Interesting ideas with Stan Hustad

 There's a lot of buzz going around about people just not moving very fast or moving at all when they come to work on Monday.  It's the Monday malaise and maybe also the recovery from Saint Patrick's weekend. Well can I suggest just a few random thoughts that occurred to me while I was watching a particularly striking episode of the powerful new story of the life of Jesus called THE CHOSEN.

And it's about being really tired. Have you ever had that feeling of just overwhelming physical emotional everything tiredness?  Just dead tired.  Well today I have at least a few thoughts about that and perhaps we can find some help in the true meaning of what St. Patrick's Day was all about.  It's not a drinking day it's a religious holiday festival and celebration.

And in fact the good seed came up with a wonderful closing prayer and benediction which I will share with you on this mediocre Monday.

Stan

 I have been involved in some way with Ukraine long before the current and terrible crisis in the Russian invasion.  And let me tell you the story and then how I helped a young couple make their way from Ukraine to a new life in California. And they have done well with hard work and effort.

And now because of their good fortune they have put together ways to help people in Ukraine, help some to get out of Ukraine, and now a way to help those who are here to start a new life..

And in their creativity they came up with the idea of what my friend Nadia called The 7 foot club.  No it's not a big stick to beat people with but truly a coming together of people in a internet friendship club and it takes the name from an old sailor saying about 7 feet, and hence the name the 7 foot club.

It's a great idea and I wanna share it with you so here it goes on this turbulent Thursday.

Stan

 Well we are watching the news and maybe March 15 could be the day that we remember because the financial system may have started to go under and people are certainly fearful for what might be. We hope not and pray but remember that in some ways we all pay for somebody's mistakes.

But if you're old like me you might be able to pass the trivia test about what famous event happened on 15 March, the ides of March.  

Well if you are a little bit curious maybe you'll listen to this 15 minute program and learn something you didn't know that.  Well we will learn about 15 March, route 66, the history of the American automobile and why it's good to sometimes fill your head with useless knowledge.

But because of all that you are one of the smarter people around and perhaps because of that being so smart you should be on the radio. So if you are smart you'll at least listen to the story and decide just how smart you might be and what you might do.

... Well just like in the old movies of Laurel and Hardy, Oliver would say to Stanley, "and here's another fine mess you've gotten me into."  Sounds familiar, it's everybody else's fault and of course they often blame Trump for just about everything.

And the news rumors are flying that soon the District Attorney in New York City will indict Donald Trump for some possible financial misconduct in a payoff to a woman not to talk.  And the main person testifying against Donald Trump is a former lawyer who used to work for him who has also been found guilty of a number of things and has been known to tell lies.

So what will happen. Well we will find out but that got me to thinking about something that plagues us all in our world today and so join me in an amusing conversation about the Donald Trump deal and how it just might be a lesson in life ... For us all

Stan

Well of course as I said on Sunday night we still are trying to catch up for the hour of sleep we lost and we continue to lose in some way this week.  Listen to my Sunday night program from yesterday.  And the economy of our nation and maybe the world are in big trouble because the leaders messed up again and again and now it's major banks are going under but we have been assured that we will not have to pay for bailing them out. 

Don't believe them because in some way we will pay the price and what do you think of those guys who ran the bank who sold off and bonuses out their friends before everything went South.  

Those are some of the people we're helping out.

But on Sunday my friend Pastor Steve gave me a word of wisdom that just might be helpful to me and to you as we deal with the mess that starts on Mondays and it's going to be a part of our experience throughout 23.  

I hope it will be helpful!

Stan

 More and more people are asking the obvious question why are we doing this silly thing. There were and perhaps still are some very good reasons for the advent of daylight savings time going back almost 100 years. And so since we've done it we keep doing it and from time to time the people who think it is advantageous to them but not necessarily to everybody find ways to keep it going because it works best for them.

But everybody knows that for most people it's a proverbial pain and nothing is accomplished and we all know about the fact that there are a number of silly things and harmful and bad things that happen both on the very day and through the following week.  

But we do it anyhow because that's what we do.  So I have a few thoughts simple as they are that might be helpful to you to recover from the sleep deprivation and a bit of the aggravation that's bound to occur in the days following daylight savings time because it messes with our sleep and living rhythms both us and for our pets.  

 I hope this might be helpful

Stan

 Well I start with a question since we are talking about time this weekend. And then I segue into one of my favorite happy and sad stories about Jackson the Wonder Dog.  And as I tell it it brings back happy and sad memories and it will probably do the same for you. You may even want to interrupt my story and tell your story..

And there's always a lesson in a dog story. As I often say, yes what where do you get when you spell Dog backwards.  

Doesn't that tell you something and then so it's not just entertainment may I challenge you to understand that as a leader you're going to have to deal with peoples changing sense of time and flexibility and work schedules and that inevitable clock thing as you do your work of making a living in our very time in clock conscious society today.

The woman came up to the speakers platform and she was strong and striding hard and fast and she looked me in the eye and made a powerful statement. Let me tell you the story as to what she said to me that day. 

Well today we're gonna talk a little bit about daylight savings time and I would like to know whether you think it's a good thing or a bad thing.

And then indeed we're gonna talk about giving away power and how that can begin to hurt us, and yet we're going to reverse the formula and show that in some ways that can work too.

And maybe a way to deal with the power-play players in your office and workplace.

And hopefully at the end of 15 minutes you'll have something to think about to make you stronger bolder braver and more powerful.

Stan

 it's Trump Tuesday which has nothing to do with Donald but if you want a good week you gotta get over your Monday malaise and "trumpet" on Tuesday.  And with your permission I want to encourage you to be bold brave and strong today and I don't want you to make any FBDs... So let me tell you what an FBD is and why it will also make you feel bad.

And I have never liked email. Of course I have to do it because that's the way things are done so often today. One of the things I'm glad for is that now for the most part my AI dictation knows me so well that I can do most of my typing by talking and the robot does the typing for me and also includes some embarrassing typos from time to time but I've learned to live with that. And I try to catch them when I can. But sometimes I miss.

But there's more to it than inconvenience, emails are changing too many things about how we communicate because emails are not for communication they are for information and they are very bad sources of communication because communication is always about building friendships and relationships and so let me give you a few examples of why you should do a lot less typing and texting and a lot more talking and communicating.

 Well that question and that title sounds like a little bit of Clickbait. But with a smile it should be taken seriously. There are movement the claim that all will come to an existential and and so will you it's all just get ready to be ended, and that will be better for you and for us. That's a lie and let me tell you why.

And yes indeed there is a relationship between and aftershave cologne and artificial intelligence. 

And right now there's a lot of information about chat GPT and artificial intelligence in which many people are claiming that they know what you should do. Don't believe them or me right now. Nobody really knows what to do and how it will affect you your work and your career.

But in this 18 minutes, not real long I can give you some questions and some things to be aware of that might be helpful as we enter the new existence of artificial intelligence and what it means.

. Remember I can help you.

Stan

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