The ikario Podcast: human thriving in the modern world

Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: [https://ikario.com/join](https://ikario.com/join) FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course [https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/](https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/) Free Class: Become an Implementer [https://ikario.com/im-register/](https://ikario.com/im-register/) Chapters: 00:00 - Just Be A Jacked Millionaire Bro... 07:17 - What is the Implementation Gap? 9:43 - Why "Just Try HARDER" Doesn't Work 14:43 - Don't Be An NPC 15:58 - Don't Have A Morning Routine 21:51 - Advice for Someone Who Wants to Make Money Fast 26:53 - You Have Got to Make Movement a Priority in Your Life 33:49 - As a Man You Are Judged by Your CAPABILITY 44:21 - The Last Piece of Advice for Any Man 49:37 - Be Strong Like A Jaguar 55:47 - Outro Links & Resources Mentioned: Alex Hormozi -- My $100,000,000 Morning Routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFKGHL1MqkU Alex Hormozi -- $100M Offers (Book) https://www.amazon.com/100M-Offers-People-Stupid-Saying-ebook/dp/B099QVG1H8 Gabor Matte -- The Myth of Normal (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Normal-Illness-Healing-Culture-ebook/dp/B0946LP9L8/ James Nestor -- Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art-ebook/dp/B07Z49Z32V/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: [https://ikario.com/join](https://ikario.com/join) FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course [https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/](https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/) Free Class: Become an Implementer [https://ikario.com/im-register/](https://ikario.com/im-register/) Chapters: 00:00 - What is the Creator vs. Consumer Mindset? 04:33 - A Balance Between Consuming and Creating 10:38 - A Consumer Attitude Towards Life in General 11:03 - Example 1 - A Consumer Attitude Towards Health 17:00 - The Average Person is Extremely Unhealthy 20:49 - Example 2 - Fitness 26:37 - Example 3 - Consuming Information & Media 27:42 - How to Actually Learn Something 33:59 - Consumables Are EASY Because Someone Else is Making Money 37:52 - Self-Determined vs. Externally Determined Goals 41:34 - People Like to Think They're Doing Their Own Thinking 44:07 - Social Media and Social Discourse 49:00 - Liberals and Conservatives Want the SAME THINGS 54:26 - Conclusion + Outro Links & Resources Mentioned: Cured by Jeffrey Rediger M.D: https://drjeffreyrediger.com/cured-the-life-changing-science-of-spontaneous-healing-testing/ The Human Zoo Podcast Episode: https://ikario.com/009/ Lex Fridman and Joscha Bach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-2P3MSZrBM Daryl Davis - Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORp3q1Oaezw --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: [https://ikario.com/join](https://ikario.com/join) FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course [https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/](https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/) Free Class: Become an Implementer [https://ikario.com/im-register/](https://ikario.com/im-register/) Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:33 - I Think I'm Doing This Wrong Because It's So Hard 03:18 - Failure IS the Path to Success 07:25 - How Shane Did It Without Knowing How to Do It 11:39 - Shiny Object Syndrome + How Things Are Sold to Us 20:09 - How Do You Know When and What to Quit? 23:25 - Most People Are Strong Starters... But WEAK Finishers 29:15 - Be the Type of Person Who Cringes When You Look Back at Your Older Work 32.47 - Leading vs. Lagging Indicators 37:03 - How to Balance Between Wanting Money and Engaging in the Process 43:14 - What Advice Would You Give Your Younger Self 45:05 - You Don't Need to Go It Alone 46:19 - Closing Stoic Remarks (Outro) Links & Resources Mentioned: Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller: https://buildingastorybrand.com/ Q&A Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WndRI9a741M&list=PLQJBlFqPEtKfxpVQ-cX4JQXdmtFlyAJVF Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: [https://ikario.com/join](https://ikario.com/join) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Free ikario Wealth Building Class: https://ikario.com/wealthbuilding Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: [https://ikario.com/join](https://ikario.com/join) FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course [https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/](https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/) Free Class: Become an Implementer [https://ikario.com/im-register/](https://ikario.com/im-register/) Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - What is Financial Freedom? 07:07 - Financial Freedom and Priorities 10:51 - How do you keep the ego out of being rich? 17:55 - Having Self Determined Goals 28:46 - What are the sources of externally imposed goals? 34:05 - How to identify Goals you ACTUALLY want 45:24 - Where is the line between Financial Freedom and Happiness? 51:49 - What is the link between Money and Happiness? 1:02:07 - Question Things You Learn + Outro Links & Resources Mentioned: Free ikario Wealth Building Class: https://ikario.com/wealthbuilding --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: [https://ikario.com/join](https://ikario.com/join) FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course [https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/](https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/) Free Class: Become an Implementer [https://ikario.com/im-register/](https://ikario.com/im-register/) Chapters: 00:00 - Intro + Warrior Archetype and Real Life 04:07 - What is the Warrior Archetype? 05:36 - Make Yourself Stronger in Service of Others 10:12 - How Else Can You Be Strong and Uplift Others 15:19 - Getting Your Shit Together Emotionally is Very Attractive 16:22 - The Warrior's Attitude is a Counter to "Bubble Wrapping the World” 21:53 - There is an Optimal Amount of Childhood Trauma 23:23 - Be Unflinching in the Face of Danger 28:26 - You Don't Seek the Comfort of Delusion 35:16 - Seek Out and, If Possible, Eliminate Your Weaknesses 41:09 - The Solution to Fake Posturing 49:08 - Shadow Work 57:03 - Have Principles to Live By 58:48 - How to Find Out Your Principles and Core Values 1:01:17 - This is a Reminder to You and Me 1:04:32 - Outro Links & Resources Mentioned: The Book of 5 Rings by Miyamoto Masashi — [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25789.The_Book_of_Five_Rings](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25789.The_Book_of_Five_Rings) Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee — [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57858.Tao_of_Jeet_Kune_Do](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57858.Tao_of_Jeet_Kune_Do) Good to Great by Jim Collins — [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76865.Good_to_Great](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76865.Good_to_Great) Shadow Work-shops — [https://ikario.com/shadowwork](https://ikario.com/shadowwork)  Somatic Theory — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_theory) ikario Community — [https://ikairo.com/join](https://ikairo.com/join) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us:  https://ikario.com/join FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/ Free Class: Become an Implementer https://ikario.com/im-register/ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - The Problem with the Self Development Space & Elite Content 05:21 - 4 Levels of Self Development 06:21 - Level 0 - No-Lifer 13:06 - Level 1 - Average 18:05 - How to Make Green Smoothies Easy and Effortless for Yourself 20:30 - Same Thing for Other Areas of Life 32:29 - How to Be in the Top 10% of People 33:43 - Level 2 - How to Go From Top 10% to 1% 47:30 - Level 3 - Going Beyond Yourself 1:02:57 - Outro --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

