Ray Edwards Show

Copywriter & Marketing Consultant Ray Edwards hosts this weekly show about Internet Business and Supernatural Success. Ray is a world-renowned copywriter and communications strategist, writing for some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Robert Allen, and Tony Robbins. The podcast features insights on the art of persuasive writing, direct sales, product launches, internet marketing strategies, and the spiritual foundations of business success.

Many people in our modern society are prisoners. Prisoners of a job they hate, of a profession they despise, or even of a business that owns them (instead of the other way around.) It doesn't have to be this way. Today's podcast is devoted to the idea that you can break free of that prison. That you can escape your “day job” and start living in the reality of your “dream job.” Feature Presentation: Interview with Author Kary Oberbrunner… Author, life coach, and speaker Kary Oberbrunner shows people how to launch their dream jobs and experience the freedom to go as they please, earn as they wish, and live as they like. His nine proven steps will help readers “jailbreak” from their day jobs without relying on an MBA, investors, or a lucky break. In this interview you'll discover how to: Overcome self-limiting beliefs that sabotage success Start lean and stay lean by ignoring conventional thinking Build a dream team of experts committed to their cause Carve out a niche and get noticed in a noisy world Market beforehand to create critical momentum Monetize a message to its full potential Achieve personal clarity, competence, and confidence Earn greater influence, impact, and income in the marketplace Through sharing his own story and the success of others who have followed his process, Kary shows us that anyone can turn their passion into a full-time gig. Kary Oberbrunner Links Kary Oberbrunner's main website. The Day Job To Dream Job website. Order Kary's book on Amazon.com. Next Week: Five Bad Habits That Can Wreck Your Life. For real this time. Get The Transcript Click here to get the transcript. Transcripts provided by SuccessTranscripts – a great solution if you need your podcast, sermon, speech, or other audio transcribed. Question: Why do you want to move from “day job” to “dream job”? Click here to leave your comments.

Copywriter & Marketing Consultant Ray Edwards hosts this weekly show about Internet Business and Supernatural Success. Ray is a world-renowned copywriter and communications strategist, writing for some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Robert Allen, and Tony Robbins. The podcast features insights on the art of persuasive writing, direct sales, product launches, internet marketing strategies, and the spiritual foundations of business success.

