Tony’s hosts the Impact Teams Radio podcast. Here are links to the show and website:
Tony recommends:
Talent is Never Enough, by John Maxwell
Also, he suggests using a Kindle for ease of transportation, the ability to bring your entire library and that it can read your books to you.
Tony referenced an earlier show, Episode 42, with brewer Brad Stillmank of Stillmank Brewing, when I asked him the secret to success.
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By the way, Tony’s Dragon Naturally Speaking program turned on during the interview and recorded part of the interview. As a transcription service, Naturally Speaking is lacking–at least when it is not being correctly used. (I know, I know. Tony wasn’t wearing his headset, and wasn’t talking directly to the system. In reality, it is a very good program. I’ve used it in the past.)
Here is what his program thought he was saying:
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This was one of my entries into the 2014 Mezzetta Make That Sandwich contest. Beer Battered Tilapia, with White Tartar Serves 4
4 Kaiser rolls (or other large roll)
Beer Batter (or any other fish batter, your preference)
Enough cooking oil to fill a pot to 3-4 inches
4 tilapia fillets, 3 ounces each (or any mild-flavored fish)
Lettuce
Beer Batter
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg, beaten.
1 tablespoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon cayenne powder
12-24 ounces of beer (Do not use a very hoppy beer, like an IPA. Use a British Mild, like Boddington.)
Combined the first four ingredients.
Mix in egg.
Slowly add the beer while stirring to prevent lumps. This should be a thin batter. You may only need 12 ounce, but 16 is more likely. When you dip the fish into it, you should still be able to see the fish through the thin layer of batter. (If you have extra, drink it!)
Heat oil to 375F (using a thermometer is recommended.
Dry the fish fillets.
Mix all ingredients for the red tartar while waiting for the oil to get to temperature. (The sauce can be made a day in advance for better flavor.)
When the oil is hot, dip the fillets into the batter, and carefully lower into the oil. Depending on the size of your fryer, you may only be able to fry one fillet at a time.
When the fish is beginning to brown, carefully turn it over.Total cook time will be 6-10 minutes, depending on the temperature of the oil and fish.
While the fish is frying, prepare the bun. Toast the cut surface.
Lay lettuce on the bottom. When the fish is done, and drained, lay on the lettuce and top with 1 tablespoon red tartar.
When I make this, I use the remaining batter by dipping Mezzetta Roasted Red Bell Pepper and then frying them until golden brown.
I’m not giving nutritional data for the sandwich. It will change if you use a different fish, make your batter thin or thick, fry it darker, use a different roll….the variability will change everything.
White Tartar
2 Tablespoon Miracle Whip salad dressing
1 tablespoon Mezzetta Capers
2 Mezzetta Sweet Banana Wax Peppers, sliced
½ ounce (4 pieces) Mezzetta Cocktail Onions, chopped
Mix all ongredients together and chill. Making this a day in advance is recommended for best flavor.
This morning I woke to 45F temperatures. To me, that means chili season. But some chili can be high fat, and some high sodium. This is neither, just high flavor. This is one of those little life hacks that I talk about on one my Make Your Someday Today Trevitorials. Make good food and eat it. When you make it yourself, you know what is in it!
In a large (3-4 quart kettle) add: 1/2 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion, diced 2-4 cloves garlic, minced Add your preferred chili spices
Sautee that together until the onions begin to get translucent (5 minutes) Add: 1 tablespoon tomato paste. Stir to mix together, then add: 2 cans diced tomatoes, undrained, and low sodium if available 2 cans beans, drained and rinsed 1 pound pulled pork
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. After 30-40 minutes, taste and add more seasoning as needed. This is better if you can then chill it for a few hours or overnight.
So, why is the beer in the picture? I make my beans with a pressure cooker. I use 1 cup dried beans (here is a mix of white navy beans and black bean), one onion diced, 2-4 cloves garlic minced and 4 cups beer. This is one of my favorites, Green Bay’s own Wisco Disco. Put the lid on, set to high pressure and leave them cook for 45 minutes. When it is time to add the beans to the tomatoes, I dump everything in, beans, beer, onion and garlic.
