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Ray Edwards is a sought-after Copywriter, Author, Speaker, and Communications Strategist. His clients include Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Jeff Walker, Robert Allen, and more. On this show, Ray helps you start, run, and grow their Internet-based businesses. The show includes interviews with well-known experts like Michael Hyatt, Jeff Goins, Dan Miller, Cliff Ravenscraft, Michael Stelzner, Amy Porterfield, Don Miller, and many others.

Yes, I’m quitting.

I’m quitting all the things that make me stressed, unhappy — anything that makes me or others miserable.

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Spiritual Foundations

Jesus talked about serving God and serving riches, but he did not condemn money. Read what he said in Matthew 6:24.

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Here’s a list of some things I’m quitting:

  • Worry
  • Anxiety
  • Doubt
  • Depression
  • Jealousy
  • Anger
  • Addiction
  • Compulsion
  • Manipulation
  • Comparison
  • Competition
  • Deception
  • Fear
  • Violence
  • Revenge
  • Punishment

The 3 most important things I am quitting:

1. Caring what other people think of me.
2. Expecting other people, places, or things to be responsible for my happiness.
3. Putting off my happiness until “someday when”. There is no someday. There is no when. There is only now.

A few thoughts about quitting…

I say “I am quitting” and not “I quit” because I recognize it’s a process, not an event. Do I still expect to experience these feelings or behaviors (“behavior” the doing part of feeling)? Yes, I will no doubt still experience them. But I am “quitting” my identification with these things. Let me explain what I mean by “identification”…

I am not surprised when I feel anxiety, anger, or fear. However, I no longer identify with these things. I don’t say, “I am angry” – that is inaccurate. It is more accurate to say, “I feel the emotion of anger”.

What is the difference? The world.

When I realize that I am NOT my feelings, I become impervious to them. They cannot pierce my flesh, nor can they lacerate my heart.

I may experience a moment of fear, but it cannot attach to me – it passes through me and I disregard it. Including the fear of death. It has been said that a man who knows how to live, has no place for death to enter.

You might understandably ask if I don’t care what other people think, then why am I even writing this? Why am I pressing the “publish” button?

For myself. I am my audience. I write what I want to read.

Because doing so seems fun, and possibly helpful (mostly to me, but if you benefit, that’s cool too).

So now you know THAT I’m quitting, and you know WHAT I’m quitting.

How about you?

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Today I’m sharing 3 Things I Learned from Jeff Walker at LaunchCon. I just returned from a week in Orlando where we held our ESP Certified Copywriter Workshop. (Link: www.rayedwards.com/espcc)

Shortly thereafter, we attended LaunchCon with Jeff Walker.

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Spiritual Foundations

Today’s Spiritual Foundation is about having faith and trusting God. 

  • How worried or stressed are you?  
  • How often do you have to remind yourself to trust God about these things?
  • Do you let go of your worries and release them all to Him?
  • Are you actually letting them go?

In Mathew 21:22, Jesus said, “And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

In Mark 11:24 He says, “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”

So just let go, and let God

Tip of The Week

My tip of the week is the Canon 6D. It is an incredible camera. It has a full frame, super high resolution and gives you a much better picture.  It is a great camera, but it is too heavy if you are carrying it around for the entire day, so what do I suggest?  Even have a vlog, you don’t need a giant camera. You can still have excellent video and picture with a tiny camera like the Canon M50.  This is a great camera, and your arm and neck will thank you for carrying this around instead.

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3 Things I Learned from Jeff Walker:

  1. We might want to explore being kinder to ourselves.
  2. What you believe about your capability is true. 
  3. There is no time BUT the present. If you want to make a change, you have to do it now.

If you are thinking about making a change, do it right now. In fact, do this exercise. 

  • Write down 5 things that you want.
  • How many of those things are things that you already have?
  • Now, write down 5 things that you want that you already have.

Remember what Jesus said? “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”

To change: Stop wanting and do it now.

Resources

Cann 6D Mark II. https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/eos-dslr-and-mirrorless-cameras/dslr/eos-6d-mark-ii

24-70mm Lens https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/lenses/ef/standard-zoom/ef-24-70mm-f-2-8l-ii-usm

Canon M50   https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/eos-dslr-and-mirrorless-cameras/mirrorless/eos-m50-ef-m-15-45mm-is-stm-kit

www.rayedwards.com/rayday

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This week I am talking to Lee Cockerell. He is the former executive vice president of operations for the Walt Disney World resort. As the Senior Operating Executive for 10 years, Lee led a team of 40,000 cast members.

He was responsible for the operations of 20 resort hotels, 4 theme parks, 2 water parks, a shopping and entertainment village, the ESPN sports and recreation complex, in addition to the ancillary operations which supported the number one vacation destination in the world.

That is just a portion of his list of accomplishments and the things Lee Cockerell has been able to do.

Now Lee is helping other folks learn to create Disney magic. He’s doing public speaking, and he’s written four books.

Some of the reasons Lee has been so successful is that he is so disciplined and very organized.

Lee shares that by hiring better with more clarity, they train better, and have a better culture. He boils that down to “hire right, train them right, and treat them right” and the people will do a good job for you.

He teaches others how to “hire slow and fire fast” so companies are more successful. Combined with his principles of time management, Lee imparts wisdom for organization and dealing with the world.

For more from Lee, go to www.leecockerell.com or check out one of his books.

 

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What if I told you that one thing can change everything? In fact, the only thing that changes everything is one thing.  Find out how to make use of this one thing now. 

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Spiritual Foundations

Some people who are super religious about foul language, and through I think there is a better way to express yourself than using profanity, there are a few passages in the Bible that I feel are misrepresented using profanity. 

Ephesians 4: 29 says 

“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.”

The dictionary says that “corrupt” means having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly for personal or financial gain. 

This sounds like it is talking about the morals of the person, not using foul language.

Edification means it is something that would be improving you and building up of the soul.

So this to me means that you are not to let anything that encourages people to be immoral or that demeans people, controls people, or steals their money. Tell them things that lifts them up and fills them. Say things that impart grace to people. Jesus said “They will know that you are my disciples, by your love for one another” This is something to think about.

Tip Of The Week

This is one of my new favorite apps, and it costs you nothing. Google Tasks integrates with G-mail, Google Drive and your Google Calendar so everything is in one place. It is sleek and easy to use.

Feature Presentation “The One Thing That Changes Everything”

Can one thing really revolutionize your life, double your income or simplify your life?

Even though I had so many distractions that could have derailed my year, the one thing kept me on track and get to this place where I have had my best year yet.  

There is always 1 thing that we want, and when we can identify it, everything else will change. You just need to decide it. 

 You need to decide to not make too many decisions. 

Gary Keller’s book, “The One Thing”, tells you how to find that one thing you need to do to change your life or business. Read his book and decide what is the one thing and focus on it.

Finding out what the one thing for you can be difficult. It is different for everyone and can take years of trial and error. 

Here is what you do.

Sit quietly and close your eyes and breathe deep and relax.  Take all the stress, guilt, pain you exhale out and leave it there. Just be in the moment where you are and ask “what is the one thing I am meant to be doing right now”.Pay attention to what you hear. The thing that comes into your head is the thing you should do.  It is going to be totally different than what you have been doing your whole life. You may need to change what you are doing now and start doing the thing that you feel most drawn to, even if it means changing your entire life. I know it is scary and can be so difficult because it involves other people, but you do need to do this. You will not be happy and have great success until you do.

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