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33 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsStories of unique individuals from around the world, telling us how they navigate life and follow their own path, powered by intuition, passion, education, personality types and created values, in order to live the best life they can imagine, and do what they really want to do.
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Ep33. A conversation with Laura
April 29, 2022 00:01 - 46 minutes - 32.5 MBPaddling Taiwan! - “Have a plan and aggressively chase it, but not clanging to it” – “you can do anything, if you just make a plan” – “plan, commit, and find the right person!” – Laura’s song: https://youtu.be/xCnnco4GrV4 - Insta: @laurazulliger
Ep32. A conversation with Justin
April 27, 2022 00:01 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MB“Now is always the right time. Don’t believe later is better, because you’ll keep pushing it out” - “I want to make everybody laugh. How do I brighten this person’s life?” - “you’re dealt some bad cards, you’re dealt some good cards, and that’s ok” – “my motto?: no regrets. And – These are the good old days”- “I wanted something harder, I chose Challenge” – “Approach your problems from multiple different perspectives. Often we only look at them one way” – “Baby steps. And make them as small ...
Ep31. A conversation with Creig
April 19, 2022 17:28 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB“It doesn’t make too much difference which way you’re walking, the important is to keep moving” – “The search is what anyone would undertake, if he were not sunk, in the everyday-ness of his own life” – “The biggest thing that holds me back is fear of failure. I have to convince myself that even if I fail, it’s still gonna be worth while. That’s a very big hurdle for me” – Summertime by Porgy and Bess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7-Qa92Rzbk – “I have absolutely nothing on any electronic ...
Ep. 30. A conversation with John
April 05, 2022 01:45 - 1 hour - 40.4 MB“The best use of a life time is to take committed actions and purposeful choices that are well reasoned and incorporate both good intent and your inner voice” – “A man’s reach should exceed his grasp: don’t be afraid to fail 10% of the time” - “The concept of incrementalism: it’s ok to do things in little increments” – “Do small steps, when you think about goals: for me it was to read two pages a day. It actually adds up, if you’re just persistent: 2 pages a day is at least 700 pages a year...
Ep. 29 - A conversation with Jerry
February 25, 2022 00:37 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB"Spread the tobacco? What do you mean by Spread the Tobacco?” – “Sometimes those things that make us feel uncomfortable, are those times when we need to do it, and that’s when the growth is going to happen” – “When we go against the flow, it’s hard and rough. But when we go with the flow, it’s easy and it’s love” – “that’s why we are here, we are here to stir each other up” – “Don’t be the fruit fly in the jar with the lead off” – “it’s not over yet soldiers, keep moving! And remember we’ve ...
Ep28. A Conversation with Clark
February 22, 2022 20:28 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB“I’m the boss of my own self” – “This is what I want to do, How am I going to get there, What are the ways I’m going to measure my progress on this goal, then reflect on whether I accomplished what I wanted to do. Then what could’ve I done better?” - “What drives me? I can’t do something unless I’m really passionate about it!” – “Passion works! Passion is a major success factor” – “I need to go back to what I am passionate about” – “do what you love, if you do that, you’re gonna have passio...
Ep27. A conversation with Steve
November 18, 2021 23:37 - 1 hour - 41.5 MB“Build accountability to yourself. One way that works for me is measuring. I measure where I am, and see if each day I’m getting better. I want to be accountable to myself, and map out the tomorrow: this is what I’m going to do, and I’m going to measure, and report back to myself” – “Being accountable internally makes a big difference” - “Let’s do something Epic!” – “I truly like to compete. I think I can be fairly gracious in defeat, but I want to push it hard and do the best I can” – “Loo...
