Are you living or Are you surviving?

[00:00:00] :  this show is brought to you by safety. The following program is rated M L S V. It contains strong language, sexual situations and violence. It is intended only for mature audiences. Finally, show with the ball should call him like it is Rated R safety show on safety FF Countdown to audio torture directed. Our safety show starts in 321 lady ear drum pain Begin Forget the corporate bullshit. This is the rated R safety show with your host Dr Uh, It doesn't matter who the host is. Well, is that not the truth or one? Today's April, the sixth of 2021 day 96 of the year in only 269 days left to go Anyways, hopefully you're off to a grand style at the beginning of this bad boy here today. Hopefully, you didn't stay up too late watching the n c double A championship game. Yeah, congratulations to the Baylor Bears out there, as everything is going on and around about. So anyways, we are moving and grooving talking about the things that are going on. And of course, we are broadcasting live from the safety FM studios in Orlando, Florida, and coming across the multiverse that is known as Safety FM. And of course, we're hanging out with our friends and our buddies from our sister station. You know that other place over there you're being infiltrated. The trio Big Oh yeah, infiltration radio big. You know how it goes. We talk about it, we move on, groove on and all that other fun stuff. So let's talk about what is going on here today. According to the trends, it is Tuesday, one of the glove liest days of the week. And the only reason I say that is because we talk about new music that's coming out. And, of course, what is trending. So let's talk about what are the top five songs according to Let's Go With Spotify first. This time, according to Spotify, the number five songs, according to them, is the weekend would Save your Tears and number four. Olivia Rodrigo with Driver's license. There is a new follow up song. Kind of kind of interesting was taking a listen to that one yesterday. Max Wolff, number three with Astronaut in the Ocean. Uh, little Naz X Montero. Call me your name. That's at number to Justin Bieber with peaches. So there you go. That's the number one song. According to 45. According to uh, iTunes. Here we go. Top five goes something like this Fleetwood Mac with dreams. That's definitely an older song. BTS with film out Little Knots X with Montero. Call me your name. Uh, number two with mass wolf astronaut in the ocean. And at the number one spot, according to iTunes, is Bruno Mars Anderson Pack silk sonic. Leave the door open. Which door we talking about? We talk about front or back. Who the hell knows, anyway? So there you go. Those are with the songs that are actually trending right now, according to our friends at Spotify and on iTunes. So there you go. That's what's going on. So anyways, you know how we do the show. If not, let me kind of tell you how we do the show. If you're new to this. This is the layout of the land. It kind of goes something like this. We bring some professional broadcasters in. They talk about what the hell is going on inside of the world in the news. Then I jump in and kind of give you my version al itty or interpretation. I was going to say the word spin. But after looking up, what the hell all that shit means? Probably not a good idea to go to go down that sequence of path and all that kind of fun stuff. So anyways, let's get it moving and grooving with some feature story news from our friends from feature story news and we'll start talking right away. Here is the news on the safety show Feature story news in London. I'm Ali Barrett. North Korea says it will no longer participate in the Tokyo Olympics, citing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, a local websites reported the decision was taken to protect the country's athletes from the global health crisis situation. Phoebe Amoroso Reports from Tokyo North Korea has become the first country to pull out of the game's over covid 19 concerns, according to a North Korean website. The decision was made during a session of North Korea's Olympic Committee held in Pyongyang on March, the 25th. State run media reported last month that Olympic committee members discussed how to arrange mass based sports activities this year, but did not mention participation in the Summer Games. Pyongyang claims that there have been no cases of COVID 19 in the country, which officially cut off traffic to and from China and Russia from early 2020. Phoebe Amoroso, Tokyo, Australia and New Zealand will have quarantine free travel between the two countries from the 19th of April. Wellington's reciprocating After Australia opened its border to travelers from New Zealand months ago, UK regulators are considering whether to recommend the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine only be used for older people. 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Allen in the morning on radio. Yeah, okay, so there you go, a lot of things going on inside of the world and the news, at least part of the news that we get to receive. So, yes, you are absolutely correct in the box. Uh, it sounds like the news didn't make it all the way. And, hey, that's just kind of part of the gig of what happens from time to time anyway. So let's start talking down the hit list of exactly what's going on. So we'll jump around, talk about some of those things and then go from there anyways. According to Major League Baseball's, the Major League Baseball decision to move the All Star game out of Atlanta will likely cost cop counting more than $100 million in lost tourism revenue. According to one jobs report. Jobs were creator network Alfredo Ortiz spoke on the topic on Monday, calling the decision another blow to the city's economy. Georgia is barely making out out of this pandemic, and now they're faced under Biden administration with potentially higher taxes, higher minimum wage and more red tape and regulation, and now