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On 9/11 we were attacked. On 9/12 we united as a nation. We are being attacked from within by divisional politics, on 9/12 we need to unite as a nation and rebuild our nation. Put your political parties to the side and focus on our communities and work together on what needs to happen to rebuild our communities. Helping our neighbor. Not putting labels like vaccinated and unvaccinated, everyone is the same - we are Americans. On 9/12 we unite. And by the way, starting on 9/12 and you walking along, and you may be wearing a mask, pull it down and smile at people. Show them you are united with them. Smile and work together. Shut the politicians down, shut the news down, and get to work in your communities with your neighbors. Get it done.If you like my podcast, vlogs and blogs, follow and support me at www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodge If you have a question or remark, send an email to mediator@lodge-co.com

America is under attack inside America by politicians that want government to take control over your freedom, your healthcare decisions, your ability to survive. Americans have the ability by fighting back through the courts and the constitution, and through our votes. We can work together to create change in government. We can o greater things by getting involved in our communities. But we, Americans, have the ability to take back our nation and our government. Don't allow Biden or anyone mandate your healthcare decision. Stand firm and fight. Those businesses who are pushing vaccine mandates, you have opened yourself up to legal risk. You had better sit down with outside attorneys and re-examine your risk. It will be costly if you keep going in the direction of mandated employees, vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. If you comply with the Biden mandate you will be challenged legally for your practices of attacking every employee / patient bill of rights of knowing what the vaccine will do and have the ri

If you are running a woke business you have been corrupted by politics and a political agenda. If you are discriminating against people because of how they believe, you are an unethical entity. Politics in companies create conflict and disputes, and the more you allow politics to roam around in your businesses and attack other people and fire them, or not serve them, you are unethically corrupt by politics. Politics is not a ethical profession, a political agenda creates more harm then a need to serve others. To serve and hear everyone. People stop talking, individuals become less creative, because they don't know who is going to be offended or who believe in their abilities. Those of you that serve on boards of corporations and allowing or supporting a company to be woke are doing damage to your business, shareholders and to the consumer. If your business is so woke that you are offending consumers - your a ethically challenged. Get politics out of your companies, set up rules, do not take sides, and

I am not endorsing any politician in California, but I am asking you to recall Gavin Newsom or else.......your state will get worse. This vote will send a very clear message to all California politicians to get their act together. The message is California first, end power driven criminal activity in government. The "Or Else" is not a pretty situation if you keep Gavin Newsom in office. Remember he was Mayor of San Francisco and he destroyed that city. Then he was Lt. Governor and then Governor. His history has been nothing but failure for the Californian. Californians have to stand up and take back control. Don't just let your state burn with Gavin Newsom, get some balls and take back you state. California is a great state, I was born there, it was my home. My friends and family are still there. My heart is in California and it always will be. But Californians have become weak in their decision making process and allowed California to be run down. Highest taxes, highest gasoline prices, highest

Last night I sat down and wrote a letter to my Congresswoman that represents me here in Florida. I asked that the 13 names be read into the Congressional Record and that the Congressional Chaplin pray for those names. I as an American can request that items be submitted to the Congressional Record. However, my Congresswoman is a Democrat and sides with Nancy Pelosi on many things. On the day of the bombing she made a very short statement and it was all about her and her son who had served in the military. Politicians never address the paid of the families, instead they turn it around and make it about them. So I have doubt that my letter will get anywhere in Congress. But I encourage each of you to send a letter to your member of Congress. So i pray for the families of these fallen soldiers. David L EspinozaNicole L GeeDarin T HooverRyan C. KnaussHunter LopezRylee J McCollumDylan R. MerolaKareem M NikouiRasario PichardoHumberto A. SanchezJared M SchmitzMaxton W. SoviakDeagan W. Page.If you have any q

