The Drop №. 81 with Chase Hobby

VRB’s weekly list of things to read, watch, listen to, and try that have helped us live better and be better. Brought to you this week by Chase Hobby.

Conscious Leadership

Listen to episode #434 of Beyond the Uniform. This podcast, “The 15 commitments of conscious leadership,” covers a lot of ground. I highly recommend giving this a listen if you are a leader, manager, or hope to become one. They cover what they call the “zone of genius” and how to find a career that fits your personal strengths. They cover limiting beliefs about ourselves, and how those can cause us to rule out careers and career paths that we really shouldn't. They talk about integrity and a lot more. If you want to be better – across the board – you ought to give this one a listen.

This is Water

Watch this YouTube clip of This is Water. Listen to David Foster Wallace’s 2005 commencement speech to the graduating class at Kenyon College, commonly known as “This is Water.” This all-time commencement speech is full of wisdom centered mainly around our need to manage our human instincts rather than altogether remove them. I listen to this twice a year. Give it a listen, and let us know what you think.

Natural Born Heroes

Read Natural Born Heroes. Author Christopher McDougall traveled to Crete and found that the tools of heroes like Odysseus and Herakles are still very much alive and well. Tools like natural movement, extraordinary endurance, and efficient nutrition allowed Cretan resistance fighters to kidnap a Nazi General during WWII in which the island of Crete was occupied by over 80K Germans. It goes into the Cretan diet, parkour, pankration (Greek MMA), and many other aspects that continually present themselves in heroic people. That fires me up.

Magic Spoon

Try Magic Spoon - a high-protein, low-carb, no-sugar cereal. If you're like me, you're nostalgic about Saturday morning cartoons with a bowl of cereal. Or three. You're also a somewhat responsible adult trying to be mindful of what you put into your body. Magic Spoon resoundingly answers that mail and has become a Saturday staple. You can't live off this stuff - it's still not the healthiest food around, and it's pricey - but it does the trick.