Hell Yes Life: Recent Episodes
Norman Bell: Speaker, Author, Coach, Entrepreneur and Podcast Host
On the Hell Yes Life podcast, you’ll hear inspiring stories and actionable tips from purpose-driven authors, speakers, leaders, artists, adventurers and world changers that will motivate you to start or grow your own passion-based, world-changing business.
Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is David Wood. David is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching. He has done thousands of hours of coaching in 12 countries around the globe. He coaches high performing business owners to double their revenue, and their time off by focusing on less, and being 30% more courageous in their business or career.In this episode, he now shares the following valuable insights:What are the four freedoms that anyone deserve to haveWhat you need to have in order to attain the four freedoms1 question to ask yourself to determine what you need to focus onKnow what you should and should not tolerate in lifeHow the Pomodoro technique can put you on focusHow to trick yourself into doing your tasksWhat are three big buckets of ideas that are important for your businessLearn more about David Wood and his coaching programs at Myfocusgift.com… Read more
Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Charlie Gilkey.
Charlie helps people start finishing the stuff that matters. He's the founder of Productive Flourishing, author of the books Start Finishing and The Small Business Lifecycle, and host of the Productive Flourishing podcast.
Before starting Productive Flourishing, Charlie worked as a Joint Force Military Logistics Coordinator while simultaneously pursuing a PhD in Philosophy. He lives with his wife, Angela, in Portland, Oregon.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Denise Woods. One of the most sought-after vocal coaches in Hollywood, Denise has worked with Halle Berry, Will Smith, Laurence Fishburne, Jessica Chastain, Mike Meyers, Idris Elba, Kirsten Dunst, and many others. In her new book, The Power of Voice: A Guide to Making Yourself Heard, Woods shares proven, practical, and invaluable tools to change not only how we communicate, but how we see ourselves.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today on the podcast, we've got a very special guest: author and inspirational speaker, Mark Victor Hansen. Mark is perhaps best known as the co-creator of the record-breaking, best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, which has sold over 500 million copies worldwide. Mark's new book is called Ask!: The Bridge from Your Dreams to Your Destiny and is co-authored with his partner Crystal Dwyer Hansen. He is also the author or co-author of The Aladdin Factor, The Power of Focus, The Richest Kids in America, You Have a Book In You, The One Minute Millionaire Series, and many others.… Read more
Hell Yes Lifers, please join me in welcoming to the show Park Howell, the host of the popular Business of Story podcast and author of the bestselling book, Brand Bewitchery: How To Wield The Story Cycle System To Craft Spellbinding Stories For Your Brand. The fifth in a brood of seven, Park's earliest take on branding started when his father named their childhood home "Happy H" - which is right what their family stands for: happiness.… Read more
Hell Yes Lifers, we are honored today to have the delightfully unapologetic author Gary John Bishop. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Unf*ck Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life. His brazen writing and no-BS style writing about how to literally "unf*ck your life" and be free of limitations has set millions of readers on a journey to genuine self-help.As I have mentioned in previous episodes, this Covid pandemic has wreaked havoc in many people's lives across the globe, yours truly included.… Read more
Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Rachel Doyle. Rachel founded GlamourGals in 2000 as a junior in high school. The first GlamourGals makeover took place in Commack, NY, with only three volunteers.Almost 20 years later, GlamourGals is now headquartered in NYC and has grown into a national movement, inspiring and organizing over 1,300 teen volunteers in 18 states to provide ongoing companionship and complimentary beauty makeovers to women living in senior homes.… Read more
Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is musician Scott Howard. Scott’s latest album, “The Language of Clouds” released to a crowd of loyal fans who have followed his journey since releasing his first album Ascended Man in 2018.The new album, featuring songs like the 'Queen of Hearts' maintains the rock-and-roll at the 432 Hz vibe that he is known and loved for and continues to fulfill his lifelong mission.Connect with Scott:https://www.scotthowardmusic.com/… Read more
Brandon Peele is a best-selling author and international speaker and vice president of People Science at ion Learning. Over the last two decades, Brandon has written or co-written four books on purpose activation, and worked with organizations like Morgan Stanley, LinkedIn, the US Marine Corps and Johnson & Johnson to activate purpose-led and inclusive cultures.He has also taught at Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Minnesota and Northern Arizona University, and has had his work featured in media outlets such as Forbes, U.S.… Read more
Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Stephanie Scheller. After three years in corporate America, Stephanie ramped up her sales training and coaching business in only four and a half months to completely replace her corporate income and walked away to run Scheller Enterprises, a company focused on disrupting the way the world goes into and stays in business.
As attention shifted to creating a global impact, Stephanie founded Grow Disrupt, a company passionate about helping business owners look at their business with different eyes to find opportunities to grow and streamline.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Paul Maskill. Paul is a small business owner & advocate and the host of the podcast The Business Owner's Freedom Formula Show.
