What can you do before you're worn out? Before you're stressed? This is a quick dive into how we can be better prepared for life's craziness.This episode is about building resilience in your daily life when things get tough.Let's dig in.
May 30, 2023
14 min
At its core, fear is designed to keep us alive and healthy. You can break fear down into two basic categories, instinctual and learned. I want to focus on this second type, learned fears, because what is learned can be unlearned.In this episode, we'll look at public speaking as an example of a step-by-step approach to slapping fear in the face. And how this enables you to live a life by design.Let's dig in.
May 15, 2023
12 min
We fall into patterns in our daily that tend to blind us to what's happening. We navigate life on autopilot.In this episode, we talk about situational awareness in the moment and our situation in life. How can we be aware of our environment to make a better life? To build a life with purpose.Let's dig in.7 WAYS TO PRACTICE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
May 3, 2023
15 min
How often do you hear the phrase "hustle and grind"? Or something like that. Motivational speaking has become so normalized that we see it everywhere. But how helpful are these ideas without context? Motivation is fleeting, especially without a reason to get up and get things done. In this episode, we discuss all this, what matters more, and The Mandalorian. Let's dig in.Seneca: The Shortness of LifeWhy speakers bombImpact Theory
Apr 24, 2023
12 min
It's tax time! Which means the entire nation is freaking out all at once. This is an excellent chance to discuss how our mindset influences our choices. From being stuck in traffic to beating ourselves over not making better financial decisions, we spend a lot of time telling ourselves we suck.Not only is that not fun, but it also has a massive effect on how we make decisions.Our thoughts become our reality.Let's dig in.-----Fear of UncertaintyThinking Creates Your RealityHenry FordSeneca
Apr 17, 2023
15 min
This is a challenging subject, but it still dominates the news cycle, and for good reason. The straightforward approach to this is to debate the pros and cons.But that's why we're still wasting time while people die. Many of them are children.At the heart of ShortForm are these questions: What are we doing? And why are we doing it? Those two questions apply to the current situation.Let's dig in.Pro and Con: Gun controlABC News: Deaths by guns
Apr 12, 2023
14 min
Ok, sports fans, let's talk some Keanu Reeves. More to the point, we're going to look at the John Wick movies and what we can learn from the world they've created therein. There are three specific lessons we're going to look at and how they can help create a life of intention. A quick preview, of the many lies on social media, one of the most prominent is that you deserve the most amazing life. The real-world truth is no, you don’t. What you do have is the authority over how you respond to life and what you do with it. Let's dig in.
Apr 3, 2023
12 min
Let’s talk about the most valuable commodity you have. It’s not money, looks, or fame. It is your time. Nothing else exists with such finite boundaries as our time on this planet.In this unfiltered episode of ShortForm: Afterdark, we look at 3 three specific traps to our focus and how they steal time.Let's dig in.FOMO: A brief overviewIs advertising manipulative?How microwaves work
Mar 22, 2023
14 min
We seek validation and inclusion in many ways, but what matters more? How we seek it, or the person on the other side?In this episode, we discuss what it means to be seen as an individual and what steps everyone can take to make it happen on a large scale.Let's dig in.The Importance of Being SeenWhat does it mean to be seen?
Mar 20, 2023
12 min
Finding Flow, and not the waitress that works at your local diner. But instead, the emotional state that happens when your skill set is just shy of the challenge presented to you, but you achieve a sense of total immersion in the work."...it is the ideal state where the person can find themselves enjoying their work, feeling productive, totally immersed in what they are doing, and performing at their best." - Forbes.Sound fun?Let's dig in.Steven Kotler explains Flow APA Psych Net: Challenge/skill balanceMind Tools: The Flow ModelFinding Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mar 13, 2023
13 min
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