• No. 31 / Corona and Trying to Stay Motivated

    The crisis is bringing with it some self-quarantine and potentially, it’s a time to better ourselves in all kinds of ways. If only we stay motivated…

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    YouTube Video for this Episode

    iTunes University

    Khan Academy

    CodeCademy

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:08 Corona and a Strange Fascination

    03:01 What is Happening to My Business?

    06:27 What to Do With the Extra Time?

    08:36 Keep Creating

    09:08 Learning New Things

    09:51 All the Things We Are Behind on 🙈

    10:07 Sports, Journaling, and Meditation

    10:56 Staying Motivated Can Be Hard

    12:30 Let’s Make the Best of It All

    15:20 Outro

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    16m - Mar 16, 2020
  • No. 30 / Connecting with People, Being Real, and Happy Alone

    In the past I have thought about sharing about certain things many times, then I thought: “I don’t know how this will end, let’s wait and I’ll make the video later”. The “later” point never came and I regret not having shared in the moment.

    Now I am changing that! And with that, I am exploring a lot of thoughts that are on my mind right now in regards to being a creator and having the desire to make YouTube and the likes to my full-time income.

    In this episode I explore:

    • Why am I shy?
    • Why do I care what others think?
    • That we need thick skin (and not just if you are a creator).
    • Why having others to approve of me is not helpful.
    • Being enough the way I am (even when alone).
    • And realizing that I have a following that I should be real with.

    I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comment section, vis Instagram, or on Telegram. Thank you for listening and being here ❤.

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Video Version of this Episode https://youtu.be/r918pp7ZGR8

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:25 Where I Am Coming From

    03:21 What It Started With… 1000 Subscribers on Youtube

    05:47 What Do I Want to Do Moving Forward?

    10:09 Feeling Drawn to Social Media and More Connection and Questioning Why I Am Holding Back?

    12:24 My Fear That Bein a Youtuber or Instagrammer is Not Valued by Others

    15:02 You’ll Need Thick Skin

    16:59 Humans on Every Part of the Spectrum

    21:48 Why Having Others to Approve of Me is Not Helpful.

    33:03 We Do Not Matter, and Everything Could Be Wrong.

    35:38 I Am Enough by Myself

    38:44 Realizing That You Are Real People Out There Watching ❤

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    45m - Mar 12, 2020
  • No. 29 / There Are Always New People

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    YouTube Video Version

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro & Thank YOU

    02:46 Todays Topic

    03:27 What do I even have to share?

    04:28 You are Unique

    06:02 More Relatable to Different People

    08:15 Smaller Creators are more Available

    09:45 There are always new people

    11:36 Not everybody knows what you know!

    13:02 You will share differently

    14:11 Go and Create!

    14:37 #NoSmallCreator

    15:34 Thank YOU

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    17m - Mar 2, 2020
  • No. 28 / Ignore the Algorithm, Create What You Want, and Publish

    Create what you desire, make it, publish it, leave the perfectionist at home, make art now! Easier said than done, but we can all make it happen. Also… an update about where I am taking this, what is going on, and what I’d love to be doing. Let’s make something.

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Video Version of this Podcast

    Derek Sivers — Travel without Social Praise

    Tweet by Matt D’Avella

    Book — So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport (Affiliate Link)

    Cody Wanner — I’m Quitting “Full Time YouTube”

    Masha — Blogger & Influencer

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:18 You should not care about the Algorithm

    02:46 What do I want to create?

    05:04 Aligning Passion and Number of Clicks

    06:33 Perfection vs Published?

    08:30 Opportunities through Publishing

    09:57 Update Time

    14:12 Connect with me 🌸

    15:26 Support me on Buy me a Coffee

    17:08 Let’s share this Journey

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    18m - Feb 24, 2020
  • No. 27 / Virtual Worlds and the Real Game Controller

    Game have been with us forever, computer games have been part of my life since I can think, and virtual reality is making it all the more interesting. But what about the real life game-controller? Why not take that and do something real?

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    YouTube Video for thie Episode

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    01:56 Is it real or am I running away?

    03:10 Why am I entering virtual reality?

    04:57 Games aren’t evil…

    05:36 Making Life My Game!

    06:59 Maybe it’s all a virtual reality or simulation?

    08:13 Are you taking the game-controller of life into your own hands?

    09:22 You have to master yourself.

