Topics cover: - Poetry - AI - Creativity & Idea Management - Content Creation    Where to find Jimbo https://www.jameswdillon.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jimbosmyname/   https://www.basilbreen.com/  

Topic Links Smithfield Creatives https://www.instagram.com/smithfieldcreatives/ Double Yellow - Azerty https://open.spotify.com/track/5Smi3Wp7qFYeprkcNkUXGc?si=8334c5127ae443d6 Leon Dunnes new Poem "Toxic" https://www.instagram.com/p/C3GYPmiswep/ Legends of Circle Sessions 4th March, International Bar https://www.instagram.com/p/C2_6IMlK54E/  

First ever live episode!    https://www.basilbreen.com/

"Santa and Beyond" discussion starts at 2:12:40 Other topics: Chat GPT AI music & creative works Finding direction & setting goals Living a meaningful life Avoiding cynicism Giving up alcohol Contracts learning Dangers of video games Dealing with Negative feedback Instagram threads  

Kaycii is a lyricist and hip-hop recording artist. His new album Hells Messenger is out on the 30th of October.   Kaycii: https://instagram.com/crumlinskaycii Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7hdtwC4WKkIQibkdbXStXa   Hells Messenger Credits Mixing/Mastering Florbit: https://www.instagram.com/florbit/   Feated Artists Student: https://www.instagram.com/student.mp3/ Daly: https://www.instagram.com/dalymusicofficial/   Mixing/Mastering (Dalys Vocal) Adam Mcnamara https://www.instagram.com/adammcnamaramusic/

Blazer Band are an art rock band from Dublin.   See them and myself this Thursday June 29th at the Bello Bar   https://instagram.com/blazer.band   https://basilbreen.com/

Geoff is a poet from Dublin https://www.instagram.com/thepoetgeoff/   🌎 https://basilbreen.com

Emily B is a dance music artist & radio presenter from the UK.   https://www.instagram.com/iamemilymusic/   🌎 https://basilbreen.com

Annie Peter is a poet from Dublin. We discuss language, philosophy, time, writing, & free will.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anniepeterpoetry

Thomas Cameron is a classical singer and radio show host from the UK.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thomascameronsinger/ Website: https://www.thomascamerontenor.com/ Video: https://youtu.be/pBxdxw_bwJc   https://www.basilbreen.com/

Daniel Freeman is a spiritual coach from Dublin.   We discuss spiritually, spiritual awakenings & philosophy   https://www.instagram.com/iamdanielfreeman   https://basilbreen.com

Daly is an Irish music artist from Dublin.   We discuss the creative process and his new EP "Forget Me Not" which is out now - Listen here   Instagram: https://instagram.com/dalymusicofficial   https://www.basilbreen.com/

Luke Newman is the owner of Raise The Bar Events, an events company in Dublin. We discuss gigs, transparency, marketing & music https://instagram.com/raise_the_bar.events   https://www.basilbreen.com/    

Tuelo & Kevin are a musical duo from New York Tuelos' new EP - AM/FM - is out now -https://open.spotify.com/album/37c3d2zBC43BVUTodE178f   https://www.instagram.com/tuelotuelotuelo https://www.instagram.com/kdubkevin   🌎 https://basilbreen.com

Eiméid Ó'Briain is a poet from Dublin.   We discuss poetry, ambition, organising gigs   https://www.instagram.com/emmet_obrien_poetry/   https://www.basilbreen.com/

Philip Kenny is a poet from Dublin. We discuss autism, life and philosophy. https://instagram.com/philsophkenny   https://basilbreen.com/  

The Creatures of Habit are a hip-hop duo from Dublin We discuss music & milk https://instagram.com/creatures_of_habit_music https://instagram.com/dylanjamessavage https://instagram.com/fortunate_bastard   Video: https://youtu.be/rxQ44oI-RM8   https://www.basilbreen.com/

Jill O'Reilly is a musician from Dublin   We discuss growing up in Skerries, music, and dealing with trauma.   Find Jill below https://m.youtube.com/@JillFools/ https://www.instagram.com/jillfools/   For anyone who needs help: https://www.oneinfour.ie   Video: https://youtu.be/P4H7VQQe9Zs  

JHNDOE is a musician and is the definition of an old soul.   We discuss, music, meaning, and purpose.   https://www.basilbreen.com/

