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I'm your host, Zen. Sam'sup next in our Female Trailblazer segment,
brought to you by Dominari Financial.Today in the War Studios, Live from
my Heart headquarters here in Midtown Manhattan, We're featuring the awesome and Natalie Dawson,
co founder and president of Cardon Ventures, a thriving company that has generated
over one hundred million dollars in revenuewithout any startup capital or external funding since
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its inception in twenty nineteen. Withher expertise in people management and her passion
for empowering entrepreneurs to reach their personal, professional, and financial aspirations, Natalie
is also a best selling author ofthe book Teamwork, How to Build a
High Performance Team, and the hostof the popular podcast Building Billions. She's
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committed to sharing specific scaling strategies thathelp individuals succeed through the growth of their
businesses. Today we're chatting leaders versusbosses, investing in yourself and should you
aim to be a likable boss?So what does it mean to be a
leader. While some people may answerthat a leader is someone who receives a
position of authority and provides orders,However, this describes a boss, not
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a leader. The key differences betweena boss and a leader are that a
leader develops their skill set to gainfollowers who willingly commit to their mission.
Positive influence and impacting others lives aretwo of the most distinguishing factors, and
according to Forbes, when one leads, it's necessary to stand up for your
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values despite what others may think orfeel. Don't hold your team back by
wanting to be the likable boss.It's not your team's fault. They're stuck.
Your people problems are your fault.Quote unquote. Natalie was recently caught
telling a magazine Now truth can bea hard pill to swallow, but the
benefits are worth the bitter taste.The more comfortable you become with being uncomfortable,
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the stronger your business will be.Again advice from the awesome Natalie Dawson.
She uses all of this to heradvantage and the result well a booming
empire. Welcoming now to the showis the beautiful Natalie Dawson. Welcome to
the show's stunner. Thank you forhaving me. What an introduction. Absolutely,
I'm so excited that you've made yourway all the way here to IRT
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headquarters to chat with me and chopit up and give people some good,
good old advice. So let's getto it. If the leadership Natalie is
increasingly essential in the workplace as moreand more employees right now leave otherwise excellent
companies over one resolvable element bad bosses. And according to a study by good
Hire, eighty two percent of allsurveyed professionals would potentially quit their job because
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of a bad boss. So tellme what are your top leadership tactics when
advising businesses. What's so important forquote unquote bosses to remember is the contract
that the team member came into theorganization signing they are there not to make
friends with people. They're there notto you know, just hang out and
have fun happy hours. The reasonthat a business hires employees is for the
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business to grow and for the teammembers to make money. At the end
of the day, you are payingyour employees, and so bosses tend to
get stuck in projects and work andall of the things that really distract from
the main reason why somebody drives intowork and out of work every single day,
which is they are getting paid.A team member knows that their boss
is actually focused on not just ensuringthat they get paid for the work they're
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doing, but also accelerating their growth, paying attention to what their goals are,
you no longer have a team memberwho's potentially disengaged and doesn't really know
what they're doing. You have theirinterest. But most bosses just think that
their bosses are supposed to manage projects, are supposed to manage timelines. They
should be figuring out how do Iensure that every single team member that's around
me is successful in whatever terms successmean to them. Does that mean family
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time? Does that mean more money? In most cases, it is money,
and a lot of people don't wantto talk about money. They feel
like it's weird to have those conversationswith their employees. However, that's the
premise that they are there under youpay them. So if you're not focused
on man, how do they achievetheir financial goals? What are their financial
goals? You're really starting their relationshipoff wrong and you're focusing on the wrong
thing. As a boss, you'refocusing on tasks and projects and metrics instead
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of how do I equip this personto see how important this work is by
tying their financial goals in their financialinterest to the business. Well said,
you said? You hit it righton, Because, of course, there
are crucial differences between bosses and leaders, so it's absolutely critical to analyze your
leadership style so you can ensure you'reeffectively steering your team in the right direction
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and being honest and truthful with yourselfand your team members. Now, being
promoted to a management role is ahuge accomplishment, but many professionals find the
responsibility more challenging than they imagined,and being someone's boss doesn't necessarily mean you're
a good leader, and so ofcourse there's a big distinction. There's a
big distinction between being a boss andbeing a leader. How do you recommend
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balancing both and or separating the two. Yeah, I like to think of
bosses and or leaders as you shouldbe a coach, the responsibility of the
person in charge is to be alongsidethe person is to help them get to
where they want to go. Isto be a source of encouragement, but
also to push on them for theirpotential. And this goes back to what
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I was talking about with financial goals. If you don't know what their goals
are, it's going to be difficultfor you to be a coach. You
think of a coach on a basketballteam, or a football team or a
baseball team. They know that thegoal is to win the game. They
know that the goal is to winthe Super Bowl, or you know,
whatever the target is. In business, we know what the business targets are.
But when you can actually understand andtake the time as a leader,
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as a boss, as a coach, whatever people call it, when you
take the time, when you're theperson that has the responsibility to actually understand
what drives and what motivates that person, you stop having to act and feel
like a boss. Although being aboss is like feeling like a boss is
awesome, you know, like abossy boss, like I love that,
but not actually having that like hierarchicalboss structure where there's just this weight and
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there's this different type of engagement,and so focusing on the team members goals,
understanding what those goals are and helpingthem craft a plan for man what
value you have to actually add tothis organization in order to get these goals,
in order to hit these accomplishments.It changes the entire dynamic. You're
one hundred percent right, And atthe end of the day, bosses command,
leaders influence and a key difference isthat a boss's authority comes from their
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position, and in contrast, aleader's authority comes from their ability to influence
other Right, when you look atit from a bird's eye view, a
boss is there to ensure that employeesfollow the rules of an organization. But
to your point, a leader willencourage others to think for themselves to achieve
the desire end. So finding thatbalance and being realistic with capabilities is extremely
key. Now, let's chat bossesexplain leaders inspire concept. So you shouldn't
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just explain a task and leave itin your employee's hands. In fact,
I say, a boss ensures youunderstand your work, while a leader supports
and guides you through it. Whatdo you say to this? I totally
agree. Bosses are just taskmasters,and they think of themselves as having to
micromanage every little activity, every littletask, every single thing that's happening inside
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their department, inside their organizations,whereas leaders really do harness the power of
influence with their team members to say, hey, here's the established goal.
How can you come up with greatideas and feel empowered to maybe be wrong,
maybe have the bad idea in theroom, but at least you're contributing
it in a way that feels uniqueto you, which is going to create
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engagement from the team member that ultimatelyhelps them learn how to have better ideas.
If somebody has a bad idea,they shouldn't not share it if they
have a good leader in place.But if they have a boss in place,
then it's just going to be aboutmanaging that task. So you should
be encouraging your team members if youare a leader, to share their ideas,
and then you have to take onthe responsibility of actually coaching them.
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Hey, I appreciate these three ideasyou brought to the table. This one
was fantastic. We're going to moveforward with this one. For the other
two that you recommended, this iswhy strategically this might not make sense.
It takes a little bit of extratime on the leader's part, but doing
that coaching and actually having those honestconversations with your team member helps them develop,
and then they get more excited andengaged, which again helps the organization
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grow. I love it. Andto your point, running a business is
no easy task. I mean,Natalie, we all know this, and
no matter how literal or how muchexperience one can have, there's always something
to learn or improve. So youmay be under the impression that to be
a good leader you have to ensureyour entire organization loves you. But this
can't be further from the truth.In fact, it's something that you have
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been touted saying it's human nature toaim right to be liked by others because
it proves to us that we're doingsomething right. But when you're running a
business, likability should be last onyour priority list. You say, don't
aim to be a likable boss,Please explain. I just don't think that
being liked as the target. Wouldit be great to be liked? Of
course I want to be liked.I want our team to be like man
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Natalie's the best, But the realityis what I really want is for them
to be successful and for our clientsto be successful. When I know that
our team members are making two timesmore money than they were when they started
with us, because they've added valuableskill sets to their lives, because I've
pushed on them, I don't careif they don't like me when I push
on them. Equally, when Ipush on them and then they create extraordinary
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results for our clients, I'm notconcerned that anybody likes me. At that
point, I know that our clientsbusinesses have grown. I know that those
team members are making more money,They've had a better impact on their families,
their leaders, inside our organization,they've grown and developed. Me being
liked would be really a selfish wayto think about my role as a leader,
And that goes back to that leaderversus boss thing. A boss might
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not also care if they're liked allthat much. A leader probably inside would
like to be liked, but iswilling to set that aside for the good
of the organization, for the goodof the team member, and ultimately for
the best case scenario, which isthe client that you're serving, or the
patient that you're servicing, or thecustomer that you have, whatever your business
model is the purpose and the targettruly is those clients. And so how
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do you push on your team andcreate the results knowing that because you are
the leader, like you're the personon the team that's going to ensure the
win, that's the only way thatteam members are really going to be excited
continually to have you push on them. So then you take on that responsibility.
