We all think we know it all, we are living in a world where saying that we don’t know something is equivalent to not being intelligent or smart. The truth is that saying that we don’t know something and being willing to learn shows strength and humility. The more we are willing to accept that we don’t know something, the more self-aware we become. In this podcast we talk about ideas that will help us navigate through life easier, we share unfiltered opinions and things we can do to improve just a little bit. This is not a feel-good podcast. This podcast is created for a few who are willing to listen and stay stupid to become wiser and slightly, I repeat slightly better. You will hear stories, thoughts and sometimes interviews, but we don’t know yet because the host, me, Alexander Novicov is staying stupid and doesn’t follow the rules.
The last episode. The last goodbye from me. Support the show
In this episode, I shared what is the most important question we need to ask ourselves to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. Support the show
In this episode, I talk about why models are terrible girlfriends. I explain from my experience why it's a wise choice to not date them and find other hot normal women to date. Support the show
Greatness is a choice. We either make it consciously or subconsciously. Greatness has ZERO room for mediocrity. In today's episode I talk about WHY it's important to achieve greatness and HOW we can all achieve greatness. Support the show
This was tough. Running 125km at Peak District with 15,682 ft elevation was the hardest thing. On Sunday I didn't want to race, my legs didn't want to go. There were moments that I just couldn't. I closed my eyes and said I will just go. I learned a lot of lessons during this race, and I shared 3 lessons that you can take away and learn and apply in different aspects of your life. Support the show
In this episode, I talk about why we need to look for constructive feedback even when we don't want to listen to the truth. This one skill will help us crush all our goals and ambitions. Constructive and honest feedback should be the norm. Support the show
In this episode I talk about how we can start doing things that we don't feel like doing. So many times in life, we don't feel like doing a lot of stuff, we just don't feel like it. But to achieve our goals and dreams, we need to overcome that hurdle, the hurdle of not feeling it.We need to focus on doing the things we don't feel like doing. So in this episode, I shared with you how I push myself to run long training runs (50km-100km) and how I push myself to do things that I don't feel like doing. Support the show
In this episode, I talked about how we can stop wasting energy on things that don't matter. Different things can trigger us that take away our energy and peace of mind. That's why it's important to have the right mindset and the right tools to help us manage our emotions and our energy. Support the show
Does sitting still and feeling great make our quality of life better? Does being calm means our quality of life is great? I don't think so. In this episode I talk about how we can measure our quality of life in three ways: 1) The academic way2) The positive psychology way3) A mix of bothTune in to listen to how we can measure and improve the quality of our life. Support the show
In this episode I shared with you three things that we can do right now to become more confident. I shared my experience and how I become more confident running ultra marathons (100km), becoming a licensed skydiver while being scared of heights and having a near-death experience. If we implement the three ideas (strategies) we can become slightly more confident. Confidence can improve our life, our career and our peace of mind. Support the show
In this episode I talk about why it's important to focus on living in the present moment. I share with you examples of how I manage to remind myself to not worry about the future or the past just focus on right now, what's in front of me. Support the show
In this episode I talk about what lessons we can learn from failure. I shared with you what lessons I learned running last week 100km ultra-marathon London 2 Brighton, what I learned doing 100 episodes and how we can keep moving forward by achieving our goals.Support the show
In this episode I talk about why progress is more important than achieving our goals. If we want to achieve our goals, we need to focus on small daily habits rather than the big goals. If we want to feel fulfilled and go beyond, we need to look for progress rather than just achieving our goals. Support the show
In this episode I talk about why I'm not reaching my full potential. I shared three reasons why it might be. If you are feeling that you are not doing enough or you are not reaching your potential, tune in. Support the show
In this episode, I talk about the importance of making progress every single day. Rather than focusing on the end goal, I believe we should focus on making daily small progress. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talk about how important it's not to identify ourselves as our work titles our as our hobbies. So many times we get obsessed with a new hobby that we make our lives all about that hobby. But the reality is, it's not healthy. We are human beings with hobbies and jobs not the other way around. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode, I talk about the hustle mentality and the culture we have today about hustling and grinding and how it affects our day-to-day life. I shared my thoughts on how I changed my beliefs in the past couple of years about hustle and why it's not as effective as I thought it would be. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode, I talk about the hustle mentality and the culture we have today about hustling and griding and how it affects our day-to-day life. I shared my thoughts on how I changed my beliefs in the past couple of years about huslte and why it's not as effective as I thought it would. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talk about how we can get things done. I shared an example of how I wrote my book within six months by creating habits that helped me finish the project. So many times in life we want to start something and finish that project yet we don't know why we don't start or don't finish the project. That's why I shared ideas and insights we can use today so to finish our projects. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I shared how close I came to death from my previous attempt to become a skydiver. I shared three valuable lessons I learned from that experience and how we can take those lessons to our life and make sure we succeed in what we want to achieve. Thinking about my experience brings tears to my eyes because it was such an emotional day but end of the day I believe that if I didn't learn anything then it would be a mistake. The goal is to learn from our mistakes and I can say that I did learn a life lesson. You can follow me on Instagram here; @justgoingbeyond / @alexnovicov Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
After a year of taking a break from podcasting, I'm back with our weekly show. In this episode I explain why I took a year off not doing our podcasts, why I'm starting again and what happened in the past 12 months. You can always find me on Instagram: @justgoingbeyond @alexnovicov Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talked about the pursuit of stupidity. What does it mean, how we can ask ourselves different and better questions and how we can keep on becoming better by pursuing stupiditySupport the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In today's episode, I talk about how I feel that I'm a fraud and what I'm going to do about it. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talk about what are the signs of a mentally strong person, how we can learn from them and become more mentally strong ourselves. I talked about why 2021 will be another year like all the previous years (for 95% of people) and how can we make things happen without making it sound like hype. