Deliberate Life™

In this episode of the Vidya podcast, we discuss reflection and the importance of it in the learning process. This is probably the most personal episode we have recorded to date, talking through examples of our own reflections and the essential role this process has in our lives. We discuss different types of reflections, and the different functions reflection can have in the learning and personal...

In this episode of the Vidya podcast, we discuss dialogue, which is one of the main reasons we started this whole podcast series. We define dialogue as a specific type of conversational method where ideas and opinions are exchanged, without trying to convince each other of each other’s rights or wrongs, with the objective to collectively learn, reflect and come to new insights. We discuss how peop...

In this fifth episode of the Vidya podcast, we discuss presence, which we define as being in the here and now, with single-minded concentration, focus on one particular activity, not being distracted, not being lost in thought, not resenting the past or worrying about the future. We discuss the many health & wellbeing, social and professional benefits of being present. We argue that practicing pre...

In this fourth episode of the Vidya podcast, we talk about decompression. We all need to decompress from our busy lives once every so often, allowing our bodies and minds to pause and take some time to reflect and integrate experiences, allowing our shadows to catch up with us. We discuss in this podcast the different activities we may use to decompress. We discuss sleep, solitude, slow travel, jo...

In this third episode of the Vidya podcast, we talk about personal values. We define values as all in life that is truly important to us. We discuss why it’s important to know our personal values and to reflect on the alignments and misalignments between our values and our actions and behaviours in life. Next, we discuss how we can go about finding out what our values are. We discuss what question...

In this second episode of the Vidya podcast, we discuss the importance of setting intentions. We discuss the important distinction between goals and intentions, the relation between intention, attention and energy, some types of intentions and some potential timeframes for intentions. We also get into the importance of setting intentions to achieve ’the unknown’, we introduce the concept of "mind...

In this first episode, we discuss the concept of learning enemies, which we define as anything that gets in the way of personal and organisational learning, change and growth. We argue that leaders should know their learning enemies so that they can challenge them, for their own benefit and for the benefit of their teams and organisations. We describe several common learning enemies found in the b...