Weaver & Loom

As a global culture we are flooded with information, and with the more information we gather the more prone we are to paralysis. It is through repetition and continuous action that we are able to develop our skill set, our taste, and our ability to do great things--reading another book, watching another youtube video, and listening to another podcast (like this one) isn't getting you closer to you...

We all have dreams. And we all like to talk about them. It makes us feel good, warm and fuzzy. But sharing your dreams with others is a baaad idea.  There are one of FOUR things that will happen when you share what you plan on doing, and only one of them is good. The other three will take you out. Here are the four possibilities: 1) The think you are brilliant. You feel the praise and satisfaction...

Do you have a skewed view on adventure? Are you seeking the next high but are continually left disappointed?  In my new book, Anchored the Discipline to Stop Drifting, I share how we have idolized adventure into so kind of selfie snapping vacation on the beach... when true adventure is about hard work and hardship. Listen to this episode, and get the book, to break free from these limiting mindset...

Six years ago, 2013, my whole life changed. My western culture was confronted and I set out on a process, a journey, to better understand my culture, the culture of the Middle East--and how to life a focused life that wasn't merely busy, but a life that allowed me to achieve the results that I wanted to see. I began writing. And soon a collection of random thoughts developed into a theme. Begging...

Those who succeed are those who never turn back.  Here is a funny story of a great explorer who DID turn back . . . okay the story isn't FACTUAL . . . but it is TRUE. In fact it is a story most people live out every day of their life.  And be sure to catch the two take aways at the end of the episode for this week on making the impossible possible. Link to the satire article of Erik  https://lifes...

Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Fawziah al-Bakr, Annie Kenney and tens of thousands of other stood up (or sat down) for their rights. In this episode we don't focus so much on the courage and sacrifice that so many have made throughout history to fight for and defend civil rights... But we recount Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s words after his house was bombed. So many people are standing up...

For hundreds of years mankind tried to break a four minute mile. People tried everything to break the barrier... even had bulls chasing them.  Scientists said it would never be done. They said the human body couldn't survive due to lack of oxygen.  Sports experts said the conditions would have to be absolutely perfect.  Turns out that none of that was true...   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_...

For thousands of years slavery was an accepted part of human life. Until one day, William Wilberforce stood up and laid down his life to see the African Slave Trade abolished.  The problem is, even though William Wilberforce did the impossible . . . there is still over 40 million people in slavery today--one in four are children.  Are you willing to stand and make a difference with your life? http...

Everyone said human flight was impossible. Mankind had tried for thousands of years... then one the impossible became possible in the most unlikely of ways. The Wright brothers had everything going against them, and yet they didn't make excuses, instead they defied the impossible and changed history forever.  To read more--here are some links. http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/Aviations_...

When you are thrown back into your old environment if you aren't careful, it doesn't take long until you slip back into old habit. Yesterday (episode 77) we talked about some of why we can so easily slip back into old patterns and mindsets.  Today we talk about how to inoculate yourself so that you will sustain your transformational experience and continue to take leaps forward in your transformat...

Have ever had a life changing experience, whether is was a summer vacation, going off to uni, or an incredible weekend conference--but upon returning home you found yourself return to old life and thought patterns?  You were so certain that you had FINALLY gotten the breakthrough that was needed--but then in a matter of a few days it all vanished into thin air? If you have experienced that--then g...

What do you do when you have had a life changing experience . . . but all your friends back home are still the same? Maybe you went to University, maybe you took a trip, or moved to another city or country to work or study for a season . . . and you drastically changed. You no longer recognize yourself, you are a different person. But you go home, or call home, and everyone is carrying on with lif...

What do you do when you encounter people resistant to change? (Which was a questions asked by @m_xcii  on Instagram) In short--nothing.  Yeah nothing. Forget about people resistant to change. Instead find the others. Find the people who are seeking to make the same change you are. Some important links from this episode: The bell curve:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve Transgender Issu...

One of the listeners of Weaver and Loom, Abdullah , asked a question on change--and brought up some bad advice some of his friends have been giving him. Namely, don't change or you'll no longer be your true self. The memes, and quotes, and cliches of staying true to yourself and never changing is the most incredible amount of rubbish I've ever heard.  This line of thought is terrible on so many le...

There are three states of being we can live under. Curses: Do good get bad. Karma (Well REAL Karma is something different and we cover that): Do good get good, do bad get bad. Blessing: Do bad get AWESOME. (you know the first that seems to have everything turn to gold around her) We talk about which are you and I might be living under? And how to get to the BLESSING!    Until next time... Be a cha...

We received a question from Hamza Abdi, a listener of the show, asking what to do when we give YEARS to something, whether it be school, relationships, work . . . and then our lives pivot it can seem as if that past season is wasted. BUT New ideas come from the fusion of two old ideas. There are things, and disciplines of thought, relationships, and growth that we take on with us... and if apply t...

Ikigai is a popular buzz word that has been slapped onto a venn diagram.  I think it is "alright"--but suspicious of the fact that it is really a "Japanese Philosophy"--more like a Western idea/venn diagram made good by throwing an asian-zen-like-word on top of it.  Instead--we talk about three OTHER words that, ironically, also make up a venn diagram which can help you discover your purpose and d...

You are the sum average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. And if you want to grow, you might need to ditch some friends. It is undisputed that the environment which surrounds you determines how you will or won't be able to grow.  Often, people spend decades working on themselves, going form self help book to self help book wondering why they can't seem to get any progress--but they neg...

If you were a farmer, it would be foolish to plant at harvest time, plow in the middle of the season, or expect to harvest your crop in the when you should be are planting.  Yet, in other areas of our lives we mix up our season all the time. Know what season you are in--and order your life according to your season. If you fail to do so, you will end up frustrated and wondering why "nothing seems t...

We can fly (AKA live) only what we see . . . limiting ourselves to only flying when we can see and being stuck when storms and dark times come our way. OR we can learn to fly by what we don't see, but know, feel, believe, and TRUST to be true.  How do you fly?   Until next time... Be a change maker, weave your destiny, own the future.  Thank you for listening, and as always you can find me at: www...

There are three laws of Thermodynamics: The first law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system. (You were born with it in you) The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of any isolated system always increases. The third law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a system approaches a constant value as the temperature approaches absolute zero.   ...

  When creating anything, communicating anything, leading anything--we must ask and answer these two questions: Who is it for? What is it for? Then you must reflect and see if your actions are mapping to your audience and desired out come. Often times our action are mapping to a who and what that is very different than what we CLAIM we are building.  Until next time... Be a change maker, weave you...

We have the choice to live easy lives (Or lay down wishing they were easy), or the stand up and strive to overcome against all odds. Only you can choose who you want to be. No one else can make that choice for you. No one else can wake you up every morning and think, live, eat, work, love, care, act differently.  You are responsible. Period.  Be a change-maker, weave your destiny, own your future....

We have recently discussed how happiness is a choice... ...but is a choice that should never come at the expense of sweeping pain, suffering, wounds, offenses, hurt, bitterness under the rug. AKA--don't live in denial.  For you and I to be change-makers in the world, we must first become changed. That is--we need to become whole and healed individuals. Because you can't give someone something you...

Masses around the globe are pushing for personal freedom. Yet, and the masses step into greater levels of "freedom" it comes with the cost of losing sense of purpose, meaning, significance, and destiny.  The willful embrace of responsibility (for ourselves first, then those we are over, then those we relate to, and those we touch and then the world at large) leads us to to a deep sense of meaning...