
False Dichotomies: Being Somebody Vs Doing Something, Adding Vs Subtracting & Gym Vs Outdoors
About this episode
We set ourselves a lot of one or the other questions this week and yet the right answer is probably ..... both!?
In Episode #327 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: concepts from Ryan Holiday's book 'Ego Is The Enemy', a bunch of people who were secret gangstas, how our lives would have to change with a wife & kids, me spending my whole day handstanding/reading/studying/podcasting, why I'd need a special girl to adapt to my lifestyle, tackling problems by adding or subtracting, becoming outdoors people and how you can support us via Fountain & other P2.0 apps.
As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - The MM communication package
(0:40) - To be somebody or to do something
(2:41) - Beeing somebody is vague
(7:16) - Christopher Lee was a badass
(8:49) - So was Admiral McRaven
(10:17) - Maybe Vincent Price, I dunno
(11:46) - Impressing people is utterly different to being truly impressive
(15:32) - Am I beeing deluded about wanting kids?
(20:06) - What I do all day
(21:36) - Other people have variable lives
(24:20) - Our jungle backyard and catcalling from trees
(26:14) - Solving a problem; add, change or subtract?
(33:11) - Sunny outdoors vs miserable outdoors
(38:14) - Checkout Fountain & the others
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