The Samotivation Podcast

2020 taught us a lot of lessons.. here is the main one it taught me. Hope it inspires you :)

I have no idea how an episode on favorite life quotes turned into a conversation about David Goggins, approaching girls in bars and the beach, stoicism, life philosophies and more but it was great recording it with Mohamad Balushi once again! Hope you guys enjoy this.

What are your favorite life quotes and why? Feel free to get in touch with the links below!

On today’s episode, we’ll explore the effects that social media has on our mental health, in addition to some key social media usage findings from the Digital 2020 April Global Statshot Report. Enjoy the episode!

Some benefits of meditation include, increased concentration, less stress, and an overall sense of calm and happiness. A lot of people believe that meditation is something complicated and difficult to do. That’s not true. I'll even show you through a guided meditation session :)

Today’s episode is about the most important conversation you’ll ever have. A conversation that you have every second of every day. This isn’t a conversation with your family or your significant other. It’s not with your friends. It’s not with your boss. It’s the conversation that you have with yourself and the power of self-belief.

Today’s episode is about Corona, but it's not what you think. I am not here to tell you about how bad the situation is and how scared you should be, I am here to tell you about the massive opportunity you have here to develop yourself and what you can do during this period that doesn’t involve what the majority of the world is doing, i.e. Netflixxing and browsing social media all day.

On today’s episode, we’ll explore 6 things you can do during this period to develop yourself and come out stronger and better once its all over.

All hail, the Samotination. If you would like to send a voice message for the next  episode www.anchor.fm/Samotivation and click ‘Message’ to record your message

We are constantly comparing ourselves to others, causing feelings of envy, inadequacy, unhappiness and overall dissatisfaction with our own lives. For most of us, comparison stops at those feelings. The good thing is.. we can go beyond those feelings and use comparison as a tool for growth and inspiration as opposed to a source of inadequacy.

With the mass use of social media, comparison has been magnified beyond anything our parents (and great great great great^ infinity grand parents) have known. (The ^ means 'to the power of'. Ok. Thanks. Bye.) In the age of social media, instant everything and so-called smart phones, we have not become smarter and more connected, but rather dumber and lonelier than ever before.

Now, we no longer compare ourselves to those in our immediate circle, family, friends and the Joneses new door; with social media, we compare ourselves to people thousands of miles away and not just regular people, but celebrities, movie stars, singers, athletes and models and an insta-perfect fake and filtered lifestyle, where everyone is happy, eating at the most lavish restaurants, wearing the most elegant clothing, has a hot physique/partner, traveling to the most exotic places and so on. The Joneses are no longer next door or in our neighborhoods. They are everywhere around us (and beyond).

Why do we compare ourselves to others and why should we stop? Can we use comparison as a positive tool for self-change as opposed to only a source of insufficiency?  YES! This is what we look at in today's Samotivation episode.