These three holidays often get mixed up, but each one serves a unique and important purpose in honoring our military community: 1. Memorial Day (Last Monday in May): A day of remembrance for those who died in service to our country. It’s about honoring the fallen heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice. 2. Veterans Day (November 11): A day to honor all military veterans—those who served, past or present, living or deceased. It’s about showing appreciation to everyone who has worn the uniform. 3. Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday in May): A day to honor those currently serving in the U.S. military. It’s about recognizing the active duty men and women still dedicating themselves to protecting our freedom. Knowing this difference can guide us in how we observe each day correctly: - Memorial Day: Participate in moments of silence, visit memorials, or attend ceremonies that pay tribute to the fallen. It's a solemn occasion of respect. - Veterans Day: Thank veterans for their service, listen to their stories, and show appreciation through community events or personal messages. - Armed Forces Day: Show support for those actively serving—send a care package, participate in events that support service members, or simply express your gratitude. Wouldn't it be great if these holidays were just about thanks, and not about discounts, sales, and deals? Let’s take the time to honor each of these important days with the respect and gratitude they deserve. Whether by remembering those we’ve lost, celebrating our veterans, or supporting those in uniform today, our actions matter. Together, we can show our heartfelt appreciation for the brave men and women who serve our country.

With a legacy of service embedded in my family, this day holds a powerful place in my heart. 🎖️To the veterans who have sacrificed so much for our freedom, and to the military families who support them—thank you. We pause to honor the sacrifices you've made, both seen and unseen, and the commitment you've shown to protect and serve. From my family to yours, we hold immense gratitude for your service and dedication. Your legacy empowers us all to stand a little taller, live a little bolder, and appreciate the liberties we hold dear. With respect and gratitude, happy Veteran’s Day! ➡️ Do you have military family too?

While working on building my business and learning all I can from Russell Brunson and his collective experts I've found my self drawn to drawn to @McCall Jones' Charisma Hacking. You see this year I started working on my EdD in Interdisciplinary Leadership, and charisma and transformational leadership continue to come to the surface. I completed McCall's Charisma Hacking training, and I must say everyone should go complete it! It's a must. I won't steel McCall's thunder, so I'll share with you a TedTalk video I just watched as part of my doctorate. Then I'll share with you what I learned from it. Cool? Awesome. The Video is about how people perceive our face and put a price tag immediately by what they see. Russell talks about the power of preframing (now known as pre-seduction) to help with this, yet perceived image is such a powerful judge of value by others. How do we get past how others perceive us? Enter the genius that is McCall Jones. Here's what I learned from this Ted Talk video that is a reflection of McCall's trainings. (https://youtu.be/SEDvD1IICfE?si=S5krmbm17agKWRkx) My Ted Talk Notes: Charisma is not something we're born with. It's something we can learn how to do. I'll share with you three things you can do now to start creating charisma in your messages to make people stop and listen, and engage. 1. Frame - WE must give our viewers a vision to buy into. If they are a cold audience this might be talking about the problem they didn't know they had. If this is a warm audience it's talking about the desire they want to achieve and the pain the want to move away from. How do we do this? We do it with stories and metaphores. We do it with questions and lists. When we do this with stories we paint the picture of the frame we want our audience to see. McCall calls this (A...). She does a great job teaching you how to do this the right way for YOU! 2. Substance. Here we have to create a moral conviction with our audience. Where we might share the sentiment of the collective and confidence in goals. This is about emotional connection. McCall calls this (C...). Told you I won't steal her thunder. 3. Delivery is the last part, using voice, gestures and other tactics to keep them listening and following us. McCall calls this (E...), and the more I study charisma in my doctoral program the more I'm convinced what genius she is! Is there a McCall fan club for life?

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This weekend I chatted with my wife about joining the Prime Movers. When we met I asked her to quit her job of 25 years as an elementary school principal, and jump into her passion of teaching dance. She had been dancing since she was 4 years old, and teaching dance for other people since she was 18 year old. Dancing is her passion. It's what lights her up. I shared with her that when we have an opportunity to truly serve our people without restriction than we need to jump and take that leap of faith. Sometimes when we jump we don't know if our parachute will open. This is why it's a leap of faith. At that time I has just invested $20k that I didn't have to join a mastermind group to take my nutrition coaching business to a higher level. I busted my but that year and got my ROI back and then 10x my nutrition coaching business. Every year since I've invested thousands in books, training courses, and mastermind groups to teach myself to be better, to do better, to niche down and serve my people. In 2006, I became a Instructor-Trainer for the U.S. Marine Corps' Martial Arts Program. My job was to make the martial arts instructors. During that rigorous training course I was introduced to CrossFit and sports nutrition. This spurned a 15 year training to open CrossFit gyms, become certified, and get my bachelors and masters in nutrition, and then become licensed to practice nutrition counseling anywhere. None of that taught me how to run a business. Just how to do the thing. When I retired from the Marine Corps and finished my education I reopened my CrossFit gym and started taking patients for nutrition. I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars learning how to run a business that I didn't want. I reflected back on 2006, and realized that I was interested in the how of fitness, and the how of nutrition, but I didn't want to coach anyone in it. I wanted that knowledge, so I could make my martial arts students better. Not open up three separate businesses. One doing CrossFit. One doing Nutrition counseling. One doing martial arts classes.