Zig and I catch up after two decades. A long road of family, design, creativity, and activism leads us down a winding road.

What happens when a successful author suddenly feels the pull to drop everything and make music? In this episode, we follow Cassidy’s transformative journey from comfortable security into the beautiful chaos of a spontaneous creative calling.We dive deep into how internal discomfort is often just a signal for growth, and how treating life like a "scavenger hunt" can lead to miraculous alignment—even when facing financial and emotional hardships. If you’ve been feeling a tug toward something new but fear the unknown, Cassidy’s story is a powerful reminder to prioritize spiritual grounding, lead with a heart of service, and trust the process of authentic creation.Meet Cassidy

What happens when a successful author suddenly feels the pull to drop everything and make music? In this episode, we follow Cassidy’s transformative journey from comfortable security into the beautiful chaos of a spontaneous creative calling.We dive deep into how internal discomfort is often just a signal for growth, and how treating life like a "scavenger hunt" can lead to miraculous alignment—even when facing financial and emotional hardships. If you’ve been feeling a tug toward something new but fear the unknown, Cassidy’s story is a powerful reminder to prioritize spiritual grounding, lead with a heart of service, and trust the process of authentic creation.Meet Cassidy.

What’s the difference between a life that is "hard" and a life that requires "effort"?The great Marcel Price joins the show to catch up and explore why a meaningful life demands effort—and what happens when we have to borrow strength from our community to keep going. Having both learned this lesson the hard way, we talk about betting on yourself, the power of connection, and finding deep gratitude in the struggle.Listen in and hold fast to what matters most. Your life will be better for it.

Enjoy this deep dive breakdown of the conversation Marcel and I had last week before the full episode airs. We've embraced hardship and inspiration knowing that the challenges make us more appreciative and add a certain amount of neuro spiciness to our lives.

Inspiration strikes most often in fertile soil. That's how this episode came about. While straightening up my desk the idea of doing a three part series came to mind and the subject is all about the lies that we are told that keep us from becoming our very best. The interesting thing is these lies are not new and generations have been fed the same detrimental statements. Each week I'll be releasing a Deep Dive on the lie as well as my own insights. With the goal of freeing all of us of these lies, so that we can become our greatest self in record time. This podcast is not just something else for you to listen to on your way home or a distraction from your life. This podcast is meant to provide relief and insights that allow you to become your greatest self.

Have you ever been told that achieving extraordinary success means choosing a life of isolation? In this episode of My Life at a Weird Angle, Lord Milan breaks down the linguistic history and psychological traps behind one of society’s favorite cliches: "It’s lonely at the top". As a linguist and mindset coach, Milan exposes this phrase as a dangerous falsehood designed either by those who gave up on their dreams as an excuse to stay broke, or by jaded individuals looking to protect their exclusivity. The truth? There is no "top" to begin with—only a continuous mountain of evidence where expanding your success simply expands your parameters, your skills, and your options. Drawing from his own profound journey—from waking up paralyzed in a hospital bed with a broken neck to walking on a treadmill, running multiple businesses, and coaching others to win faster—Milan shares how shifting your internal language and identity changes everything. Tune in to discover how to reject default negativity, ask the ultimate capitalization question, and step into your most fruitful, authentically awesome self. The Deconstruction of a Cliche: Why "it's lonely at the top" is a metric used to deter people from excelling or to justify staying in a comfortable plateau. The Ping-Pong to Tennis Court Analogy: How leveling up your life doesn't isolate you; it just gives you a massive environment with bigger parameters and more options. The Power of Identity: Why real, compound success is dictated not just by who you are and what you accept, but fundamentally by who you are not and what you actively reject. Shifting From Strain to Relief: Understanding that the true pursuit of success is actually a pursuit of relief—from pressure, bills, uncertainty, and other people's opinions. The First Commandment of Identity: A practical look at the universal directive to "be fruitful" and how your unique gifts are mathematically tied to the collective benefit of the world around you. Ready to upgrade your identity? Stop chasing success and start attracting it. If you are ready to establish a powerful, magnetic identity and build your own mountain of evidence, visit Mindmindset.com to schedule your discovery call today. Remember, this is DAY1.

After 25 years of paying attention to myself and the world that I live in I realize that everyone falls into one of three categories: Lost in the woods, Following someone else, Or carving your own path. While most people would like to think that they are carving their own path 60% of people are simply following somebody else's life and mimicking it to the point where theirs starts to look like a Temu version of the person they're following. In this podcast you will learn which path you are on and how to identify it. The people that are carving their own path are the ones that we admire the most and one of the big characteristics is that they are choosy in everything that they do. More about the author: https://day1mindset.com/

Eric North aka The Happiness Warrior, Address all things worthwhile to an amazing life. There are three main categories to life; Health, Wealth, and Relationships. Happiness and effort play a major role in all of them.Play this episode you'll learn the secrets to having an amazing day and allowing yourself to experience more happiness on a regular basis. To find out more about Eric N and the Happiness Warrior Project click here.

The Power of the Pause: 200 Episodes and a Lifetime of PurposeAfter reaching the milestone of 200 episodes, Lord Milan pauses to reflect on the "one inch difference" that reshaped his entire life trajectory. From a life-altering spinal cord injury at sixteen to finding the freedom of a purposeful life at forty-two, this episode explores the transformative power of paying attention and owning your story.Lord Milan shares his journey of moving beyond being "bound" by circumstances, celebrating the autonomy found when you stop making decisions based on the potential reactions of others. It is a short, powerful look at intentionality, self-forgiveness, and the beautiful life that emerges when you choose to do things on purpose.