Building the Foundations: Recent Episodes
Colby Silva
I bring you along my journey and approach of building the foundation of an extraordinary life. I give my life experiences, thoughts, and ideas. Along with bringing you the people and stories that have the wisdom and bricks we need to start building.
In this episode it’s my third volume of The Silva Project call. I share my why and heart and how the concept came to be. I share the lessons in the start up of it. I go into thoughts around my growth in exploring new terrains in life.
I share about what I am learning about the mind and life during my endurance training. I share thoughts around our mind quitting way before our body in any circumstance in life. I share thoughts about approaching growth and breakthrough in any area of life.
I share my thoughts and growth from 75 hard while at the same time I share some revelations and thoughts I’ve been chewing on in my Faith walk. I could be completely wrong in what I am saying or could say things in a better way. I am just sharing where I am at and putting it out there. Be blessed
The Lord is good and I am experiencing the Fruits of developing a relationship with Jesus and taking those leaps. I just moved out back to Hawaii for KL year two and I share what that transition has been like and what God has been teaching me
I share the power of making the right decision and seizing the moments in the times when we want to quit and not wanting to do the work.
You here the tiredness in my voice. But I share where I am at with day 51 of 75 hard and the thoughts I’ve been chewing on
In my early years of pursuing my fullest potential and living the best life possible. I found what the most valuable investment is…
I share my thoughts around devolving our spiritual wisdom and senses. Through this process and prayer It helps us become more of aware of The Lords goodness and His ways. What you focus on is what we attract, so what would happen when you focus on Jesus and His kingdom? Be blessed!
In this episode I have my best friend Elijah Poe on! He is the Yin to my Yang, the one pushes me the most and is the definition of a truly loyal friend and brother. We discuss what it means to explore the unknown in our lives and how that has helped both of us in our journeys get to the men we are now. It’s a concept that is discussed from the beginning of time when’s God first calls Abraham to leave his country and family and go on this adventure of Faith. I believe this idea is how you will come across the fullness of your potential. I think its one of the best episodes I have. Tons of nuggets, so enjoy!
I share my thoughts around having Jesus for who He is vs just what He can do to bless my life.
I share on the idea that God has an intended plan and reason for every person being alive. That everyone’s life is important and significant to the whole.
I share my thoughts about what’s going on in my life and share what I learned in my quite time
This episode pretty much has it all. I share thoughts, ideas and concepts I’ve been chewing on. Skim to any point and just listen. Be blessed
I’m two weeks into 75 hard and it’s been a great experience so far. I share my thoughts of what I’ve been learning and experiencing up until this point. I also share some things God has been revealing to me. Enjoy!
Your life is important. Who you are is important. The Actions you take are important. I share my thoughts on where I am at in the moment of time. I go over things that I am reading in my new book, “MOTB.” Then I share my heart towards leadership my desire to see Men rise to who they are called to be.
I share what I’ve learned in my quite team reading Genesis. Then I share my process of my Faith walk and pursuing the more of The Lord and Go over some of my ambitions. Enjoy!
I share what’s on my mind about doing and taking actions. One of my mentors always shared about just jumping and figuring out how to fly on the way down. Where you are not going to know how to do anything when you first start, but when you just go you will learn and adapt along the way. I share my personal experiences and thoughts. Be Blessed and Enjoy
I talk about what I’ve been taking away from Lead for Gods sake. But mainly I needed to just take action and post something no matter if the content was not the best. Be blessed!
