Chris Spiegl ~ Thoughts, Stories, and Ideas

No. 31 / Corona and Trying to Stay Motivated

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 08:30:00 +0000

The crisis is bringing with it some self-quarantine and potentially, it’s a time to better ourselves in all kinds of ways. If only we stay motivated…

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

YouTube Video for this Episode

iTunes University

Khan Academy

CodeCademy

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:08 Corona and a Strange Fascination

03:01 What is Happening to My Business?

06:27 What to Do With the Extra Time?

08:36 Keep Creating

09:08 Learning New Things

09:51 All the Things We Are Behind on 🙈

10:07 Sports, Journaling, and Meditation

10:56 Staying Motivated Can Be Hard

12:30 Let’s Make the Best of It All

15:20 Outro

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No. 30 / Connecting with People, Being Real, and Happy Alone

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:00:00 +0000

In the past I have thought about sharing about certain things many times, then I thought: “I don’t know how this will end, let’s wait and I’ll make the video later”. The “later” point never came and I regret not having shared in the moment.

Now I am changing that! And with that, I am exploring a lot of thoughts that are on my mind right now in regards to being a creator and having the desire to make YouTube and the likes to my full-time income.

In this episode I explore:

Why am I shy?
Why do I care what others think?
That we need thick skin (and not just if you are a creator).
Why having others to approve of me is not helpful.
Being enough the way I am (even when alone).
And realizing that I have a following that I should be real with.

I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comment section, vis Instagram, or on Telegram. Thank you for listening and being here ❤.

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

Video Version of this Episode https://youtu.be/r918pp7ZGR8

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:25 Where I Am Coming From

03:21 What It Started With… 1000 Subscribers on Youtube

05:47 What Do I Want to Do Moving Forward?

10:09 Feeling Drawn to Social Media and More Connection and Questioning Why I Am Holding Back?

12:24 My Fear That Bein a Youtuber or Instagrammer is Not Valued by Others

15:02 You’ll Need Thick Skin

16:59 Humans on Every Part of the Spectrum

21:48 Why Having Others to Approve of Me is Not Helpful.

33:03 We Do Not Matter, and Everything Could Be Wrong.

35:38 I Am Enough by Myself

38:44 Realizing That You Are Real People Out There Watching ❤

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No. 29 / There Are Always New People

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

YouTube Video Version

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro & Thank YOU

02:46 Todays Topic

03:27 What do I even have to share?

04:28 You are Unique

06:02 More Relatable to Different People

08:15 Smaller Creators are more Available

09:45 There are always new people

11:36 Not everybody knows what you know!

13:02 You will share differently

14:11 Go and Create!

14:37 #NoSmallCreator

15:34 Thank YOU

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No. 28 / Ignore the Algorithm, Create What You Want, and Publish

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Create what you desire, make it, publish it, leave the perfectionist at home, make art now! Easier said than done, but we can all make it happen. Also… an update about where I am taking this, what is going on, and what I’d love to be doing. Let’s make something.

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

Video Version of this Podcast

Derek Sivers — Travel without Social Praise

Tweet by Matt D’Avella

Book — So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport (Affiliate Link)

Cody Wanner — I’m Quitting “Full Time YouTube”

Masha — Blogger & Influencer

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:18 You should not care about the Algorithm

02:46 What do I want to create?

05:04 Aligning Passion and Number of Clicks

06:33 Perfection vs Published?

08:30 Opportunities through Publishing

09:57 Update Time

14:12 Connect with me 🌸

15:26 Support me on Buy me a Coffee

17:08 Let’s share this Journey

👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

No. 27 / Virtual Worlds and the Real Game Controller

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Game have been with us forever, computer games have been part of my life since I can think, and virtual reality is making it all the more interesting. But what about the real life game-controller? Why not take that and do something real?

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

YouTube Video for thie Episode

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

01:56 Is it real or am I running away?

03:10 Why am I entering virtual reality?

04:57 Games aren’t evil…

05:36 Making Life My Game!

06:59 Maybe it’s all a virtual reality or simulation?

