Curiosity Continuum

Old-fashioned, tried and true. Hard work gets things done. And, are you smart with your work? What non-professional pursuits do you work hard at to be excellent? 

Josh and I also highly recommend the limited series called Undercover Billionaire, featuring Glenn Stearns. Great lesson on hard work, creative problem solving, risk taking, and building a team. 

Heroes, parents, friends, colleagues. We are all just people. When did you realize that those you regard are humans?

Now more than ever, we need increased awareness, tools, and support to identify anxiety, deal with it effectively, and help others in their daily life and times of crisis.

Josh shares more about his own journey of mental health and shares an active processing moment in the episode that demonstrates and helps others do the good work of reframing their context for the purpose of understanding and wellbeing.

If you want to talk to Josh directly, please reach out over our social media channels to start the conversation with him.

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Additionally, here are some of the resources we cite in the episode to help you and your loved ones in their own mental health journey.

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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

https://nami.org/

Employee Assistance Program for Government Agencies and Employers

https://www.opm.gov/FAQS/QA.aspx?fid=4313c618-a96e-4c8e-b078-1f76912a10d9&pid=2c2b1e5b-6ff1-4940-b478-34039a1e1174

Do you believe you’ll be doing the same work 10 years from now? Do you believe that you will be doing the work the same way even 10 months from now? Have you taken a moment to examine your own approaches to your livelihood?

You know the thing(s) that come easy to you and are those “duh” skills to you? They are not to everyone else. Have you tuned in?

“Failure is not failure until you quit.” - Calvin Barnes. If you have not failed, you have not tried enough. 

The guys continue their conversation with special guest Calvin Barnes, a friend, producer, audio/visual consultant, bi-vocational pastor, and good hang. This is part two of a two-part conversation that will allow voices at the table in a different dynamic.

Curiosity Continuum has directly benefited from Calvin’s expertise in the way of audio needs, from mixing and gear recommendations. If you want to reach out to Calvin about audio or life in general, email him at calvin@pastor.chat to start your own conversation with him. Tell him you know the CC Guys when you connect!

In the Circle: Calvin Barnes - Purpose, Perspective, and Portable Skills - Part 2

The guys welcome special guest Calvin Barnes, a friend, producer, audio/visual consultant, and all around good conversationalist, to the show to discuss purpose, perspective, and portable skills in discovering more about approaching your everyday life. This is part one of a two-part conversation that will allow voices at the table in a different dynamic. 

Curiosity Continuum has directly benefited from Calvin’s expertise in the way of audio needs, from mixing and gear recommendations. If you want to reach out to Calvin about audio or life in general, email him at calvin@pastor.chat to start your own conversation with him. Tell him you know the CC Guys when you connect!

In the Circle: Calvin Barnes - Purpose, Perspective, and Portable Skills - Part 1

Are people trying too hard to relax? Or, have they thought about relaxing in the wrong way? What context is leisure time considered productive?

If you are interested in working with our friend Jeff Hilliard for any of your professional creative needs around branding and marketing, be sure to check out hilliardcreative.com and tell him the guys at Curiosity Continuum sent you!

A big topic, with practical ways in. Listen, listen, listen, act. It is a participation sport.

Can you ever be too kind? How do you spend your kindness dollars? Are you rich or poor in kindness?

How do constraints, boundaries, and budgets stoke your creative problem solving? What have you gotten done when you didn't think you could get it done with the resources available?

How can we disagree and still remain friends? Have you ever changed your mind drastically after humbly and actively listening, contemplating, and arriving at a very different answer?

For an example of a drastic change of mind, be sure to check out the case of J.Warner Wallace. 

Brian and Josh continue their riff on what playing games can do for people, from social growth to trying something new. 

What real life skills can you develop by playing games? What game skills do you have that can apply to real life?

What you don't know, can hurt you? Or, what you don't know, can hurt others? Where are your blind spots, and how do you gain perspective on it?

How do you work at understanding one another? Do you actively maintain and build the respect for one another? Are you unyielding and unforgiving, or gracious and patient?

No matter what we do, change is inevitable. We are surrounded by it. Can you really prepare? How can you help prepare others?

Are you a pet person? Do you have funny or heartwarming stories about pets, past and present? How do they enrich your human relationships?

The forms of human contact are wide and diverse, and the common ground the connects us is that we all need it. Has your sanctuary become compromised? Has your relational well run dry in these times?

You do not need to know everything. But, not knowing can inspire you to learn and expand your curiosity. How do you anchor yourself as you stretch into an unknown?

How have common or assumed conveniences created an entitlement perspective in a lot of the world, professionally, governmentally, personally? How have these assumptions made us blind to the situation of others? Is it all about you, or should we help others?

Monopoly money - We all know it's not real money. But, what if you played with REAL money? Listen to the recap of eventful game of Monopoly that Brian played with his children, ages 13 and 11, and how using real money changed their own gaming behavior and inspired real-life learning.

Notes:

Listen to the TedX talk that inspired our own curiosity:

When money isn’t real: the $10,000 experiment | Adam Carroll | TEDxLondonBusinessSchool

Creativity runs wild and free for some. But, is creativity better with constraints? Is it stifling, or like light focused into a laser? Is it either/or, or both/and for creativity and context?

Pixel art - beautiful, retro, and hot as ever. Josh leads a little leisurely tour on how pixel art works, how video games graphics evolved with the times, and how we loop back around to the retro look. A nice visual lineage of video games for the non-gamer.