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Hello hi. Welcome to this week’s coffee date. This week’s installment is a full summary of Robert Greene’s 48 Laws of Power. A link to the source is below. I sound a little apologetic and give a lot of disclaimers because Robert Greene’s work is controversial because it is Machiavellian. Be that as it may, it is not my part of my purpose to be the information police. I share books and this is a bo...

Hello hi. Welcome to this week’s coffee date. This week’s installment is special because I am a huge fan of Esther Perel’s work and I am deliberately stepping more fully into the “holistic” part of the holistic success I like to talk about so much. Esther Perel’s talk on relational intelligence will have you rethinking what you think you know. A link to the source is below. Enjoy! This is a public...

Hello hi. Welcome to our coffee date. I probably needed this episode more than you did. Robert Greene’s thoughts on the Charles Darwin story and the window between graduation and recognition is everything we each need to remember when facing a new opportunity. What have masters gone by filled that space with? This should have been part of the make yourself unforgettable series. This is a public ep...

source: Simon Sinek & Trevor Noah on Friendship, Loneliness, Vulnerability, and More. In short, why friendship is the hero ingredient to a holistically successful life. Available on Simon Sinek’s Youtube channel or via the link below. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chioneso.substack.com

Imagine this: You’re sitting at a dinner party, and the conversation drifts to relationships. One guest says, "I’d never divorce a woman who cooks like this." Laughter ensues, but underneath that joke lies a troubling assumption—one that equates a happy marriage with culinary skills. Now, think about how often we use similar, oversimplified metrics in other areas of our lives. I am a little tired...

In this week’s coffee date, we go to the deep places to talk about why som experts say that the life partner you select is the most important career decision of your life. What exactly happens when you get it wrong? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chioneso.substack.com

In today’s express coffee date I share a train of thought kick-started by Tom Sharpe’s The Gropes. Have you, in an unfortunate fit of cleverness, ever hidden something from others and planned to come back for it only to find that you were so clever that even you can’t find it again? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

In this week’s coffee date we discuss thoughts from unrelated sources all inspired by Whitney Houston that come together to teach and inspire thoughts around inspiration versus imitation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chioneso.substack.com

The world’s most successful YouTuber and Malcolm Gladwell in Outliers have very different ways of sharing similar sentiments on how to succeed. This week’s Thursday express episode is here with the usual 10-minute idea that’s just food for thought as you go into the weekend. Enjoy it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

Why have so many lotto winners gone bankrupt? Would you go bankrupt too? Let’s talk about it on this week’s coffee date. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chioneso.substack.com

A thought for the week in 10 short minutes inspired by @tonfifi on Instagram. Let’s talk about “a surge of audacity.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chioneso.substack.com

On today’s coffee date, we discuss 3 ideas that are worth fully grasping because people often confuse them with different concepts that mean something else entirely: humility is self-deprecation, patience is not sitting and waiting, and knowing your “enough” is not putting a cap on your ambition or dreams. Let’s talk about it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...

Spoiler alert: one is healthy. The other is not. Yet, one is routinely confused with the other. Let’s end that confusion in this express episode's little corner of the internet. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chioneso.substack.com

In this episode, we dive into Brené Brown's powerful "Lake Travis Story," where she unpacks exactly why the phrase "the story I’m telling myself is" is so powerful that it is used both by fortune 500 CEOs and successfully married couples. This concept helps us engage more deeply with our emotions and assumptions, leading to more honest and vulnerable conversations. Brené uses a personal story invo...

Guess who’s back? Back again? We are back!!! Tell a friend. I figured I would rest and rethink the podcast. I really imagined I would be thinking about scaling back. Turns out my intellectual brain and my creative brain don’t have the same ideas. The creative brain won so, now, the podcast will be coming to you in long form on Tuesdays and in short form on Thursdays. Meet Thursday’s Express Chai!...

The Podcast is one year old this Tuesday. Remember the days of #CareerTuesday? Me too! It's a little unbelievable that a year has passed since my first shaky episode of the pod. I guess it really is true that you should just start that thing. To mark the occasion, this week's coffee date is a heart-to-heart. I don't have any major regrets in life but some lessons could have done me a favour by sho...

Welcome to our coffee date. Today we continue the Crafting an Unforgettable Presence series inspired by the book "Make Yourself Unforgettable" by Dale Carnegie. In this series, we feature little-known stories about little-known folks (by popular culture standards at least) who have an incredible amount to teach us. People like today's subject: Sir Arthur Lewis, the first black Nobel Prize winner....

Hello hi. Welcome to our coffee date. This week we are adding the Stockfish Story to the Crafting an Unforgettable Presence series. The series is inspired by Dale Carnegie’s book, “Make Yourself Unforgettable.” The story is inspired by Mark Manson’s book, “Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope.” I chose this story for its ability to illustrate how one seemingly innocuous skill set can unseat any...

This is a toolkit episode. Instead of the usual thesis of change, toolkit episodes speak to specific actions to achieve a particular result. In this instance, getting on with doing stuff instead of the getting stuck in the cycle of intentions with no actions. It's about execution. The toolkit is from the book "The 12 Week Year" by Brian P Moran and Michael Lemmington. I also share how the toolkit...

Once upon a time, my life as it is now was beyond my wildest dreams. And then it wasn’t. The ideas in this installment changed and navigated me here; sharing is caring. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chioneso.substack.com

Life is an exercise in feeling, being human and learning. Your relationship with yourself is no exception. Given who you are follows you everywhere, perhaps the greatest chance of success you have is to not run from “yourselves” but to go out with lanterns and seek out each one. Welcome to our weekly coffee date. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

We've all encountered shame and will likely encounter it again in the future. Instead of ignoring this aspect of life, it's crucial to acknowledge and normalize it. This approach enables us to manage shame constructively, foster connections with others, and emerge from challenging experiences with our self-esteem preserved. You will recall the podcast episode in which I explained that your self-wo...

In this episode, we delve into the timeless fable of "Who Moved My Cheese" by Dr. Spencer Johnson. The fable revolves around four characters living in a maze who are on a quest for cheese, representing various approaches to change and adaptation. Maybe you will see yourself in one or all of them. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...

This could easily be a part of the Crafting an Unforgettable Presence Series. I will let it stand alone though. Inspired and informed by Chapter 8 of Mark Manson's book, "Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope," this week's episode is a presentation of a line of thought meant to provoke you to think deeply about the seemingly innocuous choices you make every day and where you (and your money) (an...

Part 2/2 - “These life lessons are widely known from the highly popular column by Regina Brett. “45 lessons, written by a 90 year old” was originally featured in the Plain Dealer Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. Since then, it has gone on to spread the story that Regina is now 90 years old. She is really only in her ’50s, but nonetheless, this Pulitzer Prize finalist has a wealth of knowledge and lif...