thinklife with kalaboukis - being a better human: Recent Episodes
kalaboukis
a podcast on being a better human On THINK!LIFE, being a better human, we’ll discuss anything and everything – including some things that cover broader topics about the future, current events, society, social media, the human condition, free speech, how to be better humans (and what it means to be a better human). I’m going to try and be totally apolitical (although I am a libertarian and you may hear some of those views from time to time, I’m extremely tired of politics getting into everything and would just prefer to politely not discuss politics at the dinner table)
we need to be more observant - we need to be more understanding the situation around us.
Action supersedes talk - we need to take action more often - we need to stop "not rocking the boat"
how you can maintain a calm demeanor when life goes nuts around you - plus how to deal with bad memories
The trick is to observe the situation deeply before you jump in, and when you do be flexible.
When we get hit with negative feedback, we sometimes have this tendency to use that negativity to let ourselves off the hook. For example, if you are trying to lose weight, you get on the scale and the number is lower than last time - you feel great. But if its higher, we use that to beat ourselves up over it, and maybe even make things worse. If you use any negative feedback instead as a reminder to do better, then it loses a lot of its power. Like in craps, the same shooter keeps playing while the table is winning, but as soon as they roll a losing roll, move on to the next shooter.
If you have a tough decision to make, imagine yourself on your deathbed in the future - then think back and say "What Would I Have Done?"
Our character is formed before we have an idea of what character is, so its a lot of work to change it, but it can be done.
Finding your purpose in life is not a massive task which takes forever, it something that you can do in less than an hour
No wonder that there is a new emphasis on mindfulness - technology and society have turned us all into mindless robots, constantly staring into our devices, which are now so compelling that people never put them down, not even when driving.
How much time do you spend doing brain dead stuff, when your human brain can do so much more?
Humans need stress in order to grow and change – its almost impossible to change to be a better human if all you care about is being comfortable and safe
Being mean is not a bad thing - sometime you need to release your inner a-hole to push yourself forward
How do you deal with change? When things in your life change, how do you deal with them? To be a better human, you need to get better at embracing change.