Are you all in or faded in your freedom

Stop sedating in education start living in Execution! Do the work you are meant to do today!

DATE: Saturday, January 30th 2021

SUBJECT: Education is important - refreshing to read, learn and grow from others knowledge. The power of perspective outside our own opening our mind to the possibilities we alone can not see.... and yet at some point...we need to go, to do, to execute!

When who we are becoming in body, being, balance and business is dialed in - our ability to learn from actual experience on our path far outweighs education from a traditional sense.

Both have a place - but what becomes 80 percent education 20 percent execution shifts to 20 percent education 80 percent execution.

In 80 percent execution what gives us the ability to not only sustain but rise beyond is stacking the real, raw, relevant lessons of today. For better or worse.

If we are not living our life in body, being, balance and business with soul purpose - owning, accepting, standing and fighting for the land below us only we could take.... if we are not fighting for our life - we will always have to rely on education.

We will have to search for the answers outside of us.

We will have to sedate with stories, justify with excuses and play that fucking rerun of ... I just need to learn how to ....

My question for you is this where in your life in your body, being, balance and or business - where do you need to stop educating and start executing?

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006

A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be!

Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence?

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do!

By the way I am recently completed this powerful program.

I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures.

This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases.

Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life.

I don’t want you to join the challenge!

I don’t need you to join the challenge!

I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey.

My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me.

Step with courage!

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TITLE: Walking in the dark, in the desert has the power to empower beyond all the city lights.

DATE: Tuesday, January 19th 2021

HERE’S THE STORY:

Got up 3 am - decided to stay up knowing another hour of sleep would have probably messed me up more than serving me. Started my walk at 440 am dark as hell.

As I walked I realized while I could not see beyond 20 feet in any direction clearly what matters was the light in front of me.

In the dark in the desert beyond what I could see was really irrelevant.

What matters was the light from my flashlight - the path infront of me and my goal. To walk, move my body and start my day off from a place of power.

Another idea came to mind - as I was walking knowing I could not control beyond what I saw - I considered what I did have control of.

- I knew my path

- I had a light

- I had a back up light

- I had a ruck full of rocks ( not sure that would serve me outside reminding me I choose the weight I carry in life )

- I had my knife

- I had my phone

- I had the key to the house

I had been in the dark before, rucking in the military, Warrior week, in the dark mentally in business, as a husband, father, friend....

The dark is no fucking stranger and yet - its been a while since I walked in it literally for 45 minutes.

The point is - I know what I know, I know what I have, I know my mission - beyond what I can literally see is out of my control so gotta rise up and focus on the ground in front of me....

... because thats all that fucking matters.

WHY IS THIS RELEVANT:

We talk about the dark all the time - finding the light in the dark.

It’s powerful to walk in it.

As I was walking off to the left was nothing but desert off to the right was about 200 yards of desert between me and the homes by the beach. I was tempted to take a turn walking next to the houses but I wanted the lesson.

As I turned back I saw the lights of the city and thought how comforting it would be to walk there.

I considered how so many are pulled towards the lights....

That feeling of wanting to be where everyone else is and yet - I was more alive walking in the desert with nothing but what I needed.

LESSON:

Walking in the dark, in the desert has the power to empower beyond all the city lights.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU:

What can you do outside the box to push yourself beyond your normal routine to see where the true light lies in your life? Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006

A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence?

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do! By the way I am recently completed this powerful program.

I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures.

This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases.

Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life.

I don’t want you to join the challenge!

I don’t need you to join the challenge!

I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey.

My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me.

Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

Title: Pivot within VS Pivot away from - the power is on you!

Branden Mackenzie | Jan 10th 2021

THE STORY : Was listening to a powerful audio from the Warrior audio app and realized there are two ways we must pivot in life.

1. Pivot away from that which does not serve us.

It is a false lift to live and pivot within the frames of life we do not belong.

There is a bit of mercy as we go through the years of life we have created - an understandable amount of struggle to break through the barriers created, to burn the bridges we were never meant to cross or build and yet at some point the power of learning from those places loses its power if we don’t step from them.

2. Pivot within the frames of life we where meant to embrace.

It is a different place of earned presence, to fight for something than against.

WHY IS THIS RELEVANT???

There is a disconnect in life - the power of pivot can be a false lift.

So many times I have fought my previous wars to feel as though I am heading the right direction when in fact I know - its time to fight another war.

LET’S GET TO THE QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT YOU!

Where in your life are you pivoting within frames you are meant to be?