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talk about habits, I talk about how we can all achieve our goals in 2021 using a very simple technique. I talked about how the new year is an opportunity to reset but yet not forget that every single day is a new opportunity to become better, to start over. The new year will definitely have obstacles and challenges like every single year had but the difference is how we respond to those obstacles, to challenges. If you want to send me an email with your goals to be accountable please do at: an@alexnovicov.comSupport the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talked about the importance of going all in or nothing. If you want to finish a project, complete a task it's important to develop a "all in mentality". I talked about what worked for me and how you can implement the same mentality and tricks to be more effective and productive. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I spoke about how the self-development world is full of BS advice, how we can learn and grow but not by reading all day and listening to books. We can become better humans by taking action. I spoke about the difference between learning and becoming better vs not taking actions and just being the way we are. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talked about what does self-love actually means? Does it mean that we eat pizza all day and watch Netflix every night or does it mean that we take care of ourselves?I discussed how we can actually love ourselves and not fall into the trap of thinking that self-love is all about 'feeling good'. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talked about the origin of Black Friday event, how it all started, where the name 'Black Friday' came from and some data about how much we as humans spend on Black Friday in the UK and the US. I also shared how we can all save BIG this Black Friday event and I mean truly BIG!Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
Sometimes it's okay to say that you don't know, sometimes it's okay to say that we don't know what we should do, sometimes it's okay to say it's okay to ourselves. In this week's episode I share my deep thoughts that I had about going out with this girl, about relationships and casual dating and in general just a raw episode of truth. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talked about three lessons I learned from doing the 75HARD challenge. I explained what the 75HARD challenge is for those who are not familiar and why it's so important to start focusing on mental toughness, how our character becomes stronger and evolves once we focus on becoming truly great. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In today's episode I talked about why we need to stop this epidemic of busy-bragging and wearing it like a badge of honor. I shared ideas and how we can overcome challenges and the mentality of 'I'm very busy' to become more effective and productive. In the end of the episode I shared a tool that I use to track my activities on a daily basis to know how effective I was during the day and compare what I did vs my results. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I discussed why I believe it's important to fall in love with life and not a human being. So many times when we say the word 'love' we immediately assume that we are in a relationship, or we got married or it's something that has to do with a person. How about we fall in love with life first, like we become crazy about life, we fall deeply in love with life and we truly live a passionate life. This is what I talk about in this episode, the aftermath of falling in love with life and how we can all fall in love with life. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talked about how I explored Art in Barcelona, why it's important to travel to open our minds and how travel can be used as a personal development tool. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talked about why I believe we should stop having children as it affects our planet and how the next generations will not have a 'healthy' planet to live on. I shared what 20 thousand scientists wrote about how children impact our planet among other data and researches about problems we are all facing. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I talk about why I'm doing the 75 Hard Challenge, a mental toughness challenge, what are my expectations and what I learned so far from doing a mental challenge. How the challenge develops my muscle brain and builds character. If you want to become mentally 'fitter' you will enjoy listening to this episode. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In today's episode I talked about why we are all dopamine addicts, what is dopamine and how we can replace habits that bring us dopamine to habits that can make us better humans. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In today's episode I talked about why I'm feeling lost this week and the five things I do when I feel lost and I think my world will collapse. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, sometimes we do feel lost, sometimes we do feel that we are behind, but that doesn't mean that we need to stay there. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In today's episode I talked about why our birthdays are not really that important to other people, it's important to us but not others. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I shared why it's important to reconsider why we get married and why we shouldn't get married. I shared data and thoughts about why marriage and how this idea of marriage started. There are 7 billion humans on planet earth, does this mean that the same idea applies to everybody? Who said we should get married and be happy? Why should we focus purely on our careers? This are the questions we need to ask ourselves. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In today's episode I speak about why being pessimistic is so easy, I explained the science behind this and how we can change (a bit) and become more optimistic because let's face it, being a bit optimistic so so much better than being grumpy. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this new episode I talk about why being stupid matters, actually why staying stupid is actually beneficial to us. I discussed the reason I'm rebranding the podcast, why and how we are moving forward. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
This is the end. The title says it all. Thank you all.Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode, I talked about a brief update on what's happening and why it's important to pause to reflect and change strategy if nessesarly. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I shared ideas and thoughts on how we can find our purpose in life. Today we have more time to reflect, write and find out what is our purpose in life, how can we live a more meaningful and fulfilling life. I shared stories about how people found their purpose by solving problems for themselves and helping others. If you want to live a meaningful life, this episode is for you. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In today's episode I shared a very inspiring story about how Thomas Edison's reacted to his factory burning down, which meant him losing $22 million. We can use stoic philosophy to overcome challenges, to look for opportunities and to become better humans. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode I shared why it's important to stay positive in crisis, how science and research prove that staying positive helps your mental health and your physical health as well. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
We all have time right now, we can take advantage of this lockdown. I shared 10 best personal development books we can read right now. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode, I share ten things we can do during coronavirus. We always have an option of what we do today, of how we respond to circumstances. If you are looking for things to do during this lockdown, this episode is for you.Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In this episode, I share why men should stop paying for dates! A lot of women will disagree but it all comes down to teaching women that we are not free lunches or free dinners. If you want to be used for material use, then keep paying. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
In today's episode I shared three things we can do to be happier today, right now. We all go through tough times, we all have ups and downs that's why I believe having tools that we can use daily to help us overcome challenges is essential. Support the show (https://staystupidpodcast.com/)
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