Join Angie Austin and Dr. Cheryl Lentz on The Good News as they delve into the world of powerful quotes and influential leaders. Discover insights from the exclusive Secret Knock conference, where Dr. Cheryl shares firsthand experiences with movers and shakers shaping our world. Learn about the importance of gratitude, leadership, and finding purpose beyond professional achievements, as illustrated by inspiring stories such as that of NFL kicker Nick Lowry.
Welcome to The Good News with Angie Austin. Now, with The Good News, here’s Angie.
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Hello there, friend, Angie Austin and Dr. Cheryl Lentz with The Good News. Hello, Dr. Cheryl Lentz.
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Hello, hello, hello, Angie. How are things?
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I’m great. I’m excited because we’re talking today about the most powerful quotes in the world for leaders and speakers. And is this someone you know, Ken Roshan, Jr.? ?
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I have met him at the San Diego conference that I just went to a couple of weeks ago. And this is where we have a wonderful suite of authors that come and we get to pick up all of their books and get to meet them in pictures and everything. And this one is such a cute little book. It is something you can hold in the power of your hand. It’s like a little four by six book. It’s not a big, you know, it’s not one of the real ones. And it’s one of those that it’s pocket size. And I am just absolutely pleased with looking at, you know, all those quotes you think you can’t remember at a moment’s notice. Well, now you have it, you can keep it in your purse and the rest of it. And some of these are absolutely amazing that we have heard, you know, the Zig Ziglar one, you know, you can’t help but. Someone else until you help or you will help yourself by helping someone else first, right? You know, the Gandhi, be the change you want to be in the world. John Wooden quotes, John Paterno, Patton, Robert Kiyosaki. I mean, old and new, absolutely amazing.
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Let’s go through some that you like, and then we’ll talk about the conference too. And then I did read some of the reviews, and this is cute. It says – and I’m not great at memorizing things anymore, but this guy said – Al Granger said, first thing I do when I get up is wash my hands so I can grab my quote book and start memorizing things. Any and every quote in this book, love this experience in the morning and wouldn’t trade it for anything. I don’t know if I’m that eager to memorize things, but that’s kind of cool. And then in terms of this conference you go to every year, tell everyone about it again.
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This is called Secret Knock. I’ve been there, I think, 17 times now, almost one of the original folks that are in there. And the reason I go to this conference is because I get to meet the people who are making history, not talking about history. These are millionaires and billionaires, the smartest guy in the world with regard to his IQ. We’ve seen all kinds of premier scientists. business owners tech people and so as an academic professor i want to know what’s going on in the world not just reading research about it but the people are using that research and making things happen and it is just amazing it never disappoints that i meet the coolest people ever that is really cool i love that i love that idea of uh you’re getting together with influential people bright people is this how did you first get turned on to going to secret knock and do you have to get invited do you have to buy a ticket like how does this all work Yes and yes. It is an invite only. They have to vet you. It’s not just something you can sign up on the Internet or something. You have to come through someone else. And quite frankly, I’m trying to remember who my point of contact was because it was so many years ago. I honestly can’t remember. I just keep going back, and they have several variations. It’s in San Diego, so I typically only go once a year, but that’s the general session. Then there’s one secret knock just for women. They have some secret knock specialized cruises if you want to go to and to sail the seven seas and have some of these influential. So it’s amazing, but what I like about it is that it’s family-oriented. And it’s family in the sense that there’s no selling at this event. There has never been selling at this event. It’s always giving it away. People are from states, so it’s not like you go to a conference and say, okay, you know, the first five people who run to the back of the room and give you your credit card. Uh-uh. There’s nothing other than the initial entrance fee, and that’s just, you know, to cover the venue and to cover any of the other stuff that goes on with some, because they sometimes will hire talent. Oh, we had an event. What’s the guy that just, that died, the rocker? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy Osbourne, yes. We had, I swear, if you didn’t know, you would have thought it was him. I mean, and they will bring these impersonators. Last year we had Top Gun, you know, like a doppelganger for, you know, Maverick. And depending on what character, I’ve had my picture taken with Spock. And they’re spitting images. So there’s a lot of entertainment that comes with it. But a lot of this is value and freedom. It’s almost different than one I hear in the news because you’re talking about folks, for example, everybody has talked about in their brother about people getting fired and laid off from AI. And there were five people on a panel discussion. Two were billionaires, three were millionaires. And they said they are now being asked to consult because many of these people laid off too many people prematurely because they really don’t understand AI. And now their companies are struggling with productivity because they’re not doing the right things in the right order. And the big dogs are telling you. I had lunch with some of these guys, right? You can just sit down and pick their brain between sessions. And I think that’s very valuable than trying to read it in a book or hear fake news or interpretations of news. I’m talking to the horse. And actually getting to meet them, look them in the eye, hear their stuff, hear real examples, and watch what the movers and shakers are doing in the room. I just had a meeting with one of the people I met at Secret Knock, former military, and I’m going to be hopefully working with them because they like my ability as an educator to be able to, I know how to teach. They have things that need to be taught. Now we’re probably going to collaborate because we can combine our talents for a most effective outcome.
