Summary

Cy Wakeman is the author of No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results. She describes herself as a “Drama-researcher.” Her book is about reinventing leadership thinking to reduce the costs of drama in the workplace creating happy and more productive people and places.

We have an amazing conversation about suffering, about drama, about ego and how not only can we dispose of the waste drama causes in our workplace but also how it relates to the drama an ineffectiveness it can cause in our everyday lives. Brilliant stuff!  (more…)

The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating by David M. Buss 

“While love is common, true love is rare, and I believe that few people are fortunate enough to experience it. The roads of regular love are well travelled and their markers are well understood by many – the mesmerizing attraction, the idealization obsession, the sexual afterglow, the profound self-sacrifice, and the desire to combine DNA. But true love takes its own course through uncharted territory. It knows no fences, eludes modern measurement, and seems scientifically woolly. But I know true love exists. I just can’t prove it.” David Buss

This is a really cool read! I went into it with kind of the wrong expectations but didn’t find myself disappointed. It is a book about the evolution of desire but not ‘desire’ in the general sense but rather the desire of the sexes and for matting and mateship (companionship). (more…)

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” JF Kennedy

You can go out there and follow the roads already walked, or you can blaze your unique paths. Both will challenge you, cause you pain, fill you with fear, doubt and uncertainty but one will bring you greater happiness in pursuit and leave you looking back on your journey with a heightened sense of reward, not regret.

I had comfort in life. I had many great things. I had my moments of joy. I was surrounded by beautiful people and had a great deal to be grateful for in life, but I also lacked freedom and fulfillment. The life I was living was dissatisfying. I didn’t feel like life had any meaning, and I felt it would leave me living a life of regret. (more…)

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Randi Zinn is the author of Going Beyond Mom: How To Activate Your Mind, Body & Business After Baby. In this episode, we talk about her journey and why it has led her to inspire and assist other mums to cultivate a life beyond motherhood.

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“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” Friedrich Nietzsche

In giving up the pleasures that I once sought, those activities that consumed me, that caused me both pleasure and displeasure, in attempt to escape my perception of Self-suffering I ask myself, “has it helped?”

Buddha said, “Life is suffering.” It is however often misinterpreted. I am not here today to try to explain this misunderstanding. What I wish to do is share a quick thought on why there will always be an underlying sense of suffering in life. (more…)

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For centuries humanity has been working to empower itself with better tools and insights, from science and surgery to electricity and the Internet. A history of triumphs that we should be celebrating. However, what is the consequences of history, progress, free information as it relates to our ability to live life fully and with meaning?

In this episode, I have a conversation with Brad Harris as we tackle some questions in relation to history, progress, and modern day life.  How can history be used to give us purpose and better our advancement both individually and society as a whole? (more…)

The Joe Rogan Experience

“That’s my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard.” Joe Rogan

I believe Joe Rogan is a pioneer of podcasting. A friend introduced me to Rogan’s podcast, suggesting I check out his style and format. He also thought I would enjoy and find his conversations interesting and perhaps even a little educational. That’s how my Joe Rogan experience began.

It’s not a podcast that I listen to all the time. The primary reason for that is because it is bloody long. In the real sense of conversational podcasting, Joe has nailed it. Episodes range from two hours up. I would guess the average length is three-hours. (more…)

“It’s better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.” Terry Brooks

Not so long back my family and I decided to pack everything up and move to Japan. I’d be lying if I’d say I wasn’t scared, fearful or filled with doubt. The truth is I still have doubt. Was it the right move? What’s next?

The decision, however, was made for good reason and despite all the challenges, fears, and conditioned beliefs, we went for it. (more…)

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“The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.” Guy Finley

In this episode, I bring back Guy Finley for round two. Guy was a guest back in episode 264 – click here to review. In that conversation, we discussed the concept of condition-less freedom and the key to living fearlessly.

This time we talk about the concept of “divine dissatisfaction” and why our misinterpretation of resistance is blocking us from living life freely, fully and with meaning.  (more…)

“What if you were wrong? What if everything you ever believed was a lie? What if you missed your opportunity because you didn’t know your worth? What if you settled on familiar, but God was trying to give you something better? What if you decided not to go backwards, but forward? What if doing what you have never done before was the answer to everything that didn’t make sense? What if the answer wasn’t to be found in words, but in action? What if you found the courage to do what you really wanted to do and doing it changed your whole life?” Shannon L. Alder

I have found myself faced with a tough decision. It is causing me a level of discomfort, uncertainty, and unease. In absolute honesty, it’s not all that important, and for that reason, I am not highly stressed or concerned as I am confident that what eventuates will be as it should be. (more…)