The Prepper Broadcasting Network - 8 Tips to Delegating Responsbilities, Virgis Ch 57

Episode Date: September 8, 2024

As a leader, it is essential you know how to delegate. Your survival group will depend on your leadership skills.Get the Changing Earth Novels and Gear at: https://www.authorsarafhathaway.com/shop

Welcome back to the Changing Earth Podcast with author Sarah F. Hathaway and co-host Chen Gibson. Blending survival fiction and fact to bring you entertaining education that will help you dream, survive, and thrive. And now, here's your hosts, Sarah F. Hathaway and Chen Gibson. Chapter 57. After purging the sorrowful emotions, Cole awoke with a sense of purpose in the morning. There were steps to be taken, and his problems with arresting his best friends weren't going to help accomplish any of the things he needed to make

sure got done. Everyone had a role to play if they were going to achieve their goals. Nobody talked much as the transport rolled south full of refugees to add to the camp. Among them were Monroe and Ginger. Chappie stood guard over them, watching Monroe look longingly at Ginger on the other side of the transport. Chappie began unhooking the refugees from the center chain they were all hooked to as the truck pulled to a stop. I hope you're real proud of yourself, Chappie. How's it feel to see your friend and his pregnant wife in chains because of your big mouth? Overhearing Monroe's comment, Cole was impressed Chappie had stayed quiet, going about his business.

You're not going to say anything, Monroe insisted as Chappie unhooked him. Stow it, Monroe. The time for talking is over, Cole commanded as he jumped out of the vehicle. Aware of his high-ranking refugee prisoner, Captain Areno had come to oversee the transfer himself. Good to see you, Major, Areno greeted him. I wish it were under different circumstances, Cole admitted. Sometimes good men go bad. Nothing can be done about it, Areno assured Cole. Maybe so, but these two are special to me, Cole told him,

walking with him toward the back of the truck. We usually start them out in the welcome warehouse and survey them for behavior before they're released, but if you think, Arena was interrupted by the noise of Monroe shouting in the truck. Screw you, Chappie. You knew what would happen. Chappie barked back at him. So did you. It was your decision. Walking quickly to the back of the truck, Cole watched Monroe jump out of the car onto Chappie, screaming, I thought I could trust you. Chappie tried to defend himself, but Monroe had the high

ground and took Chappie down. Straddling Chappie, Monroe rained down punches to the man's face. Cole ran forward, grabbing Monroe. Get off him. You'll kill him. Finding his footing, Monroe was crazed. I'll kill you too, he raged, punching Cole in the mouth. Put him in restraints, Areno commanded, calling in the federal soldiers in the area. You okay, Major Verges? I'm fine, Cole answered, spitting blood out of his mouth. The female can go into general population, but he is going into the box, Areno insisted, disgusted by Monroe's behavior. I understand, Cole agreed. I never thought, Areno cut him off. It's like I said, Major, sometimes good men go bad. I guess so, Cole admitted, helping Chappie to his feet and

checking on the man's face. You and your men are more than welcome to stay for the night. You know where the guest quarters are. Cole thanked him for his trouble, and Areno left to oversee the transfer. As they walked away, Chappie mumbled, everything about that felt wrong. We did what we had to do, Cole replied, sharing his feelings. Let's go find Alex. This place has happened, Chappie declared, watching the never-ending line of people at the gates. Where there's food, there are people, Cole answered absentmindedly. Chappie rubbed his belly. I could sure go for some of that. Crossing in front of one of the incoming refugee processing centers,

Chappie tapped Cole on the arm. Major, isn't that Erica over at refugee check-in? Cole stopped momentarily looking at the individual Chappie had pointed out. It is, he agreed, pausing for a moment as contingency plans ran through his mind. Somehow we have to get her whole family out. That's going to be the trick. They continued to the old casino that they used to house mercenary soldiers. Their noses took them toward the eatery on the left side of the main room. Major Virgis, how are you? Alex asked,

approaching. Cole smiled widely, stating, just the man I was looking for. Speaking quietly, Alex informed him, I heard you brought in Monroe. What happened? Scanning the room, Cole suggested, let's get a table in a quiet corner. Alex nodded at him and the men entered the restaurant. They picked a table in the back and as they sat down, the waiter approached. Can I get you gentlemen some food? Drink? He asked. I'll have a beer and the chicken dinner, Cole requested. I'll have the same, Chappie declared, gently touching his puffy lip. looks like you've seen better days the waiter commented about chappy's condition moving unruly refugees chappy commented i can't

understand why we keep some of them alive they'll never be worth a damn the waiter commented i'll go get you a cold beer that should help the waiter laughed and Cole explained to Alex. Monroe was going to desert the forces. Ginger is pregnant. He wanted to be a father, not a soldier. Alex nodded at him. He came to me a while back asking if I could get him out, Alex admitted. He never told me, but you're not the first one I heard it from, Cole admitted. Chappy looked down, thinking about how he betrayed his friend. It's not your fault, Chappy, Cole admitted. Chappie looked down, thinking about how he betrayed his friend.

