Let's Do Life

Often times in life, things take unexpected turns and sometimes for the worse. In this episode, I'll be sharing a story of how things took a tragic turn for a friend Jesse. Though he passed from cancer, he wasn't a victim of circumstance but a fighter till the bitter end. Our big idea = Bad stuff happens but how we respond makes all the difference. I'd love to hear your stories and opinions, send me a message at armandoafrik@gmail.com. Music by; Lucky Dragons Lee Maddeford Krackatoa Origamibiro  

This summer I went to Canada expecting a surprise birthday party but ended up attending my moms funeral. Here's the story behind everything and the lessons I learned.

Theme; Your imaginative power is your creative ability.   Book; Recreating your world - Pastor Chris Oyakhilome   Music; Adam Rose Tri Tachyon - Little Lily Swing  

In this digital age, the human connection could be easily sidelined. We're all busy building our lives and climbing different ladders of industry, but I hope Rob's story inspires you to take a second and say hi to the person next to you. With social isolation on the rise in most urban settings, projects like the one Rob is embarking on have become indispensable.  Today's main theme and quotes; If you want more years, drop your fears and say more "in-person hi's". The end is never the end - Kid Cudi Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Topics Covered; Rob's Story, Blue Zones, Long life, Meeting new people, Saying hi, being persistent and chasing your dreams Get in touch with Rob; Instagram - @Robs10kfriends Email - robs10kfriends@gmail.com Website - http://www.robs10kfriends.com/   Music; Kevin MacLeod - Backed Vibes  Original Intro sound - Adam Rose Jared C Balogh-Equal Value Ode To A Squirrel   Resources; The secret to living longer may be your social li

Since most of the episodes we release are elaborate productions, this is a short in between episode "inbetweenesode".  In today's episode, we share a quote from Tim Ferriss' book Tools of titan. Main Idea; "If I look around and everyone else is doing x, how do you zig when everyone else is zagging?" -Chase Jarvis So in the upcoming week, how will you Zig as everyone else Zags, feel free to tweet your response using #LDLzigzag. With suggestions or ideas, please send us an email @armandoafrik@gmail.com

This week we have a chat with Bastien Ornano who is the chef at Jaime French Bakery Philadelphia. It's the inspiring story of how everything began and the inspiration behind his pastries. Core Theme; If you've got a dream go for it, start before you're ready. I'd love to get your perspective on what we talk about today so feel free to send me an email @armandoafrik@gmail.com. Thanks again for tunning in. Jaime French Bakery @jaimefrenchbakery 212 S 12th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107   Music Used Bad Bats - Mother Cavern Dana Boul- Accordion Dirge Great Accordion Music - French Accordion - La Vie En Rose Daddy Scrabble - Flying pea  

In today's episode, we have a coffee chat with Adam Rose who's been a seasoned musician for 27 years. He shares his story and the importance of clarity. Core ideas include; -Understanding what success means to you -The importance of building your own solid foundation and not being swayed away by every wave of seeming success. Practical On a piece of paper write down what you define success as what will a fulfilled life look like to you. This podcast features original music by Adam Rose. Other songs include; Old Man - Neil Young Mr tambourine man - Bob Dylan  

Often time things either don't turn out as we expect or life takes us through unexpected and grilling experiences. With this light-hearted story of a baker who uses his words to create his world, I hope you can start embracing your detours and creating the reality you desire.  Core Message Using your words and strong/focused intent can be a tool for creating the future of your dreams. Saying the right things about yourself, your community and the things you hope to accomplish. The experiment mentioned was Masaru Emoto's water crystal experiment and you can read more about it here (http://www.masaru-emoto.net) Resources on the power of words and strong intent Books Recreating your world (https://goo.gl/R3wv53) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (https://goo.gl/Cmi6PX)   Music Used Darwin - Dessert La Vie En Rose - Louis Armstrong David Cutter - Flash Back  

What is it that motivates these school shooters to yield themselves to such darkness? Could it be that many of us have been blinded by polarizing rhetoric on guns and have ignored the very root of the problem? It’s hard to pinpoint one thing but psychologists argue that a prevalent motive is the passionate desire for recognition and respect. A yearning to be significant. Have you ever wanted to mean more? This is why solely demonizing the shooters without examining the whole structure of society tends to be problematic. Malcolm Gladwell. What are the things we extoll, who are the people we consider great? What are our movies and song lyrics about, these things are the fabric of what the upcoming generation will consider as significance?.

What if more people started acting like ants understanding the role & importance of individual responsibility. As one positive person, you might not do much but its a start, eventually you rub off on others and like the ants who through teamwork build colonies way bigger than themselves, together we can build thriving neighborhoods. But it all starts with me. This is the intro to a very vast topic. Music by Adam Rose and David Cutter. Sound clips from; SNL Live, I have a dream parody & Theaster Gates.

Does it ever feel like your life is going nowhere and nothing special is happening well here's a story about a farmer who was going through a similar situation? His end was tragic but yours doesn't need to be that way. Thanks a million for listening, Music By David Cutter, Adam Rose, Jesse P and voice at the end was a clip by Earl Nightingale.

What if we started teaching the future generations to ditch the victim label and abandon the cacophony of identity politics. It’s doubtless that the systems of the world weren’t created in favor of many, they’re not fair but look at some heroes among countries with low GDPs, the Landfill Harmonic in Paraguay whose instruments are made from trash, the single mother selling peeled oranges on the streets in Cameroon to send her kids to school.    

If our lives are the sum total of all the information we’ve received, could this therefore mean that our lives are programmable? This is the main thesis in Rev Dr Chris’ Book “Power of your mind” where he brings up this strong idea of reprogramming your mind by changing the content and structures of your thoughts to produce the future you desire. That is channeling the right thoughts in via the words u hear. 

In today's episode, we're going to have a little heart lifting breakfast chat with Eugene Yakovlev. Eugene is a young Philadelphian content developer and liberty scholar at Drexel University. His youtube channel has racked up more than 17 million views and 155+ thousand subscribers.  We talk about how Eugene got all these subscribers and also the power of our uniqueness. So I hope you enjoy this short chat and please feel free to send questions, comments, and suggestions our way. You can reach us here. The key point today was you are the thing which makes whatever you do different. You are the first duck you have. No one else has your thoughts, your ideas, and your concepts. To watch some of Eugene's videos, you can click on this link or follow him on Instagram at @ugene123. Also feel free to check out our youtube channel for podcast videos and follow me on Instagram @afrikster  Thanks again for listening.

Do you notice that Contrary to many of our of childhood experiences, our society seems to be built on a sort of "waiting culture"? That is getting all your ducks in a row first. There’s always an anticipation for more & for the future.”Oh, I just need more money, then I’ll be able to help more people and do more good. Always waiting to be the person we envision but what about today? WHO ARE WE NOW AND WHAT WE CAN DO? Can we have fun with what we have?Do you really need more knowledge or do you need more action on the knowledge you already have? Do you really need all your ducks in a row or can u use the duck you have already?   In this episode, I take you on a little journey to my shower opera singing days and unpack this idea even further.