013 - How To Turn Barriers Into Green Lights & Refuse To Let Challenges Defeat You
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Hey friends,
Another episode of Knowcast and I’m happy to have you here!
An episode full of interesting content on authenticity overcomes anxiety and looking to overcome challenges in our life.
As some of you know, I publish my writing on Medium and for this month I’ve set myself a goal of written 30 stories in total. Currently, I’m on 10/30, so everything is running smoothly. You can find those stories here.
I’m open for suggestions, so let share me a topic you want to read about and I’ll try my best to come up with something nice.
Without further ado, let’s dive into this weeks’ favorites.
🎧 Podcasts
1️⃣ The Tim Ferriss Show w/ Seth Godin - The Game of Life, The Value of Hacks, and Overcoming Anxiety
“What would you do even if knew you would fail?”
Yes, what would you do if you know that?
Probably, you would do the the things that scare you, right? Alright - let’s just do it.
This talk between 2 heavyweights deep dives on the importance of applying constraints and boundaries to the learning process, and understanding the gift that tension gives.
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts
2️⃣ On Purpose - Matthew McConaughey & Jay Shetty - How To Turn Barriers Into Green Lights & Refuse To Let Challenges Defeat You
Pure gold, this guy is sucha a fantastic story teller.
To find out who you’re really are, you have to look at who are you not. Besides that epihany, this episode explains why you should let your success notes fuel your through hard times.
3️⃣ On Purpose - Miguel & Jay Shetty - How Seeking the Positive in Difficult Years Can Help Build Mental Fortitude
Mental fortitude, what a great way of saying this.
No doubt about it, 2020 has been a difficult year. How do you navigate strange and unusual occurrences without losing your positivity? To find out more, tune in to this podcast.
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts
📚 Further reading
“Reading what you love, until you love to read” - Naval Ravikant
Creativity Inc., a great story on creativity and leadership by one of the founders of Pixar
And finally, one of my recent personal stories: The Most Painful Dilemma I Ever Found Myself In with a sneak peek below:
Until next week!
Cheers,
- Jessie