When Paul started his first business in 2011, he was working 60-80 hour weeks on a business that couldn’t survive without him. After systematizing everything and empowering a team to run the business better than he could, revenues nearly doubled to $500k while the number of hours he worked dropped below 40 hours per week.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Kiki Wong. Kiki was the lead guitarist and singer for the band Nylon Pink. Kiki has shared the stage with acts like Taylor Swift, Usher, Bret Michaels, The Misfits, and more.
Currently, Kiki loves traveling the world with her best friend and former band mate, Kaila Yu, and they are both founders of the Travel/Beauty/lifestyle blog NylonPink.tv
They are the authors of the best-selling book, 30-Day Travel Challenge: How to Make Your Travel Dreams a Reality and have recently appeared as travel experts on multiple news networks such as Fox, CBS, and NBC.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Christina DuVarney. Christina is the founder of Beautiful Disaster Clothing, a multi-million-dollar brand that distributes confidence and self-empowerment through apparel with a purpose. According to Christina, Beautiful Disaster is not just a clothing brand. It’s an Identity.She truly spells out Women Empowerment - check out authentic girl-rebel fashion at Beautiful Disaster Clothing! [NOTE: This interview was recorded in early March, in what Stephen Colbert calls "The Before Times" (i.e.… Read more
Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal.Taryn is the author of “Flourish or Fold: The Five Practices of Particularly Resilient People”, which is expected to release as a book in 2020. She is the former Head of Executive Leadership Development at Nike, Global Leadership Development at Cigna, and founded her own company, Resilience Leadership, where she serves as the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO). Her research and thought leadership have been showcased in publications such as Thrive Global, and Women’s Daily Magazine, Medium, on television broadcasts, such as NBC, and for apps such as Happify and eMindful.… Read more
In this first global pandemic edition of the Hell Yes Life podcast, I chat with Sara Dean, the creator and host of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast, a top rated podcast with over 2 million downloads. To address these crazy times, Sara has created a free hope, happiness & mental health challenge for women and moms. In the interview, Sara shared three things you can do to protect your mental health during this time. We also discussed why you are highly qualified to navigate this crisis, no matter who you are.… Read more
Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Maria Liberati. An award-winning cookbook author and celebrity chef, Maria is considered one of the foremost experts on Italian cuisine and culture and has been called the Italian 'Martha Stewart'. Her Basic Art of Italian Cooking book series was awarded the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris, France.
Check out her cookbooks and her story on MariaLiberati.com
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Hashim Lafond. Hashim is a Los Angeles-based creative and brand influencer. His large-scale street art has driven fans to Melrose Avenue, NBCUniversal, and other high-traffic locations throughout America. Hashim began his career as a host for Radio Disney and later toured for the Disney Cruise Line. He has produced viral content for today’s top influencers, using his social media presence to market brands and drive sales.… Read more
Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Dr. Dravon James. Dravon is the founder of Everyday Peace and the author of the book, Freedom is Your Birthright. As motivational speaker, Dravon’s goal is to educate, empower and inspire others to build the life of their dreams no matter what shows up in their lives- good, bad, or otherwise.
Dravon is the happy mother of two teenagers, a wife of 23 years, a successful pharmacist, motivational speaker, author, and an actress whose career credits include a recurring role on HBO’s acclaimed “The Wire”, as well as many stage plays and independent films.
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Hell Yes Lifers today my guest is Miha Matlievski, who is otherwise known as the Fail Coach. Miha has forged his approach to helping entrepreneurs and business executives by using a monumental personal failure and eventual redemption to help get others where they need to go to find their personal success and fulfillment.
At just 18 years old, Miha Matlievski, a Slovenian high school dropout, dreamed of becoming a successful entrepreneur. 12 years of hard work that resulted in four successful businesses and a personal net worth of $15M.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Andrea Waltz. Andrea is the co-founder of Courage Crafters, Inc. and co-author of the best-selling book, “Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There.” Through speaking and an online training and coaching course, Andrea teaches people in virtually every business and industry how to think and feel differently about failure, rejection and the word, no.
Today, "Go for No" has become a well-known methodology in the world of selling and is widely recognized as the singular best program of its kind.
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In this episode of the Hell Yes Life podcast, we'll talk about why February is the perfect month to fall in love with failure and rejection. You'll also find out what we can learn from inspiring quarterbacks like Patrick Mahones and Russell Wilson that can help us condition ourselves to the No's we experience on the road to Hell Yes.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Vincent Genna. Vincent is a world-renowned psychic healer, respected spiritual teacher, and licensed psychotherapist. He is also a practiced hospice clinical social worker who helped more than 500 patients peacefully transition through their dying process.
Vincent has been interviewed on a variety of TV shows on ABC, NBC and CBS, as well as on the Hallmark Channel, and a variety of other podcasts, radio and TV shows. Currently, Vincent can be heard hosting his own weekly radio show called, Stop Stopping Yourself!
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Hell Yes Lifers, my first guest of 2020 is a repeat visitor: Chase Boehringer of the Bucketlist Lifestyle. When I read on Facebook that Chase had returned from his challenging and adventurous world record attempt, I knew I had to have him on the show. Tune to hear Chase’s harrowing tales from his attempt to ride a motorcycle up the world’s highest volcano in Chile and claim the title for the highest altitude achieved by motorcycle.
