The Art of Magic at Work

Today we talk about our experiences with conservation around water and power. People should do what’s best for their world and community, but do they? Also, Jeff Torello gives a short non-technical overview of power plants and the challenge of predicting consumption.

It's Thanksgiving. It's a great time to practice gratitude and remind ourselves that we have value, our work has value, even if circumstances like the economy and job losses make it seem like we don't.

Join Jeff Marek and Jeff Torello as we discuss the great shift in the tech industry, ongoing layoffs, and world changes. You have the key to how this impacts your life.

Today our guest Chris Clements talks about life as a new dad and why he thinks the advice, “you can always make more money” led him down the wrong path.. Learn what he values now that costs little to no money! Chris turns the tables and asks Jeff and Jeff who inspired them the most and why. Quotes: “Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” - Douglas Adams https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/250456-anyone-who-is-capable-of-getting-themselves-made-president-should Links: The Running man (1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/ “Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence” - Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052MD8VO/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_BCWEEGM5R7YZ56E52VYP Indentured Servitude - is a form of labor in which a person is contracted to work without salary for a specific number of years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude Luddite - one of a group of early 19th century English workmen destroying laborsaving machinery as a protest. ALSO one who is opposed to especially technological change. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ludditem Maslow's hierarchy of needs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs The Money Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-money-podcast/id1566996321

Guest Discussion with Tony Crupi. Tony shares some of his life insights including an honest discussion around balancing following your passion vs. making money in life. We also include a business trick on how you can actually “listen to your gut.” Office Space https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/ Where’s the Beef - Wendy’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_the_beef%3F Reagan and Trust But Verify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_but_verify

Key Lessons from Tony Crupi in episode 14 of The Art of Magic at Work.

Let's talk about returning to work or working remotely. Can you really be effective with a fully remote team made up of humans who need social contact? Is on-site work something that the. next generation doesn't need?

Let's talk about the changes at Twitter. What does free speech really mean and what has it meant through history. We can agree to disagree? right? A Letter Concerning Toleration John Locke It is one thing to persuade, another to command: One thing to press with Arguments, another with Penalties. … For Laws are of no force at all without Penalties, and Penalties in this case are absolutely impertinent; because they are not proper to convince the mind. John Locke FRS (/lɒk/; 29 August 1632– 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill US Constitution https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. Preamble to the Bill of Rights Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. General Motors suspends ads on Twitter as Musk takeover exposes who opposes freedom of speech https://americanwirenews.com/general-motors-suspends-ads-on-twitter-as-musk-takeover-exposes-who-opposes-freedom-of-speech/?utm_campaign=james&utm_content=10%2F29%2F22%20SOE%20AM&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=Get%20response&utm_term=email

Today we talk about Jeff Marek's 13 day cruise across the Atlantic, forced relaxation, and how to ‘hack’ cruise ship internet. We also discuss Nest Renew and the challenge of energy independence. Links: Nest Renew https://nestrenew.google.com Travel router https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-axt1800/

Humans need communication with other humans. Is this why we anthropomorphize or give human characteristics to everything from Muppets to Sex Robots? Today we talk about human connection and whether we are being trained to be dumber by Tik Tok. Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov - Wikipedia Muppets - Jim Henson Biography https://www.amazon.com/Jim-Henson-Brian-Jay-Jones/dp/0345526120 Oculus by Meta - New Accounts https://www.oculus.com/blog/meta-accounts/ Link to tik tok video commentary https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/xg3r56/really_interesting/ Muppet Newsflash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csg_SGWHAQ4

Let’s talk about the value of four new awesome features of iOS16 and discuss “Is Apple Still Innovating?” 1. Medication Tracking 2. Haptic Keyboard 3. Message Editing 4. Satellite Messages Relax Go To It by Frankie Goes to Hollywood

How can you find information anywhere in the company? You’re only three phone calls away. Listen as Jeff Torello and Jeff Marek discuss how to apply ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ to your business questions. After that we spend time reflecting on how people ‘’leave bosses, not their jobs” and what to do about it as a leader. Quotes: “With great power comes great responsibility.” - Stan Lee https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/stan-lee “Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” - Tom Peters https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/tom_peters_194018 “You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. —Grace Hopper” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper “Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” - Tom Peters https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/tom_peters_194018 References: Director J.J. Abrams explains why there are so many lens flares in 'Star Trek' https://www.businessinsider.com/why-star-trek-has-so-much-lens-flare-2015-11 Crash Course: Leadership in a Remote First World - Jeff Torello https://www.authorjeff.com Six degrees of separation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation The six degrees | Kevin Bacon | TEDxMidwest https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kevin+bacon+six+degrees+of+separation Mr Kevin Bacon Plays Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon https://youtu.be/Rmn-amJ9UA4

Key lessons from Abdul Bailey and Jeff Torello from episode 14 of The Art of Magic at Work.

