Midlifing
Two friends Lee and Simon have serious conversations about silly things, and silly conversations about serious things. Together they dig into the pleasures, absurdities and imperfections of being human.
Midlifing
The most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice
Simon and Lee sometimes publish episodes out of order and this is one of those times. They take you all the way back to the year 2020 (when this episode was actually recorded) in order to discuss their 2021 understanding of ambition and potential.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.
Related Links:
- Sign on door: https://www.skellis.net/midlifing/sign
- Video of arborist at work at Simon's place: https://www.skellis.net/midlifing/arborist
- Strictly Come Dancing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing
- Back to the Future "We don't need roads": https://youtu.be/HEzAs3NAyIU
- Back to the Future "Marty": https://youtu.be/UH8EnrvEPDE
- Maisie Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maisie_Smith
- The Bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill
- EastEnders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders
- Cronyism and PPE procurement: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/britains-ppe-procurement-chumocracy-cronyism-corruption/
- Aristotle on ambition: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201411/is-ambition-good-or-bad
- Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation
- Cognitive dissonance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
- Simon playing tennis as a 12 year old: https://www.skellis.net/blog/tennis
- Ian Graham Ellis playing rugby: https://www.skellis.net/blog/ige
- Difference between drive, motivation and ambition: https://tonywake.com/the-difference-between-drive-ambition-and-motivation/
- Previous Midlifing episode about miscarriages: https://www.midlifing.net/1480717/6965252-it-hurts-so-much-to-hear-you-say-that-part-2-of-2
- Those who can't do, teach: https://www.coursef.com/those-who-cant-do-teach-quote-origin
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)