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Hell Yes Lifers, welcome to 2020! I’m starting off the decade with a solo episode where I share with you the 3-step formula that I’ve used to achieve some of the biggest, bestest things I’ve done in my life. Tune in to find out what those three steps are, and then use them to set some massive goals in 2020.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is David Wood. David is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies, including Sony Music, Chanel, and Exxon. David left his Park Avenue job 20 years ago to build the world’s largest coaching business. He became #1 on Google for “life coaching”, serving an audience of 150,000 coaches, and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe.
David is the author of "Get Paid For Who You Are," which includes a foreword by Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.
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Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, today my guest is Steve Simon. By the age of 29, Steve had traveled and studied in 30 countries and worked on three continents as a robotics engineer and management consultant. While on an assignment in Paris, he had a series of experiences that caused him to reexamine his path. He decided to become an artist, move to California, and open his own art gallery. He has since authored seven books of his art.
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Corey Blake is the publisher of Conscious Capitalism Press, and the founder and CEO of Round Table Companies (RTC), whose purpose is to tell the story behind yours. Corey has spent 12 years helping business leaders use storytelling to transform themselves and their organizations. His work with books and graphic novels has yielded numerous independent publishing awards and mentions or features in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Wired.
Corey is also the creator of the Vulnerability Wall and the Vulnerability is Sexy card game.
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Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, I’m super excited because my guest on the show today is Ruben González. Ruben is a four-time Olympian who has competed in the men's luge. At the Vancouver Olympics he became the first person to ever compete in four Winter Olympics in four different decades.
Ruben is also a bestselling author and professional speaker who has spoken for over 100 of the Fortune 500 companies. His bestselling books, including “The Courage to Succeed” and “Becoming Unstoppable” have sold over 100,000 copies and have been translated to over 10 languages.
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Calvin Wayman is a successful entrepreneur, a TEDx Speaker, and the best-selling author of Fish Out of Water. He’s the host of the podcast Curious with Calvin Wayman, and he stars in the YouTube show Making The Millionaire: where he is documenting his journey to earning his first million dollars. He’s been featured in a variety of magazines, television and radio shows, and podcasts—including Entrepreneur Magazine, EOFire with John Lee Dumas and the Dave Ramsey Show.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Nick Jankel. Nick is an award-winning thought leader, author, philosopher, professional speaker, transformation catalyst, leadership futurist, and educator. Nick has been a leadership lecturer at Yale & Oxford, a contributor to The Economist and The Guardian, and a recurring thinker on BBC TV and the BBC World Service.
He is an advisor and coach to C-Suite leaders at organizations like HSBC, Kellogg’s, and Unilever. He has had articles published in the Financial Times about his work and invites to No.10 Downing Street to advise incoming prime ministers.
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Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, today my guest on the podcast is Amy Waninger. Amy works with organizations that want to build diverse leadership pipelines. She is the author of Network Beyond Bias: Making Diversity a Competitive Advantage for Your Career and Network Like a CHAMP Networking Activity Journal. She is a Professional Member of National Speakers Association and a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner.
Connect with AmyGet Amy's free e-book, 21 Insights for Inclusive Networking here:
https://leadatanylevel.com/hye
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Hey there Hell Yes Entrepreneurs. This week's solo episode is all about exploring how we can slow down, do less, and yet still get more done. Tune in to the episode to learn more.
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Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, this week my guest on the podcast is author and podcaster Gregg Clunis. Gregg is an entrepreneur and content creator. He is the host and author of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, a podcast, book, and community dedicated towards bridging the gap between the knowledge of what to do, and the act of doing it. To date, the Tiny Leaps podcast has been downloaded more than 5 million times and is streamed in over 150 countries around the world.
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On this episode of the podcast, we talk about the theme of financial freedom. Is it possible to do work you love and feel passionate about AND make an abundant living? I won't pretend to have all the answers, but let's start the conversation about what's possible for us in 2019.
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Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, I'm excited to bring you my first interview episode of the year. My first guest of 2019 is Jeffrey Davis. Jeffrey is the CEO & Creative Director of Tracking Wonder, a boutique consultancy that equips leaders, entrepreneurs, and organizations to have exponential impact by branding with integrity from the inside-out.
Jeffrey is a regular contributor to Psychology Today, The Creativity Post, and Thrive Global, and is the author of several books, including the nonfiction book on creativity, The Journey from the Center to the Page.
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Greetings and Happy New Year Hell Yes Entrepreneurs! Welcome to the first episode of the Hell Yes Entrepreneur podcast of 2019. In this episode, I catch you up to date about what's going on over here at Hell Yes Life, including plans and upcoming events and workshops in 2019. I also give you an update about a few things from my personal life, and share with you my New Year's Day adventure, doing the Polar Plunge!
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Shirin Behzadi. Shirin is the CEO of Home Franchise Concepts (HFC), one of the world’s largest franchise businesses. HFC’s three brands include Budget Blinds, Tailored Living and Concrete Craft. Under Shirin’s leadership, the company has seen a 71% increase in sales since 2015 and is on track to reach $700 million in systemwide sales in 2018.
