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Doers explores the people who build the world you live in. These are people with an unusual bias for action -- they don't just sit back and watch, they act! Explorations and deep-dives with entrepreneurs, artists, intellectuals, athletes, and those who don't merely think about doing something -- they act. We explore what got them to where they are now, what their routines for action are, and advice they can offer to those looking to follow in their footsteps. Doers is actionable information ...
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Welcome to the “deschool yourself” podcast. Healing the fifteen thousand hour infliction of public school. This eight-part podcast series explores the effects of schooling and its impact on our ability to flourish as productive, independent and happy adults. This series provides insights on how to reverse the negative effects of schooling for a better view of oneself and the world. Hosted by Zak Slayback and Jeff Till.
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Coach Yourself, A Candid Conversation With Joshua Fischer
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Zak is joined by Joshua Fischer to discuss a concept Josh uses called "having a coaching call with yourself." Topics include psychology, self-esteem, coaching, pedagogy, management, and relationships. This is a candid conversation recorded over a bottle of wine.Door Zak Slayback
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The Great American Diner by Zak SlaybackDoor Zak Slayback
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The Most Valuable Concept to Learn by Zak SlaybackDoor Zak Slayback
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School Makes You Feel Watched by Zak SlaybackDoor Zak Slayback
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022 - Ali AlShamsi on the Formula for Success and How to Grow Wealthy
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Ali AlShamsi is a financial trader, entrepreneur, and investor in the United Arab Emirates. Having worked with over 100 companies, Ali actively promotes the growth of new business with his experience and network. Ali and I discuss how to become successful (and objections to his formula), raising money from investors, adjusting your standards for su…
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Announcing How to Get Ahead When You Have Nothing to Offer by Zak SlaybackDoor Zak Slayback
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Take Your Life Off Autopilot! by Zak SlaybackDoor Zak Slayback
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Introduction to Ambition Mapping
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Introduction to Ambition Mapping by Zak SlaybackDoor Zak Slayback
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021 - Kylon Gienger on What Makes a Successful College Dropout
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Kylon Gienger is a serial entrepreneur and host of The Successful Dropout Podcast (listen to my interview here). Kylon left college to become a youth pastor (we had a great conversation on theology before the recording was rolling...I cover it in the intro briefly) and eventually launched several businesses and has one exit under his belt. Kylon ha…
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020 - Ethan Bence on Race, Hip Hop, and Getting Ahead in the Game
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Ethan Bence (from Doers 019) joins me to discuss hip hop, race and hip hop, and how to get ahead in the hip hop game with the Internet.All episodes of Doers are produced by Lacey Peace.Door Zak Slayback
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DSY 8 - Helping others and helping out
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In this installment, we explore getting help with deschooling and helping others, including spouses and children.Helping others deschool- How to talk with others about school and deschoolingo Convincing themo Not pissing them off- Friends and family- Your parents- Homeschooling your childrenWhat if you are currently in college or high school?- If y…
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DSY 7 - Jumping off the conveyor belt: Deschooling in action with T.K. Coleman
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Praxis Education Director T.K. Coleman joins us to talk about next steps in the deschooling process.Themes we discuss include:Self-analysis - Deciding whether you are a school- Do you have wounds from school? Are you schooled (we’ve covered this, but it should be a formal self-analysis with serious thought)- Do you desire individuation? Do you desi…
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DSY 6 - Schooling vs. education
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Zak and Jeff talk about the difference between schooling and education. Topics include:School learning:- Being taught that learning is a grind, learn to hate learning- Memorization- Instructor-based learning – The lecture, 5,000 year old teaching technology- Learning by "not doing"- Testing and grades- Forgetting after the test- Absence of free pla…
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DSY 5 - Self esteem and education with Brett Veinotte
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We welcome Brett Veinotte, host of the School Sucks Project. We discuss the role of schooling, its effects and the relationship with self esteem and deschooling, including bringing in some ideas from Nathaniel Branden.Door Zak Slayback and Jeff Till
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DSY 4 - The infliction of 15,000 hours of schooling
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In this episode we go deep into what wounds and damages school likely had on you.Contents include: The grim reality of what it is and what it doesSchooling’s history - Your own (and everyone’s) generational historySchooling’s true purpose in creating soldiers and workers- Indoctrination- Ruining critical thinking- Creating dependenceThe institution…
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DSY 3 - A renegade view of school with Thaddeus Russell
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A detailed discussion with Thaddeus Russell on school history, renegade history, and alternatives in education.Thaddeus is the author of "A Renegade History of the United States" and founder of Renegade University. He works as a college professor teaching history and other topics.Door Zak Slayback and Jeff Till
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DSY 2 -When you were free to learn featuring Dr. Peter Gray
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A detailed discussion with Peter Gray, Ph.D., research professor at Boston College, is author of Free to Learn (Basic Books, 2013) and Psychology (Worth Publishers, a college textbook now in its 7th edition). He has conducted and published research in comparative, evolutionary, developmental, and educational psychology. He did his undergraduate stu…
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DSY 1 - The wounds and woes of the schooled mind
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Welcome to the “deschool yourself” podcast.Healing the fifteen thousand hour infliction of public school.This eight-part podcast series explores the effects of schooling and its impact on our ability to flourish as productive, independent and happy adults. This series provides insights on how to reverse the negative effects of schooling for a bette…
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