Ep26. A conversation with Finn and Carter
October 21, 2021 20:40 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBAmazing first podcast for these two best friends: 11-year old Finn and 12-year old Carter talk to us about Kite-surfing and following their passion. “Whatever you’re doing,…, surround yourself with positive people that do it and can help you” - “Surround yourself with people. Doing something on your own is much harder” – “Try and do it as much as possible”
Ep25. A conversation with Josh
October 19, 2021 03:52 - 45 minutes - 29.6 MB“Our limits are minimal. We can do whatever we want to do. We just need to accept the difficulties that come along with it” - “Being nice goes a long way. Being kind and being interested, and caring for other people, gives so much back to you” – “I am the dad that my parents weren’t. I’m very involved. What I was lacking I didn’t want my kids to lack” – “kind words go a long way, and there’s no reason to be un-kind” – “One of the biggest hurdles, to me, was believing that I could do it.” – “...
Ep24. A conversation with Valerie
October 07, 2021 22:31 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MB“Stop planning, and DO!” - “#TeamNoExcuses: The more you have excuses, the less you are effective in life” – “Don’t let your life run you, Run your life” – “Motivation is the fuel, but discipline is the fire” - “I remember my dad saying: “I don’t care what you do in life, whether you are a clown, a mountain climber, an engineer, but do it with passion!” – “I was born with so many medical issues: I have epilepsy, I’m 50% deaf, I used to be fat, I have skeletal issues,…. I had so many issues ...
Ep23. A conversation with Jordan
September 04, 2021 11:36 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB“if you want to do something big, you’ve got to be ok with failing” - “I can work hard, how hard can it be?” –“it was the most fun I’d never want to do again” - “I wanted to row across an ocean because I thought it was a cool idea, and I couldn’t take it out of my head” - “I’m a very enthusiastic, passionate person, but in terms of getting a project done, I can get to be very practical. Like If we want to do this, what’s the very next thing that we need to do, and then build that into a big...
Ep22. A conversation with John
September 04, 2021 11:21 - 1 hour - 49.2 MB“Enjoy! Follow your heart! Follow your dreams!” - “Water! Water makes it work for me. I’m bad on land” – “Paddle sports to me is as much about community and personal health and growth as it is about specific goals” - “What could go wrong? It’s about getting comfortable with the situation, with risk” – “The best teachers will support your needs, whatever those are, and just give you what you need. You just look at a student and you figure out what do they need!” – “When having an objective: C...
Ep21. A conversation with Erica
September 01, 2021 17:53 - 50 minutes - 35.4 MB“I am a mighty, fearless warrior, loving and supporting myself, truly accepting who I am now” – “People put limits on themselves without even trying beforehand. Even if you have to do the work with a team, you can go around any obstacle. Just get out there and try things that are new to you. You might be surprised about what you learn about yourself along the way” – “just showing up is a huge part of it, so just take that first step, that first push, and go and try it” - @gowitherica – Eric...
Ep20. A conversation with DB
August 19, 2021 01:48 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MB“Life is about moving forward without really knowing the destination. Life is about discovering the path as we go. Not wandering blindly, but in truth, none of us really knows where it will end up” – “We learn so well when we are slightly uncomfortable, when we’re being pushed by a good coach, or mentor, or when in situation that have the potential for failure. And failure is so much more effective in teaching than success. It’s tough to nail down where we succeeded, but it’s usually very ob...
Ep19. A conversation with Brad
August 14, 2021 01:41 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB“You are exactly where you need to be” - “If you don’t do it now, when??” - “Do right, be right, and pay it forward” - “You’ll have more money, but when do you think you’ll find more time?” – “There are a lot of things that you can replace in this world, but people and time are not one of them” – “If you’re listening, that’s when your opportunities show up” – “The best way to know what’s going on with someone is ask them. Connect at that 1 to 1 level” – “This was the perfect storm for my eg...
Ep18. A conversation with Oscar
August 13, 2021 18:31 - 1 hour - 53.2 MB“I do get overboard at everything I do. I do everything flat out, or don’t do it“ – “You’ve got it, it’s up to you, to actually realize, that you can make yourself whatever you want to be” - “You can’t let the pain overtake the brain. The brain’s got to be in charge” - “I love to teach! I’ll teach you, even if you don’t want to. I’m a perfectionist when it comes to getting the technic right, and doing everything right, and I hate seeing people doing it wrong” – “I always say when I’m teachi...