As an entrepreneur herself and mother of two, Shirin has dedicated her life to helping franchisees including “Momtrepreneurs,” enterprising Millennials, veterans and boomers, realize their financial and personal dreams.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is John Corcoran. John is one of the co-founders of Rise25, a company that helps conference organizers and software companies increase engagement, revenues, and referrals through VIP events. John is also the creator of Smart Business Revolution and the Smart Business Revolution podcast and he has written for Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Lifehacker, The San Francisco Chronicle. He is also a former Clinton White House Writer and Speechwriter to the Governor of California.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is John Corcoran. John is one of the co-founders of Rise25, a company that helps conference organizers and software companies increase engagement, revenues, and referrals through VIP events.
John is also the creator of Smart Business Revolution and the Smart Business Revolution podcast and he has written for Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Lifehacker, The San Francisco Chronicle.
He is also a former Clinton White House Writer and Speechwriter to the Governor of California.
Connect with John:
https://rise25.com/
https://smartbusinessrevolution.com/
Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, get ready to geek out on productivity tips, because today my guest on the Hell Yes Life podcast is Matthew Wilson, the founder of 3x5goals.com.
Matthew has spent more than 10 years studying the principles behind effectively managing time, being productive and working toward the achievement of goals. He has tried a variety of different methods but found them complicated and overwhelming. One day he picked up a 3x5 card and decided that if it didn’t fit on there, it wasn’t important.
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In this short solo episode, learn about my new exciting offering for Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, the Hell Yes 10, a 90-Day gamified, quest-based mastermind group for purpose-driven entrepreneurs that will help you expand your impact and win the biggest quest of your life.
If you’ve got a major business quest you want to complete in 90 days, and you think you’ve got what it takes to be a member of the Hell Yes 10, then visit hellyes10.com
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Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, I’m excited because today my guest is Matt Brauning. Matt is a best-selling author, speaker, seminar leader and a master trainer of NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming).
Matt was a self-made millionaire by the age of 25. He is the founder of Evolution Seminars and has spoken and taught all over the world on the subjects of Leadership, Communication, and Presentation Skills.
He hosts The Purpose Driven Entrepreneur podcast, was mentored by Tony Robbins, and was filmed in the movie “The Journey” with Brian Tracy and Bob Proctor, and consults with fortune 100 companies on Leadership.
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Hey there Hell Yes Lifers. On today’s solo episode of Hell Yes Life (the first of Season 3), I talk about why I’ve decided to focus the podcast on a specific target audience: Hell Yes Entrepreneurs.
We’ll talk about what it means to be a Hell Yes Entrepreneur, some of the key characteristics, as well as some of the challenges we face as “HYEs”. I’ll also give you some examples of guests I’ve had on the show who fit the HYE profile (hint: just about all of them do).
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Hey there Hell Yes Lifers, I’m excited to share with you my first interview episode of Season 3 of the Hell Yes Life podcast (now coming to you in both audio and video). My special guest is Chase Boehringer, founder of The Bucketlist Lifestyle. Chase is great guy who went from crippling depression to travelling the world and checking off the boxes of his own bucket list. He’s now a world traveler, world record holder, and he’s even appeared (and won) on the Price is Right!
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This week, we talk about the concept of "Flow or No."
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This week, I talk about the power of giving and receiving No's.
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This week on the HYL podcast, we talk about the power of creative visioning, and I offer up a few examples. First, I tell you a bit about a vision board I recently completed and what it includes. (See the link to a video that shows you how to do it yourself below, and check out the image on the episode page to see my vision board.)
I then talk a bit about a few examples of visioning I've seen out in the world over the past few weeks - one was at the Black Panther movie, a second has to do with Elon Musk's rocket launch a few weeks ago, and the third is related to something school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez said in her speech last week.… Read more
Listen in as I break down how stories are screwing with your brain, manipulating your attention, and ruining your life. Oh, and by the way, they can save us too! 🙂
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Today on the HYL Podcast, I'm chiming in, somewhat belatedly, on the latest Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi. As you may or may not be aware, this movie has sparked a lot of diverse opinions, with some people saying they thought it was the best Star Wars movie ever while others are saying this movie marks the death of the new trilogy and Star Wars in general.
As a life-long Star Wars fan, I couldn't resist adding my two cents to the pile, so take a listen to my thoughts about the movie, plus my recommendation about the one thing I think you should do if you hated The Last Jedi (or any other creative work for that matter).
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In this episode, I talk about a topic that I have discovered (over the course of recording this episode) that I am passionate about, and that topic is...well, if you read the title of the episode, you know what the topic is: Crazymakers and how to set boundaries with them. In truth, we only start to touch on the actual boundary-setting piece, but I think this is a good primer on a topic I'll likely return to again in the future.