TJ's Instagram - the best place to find and interact with him: https://www.instagram.com/tjpower/ Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: https://ikario.com/join FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/ Free Class: Become an Implementer https://ikario.com/im-register/ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro + What TJ's Company Does 02:32 - A Neuroscientist's Perspective on Tech Induced Suffering 04:53 - 4 Key Hormones that Drive Human Behaviour 06:30 - The Truth About Dopamine 10:51 - We Are Taking Shortcuts to What We Want & It's Making Us Unhappy 15:19 - The Discomfort We Feel Is Actually A Healthy Response 24:15 - Loneliness and Oxytocin 30:30 - How the Presence of a Phone Influences You 36:03 - What Does Serotonin Do? 39:50 - Connection Between Seratonin and Your Environment 43:25 - What Do Kids and Teens Think About Getting Off Screens and Tech? 45:50 - Tech Optimisim vs. Negative Side Effects 50:35 - Turn Your Phone Into A Tool + Being Different 54:22 - What are Endorphins? 57:19 - How to Release Endorphins 1:00:34 - Practice Sitting in Discomfort 1:01:54 - Limbic Friction is the Key to Discipline 1:05:28 - How to Have What You Want from a Physiological Perspective 1:08:39 - Cooking as an Experience is Good for You 1:10:20 - Humans Love Doing Things Socially and for Others 1:13:31 - Neuroscientist Reveals Habits That Make Him Happy 1:16:17 - How Porn Affects Us 1:18:26 - A Neuroscientist's Perspective on NoFap and Masturbation 1:25:25 - Outro Links & Resources Mentioned: TJ's IG: https://www.instagram.com/tjpower/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Join the free ikario Community here and come talk to us: https://ikario.com/join FREE Class: Stop procrastination Crash Course https://ikario.com/crashcourse/stop/ Free Class: Become an Implementer https://ikario.com/im-register/ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro + Why Living with Integrity is so Important 00:58 - Marshmallow Experiment 03:01 - Scarcity vs. Abundance Mindset 06:21 - Definition of Integrity 10:41 - A Single Moment That Changes Someone's Life 14:16 - Be The Example 16:47 - Your Words Having Weight 19:11 - What It Means to Be Deliberate 22:03 - Integrity is a Habit - Whether You Have It or Not 25:47 - Why Most People Don't Have Integrity 26:42 - Living with Integrity Means Honesty Especially When it's Difficult 27:46 - Is Integrity Innate? 30:16 - Living with Integrity is an Active Decision 34:08 - You Can't Only Keep Your Word When It's Convenient for You Links & Resources Mentioned: Habits of Mind Podcast: https://youtu.be/u2OHOBF84bw --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

