Active Cannabis and entrepreneurship

Individuality, manageable tasks, asking questions, open to new information, mistakes, differences. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/learningaswego/support

Few rants from the week. Thanks for checking in. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/learningaswego/support

Few rants through the week. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/learningaswego/support

Having an inbox for ideas, getting things done, salesperson vs ownership, bring the new person, email tip, focus, fear of missing out, dwelling on mistakes, outside, staying sharp --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/learningaswego/support

Perspective, thoughts and tips. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/learningaswego/support

Back at it with a few rants. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/learningaswego/support

Just some business talk and rants --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Critical thinking, moving, awkward silences, minimalism --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Mainstream thinking, social media control, uncomfortable conversations, online business advertising. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Few rants on presentation, friendship, working with others and more. Thanks for checking in! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Few random notes from the week. Thanks for checking in! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

New format with a few rants. Thanks for checking in! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Cybertruck is engineering genius (and will be copied) - reaction --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Setting and maintaining priorities --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Starting as a strategy. (And listening to my own podcast. Yikes!) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

The cannabis/ CBD episode --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Financial advice from a brilliant millennial millionaire (not me!) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

This episode includes processing and handling our reactions to moments of frustration, anger, and annoyance. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Seeking influences that are more competent than ourselves. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Encouraging the creative process and limiting distractions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Sunk cost fallacy - should we continue? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Practical strategy for getting things done. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Small decisions deliver significant results. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Procrastination, chasing perfection, and setting deadlines. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Staying open to new advice and information. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Creative time-management. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Strategy and thoughts on changing our habits. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Asking better questions for better results. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

What's going on everyone? It is Friday, February 7th. I hope everyone is having a great week and has a great weekend ahead of them. I wanted to talk for a few minutes about some things I was thinking about over the week and took a few notes on. I've been thinking more about pro-actively paying attention to our thoughts, thought patterns, which includes, or ties in with, the narratives we think within and how we talk to ourselves in our internal dialogue. Throughout our day, we base the choices we make on our thoughts, many of which clearly make things either better or worse for ourselves. Interestingly, there's sometimes a tendency to go towards making things worse. We often don't take time to develop the awareness to reflect on our thoughts, so we repeat the same patterns. We develop recurring thoughts that we reinforce out of habit. We are basically on auto-pilot just going through the usual thinking motions. We can train ourselves to think and view things differently, and we can acknowledge and address the mental blocks and issues that we experience. We can objectively look at our thoughts and choices and make a decision based on logic, rather than from habit. Instead of following the same thought patterns and accepting the outcome, we can take ownership and ask ourselves if we'd be better off with a different way of thinking. Then we improve our thoughts and break out of negative narratives, and it makes our lives better by allowing us to make better decisions. We reflect on our thoughts to become better at recognizing patterns and take control of our actions for a different outcome. We need to pinpoint and replace the toxic narratives we are working with and strengthen the ability to see from new perspectives and change the usual narratives. This sounds easy, but it often takes practice and effort to notice and to start creating new thought patterns and choices. So we must pro-actively work towards the thoughts and narratives that will best serve us and others around us. We can think ok what can I do that will give me a better chance to view this with a better perspective. When we experience better results, we continue to improve and start building up new habits and ways of thinking. Who we are around, and who we think bout affects the narratives we operate within, so we should pay attention to this correlation as well. It's empowering to know we can change our thought patterns for the better. I appreciate you listening, I know it's a bit scattered. I'm taking notes through the week on my phone while working on my usual stuff - business, and personal life. And these are things that I notice and talk about that I experience. And as I've said before, this has helped me process things I'm working through, and understand myself better, and that is a great reason. Also, it's helped me understand time-management better, and aligning my ideas with the time and effort involved. I'm sure I'll continue to talk about that as well. Thank you!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

