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KDL PRESENTS: OUR CHANGING REALITIES WITH KILER DAVENPORT AND PIPER
KDL PRESENTS: OUR CHANGING REALITIES WITH KILER DAVENPORT AND PIPER
SUNDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2016
7 PM PAC / 8 PM MTN / 9 PM CENT / 10 PM EST
THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS AS THEY APPEAR ON THE SURFACE. REALITY IS A STRANGE IDEA. WE SEEM TO CREATE REALITY AS WE GO. TONIGHT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT LIFE IN A DRASTIC NEW WAY. IT IS NOT EASY AND IT TAKES PRACTICE, AND PERSEVERANCE. TUNE IN AND LET US LEARN TOGETHER.
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Saturday, January 23, 2016
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Thursday, October 8, 2015
APRI PRESENTS: INTERVIEW WITH DEREK BARNES
BIO FOR DERIK BARNES
Derik Barnes was born and raised in the inner city of Baltimore, Maryland. He can be described as ambitious, focused, and intellectual - a go-getter.
Despite early exposure to the struggle for balance that all young men face, Derik overcame. Through struggle in his personal life, he felt it his responsibility to assume the position of "man of the house" at an early age. It was not always an easy task to choose the right path when so many of his friends chose another direction, but continued on, knowing it would somehow pay off in the end.
After graduating from high school, he became active in both the prison reform programs and community cleanup to help restore some of the very inner streets he often traveled. Much like most of the city, those areas were no "walk in the park" and were considered some of the most crime and drug infested. Derik's strong sense of personal security later landed him a career as a Maryland State Correctional Officer. During his eight years of employment as a correction officer, he was required to secure various institutions throughout the state. With the respect and trust gained by those around him, including his colleagues and the inmates, Derik became very familiar with the patterns of the young men entangled in the prison system.
As his desire to help others grew, Derik increased his efforts and later moved on to become a Baltimore city firefighter. By no means did this desired career move come easy, but it proved to be most rewarding. Moving about the city streets once again at a different capacity gave Derik a unique perspective on the issues concerning young men.
With his book, The Science of Manhood, Derik hopes to reach and inspire young men by sharing life experiences and strategies not only to revitalize these young men, but also to help generations of men to come.
APRI (KD): Favorite quote.
DB: "FAITH ISN'T FAITH; UNTIL IT'S ALL YOU'RE HOLDING ON TO"
APRI (KD): How did you get started as a writer?
DB: Writing started for me as an outlet to help myself and others facing hardship in life.
APRI (KD): Tell us 3 interesting/crazy things about you.
DB: I'm an outstanding cook. I listen to Stevie Wonder's son "LOVE'S IN NEED OF LOVE TODAY" everyday. Video games relax me & help me to think.
APRI (KD): Name one entity that you feel supported you outside of your family members.
DB: Manhood training class.
APRI (KD): Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your life?
DB: Events in my own life.
APRI (KD): What was the hardest part of writing your book?
DB: Sharing my personal situation with my children.
APRI (KD): Who is your intended audience and why should they read your book?
DB: Anyone who has lost their way in life and want to get back to the path of greatness.
APRI (KD): What can readers, who enjoy your book, do to help make it successful?
DB: Share the information; sponsor a book for someone who needs it. Stay in touch!
APRI (KD): If you could speak to all the youth of tomorrow in one setting what would you tell them?
DB: That everything they need to achieve their dreams and goals are already inside them. Fight like hell to protect it.
APRI (KD): Can you name one person who has had a tremendous impact on you as a leader? Maybe someone who has been a mentor to you? Why and how did this person impact your life?
DB: My highschool teacher, MR. HEMPHILL, he would take time out to address me in my loss, self-destructive condition. He suggested books, lectures and various streams of information that ultimately started me on a life saving journey.
APRI (KD): What are a few resources you would recommend to someone looking to gain insight into becoming a better leader?
DB: Study the successful ones, learn their habits, identify what you have in common with people who shake up the world.
APRI (KD): What do you like to ask other leaders when you get the chance?