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Today on the podcast I wax rhapsodic on the topic of finding one's voice...or more specifically, my voice. Why are we doing what we're doing? Is it to get more likes or followers? Or is it because it's what we really think or care about? Are we asking ourselves the dream-killing question "What will they think of me?" or are we asking: "What do I think of me? What do I want to do? What do I love?… Read more
On today's episode, I check in with an update about the family crisis I'm in the midst of that caused me to pause the podcast at the beginning of November. Over the course of this rather long, rambling episode, I also talk about some of the lessons I've learned so far from going through one of the most challenging times in my life.
Toward the end, I go over the parameters of this "Season 2" of the podcast (Short version: I'm in Minimum Viable Podcast mode, and the only rule is, there are no rules.)
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This week on the Hell Yes Life podcast, I announce that I'm going on hiatus for awhile, and leave you with some thoughts on what it means to live a Hell Yes Life to ponder during the break. Thank you for a great first season of the podcast, and see you in 2018!
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Giovanna Capozza is my guest on the Hell Yes Life podcast this week. Giovanna is a Master Life Coach, Emotional & Spiritual Intelligence Educator and Mind/Body Expert. She began her spiritual and personal development journey over 20 years ago and now acts as a catalyst for the transformation of the mind and the belief systems that hold you back and sabotage your life, relationships and businesses.
In 2013 Giovanna shifted her focus to work predominantly with women who are ready to start playing a bigger game and living a bigger life.
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This week on the Hell Yes Life podcast, I'm doing another blogisode. It's called "How to Make enemies with the Present Moment, and 2 Ways to Stop. Feel free to listen to the episode, read the post below....or both! We'll be back next week with another interview episode.
How to Make Enemies with the Present Moment (And 2 Ways To Stop)
Here's the thing about deciding to pursue your dreams: As soon as you do, you may well find yourself making enemies with your present circumstances.
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Nick Britton, author of Lessons from the Little Ones is my guest this week on the Hell Yes Life podcast. Nick has held many positions in his life –he is a former football player and military academy graduate—but he says his one of his favorite jobs has been as a preschool teacher.
Listen in to my conversation with Nick as we discuss what children can teach us and how we can access the positive innate childlike qualities like spontaneity, determination, presence, and curiosity that are inside all of us.
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Diane Forster is an intentional living expert and the best-selling author of “I Have Today: Find Your Passion, Purpose and Smile…Finally!” She is the Founder of “I Have Today” focused on helping women live empowered, fulfilling lives through books, digital programs, speaking, live events, coaching, mentoring, and webinars.
Diane is also a certified coach, mentor, and mastermind facilitator in NLP. She works with clients privately on their professional and personal goals, with High Level Mastermind Groups, and with Couples to “fix” their marriage.
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Note: Click here to access my bonus interview with Lynn Singer about the process she went through to create her multi-media project, Breaking Into Brilliance.
Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Lynn Singer. Lynn is an actress, renowned voiceover professional and voice coach, and also the author of a new one-of-a-kind multimedia project called Breaking Into Brilliance: An Awakening of Creative Consciousness.
Lynn describes Breaking Into Brilliance as an interactive, animated, emotional, online experience masquerading as a book.
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Note: Click here to access my bonus interview with Nathan and Matthew about the key factors to keep in mind when launching a Kickstarter campaign.
Today my guests on the Hell Yes Life podcast are Nathan Anderson and Matthew Roberts. Nathan and Matthew are the founders of PEAR cards, and PEAR stands for Positive Engagement and Response.
Nathan and Matthew created PEAR cards, a card-based activity for families, friends, coworkers, classrooms, or any social situation to help create positive communication.
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Hello Hell Yes Lifers and welcome to episode 50 of the Hell Yes Life podcast!
To celebrate our 50th episode, I have put together a collection of some of my favorite stories from the first 49 episodes. All of these stories are about turning point moments where the teller faced some sort of challenge and learned something from it.
In this episode, you’ll hear stories from Quito Keutla, Peter Feysa, Felice Cohen, Kathy Tuccaro, Dave Sanderson, Cathy O’Dowd and Chris Ballew.
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In this episode of the Hell Yes Life, I speak with Chris Ballew as he recalls his meeting with Madonna while performing in the band The Presidents Of The United States of America. Chris talks about his experiences with Beck, in both performing and learning from the singer songwriter. Chris discusses The Beatles and their influence on his own career, how he dealt with fame and popularity, as well as how he went from famous rock star to children’s singer songwriter.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Clayton John Ainger.
Clayton is a six-time award-winning author of the book, The Ego’s Code: Understand the Truth Behind Your Negativity. In the book, Clayton explores the spiritual reasons for negativity, its purpose and where it comes from. He explains the effect on the physical body, the mind, and how it impacts on your life. Based in the United Kingdom, Clayton is also an internationally recognized psychic medium, spiritual teacher and spiritual coach.
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[Today's episode is a blogisode - a podcast episode based on a blog post. You can feel free to listen to the episode, read the post below, or both!]
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I'm having a William S. Burroughs moment, or something like that but without the psilocybin.
I am holed up in a motel in Anaheim California and I am in the midst of writing my first book in the next five hours or bust.