is, uh, and now that's what he explained now. So there you go. So they're fully some, you know, some people frustrated with that going on with it being moved out, the Major league baseball game or the All Star Game being removed out of the Atlanta region. So there you go. I don't know. I mean, everybody's going to have their own opinion on it. I know. The governor spoke on it yesterday. Governor Brian Kemp disagrees with the backlash, saying that the Election Integrity Act makes it easier to vote at hard to cheat. So apparently this is one of the main reasons why the decision to move away. There's also been some rumors, of course, circulating now with the amount of movies that normally get done in that area, that that could be actually moved to. I don't know. I don't try to go into the game anyways. Let's continue talking. As of Monday, over 167.1 million Covid vaccines have been administered. Nationwide, over 62.3 million Americans have been fully vaccinated well, more than 100.75 million effortless is even at least one dose of the vaccine, the total number of community of cases is now at 30.5 million, and that's with more than 554,000 deaths attributed to the virus. So there you go, a lot of stuff going on as we are talking about it. So here's the thing I am. I started to have some conversations yesterday about people saying that now at one of their work sites, I won't say what the company is, uh, that they were requiring the people we vaccinated before they come back. Kind of an interesting standpoint, and I kind of wonder how this is going to be going forward like, What are you going to be? The requirements and can that be even required? What's your opinion? You can talk about it as we do go through it because I think it's gonna be interesting to see workplaces requiring or requesting that you be vaccinated before you come into, uh, the actual live point of going into the office. Um, so the interesting part will be this. Will people say I'd rather not be vaccinated than, uh for the for the segment of just being able to work from home. I I don't know. I'm just asking the question. And as we continue to talk more and more about the virus, of course. Have you made the decision? What are you doing? Are you going forward with this? Are you not going forward with this? Are you shying away from it? What have you done? Enough research. Have you looked at enough studies to determine what you want to do, or are you already kind of full bore? It's kind of an interesting question, because depending on where you're located, things do vary from time to time. Um, exactly on what that answer might be. Anyways, let's continue talking. A new, highly contagious variant of the coronavirus has been found in California Bay Area. One confirmed case and seven other presumed cases have been identified by Stanford Clinical Virology Laboratory. A spokesman said. A spokesperson, not a spokesman. Sorry. Uh, the variant, which was originated in India, is being dubbed the Double Mutant. It almost sounds like an excellent thing, as it carries two mutations of the virus. The three vaccines vaccines Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson are presumed to be effective against the variants, so there you go some interesting things as we are talking about it. Uh, so as we are talking about California, this did happen yesterday while we were on the show. So let's talk about this. A pair of earthquake that rattled Southern California early Monday morning with the largest measuring about a 4.3 on the Richter scale. That aftershock hit of 4.3 on the Richter scale. There were no reports of damages or injuries stemming from the quakes. So there you go that something's going on right there in the California area. I was talking to our friend colleague Mr Brennan Sudden yesterday, and he was referencing that in the area that he was in over the weekend, shortly after he was living one of the areas they had hit a 6.2 earthquake. If I do remember correctly the number So thankfully he is good and good and good to go in regard to what is going on Anyways, let's continue talking about some other other other things. But it's 14 minutes past the top of the hour, just in case LG is exiting the smartphone game. Oh, there you go. The the South Korean electric giant will shut down its mobile phone business and leave it in incredibly competitive. There you go industry the industry by July, the 31st it announced on Monday. So it is going bye bye. The company said the decision will allow it to to pour resources into growth businesses such as smart homes, robotics, artificial intelligence and electric. An electric vehicle parts. So there you go. We got another player leaving the game, which is kind of common practice inside of the world of business. So this is kind of tells you more and more on some of these different platforms that are out there, because when you start thinking about smartphones, which ones come to mind? Well, normally, by default, Google comes we'll we'll google as a phone to come to mind. But I'm talking about Apple comes to mind number one and then number two. Normally, if you go to brand default, you're not gonna say android. You're probably gonna say Samsung. And why is that? I don't know. It's just we've been branded properly. I mean, we've been marketed to property, not Brandon. What are we talking about here anyways? Just some tough to think about. When you look at this whole thing, what is the phone that is your go to phone? Some people love Apple. Some people love Android. Some people love Samsung's. I mean, let's talk about it as we know. A few years back, Samsung was having issues with their phones, particularly the battery, and people still stuck to the brand, even with the issues going on. So you are aware that people do like their brands and they do like their styles of acts, and that's okay. I mean, if you even want to go further back, there was Antenna Gate that occurred with the good old Apple product. I think that was going all the way back to the iPhone for Yeah, let's talk about that for a moment. So there you go, some stuff to think about, as we do move forward anyways, because we're in that moment in that moment of time, why don't we just try to get motivated for a minute? And maybe we should go down that path and let's get John Smalls in here. And let's talk about the motivation minute. The Motivation minute is courtesy of better credit cards dot com Maya Angelou said. Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it. I've always enjoyed working. I'm not even sure why. Maybe I've just spent fortunate enough to get great coworkers. Or maybe I just avoided the ones I didn't get along with. Either way, I always liked what I did for a living, and I usually loved what we got to do, or, as Maya Angelou said, how we did it. But I do remember a time when I worked at a place where they began making some changes that just seemed wrong to me. I tried to be a positive voice, but that didn't change anything, so I eventually moved on. Later, they tried to get me to come back and help make the changes, but it was too late. You spend a lot of time working, so make sure you're doing something that makes you happy. This has been today's motivation minute, courtesy of better credit cards dot com. I'm John Small. Thanks for listening. Your favorite motivational quotes can be submitted for upcoming programs at motivation minute dot org. You are listening to a radio God, what? This has to be an error. That host is not a radio guard. Anyways. This is the rated R safety show on safety FM. Oh, I couldn't have said it better myself. Our good old friend John Smalls, who hangs out here in the afternoon on radio Big Dot FM, dropping some wisdom in regards of what's going on there. Do what you love, Do what you love anyways. Yesterday, Minneapolis Police Chief Madeira Orlando took to the stand on Monday in the Derrick Charlotte murder murder trial. He told the courtroom that the former officer violated department policy and training during his fatal encounter with George Floyd. He should have removed his knee from the victim's neck once there was no longer any resistance. The chief who fired Derek, um, and three other cops following the incident on May 25th has called Floyd's death murder. The prosecution is expected to, um, to focus on Derek's training this week as part of the trial. Anyway, let's continue talking some more with some other things going on. Um, there's before I say that, or before I go on to the next thing. This trial was going to be interesting during, um for sure on what is the outcome going to be? And I know that in the US we always talk about innocent until proven guilty. And I know that there's some hard stances depending on how you look at this, especially when you kind of go back, that we're talking close to a year ago that you were able to see the video of what occurred during the incident. So I know we discussed that it was difficult for them to find a jury. There was probably extremely difficult for people to not to already have an opinion formed, but it was going to be interesting on how this case moves forward. So this will be something that will continue to take a look at as we as we continue going down the path of this case, because I think it's going to be important. The outcome either way on how the case goes, I already know that this case is in re in the court of public opinion. I mean, there's no way ends, if about about talking about it as we really do. Think about it safety in a way never heard of before. The safety show safety Okay, Two teens accused of killing the uber. Each driver during a botched Carjacking are expected to reach a plea deal with prosecutors. While it is unclear if the if the deal will fully resolve the case, a source told The Washington Post that the that the bargain will likely be reached in the incoming days. The girls, who are charged with felony murder, Carjacking, armed robbery, are due back in court on April the 20th. So there you go some interesting things, of course, going on around that, Um, we have been speaking about this incident over the last week or so, UH, let's continue talking. A unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention centre has closed, and the prisoners moved to another facility in the Cuba base. Those house at Camp seven were transferred to a facility adjacent to where the other detainees on the base are held in the U. S. Military prison said was an effort to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness. Among those held at the camp, seven are five prisoners charged with war crimes for their alleged roles in the September 11, 2000, and one terrorist attacks. The total number of prisoners in the units was not revealed, So there you go, some more information. Let's continue talking. Firefighters worked on Monday to contain a wildfire in Theodore Roosevelt National Park that had tripled the size of the day before crews worked through the night to battle flames encroaching on the park staff, housing maintenance buildings and the C C C campground, according to the North Dakota Forest Service. High winds and dangerous dry conditions fueled the fire over the weekend. Wildfires in the states have already burned more than 47 square miles of spring, compared to the 15.6 square miles in just last year. So there you go, some interesting information coming about their Let's go in. I mean, it's kind of interesting when we started talking about this stuff because think about it for a moment. We're talking about how much has burned in just a short period of time, and how do you plan for something like this? I know Hazard Matrix Learning Team. We're going to go down that path right away, but it's stuff that we have to talk about is the unplanned events that we have to talk about. And of course, you look at that. You hear that 47 square miles, compared to 15.6 square miles from the previous year. So we're talking close to triple already in such a short period of time, really over