There’s so much more to Christianity and living by The Spirit. I go into the idea of what it means to be whole and giving Jesus our heart. That when The Spirit of God touches our heart that it makes it become alive again. Our hearts hold onto so much but as we pursue The Lord and cry out he moves to the broken-hearted. He fills the holes in our hearts of all our pain and sufferings. It’s a process and relationship with Him that is built through time and sacrifice. Same as it would be to become good or developed in any area of life. Same principle goes into walking nearer with God. Except it’s the best thing we could ever do. Hope you are blessed by this. ❤️🔥
The renewal of The Mind is the process of thinking differently. Which means we have a different lenses in which we see life. We get the lenses by what we consume mentally and what we are around. I share what God has been teaching me about where my mindset and framework has been with chasing what the world says to chase into chasing and seeing things His WORD tells us to. Be blessed ❤️🔥
I share about how bad my anxiety, doubt, and insecurity was today and the lessons and breakthroughs I learned from it. From leaning on mentors, asking for help from community, looking more at Jesus and more. I share some guidelines and tools I am going to be using to help build towards the opportunities and travel up the mountain once again. Be blessed. ❤️🔥
It’s been two months since I last been on the podcast and a lot has transpired. Learning a lot of good life lessons and experiencing the challenges of life. Taking a pause on my door to door career and in a season of trying to figure out what is next. I share my thoughts about where I am at after making a big decision and kinda my plans moving forward. Be Blessed
I share about my approach of living for the greater reality of existence. What I found is that showing up and giving honest effort to what I am involved in will show me the more of the situation. I am hungry for breakthroughs in my life and knowing the more of who Colby Silva is called to be and why he is here. I share my thoughts around this topic of asking courageous questions and going into the deep ends of life. I also share of my breakthroughs of the reality of The Kingdom. Hopefully you get a nugget or two. Enjoy!❤️🔥
This is a recording I took for myself about the revelations and thoughts I received during my study time. I thought I would share it. I am reading The Awe of God by John Bevere and it has been transforming my relationship with The Lord. I share within this topic of living for eternity and the impact it takes on the perception of life. Hope you get a nugget or two. Enjoy!
I began with a personal psalm to The Lord. I share about the importance of compounding efforts over the years and how it’s radically shifting my life. Its from small daily choices repeated on a daily bases that don’t seem significant at all. I hope you get a nugget or two. Enjoy!
I start about how our heart is our house. What comes from our heart is what we experience and see in life. Whether it’s good or not so good. I share the purity that my heart has been experiencing and the breakthroughs that come from living from your heart. I hope you get a nugget of two. Enjoy!
I explain the perspective my mentor was highlighting to me of not comparing myself to what other 21 year olds are doing. That the external does not show the whole picture and success is so subjective. I share about going back to the doors this summer and my excitement around that and going after our fullest potential. Hope you enjoy!
Camryn is a college student of University of Hawaii and attends Kingdom Living Supernatural ministry school. She takes us through her testimony of being diagnosed with a chronic disease during one of the hardest times in life. Explaining the lows of isolating, bottling everything in and the struggles of the acceptance of her new self. With the help of God and her will she had her lowest of the lows turn into the great heights of self love and confidence she walks in today. Very powerful and moving. Enjoy!
I share the thought of the brevity of time and it’s value. How I have been trying to he as intentional as possible with how I use it because I can never get it back. I share where I am at in my walk as a man and a couple of my life mantra. Hopefully you get a nugget or two. Enjoy!
I got into the power of words we speak over ourselves and what others say. I share about how I started working on my language to myself and how I developed a loving relationship with myself. Hope you get a nugget or two. Enjoy!
In this episode we dive into Emma’s testimony. We talk about the life of excellence created by Dance. But she shares the struggles of desiring to be seen and how that lead into living a double life. Struggling with perfectionism and putting her identity into dancing. Then getting to know The Lord and how that shifted all those things in her life to be who she is today. I hope you grab a nugget or two. Enjoy!
Today we have the privilege to learn and hear from Kinzer. He shares his testimony of being “the good kid” on the outside to having an encounter in the airport with The Living God saying Him and everyone around him wasn’t living right. He shares stories from his missionary work in Brazil and the beginnings of living a life for Jesus. Really powerful insights and wisdom in this one. Enjoy!
Today we dive into Daryl’s testimony. From Internet Fame, to the Navy, to attending a Supernatural Ministry school. Daryl’s explains the struggles of depression, living for validation of man, and lack of identity. He’s a man after Gods heart and seeing him rightly. Get a notebook because there is great nuggets in this one. Enjoy!
I share about the supernatural ministry school I am apart of this season. I share how Jesus has been blowing the boxes I’ve placed him in and how it has exposed me and brought me into so much purpose.
I share about why I love podcast and I go into one of the biggest struggles I have of being in control. Taking things too seriously and trying to go from 0-100 in everything. I share about what The Lord is teaching me about simplification and how his ways are different from the worlds. Hopefully you get a nugget or two. Enjoy!
