How To Be 40

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How To Be 40 is a podcast dedicated to an attempt to delineate what it means to transition from juvenile thinking and behavior to genuine maturity.

Noah Dean


    • Dec 1, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 36 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from How To Be 40

    Final Episode - On Us and On Our Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 13:37


    In the final episode of How to Be 40, Noah talks about Jesus, Blood Lust, and other stuff.

    The One That Didn't Make It

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 6:59


    Noah covers the perpetual opposition of the Christian and the "War That Will End War."

    Throwing the Rifle (Giant Leap Backward)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 11:23


    Sometimes we do Run and Guns. Sometimes we throw the rifle. Don't do that latter. 

    Aztecs, God, and Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 15:11


    Get Your Ass Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 12:24


    Noah talks about the importance of being productive first thing in the morning. 

    Walking Wounded or Mobile Medic?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 19:01


    Dr. Noah Dean gives a presentation at the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), Permian Basin chapter. Jesus, Viktor Frankl, and Marcus Aurelius all join in on the fun.

    Here's Your Tampon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 12:42


    We all need one from time to time...

    What's in the (Tool)box?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 11:29


    Bringing back Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to garner another life lesson. What tools are you carrying?

    What is Success - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 8:16


    What is "Micro" and "Macro" Success? 

    Cast Down Your Bucket

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2024 7:53


    A lesson from Booker T. Washington, Arthur Brooks, and Marcus Aurelius.

    Doing the Right Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 4:59


    A lesson from "Doc" Holliday. 

    It's a Process - Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2023 6:19


    In Season 4, Episode 1 of How to to Be 40, Noah introduces his first book - It's a Process: Discovering Purpose in this Crazy World

    Aliens Don't Exist

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 12:02


    In Season 3, Episode 9 of How to Be 40, Noah mentions galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, aliens, and God. 

    Interview with McKinlee - Stonegate Youth Camp - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 32:52


    Part II of the interview with McKinlee Dean, who shares her experience (and wisdom) from "SGY" (not CGY) Camp. Social media, purpose, depression, pride, and "Water Themed Things" are just a few of the topics discussed. 

    Interview with McKinlee - Stonegate Youth Camp - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 27:04


    Noah brings on his first show guest, McKinlee Dean, who shares her experience (and wisdom) from the "SGY" camp organized by Stonegate Fellowship of Midland, TX. The "Invalid", addiction, failing as a father, and "Doing the Hard Things" are just a few of the topics discussed. 

    Uvalde and DTF

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 15:24


    In Season 3, Episode 6 of How to Be 40, Noah addresses the horrible massacre in Uvalde, TX and it's connection to "Default to Freedom".

    What are we doin'?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 15:50


    In Season 3, Episode 5 of How to Be 40, Noah asks, "What are we doin'?"

    It is Finished? Not quite...

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 16:38


    In Season 3, Episode 4 of How to Be 40, Noah discusses the hidden gem in the literary works of two nerds from the late 1800's.

    Back to the Fence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 12:21


    In Season 3, Episode 3 of How to Be 40, Noah talks about lessons to be learned from Brian "Tosh" Chontosh, Mike Tyson, Viktor Frankl.

    Stuff the Envelopes - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 15:45


    This is part II of "Stuffing the Envelopes"...

    Bonus - Into the Darkness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 10:39


    Stuff the Envelopes - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 18:03


    In the first episode of season 3 of How to Be 40, Noah talks about pushers vs pullers, critical examinations, and pricks. 

    Advice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 14:23


    On Season 2, Episode 9 of How to Be 40, Noah shares a bit of informal advice. 

    Fatherhood and The Terminator

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 17:55


    In Season 2, Episode 8 of How to Be 40, Noah discusses a bit about fatherhood...

    Continuing the Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 13:14


    In Season 2, Episode 7 of How to Be 40, Noah addresses the habit of continuing the race, despite it not being the most appropriate course of action. 

    Be Still

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 10:45


    In Season 2, Episode 6 of How to Be 40, Noah reveals, in part, the Psalmist's council... 

    Power of the Tongue

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 14:14


    In Season 2, Episode 5 of How to Be 40, Noah talks about the power of compliments. 

    Compassion II

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 17:30


    In Season 2, Episode 4 of How to Be 40, Noah merges the previous two episodes and illuminates the inconsistency of attempting to bring parity by creating distinctions between groups of people. 

    What is Success?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 18:02


    In Season 2, Episode 3 of How to Be 40, Noah unveils a not-so-common definition of success and the path taken by a relative few. 

    Compassion I

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 17:25


    In Season 2, Episode 2 of How to Be 40, Noah discusses compassion. 

    Acceptance and Isolation: Halting the Quest for the Inner Ring

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 24:56


    In Season 2, Episode 1 of How to Be 40, Noah discusses the inconsistency of mixing noble symbols with dishonorable behavior; then links such with our consistent and fruitless quest for the "Inner Ring", as defined by author C. S. Lewis. 

    Torture (Dusting Off the Bolt Cutters)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 32:54


    In episode 5 of How to Be 40, Noah links the crucifixion of Jesus to our own need to detoxify. 

    Introjection, Try-Hards, and Work Ethic Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 25:35


    In episode 4 of How to Be 40, Noah digs into work ethic and how it's applied, or not, in our own lives. 

    Patience may be more than patience

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 18:49


    In the third episode of How to Be 40, Noah shares a moment in which the search for a snake yielded a personally profound life lesson. 

    The Sacrifice of Innocence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 35:25


    In the second episode of How To Be 40, Noah peers into the life of a significant historical figure to extract at least one trait that might serve as a cornerstone for genuine maturity.   

    "Destination Addiction" and Ecclesiastes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 26:21


    In the first episode of How To Be 40, Noah introduces Dr. Robert Holden's coined "Destination Addiction" and how it correlates with the wisdom found in the book of Ecclesiastes. 

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