PODCAST · education
AMA: Ask Melvin Anything
by Rogue Media Network
Melvin: Master Sergeant USMC retired, Mayor Pro Tem Pecan Hill City Council, 14 years in education, 7 years in economic development. He should be able to answer anything thrown his way!
Episodes
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Would they miss you if you did not show up tomorrow?
Would they miss you if you did not show up tomorrow? How are you engaging today? What moves the needle towards results? Where do you draw energy? What's Melvin reading? Peter Drucker’s The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization Nugget - 1. What is our mission? 2....
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How Do We Fix Housing?
How do we fix housing? Malcolm Gladwell stated that housing is the next big problem we must solve. Housing—more than just shelter—represents stability, opportunity, and equity. So, where do we even begin? What’s your take? What bold ideas, unconventional solutions, or small experiments could…
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What's the Current Situation in Ukraine? with David Nicholas
What's the current situation in Ukraine? With David Nicholas What's Melvin reading? Management Challenges for the 21st Century By Peter Drucker Nugget - Future-Proof Leadership: Embrace Change, Empower Knowledge, and Lead with Vision. Last Thoughts - Dr. Richard Grant ~ The brain moves at the...
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Have you asked any good questions today?
"Have you asked any good questions today?" A question that can encourage people to explore, wonder, and learn in insightful ways. Nobel laureate in physics Isidor I. Rabi credited his mother with inspiring him to become a scientist by asking him this question instead of the more common "Did you...
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Can you define the good life? With Matt Grubb
Can you define the good life? With Matt Grubb What's Melvin reading? Managing the Non-Profit Organization by Peter Drucker Nugget - Business supplies, either goods or services. Government controls. A business has discharged its task when the customer buys the product, paid for it, and it's...
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What matters to you? with Lena Self
What matters to you? with Lena Self Not what is a matter with you. 1. Dream Rangers by TC Bank https://youtu.be/bp7S56aoIhU 2. Empathy & Compassion by Brene Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HznVuCVQd10 3. The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance by Shawn Achor...
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Buddy Check Day! Call a vet friend(s) and chat! #BuddyCheck
Buddy Check Day! Call a vet friend(s) and chat! #BuddyCheck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What is learning?
What is learning? "When you went to school were you taught how to learn?" Question asked yesterday on the Silicon Synapse Show American statesman Benjamin Franklin said, “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Be humble and remember the words of comedian Bill Murray…
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What's the answer to the question you hesitate to ask? Advancing Collective Intelligence with Valerie Hall
What's the answer to the question you hesitate to ask? Advancing Collective Intelligence with Valerie Hall. What's Melvin reading? Big Little Breakthroughs Nugget - Let's recap: Imagination = any new idea Creativity = a new idea that has some value, artistic or otherwise Innovation = a creative...
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Is a bottle neck good or bad?
Is a bottle neck good or bad? What's Melvin reading? The Little Zen Companion Nugget - It is not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring. - Spanish proverb Last Thoughts - "It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes…
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How do we maintain a merry heart?
How do we maintain a merry heart? What's Melvin reading? the Tao of Pooh Nugget - the uncarved block things in their original state carry their own natural power. This concept is represented as the "Uncarved Block” and is a significant principle of Taoism Using Wu-wei (woo way) you go by...
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When is the last time you did something for the first time?
When is the last time you did something for the first time? One of my values is curiosity (“Curiosity is more important than knowledge.” ― Albert Einstein) One of my mentors is Big *Al What do you need to do with a mentor? *Albert Einstein I seek advice I listen I take action What's Melvin...
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What's your theme song?
What's your theme song? Warren Zevon I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (1976) Harvey Mackey (in Daniel Pink's Office Hours) asked my high school students to remember one of his favorite sayings: “He couldn’t sleep fast enough.” "In other words, I’m afraid if I sleep too much, I’ll miss something." The...
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What's a Big Idea Book?
What's a Big Idea Book? Listen and learn as Fernando Labastida, author of "The Startup Book: How to Write a Book That Designs a New Market Category & Positions You as The Leader," discusses the seven essential steps to designing a new category and writing a book that establishes you as a thought...
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If we met a year from now what would we be celebrating?
"This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod...
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Do You Want to Celebrate?
"Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want." - Carolyn Merchant "Your greatness is measured by your horizons." Michelangelo What's Melvin reading? The Consulting Bible by Alan Weiss PhD Nugget - My job is to improve the client's condition. Last Thoughts - Seth Godin stated,...
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Can You Make the Jump?
Eleanor Roosevelt's quote "Do one thing every day that scares you." Jump What's Melvin reading? Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller Nugget - it's about the customer Last Thoughts - "Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."~ Eleanor Roosevelt Former First…
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Today? Why not Tomorrow?
Why dow e as people make this claim? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Are you wise?
"Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience." Albert Einstein Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the highest peak, in the deepest ocean, empty of all limiting thoughts. - The Art of Peace What's Melvin reading? Put Your Ass [where your Heart...
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What's a Habu? with Matt Hall The boy that lived
What's a Habu? with Matt Hall The boy that lived What's Melvin reading? Everyone Leads compiled by Dan Zandra Nugget - love the quotes maybe write the misleadership book? Last Thoughts - Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldous Huxley…
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What Has You Excited about AI?
