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[ScivationLead]

morning -x-!

been crazy busy the last few days...will be finding out today if i'm approved for the condo lease application i submitted yesterday. my friend who's a realtor helped me find it; doesn't think i'll have any problems getting it at all.

aaaaaaand...it's my bday!

Happy Birthday!

[bobbydigitaloa]

morning -x-!

been crazy busy the last few days...will be finding out today if i'm approved for the condo lease application i submitted yesterday. my friend who's a realtor helped me find it; doesn't think i'll have any problems getting it at all.

aaaaaaand...it's my bday!

Happy b-day! Any big plans??

[JDkeystone]

Happy Birthday!

Happy b-day! Any big plans??

thanks!

and i'm working today (til 10:00); will be going out this weekend though, amidst the rush of packing. should be fun!

[bobbydigitaloa]

thanks!

and i'm working today (til 10:00); will be going out this weekend though, amidst the rush of packing. should be fun!

Nice! Are you moving (sorry if I missed that - I just joined) or just travel? Be safe either way.

[PhiDelt234]

Happy birthday JDkeystone!

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[austin.j.taylor]

morning -x-!

been crazy busy the last few days...will be finding out today if i'm approved for the condo lease application i submitted yesterday. my friend who's a realtor helped me find it; doesn't think i'll have any problems getting it at all.

aaaaaaand...it's my bday!

What is your birthday workout?

Mine was 550 yoke walk out and 220/hand farmers walk back repeated 5 times. I then chugged a half gallon of milk, showered, then did irish car bombs until I threw up. I dont screw around with birthday workout

Happy Birthday!

[austin.j.taylor]

Hey Bobby, how much snow did yall get out your way, we are getting our angii pounded right now.

[JDkeystone]

Nice! Are you moving (sorry if I missed that - I just joined) or just travel? Be safe either way.

lulz yep, moving next month from mississauga to toronto. currently waiting on the results of my application i submitted yesterday to lease a beautiful, brand new condo that was just built. should be getting a phone call sometime today. very excited!

Happy birthday JDkeystone!

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What is your birthday workout?

Mine was 550 yoke walk out and 220/hand farmers walk back repeated 5 times. I then chugged a half gallon of milk, showered, then did irish car bombs until I threw up. I dont screw around with birthday workout

Happy Birthday!

thanks, guise!

lol and no bday workout today (sadly)...back in the gym tomorrow to smash legs hard.

and now i gotta jet off to work; have a fab tuesday, err'yone!

[bobbydigitaloa]

Hey Bobby, how much snow did yall get out your way, we are getting our angii pounded right now.

You know, man I thought we would get a lot more. We got about 7 inches while I was in Texas last week and another dusting over the weekend but most melted. Then we had about 2-2 1/2 last night and they called for more this morning but no dice so far.

Maybe it picked up steam? I saw a comment about the snow on my cousin's ********; she lives in DeWitt as well.

[Sawa3]

morning -x-!

been crazy busy the last few days...will be finding out today if i'm approved for the condo lease application i submitted yesterday. my friend who's a realtor helped me find it; doesn't think i'll have any problems getting it at all.

aaaaaaand...it's my bday!

Happy birthday!!!! Good luck on the place!

[austin.j.taylor]

You know, man I thought we would get a lot more. We got about 7 inches while I was in Texas last week and another dusting over the weekend but most melted. Then we had about 2-2 1/2 last night and they called for more this morning but no dice so far.

Maybe it picked up steam? I saw a comment about the snow on my cousin's ********; she lives in DeWitt as well.

I spent all weekend in the dsm area, yall HAD a lot more snow on the ground than us. I think we got you beat now. There is a 99% I at least know of your cousin as this is a small one horse town, but we are up to a grand total of 4 stoplights now!

[JeannetteEmigh]

morning -x-!

been crazy busy the last few days...will be finding out today if i'm approved for the condo lease application i submitted yesterday. my friend who's a realtor helped me find it; doesn't think i'll have any problems getting it at all.

aaaaaaand...it's my bday!

Happy birthday sweet girl!

