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Life Workshop
by Mo Nazari
At the Life Workshop, we explore and spark curiosity around the topics that shape our everyday lives. We believe in the power of the 80/20 principle—focusing on the 20% of effort that delivers 80% of the results—so you can achieve more with less.
Episodes
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S3E9 Call to Prayers
People often appreciate different music, dance, and food, but not different ideologies. I did not leave Iran to come to Iran. As civilized people, we solve our differences by trying to understand each other, not bombs, like Pete Hegseth. To solve our differences, we need to think logically and...
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S3E8 Social Democracy
I believe a country should be run more like a company. In a company, the CEO is chosen by a board of directors who understand the job, know the candidates, and have a process for evaluating them. A leader's most important quality should be the ability to lead. If they have some minor flaws…
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S3E7 Political Democracy
The pilot flying your plane is not chosen by a vote from the passengers. So why should the leader of a country be chosen by everyone living in it? Would you rather have a small number of well-informed votes or a large number of uninformed ones? Is quality more important than quantity? I believe...
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S3E6 Entertainment and Excitement
Entertainment is when you're fully focused on what's happening right now. You're not thinking about the past, the future, or everything going on around you. This is often called being in a state of flow. Excitement is a form of entertainment that boosts your energy and stirs your emotions. Happy...
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S3E5 Social Media Addiction
If you just go through life “going with the flow,” you might end up somewhere you never even wanted to be. It’s better to live intentionally — make your own big decisions, and save the “go with the flow” mindset for smaller things. What matters most is not how much other people like you, but how...
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S3E4 Why am I suing my bank
We all make mistakes. The real question is what we choose to do afterward. Will we use those mistakes as opportunities to grow, or will we try to defend our wrongdoing? To judge a process, look at the outcome. Don’t let people distract or confuse you with the details of the process itself.
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S3E3 The Advice you give to your younger self
If you don't choose your path, someone else will. Change happens gradually, outcomes are exponential
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S3E2 Masks We Wear
"Is it that we 'act' like different people depending on where we are, or is it just different sides of our personality coming out?"
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S3E1 Rules of Engagement
This video provides the rules of engagement to be a guest speaker on the Life Workshop Podcast Channel.
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S1E32 How do you Listen?
We listen in order to: 1. Help out (as a Consultant or Technician). 2. Get help.3. Have a conversation/Debate. 4. Listening to music or entertainment/movies. "Listen with the intent to understand, not with the intent to reply".Negotiation is more about listening, to see what the issue is so that...
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S1E31 How do you ask a Smart Question?
Questions should be open ended, not a "yes or no'' and should be unbiased.Question things and do not seek agreement or a certain answer.The more opinionated and the more ways to identity yourself, the more rigid you are and easier to be attacked and offended.Ask questions vs questioning.Try to...
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S1E30 Asking Questions
How do you feel when you ask questions? Do you feel smart or not so smart? What do you think of others who ask more questions vs some who think they know enough?There are stupid questions however after asking few stupid questions you learn how to ask smart questions. It's better to have a stupid...
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S1E29 Making Mistakes
Are you aware of any mistakes you are making currently? Do you do anything about them?How do you respond when someone points out your mistakes and will you take action to fix it? We should be aware that when someone points out your mistakes, it is simply referring to those mistakes and not you as…
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S1E28 How do you develop an opinion? Part 3
How do you feel about people who have opinions about everything and anything?Confidence comes because one knows a lot or doesn't know much at all. Often the second one is the main reason. Ask a genuine question and be ready for any answer, try not to expect an answer you're looking for.Not any...
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S1E27 How do you develop an opinion? Part 2
Do you need to have an opinion, and if so are you qualified to have an opinion? How do you develop an opinion?When flying we don't tell the pilot to "push that button." We don't do this simply because we are not experienced pilot for that specific plane. Then why do we allow ourselves to have...
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S1E26 How do you develop an opinion? Part 1
How much do you know before you allow yourself to develop an opinion?When one develops an opinion, one doesn't see a need to ask questions. Killing the curiosity makes one more closed minded.Ask the questions but refrain from developing opinions. Questioning helps the other party improve as…
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S1E25 Upgrading Inside or Outside?
What does a life upgrade involve?
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S1E24 25th Anniversary in Canada
In this video, Mo talks about completing 25 years in Canada and the experiences he gained along the way.
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S1E23 Does Technology Take Away Jobs?
Although first world countries tend to use more technology, the unemployment rate is lower than third world countries who use less technology. My conclusion is that, in the big picture technology does not take away jobs.We often accept the technology of the past but resist the technology of the...
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S1E22 Creating Jobs or Productivity
It is very important to use the right words when we speak, otherwise we can end up doing our best in the wrong direction. For example when we create jobs that are not productive, such as wars, fighting, legal battles and so on. There are jobs being created but move things backwards. Wrong words,...
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S1E21 Value Systems: Part 6
Presentation is where someone can get fooled by marketers or presenters.Once we think independently and practical, presentation won't matter as much.Q: How much do you value the presentation vs the real thing?
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S1E20 Value Systems: Part 5
What do you value? saving money or spending it, do you wanna look scary or friendly, what is more important function or fashion, Do you prefer to be famous or helpful, Do you value approval or being challenged?