It's interesting how the small decisions of how we spend our time have a big impact on our overall experience. Sometimes we are on such auto-pilot that we don't put much thought into how we are spenidng our time. We often just fill it with things like watching TV, scrolling social media, video games, talking on the phone, eating out, etc. We all need relaxation and escape, but I think it's important to know we can have a much different experience with just small decision changes. For example, consider the following morning routine - Wake up, make the bed, get some ice water with lemon, coffee or tea, then start with a 10-minute meditation, complete a home workout or yoga session, read about ten pages, and then focus on to the most critical projects for the day, which would include going to work and the normal routine. Compare that with waking up and instantly checking email, social media, going online, and reading and watching the news, and then focusing on the most critical parts for the day. Our experience for that morning is very different, and our mindset is likely going to be in a different place. The small choices in the same setting have a big impact on our experience. Seems obvious to say But harder to reflect on enough to decide to make a change from our usual behavior. The small choices where we spend our time also has a big impact on our experience. We become used to being in the same places and stay in patterns without much thought into it. Most of us are lucky enough to have access to great places to spend time, including public libraries, parks, museums, trails for hikes, gyms, and whatever else might be available. Spending time in any of these places is a much different experience than staying home and watching TV or playing video games. Just like it would be a different experience if we listened to a podcast and did some organizing, or played an instrument, wrote, or painted. I notice that if I'm more pro-active with making simple decisions through my day, it helps set the tone and experience. There are outside pressures on how to spend our day, what we should buy, eat, etc., but we can acknowledge these influences, reflect on them, and make decisions on our own. There is also the cumulative effect over time to consider these experiences have as well. We can think about how our small decisions will impact us over time and make decisions based on this. It's nice to know we can be creative with our time, and I think it's important to remember that it's our small decisions and actions that largely determine our experience. Alright, everyone, that's it for now, thank you so much for listening. I really appreciate it, and I hope you found some value in just these few minutes. I know I mention that talking through this kind of thing helps me out a lot as well. So thank you. Have a great rest of your day, and I'll be talking to you very soon. Later! Peace! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Saturday, I watched a Mixed Martial Arts fight that many fans were excited about, largely because it was the return of Conor McGregor, the Irish superstar Martial Artist. Although his opponent Donald Cerrone is an awesome guy, a great fighter and a fan favorite too. So I was excited to see both of them perform. I try to learn what I can from the event and athletes. I wanted to specifically touch on something Conor was saying after his win on Saturday during the post-fight interviews that I've been thinking about the last couple of days. It was about his mindset for getting back into training after this event. What caught my attention is how much he emphasized the importance of getting back to the gym quickly, and the level of detail he talked about his return to training. He said that he's going to take the night to celebrate, take one day off, and then get back into the gym and get a hard practice in. He even mentioned the specific cardio machine that he would use on this first day back. He said it's a machine that puts cardio to the test and is a hell of a work-out. It sounded terrible, and like he knows how terrible it is well. He said that taking time off after an event in the past has led to unplanned extended time off, and emphasized the importance of getting back into his routine quickly. He mentioned this is especially the case due to not training hard during the week of the fight. Like many athletes, he puts in a hardcore training camp, then strategically tapers off the week or so before the fight to go in fresh, not bruised and beat-up, or over-trained. So if he takes the week of the fight off from hard training, then takes some time after the fight, that quickly approaches two weeks, making it even harder to get back to that routine. I think it's important to understand that it's natural to want to continue that time off, but that we can be aware of it, so we can counter it if we choose. We can be pro-active in deciding to get back into our rhythm, knowing that it takes some extra effort to get it started again. I think many of us can relate because it's so common to celebrate a goal or milestone by taking time off, then to get comfortable on the break, and not go back to the level of operating that got us there. An example for myself is when I'm on a good yoga streak, and sometimes I'll take a day off, no big deal at all. It's just one day, as long as I get back into my routine quickly. The more time that goes by, the harder it gets to go back to that consistency. The same with business, sometimes we celebrate and new client or order, and fail to go back to the routine that got us to the goal. Back to the post-fight comments, Conor mentioned knowing the things that he should do, and at times not doing them. I think this is why he was so specific about what exact machine and day for training. He was visualizing the resistance he will face and pro-actively deciding in detail what he was going to do to overcome it. Talking to the public about it may even be part of his strategy. He's reinforcing his plans by saying it out loud and putting that commitment out there. It was interesting to hear a world champion level athlete talk about having to put themselves in check and battle the resistance to get back to work, and about his mindset for dealing with a victory celebration, time-off, and the importance of getting back into his routine. Again, he mentioned this is from making mistakes in the past and learning along the way. It's not easy for him, and that's why it's so interesting to hear the process. I think this shows the importance of planning to get back to our routine shortly after a milestone, event, or project. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

