Always Be Better

Do you ever feel stuck and frustrated? Does it feel like nothing you're doing is working? Perhaps you might be suffering from something called the Impostor Syndrome. [Open splash scene and music.] Hello, and welcome back to "Always Be Better." I'm Mel Windham, and today we're going to explore the Impostor Syndrome. This is something I'm currently struggling with, and something I suspect affects most people to some degree. First off, what is it? In a nutshell, it's when we're really good at something, but for some reason we think we're terrible at it. We feel that if we can see our own shortcomings, then others will realize that we're fake, or ... an impostor. And hence the name ... Impostor Syndrome. Since this is a rather new idea, first appearing in 1978, nobody really understands it, but it's certainly fun to talk about. What I'll try to do is share my own experiences, and perhaps realization will help you know what you might be abl...

  Hello, this is Mel Windham from the "Always Be Better" series, and today I'm doing a cross post with the Econo-Mel. This is a special edition video -- not part of the usual cycle, but never fear; "Always Be Better" will be back in a couple of weeks. Today I'd like to talk to my conservative friends, though all of you are free to listen in. I'm going to start back in high school. Around 1986 ... Milton High School, Building 5, an old dilapidated asbestos-ridden building. Social Studies class. We had many discussions, a few films, and we read Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm . We learned about racism, the rise of Hitler, and other terrible events. And we students talked amongst ourselves, with a little help from the teacher. We wondered: in each of these terrible events, why couldn't people see what was really going on? Why did they allow these bad things to happen? It was very easy for us to agree and resolve that: "We're never going to l...

  Hello, and welcome back to "Always Be Better" with Mel Windham. As I've mentioned before, I have chosen to expedite the Political Track this year, and as part of this effort, it would probably be good for me to introduce myself, and explain where I am, personally, in the world of politics. This will be the first time I will make certain political statements in which many of you will disagree. But today's goal isn't so much about discussing these points and to convert anyone, but rather I'm simply telling my own story. My goal is that through watching this "testimony," you will get a much clearer picture of who I am, what my biases and leanings are, and why I'm doing this video series. But first, are you frustrated with today's antagonistic political environment? Where can we today to find HOPE? I would like to introduce you to my second album, HOPE , produced by Melkim Publishing. [music starts] You can listen to eleven peaceful, relaxing ...

Hello, and welcome back to "Always Be Better" with Mel Windham. Today we're going to explore more of the world of brainwashing. Four years ago, I produced three introductory videos on this topic. If you haven't already seen these videos, I highly recommend them, as watching these three videos alone could change your life, and help alert you to what's going on around us. Though, I'm hoping this video will do fine as a standalone, so if you like, keep watching, and then you can go back and watch these other three videos later.  As a quick summary, the first video talks about our autopilot -- how we can train the brain to remember macros, so we can do multiple things at the same time. In the second video, I explain how we can train, trust, and retrain our autopilots, and increase our own effectiveness. In the third video, I talk about how we can corrupt other people's autopilots using the very same techniques, only in this case, it's called brainwashin...

Hello and welcome back to "Always Be Better" with Mel Windham. Today we return back to politics and the last of my three videos featuring the "Power of You." Today we're going to explore something called Social Cycle Theory. As we look back on history, you may see certain patterns. Each country has good times and bad times. Times when freedoms are great, and other times when autocrats are in control. Prosperous times and destructive times. And throughout the millennia, different philosophers and social scientists have tried to capture these patterns in a type of formula. And as you may guess, these formulae come in many different varieties, each with their own nuances and differences. But overall, each of these theories have in common the idea of some kind of cycle.  You can even see this idea in one of the oldest books -- the Bible. Here, we can see such a cycle in the account of the Jewish people after Moses led them to the Promised Land. The people enjoyed ...

Hello, and welcome back to "Always Be Better" with Mel Windham. Today we're going to switch over to the Spiritual Track. But before we start, I'd like to remind you that as I've said before, my goal is to have everyone enjoy these conversations, including people of different faiths, and even atheists. So, I will do my best to keep these discussions agnostic. Also, I want these first three videos of this year to share a theme in common: the power of you . You'll see where this is headed by the end of this video. And one last observation before we begin... When we touch on religious, philosophical, and spiritual items, it's impossible to rely on evidence and logic alone -- this is something I'll explain in a later video. Nevertheless, I find these topics intriguing and often important, because they are all connected to our human experience. I will not be providing a water-tight proof, but rather some unique ideas that are always fun to discuss. I'll...