Shows
Your Better Plan On It Podcast!The Firearms Safety ChallengeSend a textThe 2025 story features two teenage boys, ages 14 and 13 years of age that already know each other and the families are friends as well. The two individuals end up in multiple fights over a female at school. The fights get a little more intense each time, with a particular fight stated to be very violent. The parents get involved and seemingly squash the issue the boys have and assumes all is well. One day the 14 year old brings his parent's firearm to school with the intent to terminate the 13 year old. Well, just b...
2026-02-2418 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!3-Day Daily Action Plan ChallengeSend a textThis episode touches on the importance and teaching point of having an effective daily plan. It further challenges you to use phones, notepads, recorders, etc., and for 3 consecutive days jot down every relevant task you need to do for that particular day. Next jot down every task you failed to complete for that day and finally jot down whatever interference caused the incomplete task(s). On Day 4, take a look at those specific failed tasks and determine why you were unable to avoid the interference(s). The point of emphasis here is to ensure...
2026-02-1715 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Mass Shootings Defense Challenge (Workplaces & Schools)Send a textMass Shootings Defense Challenge: Employers Challenge:1. Provide employees with Active Shooter/Mass Casualty protocol policy. 2. Security personnel, department heads, managers, supervisors attend AS/MC briefings every 60 days. Standard employee AS/MC briefings occur quarterly.4. New employees receive AS/MC briefing within 10 days of employment.5. Assign 1 primary/1 alternate Lead to new employees during AS/MC drills until minimum of 2 drills are completed/documented.6. Implement 24-hour surveillance package indicating every outside angle, floor, hallway and elevator of the building.7...
2026-02-1120 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Verbal vs Written Plans ChallengeSend a textWhether you believe it or not, our lives are centered around having daily plans that ultimately determine positive or negative outcomes. Unfortunately, we take our days for granted because we are so used to the same schedule day in and day out, so we do not put too much thought into operating from written a plan but rather doing so from a verbal plan. You see, it is very easy to tell or ask someone to do something whether simple or challenging because most of us truly believe that we want forget things those...
2026-02-0417 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!My 2026 Podcast OutlookSend a textHappy 2026 Listeners!To give you my perspective on the plan I have in store for you as we work through the first half of 2026, over the coming weeks I plan to give you podcast episodes that challenge you as individuals, families, workplaces and school environments to effectively research, plan, implement, rehearse and execute different live-saving crises challenges. I will share with you challenges for both you and I to negotiate that require specific written plans regarding matters such as mass shootings in the workplace and schools, housefires, trespassing situations, daytime/n...
2026-01-2815 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Guns in the Hands of ChildrenSend a textGuns kept in our homes or residences continue to wind up in the hands of children far too often, leading to unintentional, violet situations that result in our kids or someone else's kids losing their lives because we fail to ensure firearms are properly stored away children. Whether you hear about it, read about it, see it on television or witness it, the reality of the matter is that adults have the responsibility of protecting children from situations that can leave families changed forever! From personal research, take for instance the year 2015...
2026-01-2114 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Fighting StarvationSend a textWhether here in the United States or around the World, people suffer or perish from starvation daily. It should be a subject that should be unapplicable to all of us but it is not the case and most likely never will be. However, so many of us are blessed to have never been in this position but we do not do enough to fight this issue. I, for one, have never been in the position of starvation but there have been many times that I have said to others, "man, I'm starving like crazy!"...
2026-01-1420 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Crosswalk TalkSend a textGood evening All!Every day, we see, read or learn about senseless deaths taking place at crosswalks in every state across America and around the world. You can especially see intense footage of such tragedies posted directly to social media. I mean, scenes that are hard to watch!Now, we all know that crosswalks were put in place to protect our pedestrians. However, we have lunatic drivers out there that are in such a hurry and far too often ignore the crosswalk right of way, ultimately leading to some of...
2026-01-0722 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Mentoring ExerciseSend a textHello All!I want to take you into the world of Mentoring and the impact it can have on other people, especially our younger generation of people. I also offer a mentoring exercises for any adult who wishes to take in the challenge of mentoring someone between the ages of 13-25 years of age. I believe these are the ages that are the most difficult ages for a person to navigate life. It is that cross between finally becoming a teenager (13), learning to understand and negotiate more difficult obstacles and pressures along...
