Mere Mortals Conversations

Andrew Taylor, The CEO and Founder of Live Co (https://lvco.com.au/)and the Ambitious Lifestyle, was born and raised in South Auckland. While now residing in Brisbane he has not forgotten his roots and where he came from and the community that he was surrounded with while growing up. Coming from an area that was often portrayed negatively in the media he understands what it is like to be over looked. 

In todays conversation I sat down with Andrew to talk business, lifestyle and the stories along the journey.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro
(1:25) - The first sales gig
(5:20) - Giving it another go
(7:05) - Growing up in a low socio economic area
(10:20) - Knowing your younger self
(13:00) - First sales and experiences
(15:50) - Connecting with warehouses
(20:40) - Live Co today
(23:30) - Growing the brand
(31:20) - Daily discipline
(37:30) - Building sounding boards
(42:00) - How long does it take to plan 12 month plan
(43:30) - Goals and excitement for the future

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Definitely worth watching for the graphics I created as I think this might be one of our best episodes yet!

In Episode #262 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: what the 2020's will be remembered for, Juan's unbelievable humility (hahahahaha), thoughts on the stories humans tell, ridiculous but truthful fiction, how ideas travel in the world, the awesome dolls created in the 18th century, Stephen Wolfram's & the Mandelbrot set and getting your money hacked from creative bad people.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - The Roaring 2020's
(3:28) - Juan the Social Media King
(6:25) - BS Stories
(10:11) - How truthful is humanity
(15:52) - Juan's blog post & subjectivity
(18:38) - The Shit Angel & fictitious stories
(23:36) - Covid misinformation and idea proliferation
(32:08) - Censorship
(36:13) - Jaquet Droz Automaton
(41:28) - Cellular automata & complexity
(45:59) - Key loggers & Russian spying
(49:38) - V4V & Fountain


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Domo arigato Mr Juanboto.

In Episode #261 Juan and I discuss: some changes to our podcast format, whether we could love or be friends with robots, why robots in our sports could be epic, Bender from Futurama, my fetish for holes of all sorts (apparently), why I want a drone sitting on my shoulder and whether you will like the new format.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - We're Going Live!
(5:17) - New List Of Changes
(9:25) - Why Robots & Definition
(12:50) - Friendship With Robots
(20:31) - Roombas & Pets
(29:28) - Safety & Time Saving
(33:09) - We Want Robots In Our Sports
(40:05) - We Don't Want Robots Capable Of Violence
(43:13) - The Best Robot In Pop Culture
(45:46) - The Uncanny Valley
(52:29) - Predictions: When Will We Have Robots In Our Lives
(57:47) - No Robot Spam .... We Want Genuine Feedback Plz


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You smell that ....... it smells 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) -  Our December recap
(4:56) - Juan's Body January goals
(7:45) - Kyrin's first 4 January goals
(11:57) - Juan's Mind January goals
(15:09) - Kyrin's second 4 January goals
(19:16) - Juan's Soul January goals
(24:16) - Fitness roundup
(25:55) - Boost baby boost


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What do George Orwell, Henry Spira, Viktor Frankl, Adam Curry, Ian Thorpe & Mark Twain all have in common?

In Episode #260 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the definition of these various terms, why idolising certain people might be unhealthy, figures from history that have influenced us, what characteristics make these people special, why our diversity levels are super super low, which of the 3 options we would like to be and why you (yes YOU!) are a legend for listening to the Mere Mortals.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - Incoming pug attack
(1:25) - Definition
(1:59) - Flawed heroes
(7:48) - Our personal favourites
(17:28) - What separates these people?
(21:50) - People similar to you
(27:12) - What would we want to be?
(30:19) - Become a legend & send a boostagram


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Nothing like some memes to end off the year!

In Episode #259 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: Xmas NFT's and the sad news of the hosky price rise, how the Cardano network promotes decentralisation, why memecoins are great for dipping your toes in the water, the Immutable X layer 2 for Ethereum, the PERNIS v WENIS debate that will surely end in bloodshed, our version of the $1 Bitcoin video, Web 3.0/sweaty hands/crypto stocks and the EOY Boostagram Lounge.

