Get involved with the show and community. Send your e-mail to [email protected].

Check us out at www.lifearoundthepit.com.

For now, I would ask that you go out to get signed up for the Pit Room waitlist. I believe what we will be offering for our community is going to be great and will be valuable stuff for you. You can learn more and sign up for the waitlist at www.lifearoundthepit.com/community.

Also, be watching for more information about a seasoning and sauce pack giveaway drawing that I will be doing very, very soon.. I will be posting more about that on the website and social media but in order to be put in for the drawing you have to be subscribed to our email list. So if you haven't done that yet, you need to. So you can head out to the website www.lifearoundthepit.com and scroll to the bottom and there is a place to sign up for the email list. Do that today so you can make sure you are in the drawing for the seasoning and sauce giveaway I'll be doing soon.

BBQ brings us to the table. BBQ is a place where we can have different backgrounds and different stories, but it brings a connection, acceptance, understanding and community. It gives us all a seat at the table.

Tip of the Week

This week's tip of the week is: DON'T JUST ASSUME…BE WILLING TO LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE'S STORIES! Before you just jump in and put your two cents in, or before you decide what you think about them or form your opinion on how they should be handling something, stop. Stop and take note of what they are saying. Take note of what they are dealing with. You might be surprised and you might be able to encourage them. Or, you might be able to have just a little more patience and compassion with that person after hearing their story. Or you might find their story is similar to yours and you can definitely relate. Steven Covey, the author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" said this about listening. He said "most people do not listen with the intent to understand, they listen with the intent to reply." The key words there are "do not listen with the intent to understand."

Be willing to listen to other people's stories. 

Call-To-Action:

And as always, I want to make sure I end each episode with a call to action so that you can be thinking AND taking action over the course of the next week. This week, I would like for you to share your story with someone by:

1. You can send me a short snippet of your story. I would love for you to do a quick video or audio clip of your story (and that can story can be about your life or about a career shift and why, etc.) Or you can ask me a question about my story. You can email that video or audio clip to [email protected] and put "my story" in the subject line.

2. OR, you can set up time for coffee or a drink with a friend or colleague this week and tell them your story and then ask them to share their story. Doesn't have to be all cheesy and weird, but just somehow get your story out there to them. Make it funny if you want. Just get it out there. 

Don't forget to sign-up on our website for the email list to be entered into the drawing for the seasoning and sauce pack I will be giving away soon.  www.lifearoundthepit.com and scroll to the bottom to the email group signup.

And continue to listen to the show. You can listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart, Spotify and any of the other places you listen to podcasts. We are also on all the socials as well.

Remember: BBQ is known for being low and slow cooking that produces a fantastic reward. Life as a pitmaster is the same. You have to put in the low and slow efforts to produce the fantastic reward: a legacy of impact! Until next time: season some meat, start a fire, and make an impact!