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How to wear a face mask without fogging up your glasses (2-seconds or less and FREE solution!)
How to wear a face mask without fogging up your glasses (2-seconds or less and FREE solution!) If you’re like me, wearing a face mask is quite annoying. Well I want to respect other people and keep my self safe (potentially), face masks are an inconvenient, hot, and...
Everyone is Suffering | Getting Older with Bipolar
This week, with people crying out in the streets, I decided to just shut up and listen. Underneath all of the slogans and signs, buried under opinions and blame, there is the voice of suffering. The unheard voice of suffering. Every faith tradition I have ever studied...
Should I Start a Podcast? Would You Rather Compete Against 600,000 or 700 Million People for New Business?
Would You Rather Compete Against 600,000 or 700 Million People for New Business? 🤔 Every day you see less qualified individuals and businesses winning new clients that you could serve better. Why? Because someone on the buyer's side saw them as the expert and chose...
Self Worth vs Net Worth
Self Worth vs Net Worth It’s a fact. Your level of income will rarely exceed your level of self-development. But most of us are going to retire broke. If you feel you’re worth more – then you’ll do everything you can to alter your financial circumstances. According to...
How to Exceed Your Sales Goals Year After Year
With the year quickly winding down, many Sales professionals, Marketing executives, and business owners are scrambling right now to make their organizations year-end goals. While some of them are killing themselves to make quota and quell investor drama, others have...
Benefits of Self Funded Health Plans | How to Lower Your Organizations Health Care Costs and Increase Quality
Benefits of Self Funded Health Plans | How to Lower Your Organizations Health Care Costs and Increase Quality Mark Fox is a consultant that manages the supply chain for self-funded health plans. Employers love working with Mark because he sits on the same side of the...
Opportunity to Raise Money for Meal on Wheels without spending a penny and doing so in a minute or less
FREE & EASY promotion going on right now to support Meals on Wheels! Simply take 10-seconds and Review a Podcast or Episode on Podchaser and $.25 will be donated to Meals on Wheels PER REVIEW you leave! 🤩 If you are not familiar, Meals on Wheels provides our...
Remarkable Season 1 Finale Now Available
Remarkable Season 1 Finale Now Available IN JUST 4 SHORT MONTHS... Dear Friend, Thanks for making Season 1 of the Remarkable People Podcast such a Remarkable success! Here are just some of the Remarkable things that People like you made happen through the Podcast this...
A Funny, and SOBAR’ing Coronavirus Story
A Funny, and SOBAR'ing Coronavirus Story S.ituation: The worldwide pandemic of #Coronavirus / #COVID19 has "non-essential" businesses shut down. O.pportunity/Need/Problem: I need a haircut B.rainstorm/Ideas Generated: Wait it out, cut it myself, have wife cut it, have...
“Do what you love.” How many times have you heard that phrase and ideology?
"Do what you love." How many times have you heard that phrase and ideology? If you only had a nickle, right? 😉 Well, I'm here to tell you that at 43, I'm finally starting to figure out and enjoy what I love "full time". Here's how my day went so far today, and it's...
The Simple Fact of How Not to Lose Hope
The Simple Fact of How Not to Lose Hope 6 part Blog Series The Supporter’s Gap Why Domestic Violence is your Problem part 4: The Simple Fact of How Not to Lose Hope. Eyes are the window to the soul. What I find there is Hope. Hope that trials can end, that dreams can...
Top 5 Ways to Survive Valentine’s Day
Top 5 Ways to Survive Valentine’s Day Valentine’s day. A day for love, for weddings, for dates, for romance, or for broken promises, broken hearts, and broken bones. Valentine’s day can evoke the idolized notion of love, and for many couples, it is the day to...
Domestic Violence Not A Home Issue; It Bleeds onto Society!
Domestic Violence Not A Home Issue; It Bleeds onto Society! Let's start here. Ripped from HEADLINE NEWS: ******MASS SHOOTINGS****** 30 Dead in 13 hours Dayton, Ohio, Shooting 25 down in 2 days Virginia Beach: 12 killed after city worker opens fire at Colleagues...
87,000 Preventable Deaths Happened in One Location!
87,000 Preventable Deaths Happened in One Location! Let’s start with home after all this is something, we are all familiar with. Home. H- O- M- E. H- hearts, hands, happiness are O- Open and filled with love to accept M- More forgiveness, more kindness, and more joy!...
