The Ten Thousand (10,000) Heroes Show

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If I were to write a book about purpose today (I have another ~3 hours before I need to pick up Jasmine), what would it be about?    Which is maybe the same question as: What are the most important questions for me to address on this show?   In the audio/video version of the episode (links below!) I'll explain these things a bit more, but here's the rough outline version:   Part I: Introducing Pur...

There's two things I want to do today: Explain how you find your purpose (according to me, today) Share the "pre-interview" video I made for my upcoming guests.   It's a simple two-step method that involves asking a specific question and then running experiments based on the answer.   Everyday I run into people – in person, at parties, through email, and through this podcast, who are, for lack of...

A couple of months ago, at an in-person event I helped organize to connect people with their Visions, I met George Moore. Towards the end of the retreat, when offered the choice between a plant-based bug spray and the DEET version, he said:   "Oh, give me the chemicals. They've been keeping me alive for over 30 years anyways"   That moment planted a seed of curiosity in me, and this interview is t...

In this episode, I interview an old friend of mine, Mike Taubman, who has dedicated his life to education. Mike isn't just teaching high school, he's helping public education in the US intersect with the perennial goals of education: Making whole humans and whole societies.   Mike teaches in Newark, NJ, at North Star Academy's Washington Park High School, a part of the Uncommon Schools network. He...

These are the final days of our first public Elephant In the Room challenge and it's been a dramatic success, for me personally and for many of the 100+ people who are participating. In this week's episode, I share my story – my elephant, my struggles, and what I learned – and draw an important lesson out of it.   TLDR: I went in thinking the Elephant was something blocking me from being who I am...

What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow This is Ten Thousand Heroes and I'm Ankur Shah Delight.   In this episode I tell two stories about being Really Uncomfortable, in order to explore:   Why we put ourselves in uncomfortable positions, and What we might be gaining from it.    In the YouTube version, I also wear a silly hat, fwiw.   * This show, Ten...

What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   I talk with an old friend – Brendon Tomasi – about his journey from Party Animal to Father Animal, and the ritual he developed to help him make that transition. In a culture where the Baby Shower seems to be so popular, and is more about Things than Mothers, the Fatherhood Ritual places an importance on the emo...

What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow This is Ten Thousand Heroes and I'm Ankur Shah Delight.   This episode is about the role of conflict and transition in our lives. I also try to define purpose empirically and make a pragmatic argument for why the way you tell your life story really matters (because it determines what you allow in your future).  ...

What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   This is Ten Thousand Heroes and I'm Ankur Shah Delight.   Happy Decolonization Week, everyone!   This is my July 4th episode. It's about reinterpreting symbols and how a symbol can bring us together even if we don't have the same understanding of it. But in order to do that, we have to step up and play the game...

What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   This is Ten Thousand Heroes and I'm Ankur Shah Delight.   Today's episode is an interview with historian and author Nico Slate.   His most recent book is part-memoir, part-biography, and part-history, and addresses his evolving relationship with his half-brother Peter, through hate crimes, riots, and personal t...

Finally! Finally! Finally!   I've been wanting to do something like this for a long time. In a few days we launch our first public challenge: The Elephant In The Room. This episode is all about it:   Why I think this is so good for you What you can hope to experience How to sign up   And we get a little personal and let out our own Elephants near the end…   You can get more info on our website: ht...

In this episode I talk with Relationship Therapist and Coach Dan Anear about conflict in relationships and specifically, the role our emotions play in conflict. For decades the conventional wisdom was "leave your emotions" at the door. Dan would like to challenge that. He also brings in his work with Terry Real's Relational Life Institute, and reminds us that so often "The Thing is not The Thing":...

Shilpa Jain has been mediating, facilitating, and working with conflict since she was a wee lass.   In this episode she gives a rough outline of "FeedForward", a feedback technique that aims to bridge the advantages of effective and relational feedback in the corporate and non-profit settings.   It's something that every single one of us can use in our lives, probably every day.    So important I'...

What did this episode awaken in you?  Don't be shy.  https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   April Rinne's whole message is about Flux. Flow, change, flexibility, rolling with the punches, and paying attention.   That's how I capture it, at least. Her actual 8 flux superpowers are here: https://fluxmindset.com/8-superpowers   In keeping with the theme, this interview is long and flowing. I did minima...

  Most of us love avoiding conflict...   ...if love is evaluated on the basis of our actions rather than our words.   And there's some really good reasons the mind avoids conflict.   1. You can't lose if you don't play (risk-averse) 2. Conflict means somebody (you) f*cked up. (guilt/shame)   There's also another really good reason the body avoids conflict.   3. We don't know the difference between...

    What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   This is a different kind of episode.    I ended up meeting my guest in person, which, hilariously, is actually much tricker to record than meeting online. I had a videocamera I was playing with and found it really difficult to have us both on the camera at the same time and not look weird.   So I edited the...

So last week I came at you with a whole map of what I'm going to do this season, involving 10 definitions of heroism.    And this week -- predictably, if you knew me -- I'm not exactly going to do that. But it'll be close.   I'm going to explain why finding our purpose (analytically) is going to be a question of survival in the coming world of AI, Basic Income, Robots, and conflict resolution.   I...

  What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   Welcome to the first interview of Season 6. As you may know, I want to devote this season to Conflict.   I took this course in Mediation, the light has been revealed to me, and now I see every conflict as an integral part of my spiritual path.   And by extension, of your spiritual path as well.    My guest to...

Today I want to share my plan with you for the next season of this show, Season 6.   This season, I'm going to focus my solocasts on my own definitions of what a hero is, using the last 2 years of this podcast as my body of research.    I've come up with 10 different definitions of heroism so far, and I'm going to do an episode about each one of them over the next few months.    Here's the list:  ...

Title: #000XX Season 5 Closer   Description: What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   Hey everybody. Welcome back to another episode of 10,000 Heroes.   I'm your host, Ankur Shah Delight. This is a little different than the normal episode. This is more of an announcement. This is the end of season five.   So I did this awesome experiment in the last f...

What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   The rage is relentless. The anger continues. In this episode I get some expert perspective on how social movements have used anger constructively (which is the goal for us of, right?)   Show Links: Voicemail:  https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow Email: info@10kh.show Podcast website: http://momentumlab.com/podca...

What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   As part of my continuing exploration with anger, I work with Somatic Experience expert Manuel Manotas on feeling some anger (with a specific example)   Lots of f-bombs in this one.   And then, at the end, I bring the same example to a crew friends and get each of their takes on what they would have done.   Use...

What did this episode awaken in you? Don't be shy. https://www.speakpipe.com/10khshow   Welcome back to another conversation with my foul-mouthed mentor, John Giuliano. As part of the ongoing series exploring what Anger can do for us, I talk with John about the role anger played in his life, especially during his time involved with the El Salvadoran civil war (in the '80s).   His stories are deepl...