Discipline, Sex, Psychedelics, and More — The Return of Drunk Dialing (#306)

Hey Tim,

I just enjoyed to your latest podcast, ‘Discipline, Sex, Psychedelics, and More — The Return of Drunk Dialing’. How do we submit questions for next time?

Cheers,

Felix

Hola Tim!

Thanks so much for getting drunk with us. It was an amazing experience to chat with you and witness first hand your ability to find the essential while keeping your attention to the big picture… There was so much to learn from your answers that I couldn’t wait to hear them again!!

Looking back I regret not telling you more about what I do and especially how you’ve inspired me… and literally changed my life! by introducing me to Jerzy Gregorek in your podcast. After meeting Jerzy in person I became one of the Happy Body Mentors, which has transformed my life and the lives of the people I work with. 🙏🏻

THANK YOU! For your honest, commited lifestyle and body of work, that keeps inspiring others and making the world a better place! I sincerely hope we can meet one day!!

Cheers,

~Dayana Pereira

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I don’t understand the appeal of getting drunk and calling people. For a podcast that addresses so much about human health and quality of life, you think there’d be a little more awareness about how many lives are regularly ruined by alcohol.

Hi Tim,

This is a bit off topic for this week’s podcast… but I’ve noticed you have been asking your interviewees a lot about coming of age ritual in your podcasts and thought you might be interested to know about The Man Kind project. I learned about it through a friend of mine who goes to their groups weekly. The idea (how he explained it to me) is that our society lacks coming of age rituals for men to support growth and developing a sense of independence and identity. This group attempts to fill that gap and create an environment where that can be possible. Check it out!

Thanks for your support of psychedelic research & psychedelic assisted therapy. I’ve worked in associated areas for the past several years & I am so glad that research & trials are now resuming after being on hold for… well, most of my life. I’m delighted to now be in a post-grad training program so that I can contribute to this work &, maybe, eventually, provide this treatment for some of our patients in the most need.

No reply necessary (though always welcome), just wanted to express thanks. 🙂

Fantastic episode…would like to hear more about his fitness regimen though.

Hi Tim,

Love the show and your advice/guests/reading suggestions are having a big impact on my life re-set at the age of 37.

One question.

Being born in 1980 (in Australia I should add) I’m one of those who have had, “an analogue childhood and digital adulthood.” At the time things such as computing were not core school classes and for those looking to go to university it wasn’t a class that would count towards admission. So, I’m sadly lacking in the tech side of things. I’ve had a career in sales after getting and never using liberal arts degrees from university. Now I’m looking at a variety of career changes and I want to fill this tech knowledge gap somewhat and am looking at building additional competencies to suit a modern career. Additionally, I want a knowledge base to put me in a better position to consider tech investments.

Any suggestions for where to start? I’m thinking books to read, online courses etc. Should I look to gain basic knowledge of coding/web development etc to understand the nuts and bolts or would this likely have little utility to me.

Your thoughts are much appreciated.

P.s Could you keep in mind my location in Australia and keep any answers non-US specific.

Hi Tim,

Listening to this podcast struck a chord with me in the sense that you seem to pursue multiple interests in multiple directions at once and also seem to define success in somewhat non traditional ways.

I’ve led a somewhat non traditional career path and often find myself feeling a bit stuck and frustrated because this path hasn’t lent itself to usual markers of success.

I’m in my early thirties and have had successful careers in a variety of markets (education research, railroad, citizenship and immigration, higher education, automotive, massage therapy, etc.) and within those jobs more often than not end up being asked to take on projects well outside of the scope of what I was hired to do.

A coworker of mine recently told me that I am the most “low-key intelligent” person he’s ever met. I think what he meant is that my skill sets aren’t easily definable or even obvious at first but wherever I go I end up enacting massive positive change, bringing together people/programs/policies in innovative ways that help resolve issues and elevate the workplace in ways that leadership didn’t even realize needed to occur and were delighted to have had happen. Usually I accomplish this by quietly elevating and encouraging a few key folks around me, nudging others in a new direction, and letting those folks celebrate the successes as their own, eliminating the need for trying to get their buy in to a solution. I’ve changed fundamental policies, saved dying programs, restructured departments, increased efficiency and overall workplace moral all under the guise of performing my duties as support staff or an analyst. And I love it. I love the challenge of finding creative solutions and uplifting those around me. Mentoring peers to great success. Seeing pain points and using them as catalysts for change. Finding and fixing the root causes of issues and empowering people to drastically improve their quality of work.

However, this career path is problematic in a number of ways:

1. When the problems are resolved and things are running smoothly, I lose interest being left with just the support staff or analyst role I was hired to do.

2. I have no idea how to define, and more importantly market, this skill set.

3. I feel trapped by the lower-mid level titles I’ve performed this work under and don’t know how to find a job where I can compensated appropriately for the work I love doing.

4. I don’t want to spend all of my days trapped in an office. I’m also a licensed massage therapist and LOVE that work but cannot do it full time (due to finances, my bodies own limits, and the fact that I also want to be analytically engaged) but don’t want to have to give it up entirely either due to an office job with long hours

I’m wondering if you might have any advice or insight that might help me find an actual career for this skill set and/or a way to market these skills.

Thank you!