Beyond the 3D: Recent Episodes
Michael J Russ
Want to feel amazing, be immune to negativity, and take control during any situation? In this podcast, Michael J. Russ, transformational speaker and International bestselling author of "Zero Adversity," shares universal elements you can apply to transcend low self-esteem, fear, frustration, worry, scarcity, and unhappiness, and shape who you are and your experience of life from a position of power. Listen, subscribe, and share. When you change, the world around you changes as well.
A Change is coming to this podcast. I am moving all of the episodes of this Beyond the 3D podcast to the PodBean Hosting/distribution network in the next month under the newly branded name of the Life Moves podcast. Just look for Life Moves under your favorite podcast provider listing in the next month or two and hit "subscribe." to carry on and learn more great moves you can use to be your best and most powerful self!
I am no Karate Master by any means, however, the thing I did learn has helped me immensely over the past few decades. In this episode, I share 3 things you can do to make taking risks a more enjoyable experience.
There is a connection between "personal sovereignty" and self love. This episode shares 5 moves you can make as a sovereign person to significantly boost this self-love.
Crisis and chaos happen. Its what you do when they do that determines how fast you get through them. In this short episode, Michael shares 4 steps you can learn to apply to each time crisis and anxiety flare up in your life.
It has taken me 60+ years to intuit what I could do every day to help my relationship blossom. I share my moves in this episode. The best thing is, you control them. Your immediate and long-term happiness is tied to these four moves, so give them a go and see what happens!
There is a "superpower" attribute that, when fully embraced, opens doors to the opportunities galore! In this episode, Michael highlights one of several attributes every young person should embody, if they truly want to experience success, happiness, love, and a deep sense of fulfillment.
In this short episode, Michael highlights a few elements of alchemy you can apply to "thrive" in a post-Covid-19 era.
In this episode, Michael shares two most important words in Self-Talk. These two words have the greatest impact on you and your reality.
In this episode, Michael shares a road map you can use to break free of all matter of negativity. I know this sounds impossible, only, nothing is impossible when you are in control and have a road map for making it happen for you! After listening to this episode, and applying what you heard, people, events, and circumstances will no longer have power over the way you feel.
Life is to short to let it control you, when you have every tool at your disposal to take control of it. In this episode, Michael shares how you to take control and design who you are and the life you experience.
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"You are what you think." That being said, self-talk is one of your most important tools for shifting the way you feel. In this episode, Michael shares a simple phrase you can use to give yourself permission to let go of past behaviors, thoughts, feelings, and self-talk, and responses that no longer serve you, preventing you from experiencing the life you dream about.
Making every day, week, month, or year your best yet doesn't happen by accident. In this episode, Michael shares 7 things you can do every day to take control and make yourself and your life what you want them to be.
If you truly desire to be in control of every thought, feelings, self-talk, and action, there is one rule that must be followed at all times. In this episode, Michael shares what this rule is and how you can use it to supercharge your sovereignty!
Time for action!!! In this episode, Michael helps you see what it looks like when you apply your superpower to shape who you are and the reality you experience.
In this follow-up episode about your amazing Superpower, Michael takes you on a deeper dive into the nuances of how you can apply your power to remain in control of your feelings and shape your reality. *If you want to connect with Michael about this podcast, check out the Paudium app.
You have a super power. Yes, a bonified, tangible super power that you can apply at any time to feel amazing, live above the 3D noise of life, achieve success, and evolve into a better person tomorrow than you were today. In Part one of this multi-part episode topic, I share what this super power is and how you can apply it.
Negativity resonates all around you! Its not the source of negativity, but how you respond to it that ultimately determines how you feel about yourself and your life. In this episode, Michael shares 9 insights you can apply to respond to negativity in a positive way, so you maintain your joy, happiness, and positive disposition.
The dissolution of a relationship is something we will all experience. The question is, will you allow a breakup to define who you are and what you are capable of going forward? In this unscripted episode, Michael touches on how to rise above the end of a relationship and move on.
Things happen and life is in a constant state of change. Regardless of what is happening in your life, happiness is closer than you can imagine. This episode shares suggestions for how you can be happy during crisis, chaos, and upheaval in your life.