It's not your fault, Chappie, Cole insisted. I told him then he could be a father and a soldier, Alex explained. He didn't see it that way, Cole answered sadly, pausing to collect his thoughts. Chappie's stomach grumbled as the food smells wafted through the air. Chappie was more concerned with a bruise on his face. He poked at it, looking at his reflection in the metal napkin dispenser. You know as well as I do the feds are pushing to have me removed and destroy the Freetowns, Cole noted. If Monroe left, it would give them the perfect excuse, Alex added, understanding Cole's concerns.

I couldn't let that happen, Cole stated as the waiter approached. They paused their conversation, waiting for the man to put the plates and drinks down. Here you go, gentlemen, he said, winking at Chappie. Thank you, Cole responded as the man left. I think that guy is sweet on you, Chappie. He's not too bad on the eyes, Chappie teased back. I never knew you swung that way, Alex stated sarcastically.

There are some lonely nights out in the desert, Alex. You never know who you might wake up with, Chappie commented. Cole knew Chappie's drinking habits and wasn't sure if he was serious. Anyway, Cole interjected, directing the conversation as he poked his fork into his chicken. He was surprised by the moisture hidden in the meat. I've been out to see General McClintock. He wants to go forward with the Eureka plan. I think that's a good choice. She deserves a shot. I've always thought so, Alex commented. Well, she's going to get it, Cole stated, taking a bite of his chicken. The militia isn't going to assist, though. After what

happened with William, they want nothing to do with her, but they'll help get Cassidy out. I told them I was going to get them both at once. Almost spitting out the swallow of beer he had just drunk, Alex gasped. Jeez, Virgis, that's a tall order. I know, but it has to be done. We have refugees on the inside. We can use them to provide a distraction and get as many of them out as possible. Cole relayed his plan. You know you can't just take Erica. You're going to have to get her whole family out, and they are spread all over the place, Alex noted, concerned with the logistics. Plus, I can't be here. We can't give the feds an excuse to take the West or turn on the Merc forces. We're going to need a miracle, my friend, Alex prayed, staring at the bottle in his hand. I'll help while I'm here and coordinate

my people on the inside, but it's well known that Cassidy visits me. I can't be here when she escapes. It would raise too many questions. I'll stay available, but hopefully I won't be needed. I have a handful of people that would help. We'll see what we can put together, Alex assured him. What if I told you you could own land for $200 down and highly affordable monthly payments? Your cheap land.com is your answer to bug out land,

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I almost feel like an author. Oh, man. I tell you, it just never ends. Get that stack of to-dos going. I was going to give you, you know, something to do this week, but because I figured you definitely needed more going on in your life, so. Yeah. Do your your laundry wash the car what do you need yeah so you're teaching a class out of prepper camp this year which was one of the things i was doing today yeah gotta add it in let's go yeah gotta get those slides in yep always fun i was like yeah i'm gonna i I was like, yeah, I'm gonna

I kept putting it off, right? Like, I'm gonna get to that. I'm gonna get to that. Rick's like, I need them. I'm like, uh-oh. Yeah, I got the same email. Uh-oh. I'm better not put a back word on that anymore. You know what's going on in my life right now. You're sending me this email.

Right? You butthead. But I got her done. Got her done. The good news was like two weeks from Thursday you're going to be setting up at Prepper Camp. I was like, yeah. So I believe tickets are sold out now guys. So

if you didn't get your tickets this year, there's always next year. And if you haven't made it to Prepper Camp yet, you better get your butt there eventually because it is just a ton of fun. Yeah, what's your problem? Yeah. What's your problem? What is your problem?

It's a ton of fun. You will have a blast. I guarantee it. So, yeah, I've been watching the weather and all that stuff. You know me. Seeing what the Earth's going to do. We're a little far out, but hopefully it's going to look good. We'll see

i saw there's a tropical system brewing down your way there's a tropical system yeah uh everybody's like oh it's gonna go to mexico it's going to mexico for sure it's going oh it's turning up to us i'm like uh-huh i knew it wednesday is going to be watch the weather day yeah so it looks like it's going to shoot through Louisiana. So, I mean, that's Phil's going to get it, not me. Say hi, Phil. Yeah. We got the chainsaw, Phil. Yeah, I keep, I'm always

like, oh, we didn't get it, but Phil's getting smashed over there. I hear you. So. It's like I moved from the beach, well, we weren't on the beach, but we moved from Charleston up into the mountains, but I still have family down here so i'm like it's like yeah whenever oh yeah yeah you're still yeah worried about the family and everything at least they have a place to go to you now though if they you know they can just come up to your place i'll put them to work

come on up yeah come on up we got plenty of shovels it's your 80 year old mama out there hey i wouldn't argue with that woman oh shoot i don't know tell me about it she raised a six foot six kid she knows how to do it my mom's smaller than me she's four four nine barely a hundred, and I wouldn't mess with that woman, man. That's the thing about moms, right? Right. All righty, so audio drama drop. Episode 6, season 4 is live right now. Check it out.

