Episodes 11
Avg. Duration 8m
Activity Dormant
Since Dec 2020
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Weekly
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

A thought-provoking idea at the right time can be life-changing. In this weekly podcast, Kwamé Ryan shares tips, tools and life hacks in the time it takes to get dressed in the morning. You might just stumble upon something that helps you WORK, PLAY or FEEL better!

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Recent Episodes

S2E1 Original vs Unique: The 1% that Matters

Nov 26, 2025 8m

Salvador Dali once wrote, “Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” In this episode, I explain the three-year hiatus between Season One of 8 Minute Idea and this latest upload,…

S1E10 Is Kindness a CON?

Feb 24, 2021 8m

In this episode, the Season 1 Finale of 8MI (lol..) I look into the connection between gifts,gratitude and gullibility to figure out whether kindness could in fact be a con!  After a break to focus…

S1E9 The New Barbados Principle: What Your Origin Reveals About Your Destination

Feb 17, 2021 8m

If you don't believe in Coincidence, then this episode was meant to be!   In the space of less than a week, I was handed a full-page historical article called The Barbados Principle which had…

S1E8 Karma's a B**** (for Battery Management)

Feb 10, 2021 7m

I've always had a close relationship with my smartphone. It's such an indispensible extension of everything I do on a daily basis that I started noticing the extent to which managing its battery is…

S1E7 Pull Your Selves Together: Fluid Identity and Authenticity

Feb 03, 2021 8m

The exhortation "Pull yourself together!" was a staple of my education at boarding school in the U.K. It could be heard slung at a school child suffering from academic anxiety, at another who was…

S1E6 Click to Control: How the Cookie Crumbles!

Jan 27, 2021 8m

Apple is preparing to enable its App Tracking Transparency feature by default on iPhones from early spring 2021.  In case you didn't know, (and I didn't) iOS apps contain and an Identifier for…

S1E5 Analysis Paralysis: Waiting to Exhale, and Why You Shouldn't [UNPACKED]

Jan 20, 2021 10m

When I created 8 Minute Idea, I always knew there would be topics that would take more than 8 minutes to present.  Even before the first episode was written, I decided to label these episodes…

S1E4 Language as Culture: Why Vibe Attracts Tribe

Jan 13, 2021 8m

There is a close link between the way we see the world, the language we use to speak about it and the people with whom we resonate on the basis of our use of language.  In this episode, inspired by…

S1E3 The Cowardice of Conviction: Self-Image as Friend or Foe

Jan 06, 2021 8m

Have you ever noticed how, once you've taken a position on an issue and expressed it, you tend to resist reversing it? Or how in the world of election campaigning, so-called "flip-flopping" is…

S1E2 The Gastronomy of Good Thoughts

Dec 30, 2020 8m

In this episode, I talk about my fascination with food as a "feel-good" ingredient in my life, highlight a pandemic food trend and share an ancient recipe for spontaneously feeling better in any…

S1E1 Curiosity Stream: Effort vs. Energy

Dec 28, 2020 8m

In the pilot episode, I share my experience of working in wildly differing professional environments based on my evolving interests, and what I've observed about Effort vs. Energy. For a long time, I…

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