This episode is very unique; it is my personal message to you who are listening to this podcast. It is a message from the heart that I felt I wanted to share with you.
One more thing: have you noticed that the podcast has new cover art? The new logo really embodies the idea of the podcast and the concept of personal development mastery.
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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:
I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward living a fulfilled, purposeful life. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com
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EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION
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Welcome to Personal Development mastery podcast where you will find both the inspiration to grow and the actions to implement towards your next level. I'm your host Agi Keramidas. And I've been on a journey of personal development and self mastery for 6 years now. My mission is to inspire you to grow, stand out and take action towards a purposeful and fulfilling life
This episode today is very unique. - it is my personal message to you who are listening to this podcast. It is a message from the heart that I felt I wanted to share with you
but before we discuss this you might have noticed that the broadcast has a new logo. And this is something I am very happy and excited about and some of you participated in choosing it among other intricate and beautiful designs.
The new logo I certainly believe represents personal development mastery - it shows a person who appears to be pushing a rock on a hill or a slope - it is a quite a minimal design and linked certainly to philosophy and the ongoing nature of things - but the logo also depicts the shadow of the person pushing and this for me represents that, in order to master personal development, one has to also work with the dark side of themselves, otherwise the shadows will always pull you back.
There is one other interesting element about the design that the circle in the middle, rather than just been looked at as a rock or a boulder, it can be seen as the sun as well - illuminating - and in another sense you can see a man reaching for the sun or playing with the sun or going up so I believe this new logo embodies the idea of the podcast and the concept of personal development mastery.
And we'll come back now to what I started saying in the beginning about my message from the heart to you who's listening to this. You know for me, after 233 episodes, it is important to understand who I'm speaking to
and of course maybe I can't meet each of you personally and find out who you are. But I do notice some trends in what people ask me or what they want more information about, and based on these trends and questions, I will tell you how I imagine you, who are listening to this right now - and I know it's a daring task and possibly dangerous. because I might be completely wrong, even ridicule myself if I’m way off -
but I will do it. Because I value authenticity and transparency and. As I mentioned, it is a message from the heart that wants to be shared, so I will.
So the first thing that I imagine about you is that you don't have much free time. You are interested, yes, in doing meditation and learning breathwork and yoga, and you probably do them, but you're not doing enough of it because of all the demands that are required of your time.
And for the same reason, and I will carry on imagining here - even though you enjoy travelling and seeing new places and hiking in nature perhaps, yet you don't do that enough.
You appreciate learning new things and reading or listening to audiobooks or podcasts. But as much as you enjoy personal development and growing yourself, maybe you don't have many people around you that share a similar outlook. Maybe the majority of the people you are surrounded with have that fixed mindset, preferring to settle rather than grow. And if that's the case, I would imagine that you don't have as many stimulating or inspiring conversations as you would like to…
And usually when that happens, one can feel not understood at times, or even unsupported.
So I don't know if that is you in any way… but I will carry on! If I were to guess, I will say that you are successful in your career. You earn decent money.
However, you are not very financially literate about how money can work for you, of the ways you can have passive income, or additional sources of income rather than one main one, usually your profession. I think that deep down you would like to learn how to invest and build wealth and become financially independent.
If I wanted to go even deeper in my guessing of who you are now listening, I would dare to say that on the outside your life seems to be fine, or even enviable. However deep inside, there is a feeling that something is missing, that life is more than this. You would love to spend more time with your friends, your family, to travel more to have more fun and adventure in life, rather than working 11 months a year and not seeing your children grow up. You'd like to spend more time doing what you're passionate about, maybe even start your own thing even though you're not sure of how or even if you can do it.
The word that comes to my mind or the phrase actually is “unrealized potential”. There is a quote I read once and it said “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
- and you don't want to be living your life regretting what might have been. You want to feel a purpose in life, to feel fulfilled and happy doing something meaningful.
So, with this rather unsettling comment, if you have in any way related to what I was talking about,
you will be happy to know that first of all, I feel you because I’ve been there. Rest assured, you are not the only one.
Second, and even more important for you, is that I have started creating more additional content that addresses these particular challenges - and you will find all of this additional content in my supporters community, where you will get access to exclusive content tailored for you, both from me and my guests ,
even more , you will have your questions answered in special ask me anything episodes. You will be able to meet people who value personal development just like you, in our community online meetups. And you can also participate in my mindset and accountability mastermind group and more. The link is in the show notes or you can type BIT.LY/PDMSUPPORTER and have a look at it. I believe you will find much value in addressing those challenges and taking steps towards that fulfilling, purposeful, meaningful life rather than the ‘might have been’.
And one last thing before I go: next Monday, I'm very excited about the next episode of the show, episode 234
I have interviewed the author of a book that combines financial prosperity and spirituality, and she talks about the 35 Universal Laws to make money work for you - it is a conversation that I found extremely valuable and I believe you will too, if you’d like to become more abundant, So if you want have more money while utilising universal laws, make sure you don’t miss next episode 234 - and I will say it was one of my favourite interviews I've ever recorded.
So with that note thank you very much for listening.
I always want to hear from you. So go to the website and message me - and I will personally read all your messages.
I am honoured and grateful to be sharing my journey toward personal development mastery with you and inspiring you to take the simple and consistent actions needed to master yourself and create the life you desire.
You will find all the links in the show notes - once again, the supporters community is BIT.LY/PDMSUPPORTER
And until next time, stand out, don't fit in!