Episode 17 - Today, we talk to Andrew O'Neill, a standup comedian, author and amazing guitar player. Andrew spent some time talking to us about how you deal with a routine when you don't have a routine. Their struggle with paying attention. Why you should write things down, and the importance of visualisation when you are deciding what your goals are. It all sounds very grown up - it wasn't.
Some of the stuff in there is:
- A secret you didn't know about standup comedy
- Ritual Magick
- Big Bird and to-do lists
- Notebooks and showers - Aqua Notes website
- ADHD and the internet
- Meditation - The Josh Groban podcast with 10% Happier
- Work-life balance and how it applies to comedy
- You say sigil - I say goal setting
- The importance of breaking a goal into its component steps - it works like magic (magick)
- Gnosis - and how you can move the moon in front of the sun
- Be richer tomorrow - by not buying that cup of coffee
- Neil Gaiman, Netflix and the BBC - how networking happens when you're not paying attention
- Deciding on making a difference by having a routine
- Our version of 'The Trip'
- Andrew's stuff:
- 'About' Andrew on his website
- Have a look at his Twitter, account pages here
- The book Neil Gaiman says is 'Absolutely Hilarious' - A History of Heavy Metal