Patrick Francey, the everyday millionaire, and Prof Bruce podcast
Mr Francey interviews Bruce M Firestone on Patrick’s everyday millionaire podcast: https://theeverydaymillionaire.ca/episode82-bruce-firestone-making-impossible-possible/
-how to find your why
-if you want to change your life, you have to act
-how to restart your life at any age
-how to really provide yourself and your family for 3-generations
-the story of Roy and Tammy, owners of 48-doors developed after being laid off from their jobs on the same day just 3-years earlier
-don’t invest in roller disco rinks!
-self-capitalization and bootstrapping
-why team sports is important
-why the NHL should have a WNHL like what the NBA has done with the WNBA
-the role of trust in life and business
-make sure you have great people on the bus with you in your journey
-how to win an NHL franchise and pay for it...
-and much more
Episode #82 – Bruce Firestone – Making Impossible Possible
“You’ve got to act if you want to change your life; when you find your why, to everything else say no; you should only have people in your life that verify – don’t have people in your life that you don’t like and don’t trust; and if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.” – Bruce Firestone
Bruce M Firestone is best known as an entrepreneur and founder of NHL hockey team, the Ottawa Senators, their home arena, Canadian Tire Centre, and the Ottawa Senators Foundation which is a children’s charity.
Bruce is also an author, professor, coach, consultant, mentor, real estate broker (with Century 21 Explorer Realty Inc), Ottawa Business Journal columnist, novelist and urban guru.
Prof Bruce is an effective keynote speaker for organizations with a positive focus on creating opportunities for their stakeholder group. He also advises counties, towns and cities as well as economic development agencies on how to develop effective and impactful communities based on the principal that nothing is sustainable unless it is also economically sustainable.
Bruce has his PhD in urban economics from the Australian National University in Canberra and his Master of Engineering-Science from the University of New South Wales in Sydney as his civil engineering degree from McGill University in Montreal. His twin mottos are: MAKING IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE and FEHAJ: FOR EVERY HOME A JOB
FOR REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS COACHING THAT’LL HELP YOU PROVIDE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY FOR 3-GENERATIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Bruce M Firestone, B Eng (civil), M Eng-Sci, PhD
Real Estate Investment and Business coach
Century 21 Explorer Realty Inc broker
Ottawa Senators founder
1-613-762-8884
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twitter.com/ProfBruce
profbruce.tumblr.com/archive
brucemfirestone.com
• MAKING IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE
• FREEDOM VIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AND PB4L, PERSONAL BUSINESS FOR LIFE
• FEHAJ, FOR EVERY HOME A JOB
• MAKE YOUR HOME WORK FOR YOU, INSTEAD OF YOU WORKING FOR IT
• HIGHER ROI NOT JUST FOR OWNERS AND INVESTORS, BUT FOR TENANTS, GUESTS, VISITORS, NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT TOO
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[02:08] Patrick introduces his next guest Bruce Firestone.
[05:12] Bruce and Patrick get rollin’ with a conversation about the Freedom 95 Plan.
[06:58] With an extremely diverse background, Bruce talks about what he is currently up to, and why he decided to pursue it.
[10:56] Finding his “why” and his purpose has not only been hugely impactful for Bruce but also for his clients. He tells a story which illustrates this beautifully.
[16:19] With a bucketload of education under his belt including his PhD, Bruce describes how he got tuned into entrepreneurship from Sydney, Australia over to Ottawa, Ontario with a few roller disco rinks, his instincts and a splash of courage.
[22:15] The power of coaching within all pursuits.
[26:15] Bruce talks a bit about his rough childhood and hits home the point that our past need not determine our future.
[28:35] Bruce attributes his involvement in team sports to shaping his character and providing a foundation which he didn’t get from his home life. He passionately delves into the importance for all kids to get involved team sports, and rallies for more women’s leagues.
[32:37] Getting beat up with through-the-roof interest rates in office building development, Bruce explored two big ideas with two hockey buddies. One, get into the mini-storage business or two, buy 600 acres in Ottawa, build an arena and get an NHL expansion franchise. They opted for number two.
[36:01] Bruce describes the space he and his partners were in to make this grand vision a reality.
[37:20] Using his “Brucelets” for imagery, Bruce examines the difference between a person like him who thinks big, acts on it and does the deal and a person who talks about it, plays small or doesn’t do the deal. Believe in yourself.
[41:47] Bruce and Patrick riff more on trust. Surround yourself with the right people who provide support and in turn a mutual trust can flourish. Community, culture and environment – that’s the secret sauce.
[46:05] Getting back to the NHL Franchise, Bruce talks about the journey of ownership with the Ottawa Senators, game changing decisions, franchise bankruptcy and finding strength in adversity.
[51:02] As challenging as this time was for Bruce with creditor demands and a large family to support, he supported his mental space with physical activity and taking each day one step at a time. Don’t avoid the problem, meet it head on and have the tough conversations. With this approach, he avoided personal bankruptcy through negotiation with the bank and the tax agency.
