This period of global unrest presents a great opportunity to reflect on the adversity humanity has faced and overcome before.
In this episode we also consider the horror the occasional Dental procedure and the ominous events which transpired, but often go unspoken, in the “childhood” classic Pinocchio.
Laughter is the best medicine.
The creature initiates its taunt with a leap off the ground that could out-rival the height of a third grader’s smile.
It latches its tiny arms around the 6-foot iron-rod with the ferocity of a concerned mother, then begins to scale.
Its approach to humanity and gravity is one of defiance, as it navigates upward with the agility of nature’s first Ninja Warrior.
Finally, while upside down, the squirrel finishes its feast out of the “squirrel-proof” bird-feeder. Then struts toward the coy pond with its tail in the air and, without breaking eye contact, begins quenching its thirst while gnawing away at my ego.
Winning the battle in your own backyard is not so dissimilar from conquering the battle within!
Time to tackle the Ego!
…a REAL human nature story.
The creature initiates its taunt with a leap off the ground that could out-rival the height of a third grader’s smile.
It latches its tiny arms around the 6-foot iron-rod with the ferocity of a concerned mother, then begins to scale.
Its approach to humanity and gravity is one of defiance, as it navigates upward with the agility of nature’s first Ninja Warrior.
Finally, while upside down, the squirrel finishes its feast out of the “squirrel-proof” bird-feeder. Then struts toward the coy pond with its tail in the air and, without breaking eye contact, begins quenching its thirst while gnawing away at my ego.
Winning the battle in your own backyard is not so dissimilar from conquering the battle within!
Time to tackle the Ego!
…a REAL human nature story.
It’s a New Year and it’s GO time! Like clockwork, or more precisely, full-calendar-year-work, many of us are ‘ready-set-go’ to break old habits and start new trends… Here’s something powerful you might not consider as you are berated with countless inspirational articles and a handful of self-written notes: what was the VERY first trend?
Here’s a 3-pronged riddle:
Oh, the power of THREE!
Discover why 3 is the most important number since 0 — and why that was never a number at all.
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
“If someone shook your hand with only 3 fingers, and just 3-toed-sloth you, you’d have to break form…”“‘What was the original iPhone girl called again?’ ‘Patricia?'”
“Anyone can make it to New Jersey… it’s a loophole on life if they make it back!”
You, or someone you know
NO VACANCY!! The romance of a long weekend’s escape occupies the only room you had left in the anticipation apartment.
As the days come marching in, your heart beat seems to synchronize with the rhythms of a Bourbon Street celebration. You are prepared to depart for a family wedding in New Orleans and to arrive in the middle of a good time.
But first, you must fit a week of work into two days… and, oh yeah, you are bringing your 8 and 6 year old children with you… and, oh yeah, those kids are carrying cartoon-themed luggage as well as strep-throat…
Stress.
We associate it to the bad times, but too often let it snake its way into the special ones.
So, today we ask… How do we minimize stress to maximize the moments that matter most?!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
You, or someone you know
“…then, after everyone is celebrating you for great speeches, smiles, high-fives, and hugs… you get strep-throat yourself, and have to carry around two 50lbs bags and a couple of kids all the way from Bourbon Street to Ohio.“
Bonus Content:
** disclaimer: by reading this you subscribe to the fact you should have already hit play! **
> Reflect on the singular scenario Buddha totally stress beads out
> Let the mysteries of constipation flow through you
> Learn how listening to the Joe Rogan podcast will scientifically cure your anxiety! http://podcasts.joerogan.net/
NO VACANCY!! The romance of a long weekend’s escape occupies the only room you had left in the anticipation apartment.
As the days come marching in, your heart beat seems to synchronize with the rhythms of a Bourbon Street celebration. You are prepared to depart for a family wedding in New Orleans and to arrive in the middle of a good time.
But first, you must fit a week of work into two days… and, oh yeah, you are bringing your 8 and 6 year old children with you… and, oh yeah, those kids are carrying cartoon-themed luggage as well as strep-throat…
Stress.
We associate it to the bad times, but too often let it snake its way into the special ones.