08:13 Are you taking the game-controller of life into your own hands?

09:22 You have to master yourself.

09:55 Virtual worlds are becoming more enticing?

10:42 Outro and Invitation to Conversation

👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

No. 26 / Universal Base Income? Let's do it ourselves.

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 08:00:00 +0000

The world is changing and evolving rapidly. We need new concepts. All that is true, but we also can’t wait for politics to change for us and provide the Universal Base Income. At least I am not waiting…

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

Gewinne ein Grundeinkommen (only for German Citizens)

Cody Warner — I’m Quitting “Full Time YouTube”

Cody Warner — The Dark Side of Full Time YouTube

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:47 Disclaimer

03:44 The Basic Idea of Universal Basic Income

06:25 Some Benefits of UBI

08:52 An Opinion Divide

09:35 What UBI Could Do for Society

14:35 Why am I drawn to this concept?

17:39 Preventing Shady Business Ideas

19:34 Cody Warner — I’m Quitting “Full-Time YouTube”

21:00 Why wait for others? Are you driven enough?

25:06 Questions I am asking myself…

29:23 What are your thoughts?

👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

No. 25 / Focus and Attention — How to Regain Control Over Notifications and More

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Sorry for the clipping sound for the first 10 minutes, that happens when you forget to hit record on your external audio recorder and the in-camera sound is clipping 🤦‍♂️ .

But anyway, today I am sharing about my journey to experiment on myself to regain control over the distractions, notifications, and pulls in my life. From grayscale mode, to disabled notifications, to the reasons why it’s even so hard. Let’s talk about this!

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

Video Version of this Podcast Episode —

Vlog about Black & White Mode — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yf8dSJ8PdY

Getting Un-Stuck from the Feeds — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRqXJiVR5xg

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

01:27 Defining the Challenge

03:31 The Negative Impact of Notifications & the News

05:28 What I Have Been Trying

06:48 Tactics of Regaining Control

19:25 Conclusion

25:39 Outro

👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

No. 24 / Unapologetic makes you execute.

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Being able to do more, break free of our own perceptions, the judgments we fear and think are out there. Rediscovering the new me. It’s a learning process.

From techniques (journaling, meditation, and healing sessions) over to discovering that not everybody thinks just like me and that there is more acceptance than one would think in this world.

Becoming more of who I am now instead of being stuck with who I once was.

🔗 Relevant Links:

Jason Silva Video about Control Freaks

Candice Wu — Holistic Healer

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

01:40 Overview — Finding Balance in Life

04:22 What Do I Want Moving Forward?

06:19 Learning to Detach From Childhood Perceptions

08:12 How I Am Uncovering Myself — The Ever-Ongoing Process

10:30 Learning to Break Perceptions

12:14 Getting to Know That Not Everybody Has the Same Opinion — There Are Nuances

16:35 Unapologetic & Executing More

19:40 Working With My Self Perception

23:28 Wanting It All at the Same Time

25:52 An Experiment I Am Thinking About

28:01 Jason Silva on Thanking Fear

31:08 Outro

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No. 23 / Exploring the Shiny Object Syndrome

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Exploring the shiny objects in my life, how they come up, what they have done in the past, why it’s so intriguing, and how I try to deal with them.

They are so distracting, pulling my attention and everything that goes with it, letting me forget my priorities. But why? And how do I get back on track?

🔗 Relevant Links:

Candice Wu

Extension to Redirect to Toto List

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:56 What’s the Shiny Object Syndrome?

03:05 My Experience

04:57 Why It’s So Easy to Slip Into

09:51 A New Shiny Object Arrises

12:42 Breaking the Hold of the Shiny Object

16:27 A Declaration of Loyalty

17:07 Making Time for Yourself

18:54 Awareness Isn’t Enough

19:56 What Helped Me Get Out of It.

23:08 Sicking Through It With You

25:00 Outro

No. 22 / You Cannot Hide Behind Other People’s Projects | Expand Your Comfort Zone

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:00:00 +0000

You cannot hide behind other people’s projects: especially if you think you can do it better. Just do it yourself. Build something for yourself.

