“If you are going to change the world, it will be from leveraging your strengths; if you are going to achieve healthy relationships and inner peace, it will be from managing your weaknesses.”
   - Kyle Parton

  In this episode, we want get unpack the idea of stacking the deck in your favor in order to achieve your goals. In a game of cards, perhaps stacking the deck is frowned upon; however, to get where you want in life, this is incredible advice. 

  How do pro sports teams, elite military units, or life-saving surgical teams accomplish such feats? Simple: They all stack the deck. They each know and use their strengths and surround themselves with others who add to their deck. 

  This episode aims to get you in the right mindset to lean into your strengths and find an environment where those strengths are encouraged and your weaknesses can be covered by the strengths of another. No one can do it all, and we shouldn't have to. There is a world full of people out there who WANT to help you; you need only find them and ask.

“My comfort zone is like a little bubble around me, and I've pushed it in different directions and made it bigger and bigger until these objectives that seemed totally crazy eventually fall within the realm of the possible.”  - Alex Honnold

  In this episode, we wanted to talk about our comfort zones and how they can become stumbling blocks. We learn a bit about world record-setting free climber Alex Honnold, the science behind finding your proper "zone of arousal", also know as the Yerkes-Dodson Law (which translates into how and why we leave our comfort zones), and we hear some words from Denzel Washington on taking risks and falling forward. 

  You'll hear some reasons that often keep us in our comfort zone and then some beneficial mindsets that can help you overcome the stresses locking you inside. 
  

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” 
                                                                                                                  – Edmund Burke

In this episode, We learn about Edmund Burke and the importance of failing often, and we hear from Alibaba founder, Jack Ma who thanks his many failures for his long-term success.

 We talk about how our mistakes, and the mistakes of others, are our biggest assets in the pursuit of our goals and in a fulfilling life. Understanding that learning from these mistakes and having a growth mindset can philosophically and biologically help us grow is important in our professional endeavors and in our relationships. 

No one has time to make every mistake there is to be made, and we shouldn't waste our time even if we did. Taking ownership of our mistakes and applying what we've learned from ourselves and others is the most direct way to improve our efforts and make our lives work for us.  We cannot let our failures or the fear of embarrassment stop us from trying.