, there's Anthony may fall in junior Jerry Judy and Jeff Little color match out of 50 Well, this is gonna have three autographs actually Christian Fulton Tennessee tying the wow. I wish this was a herbie. This is such a major tease, but it's okay. It's still really nice How about a cracked ice Joe Reed? Ricky ticket, and if that was a Herbert that would be an extreme monster 7 out of 22 and to 99 Brian Edwards for the Radis Radis gonna Aaron. All right, you guys last box again I don't know if you guys heard Nick, but I think we have another case of this I'll go double check and if we do we can repost this back up still get 25% off won't be part of the promo, but You can read we run this back another James Robinson I mean a lot of James Robinson to 149 and it should be from a fresh inner or fresh master, whichever one the case may be I don't know where it'd be from, but we'll find out Aaron Donald to 25 T. Y. Hilton Xavier McKinney. All right Oliver and you're not gonna get shut out man.  So Here we go Nice nice case right here guys. I really have to say it's a really good case I know there wasn't like a burl to a or Herbert although it was a Herbert numbered card, but you know cracked ice right there You got a coach right there Jimmy Johnson Patty Mahomes winning ticket was really nice Another Patty Mahomes end zone Justin Jefferson. We got some really great names the whiskey Chinalt winning ticket there JK Dobbins KJ Hamler But of course, I think these were probably the three biggest hits we got a Herbert not not not autographed But a rookie ticket 33 out of 50. We had a Jalen Hertz rookie ticket teal To 99 and of course by the biggest hit is this Patrick Mahomes veteran ticket on card And it is zero numbered 15 out of 15 So that was a pretty big one right there guys. So appreciate everybody again This was contenders off the football 10 box case very pretty number 16. I think I heard next day We might have more so I'll go check right now and we'll repost it back up Appreciate you guys Jaspies case breaks.com