[pkahnman]

Hope everyone has a nice workout today


About to go hit shoulders/arms and take a nice run in the woods

[byrnebv]

Do any of you -x-ers do any public speaking? Being in sales, I do it all the time with no issues. 5 people or a couple of hundred, its all the same.

The only time it gets a bit nerve wracking is once a year for my regional sales meeting where I have to present my territory business plan to all the VPs and my region. My VP of sales loves to find slight inconsistencies in our plans. Basically, ball bust on things than make no difference.
I've got 60 powerpoint charts to present. And I end up prepping like I'm going in for a job interview. Cover my ass for any and all questions. My time allotted for the presentation is 90 min. Four yrs ago, I went a full 5.5 hrs over two days. Obviously, my angus was far from peppered. You've got to love bosses that constantly search for the soft under belly! Lol.

My presentation is a week from today.

[bobbydigitaloa]

Do any of you -x-ers do any public speaking? Being in sales, I do it all the time with no issues. 5 people or a couple of hundred, its all the same.

The only time it gets a bit nerve wracking is once a year for my regional sales meeting where I have to present my territory business plan to all the VPs and my region. My VP of sales loves to find slight inconsistencies in our plans. Basically, ball bust on things than make no difference.
I've got 60 powerpoint charts to present. And I end up prepping like I'm going in for a job interview. Cover my ass for any and all questions. My time allotted for the presentation is 90 min. Four yrs ago, I went a full 5.5 hrs over two days. Obviously, my angus was far from peppered. You've got to love bosses that constantly search for the soft under belly! Lol.

My presentation is a week from today.

-x-er that does public speaking chekcing in. I work as an Internal Wholesaler for a large insuramce company and I know the exact feels you're talking about, man! I presented to a $170M retirement opportunity last fall where we sold the business but the presentation prep was ridiculous. I practiced for nearly 3 weeks prior to the trip. Once we were in teh city of teh client, we spent another 6 hours prepping in the hotel the night before and guess what...the Sales Rep torn everything apart, said it wasn't right, etc. My team and I went in the next day and presented what we practiced and nailed.

The meeting was 6 hours of piece by piece presentation. The presentation was more of conversation which always seems to go far better then people acting like robots.

Good luck my brather!

[byrnebv]

-x-er that does public speaking chekcing in. I work as an Internal Wholesaler for a large insuramce company and I know the exact feels you're talking about, man! I presented to a $170M retirement opportunity last fall where we sold the business but the presentation prep was ridiculous. I practiced for nearly 3 weeks prior to the trip. Once we were in teh city of teh client, we spent another 6 hours prepping in the hotel the night before and guess what...the Sales Rep torn everything apart, said it wasn't right, etc. My team and I went in the next day and presented what we practiced and nailed.

The meeting was 6 hours of piece by piece presentation. The presentation was more of conversation which always seems to go far better then people acting like robots.

Good luck my brather!

100% on creating conversation. Prepping is never how the actual presentation goes simply because you can't re-create the conversation. Nothing worse than standing and talking for an hour with no one chiming in. I do everything in my power to create a conversation with my audience. If they don't volunteer to speak, I will start asking them queations to get them involved.

[iTzDevo]

^^ you guys should become lecturers, teach my profs a thing or two about speaking. nothing is worse than monotonous reading straight from a slideshow

[mgftp]

Hope everyone has a nice workout today


About to go hit shoulders/arms and take a nice run in the woods

You have woods by you? Strong country lifestyle.

Do any of you -x-ers do any public speaking? Being in sales, I do it all the time with no issues. 5 people or a couple of hundred, its all the same.

The only time it gets a bit nerve wracking is once a year for my regional sales meeting where I have to present my territory business plan to all the VPs and my region. My VP of sales loves to find slight inconsistencies in our plans. Basically, ball bust on things than make no difference.
I've got 60 powerpoint charts to present. And I end up prepping like I'm going in for a job interview. Cover my ass for any and all questions. My time allotted for the presentation is 90 min. Four yrs ago, I went a full 5.5 hrs over two days. Obviously, my angus was far from peppered. You've got to love bosses that constantly search for the soft under belly! Lol.

My presentation is a week from today.

I have a similar but different problem, I am very comfortable in front of clients and upper management - however, I really struggle talking in front of my peers as a group.

