Mission Daily

In this episode, we cover three little known theories from three geniuses. Here is a sneak peak: “This is that one of the best-kept historical secrets is that practically all the material and social technologies fundamental to civilization were developed before the imposition of a dominator society.” -Riane Eisler "Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings." -Alice Miller “Ineluctably, the insults inflicted in one war call forth new wars of retaliation, which may be waged within months of the original conflict or generations later.” –Barbara Ehrenreich This episode is brought to you by Audible! To get a FREE audiobook, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

"Virtual reality" might seem like a new concept, but are we already living inside a virtual world?  How do we balance spending time in these technological worlds versus the "real" world?  Plus, we explore questioning the nature of our own reality, and riff on the idea of creating a virtual world with language.  This episode is brought to you by Audible! To get a FREE audiobook, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe   Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This is a bonus episode of The Mission Daily.  It's the first live hangout for The Mission's book club. Every two weeks, we read a new book, then get on a live hangout to discuss.  The book we're discussing this time is Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb. The Mission Daily is brought to you by Audible. To get a free audio version of Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Finding it hard to take action? Totally normal! We're all, "cognitive misers", and although this trait helped us in the caveman days, it may not be helping us now. What if the best way to combat this inaction is by acting fast... in 5 seconds or less? In todays's episode, we dive into our favorite parts of The Five Second Rule by Mel Robbins. “Most of us don’t even realize how often we hesitate because we’ve done it so often that it’s become a habit.” ― Mel Robbins This episode is brought to you by Audible! To get a FREE audiobook, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why is the world the way it is?  Is society healthy? Or has our modern culture become... a cult?  In this episode, we do a deep dive into one of the most important parts of Zero to One that we haven't heard anyone cover.  “So why is progress slowing and why don’t people believe in secrets? Along with the natural fact that physical frontiers have receded, four social trends have conspired to root out belief in secrets.” -Peter Thiel, author of Zero to One.  By learning about these four cult-ural trends and pressures, you'll be able to spot them, and stop them from sabotaging your progress (and the progress of those you care about).  This episode is brought to you by Audible! To get a FREE audiobook, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

“For studying courage in textbooks doesn’t make you any more courageous than eating cow meat makes you bovine. By some mysterious mental mechanism, people fail to realize that the principal thing you can learn from a professor is how to be a professor—and the chief thing you can learn from, say, a life coach or inspirational speaker is how to become a life coach or inspirational speaker. So remember that the heroes of history were not classicists and library rats, those people who live vicariously in their texts. They were people of deeds and had to be endowed with the spirit of risk taking” –Nassim Taleb Why does the idea of "skin in the game" matter so much?  And how can we use this idea (and the others from Skin in the Game) to improve our own lives, and the lives of others?  Subscribe and let's jump into it!  This episode is brought to you by Audible! To get a FREE audiobook, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Habits... How are they powerful? How are they dangerous? Intuitively, we know that your habits are the only things standing between you and everything you want in life. “All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits — practical, emotional, and intellectual — systematically organized for our weal or woe, and bearing us irresistibly toward our destiny, whatever the latter may be.” –William James But in practice, doing the work necessary to upgrade your habits isn’t easy. In fact, it might be one of the most difficult battles you’ll ever fight. The Power of Habit is one of the most important primers and science backed starting points for upgrading your habits. The book contains vital reminders: “Once you know a habit exists, you have the responsibility to change it . . . others have done so . . . That, in some ways, is the point of this book. Perhaps a sleep-walking murderer can plausibly argue that he wasn’t aware of his habit, and so he doesn’t bear responsibility for his crime, but almost all of the other patterns that exist in most people’s lives — how we eat and sleep and talk to our kids, how we unthinkingly spend our time, attention and money — those are habits that we know exist. And once you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom and the responsibility to remake them. Once you understand that habits can be rebuilt, the power of habit becomes easier to grasp and the only option left is to get to work.” ― Charles Duhigg,The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business We’ve found four principals to help effectively build and upgrade habits. Tune in to today’s episode where we’ll cover all four and how to apply them! This episode is brought to you by Audible! To get a FREE audiobook, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This exciting episode jumps into one of the unknown backstories of someone famous that everyone THINKS they know. His story perfectly illustrates what accelerated learning is all about, why it matters, and how you can start to speed up your own learning today. This is the Story about an immigrant who taught himself to live on $2 a day, to remove his fear of poverty, who was so shy that when he was applying for a job, he stopped into the lobby and didn’t talk to anyone… and just walked out. He would then learn to crush the job, and future ones, and go on to get his first investment… a wad of $5,000 bills from a guy in his bathrobe, then raised more money by telling investors that he’d, "commit seppuku rather than fail" (that’s the Japanese word for suicide). That guy was… Elon Musk. Cliche example, but one everyone knows… or do they? In this episode, we jump into 10 unknown backstories or takeaways from Elon Musk's life: How he removed his fear of poverty About learning to use a first principles approach to challenges  On taking intelligent risks Doing things before you’re “ready” Knowing when to concede, form alliances, and when to let things go Why friends and family matter When to commit and invest yourself fully into one thing until it’s successful How to form lifelong friendships based on shared philosophies, actions, loyalty, trust, and respect On narcissistic wounds How to take full agency over our lives Listen to the full episode of The Mission Daily for the full story! This episode is brought to you by Audible! To get a FREE audiobook, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe   Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” — Elbert Hubbard In this episode, we cover 7 keys to friendship, teams, culture, and fellowship. First, what is "fellowship"?  Fellowship goes past superficial acquaintances and fake friends into the realm of empowering relationships where both people are improved as a result of collaborating together. Why? Because by mastering these things, you can do more with less, you can find your purpose, meaning, and mission. Plus, and perhaps most importantly, if you learn these keys, you and your friends will be in a position to use technology to serve yourselves and others, instead of being used by it. The best definition of technology I’ve heard is, “Doing more with less.” These 7 keys will help you and those you care about, “do more with less”. The average friendship or workplace are anti-technological. They are usually steeped in physical and mental sickness. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Fostering healthy teams and fellowship is possible with the right habits and squad goals 🙂 So never fear. The seven keys of fellowship are here! Subscribe and join us today!  This episode is brought to you by Audible! To get a FREE audiobook, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

“To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers.” ―Nassim Nicholas Taleb What many people call "news" is little more than a listicle of the worst things happening in the world.  Most "news" is designed to promote fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD!).  There is a new kind of news that matters, a kind of news that will give you the information you need to succeed.  Subscribe today, avoid news with FUD, and get ready for a deep dive into the news that matters.   This episode is brought to you by Audible! To get a FREE audiobook, go to audible.com/themission or text themission to 500 500.  The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe Email us -> info@mission.orgWork with us -> https://www.missionsponsors.com/Follow Stephanie -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepostles/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.