Man, when I say that wedo this, we win, I
ensure success. But the team isalso pushed and they're stretched and they're growing
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in that process. And so youdon't have to be worried about being liked.
You have to be worried about winningthe game and hitting the target,
which ultimately is your responsibility as theleader. Yeah you said it. I
mean look, a boss doesn't takethe time to get to know their employees
as a leader does. Bosses viewtheir team members as subordinates, while leaders
let go of this hierarchical distinction andview their team members as equal contributors.
And of course, to be aleader, it's essential to facilitate positive relationships
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with your employees, but work withtheir needs and of course create a culture
that encourages open communication. Well,we are out of time, But I
think we covered so much and youare so insightful. You are quite the
boss, and you are so fullof knowledge. I am so excited that
we had a chance to meet andchat today. It was incredible. Thank
you so much for having me.Absolutely, Guys, understanding the boss versus
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leader namic is an important part ofpersonal end career growth. No leader sets
out to become a bad boss,yet a study show bad bosses are a
big problem in American work culture.In fact, according to a survey conducted
by Office Vibe, three out offour employees indicate that a bad boss is
the worst part of their career.That was our female Trailblazer segment, brought
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to you by Dominari Financial, livefrom w R Studios right here at iHeart
Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. That wasthe amazing Natalie Dawson. Check her out
at Cardon Ventures dot com, atthe Natalie Dawson dot com, and you
can check her out all over thegram, TikTok and YouTube at Natalie Dawson.
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segment brought to you by ogpa dotcom. Today we're featuring returning guest doctor
David Rankin, founder of David Rankin, mdan. You can head directly to
their website. Chief of plastic Surgeryat Saint Mary's Medical Center in West Palm
Beach Now, Doctor Rankin has beenin practice for over twenty years, and
recently he has become well known inthe BII community. That's breast implant illness.
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Doctor Rankin stopped implanting women and solelyfocuses on xplant procedures. He's joined
today by d Hicks his practices ExplantLiaison. Now D helps women navigate their
X process and supports them throughout theirjourney. Today they're joined by explant patient
Danielle Koran, CEO of Alashaholic inStuart, Florida. Today we're chatting about
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breast implant illness on the rise andwhat you should be aware of if you
have or are thinking of getting breastimplants. Thousands of reports have been filed
regarding symptoms and health conditions believed tobe associated with implants. Symptoms include,
but are not limited to, fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, swellings,
inflammation, and even certain types ofcancers. Symptoms can affect anyone,
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regardless of implant type or length oftime since insertion. Model and reality TV
star Black China and race car driverDan Kapatrick recently opened up about their decision
to undo years of cosmetic work andget their breast implants removed. In twenty
twenty, plastic surgeons removed more thanthirty six thousand breast implant augmentations. That's
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almost a ten percent increase from theprevious year, and that's according to the
American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Heretoday to chat BII how to identify and
reverse the symptoms and take back controlof your life. Are my experts at
hand, Doctor David Rankin and dHicks, joined by explant patient Danielle Kerr
And welcome to the show, myfriends. Thanks, thank you, thank
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you for joining me, my friends. All right, doctor Rankin, we'll
start with you. In March ofthis year, the FDA issued a safety
communication with updated information about squamous cellcarcinoma SEC in the scar tissue around breast
implants, and recommended healthcare providers talkwith patients who have or are considering breast
implants about SEC and various lymphomas inthe capsule around the implants and ask that
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they properly outline the dangers. Now, do you think plastic surgeons are truly
warning patients and more importantly, whydid you decide to only focus on explanting.
That's a good question. With squamouscell diagnosis, it's something that we
really haven't seen in the past.We have known recently about the lymphoma,
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which is a rare disease which formsaround the capsule, but until recently we
found out about the squamous cell problem. The differentiation is that the lymphoma,
if diagnosed early, has a fairlygood prognosis, but the squamous cell,
if patients developed this, has avery poor prognosis. So it's definitely a
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concern that all plastic surgeons should discusswith their patients prior to even considering breast
augmentation. Do I think that everyplastic surgeon tells the patient these risks no
idea And at this point I stakethat's an important part of educating well with
the doctor, to educate the patient. And as far as myself not implanting
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anymore, something I did early inmy practice. Once I noticed patients having
issues with breast implants, breast implantI know us and the other multitudes of
problems that they can develop. Ijust decided to take a stand and not
do augmentation anymore and just focus onNICKI patients spotter and try to get as
much of a perfection of my techniqueas possible to still make patients healthy and
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also to get a good cosmetic result. Extremely honorable of you, and that's
why we love you. Danielle.Why did you decide to get breast implants
and how long after implanting did youstart to see your symptoms? So I
actually got them eighteen years ago.I decided to get them because I had
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a very large discrepancy in the sizingof my breasts. So at that age
it was uncomfortable for me. Youknow, I just felt like to have
the perfect body, right, Ineeded to have everything even and over the
years they just got larger, Iguess, you know, as I had
children and things like that, andI would say that I probably a few
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years in and when I had reallyawful sinus issues and I kind of related.
I don't know if it is again, but I relate it back to
all of that because it's so muchinternal things that just all connect. Um.
But my joint pain and my ummigraines were absolute worst. And that's
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that happened just about about five yearsago, was when those really started,
UM, and I just couldn't.I couldn't live with it anymore. I
just really wasn't myself, if thatmakes sense. Yeah, So you were
you had implants for eighteen years.About five years ago you started getting these
aggressive symptoms like migraines and joint painand inflammation, and you equated it to
that. And so now you haveexplanted. You're about a week um with
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with no implants. How are youfeeling? I am one week exactly today,
And it's kind of crazy that Ican say the next day that I
felt amazing, Like as there weredays couldn't even like move my hands open
and clothes. I was getting panelsdone for erbiture accuratis, all the different
blood panels done and everything was comingback and conclusive, and I had no
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answers for anything. In Today,I feel like I can play with my
kids. You know, obviously IM'sonly a week out, so I have
to monitor that. Yeah, yougotta be careful, you got you got
ways to go. But I'm gladyou started feeling so much better. Okay,
I love it. Great outcome.D You also explanted in twenty sixteen
after suffering tremendously with breast implant illness. And you've been an advocate for women
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for close to a decade. You'veattended and spoken at FDA meetings in Washington,
DC. You've advocated for breast implantsafety. You've helped get the textured
implants recalled off the market and evenplayed a role in having the FDA issue
a black box corning for all breastimplants phenomenal stuff now and now, explanting
comes at a high cost, youknow, roughly over fifteen thousand dollars maybe
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plus travel and more is what onecan expect. Yet most patients are so
desperate to feel like themselves again thatthey're willing to do and pay almost anything.
Nobody gets breast augmentations to shortly afterxplant. What do you say to
the medical community that says this ishogwash and that this is all psychosomatic and
that it's in their head, soto speak. I would suggest that anybody
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in the medical community that is tryingto dismiss breast implant illness or thinks that
it could be psychosomatic, I wouldsay to I would start with the FDA's
website. On their website under breastimplants, it has a host of symptoms
listed, which chronic fatigue, autoemeowns, skin issues, hair loss,
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stuff like that. It's also onthe implant manufacturer's own website. The pamphlets
that they provide to patients. Itgives a host of symptoms that may arise
in patients with breast implants. Anythingforeign in the body is definitely going to
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cause an endocinian disruption en immune systemdysfunction. It's not a one size fits
all, And I believe that youknow eventually your body is going to react
to having something foreign inside the body, especially with you know, over forty
chemicals and heavy metals implanted above theheart, lungs and in the chest cavity.
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I couldn't agree more. And youexperienced it yourself. I yes,
I had breast and plant illness myself. I explanted in twenty sixteen. I
had fifty four symptoms on the dayof my surgery, and when I woke
up from surgery, forty five ofthe fifty four symptoms were gone completely.
I looked like a different person.I lost twelve pounds of inflammation, and
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I mean it just made such agigantic difference in my health that it was
one of the deciding factors in mebecoming an advocate for women for this cause,
because not one single doctor that Ihad seen during my two years prior
I'd spent over fifteen thousand dollars ondoctor's visits, on cologists, infectious disease,
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all of these doctors, and notone single physician asked me if I
had any devices in the body atall that could correlate to what was causing
these symptoms. Amazing, and youdecided to empower yourself and now you are
the explanent liaison at the practice andyou help women navigate through their journey and
they at least can talk to somebodythat has been there before. It's pretty
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amazing that this all exists within theecosystem of doctor Rankin, which is phenomenal.
Now, doctor Rankin, what exactlyis in these implants that may be
making some women sick, Well,we're not totally sure about the cause.
