Living in Your Circle of Control – Epi-3746

The Survival Podcast

Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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So much is going on right now that the world feels like it is melting down in front of us. No matter what anyone says or does inflation is like a plague on society. Food is more expensive than anyone can remember. The political tribalism is at a fevered pitch with both sides in full denial of reality. The universities continue to churn out people with degrees that can’t actually do anything. Jobs are being eliminated with automation and outsourcing. We have war being normalized again, like it’s just another line item on the news scroll. The media keeps feeding … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	There's a better way to do this.
0:08.6	Let me show you a better way.
0:16.0	You don't have to be another face in the crowd.
0:20.7	You're alive., welcome folks.
0:22.5	It is Monday, October the 13th,
0:25.2	2025.
0:26.7	That just sounds kind of crazy.
0:28.0	Like, we're actually really close to me
0:30.5	saying it's someday in
0:31.9	2026. It just seems outrageous.
0:35.3	Given this little journey we take
0:36.7	together called the Survival Podcasts began in 2008.
0:40.3	I have a lot more beard and a lot greater beard.
0:42.5	For those that are tuning into a video today for the first time, at least in a while,
0:46.7	the reason for the beard is I haven't lost my mind or anything.
0:49.4	We're doing the play Santa Claus thing this year, and we believe that the beard got white enough that all it needed was a start growing in July. And I've had my hairstylist working on it for me to get a very Santa-like. And it's starting to really form up. And I'm hoping it's all the way there by Thanksgiving this year to have fun with the family and friends. Anyway, we're not talking about that today.
1:12.3	In fact, we're talking about it.
1:13.3	If there's such thing as Santa Claus, it's a hanty Santa Claus, things being taken away from you and reclaiming them and getting back.
1:20.3	Today's show is called Living in Your Circle of Control.
1:24.5	Now, for me, this goes all the way back many, many years prior to even doing the survival podcast.
1:29.2	When I was a young guy coming up in the business world, there was a lot of people kept telling me,
1:33.2	you need to read seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey.
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