DB: What they do to relax? How they start their day?
APRI (KD): What ignited the spark in you to start a new business venture or to make significant changes in an existing business? How did the idea for your business come about?
DB: First with CLEAR VISION, LLC, it was born out of the obstacles that I've faced and had to overcome. To help empower others to stand and face the fears within themselves. CULTURE ESSENCE, QUALITY, NATURAL SKIN CARE was born to provide a need, first in my community and then the world. Both were born to INSPIRE!
APRI (KD): What would you say are the top three skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur?
DB: PASSION, DEDICATION and PATIENCE!!!
APRI (KD): Describe/outline your typical day?
DB: I awake between 4 am - 6 am, meditate, choose a hero for the day and embed a quote from them in my heart and mind. From 7 am - 10 am start telling the world of social media about my brand. 11 am - 1 pm workout Boxing, breathing mental combat. From 2 pm - 4 pm study and family time. 5 pm - 10 pm public access media, interviews, speaking engagements, etc.
APRI (KD): What makes you smile?
DB: Watching my family enjoy themselves.
APRI (KD): How do you build a successful customer base?
DB: By handling people properly and giving them the best you can. Create a contact list and going door to door.
APRI (KD): If you could talk to one person from history, who would it be and why?
DB: Dr. Charles Drew (INVENTOR OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION) because he embodied such a wide blessing to a narrow minded world. THAT TAKES EVERYTHING!!!
APRI (KD): Who has been your greatest inspiration?
DB: My mother hands down. She always reached for more in life and I was her #1 fan. I strive to live my life the same way.
APRI (KD): What do you feel is the major difference between entrepreneurs and those who work for someone else?
DB: A level of self satisfaction deep within themselves. The courageous drive from taking a risk and a job could never give you that.
APRI (KD): What are you hobbies? What do you do in your non-work time?
DB: Watch interviews of people I admire, cook, play video games and family times.
APRI (KD): What question have you always wanted to be asked during an interview? How would you answer that question?
DB: Still waiting on it!
Derik Barnes - Author of Facebook
Cultural Essence on Facebook
Website for Cultural Essence
http://www.culturalessence.com
Derik Barnes on Amazon - The Science of Manhood: Steps To Self-Improvement
Website for Clear-Vision Inc
Author Derik Barnes on Twitter
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
APRI PRESENTS: Interview with Jody Ballard
BIO FOR JODY BALLARD
A connoiseeur of the human by profession, globe-trotter by choice, a woman of pure commitments by heart and always a free spirit from Montana. Everything she does, she does with love! Jody writes with the deep knowledge and experience gained from being a licensed clinical therapist for over thirty years. Raised with the forthright values and ethics of a Montana cowboy. Jody now lives in the Middle East after living in eight Countries. She and her husband raised three intelligent, kind, and thoughtful global nomads.
APRI: What happens when you feel home everywhere and nowhere at once?
JB: I feel home when I am with my love. We travel frequently and have lived in many, many places. So when we snuggle to go to sleep that is home. I also feel 'home' when I feel a welcoming warmth from people around me.....this usually must be initiated by me first.
APRI: Can you tell us about a time that you seized an opportunity and really took the ball and ran with it?
JB: I am not a person confirmed by fear. If I find something interesting and challenging, I will take the ball and run. This occurs right before I begin an extensive research. Once I have made up my mind I want to achieve something it is as if it is done. Most recently (well five years ago) I moved to a place foreign to me. I had been living in Poland, a predominantly Catholic country, whose cuisine is laden with pork products. The women are fashionable and not afraid to express their femininity with revealing clothing and the countryside and climate was dominated by four distinct seasons and verdant rolling hills. I moved to the exact opposite environment and found myself in a 'new section of the library' I was excited, enticed and challenged. Not understanding the language was the least significant obstacle.
I began to read everything, study the pool and customs and courtesies. I was immediately enthralled.
