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!).

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?

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.

Are we getting dumber?

The film Idiocracy is a dark comedy about our culture, 500 years in the future, and the amazing level of stupidity achieved as a result of intelligent couples having less children, while the more stupid couples seemed to be breeding almost for sport.  Consumerism, anti-intellectualism, media saturation, and general apathy rule the new day.

A popular tv show is "Ow My Balls!" in which male contestants are kicked in their junk for audience amusement, and the President of the United States, a former porn star and professional wrestler, drinks 40oz. beers on his monster truck and fires high-powered weaponry into the air.  The movie is hilarious and quotable- and some would say prescient.