What happens when you don’t pursue your passion or you do and it doesn’t work out. This week Abdul Bailey and Jeff Torello share stories around their life choices and what it meant. We follow up on the recent Twilio security breach explaining the implications and sharing things you can do to protect your digital life. LINKS to ARTICLES Phishers who breached Twilio and targeted Cloudflare could easily get you, too https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/08/phishers-breach-twilio-and-target-cloudflare-using-workers-home-numbers/ The number of companies caught up in recent hacks keeps growing https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/08/the-number-of-companies-caught-up-in-the-twilio-hack-keeps-growing/ 1,900 Signal users exposed: Twilio attacker 'explicitly' looked for certain numbers https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/16/twilio_breach_fallout_signal_user/ How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkvxv/how-a-third-party-sms-service-was-used-to-take-over-signal-accounts Hunter S Thompson Video https://youtu.be/NHeSC_Ws5Ic Do you use SMS for two-factor authentication? Here's why you shouldn't [CNET Article on alternatives to SMS] https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/do-you-use-sms-for-two-factor-authentication-heres-why-you-shouldnt/ Twilio did NOT disclose number of employees that were fooled into giving up their user names/passwords. Oktapus attack on Twilio exposes data of 163 companies https://www.cshub.com/attacks/news/oktapus-attack-on-twilio-exposes-data-of-163-companies#:~:text=The%20breach%20was%20discovered%20on,a%20limited%20period%20of%20time%E2%80%9D CDW article on Hard Tokens vs Soft Tokens https://www.cdw.com/content/cdw/en/articles/security/hard-tokens-vs-soft-tokens.html RESOURCES YOU CAN USE Signal Messenger Https://www.signal.org Apple Instructions on how to enable two factor authentication for your Apple ID https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204915

Today we talk with Abdul about the coming Artemis launch and why it’s so hard in business to make the smart technical decision. Why does competition matter? Abdul shares some of his career secrets on investing while working. The conversation leads us to talk about focus and issues we’ve all had. Abdul shares how you can turn difficulties around maintaining focus and attention to a superpower. Apollo 13 (1995) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/ Nissan 400z https://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/sports-cars/nissan-z.html For All Mankind - Apple TV+ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772588/ Rich Dad Poor Dad https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680194 NASA: Artemis https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/ The Matrix - "Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet." https://youtu.be/mgS1Lwr8gq8 Neil DeGrasse Tyson - American Astrophysicist, author, and science communicator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson

The news is entertainment first. Don’t believe everything you read, see, and hear from the news or especially from companies. Everyone has a perspective and an agenda. The trick is to develop your own ability to find the truth. Today’s discussion is about the claim Tesla’s auto driving cars will run over small children. Jeff and I think it’s crazy but don’t believe us… peruse the links below and make your own informed decision. Except several of the links below may not work as Youtube has decided to ‘protect you’ from certain content. Movie Link: The Running Man (1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/ The Dawn Project The Dawn Project’s mission is to make computers safe for humanity. https://dawnproject.com/campaigns/ Raw footage shows Tesla FSD Beta was active during The Dawn Project’s tests, but there’s more to the story [Video] https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/raw-footage-shows-tesla-fsd-beta-was-active-during-the-dawn-projects-tests-video/ Dirty Dan O'Dowd: Tesla Hater Caught Lying https://youtu.be/-gKUUWsedeg Autodrive and testing tesla’s on ‘box child’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHIgawTRCv8 People are now testing Tesla's 'full self-driving' on real kids https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/21/business/tesla-fsd-tests-kids/index.html Tesla FSD AutoPilot in action on 11 Year Old middle of road. https://youtu.be/802WOzc6gc8 A blow up doll https://youtu.be/cJh-LQABNUg Box Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TVi1PU85Mk

We should be able to discuss charged topics like politics. Today we use the example of the argument "Rights vs. Privileges", show a "stupid business trick" on generating trust, and discuss how to convince others in a discussion by listening and reflecting back their points. References: George Carlin the Comedian (AKA Philosopher) George Carlin talks about America’s most profitable business – the manufacture, packaging, distribution, and marketing of bullshit. https://youtu.be/elN36peHz3M George Carlin Quote on Rights vs. Privileges in 2008 Comedy Special “It’s Bad for Ya!” “Rights aren’t rights if they can be taken away. They’re privileges. That’s all we’ve ever had in this country: A bill of temporary privileges. And if you read the news, even badly you know that the list gets shorter and shorter” Steelmanning (AKA Writing for the Opponent) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_for_the_opponent

You don’t have to be the expert in the room. Listen to Mel share how she’s built a career of getting results. We talk about how to make decisions, how to get a team enrolled without consensus, and even how to constructively disagree with your boss and other leaders in an organization. To really get results you need to take risks. Mel's shares risks in her own career and we talk about ways to reward a team that misses its goals ... encouraging trying again and again. Links: - Brené Brown, "Clear is Kind" - - https://brenebrown.com/articles/2018/10/15/clear-is-kind-unclear-is-unkind/ - "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice," Free Will by Rush - https://music.apple.com/us/album/freewill/1440782947?i=1440783229

Today's discussion is with Ben as he begins his personal journey on how to grow a business. We talk about what it means to start a business, how to create focus, and how to use networking to create opportunities for connections and your first customers. Working your personal network is serendipity in action.

