a podcast on being a better human On THINK!LIFE, being a better human, we’ll discuss anything and everything – including some things that cover broader topics about the future, current events, society, social media, the human condition, free speech, how to be better humans (and what it means to be a better human). I’m going to try and be totally apolitical (although I am a libertarian and you may hear some of those views from time to time, I’m extremely tired of politics getting into everyth ...
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communities fall apart unless EVERYONE contributes
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have you internalized yolo? opportunities disappear forever
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who do you really care about?
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pay attention to your surroundings and the people in them
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26: we are all now introverts
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so you need to become an extrovert
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we need to be more observant - we need to be more understanding the situation around us.
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Action supersedes talk - we need to take action more often - we need to stop "not rocking the boat"
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how you can maintain a calm demeanor when life goes nuts around you - plus how to deal with bad memories
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The trick is to observe the situation deeply before you jump in, and when you do be flexible.
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When we get hit with negative feedback, we sometimes have this tendency to use that negativity to let ourselves off the hook. For example, if you are trying to lose weight, you get on the scale and the number is lower than last time - you feel great. But if its higher, we use that to beat ourselves up over it, and maybe even make things worse. If y…
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20 - Discipline Is About Systems
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Disciplined people structure their lives more - so its easier to resist temptation
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019 - Use Deathbed Thinking To Help You Make Decisions
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If you have a tough decision to make, imagine yourself on your deathbed in the future - then think back and say "What Would I Have Done?"
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018 - Change Your Environment, Change Your Self
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Your environment makes a huge difference in being a better human
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Our character is formed before we have an idea of what character is, so its a lot of work to change it, but it can be done.
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016 Giving Up Your Individuality To The Group
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Humans have issues maintaining their individuality within groups. Be the exception.
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015 Determine Your Purpose in Life with Two Questions with Joey Chandler
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Finding your purpose in life is not a massive task which takes forever, it something that you can do in less than an hour
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Are you a coward if you hide behind anonymity on the internet?
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013 Team and Human Development with Coach Mya
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A great wide ranging interview with Coach Mya - on team and human development
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Time is a shared consensual illusion
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011 Pick Something and Hit It Hard
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How do you pick the thing you want to do in life?
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010 A Epidemic of Mindlessness
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No wonder that there is a new emphasis on mindfulness - technology and society have turned us all into mindless robots, constantly staring into our devices, which are now so compelling that people never put them down, not even when driving.
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009 Change Your Environment, Change Your Life
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Disciplined people structure their lives more - so its easier to resist temptations
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008 Your Human Brain Can Be So Much More
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How much time do you spend doing brain dead stuff, when your human brain can do so much more?
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007 We Cant Grow If We Are Too Comfortable and Safe
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Humans need stress in order to grow and change – its almost impossible to change to be a better human if all you care about is being comfortable and safe
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006 Incremental Betterment: Being Better In Your Found Time
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Nowadays, we have the ability to better ourselves in these spare moments.
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005: One Weird Trick For Change: Self-Discipline
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So many things in life are overcomplicated for no reason: change is simple, but hard.
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004: Release Your Bad Kirk (On Being Mean)
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Being mean is not a bad thing - sometime you need to release your inner a-hole to push yourself forward
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To change, you must give up the overwhelming desire to be yourself
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002: Ghosting Is Not Human
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Brain scans show that being ghosted is far worse than physical pain
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001: Gut Punch (AKA Fear Of Change)
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How do you deal with change? When things in your life change, how do you deal with them? To be a better human, you need to get better at embracing change.
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