Listen to one podcast each day! We're going to get our knowledge game on this week and explore some audio stimulation with some podcasts. Podcasts can be great tools for exploring different items you might be interested in, creating some creativity and internal conversation, or just a laid back background noise to stay focused. If you listen to podcasts already, be sure to put your two sense in below in the comments.
So each day you have to listen to at least one full podcast. It varies on which podcast you choose for certain lengths and obviously for certain episodes, but most vary anywhere between 30 mins to 3 hours. And trust me, you have plenty of options. There are thousands of podcasts for every topic that may interest you. If you don't know where to start, check out the top charts first and scroll through to see what you might like. Then maybe check out certain genre's and work your way to finding the right one. A few examples of podcasts I like are, Joe Rogan Experience, Bigger Pockets, Freakonomics, and Stuff you Should Know. I highly recommend these. Another good one people recommend often is Hardcore History. I've tried this one a few times and haven't really got into it. But I'm going to give it another shot this week and see how it goes. You obviously don't have to listen to the same podcast each day, mix it up. See what you like and don't like. I have found that the podcasters really influence which ones I stick with. I guess you have to like the person on the other end… This should be a fun one this week and you can do it while you work, so there's really no excuses. Can't wait to hear what you guys dive into! Have a blast and learn a few things!
REFLECTION: You can learn a lot from podcasts and that's exactly what I did this week. I did most of my podcasts in the car to and from work. I also listened while I cooked dinner and pre-packed my bags for the following day. I was able to listen to the Bigger Pockets podcast for real estate investing. I did a few episodes from The Joe Rogan Experience. I struggled through a Dan Carlin Hardcore History session for over three hours and ended the week listening to Stuff You Should Know about drug courts. I had an array of information to learn from and took my little nuggets from each episode.
One thing I do despise, is traffic. I'm currently on the east coast in Virginia beach so traffic isn't terrible comparative to what I'm used to in California, nevertheless, its still traffic. One thing that gets me threw it and keeps me calm are podcasts. I'll tell ya, if you didn't like this weeks challenge, you weren't listening to the right podcasts because the amount of information and hilarity that's out there is unlimited. To me it's as if you're reading five books at once with all the information you can take in. I'll give you one nugget as an example. While listening to Jesse Itzler on The Joe Rogan Experience, I received a basic education on why he does what he does. Jesse is an avid hunter and loves the experience, the chase, and sense of accomplishment of taking down an animal. Jesse isn't like most hunters though, he stands high above the others, not in his skill or shot, but his reasoning on his tradecraft. Jesse researches locations, animals, and stalks based on animal kingdom trends. He only kills invasive animals, or over populated locations, or maybe animals that are harming local herds or farmland. He doesn't hunt the white tail just because he can. He hunts for a purpose and the method behind the madness is unmistakable. It's remarkable the time and effort put into trips that Jesse partakes on and it was educational to learn his behind the scenes story with Joe. I was able to learn about food intake, hunting practices, and certain animals who are deemed invasive or classified pests. Some of us out there are vegetarians who despise meat eaters all together. I'll end it on this, if you continue to grow vegetables in farmland, where increased numbers of plants, lack of variety and inorganic farming practices thrive to feed the growing planet, our soil turns to unusable dust and its harming our planet in a different way. His point wasn't against vegetarians or meat eaters, it was the point to have a reason for what you eat and know where your food is coming from. And lastly, respect others and their own decisions. Maybe you don't know the whole story.