Only thing I can think of as a reason why is I hate when upper management has me present things to them and I feel like I am coming off like some "I am better than you douche". I have even lately toyed with taking a public speaking class to try and resolve the issue.

For your situation, I am not sure what advice to offer besides to be as prepared as possible, whenever I do my yearly "business reviews" I probably spend 100 hours putting it together and going over it thinking of questions that could be asked or comments that could be made. Good luck!

[bobbydigitaloa]

I have a similar but different problem, I am very comfortable in front of clients and upper management - however, I really struggle talking in front of my peers as a group.

This is actually very normal. The people that you present in front of are not usually experts on what you're talking about...you are! This means you get that alpha feel and get up there and crush, dance, respond on your toes. When it's peers, we get scared or nervous because the people we are talking to know as much and in some cases, more. The confidence dips. If there is one area I struggle with it's this; especially in small groups.

[XtremeOCD]

morning -x-!

been crazy busy the last few days...will be finding out today if i'm approved for the condo lease application i submitted yesterday. my friend who's a realtor helped me find it; doesn't think i'll have any problems getting it at all.

aaaaaaand...it's my bday!

Happy Birthday!!

[JOSEF RAKICH]

morning -x-!

been crazy busy the last few days...will be finding out today if i'm approved for the condo lease application i submitted yesterday. my friend who's a realtor helped me find it; doesn't think i'll have any problems getting it at all.

aaaaaaand...it's my bday!

Happy birthday to you!

[byrnebv]

This is actually very normal. The people that you present in front of are not usually experts on what you're talking about...you are! This means you get that alpha feel and get up there and crush, dance, respond on your toes. When it's peers, we get scared or nervous because the people we are talking to know as much and in some cases, more. The confidence dips. If there is one area I struggle with it's this; especially in small groups.

So true. No one knows my products or industry better than me. I can totally take a "come at me bro" attitude because no one will trip me up.
This regional meeting really isn't all that bad. I just have to know going into it, the bosses are there to try and trip me up. Thankfully, I've covered everything they've ever thrown at me. The one that took 5.5 hrs was my own doing. I presented my plan in a way that no one had ever done it. It opened up a ton of good questions because they were interested in the details I put into it.
This year might be similar because two of my plans are proposals that yield zero $ for 2013. Once again, its a first for any rep to try.

[pkahnman]

Just got this today. Will try later

[Nomsayin]

Ive tried it, you will experience a mild mouthgasm ^^

[bogui94]

morning -x-!

been crazy busy the last few days...will be finding out today if i'm approved for the condo lease application i submitted yesterday. my friend who's a realtor helped me find it; doesn't think i'll have any problems getting it at all.

aaaaaaand...it's my bday!

happy birthday!

[iTzDevo]

Just got this today. Will try later

[img]http://images.iherb.com/l/DIA-05260-1.jpg[img]

lactose free has me intrigued, what are the macros in that?

[pkahnman]

lactose free has me intrigued, what are the macros in that?

40 cals
3.5g fat
2g carbs
1g protein

1 cup

[RJT1534]

blue diamond crew checking in.

Habanero BBQ
Jalapeno Smokehouse
Mint Dark Chocolate and Brown Sugar almonds (use these as a treat, put them in the freezer so they are crunchier and cold. tastegreatman)

hnnnngg dat jalapeno smokehouse. ive seen those on slickdeals a few weeks ago where you get like 10lbs for $30.

morning -x-!

been crazy busy the last few days...will be finding out today if i'm approved for the condo lease application i submitted yesterday. my friend who's a realtor helped me find it; doesn't think i'll have any problems getting it at all.

aaaaaaand...it's my bday!

happy birthday JD

Just got this today. Will try later

[img]http://images.iherb.com/l/DIA-05260-1.jpg[img]

they just opened a whole foods by my house so will buy and try this out. let me know how it tastes. if it's good then ill try it in my shakes.

[iTzDevo]

Hb jdkey

hbd and grats on 100k, cot damn

40 cals
3.5g fat
2g carbs
1g protein

1 cup

thanks brah looks like bulk juice to me

[RJT1534]

any of you brahs familiar with coconut oil? been reading a lot of good things about it. looking to make it part of my diet somehow.