Adam Kelly is a poet and the founder of Smithfield Creatives.   We discuss, music, the story behind Smithfield Creatives and dealing with depression.   https://www.instagram.com/mr.kelly__/ https://www.instagram.com/smithfieldcreatives/   Video https://youtu.be/fmv3PnktlGg   https://basilbreen.com/

JJ Treanor is a musician from Swords, Dublin.   We talk about the intricacies of language, recording music, JJ's album "No News Today", and the meaning of life.   Links to JJ's Socials & Music: https://instagram.com/jj_treanor_music?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xCOhGd3V1S7zuH9U41UNU?si=CJ-Q4rm0QGK3Elv8a6ltXA   Video https://youtu.be/n9qHu3qVhoI   Website https://www.basilbreen.com/  

Paddy Jobsman is a career educator and I'm his brother. Dean Monks is a good friend who sells BJJ vouchers.   Paddy: https://instagram.com/paddyjobsman Dean: https://instagram.com/lifestylemonks Video: https://youtu.be/AUGUrIVBEWQ https://www.basilbreen.com 0:00 Gifting Gifts 2:10 Motivational Massages & Cabin Fever 5:00 A Cup of Jobsman from The 33 Cafe  7:20 Gigging in the New Year & The New Album 11:11 Basil Breen Merchandise  13:15 Learning On The Jobsman 19:30 4-Day Work Weeks 23:45 Measuring Productivity & Value 27:30 Meetings, Emails, Slack 31:00 Early Adopters & Barriers To Entry 34:00 Hotmail, MSN, Teenage Distractions 36:20 FIFA Cards & The Dangers of In-Game Purchases 39:00 The Dangers of Gambling 50:00 Social Media Slot Machine 51:00 Using The Freedom App 52:00 Technical Issues 54:20 The Avoidance of Silence 59:00 Sleeping, Reading & Listening 1:02:20 Authoritarianism 1:05:50 Voting, Referendums & Transparency   1:12:00 Playing The Game of Christmas 1:14:30 The Santa Debate 1:31:30 Advice from a Fictional Father & Husband 1:37: 30 Christmas Songs & Memes 1:41:10 Basils Year in Review & Musical Journey 1:45:00 New Year & Goal Management 1:54:00 Adventures in Alcohol  2:01:30 Everyone Can Sing  2:05:00 Paddys Purpose 2:07:30 The Monks Meaning 12:30 Living by example 14:30 When everything becomes about weed 17:30 Letting lose  

Killer Ceol is a singer-songwriter and gigging musician from Donabate, Dublin. INSTA: https://instagram.com/killerceol VIDEO: https://youtu.be/HYz-CLiB52Y 0:00 Birth of a Killer 4:20 Doing my first gig 9:20 Killers ubiquitous band 12:30 the sound of unheard talent   15:20 The Killer blow 19:20 Children as a justification for the past 21:45 Don't wait for anything 31:00 Tools of a Killer  38:00 open mic hosting 42:00 Independent  gigging 47:00 The show-off sessions 53:00 Having children & energy management 1:04:00 Killer setlist & gigging secrets 1:18:00 learning the guitar & tuning woes 1:28:30 Killer marketing strategies 1:39:00 Killer gifts & the art of giving https://www.basilbreen.com/

Kaycii is a lyricist and hip-hop recording artist INSTA: https://instagram.com/crumlinskaycii Video: https://youtu.be/tMe-H-L7RGo   https://www.basilbreen.com/

Vagabond Queen is a mysterious, hat wearing poet.   INSTA: https://instagram.com/vagabond__queen Video: https://youtu.be/DUZvKfjLiSc   https://www.basilbreen.com/

Romeo Outspoken is a hip-hop artist from Ballymun, Dublin https://instagram.com/romeooutspoken22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVkhdcxOOGo https://www.basilbreen.com/

PM Spunk is a writer, poet & stand-up comedian of an alternative nature FB: https://www.facebook.com/spunksoc INSTA: https://instagram.com/spunksoc Video: https://youtu.be/RhV8e3p8hNM  