    09:55 Virtual worlds are becoming more enticing?

    10:42 Outro and Invitation to Conversation

    👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

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    11m - Feb 17, 2020
  • No. 26 / Universal Base Income? Let's do it ourselves.

    The world is changing and evolving rapidly. We need new concepts. All that is true, but we also can’t wait for politics to change for us and provide the Universal Base Income. At least I am not waiting…

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Gewinne ein Grundeinkommen (only for German Citizens)

    Cody Warner — I’m Quitting “Full Time YouTube”

    Cody Warner — The Dark Side of Full Time YouTube

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:47 Disclaimer

    03:44 The Basic Idea of Universal Basic Income

    06:25 Some Benefits of UBI

    08:52 An Opinion Divide

    09:35 What UBI Could Do for Society

    14:35 Why am I drawn to this concept?

    17:39 Preventing Shady Business Ideas

    19:34 Cody Warner — I’m Quitting “Full-Time YouTube”

    21:00 Why wait for others? Are you driven enough?

    25:06 Questions I am asking myself…

    29:23 What are your thoughts?

    👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

    Website 💻 ChrisSpiegl.com
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    30m - Feb 10, 2020
  • No. 25 / Focus and Attention — How to Regain Control Over Notifications and More

    Sorry for the clipping sound for the first 10 minutes, that happens when you forget to hit record on your external audio recorder and the in-camera sound is clipping 🤦‍♂️ .

    But anyway, today I am sharing about my journey to experiment on myself to regain control over the distractions, notifications, and pulls in my life. From grayscale mode, to disabled notifications, to the reasons why it’s even so hard. Let’s talk about this!

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Video Version of this Podcast Episode —

    Vlog about Black & White Mode — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yf8dSJ8PdY

    Getting Un-Stuck from the Feeds — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRqXJiVR5xg

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    01:27 Defining the Challenge

    03:31 The Negative Impact of Notifications & the News

    05:28 What I Have Been Trying

    06:48 Tactics of Regaining Control

    19:25 Conclusion

    25:39 Outro

    👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

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    27m - Feb 3, 2020
  • No. 24 / Unapologetic makes you execute.

    Being able to do more, break free of our own perceptions, the judgments we fear and think are out there. Rediscovering the new me. It’s a learning process.

    From techniques (journaling, meditation, and healing sessions) over to discovering that not everybody thinks just like me and that there is more acceptance than one would think in this world.

    Becoming more of who I am now instead of being stuck with who I once was.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Jason Silva Video about Control Freaks

    Candice Wu — Holistic Healer

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    01:40 Overview — Finding Balance in Life

    04:22 What Do I Want Moving Forward?

    06:19 Learning to Detach From Childhood Perceptions

    08:12 How I Am Uncovering Myself — The Ever-Ongoing Process

    10:30 Learning to Break Perceptions

    12:14 Getting to Know That Not Everybody Has the Same Opinion — There Are Nuances

    16:35 Unapologetic & Executing More

    19:40 Working With My Self Perception

    23:28 Wanting It All at the Same Time

    25:52 An Experiment I Am Thinking About

    28:01 Jason Silva on Thanking Fear

    31:08 Outro

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    33m - Jan 27, 2020
  • No. 23 / Exploring the Shiny Object Syndrome

    Exploring the shiny objects in my life, how they come up, what they have done in the past, why it’s so intriguing, and how I try to deal with them.

    They are so distracting, pulling my attention and everything that goes with it, letting me forget my priorities. But why? And how do I get back on track?

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Candice Wu

    Extension to Redirect to Toto List

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:56 What’s the Shiny Object Syndrome?

    03:05 My Experience

    04:57 Why It’s So Easy to Slip Into

    09:51 A New Shiny Object Arrises

    12:42 Breaking the Hold of the Shiny Object

    16:27 A Declaration of Loyalty

    17:07 Making Time for Yourself

    18:54 Awareness Isn’t Enough

    19:56 What Helped Me Get Out of It.

    23:08 Sicking Through It With You

    25:00 Outro

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    27m - Jan 20, 2020
  • No. 22 / You Cannot Hide Behind Other People’s Projects | Expand Your Comfort Zone

    You cannot hide behind other people’s projects: especially if you think you can do it better. Just do it yourself. Build something for yourself.


