What is an opportunity and when do you need to embrace it? How do you decipher opportunity from manipulation? When given a gift, how do you capitalize on it? This is a continuation of last week's practicality exercise, where we dive deeper into Top-Down Practicality and see what it has to offer.

Live practically. But even more specifically, there are two different types of practicality: Bottom-Up practicality, and Top-down practicality. Lets talk about it

Zane Kadir is a local business magnet--an entrepreneur, opportunist, and an explorer of the world. Today we talked about a bit of his recent ventures and how to stay driven day after day.

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Personal Instagram: @zane_kadir

Business: @pristinejets

In this episode we discuss a study done by Brown assistant professor Daniel Levari and Harvard's David Gilbert, showcasing our innate desire to seek problems. I find it stunning just how often I've come across my desire to deal with an external problem rather than make progress in my life, and how I often invent threats to handle instead of seeking inner peace. Link to the study discussed

This is probably not the best episode to start on, but live your life I guess. In this minisode I reflect on the first 3 episodes and what I think I could have done better on each one, as well as some things that I liked. Also It's the first one in the library studio!

In this episode, we talk about the importance of persevering through daily frustration, and touch on when it's time to pivot. We do a bit of a vulnerable deep dive on all the ways I've managed to give up way too early. Also, I referenced a Modern Wisdom clip at the beginning, here's the link at the timestamp: https://youtu.be/ewMJdf32zWA?t=375

In this episode, we established some goals for the pod, as well as talked about what makes a good goal. And yes, if you're reading this, I spent a good amount of time talking about SMART goals, and why I think MAD goals are better and more approachable. Soon I'll be able to not do this in my bedroom and I can YELL about it. Maybe I can make a goal about an average decible reading somehow. Until then, this is how I'm showing up.

Hi I do not know what I am doing yet, so please just bear with me for a couple of months. I just want to talk about some things I think we could do a bit better. And after listening back, I'm beginning to believe in myself more and more. So maybe this is a good beginning, and we can see where it goes.