We don't know the direct cause andeffect. All the implants, whether they're
sailing or silicon or most of theimplants are made of silicone, even the
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salient implants of a silicon out orshell. So we think potentially if the
silicone itself has something to do withreacting to every individual's body. There's also
a lot of proprietary materials within theimplants which are now for the FDA going
to be given to patients. Aresupposed to be given to patients to see
what's in them prior to implanting.Also, that's one of the changes that
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have been made. But the answerto your questions in is really, at
this point, we just don't know. There's studies that are being done through
the American Society of Classic Surgery ofas based medical studies that we're really trying
to figure this out. And it'sinteresting because Danielle said she you know,
she feels better right away. Imean within a few weeks right now,
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But typically what is the prognosis interms of after you've explanted, on average,
when will women start to see andfeel symptoms reverse, especially the ones
that had severe symptoms. In mypractice, there's really no rhyme or reason.
I see patients like d and likeDanielle who feel great right away,
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and the proof is in the puttingwhere you monitor these patients six months out,
a year out and sympstems are stillgone. Other patients take a little
bit longer. I've had patients thattake up to a year to start feeling
better, but I think the majoritystart feeling better a little bit sooner than
later. So that's that's the answerto that question. Yeah, there you
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go. Danielle. What is yourone piece of advice to all women out
there with implants or considering getting abreast augmentation. Just do your homework,
really look into everything. It's gotto be a personal decision for yourself.
This is for you and for yourhealth journey only whatever makes you happy.
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Just going into it knowing that ifyou decide to get implants, they might
be coming out, because there isno telling if you're going to get sick
or not, and with the amountof cases that are rising, it's just
inevitable at this point. Well,you're right, You're one hundred percent right.
It was a pleasure chatting with allof you. Danielle. Thank you
for being so brave and coming onand being transparent and really paving the way
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for other women out there and takinga stance with your body and of course
claiming it back after eighteen years.Congratulations. Thank you very much. D
You are incredible. Thank you forbeing you and paving the way for women
that feel like they really need somebodyto hold their hand on this journey.
Thank you so much. And doctorRankin, you know what I feel about
you being on your show again.That was our healthy minutes segment brought to
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you by OGPA dot com. Andthat was the amazing doctor David Rankin.
You can check him out directly onhis website at David Rankin MD dot com.
Definitely check out Danielle Corn at Lashaholicslashes dot com. And that was
d Hicks implant liaison at David RankinMD. You're listening to a moment of
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here on seven ten WR, thevoice of New York iHeartRadio. I'm your
host, Zen Sam's up. Injust a few minutes, we have our
Travel Treasures segment, brought to youby Navy Travel, and today we're featuring
the awesome A moon Star known asPeaceful Warrior of Cultural Unification. She's an
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American singer songwriter living in Egypt.Her album Origins is best known for Egyptian
and Tunisian cultures. She is theembodiment of a real life faronic queen,
using her voice and fashion style toconvey the energy of ancient times. Famous
for being the only artist ever tomake music videos inside the most precious landmarks
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of the world, the Great Pyramidsof Giza, Nefertiti's Tomb and Sakara A.
Moon has received several humanitarian awards fromEgypt in recognition of her sterling work
that presents the country as a safeand beautiful place to visit, which it
is. Joining her today is thebeautiful and talented Lamia Camel, Egypt's top
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branding expert and former assistant to theMinister of Tourism. Lamia is the founder
of Narrative Summit and pr firm CCplus. Impressively, she is also the
founder of Flair Magazine Egypt. Today, we're chatting all about American tourism in
Egypt, why the Sacred Destination isso eager to receive Americans and the cool
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cultural events taking place within. Welcomingnow to the show is the incredibly talented
Amundstar and the impressive Lamia Camel.Welcome, ladies, Hi, thank you,
nice to have you on Amun.You're professionally known as a Moon Star
and Amon is the god of thesun, wind and fertility. Where does
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your fascination with Egypt come from?And why do you think that tourists,
in particular those coming from the Westare suddenly obsessed And in your perspective,
what are some of Egypt's strongest assets. I think my fascination with Egypt started
in twenty sixteen when I first cameto Egypt to visit as a as a
normal tourist. And when I arrivedin Egypt and met, you know,
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Muslim people, people who were prayingfive times a day, and the culture
and everything here, it was asfar from what I had experienced the media
selling me in America then you couldget. I mean, what I found
was basically normal human beings, butwith this very you know, spiritual root
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in their religion and in their wayof life, a different kind of culture
which was based in peace and harmonyand love. So Egypt on itself is
you know, like in America.Really it's attracts a lot of different cultures
to it, but its core isMiddle Eastern, you know. So I
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just loved it. I fell inlove with all of the culture. I
thought it was a beautiful. Ithink it's beautiful I'm still here, So
yes, I think it's beautiful.I think it's very rich with history.
And I think what's happening in Americanow that people aren't fear driven, they
are exploring the Middle East with neweyes. They're seeing that the Middle East
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is actually a very beautiful, largepiece of the world. And I think
it's the same thing that I'm intriguedwith, which is I want to know
what the roots of our civilization hasto offer. I want to know what
it is that we came from.And you know, as an American,
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our history is very young. Sobeing able to dive into a history that's
thousands and thousands of years old,being able to stand in a structure that's
eight thousand years old and still standingis so amazing. It's true. And
for whatever whatever pool you felt andwhere you totally moved from the United States
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of America and settled in Egypt andfounding you home is really indicative of the
amazing culture in presence and where youfeel like that is your second home and
that is really at the core ofthis Lamia. You are a bridge,
so to speak, merging talent,tourism and brands. It seems many American
artists come to perform in Egypt.You've had Maroon five and John Legend,
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The Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Careya moon Star. Why is the ministry
so incentivized to cross promote American cultureto Egyptians and so eager to receive Americans.
Egypt is known to be the cradleof civilization. Egyptians were storytellers of
all time. We have our storieswritten on the wall inside too, in
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cemeteries, inside the pyramids as well. We've been able to document this civilization,
to secure it, to keep itsafe for thousands of years to come.
Well as Egyptian, As an Egyptian, we welcome everyone. But when
it comes to the United States,there's this great diversity. It's like many
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many countries all combined in one.There's this huge respect for everyone. There's
this creativity, this progression which tendsto give us Egyptians an immense amount of
respect, and it gives this integrationa lot of sense, this cultural exchange,
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a lot of sense. And wesee it happen and we feel that
we can take it to art,and we can take it to music,
and we can take it to acting, and we can take it to cinematography.
So there's so much that we cando together as Egyptians and Americans at
the same time. And please dotell me about the music scene. Tell
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me about this amazing event that you'recollaborating on with a Moonstar. I want
to hear all about it. Well, it started off with us observing a
Moonstar's work. She's very artistic,very special, and her admiration for the
Egyptian civilization and for our culture andfor our history was immense. And you
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know, we believe in energy,and when you love a country so much,
it does love you back, andit's people love you back. And
we connected so much with what Ammondoes in her work, in her music,
in her our recordings, and westarted following her and observing her work
and promoting her work in Egypt throughFlair magazine. And we agree together that
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we celebrate our success, both ammonesuccess and ours and have this huge event
at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. It's a beautiful museum. It was
inaugurated in twenty twenty one, andthis is where the mummies reside. Twelve
mummies are residing are residing in thismuseum, and it's going to be a
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huge event. Whereby we invite peoplefrom the music industry, from the production
industry, from the cinema industry,and from the fashion industry as well.
Very well put together now a moon. You are making good on your promise
to promote Egyptian culture and tourism throughyour music. Your song Born in the
USA has been number one on theSoundCloud charts steadily this year. You've won
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a SoundCloud USA a word, HollywoodMusic a word, and that's just to
name a few. You're basically atthis point the Egyptian American post, your
child and your music is at theheart of it all. Talk to me
about this mega two day musical eventtaking place that Lamia just referenced at the
Pyramids with you as the main attraction. What can we expect from you.
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We are doing an event to celebrateEgypt and the way that Egypt is spreading
out internationally into the world, aswell as America coming to Egypt. So
we're doing a cross cultural experience andthe music that I wrote in my two
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albums will be played live, andit's a beautiful collaboration between Arabic music and
Western melodies. And of course I'llbe singing in English, but there is
also Sufi chanting, a lot ofSufi chanting from a shaik. His name
is Sheik Mahmud al Tahami. He'svery famous here in the Middle East.
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And we combined all these beautiful thingstogether to create a new sound, something
unique in the world that its fullintention was to harmonize these two beautiful cultures.
So we brought Hollywood and Egypt togetherin these two albums, and now
we're going to play them live onMay twenty eighth at the Grand Civilization mus
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M, which is where the mummiesand King Tut is resting. So yeah,
we're really excited about sharing this eventwith the world. I love it.
This is beautiful stuff. We areout of time. I just wanted
to thank you for coming on Lamiaa Moon. You have made it possible.