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And I can't talk to you about what I'm working on. Because it's just all spoilers. So this week though in our Virgis story. Monroe went to Vegas. Or Virgis took Monroe to Vegas, lock him up, lock him up. And he meets with Alex to discuss his game plan. So it's an interesting situation for Virgis here in the end because he's a major leader power player and everything that's going down but he can't actually be there or it'd be way too obvious right so i mean i'm i think i'm way too much of a control freak to just be like yeah i trust all my people to do the right thing you know really

you should and uh it's something that I've always, whenever I find a weakness in myself, I'm always after how to turn that into a strength, right? Whether it's a kick, I do sucky or a leadership skill that I'm lacking in. So this was actually pretty interesting to me today to research uh you know these tactics to delegating as a leader because i'm always like well you want something done right you do it yourself you know so i took too much on my shoulders as a leader all the time yeah go figure right i mean i'm just starting to let go of um some of the aspects oh speaking of some of the aspects. Oh, speaking of some of the aspects,

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Aren't they comfy? They're like this little. Very nice. Yeah. So. Okay. So let's get into delegating as a leader. There was a great article that I found on the Harvard Business Review.

And I'm telling you, it was like I was back in school again. I was like, this is great. So I'm putting it up in the live chat. See some folks over there. I'm going to, it was like I was back in school again. I was like, this is great. So I'm putting it up in the live chat. See some folks over there. I'm going to throw it up there so you guys can check it out, kind of follow along as we go. But if you are a leader who can delegate responsibility, now think about the difference between tasks and responsibilities. Right? Because I have no problem telling people like do this right because that's like having the faith in somebody that they're going to take care

of that whole responsibility you're putting them in charge of gardens because you have to do something else you know you're overseeing the gardens, the defense, the tracking movements, all of this stuff, right? So, you know, really having the faith in those people that they can take that responsibility and go with it is quite a different thing than just a task. Increases productivity, morale, and commitment. um increases productivity morale and commitment so last week last week i think last week we were talking about loyalty right and in a survival group oh my goodness you have to be loyal to

each other like you could really screw somebody over by you know being the one who's disloyal giving away group secrets to an opposing group or something like that you know um so it's really important and if people don't feel like they have responsibility they're not gonna their morale is not gonna be as high the trust so um top 500 companies if they have executives who can delegate authority properly, the companies grow faster, create more revenue and create more jobs. So this definitely transfers to our survival groups. You're going to be more efficient, more productive and more likely to thrive as a group. 100% transferable over to any kind of group that you're doing so of course i was even more interested you know people don't want to be led

they they do but they want to feel like they have a you know a part of say a piece that's theirs out of the pie right so i always say like if you want something done right do it yourself so um john c maxwell said in developing leaders around you if you want a few small things done right then do it yourself if you want to do great things and make a big impact, then learn to delegate. That's so true. I mean, even like the platform I'm working on, yeah, I can do a lot of things well. But to grow up to the level where we're putting together a TV series and all of these things, it's going to take a big team of people to actually make that happen, right? So same way with the survival groups

you know i always laugh these people are like i'm going it alone it's going to be me and my family against the world uh-huh right like how long is that going to last and uh if you think that you're going to be a leader of that group, well, you better learn to utilize your resources that you have. And that includes great people who can take those responsibilities and really run with them. So roadblocks to delegation. This was interesting because, you know, this is self-analysis, right? You know, this is self-analysis, right? What is stopping you from like trusting in the other people?

So sometimes you don't know what to delegate or like how that would be helpful to you, right? Like, oh, this is what I do. I do this, this, and this. And like what piece could I give up that would really help me out? That's a challenge, right? Like maybe you like really like the gardens and you really like the defense and you really like putting together community stuff. You can't do it all. So you're going to have to trust somebody else to do one of those things. And then it wasn't just delegating tasks but responsibilities some people are like yeah i'm a great delegator i have everybody else do my menial tasks for me well that doesn't really

give anybody like that feeling of this is my responsibility to take care of my piece you know that's just like i am digging the hole for them. Great. Right. Like a feeling of community as opposed to a feeling of a chain gang. Yes. Yes. Right. I mean, that's what it's going to be all about.

So one of the interesting things, the responsibilities that you delegate to really help that other person grow with that responsibility. Like maybe they're not the best at putting together every facet of it yet, but they could take that responsibility and then develop personal growth. It's like a little kid. If you never let them bake a cookie, like they're going to make a mess of the kitchen the first time. But if they never do it, they don't understand the steps and the processes and why you do this so you don't have to do that that's it that is so it um one of the other ones that was interesting people that are higher up have a lack of role models to follow so whenever you have a leader and you have higher ups over you you're going okay well i need to be kind of like them to be able to get to that level this is what

they're looking for i can follow how they did it but when you're up there at the top or in that top group you don't really have a role model to go like oh well so and so is running their group well i'm going to follow that model. So that's why it's really important that we do so much research now so we understand what this looks like when we get there. And then, last but not least, the perceived reputational risk. And I think that's why it's so hard to let go of control sometimes. Because if they screw up, then it's a reflection upon you and your reputation, right? So you're like mentally trying to guard that and protect that. So leaders state goals and then describe how their behaviors are stalling their efforts

so this is all personal reflection of you as a leader this isn't like i'm the best leader so i'm going to analyze what my team is doing wrong. Right? This is like, I'm a leader and I need to look within at some of my processes and make it so that if people take them over, they're already set up for success. Right?

