Best Thewanz Podcasts (2024)

We're all gettin older. But are we gettin wiser? Are we learning from others as well as from ourselves? Once we start to see our growth, going through things seems a bit more worth it.By The Wanz

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A Little Humility... 24:15

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My first trip to Australia while touring with Macklemore taught me a very valuable lesson. Well, a you fan taught me a lesson in humility I thought I'd share to demonstrate the advantages of changing one's perspective when it comes to people's passions or points of view.By The Wanz

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While You're Waiting for Someone To Help You, Remember... 24:13

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I think some of us lose that innate deductive ability. Some of us would rather have someone else figure stuff out for us. Why is that? Why do we not challenge ourselves more? Shouldn't we?By The Wanz

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Without light, there would only be darkness... 20:02

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We tend to think of most things as extremes, like a light switch, either something's good or bad, on or off. What if we were better at recognizing the space between the extremes and could choose not to go to them?By The Wanz

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All That Anything Is Is All That Everything Was 20:26

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Everything comes from something. If we want to 'do' and 'be' better, we have to recognize the difference between the present and the past. If we don't recognize how we got to this moment, we may repeat the same mistakes.By The Wanz

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Sometimes You Just Never Know 17:15

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Sometimes, you just never know...so guess! What have you got to lose? What have you got to learn??? Give yourself a chance to do your best and leave the rest.By The Wanz

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One Must Respect The Differences 17:09

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Fact. No two people are exactly alike. Fact. There is only one species of human being on the planet. With all the obvious differences between cultures, religions, languages, and dialects, one would think we'd seek out those who are more like us. Well, we do.By The Wanz

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If You're Not Living In The Solution... 22:10

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If a glass of milk gets spilled on the counter, does re-living how it got spilt over and over again help clean it up? Doubtful. The problem of it being spilt is different from the solution of cleaning it up.By The Wanz

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Never Burn A Bridge You May Need To Escape Over 19:11

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Wouldn't it be nice if when you need something from someone, they're actually 'there' to help? If you don't take care of your friendships, you may not have any you can count on.By The Wanz

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Hypocricy Pt. 2 21:31

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Continuing to talk about hypocrisy and how many use it to divide themselves from the rest of us.By The Wanz

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Hypocrisy Pt. 1 15:33

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We can sometimes be upset by someone doing the very thing they just criticized that someone ELSE was doing. It can be maddening trying to understand how and why some people are like that...I had to figure out how to handle their behavior better. Listen to what I figured out...By The Wanz

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Want Great Friends? First, Be One! 19:46

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My mom told me, "In order to have good friends, first, you have to be a good friend." After having a conversation with someone who felt so alone, they were seriously considering taking their own life...checkin' out. That encounter turned into a great song and a story with a happy ending.By The Wanz

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Being A Complex Human... 20:51

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Because we're human, sometimes we believe that challenges or problems must have a complex solution. Not so!!! Most times, the simplest solution is the best solution...especially if make the challenge or problem simple. K.I.S.S. !!! :DBy The Wanz

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A Diamond In The Rough Is A Diamond None The Less 15:15

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With all the pressures we put ourselves through each day, what would it be like to think of one's self as a lump of coal? Time and pressure turn coal into a diamond and that diamond is YOU!By The Wanz

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Watch What You Say... 17:41

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Talking to others we should keep in mind that we're talking in ink. Hard to erase ink... What would happen if we thought before we spoke instead of as we are speaking?By The Wanz

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A Puzzle Is Only As Good As Its Pieces 18:48

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Life is like a puzzle. It has big, medium and small pieces. What if the quality of each piece of the puzzle of your life each day were improved? Are all the pieces of a day there for you? Are there pieces missing? Let's explore the concept of making each piece of your life better.By The Wanz

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Faith And Courage 16:53

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Faith is believing in something not seen or proven. Courage is faith put into action! Don't think you can do or be something? Let's explore...By The Wanz

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Stepping Stones 15:12

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Have you ever stopped to think of how your life is like stepping stones leading you through each minute, hour or days in your life? Every decision is another stone in the path of your life...if you're paying attention.By The Wanz

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Miserable People Will Be Who They Are 18:18

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Ever accidentally gotten 'stuck' talking with someone who feels completely miserable? Ever felt that way yourself? Reminder: don't make the same choices they made...By The Wanz

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Sometimes too much is too little and too little is too much 17:41

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Ever been in that position where you give so much of yourself, but it's not enough for someone else? Yeah...beware THOSE people, places, things or situations.By The Wanz

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One Never Knows What The Future Holds... 17:36

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Think you can tell the future? Let's just see about that...By The Wanz

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Focus On The Effort... 25:09

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It's been said, "And acceptance is the key to all of my problems". But how do you accept things that go or don't go your way? Once one realizes that one only controls the effort and not the outcome, is failure your fault? Is success? Maybe...By The Wanz

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Misery Is But One Of Many Questions 16:11

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Misery doesn't always love company. Sometimes, it's happy being all on it's own, bringing you down. This episode proposes a way out of that hole.By The Wanz

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What You Were Was Never As Good As What You Could Be 17:09

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You can drive yourself nuts worrying about what's already passed because once it's passed, you can't really do anything about it. So what's next? The next moment? And the one after that? And the one after that? Each containing the opportunity for you to either be better, not care, or be worse.By The Wanz

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Without Dreams, We Only Exist... 18:36

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How could we really live if we didn't have dreams? I'll tell you about some who had none as well as how I came to think of the road to our dreams as a garden path.By The Wanz

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Trying Is The Very Thing! 26:09

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Whether you fail or succeed, first, you must try (Sorry, Yoda...). That's why trying is the very thing we should give more focus to in our lives.By The Wanz

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Only Two Things We Have To Do 16:53

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My father used to tell me, "Son, there's only two things you have to do, die and make decisions. I don't recommend the former, so you better get damn good at the latter." How can we make better decisions?By The Wanz

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Life Changes Us... 21:51

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One can't deny that many things happen to us in life, but how to we handle those things? Experience may be the best teacher, but do we realize when we're getting experience or just rolling with a situation? Can an experience 'change us'? Why? Let's see...By The Wanz

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When You Believe You Know It All 24:13

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There's not much that's worse than having to listen to a 'know-it-all'. Don't be one of those!! Lemme tell ya some things about learning...By The Wanz

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Never Limit Yourself... 18:41

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Never limit what you can do or who you can be. Remember, you are the only 'you' there is and you can be, say or do anything, if, you can get past the fear.By The Wanz

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Make Peace With Your Insides... 20:50

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Until you make peace with yourself, you'll never be at peace. Most of us compare ourselves to others, never considering we might have 'something' that someone else wished they had. Then again, some follow the path of Michael Jackson...By The Wanz

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Looking Past Tomorrow 17:25

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Look past tomorrow to see your future. Live in today to become what you see. What does this mean? This episode outlines how...remember, you have the power and the privlege.By The Wanz

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Living In The Solution... 18:52

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Living in the solution beats being a part of the problem. We can find lots of reasons 'not' to do things, what would happen if we tried the opposite? We used to when we were kids!By The Wanz

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Surviving Life... 16:30

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Another chapter from "#THEBOOKOFWANZ" - "Surviving life is good for a while when we survive we give ourselves a chance to live which gives us a chance to succeed." I came across this question: Am I living or just surviving?By The Wanz