Episodes 86
Avg. Duration 6m
Activity Dormant
Since May 2024
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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74%
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About This Podcast

We go through life without ever questioning what we believe, even though many of those beliefs could easily be wrong. Our worldviews, perspectives, and beliefs can change just by listening to others. Because people take the time to share their thoughts, opinions, and knowledge, we get the chance to do so. That’s why I’m here doing the same, looking at life differently, challenging common beliefs, and learning to think in new ways. I also want to encourage others to do the same, because the more we share and listen, the more we can learn and improve. Host: Tobias Philipp

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Adjusting isn't giving up

Nov 29, 2025 5m

There’s no failure in quitting something and going into a different direction. Consistency is just about not giving up even if different roads have to be taken.Got questions or want to have a…

Pressured to be productive

Nov 21, 2025 8m

There’re things that need to be done and there’re things that don’t need to be done. So instead of giving energy and attention to unnecessary things we can just be “lazy”.Got questions or want to…

Modern work vs. natural limits

Nov 14, 2025 8m

We all have a maximum capacity and therefore ability to do things on a day to day basis. Limits can be stretched but only to a certain extent. Combining that with work that you don’t care about and…

Something good always comes unexpected

Nov 07, 2025 9m

Some situations might feel hopeless but you can never know what’s around the corner. When you least expect it, something you never knew was coming is there. This has always happened and will also…

Overcomplicating the uncomplicated

Nov 04, 2025 6m

Most things really aren’t that complicated but with all the options, an overload of information and endless unsolicited advice all these uncomplicated things get way too complicated and we’re unable…

Creating problems to feel alive

Oct 25, 2025 8m

Craving drama and things going wrong to be able to feel something and have something to fight for.Got questions or want to have a conversation with me? Send me an email:…

Lost until you search

Oct 17, 2025 8m

Nobody knows what they actually want but the only way to find out is by trying and definitely not listening to what other people want or expect you to do.Got questions or want to have a conversation…

Opinions don't matter for someone else’s life

Oct 13, 2025 8m

Opinions don’t have a lot of meaning when it comes to how to live your life. A life is lived to have its own experiences, not to be a copy of someone else’s.Got questions or want to have a…

Every choice is a gamble

Oct 04, 2025 7m

Even avoiding anything risky comes with a risk. Got questions or want to have a conversation with me? Send me an email: [email protected] the basics by questioning common assumptions…

Possessions do not make personality

Sep 27, 2025 8m

Comparison made by the hand of possessions brings nothing more than a skewed image. The differentiator is in personality, built by actions, achievements and things that cannot be taken away from…

No plan survives reality

Sep 20, 2025 6m

Every plan is destined to fail once put into action because it’s impossible to plan for every variable and unexpected event.Got questions or want to have a conversation with me? Send me an email:…

Can't pick your passion

Sep 14, 2025 7m

If you simply just don’t want something you cannot force yourself to “just want it”, that doesn’t make sense. The people that are obsessed with something have a natural urge or very strong and deep…

The futility of fixing flaws (and forgetting your own strengths)

Sep 07, 2025 6m

We always quickly tend to look at what is going wrong or what we did wrong to try and fix our flaws and avoid making the same “mistakes” or trying to improve but I think that fixing our flaws will…

It's never as bad as it is in your head

Aug 31, 2025 7m

In my experience, the only things that’s keeping me from doing or achieving the things I want to pursue is some kind of fear and being scared for some worst case scenario. But really thinking deep…

Living under goals you never chose

Aug 24, 2025 7m

When people try to oppose their will on you despite you not even wanting to do that and have a completely different plan.Got questions or want to have a conversation with me? Send me an email:…

Honor in a humble restart

Aug 17, 2025 8m

Sometimes we just find ourselves in a position where we’re much further back than where we once were. That’s hard to accept because we know we can do better, and we’ve done better, but things just go…

Only when there is nothing to fall back on

Aug 09, 2025 7m

If there’s anything you really want to do but somehow it’s just not working out.Got questions or want to have a conversation with me? Send me an email: [email protected] I do:…

When saving becomes spending

Aug 03, 2025 7m

Being too afraid of spending the money you made.Got questions or want to have a conversation with me? Send me an email: [email protected] I do: https://tobiasphilipp.com.About:…

Clutching calendars in an age of entropy

Jul 26, 2025 5m

In an entropic world, structures and calendar-keeping reduce any chance of discovering something new. Great opportunities arise in entropy, not in structures and disciplines. Got questions or want to…

The long haul of the first inch

Jul 21, 2025 5m

The stretch of doing everything, seeing nothing and wondering what is the problem. Everything always takes much more time and effort than we think which makes us quit way before we even did the bare…

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