Killian McNulty is the owner of The Vintage Hub; a vintage furniture facility based out of Oberstown, Lusk, Co. Dublin. He is currently looking to hire somebody who wishes to learn the antique's trade. If you are interested, you can reach out to him via the links below. Instagram: https://instagram.com/midcenturyonline The Vintage Hub: https://thevintagehub.com/ Video: https://youtu.be/BiiXVGGn7jg

https://www.basilbreen.com   0:00 Intro 1:00 New camera 1:30 The podcast graveyard 2:15 Being consistent 3:20 Music marketing & algorithms 6:20 Connecting through music 8:00 Paid advertising 9:20 The open mic scene 13:30 The pulse of cultural 14:20 New personal growth 15:20 Encouragement 21:15 Future podcast guests 24:00 Spotify earnings

Here's a conversation with Paddy Jobsman Insta: https://www.instagram.com/paddyjobsman/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@paddyjobsman basilbreen.com   0:00 The reality of podcasting 4:00 Templates & controlled accidents 5:10 Laser eye surgery 7:50 Feeling the world with your eyes 10:20 Brain simulations 12:30 Creating familiarity 14:20 420 blues & legalities 24:30 Cultural phenomenons & stories 28:20 Audience capture 31:30 Trangenderism & compassion 48:30 Online hate 55:40 Hazing 58:00 Crying selfies on LinkedIn 1:05:00 Attention & Humility 1:09:00 Paddys Podcast & viral clipping 1:14:00 The secret

Here's a conversation with Paul Carrol of self protection Ireland   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/self_protection_ireland/   https://www.basilbreen.com/   0:00 Intro 2:00 First entry into material arts 2:50 Not listening to your Intuition 4:50 Self-protection Ireland 8:00 Violence in the real world 11:00 Defense vs protection 12:10 The seeds of violence & trauma 14:00 Everybody can hit pads 16:20 Problems with cert collectors 19:20 A good guy having a bad day 21:00 The ripples of violence 22:10 Teenagers & fighting other towns 24:30 The interview process for violence 26:20 The myth of stranger danger 29:10 Red flags & domestic violence 33:20 Domestic rape 36:00 Healthy relationships 38:00 Generational trauma & choosing your reaction 41:30 Being capable of doing terrible things 46:00 The path out of domestic violence 49:00 The self-defense industry 53:40 Teaching men not to be assholes 55:20 Conflict in pubs 57:00 When your friend is the arsehole 1:02:30 Attack with empathy 1:05:30 Just be nice 1:07:30 Road rage 1:10:20 Teaching self-protection 1:13:50 Dealing with child predators 1:21:40 Creating trust & raising a child 1:24:20 Managing ego and aggression 1:26:00 Mothers & daughters 1:29:00 Looking at the bigger picture 1:30:00 The shredder technique 1:31:00 Giving women space 1:32:00 Give the attacker what they don't want 1:35:30 Problems in the industry 1:36:30 Corruption and manipulation

Here's a conversation with Paddy Jobsman. Insta: https://www.instagram.com/paddyjobsman/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@paddyjobsman YouTube Video: https://www.basilbreen.com/podcast 0:00 First sponsor 2:00 Crack caffeine 4:00 Señor Paddy 7:10 Cat break 8:30 Romanticising the cabin in the woods 11:00 The problem is always within 13:20 Being more resilient than we think 18:45 Personality tests & traits 27:00 The burden of the big mouth 28:10 Hate 40:00 Jealousy 41:50 Survival 44:20 Rising the tide 47:00 No one is original 52:20 Paddys TV appearance 1:08:30 Paddys Success 1:10:00 Staring from a hard place 1:16:50 Marketing 1:24:30 Thinking things will be different 1:29:00 The value of order and routine 1:30:20 LinkedIn Blues & Selling out 1:40:00 Company values are nonsense 1:46:20 Effective altruism 1:55:30 Question for the aliens 1:57:00 Time paradoxes & 4 dimensional shadows 🌎 https://basilbreen.com 🎷 https://open.spotify.com/artist/33JlGzdySKstj1KN0BGACE IG: basilbreen FB: basilbreen TikTok: basilbreen