Today we talk about how you can build rapport across remote teams. We share stories and specific examples… in the end ‘it’s all about relationships.” - Why do ‘ice breakers’ and ‘4p virtual happy hours’ stink? - Guerrilla tactics to build relationships especially if you aren’t the leader. - The power of apology and vulnerability in relationships. - Use the phone - not text, not email. - Lots of examples and stories.

Today we talk to Brooks and learn tips on how to deal with burnout in your career; it can happen anytime. Learn how and when you can say, ‘no’ to take control of your life. It’s really a discussion about how to live with intention, seizing the main role in your own life. Includes: - a business tip on how to reward people during a recession with no budget - What are leading and trailing indicators - Do College Degree's matter? - What would we tell our younger self?

In this episode learn how to protect yourself against predatory companies who try to take advantage of your startup pretending to be government agencies, recommendations on two great Ted Talks, Subliminal Advertising is back again, details on how China is using Surveillance Capitalism to attack Social Media in Texas, and recommendations on tools we use to protect ourselves. Show Notes 04:00 Managing Log Files (Large Files) Notepad++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/ Baretail https://baremetalsoft.com/baretail/ 13:45 Ted Talks and Blogs Brent Brown Ted Talk on vulnerability https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability Tim Urban - Ted Talk - Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator Tim Urban - Blog What buy Why? https://waitbutwhy.com 33:40 Subliminal Messaging Instances of Subliminal Messages - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instances_of_subliminal_messages The shocking drink and coke history of subliminal advertising https://www.businessinsider.com/subliminal-ads-2011-5?op=1 The Deceptive Origins of Subliminal Messaging - Cheddar Examines - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU-eUcXcaqk 47:00 Surveillance Capitalism & Risks of Social Media Data Social dilemma on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224 Surveillance Capitalism Definition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism Instagram adds more protections for teenagers - https://www.wsj.com/articles/instagram-adds-more-protections-for-teenagers-11627390800?mod=article_inline China using Social Media to attack rare earth metal mining executives in Texas - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinese-posed-as-texans-on-social-media-to-attack-rare-earths-rivals/ar-AAYXze7 Tik Tok Employees can see US data - https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/07/03/2003781042 DHS persistent surveillance camera systems - https://www.dhs.gov/publication/wide-area-persistent-surveillance-camera-systems Police sweep Google Searches to find suspects - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-google-reverse-keyword-searches-rcna35749 Google to Delete Location History for Visits to Abortion Clinics - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-to-delete-location-history-for-visits-to-abortion-clinics/ 59:00 Tools We Use to Protect Ourselves Signal Secure Messaging - https://signal.org/download/ Firefox Focus for iOS and Android (private and tracking protection Browser) DuckDuckGo (mostly private search) - https://duckduckgo.com https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/brave-roasts-duckduckgo-over-bing-privacy-exception/ar-AAYyIP2 1:06 Salt is Illegal? Demolition Man (1993) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/

Recessions sound scary if you’ve never been through them before. Today we talk about the what it means and how it might influence your decisions at home and at work… Should you go to a new job right now? The US government also requested TikTok be removed from those app stores. What exactly are they tracking about you? Show Notes: Definition of a Recession - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/recession.asp Jurassic Park Jeep JK Replacement gauges - https://www.azzysdesignworks.com/shop/p/gauge-jk-jpark Replacing a Car Based on Gas Price - : https://brevir.com/resources FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/29/fcc-commissioner-tells-apple-google-to-remove-tiktok-from-app-stores.html

Debate about Google's sentient AI is in the news. Should you be worried about Killer Robots? Possibly not, but your kids should be... Also, in this episode, how to lead an organization by taking killer meeting minutes. A super, simple template is on Brevir.com and the discussion is in this podcast with tips on how to get into meetings and influence the decisions. Eliza - Natural Language Processing Computer Program 1964-1966 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA Turing Test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test Alan Turing (1912-1954) - Widely considered father of Theoretical Computer Science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Killer Meeting Minutes - Grab a complete template with 'killer tips' at https://brevir.com/resources - Attendees (Who showed up, who sent a representative) - Action Items (Owner, Action, Due Date, bonus - Acceptance Criteria) - Decisions and Context

What's it like to quit corporate America and start a new business? Hear about Madeline's approach and listen to commentary on SpaceX and the value of space exploration. We'll cover sentient AI from Google next episode. Ten Steps to Starting a Business in Arizona - https://www.azcc.gov/corporations/ten-steps-to-starting-a-business-in-az The Green Design Co by Madeline Klein - https://thegreendesignco.com Freelance services for logos - https://www.fiverr.com SpaceX Gets environmental approval for Starship launch. - https://hotair.com//john-s-2/2022/06/13/spacex-gets-environmental-approval-for-starship-launch-n475956?utm_source=hadaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=1532930b5b34cf0424679d04e868455b5364f75728acbd310b38e35695a4db65 NASA didn't invent Velcro. - https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/myth-nasa-invented-teflon-and-velcro