Wisdom From Bali

Course Introduction (The Why and How Questions)

Irene Season 1 Episode 1

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Welcome to this space.

Before we begin, I want you to understand that this course is not just about information. It’s about learning how to think deeper, ask better questions, and reconnect with your own awareness.

We live in a world where many people are taught what to think, but very few are taught how to think. And often, the most important shifts in our lives begin with two simple questions:
Why?
And how?

Why do we work the way we do?
Why do we stay in environments that drain us?
Why do so many successful people still feel disconnected?

And then comes the second layer:
How can we live differently?
How can we build businesses, relationships, and lives that are more aligned with who we truly are?
How can we create success without sacrificing our wellbeing?

This course was created from my own journey through economics, philosophy, entrepreneurship, wellness, and conscious living. It is a blend of intellect and humanity. A space where ambition and inner peace are allowed to exist together.

Throughout this course, I also encourage you to read. Books changed my life because they taught me how to question systems, understand people, and reflect deeply.

Some recommendations that inspired parts of this journey are:

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The Courage to Be Disliked
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
The 48 Laws of Power
Meditations
and Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche.

Take what resonates with you. Question everything. Reflect honestly.

This is not about becoming someone else.
It is about becoming more aware of who you already are.

Welcome to the journey.

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Two books that I highly reference are one, The Seven Habits of the Highly Effective People and The Forty-Eight Laws of Power. And what these two books give of, and what makes them similar, is the one thing that both books talk about. And that is actually planning till the end. Planning till the end in business looks like this. You will have to keep the end goal in mind. You will have to know your why. And this is in philosophy actually something that a lot of philosophers talk about. Knowing your why. Because that will take you through all hows. You know, the interesting question when you're starting your business is always about how do I get there? How do I do this? How do I own my own studio? And it's interesting because it has to start with the why question first. Once you know your why, you will be able to get through any house because that motivation will actually set the standards for your career. What motivates you? What is your fool? And once you've done that, once you've actually figured out what your fool is, the next approach is to start understanding what fools other people around you. Because one thing is that you're influenced by the five closest people around you in your environment. So once you figure out what influences you, the next task is actually to figure out what influences other people around you. And that's why I talk a lot about personality, personal development, communication styles, because all of that is kind of like the chemistry that you've you'll have to figure out, and because it creates the specific dynamic of your team. So that's why I also talk a lot about astrology. And because I know that there's parts of astrology that can help you understand the dynamics that play when it comes to human behavior. And so I'd like to leave you with this as um I go that you need to know your why, and then you need to find out the whys of the people that influence you. Okay.