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

7 habits of highly stressed people: Proactive vs Reactive approach 07.08.2018

Discussing where the book 7 habits of highly effective people by Covey can help you and where it might actually hinder your progress. Remember, you can't control everything. So don't go crazy trying to do so.

Gamification: Live your life like a MMORPG. Goals as quests. 01.08.2018

An introduction into a personal system of questing that will put the fun back into goal setting and achieving new things. You don't get virtual rewards for it, you get some in the real world. You don't get levels or gear, but you become more successful and increase your wealth

Dealing with Addiction and Bad Habits - The 12 steps of AA 31.07.2018

Discussing the most well known method of dealing with addiction, the 12 steps method - where it falls short, with which steps I agree and how it can be improved.

3 lessons in Business and Real Estate 26.07.2018

3 incredibly useful tips that I learned over the last couple of months.

Do this to dramatically improve your life: Audio Journaling 25.07.2018

A quick start guide on audio journaling, the habit that can help you 100x your life. What it is, how to do it and some ideas of prompts. Enjoy!

Playing the Game or Nah? 20.07.2018

The 3 ways of courting attention and organising your social media presence.

5 Wacky Tips for a Better Life 19.07.2018

Our quality of Life is predicated on the quality of strategies that we are using. Discussing today 5 easy to digest tips to better your routine.

The S topic (don't get overly excited, it's Stocks) 18.07.2018

Small Cap Stocks, what are they, where do they come from, are they a good investment idea? Building on personal finance advice to give you my 2 cents.

Rich Dad Mentality 16.07.2018

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki, unbiased book review. Discussing the main takes and why this book is relevant today more than ever.

On Failure 14.07.2018

What is the easiest way to feel failure? Why do we fail like we failed? Wouldn't it be better to feel successful every day? Answering to all of that and more. Also, Twenty one pilots hype, the song is an instrumental cover of Jumpsuit. Give it a listen.

A Tale of brotherly love 13.07.2018

Congratulations Scott Niedermayer for having his jersey retired by both Ducks and the Devils.

How to put order back into your life 12.07.2018

When things get rough what is the best way to put your life back in order? Do this after you had a bad or unproductive day: Clean up your room!

A King's value - LeBron & contracts in sports 10.07.2018

Discussing LeBron contract & why he got offered so much by the Lakers and how you can copy his strategy.

How to come on top of every social interaction? The art of the Deal, unbiased book review. 09.07.2018

Find out about a technique that Donald Trump deployed since his early days of business making in order to turn any bad situation into a positive one.

The 51st LAW, the law of decay 07.07.2018

Why focused attention matters or why you should fix that damn light switch now better than never

The best kind of therapy? The one that works for you. - Friday Mind Dump 06.07.2018

What should you try when feeling down Meditation, NLP, psychotherapy, medication? We're exploring the answers in the episode today

Your brain on porn: Buy my private Snapchat 04.07.2018

Sensual Wednesday - we're talking about how habits are formed, addiction, internet porn and how you're one click away from it while browsing Instagram

"Dropout & get schooled" or the mild manifesto? Unbiased book review #2. 02.07.2018

In this week's unbiased book review I am once again blessing you with a controversial review of a generally acclaimed book. Enjoy!

1, 2, 3... too many?! 01.07.2018

The power of limiting our choices.

Is Pokémon Go a valid way of exercising? 30.06.2018

I'm a Slow Poke on this one, arguing for and against using Pokémon Go to clock in your daily steps.

Daniel Goleman - Emotional Intelligence unbiased book review 24.06.2018

A discussion about Goleman's Goliath of a book and why you might want to think twice before raising your child using it.

There's no such thing as a dragon 20.06.2018

Or why we have to deal with the small issues in our life, before they turn into resentment and ultimately hell

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