IAMSHOKUNIN

In this episode we use a passage from the film Pulp fiction to explore the idea that there is a "Right path" for us to become good humans. We explore the Noble Eightfold path put forward by Buddhism as perhaps a guide to the sorts of things we should be concentrating on.

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

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How to be a good hu(man)

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This episode discusses the rise in exceptionalism in western democracies and the perverse and detrimental effect it is having when combined with social media.

What happens when we ALL want to be special is that we end up creating, unintentionally, a spiral of self abuse which is harmful to our mental health. This episode discusses ways in which we can get beck on track and help ourselves and the wider society.

How to be a good Hu(man)

Kindly inquisitors (great book explaining the rise of woke)

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The Week after Davos 21 this episode explores one of the biggest issues of our time - what will the future look like? At a time of unprecedented change in the world I explore why we are having to change so fast and what is the scale of the change we can expect going forward. What do we need to prepare for and how can we be successful in the world going forward.

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One hundred pages for the future

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I realised I needed to talk about change in this podcast before I take about the future in the next podcast. Change is such an important thing in life and our ability to reposed correctly to changing circumstances is so important to our success as individuals. This podcast talks through what we tend to do in times of high stress and change and what we can do to reposed better in the future.

This is supporting a chapter in the book How to be a good hu(man) which you can buy at http://getbook.at/IAMSHOKUNIN

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This is a special episode where I explain why I wrote this book and what my hopes for it are. I explain why it is so difficult to transition into adulthood and why we struggle to make sense of this period in our lives. This podcast will be interesting to parents as well as young adults going out into the world on their own for the first time.

It talks about how we transition knowledge from the past and update it into the future and how we need to work out what the basic foundations of right and wrong are about.

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This episode describes what the ancient attitude towards the preservation of knowledge and skills encapsulated in Japanese society as Shokunin has to do with you developing life skills.

This episode looks at examples of submarine building, Samurai sword making, Emails and other examples of where we can learn from the past and how important knowledge is and how we should practice the skills of the Shokunin in our lives.

This is supporting a chapter in the book How to be a good hu(man) which you can buy at http://getbook.at/IAMSHOKUNIN

Jiro dreams of sushi

Shokunin

Ikagai



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Today I talk about a subject which is a chapter in the book (not yet released in Dec 2020, but soon to be back from the editors and available on Amazon)

Training wheels are all about our need for life long learning and some of the lessons I have learned recently trying to pivot into the digital space with my new book and podcasting.

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