triple. But you know, you know what I meant. So there you go, some things to think about as we are talking about it anyway. So we did bring John in already one time. How about we bring in John again? Because it is time to start talking. How about stocks? It is time about talking about Bonds and all that fun stuff. So let's bring John in to do the market minute and then I'll talk about it some more. Here's your market beat minute for Tuesday, April 6th 2021. Equity markets started the week strong with the S and P 500. Dow Jones industrials and transportation average is moving up to set new all time highs. The move was led by Tech and help lift the NASDAQ composite by more than 1.5% to set a new six week high. The S and P 500 gained more than 1.25% while the Dow Jones Industrial and Transportation averages posted slightly smaller gains. With earnings season just around the corner, the markets appear to be optimistic and getting a lift from the economic data. The March jobs report was not only better than expected, but points to healthy consumer conditions this spring. This week, the market will be on the lookout for key reads on services and producer prices. The I S M Services PMI already came in hotter than expected at 63.7 and led by a sharp increase in hiring. You can get the inside track from Wall Street's brightest minds, delivered directly to your inbox every day at market beat minute dot com. Okay, so continuing on with a little bit more of that information. The new trading week started with the strong session as the Dow search 373 points. The NASDAQ wrote 225 points and the S and P added about 58 points. The both the Dow industrial average and the S and P 500 closed at a new records. Updated CDC guidelines Travel for Vaccination Vaccine Vaccinated individuals were released on Friday when the markets were closed. During Monday sessions, investors brought heavily into shares of Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, Jet Blue, Royal Caribbean Carnival, Norwegian Cruise Lines. On the news. The United States economy added about 916,000 jobs in March, which far exceeded analyst expectations, and the unemployment rate is down to 6%. So there you go some changes inside of the markets as we are talking about all these things going on. It is currently 24 minutes past the top of the hour. So let's start talking about that other stuff that we do talk about right now. Um, so maybe we should talk about our main story. Do we wanna do Main story? Let's do Main story. Here is our main story on the right safety show. So the question came about this morning right away as we were looking through the information and going through it and thinking about it. And I think we've been leading and going down the path all the time to get to this particular point of talking about. Are you Are you living or are you surviving seriously? And I have to tell you, some people are not gonna believe this. John and I had no conversation of what his motivation minute was going to be about today before we got into the show this morning. It just kinda is serendipity on how it actually did work out. But here's the thing. I asked the question, and I want to challenge you all the time. I want to challenge you to think about this. Are you living or are you surviving? And I and I know we're in the middle of a global pandemic. At least we're seeing some light at the end of the tunnel here. But I'm going to ask the question, Are you doing what you love, Are you? And if you're not, why aren't you? And if you are good for you, how are you enjoying it? Because here's the thing. I will tell you this more and more and more. I talk to people that tell me that they hate what they do and they want more. The organization is not moving the way that they wanted to, so they want to do something else where they can help multiple organizations. They want to go into a different standpoint. You know the different things that you want to do. So here's the thing if you're living or you're surviving. This is where you need to start doing some considerations and some things here. We need to start talking. What are you doing To do things differently? Now I will tell you as you and I are having a conversation here. Many, many, many years ago I had issues with finances, so I took hold of every financial book. I could get a hold of and read it. The more information I could gather, the more I liked it. The more I could find, the more I would dive into it. Now don't get me wrong. It wasn't an overnight sensation in regards of getting things fixed, but, hey, those books that I read took me down, a journey that allowed me to do other things that I was interested in. It allowed me to have a certain level of financial freedom that I was not having in my life until that point. So this book that I read help me or books that I read help me get to the portion where I was at led me to some programs, led me to some knowledge. Let me essentially led me to you what I will call, you know, one of the most well known financial gurus in the world, Which would be Dave Ramsey until this day. When I learned about this several years ago, I think it's been over a decade. At this point, it's definitely a matter of fact. I don't think it's been way over a decade at this point. Um, I think we're going on two decades. What the hell am I talking about, anyway? So it's been a very long period of time in regards of doing about this, but it sent me on a trajectory that was different, and that's what I have noticed. We have actually gotten to the point where we look for that instant stuff. We look for the things that are there, but we want the instant gratification, and I understand that. Believe me, I understand that. And sometimes that difference between living and surviving is where that instant gratification comes from. It becomes one of those things that I do. I do it now, or do I do the long term. So here's the thing. Can you honestly sit back for a moment and tell me what is the last book that you read. How