Had no idea who you were before this pod but the stories about inspiring others by following your own authentic self really spoke to me. The story about buying that man a truck really resonated with me and made me tear up. I want to be smart about the way I choose to follow my path. But. You’ll catch me pumping more time into this UA-cam channel and carving my own path through life, hopefully inspiring others to hop along for the ride.
One method is to start by thinking back on your childhood and the things you enjoyed doing, or wanted to be a part of, or dreamt of doing one day etc. Some of these will have no significance anymore, some will. Some will plant a seed in the back of your mind and start evolving from there.
Get out there and find out! Last week I begrudgingly accepted my friends invitation to join him at a cafe. We played battleship (which I find super boring) and a guy next to us said “hey, can I show you a game I invented?” We played with his custom made wood tiles and it unlocked a deep (~30 years ago) childhood passion for designing and making board games (out of paper at the time). Now we are working on inventing our first game and I honestly don’t think I’ve been more passionate about anything in my adult life.
Great podcast just exactly what I needed to hear. As I was wallowing in self doubt and fear. I've had this burning passion to write a talk about an important message I want to share with the world so this has given me a push to get out there. I've applied for a TEDx London talks but they aren't recruiting at present I just need to take some action but don't feel I have enough support thanks for the push
once you pass that message in whatever way reply to my comment so that I could check it out. You got it! If you feel this way then it must be accomplished.
❤ i have recycled the emotional assignments, carried forward my lessons... but I LOVE the idea of shocking my therapist with a statement about recycling my boyfriend.... dunno that I will be able to complete a deadpan delivery (pun fully intended) but I will try.
One of the few episodes that really got my attention and stuck around the whole duration.A lot of insight and wisdom coming from Ben(who I've never heard of before albeit great guest).Btw Drew looks more yolked than ever,is he on the sauzule?
Hm, I never heard of Ben before. I'm a few minutes into the episode and I'm remembered of the last episode, where Mark called the idea of psychological richness common wisdom and said that packaging it with a new term is bullshit. What is different here? We have things we want to do, but we don't do them for various reasons. How is this anything new? Of course it's great that Ben and his friends turned their lives around, and that they inspired others to do so. And I certainly do not want to talk badly about Ben who seems to be a nice person. But I don't see a difference to scientists packaging old wine in new bottles ...
The difference (imo) is he had a feeling and the courage to discover his purpose which attracted other people to do the same. And now he’s sharing his story which is more powerful than a bunch of scientists doing some research and crunching some numbers to say “hey, it turns out humans are humans, and humans need purpose blah blah”. One tugs at the emotion and the other spews data.
I'd say, even if it is the same wine in with different packaging, if the new packaging gets people's attention, it makes them go for it and use it, and get their goals, and it's all a positive result - Then the purpose has been achieved. Same way everyone learns differently, if you learn via recordings, but I read my info - so long as we have both achieved the goal of absorbing the info - then that's what counts overall. Different strokes for different folks as they say.
@@noxsinfox1222 You're only looking at half of the picture though. There's also the issue of marketing something old and well known (and obvious) as somehing new and revolutionary. It's misleading and, in that sense, reprehensible.
How can a young person follow these goals when they at the same time need to sacrifice the current for their future especially career wise as it’s only getting harder to earn a decent living and therefore be able to chase all the things you want to try. Thanks
Take it from an old fogey: The older you get the more you realize stuff you're worrying about now isn't as important later on in life. Being happy, being able to live comfortably and having a real connection with the people around you - those are super important. Also it's easier at a young age to try all the things you want to, because you're less settled in life and can bounce back if the things you tried didn't work - when you're older, risky behavior is harder because you have less time and energy to bounce back. Taking action is the cure to most things we worry about. So why not try it and see where it goes? At the very least, even if you don't get the result you're looking for, the knowledge learned from it is invaluable.
Doesn't this sort fly in the face of common wisdom that if you make helping people your priority it will lead to the most happiness? Selflessness is the underlying message given by many of the big religions, but that is not in line with this. Helping other and being selfless sounds like it's going to lead to regret in 3/4 of people, no?
I thought the Golden Rule was "Treat others as you wish to be treated". It isn't so much about helping people IMO. Some people need help, but people need to learn how to help themselves and become independent. There's that other cliché "Give a man a fish..." you know the rest.
@@Sub0KateAgreed! Helping by your own choice is so much for fulfilling, because you are doing it because you *want* to. I've barely ever regretted helping others, and actually it's made my life so much richer (in the non material sense) and I wouldn't change my good deeds done for the world.
I was taught: If you are blessed, you bless others. That doesn't mean help unconditionally, but do so in your own capacity. I know we've all been burned by being selfless or helping people at a point, but I don't believe that's a very regretful experience. It's life. We are community creatures after all, and decency and human kindness cost nothing. It only makes the world a better place when we do it.
Thanks for having me mate!
Had no idea who you were before this pod but the stories about inspiring others by following your own authentic self really spoke to me.
The story about buying that man a truck really resonated with me and made me tear up.
I want to be smart about the way I choose to follow my path. But. You’ll catch me pumping more time into this UA-cam channel and carving my own path through life, hopefully inspiring others to hop along for the ride.
This is one of my favorite episodes! ❤
Thanks for sharing your knowledge! 🎉 Greatly appreciated.
Thank you for this episode! It's terrific!
A buried life...that does really sum it up. My issue is that things have become so buried, that I don't even know what they are anymore.
