Pants Around Ankles Prevention

What if finding your purpose isn’t really about finding the right thing to do? In Part 2 of “I’m 73. Why Am I Not Retired?”, Greg explores a different way of thinking about purpose—and the clues that may already be hiding in your own life.

Why do so many people reach retirement only to discover it doesn’t bring the fulfillment they expected? In the first episode of the new season of Waking Up, Greg explores the connection between work, retirement, purpose, and meaning—and why dissatisfaction may be a sign that it’s time to course correct. 

As the season comes to a close, this episode is less about providing answers and more about asking the right question. Real growth begins when we're willing to stop defending ourselves, pay attention to the clues, and honestly confront what's beneath the surface. The season ends with one powerful invitation: What will you have to face if you stop excusing yourself?

Are you climbing the wrong ladder or is there no such thing? This episode examines why growth is rarely linear, why changing course isn't failure, and why the opportunities we continue to encounter may be revealing something we've been avoiding. Ultimately, Greg leaves listeners with a powerful challenge: stop asking which ladder is right, and start asking which ladder has been following you and w...

Most people don't have a dreaming problem. They have a space problem. When life gets chaotic, dreaming is often the first thing we abandon. We become so focused on surviving the present that we lose sight of what could be possible. In this episode of Pants Around Ankles Prevention, Greg explores why dreaming isn't an escape from reality—it's often the beginning of transformation. If you've been st...

We spend much of our lives trying to rearrange our external circumstances so we can feel better internally. But what if we've got it backwards? In this episode, Greg explores the relationship between the outer world and the inner world, the difference between spirituality and religion, and why lasting growth can only happen from the inside out. Drawing from his experience facilitating more than 10...

This is direct challenge to the stories people tell themselves to avoid growth. Greg explores the idea that most decisions are ultimately driven by either love or fear and that fear often disguises itself as logic, careful reasoning, or practicality.

Most people think their work is about making money. That’s not wrong… it’s just incomplete. In this episode of Pants Around Ankles Prevention, Greg shares a perspective that might challenge how you think about your career, your calling, and even your next move.

What if the thing you’re missing isn’t discipline… or strategy… or even clarity? What if it’s something you used to do naturally—without being taught? In this episode of Pants Around Ankles Prevention, Greg Hayne unpacks a truth that’s both simple and confronting: You’ve forgotten how to dream.

In this short, Greg opens with a blunt admission: “I’m pissed… at myself.” Why? Because he’s avoiding something he knows he needs to do—writing. Despite being a confident speaker, writing doesn’t come naturally to him. And instead of leaning into the discomfort, he’s been resisting it. This episode is a raw look at what happens when we avoid the very thing that could grow us.

This episode challenges the traditional idea of retirement and reframes how we think about work, purpose, and fulfillment. Greg Hayne argues that most people don’t retire because they’ve achieved financial freedom—they retire because they’ve run out of meaning. Instead of enduring decades of work for a paycheck and waiting for a finish line, Greg makes the case that work should energize, challenge...

Sometimes the problem isn’t the road. It’s the map we’re using. If what you’re doing isn’t working, continuing to do the same thing rarely gets you where you want to go. In this episode of Pants Around Ankles Prevention, Greg explores why changing your thinking and expanding your awareness can completely shift the results you experience in life.

We’re waiting. Waiting for clarity. Waiting for certainty. Waiting for the “right time.” In this episode of Pants Around Ankles Prevention, Greg shares a simple but powerful metaphor: If you want to drive from New York to Los Angeles, you don’t wait for all the lights to turn green before you start.

In this episode of Pants Around Ankles Prevention, Greg takes on something most high-performing leaders quietly live with every day: the constant mental “noise” of competing, looping thoughts. Drawing from decades of conversations with successful peers and his own 30-year meditation practice, he explores how this internal noise doesn’t just distract us—it drains creativity, fuels decision fatigue,...

Solitude makes most of us uncomfortable—so we avoid it. We fill the silence with work, screens, noise, and busyness. But what if that discomfort is the point? In this episode, we explore what happens when distractions fall away and you’re left alone with your thoughts—and why even ten minutes of intentional solitude can begin to change how you relate to yourself.

Is it really as simple as “if you don’t like your job, change it”? In this episode, we explore why so many people—employees and business owners alike—feel stuck in roles, companies, and lives that no longer fit. What starts as opportunity often turns into pressure, and what once felt like freedom can become a cage. The real issue isn’t a lack of options—it’s the assumptions, fears, and patterns of...

In this episode, I talk about something that has been quietly present my entire life — a persistent, gentle tug that simply won’t leave me alone. 

In this reflective episode of Pants Around Ankles Prevention, Greg offers a rare peek behind the curtain into the quiet—and the silence—that shapes his daily life.

In this episode, Greg unpacks the profound Rumi quote: “What you seek is seeking you.” He explores the unsettling yet hopeful idea that there may be an intelligence actively pursuing what we long for—even if we can’t name it. The challenge, he explains, isn’t understanding the concept but making space for it: stepping out of routine, shifting environments, and intentionally opening ourselves to po...

In this episode of Pants Around Ankles Prevention, Greg Hayne explores the hidden power of reading — especially rereading. The message is simple but profound — sometimes the best way forward is to “do it again.”

In this episode of Pants Around Ankles Prevention Shorts, Greg shares a personal reflection on the power of journaling and how it’s shaped his clarity and growth over the past 35 years. What begins as a simple “brain dump” turns into a deeper exploration of how writing reveals what’s truly going on inside us.

Ever feel trapped between two bad options? Here’s the truth: being stuck isn’t the problem—it’s a symptom. In this week’s episode, Greg Hayne breaks down what’s really behind that sense of stuckness—and how freedom begins when you find a third option.

Have you ever stopped to wonder—whose script are you living by? In this week’s episode, Who Is Writing Your Script?, we explore how easy it is to drift into a life someone else imagined for us—whether a parent, a boss, or cultural expectations—and how to get back to writing your own story.

What if one tiny word was quietly robbing you of peace, clarity, and options? In this episode, we explore the “S-word” — should — and how it separates us from reality, fuels frustration, and keeps us asleep. 

In this episode, we reflect on Henry Ford’s famous claim that “thinking is the hardest work there is” and explore why it still rings true.