    🔗 Relevant Links:


    The Hard Truth About Making Your Dreams Come True by Mel Robbins


    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:


    00:00 Intro

    00:30 Opening the Topic

    01:27 My Story With Other People's Projects

    08:23 What I Am Doing Now… Stepping Out and Into

    11:07 Nobody is Going to Do It for You! It's Your Responsibility.

    12:22 In Conclusion — Don't Hide Behind Others

    14:35 Connect with Me


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    15m - Jan 13, 2020
  • No. 21 / Rereading the Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

    Rereading a book that has shaped a big portion of my life — The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss — is having a bigger impact on me than I expected. Especially now, with the beginning of the new year and decade. Let’s explore what we can learn…

    From the Acronym DEAL (Definition, Elimination, Automation, and Liberation) to important questions to ask yourself. How can you design your life again? Are you on track to reach your desired destination? Or is it time to change course?

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Article by Derek Sivers — Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes. — https://sivers.org/mny

    Book by Tim Ferriss — The Four Hour Work Week — https://www.amazon.de/4-Hour-Work-Week-Escape-Anywhere/dp/0091929113/?tag=cc06e-21 (Affiliate Link)

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:23 Welcome 2020

    00:35 The First Week — Not What I Expected

    04:10 Back in the Studio

    04:33 My Plan Went Off Its Tracks

    06:36 Main Topic: Rereading the 4 Hour Work Week

    10:48 How We Paint Ourselves Into a Corner

    14:27 Lifestyle Design, Goals, and Values

    15:19 The New Rich & Fire

    19:12 My (Arguably) Mini Retirement

    20:46 My Studio in Germany a Point for Having a Base

    22:01 The 4 Hour Work Week Concept: Deal

    24:39 My Revelation While Rereading the 4HWW

    28:05 Closing Recommendation

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    https://ChrisSpiegl.com

    30m - Jan 6, 2020
  • No. 20 / Lofty Goals in 2020 — When It Feels Like You Can't Get There.

    Let’s start 2020 with a vision that feels a little out there. How can we get there? Do you need to Reframe, Restructure, or change how you do things? It’s time right now, but it can also be whenever!

    In this episode, I am talking about one of my goals that I am turning over in my head. Should I set up a huge goal? Should I not? How can I achieve it? Do I need to adjust the goal or maybe my life? It’s definitely all possible — let’s do it.

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    I quit social media for 30 days

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro & New Years Plans

    01:48 Time for Reflection… or not 🙈

    03:22 Lofty, Outlandish, Crazy, Goals?

    03:52 Mini-Review About 2019

    08:43 A Lofty Goal — A Nervous System Response

    10:57 Ways to Reframe

    13:31 Watching vs. Creating

    15:40 Consider the Goal… What can YOU do?

    17:47 Create Your Vision… Solidify Your Path.

    18:35 What I Am Probably Going to Be Doing.

    21:45 Sending You into 2020

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    23m - Dec 31, 2019
  • No. 19 / How Review the Past Year and Am Planning 2020

    Let’s talk about how to review the past year and design your 2020 so that you can achieve what you set out to do. Over the past decade I set many goals, I failed at most of them, now it’s time to do this differently and with more knowledge about my path and self.

    In this episode, I talk about my past experience with goal setting over many years, mostly failing, and then stopping completely. From there I went on a path of self-exploration and a sort of spiritual awakening with the help of my healer (Candice Wu) and since then I have my excitement back to set new goals. So I am now sharing my full process with you, the process I will go through between Christmas and New Years, to review 2019 and design my 2020!

    Let’s do this together and achieve what we envision!

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Candice Wu — My Healer, Coach, and former Partner

    Ally with Death Audio Experiential — Visualize Your Death so You can Life Again

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:36 Happy Holidays

    01:08 Overview

    03:50 Recap About My Goal Setting Journey

    07:53 Spiritual Self-Exploration

    11:30 Recognizing That I Am Not Where I Want to Be

    12:45 What’s My Plan? Sit Back and Take Life Into Your Control!