The productivity self-help-scene is always finding new ways to sell you old tricks. But, it seems some old tricks, like the Pomodoro Technique for example, stick around for good. In this episode we explore why it's time to retire 5 of the most popular productivity hacks that are still being peddled by productivity gurus around the world AND what you should be thinking about doing instead.    We also address the 5 most common "Productivity No-Buts"  or "resistance to advice" that we encounter from students that participate in the ikario productivity classes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

If you have any burning questions you'd like us to answer, email us at: hello@ikario.com. Links and Resources Mentioned: Potato Diet Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu2vGVTwKj4 How to Prioritize: https://youtu.be/tP4VAawx2qw Shadow Workshops are in the ikario Community, join here: https://ikario.com/join/ The Bacon Fallacy: https://youtu.be/4ROcIj8k6Rg How to Stop Procrastination (The Crash Course): https://ikario.com/stop Wealth Building Course: https://ikario.com/wealthbuilding/ Shane on Building Teams + Team Culture: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/entrepreneurship-on-hard-mode-shane-melaugh/id1618984651?i=1000571222194 Timestamps + List of Questions:   1:37 - How to deal with brain fog? 6:50 - How to be productive despite chronic health issues? 13:17 - How to focus when you can't turn off notifications? 16:26 - How to be more productive with my time? 23:35 - What to do when I can't take in any more information? 26:50 - I'm always distracted it's hard to focus, what should I do? 32:40 - How to stick with things and reach long term goals? 40:16 - How to deal with uncertainty and fear of failure? 44:10 - Feeling guilty about not spending time with family 53:51 - How to remove busywork and focus on high priorities? 55:40 - How to prioritize what's important, how to pick the right goals? 59:33 - How to break big goals into smaller steps? 1:04:58 - What to do when you know what you need to do but can't get yourself to do it? How to pushing thru emotional resistance of doing the difficult thing? 1:12:51 - How to stay motivated and implement along the way? (How to not fall off) 1:17:37 - How to create and stick to a schedule long term? 1:24:55 - How to reset a negative thought when you convince yourself you shouldn’t be doing something because it scares you? 1:34:27 - Why do I keep sabotaging myself and limiting my own success? 1:40:29 - What does Success mean? 1:49:28 - What is the difference between Success and Impact? 1:50:49 - Do your intentions for impact matter? 1:51:59 - What is the difference between productivity and success? 1:58:27 - How to manage online addictions like gambling, video games, social media, porn? How to deal with Dopamine Addiction? Advice for overcoming dopamine addiction. 2:16:04 - How to beat procrastination? 2:17:06 - How to organize myself to be financially successful at a later stage in life? 2:19:07 - How to create SOPs and Processes? How to build a team and leverage others? 2:24:35 - How to know when to Let Go and when to Double Down on Ideas, Products, Employees and Opportunities? 2:31:42 - I worked for 5 years for no money, what should I do to move forward? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Join the free ikario Community here to get access to the Shadow Workshops: https://ikario.com/join   Chapters   0:00 — Why Men Tend to Get this wrong 1:56 — The Anthropological View 3:00 — The Biggest Difference Between Men and Women 4:12 — Why You Will Never Look Like a Hollywood Celebrity 10:08 — What REALLY Makes a Man Attractive 12:48 — Why Being Out of Shape is Unattractive 13:30 — How to Be Physically Attractive as Yourself 16:01 — What’s Attractive About Material Possessions 17:22 — How to Have True Confidence and Passion 21:07 — Why Women Test Guys 22:10 — Why Men Are Lucky in the Dating Game 25:25 — Most Women Find This Out Later in Life 27:45 — Smartphones, Anxiety, and Why Dating Apps Suck 30:42 — How to Be Happy Long Term 35:32 — Focus on What You CAN Control to Be Attractive 38:09 — Men are Built to Develop Their Capability (It’s Innate) 42:41 — How to Get Out of “Needy Mode” 48:08 — How Advertising Affects Us as Men 50:21 — My Experience of Not Using