Link to Neville Goddard affirmation on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByslOKd33Os
In Part One of this topic series, Michael began to give you a roadmap to the "inner work" you necessary to eliminate the many manifestations of racism our society has managed to create. Here inn Part Two, Michael continues to peel back the layers and expand the scope of your "inner work,' and shares additional elements of alchemy you can apply in "real time" to continue to make a difference.
The Memorial for Peace and Justice website:
https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/
In Part One of this topic series, Michael began to give you a roadmap to the "inner work" you necessary to eliminate the many manifestations of racism our society has managed to create. Here inn Part Two, Michael continues to peel back the layers and expand the scope of your "inner work,' and shares additional elements of alchemy you can apply in "real time" to continue to make a difference. The Memorial for Peace and Justice website: https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/
In this episode, Michael discusses what each of us must do to begin a societal transformation which puts us on the path to eliminating systemic racism in our society.
In this episode, Michael reveals how George Floyds death, and the actions it has sparked, can be seen as an evolutionary catalyst for your own transformation when you apply the element of "contrast."
In this episode, Michael discusses the infinite value of gratitude.
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Guest, Lisa Larose, a Holistic Health Practitioner, and Michael J. Russ discuss various paths to building greater personal immunity in an age where viruses are impacting the immune-compromised and chronic health issues have become a problem for the younger generation.
Perceptions are important because they dictate the thoughts, self-talk, feelings, and actions/responses that follow. In this episode, Michael reveals a response you can apply to any event that will have you "turning lead into gold" with much greater frequency.
In this episode, Michael shares how to take control and transcend out of control events and personal circumstances to be happy, energetic, and enthusiastic.
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In this episode, Michael approaches "self-talk" from 3 different angles to assist you with turning yours into the driving force for happiness, joy, inspiration, energy, success, and turning lead into gold!
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If you ever really wanted it to only be about you, not it is the time to go for it! In this episode, Michael shares how by actually making things all about you would be the best thing for the planet and its inhabitants.
In this episode, Michael shares how to apply Sovereignty and Inner Alchemy to remain happy, enthusiastic, and energetic about yourself and your life in the midst of the Coronavirus outbreak.
In this episode, Michael shares how shifting your perception of the loss of someone you admired into an opportunity to feel better about yourself and what you are capable of.
The passing of Kobe Bryant was a hit to us all. In this episode, Michael shares a question Bryant asked himself earlier in his career that could have be the driving force behind his rise to Hall of Fame Stardom, being an incredible Father, and more!
What are your intentions towards wellness? In this episode, Michael discusses the connection between wellness, sovereignty, and the practice of inner alchemy, and suggests ways you can ignite your wellness regimen.
In this episode, host Michael J Russ, examines what it will take to break free of the 3D illusion to discover who you really are and experience your life in accordance with your grandest vision. What he shares will empower you to feel amazing and design every aspect of your life and success.
In this episode, Michael was inspired to take a deeper dive into how you can apply inner alchemy to shift the way you feel about yourself and your life circumstances. His inspiration emanates from a friend who is going through a rough patch in his life.
Altruism and connection are essential aspects of the human experience that can elevate you to the next level when you engage them with intention. This unscripted episode delves into these two elements and why you should integrate them into your every day life.
There are many things that matter. In this episode, I reveal the three you should be paying the most attention to.
For his 100th episode, Michael takes a deeper dive into what it means to live Beyond the 3D, asking some unique questions, and giving you 4 suggestions for engaging this classroom called life from beyond the 3D.
Make no mistake, negative feelings are toxic and incongruent with happiness, your true essence and your birthright. In this episode, Michael explores what it takes to let go of seemingly adverse events, and the negative feelings they generate, and suggests 3 ways to do it.
In this episode, Michael expands on the concept of "Turning Lead into Gold" (negative into positive) in your life by shareing 3 more ways to perform this seemingly magical feat. In any given moment, its not what is happening, it's how you feel about what is happening that counts.
Is it possible to make every day your perfect day? This episode explores how you can experience happiness, joy, meaning, and fulfillment every single day of your life.
Do you see life as a struggle? This episode takes a look at a "struggle" state of mind and what you can do to get past it.
In part two of this extended series about boosting "Intimacy and Connection" in your relationship, Michael shares how alchemy can be applied to transform negative feelings before they adversely impact the intimacy and connection you share with your partner.
