Mere Mortals Conversations

How are you developing your character to become a better person?In Episode #342 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the new change to releasing episodes at 7pm AEST, how leadership is important for a companies character, the difficulty of changing innate personality traits, the good characteristics we look for in people, an assessment of our own qualities and whether outside people will put us in positive/negative buckets.A huge thanks to Dave Jones and Hrinaus for supporting the show with their last bit of bread and soup, I (and Juan) really really do appreciate it!As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Housekeeping to start off with(2:30) - Why this topic?(3:15) - Definition(4:12) - Institutional Character: Optus vs Medibank(9:40) - Reputation lags character(12:04) - Why everyone thinks they are good(14:22) - Can you change your character?(23:45) - Chat comments(24:29) - Boostagram Lounge(27:25) - Long term games with long term people(33:56) - Hard work, concentration, humility, transparency(38:23) - Juan's good and bad characteristics(44:41) - My good and bad characteristics(50:21) - Do we have strong or weak character(58:37) - Final chat comments(59:54) - Value for valueIntro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Juan gives us a debrief of his freezing Tassie trip and I explain my recent NFT investigations.In Episode #341 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why Juan absolutely loved the MONA in Hobart, having fun with randoms in an art exhibit, intentionally exposing yourself to cold, our appreciation of companies with non-professional marketing, the NFT's I've been looking at like Disco Solaris, how the Hosky 'project' (lol) is showing signs of professionalism (can't believe I just wrote that) and why the crypto bear market is making research way easier.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - A cold getaway(0:32) - Where is Tasmania?(1:02) - Can't live without a reverse camera on the car(3:56) - MONA: Museum of Old and New Art(5:52) - A cheeky and fun place(6:54) - With cheeky and fun signs(8:01) - The confessional cone art piece(10:25) - Preparing yourself for the cold(13:51) - Becoming hard & resilient(17:14) - Duolingo Twitter is risqué and refreshingly unprofessional(21:13) - A bad experience at Karen's Diner (I want to speak to the manager!)(23:44) - Dick's Last Resort(26:20) - NFT's as an investment; serious people doing serious things(32:10) - Sayo's Strawberry Farm & the HOSKY sorter(34:06) - Trading C(ashgrab)NFT's(34:55) - Stats of getting a S#!tty(37:12) - Tim Ferriss NFT(40:36) - V4V, NFT & ART Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

It's a wild and crazy world out there. So we'll be going over our ideas on how to tune it out and find some tranquility.In Episode #340 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Ryan Holiday's book called 'Stillness Is The Key', Juan's definition involving external influences, a lack of stillness whilst reading a book about it (lol), tech distractions and why it's ok to let some vices remain untouched, 3 particular chapters worthy of note and why you need to be able to say enough (or Genug in German).Legendary shoutout to McIntosh for supporting the show this week. A ray of sunshine in an otherwise sad puppy vibe :(As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Beginning with a pause(0:30) - Description(2:26) - Differentiation vs Patience(5:57) - Juan's failure of stillness(10:26) - Social Media seems to be the trigger nowadays(15:45) - JFK: A calm sex maniac(18:10) - Is it an important topic?(22:58) - It's a quiet chat(23:23) - Boostagram Lounge: Sad quiet puppy(28:30) - Can't be achieved without a deep relationship(35:13) - Letting go to a higher power(38:30) - The 'E' Word(47:39) - Technique suggestions for finding stillness(50:33) - Summary(54:46) - Value for value pitchIntro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

What exactly is money to you?In Episode #339 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why rich people can move mountains and alter reality, how BTC, ICO's and DEFI/NFT's where the last 3 crypto trends, why Juan thinks things will only get more centralised in the next 4 years, how a 9/5 job made me stupid and examples of Juan's new silly/crazy workout strategies.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - We're prerecorded indoors(2:03) - How has your understanding of money changed?(6:02) - Time, altering reality and predicting the future(12:12) - Inflation: Having too little or too much is a problem(16:52) - The 3 crypto bubble themes(18:47) - What's the next theme? Recentralisation?(23:41) - The Rise of Value For Value(28:02) - Will there be bigger companies in 4 years time?(35:17) - The drudgery of work made me hate change & quashed curiosity(41:32) - Juan sucks with names(43:07) - Can't Hurt Me; I'll take your soul!(46:02) - Juan's examples of hybrid training(52:07) - Pullups are harder for taller people(56:47) - That's a v4v refined pitch!Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

It's a slightly uncomfortable topic this week as we're examining our worst habits and how we deal with them.In Episode #338 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why my backsliding required I bring this up, examples from each of us in where we are failing, how our minds are quite different, why there is no one-stop solution to fix all bad habits, the need to realise when it's a harmless habit and why it can contain a masochistic tinge of saying 'fuck it, I don't care' when in reality you do care.Huge props to Mr Dave Jones (twice!) and Baz for supporting the show this week. Handsome wizards the both of them!As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Juan's back from Tassie(1:19) - Why this topic?(2:24) - Definition(3:51) - An uncomfortable one: Porn(14:12) - Over reliance on external stimuli(21:00) - Alcohol, Sweet Tooth, Overthinking(25:36) - Teeth Grinding, Jokingly Lying, Diving Headfirst & Not Prioritising(33:34) - Two monkey minds(34:15) - Chat comments(34:45) - Boostagram Lounge(40:28) - How Juan will deal with his problems(43:34) - How I'll deal with my bad habits(47:07) - Main Takeaway: Deal with them based on severity(50:05) - The element of self-destruction(55:22) - Kick your bad habit of not boosting by ..... boosting!Intro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

