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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2020
Non-apocalyptic evidence-based preparedness education for rational people.
Our goal is to champion individual preparedness, wrapping yourself in a blanket of insulation to permit your pursuit of dreams, protected from the external shocks of life. The 2020s will be a chaotic decade, why not thrive instead of just survive?
Our goal is to champion individual preparedness, wrapping yourself in a blanket of insulation to permit your pursuit of dreams, protected from the external shocks of life. The 2020s will be a chaotic decade, why not thrive instead of just survive?
Vacations Matter & Close of Season 12
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The point is vacations matter, to disconnect and repair. The mind and body are finite tools for life, they are our mot important resource, the key to our success and the reason we’ll exit. I’ve learned that when I say I’m gone, to be gone. So this year, I pre-recorded all the podcast episodes for Inside My Canoehead (insidemycanoehead.ca/) , wrote a few Substack articles and prepared notes for my return. Those notes are what led to this article, today is the return day.
Reflections are important. What did I learn on vacation - did I disconnect, respect my personal boundaries and was I all-in, present with the family, or was I thinking about the business, clients and goals for 2025. This year, I’ll score my vacation a 8.5/10.
Vacations matter to prepare the mind for the logic vs insanity dance that is our discourse. To fight ideology and idiocy requires preparation and a keen eye, successful keyboard warriors respond cleverly, not in narcissistic spam.
I did lean slightly into the fires in California, the New Year’s Day attacks and other important events. That’s the reason for the less than perfect vacation score. I’ve done much worse and I’ve said countless times before, success or failure is my fault. On balance I met my expectations, but I will do better the next time.
I will pen some ideas about where we go from here, but for now, I’ll encourage everyone to be on vacation when you’re away.
The world and your professional life will be fine without you, because one day you will be gone and someone will carry on, so smell the roses.
Support the show (www.buymeacoffee.com/IMCanoehead)
www.insidemycanoehead.ca
The point is vacations matter, to disconnect and repair. The mind and body are finite tools for life, they are our mot important resource, the key to our success and the reason we’ll exit. I’ve learned that when I say I’m gone, to be gone. So this year, I pre-recorded all the podcast episodes for Inside My Canoehead (insidemycanoehead.ca/) , wrote a few Substack articles and prepared notes for my return. Those notes are what led to this article, today is the return day.
Reflections are important. What did I learn on vacation - did I disconnect, respect my personal boundaries and was I all-in, present with the family, or was I thinking about the business, clients and goals for 2025. This year, I’ll score my vacation a 8.5/10.
Vacations matter to prepare the mind for the logic vs insanity dance that is our discourse. To fight ideology and idiocy requires preparation and a keen eye, successful keyboard warriors respond cleverly, not in narcissistic spam.
I did lean slightly into the fires in California, the New Year’s Day attacks and other important events. That’s the reason for the less than perfect vacation score. I’ve done much worse and I’ve said countless times before, success or failure is my fault. On balance I met my expectations, but I will do better the next time.
I will pen some ideas about where we go from here, but for now, I’ll encourage everyone to be on vacation when you’re away.
The world and your professional life will be fine without you, because one day you will be gone and someone will carry on, so smell the roses.
Support the show (www.buymeacoffee.com/IMCanoehead)
www.insidemycanoehead.ca
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Holiday Series - Preparedness for Seniors
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Setting 2025 Up For Success
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1046719/open_sms) Welcome to the new year, a time when we regularly burden ourselves with unrealistic expectations, near impossible goals and set ourselves up for failure. A totally expected and avoidable situation. Maybe there is another way, a different methodology to review the past year, to consider what occurred, how it went, what you...
Our Holiday Series - Thriving Not Just Surviving
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Our Holiday Series - Personal Responsibility
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Healthcare and Preparedness Funding - We Don't Need More $$$
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Engaging all Societal Sectors to Build Resilience
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1046719/open_sms) It is often stated that we are the most connected, yet loneliest generation. We hold in our hands a device that has access to the entire knowledge base of our species, the ability to call anyone on the planet and to send and receive information across all mediums. Yet we don’t know our neighbours, we are increasingly less...
