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Lead Beyond The Edge

Lead Beyond The Edge S2E17

This is a special episode as for the first time we have a guest involved in the podcast, and we have reached the milestone of 70 episodes.

Frederique Murphy is launching her first book, 'Lead Beyond The Edge', to be released on 30th March 2021. We chat about her career, love of cooking and music, and above all we all have a good old laugh, then discuss the importance of having a good giggle. 

This is a mammoth 1 hour and 24-minute episode but we think you'll find it worth it as you lead beyond the edge.

https://leadbeyondtheedge.com/

Make Your Garden Grow - A Storyteller's Tale

Make Your Garden Grow. S2E16

Are we architects or gardeners? Do we plan our next step or just go blindly on? This week, Garvin and I ponder on various aspects of storytelling, relating our experiences of our garden to the concepts of being architects designing within the limitations of space and budget or just plough on without any ideas of how things will turn out, going on what nature shapes our garden into. There are a lot of writers who will take both paths. Some are still long in the forest, unable to find their way out, while others have mapped out a route knowing exactly where they intend to end up. So, what are you? An architect or gardener? Or can the gardener be an architect and the architect get lost in his designs?

Life On Mars

Life On Mars S2E15

Our memories of recent sci-fi shows on Mars had us recalling that it took 20 minutes for a radio signal to travel, at the speed of light, between Earth and Mars. Yet, as the new Mars rover landed, mission-control talked about a heartbeat signal from the rover, traveling between the two planets was in real-time. Did it? Or is the whole scenario playing out in the Nevada desert somewhere?

If that’s not enough to confuse anyone, then we started looking for RED DOTS, here, there, and everywhere. No to be confused with paintings that have been sold at an art gallery. The whale and plant from Hitchhiker’s Guide turn up for a brief visit and we got onto the topic of do we need to think about leaving this planet fairly soon.

Just some of the topics we discuss in this episode. Hope you enjoy?

Yes, No! But...Maybe?

Yes… No! But … Maybe? S2E14

We need to be more concise. Well, if not concise, more meaningful. Yes, that’s it. Value the time to give yourself permission to go and do those things that are really creative, because you never know when that very thing may suddenly inspire others.

But if you go in reverse you may suddenly realise all that everyone is really interested in, is “Show with the money!”

This week we explore the concepts of being concise, without cutting the life out of the discussion and making sure all the flowery bits get to texturise the message. Being concise but meaningful.

Resistance is futile

Resistance is futile S2E13

In this episode of ‘In The Room’, we discuss the Ox, which is the year of the Ox for the Chinese. The moon comes up, connecting us to the Germans, through the movie ‘Iron Sky’. The South Pole appears where we find out whether there are reptiles inside the Earth. We eventually get led into the likes of how we all need to be organised. Or be the Borg – Be Org.  We then started talking about the AI and all the Darleks and Davros, the Darlek creator, who just wanted to control mankind. And then we realised that basically Davros is ready to tax man, who is just trying to make sure he controls mankind, saying there's no resistance, you have to comply. Just another crazy episode – worth listening to though.

Universal Mind

Universal Mind E2S12

Garvin and George explore robotic technologies, and in some universities, they've managed to implant a chip into the brain of an insect. Things do get a bit weird, with the Universe expanding and contracting as though God was playing with an accordion. This sets Garvin off on a merry dance, perceiving Chocolate Eclairs being unconsumed and the shop assistance buys the bun off of George, as time goes backward. Garvin can't get his head around that concept, adding more to the confusion. Well, it’s music to someone’s ears.  

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four S2E11

We can read our dreams and our thoughts. We can watch them as films on powerful cinematic screens with no budgetary restrictions. If you get a chip put into your head and think of all your fantasies, everything cut out you don't want. Learn new recordings, not saying too much about playing the game. Can this really help us to develop? By editing our thoughts, asking a few questions of what we can talk about in our show of 1984.

Is this really Newspeak? Or are we now seeing the screen, sitting around listening to somebody else saying something about Bitcoin? Jokingly, we said Bitcoin in WhatsApp, and the next thing we are being influenced by someone else’s ideas. We are seeing them come to reality in adverts now. The fire is in the book, really going mad about the property. Is this really 1984?

Once more completely sortable with a burger to illustrate a boatman asleep, who before he retired had to admit he wasn't a great reader at the time. Too busy chasing girls, too busy going to night clubs and pubs. Too busy being a dude around town in 1984. A gothic punk, with no sense. A punk with a Mohican, hanging out in Piccadilly Circus in London. Charging tourists, a pound a time to take a photograph of him. A real entrepreneurial type back in 1984.

Seal of Approval

Seal of Approval S2E10

We're on the journey, and this journey is going to be for the long haul. This is our “Going for Gold”. We’re going for the final journey. It’s still a long journey. It's still going to take us a fair bit of time to actually accomplish this. It could be a 10-year journey. It could be a 15-year journey. We are not young fellows anymore, but the great thing is, the experiences that we've has equipped us with a certain amount of knowledge. We know how to go about doing what we're doing and there's a certain sense of solidness about what we've seen. The ups and downs. We've encountered the problems that you would have in a business or any kind of organisation. We've been at different levels through those organisations. There is a solidness, and we are building on a rock.

We’ve just going to make sure we put the right bits in the right place in the puzzle. Then it will come together. We have R&D it and we're now starting to build it out into a tangible something. The more opinions people have: good, bad or indifferent the better because that's exactly what we want...

Ctrl+Alt+Del

Ctrl+Alt+Del S2E09

George explains how a family unit was being monitored all the time constantly by a robot. It was out there and once they got their family to a certain point, the parents had served their purpose and were disposed of. This freaked Garvin out he wanted to have a new improve $6 million-man, woman, or anywhere in between as long as we can afford to build us.  

Burnout

Burnout S2E08

Be careful you don't get burned out. 

In this episode, we talk about burnout that can come from work, where we start off being very enthusiastic about what we're doing, and we become so focused that we forget about other things. Yet if we keep on doing this massive workload, there's an expectation that will keep on doing it, and eventually we can get burnt out. We can get depressed. We can get resentful of what we're doing. In fact, we even hate the job altogether. What we attempt to look at is how we may have may resolved some of those issues in a very simple way by finding someone else that we can talk too. So, the key thing there is not to feel that there's anything wrong, because we all do have those experiences. We have a range of different emotions. We have our ups and downs. What we need to do is tune into somebody else that can help lift us without being judgement. Without condemnation. Without criticising us, who will allow us to talk. And quite often it's not that we want them to give you advice. It's just we need someone to listen, so you can get it out into the open. And once we have it out, we can feel a lot better. So, the key here is to make sure that we have demarcation lines between when we start work, when we finish work, and allow ourselves to have hobbies and other activities, that keep us happy, especially the time spent with our family. All this to be mindful not to get burnt out.