2025-12-3118 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Lost to Mistaken IdentitySend a textGood evening Listeners!Have you ever been told or ever realized that you look a lot like a particular person? Have you ever did the research on the person that you are said to look a lot alike to see what type of person he or she is? I mean, think about it, do you ever think that your look alike, especially someone you are unfamiliar with, is a bad person who has a lot of enemies? The reality of the matter is that a look alike bad person with a...
2025-12-2419 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!A Plan for the EndSend a textGood evening Listeners!This episode has great meaning to me because it centers around the loss of life of a child who was someone's son, brother, nephew, cousin, godson and best friend The individual intentionally planned an early exit from Earth because of a world in which he was constantly bullied, belittled and frowned upon almost daily because he was considered too nerdy and he was much shorter and smaller than normal kids his age! On another note, I also want everyone to understand that the life of a child t...
2025-12-1723 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Adult Playdate for a Day ChallengeSend a textGood evening Listeners!In this episode, I offer a challenge to you to plan an Adult Playdate for a Day with a friend that you know lives paycheck to paycheck or perhaps lives on a very tight budget, you know that person who could use a day away from the stresses like family, finances and medical matters. The goal here is to choose a friend that lives within a reasonable distance from you that you typically do not hang out with, and maybe you are not even that close, but y...
2025-12-1019 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Tolsen Family Decision & The Evac MandateSend a textEvening Listeners!Always pay close attention to the news media when imminent, life-threatening crises arise such as severe weather is on the horizon as I’m sure you do as well. Unfortunately, we still have families and individuals out there who disregard evacuation mandates, so I ask myself, well, how can it be called a mandate to evacuate for a particular area, but people are still allowed to stay. I understand there are those who would rather ride it out to protect what they have and take care of themselves no matter th...
2025-12-0322 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Preparing for Inclement WeatherSend a textGood evening Listeners!As we go roll into the Winter Season, are we truly prepared for inclement weather that is so severe that it becomes life-threatening to you and your families? Is there a strong possibility the area in which you currently live is susceptible to a major weather crisis that could leave you and your family stranded for a period of time before Emergency Services aid can get to you? Have you taken the time to look at your area and devise a plan that gives you the best chance to...
2025-11-2616 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Butler Family Tragedy - The Daylight AbductionSend a textGood evening Listeners!This episode gives you a look into the Butler Family, which consists of 35-year-old Dad, 33-year-old Mom, 10-year-old Son #1, 8-year-old Son #2 and 6-year-old Daughter. They live in a small single-story, 3-bedroom, 2-bath home just outside the projects on the South Side of Chicago. The area is not the best one to live in, and the family lives with the reality of shots fired and sirens going off on a daily basis, but the Butlers make it work by following a strict daily plan Dad and Mom have put into...
2025-11-1922 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Hart Family Tragedy - Abducted in DarknessSend a textGood evening Listeners!I want you to think carefully about your families and how easy it is to go from a life filled with love and joy to a life filled with a loved one gone forever, especially a child! Parents, if you have a child or loved one that comes home from work, school or other events after dark, communicate with that individual to ensure you are notified as to what time they will be home! I know the person is most likely of age but know that an abduction when...
2025-11-1225 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Adult Travel Group ExerciseSend a textGood evening All!Let me ask you some important questions… 1. Are you the type of person who knows when you are being followed or watched? 2. Are you the type of person who does not even realize when you are being followed or watched? 3. Are you the type of person who believes that you are rarely, if ever being followed or watched? Or 4. Are you the type of person who always feels like you are being followed or watched? I ask these questions I know you may not realize it, but we a...
2025-11-0516 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Harper Family Trespasser TragedySend a textHello All!Please do me a great favor and take a moment and think about your homes…Your families…You know those key things such as where you live and how you live daily. Are you in a private community or a community that is open to drive directly into and out of? Is the community safe? Are the people in your community good people? Do you have specific worries because of where the community that you live in is located?Take a listen to the story regarding the Harper Fami...
2025-10-2925 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Bonus Episode: The Giveaway Challenge PlanSend a textHello Listeners!The Giveaway Challenge Plan is about us coming together as a society of good people and giving some of what we have to those who are in dire need. The challenge for you and I is to go into our closets and shoe chests and pull out quality clothing and shoe items that we are willing to part ways with. With Winter already upon us, I'd like to believe that we are people who will go out of our way to give to others to keep them from f...
