Weaver & Loom

We received a question from Hamza Abdi, a listener of the show, asking what to do when we give YEARS to something, whether it be school, relationships, work . . . and then our lives pivot it can seem…

Ikigai is a popular buzz word that has been slapped onto a venn diagram. 

I think it is "alright"--but suspicious of the fact that it is really a "Japanese Philosophy"--more like a Western idea/venn …

You are the sum average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. And if you want to grow, you might need to ditch some friends.

It is undisputed that the environment which surrounds you determin…

If you were a farmer, it would be foolish to plant at harvest time, plow in the middle of the season, or expect to harvest your crop in the when you should be are planting. 

Yet, in other areas of ou…

We can fly (AKA live) only what we see . . . limiting ourselves to only flying when we can see and being stuck when storms and dark times come our way.

OR we can learn to fly by what we don't see, bu…

There are three laws of Thermodynamics:

• The first law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system. (You were born with it in you)
• The second law of thermodynamics states …

When creating anything, communicating anything, leading anything--we must ask and answer these two questions:

Who is it for?

What is it for?

Then you must reflect and see if your actions are mappin…

We have the choice to live easy lives (Or lay down wishing they were easy), or the stand up and strive to overcome against all odds.

Only you can choose who you want to be. No one else can make that …

We have recently discussed how happiness is a choice...

...but is a choice that should never come at the expense of sweeping pain, suffering, wounds, offenses, hurt, bitterness under the rug.

AKA--do…

Masses around the globe are pushing for personal freedom. Yet, and the masses step into greater levels of "freedom" it comes with the cost of losing sense of purpose, meaning, significance, and desti…

Happiness is the only thing that matters--but happiness is a decision that you choose not a product of circumstance.

It isn't a vision greater than ourselves that makes us happy. Or a good day, bette…

The pursuit of happiness tends toward the pursuit of pleasure, mostly because people don't know what will actually make them truly happy in the long run, so they mask their pain with the pursuit of p…

Following your heart is on the top ten for the worse advice anyone has ever given or received. How many people have been murdered, raped, bankrupted, divorced, abused, abandoned, or overdosed because…

You are right, this is a trick question. Listen to the episode to find out WHY you don't know the name of the most celebrated and honored soldier of all time. 

As you listen to this episode remember …

Most of us think that "changing the world" is really hard to do. I would agree, "Changing the world" is nearly impossible when we put it in terms of changing seven almost eight billion people's lives…

When I was writing my Honor's Thesis in university . . . I was stuck. Big time. After months of research and staring at a blank sheet of paper I couldn't get a single sentence out. 

In a moment of de…

What would you do if you got defiled by a demi-god, who happened to be your brother-inlaw . . . and then got your tongue cut out when you said you would tell the world?

In the myth of Philomela this …

When Gates fail, when we do not defend the moral fabric of our society. Lives are lost when the voices of those who seek to do good and right and silenced by political maneuvering.

Defending our mora…

All of the previous episodes on defending the gates are important. Each one can, and will, make or break the culture of any community.

Commerce--Money--is a pillar in any organizational structure, an…

Do these things exist in your organization, family, or personal life?

• Freedom of speech.
• Freedom of expression.
• Free exchange of idea.
• Honest 360 feedback.

OR

• Are people walking on egg shells? 
• Af…