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KEW Episode 77: Who is KEW for?

As you know, we have been exploring the Are vs Should Problem; the struggle between the people we are and the people we feel like we should be. Since Episode 50, but really since about Episode 42, and ARGUABLY since Episode 1 I have been developing the ideas and concepts that load into the Are vs Should modality.

I hope you have found some value in these Episodes.

And I hope you will journey with me toward the next Phase of this model development

In the next Episode or two, I will go through the pivot from WHAT the Are vs Should Problem IS, and all the little pieces that are relevant to people struggling with this cognitive dissonance, toward the HOW-TO of ‘what-the-hell-am-I-supposed-to-do-now’ part of the deal.

Because living more in the Are and less in the Should takes work. And it isn’t just the kind of work where one day you say, ‘ok, I’m going to change’ and then wake up the next day all changed.

No, this is a life long path way that has no destination.

And we begin this journey by understanding who we are, why we’re here, what we’re doing, and how we’re going to do it.

So I wanted to take this Episode, and perhaps another. . . or two. . . and figure out who you are and tell you more about who I am.

All this to help you figure out if this is worth your time.

Briefly, someone who is going to benefit from this journey, or the past journey, of KEW is:

Analytical

Intelligent

Curious

Self-aware

Out-of-the-box

Unique

Different

Empathic

Distrusting of the status-quo

Mindful

Appreciative of diversity

Open-minded

And so much more. But that’s a start. I’m still figuring out who I am, after all.

I am looking forward to this trip and hope you will join me.

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See y’all next week.

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Preview KEW Episode 54: The Bully and your DNA: Part 1

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The Are vs. Should problem is unfolding before our eyes right here at KEW, on YouTube, and your favorite podcast server. The next step for me, and hopefully you will find this helpful, is to lay out the philosophical personalities of the Are and Should elements of ourselves. To me, the Should part can best be described as a bully, and the Are part best described as your DNA.

Bullies get their way.

Bullies continue to push your buttons to hurt you.

Bullies prey on our greatest weaknesses.

The Are, then, is your ‘real self’ and, to me, can best be describes, at the deepest level, by your personal DNA.

The Are is the unique you.

The Should is a big bully trying to make you into something else.

In this first of two Episodes, I’ll go in deep to characterize the Should Bully and how incredibly pervasive this personality has become in today’s society.

Full Episode, in podcast and video forms, coming right here this Friday.

Preview KEW Episode 53: Are vs. Should Examples

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I’m struggling a bit at the beginning of the Are vs. Should Problem I have been discussing in Episodes 51-53. So far, I have introduced the problem; that we all struggle with the person that we ARE and the person we think we SHOULD BE. I have described the first step toward a solution in taking a Personal Inventory. Next, I tried to begin the process of examining the personal inventory by separating items as being described by Hard and Soft realities. This may not make perfect sense yet, but I promise it will.

In Episode 53, the fourth installment, I share a handful of examples and situations for you to ponder in your own life or others’ lives. Situations where you may experience the dichotomy of Are vs. Should. There are infinite examples, but this is one of those things that our minds, or our Ego, can talk us out of. We protect ourselves from being aware of the Are vs. Should by living in the Should. (I suppose there are those who live in the Are, and I am envious and very curious to know more about those people). The Should mind beats us up. It tells us we are not good enough. It convinces us that people look down on us and that our shortcomings are things we have to cover up or change. The Should mind is a bully.

The Are mind can appear to be a push over, childish, or be hidden from view by the overpowering Should bully. In other words, the Are side of us is sometimes hard to see. The personal inventory is one means of examining ourselves objectively, and determining whether an item or experience or belief belongs on the Are vs. Should side.

Hopefully, this weeks’ Episode will be helpful during the examination process. Full Episode coming Friday.