Free & Easy way to Stop Spam and Unwanted Emails in Microsoft Outlook Live and Hotmail
Are you like me and tired of getting spam everyday in your inbox? Do you use Microsoft Hotmail or Outlook Live? If so, you're probably going to be as excited as I was when I found this simple, easy, and FREE hidden feature built right into Hotmail and Microsoft...
Building Self Confidence: Whose Opinion Counts?
When it comes to building self confidence, whose opinion really matters? In the fast-paced, approval-seeking world we live in today, it's easy to loose focus on that and forget the real answer. With that said, ever have one of those moments when you accomplish...
Everything is easy… once we learn it
In business, & life understanding & mastering the basics matters. Anything is “easy” once we learn it. The key is learning & moving forward.
Are you a “runner” or love someone who is? Why I’ll never “run” again.
Are you a “runner”? Well, that may change after today. (Trust me. It’s a good thing. Keep reading. You'll be happy you did.?) You see, since I was a teenager, I’ve “run” off and on over the years for many reasons. Cutting weight, increasing stamina and...
Getting to the Real Root of the Problem
When we moved into the house we are currently living in, there was a very large oak tree that leaned over our new home; specifically, our children’s bedrooms. Because the tree seemed healthy and strong, we did not have any intention of removing it right away. However,...
How to Work Less & Achieve More: Dealing with Email Effectively
So we’ve all been there. Projects piling up, deadlines quickly approaching, people standing at our office door waiting to come in, the phone won’t stop ringing, our not-so-smart-phone is about to vibrate off the desk, and our email inbox keeps filling up faster than...
What’s Your “One Thing”?
Comment: Great movie. Great question. What’s your Purpose? What’s your “One Thing” that you were made to do? What makes you wake up each day excited and on-fire to live? If after watching this clip and considering the question you’re still not sure, call us. We’d...
What if Money Didn’t Matter?
Comment: A powerful and thought provoking video that may just change the way you look at your life for the better. Clip: Citation: Youtube Consider: James 4:14
Do, or do not. There is no try.
Comment: Don’t worry about “perfect”, just ‘Do’. It’s better to start something and get moving with mistakes than to stay still and think yourself to death. Remember what Yoda said on this topic? Here it is in case you forgot. Enjoy! Clip: Citation: Youtube...
Holy Toledo! Weight… What Happened?!
Ever look in the mirror and wondered what happened to you? Do you feel disgusted and angry at yourself for allowing the bad past decisions in life that led you to where you are today? Tired of making excuses for why you are not who you could be and should be? Well, if...
So Thirsty. How to be refreshed during the dry times.
Have you ever had one of those moments when your body was just so thirsty you could feel the moisture in your mouth evaporating and saliva getting thick? The times when you feel yourself dehydrating slowly, but don't make the time to stop and find relief because it...
Web Development 101 Session 1 Starting with the Vision
What You'll Learn in this Session Session 1 of Ascend Training Academy's Web Development Series covers the fundamental elements and key pieces of building a successful website in simple, non-technical terms that a pre-teen with no experience can understand (adults...
Inaugural Scrabble for Souls (SfS) Event | Pensacola, FL
Scrabble for Souls (SfS) BE THERE, PLAY A SQUARE, AND HELP WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST! What is Scrabble for Souls? Scrabble for Souls is God-centered, great commission-minded, family-friendly gaming tournament where 100% of the funds raised are sent to a missionary or...
Whose Opinion Counts? Taking a Closer Look at Your Achievements
Did you ever have one of those moments when you accomplished something that you were really proud of and excited over, but no one else seemed to be? You know, the moments when you can't wait to rush out and tell everyone you know and love what just happened. Then when...
What is Email Spoofing and How Do I Stop Email Spoofing?
Does the title page screenshot look familiar to you? Has, or is your inbox full of Mail Delivery Errors or Failure Notices that you have no idea where they came from? Last month I noticed a flurry of strange activity in my inbox. It looked something like this: Knowing...
How to Work Less & Achieve More: Dealing with Email Effectively
So we've all been there. Projects piling up, deadlines quickly approaching, people lined up at our door waiting to come in, the phone won't stop ringing, our not-so-smart phone is about to vibrate off the desk, and our email inbox keeps filling up faster than we can...
No Trick. Just a Treat for You!
Well, it's sort of symbolic. The last post I wrote before going on vacation was on a nationally observed day, Columbus Day. Today, we get back on the wagon after some well enjoyed time off and start writing again on another nationally recognized day, Halloween. So in...
Columbus Day: A Day of (Self) Discovery and the Start of Something Great!
It's been said that if we speak from our areas of weakness, we'll never run out of material to teach from*. Not only is this a humorous statement, but it's also absolutely true. Now while we don't want to be out there instructing people in areas that we are complete...