Have you ever heard the phrase, “If you don't have your health, you don't have anything”? I think this is a stupid thing to say, and in today's episode I will explain why – and what to say instead. And for those who don't have your health, I've got a newsflash: you also don't have a free pass to whine, complain, and make excuses. Tip of the Week: The LoseIt! app makes tracking your nutrition, hydration, and exercise easy and fun. Lumosity offers a great way yo keep your brain sharp – by playing games! HabitList helps you cultivate habits you want to develop and keep track of your streaks. Spiritual Foundations: If you are busy, stretched and stressed to the max, and need every minute of a 14 hour day to keep your head above water – the best thing you cando is set aside plenty of time to read God's word. The Bible. Why would I say that? My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.“ Proverbs 4:20-22 I have certainly found the source of peace in stressful times to be taking refuge in the Word. And it's not just my experience. I read an article recently by Pastor Joseph Prince about George Müller, who in the 1800's ran five orphanages, and oversaw the care of more than 2,000 orphans. Müller was not wealthy, and the funding of these orphanages depended solely on donations. Every day, Müller set aside time to study the scriptures. Prince wrote: Once, Müller was talking with a man who worked between 14 and 16 hours every day. He told the man, “You are destroying your health. You don’t have time for your family and, most importantly, you don’t have time to nourish your inner man with the Word of God.” The man replied, “I hear you, but I can’t see how I can cut down my working hours and spend time in the Word because even with the 14 to 16 hours I put in each day, I still can’t put enough bread on the table for my family.” As the man walked away, Müller said, “He doesn’t believe that if he gives time to God’s Word first, God will take care of all his needs.” Whatever your needs, stresses or responsibilities, take time each day to read God's Word and nourish your spirit. Feature Presentation: If You Don't Have Your Health… I think it's time we stopped saying, “If you don't have your health, you don't have anything.” Here are 5 reasons why: It's not true. You have life, God, family, friends, and a chance to make meaning each day. It's a disempowering belief. Repetition is the mother of belief. It robs people of their destiny. It makes people into victim thinkers. I propose we say instead, “If you don't have your health, you still have everything.” And here are five reasons why that is true: Everything in this world is temporary anyway. God can and does restore health to the hopeless every day. Intentionally changing what we say begins to change our beliefs. We all have a fatal disease called life, and nobody survives it. There are countless examples of people with horrific health problems who accomplished incredible feats. What's Your Excuse? Here are people whose problems could have been used as an excuse, but who achieved greatness in spite of, or perhaps even because of, the health challenges they face. Stephen Hawking. Even though he is totally disabled by ALS, has revolutionized physics. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The only US President to server more than two terms, and generally recognized as on e of the best US Presidents ever. Roosevelt was paralyzed from the waist down by polio. Yet he still led the USA during two of her most trying times – the Great Depression and World War II. Michael J Fox. His Fox Foundation has accelerated Parkinson's research by decades, and million of dollars. And he continues to act, earning awards for his current roles. Marlee Matlin. Emmy winning actress, deaf since she was 18 months old. Helen Keller. Both blind and deaf, she graduated college and became an advocate for women's rights. Ludwig Van Beethoven. Lost most of his hearing by the age of 20. Composed some of his greatest works by feeling the vibration of the notes from the piano. So… what's your excuse? Next Week: Five Bad Habits That Can Wreck Your Life. Get The Transcript Click here to get the transcript. Transcripts provided by SuccessTranscripts – a great solution if you need your podcast, sermon, speech, or other audio transcribed. Question: Have you changed any limiting beliefs as a result of this episode? Click here to leave your comments.

Copywriter & Marketing Consultant Ray Edwards hosts this weekly show about Internet Business and Supernatural Success. Ray is a world-renowned copywriter and communications strategist, writing for some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Robert Allen, and Tony Robbins. The podcast features insights on the art of persuasive writing, direct sales, product launches, internet marketing strategies, and the spiritual foundations of business success.

This week I have my good friend Cliff Ravenscraft on the show – yes, the Podcast Answer Man himself will join us and we'll discuss the future of podcasting and what it means for those building a platform. I know you were expecting Five Destructive Habits That Will Wreck Your Life, but this is a good programming change. Trust me. We have a BIG announcement, and I'll get you those Five Destructive Habits That Will Wreck Your Life in a couple of weeks! Feature Presentation: Cliff Ravenscraft, The Podcast Answer Man An interview with the leader of Podcasting. Click here to find the details about the live workshop Cliff and I are conducting in November. Next Week: If You Don't Have Your Health… Get The Transcript Click here to get the transcript. Transcripts provided by SuccessTranscripts – a great solution if you need your podcast, sermon, speech, or other audio transcribed. Question: What are you doing to build your platform? Click here to leave your comments.

Copywriter & Marketing Consultant Ray Edwards hosts this weekly show about Internet Business and Supernatural Success. Ray is a world-renowned copywriter and communications strategist, writing for some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Robert Allen, and Tony Robbins. The podcast features insights on the art of persuasive writing, direct sales, product launches, internet marketing strategies, and the spiritual foundations of business success.

Copywriter & Marketing Consultant Ray Edwards hosts this weekly show about Internet Business and Supernatural Success. Ray is a world-renowned copywriter and communications strategist, writing for some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Robert Allen, and Tony Robbins. The podcast features insights on the art of persuasive writing, direct sales, product launches, internet marketing strategies, and the spiritual foundations of business success.

