Weekly Audio Journal by Kevin Ly Social

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Consider the caterpillar, inching its way along a leaf. It is small, slow, and seemingly insignificant. But judge it not by its current state. For in due time, it transforms into a majestic butterfly, taking flight with wings vibrant with colour and beauty. Isn't this how our journey through life is? As C.S. Lewis wisely put it, "Isn't it funny h...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Have you ever experienced watching a small cloud eclipse the sun, casting a shadow that makes you feel as if the day has turned into night? It's a bit like stubbing your toe on a rock and suddenly feeling as if the whole mountain range is out to get you. This is what we call 'Pervasiveness,' one of Tony Robbins's notable 3 Ps . Let's unpack this....

Welcome back, seekers of wisdom and drivers of change. Today, let's challenge our perspectives on a rather under appreciated facet of personal growth - accountability. In our fast-paced world of fleeting connections, the deep, transformative power of an accountability partner often gets overlooked. Stephen R. Covey, an astute observer of human potential, brilliantly said, "Accountability breeds re...

Hey there, my friends. I'm inviting you into my personal space as I reflect on my week in this audio diary of mine. Let's gather 'round, break bread together, and share stories in this sacred space that we've created together. So, here's something that's been on my mind lately. I was watching this conversation between Mr. Beast and Lex Friedman, two people who I respect a lot. They were talking ab...

Hey there, my beautiful tribe. Lean in, because I'm inviting you into my weekly fireside chat, my audio chronicle of thoughts, ideas, and meanderings. We're all just on this journey together, right? Let me share with you something I stumbled upon not too long ago, a post from a person named Alex Hormozi, known for his little morsels of wisdom. This one, in particular, struck a chord - it was about...

Hey there, friends. It's that time again, and I'm grateful to have you all here with me as I share my thoughts in this week's audio journal entry. I've been mulling over our discussion from last week about bringing more fun into our lives. As I sit here in my cozy nook, sipping my warm tea, I can't help but notice the gentle hum of the city outside my window – the laughter of children playing in t...

Hey there, dear friends. Pull up a chair and join me as I reminisce on the events of the past week, unfolding through the pages of my worn-out journal. I came across a quote that struck a chord with me. It was by the ever-inspiring Richard Branson, who once said, "He who has the most fun wins." As I read those words, they danced around my mind, sparking something inside me. A curiosity, an urge to...

Hello, dear friends. Here I am, sharing another entry from the pages of my soul, in this, my weekly audio journal. Yesterday, as dusk settled and the last hues of the day gave way to a velvety night, I stumbled upon a poem by William Martin, one that whispered to me about the beauty of not asking our children to strive for extraordinary lives. The words leaped off the page, landing in my heart lik...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today a question echoing in the depths of my mind, one I believe we should all take a moment to ponder: What is your most leveraged activity? You know, those rare yet meaningful tasks that leave a lasting impact on our lives, the ones that we may have woven into our weekly tapestry or perhaps even stumbled upon in the past, only to discover the t...

Hello, beautiful souls. Gather 'round and lend me your ears, for I have a story to tell—a story of my ongoing journey through life and the wisdom that comes from both triumph and despair. This is my weekly audio journal, a place where I share my thoughts, feelings, and experiences with you, dear listener. Just the other day, as I sat in the warm embrace of the morning sun, sipping my steaming cup...

Hey there, it's great to be back with you all for my weekly audio journal. As I was sitting down to prepare for this episode, I came across a quote from the great Greek philosopher, Epicurus, that really caught my attention. It goes like this: "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." These words really...

Hey there, it's me, your favourite audio journal host. And today I want to share about the importance of having a red team in your life. I've realised that having a group of people who are willing to give you critical feedback can be the difference between success and failure. It's not always easy to hear, but it's essential to your growth and development. I'm talking about people who are unbiased...

Hey there, it's me again. Another week, another entry in my audio journal. Today, I stumbled upon an interesting piece by Farnam Street blog that got me thinking about the role of elevated standards in our lives. As I read through the article, I couldn't help but reflect on the times when I've worked with outliers - those exceptional individuals who seem to set the bar impossibly high for themselv...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal Today I'd like to share a piece by Sadhguru, "You are not the mind and you are not the body." He continues to share and explain, you are not the mind because if you had control of the mind, you could turn it off like a flick of a switch. It's either on or off but how many times have we caught ourselves. Coming up with thoughts that we desire or do...

Hello everyone welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I'd like to share a piece by Cory Muscara,"If you don't train your mind to appreciate what is good, you'll continue to look for something better in the future, even when things are great." "The belief that there is some future moments more worth our presence than the one we're in right now is why we miss our lives." These two quotes by Corey...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I'd like to share a concept and experience by Oliver Burkeman. This is an observation that many people seem to feel as if they start off each morning in a kind of productivity debt. Which they must struggle to pay off through the day in hopes of reaching a zero balance by the time evening comes. It's as if you need to justify your existence...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I'd like to talk about the Eisenhower two by two decision matrix. Lately I've been finding myself inundated with a lot of tasks and I've been getting lost in the process. So I recently revisited, the Eisenhower two by two matrix and that is grouping tasks into either: urgent and important, urgent not important, important not urgent and fina...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I have a quote by author and screenwriter Ray Bradbury, "Action is hope. At the end of each day when you've done your work, you lie there and think, well, I'll be damned I did this today. It doesn't matter how good it is or how bad you did it. At the end of the week, you'll have a certain amount of accumulation. At the end of a year, you lo...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I share a popular rule in the aviation industry, the 1 in 60 rule. Simply put the rule is that for every one degree you are off course, you end up being one mile off course after traveling 60 miles. Basically getting just one degree off course at the start will result you becoming farther off course the longer you travel. Every week at the...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I have a quote by John Steinbeck, "Life is like an empty field. With intention it becomes a garden, without it weeds and debris will take over. Something will grow either way, but it's your choice what takes root." Every day when I wake up I visualise my intentions. This gives me the strength, the confidence, the energy and more importantly...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I'm getting married and so I wanted to share the concept of marrying up. I'm very grateful and thankful to be marrying someone who's much more intelligent, smarter than I am. She is much stronger in ways that I am not. She excels in areas where my shortfalls are. I am grateful and thankful that I have a life partner like her. As I know she'...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal Today I have a quote from Tom Rath, "You cannot be anything you want to be, but you can be a lot more of who you already are." I think that a lot of what society has brought us up to think is to work on your weaknesses, to work on your shortcomings and regardless of where you are at. If you put your mind to it you can achieve anything. Yes if you...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I have a piece from Sahil Bloom's blog. There's a quote attributed to Mark Twain that I absolutely love, " It ain't what you don't know that gets you in trouble, it's what you know for sure, that just ain't so. We all walk through the world in a natural state of hard wired arrogance. It basically tells us that we are great and correct and e...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I have one of my favorite quotes from Victor Frankl, " Everything can be taken from a man, but one thing: the last of the human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. To choose one's own way." I believe I am quite lucky, I have my health, I have family, I have a loving partner, I have friends, I have work, I ha...

Hello everyone, welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I'd like to share a post by Alex Brogan, the inside outside view. We have a natural tendency to favor the inside view. Our own independent solutions to a problem that incorporates all of our hidden biases. To make better decisions, we should favor the outside view. One that incorporates the best available data. An inside view considers as a...