🔗 Relevant Links:

The Hard Truth About Making Your Dreams Come True by Mel Robbins

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:30 Opening the Topic

01:27 My Story With Other People's Projects

08:23 What I Am Doing Now… Stepping Out and Into

11:07 Nobody is Going to Do It for You! It's Your Responsibility.

12:22 In Conclusion — Don't Hide Behind Others

14:35 Connect with Me

Website 💻 https://ChrisSpiegl.com

Instagram 📷 https://ChrisSpiegl.com/instagram

Twitter 💬 https://ChrisSpiegl.com/twitter

Podcast 🎧 https://ChrisSpiegl.com/podcast

Patrons 👑 https://ChrisSpiegl.com/support

Gear & Tools 🎥 https://ChrisSpiegl.com/gear

No. 21 / Rereading the Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Rereading a book that has shaped a big portion of my life — The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss — is having a bigger impact on me than I expected. Especially now, with the beginning of the new year and decade. Let’s explore what we can learn…

From the Acronym DEAL (Definition, Elimination, Automation, and Liberation) to important questions to ask yourself. How can you design your life again? Are you on track to reach your desired destination? Or is it time to change course?

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

Article by Derek Sivers — Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes. — https://sivers.org/mny

Book by Tim Ferriss — The Four Hour Work Week — https://www.amazon.de/4-Hour-Work-Week-Escape-Anywhere/dp/0091929113/?tag=cc06e-21 (Affiliate Link)

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:23 Welcome 2020

00:35 The First Week — Not What I Expected

04:10 Back in the Studio

04:33 My Plan Went Off Its Tracks

06:36 Main Topic: Rereading the 4 Hour Work Week

10:48 How We Paint Ourselves Into a Corner

14:27 Lifestyle Design, Goals, and Values

15:19 The New Rich & Fire

19:12 My (Arguably) Mini Retirement

20:46 My Studio in Germany a Point for Having a Base

22:01 The 4 Hour Work Week Concept: Deal

24:39 My Revelation While Rereading the 4HWW

28:05 Closing Recommendation

👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 20 / Lofty Goals in 2020 — When It Feels Like You Can't Get There.

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Let’s start 2020 with a vision that feels a little out there. How can we get there? Do you need to Reframe, Restructure, or change how you do things? It’s time right now, but it can also be whenever!

In this episode, I am talking about one of my goals that I am turning over in my head. Should I set up a huge goal? Should I not? How can I achieve it? Do I need to adjust the goal or maybe my life? It’s definitely all possible — let’s do it.

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

I quit social media for 30 days

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro & New Years Plans

01:48 Time for Reflection… or not 🙈

03:22 Lofty, Outlandish, Crazy, Goals?

03:52 Mini-Review About 2019

08:43 A Lofty Goal — A Nervous System Response

10:57 Ways to Reframe

13:31 Watching vs. Creating

15:40 Consider the Goal… What can YOU do?

17:47 Create Your Vision… Solidify Your Path.

18:35 What I Am Probably Going to Be Doing.

21:45 Sending You into 2020

👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 19 / How Review the Past Year and Am Planning 2020

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 08:00:00 +0000

Let’s talk about how to review the past year and design your 2020 so that you can achieve what you set out to do. Over the past decade I set many goals, I failed at most of them, now it’s time to do this differently and with more knowledge about my path and self.

In this episode, I talk about my past experience with goal setting over many years, mostly failing, and then stopping completely. From there I went on a path of self-exploration and a sort of spiritual awakening with the help of my healer (Candice Wu) and since then I have my excitement back to set new goals. So I am now sharing my full process with you, the process I will go through between Christmas and New Years, to review 2019 and design my 2020!

Let’s do this together and achieve what we envision!

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

Candice Wu — My Healer, Coach, and former Partner

Ally with Death Audio Experiential — Visualize Your Death so You can Life Again

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:36 Happy Holidays

01:08 Overview

03:50 Recap About My Goal Setting Journey

07:53 Spiritual Self-Exploration

11:30 Recognizing That I Am Not Where I Want to Be

12:45 What’s My Plan? Sit Back and Take Life Into Your Control!