The ability to reflect on ourselves, recognize where we can improve, and make adjustments. It’s important to have humility and be open to change for the better, which means facing our ignorance and flaws at times, which can be painful. Still, its nice to know we can train ourselves to embrace new ways of thinking to improve, which helps our relationships and our effectiveness in the workplace, at home, etc. The alternative is not reflecting and recognizing ways we can improve, which means we'll stay the same and likely make things worse for ourselves. If the goal is to improve, then this uncomfortable practice of reflection is part of the process. Part of what got me thinking about this more is realizing that if we document our ideas and we read, listen or watch it later, it can be uncomfortable because we are no longer the same person we were at the time we made it. Ideally, we have improved through experience, and we see the person we were at the time we documented. This podcast, for example - when re-listening at times, I've been able to pick up on areas I can improve, which means sometimes I'll hear myself say something I'm not too crazy about, I'll think oh man I need to re-think that one. It's an uncomfortable feeling to hear yourself say something you don't like. When this happens, I have a choice - I can keep a stubborn viewpoint and keep being that way, or I can face up to it and ask myself how I can improve moving forward. I'm learning to embrace those times even more because it will help make progress. Improving also includes pulling from other experiences and wisdom, which brings me to a concept I've thought about a bit, mentor/mentee relationship. We hear the term mentor during our careers and in our personal life. It's an important part of learning and increasing responsibility, and many times it's a necessary part of career progression. There is an element of trust in this relationship. We are looking to learn from a mentor as they pass along knowledge and experience. At times during a mentor/mentee relationship, I think it's important to take a step back and assess and evaluate the situation and relationship. I also think it's important to have other mentors with a good value structure that are not in the same environment. Having others to speak with and receive feedback gives a broader perspective and allows us to evaluate after gathering advice and insight. We have more information to cross-reference and come to conclusions ourselves. Without different perspectives, we can get caught up in an environment that reinforces the same views and beliefs over and over, and this can take over our logic and reasoning. We can become used to the same people and conversations, what is acceptable and what isn't, and not challenge our ideas. I think any good mentor would encourage seeking out other perspectives and advice from valuable sources. If they are against it, then maybe it's really time to reflect on the situation and relationship. If we don't seek out information from other sources, we become susceptible to what is called Groupthink, defined as a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group that may produce a tendency among its members to agree at all costs. This causes the group to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation. We need to evaluate the ways we are getting our information. We can do this by gaining outside perspectives from other sources and making decisions based on the information we gather. We should be pulling from multiple sources and reflecting on what we learn. It's important to be an effective mentee to learn and progress, but we have to understand the importance of seeing things from a broader perspective too. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

New Year’s resolutions and follow-through --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

"When you feel like your not productive, it's not necessarily because you're lazy or because you have bad habits. It's because you're not working on the right projects, and you haven't found the ones that are intrinsically motivating and meaningful to you." Adam Grant --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

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Another great conversation with Leo! Topics include social media, focus, prioritization, meditation, forest app, self-awareness and more. Thanks for listening! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

“The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war between princes.” - Michel de Montaigne --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

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Motivating ourselves through tracking our progress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

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"A business creates a brand to communicate to current and potential customers who they are, what they represent, and what they can expect from them." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

This episode addresses our perspectives on personal and professional day-to-day finances and how we operate within them. And it is regarding over-extending ourselves financially and basically operating paycheck to paycheck vs. creating a lifestyle where we operate below our earning capacity and having a cushion, so our day to day isn't so tight financially. And there's middle-ground here, but it's fascinating to me the extremes that people go to out of habit, or by making more of a conscious decision.  We can view this as putting ourselves in a place of flexibility and have that safety net I guess you can call it, versus not having much room at all for flexibility and savings.  And from one viewpoint, that if we work smart and hard to earn what we have, we should reward ourselves, and that will encourage us to keep it up.  There's an element of motivation that comes from spending to have nicer things, take more lavish vacations, and we think ok if we have financial success this is what I can have more of, and that's the motivation to keep it up, and I think that's fine we should enjoy those rewards. But we also need to understand this is a balance, and rewards also come in the form of having flexibility and options, which interestingly often gives more leverage in certain situations, which can lead us to other rewards and even other financial rewards.  We are also able to be more generous with our resources such as time and money when we choose to, and I believe that this often the best reward we can have as well, contrary to what many of us are conditioned to think.   A big part of having options and leverage is keeping expenses below what we are bringing in. Still, it's so common for people's expenses to go up in direct relation to their income, leaving no flexibility or cushion.  If we keep the same expenses and our income rises, we're able to save and have more flexibility, which can help with making future decisions because we are not in a desperate position financially. Or of course, if our expenses go up just slightly in relation to our rise income, we can also enjoy this savings factor. It gives us leverage in certain situations because we can think and weigh our decisions out more.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

