While I used to do volunteer work during my free time through events listed on Eventbrite and the like, a curiosity for cosplay, based on things I’ve seen in gaming and online anime communities, lead me to go my first even convention experience! A chance encounter at Nekocon in 2019 helped give me the push to do more community service, discovering things like “Charity Miles” in 2020, and 757 Uplifters eventually being born in 2021! This episode explores how gaming and anime, like other things, can help bring people together!

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There is so much focus on what’s wrong, that there needs to be discussion about what’s right! In my quest to find some good news to talk about, searching Google, Facebook, Reddit, and other spaces, I stumbled upon some good news that I will discuss in this episode. This episode discusses an uplifting post centered around comedian Josh Johnson, as well as Davyon Johnson, a reddit post about a man who has been battling depression, and lastly, smilebaiting, which is the opposite of ragebaiting...with ragebaiting being things done to get under people’s skin or make them upset. Smilebaiting is, in my opinion, so much better! Check out the links below:

A man fighting depression:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/s/0qY30bjs0FImpact of a great teacher (with Josh Johnson):

https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/s/BzPa0XY3SC

Davyon Johnson, a young hero:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/s/btqlbbU2Tv

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This episode is a supplemental episode, meaning that it is an episode made to pivot into more discussion about humans doing wonderful things that speak to the human potential to “be the change” in positive (as well as empowering) ways. It speaks on some of what I’ve been up to as of late while I have been swamped with projects and fitness and other things, with some of those things being exactly what led me to my inspiration for this episode! This episode has me feeling good about creating a series of episodes about the things going right with the world.

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Imagine you are dealing with a problem in your personal life and you do not want to confront the problem head-on, so you delay and run away from the issue. Left alone, it gets worse and worse and finally, it snowballs out of control...we may ask ourselves how things turned out the way they did, when we actively took steps to not handle serious conversation or we didn’t want to deal with a delicate situation, or we may have even ignored facts or critical thinking because it may have been at odds with whatever bias we may have.

Whatever the problem may be, know that doing the same thing in a work environment also has real, negative consequences, and if we avoid dealing with known problems, we then have to deal with other problems in ways that are both seen and unseen. Leaders are in a good position to actually handle problems, because they can set guidelines, expectations, and even improve employee morale and build positive company culture...but doing and not doing are choices. This episode discusses how problematic avoidance in the workplace can be!

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There is so much focus on what’s wrong, that there needs to be discussion about what’s right! In my quest to find some good news to talk about, searching Google, Facebook, Reddit, and other spaces, I stumbled upon some good news that I will discuss in this episode. Check out some news at:

Award-winning dance team inspires young people through dance

Flint Finishes Lead Pipe Replacement in Historic Milestone

Positive News | Good journalism about good things - Positive News

Good News, Inspiring, Positive Stories - Good News Network

Also, an update! It appears that Coach Shameka is still dancing and inspiring others! You love to see it!

Check out my website and socials (all new and growing), and if you like what you've seen or heard, please share and review! They help RJ and the podcast grow! Check out my websites below:

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Also, I mentioned that you can contact me in today's episode at:

Contact – RJ's World Lens

You can also send me emails to share your good, uplifting stories at:

rjwallace@rjsworldlens.com

Excellence means different things to different people...even though excellence has a general dictionary definition behind it, people see excellence differently, with some even seeing it as perfection, rather than simply excellence. This episode discusses excellence and the value of striving for excellence in the little things, as well as sharing some of my personal journey, along with tips and ideas!

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We create mental barriers/walls to protect us, but the cruel twists of some of these barriers is that they also isolate us from things that help us improve or make us happy. Barriers pertaining to love is one good example, because sadly, we spend some time with someone, or people, who turn out to not be good for us, and as a result, we tend to pass over the people who can really be good for us, due to our own walls that we build within our minds. There are things that also slowly cause our walls to crumble, allowing things to come in and the hope is that the things that come, change us for the better. Well, I certainly hope things change for the better for you --- let’s talk about barriers!

Check out my website and socials (all new and growing), and if you like what you've seen or heard, please share and review! They help RJ and the podcast grow! Check out my websites below:

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Inner work is difficult, and because a lot of us would much rather avoid thinking about things, especially ourselves, inner work often goes undone...if we had to think of inner work as a backyard, there are probably lots of weeds and the grass is super tall! When we think of terms like “checkup” or “scheduling appointments”, it is often for a physical checkup at a clinic or maybe a room reservation, but as people, we should do a lot more checkups that consist of evaluating our feelings, our goals, things we can celebrate, things we can do better, and we should do it with some consistency, to help us be our best selves. This episode was made to check up on you!

Check out my website and socials (all new and growing), and if you like what you've seen or heard, please share and review! They help RJ and the podcast grow! Check out my websites below:

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