As I reflect on the life of a man who did many things before passing away, I realize that I need to double down on what matters in this life. And newsflash, it has nothing to do with making more money, getting more stuff, gaining more power, or anything like that. It's taken me 34 years on this planet to realize that, other than God, the only thing that really matters is the impact you have on other people.

Regardless of where your religion or personal belief system lies, I encourage you to look closely at the relationships you have in your life. Are you loving others as best as you can? Are you putting others before yourself? Matthew 22: 37 - 39 says "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it, "Love your neighbor as yourself". Regardless if you are religious or not, the second is human truth that we should all be able to get behind. Love until you can't love anymore. God bless.

Last night, the creative juices were flowing after a friend of mine posted an idea for a podcast on Twitter. I immediately and almost frantically, started writing questions and ideas down for implementing the idea and running with it. It was an example of one of those "yahtzee" moments, where something in a creator's head just clicks, and you take off like a SpaceX rocket after an idea.

Creators, take full advantage of these moments, because when they come around you have an opportunity to create something so special, don't let something like needing sleep stifle your creation process (I say that jokingly as it was about 30 minutes before I was going to bed when this brainchild happened, don't sacrifice your health peeps). Point being, when opportunity comes knocking, be sure you're ready, and chase after it like your life depended on it. God bless!

Mixer was down last night. Effectively, most of Mixer's services were down and we ended up calling it about 90 minutes into my cast. Which, as a broadcaster who only gets to cast 3 to 4 times a week, really stinks. But, instead of complaining about it and just logging for the night, we made lemonade out of lemons, got creative, and had a blast!

We opened up the voice channels in Discord, and hung out with a bunch of folks and just enjoyed playing video games! It was refreshing, an opportunity to hang and chat with folks we don't normally get to, and it gave me an idea for our family nights that I'm looking forward to implementing. My encouragement for you, regardless of what you do for a living, is to find the silver lining in an otherwise bad situation, get creative, and make some phenomenal lemonade out of lemons. God bless!

So many emotions today that I can't articulate. We hit 1000 Legion strong last night, which is an INCREDIBLE milestone to hit less than a month in to being on Mixer. But while that's super exciting, I'm also disheartened to see so many other great content creators feel stuck on platforms that are doing NOTHING to support their growth and their needs. I have some very good friends on Twitch that are facing a hard decision to stay with a platform that they've spent years building their communities on or to move to platform where they have a chance to possibly accomplish the goals they have for their community.

My ask is that if you are a broadcaster, do your research and evaluate your goals and whether the platform you are on supports your goals / needs. If you are a viewer, consider the impact you have on content creators if you choose a platform over supporting them moving. It's a simple ask, be kind to one another, put yourself in each others shoes, and love. God bless.

It's amazing to see Mixer starting to make moves in the broadcaster space, I was in Angry Iceberg's stream and there was chatter about how Mixer has approached some Twitch partners about making the move to Mixer. This to me shows that Microsoft is taking the next step and getting serious about making Mixer a contender to Twitch in terms of streaming services and competition. And what we saw this morning is that viewers are willing to go where their favorite content creators are.

I'm extremely excited to see what the future holds for the Mixer platform, and how the influx of new viewers will drive Microsoft to accelerate innovation on the platform and to bring some things up to par with Twitch (emote size...). It's an exciting time to be a Mixer broadcaster!! God Bless!

After last night I absolutely had to talk about how important it is to surround yourself with a solid team. We nearly hit the 1k mark for member of the Legion, and I couldn't be more excited and humbled by the support and love we've seen from the Mixer community. But it's worth noting that this would NOT have been possible without the strong support from my team, my Mod Squad.

Finding people who align with your vision and purpose for your broadcast is extremely important, even as a small broadcaster, because those are the folks who will be with you in the trenches, day in and day out, making sure your chat stays informed, aligns with your purpose and values, and ultimately helps you entertain and enrich the lives of your viewers to the best of your ability. The value they bring to the table rivals your own, so make sure you appreciate them and make sure you surround yourself with them. God Bless!

Today I talked about learning. A lot of times, we as people, actively want to avoid learning new things either because we're in school and we're forced to learn, or we're told by a figure of authority that we have to learn. Today I want to encourage you to go out and learn about something you WANT to learn about.

I have a saying that I've told people for years, I've always said "The day you don't learn something new, is the day you die". Becuase whether we consciously or unconciously do so, we're always learning. My encouragement would be to go out and learn something today because you want to learn it. You'll be a better person for it. I appreciate each and every one of you that has stopped by and listened to the podcast, have a wonderful rest of your weekend and God Bless.

It's Friday! Today is normally a day where I start to reflect on how the week has gone, and this week is one of those weeks that I would define as "the grind". I didn't really have any of those "adrenaline" moments where we got a big raid, or we were featured or anything, but it wasn't a bad week either. The Legion saw really solid growth, we've got new fam joining the fold, and it was just a solid week.

I think it's important to acknowledge these types of week, and most importantly to be grateful in the grind. It's easy to become disheartened when things aren't at their peak, especially if you're coming off of one of those peaks or hitting a plateau, whether it's in broadcasting or whatever you're doing. But be grateful that you have another day to have a positive impact on someone. Life is too short to let the grind get you down! I hope you're ready for a great weekend, I appreciate you, and God Bless!

So many thoughts running through my head in this dad log, it was really hard to put them all together in a coherent thought. But waking up to a Twitter-storm about Ninja and Drake is a pretty fun thing to wake up to.

Huge congratulations to Ninja, from what I've heard, this has been a long time coming. To get to a point where you can say "I've played video games with Drake" is pretty impressive, and shows what hard work and perseverance can do. So big-ups dude.

Second, the result of this cultural event has brought the best and worst out of people. The worst is when others see the success of someone else, and say they don't deserve it, or that it never would have happened if not for Drake. Not true. So make sure that you celebrate the success of your fellow streamer, regardless of how big or small. You'll be a better person for it. That's all I've got for you, have an amazing Thursday and God Bless!

Today I want to talk about priorities, whether it's stream related or otherwise. Had a chat with a good friend about getting things setup for their stream, and something that came to mind is the fact that it can be hard to decide, with limited time, what to work on and put the time into vs what you you don't put the time into.

There are always the basics of making sure that you have basic commands setup for common things people want to know as they engage with your content. When you start looking at more complex items, the level of effort and complexity is far greater, which leads to more time.

The main point I'd leave you with, is that from a streaming perspective, make sure that no matter what you prioritizing, that it lines up with the values / purpose / content of your channel. Every creator has a unique value prop they bring to the table, make sure that you prioritize the experiences that will bring value to your viewer. Thanks for listening, God Bless!