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That’s so wild. And I’ll bet every year just so interesting.
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Well, because it’s never the same people. Well, I shouldn’t say it’s never. There are a lot of repeats. For example, this is where I find a lot of the people have written forward to my books. I mean, imagine hanging around with Brian Smith if you wear UGG boots. He’s the founder. Imagine to look at Booking.com or Priceline.com. That’s Josh Hoffman. I’ve had lunch with him. And it’s not to brag. It’s just that’s why these people come to this specific conference because they want to look at those who are willing to invest their time and money from those in the know. And they’re not charging us anything by coming to this conference so that we can learn from them. And they do have their own respected program. So if you want to study with Sharon Lecter, if you want to study with them, there are mentorship programs available for a fee. But that’s not the premise of the conference. I mean, the guy that I just talked to and that we just happened to connect, as a matter of fact, I was dancing with his wife at the soiree. It was really kind of funny. And she was in the car and we’re sitting here talking about certain things. And that’s the idea of what was that song by Hamilton, Being in the Room Where It Happened? It’s just being in the room with the right people at the right time to be able to expand change for good and to know that you have help to do it. It’s just amazing. I’m not sure that I would ever have had access to people like this at this level who are just normal folks who put their pants on one leg at a time and have some great ideas and capitalized on them.
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Oh, and tell everyone the kicker, before we get into some of these quotes, the kicker that you met for the Chiefs and his book, and then maybe a tidbit out of there that really stood out to you because you weren’t done with it last time I talked to you.
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Exactly, and I just finished it. Nick Lowry is the all-time best place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, and he wrote a book. And it was funny because he was looking in the last chapter, I think the best parts of the book of the last section, that says, well, what do I do with all of this? And everybody will think that the pinnacle of his career was being in the NFL, and it wasn’t. It was being in the NFL to have the notoriety to use his platform for the various foundational things that he does. He has a radio show called Kick with Nick for Cerebral Palsy, that he will use his talents and his platforms to raise money. And he will tell you that that’s The most rewarding work of his life that the NFL allowed him to have the privilege in his career, but that’s not where it ended. That’s where it started. And to see the magic that man has used as a result of his notoriety and his fame and his fortune that he has given back in such amazing ways, it gave me goosebumps.
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Yeah, it’s naked and alone with 80,000 people from 11 rejections to Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame and most accurate kicker in NFL history. And on his website, it says champions for the homeless. So he a lot of people don’t know what to do after their career or they’re depressed after, you know, being famous in the NFL and He is basically telling you that the doors the NFL opened for him have given him the most fulfilling life that he wouldn’t have had without the NFL, but allow him to get involved in his ministry and his work to help others.
SPEAKER 04 :
Absolutely. And I think that’s the ultimate good news is to figure out why are we here. And you know that most athletes have a short stint in whatever professional sport that they’re in that maybe five years, maybe 10, maybe some would be lucky enough to do 20, but there’s going to be a life after sports. And he was able to find that and find it so rewarding to still be part of that and be a hero, but to show how failure, and he had lots of them, it was just heartbreaking sometimes. But the lesson is he kept going until he got the yes, until those 11 rejections turned into something. And how many of us would give up at one or two? And he just kept going until, and one of his quotes he had in the book was, you’ll never know unless, you’ll always wonder, that’s what it was, you’ll always wonder if. And that’s what kept him going from one of his mentors going, but if I don’t try one more time, I’ll always wonder what would have happened if. And sometimes all of those rejections set you up for failure for the opportunity that the 12th time was the charm and got him what he needed to do.
