Small Eyes Big Dreams: Recent Episodes
Small Eyes Big Dreams
Small Eyes Big Dreams is the brainchild of 3 high-school students-- Gerrard Ding, Johnny We, and Steve Park. We are 3 childhood friends who all had an interest learning about self improvement, psychology, philosophy, and business.
We started with weekly book reading meetings...just sitting down reading books, then discussing them afterwards. Later, this developed into a podcast, where we could further articulate the ideas we were learning, as well as being able to have fun talking about our own unique experiences. Whatever we are, we are just your average high-school goof balls...
We're becoming adults, and more and more we're finding that life is a big, hard question. Are we getting too pessimistic, with thoughts that adulthood forever changes the way we deal with responsibilites? We discuss mental health in relation to the music industry for example, and how Steve deals with a thousand different ideas of making a song perfect. Gerrard voices his opinion, about how to seek help, by being the initiator of conversations. Johnny helps the two come to an agreement, that life is inherently meaningless, and that we must generate our own purpose. Especially as New Adults.
In this episode of SEBD, we decided to have a less structed episode. We talk about the plans of SEBD to Careers to GOD to Bill Gates and lastly to the way we should Live. In the end, we dive into the question of, Will doing what we love make us immortal in working? Please have a listen to our, newly styled, podcast and feel free to give any insights!
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? In this episode of SEBD, we start of the conversation with that question. This question then led to many different ideas and topics. One main idea we talked about memories and the significance of memories in our lives. Then we transitioned into a topic of believing in yourself; one of the most crucial characteristic of living. We realized how cliche and well-known the idea is, and yet, not much of us truly pursue it. Thus, why and how can we? Please tune into the episode for an insightful episode of SEBD!
We often find ourselves comparing ourselves with other people. Whether it be friends, role models, or random people you have little to no knowledge of. Still, we usually compare to compare our weaknesses and their strengths. Is that entirely a bad thing to do? In the episode, we talk about our ways of comparing ourselves and how this action does both good and bad in our daily lives. Please give a listen as you could compare our ideas to your own too 😉!
Everyone, may it be ordinary or unique, has their own ways of spending their leisure. In this episode of SEBD, we spark the conversation with our hobbies. We discuss our ordinary yet special hobbies that gets to motivate us to keep on rolling with our other stressful tasks. We talk about how we cope with these stressful moments and as well as how we learn to truly embrace the time when we are stress-free. Then in the midst of the talk of hobbies, we come across an important topic of the episode: advices. We discuss how paradoxical advices could be and how, along with the strengths of taking one's advice, damaging and misleading advices could also be. Thus, we discuss in finding the ways of realizing which advices should be taken and which should be trashed, ultimately revealing that just like hobbies, not every advice may be for you.
In this episode, we start off with the most random topics from pajamas to movies and to the mysterious culture of Korea and Japan. in the midst of these absurd topics, we finally come down to a more solidified and solemn topic of the meaning of life as Johnny opens up the story of the Myth of Sisyphus. Through these conversations, the hosts ends up in the topic of happiness and how most goals, motivations, grit, and urge to succeed can be explained by the emotion of happiness. Thus, is happiness the ultimate pursuit in life? For everyone? Please give a listen to our latest episode as it may help you find happiness and meaning in the ordinary things in life.
Small Eyes Big dreams presents one of their best episodes to this date. Steve, Johnny, and Gerrard are engrossed in a busy summer, however they sit down and chat about their thoughts on: How often should you text a friend, and what constitutes a good friend? What are some challenges we face when we feel lonely in a new environment, such as College? How LOVE is the answer to the universe(It's a bit abstract but listen to find out more.) And finally, we discuss how Johnny might be able to realize his goals of being able to support his future generations through the love of Business. It's a jam packed episode, with too many small tidbits to list down. Give it a listen, and keep your eyes open for more Small Eyes Big Dreams
We are back! After a long silence in the podcast, we are finally back with a rusty but insightful episode. As it was a long pause, we gather together to look and reflect about what has happened during the last few months. Then we lead on to the conversation of the future; careers. Each of us share our special thoughts and plans for the future. Will Johnny go to Business? Gerrard to Science? or even Steve to Music? We discuss our own internal struggles of having to plan and take action to reach our own goals and careers in life. Please give a listen to our thoughts of the future and follow us as we move on in the future too!
