Mere Mortals Conversations

Why do the Mere Mortals crew strive for excellence? In this themed episode Juan and Kyrin discuss the topic of 'Excellence'. In the dictionary, excellence is defined as "the quality being outstanding or extremely good". However both Juan and Kyrin went a bit deeper in their own personal meanings of the word. For Juan, it meant achieving a high level of competence in a figurativ...

Is the way out of the 'Cancel Culture' game to aim for being so great, so excellent in your chosen avenue that you are undeniable? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and Kyrin discuss: hair sticking out like a twat, saving money on Monster energy drinks, presenting better by preparing less, ScoMo and the wombat wobble, becoming the best but not aiming for perfection, what th...

Is continually taking in new information the best way to learn or should there be some sort of review process to consolidate learnings? In this episode of 'Musings' Juan and Kyrin discuss: being pleasantly surprised by old insights, key methods to absorb information, the hidden steps actually behind innovation and adding 'adherence' to the effective vs efficient debate. As alwa...

Effectiveness and Efficiency are often misunderstood concepts that both play an integral part towards doing the right things and doing things right. Juan runs through both of these, a short summary from the last podcast on the subject and provides two take away pieces to get you moving on a Monday. As always, enjoy. About Mere Mortals: Mere Mortals strives for excellence through life's lesson...

If you could be 10% more effective or 10% more efficient, which would you prefer? In this themed episode Juan and Kyrin discuss the topic of being 'Effective Vs Efficient'. While closely related, there is actually a big difference between these two ideas. Simply put, being effective is doing the right things (goal orientated) and being efficient is doing things right (process orientated)...

In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and Kyrin discuss: eating so much you make yourself ill, the mindset required to properly diet, the death of magazines (and what will replace them), the absurd amount of wealth/power concentrated in single hands and whether technology will allow fake things seems so real that we have to treat them as real. As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals o...

To achieve great things one must achieve a single-mindedness state, which can only be achieved by using the Do Not Disturb button your phone! In this episode of Musings Juan and Kyrin cover: getting lost in the internet looking up the weather in Germany instead of working, meeting new people to practice a new language, actually connecting with people using social media, the insidious nature of unh...

How one absorbs information should be seen hand in hand as important as the actual information that you take in. If you are only capturing and understanding 10% of the information you are absorbing through inadequate means, there is a lot of efficiencies to be made by using better sources of informaton. Another Mere Mortals Monday Movement for you all. Team out. As always, enjoy. Connect with Mere...

Is there a better, utilitarian form of administering justice than the system of retributive justice? In this themed episode Juan and Kyrin discuss the topic of 'Restorative Justice'. The basic principle of restorative justice is to repair the harm caused by criminal behaviour, rather than the retributive justice system of ensuring that people get what they deserve (i.e., punishment). Thi...

Are you actually challenging yourself, or just think you are? In this episode of Meanderings Juan and Kyrin dive into the icy cold topic of the Wim Hof Method. For those who are unaware, Wim Hof is a beautifully insane dutch man known as the Ice Man, who invented a breathing technique that allows him to endure cold (but also heat) well beyond what is considered normal. Kyrin has recently started p...

How can one move from being in a state of purely existing to one of continuous elation? In this episode of Musings Juan and Kyrin discuss this question as well as: what is your own personal philosophy (or set of rules to live by), feeling the negative more strongly than the positive, how much as an individual one should pay attention to apocalyptic risks and providing principles rather than a pers...

To supplement or not to supplement, that is the question. In today's Mere Mortal Monday Movement we look at the topic our hand in our last themed podcast discussion. Key to our discussion was the need to treat supplements as what they should be, ehancements of the basic natural levels that us as mere mortals all have and can influence through basic foundations such as sleep, nutrition, fitnes...

What's the purpose of supplements, to cover for deficiencies, enhance beyond the norm, or both? In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss the topic of 'Supplements'. This conversation largely concentrates on supplementation in the fitness world, but touches upon taking supplements for health reasons and the debate of what is 'natural'. Both Mere Mortals give an account of the...

JOSH BUSBY is a podcaster living in Omaha, Nebraska. He is the host of the 'Just A Guy Podcast', a comedy podcast where he chats with friends and strangers alike, always with a beer in hand! In this interview we start of with the light stuff; morality and its interplay with technological advances. Josh also gives his take on some uniquely American topics: the 6 branches of the military,...

Welcome to episode #58. In this episode of Meanderings Juan and Kyrin discuss: getting investing advice from TikTok (don't do it!!!), becoming more perceptive of time in your mid 20's, shifting age of consent laws if we lived to 200, getting varied sources for your news and being 8 foot-nothing tall. As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out! Support the show

Pain is inevitable : suffering is optional . A quote popularised by Haruki Murakami is an old Buddhist saying and forms the basis of today's brief discussion to help everyone move forward. Another monday, another chance to sit within your mind or step outside of it and make things happen. Enjoy. If you want to check out the full podcast on pain, find it on your favourite podcast network or th...

Where does the responsibility of doctors lie, to reduce short-term pain or to increase the probability of long-term rehabilitation? This is one of the questions Juan and Kyrin ponder in this themed episode of 'Pain'. There can be many types of physical pain (psychogenic, phantom, acute, chronic, etc.,) as well as the addition of emotional pain (i.e,. pain not caused by an unpleasant phys...

Tamar Hela is an entrepreneur based in Shanghai and the COO of the digital agency Genius Encel. She helps Fortune 500 companies in Asia generate leads through LinkedIn and we were lucky enough to have a long discussion on all fronts including the key points to know when working with a foreign culture, what Shanghai is all about, how LinkedIn can help ALL businesses and many many more. Connect with...

Did Latinos discover that time is relative before Einstein? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and Kyrin discuss: the constant tardiness of hispanoamericans, the live and interactive components of future social media platforms and making friends with people from the places you want to travel to. As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out! Support the show

Never did you know the amount of wisdom that a new car can teach you (surely there is another Herbie movie in here somewhere). In this episode of Musings Juan and Kyrin discuss: Juan's learnings from buying a new car, asking a question only looking for praise or confirmation, methods for allowing mental resets and asking yourself how you can make the path to accomplishing your goals easier. A...

Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? The Mere Mortals crew on the first Wednesday 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, s...

What is the difference between shame & guilt? Find out within this themed episode, as Juan and Kyrin discuss the topic of 'Guilt'. Guilt is an emotional experience that occurs when a person believes (accurately or not) that they have compromised their own standards of conduct or violated universal moral standards. It can come in different forms (individual, socially imposed, collecti...

After 9+ years as the top performing agent in the speakers department at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), in October 2018, with a longtime client and now partner, Gary Vaynerchuk, Zach Nadler launched VaynerSpeakers. Zach Nadler is the CEO of VaynerSpeakers, a traditional speakers bureau built to help the modern event planner, consulting with organizations hosting events to help provide speakers tha...

How would your life change if you had 50,000,000 subscribers/followers on YouTube or the social platform of your choice? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and Kyrin keep it loose, following the path of wherever the conversation leads. We start off by answering the above question before going on to discuss the downsides of fame, why the education system is the only thing that almost e...

Are you being distracted by shit that doesn't even matter? In this episode of 'Musings' Juan and Kyrin start off with a discussion on prioritisation and delegation. This leads onto how to be an effective leader and making sure your subordinates don't become resentful. Some of the other topics we discuss are: getting out of a scarcity mindset, seeing your own hypocrisy/judgement...