Ep17. A conversation with Cam
August 09, 2021 20:06 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB“The answer is within” – “Starting meditation, and looking inside, was the changing point. I could see how my thoughts were bad, how destructive they were. I had been looking outside the whole time and now it is time to look within. And I knew I was going to meditate for the rest of my life. Continuously looking it, and I knew this was the answer” – “I was always encouraged to pursue my dreams. My dad once told us: I want you guys to do whatever the hell you want to do, no matter what it is”...
Ep16. A conversation with Jennifer
August 05, 2021 20:58 - 50 minutes - 36.2 MB“Endurance isn’t just for sports, it’s for Everything in your life” – “If you’re not happy in your life with whatever you’re doing, whether it be work or your relationship or anything, or if there’s something you want to do, don’t limit yourself, don’t keep making excuses. You’ve got to make it happen. You’ve got one life, and life is precious” – “If you want something bad enough, you’ll do whatever it takes to make it happen” – “If you can dream it, you can do it” - “You can’t really tell s...
Ep15. A conversation with Carlo
August 04, 2021 01:24 - 59 minutes - 42.5 MB“You have to realize that sometimes stubbornness can be a good thing. Not wanting to give up on it, wanting to continue on it” – “Open yourself up. Be willing to put yourself in an uncomfortable situation, and learn from it. Trust that if it’s still interesting to you, then it’s worth pursuing ” - “You can’t necessarily look at an end goal and think: I can do that. You need to look at the end goal and think: How do I get myself to there. If I can do this little bit, and then from...
Ep14. A conversation with Ivan
August 03, 2021 20:48 - 58 minutes - 39.1 MB“Sometimes I could do something that I didn’t think I was capable of, and that was magic to me. Wow, that’s a feeling that I love. I love that feeling of achievement: you go for something that is just out of reach, and you not only reach it, but you over-reach it. You’ve got the feeling of peace, because you’re doing the right thing, you’re doing your thing, for your reasons. And if you’re doing something for your reasons, you can’t fail” – “The best places I’ve been, actually turn out to be...
Ep13. A conversation with Art
July 29, 2021 13:17 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB"Why not me? When you see people be great, and achieve a lot of success, at some point they said, “why note me”, so if you can’t believe that you’re going to be successful, you can’t expect anybody else to believe that” – “Everything in life is connected, every little thing is connected, so I think that when things happen in your life, if you look at them as coincidences or random things and you’re not looking for that connection, sometimes it becomes hard to grow from your mistakes. Because...
Ep12. A conversation with Julio
July 28, 2021 20:41 - 58 minutes - 43.6 MB"Get up, get it done, and repeat” - “If you really want something, really really want something, it takes work, it takes sacrifice, it takes effort, you have to get out of your comfort zone”
Ep11. A conversation with Greg
July 27, 2021 22:39 - 53 minutes - 35.7 MB“I saw that if you want to do something, get the right equipment, put the time in, you train several times a week, you can start winning some of these things” – “There was a period in my life when training and competing was number one” – “no matter what happens, just keep going, do your best, don’t worry. If I’m seventh I’m gonna try to get sixth, if I’m second I’m gonna try to win, and if I’m winning I’m gonna try to hold that position. I think I’ve had a lot of success by not giving up” – ...
Ep10. A conversation with Stephanie
July 26, 2021 23:04 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB“I’m always trying to move things forward” – “I really want to do this so I’m just gonna do it!” – “My limitation is my own mind, and really if you break any task down into smaller task it becomes so much more manageable and then it’s just small things to cross off a list to get to your big goal” – “Don’t limit yourself, you can think big, and you can probably figure out a way to get there”.