What an interesting title, and episode for that matter. In this drowsy, tired episode, we talk a lot about the mental. Not mental health as we’ve talked about in many episodes, rather, the landscape of the mind… coming from a few amateur high school students.. I know, right! Seriously though, intrusive thoughts can be quite the problem, and in this episode, we tackle subjects such as sleep, thinking about a special person in your life too much, and how stress plays a role in each of our individual lives. This episode can help you relax, from all the annoyances of your mind… be sure to check it out! (edited)
What is your biggest fear? In this episode, Johnny and Gerrard tackle their biggest fear, talking to 2 of their dreaded classmates! All jokes aside, this episode was jam packed with important talks about fear, student life, and friendship. It was a long awaited episode, featuring 2 close friends of SEBD, and is a light conversation among friends that can positively impact your day. Check it out!
We are back! Small Eyes Big Dreams presents a fresh new start to this year, with a long awaited in-person reunion for Steve, Johnny, and Gerrard. We start off by discussing the idea of resolutions, and discuss our own outlooks for our years. Some good, some bad... very bad. Trusting the process is an important component to include in any area of life, especially in the pursuit of goals. Bench marks and small wins, appreciating yourself, these are all essential in starting off the year right. We discuss all these in our new episode, and our first episode of the new year! Please check it out!
Have you ever looked back at your past problems and wondered how you could have ever found them so difficult? Growth is an important part of life, and documenting it is difficult, but much more difficult is appreciating what you have right now, especially the relationships you have with people. Please join us for a meaningful discussion on our own growth as individuals!
This Small Eyes Big Dreams video was recorded with no topic in mind at first, but as we asked our question of the day "If you could be good at One Thing, what would you be good at?" Ideas and notions flooded our head about what we could talk about, and it rested on the idea of communication with others. In our society today, our opinion often gets shut out by others, we get shut down(socially) by others, we offend others, and sometimes moving on and changing takes a lot of effort. In this episode, we talk about all these problems, and voice out our own opinion 😁
In this episode of Small Eyes Big Dreams, we do a deep dive on what it means to be narcissistic, how to detect it and how to stop, and the difference between narcissism and being selfish. Afterwards, we stumble into discussion on subjective and objective values, closely linked with narcissism, which leads us to discuss the being of God. Please join us for an extremely interesting listen!
In this episode of Small eyes big dreams, we host 2 very special friends--Irus and Ben. Both are athletes in their own respective areas and good friends of the podcast. We share some funny stories between the 3 of us, and discuss the benefits and importance of balancing sports with your life. Join us for a light hearted episode that you can play in the background while you study, drink coffee, or... Play sports!
We have invited two special guests for this episode of SEBD, Jay and Julianne. As Jay joins us for the second time in the podcast, we have decided to discuss about social awkwardness as all 3 of us are quite familiar with it (eh-hem). We break up the episode by asking some fundamental questions such as "what is exactly is social awkwardness?" or "is timidness or shyness being socially awkward?". We proceed to answer these questions as we include our own experiences and stories. Through this time of self-reflection we come to some ideas that were and may be answers on how we can overcome social awkwardness. Though our messages may not be the ultimate answer for everyone, please give it a listen as it will help you come up with your own ideas and answers.
In this episode, Steve joins forces once again with Johnny and Gerrard to bring you all another thought provoking discussion. Today we discuss the crossroads in life. Why take the harder path when you can take the easier path? How do you even classify both paths? And how can all of this be related to morals, virtue, and living a good life?
In this episode of Small Eyes Big Dreams, Johnny and Gerrard run the show with 2 special guests. Mario and Angelo are 2 great friends of the podcast, and together, we all share our thoughts regarding whether you should thinking rationally or emotionally. On one hand, our world is built through the constant workings of logic and thinking, and on the other hand, we cannot function as deep, complex human beings without emotion and feeling. What's the perfect balance in life? Join us in this episode as we explore these subjects!
Todays episode is a somewhat special one, as we introduce our first ever guest, Jay Kim, a long time friend of ours. In this episode, we talk about the world of self-improvement as well as the direction Jay is going towards in his life. We give thought-full insights on chasing your dreams, decisions in life, taking risk, timing, and the incremental changes that one must strive for in order to see change. Our perspectives change throughout the episode, as we try to incorporate our ideas with Jay’s life, trying to help him be more decisive. Please give this episode a listen, as you might relate with Jay’s situations and find some value in our discussions!
In this episode, Gerrard, Johnny, and Steve discuss their ideal lives, and find that at the heart of it lies fundamental values/principles. We each take turns discussing what these principles and ways we live by mean.... bordering on the question "What is the meaning of life?" Join us for a perfect balance of light hearted and introspective!