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I love it. And I love the idea of finding purpose beyond professional achievement, which is you know, seems to be very difficult when you’ve had a career that gave you fame. We hear about all these kids that were like famous as, you know, young people, child stars, and then don’t know quite what to do later on in life. But if they can, you know, harness that fame in some way and notoriety or influence or whatever to do good, that might lead them down a better path. And some of them end up going down because they feel so desperate or worthless without their fame per se when you really can find other things that might end up being more fulfilling helping others that’s what Jim always says Jim Stovall if you are feeling low there’s nothing better to make you feel good again than help you know reaching out and helping someone else absolutely and I think that’s part of it a lot of people mistake Dr. C as that I’m like no Dr. C is not who I am Dr. C is what I do don’t confuse the two
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And this is the part that you’re looking at. Well, what is your purpose? Well, I teach others and I help them recover from failure. And I speak all over the world on failure. And I think that was why this book found me, because we learn more from our failures than we do from our successes. And everybody has a comeback story. And it seems that the more you have to come back from and the more failures you’ve had, the stronger and more resilient you become. And I think that’s a fascinating story and lesson for all of us.
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I love that. All right, so let’s talk about some of these quotes from the other book that you got at the Secret Knock, this big conference in San Diego of movers and shakers. And again, it’s called The Most Powerful Quotes in the World for Speakers and Leaders, and it’s a pocket-sized book. What are some of the ones that stood out to you?
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Well, I am a big fan of Ralph Waldo Emerson. I’m going to read you the quote, and he has this organized by sections, and this section is on gratitude. It says, cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. And that is a message that Nick will say as well. And I know many of us will say, you want me to be grateful for this really bad thing that happened to you? He says, that is a matter of opinion and context. because you couldn’t have gotten to the good stuff had you not gone through the bad stuff. And I think that’s a lesson that I love, Emerson, and that’s, you know, hundreds of years ago. And it’s right next to John F. Kennedy. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them. Oh, that gives me chills when you’re looking at, because that’s what people want to know is they want to know do you walk the walk and do you talk the talk or is it just do as I say, not as I do, right? Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I like that.
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And there’s another one. Anthony J. D’Angelo. Smile is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart. Isn’t that beautiful? Oh, that’s so good.
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Because, you know, when you’re walking around sometimes, you know, there’s these people that will just smile at you. And a lot of people stop smiling because, well, other people weren’t smiling or whatever. Nobody smiled back. But there’s some people that they just keep on smiling at people. And it just is wild to me how… They never get discouraged. They never give up on the smiling. They never get frowned at enough that they’re like, well, I’m not smiling at random people anymore. I just really admire those super friendly people that nothing dims their light.
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I love it. It says, I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile said by none other than Goldie Hawn. How cool is that? She’s one of my favorites. She’s great. And it’s not that they haven’t gone through hard times. It’s just how they choose to show up when those hard times are there. And I think that is just amazing. Here’s something on love from Mother Teresa of all people. Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love. Isn’t that just beautiful? And that’s what I think a lot of times I try to tell my students, don’t try and boil the ocean single-handedly. Don’t try to solve world hunger by yourself. Just make a sandwich. Just take care of your corner of the world. And can you imagine a world we would live in if people would just do a little bit in their world and how much better the bigger world would end up?
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Yeah, I like that.
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Oh, here’s a good one by Robert Kiyosaki. We all know that guy, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, right? It’s under the category of mistakes. In school, we learn that mistakes are bad and we are punished for making them. Yet if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down, and if we never fell down, we would never walk. How cool is that?
