Good afternoon. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak and just a short commercial break. This is my book about the role. Mainly about the reaction of Europeans to Ron Paul, also about his campaign, but unfortunately he's in German, but here it is, it's over there. I'm going to talk about the European reactions, Ron Paul can I know. Three points I'm going to make. There's a mirror of the development in the USA, there's the digital nation, the emerging digital nation and the changing image of America in Europe. Now, about the mirror of the development in the US, so in many ways the European reaction to Ron Paul happened to America in a small way. If anything, the European mainstream media treated him worse than the American mainstream media. They hardly registered him and when they did, in half a sentence also, they usually dismissed him as some kind of crash. The German magazine called him a court jester. They paid him, they called him a laughing stock. And there were some very few respectful of local articles or quantities, but they were the exception to one of them was Stuyardus in Rihondo in the middle of Darwin. And these exceptions, most of them came only after the primaries had been done and they were coming here, was no immediate threat to the establishment. And the European television coverage was even worse, it was practically non-existent. But wherever you want to mention, and wherever you can commentaries were possible or on the website, the very kind of portion of these comments mentioned Ron Paul favorably and complained that he would be badly treated. Thus, again, burglary, the developments in America, because of the internet, mainstream media blackout has not stopped thousands of diverse and very dedicated Europeans from rallying to the congressman and his freedom message. So from the Ron Paul Europe.net website 11, there are linked 30 European blogs dedicated to the Ron Paul revolution, here are some of them. And these are the dedicated blogs only, not including in this general read in the terium, minded blogs and websites not specifically dedicated to Ron Paul, but which report our comment on him and his movement regularly. Ben Hillback, an American who lives in and works in Slovakia, and who is the administrator of the Google group, Europeans for Ron Paul, told me recently, and I quote, And the number of Ron Paul websites in Europe, which are not in English, is astonishing. Obviously, these are not end up in Europeans, but rather carrying the Ron Paul message to Europeans. I have seen websites in a European, Polish, Hungarian, Croatian, or Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Norwegian, etc. This to me is an astonishing development, not since the communists had inflammation in every country and language has such a pin that hurt and hurt. This leads me to the second point, the digital nation. These blogs and websites together about 30 European Ron Paul media groups have served to connect like-minded, freedom-loving people, crossing borders on language barriers, ethnicities, philosophies, and creeds, to form the core of what Jay Roberts in an article on Google.com has called a digital nation. The digital nation is a cluster of people independent of their geographical location. Networking for a common cause, and in this case for the establishment of a true individual freedom, no matter where they live, they inform each other, help each other, learn from each other, and they are quite the same. That's the establishment institution. The media, the schools, the parliament, the political parties, they are quite literally out of control. Jay Roberts has heard, and I quote, the fact that the first digital nation formed around Ron Paul as a cause rather than Ghana, or Bahrain, or France, perhaps there is a good level of education that perhaps digital nations will tend towards libertarian friendly. The most striking result of this digital network in the Ron Paul in Europe was the small but significant event of the Strasbourg Tea Party. You will all be familiar with last year's Boston Tea Party, my mom, when the record-breaking $6 million was donated to the campaign in just 24 hours on the 7th, 16th. You will probably also know that it was organized very independent from the official campaign, and is thus a further indication of emerging digital nation. Anyway, on that same day, in solidarity with the Ron Paul revolution, about 30 Europeans converged in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Some pressed up the North Indians and the Taddaq Tea in the Rhine to celebrate their hero and to just have some fun talking and being together. This event shows two things. One, a high level of understanding of the issues at stake, the issues at stake being the increasing similar decentralization of power and the transfer of power to international bodies like the European Union. And two, it shows that Europeans are beginning to learn what America historically has meant to mankind and who still means mankind in the future. This brings me to the last point I would like to make. The changing image of America in Europe. Since the Second World War, the feelings Europeans, at least Western Europeans, have towards America can be characterized as manic oppressive. On the one hand, America is hailed as a great liberator from Nazi oppression, and up to 1980 denied at least as a great protector against the Soviet threat. Also as a provider of seemingly unlimited prosperity and seemingly unlimited freedom. But on the other hand, the cultural influence of the United States was felt as well empowering. America was able to see that the superpower exerted in Germany on the rest of the world, powerfully imposing its will on its way to life and other people. This is an illustration in 1972, we get to get down to war. Basically it was the conservative of the mind of people like the fact that soldiers of America were protecting them from the East, but they do like the cultural influence, the libertinism of the rock and roll and everything. And the left-wing people, they had the cultural influence, so basically on both sides, the schizophrenic split. So both these images of the freedom bringer and the oppressor convey some truth, but neither of these images convey the whole truth. So together they do not harmonize and they do not fit together. There is something missing in the picture, something is wrong. And in the meantime, however, they have formed a somewhat schizophrenic image and it has generated an unhealthy, love-hate relationship that Europeans feel towards the US today. In light of this fact, you know, one was achieved an amazing feat. He hasn't also achieved many amazing feat, but I want to add to this list of achievements that have that as a result of his candidacy. He has laid the foundations for a fundamental convalescence in the perception of the United States of Europe and probably worldwide. He has helped men to overcome the massive view of America as a country by reintroducing to the world the view of America as an idea. Some may call it the American dream, I prefer the term idea because ideas can be rational whereas dreams are literally rational. And the American idea is that individual freedom is the best and greatest hope for mankind. It was a book by the Lane who, in a 1943, wrote in her book, The Discovery Freedom, that the American Revolution was the impact of a world revolution. Although that's not the world, that there's ever a world that man is free. And that it was an ongoing revolution against the forces of oppression over the world. This led to two conclusions, one right and one wrong in my view. The wrong conclusion was that the American entry into the Second World War was to be supported on the grounds that it was a continuation of this revolution. It was a wrong conclusion because by 1943, the those in power in Washington were already visibly dismantling the Constitution and planning to abolish personal freedoms. Lane's right conclusion was that Marxism and Socialism, including National Socialism, were an impact counter revolutions against the historic rise of individual freedom, the freedom caused mainly by the existence of the United States at its constitution. Lane's mistake was to overlook the fact that by 1943, the counter revolution really was a wave in power in Washington. In our day and age, this counter revolution has almost completely succeeded. The American Constitution is now widely known by those in power. They therefore feel free to do the thick leaves at home and abroad. The important part of this counter revolution has been the systematic removal or true knowledge of American history and the philosophy of liberty from the school and university textbooks and classrooms and from the mass media, probably in America or Europe as well. It is in the resulting intellectual desert that the magnificent view of America could flourish. Therefore, in the 20th century, America was living with the unimage-beating life of freedom. But now, 12 months of wrongful campaign and wrongful revolution estimated 4 to 20,000 people in Europe have learned for the first time in their lives the true history of American revolution and the philosophy behind it. I'll quickly explain how I come to this. I'm going to make a statistic set for magic number 30. But first let me tell you this. Out of 100 people concerned about any issue, it's a general rule from one rights letter that's issued to the politician. That is the 2018 rule, 20% or 27, 20% of people in the church. That's the one person. Going to Strasbourg is an even higher level of commitment. So I'll take another factor in 20% in there. So that's 0.16%. There are 30 people in Strasbourg, 30 wrongful wrongs in Europe, 30 wrongful meetup. So 30 seems to be quite a bad number there. There they are, 30 meetup groups. Do you want to see that again? Sorry, I can't say anything to that. So if 30 is 0.16%, then 100% is 18,750. And if 30 is only 0.8%, then we have 100% is 20,750. So that is people including everyone who is in a local commitment, but in general supported or wrongful in Europe. And if you take the one statistic we do know, from a statistic is 1 million votes in America, in the primaries out of, I don't know, 200 million people eligible voting, which is a higher percentage in Europe than about 20,400,500 million Europeans. Any million. So it's how our learning between the spirit of American Revolution, the learning that there was a white knight in shining armor, and that the paper money inflation and business cycles are not some mutual acts of life. They are hearing about an Austrian school of economics and that government intervention always leads to unintended consequences, calling for a more intervention. This is all stuff that wrongful has been talking about. You can see on YouTube. They are learning that we have to reverse this trend. They are learning that the US participation in the First World War was detrimental to freedom in Europe. And above all, however, they are learning that there is another meaning to America than that or a big country which is throwing its weight around and ordering people to be free. They are learning that America is above all an idea and they like this idea. And crucially, they feel emboldened by the example of wrongful to actually fight for the realization of this idea of her. I predict that the European branch of the wrongful Revolution, the sort of wrongful digital nation, just like the American branch, is going to keep on growing until the 2008 presidential campaign is over. At this point in time, however, it is difficult to see what concrete changes people bring about in Europe and when they will happen. But one more thing, sir. From now on, the powers that we have will have a persistent and ever-growing thought in their side. And given the decentralized nature of the internet, it will need the creation of a world of government to actually pull this form out. Now, this may actually happen, a world of government, but if anything is to stop it, I predict that the world of one wrongful digital nation or its successor will play a major role in reversing the trend toward world government back towards the decentralized and free world. That is it.