Is intimacy and connection with your significant other taking a back seat in your day to day life? In this first of two podcast episodes, Michael J. Russ lays the foundation for how to keep intimacy and connection flowing in your most cherished relationship.
As mass shootings and other events continue to unfold, this episode shares why now is the time to embrace your sovereignty and unleash your power to feel "good" about yourself and your life, and how to do it.
Change is inevitable, right? When it happens, do you fight it or accept it? When faced with any degree of change, instead of managing it, you can transcend it and move on. This episode shares how the practice of Personal Alchemy can help you make this move.
Do you exert absolute control over your thoughts, feelings, words, and actions in your relationships? You are being true to yourself in a relationship when you own your sovereignty. This episodes delves into what it means to own and exercise your sovereignty in your relationships and how to be sure you are.
Face to face relationships are precious because they are platforms for personal growth. This episode reveals 5 things you can do to own your power and foster happiness in any form of relationship, as you mitigate negativity and distractions before they become problematic.
Experiencing happiness, prosperity, and success has more to do with sharpening your ability to "turn lead into Gold" (negative into positive), than anything else. In this podcast episode, Michael highlights 4 things you can do to perform this transformation.
The 3 elements shared in this episode are the bedrock of your ability to perform the Personal Alchemy necessary to transcend all matter of negativity to create who you are and the way you experience your life.
We all do something which creates unwanted and unnecessary feelings of frustration, anger, despair, fear, and hopelessness that interfere with your ability to experience greater joy and happiness. This episode shares a move you can apply to free yourself of these feelings so you can thrive!
If happiness seems elusive, it's on you. When it comes to experiencing happiness, there is something you should know...and it's not what you think it is.
Are you feeling all of the happiness and joy you think you are entitled to? Want more? This episode will reveal a startling fact about happiness and joy and share how you can experience an endless flow of these feelings, regardless of what is happening in your life.
"What you think and say about yourself, so you become." Does self-talk matter? YES! This episode is the last in a 3-part podcast series about curating empowering self-talk and presents the final 4 steps necessary to turn your inner conversation into the driving force it was always meant to be
Words matter, especially the words you think and say about yourself and the actions you take when faced with loss, failure, adverse situations, and challenging circumstances. This episode shares steps 4 through 6 of a 10-step process you can apply to turn your self-talk into a driving force for happiness and success.
Happiness and joy are your birthright and you already have the ability to assure these feelings flow, regardless of your circumstances. In this episode, Michael shares how to apply the power of "Personal Alchemy" to perform this seemingly impossible task.
In this episode, Michael lays out an even more specific process you can apply to rein in negative self-talk and curate a life altering inner conversation. There are ten steps in all and this episode reveals the first three.
The most important conversation you have everyday is with yourself. In this episode, Michael shares how you can own this conversation everyday to manage and transform your feelings and help you succeed in unimaginable ways!!
If you want to Own Your Power and start "Turning Lead into Gold" in your life, there is something you must do before anything else. In this episode, Michael reveals exactly what it is and why you need to do it now.
People are acting out their worst instincts through Hateful Acts, such as mass shootings. This unscripted episode shares 3 things you can do to successfully process these events as they continue to unfold in the world around us.
We have all experienced events we considered traumatic. Are you still harboring residual negative feelings about these events? Do you want to shed them and move on. This episode expounds on an affirmation which can help you do just that.
Adversity does not have to stop you in your tracks! In this episode, Michael shares a 3-step framework you can apply to transform the way you approach and respond to unfortunate, misfortunate, and challenging events.
If you learn better by example, this episode shares how one listener is owning her power to forge a deeper connection with her 3 young children by transforming her self-talk, eliminating thought viruses, and releasing herself from the need to control.
Do you feel as if you are you owning your power? Are you happy, content, fulfilled, and self-confident? If not, it is likely you are giving away your power to outside people and circumstances. In this podcast, Michael shares 10 ways to know you actually owning your power.
There is a running conversation in your head about you and what you are doing. This conversation, also known as self-talk, has immense power to program happiness, fulfillment, and success. Self-talk is one of the elements of "personal alchemy" you can apply to transform any aspect of yourself and how you experience your life. This episode gives you an overview of self-talk and how you can use it to program your feelings and experiences.
You were born to do one thing and if you did this one thing, your life would transform in unimaginable ways. What is this one thing? Being the Master of Your Emotions. In this episode, Michael shares the connection between owning your power, emotional mastery, and Personal Alchemy.
