Thriving The Future Podcast

<p>What we are planting this year - including some surprises.</p> <p>Why Do We Garden?</p> <p> - Why do we plant this year?</p> <p> - Grow our own healthy food!</p> <p> - Gardening provides a therapeutic and prayerful respite and reset in our day.</p> What new things we are planting this year:</p> <p> - Milpa - Mix of multiple...

<p>Continuing our site survey of a friend's land - an off-grid property. We focus on what we would plant on this property to stabilize soil, improve "curb appeal" on the SE facing slope, and provide perennial vegetables and medicinals for animal and humans. We want things that look good at different times a year.</p> <p>Perennial vegetables</p> <p>Perennial vegetables...

<p>Detailed site survey for an off grid property.</p> <p>For our April workshop we did a property walk and site survey on a friend's land. His goal is to turn this into an off grid property. We include clips of some of the on-site brainstorming conversations.</p> <p> - 3 Acre lot in NE KS. Currently pasture with trees (hedge, oak, hackberry, cedar) along the S side, w...

<p>We plan out a Permaculture Site Survey</p> <p>"No one is an expert , but we are still going to Get Stuff Done" #GSD</p> <p>For our April community workshop, we plan out a site survey to evaluate and give some feedback on a friend's land.</p> <p> - 3 acres in NE KS</p> <p> - Approach it from "would we buy this land?"</p> <p> - How...

<p>Continuing the discussion on the "How" to start and maintain a community</p> <p> - What do you do when it all goes wrong with your community?</p> <p> - How to surround yourself with people who benefit others as well as benefit themselves (Win/Win) rather than Hapless people.</p> <p> - Note that you do NOT want to only surround yourself with people just...

<p>How crypto can help you to #Thrive in the tough times ahead.</p> <p>“HODLing is for chumps!” - Perpend.</p> <p>Why Crypto?</p> <p> We talk about the Why - the base concepts of Money, Value, and determining what is Fair Value.</p> <p> The basics of cryptocurrency, what it is really for (it's purpose was not for HODLing).</p> <p> H...

<p> #FreeYourMindset. </p> <p>"You are not defined by what you do, but who you are, and what community you belong to."</p> <p>Continuing our series about how to create and live an intentional life, this is a follow up up to Ep. 4 - Diary of a Wage Slave, Ep. 5 - Living an Intentional Life, and even ties together our Side Hustle episodes.</p> <p>We start wi...

<p>Thriving The Future Podcast Ep.19 - Who Can You Trust?</p> <p>What does it mean 'To be a man of your word?'</p> <p>We talk about Faith vs. Trust. Duty. Responsibility.</p> <p>In the past, you didn't have to ask what it meant to be a man of your word, because they knew. And they knew because they had shared values. You ask that now and no one knows becau...

<p>How you thrive in a war zone, or anywhere else, depends on your mindset.</p> <p>See the KS flag superimposed over the Ukrainian flag above? Are we virtue signaling, showing solidarity, or pointing out something else? Listen and find out.</p> <p>The Clowns started a war in Ukraine. Now what are you going to do? How will you Thrive in this situation?</p> <p&...

<p>When times gets tough (1930's Depression kind of tough), how will you treat the Clowns?</p> <p>The Clowns are at the gate. What will you do?</p> <p>How do you determine who to help and who not to help?</p> <p>How do you build community in this situation?</p> <p>Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/clown-world </p>

<p> The Consumer Mindset is Pervasive. </p> <p>Examples of the Consumer Mindset</p> <p> - Planned obsolescence</p> <p> - Fear of missing out (FOMO)</p> <p> - Confusing Needs and Wants</p> <p> - Buying stuff to make yourself fell better</p> <p> - Why are you buying gifts?</p> <p> - Buying gifts as a proxy for...

<p>We answer questions from listeners about our community.</p> <p> - Workshops</p> <p> - Seed swap</p> <p> - Maintaining a community</p> <p> - Perpend also shares about his recent visit to a monastery and what he learned about community on that trip.</p> <p>It's important that we just do what we are doing, and people join of filter...

<p>We discuss Solzhenitsyn and Havel and how to thrive in the tough times ahead. Also the culture of the barter blanket and how to fit that into your community.</p> <p> Warning - This is a tough conversation and may challenge your worldview. </p> <p>There is a lot of online chatter about "we are being shut out/shut down; we need to build a parallel economy!"</p>...

<p>Why resolutions fail, but living an intentional life will succeed.</p> <p>Intentional Life vs. Resolutions -</p> <p>It is several weeks into the New Year and statistics, and personal experience, show that most of you have given up on your resolutions. That's because you are approaching it as a task and not adopting it as a mindset and core identity.</p> <p...

<p>Tips to overcome Imposter Syndrome and the Toolbox Fallacy</p> <p> Imposter Syndrome </p> <p>That self doubt, as an entrepreneur that you are not good enough or not an expert. It results in cutting yourself short, in pricing, in boldness, in success and thriving.</p> <p>Everyone at some time struggles with Imposter Syndrome. From the entrepreneur to the...

<p>Everything is a tradeoff, especially with others.</p> <p>"There are no solutions, only tradeoffs." - Thomas Sowell</p> <p> - What are tradeoffs?</p> <p> - Perfect can become the enemy of the good.</p> <p> - 8 forms of capital mindset - "Your gold is not our gold".</p> <p> - You lost your job. Time for some self evaluation and des...

<p>Side Hustles - Failure is an Option! </p> <p>- Side hustles transition you from paycheck mindset to entrepreneur mindset. </p> <p>- Definition of success </p> <p>- Did I accomplish my intention? </p> <p>- Exit strategy </p> <p>- Side hustles are for children or for transition (?!) </p> <p>- What about building a busin...

<p>In Episode 6, Scott and Perpend start a series about Side Hustles. </p> <p>- The market is not saturated ! You just have to compete for attention.</p> <p>- Providing value uses the 8 forms of Capital (experiential, intellectual, social).</p> <p>- "The more value you give them, the more they owe you, and they know this subconconsciously".</p> <p...

<p>Do you live an intentional life? Do you have a roadmap? Have you defined your goals and designed your life (including your finances) around those goals?</p> <p>In Episode 5, Scott and Perpend share some listener feedback from the previous episode.</p> <p>We take the next step in helping our friend Will in conducting a personal inventory, and we share tips for livin...

Is your identity defined by your job? When someone asks you "what do you do?", do your answer "I am a..."? <p> What does your perfect day look like? Probably not like your current job. Yes, really.</p> <p> Take the first step to free your mind.</p> <p> In Episode 4, Scott and Perpend discuss the "wage slave" mindset and begin a series where they brainstorm how to help...

Episode 3 - You are More Wealthy Than You Think. In Episode 3 of Thriving The Future podcast, Scott and Perpend look at wealth and the 8 forms of Capital and how to utilize those to enrich your life. Financial Capital Material Capital Living Capital Social Capital Cultural Capital Intellectual Capital Experiential Capital Spiritual Capital Episode Website: ThrivingTheFuture Ep.3 - You Are More Wea...

In Episode 2 of Thriving The Future podcast Scott and Perpend talk about developing a skills based mindset. "If you want to thrive, live life, do what you intend - develop a skills based mindset. Skills will help you thrive rather than just survive." Length 31:02 Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/podcast-ep2-skills-over-stuff

In Episode 1 of the Thriving The Future Podcast, Scott and Perpend talk about what makes community work, intentional community, and building parallel systems. Length – 28:28 What is community? It’s not what you think. What is necessary for successful community: Worldview Skin in the game/Proof of Work Proximity Common purpose Common culture Intentional community Building parallel systems Episode w...