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Leap of Fate

Randy Silver

Leap of Fate is engaging weekly interviews on challenges and successes in today's culture and society. I want to inspire you by hearing people share their highs and lows with everyday situations. There are going to be laughs, intellectual conversations, and tough subjects approached head-on. Please subscribe and check out my Youtube channel with corresponding videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmJ8rY4ivAKnN3zG0W-1_A . my website is leapoffatepod.com
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We are back for Part 2 with NFL and D1 College Football Coach Evan Burk this week on Lap of Fate Pod 98. Part 1 was the first part of Evan's Career with SMU and The Miami Dolphins. In part 2, we dive into his time coaching at UCLA and his post-coaching life of being a speaker, podcaster, and author!
Part 1: https://youtu.be/E2XECj9vClo (highly recommend watching first!)
Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and having no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th-grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU. Positions he coached were quarterbacks, running backs, defensive backs, special teams, and more!
After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.
Coach Burk enlightens Leap of Fate Pod this week with lessons learned and amazing stories from his career. For any sports fans, this is the perfect podcast for you!
Links:
Evan's website: https://www.coachevanburk.com/
Evan's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ebombndhc/featured
Evan's podcast: "The Highest Level"
https://www.coachevanburk.com/podcast
Evan's IG: https://www.instagram.com/coachevanburk/
Sean's book- Finding Intangibles: How to Uncover the Hidden Traits that Drive Elite Performers and Championship Teams : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SJ2N7BJ?ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_BK3C7Z1EN59PWPHFQJDT&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpe
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00:00 Intro and review of Evan Burk
2:45 Coaching Football at UCLA
11:40 Evaluating Talent as a Football Coach
23:00 Transitioning away from Coaching to Speaking and Writing a Book
30:00 Using Football Learnings and Coaching Techniques to Enable Business World
55:00 Final Thoughts and Recap

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A major question leading into 2022 and beyond: Cryptocurrency vs. Stocks: What’s The Better Choice? Cryptocurrency has taken the world by storm, especially during the last few years. And many people are seeing better returns in Crypto than the traditional stock market.
Should you invest in cryptocurrency or stocks?
Any savvy investor needs to know exactly what they’re investing in. It’s crucial to weigh the risks and rewards of investing, and what will drive the investment’s success. If they don’t have this kind of information, they can’t make the calculation. In this case, it’s not really investing — it’s much more like gambling.
Here are the key things we talk about with Crypto and personal finance expert David Veksler on Leap of Fate Pod 77:
1. Crypto history
2. Crypto and the Mehta Universe Utility
3. Crypto's utility in today's global world
4. Cryptocurrency vs the Stock Market
5. Why It's important to diversify your assets
6. 2022 Crypto and Stocks expectations and Strategy
7. Crypto's hedge against inflation
8. Tips for safely holding Crypto to not be hacked
Thanks to David for coming on! His expertise educates the Leap of Fate Fans on helping make sound investments in either the stock market or cryptocurrency!
Links:
Charity Auction to be a guest on Leap of Fate!
David's website
David's Twitter

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Leap of Fate - 69. Public Speaking 101- How To Wow an Audience
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10/11/21 • 46 min

Get ready for one incredible show as we dive into the world of public speaking! Leap of Fate Pod's guest this week Tyler Foley is an actor, author, performer, and professional public speaker. In addition to sharing his engaging public speaking stories, Tyler shares the best tips on how to overcome public speaking fears.
Whether it's a presentation for work, speaking in front of an audience, or just ordering dinner at a restaurant, we all use public speaking daily! Maximizing your potential is a critical skill that will help you throughout your whole life! No more uhs, no ums, double words, weird pauses, and blanking on your next sentence!
This pod is educational, funny, and filled with tips to help you dispel the misguided myth that visualizing an audience naked is the best thing a speaker can do to calm their nerves. Enjoy yall :)
Links:
Tyler's Website
Tyler's YouTube Channel
Tyler's Facebook Group for Public Speaking!

