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What I Learned From (WILF)
by Axel Smith
Hey everyone, this podcast is going to take you on my journey about everything that I’ve learned. We’ll discuss book summaries and overall life things that I learned.
Episodes
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28: WILF Reading Love Yourself First by Marc Reklau Part 1
We’ll cover building your confidence and self esteem as well as taking full responsibility for your life and actions. Once we can see some growth, we’ll capture that belief in ourselves that we can do something.
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27: WILF Reading Attitudes of Gratitude by MJ Ryan
We’ll cover how you can overcome your negative emotions through gratitude. If we’re going through the worst of times, we can at least acknowledge that it’s a one in billion chance of even surviving to becoming a human being. We can count our blessings with having a shelter, food, and all of our...
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26: WILF Having My Daily Routine Fall Apart and Still Finishing What I Need To Get Done
In this episode we’re going to talk about how I wasn’t able to do everything that I originally scheduled in my plans for. Work was busy, so I wasn’t able to take a lunch break to record this podcast and after work I had to babysit my nephews (which I wasn’t planning for). It’s 10:30pm at night…
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25: WILF Reading On The Shortness of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
As Seneca says, “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.” I’m still to this day wasting a ton of time on social media, watching TV, and doing random mindlessness things that don’t contribute towards the future that I’m looking to build. I think this is a great...
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24: WILF Quitting and Giving Up On Everything
We’ll discuss what I learned from giving up on everything even up until this day. What I’m working on to fix it, and how if you get to live another day then there’s another chance for you to keep going.
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23: WILF When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron Part 2
In this episode we’re going to discuss the second half of the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron Part 2
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22: WILF Reading When Things Fall Apart By Pema Chodron Part 1
In this episode we’re going to discuss the first half of the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron.
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21: WILF Losing, Failing, and Being Rejected
We’re going to discuss my past failures and what I learned from it. I think it’s healthy to fail and lose because you learn something from it. When you fail enough times, you eventually become numb to it and get used to it so that you’re no afraid of failing anymore. To fail in the first place…
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20: WILF Creating My First Podcast
In this episode we’ll dive into what I learned from making this podcast. It was weird at first speaking to a microphone AKA my phone, but you get used to it. There’s also a ton of lessons I got from this including learning my flaws in my speech and delivery when I give my content. THANKS for the...
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19: WILF Working Every Day for 30 Days
In this episode we’ll cover what I learned from working everyday for 30 days straight (so far). Initially it’s not a great idea to work everyday. There’s a ton of pitfalls including burnout that can happen, but what I found out is that I’m more productive and value my time much better now. Once...
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18: WILF Practicing Confidence
In this episode we’ll discuss what I learned from practicing confidence. I believe this can be taught and learned by constantly taking action towards things you’re AFRAID of. When you consistently do things that make you uncomfortable, it eventually becomes normal to you and you realize that it’s...
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17: WILF The One Thing by Gary Keller
In this episode we’ll discuss The One Thing by Gary Keller. He talks about figuring out what you want, and picking only ONE thing to focus on to grow. When we multi-task and we spread our focus to too many different things, we don’t get extraordinary results in any ONE thing, and chances are we...
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16: WILF The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Heidt
We’ll cover how to become happier in this episode. The big takeaways include journaling, meditation, being grateful, being appreciative, building a community, make and remind yourself of goals, be charitable, and loving more. Happiness can be something we can train our brains to become more of.
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15: WILF The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck by Mark Manson
We’ll cover what Mark means by not giving a F*ck and dive into figuring out what you truly want in life. When you figure that out and work towards achieving your goals, you will care less about what others think about you. All your actions will bring you closer to your dreams and you won’t care…
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14: WILF Hooked By Nir Eyal
In this episode we discuss what I learned from (WILF) reading Hooked by Nir Eyal. He discusses how psychologist are working with companies to hook consumers into their products. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter are all designed to give us hits of instant dopamine and happy rewards to get us to go back…
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13: WILF The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
In this episode we’re going to cover what I learned from reading The Power of Habit. I think a great place to start is identifying which habits you want to change first, and then coming up with a game plan on fixing said habit. Good ways to fix it include accountability partners and writing them...
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12: WILF Being Grateful
In this episode, I wanted to say THANKS to my two listeners and show my appreciation. We also discuss being patient and working towards your goals. Whether you’re in a good situation or not, we always have things to be thankful for. NEVER forget all the small GOOD things you already have.
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11: WILF Cryptocurrencies
In this episode we’re going to discuss what I learned from Crypto. Don’t listen to my advice and do your own research, but I think we will eventually adopt this new currency into our lifestyles. With the way technology is going, there has to be a better way to avoid fees, and cut out the middle…
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10: WILF Elon Musk
In this episode, we’re going to be discussing what I learned from Elon Musk. He’s heading multiple companies including Tesla and SpaceX and his work ethic is ridiculous. He has a vision of changing the world for the better, and it’s slowly coming along.
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9: WILF Meditation
In this episode, we’re going to dive into what I learned from meditation. Many times we get angry and stressed and taking deep breaths and meditation can help clear your mind. It’s also a great way to mind dump and clear your thoughts.
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8: WILF Self Improvement
In this episode, we go over what I learned from self improvement and the pitfalls that come with it. It’s great to start implementing, but we also need to take action, instead of just absorbing in knowledge.
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7: WILF Reading Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
In this episode we talk about what I learned from reading the book, Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins. With his troubling past, David was able to overcome it and eventually work and deal with the cards he was dealt. He talks about callousing the mind to strengthen it, and how when you put yourself…
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6: WILF Babysitting my Niece and Nephews.
In this episode we’re going to cover what I learned from babysitting my niece and nephews and the troubles and rewards that come with it.
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5: WILF Learning Spanish
In this episode, we’ll cover what I learned about learning the Spanish language. It’s great to diversify your culture, and it’s an ENTIRE new language which means an entire new way to communicate and connect with someone else.
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4: WILF Learning How To Play Tennis
In this episode we dive into what I learned about learning how to play tennis. It can be frustrating at first, but once you get better it’s fun. I also dive into learning how to learn, and how the more things you learn the faster you learn how to learn new things!
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3: WILF Performing Stand Up For A Month Straight
In this episode we’re going to discuss my experience from doing open mic for an entire month straight. The experience was tougher than I’d imagine and I came out with a much bigger appreciation for ALL comedians because of it.
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2: WILF Biking 50 Miles
Hey guys, this is an episode on my first 50 mile bike trip. We rode along the CNO Trail in West Virginia.
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1: WILF Running 50 Miles
In this episode we’ll go over my experience running my first ultra marathon and 50 miles. I pretty much undertrained for this race and finished the race on pure drive and motivation. I couldn’t walk for a four days afterwards.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hey everyone, this podcast is going to take you on my journey about everything that I’ve learned. We’ll discuss book summaries and overall life things that I learned.
HOSTED BY
Axel Smith
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