2025-10-2923 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Kennedy Family Blackout CrisisSend a textHello All!Have you ever encountered the likes of a major Blackout in your city because of a violent storm…I’m talking about the entire city? I’m talking about a Blackout in which you learned that it would be a lengthy period before Emergency Services personnel could respond to your area of the city. Did you have the necessary communications setup, equipment, supplies, first aid, food and water to easily sustain you and your family through the blackout? Were you and your family prepared to function as a complete unit or wer...
2025-10-2223 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!African American Men & The Cycle of HateSend a textThe podcast topic, "African American Men & The Cycle of Hate," stems from me personally taking the time to watch the movie, "South Central," a crime-based film written and directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson, released on September 18, 1992.The movie sheds light on African American men and our "Cycle of Hate" towards the world because so many of us grew/grow up in the projects, the hood or very impoverished areas. Our communities are much more prone to violence because it is a daily fight for survival because of where we live/lived and...
2025-10-1523 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The House Fire Recap & Listeners ChallengeSend a textThis episode provides a recap to my previous episode, The House is on Fire Part II, and the ultimate outcome to Dad's dire plan to save his two young sons from a deadly house fire and Mom's ultimate plan to ensure, not only her and the children, but also the community and her other family and friends learned the knowledge, importance and understanding of implementing and properly executing a House Fire & Equipment Safety Prevention Plan to combat the possibility of a deadly house fire. The episode also has a two-part challenge, with P...
2025-10-0816 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The House is on Fire Part IISend a textThis episode is fiction but tells the story of the well-known Bennett family, a dad, mom and 3 young children, who encounter an unsuspecting house fire in the wee hours of the morning while sound asleep. A small electrical fire starts in the kid's upstairs bathroom and intensely grows steadily from there. In the case of dad, he gets mom and daughter to safety first, but is now left with the dire decision regarding how too get to his 2 young sons with the fire blazing between him and them. He calculates an insane plan, and...
2025-10-0120 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The House is on Fire Part ISend a textThis episode is fiction but tells the story of the well-known Bennett family, a dad, mom and 3 young children, who encounter an unsuspecting house fire in the wee hours of the morning while sound asleep and how not having an actual Fire Safety Prevention "Plan" possibly puts them in grave danger. Dad and Mom's bedroom is on the first floor of their two-story home whereas the kids' bedrooms are located on the second floor of the home. A small electrical fire starts in the kid's upstairs bathroom. Once the family is aware of the...
2025-09-2425 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Parent-Teach PerspectiveSend a textThis episode takes us into the family home and opens the door to parents taking the opportunity to teach children from the ages of 10-17 years old how to write an actual plan. This is what I have nicknamed, "Parent-Teach." In this case, it is a perspective in which the child will be fully briefed by the parent on a particular upcoming family event and be required to implement a plan via a checklist exercise. The exercise will have a completion deadline and will also be reviewed and graded by the parent. Upon grade...
2025-09-1721 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Fail to Plan - Plan to FailSend a textThis episode takes the plan into the homes of our families and gives everyone real-time perspective on why my belief is that we are far too comfortable and why we continually take so much for granted today. Simply put, when something does not have a direct impact on us or our surroundings then we tend to go about our day without the least bit of panic or worry. We just know that because things look good, then it must be all good and that is what scares me America! So, what is your plan...
2025-09-1022 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!Mass Shootings in American SchoolsSend a textThis episode leans into Mass Shootings in America that specifically target our school children. It depicts the latest shooting at a Catholic School in Minneapolis, MN on the morning of 27 August 2025. A destructive 23-year-old barricaded the doors to where kids were in prayer at the Annunciation Church and opened fire, killing an 8-year-old and 10-year-old while also injuring 14 other children and 3 adults. I did not include any names in this episode out of respect for the victims and their families. The Shooter apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I did, however, provide specific...
2025-09-0318 minYour Better Plan On It Podcast!The Daily PlanSend a textThis episode focuses on the people in America today and our inability to implement and execute the daily "plan" in a fully competent manner. In far too many cases, the plan now consists of a verbal and authoritative manner vice one that is written and disseminated accordingly because it takes much less time to distribute. This perspective too often leads to a negative vice positive outcome. Sure a plan that is verbal and authoritative can work well. However, it easily can be looked as divisive, thus forcing others to be rebellious which c...
2025-08-2724 min