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SF #166 – Communication – Say What You Want

September 14, 2014 by Success Freaks

Have you ever been guilty of not being able to read your mate’s mind?  Have you ever accused your special someone of not predicting & meeting your needs fast enough?  Sound silly?  Whether spouse, best friend, or business associate, we’ve all fallen to one side or the other of the You-Should-Know-Without-Me-Having-to-Tell-You line of thinking.  Oddly enough, though quite damaging to any relationship, this is a problem that is easily remedied.   All you have to do is…

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Captains Courageous

December 22, 2013 by R. Mordant Mahon

What is Courage?  What does it mean and what does it take to have courage?  I’ve heard it said, “Courage is a lie that old men tell to young men when they send them off to die.”  A clever maxim, yet I believe there is more to courage than that.  One of my favorite John Wayne quotes is:

“Courage is being scared to death…but saddling up anyways.”

If you believe what the late-great Duke said, Fear is an active ingredient in courage.  How can this be?  Isn’t courage the absence of fear?  Aren’t the bravest of the brave those without fear?  The correct answer here is…no.

Courage is not about feeling no fear at all—a double negative, yet true nonetheless.  You cannot have courage without fear.  Courage and bravery mean having fear while maintaining the ability to move forward in spite of your obstacles, real or imagined, and get the job done.  If you have no fear, then it doesn’t take any special fortitude.  Nothing out of the ordinary in the way of grit or guts to keep you on track for deeds of daring do.  You’re just doing your job—no problemo.  It is when you have fear and then combine it with the need to keep moving forward anyways—this is when courage comes into play.

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Success Freaks #95 – Paradigm Shifting Without a Clutch

May 3, 2013 by Success Freaks

Tonight’s Success Freaks episode delves into remaining open to the lessons Life is throwing at you.  Paradigm Shifting Without a Clutch is about remaining ever ready to grow and learn, quickly if at all possible, from those uncomfortable situations we all face throughout our day-to-day sojourn on this rock we call Earth.

Whilst juggling the broadcast from two different locales – this time, Mordant from the Bear’s Den Studio and Charles at the hospital, bringing home the newborn Baby Zoe – the Success Freaks share some of their own ups & downs and how they’ve dealt with & grown from them.  Hop in and enjoy “The Fast and The Furious” ride that goes along with people opening up their lives for inspection.  As always, your Success Freaks remain vulnerable so that others might read the “American Graffiti” on the wall, sharing life lessons learned and showing others how to become a quick study on Life’s Highway, the better to make sure the tough lessons are “Gone in 60 Seconds.”

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Success Freaks #90 – Reinventing Awesome w/Guest Star Allison Williams

March 29, 2013 by Success Freaks

Have you reached a point where the job you’re really good at has become less of a challenge?  Has something else come along to light your creativity in a passionate way that is very different from the path you’re currently on?  If it meant totally reinventing yourself for this new “passion”, could you…would you?

Tonight our “William Shatner Way” Comedic Motivational Show hosts, Mordant & McFall lead us on a path to just that –“Reinventing Awesome”. 

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Success Freaks #83 – “Here You Come To Save The Day”

February 7, 2013 by Success Freaks

This month marks the beginning of “themed months” here on Success Freaks.  February’s theme is “Relationships” and Mordant & McFall will tackle different types of relationship issues each week.  Tonight  this “Knight in Shining Armor” Comedic Motivational Show is all about the relationship you have with yourself, loving yourself, and being responsible for you own happiness.

The first step you must take on your path is to realize that you are responsible for your  Life experiences.  You are responsible for your own happiness.  You, you, Y-O-U!  For you to have the best life possible…or even just a better life, you have to accept responsibility for what happens in it and especially your own happiness.  If you’re waiting for your “White Knight” to come to your rescue, you’re going to be waiting a long time.  When it comes to “Saving Your Life,” you have to believe that the person best suited and most reliable to come to your rescue…is you.

This is where your journey of self-actualization begins.  Start loving yourself enough to take responsibility for your Truth…your Consequences…your Life.  “Every master started off as a disaster.” ~ T Harv Eker ~  When you become responsible you can fix whatever needs fixin’ in your own life.

 ~ Don’t forget to order your tickets NOW for our Success Freaks Alive!  Level Up Your Live in 2013 which is our Conference we’ll be hosting in Covington, GA June 15 of this year. ~

 

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SUCCESS FREAKS #82 – “VOODOO WHAT YOU LOVE”

February 1, 2013 by Success Freaks

In this day & age of 10ish% Unemployment, who can afford to “do what you love”?  I say, in this day & age of depression, who can afford not to do what you love!?  But…what do “voodoo” and “doing what you love” have in common?  Nothing really…It’s a play on words.  A catchy title.     But, there is a little bit of magic that comes along with “doing what you love”…        not only magic, it even requires at least a mustard seed’s worth of faith.

