Looking Over Life

Shawn and James discuss differences in personalities. Are you sanguine or choleric? Black bile or phlegm? Introvert or extrovert? 

A good bit of the discussion looks at the Myers-Briggs personality theory. Share the episode with one of your friends and take the tests together. You might find out things about each other you never knew before! 

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Reading People by Anne Bogel 

The Highly Sensitive Person Test 

16 Personalities 

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman 

The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher

James and Shawn talk about their reading habits and personal reading trends. They also look at the current climate of reading in society. 

Also, Shawn tried to teach James how to say a word, and James attempted to explain the difference between power and energy—Shawn still doesn't get it. Note from James: Hoe moe GEEN ee us is a correct pronunciation. See Merriam-Webster's homogeneous and homogenous. 

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Goodreads 

Socrates' argument against writing  

Medical Daily article on attention span 

Pew Research article on percentage of people who don't read 

Pew Research article on percentage of people who listen to audio books 

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains  

James's Suggestions: 

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport 

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 

Shawn's Suggestions: 

Disciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes 

Anne of Green Gables Series by L. M. Montgomery

In which James and Shawn try their hands at being podcasters.  

The topic is yearly themes and how they differ from New Year's resolutions. What is a yearly theme? How do you make one? What makes for a successful year? 

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Yearly Planning Tool 

Atomic Habits 

Do you have a yearly theme? Email us about it. Side note: If it sounds like we've never talked to each other before, that's because we were nervous to meet you. Episode 2 gets better.