Mere Mortals Conversations

Controlling your decisions is often easier said than done. Today is a short little take-away on how emotions control your decisions, and in turn mastering your emotions can truly free you up to control your destiny.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!About Mere Mortals:Striving for excellence through life's lessons. Learnings from podcasts, interviews, book reviews and reflection on how to push beyond a Mere Mortal.Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalsmedia.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mere_mortals_media/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MortalsMereFacebook: https://facebook.com/MeremortalsmediaSupport the show

Do you believe in aliens and if so, have they visited us? Juan and Kyrin start off this themed episode of 'Aliens' by answering this question and their reasoning process. There has been many attempts at attempting to scientifically argue for their existence (such as with the Drake equation) and explain why we lack evidence of their being on Earth (the Fermi paradox). The Mere Mortals crew then explored into unknown territory. What will change if/when we colonise Mars? What would humans do if we were the invaders (no high hopes over here)? How would our lives change if we received definitive proof of their existence? This was a really fun episode and we hope you enjoy as much as we did! Mere Mortals out.About Mere Mortals:Striving for excellence through life's lessons. Learnings from podcasts, interviews, book reviews and reflection on how to push beyond a Mere Mortal.Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalsmedia.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mere_mortals_media/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MortalsMereFacebook: https://facebook.com/MeremortalsmediaSupport the show

Erika De Pellegrin is the host of The Balance Theory podcast, a podcast to help gain insight, tools & tips across the areas of health, relationships and fulfilment. As usual we start off with a Mere Mortal Moment before diving into her story about getting to a low body fat percentage. The most interesting aspect of this journey was the mental reset required when she realised that there was a disconnect between how she was physically feeling and what the 'numbers' were saying.We then transitioned to what she is trying to achieve with The Balance Theory, a podcast to help gain insight, tools & tips across the areas of health, relationships and fulfilment. Erika also finds goal setting important and she gives us her methods of how to concentrate and plant the seed for future success. We finally end chatting about cold baths, breathing and influential books. Hope you enjoy this podcast as much as we did!Connect with Erika:Website: https://www.thebalancetheorypodcast.com/homeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebalancetheory/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebalancetheorypodcastSupport the show

Why should you be careful about mixing money and pleasure? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and Kyrin discuss: Mr. Gu and his Ponzi scheme, making sure you are doing something for the right reason (and not just the side benefits), choosing between impending death from an asteroid or black hole, asking how you would run 110 km over the course of a month and some mental tricks on how to fail a challenge physically before mentally.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!About Mere Mortals:Striving for excellence through life's lessons. Learnings from podcasts, interviews, book reviews and reflection on how to push beyond a Mere Mortal.Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalsmedia.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mere_mortals_media/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MortalsMereFacebook: https://facebook.com/MeremortalsmediaSupport the show

Are there any words that infuriate you to the point on pulling out your hair (Exhibit A = Mere Mortal Kyrin)? In this episode of 'Musings' Juan and Kyrin discuss: why Kyrin would hate consulting, letting yourself be more spontaneous, Juan's justified hatred of his university assessor, the crazy story of a navy seal who got shot 27 times, 800,000 US children being trafficked per year and being more careful with your words.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Support the show

Why do so many of us out there feel like creating content is such a huge barrier, or not just content but in taking action until everything is EXACTLY as you need it to be. Focus on taking action, progressively improving and letting the market, your customers, friends and family give you the feedback you need to continue improving. As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!About Mere Mortals:Striving for excellence through life's lessons. Learnings from podcasts, interviews, book reviews and reflection on how to push beyond a Mere Mortal.Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalsmedia.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mere_mortals_media/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MortalsMereFacebook: https://facebook.com/MeremortalsmediaSupport the show

How is common sense defined and what level/percentage of commonality is required to even be able to use this phrase? In this themed episode Juan and Kyrin discuss the topic of 'Common Sense'. Of all the themed topics to date, this was probably the hardest to define and have a sensible conversation about. Both Mere Mortals agreed with the general definition of 'sound judgement on practical matters' but also needed an extra personal addition to really make sense of it. Common sense shouldn't be confused with knowing general knowledge, specific facts or even technical know-how. It is also a mistake to say label it as something 'obvious' especially when looking at something in hindsight. Many AI researchers believe that cultivating common sense is the equivalent to human-level intelligence, but it is laughable how far that research field appears to be away from coherently expressing a simple plan of how to achieve it.Hypothetical scenarios are useful in helping to zero in on the meaning of a phrase and were used liberally throughout this conversation. Some examples included: looking both ways before crossing a street, the inappropriateness of wearing ass-less chaps to work and passing by a drowning person. Both Juan and Kyrin agreed this was the best discussion to date and hope you enjoyed it as much they did, Mere Mortals out!Support the show

Jonathon Radford is the Co-Founder at Suit Society, a leading suit company that provides the modern gentleman with quality tailored suits and accessories. Based in Brisbane, Jonathon is also an external CFO for Adama Digital and the founder of Attica asset management. In this conversation we talked all things suit, where the idea initiated from, some of the learnings he found throughout the beginning, the pivotal points that helped the company expand and what lays ahead. Outside of a business context, we also spoke to current world trends and the importance of speaking out, not just now but always.Support the show

Are you assertive enough to order all the chicken that McDonald's owns? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and Kyrin discuss: the responsibility of having absurd amounts of money, Kyrin's dream of Juan ordering too much chicken, Juan's rant on people expecting perfection from you, internal vs external motivation, what you would enjoy but never spend money on and a final inspirational note to try for the seemingly impossible!Support the show

Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? The Mere Mortals crew on the first Thursday of every month go over their progress from the previous month and where they are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings and why they didn't achieve their goals and how they will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why? Let us know in the comments, Mere Mortals out!Support the show