 

In this episode of Success Freaks, your Voodoo-Hoodoo Comedic Motivational show hosts, Mordant & McFall, tell us what it took for them to get out there and do what they love.  By doing what you love, you are living your life.  By doing what you love, you are loving yourself enough to do what makes you happy.  Do what you love and you’ll put some of that magic you had as a kid back in your life.  That magical feeling you had when you could be anything you wanted.  Back when life was fun and full of possibility…and…it’s going to take a lot of Faith to do it.

Your steps to Voodoo What You Love

1.   Realize that you are responsible for your own happiness.

2.   Choose your destiny – or at least a destination.

3.    Create a Roadmap

4.    Layout actionable steps

5.    Carpe Vida – Seize your life

“Now go do that voodoo that you do…so well!”  ~Harvey Korman as “Hedly Lamarr” in “Blazing Saddles”~

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SUCCESS FREAKS – #80 – DORKS RISING – GUEST STARRING: KEVIN MICKELSON

January 17, 2013 by Success Freaks

Kevin Mickelson knew he wanted to be an author from a young age, but kept putting it off because it didn’t seem realistic. When he finally decided that realism wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, he put a sample of his work together and contacted Zombie Orpheus Entertainment to see if they could use a freelance writer to pen a new adventure module based on their hit independent film, “The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising.”

They liked what they saw, and his effort resulted in a chance to form friendships with some of his favorite independent film stars, as well as a high-profile freelance gig that put his name on the radar! His wheel-spinning days behind him, he’s now devoting his energy toward pushing his dream ever further and working to bring a piece of the larger gaming world to his home town of Duluth, Minnesota.

Welcome to the #1 “Here There Be Geeks” Comedic Motivational Show…otherwise known as “Success Freaks”.  Tonight Mordant & McFall chat it up with their special guest, Kevin Mickelson, also known as “Gamemaster’s Kip”.  Geeks and dreamcatchers alike will love this show as Kevin takes us from his humble gamer beginnings, the influence of one of Mordant’s vlogs, which gave him the courage to step out of his comfort zone, and onward to his successful journey as a freelance writer… following his passion to success.

Look for Kevin’s new kickstarter project soon: Berserkon

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Highlights:

***Success Freaks #79 – “Mordant & McFall’s Excellent Adventure – NMX”

***Kevin Mickelson (Gamemaster’s Kip)

***Gamemaster’s Kip youtube

***Zombie Orpheus Entertainment

***Adventureaweek facebook

***adventureaweek.com

***gamemasterkevin blogspot

***JourneyQuest

***Total Party Kill Games

***Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

***The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising

***The Gamers

***Dead Gentlemen Productions

***The Mask of Death Kickstarter

***The Gamers: Hands of Fate

***Minnesota Renaissance Festival

***Skyrim Parodies

***Drivethru RPG

***TheGeekieAwards

***Berserkon

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Honorable Mentions:

  • http://mordantworld.tv
  • http://www.mordantworld.com/blogs
  • tosol@theothersideoflive.com
  • http://www.facebook.com/bcntosol
  • http://noagendastream.com
  • http://www.facebook.com/MordantWorld
  • http://www.facebook.com/HouseoftheBear
  • http://mordantworld.com/
  • http://theothersideoflive.com
  • http://bearcrawlingnation.com
  • http://instagr.am    (Look for @MordantWorld & @Bearcrawling)
  • contact@successfreaks.com
  • www.facebook.com/successfreaks
  • www.twitter.com/success_freaks

 

Success Freaks #79 – Mordant & McFall’s Excellent Adventures at NMX

January 15, 2013 by Success Freaks

“Ted: Bill, I think they want us to say something.

  Bill: What should I say?

    Ted: [shrugs] Make something up.

      Bill: Be excellent to each other.

        [room murmurs appreciatively]

          Ted: Party on, dudes!

            ~from the movie: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure~

In this episode our #1 late-Night “BlogWorld, Baby!” Motivational talk-radio show hosts (whew!) come to you, once again, from The Entertainment Capital of the World…Las Vegas, Nevada!  As New Media Expo (formerly BlogWorld) is in the middle of breaking down exhibits and the NMXLive! Conference comes to an end, for 2013, Mordant & McFall are hosting their second radio show in two days.

Joined by The Real PodVader himself (Jay Soderberg), the boys give us a recap of the “Excellent Adventure” they have been on for the past three…no, make that four…days.  Many new friends have been made, lots of knowledge has been passed down, business alliances have been formed, and PodCasting Royalty has been touched by the Success Freaks invasion!  The phrase “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” was tested as McFall regaled us with his “nightclub memories” and the unveiling of THE pen (my precious).