It's been five days since I last recorded a few minutes on this podcast. And It's due to something I figured I'd talk about since it's so relevant to what I just experienced. Processing and contemplating significant decisions takes a lot of time and energy, especially when they involve life decisions like taking a job opportunity, moving somewhere, committing to a large project, or task. I think it's common to underestimate how much mental energy and physical energy this takes. Because of this, we have to sacrifice other areas of our lives where that energy was going before. After just going through deep contemplation about a work-life change, I realize more that I have to guard my time and energy relentlessly to stay on top of the priorities that I have decided are non-negotiable. Part of this is guarding my mental state so that I can apply the focus needed for my priorities. A big reason I was not able to stay on top of my priorities is due to the energy and time it took to come to a decision. There's a quote I've come across a few times that stuck with me by Warren Buffet that says, "the difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything." I try to remember the lesson of this quote, which I think is that the more focus we are on a singular thing, the more success we'll have with it. Without simplifying our actions and narrowing our focus, it's hard to make significant progress. If we scatter our focus and attention, it will limit our ability to make an impact on what we are trying to accomplish. I think this is why sometimes we often look-up to those that have a calling from a young age to a singular focus, like an athlete, comedian, actor, or medical prodigy. The intersection of talent and passion for a singular creates greatness to a level we don't usually see. It's easy to envy this at times. The great thing is that we can learn from this and apply it to our own lives. We can observe the practices and routines that it took to achieve the levels they are on. I also thought that I should be grateful to recognize this for myself and realize I can make similar decisions and apply this same concept to areas of my life. Just because we don't have the talent to be a professional athlete or performer doesn't mean we can't find areas where we can be extremely competent in and find fulfilling. So I'll be working on my main priorities and limiting the distractions that are tempting at times, take away from the focus and attention needed to make progress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

What’s going on everyone? It is Thursday November 7th. Hope you’re having a great week so far and start to the day. Wanted to touch on the topic of sleep, rest and recovery and about how it affects our performance. It seems pretty simple right? If we’re well rested and alert with plenty of natural energy we’ll be able to perform better than if we’re tired and sluggish, or tired but anxious with crashes and inconsistency from stimulants like caffeine, sugar or whatever. It’s seems like common sense but we all know there are only so many hours in the day and sometimes we sacrifice our rest and sleep for other things, and sometimes we’ll watch late night tv, stay out late, or not put much thought or planning into our sleep and recovery. And I think it’s important to think about not just the consequences for that day, but how it carries over into the future. So going further into this being well rested leads to better performance that day, which we get the benefits, but it’s doesn’t stop there. There is a compounding and multiplying effect that takes place because the consequences and results from our current day we carry into the next day, which will be better or worse than the day before because of those consequences. If we are well rested we can focus better, we retain more information, we are better to be around, people notice these qualities and we build a reputation. Energy is contagious and people remember consciously or subconsciously. And it is a huge benefit when people want to work with us and like being around us. On the other side of this person that is tired or sluggish has to work with the consequences of how they were. Then this will carry on to the next day and future days too. So this makes it tough to even quantity the positive and negative effects due to this multiplying effect. And imagine what kind of effect this consistency has day in and day out. We can see how it’s compounded over time, and not just what we added or lost from each day when added up individually. Don’t get me wrong, we have to consistently work hard and push through our limits and we’ll get tired. But we have to understand that our level of performance and long term health are part of that equation. And a huge part is rest and recovery. Also we are able to use being well-rested and feeling good as a motivator. If we are feeling energized, alert, and healthy we’ll likely be more motivated to continue this path and enjoy what we’re doing. Hope everyone get their rest today, tonight, whatever your routine is. Talk to you very soon. Later! Peace!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

