Polymathic Being Podcast

Today's topic shares insights from Lean Six Sigma on the difficulty in overcoming the slow degradation of performance through entropy. We’ll explore a few key insights into how to prevent this both professionally and personally. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic is a heterodox position that looks at what most people miss about the power within the idea of reincarnation. We’ll uncover how reincarnation is what Atheists are missing, what Christians could gain from it, what simulation theorists see, and what almost all religions aspire to. Let’s dive in! Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic is a fun twist on achieving personal and professional success. We introduce the idea of inversion, which is looking at a problem from a different perspective to understand better what we’d like to avoid or achieve to ensure technological or psychological success. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic introduces one of the most notable scientific societies on the planet and then considers their motto, "Take Nobody's Word for it,” as a rallying cry as we explore the world around us. Join as we discover the power of incredulity, tools to separate fact from fiction, and methods to improve our knowledge. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic steps back and looks at a crazy juxtaposition within the humans living right here on our own Earth. From Skyscrapers to the Jungle and from Rocketships to Sharpened Sticks, what would an alien think if they looked down and viewed Homo Sapiens? Let’s take a look… Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic addresses a critically underappreciated challenge regarding how we view a Hero’s Journey. While the journey is classically masculine-focused, it misses the unique opportunity to understand, appreciate, and embrace a Heronine journey that develops the strength and capabilities of the feminine. Let’s explore the movie Encanto and see that it embodies a powerful Heroine Journey. Get ful...

Today's topic flips the script on anxiety and shows how much of what we fear is more in our imagination than in reality. At at time when mental health is collapsing, let’s look at the key drivers of anxiety, whether we are focused on the right threats, and uncover a few tools we can apply to counter the b******t. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic challenges that adage “Work smarter, not harder.” Let’s explore why that idea isn’t wrong, per se, but incomplete, especially when advising the younger generation on how they can be successful. Work Hard; Get Smart changed my perspective and compelled me to reevaluate my approach to being smart. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic peers into a challenge that limits our success both professionally and personally. It’s the prenicious tendency to say the right things, but the failure to do what you say. Let’s look at how to fix this by establishing disciplined execution for true success. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Welcome to Polymathic Being , a place to explore counterintuitive insights across multiple domains. These essays explore common topics from different perspectives and disciplines to uncover unique insights and solutions. Today's topic investigates our addiction to fear and how people leverage that addiction to drive engagement, similar to pornography. While it’s not a new problem within the human...

Today's topic dives deep into the challenges of diversity. We’ll examine the idea of judging a fish by its ability to climb a tree and consider how many aspects of life impose artificial expectations that prioritize climbing a tree as the only valuable outcome. Finally, we’ll explore some insights for embracing true diversity, even when it’s uncomfortable, so that you can unlock exceptional outcom...

Today's topic explores the power of answering the “why” in tasks and analyses, while also identifying how subversive that question can be to many leaders who never ask it or, worse, are successful because they don’t ask it. Let’s dive into the crazy world of a single-word question and find out how to use it to our success. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic applies the Polymathic mantra of Learn, Unlearn, and Relearn to the wicked problem of Polio. We start by defining the multiple types of polio, exploring the multiple attack vectors, the multiple confounding considerations, and the multiple incentives to understand better how we’ve come up with such a singular and simple story about this disease. Get full access to Polymathic Being at...

Today's topic is a fun twist to introduce better ways of thinking. It’s another collaboration with Andrew Perlot from Socratic State of Mind and borrows from his insights on how to be miserable while weaving together solutions for that misery. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic is Part Eight in the Keys to Innovation series and introduces a method to achieve innovation without losing ourselves to the chaotic space of ideation. Join us and explore a framework that embraces constraints to drive innovation, not restrict it. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic digs into a powerful Mixed Mental Arts concept that underpins Polymathic Being: the ability to Learn, Unlearn, and Relearn. We’ll look at what each of these concepts means and how to unlock incredible capabilities when you weave them together. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic  rethinks our focus on work-life balance and shows how that sequence is completely backward. We’ll also examine how ikigai, a Japanese philosophy of purpose and fulfillment, is misapplied. Then, we will turn it all around and show how success is balancing life before work while uncovering true ikigai. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic investigates the very real world of Psychological Operations that you are exposed to every day. Thankfully, we’ll also explore a series of tools you can apply to ensure you don’t fall victim to a PSYOP and can start having better conversations. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic  takes a look at a pernicious element of modern feminism: our expectation that women work the same as men. Yet, is this an advantage for women, or are we regressing in how we treat women? These expectations feed the rat race, and yet we call it progressive; let’s find out if that’s true. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today’s Topic covers an aspect of Polymathic Thinking that is often overlooked. Let’s dive in and see how our skills are formed by the sum of our experience, not just the most prestigious. Today is a nostalgic review of how many things I learned while waiting tables in college. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic wrangles with the very misunderstood philosophy of Stoicism and how it provides an antidote to the craziness of the world today. We’ll explore what Stoicism really is, how it underpins the philosophy of Polymathic Being, and how you can use it to create stability, regain agency, and properly contextualize the world. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subsc...

Today's topic questions what trends online and why we reward that behavior. Buckle in as we dive into the world of algowhoring and find out how it perverts a very normal and healthy human behavior. You’ll walk away with a better understanding of the social media landscape and new tools you can use to make it better. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today’s topic is Part Seven in our Keys to Innovation series, where we explore new ways of thinking to unlock true innovation. This key proposes a new model for critique that leverages our social superpower and builds ideas together to create a better idea. Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic looks straight into the diet of Veganism and finds some uncomfortable truths. We’ll look at how natural it is, whether it can be achieved without first-world technology, and what it means globally. Buckle in for an adventure! Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe

Today's topic  resulted from a serendipitous encounter on an Airplane, which created the seed of an idea: We don’t need to do everything ourselves. Join us as we explore a confluence of ideas from psychology, sociology, leadership, and current culture, which we’ll weave into actionable insights for success in life.  Get full access to Polymathic Being at www.polymathicbeing.com/subscribe