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The big 5 are: Openness. Conscientiousness. Extraversion. Agreeableness. Neuroticism. Mentioning: - The 'Dear HBR' podcast. - Aristotle’s golden mean/ - Nelson Mandela's bio 'A long road to freedom.' - The book 'Don’t sweat the small things.' - Helpfully uncooperative. - Happily irritable - All models are wrong. Some are help. Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by Philosophize This! by Stephen West and specifically the following episodes on The Frankfurt School: Episode 109 – The Frankfurt School pt. 1 – Introduction Episode 109 – The Frankfurt School pt. 2 – The Enlightenment Episode 110 – The Frankfurt School pt. 3 – The Culture Industry Episode 111 – The Frankfurt School pt. 4 – Eros Episode #112 – The Frankfurt School pt. 5 – Civilization Episode #113 – The Frankfurt School pt. 6 – Art As A Tool For Liberation Episode #114 – The Frankfurt School pt. 7 – The Great Refusal Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by Philosophize This! by Stephen West and specifically the following episodes on The Frankfurt School: Episode 109 – The Frankfurt School pt. 1 – Introduction Episode 109 – The Frankfurt School pt. 2 – The Enlightenment Episode 110 – The Frankfurt School pt. 3 – The Culture Industry Episode 111 – The Frankfurt School pt. 4 – Eros Episode #112 – The Frankfurt School pt. 5 – Civilization Episode #113 – The Frankfurt School pt. 6 – Art As A Tool For Liberation Episode #114 – The Frankfurt School pt. 7 – The Great Refusal Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by the "Robert Kegan's 'In Over Our Heads' ". Here is a summary of Kegan's framework: - Stage 1 — Impulsive mind (early childhood) - Stage 2 — Imperial mind (adolescence, 6% of adult population) - Stage 3 — Socialized mind (58% of the adult population) - Stage 4 — Self-Authoring mind (35% of the adult population) - Stage 5 — Self-Transforming mind (1% of the adult population) The framework made by Duncan: - L1: I'm not aware of of the rules & principles of the stories that permeate the society I live in - L2: I am aware are of the socio cultural story and passively or actively live by the principles - L3: I have pushed back on some parts of the standard story. Ie I am starting to decide what works for me - L4: I am aware of multiple stories (ie multiple different doctrines, not just the main prevalent one of the society I live in today) and I pick and choose the parts from multiple doctrines that work for me - L5: I create my own values. Ie I am not just taking from existing doctrin

This chat was inspired by Tim Minchin's 9 Lessons For Life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoEezZD71sc&t=701s https://medium.com/speak-louder/9-lessons-on-life-from-tim-minchin-822ab14d92df Key quotes: - 1. You don’t have to dream - 2. Don’t seek happiness - 3. Remember, it’s all luck - 4. Exercise - 5. Be Hard on Your Opinions - 6. Be a teacher - 7. Define yourself by what you love - 8. Respect People With Less Power Than You - 9. Don’t Rush Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by Zat Rana's "The Simple Art of Not Being Miserable" https://medium.com/personal-growth/the-simple-art-of-not-being-miserable-b374f42bc318 Key quotes: - “When they are hungry, they fast. When they are unoccupied, they meditate.” - “When someone seeks,” said Siddhartha, “then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.” - “Almost everything that motivates you to take action starts with a question, whether you realize it or not. The simple reason is that before you desire an answer, you have to first define what you are looking for.” - “If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so… The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance.” - “Humans are biologically programmed to desire things