Yous are forever notice and never go from last week. Parties are gone, weekends are over, when I can't even handle myself. Let's go for a walk today. It's been going too long, more than a nuisance. What has it done to me? Good morning, everybody. From me and Layla, we're on our walk today. She started doing walks again yesterday and she's feeling so much better and I'm feeling so much better as a result. It's getting a little toasty. I was considering going on a walk myself after this, but I don't really know because it's kind of warm. The sun is blaring right now, as you can tell, but today I have a busy day. I think I'm gonna try to film, but I haven't even said something yet, but my face is still swollen. So I don't know, I might put that off, but I'm really, I don't wanna get behind schedule, so we'll see. But good morning. Is everything a dream? I don't know what this means. Time has been slow, it seems. Call me a face while we're 19. So many different things. Going for what I've seen. Everything's wrong, I don't know what to do. Right now I'm necessarily being like, look at that stuff, look at everything. Also I need you to talk to people that are funny. Anyway. It is much later now. It is currently 10, 26. I just spent the last hour and a half on FaceTime with Alexa because we are planning out a really fun trip together for a really fun video with a really awesome friend. You'll know more about it in like a month, but we are so, so excited. So we've been planning that. I am, I've been sitting here literally for the last hour. For the last like hour, I was rolling my face and I, to most people, it probably doesn't look that bad, but to me, I don't know if I can film today. I had my smoothie, my typical smoothie for breakfast, which was delicious.  Probably not, I'll probably do that tomorrow. I could honestly, oof. I could take today and do some more Poshmark stuff, but that sounds daunting. I also have a bunch of stuff that I need to take to various places. Like I have clothes that I wanna donate to women shelters. I have household items and things that I wanna, you know, take to the thrift store to donate. So like I could do some of that today. Honestly, that might be the move, like to get ahead. Cause one thing I've noticed that I don't, I'm sure a lot of you can relate to is like the older you get, right? If when you get older or just when you move through life, you move into like bigger spaces, you know, when we first moved into this house, I was like, how in the hell are we gonna fill up this house? And now I have so much stuff because I've filled in like every little corner of this house, but I've ended up with like way more stuff than I need. So it may be just time to do a little bit of spring cleaning. I mean, I'm not, that doesn't sound fun, but like I'll do it. I started a little bit yesterday and I cleaned out like our little Harry Potter closet under the stairs and that felt really good. So now I feel like I'm sort of on a roll and I want to keep going. So I don't know. Before I leave the backyard though, I will show you an alien cactus update. And I just thought about this in all the times that I've shown it before. I've never thought to like go behind it and show, which like, duh, makes so much more sense. Because wow, you can see it so much better from right here. The lighting is not ideal, but a lot of these flowers are blooming and it's looking crazy. So it's like, I guess gonna go all the way down this is called a century plant.   All right, let's continue on with our day. But I feel great. I'm so happy. I walked like four miles hot gar walks, man, or the move. And I'm gonna do them as long as I can because it's getting hot. I'm gonna say that in every vlog. I might even like create a playlist on Spotify if I'm feeling spicy and link it down below for you to also listen to on your hot gar walks. Cause it really is like a mental health booth, man. I tell ya, it's good. Whoa, it is actually like two days later. I just got out of the shower, forgive the state of me. But here's the progress. So less swelling for sure. But I ended up like getting caught up with work the last couple of days. And we've been out all day with Drew's mom and niece. And now I just took a shower because it's day two of my period.  But anyways, I got out of the shower and I immediately started laying in bed. But then my sweet friend Noel texts me and she just posted or is about to post her very first vlog. So if you watched our LA vlog or if you've seen our LA vlogs like over the years, one of my good friends from high school in Nashville, in case I haven't mentioned this in a while for people who watch, basically four, yeah, four of my close friends from growing up live in LA and have for like a really long time. So Noel and I were on the cheerleading squad together in high school and we've known each other. Yeah, we were on like the low key, like the cheerleaders that weren't that good. But we have known each other since we were like 15. And she's just such a sweet, awesome friend. And her husband Josh is amazing. We're obsessed with them. Like not to be biased, but they're like our favorite people, right? Oh, oh, Moog agrees. Drew doesn't like many people. No, I don't. But he loves them. Yes, I do love them. Yeah, they're the best. So we're gonna watch their very first vlog. And that's what I wanted to say. So they've started creating a vlog channel and they're gonna be taking a trip to Paris here in like the next few days. So they're gonna be vlogging their trip to Paris, I would also assume. So we're gonna watch their first vlog. And if you are interested in following a couple and their explorations, they go all over LA. They're both bartenders in LA. Noelle is also a real estate agent in LA. Josh also does some acting in LA. And then they also love to travel. That's like, they're like probably the most well-traveled friends of ours. So if you wanna follow along on their adventures, I would highly recommend it. I'll link their channel down below. I just realized that our fan is going. So you've probably heard it throughout this entire clip. My apologies. And you had to stare at me like this. You're professional here, we're cute. We're really just pros. Oh yeah, we're gonna watch our friends. I'm so excited. Their videos are already better than mine. Okay.  What do I do? Hold on. Sometimes I absolutely love this bathroom and sometimes I hate it. But hi, good morning. It's actually a few more days later. It's just kind of how things are going these days. I took the weekend off from vlogging. It was lovely. And now we're back. So getting ready for a full day of filming. You know, the drill. It's Monday AM. I just got a phone with my dad. I don't know like something I've been really thinking about and actually talking about in therapy and stuff recently is trying to think of like how to best word this. Like because it makes sense in my head but basically like to give a little bit of backstory. I've moved a lot in my life, in my adult life and also just growing up. And I come by it honestly because my mom moved around a ton growing up and so did my dad. So it's just kind of like a normal thing for me. But for someone like Drew who has lived in two houses, you know, before adulthood, like growing up. He lived in two houses his entire life. I seriously can't relate to that. Like I don't know what that's like. I've moved so many times. I mean, I think I counted it one time and I think I went to like eight or nine different schools from kindergarten to my senior year of high school. So like I've just always moved. I've always been used to being the new kid. I've talked about it in main channel videos before too where it's just sort of like a thing. I've always moved around and I don't know that it wasn't for any reason like my parents would relocate or like my parents got divorced