Here's another conversation with Daniel Crowe.   Dan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/super_tramp_90/ Website: https://www.basilbreen.com   0:00 Dans' new name 2:30 When bad names stick 4:50 Piss takers, bullies, haters 37:50 Following your heart & self-improvement 12:30 The art of slagging 15:00 Avoiding otherness & tribalism 16:30 Back to Dans new name 18:30 Segway 19:40 Dans beginnings in film 23:30 The Goffer 27:45 The limits of time 30:00 Looping, sound design, musical frameworks 37:50 Following your heart & self-improvement 46:40 Musical goals 50:30 The value of iteration 55:20 Perfect is the enemy of the good 0:00 Dans' new nameort movie feat. Basil 57:30 Acting & performance 1:03:55 First drafts & killing your darlings 1:08:30 Giving & receiving feedback 1:13:30 Learning from podcasting & guests 1:22:20 What discipline means 1:24:30 What are we all striving for 1:34:00 Eating shit 1:36:00 Ways to start writing 1:38:00 Commercial break 1:39:00 The effort of podcasting 1:51:30 Is consciousness the fundamental reality? 1:45:40 Getting new podcast guests 1:47:00 One question for the aliens 1:50:30 The most important thing to know 1:51:30 Is consciousness the fundamental reality? 1:56:00 Making existence too complicated 1:58:00 Missing the season finale of the future 2:01:20 What is the worst question? 2:03:40 What's your favorite movie?

Here's my conversation with my good friend Dean Monks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifestylemonks/ Podcast links: https://www.basilbreen.com/podcast 0:00 The black belt 2:20 History of JuJitsu 5:30 The language of JuJitsu 12:00 Efficient Economy of movement  16:40 Piano & Music theory 18:00  FACTCHECK:  Pythagoras - not Plato 23:50 The Art of Learning 30:00 Getting to the moon 37:00 Human curiosity 38:30 Building a cabin 43:00 The (real) Secret 48:00 Learning discipline  53:00 New direction & decision paralysis 1:01:00 Burning out & back to college 1:18:00 Moving from chaos to order 1:24:00 Danger of video games 1:26:30 Football as simulated war 1:34:30 Diet, food & emotion 1:38:00 Eating meat, nutrition & ethics 1:38:00 +  No idea is beyond criticism  Already making up your mind You are not your mind Science fundamentalism  We don't know anything Armchair meta-physicists Psychedelics Pointing at the moon What is happiness We don't have to do anything Ambition and contentedness   Loving the process Monksey coming up with my podcast name 🌎 https://basilbreen.com 🎷 https://open.spotify.com/artist/33JlGzdySKstj1KN0BGACE IG: basilbreen FB: basilbreen TikTok: basilbreen

Here's my conversation with the phenomenal Geniele Squires.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genielesquires/     https://www.basilbreen.com/

Kyle Reid is the owner of Kyles barbers in Skerries. Kyle is a family man with a big heart and a PhD in conversation. We had a lot of technical difficulties and I lost most of the video, but I managed to salvage the audio. There are little problems with the audio in the beginning and elsewhere but everything eventually evens out. I learned so much from this conversation and it is an absolute honor to share this town with people like Kyle. Kyles barbers: https://www.instagram.com/kyles_barbers https://www.basilbreen.com/podcast

Eddy Mehmedovic & Colm Moore are both personal trainers with a love for fitness. Collectively, they are known as Edco Fitness. Edco Fitness https://www.basilbreen.com 

Killian McNulty was my first boss and mentor. He is the owner of The Vintage Hub; a vintage furniture facility based out of Oberstown, Lusk, Co. Dublin. Killian is a near-infinite well of information and wisdom. We cover our time working together, fairness, sales, being a dad, conspiracies, and much more. The Vintage Hub Music https://www.basilbreen.com   IG: basilbreen FB: basilbreen TikTok: basilbreen

https://www.basilbreen.com/   0:00 Intro 1:00 Setup 1:40 Dans hate for South Park 3:35 Dans Gift 4:40 Please - interview your parents 6:10 The Breen Team 7:50 Processing feedback 8:45 The context of podcast 10:45 Saying the wrong things in public 15:10 Tackling taboo topics 16:45 The small steps to hells 20:00 Deluding yourself through moral virtues 23:30 The Paddy Jobsman Express 28:50 The keys to Seans success 29:20 Hockey stick growth 31:00 The Mr Beast formula 32:05 Measuring success 36:00 Lessons from Tommy Tiernan 38:40 Job interview mentality & confidence 45:45 Societies myths 48:50 Playing the games of life 52:40 The nature of ideas & creativity 57:10 Dans latest short film & insights 1:07:30 The writing process 1:08:45 Music production 1:12:20 Learning from the masters 1:15:25 The structure of story & film 1:17:30 Allowing for big goals & ambitions 1:19:25 Dealing with bad days 1:22:30 Reasons to be optimistic 1:24:20 Interest in Irish history 1:25:40 Irish humour 1:26:50 Disappointing family 1:28:00 Only my Da would understand 1:30:45 Learning to be open from Da 1:32:20 Being vulnerable before its too late 1:35:40 Live from Portrane 1:36:00 Showing your love for extended family 1:37:40 Writing Proclamation 1:41:20 Performance of Proclamation