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This week, we're doing something a bit different. Instead of the usual Tuesday interview episode, I'm checking in with an update about the show and my recent trip to Anaheim, California for the Podcast Movement 2017 conference. I then pose an important question to YOU, my treasured and valued HYL listener.
And heck, I guess I'm going to blow the suspense in case you don't want to listen but still are interested in offering feedback.
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Gregg Clunis is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and consultant and the host of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, a top-ranked podcast that is focused on making personal development simple and, as Gregg says, “less ‘fluffy’”. In Gregg’s own words: “Personal development has become about saying things that sound nice, but aren’t rooted in any practicality. I started this podcast as a response to what I felt was a rotting personal development industry. Since then it’s grown into a larger community of people around the world who want to change their lives but realize it will take one step at a time to get there.”
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Bob Stromberg travels continually performing his very unique blend of original story, standup and shtick. His work has leftlasting impressions on Fortune 500 companies, raised multimillions for nonprofits,garnered literary and theater awards and broken box office recordsin the US and Europe. The London Times said “ He’s a genuinely funny man”.The Chicago Sun Times called him, “… a mesmerizing physical comedian.”
Bob has joined a very small group of elite artists who have stayed prolific and profitably busy for over forty years.
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Tim Rhode is the founder of 1 Life Fully Lived, an organization he says he created in order to change the lives of millions of people across the planet by offer a hand up, instead of a handout.
Tim says he got off to a slow start in life. He barely graduated from high school, and never went to college. At 25, Tim was a part-time grocery clerk and he also painted addresses on people’s curbs so he could buy diapers for his kids.
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Hell Yes Lifers, today I’m offering up a new kind of episode. It’s called HYL Stories. I had a conversation with Brenna Hindman a few weeks ago and she told me a story about a boat trip that completely changed her perspective on life. I thought it might be worth sharing her story with you. So for this episode, Brenna tells her story, and then I ask some questions afterward. Please go to the contact page on HellYesLife.com
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Award-winning filmmakers, Tay and Val left successful media careers, closed their production company in Singapore, wrapped work on their nationally televised television series P.S. I’m Sorry, and set off to travel the world by bicycle for a documentary project to inspire dreams.
Six years, three continents, more than 400 public talks and national radio and TV appearances in twelve countries, and 2 TEDx talks later, Tay and Val settled in the Pacific Northwest and became City Artists of Seattle.
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Today my guest on the podcast is teacher and coach Kendra Cunov. Rich Litvin, Author of “The Prosperous Coach” calls Kendra one of the most powerful coaches & leaders he knows.
Kendra Cunov has been teaching, facilitating, and (most importantly) practicing Authentic Relating & Integral Circling for the last fifteen years. She works with organizations, leaders & coaches and has consulted for companies such as Genentech & is currently on staff for 4PC, an elite mastermind for the top 4% of coaches in the world, which was founded by Rick Litvin.
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Ross Symons is an origami artist who lives in Cape Town, South Africa. Three years ago, Ross was working in a 9-to-5 job as a website developer, and he was miserable. He decided to dedicate the entire year of 2014 to improving his origami skills and sharing it with world. That’s when he started his popular Instagram account, where he folded and posted a different origami figure every day of the year. He increased his following on this account from just 120 to over 100,000 in under 18 months.
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On this FreeFormMonday (FFM) episode, we talk about the theme of finishing what you start. I talk about a strange habit I noticed last year when I was working with a coach and the mantra I started using to break the habit. I also talk about one of the big practices I've used to increase the likelihood that I'll finish a project.
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Jeff Rasley is an avid outdoorsman and recreational athlete who has trekked or climbed in the India-Nepal Himalayas almost every year since 1995. He is author of nine books including "India - Nepal Himalayas In the Moment" and "Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal". Jeff is president of the Basa Village Foundation, which funds culturally sensitive development in Nepal. He is also U.S. liaison for the Himalayan expedition company Adventure GeoTreks Ltd.
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In today's episode (FreeFormFriday #3) I talk about my recent and unexpected fascination with the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia's outlook on life, where his top priority was having fun. But first, I discuss some recent steps I've taken toward my Hell Yes dream of being a professional speaker.
Mentioned on the episode:
- Long Strange Trip (Grateful Dead documentary)
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Today my guest is Sarah Williams. Sarah is the host of the the Tough Girl Podcast. After working in finance for 8 years, Sarah quit her job and spent 18 months travelling the world, climbing Kilimanjaro, backpacking around South America and going skiing. She used this time to help her decide what she wanted to do with her life. Not long after, she launched her podcast.
Sarah says the mission of the podcast is motivate and inspire women and girls.
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On this Free Form Friday episode, I'm on the (side of the) road and going rogue, talking about time, money and Donald Trump.
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Today we talk about the fifth and final step in the 5 Steps to a Hell Yes Life process. Congratulations! You made it through all 5! (You did listen to the other four, right? 🙂 In this episode, we review the 5-step process, hear some wise quotes about taking action, discuss the meaning of the saying "throwing your hat over the fence", and go over several ways you can take meaningful action toward your Hell Yes Life today!
