The Pursuit of Awesome with Charlie Harary

Friday Q&A: Over-Giving; Calling Out Our Laziness

Charlie Harary takes your questions and discusses: Calibrating giving with discipline so we're not overdoing it; and how identifying our natural laziness allows us to overcome it.

Expanding Ourselves

Charlie Harary discusses how our discipline benefits others. When we control ourselves and focus on others, we extend and expand ourselves beyond what we were and we uncover more power within.

The Dimmer Switch of Discipline

Charlie Harary discusses regulating our level of discipline. If we see it as all or nothing, like a light switch, it's too much, but if we envision it as a dimmer, we can set it at an appropriate level.

The Light Switch - How Future Benefit Changes the Present

Charlie Harary discusses the benefit of thinking about the time when we've overcome a challenge in front of us. If we imagine how good we'll feel in the future looking back at today, and then bring that feeling into the present, we benefit immediately.

Introduce Yourself To Yourself

Understanding how little we know about ourselves is crucial to leading a fulfilling life. Being open-minded allows us to confidently deal with uncertainty.

The Gift of Imagination

Charlie Harary discusses how imagination is the key to discipline. Imagination is a gift that allows us to see into the future, plan properly, and envision our success.

Friday Q&A: Handling Negativity; Working Together and more!

Charlie Harary takes your questions and discusses planning ahead for others' negative reactions; and pitching in rather than taking over, and more.

Planning for the Right Fight

Charlie Harary discusses how our future selves are different than we expect. When we plan, we're in our rational brains and we think we're going to be perfect, but when the moment arrives, we have to fight our irrational brains. If we plan knowing that we WILL be impulsive, we take our thinking to the next level.

The Secret Power of Future Thinking

Charlie Harary begins to discuss how we implement discipline. Using delaying tactics and looking ahead, our rational brain can out-maneuver our "hot," irrational brain.

I Am Not My Impulses

Charlie Harary discusses the limbic (or "hot") system of our brains. When we recognize our impulses and remember "that's not me," we can learn to filter them out and build a disciplined mind.