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All right, Dr. Cheryl Lentz, we had to end so abruptly. I couldn’t believe we ran out of time. So I just sometimes I look up and it’s like, whoa, we’re out of time. All right. So I kept you over for a few more minutes before my guest joins us. Go read the rich dad, poor dad quote again. Let’s go over that one.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, I’ve got to go back. I already moved down to the next one. It’s under mistakes. It says in school, we learn that mistakes are bad and we are punished for making them. Yet if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. And if we never fell down, we would never learn to walk.
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Oh, isn’t that the truth? That’s good.
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I got an even better one by Tom Hanks. This is really good. It’s under the idea of optimism. Truth is, I’ll never know all there is to know about you, just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully, so we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism, and a great deal of candor. Tom Hanks. Oh, I like that.
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He was what? He was absolutely amazing. Oh, you met him. It was at the secret knock or somewhere else.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, he was, uh, I used to work at the Ritz Carlton when I was right out of college and he and his son stayed with us. And I sent him to Wrigley field. I sent him to an Italian restaurant and he came down, making his own reservations. And he was just the nicest guy. It just made you experience them that even 20 years later, I’m still bristling because I can still see him. Oh my gosh. It was magic.
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Oh, um,
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One of my favorite guys for quotes is a mentor of Jim Stovall’s, who’s a mentor of mine and very much admired by you and me, obviously. And he and John Wooden got to talk once a week for about the last five, six, seven years of John’s life. He passed away, John Wooden, right before his 100th birthday. And that guy, like every time he opens his mouth, it seemed his mouth. It seemed like he had some amazing quote.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, John Wooden is an amazing opportunity. He’s got a few quotes in there. I’d have to be able to page through the book quickly to find them, but he’s been in here as well. Right now I’m under the purpose section, and there’s one by John Maxwell. It’s people who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life. Isn’t that amazing? I mean, nobody died ever wishing they’d work more, but everybody always talks about that their overall purpose wasn’t in the work. It was in knowing what brought you joy and what brought others joy, and I think that’s just magical.
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You know, I’ve been trying to be a little more purposeful because it’s easy for like our days to get away from us. And when you have a day where you get a lot of things done that are valuable use of your time, it just feels so much better. And when you get your life more organized, you know, and, you know, you never go through a day where you’ve accomplished a lot of things and worked really hard. We were like, oh, I wish I wouldn’t have done that.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, I think with the quote, we don’t regret what we did. We regret what we didn’t do. And I think that is absolutely telling for us to look at spend your, invest your time wisely because you only get one go around this. And I don’t want to have regrets. I may not always do things well. I may not always do them right the first time or even the second time. But the good news is I’m still in the fight. And that’s what I think the purpose is.
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I think people like you and Jim Stovall, I’m really impressed by because you I’m not a – of all people, I heard Kris Jenner recently talking about this, how she gets up at 4.30 in the morning and she has a trainer or she gets on the treadmill and she gets so much done that she feels like she’s stealing hours from the day or that she knows a secret no one else knows. And regardless of what you think of her, she is a manager, and she’s got many daughters that have become multimillionaires, and she’s managed a lot of their careers. So regardless of what you think of the family, they’ve gotten some pretty good deals and sponsorships, et cetera. And she gets up early and she gets right to work. And you also get up early and get right to work. And so does Jim Stovall. And I’m not an early riser like you guys. So a lot of times you’ll be done with a third of your day by the time you and I have our interview. And I’m like, oh, I just had my coffee. I just got up.