We all procrastinate. We all do these things. So is there something you're lacking that hinders the ability of somebody else to really take that job over? Like you know how to fix the shovels, but you want somebody else to take over garden management. But you keep putting the repairing the shovels off and repairing the shovels off. So they can't really do that job. And you're like, why didn't you do your job? Right? shovels off so they can't really do that job and you're like why didn't you do your job right i mean so obviously that i'm trying to put it all into you know a survival survival situation and how that would look like um but we all procrastinate things and we need to make sure

that we're setting up those people for success. And then really think about like. If you were expecting someone to do the job that you do. And you're putting off certain items. Or not attending to certain items the way you should. How would you feel if one of your subordinates was doing that? That's a great chance for personal reflection. To make sure you're doing your job to the best of your ability as well. Okay. So the emotional immune system, I loved this terminology. These things, these things that you're lacking, activate the emotional immune system, which tries to ward off feelings of fear, overwhelm, loss of control, or disappointment.

So you really have to look within yourself and challenge those things where you're like, well, if I give it to them, what if this happens? If I give it to them, what if that happens, right? So obviously you don't want to take somebody who barely knows how to use a shovel and be like, oh, gardening's all yours, have a ball. I mean, that's an important, really important piece of everybody getting fed in the long run. So start with like small things and go from there. You know, things that you'd be okay with delegating to somebody else

doesn't really have a huge impact on the eventual outcome. And then you get in that mindset of being able to trust people and do those things. So we come down to how to effectively delegate. This article is great. You guys got to check it out. It really was. I was like, I am learning. I'm going to apply some of these things

in my life today for sure choose the right person so i'm like oh yeah i could choose the right person right boom check let's just make your life easy from the get-go right and then it's like not just who can do it not just they have the ability to do that. But who needs to develop those skills? Really important with like medic situations, you got to have multiple medics. Not everybody is trained medically right now for sure. So that's going to be a big part of like, okay, we can take this person and have them cross-train in the medical world as well. You've got to always think about, you know, what if they get sick?

What if somebody's hurt? What, you know, God forbid you don't have them anymore, you know? So that cross-training is going to be really important as well. So who needs to develop the skills? Who has an interest in it? You're like, oh, well,ally sue can do this she does it really well maybe she hates doing it and now you're gonna make that her primary responsibility right so you're gonna live in misery so i was like oh that makes sense

um i was just laughing at garden's comment that she can't let control. Right? It's a problem. Leadership problem for sure. Because you're like, no, I want it done my way. It's just easier to do it yourself. Right. By the time I explain how to do it. Yes.

And then watch you do it wrong and then fix it. Oh, that's so true. You know, you'd have made a great dad. Because we did that like so much we're like oh it's just easier to you know we'll just do it we'll just do it we'll just do it and then it's like they're not learning the skills that they need to actually do those things when they're older you better take some time put on your patience pants your patient's pants like man i literally get to like teeth grinding and i'm just like watching my husband peck on the keyboard with one finger two fingers i'm just like give me that you know so you gotta step back sometimes who would see it as a reward right sally sue hates doing that job she's gonna see it as punishment

but maybe you know johnny joe over there was like i've always wanted to learn to do this guess who sucks at making up character names me johnny joe johnny joe so um you know they're like hey i always wanted to learn to do that. I'm sure I could do it really well. That kind of thing. They're going to have passion. They're going to have drive. They're going to really excel at the position more so than somebody who may know how to do it, but hates doing it.

So it's very interesting to see. Patience pants needs to be a T-shirt. Yes, ma'am. Put on your patience pants needs to be a t-shirt yes ma'am put on your patience pants no that's what you need to put a cut like rainbow across the butt of your sweatpants that you're gonna make yes except like the changing earth emblem might be in a really bad spot just saying, that's so awesome. Just saying. Okay. They need to have, you need to be really, really clear about this responsibility and how much autonomy they have. So autonomy, being able to like make your own way and do it yourself, is actually desired over task, team, technique, and time.

People would rather have the autonomy to do the job the way they want to do it rather than any of those other things. I found that really, it makes sense. You know, I work on my own most of the day. I just take care of what I'm supposed to take care of. I don't have like a boss telling me, oh from this time to that time you better be doing this and from that time to this time you're going to be doing that right i just get like tasks that i need to take care of and it's done within the a lot of time frame right and it works really well so um so at the on start of everything you got to be really clear about hey

you can do this however you want it to be done but this thing has to be done this way right so people don't get frustrated like thinking they can do it whatever but okay for example um at my work you know you can't send out marketing emails. It's just spam, right? So you have to use a certain program and approach people in a certain way or else you're in violation of certain laws. I can't just be like, oh, well, that's just how I want to do it. Right?

You just, you can't. So I don't have autonomy there, but I do in many other facets of my job. Same with, like, gardening, you know. You gotta plant a seed a certain way. Like, at a certain time. At a certain time. Yeah. You can't just be like, oh, well, here's a bunch of seeds. Here's a stick to, you know, dig your hole or whatever.

You figure it out. You know, there's certain things that need to be done. Now, do you need to be done now do you need to oversee and be like well we wanted the rows horizontal instead of vertical maybe if it was like a sun thing but you know there's certain aspects that you're gonna be able to let go like we want you to specifically use the shovel in this manner give Give it a rest, you know. Okay, describe desired results in detail. This is so important. Your lowest expectation is going to be their highest expectation.