or my mom would find a new place or whatever. And I would just kind of like move around or we would move states or then I would move back. Lately I've been kind of thinking about how that's affected me as an adult and like how I, as a result, like ended up moving a lot in my adult life. And I don't know what I'm saying is gonna make any sense. But like I sometimes I envy people who are like born in the same hometown, live in the same hometown and like live there for the rest of their lives and like they're perfectly content with that. Cause sometimes I do feel like I don't have roots in places even though when I go back home to Tennessee like I definitely feel like a tie to that place and I feel like a lot of deep appreciation and like gratitude I guess you could say and like same with here like going places where I grew up but I don't know how to explain it other than like I just have this never ending restless feeling of like I've got to keep going somewhere else. Like I need to like have a change of scenery. I need to move out of the house that I'm in and move into a different space because I'm just craving something new. And like I've sort of talked about this before but I will literally and I mean literally be on like a walk with Drew in the morning. I need to keep getting ready as I'm talking about this but I'll be on a walk with Drew in the morning and we will be talking about moving back to California, right? By the way, Drew is equally as guilty. So this is like, this is me speaking for both of us but I will be like, let's move back to LA Drew's like, let's do it. It's so exciting. Like we got to get there now. Like can we get there in the next couple of months? And then literally that evening, we are fully talking about buying a house here in Arizona with like without missing a beat. It literally changes by the day and sometimes it changes within the day. And it's just, it's been this way like probably since we moved to LA. We moved to LA in late 2019, like August of 2019. And then by I guess what July of 2020, 11 months later, almost a year later we were gone. And like that was for a lot of different reasons, the pandemic or neighbors, et cetera.  Like where do we go? And there are some days where truly I will wake up in the morning and say, we're going to move to the UK like someday and we'll fully plan on it. And then a week later it's like, or we could try living in Japan for a year. And then there will be times where we're like, let's pack up everything and move back to LA. Actually, let's move to Orange County because that'd be really cool. San Diego would be really nice. Like, and we quite literally change the plan so often. And then of course it always comes back to eventually like in the rotation, it's always like, or we could buy a house here. You know, it's a good time because gotta get it on this market, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, I don't know. I just, I guess I kind of wanted to hopefully speak to other people who are feeling the same way because I, if there's one thing I will never be, it is settled, ever. I know a lot of this has to do with like the impulsivity part of my ADHD. My parents both deal with that. Both my parents have ADHD, go figure. So I think a lot of that like comes from just feeling impulsive. And then like if I just chill for a couple of days like the desire will usually go away. But yeah, if there's anyone out there who is going through the same thing, who is walking through life like damn, I have no idea what I wanna do because one day it's one thing, the next day it's another. I don't know where I wanna live.  And Drew is the same way. Like he's the exact same way. And I don't know if it's because he stayed put his whole life. And now he wants to like go out and explore and do different things. But it's just funny, like we're a hot mess. So one of the most kind of asked questions I get is like, where are you guys going next? What's your next plan? When are you moving? What are you doing? And no idea, no idea. And we say that every time because it changes all the time.  But it just changes all the time. So I just thought I would, you know, hopefully give a shout out to those of you who are also going through the same thing and who are like, what am I actually doing? Like what am I doing? I just, there's so much life out there. Like there's just so much to experience and see and so many people to connect with. And I know Drew feels the same way. So like, I don't know, it's just, it's fascinating being in my scary brain. And I saw something on Twitter recently where I'll like put it on the screen here, but somebody was talking about how like in your 20s and 30s, if you're ever feeling like you need to work harder to catch up to your peers or you're on the right path or that you're behind or whatever, you're absolutely not. You're absolutely not. You are right on track with where you are supposed to be. Quickly, I also forgot to add the part where like when she talked about how she feels like she's 35 and her life is just beginning, I 100% feel that way. Like I've never related to something more. Like I truly feel like my life is just now getting good and like going in the way that I want it to and like this whole new chapter of my life is the best one yet. I'll talk more about it in a second, but yeah. And that resonated with me so much. And for the first time I actually read that and really felt that, like I really felt that I am on such an awesome path right now. And I just know it, like deep down in my soul. And I've said this to like a few friends and family over the last few months, but this year in particular just feels like a whole new chapter. Like it feels like a fresh page and it's like a really exciting new chapter in life where I feel so many other people in my life are healing and experiencing so much love and friendship and abundance and like awesome job opportunities. And I believe that all of that is coming for like every single one of you that are watching this as well. Like I just think that this year's just gonna hold a lot of really amazing things.  Like I read things like that and I'm like, okay, you're right on track.  Just enjoy this period of life. That's something I really struggle with is kind of just enjoying the chapter that I'm currently in instead of like looking forward to the next one. This is so hard to do while talking. Anyway, if you let me, I will keep labbing and just talking in circles about the same thing over and over again for no reason. So I'll cut it here. I'm going to finish getting ready and start a new vlog. Excuse me. But I hope you all enjoy. Thank you so much for being here and we'll see you on the next vlog. Bye.


This law, we see as a disaster for Georgia, because this is how it has started in Russia, and this is where our government is leading us to. This law is serious impediment to Georgia's European future, and it comes in the moment when Georgia is expecting candidacy status, and these people are angry. They don't want to be called agents because they serve their country in their good faith. This law which targets civil society is just a part of the bigger picture, bigger anatomy of the treason, when we have a regime which sees the West and the free world as their enemy and tries to cultivate this Putinist idea in the society and betrays the future of Georgia. This is why we are here, to protest that and to deliver the message to the society that our future needs this government to be changed. The informal ruler of our country, Bizi Naimannishvili, and his ruling party, Georgian Dream, is sabotaging our EU-Atlantic integration, and the Russian legislature which now is proposed in parliament is against Georgia's national interests, against our European aspirations and whole international community and Georgian community is agreed on this topic.


