Resources and where to find them… – Brain Software Podcast (Ep 224)

You can be awesomely resourceful! We know, because we are...

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Introduction for Episode 224

I am resourceful! And you are too! So keep watching...

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Think Tank Words for This Episode

  1. COLLEAGUE
  2. DECIMATION
  3. SUFFICE

Show Notes for Episode 224

  •  Anything in your own personal history or things you have access to...
  • A resource: An experience, thing, or mind-set that is useful in some context or other...
  • Resourcefulness is a very powerful skill, usually broad-based
  • Sometimes a rain poncho is a source of water! It's a good model for problem solving...
  • We can fail to notice our own resources, depending on whether we're zooming in or out
  • If you zoom in too much on your life, you'll get distortions...
  • Having many available resources puts the Law of Requisite Variety on your side!
  • Wm Wood gave us great information on noticing naturally occurring trances...
  • Physical resources: Survival stuff, weapons, shelter, medical supplies, vitamins food, books, wine, etc.
  • Physical conditioning counts for much! Make sure you can rescue yourself and someone your own size in an emergency...
  • Hand-to-hand skills and outdoor skills can be very useful. Orientation skills too...
  • Why did they change Jarts and make them pointless?
  • Resources can be people! Friends, family, colleagues...
  • "One day I'll do this..." Good now, is better than perfect never! (Ken Sweatman alert)
  • Cultivate real friends...they'll be people who have your back covered!
  • Resources can be employees and employers...
  • Too many plates spinning will make it easy to forget important things!
  • Working within your strengths is resourceful! 
  • Family members who aren't insane, unless insanity becomes a resource...
  • Find experts! Bank managers, librarians, fitness coaches, chefs, hypnotists...
  • We need leaders and mentors! Connect with those who've gone further than you...
  • "My fee never changes, unless I dispense with it entirely" - Sherlock Holmes
  • Mandel Triangle - Confidence, Congruence, Intention...
  • A logical mind helps you counter junk science...
  • The Royal Commission of Louis 16th to investigate Mesmer was the first use of a double-blind study!
  • Stable emotions are a resource!
  • A powerful imagination! Good for creativity. Dark humour is a staple of the British Military...
  • Spider sense and situational awareness...
  • Free time is a resource so you can use the time to sleep, if you want...
  • The ability to switch-off and go into downtime...
  • State control through NLP or breathing shifts...
  • The thumb is the anxiety reducer in Jin Shin Jyutsu...
  • Curiosity is an excellent resource!
  • Let go of the past! It's over now.
  • The great pickle spear story! Let it go!!!
  •  Rapport skills to build bridges to other people!
  • Fire the dix from your life!
  • Literacy and intelligence are great resources!
  • It fell from the table or off the table. It didn't fall off of the table!
  • Toxic people like energy drainers are exhausting!
  • Beware the whiners and complainers! They're anti-resources!
  • People who live at effect instead of at cause are anti-resourceful...
  • Chronic losers! They never learn, and don't even care about not learning.
  • Beware the people who always forget their wallet when you go out for dinner
  • Mooches are anti-resource people! They take, take, and take...
  • Karl Smith is the most direct and awesome person to go to a restaurant with!
  • Beware of running out of time! Use your decision making resource...
  • Chris has the Arnold S. resource and it's a 10/10!
  • Apathy is even worse than procrastination...
  • Use your potential for the benefit of other people! 
  • Addictions can dick you up! Maybe they're just habits...
  • Unforgiveness is one of the worst anti-resources! It can make you sick...
  •  Watch out for regret. It can be paralyzing and demotivating..                                 


Empowering Questions: What resources have I just become aware of because of this podcast...and what anti-resources are a liability...and what am I going to do about it...now..?

Metafive: The merry-go-round and the little girl

Ending: Reverse Engineering

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