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Alchemy For Life

Author Mark Bradford

Recover time energy and resources in your life. Have fun. Understand.

health & fitness mental health

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11:34

The Anatomy of Ghosting

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2025/04/06

We all know what it is. We have all done it. We’ve all had it done to us. Let’s talk about when it’s appropriate when it’s not, and why it can be so frustrating.The post The Anatomy of Ghosting first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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10:50

Time is sometimes money but is always Energy

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2025/03/30

Time is money You’ve heard that phrase and it is often accompanied by someone clapping, tapping their foot, or some other show of impatience. Chop chop, time is money. In our world of Time, Energy and Resources as separate entities, they are saying time is resources, aren’t they? But it’s actually more accurate to same […]The post Time is sometimes money but is always Energy first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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7:00

The amazing, frustrating, daunting world of squares...

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2025/03/23

Fair & Square Here are the rules of the square and triangle universe. There are other rules but these are the most obvious. Listen to the podcast and tell me what you would do as a square. I’m looking for an answer… So what would you do? Are you a Square or a Triangle?The post The amazing, frustrating, daunting world of squares and triangles first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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9:22

Your Catalog and Your Facets

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2025/03/17

A while back we talked about the importance of a catalog and your awareness of that. By revisiting that we are demonstrating (in a rather meta way) the importance of revisiting it. And let’s add how that affects your facets too. Catalog A catalog covers anything and everything you do. This then gets distilled down […] The post Your Catalog and Your Facets first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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11:06

Intellectual Injury—what the heck is that?

Alchemy For Life ·

2025/03/09

I like to apply analogical reasoning, You can call it conceptual metaphors. And if both of those are confusing, how about applying the concept of one domain to another. Still confused? For example, we talked about liminal spaces which don’t look or sound right. But you can then take that into the emotional domain and […]The post Intellectual Injury—what the heck is that? first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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15:55

Old Photos and Robots

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2025/03/02

You are living in an era that is coming to an end. There was a time when all pictures were in black-and-white because that was the technology we had. Most people were fit, and men typically wore suits even at baseball games. Then pictures, had color, but it was of a not true to life […]The post Old Photos and Robots first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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7:47

The pleasure principle and a new book

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2025/02/23

I have a new book coming out. it’s my 10th, and it’s based on my take on the pleasure principle and what I believe is a layer just above it. It’s what allows us to accomplish things that others do not. It’s what prevents us from doing things that we think we should be able […] The post The pleasure principle and a new book first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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11:36

What I learned writing a screenplay

Alchemy For Life ·

2025/02/09

(and how it might help you tell your own story) Telling a story in an unfamiliar medium with constraints you’re not accustomed to is a common theme in business. You may be the best story teller in your circle/medium/genre but if you need to tell your story outside of that it can be a challenge, […]The post What I learned writing a screenplay first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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11:04

Teacher, Teach Thyself

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2025/02/02

Q&A and the answer (That’s so meta) Have you ever helped a friend who has a question or a conundrum, and the answer was so obvious to you that you easily spelled it out for them? You felt pretty smart. You noticed at some point that when you’ve had issues you turn to others for […]The post Teacher, Teach Thyself first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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11:49

Do you experience Disconnected Happiness?

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2025/01/26

A tale of disconnected happiness or Benign Violation Theory. Allow me to tell you a tale of disconnected happiness. Perhaps you can relate? Helpful related (or referenced) episodes: Have something to say? Come talk about it on Patreon.The post Do you experience Disconnected Happiness? first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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10:25

Dramaturgy, Role Theory and Modes

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2025/01/19

Modes What mode are you in right now? You may intuitively know exactly what I’m talking about. Ever interrupt a conversation and the person changes their conversation style/demeanor? That’s an example of someone switching modes. Are modes just putting a mask on, or being disingenuous? No, like so many things in experimental psychology, I look […]The post Dramaturgy, Role Theory and Modes first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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54:49

Manuel Rendon of Timeplast and 4d programmable matter

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2025/01/12

Meet Manuel Rendon, certified polymer science inventor and CEO of Timeplast, Inc. My first interview episode of 2025. Manuel joins the ranks of Scott Adams, the late John McAfee and others. 4d matter In the world of plastics, everything pretty much repels water. But what if you could create a plastic that truly dissolves in […]The post Manuel Rendon of Timeplast and 4d programmable matter first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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12:12

Most useful and helpful episodes of 2024!

Alchemy For Life ·

2025/01/05

Welcome to 2025. As with last year, we are selecting the most helpful and useful episodes of the previous year. Of course I feel that all of the episodes are useful and helpful. Each one has a use, a point, and a tangible takeaway. Each one is a unique perspective on something you’re familiar with […] The post Most useful and helpful episodes of 2024! first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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12:34

Resolutions—what works and what doesn’t

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2024/12/29

Resolutions—what works and what doesn’t and why. It’s really important that you don’t repeat the same things that didn’t work last time. You want to make this time to be different. Levels As we mentioned in the Labels episode, we like to label things because it’s a shortcut. And that can make you dumber or […] The post Resolutions—what works and what doesn’t first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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15:22

Depression and throwing away the container

Alchemy For Life ·

2024/12/15

This is a separate article that goes with this podcast episode. it is not a transcript but rather an alternate summary of what the episode is about. NOTE: Depression, and worse (the meaning of “throwing away the container”) is a delicate subject. The truth is that all mental health is a delicate subject, as is […] The post Depression and throwing away the container first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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12:34

Am I a systems thinker?

Alchemy For Life ·

2024/12/08

Guess who has this one? 🙂 NOTE: As I’ve said before, these thirteen ‘states of being’ are not being looked at as an ‘ailment’ or a ‘disease’ or a disadvantage. Just as there are upsides to what some would consider a disability, there are downsides to what some would consider a superpower. What is Systems […]The post Am I a systems thinker? first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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11:14

The Silence of Success

Alchemy For Life ·

2024/12/04

Social Media and You If you’re on social media, whether it’s the Boomers Gone Wild of Facebook, the Graphic (in many ways) Instagram, the Millennial-Controlled Tiktok or the ‘business-oriented’ Linkedin, you will see the kind of posts I’m about to talk about. Drawing a line in the sand… in your face Some people post things […]The post The Silence of Success first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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8:27

Deferred Gratitude and Exotic Cars

Alchemy For Life ·

2024/11/27

Exotic Cars When people purchase exotic cars, they are sometimes hit with something called deferred maintenance. As with many car buyers, they see the value of purchasing a car used. The positive of that is that they get a car they want at a dramatically reduced price. The downside is sometimes that they hadn’t considered […]The post Deferred Gratitude and Exotic Cars first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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11:07

Time and energy = space

Alchemy For Life ·

2024/11/17

A new formula Here’s an interesting concept for you, just when you thought you understood that life is made of three things: Time, Energy and Resources. But after ll, this is alchemy. Time, Energy and Resources Alchemy for Life™ has always been about life being three things. And we spend those three things on five […] The post Time and energy = space first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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12:44

Is Positivity just oblivious contentment?

Alchemy For Life ·

2024/11/10

What is Positivity? You may think that ‘positivity’ doesn’t belong with such states of being as OCD, Anxiety, ADHD and the others featured in this 13-part series, but I think it does because it is markedly different than the average person. Positivity isn’t just being nice. Positivity isn’t being positive blindly. It is a state […]The post Is Positivity just oblivious contentment? first appeared on Alchemy For Life.

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