Facebook.  Hope you guys have an incredible weekend. Happy Sunday. Alright, tonight's gonna be good and we're gonna keep it fairly brief tonight. I say that every time and I mean I'm going like an hour or an hour and a half, but tonight I want you to post in comments. This is Sunday Night Live Q&A with Cody every single Sunday night. Tonight I want you to let me know what is that one thing that is holding you back from being great. Everyone has one thing and I want you to put it in comments as it comes to mind. Everybody's got one thing that is holding them back from being great and normally what's funny is we normally know what it is. That's what's crazy. Like mine, I would say eight, nine years ago when I first got into business, it was my ability. What's up James? I would say about eight, nine years ago when I first started an internet business, it was my ability to get in front of people. I struggled to get in front of people. So I got really great at getting in front of people. I would say once I mastered getting in front of people, then it became closing. And so now I feel like, hey, I'm a very good closer. I get people to do things that they don't want to do. And then later on, about four years ago, it was tele-sales. You know, I was in a captive operation. They didn't believe in tele-sales. Tele-sales was like a bad word. Now I'm really great at tele-sales. I would say recently in my business, well, you know what? When we first started Security Mentor about two and a half years ago, some people think it was the last, you know, recently. What's up Lawrence? When we first started Security Mentor about two and a half years ago, I struggled with consistency, putting out consistent content daily, weekly, whenever that time was. Now you guys know we're really good at putting out consistent content. But the one thing that is holding me back from reaching my full potential today and right now is my ability to be disciplined. It is my ability to be extremely disciplined. I would say every single day, I would say that I can definitely be more disciplined. Someone just said fear. I like that. I would say that a lot of people, they're not doing the things they know they should be doing because of that exact word right there. It's generally fear if it's anything for anybody. And sometimes that's still for me. But I would say, I want you guys to put it in comments, whether you're jumping on Facebook or on YouTube. I want to know what is that one thing that's holding you back from being your best self? Everyone knows. Deep down, that's what's bad. That's what's funny. Deep down, if you think about it, if you really think about it, some of you don't even have to think about it. You're like, dude, I know it. But if you really think about it, we always know what's holding us back. It kind of gives you chills and goosebumps because you're like, dude, I know that I need to be doing this, but I'm not. What would you say? Put it in comments whether you're on YouTube or Facebook. Put it in comments. What's the one thing? I'm here in my kitchen in my home Sunday night, tomorrow's Labor Day. Happy Labor Day weekend. I'll be in the office tomorrow, by the way. What's that one thing holding you back from being great, for being your best self, from being the best you, from being the best Josh, from being the best Lord, from being the best James, from being the best Patricia, from being the best. What is the one thing holding you back from being great? If you're joining on Facebook, please share this thing out. If you're jumping in on YouTube on the other phone above, make sure you keep the thumbs up, comment, thanks so much. I keep the comments and questions coming. Everyone knows you know yourself better than anyone else. My wife says she knows me better than I personally know me. She may be right. That's kind of scary. But everyone knows, deep down, you know what's holding you back. What would you say if you had to say it? Lauren says inconsistency. Dude, that's a big one for a lot of agents, is that we're just not really consistent at what we do. I would say that was something I really, really struggled with, buddy. Not only as an agent, but also when I first started to encourage a mentor, we first started doing videos and live shows. It was consistency. It was knowing that deep down, I need to be more consistent. It's something that I struggled with, but I wasn't being consistent. And so thank you for sharing that, Laurence. That's good, buddy. I would say that's something a lot of agents struggle with. It's consistency. Put it in comments, like Laurence did, like James did, in either YouTube or Facebook. What's the one thing that's holding you back from being your best self? We all have certain things that we struggle with. I personally, I told you guys about it. About eight, nine years ago, it was getting in front of people. Then a few years after that, I was closing. And then it's kind of funny, we know what holds us back, and we can either conquer that and get great at that, or we can die. It would be great. Then it, about four years ago, was Telesales. Then two and a half years, so we started our first call sign. Then two and a half years ago, it was, what's up, Daniel? I don't have my license yet. Lack of confidence from Irene. Thank you, Daniel Hamilton. Laurence says, self-doubt. Our minds can be our worst enemy sometimes. Courtney says, calling. Thank you, Courtney. I love it. Okay. Well, then let's make a schedule to do those things that really hold us back. Back when I first started Scourge Mentor two and a half years ago, I was doing videos and shows. It was consistency. Other people were putting out consistent content, but I wasn't, because I thought, nah, I wasn't serious about being great, about what I knew I needed to do. Now it's discipline. I don't always get up at 5.45 when I know I need to. I don't always exercise when I know I need to. I think that's one of the things that, I think that's one of the things that determines whether I'm highly productive or not highly productive, and that would be discipline. Discipline in being active and working out, because when I work out and I'm active, I relieve stress. I'm a happier individual. I'm a better human being, and I'm more active at getting things done. I'm more proactive. I'm able to accomplish a lot more throughout my day at work when I'm active, when I'm working out. So thank you guys for sharing so far. This is good. What do you think on YouTube? You guys are holding back on me. We got about a, we always talk about a dozen watching on YouTube. What's holding you guys back from being great? Everyone's got something. Courtney said calling. Courtney needs to put an emphasis and a focus on calling these hours and these times every single week so you can conquer that, and then that's no longer a problem. Then they've been moving to closing once you're really good at calling and getting in front of people. Timothy, what about you, brother? What's that one thing that's holding you back from being the best Timothy borrow that you can be? The one thing that is holding you back, I want you guys to put it in comments. Everyone's got something. For me, it's the discipline to do the things that I know I need to do. Will I get more people to the 8% nation wealth conference if I made a couple hundred calls a day? Yes. But do I always do it? No, because I got 8,000 other things going on, but that's also an excuse. Am I more proactive when I actually work out or run? Yes. Do I have a better day if I'm more focused when I write down my goals every morning? Yes. Do I have a problem with sometimes being super positive throughout the entire day and all that thing? Yes. Am I naturally, if I have a bad day, do I let like my wife said earlier, do I let self doubt creep in that night or that evening about that day? I would say that that's a big yes for me. Everyone's got these things in your life that's holding you back, that's keeping you from being great, that's keeping you from being successful, that's keeping you from being what? Your best you. We all got it, but I feel like there's two things that separates the average and the great. And something I've also started with a lot, which is between average and great, the great people, everyone makes mistakes. Everyone is not great at something. Everyone has an area they can improve in. The great, they know what they need to improve at. Number one, okay, and we can all kind of know that, but sometimes we'll let our pride get in the way or ego get in the way or we may act like that's a strength in reality, it's really not. So that's the difference between average people and great people is they know, great people know what they need to improve at, what they know what's holding them back to being successful, okay? But also the second piece of that is not only do great people know what's holding them back, they also do and get great at that one thing that's holding them back, whether they're scared, whether there's fear, whether they doubt that they can get great at it. I know that a lot of insurance agents struggle with getting in front of people. If you think about it for a second, if you focus on just being super great, act consistently having 20 appointments every single week or having 15 every week or sitting with 10 every week, don't you think that that was the only thing on our line and we were dead set on being great at that? Don't you think that we're good at that? That if we're focused that we can get great at that? I think that's the biggest thing is not only do people that are successful are great, they know what's holding them back and they do whatever it takes to remedy that problem. Rather than us just making excuses and we know what's holding us back from being great, well, we may make excuses for the fact that, hey, it's holding us