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Mere Mortals Conversations · April 20 · 46 min

Dreaming Big | Life Beyond The Average

Can you succeed without setting expectations & goals to hit? In Episode #520 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: riff on dreaming big: how our top‑level life aims can stay steady for decades while the reasons and execution evolve, whether you truly need a “big dream” to reach elite performance, how to cultivate direction in your twenties by chasing curiosity and I tease a 20‑year out‑of‑this‑world goal that’s resurfaced from childhood. Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:22) Decades, seasons of life and planning horizons (00:07:56) Hinting at a 20-year goal out of this world (00:10:29) Belief, luck, and the role of drive (00:14:29) Stumbling into success and the power of effort (00:18:14) Visualisation that works: mindset vs magic (00:23:01) Aspirations shift: presence over prestige (00:29:56) Massive Transformational Purpose and skill discovery (00:32:01) Follow your obsession? Benefits and pitfalls (00:36:00) Meaning, contentment and age (00:40:13) Small dreams, goals, and purposeful practice (00:45:26) Wrap-up and value-for-value sign-off Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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Can you succeed without setting expectations & goals to hit?

In Episode #520 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: riff on dreaming big: how our top‑level life aims can stay steady for decades while the reasons and execution evolve, whether you truly need a “big dream” to reach elite performance, how to cultivate direction in your twenties by chasing curiosity and I tease a 20‑year out‑of‑this‑world goal that’s resurfaced from childhood.

Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals

Timeline:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:03:22) Decades, seasons of life and planning horizons
(00:07:56) Hinting at a 20-year goal out of this world
(00:10:29) Belief, luck, and the role of drive
(00:14:29) Stumbling into success and the power of effort
(00:18:14) Visualisation that works: mindset vs magic
(00:23:01) Aspirations shift: presence over prestige
(00:29:56) Massive Transformational Purpose and skill discovery
(00:32:01) Follow your obsession? Benefits and pitfalls
(00:36:00) Meaning, contentment and age
(00:40:13) Small dreams, goals, and purposeful practice
(00:45:26) Wrap-up and value-for-value sign-off 



Connect with Mere Mortals:
Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts

Value 4 Value Support:
V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support
Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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