We take a dive into the empowering and inspiring testimony of Chrislynn Barroga. She is a 23 year old females entrepreneur with two business, life insurance agent, leader in Inspire Church’s collective and dance team, and a Jesus LOVER. She is very raw and real with her struggles of lostness in identity and struggles in her early years; her sexuality, prostitution, church hurt and more. We go into how she became the blossoming empowering leader she is today. This is a really powerful testimony and you will be moved. Enjoy!
This episode we have Rudy Kealohi sharing his journey. Rudy has attended and invested in multiple personal development courses, he’s a life insurance agent, auto technician, and future door to door salesman. He shares his struggles of falling into the lies of what others said about his dreams and who he is. He goes into his transition and rise into the man who’s pursuing his greatest self. Rudy is someone who is taking initiative and responsibility for his life. This episode holds great nuggets. Enjoy!
I share about my journey/process in creating/seeing the standards on which I live by. How we make judgements on how we should live our lives based on the references and experiences of the past. I hope you get a nugget or two. Enjoy!
We take a dive into the life of Dani and her walk and story. She is a full time Jesus lover; collegiate soccer athlete, was in the Navy, entrepreneur, certified trainer, influencer and goes to a supernatural ministry school. Dani shares her pursuits of the world and trying to fill that void by those standards. However it led to emptiness and dissatisfaction and ultimately leading her back to her first love with Jesus. She’s share how transformative and life fulfilling it’s been walking with Him. Very powerful testimonies and shares in this one. I hope you get a nugget or two, enjoy!
Thoughts on Jesus and intentionality of what we want and who we want to be. I breakdown questions I asked myself and my process of setting my life up.
I go over the great blessing I have to have such an incredible friend group. I share how it went from practically none to now exponentially growing and the significance and impact it has made on my life and the quality of it. You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Thank The Lord for incredible people. I hope you take a nugget or two out of the episode!
I share my experience/thoughts from a conversation I just had with someone who had the same developmental process as me. I share the simplicity of moving forward of becoming your fullest version and what that has looked like for me. The greatest parts of you are found where you least want to look. I hope you get a nugget or two. Enjoy!
I share the simplicity of changing your life and getting better. That once I stopped thinking about things and just started taking action and gaining experience is when everything took off. You are not going to be perfect the first time you do anything, so might as well go scuff up your knees and get wisdom. Hopefully you get a nugget or two!
It’s kinda all over the place in this one where I am sharing just thoughts/ideas I am chewing on. I talk about making the most out of each day and my routine and the benefits it has brought me. I go into the power of choice we’ve been given. I hope you get some nuggets out of this, enjoy!
In this episode I share what I was just studying in 7 habits of highly effective people; Begin with the End in Mind. I discuss how it flows perfectly with being proactive in taking initiative/responsibility over your life. Understanding the gifts you have as a human; being creators and having imagination/consciousness. How we don’t have to be living how we’ve always been living. That wants we develop the self awareness and start questioning ourselves on why we do what we do we can start crafting up a new destiny. Who is the dream you you desire to be? What is the purpose of your life?I hope you get one or two nuggets from this, Enjoy!
I share a big theme The Lord has been working on and being up in my life; Trust and Patience. I explain how every moment is an opportunity to take another hit of the sculpture of our lives. Like how Michelangelo created the sculpture of David with millions of hits from a block of rock; Same thing applies to our life. I talk about valuing the process over the outcome and my view points on that. I hope you enjoy and get a nugget or two!
This episode I get you caught up with the big things going on in my life at the moment. Currently I am in Hawaii doing a supernatural ministry school pursuing The Lord. It’s been WILD but very purposeful and refining for my life. I also give some practice tools on how to start moving forward in every area of your life to help you become who you are meant to be. Enjoy!
I walk you through this past year of my life. Sharing the biggest lessons I’ve learned. Taking you through my door to door experience, Christmas light business, encounters in Hawaii, Breakthroughs in Austin, and building a sales team at ASU
I’ve been getting situated into my new lifestyle. It’s been difficult at the moment finding my routine, but it’s just the process of adjustment. I’ve been getting amazing time spent with my new Mentor and getting pick his brain. Getting to experience new life situations and gain new skills and do some incredible things
Day Four week one. We went to Golds gym today and my insecurities ran ramped today. Focusing on all the areas where I lack and where I am weak at. However I had a switch from the beginning to the end of my workout. Then had some great life lessons learned on the doors. I hope you gained valued during this day of my journey
I knocked on my fist doors today. It was an incredible experience and throughout the whole day I witnessed a roller coaster of emotions. I just share my day and the thoughts of doubt and fear and how they were creeping in my mind. Then how I handle those and the results that I gotten from them.
