Over the weekend, we were at a rooftop party in Chicago. What sport dominated conversation? The NBA. But dominates as the most talked about sport in cities (and even rural areas). Why? When the NFL is the most popular, how does the NBA excel? Lower barrier of entry and humans love of NBA storylines have the most at stake. But will lack of innovation dilute its product and significance?

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We've been decluttering our closet and came across a box of personal notes from 2013-2019! What a treasure! Let's analyze these as an example of personal development journey.

By taking deliberate time for our self and answering simple questions about life, it'll increase our clarity and awareness. It'll help us become more precise in our actions, which will save us time & energy and enhance our experience.

Questions from this session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. What's something in our past that didn't work out but we learned from it and now it's come full circle?

3. What's something foundational we know about our self to our core?

4. What's something we want to do or accomplish? What is part of that? What will we have to do to achieve that? How can we execute it? (What + How) Make it measurable.

5. What's a habit we have that we want to improve? How can we make effort towards this measurable?

6. Do we feel we have good communication with our friends? How can we maintain these relationships better?

7. What's a media source (like a podcast or tv show) that we draw inspiration from?

8. Over the next week, think/mediate on our last 8-10 years of progress as a human being.

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NASA's Kat Kennedy returns to the show. She shares her experience working in Mission Control and upcoming Artemis program to return to the moon. How does someone at NASA partake in eclipse activities? What's the protocol for taking home old NASA pictures or memorabilia just lying around? What skills has she learned and have proved valuable? How can we all benefit from resilience and finding humor in life? Rich's cat interrupts the recording several times out of curiosity (or intention?). What can we notice from animal communication?

**Thoughts and opinions are Kat's and not NASA**

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Over the past few years, I've been mildly obsessed and overly fascinated by the ease of transactions and payment processes through software and technology. From boarding airplanes to sports games to concerts my mind's been blown with how easy and quick people are moving. Software engineers have built the present and will build the future—a future we can all benefit from. I just want to express my gratitude.

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By taking deliberate time for our self and answering simple questions about life, it'll increase our clarity and awareness. It'll help us become more precise in our actions, which will save us time & energy and enhance our experience.

Questions from this weekly guided reflection session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. What's a recent interaction with an animal we've had? What did we observe in its movement and communication?

3. What's something we don't enjoy but in a recent moment we felt relief completing or doing it?

4. Pause and listen. How many sounds do we hear? What are the sounds?

5. What do we want to give our attention to today?

6. When was the last time we felt relief during a day? What were we doing? Was weather a factor? What was the space like? What were we wearing?

7. What's a feeling we'd like to experience more? Who are some music artists or songs that align with that feeling?

8. What're we energized for today?

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Rich recaps his writing tour with Felipe Hernandez. He's working on a book series called "Nuance & Notes," involving designs on building facades in different cities. Recorded in Rich's apartment, they play a slideshow of photos from Los Angeles, New York, & Miami) and discuss the cities, activities, highlights, & friends.

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We're influenced by our environment. We take on the values, behaviors, actions and even fashion of the people around us! To demonstrate, let's share observations from our recent travels to London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Wisconsin, & Miami.

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By taking deliberate time for our self and answering simple questions about life, it'll increase our clarity and awareness. It'll help us become more precise in our actions, which will save us time & energy and enhance our experience.

Recorded at the Field Museum in Chicago

Questions from this session:

1. What's our favorite place that grounds and centers us?

2. What're we grateful for?

3. What's one thing that's gotten us more interested in science & technology?

4. What's a smell/scent that brings us instantly back to a particular memory in our life?

5. What's a recent moment that brought us pride and gratitude for the effort we put in?

6. Where we live, what impression do people on the outside have of it? What characteristics, icons, or big events have shaped culture?

7. Where do we grocery shop? Why do we prefer that place and what characteristics do we like about it?

8. What's one thing we can do to live healthier?

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Gigi Flores returns for our third installment of breaking down iconic films and analyzing elements of writing and storytelling through visual art. Our previous film selections were older classics "Taxi Driver" and "The Shining." We went more recent with "Donnie Darko." Together we work through questions we had and dive into meaning of the action on film.

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The concept that we're equal to the five people we interact with most came up in several recent conversations. Let's explore it more.

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