Caspian with a riff on:

Time and time again.
This riff is a bit more practical on time than the last one I did. A bit more in depth on two theories that I heard just a couple of days ago and since have pondered happily.
How we speak about time is extremely powerful. Just as I spoke about the last time around, the way you perceive time can impact your actions, behaviours and even mood. At leas it does for me.
Hence, I think these two theories and thoughts might be quite useful in speaking about time with others.
Show notes →

I’ve reflected quite a lot on my own competitiveness lately. I have a reputation among my friends of being obnoxiously competitive.

I’ve tried to optimise time on being productive, on fitting the most things to do in the least amount of time and on feeling the best in the moment. Right now, I’m optimising it to benefit me over time.

I had a realisation last week. One of those proper ones where it seems like it came from nowhere, whilst out walking.

I’ve been a fanatic in a bunch of different ways. Keeping sleep schedules religiously, keeping streaks and on mantras. And I still am, in many areas. More confidently and hopefully a bit more thoughtfully.

Being a fanatic is often thought of as being religious or political, but that’s quite limiting for a behaviour that’s present in many more areas of life. Being a fanatic is, according to Amos Oz, being a person who can only count to one. Meaning you only have one solution or can only take one single perspective.

In some areas of life that’s great. It makes life a lot easier. In others it’ll make you limited.

Reflecting on what areas being a fanatic serves you and when it doesn’t has been useful to me. It’s led me to think of when I want to be fanatic, how fanatic I want to be and in what ways I want to present that part of me to the world.

I hope this inspires you to do the same.

Show notes found here →

This episode is personal on some level. All the advice and ideas are things that I’ve experimented my way to. Hence, they might not be applicable to your life. Have that in mind.

I’ve struggled with the concept of finding balance. Mostly because there’s been an emphasis on relaxation and that you have to DO relaxation in order to be balanced.

I think balance can be found in many different shapes and forms. As I go in to in this episode, we all have different cycles. And finding your cycle is, to me, at the core of finding balance. I hope you’ll find some inspiration to find more balance in your life.

Show notes found here →

This week, I speak to the topic of Trust that I've pondered quite a lot lately. Show notes are found here →

The last riff on change, for now. We’ve expanded the circle to cover more than your inner circle, extending it all the way to the world.

Something I don’t touch on in the episode is why you’d want to change the world. I touch on it in the show notes, but it might have to be a future riff.

I’ve had a couple of people reaching out over the past two episodes, discussing the ideas. If you’re taking the time to watch and/or listen, I want to encourage that. This becomes so much more fun if the episodes are starts for conversations rather than me just speaking to my phone. :)

Show notes found here →

In this episode, I discuss the concept of changing other people. I share the advice my mother gave me, stating that we cannot change others, but we can change the way we interact with them. Emphasising again that we can only change the intersection of our relationship with someone else.

I introduce the concept of "me plus you equals we" and explain that we can only control what's in our control. I also discuss how my friend, who works as a consultant in digitalisation in schools, deals with resistance to change. He focuses on early adopters, who are more receptive to new ideas, and uses their influence to sway the indecisive middle and eventually the late adopters or "grumpy bunch."

In summary, if we want to change someone else, we should focus on changing the intersection between our relationship with that person. The key takeaways from this episode are to change our perspective or approach in a relationship and to focus on early adopters when trying to implement change within a group.

Show notes found here →

I’ve been pondering change for quite some time

I think most of us have at one point or other. As we should.

I think Change is one of the most important things to ponder. It has been for me. In this episode, I speak to how I think one changes themselves. Or rather, how I at this point in time think I change myself. Because that’s what these riffs are, photographs of some thoughts I have at the moment.

In this episode I speak about how I've gone about changing myself. The thoughts, ideas and principles have helped me greatly in those processes, and I hope they help you too!

Show notes found here →

(don't sleep on them, there's a bunch of extra curricular for you if you want it!)