    15:16 My Plan for Between the Years

    15:29 1: Reduce Work Obligations

    16:49 2: Reducing Family Obligations

    19:02 3: Prepare My Environment

    20:27 4: Review the Past Year & Decade

    23:01 5: Gratitude Journaling

    24:29 6. Closure for Regrets and Using Them as Fuel

    27:41 5. Gratitude Letters to People

    28:27 7. Designing 2020

    29:39 8. Designing 2020: Brain Dump

    31:31 9. Designing 2020: Calendar Planning

    33:26 10. Designing 2020: Prioritizing the Brain Dump

    37:57 11. Designing 2020: Creating My Plan

    40:33 12. Designing 2020: Setting the Plan in Motion

    43:12 13. Designing 2020: Have a Monthly-, Weekly, and Daily-Check-In

    44:16 Overview, Gratitude, and Sendoff

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    46m - Dec 23, 2019
  • No. 18 / End of Year Life Update — Ending 2019 and Searching for a New, More Confident, Self

    Recapping the past few weeks and exploring what is going to come with the shift of the decade. What I am exploring, how I am changing, and where I am going from here. There are some significant shifts happening ❤.

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    📖 Quotes:

    “Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” By Peter T. Mcintyre

    “Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.” by Jerzy Gregorek

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Blog Post — There are Always New People — https://medium.com/chrisspiegl/there-are-always-new-people-dfcadb83cb41

    Aja Dang — https://www.youtube.com/user/ajabdang

    Sorelle — https://www.youtube.com/user/SorelleIAm

    Matt D’Avella — https://www.youtube.com/user/blackboxfilmcompany

    Project Life Mastery — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKkg7omDlPvUPxLY-dho8Pg

    Graham Stephan — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV6KDgJskWaEckne5aPA0aQ

    Alex Becker — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKQvGU-qtjEthINeViNbn6A

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:22 Who I Am

    00:39 All the Changes

    01:31 Why the Apartment?

    05:03 Finding Structure and Distance

    08:30 Habit Stacking — Getting Up at 5:30

    14:06 The New Decade of 2020

    17:37 A Proclamation of Boldness

    19:55 Why I Haven’t Been Sharing

    21:28 Learning to Reframe My Thoughts

    26:23 My Plan From Here

    29:06 Closing Quotes

    31:14 Grateful Closing

    👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

    https://ChrisSpiegl.com

    32m - Dec 16, 2019
  • No. 17 / September Life Update — Finding Confidence and Letting go of Doubts

    Giving an update on my life, the travels (or lack thereof), redefining myself and breaking free from my own labels, and exploring what will happen next. All this brings me to a place where I feel I am back in January 2019. A time where I wanted to do all the things that I will be doing now.

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    🔗 Relevant Links:

    Video Version of This Podcast

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:25 Life Update and Other Things

    01:39 Interviews on My Podcast

    03:00 Invited by Fiverr to Be on Sonntagsgedanken by Masha Sedgwick

    05:21 Feeling Valued and Soaking in the Positive Feedback

    10:48 Big Shifts in Life — Is It January Again?

    12:09 Letting Go of Labels That I Attached to Myself

    18:45 Chiang Mai May Not Be Cheaper Than a Small Town in Europe

    20:45 What’s Coming the Next Few Months

    21:11 The Shameless Year Idea

    22:34 Outro

    👨‍💻 Podcast Website:

    https://ChrisSpiegl.com

    23m - Sep 15, 2019
  • No. 16 / Robert Reppel on Software Engineering and the Importance of Natural Language

    A conversation about Software Engineering, the German-German border, Event Storming, and Langauge in Project Management and Programming. Robert Reppel, CTO of TwoTonic Labs.

    The wide range of topics and stories about the life in a small town vs Vancouver, Canada as well as the development of the field of Software Engineering or Programming is really fascinating and I encourage you to listen in.

    Please, contact me with any feedback, topic ideas, or potential guests at my website ChrisSpiegl.com.

    Relevant Links:

    Robert Reppel on LinkedIn

    @robertreppel on Twitter

    TwoTonic Labs

    StoryStream

    Einstein1 — Founders Center in Hof, Germany

    Alberto Brandolini — Event Storming

    Mention Conway’s Law

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    02:06 Conversation With Robert