Ep9. A conversation with Ian
July 25, 2021 18:47 - 42 minutes - 30.4 MB“I’ve never been afraid of hard work in my life, in fact I relish it, if there’s a project to manage or something to do, I’m ready to tackle it, so my only reaction to what “Star” (Ian’s wife) told me was “he** yeah bring it on, let’s do this, whatever I need to do, if there’s something I need to do let’s do it” – “I developed this philosophy that I called “inch-by-inch” – “Every single day you have to want to beat the stroke more than the stroke wants to beat you down” – “If you look at any...
Ep8. A conversation with Tez
July 24, 2021 13:38 - 43 minutes - 30.6 MB“my nickname was the baby that feels no pain” – “things can change really fast, you need to pay attention” – “the motto that stuck with me over the years is Have a purpose, not a plan. The purpose is what you are trying to achieve, the plan is how you achieve it” – “Life is short, whether you take it or you get hit by a bus, anything can happen any day. There’s no guaranty we’re here tomorrow. What am I going to do with my life to make my life count for me, and the other people around me” – ...
Ep7. A conversation with Agyat
July 23, 2021 17:14 - 49 minutes - 36.5 MB“I was in the race. It was all about the future. It’s not about the past or the present moment. I was chasing the future, thinking that when you get to the future, everything would be perfect.” – “kids only know one language, and that language is called love” – “If I’m not happy doing this thing, why should I do it? Why would I make myself suffer? This is how we are creating suffering for ourselves. When we are not happy doing the things that we are doing, we transmit an energy field that is...
Ep6. A conversation with Julien
July 22, 2021 22:20 - 43 minutes - 29.5 MB“First lesson: Just say yes. Say yes to something, even if you don’t know what to expect from that decision. Saying yes always brings something to you” – “I wanted to discover something that others didn’t know about” – “I’m a very regular guy, I’m not a huge guy, I don’t have the crazy endurance and everything, but if I decide something and if I really give myself the mean to do it, then I’m going to do it” – “I want this, it’s gonna last 5 seconds, but for these 5 seconds I’m able to work h...
Ep5. A conversation with Damian
July 10, 2021 01:03 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB“I always thought that the best coaches were tough, but very fair. They weren’t asking something you couldn’t do, they were just pushing you to a new level that they knew you could get to”, “I find that I can become a little bit lazy if I go (asking advice) to too many people and ask too many questions”, “whatever you’re doing, whatever you pursue, make sure it’s purposeful and important enough to you and meaningful to you because that’s the driver what will get you passed all those road blo...
Ep4. A conversation with Wayne
July 07, 2021 23:20 - 31 minutes - 21.2 MB"Ultimately, you are always competing with your own expectations", "Don’t be afraid to put your goal out there, tell people about, tell people what you’re gonna do, so then you are accountable, and that could be a good motivator". And more.
Ep3. A conversation with Soraya
July 07, 2021 21:27 - 38 minutes - 27 MBIn this episode, I chat with Soraya who brings us great pieces of advice such as "Travel is the one thing you spend money on that makes you richer', "It’s audacious to believe in yourself!", "There’s something in you that is talking back. The more you listen to it, the easiest it is to hear", "Just say yes and go, truly with no clear plan at all".
Ep2. A conversation with Dailey
July 07, 2021 00:56 - 39 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this episode, I chat with Dailey, who brings us great pieces of advice such as: "Our creativity is the gateway to a deeper wisdom (...), it is a doorway to cosmic connection to everything", "I trust what my heart tells me", "We can have just about anything if we're willing to learn what we don't know and put real effort and focus into cultivating the skills and the crafts to get there".
Ep1. A conversation with David
July 02, 2021 19:16 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBIn this episode, I chat with David who brings us great pieces of advice such as "Anything worth doing is worth having fun doing", "You don't have to know how to do it in order to begin it", "Nothing works without lubrication", and the most important one: "you have to first show up".