The Hidden Why Podcast

I love this quote - "Fuck what you know. You need to forget about what you know, that's your problem. Forget about what you think you know about life, about friendship, and especially about you and me." Tyler Durden

Thinking I am expected to live my life defining my Self by external measures. Thinking I need to know it all and to have life perfectly figured out. Fu*k all that external expectation and bull shit!

Find maturity by becoming the guide of our lives and be autonomous thought and action.

Here is a brief thought of mine. Enjoy!

I first spoke to Keith back in episode 241 when we discussed his book Dharam Parenting. A great conversation about Ayurveda body types, consciousness and how to live a better life.

In this episode, we bring Keith back to discuss his new book Gut Crisis: How Diet, Probiotics, and Friendly Bacteria Help You Lose Weight and Heal Your Body and Mind. Discussing Ayurveda medicine, gut bacteria, gut microbiome, digestion, diet, health information, and happiness.

“I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.” Mahatma Gandhi

How open and honest are we with ourselves? How open and honest are we with others? Do we avoid the direct approach to truly expressing ourselves? If so, why?

Self-expression is innovative, it's progressive, it is joy, it is freeing and fulfilling. Self-expression evolves who we are, what we are capable of and improves the quality of our life.

The pure journey of life isn’t lived by being dragged down paths by external forces to places we don't want to go. The pure journey is lived by leading ourselves down paths that we wish to go.

In this episode, I chat with Massimo Pigliucci, who has a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology, is a Professor of Philosophy and Author. His new book How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life, forms the basis for our conversation.

We discuss the stigma's that exist around Stoicism and why and leads our conversation towards understanding what Stoicism is all about while also investigating some of the fundamental principles that guide Stoics. It helps create a better understanding of why this philosophy can assist us in creating more meaningful lives.

What to do when there is no option A? You make the most of option B. As Sheryl states in the opening chapter, “life is not perfect, we all live some form of option B. This book will help you kick the shit out of it.”

Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from difficulties. It is a muscle we can all build. This book will help grow your resilience tool belt.

Here are my review and thoughts. Enjoy!

“Life doesn’t owe us anything. We only owe ourselves, to make the most of the life we are living, of the time we have left, and to live in gratitude.” Bronnie Ware

If these are the top 5 common regrets of the dying I sure don't want them!

I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

I wish I hadn't worked so hard.

I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.

I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

I wish that I had let myself be happier.

One thing I am passionate about is living without regret and believe me I have had a good deal of them already.

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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Sharon Spano. We discuss her new book The Pursuit of Time and Money: Step into Radical Abundance and Discover the Secret to a Meaningful Prosperous Life, which has been written to help others adopt new paradigms about time and money so that they can step into radical abundance in every area of their lives. Her research focuses on wisdom, adult development, and leadership.

"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions; it is governed by our mental attitude." Dale Carnegie

I was feeling dissatisfied with my life. I wasn't really aware of this at the time. I felt normal. I held the belief that this is how life was. I kept telling myself that things will improve thinking that perhaps I was just in a rut. I started relying on this phrase, "If this..., then... that."

I wasn't experiencing any noticeable changes. Days, months and years passed. I felt quite the same – dissatisfied! I then realised that waiting on this or that to start really enjoying my life was a fucking ridiculous.

I then started searching for answers. I started asking the question, "why?" Then I ran into an old school friend. This is that story! This is my story!

My interview with Joshua Spodek, bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step. This is a really inspiring conversation about how to become your best leader in life and in the process, as you align yourself with your values and create greater integrity, discovering more purpose, meaning, and happiness.

I feel there is so much value to be had in this conversation. Embrace what how you want to live your life. Do what you dream of doing and take action, have experiences and your purpose, passions, and happiness will evolve.

"Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!" Goethe

“More than any other time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. —Woody Allen”

Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) be our final invention? That's the questions James answers in this book Our Final Invention. Here are my review and thoughts.

For every advancement and innovation, we make there always seem to be some cost. This book is a great conversation starter around the future of AI and tech.