You created the trinity over here,and we know that everything happens in
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threes. Three is extremely important,not just spiritually in business, but it's
also important and symbolic for things thatare to come. It takes three to
make things happen, and I thinkwe just found our trio. So thank
you for having Lamia join us.Thank you for having us. Absolutely that
was Lamiak Camels Egypt's top branding expert, founder of Megamedia, Event, Narrative
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Summer and PR firm CC plus.Impressively, she's also the founder of Flair
Magazine Egypt. You can check themout on the Graham at Flair Magazine eg
ccplus News Narrative Summit, definitely headto their website at cc dash plus dot
com. And of course you haveto check out are Awesome Amundstar on the
Graham at Amundstar that's Star with twors, or you could head directly to
(41:07):
her website at Amundstar dot com.You're listening to a Moment of Zen right
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You're listening to a moment of Zenright here on seven ten war the
voice of New York iHeartRadio. I'myour host, Zen Sam's Welcome back to
our Innovation and Tech segment brought toyou by Caldwell Zilms. Today we're featuring
returning guest Robert Edward Grant, innovatorand successful entrepreneur, best selling author of
Philomath. He specializes in number theory, mathematical physics, and blockchain cryptocurrencies.
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Recently, Robert and his partner AlanGreen presented proof that the last wonders of
the ancient world, the three Pyramidsof Giza, can be geometrically derived from
the geometric perfection of Metatron's cube.So what is Metatron's cube, you ask?
Well, According to sacred geometry,Metatron's cube represents the blueprint of creation.
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In fact, it symbolizes balance andharmony, illustrating how all life is
connected. It's a blueprint that alsoapparently lies in US Metatron's Cube is made
up of thirteen circles that are connectedby straight lines. Together, they're believed
to form all the shapes in existence. Even more intriguing, the five Platonic
solids are contained in the cube,which are sacred geometry shapes that are thought
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to be the building blocks of theuniverse. But what divine meanings are behind
its intricate patterns. No pyramids aremore widely known than the Pyramids of Giza,
located in the west bank of theNile River outside of modern day Cairo.
The largest of the three, theGreat Pyramid, is the only one
of the seven Wonders of the ancientworld that is still standing. Is this
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due to its form the triangle,which just happens to be one of the
strongest and most stable shapes, oris it due to the perfect geometry and
divine measurements that helped build this massivestructure. Here to chat Pyramids of Giza,
Metatron's Cube and how it's all connectedis the amazing Robert Edward Grant,
Welcome to the show, my friend. I great to see you again.
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Talk to me about how you discoveredthat the Giza Pyramids in Egypt can be
geometrically derived from the geometric perfection ofMetatron's cube. Well, you know,
it was kind of interesting because there'sbeen a lot of people that have believed
there was some association with it.And if you look at Metatron's cube,
it has thirteen circles on it,and then all you do is connect the
dots at the center of thirteen circlesand then Metatron's cuba's form and from that
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all platonic solids can be found.So you can actually just take the line
intersections of Metatron's cube and create notonly a cube, a tetrahedron, also
an icosahedron, a dodecahedron, andan octahedron. All five of the plotonic
solids Plato named after Plato the philosopherand mounthematician can be found in Metatron's cube,
(44:37):
and so therefore those are the fivebuilding blocks. So the plotonic solids
are the geometric forms that have regularshapes on each side. So I looked
at Metatron's cube. I noticed thatthere was an intersection that was a natural
inherent intersection, and two such intersectionswithin Metatron's cube that allow for the connection
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of all thirteen dots. And whenI found that one section, and I
found where it crosses the baseline ofthe center triangle that can be formed out
of Metatron's cube, which also formsa rectangular shape. Then I drew from
the base of Metatron's cube the pointepart of the bottom right, and I
plotted then a circle using a compassat the point of that intersection where those
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lines crossed over, and it formedexactly a circle that had a radius and
therefore a diameter that was equivalent tothe width or the base width of the
Great Pyramid. And I mean exactlywow. And not only that, but
from the base to the center ofMetatron's cube then becomes the height of the
Great Pyramid. So this does twothings. It actually accomplishes squaring the circle.
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It allows for a circle that hasformed out of that that would actually
have the exact same height as thediameter of the circle for the pyramid.
And that circle, when you takethe half base of the base of the
Great Pyramid and make a square fromthat square, will have an equal perimeter
to the circle's circumference. And thisis and that is sacred geometry. And
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what you just getry and you know, interestingly, because many lifetimes of knowledge
went into building these huge, mysterioustriangles of Egypt. Few know of the
sacred math and pyramid symbolism encoded intothe placements and dimensions of these structures.
But you seem to be able toaccurately and acutely see this in your own
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right, which is quite phenomenal,because if you look at Metatron's cube and
the symbolism behind it, you knowthis better than anybody else. As the
building blocks of creation. I learnedthis from watching your special Giza, the
Holy Grail of geometry. Metatron's Cubeshows us all the geometric shapes found,
as you said, in life onEarth, across the universe, and these
shapes form everything from the strands ofour DNA to the patterns found in snowflakes,
(46:52):
giving us a glimpse. And thisis just the glimpse at the architecture
of creation and really helping us comprehendthe connection between the divine and the physical
world. It's truly remarkable. Sotell me who made Metatron's cube. That's
a really big question. I mean, some would say that, you know,
the universe itself, or maybe likea divine figure or God. You
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know, some would believe that thatwas actually made by him. Metatron is
considered to be an archangel and wasactually a person at one time, believed
in the Book of Enoch to havebeen a man named Enoch who transcended this
life, and as he transcended,he became angelic. In his angelic name
in the third Book of Enoch becameMetatron, and Metatron is known to be
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the archangel that's above all other archangels. He's the highest seraphim. So I
find it fascinating that this discussion ishappening now because and it's not just the
Great Pyramid that can be found inits perfection. It basically gives a perfect
fifty one point eight five three nineseven degree angle by using this approach,
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and that allows for the perfect springof the circle. It also allows for
something else. The base of thatline of the Great Pyramid becomes equivalent to
the area of the Great Pyramid aswell when you're looking at it being a
two over pie relationship, the heightover pie is the base with and that
pie perfection comes from Metatron's cube.And that's just something that's foundational because if
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you look at some of the ancientSumerian texts as well, you'll find shamash
holding in his right hand often acircle and a rod. Right, And
you've probably seen this if you've lookedat any of the ancient cuneiform and ancient
sort of clay tablets coming out ofSumeria. Well, that circle and rod
has the same proportions as the baseof the Great Pyramid, and the circle
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right that would be to the halfpoint of the Great Pyramid and its height.
So that's basically telling us that youhave a circle that has an equal
circumference to the base. It's soperfect, it's like mind boggling, and
it's not just have one more question. I want to be mindful of the
time. So let's scale it back. So the pyramids contain this massive amount
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of information about the blueprint of theuniverse, the solar system, and man
hidden in its geometric form. Whatinsights can you share with us, Robert,
And what does all this mean forhumanity? Well, if even using
the Glen Dash measurements, right,So, the people that have measured the
Great Pyramid and all the pyramids onthe plateau and the plateau itself most closely
would be a guy by the nameof Flinder's Petree, and then also Glen
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Dash who recently did it? Notthat long ago, so this was the
most recent sort of surveying that wenton. We took this and we found
that on two dimensions, not onlylooking at the pyramid from the ground,
you can construct all pyramids in perfectproportion to each other without using any measurement,
which is a principle of Greek architectureand Hellenistic as well as ancient Egyptian
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mystery school architecture. But then alsofrom the top, so from an aerial
view, the entire Giza plateau structureis also based on Metatron. And that's
a mind boggler, right because nowyou're looking at it in two dimensions,
a lot of X axis and ay axis and also a z axis.
So what does all this mean,Well, it means they had some super
advanced knowledge, without a doubt.But more importantly, it points us right
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to music because the ratios of eachof the pyramids are perfectly the musical intervals
that are the thirteen musical intervals.I told you I Metatron's cube starts with
thirteen circles. The thirteen circles representeach of the musical intervals that are resident
within one octave of music. Sowe have things in music, if you
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know any music theory, we havesomething called a perfect fifth, We have
a major third, and we havea minor six. So you basically take
each of these to make them oppositea major third as an opposite that would
be its inverse as a minor six. Then they all have to sum to
nine. A third will add upwith six to nine for example, and
a second a major second becomes aminor seventh. What we find is all
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three pyramids perfectly demonstrate the exact Pythagoreanmusical intervals, of all musical intervals.
So this mind pyramid is the diminishedfifth and the augmented fourth. The second
pyramid Caffrey is the perfect fifth andthe perfect fourth, and Menkari is the
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major third and the minor sixth.And each of these represent emotional states for
us, because when we listen tomusic, it gives us emotional feelings.
Right, So when we look atthe pyramids, then if they represent all
thirteen intervals, that represent all thirteencolors of a gradient of a rainbow,
right, a full octave of light, so fascinating, Well, listen to
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I could go on and on,but we are officially officially out of time.
You are one of the most insightfulpeople I have ever met in my
entire life. Take my hat offto you. You are just brilliant,
and I thank you for coming onand sharing your knowledge with us today.
