Episode 67 - Jake Ducey
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Episode:
- "School wasn’t conducive to my learning"
- Dropping out of school after three semesters in order to travel and write a bestseller
- Blasphemy about breast size
- "Agism"
- Sometimes when you age, you get wiser. Sometimes, you just get older and beaten by life
- Youthful enthusiasm over smart cynicism any day
- Depression regardless of economic status
- Violins in the subway
- A crisis of inspiration and happiness
- Give the world to young people. You’ve fucked it up enough already. Get out of the way
- Ikkyu and the certificate of enlightenment
- Strategies for figuring out what you want out of life
- The illusion of postponing happiness
- Why facing the most dreadful fears reduces fear
- You can be overwhelmed by the Cosmic Joke or find a way to enjoy it
- The illusion that if you are really busy then your life must be meaningful
- Giving oneself time to 'arrive' wherever you are: micro-meditations
- Begin changing your immediate surroundings
- Tim Leary about creating a life reflecting the person you want to be
- Buddha had nothing, but he was still Buddha
- Meditation and exercise
- Fake it 'til you make it
- Jake has a great time in jail
- "Who you are speaks so loud I can't hear what you say"
- Failing over and over again
- Jake drops some Bob Marley knowledge
- Gandhi was—apparently—a hypocritical ass
- Shooting for the stars of external achievement, while remembering that success is not external