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First Monday Finds Dawn Sanders

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Hello again This is the second in my new series of guest posts that I’m calling First Monday Finds. Obviously, this post is a bit late, and I apologize for that. You can be assured that it was not the fault of the author. For those who don’t know I live in Houston Texas. Our … Read more

Live on the inside with Annette Rochelle of Tell Me A Story

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Hello again; This is another in my new series of posts where I share my most recent podcast, radio show, or Lord willing television show appearance. The point is to draw attention to the interview and the host’s website so future guests will also benefit. I grew up on a carnival midway, so the idea … Read more

Leading you out episode 003 tribute to my dad for father’s day

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Hello again;

I know that father’s day is only celebrated in the United States, and by the time you watch the video, listen to the audio, or read this post; that the actual holiday will have already passed. Never-the-less, I wanted to take this week’s post to share some of the things my father taught me while I was growing up.

Picture of my dad

That s my dad

Watch episode 3

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https://youtu.be/6PBABa0zCWA

Listen to episode 3

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Itunes page

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leading-you-out-darkness/id1005984093

Stitcher page

http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=68164&refid=stpr

Podomatic audio link

http://maxwellivey.podomatic.com/entry/2015-06-22T18_01_40-07_00

Why I’m sharing

I should start by mentioning what prompted me to write this post. Its simple, my Aunt Pearl and Uncle Rusty found some photos of my dad from 2002 shortly before he died. They sent them to us by regular snail mail, and my brother scanned them on to my computer so I could share them. After posting to face book, a few people remarked on what a great man he was and on the big smile on his face in the pictures.

I wanted to be just like him

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Leading you out episode 002 Mistakes aren’t the worst things that can happen

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Hello again;

If you have been following my blog for very long; then you know I’m all about taking action. My core belief is to do what I can as well as I can today and then do it better or do more tomorrow. But I know so many people who are waiting for things to be perfect, so I thought I would share some of my recent experiences and how the mistakes I made not only didn’t crush me but turned out to be even better than I had planned.

Watch Mistakes aren’t the worst things that can happen

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http://maxwellivey.podomatic.com/entry/2015-06-15T19_09_16-07_00

Happy Accident No. 1

The first one is from last week’s video.
I had decided that it was finally time to start recording videos and posting audio for myself as the blind blogger in hopes of jump starting my coaching business and bringing in some opportunities for speaking engagements.

If you are at all like me, the first time you do something new you want it to be perfect. You want to appear professional and show people what kind of person they will be dealing with. Or in the case of a podcast you want to give future viewers and listeners an idea of what to expect from your upcoming episodes.

So, I made a plan. I prepared what I wanted to say. I decided what song I would use for the intro. I connected my headset. I tested the sound level. And I recorded the episode.

I did everything right but turn the lights on. 🙂 For those who don’t know, when I say I’m totally blind; that’s pretty much what I mean. I can only see enough to tell if the lights are on or not by turning my head and looking directly at the spot on the ceiling where the light fixture is. I forgot to do this even though I knew better. I also failed to check the light switch to find out if it was in the on position.

So, I recorded my video and uploaded it to youtube. I stripped the audio and posted it to podomatic. I wrote the blog post and started sharing it online. It was only then that I found out about the problem.

People couldn’t see the video

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3 radio shows in 1 week am I starting to become famous

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Hello again

This post is a response to a suggestion from Ronda Andrews, host of Speak Life Radio. She suggested that I may not be getting the results out of my radio appearances because I’m depending on people finding them from my as seen online page.

She suggested that I start writing a short blog post every time I do a podcast, radio show, or write a guest post. She said this way anyone subscribed to my rss feed will be automatically alerted to your appearances.

This week I was blessed to be featured on three radio shows. Yes, even I’m a bit amazed by the number of people who want me to tell my story on their shows. I thought I would right one post to tell you about all three of them.

And you may notice that I included two ways for you to listen. You can listen to them on my site by using the embedded audio players. Or you can click the direct link and listen on the show host’s site. This may be easier if you want to fast forward as you can download the audio from their pages.

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