What could be more selfish than defending our eyes from swooping birds, we must be so greedy :(In Episode #337 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: all our recent altercations with birds in the QLD springtime, why I struggle to connect with animals and likely will never have a pet, a therapy session on whether I am leading my life in the right way, a new learning as we pass 3 years of podcasting and examples of how I'm trying to experiment more.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - It's magpie time(0:30) - Dogs & Miner birds in the park(0:57) - It's also swooping season(1:57) - Story of magpies jacking Juan on his veranda(5:19) - Plovers wrecking Juan on a run(7:16) - Brisbane baby death(9:39) - Aussie pets and why I want a red panda(12:49) - Animal unpredictability(14:37) - A necessity to be uncomfortable(20:16) - I want all the things!(23:01) - You'll regret either life choice: the 9/5 vs freedom(26:33) - We're all incredibly selfish(32:56) - Sweating the small stuff (ft AMERICA + & Apple For The Teacher)(39:38) - Uncut FM: NFT's for podcasters and their audience(44:53) - I might try V4V busking(50:27) - Tech problems strike again; support so I can get a new laptop plz!Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

A solo episode this week because Juan's life principle is to go travelling Tasmania. Also just realised that the thumbnail is slightly clickbaity as I'm not going to fight for any of these. Apologies but I'm too lazy to change it, plus I like the pink and white colours.In Episode #336 of 'Musings' I discuss: why these differ from ethical principles, a get out of jail-free caveat, why change is frustrating and maddening, how the world will break you if you're not careful, why in the future money will be connected directly to consciousness and why you need to consume things carefully! Vielen dank to Borsengelaber, Petar The Chapter Art Lover and McIntosh, Vergelt’s Gott!As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Juan's left me to fend for myself(0:45) - Why the ethics episode (#332) inspired me(4:41) - A Disclaimer(5:44) - Keeping sane & living in reality(21:16) - The world doesn't care, but people do(28:32) - Chat comments & V4V explanation(30:58) - Boostagram Lounge(39:02) - The starting point is consciousness(44:28) - General rules of thumb(55:36) - How insane am I? Give me some feedback!Intro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

You feel that ....... it feels like it's goal time.Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why?As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - General Intro(0:45) - Juan's September Recap(2:55) - Kyrin's September Recap(6:28) - Leaderboard Update.(10:03) - Juan's October Goals(16:46) - Kyrin's October Goals(25:19) - Fitness Challenge(26:43) - How to write an RSS feed(28:30) - V4VIntro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Juan is itching to do something physically crazy whereas I just need to experiment more and get out of my routine.In Episode #335 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why my laptop is still playing up, the 96 km all-night hike that Juan loved, a bunch of disciplined psychos who take physical activities way too far, the pros/cons of doing challenges in a group setting, why Otter.Ai and transcription services cannot spell my name right (they call me Chyron, that's not my name!), how I locked myself out of my own podcast and why you need to be careful with Podcasting 2.0 tags as they can bite you in the bum.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Dark and loud(0:43) - Kokoda challenge(2:32) - Ross Edgley(3:22) - Fergus Crawley & hybrid training(7:52) - David Goggins & overseas trails/Okugakes(15:48) - Showing off your training(21:05) - Just doing a marathon(24:31) - Running around an AFL field plus impressing randoms(32:04) - More experimentation is required(37:16) - Funny transcription stories(42:33) - Reuploading the entire V4V podcast on Castopod(47:14) - Marketing boostagrams with lots of splits(50:15) - P2.0 tribulations(59:09) - Why we are ethically against advertisingConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

It's one of my favourite sessions because my yearly goals are kicking off at the start of October.In Episode #334 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: what Juan thinks I'll be focusing upon, why I only have 8 goals every year, the murkiness of lack of definition for this year, why I haven't included any numbers to be striving for, aiming for 80% handstands and 20% calisthenics, the fitness challenge to get a One Arm Handstand & strong pressing movements and the desire for spontaneity and living in the present moment.A huge thanks to Dave, Petar and anonymous, you're all essential in keeping this party rolling!As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Round up of 2022 goals(1:49) - Juan's predictions(3:55) - Context for my long term goals(5:30) - Partner: Find an interesting chick(11:42) - Relationships: Proactive in communities(14:42) - Financial: No overexposure but experiment(20:41) - Health: Full front, middle splits & pancake(22:44) - Boostagram Lounge(27:13) - Spirituality: Create memorable moments(35:38) - Travel Prioritise German & Spanish convos(40:33) - Character: Figure & fix my bad tendencies(41:39) - Knowledge/Skills: Understand basic coding(47:58) - Fitness Challenge(53:52) - Juan's impressions(59:21) - Tune in to the monthly goals for actionIntro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show