So, today we ask… How do we minimize stress to maximize the moments that matter most?!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
You, or someone you know
“…then, after everyone is celebrating you for great speeches, smiles, high-fives, and hugs… you get strep-throat yourself, and have to carry around two 50lbs bags and a couple of kids all the way from Bourbon Street to Ohio.“
Bonus Content:
** disclaimer: by reading this you subscribe to the fact you should have already hit play! **
> Reflect on the singular scenario Buddha totally stress beads out
> Let the mysteries of constipation flow through you
> Learn how listening to the Joe Rogan podcast will scientifically cure your anxiety! http://podcasts.joerogan.net/
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
Winnie the Pooh
Revealing words. Bear truths…
The philosophy of our favorite teddy, reppin’ that 1-double-0 acre wood!
Unrivaled is Pooh Bear’s knack for stating something so profoundly simple that we are left with nothing but the simply profound.
Pooh, as he so often does, operates in a fashion that demands we conclude he is delightfully ignorant, or better yet, just a “Silly Old Bear!”…
But friends, perhaps it is we who fast-forward past his simple genius, his bear smarts. Perhaps we are focusing on the wrong word and Pooh is simply ignoring the right one. Maybe it is us who carelessly hone in on his use of “nothing”, as Winnie casually escapes our emphasis on the “impossible”!?!
So… how do we accomplish the impossible?
Well… if Winnie the Pooh, Yoda, Taoism and Nike all agree on an approach, Just Do It! (per Yoda, there is no try)
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
“You know you’ve made it when your Last Name serves as a noun, an adjective and, especially, a verb!”
“I’ve never considered anything I’ve done impossible — I’ve just never even considered the possibility.”
“Greatness is not a destination. Greatness is a decision.”
You, or someone you know!
Your most treasured memories are entrusted in them.
They are your go-to for guidance, when you’re feeling lost.
No matter how obscure the question; you look to them for answers.
They know your interests, and share some common ones.
Whether delivering a laugh, or drawing out a good cry…
You know that you’ve got ’em, right by your side!!
Kinda wild how we all became best friends with our cell phones, right?!?
Maybe you called it…?
Either way, connect with Stitch and Stan as they unravel the ONE device that we keep so close our other cells get jealous!!
It has been called a technological marvel and a necessary evil…
…but is it technically evil or necessarily marvelous?
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
(1) “What is one fun use of the mobile device? I mean fun too, not like emergency contact information.” [2] “The Weather app is fun! I like to know what’s happening!” (1) “Not my definition of fun, but okay…”
“One time a phone is always safe to use — and more efficient too…?When you’re taking a dump! !”
You, or someone you know!
You entrust them with your most treasured memories,
Seek out their guidance when you’re feeling lost,
No matter how obscure the question; they’ll provide answers.
They know your interests, and share common ones.
Kinda wild how we all became best friends with our cell phones, right?!?
Maybe you called it…?
Either way, connect with Stitch and Stan as they unravel the ONE device that we keep so close our other cells get jealous!!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
(1) “What is one fun use of the mobile device? I mean fun too, not like emergency contact information.” [2] “The Weather app is fun! I like to know what’s happening!” (1) “Not my definition of fun, but okay…”
“One time a phone is always safe to use — and more efficient too…?When you’re taking a dump! !”
You, or someone you know!
Have you ever had a moment, so beautifully malleable, that today’s outcomes seem to be yours to cast in the vastness of tomorrow’s best potential possibilities?!
Where society’s rigor, for a moment, can be molded as seamlessly as an infant can of Play-Doh?
Where you can fearlessly face and relentlessly forge the future, with the requisite conviction of Plato?
Where you can shape it, you can bend it, but you will never fold.
For you can manipulate the clay-of-today with the certainty that tomorrow will bring nothing less than a hardened state of your original vision… Memorializing your craft, as if your acts were an everlasting statue gifted to the past… Forever capturing the greatness of the goodness in that single, beautifully malleable, moment.
Have you had that moment? If so, give us a heads up next time!!! Because today Stan and Stitch simply attempted to play with some Play-Doh, which was then overtaken by Plato, who seemingly swayed Michelangelo to shape the possibilities into something far greater than either of us could have perceived!
Friends, join our #RiseBeforeFall campaign… get something outta nothing and so, so much more!!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
“Sure, I’d want to live forever if I could keep my youth and health”…
You, or, Someone You Know!