Thank you so much. Great tobe here. Absolutely, guys, do
check out this amazing soul Robert EdwardGrant. Head directly to his website at
Robert Edward Grant dot com. Thatwas our Innovation and Tech segment, brought
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the Great Pyramids of Giza, Nefertidi'sTomb and Sakara. Her song Born in
the USA, is steadily topping SoundCloudcharts, and today she is joined by
Lamia Camel, Egypt's top branding expertand former assistant to the Minister of Tourism.
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Lamia is the founder of Narrative Summitand PR firm CC plus. Impressively,
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Americans, and the cool cultural eventstaking place within. In our Innovation and
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Edward Grant innovator and successful entrepreneur,best selling author of Philomath. Recently,
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(05:09):
its inception in twenty nineteen. Withher expertise in people management and her passion
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High Performance Team, and the hostof the popular podcast Building Billions. She's
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committed to sharing specific scaling strategies thathelp individuals succeed through the growth of their
businesses. Today we're chatting leaders versusbosses, investing in yourself and should you
aim to be a likable boss?So what does it mean to be a
leader. While some people may answerthat a leader is someone who receives a
position of authority and provides orders,However, this describes a boss, not
(05:51):
a leader. The key differences betweena boss and a leader are that a
leader develops their skill set to gainfollowers who willingly commit to their mission.
Positive influence and impacting others lives aretwo of the most distinguishing factors, and
according to Forbes, when one leads, it's necessary to stand up for your
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values despite what others may think orfeel. Don't hold your team back by
wanting to be the likable boss.It's not your team's fault. They're stuck.
Your people problems are your fault.Quote unquote. Natalie was recently caught
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benefits are worth the bitter taste.The more comfortable you become with being uncomfortable,
(06:33):
the stronger your business will be.Again advice from the awesome Natalie Dawson.
She uses all of this to heradvantage and the result well a booming
empire. Welcoming now to the showis the beautiful Natalie Dawson. Welcome to
the show's stunner. Thank you forhaving me. What an introduction. Absolutely,
I'm so excited that you've made yourway all the way here to IRT
(06:53):
headquarters to chat with me and chopit up and give people some good,
good old advice. So let's getto it. If the leadership Natalie is
increasingly essential in the workplace as moreand more employees right now leave otherwise excellent
companies over one resolvable element bad bosses. And according to a study by good
Hire, eighty two percent of allsurveyed professionals would potentially quit their job because
(07:16):
of a bad boss. So tellme what are your top leadership tactics when
advising businesses. What's so important forquote unquote bosses to remember is the contract
that the team member came into theorganization signing they are there not to make
friends with people. They're there notto you know, just hang out and
have fun happy hours. The reasonthat a business hires employees is for the
(07:42):
business to grow and for the teammembers to make money. At the end
of the day, you are payingyour employees, and so bosses tend to
get stuck in projects and work andall of the things that really distract from
the main reason why somebody drives intowork and out of work every single day,
which is they are getting paid.A team member knows that their boss
is actually focused on not just ensuringthat they get paid for the work they're
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doing, but also accelerating their growth, paying attention to what their goals are,
you no longer have a team memberwho's potentially disengaged and doesn't really know
what they're doing. You have theirinterest. But most bosses just think that
their bosses are supposed to manage projects, are supposed to manage timelines. They
should be figuring out how do Iensure that every single team member that's around
me is successful in whatever terms successmean to them. Does that mean family
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time? Does that mean more money? In most cases, it is money,
and a lot of people don't wantto talk about money. They feel
like it's weird to have those conversationswith their employees. However, that's the
premise that they are there under youpay them. So if you're not focused
on man, how do they achievetheir financial goals? What are their financial
goals? You're really starting their relationshipoff wrong and you're focusing on the wrong
thing. As a boss, you'refocusing on tasks and projects and metrics instead
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of how do I equip this personto see how important this work is by
tying their financial goals in their financialinterest to the business. Well said,
you said? You hit it righton, Because, of course, there
are crucial differences between bosses and leaders, so it's absolutely critical to analyze your
leadership style so you can ensure you'reeffectively steering your team in the right direction
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and being honest and truthful with yourselfand your team members. Now, being
promoted to a management role is ahuge accomplishment, but many professionals find the
responsibility more challenging than they imagined,and being someone's boss doesn't necessarily mean you're
a good leader, and so ofcourse there's a big distinction. There's a
big distinction between being a boss andbeing a leader. How do you recommend
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balancing both and or separating the two. Yeah, I like to think of
bosses and or leaders as you shouldbe a coach, the responsibility of the
person in charge is to be alongsidethe person is to help them get to
where they want to go. Isto be a source of encouragement, but
also to push on them for theirpotential. And this goes back to what
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I was talking about with financial goals. If you don't know what their goals
are, it's going to be difficultfor you to be a coach. You
think of a coach on a basketballteam, or a football team or a
baseball team. They know that thegoal is to win the game. They
know that the goal is to winthe Super Bowl, or you know,
whatever the target is. In business, we know what the business targets are.
But when you can actually understand andtake the time as a leader,
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as a boss, as a coach, whatever people call it, when you
take the time, when you're theperson that has the responsibility to actually understand
what drives and what motivates that person, you stop having to act and feel
like a boss. Although being aboss is like feeling like a boss is
awesome, you know, like abossy boss, like I love that,
but not actually having that like hierarchicalboss structure where there's just this weight and
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there's this different type of engagement,and so focusing on the team members goals,
understanding what those goals are and helpingthem craft a plan for man what
value you have to actually add tothis organization in order to get these goals,
in order to hit these accomplishments.It changes the entire dynamic. You're
one hundred percent right, And atthe end of the day, bosses command,
leaders influence and a key difference isthat a boss's authority comes from their
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position, and in contrast, aleader's authority comes from their ability to influence
other Right, when you look atit from a bird's eye view, a
boss is there to ensure that employeesfollow the rules of an organization. But
to your point, a leader willencourage others to think for themselves to achieve
the desire end. So finding thatbalance and being realistic with capabilities is extremely
key. Now, let's chat bossesexplain leaders inspire concept. So you shouldn't
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just explain a task and leave itin your employee's hands. In fact,
I say, a boss ensures youunderstand your work, while a leader supports
and guides you through it. Whatdo you say to this? I totally
agree. Bosses are just taskmasters,and they think of themselves as having to
micromanage every little activity, every littletask, every single thing that's happening inside
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their department, inside their organizations,whereas leaders really do harness the power of
influence with their team members to say, hey, here's the established goal.
How can you come up with greatideas and feel empowered to maybe be wrong,
maybe have the bad idea in theroom, but at least you're contributing
it in a way that feels uniqueto you, which is going to create
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engagement from the team member that ultimatelyhelps them learn how to have better ideas.
If somebody has a bad idea,they shouldn't not share it if they
have a good leader in place.But if they have a boss in place,
then it's just going to be aboutmanaging that task. So you should
be encouraging your team members if youare a leader, to share their ideas,
and then you have to take onthe responsibility of actually coaching them.
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Hey, I appreciate these three ideasyou brought to the table. This one
was fantastic. We're going to moveforward with this one. For the other
two that you recommended, this iswhy strategically this might not make sense.
It takes a little bit of extratime on the leader's part, but doing
that coaching and actually having those honestconversations with your team member helps them develop,
and then they get more excited andengaged, which again helps the organization
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grow. I love it. Andto your point, running a business is
no easy task. I mean,Natalie, we all know this, and
no matter how literal or how muchexperience one can have, there's always something
to learn or improve. So youmay be under the impression that to be
a good leader you have to ensureyour entire organization loves you. But this
can't be further from the truth.In fact, it's something that you have
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been touted saying it's human nature toaim right to be liked by others because
it proves to us that we're doingsomething right. But when you're running a
business, likability should be last onyour priority list. You say, don't
aim to be a likable boss,Please explain. I just don't think that
being liked as the target. Wouldit be great to be liked? Of
course I want to be liked.I want our team to be like man
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Natalie's the best, But the realityis what I really want is for them
to be successful and for our clientsto be successful. When I know that
our team members are making two timesmore money than they were when they started
with us, because they've added valuableskill sets to their lives, because I've
pushed on them, I don't careif they don't like me when I push
on them. Equally, when Ipush on them and then they create extraordinary
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results for our clients, I'm notconcerned that anybody likes me. At that
point, I know that our clientsbusinesses have grown. I know that those
team members are making more money,They've had a better impact on their families,
their leaders, inside our organization,they've grown and developed. Me being
liked would be really a selfish wayto think about my role as a leader,
And that goes back to that leaderversus boss thing. A boss might
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not also care if they're liked allthat much. A leader probably inside would
like to be liked, but iswilling to set that aside for the good
of the organization, for the goodof the team member, and ultimately for
the best case scenario, which isthe client that you're serving, or the
patient that you're servicing, or thecustomer that you have, whatever your business
model is the purpose and the targettruly is those clients. And so how
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do you push on your team andcreate the results knowing that because you are
the leader, like you're the personon the team that's going to ensure the
win, that's the only way thatteam members are really going to be excited
continually to have you push on them. So then you take on that responsibility.