What's going on everyone? It is the afternoon of Tuesday, November 5th. I hope everyone is having a great day. Something I was as thinking about today, and I also realized I think about somewhat often. It's interesting because I'll think about what I want to talk or write about on this podcast, then through the day something will naturally pop into my head, and I'll notice it more. Then I'll think oh yeah this is something that comes up quite a bit, why not talk about it. When we express an opinion or emphasize our point of view in certain instances, it's important not to become too emotionally attached to being right. And to acknowledge it's possible, we may change our stance on it at some point, or we may be flat out wrong. It's important because it will change our tone and how we express our thoughts on the matter, and how we will respond in the instance that we are wrong. And, it's not a likable quality to act like we're going to be right all the time, especially when it's something you obviously obviously might possibly have wrong. If we tie our ego and emotional state to being right, it's going to be harder and more painful, or almost impossible, to admit we were wrong, and we'll look rather stupid if we were over-bearing about the point in the first place. If we understand from the beginning that being wrong was a possibility, it's a lot easier to say hey you know what I misjudged this one. I was wrong. I am going to learn from it. I'm glad I was able to see this and get it better the next time. If I find I'm wrong about something, I'll try to immediately acknowledge it and say that I was wrong, and it automatically feels good to state the truth. And if we're honest and humble, people will see this, and it's excellent quality. Also, sometimes out of immaturity, or insecurity, or other reasons, people will want to embellish in the fact that we were wrong. Maybe like an I told you so type attitude, or wants to act like the smartest person in the room. Initially, this can rub us the wrong way by the natural reaction. If we instantly and calmly admit to our mistaken thinking and embrace it, it diminishes their ability to do this. It suffocates their chance to embellish in this by saying yes, I was wrong, and I'm glad I was able to learn so that we can move forward. I'll be better the next time. In a sense, it's getting out of our way, by recognizing our ego may be slightly bruised, but it's much better than being the person that can't admit they were wrong. Plus, it's an effective way to move on. Especially if it's a business involved thing, we want to be able to acknowledge the situation as fast as possible and move on with whatever the reality is. So the most sophisticated look for the ways they may be wrong so they can correct their thinking as soon as possible. There is not much emotion in it. Of course, there are things we can take a stance on and not waiver, such as blatant moral or ethical issues, but for the situations where there is potential to be wrong. For instance, projections in the market we're working in, what people will want to buy, how much inventory should we have on hand, what our strategy should be in certain divisions of the business. Tying ourselves to a stance and then not letting ourselves have an out due to the emotional response or damaged ego is not the way to go. If we leave some flexibility, then we'll be able to say, oh yeah, I thought this, but I was wrong. People see that you're able to recognize you were wrong, and they will appreciate that and be more likely to want to continue to have a dialogue with you. And again, from a business standpoint, leaders will want to see and work with people that are willing to do whatever is best for the mission and accept the reality even if it means acknowledging we were wrong. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

Regarding limiting the time we spend on thinking about things outside of our control, which includes other's perceptions of us, or how others might portray to perceive us. And to expand on that last part - If someone's perceptions of us are good, they may portray to see them as inadequate or bad. They may put us down or express their feelings of negativity out of insecurity, an over-active ego, or due to something going on in their lives, we just don't know. Sometimes people project on us what they are lacking or have failed to accomplish. This projection can be through conscious or subconscious thinking. If we allow others to dictate our state of mind, we are opening ourselves up to the insane attempt at pleasing them until we feel they are satisfied with how we are acting, which could never happen. We have to understand that much of how others view us is out of our control. We have to go about our day with an understanding of how to determine our state of mind. We have to be confident in our value structure and stay true to ourselves, which will lead to attracting positive results and connections. It can be dangerous to cater to other's perceptions of us because we don't know where that will lead. We don't know their value structure or agenda, especially because maybe they aren't even aware. We have to understand that we can't let the fear of negative perception or the portrayal of negative perception affect our overall mindset, well-being, and understanding of things. I am practicing on bringing myself back into the present moment with a clearer understanding of myself and how I react and think. The more we limit our focus on other's perceptions of us, the more energy we have to put towards our meaningful and fulfilling work. Constant worrying about things we can't control takes valuable energy that should be applied elsewhere. I understand the perception of our peers about us can be important, but we can't control it. It is up to those that are around us to decide how they are to perceive us. If we do our best to do the things we love, be happy, and live a fulfilling and purposeful life, we can only hope that others will see this is a positive way. If they don't, we can't let this deter us from these priorities. We can only come back to our priorities and values to do the best we can. Also, sort of on the same topic... If we practice and become better at recognizing our state-of-mind and feelings and directing them to a place of more clarity, it becomes an enlightening, freeing, and fun practice. This becomes easier with consistent practice. We can understand ourselves better. We're able to acknowledge our thoughts better and realize how silly and petty they are in certain moments. We all have natural human feelings and thoughts that are sometimes ridiculous, but we also have the power to recognize and change them. It's an empowering feeling to acknowledge when we feel our minds going off track and then pull it back to the present moment and make decisions on how to act and think with more clarity. If we start to feel anxious, insecure, angry, jealous, loss of ego control, we can acknowledge it then redirect our thoughts by understanding these feelings more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

