Today’s podcast is an introduction to The Black Swan, a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that presents the concept represented in its title. It’s a work that has made me think and reflect a tremendous amount, so I wanted to take some time to discuss it, as the ideas around it will likely come up again and again in future episodes. I hope you find it to be a valuable monologue. Thanks for listening. It does not go unappreciated. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about a feeling and a focus. When hiking yesterday, I found myself at many times totally focused on my breathing and the feeling of my heartbeat pulsing through my body. These moments of concentration are moments I cherish, as they give me the space I need to process the world around me in a better way. So I wanted to take some time to break down what that experience is like for me and why I value it so much. I hope you find these thoughts to be valuable and meaningful. Thanks for listening! As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast stems from a conversation I just had with a friend, in which we spoke about self awareness and understand others. This monologue is a summary of the conclusion I came to about what it means to know oneself through the metaphor of a puzzle. I think that analogies like this can be really useful to make sense of complicated subjects like each of us are. I hope you find it to be a valuable and useful one. As always, thanks for listening. It means a lot to me. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

While preparing dinner today, I looked at my roommate and said “I want to be worse at doing bad.” He laughed, as it is a funny sounding statement. However, when I thought about it some more, I found that there is a lot of wisdom in it. Today’s podcast is a look into how it’s relevant to my life and why I think it’s so important to keep in mind. Thanks for listening. I hope you found it to be valuable. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about an idea that I’ve come in contact with a couple of times over the past few months. Steve Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics and a professor at the University of Chicago, had an idea for how we could accelerate the vaccine trial process to save more lives and economic problems. This idea is called the challenge trial, in which people are given the vaccine and then are exposed to the disease to see the true effectiveness of the vaccine more quickly and efficiently. In the podcast, you’ll hear more details about this idea and some thoughts on the pushback. I figured you would like hearing it, given we’re a year into living with this “new normal.” I hope you find it to be a valuable thought to engage in. As always, thanks for listening. It means a lot. Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast starts as a reflection on continuing my habit of journaling every night, which turns into a discussion of the importance of showing up. I will admit that it wasn’t my best effort, but I at least gave it a shot, which I think is one of the most important things ultimately. I hope you find some value in what I had to say. Thanks so much for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

What’s a better time to post one’s goals for the year than April 12th? That’s the purpose of today’s podcast. Despite the challenges of a pandemic and the high likelihood that people have given up their resolutions for the year by now, here I am... talking about my goals for the year. My hope is that this serves as an opportunity for you to return to those thoughts about your goals for the year - as it’s never too late to re-organize and give it another go. I hope you enjoy hearing these goals and find the episode to be valuable. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast was a really nostalgic one for me. It’s a reflection on a recurring sense of awe that I have experienced from time to time throughout the many years that I’ve driven the same road home to my parents’ house. I’ll leave it there for you to hear the rest in the episode. I hope you find some value in it. I certainly have. Thanks for listening. It really means a lot to me. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a quick but incisive one. At the end of my time in Brazil, I decided to write letters to the people who I spent a lot of time with and who formed a meaningful part of my experience there. This exercise really did a lot for me, so I wanted to take some time to share those details with you. Perhaps it will inspire you to take it up yourself. Thanks for listening! As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a message that frequently enters my mind in a heavy manner. Talking about something without being able to really back it up with the proof of your own actions and habits is empty. Being about it, putting in the work, building the habits... there’s so much gold there. I hope you enjoyed this message and found it to be valuable. Perhaps you’ll take it and apply it in your own life. That would surely put a smile on my face, your face, and others around you. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.