Mere Mortals Conversations

The end of an era has passed, will HOSKY ever be able to soar like a whale again?

In Episode #347 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: ways in which we've felt the 'Fear Of Missing Out', how Juan almost tore the tendon from his pec, the rising death rate due to Fentanyl in the US, why I'm not overly concerned about people whining about words and the free speech that is found by utilising Podcasting 2.0!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Awwooooooooo
(0:42) - 420,420 Hosky C(ashgrab)NFT's are all minted
(1:16) - My vid for the Cardano Summit
(3:06) - Crypto FOMO in 2021
(4:11) - Women & Weapons Whale
(5:09) - Drinking & watching sporting events all day
(7:57) - What's next for HOSKY?
(10:01) - I've been prompted to be creative
(14:35) - Instagram NFT's, Polygon and Bitcoin
(18:47) - Bench press injury
(22:52) - Running with zero warmup
(30:14) - Joe Rogan and Dr. Phil
(34:59) - Woke Culture wanting to ban words on TV
(39:30) - YouTuber's self-censoring
(46:43) - Protecting yourself from being too platform dependent
(51:59) - Podcasting 2.0 and new apps
(54:22) - Where else will you get this amazing, unique content?


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We always like to talk about the physical side of training, so let's switch it up and dive into the good and bad of the mental side.

In Episode #346 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: my dislike of the progressions for PTS and HSPU, why Juan is a better runner for not caring about his times, whether the mental stress of goals is actually a hindrance, how we interact with other people in optimal workout scenarios, preparing to overcome injuries and having a rigidity to your workout sessions.

A huge thanks to Kevin Finn (of Buzzsprout fame), Petar The Woke Up Too Late Slav and Liam F's Mum for supporting the show. They keep the cogs spinning!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Deep hearted conversations!
(0:33) - The Topic for today
(1:26) - Achieving hard skills without putting in the work
(4:44) - Forcing yourself to do 'unfun' exercises
(11:50) - Can you achieve goals without setting goals?
(15:30) - The blend of focus and communication: maximum effort
(20:19) - Don't talk to Juan in the gym
(24:41) - Chat comments
(25:42) - Boostagram Lounge
(29:04) - Progressing past the point where an injury occurred
(36:40) - Mentally preparing for an injury
(45:19) - Pre-planning your workout
(50:17) - Value for value


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You feel that ....... it feels like it's goal time.

Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why?

As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - General Intro
(0:46) - Juan's October Recap
(2:44) - Kyrin's October Recap
(5:47) - Juan's November Goals
(15:12) - Leaderboard Update
(19:19) - Kyrin's November Goals
(26:22) - V4V


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How do you say in a foreign language 'sorry I ruined your birthday cake' eeeep.

In Episode #345 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why I yeeted my friends cake all over myself and my car, how Juan changed up his reading style of Ryan Holiday's 'Stillness Is The Key' to finish his monthly goals, why learning another language is so humbling, aspects of Duolingo that help/hinder our learning process, Juan's increased running volume and how my preference for audio over text manifests itself in reality.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - At Southbank again
(0:39) - Joey's 30th Bday and Jackbox
(1:51) - A cake fiasco
(6:49) - Reading in random places
(13:29) - You can never 'finish' a language
(18:23) - Determining your proficiency level and where we struggle
(26:09) - The Duolingo update and changes
(29:58) - Juan's running 60km!
(34:28) - Running vs Handstands
(37:20) - Linux Unplugged, one way boost messages and my dislike of texting
(51:38) - Try a new Podcasting 2.0 app


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Are past humans enough like us to learn from and if so, what do you try to apply to look forward in time?

In Episode #344 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: how a 5am question brought this about, viewing 50 year old people as young, why the coming generations might have it easy, whether technology could mitigate the worse points of humanity, if curiosity is unlocked by the ability to have a voice, the famous G. Michael Hopf quadrant and why consciousness = attention = fame.

Huge thanks to Petar, Dave Jones and Liam's Mum for the support. And a warm welcome again to everyone's favourite Slav!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - We're on our 2nd session!
(0:38) - The inspiration behind the topic
(5:26) - Increased life expectancy
(12:41) - The key assumption that might be wrong
(19:14) - Education and absorbing knowledge
(21:30) - Would there ever be non-humans?
(26:30) - Will everyone still need to be a winner?
(27:54) - Chat comments
(29:45) - Boostagram Lounge
(39:41) - Will there be more questioning?
(46:12) - Will 2 generations away need to drive?
(48:13) - Are weak or strong people coming?
(57:29) - Who's going to be famous?
(1:05:40) - Within generation change: childless vs parents
(1:08:57) - The coming change of Value For Value


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Will any of us live to 150, and if so, are we essentially immortal?

