The 365 Commitment Podcast focuses on helping people make and keep life changing commitments.
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Day 261 - What You Should be Doing?
Questioning the pressure to conform in marketing and business. Key Points: Guy Reams critiques being told "what you should be doing" in sales conversations. Focus on what the client wants: Be upfront about selling...
The concept of meeting new people and the potential impact they can have on our lives is explored. The importance of having an open mindset and being willing to engage with others is emphasized. The speaker shares...
Communication is an art form that involves the power of the spoken word to influence and persuade. Like any art form, it requires training, refinement, and experience. Great speeches, such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s...
In this conversation, Guy Reams discusses the concept of carbon footprint tracking and its implications. He highlights the role of companies in promoting carbon tracking as a subscription service to justify their...
The conversation explores the theme of technological upgrades over time, specifically focusing on the advancements in computer hardware, memory, and internet connections. The speaker shares personal experiences of...
Simplifying healthy eating by reducing portion sizes. Key Points: Guy Reams struggles with inflammation and understands the burden of processing food. He ponders the cellular impact of large meals, filled with...
The conversation explores the concept of resilience in the human body and how it handles harmful substances and toxins. It discusses the phenomenon of a cytokine storm, which is an excessive release of cytokines in...
This conversation explores the concepts of dramatic theory by Kenneth Burke and how they influenced the speaker's perspective. Burke's four master tropes - metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony - are discussed as...
Why humans use symbolic action and create hierarchies. Key Points: We use language (symbols) to communicate and create meaning. Large Language Models (LLMs) automate the process of symbolic classification. Kenneth...
The power of language and symbols in shaping our reality. Key Points: Introduction to Kenneth Burke, a lesser-known but influential thinker. Burke's concept of "All the World's a Stage": analyzing lives through...
Re-evaluating overly complex task management systems. Problem: Devoting excessive time to maintaining a complex task management system. Signs of Trouble: System requires constant upkeep and revision. Focus shifts from...
The conversation explores the concept of collective intelligence and the power of people working together. It uses the example of open source chess engine software, Stockfish, to demonstrate how a large community can...
