Align Your Life with Shane Melaugh

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/

In this episode Shane and Dave Danzeise, an old collogue and friend, share a bit of catchup on what's happening in Bali, before turning their attention to journaling. Shane and Dave share their devotion to writing practices as the best tools for self development. Show Notes: https://ikario.com/059/

The Crypto discussion continues covering topics like NFTs and Metaverses as well as some speculation on how the future might look.

Shane has been helping onboard newbies to the crypto space in the safest way possible. In this episode Jonas and Dean (newbies) talk with Shane about the difficulties of being new to crypto currencies and the issues with the early adoption phase that is playing out right now.

In this episode we explore levelling up one's skills to make problem solving an effortless task. We also look at "the right amount of frustration" for performance optimisation. It's good to know when your comfort zone has become too comfy or when you've stepped out too far. Striking that balance is like designing a game. Links & show notes: https://ikario.com/056/