Where do you find yourself pivoting away from frames you are not meant to be?

I can’t help but realize there are ways I pivot in all areas of my life - both within and from.

I pivot in a good way finding powerful presence from doing right and ... I find myself pivoting away from things that do not belong in my path.

How about you?

Here’s what I believe as I reflect on my pivots in life.....

Pivot within or suffer the consequences of having to pivot from, fight against, defend against - that energy wasted is the missing ingredient of consistent growth from the place of purpose driven power.

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006

A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence?

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do! By the way I am recently completed this powerful program.

I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures.

This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases.

Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life.

I don’t want you to join the challenge!

I don’t need you to join the challenge!

I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey.

My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me.

Step with courage brother! https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: Don’t lose the love of the game - the love of living in the moment!

DATE: Sunday, January 17th 2021

HERE’S THE STORY THAT CREATED THE LESSON:

Played ball yesterday - got lost in it. It was a blast. Hit good, made a few great plays, wanted to win. I love the game

LESSON:

Live the life we get lost in like playing a game we love.

Sounds fucking cheesy... yet I know it is the dividing factor between a purpose driven life and forcing, justified with stories and lies.

When purpose outweighs pain nothing can stop us because there is no place we would rather be.

Life - takes us places and within body, being, balance and business.

In someways we are on point, we are in the hunt, we live and breath with passion the road we are on.

In other ways we are in pain, we are lost, chasing something that was never meant to be ours.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU:

Where in your life are you getting lost in the love of the game?

In your body?

In your being ( spiritual world )?

In your balance ( family ) ?

In your business?

On the flip side where are you in the dark chasing a life that was never meant to be yours?

In your body? Being? Balance? Business?

Here’s to the moments worth getting lost in!!!

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006

A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do By the way I am recently completed this powerful program.

I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures.

This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases.

Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life.

I don’t want you to join the challenge!

I don’t need you to join the challenge!

I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey.

My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me.

Step with courage brother!

Title: Don’t give up the power that is meant to be yours!

Do you influence from a place of power or force??? Family, kids, work, employees, coworkers, sales, health... this is a game changer in how you and I show up.

THE STORY: As I walked I kept losing signal messing up the flow of listening to the Warrior Audio App.

Challenged I started to question why the hell do I walk everyday with the weight.

In these moments I know its a glitch in my mindset and that I need to keep pushing forward. Crazy thing is that frustration built the platform for a powerful revelation.

In business, in body, in being ( spiritual ) and balance ( family )

Where do I step from a place of earned power - where do I force life.

Initially this idea of power vs force was focused on promoting what we represent in business.

A buyer who is promoted to from a place of power is very different than force.

Shifting gears on my walk I listened to yet another powerful audio in the Warrior app covering the idea of being real, raw, relevant and how those three ideas greatly impact our - results.

Here’s where it all came together

I believe in life there are those that build, those that fix and those that drive.

I considered a car and hesitantly thought ... I could build a car, I could fix a car but I really want to drive the car.

You might be asking at this point ... what the hell is he talking about...

Here’s what brought this to a point of - ah ha.

The night prior to walking I was working on my business creating a simple website and after 2 hours of time invested I was done. Very basic but clean. This triggered me as I was listening to the idea of power and force.

You see I was forcing myself to do the work when somebody else was really meant to do that work.

** now - I get at times we have to make but I dont think that should be the justified story for us living a life untrue to our purpose. The car had me thinking about a site I was working on - I spent two hours last night created something that was not my calling to make. I can force it but the process and time invested will not yield the return in comparison to investing in the person that was meant to build it. Keep in mind I got a great tip from a brother within Warrior and found a powerful option to hire someone which I will but I failed to step from a place of power and forced the wrong action.

How does this all come together?

Power is knowing our purpose and what we are meant to do.

Force is attempting to take action in the wrong part of the creating.

In everything we do - question... Am I meant to build this ( car, website, funnel, service )

Am I meant to fix what is broken or need of adjusting?

Am I meant to drive ( the car, the traffic, the message )

Why is this relevent?

We must force ourselves to do the work on our own......

Or must force ourselves to invest in others so that we can in turn invest our time and energy where it’s meant to be.

Power is soul purpose driven!

Force is when we are out of sync with our calling.

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006

A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence?

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases.

Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: Don’t demand before creating desire in business, family, body .... in life!

DATE: Wednesday, December 30th 2020

RESOURCE: Living the Warrior way!

THE STORY:

Listening to a powerful audio from the Warrior audio app.

