The ikario Podcast: human thriving in the modern world

Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us:  https://ikario.com/join FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/ Free Class: Become an Implementer https://ikario.com/im-register/ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - The Problem with the Self Development Space & Elite Content 05:21 - 4 Levels of Self Development 06:21 - Level 0 - No-Lifer 13:06 - Level 1 - Average 18:05 - How to Make Green Smoothies Easy and Effortless for Yourself 20:30 - Same Thing for Other Areas of Life 32:29 - How to Be in the Top 10% of People 33:43 - Level 2 - How to Go From Top 10% to 1% 47:30 - Level 3 - Going Beyond Yourself 1:02:57 - Outro

TJ's Instagram - the best place to find and interact with him: https://www.instagram.com/tjpower/ Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: https://ikario.com/join FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/ Free Class: Become an Implementer https://ikario.com/im-register/ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro + What TJ's Company Does 02:32 - A Neuroscientist's Perspective on Tech Induced Suffering 04:53 - 4 Key Hormones that Drive Human Behaviour 06:30 - The Truth About Dopamine 10:51 - We Are Taking Shortcuts to What We Want & It's Making Us Unhappy 15:19 - The Discomfort We Feel Is Actually A Healthy Response 24:15 - Loneliness and Oxytocin 30:30 - How the Presence of a Phone Influences You 36:03 - What Does Serotonin Do? 39:50 - Connection Between Seratonin and Your Environment 43:25 - What Do Kids and Teens Think About Getting Off Screens and Tech? 45:50 - Tech Optimisim vs. Negative Side Effects 50:35 - Turn Your Phone Into A Tool + Being Different 54:22 - What are Endorphins? 57:19 - How to Release Endorphins 1:00:34 - Practice Sitting in Discomfort 1:01:54 - Limbic Friction is the Key to Discipline 1:05:28 - How to Have What You Want from a Physiological Perspective 1:08:39 - Cooking as an Experience is Good for You 1:10:20 - Humans Love Doing Things Socially and for Others 1:13:31 - Neuroscientist Reveals Habits That Make Him Happy 1:16:17 - How Porn Affects Us 1:18:26 - A Neuroscientist's Perspective on NoFap and Masturbation 1:25:25 - Outro Links & Resources Mentioned: TJ's IG: https://www.instagram.com/tjpower/

Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: https://ikario.com/join FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/ Free Class: Become an Implementer https://ikario.com/im-register/ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro + Why Living with Integrity is so Important 00:58 - Marshmallow Experiment 03:01 - Scarcity vs. Abundance Mindset 06:21 - Definition of Integrity 10:41 - A Single Moment That Changes Someone's Life 14:16 - Be The Example 16:47 - Your Words Having Weight 19:11 - What It Means to Be Deliberate 22:03 - Integrity is a Habit - Whether You Have It or Not 25:47 - Why Most People Don't Have Integrity 26:42 - Living with Integrity Means Honesty Especially When it's Difficult 27:46 - Is Integrity Innate? 30:16 - Living with Integrity is an Active Decision 34:08 - You Can't Only Keep Your Word When It's Convenient for You Links & Resources Mentioned: Habits of Mind Podcast: https://youtu.be/u2OHOBF84bw

The productivity self-help-scene is always finding new ways to sell you old tricks. But, it seems some old tricks, like the Pomodoro Technique for example, stick around for good. In this episode we explore why it's time to retire 5 of the most popular productivity hacks that are still being peddled by productivity gurus around the world AND what you should be thinking about doing instead.    We also address the 5 most common "Productivity No-Buts"  or "resistance to advice" that we encounter from students that participate in the ikario productivity classes.

