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The Self-Development Podcast
by Leon Oscar Kidando
This podcast is all about personal growth, pursuing goals and becoming a better version of yourself. Based on what I have experienced and continue to learn, I start conversations that I believe are important for people pursuing goals.
Episodes
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Making Content For An Audience Of One
Many content creators or those thinking to become content creators often feel intimidated by the idea of sharing what they know or have with the rest of the world online. Maybe you want to start a blog or podcast but thinking about the number of people to whom you will be exposing your ideas…
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Some Words Of Encouragement For You Pursuing Your Goals
Today, I want to just give you a few words of encouragement. If you have been following this podcast for some time, you more than likely are someone that is also in the process of pursuing life-changing goals. It is not easy. It takes time to get the kind of results you end up being happy with....
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The Relationship Between Internal And External Progress
I believe that progress is the only metric you can use to measure success or how closely you are moving towards succeeding at something. This is why my mantra is to make progress and not excuses. Because without progress there is no way you can possibly succeed at anything. Now before we can…
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A Conversation With Listeners 2
In this episode, we pick up from where we left off in the last episode. Listeners share their thoughts, questions, and advice on dealing with challenges while pursuing goals.
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A Conversation With Listeners 1
In this episode, listeners talk about some of the challenges they face pursuing goals. They offer their advice and share what they learned about overcoming some of these challenges.
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Improving The Pursuit Of Your Goals Through Books
If you know me, you know that I'm all for using books as an essential component of your self-development process. It is unwise and quite unproductive to believe that you don't need the knowledge and experience of those who have accomplished the same goals you intend to pursue. They have figured…
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The Path To Mastery
Mastery is the highest level you can ever reach when trying to be good at something. We will be mostly focusing on Mastery as it applies to skills and the pursuit of goals. Making the effort to get better at something eventually opens up opportunities you would never knew existed. Because the...
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Boosting Productivity With An Activity Planner
I often talk a lot about the importance of making daily progress towards your goals. In this episode, I describe how I do it using an activity planner. It is a simple tool, yet there are numerous benefits to using them. There is also a link below to a sample activity planner to help you get started.
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There Is Power In Repetition
Human beings are creatures of habit. What we will do today won’t deviate much from what we did yesterday or maybe even the past 5 years. Understanding and appreciating this is key in helping us align ourselves to goals we desire to accomplish. Because it is these habits that produce specific and...
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The Importance Of Keeping Up With The Changes Happening Around You
We should never forget that no matter how we feel about it, change is inevitable. With change comes disruption and new opportunities. It is important to train yourself to see these opportunities. You never know what kind of positive impact they may have on
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3 Habits To Help You Stick To Working On Your Goals This Coming Year
Every new year we think about pursuing goals that could change our lives for the better. Many of us make resolutions about becoming better or improving some aspect of our lives. However, after making those resolutions and start pursuing goals, many struggl
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When It’s Time To Go All In
Sometimes, you just have to go all in. When you don’t give it you're all… it’s very easy to find yourself in an awkward place. For example, you are always unsure of what you should do next. Because you don’t know whether what your pursuing is even worth pu
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Making Peace With An Imperfect World
In this episode, I take a different direction. First, I share a bit of my world up to this point as far as the progress of the self-development blog/podcast is concerned. Then I dive into talking about pursuing a better life in an imperfect world. This is
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Using Multiple Skills To Solve One Problem
When it comes to pursuing goals, limiting beliefs can be very destructive for the person trying to change their life for the better. Their very nature is to highlight what you think you cannot do or accomplish. For example, a popular limiting belief is thi
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Finding Strength In Struggle
It is natural to want to avoid any type of experience that makes us feel uncomfortable. And the process of pursuing something bigger than you currently are is definitely going to make you feel very uncomfortable.
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Taking Back Control Of Your Identity
When I was thinking of doing this podcast, I thought about how many dreamers struggle with identifying who they are or who they would like to become. And it is an important struggle. If you want to change for the better, you must be prepared to abandon the
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The People Around You Can Influence Your Pursuit
There is power in repetition. It’s why I keep re-emphasizing points. Especially key points that must be firmly understood and engraved in the minds of any determined to realize their goals. The nature of the obstacles we are bound to face going down the p
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You Should Not Focus On Pursuing Goals Perfectly
I have talked about this before, but I think it’s worth reinforcing. Mistakes, failures, and obstacles are things you cannot avoid when you decide to pursue goals. You shouldn’t expect yourself to go through a pursuit “cleanly” or unscathed. What you must
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You Cannot Outsource Your Success
The success we desire to have from what we do is 100% our responsibility. It is wrong to think that we delegate that to anyone else. As long as we initiated the desire to achieve it, we are the only ones that can be most invested in working to attain it.