Today was my second day in my new location. I got to experience a whole lot of new today. New gym, new people, new job. It was so fascinating to see where my mind went throughout these processes. I also talk about the power of living experience seeking days. Where you expose yourself to so many amazing experiences that the day just leaves you in awe and feeling satisfied
I just got moved into my apartment in Washington. I discuss my daily travels and what has been going on today and my thoughts about my new home. This is the start of a new journey of my life and I’m excited to grow on this journey with you
Today is my last day at home. I move to Washington State tomorrow for my door to doors internship job. I share my experience I’ve had today and just the power of reflection of the work I’ve put in. I’ve cried a lot today, tears of joy of just always continually pushing through. It’s important to have a day of connection and to focus on the small wins even when you feel like you “wasted” the day.
My Snapchat gave me a notification about where I was a year ago. It’s crazy to see myself coming from an insecure kid who was afraid to show my face, who was stuffing all my pain inside and not knowing where to go with life. To traveling across the country to do a door to door sales job and be surrounded by so many empowering people. One decision can change everything about your life.
Today I go over my day with me learning and practicing my sales pitch and the power of our body language. I discuss the discussion I had with myself in the gym of pushing even when i have no motivation. I share the lesson my Mentor Greg shared today in the morning call. How we can change our identity by the words you use and how you say them. How when you change your identity and you fully belief it. It changes your life.
On this episode I have the one and only Parker Mayes. Parker is the host of the Taking A Breathe Podcast. We discuss his journey into Leadership and how it has allowed him to lead an international community of young leaders. We discuss topics such as; Self Awareness, Beliefs, Leadership, Sharing your Story, and so much more. There are practical steps and exercises throughout the podcast to help build a strong foundation as a leader.
If you are interest in learning more about Parker and his community. IG- @takingabreathepodcast. His podcast is on all platforms: Taking A Breath Podcast.
https://www.instagram.com/takingabreathpodcast
I went and got my essentials for my trip today and throughout my whole day I share the lessons I’ve learned. A big thing from one of the books I’ve been reading is - someone rejecting what you have to offer is not a rejection of who you are as a person. I share other nuggets as owning your words and making choices that you stand by
I’m getting deeper and deeper into this podcast journey. It reminds of a lesson Russell Brunson talks about. How if you do something for 100 straight days, throughout that process you will find your voice. With that you gain a better understanding of who you are and that will open so many more doors for you
I’ve been starting to prepare for my first podcast guest. When I was listening to one of his episodes they were discussing the idea on how to act on ideas. The best method that has helped me and what I discuss is just getting started and putting in reps. Then figuring things out throughout the process. I share a big life changing moment that happened a year ago.
I’ve been reading Rich Dad Poor Dad and the topic of being dynamic came up. How we need to take the time to develop multiple skills in a variety of areas. Live in an exploratory mode and gain new experiences and tools to the toolbox. Approaching life at this approach has really given me this broaden perspective about life. You feel like you can contribute more and bring more value to life. I hope you guys enjoyed the conversation and got some nuggets!
I facilitated for the TAB community and it was amazing. The topic I discussed was self awareness and the power of it. I go heavy into why we have to develop this and why it’s important. I hope this made you think and you took some thing away
I’m moving in 10 days. My whole life is going to change dramatically. I explain the power of making a decision for a new life and acting upon it. I discuss how we can train our opportunity seeing muscle. How we can start crafting a life that we didn’t even know what possible. I hope you got some value from this. I will see you next time
I’m heading on a new mission. I’m starting a new phase of my life that is going to be very different to me. I’m flying across the country to start my summer sales job. Five months of hard work and a LOT of personal growth. The ‘Oh sh*t this is real’ factor is kicking in. Let’s go!