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Today my guest is Millie Leung. Millie is an entrepreneur, author and international speaker. She is also a wife and a mother of two young girls. She runs a successful business from her mobile phone and laptop and has been on over 50 family vacations in the last five years. Her passions include entrepreneurship, financial education and personal growth. Her book 'Mind and Money Makeover' launched in July of 2016 on Amazon.com and has achieved Best Seller status in three categories.
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Steven Aitchison is a speaker, coach, writer, author, entrepreneur and Facebook expert. Steven has amassed an online following of over 3.5 million followers. Originally starting his business in personal development, his expertise in social media, blogging, coaching, and growing an online business has become highly sought after, leading him to create Your Digital Formula, a program for entrepreneurs to grow their online presence and grow their business. Steven’s network of heart-centered entrepreneurs reaches over 100 million people a day with their unique messages, while also helping entrepreneurs grow their audience and their individual business.
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Cathy O’Dowd is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest from both its north and south sides. She was also on the mountain in 1996 during the infamous storm that took the lives of several people and inspired the book Into Thin Air and the movie Everest.
In the late 1990’s, Cathy was completing her master’s degree in Media Studies in South Africa, when she saw a newspaper advertisement for a place on the first South African Everest expedition.
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On January 15, 2009, Dave Sanderson was the last passenger off the back of US Airways Flight 1549, the plane that crashed into the Hudson River, which is best known as the “Miracle on the Hudson”. Dave was largely responsible for making sure many others made it out safely.
Since that day, Dave has gone on to become a motivational speaker and author. Currently, Sanderson averages over 100 speeches a year for major corporations across the United States as well as overseas.
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Olympia LePoint is an internationally-recognized science leader who helped launch NASA’s Endeavor, Discovery, Columbia, and Atlantis space shuttles, part of a career total of 28 space shuttle launches. And yet, Olympia’s road to success wasn’t a straight one. Despite growing up in challenging circumstances and failing algebra and geometry in high school, Olympia persisted toward her vision of working at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
With some help from teachers and others along the way, Olympia went on to earn a Bachelors of Science Degree in Mathematics, and a Master’s of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics and to graduate in the top five of her class at California State University Northridge.
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Today on the Hell Yes Life podcast, we delve into Step 4 of the 5-Step Hell Yes Life process, which is "ID your Hell No's". In this step, we take a look at (cue scary music) YOUR PAST (ahhh!) and how it may be affecting you in the present. We discuss triggers and how to recognize when you've been triggered, codependency and how to deal with that question that so often stops us in our tracks: "What will they think of me?"
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Britany Felix, host of the travel podcast, Living Unconventionally, is my guest on today's show. In the Spring of 2016, Britany Felix and her husband quit the highest paying jobs they’d ever had, sold almost everything they owned (including their home), and began traveling the Western United States in their RV. Britany is also the owner of Custom Podcast Editing where she helps everyday people discover the power of podcasting and how to get their message out into the world.
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In this first edition of what I'm calling FreeFormFriday, I talk about the ideas of creative distraction and cutting to the chase, as well as doing little things to have fun and come alive throughout your day. Are you busying yourself with things that really don't matter because you're secretly avoiding the big, risky thing that could really move things forward? Have you given up some of the fun things you used to do because you've decided "I'm too old for that" or some other excuse?
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Kathy Tuccaro is the author of the upcoming book “Dream Big! Overcoming a Lifetime of Trauma and Abuse That Led to Dreams of Success.” In addition to being a motivational speaker and author, Kathy works full time as a heavy equipment operator, and part of her job is to drive THE BIGGEST TRUCK IN THE WORLD! She drives a 400-ton Caterpillar truck up in the Alberta Oil Sands in Canada. (Check out the picture below of Kathy and this truck.
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Today on the Hell Yes Life podcast, I’m excited to have as my guest animal advocate Carlyn Montes De Oca. Carlyn is animal-human health expert, speaker and author of the brand new book “Dog as My Doctor, Cat as My Nurse: An Animal Lover’s Guide to a Healthy, Happy, and Extraordinary Life.” Carlyn is a former film editor and she has worked on such classic movies as "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Three Men and a Little Lady".
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Today my guest is Nick Loper, who is the host of the Side Hustle Show. Nick’s podcast has been one of the top 5 shows I’ve listened to over the past few years as I’ve started down the road toward podcasting and online entrepreneurship, so I’m excited to have him on the show!
Through his podcast, Nick helps people earn money outside of their day job. He's an author, online entrepreneur, and life-long student in the game of business.
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In this solo episode, we discuss Step 3 of the 5-Step Hell Yes Life Process: Build Your Hell Yes Day. Now that we've identified our Hell Yes in Step 1 and created our Hell Yes cringeworthy vision in Step 2, it's time to look at how we work our Hell Yes into our daily lives. We take a look at one of the most important things you can do to set yourself up for a Hell Yes Day - develop a morning routine.