https://www.basilbreen.com/   0:00 Intro 1:00 Previous podcast attempt 3:00 Putting yourself out there 4:30 Caring what people think 6:30 Going against the grain 7:50 Focusing on one thing 09:00 Sacrifice  10:30 The nature of advice 12:50 Advice as judgment 13:40 Bad name advice for Paddy 15:20 Digital marketing  16:20 Over optimising the wrong thing 17:10 The Green Suit 18:00 Gift giving 18:50 Present for the ba ba 20:10 Having children 22:45 Older parents 24:40 Alone is fine 25:10 Paddys Day video 26:20 The serious side of comedy 28:30 Awkward church shot 31:30 Recording in public 33:00 Pursuing sketch comedy 34:00 The birth of Paddy 35:20 Comedy learnings 37:50 The power of comedy 39:50 Comedic influences 41:40 Where is the line 42:50 Trusting children 44:20 Childhood in Mourne View 45:40 Learning from play 48:30 Paddys Impact 50:40 Helping Employers vs jobseekers 52:30 People's CV 53:30 The baggage of school 56:30 Steiner schools 58:10 Other ways to measure 59:50  Social class 1:01:50 Self-belief 1:06:00 honesty with yourself 1:08:20 the tape in your head 1:10:50 Comparing 1:12:00 Awareness 1:15:00 Courage

https://www.basilbreen.com   Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:00  Pink wall RIP 1:30 The need for podcast guests  2:55 Podcast with Daniel Crowe 3:45 Keeping it conversational 4:30 Do you wanna be a guest? 5:30 Conversation is easy 6:55 The localised podcasting enterprise 8:10 Upgraded guitar 9:10 Getting back to busking 10:30 Goodbye to 360 video 12:20 Future live streams 13:20 People have different cups of tea 16:00 The end of the world 19:50 The pros and cons of tradition 20:50 Surviving the apocalypse 23:00 Olive oil is the answer 23:45 Russian embassy 25:00 Song performance: Hold On 30:40 The power of glasses

https://www.basilbreen.com/   0:00 Start 1:20 Previous podcast we did together 2:20 Keeping things conversational 4:15 Brazilian Culture 5:05 Random noise 6:55 Being the podcast host 7:25 Letting the mind run free 8:15 Reasons to do a podcast Vol 5 9:20 Being your true self 10:20 Pre-lock down Dan 11:30 Practicing the craic 12:10 Zoom parties 15:15 Small talk 16:10 3 questions for connection 18:00 Avoiding people's insecurities  19:00 People & their age 20:25 Connecting with people through openness 24:00 Clunkyness in conversation 24:55 Like, yano what I mean? 25:35 The miracle of conversation 26:15 Speaking in craic 29:00 Relief in fear 30:10 Dying in a funny way 30:50 What are the dead saying? 31:40 Thinking about death 34:55 Playing games with the world 35:45 Pushing people away 36:50 Prioritising romantic relationships 37:50 Resenting your partner 39:00 What makes a good partner 40:00 The female biological clock  41:35 Being grateful for getting old 43:20 The fear of doing 44:15 When you're ready, it will happen 44:45 Defining your success 46:25 Not working for anyone 49:05 Don't be so hard on yourself 51:20 Work with people you respect 57:15 Software Engineering 58:35 Avoiding working in the wrong place 59:30 Earning your stripes 1:03:00 Selling your soul  for money 1:05:10 The curse of ambition 1:05:40 Procrastination 1:08:10 Innercast, the app 1:11:20 All talk, no action  1:13:20 The discovery of musical scales 1:14:05 Moving to audio based communication 1:15:10 Web scraping 1:17:00 Is your phone listening? 1:26:55 Love for conspiracies 1:31:10 Dans short film 1:32:35 Interruption 1:33:45 Back to Dans short film 1:36:25 Writing something that relates 1:37:50 Overcoming perfectionism