Today we finally had an opportunity to sit down and discuss our stances on money. As students who have not started working yet, we debated whether our view on money was too romanticized, as well as what we thought "rich" was. Money is a universal concern everywhere, and we broke down the significance surrounding it... asking questions such as "How much money does one even need?", or "if not capitalism, then what?" As high-school students with limited experience, the main bread and butter of the episode was derived from our own interest with learning about money, psychology, economics, and broader society. Much of these came from business books, online lectures, and learning about investing in our spare time. This episode was the longest one we have filmed yet, as we just kept coming up with questions that needed to be answered. Help us out by giving us a listen!
After a long break from podcasting, Johnny, Steve, and Gerrard reunite to bring a light hearted and colorful episode. Join us as we share personal stories from our lives while incorporating the introspective nature of self improvement. This episode was a pleasure recording, as it felt much more natural and engaging.
Why’d we create this podcast… especially on self improvement? Should you start too? Is self-improvement even beneficial? Isn't it something we learn naturally? How do you learn when to give up? These are all questions that are answered in the episode… please give the first episode of the second season of Small Eyes Big dreams a listen!
In this episode of small eyes big dreams, we talk about what constitutes a good role model. We talk about our own role models, and why we chose them. Furthermore, we brush up on entrepreneurship, and names we look up to, such as Steve Jobs and Jordan Peterson. Check out the full episode for more!
This episode Johnny, Gerrard and Steve talks about friends What defines a good or a bad friend? What kind of traits do you expect from your friend or even yourself?
Sponge absorbs all of its surroundings
Either cleansed to polluted
And it paints itself into one
Sponge affects all of its surroundings
Either cleansed or polluted
And it paints others into one
The ones you surround
Are the ones you’ll be found
In this episode of small eyes big dreams, we talk about LOVE! In highschool, its often a confusing topic, with different approaches. We talk about ideal relationships, the pros and cons of them--especially in highschool, and our personal opinions about them. Tune in for some cheap quality entertainment!
Do you ever get those nostalgic feelings when you listen to a certain music? In this episode, we start off discussing about music and the power it contains when it comes to bringing up memories and emotions from the past. As we discuss more, we get deeper into the true meaning of memories and emotions and how they are similar and different. Then we realize that the different kinds of methods you can use to bring those two topics up, such as looking at a photo or hearing a tone of someone. Please watch till the end as we conclude the episode with an unique and an insightful conclusion!
Pefect, perfect perfect... In this episode of SEBD, we talk about the downsides of trying to live a perfect life. Much of the self improvement pills shoved down your throat all push the notion of doing the right thing all the time, achieving greatness, building ones character. All of this are respectable goals, but once you start degrading yourself for not being perfection in your eyes(not meeting your standards), you beat yourself up, and it takes a toll on your mental. We discuss the fine lines in this topic, and how to have a better mindset on perfection… please give it a listen!
These days it is clear that the society is quite sensitive to many things which eventually leads to bigger conflicts. That's why we talk about some factors that makes us sensitive. One of the huge factors we discuss about is entitlement. We then get in-depth on each factors and slowly conclude on how the society works. Please give it a listen as we give our thoughts on how we can enhance this problem!
What would you do if you get rejected by your crush or you fail your exams? Today, Johnny Gerrard and Steve dive into some real life problematic, sticky, and embarrassing situations and what coping mechanisms we'd use. We also discussed deeper meanings to life, how to deal with problems through differentiating between good and bad coping mechanisms. Please give this engaging and insightful episode a listen!
In this episode, we talk about the different states of loneliness, the truth of loneliness, and the effects of loneliness. We also include our own personal experiences with loneliness and how we personally "solve" them. In the end, we conclude how we should truly view loneliness with a clearer understanding from this episode.
This is just a light episode that was recorded back in February by Johnny and Steve. Johnny and Steve talks about their lives in the past and their thought on colleges and the future. It is a light episode with some jokes and small talks between them!
Today, Gerrard Steve and Johnny talk about their experiences with jealousy, and where it stems from. We also talk about mindset changes you can incorporate in your life to eliminate jealousy, as well as giving a myriad of examples that we see in our day to day lives. From academics, relationships, economics, to many other random examples... Please give it a watch!
In this episode, mainly Steve and Gerrard debates about who they would hire if they were a CEO of a company. The debates heats up as they contradict each others ideas. In the end, Johnny finalizes their ideas and decides who has won the debate!
In this episode, we talk the benefits of watching movies and reading books. We give suggestions on how to read books and some suggestions on which books and movies to read and watch. In the end, we get to give opinions on which is better and why!
In this episode, we discuss our different approaches to productivity, why we each value it, and our different strategies we use. We also discuss broader philosophical/life concepts regarding productivity. We hope you listen to this thought wrenching episode!
We are 3 different people, with different backgrounds, personality traits, and most importantly experiences. Join us as we delve into what makes us each individually unique, and see our future plans!