Amy, like many people, had a large amount of debt. But with the guidance of Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University, she and her Navy husband were able to pay off $25,000 in just six months, using effective and proven techniques. Her blog, Woman Enriched, helps other people find ways to save money and increase their personal peace and happiness. And on September 16, 2014, Amy will launch her next platform for change: her podcast, The Family Knot. Designed primarily to help other military families, it will give greater attention to the special challenges that are faced by the military members and the families who support them.
In last week’s MYST Trevitorial, Neil, one of the hosts of the Warp Ten podcast, asked about how to eat healthy while enduring off shifts at work. This week, Dave Westwood, creator and host of the New and Noteworthy podcast, expands that to ask how to eat healthy when driving on the job, or when trapped in your cubicle.
(Note: Dave interviewed me for his podcast, which was released as his fifth episode. If you want to hear my story, and Dave excellent interview style, you can hear it here. Also, after you listen to the New and Noteworthy show or the Family Knot, show the hosts some podcast-love and go to iTunes and leave a rating and review.)
I give some concrete advice and diet hacks to help anyone stay on track. If you are like Dave, Neil, myself, or any of the 60% people in the USA who are struggling with weight management, you need to listen to these ideas.
I also gave Dave–and all of you–and assignment. If you want to learn more simple and effective diet hacks, you need to read the book “Mindless Eating” by Brian Wansink, Ph.D. The book is very easy and fun to read. It explains why we eat the way we do, how our brains trick us into eating too much and how we can turn the tables (pun intended) on our brain and trick it into being satisfied with the correct amount of food.
He has two books. Total disclaimer: these links to Amazon are my affiliate links. When you go there and buy one or both of these books, I will receive a smalle commission, which will not increase your price, but it will help me keep this show running.
This is the book I read: And now he also has this one:
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Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com
Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voiceover work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods.
1 tsp olive oil 1/2 cup onion, diced 2-4 cloves garlic, minced 12 ounces cooked boneless/skinless chicken, diced 1 can (approximately 12 ounces) cream of chicken soup (you can also use cream of celery or mushroom) 1/2 cup wine (your choice, I used a sweet Marsala for this) 12 ounces frozen mixes vegetables, thawed 1 prepared pie cust (homemade or store bought)
Preheat oven to 400F. Heat large non-stick skillet over med-high heat. Add oil, onion and garlic. Saute for 2-3 minutes. Add diced chicken. Saute for another 2-3 minutes. Add soup and wine. Mix together. Add vegetable. Reduce heat and let it simmer. Everything should be hot when you out this in the oven. Spray a 9″ round baker (or 8X8 square) with cooking spray. When the oven is ready, pour chicken/veggie mixture into dish.
Carefully lay pie crust over the top. Trim edges. Cut two slits into the crust, to allow steam to escape.
This was one of my entries into the 2014 Mezzetta Make That Sandwich contest.
Sandwiches are fun! A complete meal you eat while holding it. And mashing to regions into one sandwich is tasty. Pulled pork (which I first had while traveling through Tennessee, where my friend Chester lives and teaches) meets South Florida breads (where you can also find Leah and her digital magazine, Just Jew It) in this example.
Pulled Pork Meet South Florida Serves 1
1 Miami onion roll (you can substitutes another roll if you want.)
4 ounces pulled pork (I used Curley’s Sauceless Pulled Pork for the contest.)
1 ounce Mezzetta’s Roasted Red Bell Peppers
1/8 cup (1/2 ounce) Mezzetta Deli-Sliced Mild Pepper Rings
Slice roll. Toast if desired (I prefer my rolls toasted)
Warm meat until hot (less than 1 minute in a microwave.)
Place Roasted Red Bell Peppers on bottom half on roll.
Top with meat.
Top with Mild Pepper Rings.
Drizzle with balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
I’m not giving nutritional data for the sandwich. It will change if you use a different type of pulled pork, or use different roll….the variability will change everything.
I made these using soft sugar cookies. They would be delicious on almost any kind of cookie.
I won’t give nutritional data (for a couple reasons.) The number will widely vary based on the cookie or cracker you choose, and if you make them open face (like I did) or put a second cooking on top. The numbers will also vary based on how much marshmallow creme and Nocciolata you use. And lastly, sometimes, you just don’t want to know the numbers.
This dessert was absolutely delicious. The Nocciolatta (a more refined version of Nutella) added a wonderful chocolate-hazelnut flavor. Nocciolata has a slightly stronger hazelnut presence, and is smoother, and slightly thinner than Nutella.