Do certain aspects of your life seem beyond your control? This episode shares 10 things you can start doing to give you this control. Any one of them will send your life off in a new direction.
We all want to be happy. This episode explores how we all can be happy, once we understand one basic premise.
Its your life. This episode delves into what it means to have faith in yourself and create your life with intention and expectations of positive outcomes.
This third episode in the Unleashing Your Inner Alchemist series takes a deeper dive into the element of Contrast and how you can apply it to take greater ownership of your ability to shape the way you feel and create your life experience.
Have you ever been in a situation where you told yourself you could not do something? Perhaps you were afraid of failing or embarrassing yourself. In this episode, Michael shares how a quick shift in perception enabled him to out perform 6 Tony Bennett Karaoke singing professionals and win tickets to see Tony Bennett in concert.
This episode reveals a couple of words in your self-talk vocabulary that negatively impact the way you feel as you approach adverse situations and life challenges, and how by eliminating them, you can prevent self-generated hurdles to achievement.
In Part One, I shared the Meaning of Alchemy and why you should be using Alchemy to help you feel Amazing, energetic, and fulfilled every day! In Part Two of this series, I delve deeper into how to perform these seemingly impossible transformations, starting with the, starting with the element of Perception..
You are an alchemist! Whether you apply your abilities as an alchemist to perform the personal alchemy necessary to transform your life is up to you. In this episode, Michael shares the meaning of personal alchemy and how it can be used to transform your feelings, thoughts, and responses and create your life.
My recent encounter with Hurricane Michael, which impacted the Gulf Coast of Florida, prompted me to share the 7 point protocol I employ to assure I am owning my power during such events. Listen to this podcast and take greater ownership of your power.
If there are people in your life who make you feel frustrated, sad, fearful, depressed, angry, guilty, or less than able, this podcast gives you a plan for dealing with negative people. Just listen, apply, and take ownership of your power to a higher level.
One of the greatest tools you have for being in charge of your feelings, thoughts, and responses to challenges is "Contrast." In this episode, Michael reveals the power of contrast and how you can apply it through intention to own your power and shape yourself and your life.
Confidence, we all need it and we all want it. In this episode, Michael shares 4 tips for how to BE More confident, regardless of your circumstances.
As a creator, you are endowed with the ability to design yourself and your life. Your inner conversation/self-talk is one of the main elements you can apply to realize intentions, goals, and dreams. In this unscripted episode, Michael shares an alchemic formula you can apply to program yourself for personal success.
Do you know what drives you, what gets you up and running every morning? Is it Money or the fear of not having enough money? Is it passion? Is it a goal or dream? Are you paying particular attention to the feelings you are driven by? Feelings are a key element in owning your power and applying your power of manifestation. This unscripted episode is a dialogue about what drives you and why it matters.
In this episode, Michael reveals why it is important to be intimately aware of how media and advertising impact the way you feel and how you can own your power while engaging with these outside influences.
Money is an outside influence which can affect your feelings and state of being...if you allow it to do so! In this episode, Michael shares how you can own your power and take control of your thoughts about money to give yourself the best opportunity to increase the flow of money in your life.
You were born a creator with the ability to ascend above the 3D world of fear, pain, suffering, and distraction to shape yourself into the person you were meant to be and create the life you were meant to live.
This episode delves into how you can apply the element of disruption to achieve this objective
To fully own your power, you must be a disrupter of your feelings, thoughts, perceptions, and responses to adversity.
In this episode, Michael shares how disrupting the way you connect with people can lead to deeper relational connection.
You were born with the ability to be the Master of yourself and your life. In this podcast, Michael shares why it is important to transition from thoughts and actions rooted in fear, to thoughts and actions rooted in expectation as soon as possible.
You have the ability to master your life, you just need to access it. In his first series episode in the Mastering Your Life series, Michael dives in to what it means to master your life and how you can get started.
It is your life journey. Owning your power, practicing alchemy, and mastering life's ups, downs, lefts, and rights is front and center in this meaty episode.
To Hack is to gain authorization to something you did not previously have access to. In this episode, Michael discusses how you have the innate ability to hack your attitude, state of being, awareness, perceptions, and actions every day to own your power and turn lead (life's negatives) into gold (something positive) and create your life according to your evolving vision.