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You read that right! Our guest this week, Adam Arnett, started Element Personal Training with a $2,500 loan from his brother. Adam turned $2,500 into a Multi-Million Dollar Business! Adam is our next amazing guest in our Entrepreneurship 101 series!
Element Personal Training is the fastest-growing outsourcing company in the gym industry. Adam comes on to share his entrepreneurship story. Element Personal Training is now operating in over 7 states, 70+ locations.
Hear how Adam was able to overcome multiple businesses that he started and did not succeed as he hoped. In addition, we dive into fitness tips that will help you live a healthier life for your mind, body, and soul!
Thanks to Adam for coming on sharing his highs and lows!
To contact Adam:
Element Personal Training:
Adam Arnett Fitness
Adam's IG
Topics:
00:00 Intro a
3:30 What is Element Personal Training?
5:30 Adam's Entrepreneurship Journey
8:00 3. Starting Element Personal Training
10:00 The highs and lows of starting your own business and overcoming them
14:45 How Element Personal Training solves pain points gyms experience
20:50 Creating a company culture that is positive, inclusive, and welcoming to all
25:50 Overcoming Covid challenges in the fitness industry
31:15 Fitness and health tips!
38:30 Future expansion goals of Element Personal Training
41:50 Recap and ending

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The Gem Goddess is a YouTube Star, Entrepreneur, Designer, Tarot Card Reader, and more. She has created multiple revenue streams branching out from her YouTube Channel that has over 740K subscribers! I bring her on Leap of Fate Pod 53 to talk all about how she started The Gem Goddess and got to where she is today!
Youtube Channel (740K subscribers):

The Gem Goddess comes on Leap of Fate Pod 53 this week to give us a behind-the-scenes look at how she started her YouTube Channel and became a YouTube Star! She shares how she has branched out to create her own Shopify eCommerce shop selling gems, jewels, crystals, and more! She truly is an entrepreneur!
For all of you out there who love The Gem Goddess, enjoy this behind-the-scenes candid convo with her!
00:00 Intro
0:10 Who is the Gem Goddess and what does she do?
3:30: Getting started on YouTube
7:00 How she films her Tarot Card readings, horoscopes, and more!
13:00 Goals and ambitions on YouTube and Gem shop
17:00 Power of Manifestation
20:00 Advice for you on goal setting, starting a business, and following dreams!
27:30 Getting past your limiting beliefs and fears
30:00 key takeaways and ending
May you manifest your destiny with this week's pod!
Links:
Gem Goddess Store:
Youtube Channel:
Instagram:

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Global natural or man-made disasters happen yearly which results in millions of people having to show resilience by rebuilding their lives.
A disaster recovery (DR) plan is a formal document created by an organization that contains detailed instructions on how to respond to these disasters and strategies on minimizing their effects.

Disruptions can lead to the lost revenue of businesses, cultural damage, and permanent relocation. The global Covid-19 pandemic is a perfect example.
David Dodd is the perfect guest for the Leap of Fate to talk about personal and community resilience. As the head of the globally recognized International Sustainable Resilience Center, Inc (ISRC), and having dealt with two near-death experiences, David has a unique take on resilience at both the macro and micro scale

David has helped and leads recovery efforts for multiple natural disasters including the USA for Hurricane Katrina, Japan after the Fukushima Tsunami, and more global events.
With over 30 years of global experience, David's expertise and experiences enlightens LOF fans on what it is like to be at events firsthand and how we can prepare better for the future.

Our world is facing unprecedented challenges. This pod educates us on the disasters around the world and how we can work to prepare to minimize their impacts.
0:00 Intro
1:00 David and International Sustainable Resilience Center, Inc (ISRC) Intro
8:30: Working recovery at Hurricane Katrina, Japan after the Fukushima Tsunami, and more global events
21:00 Resilience in global events and personal life
23:00 Working with the United Nations
27: Developing Nations Responding to Disasters
36:00 David having his left leg amputated when working Porto Rico's natural disaster
42:00 Covid-19s global economic, social, environmental, and personal impact
50:00 key takeaways and ending
How to find David:
Yahoo Finance article
International Sustainable Resilience Center, Inc (ISRC
David Dodd

