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I became aware of\\xa0Jeff Goins through my friends Michael Hyatt and Stu McLaren.

Jeff Goins has come \\u201cout of nowhere\\u201d, and over the last 18 months has taken the blogging world by storm. His blog readership has grown at an incredibly fast pace, and he landed a book deal with a major publisher. How did he do it? That\'s what we discuss in this week\'s interview on the podcast. And here\'s a clue: one of Jeff\'s favorite sayings is, \\u201cStop waiting to be picked. Pick yourself.\\u201d

It gets better:\\xa0 Stu McLaren\\xa0returns to the podcast this week, sharing with us\\xa0 on the art of\\xa0 \\u201clifestyle business\\u201d. Want to know a surefire way to grow your business like crazy? You want to hear this segment.

Tip Of The Week and Spiritual Foundations

This week\'s tip is a book recommendation, and I have to be right upfront about this: the book was written by my son, Sean Edwards. And it is awesome. Of course, I would say that. But it\'s a very good book nonetheless.

The book is called The End Of Days, and it explains what the Bible actually says about the so-called \\u201clast days\\u201d. Surprise: what the Bible says is not what you find in the popular \\u201cLeft Behind\\u201d novels and movies. Many Christians seem to think that believers are supposed to \\u201chunker down\\u201d and wait for Jesus to come snatch them out of \\u201cthe world\\u201d, which is going to \\u201chell in a handbasket\\u201d. This kind of thinking leads Christians to become disengaged from the rest of the world. That\'s not what Jesus had in mind at all, and this book explains why the \\u201cleft behind\\u201d view of the \\u201cend times\\u201d is not scriptural.

John 3:16 is perhaps the best-known scripture in history. Interestingly, the next verse, John 3:17, is hardly ever quoted along with verse 16. Here\'s what\\xa0 the entire passage says:

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ^17\\xa0For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (emphasis added)
John 3:16-17

What if our job as Christians is not to judge the world, but rather to make it better? I recommend you buy this book and read it right away.

Interview With Jeff Goins

This is an interview filled with insights from writer Jeff Goins. I think you\'ll find it inspirational, informative, and educational. And you should buy Jeff\'s book, Wrecked \\u2013 it\'s a book worth reading, in a sea of books that aren\'t.

The Lifestyle Business

Stu McLaren returns as our \\u201clifestyle business correspondent\\u201d. He got a fancy new mic, so he sounds like a million bucks.

Special Announcements

I will be speaking in Denver, Colorado, November 9-11 at the next JV Alert Live. I\'ll be sharing the stage with\\xa0 great marketers including my friends Joel Comm, Rick Butts, Debbie Bermont, and others. You can register for the event using this link, and I would love to connect with you in Denver. If you do register using my link, please let me know. I am thinking about having a special get together just for people I have invited to the event. I would like to get a sense of how many people that may be.

Would you like to have me speak at your event? Click here to visit my speaking page and get details on my availability.

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Question: In what ways will you stop waiting, and just \\u201cpick yourself\\u201d? You can leave a comment below.

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