{"id":5340,"date":"2012-08-09T11:46:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T17:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2012-09-11T11:42:55","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T17:42:55","slug":"august-11-2012-james-kunstler-too-much-magic-wishful-thinking-technology-and-the-fate-of-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=5340","title":{"rendered":"August 11, 2012 – Beverly Flaxington, “Make Your SHIFT: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make to Get Where YOU Want to Go” and James Kunstler, “Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation”"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 11, 2012\u00a0\u00a0 Archives\/Pod casts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hour 1 <\/a> –\u00a0\u00a0 Hour 2 <\/a> –\u00a0\u00a0 Hour 3<\/a><\/p>\n

Hour 1:\u00a0 Bev Flaxington<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Joining the show during the first hour is behavioral expert, Beverly Flaxington<\/strong>, to discuss her recent book, Make Your SHIFT:\u00a0 The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make<\/em><\/strong> to Get to Where YOU Want to Go<\/strong><\/em>, and how to recognize the signs of burnout and reverse it.<\/p>\n

According to workplace behavioral expert Beverly Flaxington, most people don’t realize that burnout happens when people lose self-confidence. By adopting some simple strategies to rebuild self-confidence, they can once again feel energized, resourceful, and inspired in their jobs.<\/p>\n

Bev will share seven surprising ways to prevent and reverse workplace burnout, including how to address some underlying causes of burnout while you sleep; how risk taking, rather than risk avoidance, builds confidence; and simple strategies to fight burnout.<\/p>\n

\"\"Beverly Flaxington is a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA), hypnotherapist, award-winning author of five books, including her latest Make Your SHIFT<\/em><\/strong>, and business advisor who specializes in helping individuals deal with workplace behavioral issues, performance, and goal achievement.<\/p>\n

Beverly co-founded The Collaborative in 1995.\u00a0 In 2008, the firm launched a new venture, Advisors Trusted Advisor, to meet the specific needs of independent investment advisors and wealth managers. Prior to co-founding The Collaborative, Beverly held several senior level sales, business development and business operations positions within John Hancock Financial Services\u2019 Investment Sector. Beverly\u2019s corporate background also includes executive search and retail banking.<\/p>\n

Beverly holds both a BSBA and an MBA from Suffolk University.\u00a0 She is a frequent speaker at investment industry events. Beverly and her partner, Mike Slemmer, CFA, have written a regular column for Family Wealth Report<\/em> and have been featured in articles in Fundfire<\/em>, Advisors\u2019 Perspective<\/em>, Investment News, Investment Advisor<\/em> and the Financial Planning Association\u2019s Solutions<\/em> Magazine. Beverly is also a member of the Mental Health Counselors Association of America.<\/p>\n

Beverly is an adjunct professor at Suffolk University teaching undergraduate and graduate students. \u00a0 Since 1991 Beverly has offered training and one-on-one consultation for individuals to accomplish behavior modification in a variety of arenas.\u00a0 Beverly is a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA) and Certified Professional Values Analyst (CPVA) and uses the tools frequently in her work with clients. She is an accomplished facilitator, trainer, and public speaker.<\/p>\n

For more information about Beverly Flaxington, please visit her website at http:\/\/www.the-collaborative.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hour 2:\u00a0 James Kunstler<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"In April of 2005, James Howard Kunstler\u2019s bestseller, The Long Emergency,<\/strong><\/em> became a phenomenon.\u00a0 Kunstler\u2019s shocking vision for our post-oil future caught the attention of environmentalists and business leaders and was the subject of much debate, stimulating discussion about our dependence on fossil fuels.\u00a0 In the seven years since its first publication, many of Kunstler\u2019s warnings from The Long <\/em>Emergency<\/em><\/strong> have proved prophetic, and now, in his latest book, Too Much Magic:<\/em><\/strong> Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation<\/em><\/strong> (Atlantic Monthly Press; July 3, 2012; 978-0-8021-2030-4), Kunstler argues there is now compelling evidence that the long emergency \u2013 a period of increasing resource shortfalls, gradual economic decline, and a forced change in humanity\u2019s lifestyle \u2013 has already begun.<\/div>\n
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Having passed peak oil and living in the wake of recent hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts and other natural disasters, we cannot afford to engage in \u201cwishful thinking\u201d \u2013 relying on the idea that technology will deliver us from our myriad problems.<\/div>\n
James Kunstler will discuss:<\/div>\n