A big thanks to Sir Spencer for helping to support the show, much appreciated.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - ALERT: HOSKY NEWS UPDATE!!!!
(3:40) - SPOOPS program and decentralisation
(10:22) - Testing out new things
(15:57) - Immutable X
(19:09) - Wenis vs Pernis
(26:45) - $0 Hosky video
(29:36) - Web 3.0 & sweaty hands
(36:10) - Crypto-stock analogy
(44:14) - Boostagram Lounge: Sir Spencer


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Well, we know we're full of Mere Mortals mistakes, now the whole world gets to know!

In Episode #258 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: some potential reasons why mistakes are hard to admit to, ways in which we've stuffed up our lives (apart from the whole things of course), why one might want to fail to make more mistakes and some of the worst blunders of history.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - An intro full of mistakes
(2:07) - Definition
(3:59) - Journalistic corrections
(10:54) - Why people don't admit to mistakes
(13:23) - Our personal mistakes
(26:48) - Should one seek out mistakes?
(31:31) - A recent book review
(34:51) - Histories biggest mistakes
(39:09) - Rectify your MM mistake


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Juan has been super busy this week and he's been compensating by eating more of his bland food than normal.

In Episode #257 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: whether it's good to be super busy, the selection of buffet food at my old work, why I stopped the V4V podcast, our interactions with Podcasting 2.0, the recent changes in our fashion (particularly fancy socks) and a big thankyou to all the people who helped support the show!

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - Flat out at work
(4:52) - Buffet food at the mines
(12:00) - Learnings from the V4V podcast
(16:48) - HELICOPTER!!!
(17:20) - Adam Curry response
(20:37) - Our appearance on Podcasting 2.0
(21:59) - Hosky tattoo and t-shirt
(24:08) - Gary Vee cards and our fashion choices
(31:50) - Brian of London
(32:10) - Chad Farrow
(32:28) - Petar the Slav
(33:45) - Nick
(35:31) - No name boostagrams
(39:05) - Value for value


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Why did Pete forgo a career in science to focus upon Aussie English?

In Conversation #67 Pete and I discuss: preparing for podcast interviews, some of the problems with scientific studies, people behaving in a false/lying manner, how cryptocurrencies are gaining steam, if the future is all about electric cars and other innovation, what he has been reading/listening to recently and some nerdy linguistic talk about English.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - How much research prep to do?
(4:43) - Foreign accents are judged as less trustworthy
(9:05) - Studies that can't be replicated
(26:14) - Biases in Science
(35:35) - Why Pete didn't pursue a scientific career?
(40:48) - The falsity of Hollywood
(46:32) - Body language & lying
(52:37) - Australian Covid news
(1:00:58) - Crypto for beginners
(1:09:58) - Bitcoin & climate change
(1:14:42) - Electric cars & meatless meat
(1:22:13) - Is it a hopeful future?
(1:31:29) - Michael Schermer
(1:33:44) - Less podcast, more hobbies
(1:35:40) - English language facts
(1:41:44) - Don't sleep there are snakes
(1:49:36) - Aussie English


Connect with Pete:
Website: https://aussieenglish.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australia_english/


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This convo was sparked due to Juan reading Josh Waitzkin's 'The Art Of Learning'.

In Episode #256 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the tai chi championship Josh Waitzkin competed in, examples of how we chose to learn different depending on the context, the difference between acquiring fast knowledge vs mastering a skill, why we can learn more quickly than younger versions of ourselves, the Kyrin approved general learning process and the Japanese martial art method of the stages to mastery.

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

Timeline:
(0:00) - The Art Of Learning book
(3:51) - Josh Waitzkin & Push Hands
(5:12) - On demand knowledge
(13:36) - The Art: Botany, swimming & handstands
(19:10) - Short term vs mastery
(25:41) - Learning now vs 18 years old
(32:47) - My learning process
(36:50) - Shu-ha-ri
(42:24) - Learning how to learn
(48:10) - Share the MM goodness


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