…”I don’t know man, vampires never seem too happy!”
“He was taking the ‘do as I say, not as I do’ approach to hot yoga? What a bastard!”
“A smile is a million dollars in a world of nothingness.”
Have you ever had a moment, so beautifully malleable, that today’s outcomes seem to be yours to cast in the vastness of tomorrow’s best potential possibilities?!
Where society’s rigor, for a moment, can be molded as seamlessly as a newborn can of Play-Doh?
Where you can fearlessly face and relentlessly forge the future, with the requisite conviction of Plato?
Where you can shape it, you can bend it, but you will never fold.
For you can manipulate the clay-of-today with the certainty that tomorrow will bring nothing less than a hardened state of your original vision… Memorializing your craft, as if your acts were an everlasting statue gifted to the past… Forever capturing the greatness of the goodness in that single, beautifully malleable, moment.
Have you had that moment? If so, give us a heads up next time!!! Because today Stan and Stitch simply attempted to play with some Play-Doh, which was then overtaken by Plato, who seemingly swayed Michelangelo to shape the possibilities into something far greater than either of us could have perceived!
Friends, join our #RiseBeforeFall campaign… get something outta nothing and so, so much more!!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
“Sure, I’d want to live forever if I could keep my youth and health”…
You, or, Someone You Know!
…”I don’t know man, vampires never seem too happy!”
“He was taking the ‘do as I say, not as I do’ approach to hot yoga? What a bastard!”
“A smile is a million dollars in a world of nothingness”
Friends, do you recall?
There were 4,000 years between the written language and the printing press.
300 years between the steam engine and reaching outer space,
30 years between the internet and mobile technology.
Friends, can you imagine?
If there were 8 babies, an island,
and nothing more but a spring of hope?
How would society (re-)evolve differently? Would history repeat? Would the New York Stock Exchange be recreated (warning: a topic of heated debate ensues between Stan and Stitch)
Join us and let’s rebuild this baby to be even better, together!
Friends, do you recall?
4,000 years between the written language and the printing press.
300 years between the steam engine and reaching outer space,
30 years between the internet and mobile technology.
Friends, can you imagine?
If there were 8 babies, an island,
and nothing more but a spring of hope?
How would society evolve differently? Does history repeat? Would the New York Stock Exchange be recreated? (warning: a topic of heated debate ensues)
Friends… join us.
and let’s rebuild this baby TOGETHER,
to be EVEN BETTER………. FOREVER!!!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
” …history is just a collection of the societies which made it up in the past;
You, or, Someone You Know!
and society is just a reflection of the individuals which make it up today. “
The Chivalrous Gentleman’s Oath:
For every chair too close,
four hands to lift it.
For every door left unopened,
an “after you” to fix it.
For every pathway too puddled,
two jackets to bridge it.
And if laughs are a present,
may these gentlemen gift it!
Join Stan and Stitch as they ‘tip their brow’ to some of modern day’s most chivalrous questions:
“Is Chivalry dead? Where should it be resuscitated?”
“Does Chivalry have a gender?”
“What places will chivalry never exist?”
^^ plan accordingly friends! It’s a trip… with standing room only.
What’s a gentleman to do?!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
” Nobody and I mean nobody, this day of age, is walking up to a puddle on the street and laying down their jacket for the lady to walk through.”
“Wait a second! If we’re getting a couples massage and we’re not podcasting, then what are we recording Stan?!”
You, or, Someone You Know!
The Chivalrous Gentleman’s Oath:
For every chair too close,
four hands to lift it.
For every door left unopened,
an “after you” to fix it.
For every pathway too puddled,
two jackets to bridge it.
And if laughs are a present,
may these gentlemen gift it!
Join Stan and Stitch as they ‘tip their brow’ to some of modern day’s most chivalrous questions:
“Is Chivalry dead? Where should it be resuscitated?”
“Does Chivalry have a gender?”
“What places will chivalry never exist?”
^^ plan accordingly friends! It’s a trip… with standing room only.
What’s a gentleman to do?!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
” Nobody and I mean nobody, this day of age, is walking up to a puddle on the street and laying down their jacket for the lady to walk through.”
