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Speech

Having now completed 12 interviews for the Jon of All Trades Podcast (and posted 9 of them), I have spent more time listening to the idiosyncrasies of people’s voices than ever before. Each interview is usually just shy of an hour, which then takes me about two to edit. That’s three hours of listening intently…

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Ep. 9: Zach Knaus – Campaigner, Social Media Expert, and Owner of 4Degre.es

Zach Knaus is founder of 4Degre.es, a full service online communications firm, delivering results with precision messaging, and also the founding sponsor of Jon of All Trades. Having spent more than 10 years working in campaigns, as Director of Communications for the Senate Majority in the Colorado State Capitol, and as an account manager at…

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Escape

This adorable little jerkface likes to make escape attempts whenever possible. Only once has he been successful, and only did he need a 2-minute window of opportunity to do so. My sister-in-law stayed with us once and opened the egress window in the guest room. Jax saw this, hopped up and out, and gave us…

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This Week’s Episode (4.28.14): Zach Knaus

This week’s guest is Zach Knaus, founder and president of 4Degre.es, a full service online communications firm. Zach has extensive experience working on campaigns, at the Colorado State Capitol, and now as the creator of his own business. He and Jon discuss some funny stories from Zach’s time in politics, and Zach provides insight into…

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Running

Truly, motivation is weird. Thanks to probably some dumb fucking Facebook ad, I saw the Insane Inflatable 5k coming to Denver. I ran the Warrior Dash (very slowly) a couple of years ago, which sort of dissuaded me from wanting to run ever again. But I liked all the obstacles. I wished there were courses…

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Ep. 8: Candace LeClaire – Professional Hairdresser and Stylist Extraordinaire

Candace LeClaire’s primary goal is to make you look like the best version of yourself. She is a hairdresser and style maven at The Parlour Denver, and has been personally styling Jon Eks since 2008. In this episode, Candace talks about all the ins and outs of being a professional stylist, which means serving as…

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A-Pregnont

Back before two years of infertility sucked much of the whimsy out of trying to conceive a child, one of the ways Kristin and I toyed with announcing our pregnancy was to show the commercial below and threaten to name our child “Ubaldo.” That obviously didn’t happen (although I still love that commercial), and instead…

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This Week’s Episode (4.21.14): Candace LeClaire

This week’s guest is Candace LeClaire, hairdresser and stylist extraordinaire at The Parlour Denver. Candace has been a professional hairdresser and stylist for 10 years, working not only on her regular slate of clients (including Jon Eks, whose fresh haircut you can see in the photo above), but on fashion shows, special events and tons…

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Ep. 7: Will Matthews – Personal Transformation and Professional Fulfillment Expert

Will Matthews is President and Founder of Matthews Performance Group,  and is an expert in the field of personal transformation and professional fulfillment. Will blends his successful twenty-five year career in management, sales, marketing and Organizational Change Management with his passion for helping people and organizations break through to the results that they really want….

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Taxman

A few days ago Kristin and I filed our taxes like the good, upstanding citizens we are. For the first time in several years, we are getting a refund. And since the cat is out of the bag regarding our expanding family, I am optimistic about many more years of refunds to come. Since prior…

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