back, but Tommy Mack would say, he jumped in on YouTube, he said the agent from Virginia, he said self-doubt during those slow periods. We all have slow periods, but it's the self-doubt that we let creep in during those slow periods. It's a slow period because we're not getting in front of people, not people. It's not a slow period because we're not great self-people. Or maybe it is, everybody's different. We've all got something that is holding us back. We generally, that's what's really crazy about this whole thing, it's holding us back, but we still know what it is. That's what's pretty nuts to me. We know what's holding us back and we almost always know. But we don't always do whatever it takes to fix that problem to make sure that it never holds us back again. Am I right? Do we always do everything in our power? Do we always do everything humanly possible to fix those problems? Like the self-doubt, like the calling, like the inconsistency, like the discipline, like the lack of confidence, like the struggle to get in front of people, all those things that we've mentioned so far, could we fix those problems and remedy those if we were truly focused on remedying those? Greg says, you're the man, buddy. Keep it up. Greg Frost is one of my good buddies that I know I think of, man. I appreciate you, buddy. He's been a good influence in my life as a lot of you have been. What is it for you guys? Post it in comments, YouTube and Facebook. What's that? One thing, if you had to say, hey, one thing's holding me back and this is it. Also, I want to hear plans about how you plan to fix it. We've been going about 12 and a half minutes. I'm not going an hour. I say that, who knows. But I don't plan on going an hour tonight or even 90 minutes. I'm standing up in my kitchen just to give you guys a little different view. I don't like being boring and doing the same video, the live Q&A in the same spot every week. I try to change it up on you guys to give you a little different view. I think it helps with content. If you're doing videos and content, I think it helps to change stuff up a little small. And you don't want to even omit some boring. Lee Major, baby. What is up, brother? Lee Major's in the building. Ohio, Mr. Ohio. Lee Major and Grant, what's that one thing holding you guys back? If you're jumping on Facebook, please click share, please share this video. If you're jumping on YouTube, keep the thumbs up coming and then I love the comments and questions. So thank you guys. We all know what's holding us back. Sometimes we're afraid to admit it, right?  If I don't fix the problem after I admit it, that I'm just lazy. Some people are lazy. Self-doubt is a big one for me. I would say self-doubt is a big one for a lot of people. A long time they'll see it. What's up, brother? That's the big thing, man, is everyone, some people won't say it because they're afraid they're going to have, that the world's going to know that they don't fix it, then what? They're just lazy. I told you guys, mind the discipline. When I first got into business, I started with getting in front of people. And I saw a lot of other agents starting with getting in front of people, too. So I got great at what? I got great at getting in front of people. Then after I got in front of people, I struggled with closing the cell. So I started listening to audiobooks and I got great at closing. I feel like I could close anyone at any time. Anywhere. Then it was telecells. I worked for a captive insurance agency for three or four years. We weren't allowed to tell a cell. It was a bad word. And so I got great at telecells. Okay, so I started with Paulson. Then, when I first started to create dementia a couple of two and a half years ago, it was just like Lawrence said earlier, it was inconsistency. It was my lack of being consistent day in and day out, week in and week out. Consistency with content, consistency with running down my goals. Now, I find myself being better at stuff because I'm more proactive and more self-aware and I'm more focused. But even today, the one thing that holds me back from making tens of millions of dollars a year is discipline. It's my discipline. It's, hey, I know I should get up at 5.45 every morning or earlier or a certain time every morning. A lot of times we don't. Then we're like, hey, we'll do it tomorrow. Or my lack of working out. When I work out, I'm happier. I'm more productive. I just get more done. But I don't always work out like I do, I should. When I write down my goals, I'm more focused. But I don't want to drive them down. We're all human. Wow, he said that. Yeah, dude, it's a lot of things that really hold us back from being great, being super great. But I want us to be honest and transparent because if we can't be honest with ourselves, then we've never, you got it, Larry. What's up, brother? Appreciate you joining me, man. If we can't be honest with ourselves, then who can we be honest with? If we can't be honest with ourselves, if we can't admit that we have flaws and problems and that we're not great at stuff, like if we can't admit it to ourselves, then we'll never fix it. So I'm trying to get better. That's probably my biggest flaw of all is I feel like I'm great at everything. I'm not great. I'm not even close to great at everything, but I'm up.  Something I work on. Something I try to be better at and great at is being humble. The better we do, the bigger we grow, the older I get, the more humble I get. Mindset is key. I'm with you, Cody. Dude, I'm totally with you as well, man. Me, I used to struggle with my mindset a lot. That's something over these last I would say the last. I would say this year, my mindset is changed 10 years in eight months. That's what's crazy. My mindset is revolutionized. It's unreal. It's shocking to me even today. My mindset is growing like crazy, but I'm still not disciplined to do the things that I know I need to do because I know I want to be great. I know I got to do these things. I know that I get serious. I know that I got to do this and this and this and if I do this, I'll have an incredible day. I always do it every day. No, even though guess what? What else? What's some other things that it's holding you guys back from being great? It's holding you back from being amazing, being great, making double the money, 10 times the money, being a happier individual, whatever it is. What's up, Joey Martin? Everybody's got something that's holding them back from being great. When I first started Scraged Adventure, I have four different insurance brands now that all do fairly well, one does ridiculously well. Most people have no clue. But when I first started Scraged Adventure, it was a lack of consistency. It wasn't taking it seriously. It wasn't committing a lack of commitment. It's big for people. They're like, hey, dude, I know how to do this, but I'm not committing it because maybe I'm not disciplined enough. Most people also maybe don't believe it enough. You're not serious. Or a lot of people have problems with commitment and then backing out and then giving themselves an out. And what's up, Kyle? And then making an excuse. Thank you, bro. All I'm going to do is like, man, I don't want to commit. I know how to do this, but I'm going to struggle with committing to do something that you know you need to do. I struggle with a lot of things, but committing isn't one of them. I'm putting it on an insurance wealth conference at Nissan Stadium in Nashville with Grant Brown and Ray Lewis. And it's like, dude, I struggle with committing too much sometimes, but I know that from the other way around. I had to choose, right? So that's one of the biggest things is, if everyone's struggling, everyone's got something that's holding them back from being truly, truly, truly great and successful. And I want to always be the guy that reminds you guys that, hey, you may be doing well, but you can do better. What's that thing that's holding you back from being great? I'm going to do another video in the near future on what you are already great at, like what's your best at? But everyone struggles with something. That's something that's holding everybody back. A lot of people don't think big enough.  I think a lot of people just think too small. Maybe just do more dials consistently, even when I don't feel like it. Larry, another lady said the exact same thing earlier and for her it was calling. I can't wait to meet you in Nashville. Dude, I'm ready to hang out with your brothers. It's going to be a ton of fun. Thanks. Thank you, Larry, for committing. Most people smoke.  They won't commit to being successful.   They won't commit to doing this, this, this, and this even though they know deep down we need to do it. So I want to come on and have an honest, quick, transparent conversation on what you know you need to do. You know what you need to do. I just need you to do what? I just need you to do it. Aloha from Maui. Dude, what's up, brother? I love it. I mean, we're traveling across the ocean, the Pacific, if I know my geography right. What's the one thing holding you guys back? A little bit in YouTube or Facebook comments. Also, you guys don't know this. I'm going to be speaking at the I&N, the Insurance Newsnet Super Conference in Chicago end of next month. Yeah, you got it, Michael. I love it. I'll be speaking at the big insurance conference. There'll be 500, 600 agents. It's outside of Chicago and Schaumburg. I'll be there speaking to a bunch of insurance agents. I hope to see you there. Hope to get to meet you. We just had, Irene says, I plan on getting back to setting my daily routine. Workout, self-discipline, self-development, product productivity. They used to help me with consistency and discipline. That's one of the biggest things. We know we should do this, but we don't. And are we talking about qualified leads? That's some issues for some people. Who knows, man? I know that I personally struggle with discipline. But discipline, to do the things that I know I should do, they'll make me great and drive me nuts. As a driver, you guys nuts when you know that you should be doing something. Like, I'm gonna sell 50 tickets when I make 100 dollars. But do I, or 200 dollars or whatever, would I really do it?  