How To Handle Uncertainty
Your Won Life
In this episode, I explores how to live, grow, and thrive in the middle of life’s uncertainty instead of being paralyzed by it, blending expert insights and practical tools from mental health professionals to help you build your 'uncertainty muscle,' manage anxiety, and turn scary unknowns into opportunities for growth. Some key ideas in this episode include: Why uncertainty is unavoidable and how it affects your brain, body, and emotions, but also is necessary to a good life. How adopting a growth mindset, seeking healthy challenges, and “failing forward” over time builds...
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The Gift Of Life - A Message of Hope and Empowerment (Rebroadcast)
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In 2025, I met two individuals that shifted my perspective in the most positive way and forced me to reflect on the beauty of life. The end result of our interactions was this message of hope and empowerment, to help you cherish your life and live more fully alive!
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Steve Dalton- Author of 'The 2 Hour Job Search' (Rebroadcast)
Your Won Life
I had an amazing conversation with Steve Dalton, author of The 2-Hour Job Search. In this episode, Steve shares his efficient job-hunting method that focuses on strategic networking and targeted outreach. Instead of applying to endless job postings, Steve teaches how to streamline your job search to maximize your chances of landing a job faster. Steve is also the author of the book, 'The Job Closer' He has taught his efficient and effective method at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business where he was a program director and senior career consultant for 17 years. He recently...
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Paul Graham's Essay 'How To Find Great Work'- A Synopsis
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In this episode I break down Y Combinator co-founder, Paul Graham's landmark essay How to Do Great Work, pulling out the most universally applicable insights from this great work that will help guide you along your path of creating and doing great work. Some topics that are covered in this episode are: Paul's definition of great work The criteria needed to guide you in finding great work The importance of curiosity in finding great work How to get started in your great work How going down the 'wrong' path can lead to great work The 4 steps process of great...
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Dave Evans- co-author of 'How To Live A Meaningful Life'
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After selling over a million books and training thousands of educators worldwide, co-authors of 'Designing Your Life' and 'Designing Your New Work Life' Dave Evans and Bill Burnett kept hearing the same thing from readers: "I did everything right and I'm still not fulfilled." That frustration — amplified by the pandemic and the Great Resignation — is what drove them to write their third book, 'How To Live A Meaningful Life' which helps us all to live find meaning, joy, and flow in our daily lives. In this episdoe Dave explains the following: Most people chase meaning through...
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Darryl James- Bassist for the Strumbellas
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It's time to relive a classic! In 2021, on my first podcast 'Young Legends' I had an amazing conversation with the world famous Strumbellas bass guitarist and solo artist Close Kicks! In the interview, Darryl speaks about his journey as a musician, including how he started playing the bass guitar at the age of 30! He covers a number of important topics, including: -The importance of being humble and kind -How to be a good collaborator -Working through mistakes -Being teachable and receiving feedback -How to help people struggling with mental health and more! You can connect...
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Bill Burnett - Author - Designing Your Life (Rebroadcast)
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In this episode, I interview Bill Burnett, co-author of the bestselling book "Designing Your Life" and Executive Director of the School of Life Design at Stanford University. Bill shares insights on applying design thinking principles to create a more meaningful and fulfilling work life. We talk about the following topics The key mindsets of Life Design thinking How to combine your life view and work view to guide you in designing your life How to do the 'good time journal' to discover what you love Creating Odyssey Plans to picture what your life could be like...
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Join It, Start It, Solve It!
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In this episode, I challenge you to make 2026 a year of action rather than regret by joining groups and organizations, starting your own, and becoming a producer instead of a consumer. In this episode, I talk about Joining groups aligned with your interests (and checking out company ERGs) How joining groups increase your social life Start something new if it doesn't exist—use technology to organize "Scratch your own itch" when building—start what you need and others will join Adopt a producer and problem-solver mindset: problem solvers and producers get paid and...
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Best of 2025! - Interviews and Solo Episodes
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2025 was a heck of a year for myself and this podcast! From interviews with great guests, to being sponsored by Lamborghini Atlanta, to solo episodes on important books like 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius, 2025 was a wild ride! I took some of the best clips from different episodes and brought them together in one episode. There were a lot of clips I had to cut for time's sake, but I'm proud of each episode I released this past year. Here are the full episodes from the clipped segments in this episode, in order of appearance. Have an amazing holiday season...
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Holiday Gathering Survival Guide: How To Get Along With Your Family
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The holidays are great, but also can be stressful, depending on your family dynamics. This episode is to help you get along with your relatives and have a peaceful time at your family gathering. The episode is based on online resources full of advice from pyschologists, therapists, and other experts in related fields. Here are the sources used in this episode: Here is the episode I made on Here is Jefferson Fisher's Here is the blurb on how to approach a family member who is critical, to communicate a request of not focusing on your faults during the family...
info_outlineIn this episode, I go through the book Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. It's a realistic approach to time management that works with human limitations, not against them. We explore some of the best ideas which include:
Accepting Reality
- Life is finite - you can't do everything
- Loosen control while still making plans
- Living with the discomfort of reality vs. living in a fantasy world
Focus Ruthlessly
- Warren Buffett's 25-5 Rule: List 25 goals, circle top 5, avoid the other 20
- Having a maximum 3 projects at a time
- The idea of paying yourself first, with your time
Connect with Others
- Join groups that meet regularly
- Happiness comes from people, not just productivity
Live in the Present
- Do things for their own sake
- Take real vacations for rest
- Embrace the Joy Of Missing Out over FOMO
Set Boundaries
- Limit availability
- Make irreversible decisions
- Establish quit times
Action Steps
- Complete Warren Buffett's 25-5 exercise
- Join a regular meeting group
- Block time for important work
- Set clear time boundaries
Here's the links to my series on Essentialism on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2
You can also listen to them on the podcast player of your choice. They're the 2nd and 3rd episodes made.
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