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Learning how to budget and save money is a necessary personal finance skill everyone needs to know to not just protect themselves from debt but also accumulate wealth. Budgeting is the personal finance tool for taking control of your money and saving money. Leap of Fate Pod explores personal finances this week so you learn and understand how to budget, save money, and growing your wealth!
A budget is a written plan for how you will spend your money. It allows you to make financial decisions ahead of time, which makes it easier to cover all your expenses along with paying off debt, saving for the future, and being able to afford fun expenses. Budgeting consistently can help you turn your finances around and start the process of building wealth.
Why Budgeting Is Important in Personal Finance? A budget is a powerful tool because it allows you to determine how and where you want to spend your money. When you master budgeting, you make sure that every dollar is being used how you want it, and can track your spending to determine whether it matches your priorities.
Our guest this week Cameron Ross comes on to speak about all this and more in his personal life! He had no one to teach him so he had to teach himself how to leave the bad habits of poor budgeting and personal finances to save money.
What he realized like many others, often when people start budgeting they are surprised to see how much money is going to things that are not important to them, like eating out, mindless online shopping, or high-interest payments on credit cards.
Budgeting allows you to monitor your progress on financial goals and stick to your financial plan. Eventually, it creates opportunities to eliminate debt and build wealth.
Using a budget allows you to understand your financial situation and manage your money. It puts you in control, rather than allowing your money to control you.
Enjoy this fun and engaging podcast! Go save and grow that money!
0:00 Intro into Pod
1:00 Who is Cameron Ross?
3:30 Personal Finance and Budgeting - how to learn?
5:20 Tips for saving money and budgeting
11:00 Budgeting tools and influencers to follow who can help
14:00 Reinvesting money to make you money!
19:00 Crypto talk and how to be safe
24:00 Reflection on key points and ending
Follow Cameron Ross at:
Instagram
TikTok
LinkedIn

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Leap of Fate - 30. Deuces 2020

30. Deuces 2020

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12/28/20 • 19 min

2020 was not the year any of us expected it to be. Let's say DEUCESSSSS to the year with a solo review by yours truly Randy Silver and what to look forward to for 2021.
Starting with a new Leap of Fate Youtube Channel to accompany the podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmJ8rY4ivAKnN3zG0W-1_A
Check it out and subscribe! <3
Thanks to everyone who has listened to LOF in 2020. To all loyal fans and new fans, I do this for you. You inspire me to create and be consistent week over week. Truly humbled and honored to have you on this journey!
#LOFGANG

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Leap of Fate - 24. Buying Your First Home
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11/16/20 • 45 min

Buying a home can be challenging for a first-timer.
After all, there are so many steps, tasks, and requirements. Plus, you may be anxious about making an expensive mistake.
LOF's guest this week Natalie Skeele joins us to demystify the process, finances, paperwork, and share all the details around the purchase of her first home in 2020!
In episode 14, we focused on investment properties and it was one of our most popular episodes! A follow up ask from LOF fans was diving deeper into buying your first home...
You ask, I deliver!
Natalie will provide insider information that will give you a rundown of what you need to consider before you buy and what you can expect from the buying process itself, plus tips to make life easier after you buy your first home.
For anyone interested in buying their first home, this is an episode for you to learn from someone who just went through the whole process!

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Welcome to the 100th podcast episode of Leap of Fate! Such an achievement! You know we had to do it big for the 100th pod and do we have a big one for you! Only took 9 months of waiting...

At 30 years old, transparently feeling unfulfilled in my career as it wasn’t my passion, I made a tough but right decision to Quit My Job to Chase My Childhood Dream of Sports Broadcasting. I decided to leave Oyster HR and go back to school to pursue sportscasting at Full Sail University's Dan Patrick's School of Sportscasting.

In this podcast, one of my best friends, AfterSkool 's Mark Wooding and I dive into the decision to uproot my life and move from San Diego, CA to Orlando, FL. If you want to watch the podcast on my YouTube channel, click this link.

Topics:

00:00 Intro

1:30 @AfterSkool and @BeforeSkool overview

5:00 Meaning and accomplishment of the 100th pod being released!

9:15 What is Full Sail University and the Sports Broadcasting program?

14:10 The decision to quit my job and chase my childhood dream

23:00 The power of sports in today's society

31:00 Being comfortable with the unknown that comes with a major life change

40:45 Ending Thoughts

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How many episodes does Leap of Fate have?

Leap of Fate currently has 102 episodes available.

What topics does Leap of Fate cover?

The podcast is about Motivation, Goal Setting, Society & Culture, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Self Help and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Leap of Fate?

The episode title '99. LinkedIn Personal Branding' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Leap of Fate?

The average episode length on Leap of Fate is 42 minutes.

How often are episodes of Leap of Fate released?

Episodes of Leap of Fate are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Leap of Fate?

The first episode of Leap of Fate was released on May 25, 2020.

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