Among the many wonderful souls that were touched on in this show, we offer a huge “Thanks” to the following people (see the Highlights) who gave us guidance, reached out to make us welcome, offered support, and just were an absolute joy to meet as Success Freaks (formerly known as “The Other Side of LIVE!”) stormed the NMX/Blogworld castle.

Party on, Dudes!

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Highlights:

***The Podcast Report

***Jane Espenson

***Megan Enloe

***Rick Calvert

***The Nerdist

***Dave Jackson

***MommyLovesTech.com

***Prolific Living

***Cliff Ravenscraft

***Leo Laporte

***Adam Curry

***Brian Ibbott

***One Extraordinary Marriage – Tony DeLorenzo

***AfroBella

***Matthew Berry

***Emerson College

***No Agenda

***Rob Greenlee

***Shane Ketterman

***Ian Cleary

***oncepodcast

***The Audacity To Podcast

***The Ramen Noodle

***NMX

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Honorable Mentions:  

  • http://mordantworld.tv
  • http://www.mordantworld.com/blogs
  • tosol@theothersideoflive.com
  • http://www.facebook.com/bcntosol
  • http://noagendastream.com
  • http://www.facebook.com/MordantWorld
  • http://www.facebook.com/HouseoftheBear
  • http://mordantworld.com/
  • http://theothersideoflive.com
  • http://bearcrawlingnation.com
  • http://instagr.am    (Look for @MordantWorld & @Bearcrawling)
  • contact@successfreaks.com
  • www.facebook.com/successfreaks
  • www.twitter.com/success_freaks
  • Success Freaks on Google+

 

SUCCESS FREAKS #78 – Bushwhacking Success – Winning Through Persistence Against All Odds

January 10, 2013 by Success Freaks

Broadcasting LIVE from Las Vegas at the NMX Conference, baby! This “Special” episode of  Success Freaks finds the #1 Late-Night “New Media Expo” Motivational Show hosts, Mordant and McFall, in the middle of one of the most exciting, and nerve-wracking, times of their lives as they share their adventures in “Bushwhacking Success “ …or finding that “back door” (just like a Victory Ninja) in to where you want to be.

Today our Success Freaks podcasting duo enthusiastically discuss the trials and tribulations encountered on their path to becoming professional speakers, the road to NMX, as well as the lessons learned along the way, and how they use these experiences as they move forward. With a little help from a list of people that reads like the Who’s Who of NMX and/or podcasting Royalty, this hour is lively, fun, and a lesson in itself.

The race you’re running, the one that levels up your life enough to achieve your goals and change your world — it’s a race your run against yourself … and it’s a marathon — not a sprint.  Persistence is the key to Bushwhacking success.  Too many people quit, thinking they’re way off the mark, not realizing they’re just 10 feet from the gold.  You’ve got to plan your strategy, lie in wait, and then move when the opportunity presents itself.  If you really want to do something, sometimes you have to actually create it yourself!  This can be said for almost everything you do.

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Highlights:

***mommylovestech.com

***NMXLive (Blogworld)

***Success Freaks #77 – Your 2013

***Napoleon Hill

***School of Podcasting

***Megan Enloe

***Matthew Workman

***Deet and the Geek

***learnhowtopodcast.com

***Leo Laporte

***Eight is Enough

***Prolific Living

 

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Honorable Mentions:

 

  • http://mordantworld.tv
  • http://www.mordantworld.com/blogs
  • tosol@theothersideoflive.com
  • http://www.facebook.com/bcntosol
  • http://noagendastream.com
  • http://www.facebook.com/MordantWorld
  • http://www.facebook.com/HouseoftheBear
  • http://mordantworld.com/
  • http://theothersideoflive.com
  • http://bearcrawlingnation.com
  • http://instagr.am    (Look for @MordantWorld & @Bearcrawling)
  • contact@successfreaks.com

 

 

How Bad Do You Want It!? ~Part the Second~

December 31, 2012 by R. Mordant Mahon

The Following is the second half of a very long blarticle.  The first half can be found at:

http://www.mordantworld.com/how-bad-do-you-want-it-part-the-first.html.  If you haven’t already done it, I suggest you read “How Bad Do You Want It!?  ~Part the First~” first.  Enjoy!

First things first—decide on, then commit to, this “It” that you want.  I’m sure you already know what it is.  It’s been swimming around in the deep-end of your brain for quite a while now.  If you’re not sure, then ask yourself this question:  if you could Be, Do, Have anything you want….  If you had all the talent, looks, money, smarts, chutzpah—if you had whatever it took and you knew you would be a big success, what would you be?  Answer that and you have your dream, that thing you are truly passionate about, set out in front of you.  Now you know.  And, now it’s time to commit (that’s right—the “C” word) to doing something about it.  Now it’s time to turn your dream into a goal.