The last two podcasts have been about getting involved, fighting loneliness, starting the communication all over again. For a few weeks now I have been thinking about an adventure, to get out and explore. My decision - doing the great loop by boat. Leaving from Florida, going up the intercoastal waterway to New York, over to Chicago, down the Mississippi river to Louisiana and ending in Florida. Probably a year plus adventure. However, I can still do my work on the boat, my office will be my boat for a year. I am now in the planning stages of this adventure. Follow me. Tell me if you have done the great loop. Tell me the good, bad and ugly. If you are currently doing the great loop tell me about it. We have been locked down for so long, our mental health has been weakened and it is now time for a great adventure. You do it to, even if it is just for a day. Get out and do something amazing. Follow my blogs, vlogs and podcasts at www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodge If you have a question about busi

I was sitting waiting for something to get done and was watching Tiktok. I listened to an older man tell us that he didn't know how to deal with getting old. He lost his friends, he is just doing the same thing everyday, and no one talks with him. His name is Del and he is on today's podcast. But we can help the Del's of the world by just spending time talking to them, listening. Covid created a lot of mental health issues where people told us older people to stay home, it's safer for you. And then payed anymore attention to them. You know people like this, pick up your phone and start calling them. They need to talk and you need to listen. Let's start life again.If you like my vlogs, blogs and podcasts, follow and support me at http://www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodgeIf you have a question or comment, send it to mediator@lodge-co.com

In this world we see governments failing it's people. We see very bad decisions being made. We have realized that Government is not the answer to solve our problems, but rather they are the cause of so many problems. However, we have each other. Put the politics to the side and do what is right. Look for the needs within your communities that you can work together on and toss politics to the side. Kick it to the curb. There is so much to get done that your talents can be used to make a great community. Each one of us has a talent that can be used. This is the podcast to talk about putting our talents to work.If you like my podcasts and blogs. Follow and support me at http://www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodgeIf you have any question or comments, send it to mediator@lodge-co.comwww.lodge-co.com

Yesterday I watched Bidens press conference and became amazed at a man that can not lead. Americans died because of his leadership. Terrorists took over because of Bidens leadership. He is right, the buck stops at his desk. The problem is he is never at his desk because he can't lead. He is responsible for a nation, relationships with our internation friends, but he abandoned them. When a leader shows weakness to our enimies they will attack the weak. Weak leadership creates chaos and death. Weakness puts a target on Americans everywhere, there is evil out there ready to pounce on weakness. Put your politics to the side and ask yourself, is Biden leading? is he making the right decisions for America and our international community? When we hire bad leaders chaos rolls into a larger incident that will destroy even more lives. Ask yourself, is it time to demand for another election to choose a leader? Do we need to vote for a no confidence of the President? Is it time for Biden and Harris to resig

Right now in Congress there are two bills, a 1T infrastructure bill and a 4T spending bill. And the American people do not know what is in either one. No one in Congress wants to explain what their tax dollars are going to be spent on. It's all in a big pile, a bill with hundreds of tiny bills in side it. Otherwise known as pork. Not just any old pork, these are the mother pigs of pork. Trump would call it huuuuuge. I call it nonsense and it has got to be brought under control. Every American should be spending some time and telling their members of Congress to cut it out. Enough. Turn the printing presses off that are printing new money. Money that the American people can not afford. Congress, get your spending under control or you will be out. If you like my podcast, vlogs and blogs, follow and support me at www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodgeIf you have a question or comment, send it to mediator@lodge-co.com

With every crisis we can learn about leadership.In this podcast we are going to talk about two styles of leadership. The first style is what we are seeing going on in Washington right now out of the Whitehouse. Autocratic Leaders is a form of leadership where decision are made by the leader alone. These leaders don't consider that teams thoughts and opinions before making a decision or heading into a new direction without telling anyone. This is what has happened with the current leader in the Whitehouse.The leadership that is needed is called Strategic Leadership. These are leaders that adopt the strategic leadership style are often at a crossroads, strategy is important. Planning is vital. This leader essentially accepts executive level interests while supporting lower level concerns to make sure the decision making process brings stability. From the crisis we are seeing, hearing, and viewing coming out of the capital, we can learn from the chaos about leadership strength and weaknesses. You and I

Today has been a day to pray for the people of Afghanistan. We have leaders who have made such bad decision that has destroyed so many peoples lives. Leaders pray. Good leaders pray. E. M. Bounds said, "None but praying leaders can have praying follower." You you lead you need to pray and have people praying. Prayer moves mountains and many times leaders need to move mountains. Today, as we pray for the Afghanistan people. We lead through prayer together.If you like my podcast, blogs and vlogs, please support me by following me at www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodge If you have a question or comment, send it to mediator@lodge-co.com www.lodge-co.com