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S1E19 Value Systems: Part 4
Small changes that we make in our value system now, may not look like that much to begin with, can have exponential effect in the long run. Q: What do you value? saving money or spending it, do you wanna look scary or friendly, what is more important function or fashion, Do you prefer to be…
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S1E18 Value Systems: Part 3
Although the saying, "if it's not broken, why should you fix it?" can be correct often, reviewing it is not such a bad thing. Often we are OK with the poor results of our habits but question the better results of a change. Q: What do you value more, healthy food or tasty food? Do you think…
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S1E17 Value Systems: Part 2
In order to have a good life we should have our values in the right order. For me the most important thing is to be happy and have a good life in general. The chain that makes a happy life has different links to it, e.g. health, money, circle of friends, helping others, fame, power, daylight,...
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S1E16 Value Systems: Part 1
One becomes famous because they are liked by the public, its not always because they are correct, smart, helpful, reasonable and so on. This is why I say you can judge the value system of a society by seeing who is on top. A country becomes democratic, dictatorship, good or bad and so on because…
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S1E15 Would you help me clean up?
People have different standards, let them decide what they need help with and how. After all, try to help people the way they want to be helped not the way you want to help. Often is better to take other's request/comments at face value, not base on the previous experiences, otherwise its like...
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S1E14 Inclusion: It's Just Us
We teach our children stranger danger, Bad idea. Strangers are only strangers until you get to know them. When we say we like someone, it does not equate to us trusting them, and vice versa disliking someone does not equate to not trusting them. People being trustworthy or not does not rely on...
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S1E13 Discrimination: Solution
You can get some attention/look when you look different than the norm in the society. And that will be fixed as people get used to it by seeing more of it Don't trust the first impression, Don't trust your intuition, be objective Solution to lessen discrimination: 1. Be curious, not judgemental…
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S1E12 Discrimination or Vetting?
It is important to know if it is discrimination, vetting, or that there has been no discrimination at all and instead it was our own perception that made this judgement. Sometimes we make wrong conclusions and try to fix a problem that doesn't exist. We then neglect to pay attention to the things...
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S1E11 The Power of Asking Questions
It is not a bad idea to question any basic principle as what and why we do something time to time. After all circumstances change. And sometime we are simply living the life we were taught and the life we want. When asking a genuine question, almost any answer is good, but when we ask a question,...
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S1E10 Relationships
When starting a relationship, it is important to be as honest as possible with yourself and the other party regarding your expectations of the relationship. Even if this is the case, over time we genuinely change our expectations. Since over years as we develop our own identity, we normally but…
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S1E9 Making Friends
We all need friends, so it is very important to know how to pick good friends and how to be one. The following are a few of the red flags to watch out for when looking for a good friend: Wishing others ill, jealousy, negativity, not been able to show your vulnerability, and not respecting one's...
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S1E8 Would You Trim my Back?
There are times which we give a good connotation to a bad behaviour or alternatively, a bad connotation to a good behaviour. So when somebody makes a comment, you have to ask them, "is this a good thing or a bad thing?" Richer societies can afford more independent life, independence leads to…
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S1E7 Friendship
Mo claims that loneliness or, having no friends, is the major cause of death, more than smoking, alcoholism, poor diet and so on. To battle loneliness, one needs friends. Friends are those who are not your enemy, they celebrate your successes and get sad when you feel down. Secondly you have...
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S1E6 Handling Mistakes
Failure is not falling down/making mistakes, failure is not getting back up afterwards. We all make mistakes, the difference is how we handle them. Once you make a mistake, first realize the extent of it, then move on and focus on solving it. Do not settle down on the mistake, since you can't…
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S1E5 How to Use a Can Opener
First we should learn from others, then add to it. We do not need to experience someone else's experience in order to learn. You should ask first and then built on it. Schooling teaches you how to fish it does not give you the fish. Q: In your opinion, what is the better way, asking how or…
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S1E4 Happiness
Mo states that there are ways to approach your own happiness. Firstly, take care of the things that make you unhappy. One best way is to decrease your level of expectation of others and yourself. In business and life one big element for success is to be clear with your level of expectations from...
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S1E3 Happiness vs Pleasure
Failing to plan equates to planning to fail. Knowing the difference between happiness and pleasure will help us plan accordingly, as to which one is missing in our lives and which deserves more attention. At times, we envy the life of others since they have more pleasure in their life, while in...
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S1E2 Life's Purpose
In this episode, Mo states that any purpose, whether it is good or bad, is a driver for life and creates livelihood. However a bad purpose ends up to a bad ending. The final purpose in life, is to have a good life. However smaller milestones/purposes are needed in order to get there. A strong...
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S1E1 Introduction
In this episode, Mo and Beau go through some of the rules which have shaped their lives for the better. These rules which Mo calls the "forgotten basics". The rules that probably we all know but have forgotten about. Some of the forgotten basics include the rule of 20/80, a chain is only as…
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At the Life Workshop, we explore and spark curiosity around the topics that shape our everyday lives. We believe in the power of the 80/20 principle—focusing on the 20% of effort that delivers 80% of the results—so you can achieve more with less.
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Mo Nazari
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