Two months after my arrival I opened the National Newspaper in Abu Dhabie to see a half page photos of Adrian Hayes and two other gentlemen on camels entering the island by way of a historic route over the Matqaa Bridge. I was interested to learn about a yearly migration to Al Ain and a courageous expedition of Wilfred Thesiger. I was interested but curious and understood how the women of this region had faired in this Bedouin process. I decided I needed to walk this 140 kilometers across the desert. Five years later I led 33 women in this endeavor which has become a year trek.
APRI: Just as you inspire authors, what authors have inspired you to write?
JB: Hemingway, the Old Man and The Sea (to dare to speak the unspoken fears of the mind in a clear concise manner); Henry James (to dare to focus our minds on the darker elements of man's existence that only by bringing into the light can we normalize human sexuality). Garth Stein, the Art of Racing in the Rain (to dare to give such a very different perspective); So African writer Nadine Gordimer (incredible character development; and Faulkner (psychological understanding, great prose).
APRI: What do you consider to be your best accomplishment?
JB: My best and most enduring accomplishment is my loving, intimate relationship of 35 years. At the end of my life this will be my joy; the connection at the heart, the heated passion, and selfless support of each other and the enduring depth of love and admiration we have for each other.
APRI: What's integral to the work of an artist?
JB: Pushing boundaries, setting fear aside to create that which comes from your intuition even when it is not validated by others.
APRI: What role does the artist have in society?
JB: To touch the hearts and minds of those around us. To tell a story or paint a scene to which people can learn and identify.
APRI: What's the strongest memory of your childhood?
JB: The overall pervasive feeling of being loved and nurtured.
APRI: What work do you enjoy doing the most?
JB: Nurturing or educating others.
APRI: What's your scariest experience?
JB: Three hours one night when I thought my daughter had been lost to me.
APRI: What is an artistic outlook on life?
JB: Artists look at the world in a different way. We take the time to not only appreciate the colors of sunset but to define the depth of hues interacting with each other or seeing a tree's leaves being blown by the wind and see it as soft or a grandfather's beard in the greying play braces of a tree.
APRI: What superhero do you have and why?
JB: My father....he was my super hero. He was kind and had the emotional intelligence of the most gifted therapist. He was morale and lived the values he exposed. He was a Montana Cowboy!
APRI: What's the best piece of advice you've been given?
JB: If you want something badly enough, do what is necessary to achieve it. Hold on and never give up.
APRI: Why do people ask stupid questions?
JB: Because we can never know everything adn you are wise if you are courageious enough to admit you do not know and seek answers from those who do.
APRI: What is essential to successful communication?
JB: Listening and connecting to the person to whom you wish to communicate.
APRI: What is your perception of life?
JB: Life is good and people are equally so.
APRI: When you have time to sit back and relax, what do you find yourself doing?
JB: Learning
APRI: If you had to convince a friend or colleague to read your work, what might you tell them?
JB: These are stories about life, you will see yourself in this work and might even find some answers to relationship questions you have.
APRI: When did you realize you were a writer?
JB: After years of working in a clinical setting as a therapist, then more years teaching and giving seminars, a lady approached me and said, "You need to write this stuff down. It will help more people." I realized most people appreciate a good story and we all learn from listening or reading about other individuals' trial and tribulations.
APRI: What makes you smile?
JB: Genuine playful outbursts from children. They are so pure in their reactions to a joyful event....adults can do this as well but have learned to suppress these spontaneous outpourings of joy.
APRI: What is your favorite word? Why?
JB: Kindness: something completely underrated in the world.
APRI: How would you describe your writing style?
JB: I write like I speak, I am told....style? What style would that be?
APRI: What question have you always wnated to be asked during an interview? How would you answer that question?
JB: I don't believe I have ever not articulated what I wanted to say. Somehow I always find a way to get the message across...and always in the moment - by the seat of my pants.
PLACES TO FIND JODY BALLARD
http://www.jodyballard.com
http://www.facebook.com/The SmellOfMud
http://www.twitter.com/relatetojody
https://ae.linkedin.com/pub/jody-j-ballard/4/b34/5a5
http://www.amazon.com/Jody-J.-Ballard/e/B00BLZ69FI
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