This is where your fantasy becomes a reality.

Next, you will begin researching, then plotting out the steps that will take you on this collision course with your future.  Remember, a dream without specific attainable steps is just that—a dream.  It’s those action steps that turn your wanna-be fantasy into something real—a goal.  That’s what is going to take you to the next level.

So, first you set your beacon, your goal, the destination on your dream-catching map.  Then, research what it’s going to take to get you to where you want to go…or at least the next step.  You can also try starting from your goal, then working your way backward, laying out each of the steps until you arrive at today.  I.e., first you take your goal, before that you _(actionable step)_, before that you _(actionable step)_, and so on, leading all the way back to where you are now.  This is called “The Merlin Method.”

No matter how you do it, you’ll have your actionable steps leading to your now attainable goal.  Now there’s only one thing left for you to do, and that is really do it.  Take those steps, one at a time if necessary, more if possible.  But, no matter what, the only way you’re going to obtain your goal is if you DO YOUR STEPS.  If you’re able to move forward with no problem—smooth sailing.  If not, then you’ve probably got something blocking your way.  This will certainly give you the opportunity to shine a light on whatever may stand in the way of you achieving your goal(s).  Especially if that “thing” is Y-O-U.  (A hard pill, I know, but swallow it down and let’s move on.)

Now that you’ve decided to take a look at what is standing in your way, what are you going to do about it?  Basically, “how bad do you want it!?”  More than: TV, video games, time off from work, time out with your friends, Disneyland, Disney World, the big game, the Super Bowl, every must-see movie, books, blogs, Facebook, YouTube, _(your distraction here)_, the list is never-ending.  What are you willing to sacrifice so that your dream may become a reality?  If this really is your dream, you goal, your passion, then it shouldn’t be too difficult to drop everything else in pursuit of this one very important thing, right?

Yeah, you’d think that, wouldn’t you?

If that were the case, then people would be achieving their goals and attaining their dreams every day.  Hell, you’d be already halfway there yourself.  But, you’re not, are you?  Chances are if you’ve taken the time to read this far into this blarticle, then you’re looking for a little help in the whole in-pursuit-of-your-dreams area.  A lot of the problem is that we as people are not always that focused and we’re easily distracted.  At the end of an oh-so hard day, who wants to knock out a couple more hours in front to a computer, just to pursue something that may never come to fruition anyway?

Successful people, that’s who.

If you want to be successful at any level with this thing, this “It” you say you “want to be when you grow up,” then eventually you’re going to have to log in some serious time and effort.  But, for now, here at the beginning, I think you might begin with a couple to a few hours a week of trading your TV time in for something you keep saying is more important to you.

But, I don’t have enough time left in the week, you say.  I’m tired when I get home from work, you whine.  I don’t want to miss my television programs—don’t even get me started with this one!  Let’s look at it this way…how much time do you actually put in as you trek towards your goal?  If there’s 168 hours in a week (there are).  And, you take 56 out for sleep (provided you get eight hours of sleep every day of the week) and 40 hours for the J-O-B.  That leaves you with roughly 72 hours to devote to doing something dream dedicated.  That’s three full 24-hour days.  Do you think you might be able to squeeze in four to five hours for the week?  How about an hour or two a day?  One hour?  Do you think you could set aside one hour a day for working on becoming this thing you say you’d most want to be in life?

Does this put things in perspective for you?

So, we’re back to the original question, how bad do you want it!!  Do you really want to Do, Be, Have this incredible “It”?  Or are you going to sit back, relax, grab the clicker and continue watching your life pass you by as you rev the engine to 15 mph, burning out down that Mediocre Highway?  As always, the choice…the decision is up to you.  And, so is the fight.  You’re going to have to combat yourself of all people, slogging your way through your laziness, self-doubt, and lame limiting-belief system to get to a Bigger, Badder, Better, More level of your Life.  But…the fight is worth it.  It will change you, for the better—into the type of person you need to be to accomplish all you say you desire and Be, Do, Have the heretofore elusive “It.”  What do you say—wanna give it a go?  It’s not that hard once you get started.

Go ahead…show the world, and yourself, how bad you want it.

~R. Mordant Mahon~

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SF #274 – When Things Don’t Go Your Way

There are perfect days, when the sun is shining, birds are singing, and babies giggle in joy at the site of you.  Then, there are those dark days When Things Don’t Go Your Way.  You know, the ones where you lose your keys, drop your phone in the toilet, and the dog uses the remote […]

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