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June 15, 2019
ep5 – Step Laddering
Here is another
installment of my series of walk and talks that I do every Friday at
noon. I go for a walk to the neighborhood restaurant and get a Fish
and Chips. And I talk about an idea, a concept, or things in my life.
Ten years ago I was
walking down the street and I found a penny. I took that penny and
the thought came to me that in today’s world I could turn it into
two pennies. It started me on a chain of how far could I take this
penny?
My thought was that
I could take it to a million dollars.
I never got it that
far but I learned some things in the process.
The important thing to thing here is that you can use this idea of step laddering in your life, in your skills and in what you are as a person.
It doesn’t have to
be really big and grandiose things in life. Step laddering can also
be effective with something as straight-forward and small as a
project.
You have a small
kernal of a thought about something you want to make. Write about it,
then draw sketches, then start building the major parts of it and
then you continue to refine the project and finish with the details.
Every Friday at noon
Eastern Standard Time Will posts a new episode of the Friday Fish and
Chips Podcast.
This podcast was
originally posted as a youtube video.
If you like to make
things or you like various subjects you might want to check his
website:
Want to Support Will and his work? Help him create more content and help him build a castle? You can learn more and become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/epicfantasy
Friday Fish and Chips Episode 5 – Step Laddering
Here is another
installment of my series of walk and talks that I do every Friday at
noon. I go for a walk to the neighborhood restaurant and get a Fish
and Chips. And I talk about an idea, a concept, or things in my life.
Do you have a big
dream or goal? Something that could be realized by the concept of
step-laddering? Tell me about it. I would truly love to hear about
it.
ep4: Renaissance Man
In this installment of my Fish and Chips podcast I talk about the concept of being a Renaissance man.
The opening musical
piece to this podcast is called Saltarello. And it was written by
Galileo’s father. There is something profound in that and how all
these centuries later it still lives on.
In today’s world
we praise and honor specialization. We admire people who get really
good at something very specific.
I don’t prescribe
to this philosophy. I am a believer in that old concept that comes to
us from the Renaissance – we should be a well-rounded person that
has many pursuits, interests and skills.
It takes a certain
amount of courage to delve into a new pursuit or interest because you
will be terrible at it. But that’s ok. There are benefits to trying
totally new things.
Firstly you get
adept at learning new things. Your mind becomes very agile. Secondly
your breadth of knowledge in different subjects transfers from one
subject to the other. There is a cross-pollination that happens.
Learning in one realm brings insights into another realm.
Every Friday at noon
Eastern Standard Time Will posts a new episode of the Friday Fish and
Chips Podcast.
This podcast was
originally posted as a youtube video.
If you like to make
things or you like various subjects you might want to check his
website:
Want to Support Will and his work? Help him create more content and help him build a castle? You can learn more and become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/epicfantasyhttps://www.patreon.com/epicfantasy
Friday Fish and Chips Episode 4: Renaissance Man
In this installment of my Fish and Chips podcast I talk about the concept of being a Renaissance man.
ep3: Questing and Games in Your Life
In this podcast episode I talk about questing in your life. And I tell you a story about a quest I took in my life.
In video games
questing is a really big deal. And we often get very good at
completing these quests. In life things can often be the same – we
get quests but we often don’t see it that way.
The glass is both
half full and half empty and the way you see it makes a big
difference in how you approach things and how you approach quests in
your life.
You probably don’t
get the quest from a local tavern owner like in the games but you get
them just the same.
Sometimes it is ok
to look at the problems and challenges in your life as a quest. Not
in a way that minimizes or trivializes the task but in a way that can
make it fun – and make it easier for you to accept and accomplish
I give you an
example of a quest in my life. This quest came to me while on a trip
to Japan.
Every Friday at noon
Eastern Standard Time Will posts a new episode of the Friday Fish and
Chips Podcast.
This podcast was
originally posted as a youtube video.
If you like to make
things or you like various subjects you might want to check his
website:
Want to Support Will and his work? Help him create more content and help him build a castle? You can learn more and become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/epicfantasy
Friday Fish and Chips Episode 3: Questing and Games in Your Life
In this podcast episode I talk about questing in your life. And I tell you a story about a quest I took in my life.
ep2: Learning, Creativity, and Failure
Be aware of yourself
and the ways in which you learn. Everybody has strong and weak
points. It will make a difference in how deeply you learn.
The Ladder of
getting better – under stand and be ok with the fact that you will
be terrible at any new endeavor or pursuit -at first. It is this
fear of being terrible that will often prevent you from progressing,
or even prevent you from starting at all.
You can’t be good
at anything without first being lousy at it.
Fail a lot. Just be
persistent. There are benefits that you don’t realize.
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Every Friday at noon Eastern Standard Time Will posts a new episode of the Friday Fish and Chips Podcast.
This podcast was
originally posted as a youtube video.
If you like to make
things or you like various subjects you might want to check his
website:
Want to Support Will
and his work? Help him create more content and help him build a
castle? You can learn more and become a patron here:
http://www.patreon.com/epicfantasy
Friday Fish and Chips Episode 2: Learning, Crerativity, and Failure
Every Friday at noon Eastern Standard Time Will publishes an episode of his podcast entitled “Friday Fish and Chips”.
In this one I talk about learning, creativity and the importance of failure.
ep1: Inspiration and Motivation
It all started with
a note written on a small piece of paper many years ago.
How a persons life
can change on a dime with just a small thought or a small action. I
was in a business meeting when an epiphany came to me. I wrote out
what I really wanted to do with my life on a small p iece of paper.
That was 15 years
ago and I had forgotten all about that little piece of paper. Upon
recently discovering it in a file cabinet I realized I had done all
these things. I had brought into my life all those changes I wanted
to make.
I was no longer just
another cog in the wheel.
This podcast will
give you inspiration and motivation as I lay out how it happened to
me.
Every Friday at noon Eastern Standard Time Will posts a new episode of the Friday Fish and Chips Podcast.
If you like to make things or you like various subjects you might want to check his website:
Want to Support Will and his work? Help him create more content and help him build a castle? You can learn more and become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/epicfantasy
Will posts a podcast every Friday at noon eastern standard time. In this episode he talks about movitation and inspiration and tells you a little bit about his life and how he came about to be self-employed and working on the web. It all started with a note written on a small piece of paper many years ago.
Friday Fish and Chips Episode 1: Inspiration and Motivation
Episode 1: Inspiration and motivation.
Will posts a podcast every Friday at noon eastern standard time. In this episode he talks about movitation and inspiration and tells you a little bit about his life and how he came about to be self-employed and working on the web. It all started with a note written on a small piece of paper many years ago.