Man, when I say that wedo this, we win, I
ensure success. But the team isalso pushed and they're stretched and they're growing
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in that process. And so youdon't have to be worried about being liked.
You have to be worried about winningthe game and hitting the target,
which ultimately is your responsibility as theleader. Yeah you said it. I
mean look, a boss doesn't takethe time to get to know their employees
as a leader does. Bosses viewtheir team members as subordinates, while leaders
let go of this hierarchical distinction andview their team members as equal contributors.
And of course, to be aleader, it's essential to facilitate positive relationships
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with your employees, but work withtheir needs and of course create a culture
that encourages open communication. Well,we are out of time, But I
think we covered so much and youare so insightful. You are quite the
boss, and you are so fullof knowledge. I am so excited that
we had a chance to meet andchat today. It was incredible. Thank
you so much for having me.Absolutely, Guys, understanding the boss versus
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leader namic is an important part ofpersonal end career growth. No leader sets
out to become a bad boss,yet a study show bad bosses are a
big problem in American work culture.In fact, according to a survey conducted
by Office Vibe, three out offour employees indicate that a bad boss is
the worst part of their career.That was our female Trailblazer segment, brought
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of New York iHeartRadio. I'm yourhost, Zen Sam's in our Healthy Minutes
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segment brought to you by ogpa dotcom. Today we're featuring returning guest doctor
David Rankin, founder of David Rankin, mdan. You can head directly to
their website. Chief of plastic Surgeryat Saint Mary's Medical Center in West Palm
Beach Now, Doctor Rankin has beenin practice for over twenty years, and
recently he has become well known inthe BII community. That's breast implant illness.
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Doctor Rankin stopped implanting women and solelyfocuses on xplant procedures. He's joined
today by d Hicks his practices ExplantLiaison. Now D helps women navigate their
X process and supports them throughout theirjourney. Today they're joined by explant patient
Danielle Koran, CEO of Alashaholic inStuart, Florida. Today we're chatting about
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breast implant illness on the rise andwhat you should be aware of if you
have or are thinking of getting breastimplants. Thousands of reports have been filed
regarding symptoms and health conditions believed tobe associated with implants. Symptoms include,
but are not limited to, fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, swellings,
inflammation, and even certain types ofcancers. Symptoms can affect anyone,
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regardless of implant type or length oftime since insertion. Model and reality TV
star Black China and race car driverDan Kapatrick recently opened up about their decision
to undo years of cosmetic work andget their breast implants removed. In twenty
twenty, plastic surgeons removed more thanthirty six thousand breast implant augmentations. That's
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almost a ten percent increase from theprevious year, and that's according to the
American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Heretoday to chat BII how to identify and
reverse the symptoms and take back controlof your life. Are my experts at
hand, Doctor David Rankin and dHicks, joined by explant patient Danielle Kerr
And welcome to the show, myfriends. Thanks, thank you, thank
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you for joining me, my friends. All right, doctor Rankin, we'll
start with you. In March ofthis year, the FDA issued a safety
communication with updated information about squamous cellcarcinoma SEC in the scar tissue around breast
implants, and recommended healthcare providers talkwith patients who have or are considering breast
implants about SEC and various lymphomas inthe capsule around the implants and ask that
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they properly outline the dangers. Now, do you think plastic surgeons are truly
warning patients and more importantly, whydid you decide to only focus on explanting.
That's a good question. With squamouscell diagnosis, it's something that we
really haven't seen in the past.We have known recently about the lymphoma,
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which is a rare disease which formsaround the capsule, but until recently we
found out about the squamous cell problem. The differentiation is that the lymphoma,
if diagnosed early, has a fairlygood prognosis, but the squamous cell,
if patients developed this, has avery poor prognosis. So it's definitely a
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concern that all plastic surgeons should discusswith their patients prior to even considering breast
augmentation. Do I think that everyplastic surgeon tells the patient these risks no
idea And at this point I stakethat's an important part of educating well with
the doctor, to educate the patient. And as far as myself not implanting
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anymore, something I did early inmy practice. Once I noticed patients having
issues with breast implants, breast implantI know us and the other multitudes of
problems that they can develop. Ijust decided to take a stand and not
do augmentation anymore and just focus onNICKI patients spotter and try to get as
much of a perfection of my techniqueas possible to still make patients healthy and
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also to get a good cosmetic result. Extremely honorable of you, and that's
why we love you. Danielle.Why did you decide to get breast implants
and how long after implanting did youstart to see your symptoms? So I
actually got them eighteen years ago.I decided to get them because I had
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a very large discrepancy in the sizingof my breasts. So at that age
it was uncomfortable for me. Youknow, I just felt like to have
the perfect body, right, Ineeded to have everything even and over the
years they just got larger, Iguess, you know, as I had
children and things like that, andI would say that I probably a few
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years in and when I had reallyawful sinus issues and I kind of related.
I don't know if it is again, but I relate it back to
all of that because it's so muchinternal things that just all connect. Um.
But my joint pain and my ummigraines were absolute worst. And that's
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that happened just about about five yearsago, was when those really started,
UM, and I just couldn't.I couldn't live with it anymore. I
just really wasn't myself, if thatmakes sense. Yeah, So you were
you had implants for eighteen years.About five years ago you started getting these
aggressive symptoms like migraines and joint painand inflammation, and you equated it to
that. And so now you haveexplanted. You're about a week um with
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with no implants. How are youfeeling? I am one week exactly today,
And it's kind of crazy that Ican say the next day that I
felt amazing, Like as there weredays couldn't even like move my hands open
and clothes. I was getting panelsdone for erbiture accuratis, all the different
blood panels done and everything was comingback and conclusive, and I had no
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answers for anything. In Today,I feel like I can play with my
kids. You know, obviously IM'sonly a week out, so I have
to monitor that. Yeah, yougotta be careful, you got you got
ways to go. But I'm gladyou started feeling so much better. Okay,
I love it. Great outcome.D You also explanted in twenty sixteen
after suffering tremendously with breast implant illness. And you've been an advocate for women
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for close to a decade. You'veattended and spoken at FDA meetings in Washington,
DC. You've advocated for breast implantsafety. You've helped get the textured
implants recalled off the market and evenplayed a role in having the FDA issue
a black box corning for all breastimplants phenomenal stuff now and now, explanting
comes at a high cost, youknow, roughly over fifteen thousand dollars maybe
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plus travel and more is what onecan expect. Yet most patients are so
desperate to feel like themselves again thatthey're willing to do and pay almost anything.
Nobody gets breast augmentations to shortly afterxplant. What do you say to
the medical community that says this ishogwash and that this is all psychosomatic and
that it's in their head, soto speak. I would suggest that anybody
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in the medical community that is tryingto dismiss breast implant illness or thinks that
it could be psychosomatic, I wouldsay to I would start with the FDA's
website. On their website under breastimplants, it has a host of symptoms
listed, which chronic fatigue, autoemeowns, skin issues, hair loss,
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stuff like that. It's also onthe implant manufacturer's own website. The pamphlets
that they provide to patients. Itgives a host of symptoms that may arise
in patients with breast implants. Anythingforeign in the body is definitely going to
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cause an endocinian disruption en immune systemdysfunction. It's not a one size fits
all, And I believe that youknow eventually your body is going to react
to having something foreign inside the body, especially with you know, over forty
chemicals and heavy metals implanted above theheart, lungs and in the chest cavity.
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I couldn't agree more. And youexperienced it yourself. I yes,
I had breast and plant illness myself. I explanted in twenty sixteen. I
had fifty four symptoms on the dayof my surgery, and when I woke
up from surgery, forty five ofthe fifty four symptoms were gone completely.
I looked like a different person.I lost twelve pounds of inflammation, and
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I mean it just made such agigantic difference in my health that it was
one of the deciding factors in mebecoming an advocate for women for this cause,
because not one single doctor that Ihad seen during my two years prior
I'd spent over fifteen thousand dollars ondoctor's visits, on cologists, infectious disease,
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all of these doctors, and notone single physician asked me if I
had any devices in the body atall that could correlate to what was causing
these symptoms. Amazing, and youdecided to empower yourself and now you are
the explanent liaison at the practice andyou help women navigate through their journey and
they at least can talk to somebodythat has been there before. It's pretty
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amazing that this all exists within theecosystem of doctor Rankin, which is phenomenal.
Now, doctor Rankin, what exactlyis in these implants that may be
making some women sick, Well,we're not totally sure about the cause.
