Mere Mortals

Mere Mortals



What is Effective Philosophy? Juan and I simplify hard to grasp concepts into pragmatic takeaways that can be applied to every day life (fitness, goal setting, work, parenting, travel, hobbies, finances, etc.,). We go live every Sunday @ 11am AEST.

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KAYTLYN POOLE | Mere Mortals Interview # 001 - S1E52

Kaytlyn Poole (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaytlynpoole/) (TikTok: vm.tiktok.com/GTkdr6) is a Brisbane bodybuilder and Makfitness sponsored athlete. Alongside being a pleasure to interact with, we delve into feeling good, creativity during #COVID19, her social profiles, general tips and advice. As always, enjoy.

Kaytlyn Poole (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaytlynpoole/) (TikTok:…

18 May 2020 | 00:31:50


Episode #40 - The Psychology of Money & Value - S1E50

In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss 'Money, Money, Money ...... Mooneeeeyy'. In particular they try to stay away from closely related terms of wealth or finance, and zero in on why we use money as a concept of value and they psychological aspects of our interactions with it. As usual at the beginning, there are the Mere Mortal…

In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss 'Money, Money, Money ...... Mooneeeeyy'. In…

17 May 2020 | 00:59:00


Episode #39 - Mere Mortal Musings 004 (Big Wave Surfing, Day Trading Woes & Learning Techniques) - S1E49

In this episode of Musings Juan and Kyrin discuss Big Wave surfing and Kai Lenny, becoming infatuated with day trading on the share market and cryptocurrency, Juan's photographic memory (but for music), finding how you learn best plus sticking to that method and the double edged sword of timing speeding up as you get…

In this episode of Musings Juan and Kyrin discuss Big Wave surfing and Kai Lenny, becoming…

13 May 2020 | 00:41:11


Episode #38 - Endurance - S1E48

This week's show predominantly focused on mental endurance, the 4 C's of Mental Toughness (Which got turned into the 5 C's by Mere Mortals.. find out more at the end of the podcast) and the way the team has benefitted from enduring through their own challenges. A really interesting topic that also discussed the book…

This week's show predominantly focused on mental endurance, the 4 C's of Mental…

10 May 2020 | 01:04:31


Episode #37 - Mere Mortal Musings 003 (Negative Visualisation, API's & Leadership) - S1E46

In this episode of Musings, Juan and Kyrin discuss a range of topics. These relate to Kyrin's recent benefits from using the Stoic principle of negative visualisation, being a role model versus telling someone what to do, Chinese adages and becoming a better story teller, developing 3rd party apps to improve functionality on social media,…

In this episode of Musings, Juan and Kyrin discuss a range of topics. These relate to…

07 May 2020 | 00:41:38


Episode #36 - Life After Coronavirus - S1E45

In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss 'Life After Coronavirus'. As the restrictions around the globe start to slow down, we all find ourselves looking ahead and thinking 'what will come next?'. The forced working from home has opened a lot of people's eyes to what sort of lifestyle is possible and the inherent…

In this episode Juan and Kyrin discuss 'Life After Coronavirus'. As the restrictions…

04 May 2020 | 00:52:15


Episode #35 - Mere Mortal Meanderings - S1E42

In short, this will be going forward a set of episodes where the team sits down, has a drink or two and converses on anything that is top of mind. Unlike the usual structured discussions, this is much more fluid where anything can come up! If you feel like tuning in, do so and as alway, enjoy.

In short, this will be going forward a set of episodes where the team sits down, has a drink or…

01 May 2020 | 00:35:47


Episode #34 - Mere Mortal Musings 002 (Learnings from Fyre festival, courage and extremes) - S1E41

The team gathered around our podcast table to talk about all of the latest things going on in the world, including some learnings we took away from the doco Fyre festival, what that means in terms of courage and Plan "B's". The team also tackled extremes vs the norm and where we see that being important and where we differed in…

The team gathered around our podcast table to talk about all of the latest things going on in…

29 April 2020 | 00:39:17


Episode #33 - Medium term goals - S1E40

Short-term goals, Long-term goals. These are known and discussed in-depth in many forms, in-fact the team has covered goals in general in earlier podcasts (Check those out for more context). But have you stopped to think about medium term goals, what they are, how they can define whether you achieve your long term goals and if they are worth…

Short-term goals, Long-term goals. These are known and discussed in-depth in many forms,…

26 April 2020 | 00:54:15


Episode #32 - Mere Mortal Musings 001 (Fear and how to find your passion) - S1E39

This week brings around the first set of Mere Mortal Musings, a short (er) episode in comparison to our usual ones where the team sits down, talks smack and looks back at the week that was. In amongst other things, we look back at the big insights we learned this week and got talking deep into fear and how one might find their true…

This week brings around the first set of Mere Mortal Musings, a short (er) episode in…

23 April 2020 | 00:37:20