I’m at a point in my life where the road is splitting. Two options have opened up in my life and now I’m having to make a decision. Where is it that I want to spend my summer. What is going to give me the most overall growth for my time and effort. I share a story of burning the boats and going all in with a decision. I share how choosing something and going with it has opened so many doors that I didn’t know would be open. I hope you guys enjoyed this episode and share it with your cat
I’ve been running more lately and it has brought so much benefit to my life. Being able to push myself past the discomfort and show myself that I’m capable of more. Physical activity has been a gateway for me to have so much personal growth. It allows you to be in the discomfort zone and continue to push forward
I share about how I am in the process of becoming aware of my dark spots in my soul. I talk about the life experiences that has happened today that led to the thought. I share how healing is the only way to take our lives to the next level
I go over my day Sunday and the message I got from church. How we need to let go of the people mentally and physically in our lives for us to heal. I relate it to my situation and my own healing. We must learn to let go and move on and open ourselves up for the new blessings coming our way!
I talk about my day how I went to a Charlotte mall just to talk to people and network. So much person growth happened throughout it. Being able to communicate with people better. Not feeling as awkward in those moments. Getting use to rejections. It was a truly epic day and so many stories came from it. It was the most fun I have had in awhile and there was so many lessons I gathered throughout it. Go out and create yourself an experience and go talk to some strangers.
I talk about my passion and the power of living a healthy lifestyle. Creating/starting your own fitness journey and the person you are going to become from it. There is another side of life waiting for us and a big step to that is taking care of yourself.
I discuss how allowing my emotions to be felt and accepted has really brought me internal peace and powerful. I discuss the topics of dreaming big and following our fears. I also share my Big Dream😄
I go over how switching my friend group has transformed my life. The people who we associate with are who we are going to become. We can accelerate are life so fast by the group we are going with
I run over my day and things that took place in it. I talk about how today was a little off and I felt very unproductive and out of it. However, I am a firm believer in the small wins adding up. Thank you for the support 😄
I talk about my experience going out in person and growing my business. I talk about rising above the uncomfortable situations and taking control of my actions. I go over the power of exposing myself to uncomfortable things and how it has truly transformed my life
I go over my trip to Orlando and how life changing it was. I share nuggets and perspectives that I gained. I also go over the importance of surround yourself with a family of people who all want the same things in life.
I go over the pressure and thoughts leading up to my trip. I explain how we need to feel certain pains and learn from it. I tell a story of me talking to two girls today and how that ties into trusting our spirit and allowing those doors to open
What if I said there is a whole different world to life that you aren’t experiencing? I do believe we all have something great within us. However, people just don’t know what they don’t know. I discuss my take on my journey and the world that I have stepped into that I believe everyone needs. I hope you get some value from this episode!
I go over my life and the power of rising above challenging moments. I share some life stories of situations I’ve been through that has shaped certain aspects of who I am. I share how top people say that the only way we can truly find who we are is to put ourselves in uncomfortable situations and get use to being uncomfortable
I go over my day and the exercises I do in the morning. I talk about how our brain reacts to the questions we ask. I explain the questions I ask myself on a daily basis and how they can really revolutionize our life
I discuss what’s been going on in my life and the power of putting you first. How we have to give ourselves time and focus on developing and improving ourselves.
I discuss the power of self awareness and living consciously. I talk about the importance it has done for me and what awareness and consciousness is. I also give steps on how to level it up and what I’ve done to help develop me
I go over the topic of facing our fears and what that looks like. I talk about the power of being courageous and taking on life’s challenges. I hit on the power of goal setting and having that create a vision in our lives. I discuss on how we have images in our life that are dictating what we are thinking about
I go over my day. Having another big breakthrough within my own psyche. Making gains on my business and personal life. Sharing the ideas and thoughts that have impacted me. Plus taking another step forward into my dreams
I go over my day and the breakthrough I have with wanting love and wanting to be wanted. I talk about my journey and insights with my mentor. I then hit on the topic and value of self investment
I express the insecurities that have been bothering me lately. I open up about the situations and how I have been handling them. I also explain the power of facing yourself
I go over briefly my trip and my intention going into it. I discuss the power of intention that my friend used to create this retreat and experience and how that set up for an amazing experience
I discuss the topic of exposing yourself to a new level of you. I talk about my journey with it and the feeling and blessings that come with it. You will enter into a new frequency of life
I discuss a thing that has been really bothering me. A topic that I think is so foundational for all of us to allow. Which is understanding who/what gives/takes energy away from our cup
I go into how the greatest investment you can make is on yourself. I tell my story on how it has taking me to places I didn’t believe was possible. How my journey has shaped itself based on the investments I made. This is the best episode I made up until this point
I go over the power of taking care of yourself. How it has transformed my life completely; bring more confidence, energy, and experiencing life differently. Taking care of yourself is a fundamental law
I tell my story how I went from feeling; unmotivated, small, unauthentic, low energy, and crashing all the time. To feeling the highest expression of myself, feeling tons of energy, super excited about life, gleaming with happiness, and being in-tuned for the whole day.