    03:13 Overview: Where Did We Meet and How Hof Looked When Robert Grew Up

    03:13 Einstein1 & University — A New Era for Hof and Small Towns

    08:28 The Possibilities Small Towns Have Nowadays for IT Workers Especially

    11:20 Founders Center Einstein1 — Knowledge and Skills

    11:42 History of Hof: The Iron Curtain of East Germany & The Soviet Union

    15:09 Starting in IT and How Nothing Really Changed in Over 20 Years

    18:22 StoryStream — Describing Software Flow

    22:04 TwoTonic.net — Consulting for Event Storming

    25:46 Alberto Brandolini — Event Storming

    26:09 Traditional vs. Technology Aided — Pen & Paper vs. Digital

    28:53 It is About Language and Communication

    29:33 Mention Conway’s Law

    35:42 Computer Science is an Underappreciated Artform

    37:18 The Invisibility of Software and Hidden Reward

    38:10 When You Try to Change or Improve… It Often Breaks (We Need Better Software Engineering)

    41:12 What Learnings Can You Translate From Software Engineering to the Real World?

    47:28 What is Canada Like? How is it Different From Germany?

    53:02 If You’d Write a Book, What Would It Be About?

    53:58 A Life Long Passion as Work — Two Different Experiences

    55:13 What Other Profession Would You Be Good at — If You Could Not Choose Software?

    57:14 The Socio-Technological Systems of Creating Software

    01:02:54 Wrapping Up

    01:04:06 Outro

    Podcast Website:

    https://ChrisSpiegl.com

    1h 5m - Sep 5, 2019
  • No. 15 / Niko Emran über die Deutsche Startup Welt und Einstein1 in Hof

    This episode is the first interview and it is German. Sorry for all those who don’t understand it, I will be back with English episodes soon.

    Heute im Gespräch mit Niko Emran erfahren wir alles mögliche über Startups und Gründungen. Niko ist Netzwerkmanager bei dem Gründerzentrum Einstein1 in Hof welches bald auch schon den Co-Working Space und mehr eröffnet.

    Wir reden über die Gründung von Nikos eigenem Startup MEGAschecks.de, über die Herausforderungen welche Deutschland bei Gründungen hat und wie es speziell auf dem Lande (Hof hat nur 50.000 Einwohner) voran geht, und es geht dann auch noch um Digitalisierung im allgemeinen und wie man da auch langsam anfangen kann.

    Relevant Links:

    Niko Emran auf Facebook

    @NikoEmran auf Instagram

    @NikoEmran auf Twitter

    Nikos Startup — MEGAschecks.de

    Digitales Gründerzentrum Einstein1 in Hof

    Instaspaces — Absätze für deine Instagram Beschreibung

    Über das Scheitern — Sacha Lobo

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro - This Episode is German

    00:27 Über diese Episode

    02:57 Opening

    03:09 Niko Emran — Netzwerkmanager beim Gründerzentrum Einstein1

    06:33 Walk What You Talk, Nikos Eigenes Startup: MegaSchecks.de

    13:31 Welchen Einfluss Sprache und Landesgröße auf dein Startup haben kann

    17:00 Gründertagebuch und KPIs — Dokumentieren

    22:23 Wie funktioniert das Geschäftsmodell von MegaSchecks.de?

    28:02 Deutschland & Startups — Was geht hier im Vergleich mit der Welt?

    38:16 Die niedrigste Gründungsquote in Deutschland seit 17 Jahren!

    39:40 Wir sollten Gründern mehr Anerkennung geben und die Bildung ändern

    44:32 Gründerunterstützung im Studium?

    49:48 Finanzierung in Deutschland? Herausforderungen und was geht?

    52:27 Bootstrapped Startups: Für die meisten Ideen braucht man kein Geld sondern Zeit!

    55:03 Förderprogramme und ihre Herausforderungen

    57:55 Israel: Sie machen es vor — Förderung und andere Ansätze

    59:16 EU & Deutschland: Da muss mehr passieren.

    01:01:13 Über das Scheitern - Sacha Lobo

    01:01:40 Die Zeit zu gründen ist JETZT!

    01:03:16 Made in Germany im Maschinenbau, aber Tesla überholt uns trotzdem! Umdenken für die Zukunft

    01:07:22 Wie kann sich Deutschland noch behaupten? Schritt für Schritt, klein Anfangen.

    01:09:12 Digitalisierung kann bei der Email Liste Anfangen

    01:13:08 Instaspaces — Absätze für deine Instagram Beschreibung

    01:15:20 Man kann unglaublich viel machen — Wenn man technisch gut dabei ist.

    01:16:24 Klein Anfangen. Man muss nicht gleich zu Schritt 35 springen.