And I go, wait, I commit and go, wait. I do, I'm way more productive. I do a lot more than I ever dreamed I could do to own four different insurance companies at 28. You know, if I never dreamed I'd be doing the things I'm doing, but can I be better? Yes, and it's okay in you. I had a question for a wrap this thing up. We've got about 23 minutes. I'm not gonna do as long or late tonight. What's some of the things that are holding you guys back from being great, from committing, from being your best self? We've all got these things that are holding us back from being super, super great. What is it? What is it? And if you don't know, that's a problem. You need to search for it.  Most people, you've all, I mean, everybody's jumped in that's at least commented has given an answer. But if you haven't given a comment, it's probably because you don't know. Maybe you don't want to say it. Like I said earlier, when I say it, I've got to commit then, right? When I say it, if I don't do it, after I say I know what I need to do, then I'm lazy. In that case, I'm lazy. And sometimes I'm lazy, which is also part of the discipline. Even though I feel like I've worked a lot, I get a lot done. But can we do more as business owners, as human beings, as people? Yeah, 100%. So I want to challenge you guys this week to focus the next, this week, on, oh, dude, I get leads in Maui. Like I could have, I could generate a thousand leads in Maui this week if I wanted to. I generate leads in Hawaii, like it better than anybody I know. We're super easy for us. What's holding you back? I'm going to challenge you to take this week and fix that problem. Yeah, it makes you calm your office, buddy, or order some of our Labor Day sale. What's holding you back? Whatever you put in the comments tonight, focus this week on fixing that problem. That's my message to you tonight. There's one thing that's holding you back. Take this week and focus on fixing that problem. If you liked the video, it would mean a lot to me if you'd share the video out so that your friends and family and other agents would be able to also help them with what's holding them back. Whatever's holding you back? They're shooting your number on Messenger, Michael. Whatever's holding you back, fix it. Take this week, you as well, brother, take this week to dominate that problem, to remedy that problem, to fix that problem. You've got something holding you back right now, and I want you to fix it. I want you to fix it. I want you to fix it, Michael. I want you to fix it, Tom. Get to the conference and hang out with Tommy Mack, man. I want you guys to fix it. I want you to take a few minutes to write down and think about what's holding you back from being great. And then I want you to focus this week, this month, on fixing that problem. Whatever it is, if it's getting in front of people, if it's confidence, if it's calling, if it's an ability, if it's an ability, or if it's a system problem or something like that, call my office and schedule a session with me. I can fix ability. I can fix mindset. I can fix goals. I can't always fix discipline. I can't always fix work ethic. I can't always fix the things that you know you should do that you don't do. So that's my message for you guys tonight is, hey, what's holding you back from being great? Get great at that one thing. Make it your mission to be great at that one thing that's holding you back from being great. All right, you guys are awesome. Have an incredible night, incredible week. Have a good Labor Day tomorrow. If you need me, I'll be at the office. Get great at the things that you're not great at. That's a secret to being great. All right, you guys are awesome. Facebook, please share this thing out. Appreciate you joining. Have an awesome night. Thank you guys. Get great. YouTube, you guys are also amazing. Get great at the things that you're not great at. Okay, do that for me. Take this week, tonight and this week to get great at the things that you're not great at. Okay, that's my message. Thanks, guys. Keep the thumbs up coming. You guys are awesome.


Hi, Longmont! My name is Karen Stallard. I'm the membership director with the Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce. The Longmont Chamber has been working hard to support our local businesses and connect the community during this challenging time because we don't think that being physically distanced means that we can't still socially connect and support one another. So I'd like to tag in Jessica Wanasek, the Chamber Event Director, to tell you a little bit about what we've been up to. Hey everyone! So the Longmont Chamber of Commerce has been hosting daily Facebook Live events Monday through Friday at 4pm over on our Chamber Facebook page. We are featuring a local business or a non-profit while having fun interactive activities, giveaways, and just connecting with our community. We wanted to share the fun with you after the facts, so we are airing all of our episodes from last week with you here now so you can enjoy. And we hope that you see some familiar faces from around Longmont. And remember, if you ever want to see the live thing, just tune in to the Chamber Facebook page at 4pm Monday through Friday. Or check out a themed list of businesses over on our Chamber website. www.longmontchamber.org forward slash longmont is open. And find a business that you would like to support. Enjoy the show! Hello! Hello everyone! My name is Karen Stallard. I'm the membership director with the Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce. Nope, other hand. Nope, what hand is it? This hand, that with the Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce. And you are witnessing history. And no, I'm not referring to the pandemic that is forcing us all to work from home right now, which we know is a really challenging time for a lot of businesses. But what you are witnessing right now is the Chamber's first ever Facebook live virtual event supporting the fact that Longmont businesses are still open during this challenging time. So this is the first ever Mindfulness Monday, a Facebook live event where we are promoting keeping yourself present and well taken care of during this challenging time. And also featuring some of the Longmont Chamber businesses that can help you do that. We have a list of all of the Chamber member businesses that fit into the Mindfulness Monday category available on our website. LongmontChamber.org forward slash Longmont is open. Links will be put in the comments. So look for that where you can see the whole list. And also my cat is also joining us. Never, never missing an opportunity to be on camera. What a ham. I tell you, takes one to no one. So for the first ever Mindfulness Monday, we are actually going to feature a local Pilates studio, Club Pilates. They've done some really amazing adjustments to their business model so far. So I'd like to bring in the owner of Club Pilates, Kelly Hendricks, to join us for our very first ever live Mindfulness Monday. Hello. So good to see you. You too. Beautiful day. I know a virtual hug. Hello. Beautiful day on your patio. Oh my God. I know. It's so great. So yeah, just love Colorado. Really? I know. It's amazing. You missed my cat. He was here earlier. So that was good. Good times. Okay, fun. Well, I have been working all day because it's four o'clock. So while I have the owner of a Pilates studio with us, why don't you coach me through not feeling like this all day? I know. I know. I do that too. It's in all of us. Yes, if you want to move, let's do it. I'm ready. Do it. I'm always ready to move. Always ready to move. All right. So you're in your sleep and sitting all day. So we'll just start sitting because that's where you are. Let's do a nice big inhale. Let's just get our breath moving through in our body. Nice big inhale. I like to close my eyes. You don't have to. It just makes me feel more relaxed. Trish, good high breath. So hi, Trish. You can join us. Grab a seat. We're all just going to start off breathing. Yay. Okay. We're going to take a nice big inhale through the nose. Fill up the lungs and the ribcage laterally. Really fill that up and then exhale. Let it all come out in a nice long breath. Let's do that a couple more times. Before we do that though, that's relax our jaw, relax our shoulders as much as we can. And when we take an inhale, try not to raise your shoulders up. Try and keep them down. So take a nice big inhale and exhale it out. Do that a couple more times. Ooh, I got really big there for a second. You could see my shoulders raising. Yes, make me small. Make me small. It's in all of us. I'll catch myself typing like this. So we just got to be mindful and let them go down our back. And nice big inhale and exhale. Inhale all the goodness that's out there. And exhale any negativity or stress that you dealt with today. And again, nice big inhale. Feel that breath from head to toe and then let it out. There's a little one. And now let's do a little stretch too to open up that body. So we're going to do a figure four stretch here in our chair. I want you to bring one leg up, angle over your thigh, and watch you to flex that foot that's over your leg. And the other foot's going to be pressing into the ground. Really feel that energy of your foot from toe to heel pressing into the ground, giving you a great foundation. And all I want to do is our hands are going to go against our chair if