Understand Life

This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. 

Last week:  The three possible definitions of the starts of seasons, specifically summer.

Next week: Continuing our series on Personality Types (on hiatus for one week), we're talking about "quadrant theory", which is where there are 4 different personality types, everyone has all of them but to a differing degree. 

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This week we talk about how we mark the seasons. There's actually three different answers to when the first day of summer is: depending on how you define summer. Listen to the episode to understand all three definitions and decide on which one you like the best. 

Thanks for listening and enjoy the show. 

The show notes page is at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/17.

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 This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. 

Last week:  The Meyer's Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assigns everyone to be more on one side or the other of four different continuums: introverted vs extroverted, intuitive vs sensing, thinking vs feeling, and judging vs perceiving. 

Next week: Why is June 21st the first day of summer? Wait, is it the first day of summer? Should it be? Well...that depends on your point of view.

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This week we talk primarily about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. We go over the 8 different letters and what each one means:

We also recap Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs at the beginning, and of course, talk about what type each of us are. 

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The show notes page is located at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/16.html

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This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. 

Last week: When you don't know how to do something, the options are to give up, get someone else to do it, or figure it out. In order to figure it out, the options are Trial and Error, Teaching, and Research

Next week: Personality Types, including the MBTI (Meyer's Briggs Type Indicator) and Quadrant Theory (fun, love, achievement, and perfection)

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This week we go through the 5 options you have when you need to get something done and don't know how. 

After that, we go into what design thinking is and how businesses are using that to create better products. 

It's just Leonard and Malachi this week (no Alyssa).

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The show notes page is located at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/15.html

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This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. 

Last two weeks: Savings, Money Markets, CDs, Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds

Last Week: Alyssa is putting her money in a CD; Malachi is putting his into Bonds

Next week: Design Thinking and the options to get something done when you don't know how to do it.

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This week we finish talking about investment basics. We cover mutual funds and go back over compound interest. Then, the kids make their choice on which investment option they want to take at the moment. 

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The show notes page is located at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/14.html

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This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. 

Last week: Savings and investment accounts, shuch as money market accounts, CDs, Stocks, and Bonds. We also covered inflation and compound interest.

Next week: Mutual Funds and where the kids are going to put their money.

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This week we start talking about different types of savings and investment accounts. The goal is to get the kids to understand the pros and cons of each account type. In this week's part 1 of this question, we will go over savings and money market accounts, CDs, stocks, and bonds. The details are mostly about the amount of risk and expected return. We also cover how inflation affects purchasing power. 

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See the show notes at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/13.

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