We don't know the direct cause andeffect. All the implants, whether they're
sailing or silicon or most of theimplants are made of silicone, even the
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salient implants of a silicon out orshell. So we think potentially if the
silicone itself has something to do withreacting to every individual's body. There's also
a lot of proprietary materials within theimplants which are now for the FDA going
to be given to patients. Aresupposed to be given to patients to see
what's in them prior to implanting.Also, that's one of the changes that
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have been made. But the answerto your questions in is really, at
this point, we just don't know. There's studies that are being done through
the American Society of Classic Surgery ofas based medical studies that we're really trying
to figure this out. And it'sinteresting because Danielle said she you know,
she feels better right away. Imean within a few weeks right now,
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But typically what is the prognosis interms of after you've explanted, on average,
when will women start to see andfeel symptoms reverse, especially the ones
that had severe symptoms. In mypractice, there's really no rhyme or reason.
I see patients like d and likeDanielle who feel great right away,
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and the proof is in the puttingwhere you monitor these patients six months out,
a year out and sympstems are stillgone. Other patients take a little
bit longer. I've had patients thattake up to a year to start feeling
better, but I think the majoritystart feeling better a little bit sooner than
later. So that's that's the answerto that question. Yeah, there you
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go. Danielle. What is yourone piece of advice to all women out
there with implants or considering getting abreast augmentation. Just do your homework,
really look into everything. It's gotto be a personal decision for yourself.
This is for you and for yourhealth journey only whatever makes you happy.
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Just going into it knowing that ifyou decide to get implants, they might
be coming out, because there isno telling if you're going to get sick
or not, and with the amountof cases that are rising, it's just
inevitable at this point. Well,you're right, You're one hundred percent right.
It was a pleasure chatting with allof you. Danielle. Thank you
for being so brave and coming onand being transparent and really paving the way
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for other women out there and takinga stance with your body and of course
claiming it back after eighteen years.Congratulations. Thank you very much. D
You are incredible. Thank you forbeing you and paving the way for women
that feel like they really need somebodyto hold their hand on this journey.
Thank you so much. And doctorRankin, you know what I feel about
you being on your show again.That was our healthy minutes segment brought to
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you by OGPA dot com. Andthat was the amazing doctor David Rankin.
You can check him out directly onhis website at David Rankin MD dot com.
Definitely check out Danielle Corn at Lashaholicslashes dot com. And that was
d Hicks implant liaison at David RankinMD. You're listening to a moment of
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here on seven ten WR, thevoice of New York iHeartRadio. I'm your
host, Zen Sam's up. Injust a few minutes, we have our
Travel Treasures segment, brought to youby Navy Travel, and today we're featuring
the awesome A moon Star known asPeaceful Warrior of Cultural Unification. She's an
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American singer songwriter living in Egypt.Her album Origins is best known for Egyptian
and Tunisian cultures. She is theembodiment of a real life faronic queen,
using her voice and fashion style toconvey the energy of ancient times. Famous
for being the only artist ever tomake music videos inside the most precious landmarks
(31:53):
of the world, the Great Pyramidsof Giza, Nefertiti's Tomb and Sakara A.
Moon has received several humanitarian awards fromEgypt in recognition of her sterling work
that presents the country as a safeand beautiful place to visit, which it
is. Joining her today is thebeautiful and talented Lamia Camel, Egypt's top
(32:15):
branding expert and former assistant to theMinister of Tourism. Lamia is the founder
of Narrative Summit and pr firm CCplus. Impressively, she is also the
founder of Flair Magazine Egypt. Today, we're chatting all about American tourism in
Egypt, why the Sacred Destination isso eager to receive Americans and the cool
(32:36):
cultural events taking place within. Welcomingnow to the show is the incredibly talented
Amundstar and the impressive Lamia Camel.Welcome, ladies, Hi, thank you,
nice to have you on Amun.You're professionally known as a Moon Star
and Amon is the god of thesun, wind and fertility. Where does
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your fascination with Egypt come from?And why do you think that tourists,
in particular those coming from the Westare suddenly obsessed And in your perspective,
what are some of Egypt's strongest assets. I think my fascination with Egypt started
in twenty sixteen when I first cameto Egypt to visit as a as a
normal tourist. And when I arrivedin Egypt and met, you know,
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Muslim people, people who were prayingfive times a day, and the culture
and everything here, it was asfar from what I had experienced the media
selling me in America then you couldget. I mean, what I found
was basically normal human beings, butwith this very you know, spiritual root
(33:45):
in their religion and in their wayof life, a different kind of culture
which was based in peace and harmonyand love. So Egypt on itself is
you know, like in America.Really it's attracts a lot of different cultures
to it, but its core isMiddle Eastern, you know. So I
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just loved it. I fell inlove with all of the culture. I
thought it was a beautiful. Ithink it's beautiful I'm still here, So
yes, I think it's beautiful.I think it's very rich with history.
And I think what's happening in Americanow that people aren't fear driven, they
are exploring the Middle East with neweyes. They're seeing that the Middle East
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is actually a very beautiful, largepiece of the world. And I think
it's the same thing that I'm intriguedwith, which is I want to know
what the roots of our civilization hasto offer. I want to know what
it is that we came from.And you know, as an American,
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our history is very young. Sobeing able to dive into a history that's
thousands and thousands of years old,being able to stand in a structure that's
eight thousand years old and still standingis so amazing. It's true. And
for whatever whatever pool you felt andwhere you totally moved from the United States
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of America and settled in Egypt andfounding you home is really indicative of the
amazing culture in presence and where youfeel like that is your second home and
that is really at the core ofthis Lamia. You are a bridge,
so to speak, merging talent,tourism and brands. It seems many American
artists come to perform in Egypt.You've had Maroon five and John Legend,
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The Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Careya moon Star. Why is the ministry
so incentivized to cross promote American cultureto Egyptians and so eager to receive Americans.
Egypt is known to be the cradleof civilization. Egyptians were storytellers of
all time. We have our storieswritten on the wall inside too, in
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cemeteries, inside the pyramids as well. We've been able to document this civilization,
to secure it, to keep itsafe for thousands of years to come.
Well as Egyptian, As an Egyptian, we welcome everyone. But when
it comes to the United States,there's this great diversity. It's like many
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many countries all combined in one.There's this huge respect for everyone. There's
this creativity, this progression which tendsto give us Egyptians an immense amount of
respect, and it gives this integrationa lot of sense, this cultural exchange,
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a lot of sense. And wesee it happen and we feel that
we can take it to art,and we can take it to music,
and we can take it to acting, and we can take it to cinematography.
So there's so much that we cando together as Egyptians and Americans at
the same time. And please dotell me about the music scene. Tell
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me about this amazing event that you'recollaborating on with a Moonstar. I want
to hear all about it. Well, it started off with us observing a
Moonstar's work. She's very artistic,very special, and her admiration for the
Egyptian civilization and for our culture andfor our history was immense. And you
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know, we believe in energy,and when you love a country so much,
it does love you back, andit's people love you back. And
we connected so much with what Ammondoes in her work, in her music,
in her our recordings, and westarted following her and observing her work
and promoting her work in Egypt throughFlair magazine. And we agree together that
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we celebrate our success, both ammonesuccess and ours and have this huge event
at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. It's a beautiful museum. It was
inaugurated in twenty twenty one, andthis is where the mummies reside. Twelve
mummies are residing are residing in thismuseum, and it's going to be a
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huge event. Whereby we invite peoplefrom the music industry, from the production
industry, from the cinema industry,and from the fashion industry as well.
Very well put together now a moon. You are making good on your promise
to promote Egyptian culture and tourism throughyour music. Your song Born in the
USA has been number one on theSoundCloud charts steadily this year. You've won
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a SoundCloud USA a word, HollywoodMusic a word, and that's just to
name a few. You're basically atthis point the Egyptian American post, your
child and your music is at theheart of it all. Talk to me
about this mega two day musical eventtaking place that Lamia just referenced at the
Pyramids with you as the main attraction. What can we expect from you.
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We are doing an event to celebrateEgypt and the way that Egypt is spreading
out internationally into the world, aswell as America coming to Egypt. So
we're doing a cross cultural experience andthe music that I wrote in my two
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albums will be played live, andit's a beautiful collaboration between Arabic music and
Western melodies. And of course I'llbe singing in English, but there is
also Sufi chanting, a lot ofSufi chanting from a shaik. His name
is Sheik Mahmud al Tahami. He'svery famous here in the Middle East.
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And we combined all these beautiful thingstogether to create a new sound, something
unique in the world that its fullintention was to harmonize these two beautiful cultures.
So we brought Hollywood and Egypt togetherin these two albums, and now
we're going to play them live onMay twenty eighth at the Grand Civilization mus
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M, which is where the mummiesand King Tut is resting. So yeah,
we're really excited about sharing this eventwith the world. I love it.
This is beautiful stuff. We areout of time. I just wanted
to thank you for coming on Lamiaa Moon. You have made it possible.
