Key Quote:
"Fear of failure prevents us from taking the right risk to change our lives." - Andrew Gilley

Episode Summary:
• In this month's monologue episode, Andrew Gilley discussed depression and the difficulty of balancing self-care with numbing one's emotions.
• In the conversation episode, Andrew dives deep with Wesley Jackson into how creating and maintaining a daily routine is vital in order to develop oneself, make healthier choices, and improve relationships with loved ones.
• Wesley then interviewed Mike Dee, who talked about leveraging existing routines for growth, as well as shifting social media usage for knowledge rather than entertainment; and learning from failures.
• Mike further emphasized the importance of simplifying morning routines to avoid overcomplication; prioritize activities that matter most; and accept failures as opportunities to begin new chapters.
• Andrew then covers this month's blog articles, beginning with how animals model the importance of taking breaks and living in the present moment to avoid carrying around baggage.
• Successful people incorporate periods of focus into their daily routines, regardless of the quirkiness of their methods.
• Every day should include an activity that centers and grounds us and our habits are key to personal development.

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Key Quote:
"It's those small habits that you implement into your life - if you do that every single day, it will change your life." - Mike Dee

Episode Summary:
· Mike left behind the safety of a 9-5 job despite a huge pay raise that was offered to him - and ultimately, it was the second best decision he ever made.
· He established a habit of dedicating two to three hours each day to his side hustle, which ultimately helped him break free from the shackles of monotony.
· Mike talks about how society defines success and how money isn't everything.
· Mike preaches the importance of both balance and flow, and what that looks like for him.
· Mike talks about reframing failure.
· Mike shares his morning and evening routines.

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Key Quotes:
• "We're planting the seeds of addictive behavior patterns now at such a large scale, and at such an early age now, I can only wonder as to the consequences this will have ten, twenty years down the line. We're slaves to screens." - Wesley Jackson
• "When we set our habits, we set our disposition to the world. So when we change our habits, we do the same." - Andrew Gilley

Episode Summary:
• Wesley Jackson and Andrew Gilley explore why routines are worth revisiting today in the context of habits, and how to effectively handle difficulties associated with implementing them.
• Routines are essential for forming habits, which become who we are - little differences add up over time, 1% better per day equals 37 times better after one year.
• Setting up positive routines is key; incentivize the process by rewarding yourself for completing the routine to encourage positive habits.
• Wesley and Andrew discuss their personal daily routines and suggest experimenting to find what works for individual listeners.

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Key Quote:
"Your routine sets your tone for your day and your day sets your tone for your life. You won't always step on the right foot, but we can help ourselves stay on the path by setting a routine that makes us mindful of ourselves and those around us, and that lets us make the best choices we can to be the best people that we can." - Andrew Gilley

Episode Summary:
• Andrew Gilley reflects on his own internal conflict of managing daily routines. 
• This is in the context of wanting to escape from the feeling of depression, but not lose joy and life's good moments. 
• He struggled with setting and maintaining routines in college due to lack of structure and temptation for unhealthy escapism. 
• He moved onto graduate school, where he was struggling with fear of failure, leading him to use unhealthy coping strategies like binge drinking and drugs. 
• He realized how not paying attention to his routines could lead him in an undesired direction and how it was important to practice being conscious about creating good habits.

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Key Quote:
• "Advertising exists to sell something. And to sell something, you need to have a problem. And if there isn't a problem, you need to invent one." - Andrew Gilley

Episode Summary:
• Wesley discussed his experience of feeling trapped in the toxic environment of the advertising industry, where people were reduced to numbers on a spreadsheet.
• Wesley and Andrew discussed the unethical nature of current advertising that's prevalent on social media, such as undermining people's self-esteem and taking advantage of racism and sexism.
• Kyle Golding was asked to produce an advertisement for a calcium supplement claimed to cure cancer, which he refused due to ethical reasons. He learnt that taking shortcuts does not lead to long-term success and that relationships with genuine value exchanges should be prioritized.
• Unethical advertising uses emotions to manipulate individuals into buying a product.
• Online advertising and social media have caused people to become more callous, exhibited by treating people as numbers and analytics.
• Confirmation bias can trick people into buying something without thinking it through and should be mitigated against by staying vigilant and making sure that decisions align with our own interests.
• It is important to be aware of these tactics in order to make choices that empower us, rather than hold us back.