15:16 My Plan for Between the Years

15:29 1: Reduce Work Obligations

16:49 2: Reducing Family Obligations

19:02 3: Prepare My Environment

20:27 4: Review the Past Year & Decade

23:01 5: Gratitude Journaling

24:29 6. Closure for Regrets and Using Them as Fuel

27:41 5. Gratitude Letters to People

28:27 7. Designing 2020

29:39 8. Designing 2020: Brain Dump

31:31 9. Designing 2020: Calendar Planning

33:26 10. Designing 2020: Prioritizing the Brain Dump

37:57 11. Designing 2020: Creating My Plan

40:33 12. Designing 2020: Setting the Plan in Motion

43:12 13. Designing 2020: Have a Monthly-, Weekly, and Daily-Check-In

44:16 Overview, Gratitude, and Sendoff

👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 18 / End of Year Life Update — Ending 2019 and Searching for a New, More Confident, Self

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Recapping the past few weeks and exploring what is going to come with the shift of the decade. What I am exploring, how I am changing, and where I am going from here. There are some significant shifts happening ❤.

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

📖 Quotes:

“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” By Peter T. Mcintyre

“Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.” by Jerzy Gregorek

🔗 Relevant Links:

Blog Post — There are Always New People — https://medium.com/chrisspiegl/there-are-always-new-people-dfcadb83cb41

Aja Dang — https://www.youtube.com/user/ajabdang

Sorelle — https://www.youtube.com/user/SorelleIAm

Matt D’Avella — https://www.youtube.com/user/blackboxfilmcompany

Project Life Mastery — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKkg7omDlPvUPxLY-dho8Pg

Graham Stephan — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV6KDgJskWaEckne5aPA0aQ

Alex Becker — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKQvGU-qtjEthINeViNbn6A

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:22 Who I Am

00:39 All the Changes

01:31 Why the Apartment?

05:03 Finding Structure and Distance

08:30 Habit Stacking — Getting Up at 5:30

14:06 The New Decade of 2020

17:37 A Proclamation of Boldness

19:55 Why I Haven’t Been Sharing

21:28 Learning to Reframe My Thoughts

26:23 My Plan From Here

29:06 Closing Quotes

31:14 Grateful Closing

👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 17 / September Life Update — Finding Confidence and Letting go of Doubts

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:35:00 +0000

Giving an update on my life, the travels (or lack thereof), redefining myself and breaking free from my own labels, and exploring what will happen next. All this brings me to a place where I feel I am back in January 2019. A time where I wanted to do all the things that I will be doing now.

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

🔗 Relevant Links:

Video Version of This Podcast

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:25 Life Update and Other Things

01:39 Interviews on My Podcast

03:00 Invited by Fiverr to Be on Sonntagsgedanken by Masha Sedgwick

05:21 Feeling Valued and Soaking in the Positive Feedback

10:48 Big Shifts in Life — Is It January Again?

12:09 Letting Go of Labels That I Attached to Myself

18:45 Chiang Mai May Not Be Cheaper Than a Small Town in Europe

20:45 What’s Coming the Next Few Months

21:11 The Shameless Year Idea

22:34 Outro

👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 16 / Robert Reppel on Software Engineering and the Importance of Natural Language

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:00:00 +0000

A conversation about Software Engineering, the German-German border, Event Storming, and Langauge in Project Management and Programming. Robert Reppel, CTO of TwoTonic Labs.

The wide range of topics and stories about the life in a small town vs Vancouver, Canada as well as the development of the field of Software Engineering or Programming is really fascinating and I encourage you to listen in.

Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

Relevant Links:

Robert Reppel on LinkedIn

@robertreppel on Twitter

TwoTonic Labs

StoryStream

Einstein1 — Founders Center in Hof, Germany

Alberto Brandolini — Event Storming

Mention Conway’s Law

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

02:06 Conversation With Robert

03:13 Overview: Where Did We Meet and How Hof Looked When Robert Grew Up

03:13 Einstein1 & University — A New Era for Hof and Small Towns

08:28 The Possibilities Small Towns Have Nowadays for IT Workers Especially

11:20 Founders Center Einstein1 — Knowledge and Skills

11:42 History of Hof: The Iron Curtain of East Germany & The Soviet Union

15:09 Starting in IT and How Nothing Really Changed in Over 20 Years

18:22 StoryStream — Describing Software Flow

22:04 TwoTonic.net — Consulting for Event Storming

25:46 Alberto Brandolini — Event Storming

26:09 Traditional vs. Technology Aided — Pen & Paper vs. Digital

28:53 It is About Language and Communication

29:33 Mention Conway’s Law

35:42 Computer Science is an Underappreciated Artform

37:18 The Invisibility of Software and Hidden Reward

38:10 When You Try to Change or Improve… It Often Breaks (We Need Better Software Engineering)

41:12 What Learnings Can You Translate From Software Engineering to the Real World?

47:28 What is Canada Like? How is it Different From Germany?

53:02 If You’d Write a Book, What Would It Be About?

53:58 A Life Long Passion as Work — Two Different Experiences

55:13 What Other Profession Would You Be Good at — If You Could Not Choose Software?

57:14 The Socio-Technological Systems of Creating Software

01:02:54 Wrapping Up

01:04:06 Outro

Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 15 / Niko Emran über die Deutsche Startup Welt und Einstein1 in Hof

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:30:00 +0000

This episode is the first interview and it is German. Sorry for all those who don’t understand it, I will be back with English episodes soon.

Heute im Gespräch mit Niko Emran erfahren wir alles mögliche über Startups und Gründungen. Niko ist Netzwerkmanager bei dem Gründerzentrum Einstein1 in Hof welches bald auch schon den Co-Working Space und mehr eröffnet.

Wir reden über die Gründung von Nikos eigenem Startup MEGAschecks.de, über die Herausforderungen welche Deutschland bei Gründungen hat und wie es speziell auf dem Lande (Hof hat nur 50.000 Einwohner) voran geht, und es geht dann auch noch um Digitalisierung im allgemeinen und wie man da auch langsam anfangen kann.

Relevant Links:

Niko Emran auf Facebook

@NikoEmran auf Instagram

@NikoEmran auf Twitter

Nikos Startup — MEGAschecks.de

Digitales Gründerzentrum Einstein1 in Hof

Instaspaces — Absätze für deine Instagram Beschreibung

Über das Scheitern — Sacha Lobo

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro - This Episode is German

00:27 Über diese Episode

02:57 Opening

03:09 Niko Emran — Netzwerkmanager beim Gründerzentrum Einstein1

06:33 Walk What You Talk, Nikos Eigenes Startup: MegaSchecks.de

13:31 Welchen Einfluss Sprache und Landesgröße auf dein Startup haben kann

17:00 Gründertagebuch und KPIs — Dokumentieren

22:23 Wie funktioniert das Geschäftsmodell von MegaSchecks.de?

28:02 Deutschland & Startups — Was geht hier im Vergleich mit der Welt?

38:16 Die niedrigste Gründungsquote in Deutschland seit 17 Jahren!

39:40 Wir sollten Gründern mehr Anerkennung geben und die Bildung ändern

44:32 Gründerunterstützung im Studium?

49:48 Finanzierung in Deutschland? Herausforderungen und was geht?

52:27 Bootstrapped Startups: Für die meisten Ideen braucht man kein Geld sondern Zeit!

55:03 Förderprogramme und ihre Herausforderungen

57:55 Israel: Sie machen es vor — Förderung und andere Ansätze

59:16 EU & Deutschland: Da muss mehr passieren.

01:01:13 Über das Scheitern - Sacha Lobo

01:01:40 Die Zeit zu gründen ist JETZT!

01:03:16 Made in Germany im Maschinenbau, aber Tesla überholt uns trotzdem! Umdenken für die Zukunft

01:07:22 Wie kann sich Deutschland noch behaupten? Schritt für Schritt, klein Anfangen.