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Right, but I start my day in contemplation. I start my day in meditation. I start my day in gratitude. It may not always take as long as I would like it to, depending on the day, but I try to be able to set that, because when you set your mind right, then the rest of the day tends to follow, but I notice some days if I don’t make time for that mindset, that gratitude, that that contemplation, that spiritualness, the time with God, if you want to call it that, that the rest of my day just doesn’t go as well as it might. So it’s a lesson for us.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Yeah, I love that. I love that about you guys. I’m really in admiration of you for doing that. Another thing, this is just an odd little segue here as we’ve been talking about this book that Cheryl read and meets these great authors at the Secret Knock in San Diego’s powerful speaker venue. So we just talked about the most powerful quotes in the world for speakers and leaders. I wanted to mention to you, you being a professor, my son just wrote a paper on repurposing things and how his business works and So this is kind of a new trend. I mean, we’ve always gone to goodwill or this, that and the other reuse things. Right. And that, of course, saves water and saves resources in our in our world by repurposing things. Well, I remember the first time we were in Chicago with my father in law near there. That’s where Riley goes to when he visits. He goes to the bins. And last time he found a grateful dead collection of T-shirts. And some guy right then and there said, hey, I’ll give you fourteen hundred bucks for those T-shirts. And Riley sold them because it was a reseller. So he just was at goodwill and made $1,400 that day in addition to all the stuff that he shipped home that he found. Okay, so with that said, he wrote this whole paper on how he – that his business – Now, it just makes them money but also saves – helps to save the environment and to lead to less destruction of Mother Earth. And so I have been – because we have rental homes now, we like to furnish them really nicely for these college kids so they’re not living in a dump. And pretty inexpensively, you can make a place look fairly nice, whereas a lot of these kids will just bring in – You know, get some ugly table and then they’ll have a mismatched chair and then they’ll have an ugly side table and then they’ll, you know, maybe have like, you know, a plastic chair, you know, that you would get, you know, at the dollar store. You know what I mean? Like it’s just a hodgepodge. So anyway, I have been on the search for used really nice furniture. And I’m just astounded at how much in our world would just go into the dump if we didn’t take the make the effort to sell these things. And Riley says they have something called I think it’s called Christmas in July. or maybe it would be May or June. And it’s when everybody at school unloads everything from their house and leaves it at the curb. And he’s like, Mom, you would not believe the desks you can get in the desk chairs. And I’m really happy to report that our world is becoming more reusable or that we’re doing a lot more of the reuse, repurpose. And I buy a lot of my clothes now, Dr. Cheryl Lentz, from ThredUp or Poshmark. And now I’m reselling some of my clothes because I just can get nicer clothes that way because people that have really expensive taste will sell a $500 leather jacket for 50 bucks.
SPEAKER 04 :
Exactly. And isn’t that an amazing opportunity to be able to look at doing a variety of purposes and to still accomplish your goals, but not have to worry about it breaking the bank or breaking the planet? I think that’s amazing.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. And to get higher quality items. Riley got these chairs that are in his living room that are these leather, like, I don’t know, 70s or I don’t even know what they are. But at first when he showed them to me, I’m like, oh, they’re a little bit beat up. But I follow some of these people now on Instagram who fix these things up. And it’s just a coat of paint using a power washer on a sofa. It’s astounding to me how much we can keep from throwing out in the world if we put a little elbow grease into it. And it’s kind of fun. And now it’s obviously my son’s business. And we’re now buying rental properties. And he’s a half owner with us. So he’s got a successful business. But The fact that it’s doing something positive in addition to just making money and the furniture thing to me is just, I don’t know, I love it. I don’t even know that much about furniture, but I know some of the good brands and I’m just astounded at how someone will get rid of something that just needs a power washing.
SPEAKER 04 :
I understand that we just don’t want to put forth the effort. And for those who do, and isn’t that just the, I’ve heard Don Stovall say this before, is the fact you do what others who are not willing to, and you will succeed by filling that gap. And I think it is so true because of some who just cannot see beyond that. And those who can have a vision and can do amazing things because they can see what’s already there. Isn’t that magical?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, Cheryl, I love having you on. You’re my friend after all of these years of us doing interviews. DrCherylLentz.com if you want to find Cheryl and reach out to her. Just a real blessing to have you on the program. Now, Katie is here. Well, Summer is also officially here, and you’re looking for some great gadgets, I’ll bet, for the summer. Emmy award-winning tech expert Katie Linendoll is here with some of the coolest gadgets available. of the season? Or let’s start with some must haves. You know, it’s getting warmer and I don’t know about you, but I attract the bug bites. Do you have a gadget for that? I understand you do.
