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Our Best (Failed) Experiments

Author
March Rogers, Darren Austin, Ian Mikutel
Published
Tue 03 Mar 2020
Episode Link
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Show Notes

  • 2:31 — Ian recommends the book Fail Forward by Thomas Nelson.
  • 3:02 — Darren reflects on his failure to consistently meditate.
  • 6:10 — How travel can interrupt your routines and a method that Ian uses to counteract the interruption.
  • 7:13 — March finds a quiet place in the middle of a noisy airport.
  • 9:20 — March shares a very unpleasant experiment he tried with cold water swimming in the Irish Sea as a form of cold therapy.
  • 11:50 — Ian observes that his Finnish heritage hasn’t helped him embrace the cold water therapy.
  • 15:40 — Ian’s difficulty in adopting the Productivity Planner.
  • 21:35 — March and Darren share a failure they have in common in their attempt to adopt a HIIT (high intensity interval training) workout.
  • 27:29 — Darren references the classic movie scene “7 Minute Abs” from the movie Something About Mary.
  • 28:53 — Ian’s shares his difficulty in trying to reduce his consumption of meat.
  • 32:17 — March offers Ian a couple of tips to try to reduce his meat consumption.
  • 39:31 — We learn that Darren loves his movies and TV series too much to seriously reduce his screen time and rattles off a few of his favorites including The Two Popes, For All Mankind, Billions, and The Mandalorian (3 cheers for Baby Yoda!).
  • 44:31 — March learns just how difficult it is to learn a new language without being fully immersed in it.
  • 48:29 — Ian’s unrealized dream of trying to master lucid dreaming.
  • 50:40 — March finds a study that shows how Vitamin B6 can affect the intensity of dreams.

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