So if you want something done a certain way and for it to have a certain outcome you need to be specific about what the outcome is or they don't have a clue um it's the old beat around the bush syndrome my you know my little man christian he doesn't understand beat around the bush at all they're like well i'd like you to do this eventually oh that it is not getting done but if you're like do this do it now do it right here boom it's over it's done you know have to do this okay what does it matter so uh what how does it factor into a bigger picture you know hey i want you to go dig these holes along this road why well we're going to use them to do the fence. Keep all of us safe. That kind of thing.

And then what's the criteria for measuring success? Okay, the poles are all on the ground, but they're all jetting out to the left-hand side. You know, we want them straight, right? I mean, you can stack a wood pile or you can stack a wood pile. The difference between, you know, all your logs have big gaping holes. You take one out, they all fall down, you know, that kind of thing. Or it's all done properly where everybody's sitting together in the formation of a pyramid so if you don't take one down they'd all go rolling out yeah we went through so much of that with the boys like it's done oh wow

didn't give clear directions on that at all so if you want it done a certain way make sure you're clear really clear about that um make sure they have the resources to do the job right i want you to dig the holes but the shovels are all broken so good luck with that you know maybe you should have the job of repair the shovels first i don't know why i keep coming back to the shovels but uh you know training supplies time money if it's applicable adjusted priorities so you're giving somebody a new responsibility if you just expect them to take this new responsibility on top of all their other responsibilities that they have you might not have a successful employee it might or that person you know that teammate

might not be very successful at it because now they're trying to juggle eight billion things their overwhelmed chart just skyrocketed i've watched it happen to a lot of managers who get moved up to into a management position and they still think they need to do all the work of the line people. You know? You've got to make sure that they have what they need to actually perform at that job. You can't hold them accountable if they don't. Establish checkpoints milestones. So the person's not micromanaged and not underled.

So I might have like a little bit of the micromanaging problem going on. Just saying. I've also struggled in my personal life with like allowing myself to celebrate goals. Instead of just making a whole new list of new ones once I hit that checkpoint right so it's always like oh yeah well I got that done but I got like 18 other things to do so yay for me onward right I was like no no no sometimes you need to really just stop personally even and go good job you're to the checkpoint well that also needs to reflect in your leadership style like good job half the holes are dug they look beautiful or let's fix this before we move on to the next one so we know that that problem's solved

before we go anywhere else right but you're also not standing there like oh that pole's looking a little crooked oh i think you should move you got a little wig or the person actually actually had the chance to self-correct yes yes that's true that's all as frustrating as the worker be is getting corrected before you could self-correct right you need that moment to like be able to stand back and go like oh wow that wood pile really looks part of that learning and just delegating right yeah letting the person do it yeah absolutely um in martial arts when i'm training students you know when people get up to you know their their higher belt level you really see that skill start to come in to play where they can now look at themselves and be like oh no no no i need to punch lower or i need this

to be like that in their forms um so that's a really important and so you can't always jump down their throat be like hey get your punch fix right you got to give them the chance to do that encourage new creative ways to do things don't lean on how it was done in the past so i could definitely see areas where this would be applicable and then not applicable we go back to our seeds it's got to be done a certain. It's always been done that way in the past because it works. Right? That's not to say like you couldn't take some and try to plant it at a different time of year and see what happens.

But not like the whole stock or whatever. A little experiments first. So I guess, yeah. I think I have a hard time with that one because there's it might be one of those cases where you gotta plant in march but then it's it's a cold you know it's a cold spring so the person wants to wait a week or so and it makes sense yeah that's true they're using their noggin yeah instead of just being told hey you gotta plant march and they're noggin yeah instead of just being told hey yeah you gotta plant march and they're out there planting i don't care the boss man said plant in march i'm doing it yeah i'm doing this

is the dumbest thing i'm just gonna do it so you wasted the whole stock yeah right or all that time even or yeah resources whatever no that's true. Okay, I like that. Because like I say, I think I lean on a little bit on how it's been done in the past. But then again, I also like to create my own, like if I can leapfrog a work system, I'm definitely going to do it. Because I tend to just click a little bit quicker.

So if I can go from step A to C to D faster than having to put B in there, I'm going to do that too. It really annoyed some of my martial arts instructors though. I'm not going to lie. Yeah, I don't see that, Erica. Yeah. so developing motivating environments nothing worse than work in some place where everybody's like uh i showed up today i want to be here i want to leave early i want to go go you're just like it's the worst you know so um that's when it's really important as the leader of knowing like when to cheerlead somebody. Hey, you're doing a great job. You know, you got to keep that up. We used to always do two positives with every negative.

So, you know, hey, your stance was really good. Your punches were right on point, right where they're supposed to be. But we got to fix your high block. It needs to go here, right? And that helps people like feel up about what they're doing, but then still receive the correction. And obviously it depends on the person because I just got yelled at a lot. But when I taught other people, I was expected to do that so um know when to step in when to step back this is all experience time um you should practice it in your personal relationships you

know um you see your wife your spouse struggling with something know when to step in and help her out so it should be appreciative that you know you helped out or when to step in and help her out so she'll be appreciative that you know you helped out or when to step back because she really wanted to do herself right yeah that comes up a little bit too oh especially with the kids though because you're like oh i want to help but sometimes you're helping doesn't give, like we said, doesn't give them the skills. Give them time to grow. Right. Or self-adjust.