It should not take a a hit on the head by cosmic debris for you to realize that each day is a precious gift, a blank canvas upon which you can create your masterpiece vision of you and your life.
You can own your power, jump in, and make each day what you want it to be. In this episode, Michael shares 6 elements of owning your power that can help you make every day count, while you are here to enjoy them. They are simple, practical, and require zero money, so economic status is not an issue.
Look inside and you will see, you were born to be happy.
You have an unlimited capacity for happiness. In order to access your innate happiness, however, you have to claim it.
The first episode of Own Your Happiness, Michael shares two things you can do to be happy more often. In this episode, he takes things to the next level by outlining 5 ways to connect with your unlimited capacity for happiness.
Happiness is something we all want more of. Would it surprise you to find out that you already are happy and don't need to go get it? In this episode, Michael shares how you were born with an unlimited capacity for happiness and how owning your happiness is the key to sustained happiness.
Take a listen and discover how to own your happiness for maximum health and well-being.
We all want more time to do things. Fact is, you don't need more time, you need to use the time your have more efficiently.
In this episode, Michael reveals the seven tips he has been using to successfully Own Time and put more time in his day.
How resilient are you? Resilience is your capacity for recovery. When you own your resilience, you own the path to letting go and moving on with intention and purpose.
In this episode of Beyond the 3D, Michael shares what it means to Own Your Resilience and how you can boost your resilience every day.
Take a listen, take action on what you learn, take your resilience, and your life, to the next level.
If you are like the vast majority of souls on this planet, you want to be happy, healthy, fulfilled, loved, self-confident, prosperous and successful at whatever you endeavor to do with your life. This can only be experienced when you live life by design.
In this episode, Michael shares what it takes to be the curator of your own evolution and life success.
This episode delves into one of the most important elements for being an alchemist in your life--Self-Talk!
What you think and say about yourself and what you are doing matters! Period! Michael offers 4 steps you can use to shift your self-talk into a direction which ignites your power and ability to create a life you love living!
Its time to start owning your power and self-talk can help you do it. Enjoy!!!
Have you connected with your power? Are you feeling it? Has owning your power has caused you to think and act in a different way or make different choices?
Owning your power is something we are all capable of because we already have the power to control our lives. Its time to assess how you are doing. Check out this episode and see if you are on heading in the right direction
Owning Your Power is something you do 24/7. You are either living from your power or you are giving it away. This is the fine line you walk every day.
In this episode, Michael discusses what is necessary to own your power every single day of your life, so you thrive with enthusiasm and energy, regardless of what you encounter in your life.
You were born with the power to create you and your life. This includes greater abundance. In this episode, Michael outlines a 6-step formula you can apply if you desire greater abundance (a great deal of something) in your life.
These steps might seem overly simple at first. However, they require you to do something which might seem counter intuitive. Commit to the steps and be alert to what can help you manifest your abundance.
2018 is the year of owning your power and taking control of your life!
In this episode, Michael issues a unique challenge, instead of living your life, why not feel your life?
Life is a string of moments. Why not feel your way through each one of them.
To Be or Not to Be, that is the Question.
If you want to own your power, to BE is the only answer.
In this episode, Michael continues to help you lay the foundation for owning your power and controlling your life. In other words, manifesting the person you see yourself BEING and the life you see yourself LIVING.
Listen to this short podcast, so you can take the next step to completely owning your power!
It is likely you are giving control of your power to others without even realizing it.
In this episode, Michael continues his quest to help you take control of your power and control your life as he discusses two important moves you can use to clean your mental hard drive of the emotional baggage you have been lugging around.
Cleaning away past emotional baggage creates revitalizes your energy and clears the way for being the person you want to BE and crafting the life you see yourself living.
In order to own your power and take control of your life, it is important to know what it means. In this episode, Michael gives you a taste of a person who owns their power.
You update the operating systems in your digital devices. Do you intentionally update your own? I am talking about your brain. In this episode, Michael reveals Part 1 of his 3 part series with steps you can use to begin to get your self-talk (inner conversation) working for you, instead of against you. He uses sports analogies everyone can understand to make his points. Listen to this passionately imparted episode, apply the steps, and start updating your inner conversation and your brains operating system over the next few weeks. Enjoy and spread the word about this episode.