This chat was inspired by the "Jordan Peterson: Integrating Your Shadow Self (Jung)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDQ8DiP_Y_A One of the main research pieces the blog mentions is "Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function" We also touch on: - “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” Karl Jung - "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" Mark Manson. https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780062457714/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck/ - ‘You have no right to be annoyed at someone if you haven’t talked to them about the thing that is annoying you.’ Duncan Anderson - Arianna Huffington: "For machines downtime is a bug, for human's it's a feature." - Danny Kahneman - Positive Sentiment Override Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by the "Thinking about poverty and thinking" by Ollie Lovell. http://www.ollielovell.com/pedagogy/thinking-poverty-thinking/ One of the main research pieces the blog mentions is "Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function" https://clime.newark.rutgers.edu/sites/CLiME/files/mani_science_976.full_.pdf We also touch on: - The Obstacle Is The Way: Ryan Holiday - Martin Seligman: Post Traumatic Growth - Viktor Frankl: Man’s search for meaning. - Nietzsche: "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." - Stephen Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Scarcity vs Abundance mindset: Scarcity, Mullainathan & Eldar (2013) - Arianna Huffington: "For machines downtime is a bug, for human's it's a feature." - Dr. Hans Selye - The biology of stress Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by the "6 core Human Needs" by Tony Robbins. https://www.habitsforwellbeing.com/6-core-human-needs-by-anthony-robbins/ The 6 needs are: - Certainty - Variety - Significance - Love and connection - Growth - Contribution We also touch on: - "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service to others." Winston Churchill. - Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by the podcast "Philosophize This" - Stephen West. http://philosophizethis.org/ Specifically discussing the Hellenistic Age and the four schools of: Epicurianism, Stoicism, Cynicism & Skepticism. We also touch on: - "Pain + Reflection = Progress" - Ray Dalio - Stoicism: Base happiness on things you can control and not on things you can’t. - “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of harming another; you end up getting burned.” Buddha - The Public Philosopher by Michael Sandel. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nmlh2/episodes/downloads - The school of life by Alain de Botton. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by an artile from The New Yorker "Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds" - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-minds Key parts from the article for discussion: "Contrary to conventional wisdom we are not entirely rational beings, or, that we do not base our reasonings entirely on facts. Instead, according to researchers our decisions / beliefs are driven more a social construct in that our we geared toward collaborative rather than logical thinking." We also touch on: - “The ability to change your mind is a superpower.” Ray dalio - “If you want to be right all the time, go be an accountant. The rest of us — paleontologists, internet dating specialists, serial entrepreneurs (read: homeless millennials), policymakers, and scholars of Japanese religions — will just have to get used to being wrong. There’s a strange paradox about wrongness: We go about our lives feeling like we’re right, but — in reality — we spend most of our lives being wrong.” Charles Ch

This chat was inspired by a book titled Insight by Tasha Eurich. https://www.insight-book.com/AboutTasha.aspx Key parts from the book for discussion: “95% of people think they are self aware but studies show that 10-15% people actually are.” What Are Your Values? Understanding our values—that is, the principles that guide how we want to live our lives— is the first pillar of insight. Values help us define the person we want to be, as well as set the stage for the other six pillars. Here are a few questions to help you better understand yours: [DA: I think we go through and answer these questions one after the other] 1. What values were you raised with? Does your current belief system reflect those values, or do you see the world differently than you were brought up to see it? 2. What were the most important events or experiences of your childhood and young adulthood? How did they shape your view of the world? 3. At work and in life, whom do you most respect and what do you respect about them? 4. Whom d

