Nick Buegel on Change, Acceptance and Identity
“You’re not your political view. You’re not these little beliefs that you hold. You are so much more complex than that. And to limit yourself to these thoughts and to limit your experience, this brief experience to that is to me, insane.”
— NICK BUEGEL
My guest today on the podcast is Nick Buegel. In this conversation, we try to unpack how Nick has adjusted during this pandemic. Like many of you, this has been a time of extreme change. And change that many of us don't either want to happen or have to accept that's happening. All of our routines have changed and shifted and adjusted. And in many ways, we must learn to lean into that change and accept it for what it is.
I'd thought of this as a way to, even though there are certain things that I don't enjoy, like I can't go out and travel like I had planned to do, given that I'm finally out of school, but now. I thought, what can I do to learn? So that by the time this all.
It goes away or dissipates, somehow comes out better for it. And Nick, I think, is a true example of how to make the most out of this situation, making. Lemonade out of lemons. And the other part is we get into some ideas around social media and the polarization within the internet sphere.
This podcast was recorded in early September before the debates, and before all of this political stuff had ramped up to the degree it is now. I think we get too many points that other people will find useful. Thinking about their own beliefs and ideas and how to help handle other people's ideas they might disagree with and but that everyone please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Nick Buegel.
Show notes:
[00:05:21] How did Nick react to the pandemic?
[00:06:45] Anchoring in purpose
[00:08:00] Adjusting to being furloughed
[00:11:29] What books have impacted the most?
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society by Nicholas Christakis
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Awareness by Tony De Mello
[00:15:12] Accepting change
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
[00:20:10] Focusing on what we can control
[00:23:47] Becoming Part of the Whole
[00:26:32] Being present and reading
[00:29:29] Getting out in nature
The Healing Power of Nature | Time
[00:32:31] What helped take action?
The Mistake Smart People Make: Being In Motion vs. Taking Action
[00:35:44] Information Diet
The Information Diet. Feeling overwhelmed? It might be time… | by Angus Hervey | Future Crunch
[00:37:58] Managing Social Media Use
[00:44:24] A question of priorities
[00:48:02] A cultural phenomenon we haven't quite figured out yet
[00:52:28] The iPod in the Twenties
[00:54:23] Gifts and Curses of Technology
[01:02:33] The Century of the Self
The Century of the Self (Full Documentary)
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