that's available to you. Otherwise, you can keep your hands here. But I like to activate my triceps here as we're doing a stretch because why not do two things at once, right? So we're going to press our palms into the chair. And it's also going to help remind us to have a nice upright spine, right? So we're going to stay here. Just honor that position right now. And then take a nice big inhale and exhale. I just want you to hinge forward. It doesn't have to be big to be effective. Press those hands into the chair. Smiling always makes the stretch feel better. And you're just going to hinge forward. And then since your feet have been just under your desk all day, rotate that foot that's up on that thigh that's bent. And just rotate it in circles up and around. Get that blood flow going to your feet before we stand. Oh, yes. I know. I'm glad I left yoga pants on the bottom. This is not a full-on suit. This is yoga pants on the bottom. Right, it's not a full-on party on the bottom. This is the lies that Zoom is letting us all learn. We're going to take an inhale, set up nice and tall. And exhale. Can you get a little bit deeper into that stretch as you hinge forward? Hinge forward. And that should just feel good on your hips, the outer part of your thigh. And just opening that up, set up nice and tall again. And we're going to switch legs. Why does doing nothing do so much? Like sitting all day. Why does that make your whole body just... I know. Like you feel tired and it's like, yeah, I know. It's like a day of travel too. You are exhausted after a day of travel. And when you think about it, you just sat in a bunch of different places. Right. I think just the stress of going here and there too can take a toll on our body, right? Yeah. But I still can't wait to travel again. I mean, I'm with you. I say that and then I'm like, man, I would love to be on a plane somewhere. That's an opportunity. And this you could do on a plane too, which is awesome. Yeah. On a plane seat. I've done this before, like pelvic tilts and different stretches sitting. And I definitely get some looks, but I'm like, hey. I don't think I could figure four in the size of seats that they give you on airlines. Now, maybe you, Kelly, more power to you. Hey, you don't know until you try. That's true. That's true. So let's do a figure four stretch on the other side. Our palms are going to go, our arms are going to be nice and lengthened. Palms pressing against the chair. And we're going to hinge forward. Feel that stretch here in that outer side. It's just a small little movement, but it should feel so good. I feel like if anyone needs knives sharpened, just come on over here. My hip flexors can do the job. Come on by free of charge. Oh, feels good. Nice big inhales. We sit upright and exhale. Let's hinge forward again. Maybe go a little bit deeper this time. Hold it there. Make sure you don't hold your breath. Make sure you breathe. Feel that breath. Go right into those hips. Good reminder to breathe. Also paying no attention to the man behind the curtain. Think about the woman over here. Oh, I love it. Our division of labor here at the house. And sit up tall. And I like that splittery too. That adds so far. Obviously. All right. Let's plant both feet into the ground. You can't see my feet, but I'll just cue you through just what we're going to do with the feet before we stand and take a nice big breath.  I want you to activate those triceps. Really bring those shoulder blades down your back. Keep them there. And I want you to do we're going to warm up our feet before we use them in stance. I just want you to do some calf raises. So I just want you to roll up to the toes of your feet and then release your foot all the way back down. So just do that a couple times on each side. I'm just doing one at a time. You can kind of see my thigh raise as I raise my toe up. And just get our foot. There's so many muscles and bones and ligaments in our feet. We really want to keep them keep them moving. Yeah.  I want you to raise one foot up into that heel lift.  And again. And the goal here is to keep all this stable, right? So we want to dissociate this movement of the arm from the rest of our body because we don't want to do that. Use these obliques to keep everything intact here. What are my favorite things? Just moving an arm or a leg can make a exercise so much harder while trying to keep everything else stable. That's what I love about Pilates. The part that isn't moving sometimes is working harder than the moving part. So our core now should be working pretty hard just to keep everything towards center. And already I could feel this in my... Clearly I'm getting a call. Call him to get on Facebook Live. Pick it up. And you're like, hey. Call him to the camera. This is why I've been scared to do Pilates Live. You're like, this life's going to happen. Oh, wait. You can bring your arms down, lower your feet, really feel them ground into the ground. And now we're really going to have some fun. And when a Pilates instructor says fun, that usually means you're getting into some... Yeah. That means pain and burn. Fire! Press those hands together into prayer position. Really press them together. Bring your shoulders up like they kind of were all day. And then relax them on down just so we can feel the difference of what it's like to live up here and what it's like to live down here, right? And this is where we want to be because then we can use our back muscles to move our arms. So all that doesn't go into our shoulders, all that work.  Feel the shoulder blades slide up and down your back as you do this. My entire blazer moves. It's great. Are there any better if it was the 80s and had the shoulder pads that it would be? They have like slight pads, but like not football player status. They're coming back. That's awesome. They are. And then press those hands together. Really ground those feet into the ground, ready because we're going to stand up here and really kind of think of that heel side of your foot as we press on up. Don't get too comfortable because we're going to go right back down. Okay. I was like, oh. Oh, but you're no longer using the chair. You are not touching the chair. Yes, you are. Maybe you are. Ready? We're going to go up and we're going to go down. Maybe you touch it. Maybe you don't. It's just there for kind of guidance. Keep a nice tall spine. Press those hands together. Use the energy within our entire body because you are strong and you are fierce. And I have shoulder pads. So I should have a shoulder pad. Hashtag strong, hashtag fierce, hashtag shoulder pads. Oh, that's awesome. Keep on going. Keep that blood. I know whether or not I have shoulder pads, the answer is yes. Don't even need to ask. Okay. Now I want you to hold it down. Hold your spot in about a halfway position. Squeeze those palms together. And lift one to the left. Just like we were earlier. And then lower it. And then lift your other heel up. And lower it. Ellie, why? I know it feels so good though. Your body is thanking you for that blood flow going throughout. Yep. Yep. That's what we're doing. So keep on alternating those heel lifts. Try and see if you can keep your hips pretty stable here. So they're not lifted. They're not hiking. We're not salsa dancing yet. We are just lifting our heels. Okay. If other people aren't doing this, I'm going to feel very alone. So get in on this burn action, y'all. Don't try this. Okay. Down. And now just pulse up and down. Like you're going to go sit, but it's a joke and you're not. Should we sing an oompa-loompah song right here? If you have the breath to do it, yeah. I don't. The panting is real. I always try to do fun things with you, Kelly, and then you do things like this, but I keep coming back. And then this happens. My nose. Okay. Hold it down. Heels up. Both heels up. And then lower. And then lift again. Bring your arms out to a T. Raise them up. And lower. Raise them up. Oh, the blazer. Hold down.  Now I know. Shake it out. Shake it out. There's a chair right behind me. Why would I shake? Okay. Shake it. Okay. Hold on. I'm going to. It makes a noise, but I'm going to raise. I'm going to raise. Oh, yeah. Spin craft desk. Moving up in the world. All right. Yay. I know. Okay. Let's do. We want to open up the front part of the body and a stretch. But of course, before we stretch, I'm going to have you strengthen a little bit. Of course. So now we're going to, we're going to push our chair in. So it's tucked into our desk. Good. And you're going to hold on to the chair. For dear life. Got it. Right. Make sure it's not on wheels and it can go somewhere. I don't want someone falling. Yes. No office chairs should be hurt in the making of this Save the Life video. And let's do a lunch. We're going to bring one foot forward. Hi, Robert. I'm tired. Robert Underwood just said that they're here with us. They're feeling the burn. Hey. Yes. Just getting some air. Robert. So hold on to your chair. We're just going to do lunges here. Lunging here. So bringing one knee down towards the ground. Just lunging said no one ever. And then that stand up. And let's actually, let's go back down. Let's, we'll do the stretch now. I'll let you guys have the stretch. So we're going to an EVE, what we call an EVE's Lunge stretch, that we do almost every class on the reformer, which is like my favorite because I sit so much. I'm so flexed. So this helps open up the whole front side of your body. You should do these every day when you get up from your desk. So just hold that, make sure your hips are square. So they're pointing forward as you kind of go into that stretch. You can raise up the same hand as your leg that is back. Do a slight extension in your thoracic spine. And then you can kind of feel that opening even more all alongside here. Yeah. Does that feel so good? It really does. Especially with the wind blowing in here. Yes, that. If you see my curtain moving, it's not wind. It's my curtains playing with the curtain. That's what's happening. And then let's stand up. I want your front leg now to be straight. And I want you to rock back on your heel to get a stretch now along the side, the back of your body. And don't collapse into it. Oh, I'm losing my balance. Just hinge forward into it. Yes, Karen's forehead is that big.  