Back in 2003, I authored an audio book called Powerful Sales: Manage Your Energy, Achieve Your Goals. The book reveals practical concepts I have been using for over 20 years to manage time and energy and enhance my abundance as a fully commissioned sales professional. In this episode of Beyond the 3D, you have the chance to hear Awareness: Tune in for Success, the entire second chapter in Powerful Sales. The principles I write about are universal and can be applied to any career or profession. Give this chapter a listen, enhance your awareness. If you are inspired by what you hear, you can download the entire audio book on amazon.com or CDBaby.com. The chapters you will hear are: It's Your Choice (why you should engage your right to choose) Be, Do Have (my innovative goal achieving method) The Successful Response (Respond successfully to any adversity) The Power of Self-talk (a self-talk primer you can use to set yours on fire) Be Accountable (my #1 concept for reducing self-generated adversity) If you want your life to be different, if you want to make the absolute most of the opportunities presented to you, and if you want to be happy and fulfilled by everything you do, my audio books can help by giving you tools and methods you can apply to make this happen. I care about you and want to help you in anyway I can. Ultimately, however, I can only give you the tools and support. Only YOU can build the life you want! Enjoy the listen. As always, I welcome your comments.
We all want to realize our goals and dreams. Is there a process you could employ that can help you reach them more quickly? YES!!! In this episode of my latest segment, Zero Adversity Life, Gary Epler, MD, a lauded Harvard Medical School Professor, and I discuss the who, what, when, where, and why of Alpha Brainwave Time and how you can use it to accelerate your success, create bountiful energy, and be happier than you could ever have imagined. The concept of Alpha Brainwave Time is well documented, so listen, and then give it a go and see for yourself.
A new book called Option B has ignited a conversation about what it means to be resilient and how can you be more resilient. In this episode, Michael J. Russ, author of Zero Adversity, discusses his go-to for being more resilient after experiencing any situation.
When practicing Zero Adversity, one on my main go-to life tools is Ultimate Responsibility. I refuse to fall prey to the blame game. It is easy to blame someone or some event for the way you feel and the actions you have to take. In fact, too darn easy! In the episode of Beyond the 3D, I explore how you can hack the blame game and retake control of the flow of your life. This is not rocket science, just plain common sense. When you blame someone else for what happens you give away your control. It's that simple. The circumstances or people control the way you feel and how you react. You become an emotional puppet! This Beyond the 3D podcast explores ways in which you can elevate yourself above the drone of drama and negative feelings and emotions that plague our society today, so you can live your life with drive, strength, passion, and purpose. Refusing to adopt the blame in your life game plan a great first step.
The most important conversation you have each day is the one that goes on in your head: your inner conversation or self-talk. The influence this conversation has on you and what you experience cannot be denied. Whether you think you can or think you cannot, you are right! In this episode of Beyond the 3D, Michael J. Russ discusses the merits of intentionally creating an inner conversation that supports your intentions, goals, and dreams. This discussion was inspired by Michael's interactive lecture to students attending the Conservatory of Music at Lynn University on January 9, 2017. It was a timely visit for several students that evening. Regardless of where you see yourself going, a supportive inner conversation is a must! After listening to this episode, let me know how it affected you. Give me a shout out on twitter: @michaeljruss. You can also visit www.michaeljruss.com for other social media connections.
You have an operating frequency. This frequency might be slow, fast, stressed, excited, fearful, distressed, impassioned, loving, or distant. There are more frequencies that we can count. What is important to understand is when you become aware of your frequency and the frequency of others, you are able to connect on a deeper level. In this episode of Beyond the 3D, Michael and Glenn discuss frequency and how you can use it to really help you connect with those around. So much of our contact with people today is superficial and fractured. Getting in touch with your operating frequency and learning to intuitively sense that of others can lead to more meaningful relationships.
In this episode of Beyond the 3D, Michael J. Russ and Glenn Brooks discuss how to generate an instant connection with a perfect stranger. Although the conversation is directed towards college students, this critical aspect of relational intelligence is something anyone can cultivate and master with awareness and intention. Listen and see how many of the key points you believe you have mastered. Go forth and build relationships with authenticity and do not be afraid to fail. There is no such thing as failure when it comes to engaging with the human species. If you think so, it is a thought virus you would do well to eliminate!