Victor Ristea

The Calmest Place on Mars

Thoughts that might help you live a happier and more fulfilling life, in an audio form

Author

Victor Ristea

Category

Education

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Latest episode

Oct 22, 2025

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Episodes

Don't let the people you LOVE (or your kids) do things that you HATE. 24.07.2019

It's a simple concept so that nobody becomes hateful and resentful.

15 Quick Tips for an Awesome Life 19.07.2019

Cutting the long explanation this time to provide you with 15 actionable steps to increase the quality of your life

3 Unreasonable Steps for Mental Clarity 17.07.2019

Discussing a few hacks to living a more meaningful, relaxed and fruitful existence.

The Future of the Job Market and the Universal Basic Income 16.07.2019

Discussing the July McKinsey USA Job Report and pretending that everything is sweet and dandy. Automation is not something we should fear, but something we should adapt to.

On Dogs & Focus 06.07.2019

There are many things dogs can teach us. One of the most underrated lessons is their amazing capacity to focus on what they desire.

The "Dream Job" Triangle 24.06.2019

Discussing what usually seem to be the most important categories when picking a career.

Building the Religion of Good - Lessons from the Sikhs 23.06.2019

It's in our duty to try and find the most suitable system that can lead to the greater good and reduce the misery. Here are a few ideas from the Sikh dogma that I believe can help achieve that.

Resistance vs Rejection 22.06.2019

Discussing the differences, similarities and how to deal with resistance and rejection in business, personal life and friendships.

Career advice: I want to be an author, not the guy who is writing the book 17.06.2019

Discussing one of the major pitfalls when picking a career. We're romanticising certain options, such as entrepreneurship or being a lawyer, because we just love the sound of that profession.

How to: Goal setting that does not suck 16.06.2019

Discussing about bullet Journaling and how to do it fast so that you will have more clarity and more time to do what has to be done.

Clubs - why do we enjoy listening to somebody else's Playlist? Certainty vs Uncertainty. 10.06.2019

Chaos vs order, certainty vs uncertainty. We're discussing how you need a couple things to enjoy good music in a club: know the song that's playing right now and don't know the song that's coming up next. That's why shuffle was such a hit.

What I am doing with my life - 10 30 days challenges for this year 05.06.2019

Discussing my plans of building new habits using gamification and challenges. Will probably talk extensively about education and masturbation. Hurray.

How much car should I buy? 02.06.2019

Discussing how much of your annual income you should spend when buying new wheels. Enjoy!

Listen if depressed, ill, hate your life or you have bad luck. 23.05.2019

Listen if depressed, you have bad luck, you are depressed, you feel down, you are not in a good place mentally or you are ill.

How to Pick a Career - The 100 Jobs Exercise 21.05.2019

This was long overdue, as many of us find ourselves stuck after we finish our degrees. Universities and education in general do not teach us practical skills. Such as finding a job

How Women Know You Like Them 13.05.2019

Really loved talking about this subject with a friend of mine. How to show intent and how much of it to show? How to set a date and how to properly show interest?

"There are no good people left" - Debunking myths 11.05.2019

Shining a light, using basic mathematics of how incredibly small of a reach even a famous person has. Discussing the different tribes and how there is always a tribe for you.

What Women/Men want in Relationships 09.05.2019

Discussing the main thing people want in their relationships and annoying everybody. It's a good day.

Debunking 3 Relationship Myths: No contact, relationship equity and who should text more. 04.05.2019

Using some of my experience and certain studies to discuss some science behind proper relationships. This is not me red pilling you, but sharing what works and what doesn't.

5+ tips to become better. Fast. 27.04.2019

Another series of tips and tricks that might help you achieve or at least come closer to your true potential.

Why I am throwing stuff away! - The 30 days minimalism challenge 21.04.2019

The goal is to reduce overwhelm, panic and ragain our peace of mind. How? By getting mindful with what you own, what you buy and what you do.

On being the perpetrator and quitting social media 20.04.2019

A short life update explaining where I am at and what I.m aiming to achieve. Also two important ideas on how we don't realize what drives us.

How we created laws and religion 11.04.2019

Oooh boy, here we go.

Getting Unstuck when feeling like you can do better 07.04.2019

What happens when you find yourself procrastinating because you feel like the work you are putting out at this moment is not the best that you can do and how to deal with this feeling.

How Monsters are created 03.04.2019

Discussing some of the ideologies that are plaguing today's society and how they try to shift the narrative, using oppression tactics. It's your duty to speak out against tyrannh

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