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This week my guest is Dawn Armstrong, the founder of Live Your Great Big Life. Dawn, who is otherwise known as the “Possibility Ninja”, has spent the last 15 years cultivating leaders and creating thriving communities with elite athletes, scientists, teachers, teens and most recently as a mentor life coach. Dawn is an athlete, biochemist, educator, leadership guru, disruptive speaker, adrenalin junkie and mother of two. A former teacher, Dawn saw an opportunity to create programs that would build courage, confidence and creativity in people and she went for it.
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Maura Sweeney is an author, Huffington Post contributor, international speaker, podcaster and creator of the Foundations of Happiness eCourse. She is also the trademarked Ambassador of Happiness, a title she earned pursuing her own Hell Yes Life, starting in her 50's. Now Maura shares her "Living Happy - Inside Out" mantra through books, podcasts, videos, and blog posts. Combining reflective questions and insightful stories, Maura helps individuals find their voice, entrepreneurs develop their brand and leaders emerge into their most authentic, influential and highest versions of self. She
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Hell Yes Lifers, I have created a special “JLD on HYL” Power Pack PDF, which includes a transcript of my interview, a list of key takeaways, and information on how to receive 10% off the price of JLD’s Mastery Journal. Download it now!
John Lee Dumas of the Entrepreneur on Fire podcast is my special guest today. On his podcast, John interviews today’s most inspiring entrepreneurs seven days a week. Since John launched EOFire in 2012, he has put out over 1600 episodes and has interviewed today’s top entrepreneurs including Tony Robbins, Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Tim Ferriss.
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Today my guest is Robert Galinsky. Robert is a public speaking coach, spoken word artist, playwright, activist and, as he describes himself, a town crier. He currently teaches teenagers at Rikers Island Jail through the Literacy for Incarcerated Teens program and through GalinskyCoaching.com, and he is the founder of the Galinsky Vounteer Vanguard.
He is the Head Speaker Coach for TEDxTeen and TEDxFultonStreet and he is a contributing editor for the new site The Fresh Toast.
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In this episode of the mini-series, "5 Steps to a Hell Yes Life", we move on to Step 2, creating our Hell Yes Vision, or as I Iike to call it, your "cringeworthy vision" - a vision so big, it makes you cringe to think about sharing it with other people. You've heard me ask my guests what their cringeworthy vision is. Now it's YOUR turn. Once you listen to the episode and write for 10 minutes on your vision, I dare you to head over to the Hell Yes Life Facebook group and post your cringeworthy vision.
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Felice Cohen is the author of “90 Lessons for Living Large in 90 Square Feet (...or More)” which came about after a YouTube video of her 90-square-foot Manhattan studio went viral. According to Felice 90 Lessons is a want-to guide motivating others to “live large” in any sized space. Felice writes the blog “Living Large in Any Space” and has been a professional organizer for 20 years.
Felice is also the author of “What Papa Told Me,” a memoir about her grandfather’s life before, during and after the Holocaust. The
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Musician Ed Roman is definitely living a Hell Yes Life, and he’s doing it his way.
Ed is a getting-dirt-under-your-fingernails kind of guy. Raised on a farm in Ontario, Canada, one of his favorite sayings is “dirty hands make clean money.” Ed has learned how to unplug from online life and get out into three-dimensional world to do tactile things like gardening.
“It’s not what you believe. It’s what you do.” That’s what Ed’s grandmother taught him, and he lives by that credo to this day.
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Lisa Cherry Beaumont is a Life Purpose Coach, Workshop Leader, and Author of bestselling book Life Purpose Alchemy: Discover what fulfils you and do what you love for a living. Using her unique 6-step system, Lisa helps people who are stuck doing work they don’t love, and those who find themselves hopping from one frustrating business to the next, to understand what’s meaningful to them so they can do work or create a business that makes them happy and keeps them motivated.
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Today my guest is entrepreneur Tom Schwab. Tom founded Interview Valet, which is a business that connects podcast hosts with podcast guests. Tom helps small business owners, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs get featured on leading podcasts their prospects are already listening to. He then he shows them how to turn listeners into customers.
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In this first episode of my new mini-series, "5 Steps to a Hell Yes Life", we start with what may sound like an obvious step: Finding your Hell Yes.
We talk about some of the mental barriers that may be holding you back from doing the excavation work needed to find your Hell Yes, and how you can overcome those barriers using a simple plan.
I have created a simple guide to accompany this episode, which you can download here on the episode page.
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Today my guest is Doug Piotter. Doug is the author of the memoir “Fixed: Dope sacks, dye packs, and the long welcome back.” I’ve known Doug for the past couple of years, and it’s been great to watch his Hell Yes journey develop.
Doug’s self published book is a memoir about his challenging past – He grew up in a dysfunctional family, which led to addiction, which led to a life of crime, and that led to 10 years in prison.
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Go behind the scenes of the Hell Yes Life podcast in this solo episode as I give you an update about how the podcast is going so far, how it started, what I did to get it off the ground, what's happened since, and what's coming up next.
On the show, you'll learn:
- How I launched the Hell Yes Life podcast, and which video series I used to set up my podcast.
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