Teenager's take on Golden Habits: Recent Episodes
Nasos Chatziliadis
Hello everyone! My name is Nasos Chatziliadis and I am excited to share this podcast with you. For the past few years, I've been experimenting with personal development and mindfulness and eventually, I acquired some "Golden habits" which played a decisive role in making the man I am today. With this Podcast, my goal is to share with all of you listeners what was the number 1 thing I earned from each habit, and offer you with some tips on how you can start experimenting with those yourself. Cover art photo provided by Joshua Earle on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@joshuaearle
In today's podcast episode, I talk about taking the blame, and why is it so important to do so if you want to grow, learn from your mistakes and become a better version of yourself.
If there is one thing I want you to remember from this post it’s this; Say you complain about something. You might repeat time after time “It’s my boss’s fault, my teacher’s fault, my parent’s fault, my sister’s fault etc.”. Will you complaining change anything? Will you blaming others help you achieve anything better than what you already have in the future? I guess not, or at least not likely. On the other hand, what would happen if you sat down on a quiet place, and said to yourself “It’s my fault because…” and observe what comes to your mind? After a while you might
- identify some of your mistakes
- figure out what you should not do again and what you can improve
- come up with a new strategy for the future
- realize that you could have done so much more in order for you to achieve a different outcome
I understand that it might be hard to do so or you might not even believe this to be true. It’s hard to admit that it’s your own fault, to blame yourself, because blaming others will always be an easy way to avoid the hardship of being responsible. It’s hard to admit defeat. Even if you find it hard please do the following question drill;
Ask yourself “could it in any way be my fault? Was there anything I could do differently to change the outcome?” and write down everything that comes to your mind. Worst case scenario you waste 10 minutes of your day and a sheet of paper.
Today we talk about meditation, a very interesting brain exercise that is used by a lot of ultra-achievers in the world. The first meditation exercise I practiced for a few years was conservative meditation, which simply put is the focus on a single thing. The 2 things I achieved by meditating this way was 1) The control of my emotions and 2) a sense of peacefulness. The second method of meditation exercise I practiced was contemplative meditation, which is the act of spectating all of your own thoughts. By doing this I effectively stopped thinking of my past and my future while focusing more of my energy to the present moment.
In this episode I dive a little bit deeper in the waking up early habit. There is 1 difficulty when it comes to waking up early which is on a whole other level from the others, and that's dealing with your own mind. Your mind will try to drag you down by telling you things like "This is a waste of your energy, you should just sleep a little bit more" and the problem is that unfortunately, there is no easy solution to this. The only thing you can do, as Eckhart Tolle said is to listen to those voices, without criticizing them, or getting frustrated. Just realize their existence. You'll find more information about this and some extras in the whole episode.
In this brief podcast episode I talk about the number 1 reason why someone should consider waking up early, and that's self discipline; the ability to not want to do it but still do it. It's a trait that everyone should eventually acquire if he wants to get a step closer to his goals. Listen to the podcast to find out more.