We are busy. Too busy, it seems; if I ask ten friends what their biggest challenge is, five will answer with some variation of, “I'm just too busy.”   In this episode I will share 10 specific tactics to help un-busy yourself. Tip of the Week: My favorite new meeting tool is Zoom.us. I like it better than Skype or GoToMeeting for the following reasons: Smoother video streaming. Ease of use. Simple screen sharing. Easy recordings. Less expensive than other alternatives. Spiritual Foundations: Should we be working harder to be better Christians? No. All our “working” and striving will only make us feel guiltier and dirtier than before we started. …you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” 1 Cor 1:30 Your righteousness is not measured by what you do or don't do; it is measured by what Jesus already did. Feature Presentation: Ten Ways To Un-Busy Yourself This Week We are too busy. We need to slow down, so we can get more meaningful work done. Here are 10 specific tactics to help un-busy yourself. Start work an hour later. Quit work an hour earlier. Don't take any lunch meetings. Work four days instead of five this week. Don't take any incoming phone calls. Eliminate all shopping (online and offline). Stop watching TV, listening to the radio, and reading the newspaper. Meditate twice a day. Cancel all recurring meetings. Cancel all social and volunteer activities. Even picking a few of these ten will free up space in your mind, help you get more centered, and perhaps bring you a renewed sense of peace, power, and purpose. Next Week: Five Destructive Habits That Will Wreck Your Life Get The Transcript Click here to get the transcript. Transcripts provided by SuccessTranscripts – a great solution if you need your podcast, sermon, speech, or other audio transcribed. Question: Which un-busying practices will you adopt this week? Click here to leave your comments.

Copywriter & Marketing Consultant Ray Edwards hosts this weekly show about Internet Business and Supernatural Success. Ray is a world-renowned copywriter and communications strategist, writing for some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Robert Allen, and Tony Robbins. The podcast features insights on the art of persuasive writing, direct sales, product launches, internet marketing strategies, and the spiritual foundations of business success.

For the longest time, when asked how quickly I can turnaround a writing project, my answer has been: “I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.” I recently discovered the person who originally penned that phrase: American journalist A.J. Liebling, who wrote primarily for The New Yorker. The reason I think this  quote rings true for many writers is actually a secret of the trade. Writing faster makes you a better writer. Tip of the Week: You know by now I'm a big fan of Scrivener. today I'd like to introduce you to the best training I've found on how to use Scrivener effectively: Learn Scrivener Fast. Spiritual Foundations: Is God judging us? Is his judgment the source of the scary things we hear in the news? God is love. (1 John 4:8) There is no fear in love. (1 John 4:18) How we can “test the spirits”. (1 John 4) Don't be deceived by ministries of fear. Feature Presentation: Write Faster, Write Better Here are 5 reasons why writing faster can make you a better writer. You'll write more. Your skill level will improve. Writing fast turns off the self-editor and inner critic. The 10,000 hour rule works in your favor. Imperfect practice is better than perfect intentions. What level of output are you truly capable of as a writer? Next Week: Ten Ways To Un-Busy Yourself! Get The Transcript Click here to get the transcript. Transcripts provided by SuccessTranscripts – a great solution if you need your podcast, sermon, speech, or other audio transcribed. Question: How fast do you write? Click here to leave your comments.

