Beyond the Present Podcast

Despite humanity’s innate tendency to prefer comfort and resist change we are all benefiting from the technological advancements that are the results of going against this very innate tendency by deciding to do different things, do more of them, and do them more efficiently.The future is coming, whether we like it or not, and with it a whole array of changes will sweep our societies in the coming decades but are we ready for it? In this episode of Beyond the Present (BTP) podcast Danny and Poujix join Ali, a software engineer and computer expert, to discuss the bright as well as dark sides of technological advancement and their impacts on our personal and professional lives. How optimistic can we be about the future? What are some of the changes that we expect to witness in the coming decades? How does technology merge with humanity,  turns us into cyborgs, and  eventually leads to singularity? Will our jobs be taken away by artificial intelligence? What changes do we look forward to see in the future? These questions and so many more are answered in this episode of BTP podcast.

Did you know that body language is the biggest component of your communication with other people? The message that you send to others via your posture, physical movement, and facial expression, in most cases, is understood better by others than the words you say!In this Let’s Talk edition of Beyond the Present (BTP) podcast Poujix and Danny discuss the ins and outs of body language by not only describing what body language actually is but also coming up with the reasons as to why one should develop his or her knowledge with respect to understanding and using body language. What is body language and how to use it to communicate with others? Why should we improve our knowledge regarding body language and what are the benefits of doing so? How can you detect lie by examining the facial expression of the other person? How can we use body language to manage our emotions and remain at peak state? All the aforementioned questions are answered in this Let’s Talk edition of the BTP podcast. 

The number one reason behind all the goals that were never achieved, the plans that were never started, and the dreams that were never realized is coming up with excuses. We live in an era where pessimism runs amok and many individuals use their creative powers not for achieving their goals but to come up with excuses as to why they cannot achieve them! We have heard that losers make excuses while winners make progress and in this episode of Beyond the Present Podcast Danny and Poujix join our special guest Kenny to discuss the issue of excuse making. Why do we come up with excuses? What are some of the most common excuses these days? How can we stop coming up with excuses and instead commit ourselves to achieve our goals and realize our dreams? These questions and more are answered in this episode of BTP podcast. 

There are very few things in our lives that affect our overall level of happiness and contentment more than our relationships and more specifically our romantic relationships. Yet this issue remains under a shroud of mystery to date despite our advancements in the fields of anthropology and evolutionary psychology and we have social conditioning and Hollywood to blame! In this controversial talk Danny and Poujix discuss this issue in depth in the first Let’s Talk edition of Beyond the Present Podcast. Why men and women have different strategies when it comes to mating? Why does monogamy feel rather unnatural? Why do couples cheat? How can we define success in romantic relationships? How could  many children be born out of wedlock even in highly moral societies?These questions and so many more are answered in the first Let’s Talk edition of the BTP podcast!

One of the common factors among all exceptional individuals and organizations is their innovative approach towards value creation and problem solving. Innovation is the byproduct of creativity given that coming up with innovative ideas and solutions requires one to step outside the frame of conventional wisdom and think outside of the box.In this episode Danny, Poujix, and Sinix discuss the issue of creativity and innovation by not only defining what it means to be creative and original but also provide various tips on how to actually think creatively in order to come up with innovative ideas. If you seek to be an original then you owe it to yourself to give this episode a listen. 

No matter how high your income you cannot become wealthy through income from your work alone and unless you learn to generate passive income you will have to run the rat race for the rest of your life. In this episode Danny, Poujix, and Sinix discuss the issue of passive income, articulate its importance, and offer various means to generate passive income from selling intellectual properties and investing in another business to buying real estate to rent it out and becoming a shareholder in the stock market. The crew also emphasizes the importance of financial discipline so as to be able to spend less than you earn and save the rest to be later used to generate passive income. Financial prosperity requires one to look beyond the mere present and to have a clear financial plan for one’s future and in this episode of Beyond the Present podcast we will assist you to do just that! 

Life is too short to reinvent the wheel and too precious to be squandered away on mere trial and error. That is why having role models can help us accelerate the learning process on the way of achieving our goals. In the second episode of Beyond the Present podcast the BTP crew will talk about some of their own role models and explain how critical it is to have people whom you can learn from and imitate. Later they will discuss the steps that one can take to find the right role model(s) for him or herself and reveal how to have a role model without becoming a copy of that person. Success leaves clues, in this episode you will discover how to find those clues with the help of your role models.

Success is one of those illusive  concepts that is both very much desired while simultaneity quite difficult to understand. In the first episode of the BTP podcast Danny, Poujix, and Sinix attempt to define success and offer strategies to measure true success by introducing another essential factor into the mix: happiness.
 
How can you strike a balance between social success and inner happiness? Why not caring about other people’s opinion is so critical in achieving both outer success and inner happiness? How should you define success in your own way and according to your own standards, values, and ideals? The aforementioned are but a few of the questions discussed in the first episode of the BTP podcast.