Any Soap or Anything 53:38 — Using Cologne, Fashion Sense and Your Frame 58:49 — What To Do To Become Attractive   Books and Resources mentioned in the episode: The Amazing Development of Men by Alison Armstrong Understanding Women by Alison Armstrong Evolution of Desire by David Buss Don’t Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz How to Get Your Shit Together Physically: https://youtu.be/gfYaJ9TTqzE Join the free ikario Community here to get access to the Shadow Workshops: https://ikario.com/join --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Join the free personal wealth building class here: https://ikario.com/wealthclass Difficult economic times are upon us. Inflation is seeing record highs, destroying people's purchasing power and at the same time assets like stocks and crypto have been plummeting in value. Not to mention a war in Europe, talks about energy and food shortages... Where does this all lead? How can mere mortals still work their way towards financial freedom, when the odds seem so strongly stacked against us? That's what we discuss in today's episode. 00:00:00 - Why personal finance? 00:04:20 - Is the economy screwed? 00:07:11 - The most important question to ask 00:17:50 - Knowledge is power/wealth 00:21:46 - Active vs. passive investing 00:26:07 - How to win with an imperfect strategy 00:34:28 - The game is not to make money fast... 00:35:32 - Are current asset prices a good buying opportunity? 00:40:44 - Why things might still get worse 00:46:18 - Narrative overextension 00:54:29 - Why you must make your own financial decisions 00:57:52 - Income Expense Gap 01:03:00 - My biggest investing mistake last year 01:07:35 - Be a participant 01:12:20 - Plan to get rich slowly Learn my simple model for strategic thinking: https://ikario.com/decisions/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Ever said "I could never live without bacon... or cheese, or coffee, or alcohol" or anything else? In this video Shane reveals The Bacon Fallacy: The idea that living without something you love makes your life worse, is untrue. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

We recently completed our first official 100 day ikario challenge. The goal was to complete 100 days of physical training without a break. Before we set out to make a compact video of this experience, Shane and Dean knock about the lessons from doing a challenge like this.   Links & show notes: https://ikario.com/061/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

2021 was filled with loads of personal development for the ikario team. In this episode we look at each person's biggest takeaway from the year. Links & show notes: https://ikario.com/060/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

In this episode Shane and Dave Danzeise, an old collogue and friend, share a bit of catchup on what's happening in Bali, before turning their attention to journaling. Shane and Dave share their devotion to writing practices as the best tools for self development. Show Notes: https://ikario.com/059/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

The Crypto discussion continues covering topics like NFTs and Metaverses as well as some speculation on how the future might look. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

Shane has been helping onboard newbies to the crypto space in the safest way possible. In this episode Jonas and Dean (newbies) talk with Shane about the difficulties of being new to crypto currencies and the issues with the early adoption phase that is playing out right now. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

In this episode we explore levelling up one's skills to make problem solving an effortless task. We also look at "the right amount of frustration" for performance optimisation. It's good to know when your comfort zone has become too comfy or when you've stepped out too far. Striking that balance is like designing a game. Links & show notes: https://ikario.com/056/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message

In episode 55 of the ikario podcast, Shane speaks with Jan Broders, a coach who helps high performers from around the world with stress management. Links & show notes: https://ikario.com/055 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ikario/message