    01:20:53 Eine Außenstelle für Einstein1 in den USA oder Berlin? Kapital gibt es auch in ländlichen Gegenden!

    01:28:17 Lebenshaltungskosten: Ein gutes Argument auf dem Land zu gründen.

    01:31:20 Vor- und Nachteile auf dem Lande

    01:35:05 Angebote und Möglichkeiten im Einstein1 Gebäude

    01:51:21 Finde Niko Online @NikoEmran

    01:52:10 Nikos Online Shop MegaSchecks.de — MEGA10 für 10% auf die Bestellung

    01:52:25 Und das Digitale Gründerzentrum — Einstein1.net

    Podcast Website:

    https://ChrisSpiegl.com

    1h 56m - Aug 20, 2019
  • No. 14 / Leaving the Consumption Rat Race, Deep Work, and New Podcasting Gear

    A solo episode and life update. A lot of explorations about all things social media, deep work, the media rat race, and what’s coming up for me.

    Relevant Links

    Kraig Adams (YouTuber, Minimalist)

    Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

    Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things (Documentation)

    Matt d’Avella (YouTuber, Minimalist, Documentary Film Maker)

    Deep Work by Cal Newport (Book)

    Marques Brownlee (Tech YouTuber)

    Linus Tech Tips (Tech YouTuber)

    Peter McKinnon (Photography YouTuber)

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    01:29 New Podcasting Gear

    02:27 Podcasting Videos Coming Up

    02:51 Kraig Adams

    03:16 Amazingness Overload

    04:57 Freelance Struggles & Enjoyments

    07:36 Minimalism

    12:32 Deep Work Minimalism

    12:57 Walking More

    13:40 Reducing Consumption & Digital Time

    14:30 Just Sit and Work

    15:59 Rethinking Priorities

    18:51 Fast Attention Grabbers

    19:06 Cutting Social Media Consumption

    20:18 Long From & Long Living

    22:18 The Media Rat Race

    22:42 Creative Freedom to Create

    27:48 Back to the Basics

    28:29 Gratitude

    Podcast Website:

    https://ChrisSpiegl.com

    30m - Apr 10, 2019
  • No. 13 / Documenting the Process, Consumption Minimalism, and Journeying to More Self Knowing

    Much has happened since the last episode and this is a summary update episode. I share some background information about the last episode, what expectations I put on myself, what consumption minimalism means for me, and much more.

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Intro

    00:44 About Episode No. 12

    02:51 Expectation I Put on Myself

    05:48 Documentation of the Process

    06:32 Cutting Down YouTube Consumption

    09:33 Consumption Minimalism

    12:29 Bringing Back Twitter & Instagram?

    15:25 Personal KPI Sheet

    18:18 Concepts From Deep Work

    22:38 Masculinity & Journeying to More Self Knowing

    31:05 Why Talk About This?

    32:09 What Has Made Me

    33:06 Outro

    Podcast Website:

    https://ChrisSpiegl.com

    35m - Feb 24, 2019
  • No. 12 / Comfort, Work, Procrastination, Growth, Responsibility, and Virtue

    Talking seriously. Sometimes not all is amazing and upbeat, but that inner world view can be leveraged to grow out of it. I share deeply about what is going on in my life, how it can be self-deprecating, borderline depressing, but I am still trying to pull myself up!

    There will be more to come on this journey and since recording this episode my life situation has changed a lot. I thought about not publishing this episode but then I would only give gas to the fire of deception that everything is always perfect for everybody else but yourself.

    I am not perfect, I am far from it, and I struggle. This is one of those moments that that was the case and I’d like to share it with you. It’s important to see that side too!

    🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:

    00:00 Opening — I Want to Be on My Happy Train

    02:11 Not being able to execute is crippling!

    04:50 Feeling Exhausted and wishing for discipline!

    06:44 What would it be like to be employed?

    11:37 The Value of Planning and having Rules

    12:49 Helping the body shift with good habits and supplements.

    13:39 What do I expect from the distractions?

    14:47 A set of long term goals supposed to trump them all.

    16:42 Knowing is not enough. The power is in doing something different.

    18:41 It’s about Self Discipline

    19:48 Orienting myself towards my Vision

    23:08 It not going to be easy!

    Podcast Website:

    https://ChrisSpiegl.com

    28m - Feb 16, 2019
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