“I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.” Mahatma Gandhi

How open and honest are we with ourselves? How open and honest are we with others? Do we avoid the direct approach to truly expressing ourselves? If so, why?

Self-expression is innovative, it's progressive, it is joy, it is freeing and fulfilling. Self-expression evolves who we are, what we are capable of and improves the quality of our life.

The pure journey of life isn’t lived by being dragged down paths by external forces to places we don't want to go. The pure journey is lived by leading ourselves down paths that we wish to go.

In this episode, I chat with Massimo Pigliucci, who has a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology, is a Professor of Philosophy and Author. His new book How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life, forms the basis for our conversation.

We discuss the stigma's that exist around Stoicism and why and leads our conversation towards understanding what Stoicism is all about while also investigating some of the fundamental principles that guide Stoics. It helps create a better understanding of why this philosophy can assist us in creating more meaningful lives.

What to do when there is no option A? You make the most of option B. As Sheryl states in the opening chapter, “life is not perfect, we all live some form of option B. This book will help you kick the shit out of it.”

Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from difficulties. It is a muscle we can all build. This book will help grow your resilience tool belt.

Here are my review and thoughts. Enjoy!

“Life doesn’t owe us anything. We only owe ourselves, to make the most of the life we are living, of the time we have left, and to live in gratitude.” Bronnie Ware

If these are the top 5 common regrets of the dying I sure don't want them!

I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

I wish I hadn't worked so hard.

I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.

I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

I wish that I had let myself be happier.

One thing I am passionate about is living without regret and believe me I have had a good deal of them already.

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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Sharon Spano. We discuss her new book The Pursuit of Time and Money: Step into Radical Abundance and Discover the Secret to a Meaningful Prosperous Life, which has been written to help others adopt new paradigms about time and money so that they can step into radical abundance in every area of their lives. Her research focuses on wisdom, adult development, and leadership.

"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions; it is governed by our mental attitude." Dale Carnegie

I was feeling dissatisfied with my life. I wasn't really aware of this at the time. I felt normal. I held the belief that this is how life was. I kept telling myself that things will improve thinking that perhaps I was just in a rut. I started relying on this phrase, "If this..., then... that."

I wasn't experiencing any noticeable changes. Days, months and years passed. I felt quite the same – dissatisfied! I then realised that waiting on this or that to start really enjoying my life was a fucking ridiculous.

I then started searching for answers. I started asking the question, "why?" Then I ran into an old school friend. This is that story! This is my story!

My interview with Joshua Spodek, bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step. This is a really inspiring conversation about how to become your best leader in life and in the process, as you align yourself with your values and create greater integrity, discovering more purpose, meaning, and happiness.

I feel there is so much value to be had in this conversation. Embrace what how you want to live your life. Do what you dream of doing and take action, have experiences and your purpose, passions, and happiness will evolve.

"Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!" Goethe

“More than any other time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. —Woody Allen”

Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) be our final invention? That's the questions James answers in this book Our Final Invention. Here are my review and thoughts.

For every advancement and innovation, we make there always seem to be some cost. This book is a great conversation starter around the future of AI and tech.

A great question to ask, “If I were to look back on my life would I have regret for how I am living my life today?”

Not so long ago my life didn't make much sense. I couldn't make sense of what I was doing or where I was heading. I really started to wonder that if this is how my life would continue for the next 5, 10, 20 or even 30 what would be the point of it all and how would I feel.

And as I pondered this thought I knew I had to do something to change. If change is something you seek I hope this question inspires you.

J. Scott Turner is a professor, biologist, physiologist and author who shares his interest in the interface between physiology, evolution, and design. He has a new book, Purpose and Desire, that is to be published in September 2017.

This is the focus of conversation for this interview. We have an inspiring conversation that challenges the materialistic and mechanistic biases as to what life is. Suggesting that homeostasis has a larger role to play in the purpose and desire of all life beyond the common current day view that life is just complex algorithms of biological and physiological processes. Awesomely insightful!