Bite-Sized Philosophy

This is something that I LIVE by. And you should, too. When things happen to us, we always have the power to guess the intent of the actions. And if we're guessing, why not guess positively?

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Courage isn't always grand or noteworthy. Sometimes it's a quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."

Whatever you're working on, no matter how it goes, try again tomorrow. Get up and keep going. That's what I'm focusing on in life right now. It can be hard to pursue goals that are a long way off, so pursue a goal that you can work towards tomorrow. And try again.

This is related to episode 4: The Failure Maze.

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Fear drives us and controls us in our lives, but perhaps not the way it should. Instead of running from the things that scare us, we should run towards them. Do the thing today that scares you. Whatever it is you're scared of doing, do it. 

Every day, I try to do something that scares me, whether that's sending a cold email to someone I've never met or publishing a podcast (yes, that scares me). I try every day to do something that I'm afraid of because it helps me to grow, it helps me to learn, and it helps me to share my purpose with the world.

I hope you can, too.

"Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time." This has come to be the refrain of the defeated, but in fact, it should be celebrated. The only ideas we should follow are the ones that seem like good ideas at the time. There are too many factors at play for every good idea and decision to turn out well, but that doesn't need to make them a bad idea or a bad decision. Instead, it just means fortune wasn't on your side. It simply means that you didn't catch the break you wanted.

We should celebrate ideas that seemed good at the time. We should celebrate taking risks that seemed like a good idea at the time. The results won't always match the process, but following a good process will lead to more good results than following a bad process will. Good ideas will turn out well more often than bad ideas will.

Celebrate ideas that seemed good at the time, because eventually, those will turn into good results.

In this episode of Bite-Sized Philosophy, I'm starting a new series looking at quotes and ideas from Dr. Richard Carlson in his book: Don't Sweat The Small Stuff (and it's all small stuff).

This is the main idea of the entire book (which you can buy at a used bookstore or online), and helps to put things in perspective. What really matters? Is it family? Is it a cause? Is it that someone isn't properly wearing their mask in the store?

Focus on what's truly important, and don't sweat the small stuff.

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Joel

When you spend time worrying, is that time well-spent? Often for me, instead of helping me be more prepared for something, I just feel the emotions, stress, and anxiety in full before it all happens. Then, when it actually happens and comes to fruition, I feel the emotions, stress, and anxiety again. In full. For a second time.

Worrying is pointless, but what can we do about it? Stop suffering imagined troubles, with notes from Mark Twain and Marcus Aurelius in this episode.

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I think about death a lot. I know I'm going to die. So are you. We all are one day. I use that as motivation to make sure that I make the most of my day today.

I'm not going to take today for granted because I'm playing with house money. So are you.

What are you going to do with it?

The idea of this isn't meant to be depressing, it's meant to be encouraging. Today is a blessing, and you get to breathe and feel the fresh air.

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I'm excited we're back in a publishing rhythm now! This episode is about finding the positivity in life, rather than leaning towards negativity and complaining. It comes from Marcus Aurelius' Stoic Meditations and includes some fun practices to cut complaining out of our lives.

Here is Will Bowen's vision for A Complaint-Free World and here's the first blog post that introduced me to the 21-day No Complaint Experiment.

You can cut out complaining if you focus on it. I believe in you.

Continue the conversation on social media (but I'm off of socials right now thanks to Episode 20 with Jesse Sigrist talking about deleting social media). Anyway, when/if I get back on socials, it'll be Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Also Facebook. Let me know what you think!

This is the full conversation with Jesse Sigrist, published in individual segments earlier this week about social media, making appointments for your time, and using money as a vehicle. I had so much fun talking with Jesse about these ideas and topics, and it really was a blast to make this project happen.

Look for more episodes next week back to our regularly scheduled programming of monologue episodes less than 10 minutes.

More conversation episodes will be coming, later on in the year and into next year (I don't really know when yet).

Connect with me on Instagram and Twitter if you want. But more importantly, go outside this weekend! Take a walk! Breathe in the fresh air. Rest up for the week ahead.

This is the third episode of my conversation with Jesse Sigrist. Tune in to the other episodes published this week on using social media in healthy ways and making appointments for your time. The full, uncut conversation will be published on Saturday AM if you want to listen to the entire thing!

This episode's big idea is this: Money is a vehicle, and you're the driver. This episode was a fun one to discuss, and gave me a lot to think about. Am I using my money the way I want to be? Am I going in the direction I want to be going? What kind of car is my money?

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