“Wait a second! If we’re getting a couples massage and we’re not podcasting, then what are we recording Stan?!”
You, or, Someone You Know!
Most of us are bound to something we think we understand but can barely even conceive. We are chained by memories of the past, constrained by worries of the future. We rarely allow our presence of mind to dwell in the present.
Even within that present, most remain imprisoned – and time is the warden.
Our cell walls consist cell phones, which we utilize to etch the tally marks of mortality into our minds. We willingly cuff our hands to its watches. We’re born into a life sentence that’s followed by a death penalty.
But times are changing, friends, and there is hope!
For there are some who refuse to be bound by this fear mongering tyrant. There are some who refuse to serve time!
Take the time to join Stan and Stitch as they embark on the altruistic journey to free us from time and its treacherous shackles!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
“Time is the great imaginary enemy of our dreams in reality.”
“The mysteries of time are revealed when you are
You, or, Someone You Know!
bored, stuck, and need to take a piss.”
Stan and Stitch tackle the cruel master of time with the altruistic goal of freeing us all from its subtle tyranny.
Most of us are bound to something we think we understand but can barely even conceive. We are chained by memories of the past, constrained by worries of the future. We rarely allow our presence of mind to dwell in the present.
Even within that present, most remain imprisoned – and time is the warden.
Our cell walls consist cell phones, which we utilize to etch the tally marks of mortality into our minds. We willingly cuff our hands to its watches. We’re born into a life sentence that’s followed by a death penalty.
But times are changing, friends, and there is hope!
For there are some who refuse to be bound by this fear mongering tyrant. There are some who refuse to serve time!
Take the time to join Stan and Stitch as they embark on the altruistic journey to free us from time and its treacherous shackles!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
“Time is the great imaginary enemy of our dreams in reality.”
“The mysteries of time are revealed when you are
You, or, Someone You Know!
bored, stuck, and need to take a piss.”
The intensifying rhythm of an anticipating heart is finally quieted by the sound of the first note meeting your anxious ears. It is only the first note, but it sounds off with the authority of a starting gun initiating the great race of life.
As the first note reverberates down your spine in a familiar rhythm of its own, we go.
and we follow, and we race, and we time…
We try to survive, we can even thrive, but eventually, we will lose…
…and THAT is just musical chairs!
Games have a profound impact on our youth… Does that competitive spirit just… go away with age?
Maybe the game changes,
but life is a game… and it can be won!
From throwback childhood games to existential references and mathematical counter-points… Elon Musk, Conway’s Game of Life, Monopoly, Golf, Stan and Stitch all get in on this debate!
Game on!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
“How is monopoly a family game?
You, or, Someone You Know!
Dicking people over for money and real-estate?!”
“Eventually we could become talented enough to program
a program to feel for itself“
Stan and Stitch debate whether life is a game, and if it is, how do we win?
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic…? Naw, we can squeeze more out of our time on this rock my friends!!
Can you go sooo LEFT BRAINED
that you end up in your RIGHT MIND!?!
It is about time we find out.
Let’s explore the wonderful world of intuition, together!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
“I guess gin is my ‘go-to’, but I don’t like it.
You, or, Someone You Know!
It’s kinda like the girl you date because she’s safe.”
“Intuition isn’t an intelligence thing. It’s a gut thing.
Roam around my gut for a day, it’s the least intelligent thing.”
“How would you respond if he leans in and asks:
‘hey Stitch, can you believe that guy believes in aliens?'”
…”can you believe that aliens believe in you?”
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic…? Naw, we can squeeze more out of our time on this rock my friends!!
Can you go sooo LEFT BRAINED
that you end up in your RIGHT MIND!?!
It is about time we find out.
Let’s explore the wonderful world of intuition, together!
‘GOTTA HEAR ITS’!
“I guess gin is my ‘go-to’, but I don’t like it.
You, or, Someone You Know!
It’s kinda like the girl you date because she’s safe.”
“Intuition isn’t an intelligence thing. It’s a gut thing.
Roam around my gut for a day, it’s the least intelligent thing.”
“How would you respond if he leans in and asks:
‘hey Stitch, can you believe that guy believes in aliens?'”
…”can you believe that aliens believe in you?”