Know when to adjust your expectations. Know when to be available. Big one. Right. And celebrate success. I already touched on that one. Okay. The doozy.

Number eight. Tolerate risks and mistakes. I guarantee you are not perfect because none of us are Jesus. And you're not perfect. And nobody that you ask to do anything is going to be perfect either. So like, do not use that as an excuse to not delegate in the future. Well, I did it once and they screwed it up. Well, like, did you even get them time to learn? Did you sit there and micromanage them the whole time? you know? So learning, not losing.

And I understand big mistakes are made. I've made big mistakes. I think we all have, you know. But that's not a reason to not, you know, give somebody the opportunity or give somebody else the opportunity. Maybe that person just wasn't the right fit. There's somebody else who's like

I really wanted to do that too so uh but yeah tolerating risks and mistakes it's hard when you're as a leader you're pretty critical of yourself you gotta drive if you're leading you're you're heading up a family you're taking care of survival groups of cert groups of prepper camp things like that obviously you're going to be pretty darn critical of yourself and your own actions and behaviors and so that is 100 going to translate to other people as a pretty hard martial arts instructor you know and that's because i'm just that rough on myself as well. So I had to understand, like, all their people aren't going to operate with the same type of drive. So you have to give them chances to make mistakes, even without the same type of drive. You've got to give them the opportunity to make mistakes and not just be like, oh, well, you made a mistake.

You're done. You're out of here. Out of the group. Good luck surviving out there alone. That was fun. Run through them real quick. Right? Yeah, exactly.

And nobody's, that's going to demotivate people like you would never believe. Yeah, morale. Yeah. The beatings will continue until the morale improves. Yeah. Yeah. and nobody's that's gonna demotivate people like you would never believe morale yeah yeah or on uh remember the titans we are all gonna do up downs until he is no longer thirsty okay like wow you know there's a certain grind down, of course, that you're going to do in those type of situations. But yeah, keep morale up. It's going to be really important, really important. So it's going to have to be this delicate leadership, but at the same time has to be so tonally set because people have to be able to move immediately, but also survive together. So good luck, everybody. Keep learning leadership.

I'm still learning. If I'm ever done, I think I'm going in the ground. I love learning. And that was a good little refresher today. Like I say, I'm going to apply that to many others. We're here to help you, Sarah. Hey, I love you guys. Thank you for encouraging me me for keeping me going.

Hope you got as much benefit as I did. That was amazing. There's times, you know, you just need to stop and be like, okay, self-reflect. As much as it's challenging to do. All right.

On that note, let's get into some changing earth news it's getting real damn ridiculous out there everybody here we go dream survive thrive this is changing earth news are you changing earth news is Changing Earth News. We're Changing Earth News. So we got two minor solar flares happened today. They should impact the middle of next week.

The only thing that gives me any kind of pause for concern about these is because we have that activity that's moving up through the gulf and whenever we get the solar impacts on top of those storms sometimes they get amplified so other than that uh it looks like a pretty dry week minus the coastlines the east coast not the west coast west coast is hot so um places like india been getting slammed with water though that's gonna be an interesting topic today we're gonna touch quite a bit on that remember i was saying how weird it is that like some areas are flooding same country same little place like little country like one of our little states half of it is flooded and half of its drought it is just being amplified like that all over

the world right now it's really interesting so september 1st we're going all the way back to last sunday because i did my research on sat Saturday so we have to do Sunday checkup. September 1st 333 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger. Biggest of which was a 6.5 in Papua New Guinea. I almost put South Sandwich Islands on because they were in the number

two slot. I know. You love your sandwiches. Man. I know. Gonna have to get me a sweatshirt from that place all right um still mega swarming in middle america like it is still just lit up in middle america as far as earthquake activity and also in central asia it's that weird little place it's out in the desert and they've just been having extreme weather out there it just kind of makes you wonder like what's going on out there there's just that one little spot and central asia is just always clicking with activity

uh the derwent valley i'm sure i slaughtered that because it's in tasmania so i know ellen would be like what um they had a flood emergency warning issued they've been just getting hit by wind storms and rain and flooding and uh both australia and tasmania it's kind of been a topic of articles like what is going on in Australia right now Istanbul Turkey also received a huge storm which provided a lot of flooding and even a hailstorm in Istanbul on Monday September 2nd 2024 earthquakes were swarming all the way up north up to North America so so kind of jumped. We got some spotting up there.

