We begin a new study this week on “The Like Switch” by Jack Schafer and Marvin Karlins. This week we look at the “Friendship Formula” as discussed in Chp 1.
Friendship Formula
The Friendship Formula is rather simple: Friendship = Proximity + Frequency + Duration + Intensity. In this episode, we discuss each of these aspects in detail.
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No one would ever say they want to live with regrets at the end of their life. Yet, we can get so busy in life, that we can never think through the very things that will cause regrets later.
Without Regrets
Numerous research has shown what a lot of people consider as regrets at the end of their life. In this episode, we discuss 36 things that people have admitting having regrets about in older ages.
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Wayne Dyer recently passed away. He was a hero of mine, and someone that I always listened to and realigned my life afterward. Dr. Dyer has many amazing teaching out, and I would encourage that you check them out.
Wayne Dyer
In this episode, I talk about some of the top 10 things I have learned from Wayne Dyer. I also quote him for each of these things and discuss what it means to me.
I also detail our next big study which is coming up in a few weeks.
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I’m back! After a VERY long absence, I decided to return to podcasting.
return
Where have I been? What have I been up to? What is the future of the show?
Hear all about it!
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We introduced the concept of “mindsets” in our last episode. I always like to get the author’s perspective on their topic.
Carol Dweck
In this episode, we listen to a speech that Carol gave on the topic of mindset.
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Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success—a simple idea that makes all the difference.
Mindset Intro
Every so often a truly groundbreaking idea comes along. This is one. Mindset explains:
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We have spent 22 weeks talking about the issue of Essentialism. We are now at the end of our study on this, and today we give an Essentialism Summary. In this episode, we cover the last chapter of Greg’s book, as well as go through a big overview of the entire book.
Essentialism Summary
What is the essence of Essentialism?
“There are far more activities and opportunities in the world than we have time and resources to invest in,” McKeown says. “And although many of them may be good, or even very good, the fact is that most are trivial and few are vital.”
That’s the crucial difference between blessing and burden. We can fill our time with very good things and end up saddled, straddled, and stressed. That’s because good things might still be trivial.
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What does it mean to live fully in the now … the present moment? It means that your awareness is completely centered on the here and now. You are not worrying about the future or thinking about the past. When you live in the present, you are living where life is happening. The past and future are illusions, they don’t exist.
Now
If you’re not living in the present, you’re living in illusion. That seems to a be a pretty good reason to live in the present, doesn’t it? But how often are we worrying about things that have yet to come, how often do we beat ourselves up for mistakes that we’ve made, no matter how much time has passed? The answer is too much. Not only will living in the present have a dramatic effect on your emotional well-being, but it can also impact your physical health. It’s long been known that the amount of mental stress you carry can have a detrimental impact on your health. If you’re living in the present, you’re living in acceptance. You’re accepting life as it is now, not as how you wish it would have been. When you’re living in acceptance, you realize everything is complete as it is. You can forgive yourself for the mistakes you’ve made, and you can have peace in your heart knowing that everything that should happen will.
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As we wrap up this study on Essentialism, I wanted to play an interview with Greg McKeown. I had hoped to interview Greg myself, but our schedules didn’t work out. Instead, I want to play you a recent interview with Greg by Michael Hyatt. This interview comes from Platform University, a wonderful interactive environment from Michael Hyatt that I subscribe to. Platform University is a great resource for how to better articulate your message or website. I would highly encourage you to check out Michael’s site as it provided tremendous value for such small subscription cost.
Greg McKeown
Greg talks about a variety of issues in this interview. I found his take on two types of people (lost and those who know they are lost) to be particularly inspiring.
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In my life I’ve gone through periods of intense, driven productivity – months where everything fell into place, and my goals almost seemed to accomplish themselves. At the other extreme, there have been times in my life where I was completely overwhelmed, burdened by my different projects and responsibilities – and frustrated because so many of them not only challenged me, but didn’t matter to me. There were days when I asked myself how did I end up here? How did I end up working on all these things that aren’t who I am, and that don’t represent where I am going?
Focus
So what is focus all about? How do we build focus and maintain it? How does this relate to establishing Essentialism in our lives?
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