Interesting ideas with Stan Hustad

 Well the guy who wrote the Art of the Deal is back in the game... And one of the reasons for that is he knows some things about business and the power of the media that most people don't and you whether you like him or not can learn something about is success and his comeback.

Then let me tell you one of the secrets of a very successful business woman who knew what to do in order to build a successful entrepreneurial business... And you can learn something from the story of my good friend.  

And by the way this is National Hearing day.  I didn't know anything about that and still don't know very much but it got me to thinking about the fact that hearing might be everything because it is certainly something very important, and that's why you need to learn the art of podcasting!

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Stan

This truly is one of the strangest stories about life and careers that I have ever heard.  Yes, my friend Bob has a very successful career in which he does what he loves to do every day and it all began when his grandmother yelled at him as he was watching a television program.

I tell you this will be one of the most unusual transformative stories ever but it has a lot of lessons and you need to take time this weekend to listen to it and think about it a lot.  

We often say an interesting ideas you learn more here by accident than most places by design and the day it happens again.

Thank you for listening and then sharing your own transformation story.

Stan

"Steve we have to hear your story! " That's what I recently said to my friend Steven Lear when I found out that he had just recently returned on a trip from Israel.  Steve and I have known each other for a number of years and I always knew that he was thoughtful and well informed as well as very good at the work he did.

I also knew that he was a good teacher even though he probably would not call himself that.  But he is, and whenever something in the Middle East happened, which happens a lot, I knew that if I wanted to understand what was going on that I would not necessarily listen to all the stuff on the news, but that Steve often times knew the real story and perhaps had some ideas about what needs to be done.

And now we know that the war continues on and is at a pivot and turning point, so I asked if Steve would take this time to give us some thing to think about, and not just some interesting ideas, but some challenges.

That's what he does so please listen. You need to hear this!

Please be informed that the views expressed in this program are those of Steven Lear personally. They do not reflect the views or opinions of any government agency or institution or of Affiance Financial.

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Stan

 I love the old cowboy movie about Lonesome Dove ... And there's a line in that film that we all need to hear and learn and do.  So let's take a little time to see if we can improve our life just a little bit and actually see if perhaps we can become one of the few that really do what they say they are going to do.

And then of course it's leap year day!  Well do you have any plans to do some leaping this year?  Or are you going to be like most people who stay put, fall back, and merely lean forward.  And I would love to hear from you about some of your leaping that will truly change and maybe even transform your life.

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Stan

 At this time of the year the mini millions of us who following the Christian tradition take a special time before the Easter celebration to examine our lives and see if there's things that we should give up, maybe some things we should start up, and very much think about the insecurity of our life and remember that sometimes we just don't know what's gonna happen to us.

So I'd like to have a little fun and play one of my favorite songs which deals with the fate of a real tough cowboy who made and had tough times in Deadwood South Dakota.  It was one of those legendary poker games that turned dangerous and eventually deadly.

You never know when you've been dealt a bad hand, and so what do you do if you have and what can you change when you can.?

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Stan

You just have to spend the next 20 minutes listening to this program if you finally want to know something about successful leadership and business communication. And I guarantee that there is not one course like this in any MBA program that I know of that's why I often say that an MBA sometimes means mostly bad advice, and in particular in the field of entrepreneurship.

Just managing a business that's going in growing can be done by an AI robot but if you're trying to create something and do something significant and bring about a better way of life rather than just creating another better thing you need to know more about what my friend Kevin has to teach you today. So play it smart and listen to his story because you can have all the information in the world but without an image and an incarnation practically nothing of value will happen.

This is good stuff! I take that back, it's great wisdom!!

Of course the question should be an obvious yes, but do we really believe in practice that today.  Are you old enough to remember hearing from somebody older than you, "mind your manners."

Well this might be a little bit of an old school guy bit of a rant but rent is not necessarily mind in your manners so it's simply some questions, a few suggestions and may be a little bit of some longings for other things from other times,

And then there is the stories of Gentlemen George, and so on this day can I take a few moments to talk about a letter of advice that he gave to a young nephew and the letter was worth over $3 million and perhaps the advice he gave was well worth it.

I hope this is useful to you and I would love to hear from you about how we can best today mind our manners!

Stan

 I have a lot of stories to tell you today. You'll enjoy them, at least most of them.  But this Presidents' Day stuff is kind of a funny holiday.  And unfortunately not everybody gets the day off. I certainly don't and most of the people I know don't get it all off but if you are one of those select folks who work for institutions to make sure they get every day off they have coming, you may have the day off. Well are you going to do something useful on this your day off?

But this got me thinking about something else and that is the fact that if you want to lead a great insignificant life you might have to go through some very deep water, endure some deep pain get beat up and scarred... Maybe you even have to suffer.

Do any of you wanna raise your hand and volunteer to suffer, but could it be that strong and successful lives that are fruitful and profitable and useful will require you to indeed suffer the scars before you can reach the stars and endure the pain and maybe even suffer a lot.

Just a challenge for you and me and for those of us who would like to seek a certain amount of success in greatness in life today.

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Stan

As promised my friends on this Friday Interesting Ideas will start a special weekly segment that will talk about "trans formation". Yes that is the kind of transition we need to make, and usually it cannot be a transition, it may be something that is abrupt and strong and vital and right now, or it may be something less intense.

But the point is that it is more than a change and it is more than an improvement it is more than a tweaking, transformation is about significant deep change in people, organizations, perhaps communities and could it be in a cup culture in a society itself

Here's the introduction to the stories we hope to tell and hopefully you will be a part of our storytime and transition project.

Yes it is the news of the day and it will play for a day or two and then unfortunately probably be forgotten. But it is something that we should think about and pray about today.

The celebration of the Super Bowl victory in Kansas City has turned into a day and a great tragedy and the tragedy will affect the lives of many people beyond today and perhaps well into eternity. And hundreds of people and politicians will tell you what we need to do now and they don't know what they're talking about.

There is not something wrong with our politics, there is something about our culture and our conditions where evil finds a place to abound.

It will not be about changing things it may be about something else and so I would like to just offer a few suggestions as to what we might think about and pray about and perhaps take some personal actions for us.

There is something else we need to think about and it is the powerful T word