If you have any burning questions you'd like us to answer, email us at: hello@ikario.com. Links and Resources Mentioned: Potato Diet Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu2vGVTwKj4 How to Prioritize: https://youtu.be/tP4VAawx2qw Shadow Workshops are in the ikario Community, join here: https://ikario.com/join/ The Bacon Fallacy: https://youtu.be/4ROcIj8k6Rg How to Stop Procrastination (The Crash Course): https://ikario.com/stop Wealth Building Course: https://ikario.com/wealthbuilding/ Shane on Building Teams + Team Culture: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/entrepreneurship-on-hard-mode-shane-melaugh/id1618984651?i=1000571222194 Timestamps + List of Questions:   1:37 - How to deal with brain fog? 6:50 - How to be productive despite chronic health issues? 13:17 - How to focus when you can't turn off notifications? 16:26 - How to be more productive with my time? 23:35 - What to do when I can't take in any more information? 26:50 - I'm always distracted it's hard to focus, what should I do? 32:40 - How to stick with things and reach long term goals? 40:16 - How to deal with uncertainty and fear of failure? 44:10 - Feeling guilty about not spending time with family 53:51 - How to remove busywork and focus on high priorities? 55:40 - How to prioritize what's important, how to pick the right goals? 59:33 - How to break big goals into smaller steps? 1:04:58 - What to do when you know what you need to do but can't get yourself to do it? How to pushing thru emotional resistance of doing the difficult thing? 1:12:51 - How to stay motivated and implement along the way? (How to not fall off) 1:17:37 - How to create and stick to a schedule long term? 1:24:55 - How to reset a negative thought when you convince yourself you shouldn’t be doing something because it scares you? 1:34:27 - Why do I keep sabotaging myself and limiting my own success? 1:40:29 - What does Success mean? 1:49:28 - What is the difference between Success and Impact? 1:50:49 - Do your intentions for impact matter? 1:51:59 - What is the difference between productivity and success? 1:58:27 - How to manage online addictions like gambling, video games, social media, porn? How to deal with Dopamine Addiction? Advice for overcoming dopamine addiction. 2:16:04 - How to beat procrastination? 2:17:06 - How to organize myself to be financially successful at a later stage in life? 2:19:07 - How to create SOPs and Processes? How to build a team and leverage others? 2:24:35 - How to know when to Let Go and when to Double Down on Ideas, Products, Employees and Opportunities? 2:31:42 - I worked for 5 years for no money, what should I do to move forward?

Join the free ikario Community here to get access to the Shadow Workshops: https://ikario.com/join   Chapters   0:00 — Why Men Tend to Get this wrong 1:56 — The Anthropological View 3:00 — The Biggest Difference Between Men and Women 4:12 — Why You Will Never Look Like a Hollywood Celebrity 10:08 — What REALLY Makes a Man Attractive 12:48 — Why Being Out of Shape is Unattractive 13:30 — How to Be Physically Attractive as Yourself 16:01 — What’s Attractive About Material Possessions 17:22 — How to Have True Confidence and Passion 21:07 — Why Women Test Guys 22:10 — Why Men Are Lucky in the Dating Game 25:25 — Most Women Find This Out Later in Life 27:45 — Smartphones, Anxiety, and Why Dating Apps Suck 30:42 — How to Be Happy Long Term 35:32 — Focus on What You CAN Control to Be Attractive 38:09 — Men are Built to Develop Their Capability (It’s Innate) 42:41 — How to Get Out of “Needy Mode” 48:08 — How Advertising Affects Us as Men 50:21 — My Experience of Not Using Any Soap or Anything 53:38 — Using Cologne, Fashion Sense and Your Frame 58:49 — What To Do To Become Attractive   Books and Resources mentioned in the episode: The Amazing Development of Men by Alison Armstrong Understanding Women by Alison Armstrong Evolution of Desire by David Buss Don’t Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz How to Get Your Shit Together Physically: https://youtu.be/gfYaJ9TTqzE Join the free ikario Community here to get access to the Shadow Workshops: https://ikario.com/join

Join the free personal wealth building class here: https://ikario.com/wealthclass Difficult economic times are upon us. Inflation is seeing record highs, destroying people's purchasing power and at the same time assets like stocks and crypto have been plummeting in value. Not to mention a war in Europe, talks about energy and food shortages... Where does this all lead? How can mere mortals still work their way towards financial freedom, when the odds seem so strongly stacked against us? That's what we discuss in today's episode. 00:00:00 - Why personal finance? 00:04:20 - Is the economy screwed? 00:07:11 - The most important question to ask 00:17:50 - Knowledge is power/wealth 00:21:46 - Active vs. passive investing 00:26:07 - How to win with an imperfect strategy 00:34:28 - The game is not to make money fast... 00:35:32 - Are current asset prices a good buying opportunity? 00:40:44 - Why things might still get worse 00:46:18 - Narrative overextension 00:54:29 - Why you must make your own financial decisions 00:57:52 - Income Expense Gap 01:03:00 - My biggest investing mistake last year 01:07:35 - Be a participant 01:12:20 - Plan to get rich slowly Learn my simple model for strategic thinking: https://ikario.com/decisions/

Ever said "I could never live without bacon... or cheese, or coffee, or alcohol" or anything else? In this video Shane reveals The Bacon Fallacy: The idea that living without something you love makes your life worse, is untrue.

We recently completed our first official 100 day ikario challenge. The goal was to complete 100 days of physical training without a break. Before we set out to make a compact video of this experience, Shane and Dean knock about the lessons from doing a challenge like this.   Links & show notes: https://ikario.com/061/

2021 was filled with loads of personal development for the ikario team. In this episode we look at each person's biggest takeaway from the year. Links & show notes: https://ikario.com/060/