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Key Quote:
• "Doing the right thing is always the right thing. Doing it when it's hard is even more important." - Kyle Golding

Episode Summary:
• Kyle Golding was faced with an ethical dilemma when his boss asked him to produce an advertising campaign promoting a calcium supplement as a potential cancer cure, despite evidence having been debunked of this in 1935.
• Facing no support from the marketing director, head of legal, or CEO, he chose to leave the company and found a new job with a much better boss who taught him about business ethics.
• This experience taught Kyle to prioritize ethical decisions over taking shortcuts for quick financial gain when doing business and building relationships. 
• He believes that society needs to focus on building relationships and creating value instead of chasing quick fame or money, which will ultimately benefit everyone in the long run.

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Key Quotes:
• "Unethical advertising takes advantage of people's deepest hopes and fears, manipulating them to line megacorporations' pockets with ill-gotten gains." - Wesley Jackson
• "We can't let our habits be shifted by the manipulations of unethical advertising; you must recognize where your habits and ideas come from and transcend the previous errors you have made." - Andrew Gilley

Episode Summary:
• Unethical advertising is a form of manipulation that has been around since the Industrial Revolution and has become more effective with the advent of the Internet, allowing it to reach a far wider audience.
• Children seven and younger are particularly vulnerable to being manipulated as they lack the cognitive structures necessary to understand when they are being persuaded.
• Unethical advertising taps into our emotions such as guilt, shame, or fear in order to make us buy something we wouldn't have otherwise.
• Social media exacerbates this problem by making it harder to distinguish between an ad, post, or recommendation.
• Unless action is taken, the effects of unethical advertising on our psyches will continue to grow worse as advertising capitalizes on new mediums such as augmented reality and virtual reality.
• Advertising companies are collecting vast amounts of data which are then used for targeting specific demographics in increasingly predatory ways.

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Key Quote:
• "Take stock of your current habits. Examine them one by one. Which of them are helping you move forward, to the better person you want to become, and which are just holding you back?" - Wesley Jackson

Episode Summary:
• Wesley Jackson experienced a personal crisis that all began when he was a digital marketing subcontractor in 2018, eventually leading to him severing ties with his second agency partner in Q1 of 2022.
• Wesley realized that this work was not right for him, no matter how successful he was at it, and that he needed to make changes.
• Through his trials he discovered the importance of authentic, face-to-face human connection and the need for more ethical advertising practices.

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• "If we ever hope to collectively heal this world, we must begin by first discarding these feelings of guilt, shame, and fear that we feel when it comes to expressing our authentic truths and recognizing our lived experiences for what they were. These negative emotions, feelings, and thoughts are largely handed down to us by a long, long line of parents." - Wesley Jackson

• "When we start connecting with each other, when we start building communities ourselves, outside of what we're being told, when we start generating power in ourselves and among ourselves, that's when I think things truly have a chance to change." - Andrew Gilley

Episode Summary:
• Wesley Jackson shares his story of struggle and self-discovery involving childhood abuse, learning disabilities, and complex PTSD.
• After reconnecting with his authentic self and going through personal growth, he realized that he could teach others how to survive their traumas too.
• Andrew Gilley reveals that he had been subjected to childhood sexual abuse by an authority figure that profoundly shaped him in more ways than he thought possible.
• Both Wesley and Andrew share their stories to emphasize the need for people to accept themselves and commit to personal development in order to become agents of positive change.

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• How the World Sees You by Sally Hogshead

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