Spoken Growth

I’m a pretty high-strung guy by nature. I have trouble sitting still, I can rarely focus on anything for more than five minutes, I’m always worrying about the future, and oh shit did that girl just look at me?

So naturally, I’ve been advised to try meditation many times over the years. And naturally, I’ve found it very difficult. I’d give it a try for twenty minutes or so, have trouble, try it again a few more times over the next two weeks, and give up. Rinse and repeat two or three times a year. For years.

Do you know what Steve Jobs, John D. Rockefeller, Amelia Earhart, and Ulysses S. Grant have in common?

They each possessed the talent of turning obstacles into opportunities drawn from the Stoic ideologies of Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius.

This episode was initially published as an article on Medium.com by Larry Kim.

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These productivity techniques will keep you on track and happy.

1. Turn Off Alerts
It’s terribly tough to get into your Zen zone when your phone is buzzing every few minutes. Depending on how chatty your phone is, you may get notifications for everything from emails to retweets

Hello! Today's podcast is just an update and some outreach regarding future episodes, how often they will be put out, and the quality of those episodes.

“These days, everyone needs a side hustle,” starts the Uber commercial recruiting new drivers. And it’s got bouncy music and the dude is hip and it makes it sound like this is super fun and I’m sitting there thinking: Are they seriously trying to make a “second job” sound like a sexy thing!?

This episode was initially published as an article on Medium.com by Zdravko Cvijetic

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It took me four years of researching, experimenting, and a lot of excuses, to finally reach a point where waking up early as a habit is under my command, but it was worth it.

I presume the reason why you are reading this article is that you’ve tried to develop the same habit (probably more than once) and for some reason failed.

Luckily, you don’t need to go through this again by yourself; you have me and my learning lessons...

Money. Freedom. Respect. Fame.

These are some of the many promises of the all holy entrepreneurship.

In recent years there’s been a flood of blog posts, eBooks and video courses on why and how to become an entrepreneur. “How to Make Money Online.” “How to Make $5k Per Month in Passive Income.” “How to Tell Your Boss to Go Screw Himself and Live Your Dreams.” “…in 3 Easy Steps!”

“How could she do something like this to me?” said a voice in my head. All the time. Every day.

Back in 2011, when everything had gradients, iOS icons made sense, and people used deodorants, I was stuck in middle of a pretty bad depression due to my divorce.

Thankfully, I think I was smart enough (and had great people around me) so I found ways to stay afloat...

Focus on what’s important, and NOT the method/tool used to get the result you want. 

Think of ONE thing that’s killing your time right now.
Then, and only then, should you scan this list and look for a solution to that one thing.

I used to think it was a silly waste of time to think about a vision for my life. Who does that? It seems to touchy-feely, too Tony Robbins-ish.

But then, as I started learning how to change my life and my habits, I realized something: people avoid creating a vision for their lives because they believe the exercise is futile. Why make a vision when it’s impossible to accomplish those things anyway?

I’ve also noticed something over the past several years...