Controlling the Ship

01/01/20 • 14 min

So it's been a while since the last episode. A bunch of stuff got in the way - life, health, home, and more. All the things that usually throw you off track when you let them.

But at the same time, I could have controlled how much I let these things impacted the other parts of my life, and the frequency I shipped them - this podcast, my newsletter, ideas I let slip, etc.

In this week's episode, I talk about why we need to control the narrative, and ship only when we're ready to.

Topics on the menu include

Why we should control the way we ship, and when
Why quality os always more important than quality
How you can take control of your own paths (goals, plans, etc)
A new project I've launched with my wife

Settle back for a discussion on realizing how we're defined by our choices and the mechanics behind them.

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So it's been a while since the last episode. A bunch of stuff got in the way - life, health, home, and more. All the things that usually throw you off track when you let them.

But at the same time, I could have controlled how much I let these things impacted the other parts of my life, and the frequency I shipped them - this podcast, my newsletter, ideas I let slip, etc.

In this week's episode, I talk about why we need to control the narrative, and ship only when we're ready to.

Topics on the menu include

Why we should control the way we ship, and when
Why quality os always more important than quality
How you can take control of your own paths (goals, plans, etc)
A new project I've launched with my wife

Settle back for a discussion on realizing how we're defined by our choices and the mechanics behind them.

Support Life Through a Dram

Listen for free or leave a review on iTunes
Listen for free on Google Podcasts
Listen for free on RadioPublic
Listen for free on Overcast
Support with a donation - it helps keep the whisky topped up! :)

Contact me: [email protected]

My equipment

Mentioned on today's show

Previous Episode

Why We Need to Be Better At Being Authentic

Recently, I posted an update on Facebook about school picture days, and how they encourage false narratives when it comes to our kids.

The thinking was, we push back online when it comes to fake influencers and buying likes on social media, who try and sell us the perfect life that they lead, even when it's anything but.

Yet for our kids, when it comes to the annual picture day at school, we prettify our kids, and tell them they need to be their "best self", so to speak, otherwise the pictures will be ruined.

Is that truly the message and lesson we want to be giving?

In this week's episode, I talk about why we need to be better, and more consistent, when it comes to being authentic in life.

Topics on the menu include

How we're adding unnecessary pressure on our kids
How our disappointment over something little can be huge for our kids
Why we need to realize that smarter does not mean better
How strangers at a Gay Pride parade made kids feel loved again

Settle back for a discussion on whether the happiness we're seeking for our kids is actually for them or more about ourselves, and why we need to make sure it's for the right reasons.

Support Life Through a Dram

Listen for free or leave a review on iTunes
Listen for free on Google Podcasts
Listen for free on RadioPublic
Listen for free on Overcast
Support with a donation - it helps keep the whisky topped up! :)

Contact me: [email protected]

My equipment

Mentioned on today's show

Next Episode

Life Owes You No More Time

This week saw the death of Rush drummer Neil Peart. A Canadian icon, his death saw many people on social media share what he and the band he drummed for meant to them, as well as personal stories and examples of how he specifically had made a difference in their lives.

One of these examples was from my good friend Bob LeDrew who, when speaking about Peart's death on Facebook, made a comment that really stuck with me, and is the title of this week's show: life owes you no more time.

It's a statement that is really timely, as it comes at a time when another good friend is detailing his battle with cancer. In the Facebook group he set up to chart this journey, John Haydon posted a video that talks about how he feels at "this stage of his life", and why he believes the terminology about this being any kind of stage of life is incorrect.

In this week's episode, I dive deeper into both these poignant statements, as well as how other cultures look at life, and why it's only a borrowed amount of time - eventually, we have to give it all back.

Topics on the menu include

The fallacy of life being in stages
Why we should stop talking about middle-aged as if it were a quantifiable number
Why we should heed the wisdom of those nearing the end of their lives
The beliefs of the Ufaina tribe, and what vital force is

Settle back for a discussion on the finite time we have on this planet, and the mindsets that are holding us back in the short calendar we call life.

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