About the Episode
In this week’s episode of The Pursuit of Learning podcast, we are joined by Nate Dallas, an entrepreneur, a product developer, and an author. His latest novel isYou’re Too Good to Feel This Bad: An Orthodox Approach to Living an Unorthodox Life. He is here to talk about a simple approach to a better life. Throughout the episode, we dive into a brief history of Nate’s journey, the importance of making small life decisions, sleep, breathing properly, state & state management, understanding ourselves, choosing a pathway, and more.
Nate talks about the importance of making small decisions in life. According to him, one small decision can change your life in a whole new direction. After making that small decision, you are no longer the person you were before because some small thing has changed.
Drinking enough water is a must because it sustains our bodies and keeps us healthy. But most of the time, we are used to drinking artificial beverages that don’t do any good to our bodies. Nate talks about how he only drank water for two months, how he felt after two months and how his body reacted to that process.
Not every day is a good day. Not every moment is a good moment. But if you let the negative things happen to you during the day control you, it won’t be nice for you and the people around you. Nate talks about state and state management. By state, he means the state of our emotions, mentality, physical, and spiritual. According to Nate, we need to break the pattern to manage that kind of bad state by whatever means necessary. A quick change of pattern would do the trick.
Money isn’t going to fix everything in our lives. If you are too busy and unavailable for your loved ones when they need you, having money won’t fix that. At the same time, it’s not right for you if you are not enjoying what you are doing. You have to give yourself a chance to enjoy what you do. Nate dives into how he chooses his pathway in life because he needs to be available for the people he loves. It’s not the money that matters; it’s the fulfillment and availability in life that matters, says Nate.
Conversations are important. A simple conversation with someone may change their life forever. Wrapping up today’s episode, Nate shares that every conversation matters because we don’t know what’s going on in the mind of the person to whom we speak. Maybe they need us.