Questions About Carelessness, Frivolity, And Career Choices (Podcast)

 

This podcast answers unrelated questions from two different readers:

1. What did I mean in a certain sentence from “Thirty-Seven”?

2. What guidance should a young guy get who isn’t sure he’s in the right career?

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You Can’t Save People Who Won’t Participate In Their Own Rescue (Podcast)

This podcast discusses the following topics:

1. How some knowledge comes suddenly, and some gradually.
2. Discovering the Nautilus bodybuilding system in college.
3. How leadership principles are absorbed gradually.
4. How you can’t save people who won’t save themselves, and why this is the most difficult thing for a man of action to accept.  

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Read more on this and other subjects in the new translation of Cicero’s Stoic Paradoxes.

Are Psychic Phenomena Real? (Podcast)

 

In every culture in every historical age, there has been interest in some version of psychic phenomena.

But are these phenomena “real,” or simply delusions?

And how can it help us in our quest for answers?  I offers some suggestions based on my own travels, studies, and experiences.

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“Should I Join The Military?” (Podcast)

 

I receive an email from a guy who feels like he needs a career change.  He’s lost his motivation and drive in his present job, and feels it’s time to move on.

He is considering the military, but doesn’t know if it is the right thing to do.

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“I Feel Like I’m Missing A Purpose In My Life” (Podcast)

 

A reader emails me and says that although he has found success in his life and career, something is lacking.

Something is missing. He says that he is lacking a real sense of higher purpose.

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How Do I Know When It’s Time To Change My Life? (Podcast)

 

A reader is troubled by where he is at in his life right now.

He wants to make major life changes involving career and residence, but doesn’t know if the time is right.

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How Can I Develop Motivation? (Podcast)

 

This important podcast focuses on motivation.  It’s a critical subject for everyone.

How can a person develop or sustain motivation?  We examine the following:

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“I’m Troubled By Fears Of Death” (Podcast)

 

A reader of FOTM emails me to say that lately he’s been oppressed by fears of death and dying.

It’s worrying him, and he wants to know what the Stoics would have said about it.

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How Two Guys Started A Knife Manufacturing Business (Podcast)

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In this podcast episode, I interview the co-founder of Delta2Alpha.com, a homegrown Canadian knife manufacturing business started by two regular Canadian guys with vision and guts.  Their story will impress you.

What does it take to succeed in business?

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“How Can I Develop My Aggressive Instinct?” (Podcast)

 

A young wrestler writes and asks how he can cultivate his aggressive spirit.

He has strong willpower, but something could be holding him back in his recent matches. What’s happening? And how can he break through this barrier?

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