What to do in the Silence. Enjoy It!
We're all been there. You know, the times when the responsibilities of life seem unrelenting. The times when we are stuck in the go, go, go, go, go cycle. The times when all we can think about are all of the things we 'have to' do like: Addressing all of the personal...
Growth or Excuses- How to Move Past the Barriers of Life and Get Things Done!
Do any of these sound familiar? I need more time I don't have enough time I don't feel good I'm tired I wish I had the money to do something like that I just need a break My people are simply useless; they're dead! I don't know what to do I don't know where to start...
Winking at a Girl in the Dark- Part 2: Marketing Your Way to the Top- Now Open
In Part 1 of this series, Winking at a Girl in the Dark, the closing question was posed to you, "Are you going to Be the Marketing Giant or Hire One?" Despite your decision, I am excited for you and proud of you that you have not only committed to a path, but are now...
Rules of Competition in Business for Christians
Professional Life Training Description Rules of Competition in Business for Christians In this teaching we explore the Rules of Competition in Business for Christians. A humorous and biblically challenging look at what we believe and why about business, and life....
Everyday Soul Winning and Living the Victorious Christian Life
Life Training Description Everyday Soul Winning and Living the Victorious Christian Life On Sunday, September 21, 2014, Brother David Pasqualone of Ascend Technologies and Consulting Group gave a practical and inspirational talk on Everyday Soul Winning and Living the...
FREE Sales Coaching Sample: Presenting Your Product or Service with Confidence & Integrity
Sales Training Description Presenting Your Product or Service with Confidence & Integrity Jump right in and take a look inside at what a growth training session with Ascend is like. In this meeting, a very talented small business owner is struggling with two major...
Why We Turn Away More Business than We Take
Food is a good thing. There is food that is nutritional, food that is fun. and food that is just plain bad for you. At different moments in life, with the proper balance, all have a place. If you or I were hungry, we'd take just about any type of food to fill our...
Ascend Free Marketing Tip# 17: How to Easily Raise Your Organic Placement in Search Engines
Want to increase your websites placement in search engines organically without having to spend more money on SEO and outside vendor fees? If the answer is yes, watch this less than 2-minute video to find out how! No cost. No strings attached. Simply Enjoy! ...
How Safe is Our Safety Net? Putting an End to False & Limiting Beliefs
One of the most dangerous and destructive hindrances to living the victorious Christian life, or life in general, is having limiting or false beliefs. While some false beliefs hold us back from fulfilling our calling and purpose, others lead us in the absolutely wrong...
Winking at a Girl in the Dark- Part 1: Why is Marketing So Important
Why is marketing so important? Sometime in the mid 1900's, Steuart Henderson Britt is noted for first making the statement, "Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing but nobody else does." While this is a...
How to be a Champion in Life
Did you ever have one of those workouts that you didn't want to start, felt weak during, wanted to quit the whole time, but you kept going anyways and it made you feel shaky and exhausted? Me too! Guess what though? A shower and 20 minutes later we feel like a...
Why We Feel Pain
Throughout our lives we will all experience pain. Physical pain, mental pain, emotional pain, etc. The good news is, despite the type and intensity of the pain, all pain has a purpose. Think About It In every way we experience pain, pains purpose is to make us aware...
Why We Should be Thankful for the Jerks, Bullies, and Haters
You know the old saying, "If something doesn't kill us, it only makes us stronger." Well, while I agree with that statement to a point, it isn't wholly true. As we all know, any adversity that we face and overcome in life is a growing point. However, oftentimes...
“A Connection Has Been Lost”: Re-Establishing Real Connections in a Virtual World
Ever been online working, playing a game, or browsing through social media sites and the warning pops up on your screen, "A Connection has Been Lost"? Yes, we've all been there. In those moments, we are typically rudely awakened from our screen-induced...
Life vs. Habits. How to Be Prepared, but Not Stressed. A tribute to Joan Rivers.
Did you ever notice that in life sometimes 'stuff' just happens? I mean, yes we can plan, prepare, and purpose in our hearts to do our absolute best and be ready for whatever comes our way, but truth be told, in most areas of life we just don't have any control. For...
Why We Should Schedule Our Day: Freedom!
If you've ever listened to Dave Ramsey, he always says that we need to tell our money where to go or it will disappear. Not only do I agree with that statement, but believe that the same principle applies to many areas of life; namely as this article indicates-...
Free Branding Tip #22: Gravatar. What it is and Why You Should Use it.