[56:53] With a shorter runway at the age of 54, Bruce needed to look at different ways to build a portfolio than he may have done at 34. Through his coaching and brokering, Bruce’s company revolutionized the revenue side of the business with something they call Property Animation.
[60:34] Bruce provides a couple of examples of what property animation looks like.
[63:40] Business models, scales of success, and investment in the velocity of your goals.
[69:53] Bruce talks about his passion for writing and the great benefits he has enjoyed from adopting a regular yoga practice. Not the least of which was introducing it to the Ottawa Senators hockey team (they went to the playoffs that year… coincidence?).
[73:30] Hard-wired for an early morning rise, Bruce describes his routine both now and when he was a younger man.
[75:03] Getting to the true heart of a person’s desires through inquiry and deep listening, is the most important and effective way a coach can develop and support their client.
[78:04] Running with Rapid Fire! Current book he’s reading and how he would love to develop it into an urban development model; favourite inspirational quote; message at the pearly gates tied together with sage advice from an early mentor; room-desk-car; favourite movie; favourite tune and theme song; favourite swear word.
[85:30] Bruce’s gratitude and the value of life experience.
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2019 Supernova review featuring Shaun from Comics2Movies
Roll up, roll up, roll up, or if you are in Queensland and melting in this heat wash up instead. Wow, this week we have an awesome and exciting show full of fun and laughter for you to enjoy. We also have a special guest joining us to recap the fabulous Supanova Brisbane!!! That’s right folks, Supanova again (we need Kermit the Frog here running off waving his hands). We talk about some of the cool things we saw, some of the things that made us laugh, and why Buck seems to fear lycra, although to be fair it is a valid point.
We also announce the winner of the Nerdy Bag of holding competition. Congratulations to Jessica on winning our inaugural Supanova competition. We hope to have it again next year so, make sure you listen to get involved, also next year we will make entry available for our international listeners. Now I can give you no more spoilers or teasers on this week’s episode as there is just sooooo much to look forward to other then yes, Buck did argue with some people at Supanova.
Oh, we do have the games being played, the regular shout outs, remembrances, birthdays and special events for the week. We also wish to give a special thank you to some awesome people, the legends at Sons of Obiwan, the heroes at SuperTee, and the Rockstar Shaun at Comics2Movies, they all contributed gear to the Nerdy Bag of Holding. Thank you so much for helping to make this happen. Also a huge thank you to the all-powerful Podfather (All hail the Podfather) for helping us be at Supanova and the Baroness for all her hard work in organizing the event, also her patience when we were misbehaving like little boys with all the excitement.
Professor, Buck & DJ - Nerds Amalgamated Supernova review featuring Shaun from Comics2movies
Games currently playing
Buck
– Call of Duty : WW2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/476600/Call_of_Duty_WWII/
Prof
– Call of Duty : WW2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/476600/Call_of_Duty_WWII/
DJ
– DNP
Shaun
– Star War Jedi Fallen Order - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172380/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Fallen_Order/
Other topics discussed
Nerds Amalgamated episode 82 (Last time Shaun appeared)
- https://thatsnotcanon.com/topshelfnerdspodcast/episode82
Changes to Supanova 2020 Gold Coast
- https://www.supanova.com.au/events/gold-coast-2020/about/
Fanboy vs Zombies (comic book series)
- https://comicvine.gamespot.com/fanboys-vs-zombies/4050-47586/
John Travolta (American actor)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Travolta
Chris Hemsworth (Australian actor)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hemsworth
Daredevil (Netflix TV series)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(TV_series)
Kit Walker (also known as the 21st Phantom)
- https://ghostwhowalks.fandom.com/wiki/21st_Phantom
Deborah Ann Woll (American actress)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Ann_Woll
Sons of Obiwan photo with Deborah Ann Woll
- https://www.instagram.com/p/B4oubOyBHcr/
Adam Tuominen (Supanova Brisbane 2019 guest)
- https://www.supanova.com.au/guests/adam-tuominen/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Tuominen
Julie Benz (Supanova Brisbane 2019 guest)
- https://www.supanova.com.au/guests/julie-benz/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Benz
Supertee
- https://www.supertee.com.au/
Sons of Obiwan Saber Academy
- https://www.sonsofobiwan.com/
The Fandom Zone (formerly known as the Fortress)
- https://www.youtube.com/user/swayzo14
John Jarratt (Australian actor)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jarratt
Wolf Creek (2005 Australian horror thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Greg McLean)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_(film)
Wolf Creek (2016 Australian horrorweb television series)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_(TV_series)
What about Sal (Australian movie starring John Jarratt)
GoFundme page - https://au.gofundme.com/f/what-about-sal
TNC Podcasts
- Floof and Pupper podcast - https://thatsnotcanon.com/floofandpupperpodcast
- And Then They Fked - https://thatsnotcanon.com/attfpodcast
- Musicals Taught Me Everything I Know - https://thatsnotcanon.com/mtmeikpodcast
Brisbane Hackerspace (HSBNE inc)
- https://hsbne.org/
Other Supanova stalls
- Airbrush Tatts N Caps - https://airbrushtattsncaps.com/
- Shoot it First Jewellery - https://shootitfirstjewellery.square.site/
