The Growth Guide: Self-Improvement | Greatness | Impact | Creators | FI | Create Modern Clarity with Stoic Wisdom featuring Andrew McConnell
To enjoy life, we have to live in the moment. But it's essential to plan for the things that haven't happened yet, but you fear may happen.
Our guest today is Andrew McConnell, founder, and CEO at rented.com, a team of vacation rental professionals with 50+ years of experience in managing, marketing, and pricing vacation rentals, to talk about his best-selling book 'Get Out of My Head’. Throughout the episode, we dive into Andrew's background, stoic wisdom, valuing ourselves, love and hate for what you do, zero-based Calendaring, and more.
[00.23] The history – Andrew dives into his journey, starting as a swimmer to opening up his own company.
[05.00] Stoic wisdom – Andrew shares what stoic wisdom is and how he selected it as a framework for his book.
[12.04] The game of life – It's human nature to measure themselves in others' opinions. Andrew dives into why we must stop living according to others' views.
[16.43] Valuing ourselves – Andrew dives into the three levels of valuing ourselves; What do you think you are worth? How do you change it to work out, and what are you doing at any given moment?
[30.01] Love and hate – Andrew dives into his two-by-two framework, where you have to figure out what you love, what you hate, and what you are great at.
[36.13] Calendaring and Budgeting- Andrew defines what he meant by Zero-budgeting and calendaring in his book.
[45.14] Enjoying time – Andrew dives into the importance of focusing on what you want to do in a particular moment and not ruining it by thinking about something else.
[58.55] Kernel of truth – Andrew dives into the importance of finding other facts about your beliefs. It will make you see what we know isn't always the right thing.
[01.07.32] Locus of control – Locus of control has two sides. External and internal. Andrew dives into how we can control our actions according to these.
[01.15.54] Future negative events – Andrew shares his opinion on premeditation on future negative events and their importance.
[01.26.30] Habit – Wrapping up the conversation, Andrew dives into what habit he has that had an impact on his life.
Resources
Connect with Andrew
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandrewmcconnell/
Book by Andrew:
Get Out of My Head: Creating Modern Clarity with Stoic Wisdom
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61075218
Prepare for the Worst, Plan for the Best –
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4748444-prepare-for-the-worst-plan-for-the-best
The 4-Hour Workweek –