Mike, Casey, and Melvin talk about the future of Artificial Intelligence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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No Man Left Behind with Tony Jackson
No man left behind with Tony Jackson How do you play the hand you're dealt? How mad did it make you? What's Melvin reading? Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield Nugget - "Ambition, I have come to believe, is the most primal and sacred fundament of our being. To feel ambition and to act upon it is…
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What does it take to live your best life? With Christina Valdras Owner Lion's Den Fitness and Nutrition
What does it take to live your best life? With Christina Valdras Owner Lion's Den Fitness and Nutrition https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100076392840688 What's Melvin reading? Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, and Patriot by R. Connor Stein Nugget - Franklin organized a discussion...
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The best communication advice you have received?
What is the best communication advice you have received? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What did you learn from the annual Podfest Multimedia Expo?
What did you learn from the annual Podfest Multimedia Expo? What's Melvin reading? Understanding Comics - The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud Nugget - I love this stuff Last Thoughts - AIWATT stands for:'Am I willing at this time to make the investment required to make a positive difference on...
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Making the world better with Hari Gadiraju
What's the big idea? What's Melvin reading? Anatomy of a Breakthrough by Adam Alter How to Get Unstuck When it Matters Most Nugget - "Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part in a bolt of lightning to strike you in the...
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Curiosity
Mike and Melvin talk about Curiosity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What are your plans for our 2024 fresh start?
What are your plans for our 2024 fresh start? "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver in her poem The Summer Day "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to…
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How do you change the world?
How do you change the world? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Only Connect
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What's Your Superpower?
What's your Superpower? I have a sneaking suspicion we can say it is your Outcome. What's Melvin reading? The Pokey Little Puppy Nugget - enjoy being you Last Thoughts - "When you're on to something great, it won't feel like revolution. It'll feel like uncommon sense." ~ Derek Sivers Learn more...
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Eat your own dog food!
Eat your own dog food, make choices and live with them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Why is the Dead Sea dead?
Melvin and Mike talk about the dead sea...ok so maybe it's a metaphor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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WIZARD ACADEMY
Melvin tells tales of the Wizard Academy and the many years of wisdom. The Wizard Academy is a Non-Traditional Non-Profit Non-Boring Business School with Online and In-Person Learning for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy...
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What ya got?
What ya got? You were made for this. All You Can Do Is All You Can Do, but All You Can Do Is Enough (A.L. Williams) What's Melvin reading? How to Win the Hearts, Money and Loyalty of PROFITABLE CUSTOMERS: 101 Relational Marketing Principles by Craig Arthur Nugget - No Act Of Kindness, No Matter…
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What's The Fuss?!
Mike, Melvin, and special guest Casey talk about making a fuss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Do You Suess?
Melvin and Mike talk about Dr. Seuss and how his writing pertains to everyday life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What was the question?
What was the question? Inventor Charles R. Kettering famously said "a problem well stated is a problem half solved." "Einstein is quoted as having said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.” " What's Melvin...
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Are you listening? Really listening?
What's Melvin reading? The Daily Drucker Nugget - "By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence false everything else. Here is one area where weakness is an absolute disqualification." Last Thoughts - "Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as...
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How do you...?
How do you...? 1. ask / be curious 2. SME (subject matter expert) 3. be open / share now codify it capture it share it What's Melvin reading? Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot - Unleashing Your Brains Potential by Richard Restak Nugget - "disuse atrophy" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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Willie Hudson and The Art of the Photo
From strength to strength with Willie Hudson. Willie is a tremendous man encouraging us to be better. Willie Hudson AHP Media Technology Group [email protected] ahpmediatech.com What's Melvin reading? The Artist In The Office by Summer Pierre Nugget - "Fantasizing about pursuing our…
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The Start of the Art - How do you get started?
The Start of the Art - How do you get started? What does good look like? Want to see the Grand Canyon? You don't have to see the whole length of the road you drive and you eventually get there. What's Melvin reading? The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki Nugget - go Learn more about your ad…
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What Does Success Sound Like?
What does success sound like? What's Melvin reading? This is What it Sounds Like - What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas Nugget - enjoyment is allowed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
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Compassion with Casey Jones
Casey and Melvin hash out what compassion feels like and looks like in our day-to-day lives. What was a 10-20 second clip that was memorable/funny/poignant from your episode? 7 seconds - 20 seconds Mom and Dad are gone and the kids are on their own (Mike is on other recordings) What's Melvin &...
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Miss Genealogy - Family Discovery with Maddie
Miss Genealogy - Family Discovery with Maddie What's Melvin reading? Pendulum by Roy H. Williams and Michael R. Drew Nugget - good good good - excited for life and our potential Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
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Medicare, Medicaid...HUH? (Sister Glynis on Medicare)
Sister Glynis on Medicare and Medicade What's Melvin reading? The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kruzwell Nugget - excited for life and our potential Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
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The "Golden Circle" - Start With Why
The "golden circle" is not registered - Start With Why What's Melvin reading? Start With Why by Simon Sinek Nugget - what how why Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
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Around the Blockchain with Joshua Schier
Melvin and Mike talk with Blockchain with Joshua Schier, a cyber-security expert, about blockchain and digital currency. What's Melvin reading? Put Your Ass where your Heart wants to be by Steven Pressfield Nugget - "When we put our ass where our heart wants to be, we're taking a step that has...
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w/ Robert Hall
Melvin interviews his brother Robert Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Heart Attack with Jack Hall
What's Melvin reading? The Song of Significance by Seth Godin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Melvin: Master Sergeant USMC retired, Mayor Pro Tem Pecan Hill City Council, 14 years in education, 7 years in economic development.
He should be able to answer anything thrown his way!
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