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Pursuing Your Dream When It Feels Like Everyone Else Is Against It
Nothing about pursuing anything important is easy. There are so many kinds of challenges that come with deciding to do that. Among the more significant challenges, is the issue of people not supporting your decision to pursue that goal you feel is most imp
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The Magic Of Persistence
Persistence is a superpower. Capable of bringing positive change and even progress to the person that understands how it works. It is no doubt an essential ingredient in the process of pursuing goals. In this episode, I briefly look at why persistence is i
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Struggling To Attain Your Goals
To struggle is part of life. Especially for those who desire to change their current situations or pursue better lives. It is unavoidable. But it is important. Out of resistance comes the opportunity to develop strength. There is much we can accomplish thr
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Mind Your Own Business First
We live in a world full of distractions. As dreamers, if we are not careful, we might end up allowing those distractions to interfere with the pursuit of our goals. We should learn to not pay attention to what people are doing or saying when are supposed t
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Become Passionate About What You Pursue
Pursuing what you are passionate about is something many of us are already familiar with. But we set ourselves up for success when we decide to become more passionate about what we are pursuing. The more time, energy, and emotional investment we put into o
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Prioritize Learning In 2019
If there is one sure way you can make this year (or any year) much different from the last, it’s by reading and applying what you read. Knowledge is potential power. If you want to excel in business or develop an important skill that will make you stand ou
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5 Habits To Develop This Coming Year
It’s that time of the year again, where we have to set new goals and promises to change our lives for the better. I have a few suggestions that might help you set yourself up for success. I believe they will help you develop the momentum you will need to a
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Learn From Those Who Succeeded Before You
You can make pursuing success in any field a lot less difficult if you learn about how others managed to attain success before you. This will arm you with the knowledge and wisdom required to navigate the difficult challenges that you will surely encounter
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Don’t Focus On Being Perfect… Focus On Getting Better
Perfection is impossible to attain and can often become a distraction. Focusing on doing things perfectly the first time or all the time, can prevent us from making steady progress towards what matters most. We need to realize that the goal when it comes t
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How To Overcome The Temptation To Give Up
We already know that pursuing goals is easy. Many know that from experience. We spend months and even years trying to build better lives for ourselves going through obstacle after obstacle. And depending on the nature of the obstacles, we might come across
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Listener Questions On Self-Development – Session 1
In this podcast episode, I take a few listener questions from 5 people. Questions on self-development and the self-development podcast. A massive thank you to those that submitted questions.
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Actions Speak Louder Than Intentions
In this episode, I talk about how we overlook a fundamental truth of how to progress, and ultimately success is attained. Figuring out whether we moving towards our goals or not can be as simple as measuring the actions we take on a daily basis. We cannot
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Redefine Your Understanding Of Success
A lot of us are finding it difficult to lead more successful lives because of what we think success is and what we think we need to attain it. Could it not be that some of these ideas are just wrong and need to be redefined so that we put ourselves in a mu
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The Importance Of Having More Goal-Focused Conversations
Having more goal-focused conversations with those around us is very powerful. First, because it is one way that we condition ourselves to acknowledge the importance of our goals. Because we are not just hiding them away in our minds. Second, we never if th
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10 Books You Should Read
In this episode, I give you a list of 10 books that I think you will find valuable. Especially if you are determined to accomplish life-changing goals. I have been reading for a few years now and it has had a positive impact on my life. I feel more aware o
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3 Truths I Learned About Growth And Success
I have learned a lot of valuable life lessons over the years. Many of which I got from books and hands-on experience. In this episode, I want to share with you some of the truths I have learned that you may find valuable. Truths about how we grow in life a
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Self Awareness Is The Key To Personal Growth
If we desire to bring change to our lives, we have to realize that we are saying two things. The first is the most obvious. That we have a goal that we would like to realize. The second is not so obvious, that we are saying something about our current situ
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The Path Of Least Resistance Doesn’t Lead To Growth
As people pursuing our goals, it is important that we expose ourselves to new experiences. Our success lies beyond what we know now. If it didn’t, we would already be a success. In this episode, I talk about how we prevent ourselves from making progress, b
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What It Takes To Succeed
Many who pursue success wonder whether or not there is a formula for success. Is there a definite set of steps, that if followed, could lead us to definite success? Or is it wrong to believe that such a thing exists? I believe it does exist. And in this ep
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Without Ambition You Might Lose The Will To Persist
In this podcast, I talk about ambition. Specifically, how ambition plays a key role in helping you move closer towards your goals.
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The Best Path To Personal Achievement
In this episode, I introduce myself and the podcast. Then I talk about why self-development is the best path to personal growth. I begin by talking about what it is and I lay the foundation for what we will be talking about in future episodes.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This podcast is all about personal growth, pursuing goals and becoming a better version of yourself. Based on what I have experienced and continue to learn, I start conversations that I believe are important for people pursuing goals.
HOSTED BY
Leon Oscar Kidando
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