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SF #169 – Fear of Success … #118 Revisited

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Since Mordant is traveling from Minnesota to North Carolina, we’re revisiting SF #118 this week. We sincerely hope you enjoy it. 

Is fear of success a real thing? If so, why are people so afraid of this beneficial thing they keep saying that want out of life? So many people unknowingly sabotage themselves without realizing it and then wonder why they’re not succeeding.

Fear of Success means being afraid of the very thing you desire. Giving into that fear will keep you safely ensconced in that snuggly-safe bed you are making for yourself by not taking the steps necessary to live a bigger, badder, better, more life. Moving beyond this self-imposed mediocrity means giving up what you’re comfortable with. It means leaving your comfort zone and taking enough of a leap of faith to take a closer look at what you need to change in order to be successful.

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SF #168 – The Rhythm of Change

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Change happens!  You can either dig in your heels, hoping against hope that things will stay the same stale-sweet way they’ve always been – or you can get into the flow of things, growing and leveling up your life as you go.  The choice, as always, is yours.

This episode, Mordant & McFall entertain and edify you as they share what it means to “embrace The Rhythm of Change” via a variety of anecdotes, shifting points of view, and even comedic voices.  Nothing is safe, not even your favorite holidays.  Listen in as McFall gleefully rants about birthdays and Halloween while Mordant waxes funly philosophical in the face of such holiday-hating hi-jinx. [Read more…]

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SF #167 – All Things Great and Small

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Bit by bit.  Step by Step.  Slowly you create Great Things from the every small endeavor you take on and see to fruition.  The trick to getting what you want out of life – Love, Money, a serious Sense of Accomplishment – is beginning.  You have to start somewhere and it’s usually with something Small that you nurture until it grows into something Great.

This episode of Success Freaks has Mordant & McFall discussing how, even in the midst of a crisis, you have to begin with small steps.  All Things Great and Small shows you that you Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff on your way to being Bigger, Badder, Better, More.  You just have to Breathe, Take a Step, and Begin.

Why?  Because Yes!
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SF #165 – Labor Day Adventures

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“Labor Day Adventures…in the Minnesota Renaissance/Dragon Con Land of Fun and…Stuff.”

This is the working title heralding the beginning of this goofy-great episode in which you get to hear about all the shenanigans that happened with the Level Up Guys this weekend.  Adventure abounded at both the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and Dragon Con in Atlanta. [Read more…]

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SF #162 – Positive Aggravation

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Can there really be a silver lining when thing after thing after thing after thing doesn’t go your way?  What really is the benefit of that?  Sometimes we as people can be a little thick.  Sometimes we need Shakabuku: “a swift, spiritual kick to the head that alters your reality forever.”  Often, it is only those aggravating things that give us the impetus to pop out of that rut we’ve become oh-so comfortably numb in. [Read more…]

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SF #161 – Perseverance Prevails

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You’ve been working on a project…or chasing down a dream…or struggling with a relationship, and things are not going so well.  Seems like it’s time to quit wasting your blood, sweat, and tears and throw in the towel.  Or, is it?  What if success awaits, dancing teasingly, tauntingly beyond your grasp – testing your mettle and waiting to see if you are willing to tough out the rough spots.  Will you?  More than talent and skill, luck and magic, Perseverance Prevails. [Read more…]

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Success Freaks #155 – Change In the Now

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With Special Guest Bishop Jim Swilley

With so many Changes happening day-to-day, it’s difficult to keep up with what’s going on in your life – let alone everyone else’s.  What happens when the dream you once held so tightly onto morphs into…something else?  What if it’s worse?  What if it’s better?  What if it works out, but it looks nothing like what you were hoping/praying/longing for it to be?  How can you divorce yourself from the goals you’ve been married to for so long?  Doesn’t that mean turning your back on everything you’ve been standing for?  Won’t that make you…a failure!?

Mordant & McFall invite Bish In the Now & Metron’s own Jim Swilley back to Success Freaks for a candid discussion about what it means to maintain an attitude of non-attachment.  By advancing to the rear (or left or right), you finally relax that chokehold you’ve have on the way you thought things should turn out.  Instead, you  achieve your success by adapting, bending like reed, and Rolling with the Changes. [Read more…]

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Success Freaks #152 – Transitions – Let It Go

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Life is change.  Things grow, age, evolve…Level Up!  At any given time you are transitioning from one area of your life into another.  Yet often, there are those nouns (people, places, and things) that strive to hold you back and keep you from moving forwards with your goals.  Look close enough at the problem and you might find that the biggest hinderance holding you back is the person you see in the mirror every morning.  Are there things you need to leave go of so you can move on to that illustrious next level?

This episode, Mordant & McFall discuss letting go of the good, the bad, and the ugly – those self-limiting, deadweight habits keeping you grounded when you were meant to soar with the stars.  Listen in as they share some of the things they are transitioning through.  Learn to take it all in stride as you “Let It Go” enough to launch your dreams onward & upward. [Read more…]

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Success Freaks #150 – Why Coupon Clipping is Worth Your While” – Guest Starring Erin McFall.

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Are you looking to save some money in your weekly budget?  Wouldn’t you like to walk into the grocery store, walk out with over $150 worth of food, but only pay $50 or less for it?  How about have the store owe you money!?  It could happen.  In fact, it’s happening right this moment for those sly treasure hunters who know where to look for and find those rare deals of the decade – every week.  Don’t miss out.  This could be you!

Join Mordant & McFall as they speak with one of these sluthey wealth savers – Erin McFall.  This episode you will learn some of the ins and outs of the couponing world, why you should do it yourself, and how it can be sooo much fun.  Check our Success Freaks #150 and be amazed at how easy it is to save big money.  You’ll truly see why coupon clipping is worth your while.  [Read more…]

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Success Freaks #148 – Baby Stepping To A “Total Money Makeover”

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Bills, bills, bills – you’ve got too much month and not enough money at the end of it.  You want to do something about it, but don’t really know how.  Or maybe you do, but it seems like too much effort.  Either way, you keep digging yourself deeper into the money pit that is credit card debt and your life.  This episode, we’re taking a close look at the credit-card-free, cash-only guru Dave Ramsey.

Join Mordant & McFall as they share some of their own triumphs & tribulations.  Learn the importance of creating a Written Budget, setting aside an Emergency Fund, and the “magic” of implementing the Debt Snowball.  We’ll show you how you, too, can get started on your way to living footloose and financially free.  All you have to do is “live like no one else.” [Read more…]

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