Category: WW – e) Take Care Yo’Self, Resiliency, Stress, Extreme Ownership

Week 83 Wanderings (6-18-2023) – You have to actually think, Less is more, Some Chinese guy, Progress doesn’t feel like it, A goodie song

Thanks, Mr. Dewey “We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.” Less is More Innovation 2.0: Do Less Sometimes this guys podcast style drives me nuts, but he has good information and has thoughtful guests. We want to just add more and more stuff to our lives, The Laws of Entropy…

June 17, 2024
Week 77 Wandering (5-14-2024) – Suffer less, Advice for the outdoors, How to make sink cleaning fun, New favorite song

Enoughering of the suffering Delayed gratification might work for success but not happiness Tweet I was thinking about this the other day. I’ve always delayed delayed delayed in the delusion that one day I’d be ‘Happy’. And then I realized that was the dumbest perspective I could ever have. Have to be happy now. Advice…

May 15, 2024
Week 74 Wanderings (4-23-2024) – You can’t have it all, Creating the future, Beating choices, Paradox of choice

You can’t have it all “Would you rather have stability or excitement? They generally don’t coexist in the same person” From the book 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. Still not done with this book and loving the read. Talks about how because we’ve got limited time in Finity, we have to make tough decisions…

April 24, 2024
Week 72 Wanderings – How to be less of an asshole, Good friends are assholes, Podcast on the Customized Life, Intentional Relationships

How to be less of an asshole “Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments”Neil Strauss I’ve found that it’s harder to course correct after you piss someone off, but if you can set expectations ahead of time then people are prepared for your lunacy. People like knowing what they can expect. We don’t like being caught off…

April 1, 2024
Week 71 Wanderings (3-26-24): Asking for help, Weaknesses as strengths, Having a good time, Evaluating Friendships

Pick Up the Phone “I’ve never found anybody that didn’t wanna help me if I asked them for help” 2 minutes of Failure by the Jobs Seems like we just have to ask for the help we need. If nobody knows our problem, even if they’ve got the solution it ain’t gonna happen. Reflection of…

March 25, 2024
Week 69 Wandering (3-12-24)

The Strength of Weak Ties ‘Weak ties are surprisingly valuable’ Our closest relationships often have similar information and world views as us… that’s part of WHY they’re our closest relations. Dr. Meg Jay discusses the concept of weak ties in her book The Defining Decade. Dr. Jay points out how tremendously useful weak ties Can…

March 12, 2024
Week 68 Wandering (3-5-2024)

One of the Most Unique Podcasts David Choe on the Joe Rogan Experience #1518 This was one of the most interesting podcasts I’ve ever listened to. It’s eye opening, vulnerable, entertaining, and fascinating to hear someone’s story who’s gone through so much pain and gone through all the way to massive success. Forewarning it’s quite…

March 4, 2024
Week 63 Wanderings (1-23-2024)

Misunderstanding for Empathy Creative expression is an extension of self, life, and personal experience. Abstract painting, origami and gangster rap. Someone somewhere is thinking ‘Geez this is dumb, what numbskull is even capable of creating this’. But if it is truly authentic, deep from the soul, how can we fault the artist? SHOULDN’T art come…

January 22, 2024
Week 61 Wanderings (1-9-24)

Harsh Reality from Harsh Coaches “We need more people willing to accept the consequences” Now this dude was a bit… let’s call him ‘unconventional’. He was a bit of a riot. He calls you on your bullshit. He challenges you. He doesn’t put up with excuses and firmly believes you just ‘deal with things’. He…

January 9, 2024