One method is to start by thinking back on your childhood and the things you enjoyed doing, or wanted to be a part of, or dreamt of doing one day etc. Some of these will have no significance anymore, some will. Some will plant a seed in the back of your mind and start evolving from there.
Yeah I agree! It's a case of just finding what made you spark. It's hard but not impossible if you try.
Get out there and find out! Last week I begrudgingly accepted my friends invitation to join him at a cafe. We played battleship (which I find super boring) and a guy next to us said “hey, can I show you a game I invented?” We played with his custom made wood tiles and it unlocked a deep (~30 years ago) childhood passion for designing and making board games (out of paper at the time). Now we are working on inventing our first game and I honestly don’t think I’ve been more passionate about anything in my adult life.
It's kinda funny how while listening to this podcast, you feel exactly that "excitement" that Ben was talking about.
Great podcast just exactly what I needed to hear. As I was wallowing in self doubt and fear. I've had this burning passion to write a talk about an important message I want to share with the world so this has given me a push to get out there. I've applied for a TEDx London talks but they aren't recruiting at present I just need to take some action but don't feel I have enough support thanks for the push
once you pass that message in whatever way reply to my comment so that I could check it out. You got it! If you feel this way then it must be accomplished.
Even if you don't hit TEDx, you can still share your knowledge! I support your goal! You can do it!
@noxsinfox1222 thanks for your encouragement
@@oonaghcleary3645 Anytime! Things always work out! So give it your best shot!
❤ i have recycled the emotional assignments, carried forward my lessons... but I LOVE the idea of shocking my therapist with a statement about recycling my boyfriend.... dunno that I will be able to complete a deadpan delivery (pun fully intended) but I will try.
Great one! Really liked it!
The bucket list journal sounds very similar to Lifebook, although the latter has 12 categories. Lifebook was a fabulous course.
One of the few episodes that really got my attention and stuck around the whole duration.A lot of insight and wisdom coming from Ben(who I've never heard of before albeit great guest).Btw Drew looks more yolked than ever,is he on the sauzule?
The best episode ever!💥 Exactly what I needed to hear right now.
I was waiting to the new episode! Thank you ❤
Amazed
Mark do you have advice for an aspiring author? I really want to write a historical fiction novel, do you have any tips?
Hm, I never heard of Ben before. I'm a few minutes into the episode and I'm remembered of the last episode, where Mark called the idea of psychological richness common wisdom and said that packaging it with a new term is bullshit. What is different here? We have things we want to do, but we don't do them for various reasons. How is this anything new? Of course it's great that Ben and his friends turned their lives around, and that they inspired others to do so. And I certainly do not want to talk badly about Ben who seems to be a nice person. But I don't see a difference to scientists packaging old wine in new bottles ...
The difference (imo) is he had a feeling and the courage to discover his purpose which attracted other people to do the same. And now he’s sharing his story which is more powerful than a bunch of scientists doing some research and crunching some numbers to say “hey, it turns out humans are humans, and humans need purpose blah blah”. One tugs at the emotion and the other spews data.
I'd say, even if it is the same wine in with different packaging, if the new packaging gets people's attention, it makes them go for it and use it, and get their goals, and it's all a positive result -
Then the purpose has been achieved.
Same way everyone learns differently, if you learn via recordings, but I read my info - so long as we have both achieved the goal of absorbing the info - then that's what counts overall.
Different strokes for different folks as they say.
@@noxsinfox1222 You're only looking at half of the picture though. There's also the issue of marketing something old and well known (and obvious) as somehing new and revolutionary. It's misleading and, in that sense, reprehensible.
Where are the segments?
How can a young person follow these goals when they at the same time need to sacrifice the current for their future especially career wise as it’s only getting harder to earn a decent living and therefore be able to chase all the things you want to try. Thanks
Take it from an old fogey:
The older you get the more you realize stuff you're worrying about now isn't as important later on in life.
Being happy, being able to live comfortably and having a real connection with the people around you - those are super important.
Also it's easier at a young age to try all the things you want to, because you're less settled in life and can bounce back if the things you tried didn't work - when you're older, risky behavior is harder because you have less time and energy to bounce back.
Taking action is the cure to most things we worry about. So why not try it and see where it goes?
At the very least, even if you don't get the result you're looking for, the knowledge learned from it is invaluable.
The captions aren't working halfway through the video.
Should be fixed now. Thanks.
Is it Cristiano Ronaldo?
Is it Mark Rober?
No, it's *Ben Nemtin!*
Doesn't this sort fly in the face of common wisdom that if you make helping people your priority it will lead to the most happiness? Selflessness is the underlying message given by many of the big religions, but that is not in line with this. Helping other and being selfless sounds like it's going to lead to regret in 3/4 of people, no?
I thought the Golden Rule was "Treat others as you wish to be treated". It isn't so much about helping people IMO. Some people need help, but people need to learn how to help themselves and become independent.
There's that other cliché "Give a man a fish..." you know the rest.
@@Sub0KateAgreed! Helping by your own choice is so much for fulfilling, because you are doing it because you *want* to. I've barely ever regretted helping others, and actually it's made my life so much richer (in the non material sense) and I wouldn't change my good deeds done for the world.
I was taught: If you are blessed, you bless others.
That doesn't mean help unconditionally, but do so in your own capacity.
I know we've all been burned by being selfless or helping people at a point, but I don't believe that's a very regretful experience. It's life.
We are community creatures after all, and decency and human kindness cost nothing. It only makes the world a better place when we do it.
❤❤❤🎉