Greatest takeaway was this....

Don’t demand people buy - create the desire which is the fuel lighting the flame of demand.

WHY IS THIS RELEVENT?

We see it everywhere - people pushing to buy. Vomiting their bullshit all over the internet. Its the perfect ad with the perfect smile, perfect script and all of it is so perfect it is - full of shit.

Its the programs being created and pushed that have never even been done by those pushing

Desire I believe is the reflection of actions taken... it is the leading to of a sincere question.

They know we are coming from a place of power, they see we live it and our goal is not manipulation but to hold the mirror asking no more than the questions we ask ourselves.

LESSON:

Life is earned - no matter how we look at it. There’s no cutting corners when it comes to doing what is meant to be done.

Our focus must be to create desire to earn demand.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU:

Where in your life are you demanding when you should be creating desire?

In your business?

In your body?

In your balance ( family ) ?

Look we all know - because I say so is the absolute worst way to influence a child and yet....

We all know the guy that say what you should do before he asks - what do you truly want to do has one agenda and it’s not yours.

Let’s approach from a place of power, a place where we are reflecting the desire to impact.

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006

A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.

Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence?

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do

https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

By the way I am recently completed this powerful program.

I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures.

This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases.

Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life.

I don’t want you to join the challenge!

I don’t need you to join the challenge!

I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey.

My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me.

Step with courage brother!

https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: How do you see what you see? I see it Warrior CORE 4 style.

DATE: Friday, December 18th 2020

THE STORY:

Got up today at 430 with a desire to do some good. Working for earned presence doing Warrior CORE 4.

Something powerful about the process I have grown to embrace.

As I sat looking out the window into the dark slowly the light came around.

Just as I was wrapping up my CORE 4 looked outside and saw these amazing colors in the sky through the clouds.

Decided to go out on the patio and capture taking a picture and short video.

Got me thinking...How do I see what I see?????

My question for you - how do you see what you see?

THE TAKEAWAY - I saw this eyes wide open with gratitude, earned energy, clarity because of CORE 4.

How do you see what you see in the morning?

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT

How we see life is influenced by how we start life each and every day. Its not a one time thing its an everyday earn it thing.

LESSON:

The morning and the night are the two greatest opportunities we have to influence how we see life from the start and the end... sunrise to sunset.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU:

Do you want more clarity?

If yes - what are you going todo to earn it?

In your body, being, balance and or business what are you willing to give up?

What action can you take that earns the life you are meant to see???

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006

A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.

Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence?

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do.

https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

By the way I am recently completed this powerful program.

I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures.

This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases.

Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life.

I don’t want you to join the challenge!

I don’t need you to join the challenge!

I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey.

My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me.

Step with courage brother!

TITLE: It’s not weakness - its wisdom to look for guidance. Do you - don’t be something you are not!

DATE: Monday, December 28th 2020

Lessons learned from a powerful coaching call with my Warrior brothers.

I have a problem - my desire to do shit on my own and yet - I know my value is not in creating websites.

My value and desire is to create content to put within sites, pages, funnels.

My goal is to impact and lead leveraging my lessons learned using a platform to present that message.

There is a gap between my desire and the produced outcome - the gap is lack of knowledge, expertise, proper being ( am I meant to be in that space )....

That gap can be as big as the sea if I fail to understand where my strengths are and where I must look for help.

It is not weakness to look for guidance - its wisdom.

No matter where we are in my life as our experience grows we must not allow ourselves to think we are the ones meant to build the frames ( website / funnel ).

I believe is it our mission to shine a light within the frame and at times ( most often ) the frame is someone’s else’s creation built by the influence of a similar vision.

Feeling this is to damn deep in thought... - the point is my desire to fight on the field not paint the lines.

WHY IS THIS RELEVANT TO YOU AND I:

We are as far or as close to our desired outcome as we choose to be.

Do it or pay for it - don’t freaking swim in the sea of indecision.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU - THE QUESTION I ASKED MYSELF:

Where in your body, your being ( spiritual world ), balance ( family ) and or business - where can you bridge the gap by realizing where you are meant to focus your energy and where you are meant to look for support.

Don’t attempt to accomplish what was never meant to be done..... by you!

YOU DO YOU!

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006

A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.

Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence?

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do.

I am recently completed this powerful program.

I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures.

This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases.

Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life.

I don’t want you to join the challenge!

I don’t need you to join the challenge!

I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey.

My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me.

