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Always Do

by Scott Nicoll

The ALWAYS DO Podcast with me, Scott Nicoll, ventures into my life and the journey of the struggle - from a lost, stuck, overthinking drinker who took zero action to finding health, happiness and all the answers in always doing. (And wealth soon to come). Ramblings about all things a beginning entrepreneur might face (I'm just getting started) and how to stop thinking, just start and always do. It's everything I've learned along the way: mindset, self-love, healing, health, fitness, eating right, daily habits, reading (lots of reading), productivity hacks...and to niche down. Well, maybe.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 82: Be a Surfer

    Everything in life comes in waves. Not seasons. Life goes up and down, forever, and it’s all about how you navigate both the ups and the downs. Join my FREE newsletter: https://scottrnicoll.com/always-do/Free Audible Trial: https://www.audibletrial.com/scottrnicoll

  2. Episode 81: What Muay Thai Taught Me

    No one ever tells you WHY you need to do hard shit. They just tell you to do hard shit. This episode dives into the reason behind doing the thing that you don't want to do.

  3. "Purposeful Travel" and Why It's Different

    The main idea is not going or staying in a place that you like or even moving around from place to place, but it's going to a place that you can leverage to change, or help you change, a specific part of yourself: your discipline, schedule, learning to be free, embracing creativity, focusing on…

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  4. Ep. 79—The NEW WAY to Find Your Passion

    There are two new ways to EASILY find your passion: 1. Start making content 2. Use AI with the help of my Operating System Questions

  5. What Happened When I Let AI Rebuild My Life?

    I leave in 7 days to rebuild my life from scratch in Chiang Mai. I'll be sharing my journey to see if AI knows anything about redesigning a life. In this episode, I talk about why I believe AI is the most powerful tool of our generation, how I’m using it to reset everything, and what happens…

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  6. Episode 77: Benefits of Journaling (AI dissects my article)

    I've written a lot of articles in the past and not everyone wants to read them, so using AI, I'm turning the articles into short, convenient podcast episodes. This one is about the benefits on journaling. In the article, I provide a FREE PDF to get you started with journaling today:...

  7. Episode 76: Order and Chaos?

    You are "good" AND "evil."

  8. Episode 75: 21 Lessons from 200 Books

    I Read 200 Books—These 21 Lessons Will Transform Your Life!

  9. Episode 74: Your Fear Is Boring!

    “My fear never had anything more interesting or subtle to offer than that one emphatic word, repeated at full volume on an endless loop: “STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP!” Which means that my fear always made predictably boring decisions, like a choose-your-own-ending book that always had the same ending:...

  10. Episode 73: "The Shower Effect"

    “THE SHOWER EFFECT”: It’s caused by NOT THINKING!!! - More creative ideas during moderately engaging activities. - Boring activities lead to problem solving. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-04894-001https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jocb.126

  11. Episode 72: The Million Dollar Challenge

    What would you say the percentage is that you can make $1 million, starting today? 1%? 5%? 20? What would that percentage be if I told you that you, and everyone you love, would be killed if you didn’t earn $1 million one year from now?

  12. Episode 71: Procrastination—What Am I Waiting For?

    “The more something threatens your identity, the more you will avoid doing it.”—Mark Manson AND...the more you avoid it, the more it controls you!

  13. Episode 70: Kill The Rationalizer!

    There's only one thing stopping you from change...

  14. Episode 69: Aretê Is Everything

    Most importantly, we need to see that THE WORLD IS A MIRROR TO THE QUALITY BEHIND YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION, not just your focus.

  15. Episode 68: Night Walk and Talk

    Just a late-night walk and some thoughts about STARTING SOONER and finding what you LOVE.

  16. Episode 67: AI Does Ayahuasca

    I put my Ayahuasca article into Google’s Notebook LM and it gave me this… https://scottrnicoll.com/ayahuasca-retreats-a-complete-guide/For useful practical advice each week, sign up for my free newsletter: https://scottrnicoll.com/always-do/

  17. Episode 66: "The PULL"

    Social media distracts even when you're not on it...

  18. Episode 65: STOP Setting Goals Until You Do This!

    STOP SETTING GOALS UNTIL YOU ARE ABOVE AVERAGE ON THE BASICS! I think this explains why people fail when starting new habits or routines: they completely gloss over the basics. IMPORTANT: I am not saying that you shouldn’t do the thing you want to learn. You should, 100%. But the only goal should...

  19. Episode 64: “Wanna Bet?”

    The Value of "Wanna Bet?" When someone challenges our beliefs, it (hopefully) triggers a reaction causing us to take stock of what we really know, and don’t know. “It frequently happens that a man delivers his opinions with such boldness and assurance that he appears to be under no apprehension…

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  20. Episode 63: The “Therapy” of a Daily Vlog

    Post daily videos, you’ll be happy you did for many reasons: You’ll have a portfolio Your passions will emerge naturally because you’ll have to find something you can talk about each day. You’ll attract your tribe. You’ll build relationships with “like-hearted” people. You’ll get corrected (maybe...

  21. Episode 62: STOP the Self-Love

    “The first step in healing anything is taking full accountability. It is no longer being in denial about the honest truth of your life and yourself. It does not matter what your life looks like on the outside; it is how you feel about it on the inside. It is not okay to be constantly stressed,...

  22. Episode 61: Trouble Falling Asleep?

    “Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day…Mother Nature's best effort yet at contra-death.”—Matthew Walker

  23. Episode 60: Life Laws

    “How do we know when we cross a truth or a truth crosses us? The truth, the answers are around us all the time. But we don't always grasp them, because we're not in the right place to. We have to make a plan.”—Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

  24. Episode 59: "Time Currency"

    What’s the one thing I can spend my time currency on, such that by spending it, I won’t regret how I spent it? What is the most valuable thing I can spend my time dollars on right now, such that by investing in it, I can eventually buy back more time? This is the short version of the episode.…

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  25. Episode 58: Micro-Lies

    Don't lie. Ever. Seriously.