01:09:12 Digitalisierung kann bei der Email Liste Anfangen

01:13:08 Instaspaces — Absätze für deine Instagram Beschreibung

01:15:20 Man kann unglaublich viel machen — Wenn man technisch gut dabei ist.

01:16:24 Klein Anfangen. Man muss nicht gleich zu Schritt 35 springen.

01:20:53 Eine Außenstelle für Einstein1 in den USA oder Berlin? Kapital gibt es auch in ländlichen Gegenden!

01:28:17 Lebenshaltungskosten: Ein gutes Argument auf dem Land zu gründen.

01:31:20 Vor- und Nachteile auf dem Lande

01:35:05 Angebote und Möglichkeiten im Einstein1 Gebäude

01:51:21 Finde Niko Online @NikoEmran

01:52:10 Nikos Online Shop MegaSchecks.de — MEGA10 für 10% auf die Bestellung

01:52:25 Und das Digitale Gründerzentrum — Einstein1.net

Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 14 / Leaving the Consumption Rat Race, Deep Work, and New Podcasting Gear

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:56:00 +0000

A solo episode and life update. A lot of explorations about all things social media, deep work, the media rat race, and what’s coming up for me.

Relevant Links

Kraig Adams (YouTuber, Minimalist)

Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things (Documentation)

Matt d’Avella (YouTuber, Minimalist, Documentary Film Maker)

Deep Work by Cal Newport (Book)

Marques Brownlee (Tech YouTuber)

Linus Tech Tips (Tech YouTuber)

Peter McKinnon (Photography YouTuber)

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

01:29 New Podcasting Gear

02:27 Podcasting Videos Coming Up

02:51 Kraig Adams

03:16 Amazingness Overload

04:57 Freelance Struggles & Enjoyments

07:36 Minimalism

12:32 Deep Work Minimalism

12:57 Walking More

13:40 Reducing Consumption & Digital Time

14:30 Just Sit and Work

15:59 Rethinking Priorities

18:51 Fast Attention Grabbers

19:06 Cutting Social Media Consumption

20:18 Long From & Long Living

22:18 The Media Rat Race

22:42 Creative Freedom to Create

27:48 Back to the Basics

28:29 Gratitude

Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 13 / Documenting the Process, Consumption Minimalism, and Journeying to More Self Knowing

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:35:00 +0000

Much has happened since the last episode and this is a summary update episode. I share some background information about the last episode, what expectations I put on myself, what consumption minimalism means for me, and much more.

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:44 About Episode No. 12

02:51 Expectation I Put on Myself

05:48 Documentation of the Process

06:32 Cutting Down YouTube Consumption

09:33 Consumption Minimalism

12:29 Bringing Back Twitter & Instagram?

15:25 Personal KPI Sheet

18:18 Concepts From Deep Work

22:38 Masculinity & Journeying to More Self Knowing

31:05 Why Talk About This?

32:09 What Has Made Me

33:06 Outro

Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 12 / Comfort, Work, Procrastination, Growth, Responsibility, and Virtue

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 12:57:00 +0000

Talking seriously. Sometimes not all is amazing and upbeat, but that inner world view can be leveraged to grow out of it. I share deeply about what is going on in my life, how it can be self-deprecating, borderline depressing, but I am still trying to pull myself up!

There will be more to come on this journey and since recording this episode my life situation has changed a lot. I thought about not publishing this episode but then I would only give gas to the fire of deception that everything is always perfect for everybody else but yourself.

I am not perfect, I am far from it, and I struggle. This is one of those moments that that was the case and I’d like to share it with you. It’s important to see that side too!

🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

00:00 Opening — I Want to Be on My Happy Train

02:11 Not being able to execute is crippling!

04:50 Feeling Exhausted and wishing for discipline!

06:44 What would it be like to be employed?

11:37 The Value of Planning and having Rules

12:49 Helping the body shift with good habits and supplements.

13:39 What do I expect from the distractions?

14:47 A set of long term goals supposed to trump them all.

