Leap of Fate

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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Stock Wars 2020. Barstool's Dave Portnoy vs Wall Street's 'The suits' #ddtg
The U.S. stock market has proven to be one of the best ways for the average person to build long-term, lasting wealth.

For many millennials, we understand the value of the stock market but don't know the terminology, how to invest, or what companies to invest in.
In this week's episode, Danny McMillan educates us on everything around the stock market. Danny is a CPA with extensive knowledge of investment terminology and stocks.
We break down all the terms you need to know, the best platforms to invest with such as Robinhood, and how to make sound investments.
And of course, we couldn't forget #ddtg global Dave Portnoy and his Barstool Sports following. His stock advice and cult following single handily have changed the stock market... and has 'suit mans' scared coming after him.
For anyone interested in the basics of investments, the stock market, and learning how to secure your financial future, this is the episode for you!

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If you say to someone, "You have a mountain to climb", you mean that it will be difficult for them to achieve what they want to achieve. One of my best friends, Nate Redman, took this metaphorically and literally by recently climbing Mount Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Western and Southern Hemisphere at ~ 23,000 ft (6,961 meters) in Argentina!
In Leap of Fate Pod 88, Nate takes us through the totality of his journey and shares photos from his summit climb (they are amazing!):
1. 13+ months of planning, training, preparing for this grueling 3-week expedition to reach the summit.
2. The highs, lows, challenges, and success he experienced on the 3-week climb
3. Reflection now that he has accomplished climbing Mount Aconcagua.
Aconcagua is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. Aconcagua is one of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. It is second in height after Mount Everest. The first known attempt to reach the mountain’s summit was made in 1883, but the attempt failed. In 1897, Swiss mountaineer Matthias Zurbriggen became the first known climber to successfully reach the summit. The altitude on Aconcagua is so extreme that a number of hikers have died from altitude sickness while trying to reach the summit. Climbers also face the challenge of high winds resulting from frequent storms.
For anyone who wants to hear an amazing story of perseverance, overcoming adversity, mind over matter, and mountaineers wanting to climb Mount Aconcagua or any mountain, this is the pod for you!
Enjoy yall!
Nate's IG: https://www.instagram.com/nredman1104/

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In Leap of Fate Pod 80, we share actionable tips for Emotional Intelligence: 10 Tips to Improve Your EQ that will help you start making emotions work for you, instead of against you.
Emotional intelligence (also known as emotional quotient or EQ) is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict.
This is follow-up to Leap of Fate Pod 79 where we discuss goal setting
Below are 10 tips for you to connect with your feelings, turn intention into action, and make informed decisions about what matters most to you.
1. The 25/5 Rule:
The idea behind the 25/5 rule is that we often get distracted by things that are interesting but that prevent us from making progress on the more important things. Success means learning to say no, so you can say yes to the things that matter most.
2. Writing in reverse:
Writing in reverse is simple: You have to reverse your role as the writer (of an email, a report, a landing page, etc.) with the role of the recipient (your audience). How will what you send be received by the intended audience?
3. The golden question
The golden question is actually five questions in one. When you need to make a decision but you feel your emotions taking over, ask yourself:
How will I feel about this in:
a day?
a week?
a month?
a year?
five years?
4. The 5-minute rule:
Make a deal with yourself to work on a task for just five minutes. If you want to quit after that, no problem. This tricks your brain into seeing larger tasks as small ones.
5. The rule of clocking out:
If you're anything like me, you view work as a priority. But how do you balance that priority with even more important priorities, like your family, or your mental health?
Set working times for every day, and when the end of the day comes, clock out.
6. The rule of writing:
The rule of writing has many benefits: It clarifies your thinking, improves memory and understanding, and helps you communicate better.
7. The five-step rule against procrastination:
How you can break away from the nasty procrastination habit.
8. The 3-Question rule:
There are three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything.
Does this need to be said?
Does this need to be said by me?
Does this need to be said by me, now?
9. The rule of reappraisal:
Whenever you feel unproductive, stuck in a rut, or simply afraid of what's ahead, you must remember the rule of reappraisal:
Don't focus on the path ahead. Look back at how far you've come. This simple shift in perspective can change frustration into contentment, anxiety into appreciation.
10. First things first:
Narrow your task list down to only two or three items, max. Then, focus only on the first one and start chipping away.
Use these learnings of Emotional intelligence to build stronger relationships, succeed at school and work, and achieve your career and personal goals!

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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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