  26. Episode. 57: Is this dust? I Value...

    “Does this fit my chosen values or those that others have selected for me? Is this dust or is it me?”—Jay Shetty

  27. Episode 56: Make Bad Content

    “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”—Seneca Sometimes, we make things so complicated. I loved making this podcast when I started, and when I stopped, I thought about it all the time, but when I started making episodes again, I complicated things with videos and other things that…

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  28. Season 2 - Ep. 55: We All Want To Be Someplace Else

    “Someplace else” is so relevant today because we all want to be someplace else other than where we are right now. Meditation, Journal, Stare at a wall, go for a walk with nothing Be intentional about what you do AND do hard shit because EVERYTHING in life is hard. This is my favorite annual…

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  29. Season 2 - Ep. 54: Ayahuasca: An Introduction

    “I came of age at a magical time…Our consciousness was raised by Zen, and also by LSD…Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there’s another side to the coin, and you can’t remember it when it wears off, but you know it. It reinforced...

  30. Season 2 - Ep. 52: Even Atomic Habits Doesn’t Tell You This Harsh Truth About Habits

    Atomic Habits never mentions the harsh reality of habits: Habits (almost) never stick the first time around. The only habit you’ll ever need to cultivate in your life is the habit of starting again. Atomic Habits by James Clear Can’t Hurt Me - Goggins...

  31. Season 2 - Ep. 51: Walk This Way!

    Leave your phone behind Have a THINKING STRATEGY Bring pen and paper Walk where it isn’t busy (nature) Notebooks: https://amzn.to/4ezlq0r Bic pens: https://amzn.to/3TD5lyN Post-its: https://amzn.to/3Zy3NtP

  32. Season 2 - Ep. 50: Digital Nomad Life Isn't for Everyone

    I hated digital nomad life. Here's why...

  33. Season2 - Ep. 49: I’m Back!

    Well...not much else to say other than I'M BACK! I'm back Stateside AND I'm back to making content, and I couldn't be more excited about the future.

  34. Ep. 48: Micro-losses

    Micro-losses are hurting you way more than you realize. Each time you don’t do what you say you are going to do, it is a vote for the person you don’t want to become.

  35. Ep. 47: The Law of Attraction Is…

    So I was reading this book, “Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting,” and it said this: All you have to do is get really excited about what you want and “that jazzed, stoked, turned on, happy, high-vibration you feel when you think about having it will eventually magnetize your want right smack into…

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  36. Ep. 46: The Power of Saying “I CHOOSE”

    “Take 100% responsibility for everything in your life. Everything.”

  37. Ep. 45: How to (literally) Slow Down Time

    Yes, you can slow down time. Here's how.

  38. Ep. 44: Here’s What Makes Me Angry

    Social media definitely has its downsides, so be careful who you listen to, especially with food and nutrition.

  39. Ep. 43: An Episode About Nothing and Everything

    Overwhelm, Fasting and No Internet

  40. Ep. 42: Is Obesity a Choice?

    What is choice? It is the conscious decision to do or not do something. Most people are unconscious. So is being unhealthy a choice? Yes and No. So many people are unconscious and when they become conscious they have to fight against decades of hardwired programming. AND THAT IS SO HARD.

  41. Ep. 41: No One Gives a Shit About You

    No one cares whether or not you show up and do what you say you are going to do. This is the biggest problem people have: they unconsciously outsource themselves to their situation, their excuses, or to other people.

  42. Ep. 40: Fail Faster So You Can Quit?

    Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. - Samuel Becket I’ve been thinking that the idea of “fail faster” might be harmful because it tells your brain that it is trying to fail, but I then realized that as cliche as it sounds, there really is not such thing as...

  43. Ep. 39: My First Newsletter and Imposter Syndrome

    “One thing we do know: Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment.” - Eckhart Tolle

  44. Ep. 38: The Secret to Habits

    Seriously, this is all you need to do to create habits, make progress, and change your life forever. It's so simple.

  45. Ep. 37: Cold Exposure and Why You Need To Do It

    By forcing yourself to embrace the stress of cold exposure as a meaningful self-directed challenge (i.e., stressor), you exert what is called ‘top-down control’ over deeper brain centers that regulate reflexive states. This top-down control process involves your prefrontal cortex – an area of…

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  46. Ep. 36: The Power of “Sprints”

    How are Sprints different from just dividing a goal into phases? Unlike phases, which are not ends in themselves, Sprints are independent, self-contained projects—thus the outcome is, let’s hope, a source of satisfaction, information, and motivation to keep going (or, as happened with my...

  47. Ep. 35: So What?

    What do you do when things don’t go the way you planned? When things go sideways?

  48. Ep. 34: Come Back Tomorrow

    Sometimes you need to walk away from something you are working on to gain a new perspective.

  49. Ep. 33: I’m 40 and It Feels So Good

    Age is just a number. But time isn’t.

  50. Ep. 32: The Habit of Habit Formation and Destruction

    “Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The ALWAYS DO Podcast with me, Scott Nicoll, ventures into my life and the journey of the struggle - from a lost, stuck, overthinking drinker who took zero action to finding health, happiness and all the answers in always doing. (And wealth soon to come). Ramblings about all things a beginning entrepreneur might face (I'm just getting started) and how to stop thinking, just start and always do. It's everything I've learned along the way: mindset, self-love, healing, health, fitness, eating right, daily habits, reading (lots of reading), productivity hacks...and to niche down. Well, maybe.

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