The West Coast, Middle America, and then the Central Asia still hitting, and then it just really lit up heavily in Indonesia. 332 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger, biggest of which was a 5.3 on the southeast easter island 4.6 earthquake in quebec kind of strange up there philippines were hit with a slow moving storm it's part of yagi it's a cyclone that came through victoria new south wales was hit with the damaging windstorm 180 000 people without power lots of damage from that south south cashmere in india hit with heavy rain wind thunderstorms with hail their crops and their orchards and homes all received damage they lost pretty much a hundred percent of the apple harvest this year

because of that hail it was really sad to see all apples just boom out of the trees the hail just took it out on september 3rd there was 336 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger, biggest of which was a 5.3 in the Philippine Sea. The swarms were just clicking from North America all the way down to Central America. So the whole coastline of the western part of the United States lit up. And then from Indonesia all the way up to Russia lit up as well on the Ring of Fire. So very active day. This is one article I found very interesting. The Amazon River communities are being left stranded

as the drought worsens and water dries up. It is really, really sad. Nobody's been talking about this. And when you see these pictures of what these communities, it's like, you know, the Amazon is a huge river. So it water level is dropping, but it has lots of side rivers and stuff as well. So a lot of those side rivers are the ones that are drying up because there's just not enough water in the system. So the water level has been falling since June. To the lowest level on record.

And some rivers are completely drying up. You just see the houses. That are supposed to be like there on the water edge. And they're just there. With like the boats sitting on sand and stuff. Which is crazy. Because we're receiving so much rain over in Africa. That the Sahara is turning green again.

So I'm sure if you ask somebody, this is all human made and it's all our fault. But I really think it's called an earth cycle that's happening. That's really, really interesting. And, you know, we have all the evidence that the Sahara used to be green. You know, that area used to be bountiful. So it's going to be interesting. On September 4th, 24, the swarming in the Americas continued.

It moved to South America more than North America. Russia to Indonesia, all the way down to New Zealand. So we were getting hit at Tonga. All that activity just really intensified. 329 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger. Biggest of which was a 5.3 at the Solomon Islands. Nevada is still swarming as well. Much too close to the Long Valley Caldera for my comfort.

So we're not talking like right on it, but still in the area it's in it's just too close uh for me to be like oh well that's not a big deal um it is a big deal and it's still swarming over there so that's interesting deadly flooding in north korea kim jong-un killed like 30 of his executives because his country got flooded. So... Well, that's another way of running a group.

There you go. I mean, there's your leadership example. You don't like how they handled their responsibilities? You just kill them all. For their heads. Yeah. Interesting. and then they had like oh he had a moment after an emotional moment like he just killed 30 people like whatever um andhra pradesh in India, heavy rain flooding in a flood alert in four districts. Big time flooding in San Antonio took place as well after heavy rains. The Bear Fire in Sierra County grew to 3,000 acres in California.

And a sunken village emerged in Greece as the drought reduced the lake levels. So that's pretty neat to check out. On Thursday, September 5th, the activity, earthquake activity, really centralized in middle America, just spotting north and south. But Russia all the way up to Indonesia, well, that one also became less intense from Russia up to Indonesia. Well, that one also became less intense from Russia up to Indonesia. So it was kind of a lighter day. However, we had 383 earthquakes

that were 2.0 or bigger. So we still had the big quakes. We just didn't have a lot of the little ones. 6.2 in the Bismarck Sea by Papua New Guinea was our biggest earthquake. There was also a 5.7 earthquake in Bolivia. China got hit with a storm 77 mile an hour winds ripped roofs off and destroyed the street vendors so you're these poor guys are

you know their carts are blowing down the street and they're trying to hang on to them it was kind of comical i know i probably shouldn't laugh at their misfortunes, but it was a little bit comical. Iceland still erupting, lava expanding northward there in Iceland. Boise County, Idaho, the Wapiti fire grew from 2,000 acres to 112,000 acres. So lots of activity going on there. Namibia, in Namibia, because their drought has been so bad. So we've been reading or I've been, you know, presenting to you guys all about all these places in Africa that are flooding, getting those monsoonal rains. It's, you know, they're worried about cholera outbreaks and all this because of all the rain. But in Namibia, they've had drought for so long, they're going to call, which means kill, 700.

I don't know why they call it calling. Why don't you just say the truth? They're going to kill 700 animals as part of a relief program. And this includes 83 elephants. I was like, aren't we fighting to bring the elephants back and make sure they're there and i don't understand the logic of it you know there's only so much water and so um better that you know only 83 die rather so everybody else can have water and stuff but sometimes i wonder about you know just humans meddling in everything all the time. And that's just a lot of wildlife to lose.

So maybe we can like send them some water or something, you know. I don't know what the situation is. I just looked up call. Definition is to select or remove from a group. Okay. So that's why it's not just the act of the kill. It's removing,

it's thinning the herd, basically. Maybe they're not going to kill them then. Maybe they just bring them in and like ship them out to zoos or something. Here's your rose colored glasses. I'm trying, man. This is so sad. So one of the things about elephants just real quick

um when they used to do the gladiator games they were gonna do this big um elephant battle and like that so many elephants were gonna die like 100 elephants there and when they started killing the elephants the elephants started crying and just screaming in pain and tears and just emotion and the crowd was like no don't kill any more elephants you know they're just really intelligent and i don't know why i just have a soft spot for them so um 22 south ohio counties declare a natural disaster due to drought. They might be getting killed with rain up there, you know, but these 22 counties are in a drought. It's just land of extremes. Very curious.