You created the trinity over here,and we know that everything happens in
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threes. Three is extremely important,not just spiritually in business, but it's
also important and symbolic for things thatare to come. It takes three to
make things happen, and I thinkwe just found our trio. So thank
you for having Lamia join us.Thank you for having us. Absolutely that
was Lamiak Camels Egypt's top branding expert, founder of Megamedia, Event, Narrative
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Summer and PR firm CC plus.Impressively, she's also the founder of Flair
Magazine Egypt. You can check themout on the Graham at Flair Magazine eg
ccplus News Narrative Summit, definitely headto their website at cc dash plus dot
com. And of course you haveto check out are Awesome Amundstar on the
Graham at Amundstar that's Star with twors, or you could head directly to
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You're listening to a moment of Zenright here on seven ten war the
voice of New York iHeartRadio. I'myour host, Zen Sam's Welcome back to
our Innovation and Tech segment brought toyou by Caldwell Zilms. Today we're featuring
returning guest Robert Edward Grant, innovatorand successful entrepreneur, best selling author of
Philomath. He specializes in number theory, mathematical physics, and blockchain cryptocurrencies.
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Recently, Robert and his partner AlanGreen presented proof that the last wonders of
the ancient world, the three Pyramidsof Giza, can be geometrically derived from
the geometric perfection of Metatron's cube.So what is Metatron's cube, you ask?
Well, According to sacred geometry,Metatron's cube represents the blueprint of creation.
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In fact, it symbolizes balance andharmony, illustrating how all life is
connected. It's a blueprint that alsoapparently lies in US Metatron's Cube is made
up of thirteen circles that are connectedby straight lines. Together, they're believed
to form all the shapes in existence. Even more intriguing, the five Platonic
solids are contained in the cube,which are sacred geometry shapes that are thought
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to be the building blocks of theuniverse. But what divine meanings are behind
its intricate patterns. No pyramids aremore widely known than the Pyramids of Giza,
located in the west bank of theNile River outside of modern day Cairo.
The largest of the three, theGreat Pyramid, is the only one
of the seven Wonders of the ancientworld that is still standing. Is this
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due to its form the triangle,which just happens to be one of the
strongest and most stable shapes, oris it due to the perfect geometry and
divine measurements that helped build this massivestructure. Here to chat Pyramids of Giza,
Metatron's Cube and how it's all connectedis the amazing Robert Edward Grant,
Welcome to the show, my friend. I great to see you again.
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Talk to me about how you discoveredthat the Giza Pyramids in Egypt can be
geometrically derived from the geometric perfection ofMetatron's cube. Well, you know,
it was kind of interesting because there'sbeen a lot of people that have believed
there was some association with it.And if you look at Metatron's cube,
it has thirteen circles on it,and then all you do is connect the
dots at the center of thirteen circlesand then Metatron's cuba's form and from that
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all platonic solids can be found.So you can actually just take the line
intersections of Metatron's cube and create notonly a cube, a tetrahedron, also
an icosahedron, a dodecahedron, andan octahedron. All five of the plotonic
solids Plato named after Plato the philosopherand mounthematician can be found in Metatron's cube,
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and so therefore those are the fivebuilding blocks. So the plotonic solids
are the geometric forms that have regularshapes on each side. So I looked
at Metatron's cube. I noticed thatthere was an intersection that was a natural
inherent intersection, and two such intersectionswithin Metatron's cube that allow for the connection
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of all thirteen dots. And whenI found that one section, and I
found where it crosses the baseline ofthe center triangle that can be formed out
of Metatron's cube, which also formsa rectangular shape. Then I drew from
the base of Metatron's cube the pointepart of the bottom right, and I
plotted then a circle using a compassat the point of that intersection where those
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lines crossed over, and it formedexactly a circle that had a radius and
therefore a diameter that was equivalent tothe width or the base width of the
Great Pyramid. And I mean exactlywow. And not only that, but
from the base to the center ofMetatron's cube then becomes the height of the
Great Pyramid. So this does twothings. It actually accomplishes squaring the circle.
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It allows for a circle that hasformed out of that that would actually
have the exact same height as thediameter of the circle for the pyramid.
And that circle, when you takethe half base of the base of the
Great Pyramid and make a square fromthat square, will have an equal perimeter
to the circle's circumference. And thisis and that is sacred geometry. And
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what you just getry and you know, interestingly, because many lifetimes of knowledge
went into building these huge, mysterioustriangles of Egypt. Few know of the
sacred math and pyramid symbolism encoded intothe placements and dimensions of these structures.
But you seem to be able toaccurately and acutely see this in your own
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right, which is quite phenomenal,because if you look at Metatron's cube and
the symbolism behind it, you knowthis better than anybody else. As the
building blocks of creation. I learnedthis from watching your special Giza, the
Holy Grail of geometry. Metatron's Cubeshows us all the geometric shapes found,
as you said, in life onEarth, across the universe, and these
shapes form everything from the strands ofour DNA to the patterns found in snowflakes,
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giving us a glimpse. And thisis just the glimpse at the architecture
of creation and really helping us comprehendthe connection between the divine and the physical
world. It's truly remarkable. Sotell me who made Metatron's cube. That's
a really big question. I mean, some would say that, you know,
the universe itself, or maybe likea divine figure or God. You
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know, some would believe that thatwas actually made by him. Metatron is
considered to be an archangel and wasactually a person at one time, believed
in the Book of Enoch to havebeen a man named Enoch who transcended this
life, and as he transcended,he became angelic. In his angelic name
in the third Book of Enoch becameMetatron, and Metatron is known to be
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the archangel that's above all other archangels. He's the highest seraphim. So I
find it fascinating that this discussion ishappening now because and it's not just the
Great Pyramid that can be found inits perfection. It basically gives a perfect
fifty one point eight five three nineseven degree angle by using this approach,
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and that allows for the perfect springof the circle. It also allows for
something else. The base of thatline of the Great Pyramid becomes equivalent to
the area of the Great Pyramid aswell when you're looking at it being a
two over pie relationship, the heightover pie is the base with and that
pie perfection comes from Metatron's cube.And that's just something that's foundational because if
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you look at some of the ancientSumerian texts as well, you'll find shamash
holding in his right hand often acircle and a rod. Right, And
you've probably seen this if you've lookedat any of the ancient cuneiform and ancient
sort of clay tablets coming out ofSumeria. Well, that circle and rod
has the same proportions as the baseof the Great Pyramid, and the circle
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right that would be to the halfpoint of the Great Pyramid and its height.
So that's basically telling us that youhave a circle that has an equal
circumference to the base. It's soperfect, it's like mind boggling, and
it's not just have one more question. I want to be mindful of the
time. So let's scale it back. So the pyramids contain this massive amount
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of information about the blueprint of theuniverse, the solar system, and man
hidden in its geometric form. Whatinsights can you share with us, Robert,
And what does all this mean forhumanity? Well, if even using
the Glen Dash measurements, right,So, the people that have measured the
Great Pyramid and all the pyramids onthe plateau and the plateau itself most closely
would be a guy by the nameof Flinder's Petree, and then also Glen
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Dash who recently did it? Notthat long ago, so this was the
most recent sort of surveying that wenton. We took this and we found
that on two dimensions, not onlylooking at the pyramid from the ground,
you can construct all pyramids in perfectproportion to each other without using any measurement,
which is a principle of Greek architectureand Hellenistic as well as ancient Egyptian
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mystery school architecture. But then alsofrom the top, so from an aerial
view, the entire Giza plateau structureis also based on Metatron. And that's
a mind boggler, right because nowyou're looking at it in two dimensions,
a lot of X axis and ay axis and also a z axis.
So what does all this mean,Well, it means they had some super
advanced knowledge, without a doubt.But more importantly, it points us right
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to music because the ratios of eachof the pyramids are perfectly the musical intervals
that are the thirteen musical intervals.I told you I Metatron's cube starts with
thirteen circles. The thirteen circles representeach of the musical intervals that are resident
within one octave of music. Sowe have things in music, if you
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know any music theory, we havesomething called a perfect fifth, We have
a major third, and we havea minor six. So you basically take
each of these to make them oppositea major third as an opposite that would
be its inverse as a minor six. Then they all have to sum to
nine. A third will add upwith six to nine for example, and
a second a major second becomes aminor seventh. What we find is all
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three pyramids perfectly demonstrate the exact Pythagoreanmusical intervals, of all musical intervals.
So this mind pyramid is the diminishedfifth and the augmented fourth. The second
pyramid Caffrey is the perfect fifth andthe perfect fourth, and Menkari is the
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major third and the minor sixth.And each of these represent emotional states for
us, because when we listen tomusic, it gives us emotional feelings.
Right, So when we look atthe pyramids, then if they represent all
thirteen intervals, that represent all thirteencolors of a gradient of a rainbow,
right, a full octave of light, so fascinating, Well, listen to
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I could go on and on,but we are officially officially out of time.
You are one of the most insightfulpeople I have ever met in my
entire life. Take my hat offto you. You are just brilliant,
and I thank you for coming onand sharing your knowledge with us today.
Thank you so much. Great tobe here. Absolutely, guys, do
check out this amazing soul Robert EdwardGrant. Head directly to his website at
Robert Edward Grant dot com. Thatwas our Innovation and Tech segment, brought
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