In Episode #343 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: the annoying fact that time goes fast when you're having fun, ways to slow time without it being unpleasant, the hubris of life extension scientists, people whose actions are markedly different from their external appearance and why supporting early supporters can break the v4v model.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Friends stole my topics
(0:48) - Time dilation with Tim Ferriss & Andrew Huberman
(4:20) - Travels slows time
(5:09) - Ray Kurzweil & immortality
(6:34) - I'm skeptical of 'The Fountain of Youth'
(9:10) - Living healthily to 110
(13:56) - Do you see 90 yr olds out and about?
(14:47) - Australian male/female life expectancy
(21:31) - Is anecdotal data scientific?
(25:40) - Meg Smaker: Jihab Rehab documentary
(30:02) - Breaking stereotypes
(34:11) - Does V4V work if there are expectations of profit?
(41:06) - Why should you support us?


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How are you developing your character to become a better person?

In Episode #342 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the new change to releasing episodes at 7pm AEST, how leadership is important for a companies character, the difficulty of changing innate personality traits, the good characteristics we look for in people, an assessment of our own qualities and whether outside people will put us in positive/negative buckets.

A huge thanks to Dave Jones and Hrinaus for supporting the show with their last bit of bread and soup, I (and Juan) really really do appreciate it!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Housekeeping to start off with
(2:30) - Why this topic?
(3:15) - Definition
(4:12) - Institutional Character: Optus vs Medibank
(9:40) - Reputation lags character
(12:04) - Why everyone thinks they are good
(14:22) - Can you change your character?
(23:45) - Chat comments
(24:29) - Boostagram Lounge
(27:25) - Long term games with long term people
(33:56) - Hard work, concentration, humility, transparency
(38:23) - Juan's good and bad characteristics
(44:41) - My good and bad characteristics
(50:21) - Do we have strong or weak character
(58:37) - Final chat comments
(59:54) - Value for value


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Juan gives us a debrief of his freezing Tassie trip and I explain my recent NFT investigations.

In Episode #341 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why Juan absolutely loved the MONA in Hobart, having fun with randoms in an art exhibit, intentionally exposing yourself to cold, our appreciation of companies with non-professional marketing, the NFT's I've been looking at like Disco Solaris, how the Hosky 'project' (lol) is showing signs of professionalism (can't believe I just wrote that) and why the crypto bear market is making research way easier.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - A cold getaway
(0:32) - Where is Tasmania?
(1:02) - Can't live without a reverse camera on the car
(3:56) - MONA: Museum of Old and New Art
(5:52) - A cheeky and fun place
(6:54) - With cheeky and fun signs
(8:01) - The confessional cone art piece
(10:25) - Preparing yourself for the cold
(13:51) - Becoming hard & resilient
(17:14) - Duolingo Twitter is risqué and refreshingly unprofessional
(21:13) - A bad experience at Karen's Diner (I want to speak to the manager!)
(23:44) - Dick's Last Resort
(26:20) - NFT's as an investment; serious people doing serious things
(32:10) - Sayo's Strawberry Farm & the HOSKY sorter
(34:06) - Trading C(ashgrab)NFT's
(34:55) - Stats of getting a S#!tty
(37:12) - Tim Ferriss NFT
(40:36) - V4V, NFT & ART 


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It's a wild and crazy world out there. So we'll be going over our ideas on how to tune it out and find some tranquility.

In Episode #340 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Ryan Holiday's book called 'Stillness Is The Key', Juan's definition involving external influences, a lack of stillness whilst reading a book about it (lol), tech distractions and why it's ok to let some vices remain untouched, 3 particular chapters worthy of note and why you need to be able to say enough (or Genug in German).

Legendary shoutout to McIntosh for supporting the show this week. A ray of sunshine in an otherwise sad puppy vibe :(

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Beginning with a pause
(0:30) - Description
(2:26) - Differentiation vs Patience
(5:57) - Juan's failure of stillness
(10:26) - Social Media seems to be the trigger nowadays
(15:45) - JFK: A calm sex maniac
(18:10) - Is it an important topic?
(22:58) - It's a quiet chat
(23:23) - Boostagram Lounge: Sad quiet puppy
(28:30) - Can't be achieved without a deep relationship
(35:13) - Letting go to a higher power
(38:30) - The 'E' Word
(47:39) - Technique suggestions for finding stillness
(50:33) - Summary
(54:46) - Value for value pitch


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What exactly is money to you?

In Episode #339 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why rich people can move mountains and alter reality, how BTC, ICO's and DEFI/NFT's where the last 3 crypto trends, why Juan thinks things will only get more centralised in the next 4 years, how a 9/5 job made me stupid and examples of Juan's new silly/crazy workout strategies.

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Timeline:
(0:00) - We're prerecorded indoors
(2:03) - How has your understanding of money changed?
(6:02) - Time, altering reality and predicting the future
(12:12) - Inflation: Having too little or too much is a problem
(16:52) - The 3 crypto bubble themes
(18:47) - What's the next theme? Recentralisation?
(23:41) - The Rise of Value For Value
(28:02) - Will there be bigger companies in 4 years time?
(35:17) - The drudgery of work made me hate change & quashed curiosity
(41:32) - Juan sucks with names
(43:07) - Can't Hurt Me; I'll take your soul!
(46:02) - Juan's examples of hybrid training
(52:07) - Pullups are harder for taller people
(56:47) - That's a v4v refined pitch!


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