Thanks to Kara McKena for sending me this delicious food to sample!
Amy, like many people in the US and elsewhere, had a large amount of financial debt. She learned how to dramatically reduce her debts and start to create financial freedom. From the lessons she learned, in just six months, she was able to pay off @$25,000 of her debt and she knows that her future is more secure. She can live happier knowing that she has regained control over that powerful part of her life.
Her blog was an offshoot of these lessons, and she started her blog to help solifiy the lessons that she learned. She now is teaching others similar tactics through her blog (Woman Enriched.)
Her upcoming interview-based podcast “The Family Knot” target military spouses, and helps them dealing with the challenges of military life. Families are busy. Military families can be overwhelmed, especially during a deployment. Amy has lived through that and believes her experiences will make other lives easier.
Amy learned her financial skills at Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University which can be found here.
Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com
Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voiceover work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods.
“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
Ayn Rand
My wife and I are re-watching the TV series “Mad Men” and one of the characters likes Ayn Rand. I like her quote above, but I would replace “creative” with the word “successful”.
My awesome wife, Tammy!
We are competing internally. I don’t care how many challenges you join on LoseIt, the battle for weight management is a fight with your own body and mind. The battle for success in the field of podcasting or blogging lies inside you, with your ability to create a quality product and connect with your audience. It does not matter who else is podcasting or how many other blogs exist. Their success will not diminish your potential success.
True success occurs because you want to become the person that you really are, not by wanting to lose weight faster than your neighbor, or publish more blog posts. If you entered a marathon, would you prefer to define your personal success based on how well you placed compared to the other runners, or based on the percentage of improvement over your last marathon? Why would it be any different here?
Achieving success is more than a number on a scale or download numbers on iTunes. It is being part of a group effort, of working for the common good. My guess is that people who are not interactive here and in the forums are the people who rapidly give up. When we post to each other and respond in the forum, we are all doing what we can to support someone else. We sometimes give them a new idea to try. Sometimes we are the bucket of cold water trying to bring some reality to the situation. But in either case, we are part of a team and looked at from afar, everyone gets better.
Looking back at running for a moment, which is run faster, four people competing in a one mile race or a team of four running the 4×440 relay as a team? It is the same distance, but the relay will be completed MUCH faster, because each person does their part for the whole team.
The people of “Mad Men” competed externally and internally. They were all afraid of losing business to another firm and they all wanted to be the most productive account executive for personal rewards. They generally succeeded but I just wonder what they could have accomplished if the various departments and people acted as if they were integrated rather than separate units. If everyone were part owner instead of a salaried employee, there would be incentive to make sure you help the person next to you instead of sneak behind them for personal glory.
Make Your Someday Today is all about individual choices and responsibility, but it is also about everyone helping someone else. We all have knowledge and expertise. We all have needs and weaknesses. We can all participate in making others successful, because choirs sing best when many voices are singing the same song.
Personal experience: I would guess that many people reading this know the song “Piano Man” by Billy Joel. My wife and I attended a Billy Joel/Elton John concert back in 1995 at Milwaukee County Stadium with 54,000 people in the stadium. At the end of the concert, in the final curtain call, both singers came out without their bands and backup singers. They sat at their respective pianos for two final songs. The first song they both sang was “Good Bye, Norma Jean”. It was beautiful. And then they both played “Piano Man.” I love that song. I always have and always will. It is a beautiful solo ballad. But to this day, I still get a shiver down my spine when I think of 54,000 people rising to their feet and singing “Piano Man” in unison. I will never hear anything like that again. It wasn’t a planned sing-along. The performers didn’t invite us to serenade them. It was a spontaneous event.
There were good singers in the crowd. There were also singers who sang like me. And I am sure we sang in many different keys. None of that mattered. Our combined voices created a one-of-a-kind choir. The applause afterwards was deafening, because we were applauding ourselves for helping each other be better. There were a few tears, as well, for no apparent reason other than beauty takes many unexpected forms.
We can all do that here. Everyone here can be helped and at the same time be helped. The only saying is that the rising tide raises all boats. Be part of the tide that raises everyone around you.
(Post-script: As I sit here proofing this essay, with my iPod on shuffle, “Piano Man” begins to play.)
