021 How To Take Self Ownership : The Philosophy Of Fitness

This could change your life! Learning the skills of self-ownership is likely the most important key to living the life you want.

00:00 Intro

00:46 A vulnerable icebreaker: Cody's introvertedness and feeling insecure about conversation, being steamrolled over by others, and why.

04:05 Tali's family was like the scene from Annie Hall

05:28 Being honest and bringing up your insecurities to people who are close to you can help give them the tools they need to support you. Cody and Tali have a policy of not only 100% honesty, but to bring anything that's bothering us up as fast as possible to each other in order to avoid build-up and long-term resentment.

07:20 Self-Ownership, a worthy virtue to develop, but beware of a darker side to it

09:40 Developing action steps toward the cultivation of self-ownership, Aristotle.

11:45 Inherent traits vs. actionable skills: Take ownership of your introvert / extrovert "nature", take ownership of your worries for the future and develop the skill of curiosity and wonder.

18:23 Internal vs. external locus of control

19:23 ACTION STEP: Practice changing your language around circumstances

25:15 Letting go of excuses is powerful in your interactions with others, but what's even more powerful is how you're programming yourself with your self-talk.

26:28 The Brain That Changes Itself

26:44 Cody's guest interview on The Mental Health Toolbox podcast

28:31 Self-ownership and integrity go hand-in-hand

29:03 ACTION STEP: Your fitness is a great place to learn the skills of self-ownership

32:35 ACTION STEP: Develop self-ownership by creating accountability to someone else

35:15 ACTION STEP: Begin to recognize patterns in your life.

36:58 ACTION STEP: Learning to apologize properly can help train you to take ownership

39:26 Self-Ownership requires self-awareness...Know thyself (Self-knowledge requires action, not just thinking)

41:17 Is Self-ownership at odds with self-acceptance? (this controversial section is not for the faint of heart)

48:37 Addiction is not an excuse to avoid self-ownership 

52:23 Tali's struggle with purging and how she gained the confidence to change

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