Now we're going to lunge on the other side to make sure we're even.  Slight bend in your knee. And then your other leg straight out in back. Hips are square. Chest is square. And you're just going to bend and lift.  So I do like inhale down. Exhale as I push up. That sounds way more coordinated. Yes. But the breath can go any way you want as long as you keep breathing. Oompa. Loom, shawty. You all got the do. We are doing lunges like it's a thing to do. All right, now let's hold that stretch. Feel that stretch.  Now we want to reverse that action and feel that opening. And your leg. Your other leg should be shaking a little bit because it's still working. Yeah. Holding you up, right? Your such thing as a free lunge. On the reformer, it's kind of more free because there's a little bit more support there. And then stand up nice and tall. And then since we're here and I love planks, let's do a few planks with the chair. You always get a lot of planks. It will be one time like let's do a plank. My kids will be like, this is such a great place to plank, mom. You should plank here. Like, yeah, you're right. There you go. Support crew. All right, like I said, make sure your chair isn't moving. But all these things you can do with these exercises are just simple things you can do real quick at your desk without even getting your mat out. So find your plank. The closer your feet are to the chair, the little bit easier it is. The farther out they are, the little bit harder it is. So pick where you are today because it changes daily and that's totally okay. Now make sure your shoulders are down. Those shoulders, they slide down your back. Or engage in our core with a slight posterior tilt in our pelvis. The energy of your heels is shooting back. The energy of your head is shooting forward. Just this right here. You should feel it. Now can we bend the elbows a little bit and then press back up? It just can be like a half inch and press back up. We might as well add some arm work while we're here. Never one to just do one thing at a time.  Hold up nice and strong. And just like we started, we're just going to do a nice big inhale. Nice big exhale. The breath is the only thing moving now in your body. Of course, you can be shaking a little bit. That's totally encouraged. Nice big inhale again. And exhale. And then walk your feet in. Whoo! Shaking out. Yes. So good. So good. My blazer is getting so warm every time I'm like moving.  Yeah, I know. It's amazing. I know. And then another good thing to do too is just, oh, one of my favorites here. Before we do the next thing, bring your arms out wide. I end a lot of classes like this. Do a slight extension here. And just open up that chest. I am a huncher like naturally. So this just feels so good on these muscles right here. Raise your arms up and then bring them back down. Maybe you go into a little bit more extension here. Oh, and then of course do your neck stretches. Super gentle on your neck. Think of this arm shooting down your leg. So it's not just sitting here hanging out. It's working too. It's creating that energy down, creating that opposition as you pull your neck slightly to the other side. And then gently switch sides. This arm's going to shoot right down my leg. Oh, it's like one of the stretches you don't think you need till you do it, right? I know.  Now you're ready. Go all directions. I've seen some adorable Hendricks babies running around. Are they also doing some of these activities? Oh, yeah. Annabelle, what's your favorite move? What? The plank? Yeah. Yeah.  Favorite thing with the plank?  Are you going to demonstrate? Should we do a plank real quick? Yeah, we might as well. And this will take along my bingo thing too, which is awesome.  You're going down. And for anyone that has a plank at home, like I have three at home, there's so many, anything exercise-wise that you do, you can always add in a friend, add in, especially a daughter is even better. And just add a little bit more fun to it. So we're going to go up in a side plank, and then we're going to high five, and then down. It's totally okay to fall. This is called practice, not perfection. And then another one of Annabelle's favorites that we love to do. This is another one of our family favorites that you may have seen. Oh, thanks. Get on there, Cinderella. So just a lot of fun ways to play, even with the squats, you can hold hands together and kind of go down in a nice wide frog squat, open up those hips, give each other silly faces, high fives, and all different sorts of things. We just like to make things open, make sure exercise is just part of our play as well. I think Theresa was just super impressed that Annabelle just clanked on you. Hopefully you were able to see it. Oh, yeah, we saw it. It was awesome. That was awesome. So yes, you can, if anyone just did that with us, you can go to the Longmont Strong Bingo on Club Hawaii's Facebook page. There's a bunch of other businesses on there. I have personally ticked off probably too many boxes about fast takeout food. Not enough plants. So get that Longmont Strong Bingo, which has just been extended, right, Kelly? Yeah, so with the state home order being extended, all of us businesses still need the strength of the community coming together and all of us supporting each other. And I know it may seem silly just to post a picture of like a plank that you're doing in your backyard for Club Pilates, for example, but it helps us tremendously and it just gives us the strength to kind of keep going and come back even stronger. So I know all these, there's 20 businesses on this. This, of course, is an all-inclusive to all the amazing businesses within Longmont because I love everything on one of them, but it's really helped me get me going to be like, okay, who else can I go support now? And what can I do to help our amazing community that we all know and love so much? So yeah, that's awesome. And I think it is. It's just a good reminder, like for you guys as owners that when you see a customer or someone that you didn't know was a fan or someone interested in taking Pilates or just in the community, just a friendly little, hey, we're here, we support you because that is going to be how we all get through this. So it's great to stay mindful. Right, it's, yeah. And everyone, even though, you know, we're all in a difficult position now which is having to be close for so long. Everyone in those businesses is still offered a prize for you to win. So play because there's so many amazing prizes and gift certs and things to all those amazing businesses. So I want to be able to give it away. So. Live your way. And those are all the events on your guys' Facebook page. The title image is actually the bingo cards. People can just click it. They can keep it electronic. They can print it out if they want. A great activity for the family, have people initiate what activity they want to do. You guys have been busy with your list. Yeah, I love it because my kids help me. They're like, Mom, we got to write a poem today for Long's Peak. Or can we go to Hefe's? We got to check that off. Or like, yeah, Mom, do you need to go get beer? Yes, yes I do. Yes, you know it's a good day when the youngsters are initiating you to go support a local craft brewery. You know, there are worse things. Right, so yeah. So definitely, I just love Longmont so much. I love our members. Like all their texts and emails for all of this have just helped me rise up and we will all get through this together because it is a together thing. It's not a separate thing, even though we are separate, but we're getting stronger together. Absolutely. Well, I think you guys are doing a really awesome job. We can't wait for the date when gyms can reopen. We know that things are changing. We've got some new retail businesses are able to open today. And the Chamber has updates that we're trying to help facilitate for the business owners as we navigate through this and this Longmont is open event has just been with some of these Facebook live events. So thank you, Kelly, for doing the first thing. I want to say a shout out to the Chamber too. You guys have been amazing in helping support the community and that is just as a small business owner. It's so impactful. So thank you so much and I can't wait to play with everyone again in the studio in person. Yes. I'll try not to run up and hug you. I know it's really hard that those leaders are going to be there. We're all just going to be like, yeah. So great. So thank you for everyone who joined us today. If you're interested in working out with Kelly again, she has a lot of videos on Club Pilates Facebook page. I did one. I know you're like, this is what I love planks, Karen. I did the app one the other day. It's 15 minutes, felt like 50. No, it didn't. It was just really good, very efficient. So check those out. And tomorrow we have Tuesday, Tunes and Art, the second edition of the Longmont Spirit Week here for Longmont is Open. So thank you guys so much for tuning in. You can see all of the Chamber member businesses that fall into mindfulness Monday along with Club Pilates at the longmontchamber.org forward slash Longmont is open. So thank you guys so much for joining us. Now get outside, go do some planks and we will see you next time. Bye. So fun. Beep, beep, beep.


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