Every crisis is a study on leadership, who are good leaders and who are failures. George Washington said, "99% of failure come from people who make excuses." And that is our first lession in leadership. Listen to this podcast as we discuss crisis and leadership.If you like my podcast, flogs and blogs, support me by following me at: www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodgeIf you have a question on business, leadership, conflicts, disputes, send me an email to mediator@lodge-co.com www.lodge-co.com

If you like my blogs, vlogs and podcasts, follow me at www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodgeYou and I have been sitting around worrying about covid, politics, Afghanistan, Biden, and any chaos of the day, and we have forgotten to laugh. We have got to create change in ourselves, turn off the TV's, shut off the politicians, and focus on our mental health and our immune systems by laughing. That is our discussion for the day.If you have a good joke, send it to me at mediator@lodge-co.com

Negotiating is to build professional relationships rather than burning bridge on your way out of the conference room. Negotiations fail because we let our emotions take over, rather then focusing on the words being said and the opportunities sitting right in front of us. Let's talk about the emotional side of negotiations.If you like my podcast, vlogs and blogs, follow me on: www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodgeIf you have a question about business or mediation, send it to mediator@lodge-co.com www.lodge-co.com

Leadership is so very important when it comes to leading a nation. We currently have a leader who is not leading. We have a silent President as a international crisis is going on that he has created by bad leadership. No leadership shows the international community that we are not a stable nation. Thus, the bad players take advantage of a weak nation. His disappearance tells Americans and the International community tells us that there is no leader in place to take on the needs of America. I remember Vietnam and the fall of Saigon, I was young during those days. And now I have to relive that same experience as an American helicopter lift Americans from the American embassy in the Capital city of Afghanistan. People with the title of leader who do not lead put our nation at risk.You and I have got to be good leaders, and it has to start today. We have to protect our own nation together. We have to lead in our homes, communities, schools. We have to lead, not follow, but choose between right and wron

Every community has needs. You have talents to fulfill these needs. Use them to give back to your community and make it great again. If you like my blogs, vlogs and podcasts, follow me at http://www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodge It's all there for you to read and learn from.If you have a business or mediation question or comment, send it to mediator@lodge-co.comwww.lodge-co.com

I am really beginning to think that Covid has infected us and we have become un-civil to each other. Some of you have not been infected by Covid but you have become un-civil people. We need to do better at being civil. We hide behind our computer screens and become devils with our attacks and words. We have become the bullies out on the playground and not one treats people with decency. We call people names, we point fingers, we attack. Division starts with un-civil words. Conflicts and disputes begin to divide people. We are responsible for not being civil. Civility is gone, and we are responsible for it. The only way to get it back is for all of us to focus on our words and actions. That is each of our responsibilities.If you like my podcasts, blogs and vlogs, follow me on www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodge If you have a business question or on mediation, send it to moderator@lodge-co.com

Senators, if you vote for this bill that plays game with the American taxpayer, we will hold you responsible. This infrastructure bill does not even address the needs of the American people, instead you are wanting to focus on a mileage tax? And other taxes? How sneaky and corrupt are you? If you vote yes you will be held accountable. VOTE NOIf you like my podcast, vlogs and blogs, support me by going to www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodgeIf you have a question send it to mediator@lodge-co.com

Many of us think TikTok is censoring us, but another part of the story are those individuals who are angry and they hate it that you question them, or have another opinion other then theirs. What they do is file a complaint with TikTok who then shuts you down while they investigate the complaint. These are people who are trying to do you damage. TikTok did this to me on three postings I had done on my account. Motivational and information posts on mediation. Nothing political, just posting that uplift and inform. However, when you comment on postings and they don't like your response, they become angry and then try and cause as much damage to you based on your comment. TicToc then receives a complaint from these small minded people and they do what they have to do, shut you down for a short period as they investigate. So now you have individuals who know how the TicTok system works, and they use it against people. Social Media is full of angry people who want to do damage to people. Don't worry abou