Step with courage my brothers and sisters!

https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

TITLE: Don’t get mad at them because you are mad at yourself

RESOURCE: Being a dad

THE STORY:

My son was working on a project for school. He was moving to quick and Reyna ( my wife ) called him on it. He got a little frustrated and shifted his focus to Genevieve his baby sister who was messing with some cables from behind the TV. As he went to get her I saw he was a little aggressive and I told him prior to picking her up. Don’t get mad at her because your mad at yourself.

Should have seen the look on his face. Jaw dropped - eyes wide as if he knew I was 100% correct... in that second I realized as I saw him... I saw myself.

I quickly ran through a number of times I have been mad at Reyna, my son, work.... life and it was no more than a trigger from a previous situation I failed to walk from and in turn I was walking with.

It is as if I was putting the wrong fuel on the fire. It was only a matter of time before those emotions got the best of me just as they did him.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU??? ( The question I ask myself )

Where in your life, in the frames you choose to be in with your body, your being, balance and or business.

Where are you getting mad at a person, a situation, a thing when the real problem is not within that moment but the failed fire you did not handle when the opportunity to get clarity presented itself.

It reminds me of my father ( a wise man ) who often encouraged me to give it 24 hours. A great great recommendation that saved me so many times but there was a problem with it.

By not addressing the challenge I faced to a certain level of clarity I was unable to move from it. I carried it with me.

Everything in my path from that moment to 24 hours later was in some way affected by it.

So the question is clear - where in your life are you getting mad at someone else or something because really - you are mad at yourself?

WHAT’S A SOLUTION???

My Solution - I leverage the Warrior Stack App - a powerful series of questions that helps me get more clarity and understanding of the situations in life that .... I fail to immediately understand.

I am challenged, I am in the dark but I know there is a lesson within it and I want that lesson.

I surely don’t want to take out my lack of understanding on others.

Its the raw emotions of anger, frustration, irritation to joy, bliss, gratitude.... be it a good or bad moment I know I can learn from it and step from it with earned presence and power that will serve me and those I care about. Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.

Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence?

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do.

https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day basis.

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.

TITLE: The phone or my son - I must pick ... over and over!

THE STORY:

Just last night he was playing Xbox and I was on many phone. I was not doing something productive. I looked up and realized I am giving up time with him .... for this. If I am not producing I am wasting time that could be spent with him and from now on I am not giving that up.

WHAT GOT ME REFLECTING: The Warrior Gratitude Stack

Every morning my mission is to start my day with power. One of the greatest ways I get centered is by giving thanks for that which I have. I do this with the gratitude stack. A series of powerful questions to amplify what I am thankful for. Today I did one for my son.

HIGHLIGHT FROM THE GRATITUDE STACK FOR MY SON:

I am just so damn proud of him. From helping set up the house with Christmas decorations to watching out for his baby sister. He is becoming everyday a great young man. DESIRES AND ACTIONS DEFINED WITHIN THE GRATITUDE STACK:

Fight for my time with Derek. Make the time we have count. Play games with him, uno, Xbox, baseball, fight with him in the bed, do the things that makes him happy.

LESSON LEARNED:

The greatest gift of seeing him in who he is becoming is a combination of the path he is on and the time we spend together. That path is on me as a father to build initially. The time we spend together must not be wasted.

REVELATION FROM THIS EXPERIENCE:

Life is fueled by what we do right! Our life’s fuel is taken by what we do wrong.

My life is fueled by expansion in the frames of life I choose to live within. From working my body to my spiritual world, from my family to my business.

My mission is to fight for greater clarity in those areas.

My fight is for the moments I have - do what fuels the fire, be a man showing up with earned faith for my family and everyday know that - today is a new day. What I bring to the table today is earned in the actions of today.

ACTION GOING FORWARD:

Do what fuels my purpose or spend quality time with my family.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU:

Where in your life in your body, your spiritual world, your family and or business - are you giving up quality time sedated on your phone?

This seems so irrelevant - yet the 2, 3 or 4 minutes wasted here and there over the years end up being a huge impact on the reflection of all we have done.

Imagine 10 minutes a day or about an hour a week being 52 hours in a year X 18 years.

936 hours or 39 days - would you give that up for surfing the web or some action that takes from the very person you are becoming.

I am questioning you because everyday I am questioning myself - am I doing enough of what matters? Answer the question and lets get better for who we are becoming and those we love.

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.

Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence?

Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do.

https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie

This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process.

I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day basis.

Branden MacKenzie

Proud Member of Warrior

US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be.