Simplicity Of Happiness - Season 05

I am a great fan of Mike Mandel and the work he does. Together with his co-host and business partner Chris Thompson he runs a wildly crazy podcast called Brain Software where they offer tons of value and deep insides into coaching and NLP.
In his podcast Mike often gives people numbers and refers to the Enneagram.
Since I enjoy talking to Mike so much I saw this as a good opportunity to have Mike back on the show and share his view on the Enneagram with you.

We will go into the history of the Enneagram, take about archetypes and get a description of all the 9 different Enneagram types.

As well as some inside on the Enneagram type 8 of Mike and wether I fit in there or not…

If you want to take a glimpse of the Enneagram yourself you might want to have a look at one of the following free tests:

https://lonerwolf.com/enneagram-test/
https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test
https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test

Until then, take care my friend.

Best, Floh

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SE05 - happy#219 - enneagram with mike mandel

What feels like ages ago, I was preparing for my first big adventure. A solo Sahara tour by foot. During that time many people around my simply declared me for nuts and only a very very few were encouraging. One of the people always uplifting was my friend Tony. 
Apart from being a mentor and person to talk to he invited me several times to his Podcast: Guerilla FM. I liked it so much, that I wanted to start my own show and this became only true because Tony pushed me to, helped me with the technical part and became my Co-Host.
It lasted for some hundred episodes and as I had started an English show as well, it came the time that I focused purely on the English version.
Ever since Tony has not been on the show again.

I am proud to have Tony back on the show and opening an interview series that I am am currently recording. In contrast to the former interviews, I am not going with a set of questions but rather having a meaningful conversation with a friend.

Although he wouldn’t put it that way, Tony is a adventurer as well and from Karate champion to Marketing Master he has some stories to tell.

One reason him being so calm about personal achievements, might be his decades lasting meditation practice which he acquired as a young person and then deepened while living in a Japanese Zen monastery.
And this is what I want to talk to him about. 
What are the zen habits you can learn from living in a Zen monastery?

But before you jump into the show... the following CONVOs will take a bit longer then my normal 10-15 minutes.

Until then, take care my friend.

Best, Floh

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SE05 - happy#207 - zen habits CONVO

For todays episode I decided to go with a solo episode and with a citation again. A person I value a lot for almost 10 year now is Leo Babauta. He is a minimalist and founder of the super successful blog Zen Habits.
I read most of his blog posts and get inspired by a lot of his thoughts.
What I find especially interesting about Leo is that he lives in a family of 8. His wife, their 6 children and himself.
Minimizing your own stuff and focusing on the essentials is one thing but involving a huge family is something else all together.
Some time ago he posted an article on his famous blog about two separate men fantasizing about leaving everything behind and living on a mountain.

In case you want to read to whole article head over to https://zenhabits.net/freeing/

Leo was writing about that incident because he could very well relate to that  fantasy himself and I am quoting Leo because I can as well. He is right that neither me nor the men who told him are in fact searching the mountain, but the freedom they hope to find in the simplicity.

How would it be then, to find the freedom in everything you do?

Until then, take care my friend.

Best, Floh

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SE05 - happy#208 - freedom of the mountain

happy#209 - changing the system CONVO
One of these conversations that occur unexpected. Every once in a while I look into my twitter feed and find something I like. Some time late in 2020 I found this piece: https://twitter.com/oetting/status/1314571435504021504?s=21.
A small cartoon by Martin Oetting who is quite a remarkable personality and has changed further and further to a political active person. Currently he is working on a political documentary and with everything going on in the world I thought it might be a good idea to talk about changing the (political) system.

You can find out more about Martins projects at:
http://omnipolis.com
https://kaffeeundkapital.de
https://vollehalle.de
 https://wellbeingeconomies.film

A little overview:

Past: Dr. Martin Oetting has helped build the Word-of-Mouth Marketing firm trnd for over a decade, and also wrote his doctoral dissertation about Word of Mouth. He used to give speeches on the subject, too – sometimes they were even entertaining (DE|EN). His blog ConnectedMarketing was one of the leading marketing blogs in the early days of Social Media in Germany.
Martin left trnd and the marketing field in early 2016.

Present: Today he's building Omnipolis Media, a political media company:
* Kaffee & Kapital: His first big project was Kaffee & Kapital, a one-year public discussion (2017, continued until the end of 2019, in German) about the state of our democracies and the future of capitalism and democracy.
* vollehalle: The second project is "vollehalle", a political entertainment project that looks at the state of the world and what to do about it, against the backdrop of climate change. It was conceived and developed jointly with Kai Schächtele, and premiered in 2017. In 2019, an expanded team has started working on the show, and went on a 15-show tour of Germany over the summer and autumn of 2019. A completely new version was developed and produced for 2020, it premiered in collaboration with Igor Levit at Futurium on March 6th, just before the Corona lockdown. The team then created a revised and shortened version for the digital only version of the re:publica conference 2020. Martin and Omnipolis Media were in charge of all audio-visual production for these projects.
* Wellbeing Economies Film (working title): Thirdly, he has begun writing, filming and producing a documentary feature film about political pioneers who will help lead our world economy away from its self-destructive growth course.
Further projects are currently in development.

Miscellaneous: He sometimes likes to draw, or publish random ramblings on the Internet -- on Twitter, for instance (mostly in German, sometimes in English, very rarely in French or Italian). jon tufty is his alter ego for all things music. In 2016, Martin released a hobby film project — "Smartphone Zombies", his first hand-drawn animated film.

I hope you enjoy the episode and l#ll talk to you in a week.

Until then, take care my friend.

Best, Floh

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SE05 - happy#209 - changing the system CONVO

Again I welcome a returning guest from my German podcast. Bernhard Tewes well known hypnotist from Berlin and his practice Kiez Hypnose https://www.kiez-hypnose.de. 
He is also the founder and owner of the trending app HypnoBox https://www.hypnobox.com.

I can tell you, that you will find all sorts of therapists and so called hypnotherapists out there, but Bernhard is one of those he is at the top of my list in Europe.
We are talking about hypnosis in general and how it affected his own life. No interview but a meaningful conversation between to hypnotist who are eager to change life for the better.

Until then, take care my friend.

Best, Floh

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SE05 - happy#210 - berlin hypnosis CONVO

I am thrilled to have my teacher, mentor, friend and above all timeless wizard Mike Mandel as my guest on the show.
If you want to find out more about Mike and the outstanding work he does together with his business partner and former Podcast guest Chris Thompson of Episode 158 (https://simplicity-of-happiness.com/happy158/) visit his website or listen directly to his recording „journey to the castle“ (https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/castle/)

We talk about coaching in general and for some interventions in details. If you have any questions concerning the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy or hypnotic work feel free to contact me at any time.

And... stay tuned, there will be more ;-)

Until then, take care my friend.

Best, Floh

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SE05 - happy#211 - stormrider mike mandel

Welcome to the Simplicity of Happiness podcast, the show that brings people from all over the world together to explore the simple truth: Love people and use things, because the opposite never works. 

When you reflect on your life, what will truly matter – the things you owned or the stories you can tell?

When ‘more’ becomes ‘too much,’ it’s time to embrace life’s essentials. Let us guide you in decluttering distractions and unveiling what matters most. 

With insightful interviews from those who have already found their path, we’ll help you become a happier, better version of yourself. 

The Simplicity of Happiness, where simplicity is the road and happiness is the destination.

SE05 - happy#219 - enneagram with mike mandel

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