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Oh my goodness, you and my mom. She is like, and nobody loves, mosquitoes love her more than anybody that I know. Yes, I got an awesome gadget for you. I didn’t chance to partner with such dynamic brands. And this is a brand called Heat It. And I found it at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest tech show years ago. And imagine this tiny little gadget that you put onto your key ring. It is only 0.1 ounces. And here’s how it works. If you get bit, like my mom or like you, and you’re itchy, you plug the Heat It right into your phone, pull it right off your key ring, tap the app, and in seconds, it helps relieve the itchy bug bites using heat. No creams, no chemicals. And what’s incredible about it is it has treated over 75 million bites. Since 2020, over 1.5 million users in 15 plus countries. And I got to tell you, my mom is the toughest cookie because I always have her testing my gadgets and she’s like, she’s hard. She’s hard to run through. She has been using Heat It for years. It worked in a matter of seconds. And as you can see, 75 million bites since 2020 have been treated. just from heat and a little tiny gadget on your teetering.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, who would have even thought of that? That’s a great idea. All right. The next one is about kids and a little more independence and maybe some peace of mind for parents.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes, I have a lot of parents asking me, you know, they’re not ready to give their kids a smartphone and rightfully so. But kids want to stay connected and the parents also want to stay connected. So what is the in-between? So Garmin came out with Bounce and they’re on their second iteration. It’s Bounce 2 and it’s a kid’s smartwatch and it’s built primarily for parents who want to stay connected without handing over a smartphone just yet. And what I love about it is bright, cool, trendy, colorful. Kids want to wear it. It’s an awesome watch, but it also has a two-way calling, texting, real-time location tracking. So parents can stay connected, but they can also easily manage approved contacts through the app. So they know who is connecting with them. It’s Garmin. They’ve done it in Garmin style. There is built-in apps as well for tracking running and biking and swimming and kind of gamifying the kids to get out there and to get that exercise in. And when they go back to school, there’s a do not disturb mode. You can shut off the hours that the smartwatch is receiving notifications. But ultimately, at the end of the day, it’s just so good for families who want that safety and communication without handing over a smartphone with full-on social media just yet.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, and besides tracking the kids, I use my smartwatch for staying active. And you say you have a new option for us?
SPEAKER 03 :
new great option for the adults too. The Garmin 4Runner has been the bar in the running world. And I’ve been a long time distance runner. And it’s not just me, it’s all levels of runners. The London Marathon winner, the Boston Marathon winner, they were all wearing a Garmin 4Runner. But the particular unit that they just came out with, hot off the press, it’s the 4Runner 70. And it is designed to make it easy for beginners. And the running world or the fitness world to kickstart their fitness journey. And it’s easy to use, and it’s got all the stats you need, GPS, pace, distance, heart rate, and time. But plus, you can kind of take it as far as you want. There are workouts beyond just the running. You can do 24-7 health tracking, sleep and recovery insights, and you can also get daily workouts that are tailored just for you. So it’s amazing that you can now have… So that’s the Garmin Forerunner 70.
SPEAKER 06 :
Excellent. All right. And what about kids? Something fun for them as well?
SPEAKER 03 :
something fun for the kids, especially as we head into the summer months. I know parents always wondering how can they stay kids brains getting sharp and active and a company that I love is names and cosmos. I’ve been featuring them for, I feel like over 10 years because they make awesome STEM builds and things that are focused on science and technology, but are actually really fun for the child. And they just came out with a V8 race car and it’s great for kids, but it’s also probably good for the adults too. Adults are going to want to 33 pieces. So it’s going to take them a bit, which is great, but it’s complete with a four speed transmission, real suspension V8 engine. You’re actually building this race car while seeing the vehicle come to life real time. You see the pistons and the crankshaft move and you see the inner workings of how a car operates. So it’s part mechanical engineering class, part race car and a great STEM build for kids 10 and up and under 40 bucks, which I love.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, that’s cool. All right, Katie, where do we go for more info?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, more info, you can head on over to my gift site. It’s katie.gifts. Finally put together a site that’s hundreds of curated gift options for grads, dads, kids, summer, fun, and so much more. katie.gifts.
SPEAKER 06 :
Awesome. Thank you, Katie.
SPEAKER 03 :
Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Feel better.
SPEAKER 01 :
Thank you for listening to The Good News with Angie Austin on AM670 KLTT.