long ago was it that you read that book? Seriously, think about it for a moment. And now this could be audio book. This could be a book that you physically read E books count. I guess you would extend, but they're normally kind of short. But when was the lifetime that you read a book on a subject matter that was important to you? Now? Important to you, of course, can be several different levels of thing. It could be nonfiction. It can be fiction. It could be a different categories, that's for sure. But when you were doing this, what were you looking at for self improvement? Now, self improvement can vary significantly. Of course, it could be personal self improvement. It could be carrier self improvement. However, you want to take a look at it. But are you looking at stuff or reading books that are worth your while? And I know that this is something I normally talk about at the beginning of the year. But, hey, we're already in April, so let's start talking about it again. Would you consider reading one book a month on a subject matter that can help you improve to what you want to do. Seriously One book a month. Think about that. That would be 12 books inside of a year. Now, I'm not going to go tell you. Go out there and buy these giant books that are over 1000 pages and read that in a month. I'm trying to be realistic with the approach, but if you are surviving and you want to be living, I'm not gonna say go out there and buy a financial book. But I'm gonna tell you that if you're wanting to change career trajectory, if you want to change something inside of your life, maybe those are things that you look into. And let's say, for instance, that your survive we can take this to the different categories if you're surviving in your job because you're doing kind of the bare essentials to get by because you might not like the organization. What can you do to make yourself live inside of that organization? And I mean really be a focal point, a spotlight in regards of changing some things. So let's not limit this to just self. Let's kind of look at the bigger trajectory here if you're not great at safety, but you want to be good, but you're doing only the bare minimum. Maybe read a safety book. But I'm gonna tell you the majority of our listeners and the people that you and I hang out with, they don't have safety problems. It's not that they don't know about safety. You want to want me to tell you where the biggest issue is? They don't understand business Communication. Yeah, I said it. That's our biggest issue. Because I'm gonna tell you if you go into a meeting where you're hanging out with the manager, you're hanging out with people in the C suite and I turn around and tell you about statue, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, number, code, blah, blah, blah. Well, that's great that you are knowledgeable in this category and you are a subject matter expert. But guess what? There is a book or there is a reference guide or there is a online website that I can go to. That more than likely can give me that exact same thing that you have memorized and will not be so important to the people inside of the C suite. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. But imagine that all of a sudden, if you're having those same struggles inside of the organization because you cannot communicate with the people, you get a book on business management and you learn the lingo. You learn how to speak to those leaders, managers, team members about what is going on inside of the business, inside of the organization, using their same language, talking about the return on investment, talking about things that they're wanting to know. Now. Let's be realistic. Here is the other portion, and it's kind of a shitty thing. So let's be honest. We can kinda hold our stakeholders to a bigger value than what we do. Our team members. That's the subject for a different day, but we'll talk about that. But that's the thing. The organization has to see a value on what you're bringing to the table, and I'm unfortunately, if you're giving them standard blah, blah, blah with ordinance, blah, blah, blah, that does not mean shit to them. They're not gonna care just the reality of what's going on, because if I'm talking to somebody who's in warehousing and I'm talking about X standard and they're sitting inside of a meeting that has 10 people inside of there. And that standard that I'm talking about is affecting one person. They're probably not going to care too much about it because the other night are gonna be looking at their phone, their computer or lost in land. So think about it in that faction. So if you take a book on business management and start focusing on that, maybe that will change you from surviving to living inside of your organization. Now think about on how many different things that can apply to inside of your life. It could be your relationship. It could be personal growth. It could be finances. It could be computing. It could be podcasts. You know, everybody's favorite subject lately. I don't know. There's if there's a book on clubhouse yet, but I'm sure they'll be what, at some point or so on. But that's the thing. Maybe that's the things that we need to start considering maybe we get to the point that we stop surviving on what we're doing and we start living. I'll tell you that I hate having conversations with people where it comes down to this. They know that what they're doing for their career, they're only surviving. So the fear of being fired is every day that you talk to them, I'm gonna get fired. I'm gonna get fired. I think I'm gonna get fired. I think if that is to happen, yes, it is a life changing event. But did you do enough? And I know I speak to more people that have been fired that, um, it wasn't me with somebody else and all that other fun stuff. And yes, I understand that those things happen, especially when nothing's going on inside of the organization. If everything is being safe, it's kind of a common thing, bu