https://www.basilbreen.com/   0:00 Intro 1:50 Burning out on too many things 3:20 Experiment of one 3:50 Perfectionism & post optimization 5:40 Post & ghost 6:05 Block your time 7:30 Reacting to feedback  9:10 The need for honest feedback 10:25 Recording music 11:50 Writing comedic music 13:20 Social media - use or be used 14:05 The hijacking of the desire to be validated 15:35 Being extremely extraverted  17:15 The spectrum of belief  18:20 The need for encouragement 19:50 The snowball of inspiration 20:40 The fear of busking in Skerries 22:00 You are always inspiring people 24:00 The power nature of ideas 26:00 People don't have ideas, ideas have people 27:20 Genes, memes & ideas 28:50 Johnny Cash & Folsom Prison 30:20 Ring of Fire & song titles 32:20 New song - Freshwater 34:20 Learning piano 36:50 How to learn new things 38:20 Reflections on the episode & the ability to transition

https://www.basilbreen.com/   0:00 New setup 1:00 Headphone blues  1:30 Take yourself not too seriously 2:20 Multi-room 3:20 Talking for gold 4:20 Relationship with social media 5:20 The road to bulletproof 6:10 Unless you stop yourself, no one will 7:10 Moving towards the ideal 8:00 Social media feedback 9:00 Meta level value proposition 10:00 Check yourself 11:25 Habit reduction and creation 12:25 Dance like no one is watching 13:40 Parental influence 14:50 Growing away from your parents 15:50 Following your heart 17:25 Investing in a new guitar pick up 19:00 Re-recording originals 19:50 Iteration is everything 21:00 Mr Joe Rogan & Self Censorship 22:30 Be the change 22:55 Lessons from Joe  24:00 Joe's responsibility 24:30 The power of debate 26:20 We are all fallible  27:25 Blinded by bias 28:00 Everyone thinks they are right 29:00 The middle way 29:35 Human tribalism 30:20 The critical lens 31:45 Getting in your own head 33:00 Talking to yourself

https://www.basilbreen.com/   0:00 Start 2:00 Reasons for a podcast 3:00 Sharpen up your speech 3:50 "All art is exploration" - Sherman Alexie 5:20 Long term pursuits 6:20 The Triple R EP & the theme of 3 7:30 Practicing for recording 8:00 Recording inside the couch fort 10:00 Closing your eyes 11:00 Blind skateboarder with human sonar 12:00 The difficulty of recording multiple takes 13:15  Adding a video component  14:10 Piggy backing off the Raglan express 15:10 Doing covers & the  Pink Floyd Tribute band 16:20 The Spiritual baton of Irish Music 18:00 The Great Institute of the Pub

https://www.basilbreen.com/   Topics covered: - New live recording process - Video production lighting - Future live performance ambitions - The dangers of telling people what you are going to do - End of lockdown

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https://www.basilbreen.com/ Topics covered - Trip to London - Releasing the app I've been working on - Working with others - Next song release - Busking/Selling Christmas trees in Skerries - The pains of video blogging

https://www.basilbreen.com/   I've been doing a lot of thinking recently about what I am trying to achieve with the content I am putting out into the world. I was going through and editing my busking videos and I had to ask myself; "Why am I doing this"? Every time I go out and record myself busking, I am giving myself more work to do that has nothing to do with creating music, improving as a musician, or helping others. For the longest time, I thought that this was just a necessary evil in order to build a bigger platform to launch my music off. But why do I need a bigger platform? Why do I need more followers, more likes, more views? What purpose is this going to serve? What am I hoping is going to happen? My whole value structure had been perverted by social media. For the most part, I hate what social media has done to humanity. It has turned us into passive apes. We constantly compare ourselves with virtual figments and assume our positions in hierarchies that do not exist. It is not healthy to know or care about what anybody else is doing on a regular basis, with the exception of your immediate friends and family really. I have been mainly using social media for my own selfish motives and desires. This will always be true on some level. But I also want to be 100% honest and transparent in my endeavors. And I want to inspire people to do the same and follow their hearts. It's not about changing the entire world. You can actually have the most influence within your family and friend groups. And you can have a positive impact within your local communities. And that is enough of a reason to try and do so. An acquaintance will care more about what you have to say than a stranger. The world has gotten too big for us to feel like we can make any sort of difference. But the actual world of your everyday reality is a lot smaller than you think. And you can make a difference. I've always wanted to start a podcast. Consider this episode one.