Podcast of the Week (Tim Ferriss #2)

This week's Podcast of the Week comes from the Tim Ferriss Show, episode #2 with guest, Josh Waitzkin.  Josh was the inspiration for the boy in the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer and went on from mastering chess to becoming a world champion in Tai Chi push hands and black belt in jiu-jitsu.  His foundation, the Art of Learning Project, is all about learning how to learn, a goal I hold dear to my heart.

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Josh went from chess to meditation, to Eastern philosophy then to Tai Chi Chuan.  He noticed a connection between his Tai Chi training and playing chess.

He wrote the Art of Learning after these experiences.

Playing simultaneous games of chess, up to 40 or more, he felt like he was in an "energetic flow" and he could even tell when someone tried cheating because the "flow" would be disrupted.

He focuses actually on Unlearning.  Finding subtle obstructions, friction points, cognitive biases.

Learning is exploring self-expression.

Deep introspection leads to top performance results.


Hemingway's two principles of writing:

1). Leaving something left to write at the end of the day (even if you stop mid-sentence)
2). Release your mind from it, leave it alone until the next day


Cognitive Biases are discussed, a very good topic to research!

Jack Canfield's Success Principles: a list.

Everyone knows the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, but not nearly as many people know Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.  The common denominator in both titles is the author, Jack Canfield.  

I came across his book recently and have been floored by the immense amount of useful and valuable knowledge contained!  If you're not reading this, you're missing out.

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Be sure to visit Jack's website for the book, there is a ton of extras there.  I first heard Jack talk about the Success Principles on James Altucher's podcast, check that out here.

I couldn't find a list of the success principles anywhere on the internet so I created this as a quick reference for myself and for others.  I'm memorizing this list of principles, and will include my study in a future post on memorization. . .




I.  The Fundamentals of Success

1.  Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life
2.  Be Clear Why You're Here
3.  Decide What You Want

Podcast of the Week (School of Greatness #143)

This week's Podcast of the Week is episode #143 of the School of Greatness Podcast with host, Lewis Howes.

In this episode he interviews, in person, Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books.  They discuss Canfield's greatest book, Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.  Click the image below to listen!

I want to expose you, the audience, to things that are meant to uplift and improve your life. Canfield's Success Principles is probably one of the greatest things I can introduce you to.

The principles in this book are proven over and over again by successful people and really are universal no matter what your situation is.

The website for Jack Canfield's 10-Year Anniversary Edition of Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.  Show proof of purchase and you'll receive so many free extras to change your life that it's worth buying the book new even if you already own the original version, or if you're not sure it's worth the purchase (it is soooo worth it even without the extras!).

Meditation Before Medication Part I - Stress & Anxiety eCourse Sampler

Medication before meditation is my motto for dealing with stress, anxiety, and depression.  This excerpt is just one of the many lessons in my Stress & Anxiety eCourse now available online, just click on the image below.

The Stress & Anxiety eCourse contains many powerful techniques to handle your stress and anxiety problems, and gain a new balance in life.  

Included in the eCourse is a bonus, the "Personal Upliftment Plan" that outlines a 14-day plan to put the techniques from the eCourse into a daily practice.  This knowledge can change your life, just like it changed mine.

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"Meditation before medication" 

My personal preference is to avoid medication whenever possible, which means you need hack the brain to get the stress-relieving results you want.The most powerful brain hack we have for dealing with stress is meditation.

Flipped Classrooms: Changing public education for the better.

Flipped classrooms?  In high school I had 90 minute class periods.  Usually it consisted of long lectures by the teachers on their subject, with some awkward group activities and projects, and then the inevitable tests.  If we didn't understand the class material it made doing homework very difficult, and often times there was no one at home to help us understand the material better.

Well, that was in the days just before the internet became prevalent and widely available to all.

Now we have so much content at our fingertips that some are even questioning whether or not classrooms are obsolete!  The modern smartphone has more computing power than the best home computers from my day (graduating class of 2001), and anyone can upload as much content to the internet as their hearts desire.

Here's the rub: despite the plethora of content available to anyone with internet access, there's still much more to learning than simply absorbing information.  That's where context comes into play.

How are the students learning?  Do they have strategies?  What is their emotional state?  Limiting beliefs?  Who answers their questions?  Do they work better alone, or in a group?

Podcast of the Week (I Love Marketing #190)

This week's Podcast of the Week comes from Dean Jackson and Joe Polish's I Love Marketing podcast.  Part of the Genius Mind is understanding business and marketing and Joe Polish is a name I've come across over and over again in the past 6 months regarding marketing and sales.  This is a new show to me but I'm liking it so far.  Here's my notes from this episode:

I Love Marketing Podcast w/ Dean Jackson & Joe Polish Episode #190 

Proven Human Behavior "Hot Buttons" That Influence and Persuade People To Buy From You

Craig's Observations and Notes on Human Behavior and Persuasion

1) You cannot instill or create a desire or problem in people, you can only awaken one that already exists in their minds.

Stress & Anxiety eCourse Supplemental

Here are some follow up resources for everyone taking the Stress & Anxiety eCourse.

There is enough useful stuff here to give you some tools to works with your own stress and anxiety problems (we've all got some!).

While I know there are people that benefit from medication, it's my personal opinion that most people suffering from stress, anxiety and depression can do it naturally if they have the right tools, perspectives, and practices.

If you want to learn more about dealing with these issues without resorting to medications, then this eCourse is for you!  Follow the links and videos below to get more understanding of just what can be done about this, the next 6 months of your life can change everything.