- ZQRacing - https://www.zqracing.com.au/
Kimberly Clark (author of Infernum)
- https://www.facebook.com/KimberleyClarkNovels/
Infernum (written by Kimberly Clark)
- https://www.amazon.com.au/Infernum-Kimberley-Clark-ebook/dp/B07767FSMF
Comics2movies
- http://www.comics2movies.com.au/
Drunk guys playing darts
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHkwINR5490
Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship (Book about the friendship between C.S. Lewis and Tolkien)
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1587680262/?tag=christtoday-20
Sir Christopher Lee (English actor)
- https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Sir_Christopher_Lee
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee
Shoutouts
Congratulations to Bag of Holding winner Jessica
9/11/2019 - Thanks to Sons of Obiwan, ComicstoMovies & Supertee for their contribution to the Bag of Holding
9/11/2019 - Thanks to the musicals podcast for the headphones
9/11/2019 - Thanks to the Podfather and Baroness for helping us at Supanova
11/11/2019 - QLD Bushfires - https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/severe-fire-conditions-expected-to-heat-up-today/live-coverage/a04e2dfd0e3a13a4aa8e3aeb482cf79e
Remembrances
11 Nov 1918 - George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier. He is traditionally recognized as the last soldier of the British Empire to be killed during the First World War. He was fatally shot in the left breast by a German sniper as he stepped out of the house into the street. He was pulled into one of the houses and treated by a young Belgian nurse who ran across the street to help, but died a minute later at 10:58 a.m., November 11, 1918. His death was just two minutes before the armistice came into effect at 11 a.m. He died at the age of 25 in Ville-sur-Haine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lawrence_Price
11 Nov 1918 - Henry Gunther, American soldier and likely the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. Gunther's squad approached a roadblock of two German machine guns in the village of Chaumont-devant-Damvillers near Meuse, in Lorraine. Gunther got up, against the orders of his close friend and now sergeant, Ernest Powell, and charged with his bayonet. The German soldiers, already aware of the Armistice that would take effect in one minute, tried to wave Gunther away. He kept going and fired "a shot or two". When he got too close to the machine guns, he was shot in a short burst of automatic fire and killed instantly. He was killed at 10:59 a.m., about one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m. He died at the age of 23.
11 Nov 1973 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method". He invented AIV silage which improved milk production and a method of preserving butter, the AIV salt, which led to increased Finnish butter exports. He died from pneumonia at the age of 78 in Helsinki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artturi_Ilmari_Virtanen
Famous Birthdays
11 Nov 1951 - Kim Peek, American savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the autistic savant character Raymond Babbitt in the movie Rain Man. Although Peek was previously diagnosed with autism, it is now thought that he instead had FG syndrome. He was born in Salt lake City, Utah - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Peek
11 Nov 1948 - Vincent Schiavelli, American character actor and food writer noted for his work on stage, screen and television, often described as "the man with the sad eyes." He was notable for his numerous supporting roles. He often linked his unique facial appearance and tall stature to Marfan syndrome. Schiavelli gained fame as a character actor. His best-known roles include Fredrickson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the Subway Ghost in Ghost, Organ Grinder in Batman Returns and Dr. Kaufman in Tomorrow Never Dies. Schiavelli also performed in a few video games, including Emperor: Battle for Dune as Harkonnen Mentat Yanich Kobal. He was born in Brooklyn, New York - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Schiavelli
11 Nov 1907 - Joseph Gilbert Hamilton, American professor of Medical Physics, Experimental Medicine, General Medicine, and Experimental Radiology as well as director of the Crocker Laboratory, part of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Hamilton studied the medical effects of exposure to radioactive isotopes, which included the use of unsuspecting human subjects. He was born in Waverley, Massachusetts - https://www.onthisday.com/people/joseph-gilbert-hamilton
Events of Interest
11 Nov 1675 - German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function. - http://scihi.org/leibniz-integral-calculus/
11 Nov 1930 – Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator. Its an absorption refrigerator which has no moving parts, operates at constant pressure, and requires only a heat source to operate. The three working fluids in this design are water, ammonia and butane. The Einstein refrigerator is a development of the original three-fluid patent by the Swedish inventors Baltzar von Platen and Carl Munters.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_refrigerator
- Patent - https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/53/e9/74/2cde176701fab8/US1781541.pdf
11 Nov 1954 - Publication of "Two Towers", 2nd volume of "Lord of the Rings", by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London. Tolkien wrote, "The Two Towers gets as near as possible to finding a title to cover the widely divergent Books 3 and 4; and can be left ambiguous." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Towers
11 Nov 1961 - Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovich expelled from USSR's communist party. As a result, and all lived mostly quiet lives from then on. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Party_Group
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