The guys welcome special guest Calvin Barnes, a friend, producer, audio/visual consultant, and all around good conversationalist, to the show to discuss purpose, perspective, and portable skills in discovering more about approaching your everyday life. This is part one of a two-part conversation that will allow voices at the table in a different dynamic. 

In the Circle: Calvin Barnes - Purpose, Perspective, and Portable Skills - Part 1

Are people trying too hard to relax? Or, have they thought about relaxing in the wrong way? What context is leisure time considered productive?

If you are interested in working with our friend Jeff Hilliard for any of your professional creative needs around branding and marketing, be sure to check out hilliardcreative.com and tell him the guys at Curiosity Continuum sent you!

A big topic, with practical ways in. Listen, listen, listen, act. It is a participation sport.

Can you ever be too kind? How do you spend your kindness dollars? Are you rich or poor in kindness?

How do constraints, boundaries, and budgets stoke your creative problem solving? What have you gotten done when you didn't think you could get it done with the resources available?

How can we disagree and still remain friends? Have you ever changed your mind drastically after humbly and actively listening, contemplating, and arriving at a very different answer?

For an example of a drastic change of mind, be sure to check out the case of J.Warner Wallace. 

Brian and Josh continue their riff on what playing games can do for people, from social growth to trying something new. 

What real life skills can you develop by playing games? What game skills do you have that can apply to real life?

What you don't know, can hurt you? Or, what you don't know, can hurt others? Where are your blind spots, and how do you gain perspective on it?

How do you work at understanding one another? Do you actively maintain and build the respect for one another? Are you unyielding and unforgiving, or gracious and patient?