I talk about how I’m working towards build my vision for the long haul. Dedicating myself to the process of getting better daily. Also how vital it is to celebrate the small wins we have in our journey.
You will get more support from the people you meet online than your known circle. I go over the power of how connecting m with people online has changed the trajectory of my life
I am in a transition in my life where it’s going to send me on a different trajectory. It is our duty to make the most out of our lives
I go over the power that transparency and openness has had on my life. I go over the power of following the inner voice and feeling and how it has completely transformed my life.
I talk about the process of learning. How my perspective has switched on that topic from Jujitsu. I also dive heavily into awareness and the power that comes with it and how it has changed the trajectory of my life.
I go over the importance of supplements in my life. How they increase our quality of life and the approach on how to find the best ones for you
I explain my trip a little bit. I go over the power of the our minds and the potentials we have within life
I talked about allowing our instincts to guide us. To build that relationship with then and I talk about what that looks like with my life
I talk about how placing your well being into one person or thing will cause a lot of grief in your life. A lot of negativity and pain will come from giving yourself away
I talk about the power of the words we use and how they affect our behaviors and outcomes. I also hit heavily on the note of because conscious and aware of ourselves
I talk about being more present in my life and being more in control of our behaviors and actions
I share my emotions and thoughts that are in my mind. I share some of my experiences of the day
I talk about my experience today with my family and getting in nature. I go over my love life again and my emotions
I talk about the power of the questions I ask and the exposure to music. I ask questions on how certain type of word usage could really shape our reality
I talk about the importance of having an open mind. The fact that all the answers we need in our lives are right in front of us. We just have to be aware. Also I talk about my adventure to my old high school
I run through my day and the experiences I have had. With one of them going on a run with a buddy of mine that has led to two amazing opportunities for me
I talk about how to develop yourself. How to become someone who is dangerous and create massive change. I also talk about the new name!
I discuss me hitting two PRs in my bench today. I also talk about our identity and reference points. I discuss the power of affirmations and what that process looks like. Also how running gives you abs
I talked about my vision at church of me not putting my all into my life. I talked about my indecisiveness really kicking in and how I handle that. Then me connecting with an old friend
I go over how we have to start deciding things on our own. Learning from our own experiences and creating our own philosophy on life
I go over my day and my thoughts I’ve had throughout it. The main points are self sabotage, new knowledge, taking advice from people who have the results you want, and compounding
I got on a ramble with this one. Talk about college. Talk about figuring out you and gaining a different perspective and then it just led into conversations with myself😄
I talk about the best way to get out of a slump. To start by building one habit back up and committing to that and building back up the momentum. Also how our words and questions are powerful
I talk about the power of talking to someone when you are in a rut. I explain how it can help bring a different perspective on your situation. Bringing you that human stimulant
I talk about the importance of building deeper relationships with our families. With other people as well. We need to go deeper than surface level
I go over how our behaviors and reactions are dictated by our Neuro Associations. We are just a bunch of programs that we installed by our experiences to situations.
I talked about my day and how I feel like I wasted it and how my emotions got the best of me
I talk about the driving force behind all our decisions. We do stuff out of pain or pleasure. I go through how our beliefs are instilled in us as well. It gets cut off at the end, but maybe it’s for the best:)
I go over the power of having a strong community/mentors. I discuss what it actually takes to be successful. Plus some tools to rekindle the fire.
I go over the name of the podcast in the beginning. Then I touch base on the power of connecting to people. How there are so many amazing people out there that we have yet to encounter.
I go over how I was in a high level story telling intensive today and reflect on where I was a year ago. I emphasize the power of a decision and where it can lead us
I got briefly over my story/journey. I discuss the concepts of improving a little bit each day. How the compound effect will take place in your life.
I talk about what it takes to become the Hero of your journey. The path least taken starts with the initial step of going internally. I share some of my past experiences and my thoughts and outlook on them.