The Armen Show

welcome Donald on episode 182 of the show discussed his entry into the video game design world you can find this individual at Insomniac Games we talked about adversity and what it can lead to the challenges from before lead to the strength of now included some content on relationships and/or relating with others socializing is a theme we brought up about reaching out we went over some books that Donald liked to read also Donald’s church-going and his interest in faith glad to have Donald up on the show

181 in the building character building with small efforts you have to live up to your own mini-goals also talked about food places that I have gone to some of the popular places to eat simulation theory concepts if in a simulation, we are not able to even go out of bounds make your own quotes you don’t need to be checking other’s quotes Los Angeles is not light

welcome to episode 180 on the show~ this one inspired by idea from Mary M the conversational backpack is your way to connect with others you have your toolkit to work with you can bring variety, change in tone, and spontaneity you don’t want to be limited to one or two things when talking sticking to one tone will bore the other person at some point we want to be flowing and weaving like a river

welcome guests Kim and Catie on episode 179 of the show we recorded this one on a sidewalk of a street in Los Angeles first recording on a public sidewalk with people walking by discussed relationships gone awry also discussed parenting that wasn’t as desired some elements of OCD were talked about as often, we mentioned some books of interest in the fiction space there were some life message in this one, and some tips for relationships glad to have both Kim and Catie on the show

welcome to episode 178 this one is a stream of consciousness type episode we want all to flourish like a bird flying mentioned some elements to complete in upcoming time 2 author interviews in September and Robert Greene book in October will check out an audiobook to see if that is a better way having a target is the way to not let small issues throw you off your target should include the elements along the way the world is your world

episode 177 in the internets this one inspired somewhat by Isaiah you want to move the needle on your projects, and not just maintain we want to have done more today than we could have done yesterday voicing your path gets you toward there your voice and thoughts are your direction maker, or rudder we don’t have room for a path that isn’t ours a little closing bit on Mac Miller and his departure to more~

the things we avoid are the things we get weaker in bringing attention to a topic is the way to handle it brushing it to the side gives it more weight than it deserves we want to keep things light things that are avoided grow bigger it represents a fear within you don’t want to give fear more energy or it can overpower you you bring your focus like a light to the issue what is something you have avoided? is there something you can do about it? can you target that thing? who are you afraid will find out about it or will think less of you if they find out? are you giving those people’s opinions too much credit? sometimes we avoid what we don’t understand can you look into it? episode inspired by Mary

welcome Jenny and Lucy on episode 175 of the show~ this is the second double-guest episode of all we discussed potential podcast topics that they might include in a show what the podcast would be called, and how it would be presented little houses and their appeal or interest factors gym story and why it is key to be a good salesman if you are a salesman heredity and the finding out of lineage information from 23andme accents across the board for the fun what each person likes about each person life upbringing and how that leads to the person we are today glad to have both J and L on the show

on this one I went over a few topics better to make errors along the way than not do anything we have times where the thing we did was the last time we would do that view things as though that time is the only time that matters including things as part of a group of times can lead to regret the weight of regret is heavier than any comfort description about time by the beach in Ventura input is always lower in priority than output for creative types your mind is to be kept in mind when doing anything

welcome to episode 173 of the show on this one I am talking about some of the people departed Chester Bennington who left his singing career Kate Spade who left her jewelry career and brand name Anthony Bourdain and his chef and cooking career xxxtentacion and his rapping popularity with the youth I go over some of the things that matter most in life mental well-being is the things that is bigger than socioeconomic status, wealth, popularity, or reverence more to come on the show~