The power of momentum is hard to overestimate. A productive person is likely to remain productive, and the opposite is also true. We can intervene in our own lives. What if there was a way to turn yourself into self-propelled productivity machine? Tip of the Week: This week I;m going to encourage you to “Slack”. It just might make you more productive. Try the Slack app now. Spiritual Foundations: Here's a question I get from readers and listeners every now and then: “If God's will is always healing, why am I still sick?” The short answer is I don't know. There are many explanations that sound good, and yet for every one there is a scripture that seems to disprove it. Think you don't have enough faith? Then what do you do with the man who didn't even believe Jesus could help his son… and then Jesus just healed the boy, despite the father's lack of faith? Think you have sin in your life that you have to get cleaned up first? Then what about the woman who was caught in the very act of adultery, whom Jesus forgave and spared from physical death? Then there are interesting passages like the one where Jesus prays for a blind man, and the man is not instantly healed. He reports to the Lord that he can “see men like trees,” implying that he could see a little, but imperfectly. So what did the Lord do? He prayed again! If that formula is good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me. And I am not so arrogant as to assume I might not need to pray more than twice. In short, this is an area of mystery. I believe we must be comfortable living with mystery. I know that God's promise is that he will heal every one of us. I also know that it seems that some of us (myself included) have not yet been healed. The danger lies in becoming bitter or angry with God, distorting or maligning his personality because he won't do what we want, or even presuming that we know what he should do and when. The danger on the other side lies in just deciding that God is not going to heal, and that contrary to his word, it must not be his will. Here's the shocking truth: not everything that happens in this world is God's will. That may freak you out a little, but it's true, and I can prove it. The Bible says that God is not willing that any one should perish. But people perish every day. Therefore, it is clear that not everything that happens is God's will. Since I am not able to answer this question with any authority, I return to my “short” answer: I don't have an opinion on this, and I can't be forced to express an opinion I don't possess. Feature Presentation: Self-Propelled Productivity You can set up your productivity routine to work just like a self-propelled mower – a lot of grass gets cut without a lot of pushing required. Here are a few suggestions to give your productivity its own momentum. Wake up earlier than most people and accomplish your most difficult  or dreaded tasks before others are even awake. Block out the first 3-4 hours of your day as your un-interruptible “productivity zone”. Refuse all inputs until after Noon. Learn your own weaknesses and “trick” yourself into succeeding (gym clothes ready for next morning, working out first thing, setting my clock intentionally fast.) Find someone to kick your rear end for you. (Rick Raddatz story) Get The Transcript Click here to get the transcript. Transcripts provided by SuccessTranscripts – a great solution if you need your podcast, sermon, speech, or other audio transcribed. Question: Do you use any tricks to automatically make yourself more productive? Click here to leave your comments.

Copywriter & Marketing Consultant Ray Edwards hosts this weekly show about Internet Business and Supernatural Success. Ray is a world-renowned copywriter and communications strategist, writing for some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Robert Allen, and Tony Robbins. The podcast features insights on the art of persuasive writing, direct sales, product launches, internet marketing strategies, and the spiritual foundations of business success.

If you're always plugged in to the Internet, you might just be unplugging from some of the most important relationships in your life.   Today I'll discuss 5 reasons why you might not want to take your laptop to bed. Tip of the Week:   Simplify your writing with the new downloadable Hemingway app. Spiritual Foundations: “Hey Ray, are you a ‘greasy grace' guy?” The question comes to my email inbox every now and then. Here's my answer. There is no such thing as “greasy grace” – there is only the Gospel, and the Gospel is grace. Grace is a gift, so all your working at it won't help you. You can't ever deserve it – the word actually means “unmerited favor”. The #1 accusation hurled at Paul was that he proposed too much grace, and too much freedom. If we're not accused of the same things Paul was accused of, are we preaching the same thing he preached? Feature Presentation: Don't Take Your Laptop To Bed Having a laptop, iPad or iPhone sure makes it easy to stay plugged in – even where we should be unplugged. Here are 5 reasons why taking your gadgets to bed with you might not be such a great idea. If you're married, taking your laptop to bed with you robs your spouse of your presence and sends the signal that your gadget is more important them. That softly glowing light actually interferes with your ability to sleep well, even after you turn it off. The mental stimuli are also damaging  the quality of your sleep. Communicating with the world and your co-workers during all hours sends the message that you have no boundaries, and they will respond accordingly. You're teaching your subconscious mind that even your bedroom is not a place of rest. Get The Transcript Click here to get the transcript. Transcripts provided by SuccessTranscripts – a great solution if you need your podcast, sermon, speech, or other audio transcribed. Question: Do you take your laptop, or other connected device, to bed with you? Do you think that has a positive or negative effect on your life? Click here to leave your comments.

Copywriter & Marketing Consultant Ray Edwards hosts this weekly show about Internet Business and Supernatural Success. Ray is a world-renowned copywriter and communications strategist, writing for some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Robert Allen, and Tony Robbins. The podcast features insights on the art of persuasive writing, direct sales, product launches, internet marketing strategies, and the spiritual foundations of business success.