A Couple of Things by Lade Tawak
A Couple Of Things is a bite sized podcast about various aspects of life and work.
A personal blog but make it podcast.
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Written and produced by Lade Tawak.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 380
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
S02E266 - I ran an 8k
I ran an 8k! That's it. In this episode, I talk about running an 8k. How I got through it and so on
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S02E265 - On psychological traps to avoid (with Chinazom)
In this episode, I chat with my friend Nazom about 5 common psychological traps we fall into in our lives--whether personal relationships, professional lives or in other contexts. We talk about the h…
S02E264 - Am I Gen Z, Am I Millenial?
In this episode, I talk about how people's demographic categorisations change with time. I used to be called a millennial, now I am referred to as Gen-Z.
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S02E263 - My favourite European cities
In this episode, I talk about some of my favourite European cities I've visited and my favourite things about them.
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S02E262 - Winter is coming... time to rest
In this episode, I talk about the change in seasons and as we get to the end of the year how we should take care of ourselves and resist the urge to try to do everything
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S02E261 - Changing and shifting perceptions
In this episode, I talk about how a recent new hair do got me thinking about how perceptions shift and change over time
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S02E260 - Doing different types of hard things
In this episode, I build up on the previous episode where I touched on why we should do hard things. I talk about the different kinds of hard things we could do/face
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S02E259 - When the going gets tough, the wise quit... temporarily
In this episode, I talk about doing hard things and why it's okay to (temporarily) quit when it gets tough
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S02E258 - My favourite thing is doing things nobody sent me
In this episode, I talk about another new thing I did that absolutely nobody asked me to do and I did it great!
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S02E257 - I can't look you in the eyes.. yet
In this episode, I talk about a difficulty I have with looking people in the eye
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S02E256 - You're too... you should...
In this episode, I basically rant about some of the overt and covert issues women face for just existing
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S02E255 - A chat about random things (with Ezra)
In this episode, I chat with my friend Ezra about his work (what does a CTO do?), his favourite travel places, and a lot of random things like food, devices, networks. A very lovely episode
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S02E254 - Holy Spirit is not a gossip
In this episode, I talk about a phrase I often hear: "the Holy Spirit is a gossip" and other variations of it. Why it's wrong, and the purpose of revelation
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S02E253 - Intention vs outcome: What matters more
Is it the thought behind the action that counts? Or is it how your actions are received? Or the outcome/impact of the outcome? Or is it the action itself?
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S02E252 - How to use feedback from app store reviews for design, product, and research decisions
In this episode, I talk about an often underused source of user feedback that can influence your design, product, and research decisions and help you get research buy in from stakeholders.
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S02E251 - 3 things I do in the Netherlands that I wouldn’t do in Nigeria
In this episode, I talk about three things that people do here in the Netherlands that at first shocked me but that I do now
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S02E250 - You're not behind
In this episode, I talk about what causes the feeling of being behind and why you're not really behind. There's time!
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S02E249 - Why it feels scary to trust God with your life
In this episode, I talk about the idea of being afraid to give Jesus the reins of your life. Why we often have that fear, why we shouldn't be afraid, and what we can do to overcome that fear.
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S02E248 - There’s no right way to make jollof rice... or pizza
Food is such a huge part of culture. With so many similarities across cultures and with it being so difficult to actually determine where the food is "originally" from, I wonder why were so fixated o…
S02E247 - You don't have to work in tech
In this episode, I talk about a hot topic "should you work in tech"
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