This chat was inspired by a talk Alain de Botton gave on Romanticism. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPOuIyEJnbE In the ensuing discussion we also touched on: - Monogamy, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCGyLjBjuGI - ‘Romantic realism’: the seven rules to help you avoid divorce: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/10/romantic-realism-the-seven-rules-to-help-you-avoid-divorce - Owen Benjamin "why women are crazy and men are stupid": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQoQKnE6Yhs - How to pick a life partner - Wait But Why: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner.html - The Five Love Languages - Book by Gary Chapman: http://www.5lovelanguages.com/ Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by Social and emotional learning (SEL) which is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. https://casel.org/what-is-sel/ In the ensuing discussion we also touched on: - Steven Pinker - Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073TJBYTB/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 - INSIGHT by Tasha Eurich. https://www.insight-book.com/ - Farnam Street - Decision Journal. https://fs.blog/2014/02/decision-journal/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by an NPR artcile - Americans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/01/606588504/americans-are-a-lonely-lot-and-young-people-bear-the-heaviest-burden In the ensuring discussion we also touched on: - Brene Brown - Daring Greatly: https://www.amazon.com.au/Daring-Greatly-Brene-Brown/dp/1592408419 - Susan Pinker - The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier and Happier: https://www.amazon.com/Village-Effect-Face-Face-Healthier/dp/0307359549 - Kim Scott - Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Kick-Ass-Without-Humanity/dp/1427283125 Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by All In The Mind - ABC Radio National « » Placebo power. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/placebo-power/9613346 In the ensuring discussion we also touched on: - Is there scientific proof we can heal ourselves? | Lissa Rankin, MD. TED Talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWQfe__fNbs&feature=youtu.be - The power of believing that you can improve | Carol Dweck. Growth Mindset. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0mgOOSpLU - Meditation App Headspace: https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app - Meditation App Smiling Mind: https://www.smilingmind.com.au/smiling-mind-app/ - "Intelligent individuals learn from everything and everyone; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers." — Socrates Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by The Mission's 'The Founders Of The World’s Five Largest Companies All Follow The 5-Hour Rule' - https://medium.com/the-mission/the-founders-of-the-worlds-five-largest-companies-all-follow-the-5-hour-rule-and-they-re-9ca82e93f3fc Quotes we like: - "First, the definitions. I define a voracious learner as someone who follows the 5-hour rule — dedicating at least five hours per week to deliberate learning. I define a polymath as someone who becomes competent in at least three diverse domains and integrates them into a skill set that puts them in the top 1% of their field. " - "When you become a voracious learner, you compound the value of everything you’ve learned in the past. When you become a polymath, you develop the ability to combine skills, and you develop a unique skill set, which helps you develop a competitive advantage." - “ When you become a voracious learner, you compound the value of everything you’ve learned in the past. When you become a polymath, you develop the ability

This chat was inspired by Wait But Why's 'How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You)' - https://waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/picking-career.html Tim Urban In the ensuring discussion we also touched on: - 80,000 Hours 'Career Guide: Part 1: We reviewed over 60 studies about what makes for a dream job. Here’s what we found.' https://80000hours.org/career-guide/job-satisfaction/ - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XTzVzaHQEd30rQbuvCtTQ - Masters of Scale hosted by LinkedIn Co-Founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman. https://mastersofscale.com/ - Neil deGrasse Tyson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Book by Patrick Lencioni: https://www.tablegroup.com/books/dysfunctions - Maslow's hierarchy of needs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs - Flow (psychology)Csíkszentmihályi : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) Contact us at info@cloudstreaks.com

This chat was inspired by 'The First Seven Years Are Key to a Successful Life' by The World Bank - http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/06/05/the-first-seven-years-are-key-to-a-successful-life Fav quotes: - Scientific evidence suggests that the first 1,000 days are the most important in a child’s life. Providing quality services and reaching out to parents with tailored support during this critical period pays off with increased cognitive skills, significantly improved education outcomes, and better starts to life. - “The first years are the most important in life of every child as they set the basis for overall success in life. They are also very important for every society as this is the best chance to influence future prosperity, inclusiveness and social stability. Early childhood development is considered to be the most powerful tool to address inequities, a chance to provide opportunities to all children to develop their full potential. Every child is needed, and every child has the right

Subscribe to podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/cloud-streaks/id1363413519 This chat was inspired by 'The Most Important Thing In A Relationship' by Kris Gage - https://medium.com/@krisgage/the-most-important-thing-in-a-relationship-fde6e9087d6f Fav quotes: - 'Emotional stability and emotional self-sufficiency.' - We look for happiness from others, but this is an unreliable source of happiness… And here’s the thing: it’s not their job to fill our emotional needs.” In the insuring discussion we also touched on: - 'The Only 3 Things I Need In A Partner' by Kris Gage: https://medium.com/@krisgage/the-only-3-things-i-need-in-a-partner-602f1bc765f0 - Stoicism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism - Mark Mason 'ubtle Art of Not Giving a F*Ck': https://www.amazon.com.au/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Ck/dp/0062457713 - 'The Five Love Languages' by Gary Chapman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Love_Languages - "If you can't handle me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best" Marilyn Monroe