In today's ultra-information age, we are constantly being bombarded with tips, tricks, and techniques from everyone and their grandmother (literally at times) on how to do do pretty much anything in life. In fact, we are subject to such an abundance of information...
Friday: The End of Our Work Week or Just the Beginning?
So it's Friday, the end of our work week. Or, is this just the beginning? 😉 For most, Friday unfortunately represents the end of tedious and painful week. A time to rest, relax, and recover from the emotional drain of a day job. But what about your dreams? Remember...
We Play How We Practice: How to Break Bad Habits & Form Good Ones
No matter what we do in life, if we practice it enough, we get good at it. This principle holds true not just in the physical realm, but the spiritual, emotional, mental, relational, and all areas of life. That is why good teachers have us repeat our times tables in...
Wellness 101: Simple Tips & Tricks to Help You Live an Optimal Life
As a follow up to this Saturdays blog post, How I Lost 18 lbs in 30 Days for FREE with Zero Effort & Saved Money!, here are some more helpful tips for overall wellness. Remember, if you are physically sick, it effects ALL areas of your life. Stay Healthy!...
How I Lost 18 lbs in 30 Days for FREE with Little Effort & Saved Money!
So how did I, several friends of mine, and people we don't even know all lose a significant amount of weight in 30 days? (Me, 18 lbs. without trying. 208lbs to 190 lbs) And how did we do it by only changing one simple area of our lives, not exerting any additional...
Why Are We Angry? Learn Why and How to Fix It!
This week's Face Time Friday Lesson: Why Are We Angry? is hopefully going to be a helpful insight into our emotions, and how they truly stem from our thoughts. Like a child, inside, we all want to get our way. Encouraging Bottom-line though: We can control our...
Reputation Management? Let’s Be Honest
Just 20 years ago, a persons reputation was still key. If they lied, stole, mislead you, or didn't keep their word, you (or your parents generation) would never go back to shop there, and neither would anyone else who found out. We had character as a nation. Now...
What to Do When You Are Stuck in a Rut
Feeling Stuck? Intimidated by a deadline barreling down at you? Well truth be told, the worse thing we can do at moments like these is stress. You see, stress closes down our creative juices and our ability to focus and get things done. Mental stress is kind of like a...
Lessons from Monopoly: Simple Truths for Business, and Life!
Growing up, one of my absolute favorite things to do was play those late night games of Monopoly with my family and friends that went into the wee hours of the morning. Now while this makes some people reading this wince at even the thought, some of you know exactly...
Leaders, Can You Answer This Question?
What am I doing in life to earn the respect of those that follow me? An important question for any leader. You see, sometimes in life we are placed into leadership by position, sometimes by birth, and sometimes by circumstance. However it is we got there though, we...
The Marathon of Life: Just One Small Step at a Time
Once upon a time (1998) in a land not so far away (Colorado), a group of guys and I from NBT decided to get out (54 of us to be exact), have some fun (a day climb), and challenge ourselves (reach the top of a portion of the Continental Divide- Pettingell Peak). When...
Human Economics: You Can’t Give What You Don’t Have
In life, there are many times that we see a person in need and want to help them. In those times we are filled with joy, peace, satisfaction, and love in doing so. Also in life, there are many times we see a person in need and feel like we need to or should help them....
More Weight! More Wait! When We Take On Too Much
Growing up about 45 minutes outside of Boston, it was often we heard stories of the infamous Salem Witch Trials. One such story that always stood out to me was the story of Giles Corey. You see in 1692 Giles was accused of practicing witchcraft. Whether he was...
How to Take a Compliment to the Face
If you're like me, it wasn't often that we received a compliment when we were growing up. In fact, quite the opposite. For years we heard about all of the things other people thought were wrong with us, and because of that, like in all things, we got good at what we...
Are We…Are We Distracted? How to Stay Focused
It has been said that the average person gets distracted from what they are trying to focus on every 11 minutes. Some studies even show this statistic to be as often as every 7-8 minutes. At one company, the average time I had between employees, clients, outside...
Procrastinator? Read this Article Tomorrow to Help You
Do You know why You Procrastinate? Don't listen to the negative self-talk, the people around you growing up, or even your mother on this one. What is the real reason you procrastinate? If you are telling yourself you are lazy, stupid, have more important things to do,...
Fathers, Are We Listening? Focusing In On What Really Matters
So it's a typical day at the barbershop- Chairs are full, people are reading, men are laughing. Me, I'm sitting against the wall using the "free time" I have while waiting to catch up on emails and redeem the time. Engrossed in what I am doing, I am suddenly brought...
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