In this episode, the Mind Castle Podcast discusses how one man's life can have a profound impact on the rest of the world. How our choices do matter and how to make the best choices we can. This episode comes to terms with the harsh reality that our choices affect the world around us, for good or for bad, and how we should respond to that.

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James Jani - exposing myths and scams in our world

Ordinary Men

The Gulag Archipelago

The Rape of Nanking

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Mind Castle is where Reagan and Austin discuss how to develop their optimal selves, be productive, and discuss the lessons they're learning from what they're reading. New episodes when we get around to it.

What do skydiving, polar plunges, and learning Spanish have in common? In this episode, Austin and Reagan discuss expanding of frameworks of reality and how to see the world differently. We look at why it's so important to intentionally put ourselves in experiences that reshape our view of reality.

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Mind Castle is where Reagan and Austin discuss how to develop their optimal selves, be productive, and discuss the lessons they're learning from what they're reading. New episodes when we get around to it.

Austin and Reagan discuss what curiosity is and how pulling on the thread of curiosity is essential for a vibrant life. Many of us have heard sayings like "curiosity killed the cat" but what is that really telling us? Is it good advice? What is curiosity and how does it change our lives?

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Ego is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday

Johnny Harris' YouTube Channel

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Mind Castle is where Reagan and Austin discuss how to develop their optimal selves, be productive, and discuss the lessons they're learning from what they're reading. New episodes when we get around to it.

In this episode, Reagan and Austin talk about time and how we relate to it. For example, when you think of "now" what do you think of? Over the years the world concept of "now" or the present moment, has shrunk from a few hundred years to a few minutes. The main theme here is that we are incredibly shortsighted. It's a call to look forward and build something that lasts, something that goes beyond ourselves.

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Mind Castle is where Reagan and Austin discuss how to develop their optimal selves, be productive, and discuss the lessons they're learning from what they're reading. New episodes when we get around to it.

In this episode, Austin talks about how he did something most 22-year-olds probably don't do, and Reagan explains why the number 4,000 will change your life. We discuss how life is finite and how thinking about death can be one of the most important things you can do for your life. 

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Mind Castle is where Reagan and Austin discuss how to develop their optimal selves, be productive, and discuss the lessons they're learning from what they're reading. New episodes when we get around to it.

In this episode, Reagan and Austin dive into a prolific author of the 1800s, Victor Hugo, and learn powerful lessons from his life. One of these skills called a Commitment Devise, allowed him to write one of his most successful books in less than 4 months. 

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Mind Castle is where Reagan and Austin discuss how to develop their optimal selves, be productive, and discuss the lessons they're learning from what they're reading. New episodes when we get around to it.

This is a quick release of a defining moment in Austin's life. In just under two weeks one of Austin's videos got over 1 million views, and this podcast being recorded within a day of this achievement. His subscriber count went from 1,600 to 13,000 and is still climbing. Austin shares what it's like to have his channel finally blow up after two years of intense work. How does this affect Austin's life? What's it like to go from making no money to having the potential to turn this into a full-time job?

The video that changed Austin's life

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Mind Castle is where Reagan and Austin discuss how to develop their optimal selves, be productive, and discuss the lessons they're learning from what they're reading. New episodes when we get around to it.

In this episode Austin and Reagan discuss what they classify as the most undervalued resource. The episode covers a few other aspects, but mostly dialogs about mentors, staying curious, and learning to ask the "dumb" questions. Also, Tai Lopez. And Tim Ferris. We promise all these things are connected and make sense in this episode. 

Tribe of Mentors

Speed Reading Course (By Austin)

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Mind Castle is where Reagan and Austin discuss how to develop their optimal selves, be productive, and discuss the lessons they're learning from what they're reading. New episodes when we get around to it.

We built a ridiculous treehouse, and it just kept getting bigger.

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Mind Castle is where Reagan and Austin discuss how to develop their optimal selves, be productive, and discuss the lessons they're learning from what they're reading. New episodes when we get around to it.