Harnessing Activation Energy to Master Any Skill, Why Language Matters, and Practical Climate Change Solutions | with David Rosales and host Emily Duncan
EMBody Radio
Emily Duncan
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2022
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
It's safe to say we've all learned something in our lives (or at least I hope so), but how often do we actually sit and think about the skill of learning, and how to... learn how to learn? Today's guest, David Rosales, is not only one of my best friends, but is truly the embodiment of a lifelong, enthusiastic learner. In today's episode we talk about David's passion for learning, particularly his passion for learning languages, and how he's harnessed the power of "activation energy" to overcome the initial intertia in any new skill, how to lower activation energy to make learning easier, how to apply these concepts to skills like fitness, and overcoming the hurdles involved in any new endeavor so you can get to mastery faster. We also do a deep dive on why language and the nuance of language matters as a way to preserve culture and enhance thinking, talk about practical climate change solutions anyone can participate in, and David's original concept of Defensive Propaganda as a tool to better understand and stand up for what we believe in.
It's all over the map, and a beautiful map at that.
Some of David's work (it will make you smarter and cooler, I promise)
April 2022 Newsletter: How Word Choice Influences Policy and the Power of Personal Essays
LEARNING AN ENDANGERED LANGUAGE: Catalan Immersion and Why Language Diversity matters
How I Knew I was Blunting My Creative Soul
Defensive Propaganda: How George Orwell Deconstructs World Choice in Homage to Catalonia
How to Learn Language in 203 Easy Steps (What They Don’t Teach in Schools)
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| 0:00.0 | This is the premiere podcast for high-performing humans looking to elevate |
| 0:04.5 | themselves through real, raw, honest conversations. We are the hub for |
| 0:09.6 | inspiring and expansive chats about nutrition, wellness, spirituality, business, |
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| 0:23.6 | happiest, healthiest, highest self looks, feels, and acts like. Because when we |
| 0:29.6 | grow together, we glow together. I'm your host, Emily Duncan, and this is |
| 0:35.6 | Embody Radio. |
| 0:41.6 | Hello, hello everyone. Welcome back to Embody Radio, the premiere podcast for |
| 0:47.5 | high-performing humans looking to develop their unique formula for becoming |
| 0:50.6 | their happiest, healthiest, highest selves. This intro has slightly lower |
| 0:55.5 | microphone quality because my microphone quite literally just broke as I sat |
| 1:00.7 | down to record this intro. So looks like we are ordering a new podcast |
| 1:05.2 | mic. I am taking this as a sign from the universe that we are meant to upgrade |
| 1:11.6 | our equipment right now. I've been recording on Fun Fact, the Yeti Snowball, I |
| 1:18.4 | think it's a snowball, or Yeti Blue or whatever, the Yeti mic that I first |
| 1:22.8 | started recording podcasts on. I've used headsets before as well, but since I've |
| 1:26.0 | been doing just recording by myself, I have just been using the Yeti mic, so |
| 1:30.3 | that mic is well over five years old. So I guess it is time to retire her. She |
| 1:36.5 | retired herself this morning. So I am actually recording this intro from the |
| 1:43.3 | floor of my closet with my computer headphones because I don't want you to be |
| 1:48.6 | able to hear the washing machine running outside. And hopefully the |
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