Interview with the Preparedness Guy, Nat Sellers
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Economic Barriers to Preparedness are Creations of the State
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Scalpel or Chainsaw - Emergency Management Governance
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National Preparedness - The Goal of the Incoming US Administration
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Sound advice.
@@HeyDanieJ preparedness is far more than just water and food !!!
sthu you sound like trump rn
Happy anniversary 🍻
Thank you, much appreciated!
Thank you
Do you have a...
I do have knowledge and skills 😆 and other things too 💯
If your neighbor doesn't have stuff stockpiled in the basement how the fuck is he going to feed you
Neighbor is going to be your first enemy
In the sense of building resiliency, in the immediate response phase, not requiring public sector intervention.
@@donevenson1911communities with high degrees of connectedness recover faster and better than others.
Blame you
Love it ! 😁
Really. You felt it necessary to post this? Thanks for wasting my time
Absolutely, thank you for engaging. A full spectrum 4 sphere response equates to better post event outcomes. These occurrences are rare.
Physical media is important!!
Absolutely!
Glad I stumbled upon your channel. Speaking of guests, I know a guy. He’s a vet and owns a prepper business. Let me know and I can pass along your info
Wonderful, glad you’re here. Pass on the show’s information to anyone you’d think would appreciate the content and to your friend as a potential guest. It would be. A pleasure to speak with another vet.
The only way it'll ever be fixed if if THEY stop lying in order to gather power and wealth.
Wow Jeff! This is great timing!!! David and i have been talking a lot about this!!!!
When you're at the point, the point where you're simply exhausted - it's a hard choice. The other side though, wonderful.
I'm Australia we have something called wrongful termination. If I got fired tomorrow I'd be celebrating because I have an open and shut case for wrongful termination. I'll need meetings, all written down. History of them attempting to help me stay employed, providing clear reasons for how I can be better. If there is redundancy, I get paid based on the amount of time I've spent. And it's the best way to get rid of a job. The employer also can't hire someone in your place for 6 months.
Very well, but you're depending on a system that you don't control, which can be amended by a change in government you don't support. Or, the company could go bankrupt and there are no funds for employee benefits, irrespective of rights and laws.
@@preparednesslabs the system i can't control is better then no system. But because of the awesome laws and nice fruitful country Australia is, it isn't livable unless you make a decent amount of money due to the insane house prices. I work 8 hours a day, and rent on a small apartment will use most of my money, meaning nothing in savings. I'm lucky since I don't have to pay much for living
But how will we blame everyone else for our shortfalls when it doesn’t work out? 😊
Absolutely, because it always has to be someone else's fault 😄
says a guy wearing a hoodie...how cold can it be
If you’re working, it hardly matters!
A good hardcover book that I can scan bits out to put on my phone for easy access.
Love it, absolutely
What if the company goes out of business?
That is a risk, absolutely. Worst case scenario, I have some excellent wool socks
This makes me want to start tomorrow morning before work
That’s all it takes, a walk and patience. Move, you were designed to move. No money required
I bet I can only survive in the wild for 1 hour
I have that Back to Basics book, I love it!!!
The knife.
A bible
Leatherman
SOS button or if I had to survive, a fixed blade
How do I listen to your podcasts when the power grid goes down and I don't have Internet anymore
Easy! Subscribe on your favourite platform and set for automatic downloads. When the power is out, your episodes are stored ! Thanks for the comment
Oh God you are so so true.
David and I might just join you!!!
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cool
Cool 😎👍
When the shizzy hits the fizzy 😂
I'm sorry to say this, but I think that was very dangerous what you just said.
Thanks for commenting, I foresee no reason to keep toxic folks in my life. I choose joy and happiness.
🎉❤
Sorry - you tether your phone in that case to your belt? Are you sure??? (LOL!)
That was the intent... Maybe not the practice, but it was the first thing I grabbed for on my swim down the rapids! Stay tuned, first video coming out later this week...
Those are very nice tips! Thanks for sharing! We often overlook what could happen sometimes but we should always be prepared!
First comment :)
You won... Thanks for dropping by
You’ve got some great gear! 😉
Fantastic, lets go!