16:42 Knowing is not enough. The power is in doing something different.

18:41 It’s about Self Discipline

19:48 Orienting myself towards my Vision

23:08 It not going to be easy!

Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 11 / What Would Happen if We Would Publish as if We Are Already Dead?

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Publishing without the fears of rejection, without the necessity of regulation, as if someone is going through your diary after your death. They might find the disturbing things, the self questioning, the desire to breakup with a life long partner, the contemplations about suicide. Or the amounts of gratitude that was never expressed.

There are so many things we hide from the world to build up a facade with a certain look to not let others inside. But the real self — the one that’s behind the facade — that’s the one that will find connection. Being vulnerable, open, and explorative. Giving other permission to do the same.

Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 10 / Rant Against Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:00:00 +0000

There are many reasons to boycott social media. Her is one for the creators.

Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook are incredibly fast paced. Content is old by tomorrow and yet we spend tones of time on the creation? I’d like to propose an alternative, a new (or rather old) way, a way that is valuable in the long term and makes the investment worth wile.

There certainly are good reasons to be on social media platforms like Instagram. But it might be good to reassess and see which one you spend most of your time creating for.

Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 9 / Make The Real World Your Game

Sat, 26 Jan 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Why are we drawn to games, what does that virtual world give me that the real world doesn’t have, and what would happen if I’d reframe my real life experience to be the game?

So much can happen in virtual worlds. But I want to bring my real self forward. Leveling up my own skills — not just a virtual characters. Can I do it?

The game mentioned in this Episode Eve Online:

https://www.eveonline.com/

Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 8 / What's going on? Why the Break? What now?

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:25:00 +0000

It’s time for a bit of an update on what has been going on and where I have been? The short and sweet: I am in Germany and I am going to stay there for a while. But let me explain…

The Embody Podcast by Candice Wu:

https://candicewu.com/podcast

Yesterdays Desk Building Vlog with the Flexispot Desk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TUXBTB_ME0

Video Version of This Episode:

https://youtu.be/FaY4blCDWMU

Podcast Website:

https://ChrisSpiegl.com

No. 7 / High Above with an Airplane View

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 02:09:00 +0000

Let’s talk about the airplane view. Right after takeoff and right before landing. The excitement, the flow, and the fear. If you’re interested to check out the video version, you will find it on my YouTube Channel.

No. 6 / Real Talk — Breaking Free From Shame & Judgement

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 03:25:00 +0000

Let's break free form shame and judgment. Learning to just go for it. Do it. Actually get going and be ourselves. This video is about that. A change of pace. A learning experience. Breaking free of old believes.

No. 5 / Contemplations About Building Homebases

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:24:00 +0000

Traveling for months at a time, you quickly (or not so quickly) will notice how much you are carrying with you, how much stuff you have, and how little you actually use it all. In this episode, I share my experience that I had with finally giving away some of the items I am not using. What I expected, and what actually happened. Enjoy.

No. 4 / Giving Felt Small Yet Significant

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 06:05:00 +0000

No. 3 / Creating for Myself

Wed, 02 May 2018 15:02:00 +0000

Why do you create? Do you create for others? For yourself? In this episode, I talk about my struggles to create. The way I shut down projects to focus my energy more. And my new idea to create more for myself. Not looking if the content will benefit anybody. Not looking if it's going to be quick, easy, and high value. Listen for yourself, build your opinion, and let's discuss on Twitter. Enjoy.

No. 2 / Sometimes Not the Boss

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 01:00:00 +0000

The very second episode of MakeItYour.LIFE ~ Thoughts, Stories, and Ideas with Chris Spiegl! Are you the boss of your own company? Should you be your own boss? Let’s discuss how to find more motivation, get up earlier, and start with why.

No. 1 / Let's Get the Ball Rolling

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:48:00 +0000

The very first episode of MakeItYour.LIFE ~ Thoughts, Stories, and Ideas with Chris Spiegl! A new medium! Something to learn, to explore. It’s so fascinating (and yet scary). I hope you will enjoy the journey with me.