What’s going on everyone? It’s the evening of Friday, November 1st. I hope everyone had a great day and has a great weekend ahead. I wanted to touch on a few notes on things I was thinking about today regarding what it takes to get better and more consistent with those worth-while routines and habits. If you’ve been listening, you know that’s a big focus of mine. I feel it’s important because the how we do the small things add up to the big stuff, so we have to focus on those micro-routines and understand how treating our time in small increments adds up to the bigger picture stuff. And I think conditioning is an important word to focus on to get better with any new routine or habit. And it’s important to remember that just because we started something and then stopped before the goal we had in mind doesn’t mean we didn’t make progress. It usually means that the next time we try, we’ll be that much better. We get better by learning how we react to the new routine and reflect how we can extend it the next time and get better. An example of this would be running. If we haven’t run much in a long time, we’re going to get tired and out of breath much quicker. If we focus on going one block per day this week, then we can try 1.5 or two blocks next week. And then keep adding on from there. We don’t just decide we’re going to run 10 miles per day. It takes dedicated time to condition ourselves to get there. The same applies to other things involving time-consuming activities - maybe it’s writing, art, managing a team, anything that requires extended focus. At the start, we may be able to focus intensely for 15 or 30 minutes at a time before we need a break, then after we do that for a while, we’ll be able to increase that to an hour, then maybe two. We develop more toughness and resilience and can continue further than the last time we tried. I also think to gain a better perspective and changing our thought patterns for the better takes time conditioning. We don’t just get to flip a switch, and that’s how we know to think, it takes consistent effort and practice. It isn’t easy, but knowing that it isn’t easy is part of the process, and helpful to know. So how do we manage this progress? How do we continue to push forward the conditioning that brings us the result that we want? I think it’s a continuous effort and that willingness to keep at it, but also realizing it's a process through conditioning ourselves, and being able to come back to it to be better the next time we try. and I am finding that tracking my routine is a great way to keep things in perspective and to prove to myself that I’m putting in the time and effort. It's also a way to keep it in front of myself, and hold myself accountable. When I’m filling in my routine tracker for the day, I have to answer to myself and be honest about the effort I put in. Two sayings that I was thinking about - out of sight out of mind, and also, what gets measured gets managed. I think there is a lot of truth to those sayings. A visual tracker forces to think about it, and is also a tool to measure the time we put in to our goal. For a tactic that’s been working well for me, check out the episode “Seinfeld’s strategy for productivity.” Or you can also find this online with a quick Google search. It’s a simple tracking system that is great for accountability. Most importantly, understand that it takes time, dedication, conditioning and staying with it to change habits and routines. Everyone struggles, but it can be done. Things are hard at first, but they do get easier. Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great rest of your evening. Talk to you later! Peace! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

When we want to start something new we often find reasons why we can’t. We say to ourselves oh yeah I’d start that project, but I don’t have the right equipment, or I’d start working out, but I don’t like the gym I belong to, or I’d start writing more, but I have to take a class first, or I’d start a podcast but I don’t have the microphone or recording equipment yet. The reality is that we can start at any time. We can find parts of the project we can work on now. We can pull up at home workout videos on YouTube, and we can look up writing tutorials on YouTube or online, we can record a podcast on our phone and use a free platform to upload it. We often make up stories as to why we can’t start something when, in reality, we can start anytime. And the crazy thing is that is the most important part because once that’s going, you’ll pick up momentum on whatever it is you started. A video that stuck with me was put out by Casey Neistat titled Casey Neistat's Guide to Filmmaking The number one thing he says is gear doesn’t matter. He goes onto defend this by showing the camera and a piece of the content he made for his HBO show, which was made with an old cannon camera that didn’t even have high def, and some of his most popular videos ever was shot with something very similar, where he says someone can purchase on Amazon for under $100. He proves it by showing the actual footage and camera used. He says if the gear were that important, then whoever spends the most would always win, then he goes onto show examples of movies with 150 million dollar budgets that were terrible and bombed. They had the best equipment money can buy. He then gives an example of a movie made on a budget on a few hundred bucks and edited with iMovie (which is free software) that won awards at multiple film festivals with standing ovations and was one of the most celebrated documentaries of the year. He goes into more detail about the cost and diminishing return on camera equipment, which would be great for the filmmakers, but I thought it was a great lesson for other things too. Feel free to check out the video on YouTube, of course - Casey Neistats guide to film-making. Alright, everyone, thanks for listening. Talk to you very soon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/activecannabis/support

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