September 6, 2024, 359 earthquakes or 2.0 or bigger, biggest of which was a 5.7 in Argentina. That was just the big hit of the day um it was just spotty activity in south america actually um north america coastline and middle america that activity really intensified there and then it would again lit up from new zealand all the way to russia big activity going on uh 16 people unfortunately lost their lives when Yagi hit the Philippines. And they don't know how many specifically were lost at sea. They're thinking it's around a couple dozen people

that they also lost at sea when that storm, that cyclone came through. Really, really devastating storm that came through. The dust storm overtook the burning man festival that happens uh out in death valley every year and last year they got flooded out this year they just got smacked with a big old dust storm and mount semaru in indonesia had a big eruption again on september 7th, 2024, 333 earthquakes,

our 2.0 or bigger, biggest of which was a 6.0 in the South Pacific Ocean near Tonga. Some of the American, middle American activity intensified again, but the Mediterranean really lit up

and Indonesia activity wasn't as major. But there was a 3.9 near Ontario followed by another earthquake But there was a 3.9 near Ontario, followed by another earthquake. There was a 3.9 earthquake swarm near Los Angeles. There was a 6.0 near the Tonga region. Well, that was my first one. And then there was a 4.5 that knocked out power in hunter region in australia so a lot of big activity happening yegi hit taiwan and china on that day killed six people injured 78 more major property damage we're talking 99 mile an hour winds ripping through um hunan was especially hard hit. And about 50,000 people had to be evacuated out of there. So we're talking a big storm.

UK was hit with heavy rains, flooding. NBC, their fires are also intensifying right now. There's been a major heat dome just laying in over the west part of North America. So big time wildfire risk again. Resurge after last week, we had a pretty good week. September 8th, that is today, Sunday, there's been 349 earthquakes that are 2.0 or bigger, biggest of which was another 6.0 hit in Tonga.

So you can be sure that energy is gonna be blasting out from there. Middle America and South America activity intensified again. Russia to New Zealand went off big time today. I don't know if it was already like pre-energy from the CMEs or what, but that just got so much more swarmy in there. There was a 5.3 earthquake at the geysers in California, 55 aftershocks. The geysers gets a lot of activity, but that is a lot of activity.

That is a place where they actually do the geothermal heating. So they drill down in and then they use the geothermal heating to spin turbines. And so that's why they get a lot of earthquakes here. I don't usually report on them, but 55 aftershocks, that's pretty intense. The San Bernardino fire exploded. It's called the Line Fire. It exploded yesterday. Wind and heat just kicking that thing up.

They are having evacuations happening right now. I can't remember. I think it's up to like 120. It might not even be that much. It only might be like 7 000 acres but it went from like nothing to those 77 000 acres just overnight bolivia is also calling for a national emergency due to the raging forest fires that are happening there um 17 000 acres It's right outside of their big city. I can't remember what it is right now.

But they're worried about it coming in and their whole city is just in smoke. Okay, so big news that I have for you today. The volcanoes. So I was impressed when we saw 34 for the first time we see 34 volcanoes erupting i'm thinking okay this is just gonna be a fluke we're gonna be back down the 20s it used to be weird to see 29 28 erupting at once that that was like wow that's okay so when we got up to 34, I was like, wow. But then it hung out for months. Now we're up to 35 volcanoes actively erupting. We've added one more to that list.

We got 91 showing activity on our planet altogether. 32 showing minor activity. 24 showing unrest. Still mostly in Indonesia, but the Ring of Fire is following. More and more are erupting around the Ring of Fire. So we definitely have to keep eyes on that. Especially we have this planetary alignment coming with the gas giants that are going to form like the square on October 20th.

And last time that happened was like 87 AD. And that's when Mount Vesuvius erupted last time. happened was like 87 a.d and that's when mount vesuvius erupted last time so really interesting stuff and then keep in mind too that agra casey was like when vesuvius and pele erupt at the same time it's bad news for nevada so we have that sitting there and we have campy flagre which is showing activity which is basically italy's yellowstone so if you had campy flagre go off at the same time as vesuvius was i'm like holy moly i hope somebody else is actually watching like paying attention to these numbers who who could like warn people more than i can with my little change in earth podcast but uh yeah that's that's something to see as far as wildfires in the united states we

are at a preparedness level of five which is our top number we have 70 large fires currently building currently burning for a total of 2,034,000 acres. Three of those fires are contained. There's five new ones that were just added to the list. Number one state on fire is Oregon. They had two new fires. They have 23 active fires for a total of 543,000 acres. Only one of those fires is contained.

California is second on the list they have one new fire seven active burning fires for a total of 484 000 acres none of those fires are contained wyoming is number three on the list and one of the sad things is i've been told a lot of what's burning in wyoming is actually wheat fields So that's never a good thing. No new fires, five active fires for a total of 468,000 acres. Only one of those fires is contained. And then Idaho, number four on the list, no new fires, 19 active fires, 301,000 acres on fire, and none of those are contained. So there we go. We're just going to keep eyes on the situation with the volcanoes as we come up to October 20th. I don't know. I just, you know, I watch a lot of different media on just different aspects. Like we can't

always depend on how it's been done in the past, right? We got to form new paths. And to see all of these things kind of lining up, it's like, uh-oh. So, yeah, Intrepid Commander, sleep well, my friend. He's always like, I'll never sleep now. All righty, guys. Well, we went a little bit over time thank you for coming spending your time with us tonight um we're just jamming up for prepper camp um to get the live round table i'm going to be posting the round table that we do on friday night

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