Knowing you want to do something different, or to see different results is one thing, but knowing what to do to achieve it is another thing entirely. This week I offer, from my own personal experience, several ways to begin the journey to discovering the best version of yourselves. One of them is probably quite controversial - but it's the one that helped me the most. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Written and Produced by Jez Rose | Edited by Nick Jones and Jacob Batten

There's a tiny wooden sign that hangs in my bathroom, on the magnet of a broken cabinet. It was a gift from one of my closest friends, and it reads: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined." But what is the life we imagine? Have you ever imagined what your life could be? What it should be? I don't think I had, until now. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Written and Produced by Jez Rose | Edited by Nick Jones and Jacob Batten

Who we are - or who we think we are and believe ourselves to be - is based on the story we tell others. Sometimes it's influenced by the stories other people tell us of who they think we are. If there's one thing I've learnt about discovering the best version of ourselves, it's that it involves first finding out who you really are. This week I'm exploring the stories we hold onto and tell others, of ourselves and of others, that can hold us back and hinder discovering the best version of...

The Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, whom I’ve been interested in since I was very young, sold just one painting while he was alive. In his letters, discovered posthumously, he wrote: “If i am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.” This week I explore the notion of legacy and how what we decide to do now influences our ability to discover the best version of ourselves, or entirely ignore it. Please do subscribe...

To set out to discover the best version of yourself is a journey. It takes time, patience, and the ability to learn from mistakes - but it also takes the confidence to be vulnerable and see ourselves for who we really are. I wonder if this is easier as we get older and become more experienced in life. In this week's episode I reflect on my own journey of discovering the best version of me and how it has changed me. Please do hit subscribe to become part of the do it different community, and...

Our species has become expert in finding ways to engineer an avoidance of pain and suffering. We've created ways to get what we want or need the same day to avoid waiting; to digitally block people from our lives to avoid difficult conversations or embarrassment, and to distract and comfort ourselves to avoid guilt, anxiety, and confronting truths. However, in doing so, we get further from the best version of ourselves. Further still from knowing who we are now. And what better way to explain...

I'm joined for this month's extended length episode by William Mulligan of The Everyday Stoic Instagram account and The Everyday Stoic book, which has been received to critical acclaim. We discuss "what is the meaning of life?", and whether we're asking the right question.

Join me this week as I tackle the common question asked of me regarding the journey to becoming the best version of ourselves: "but how do we get there?". I'll share some of my personal journey, and the things that helped me tip the balance towards understanding how to better connect with me, in order to then begin improving my life. If you're liking it so far, please do subscribe to the podcast, and take a moment to review it to help other people find it. Thanks for listening! Produced by...

This is the first of what will be monthly feature-length episodes that include an interview with a special guest. I've got some amazing guests lined up for the series and am delighted to begin with someone you'll likely not have heard of... TRANSCRIPT: Don’t ever google the words “motivational quote”. Either you run the day, or the day runs you - that’s Jim Rohn. Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will. Suzy Kassem. Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the...

TRANSCRIPT: I read a post on instagram that said: adulthood is basically saying as soon as this week is out of the way things will calm down and it’ll be okay, over and over again. We never state *which* week though do we! We keep it vague!  That certainly was my life for a long time, at work and at home - believing if I just got this thing done, it would all calm down. I just need to get these emails out the way, or this bit of work done and then I can relax. In fact, that’s how I lived for...

TRANSCRIPT: Do you ever wonder what the meaning of life is? Wait, that’s probably too deep to start with. What I mean is - or perhaps I’m looking for reassurance that it’s not only me - when you look at a huge tree with its vast trunk, and bountiful leaves and you suddenly remember that it grew from a tiny seed that would fit on the very end of your finger tip. Or when you look at a tall building, soaring high into the sky with its many floors, and marvel at how all that weight on each floor...

TRANSCRIPT: Spring and autumn are probably my favourite seasons, but one garden job in particular that marks the end of autumn, is especially poignant and one I have difficulty enjoying.  It’s the cutting back of the rose bushes. It’s such a destructive act at a time when everything has grown and developed to such an extent that these big, beautiful, blooming roses, with so much growth in the leaves and stems - so often the entire plant can literally quadruple in size in one season and then…....

Welcome to episode 1 of do it different, a weekly podcast series hosted by #1 bestselling author and behavior expert Jez Rose on who we are, why, and how to find the best version of ourselves. In this first episode of a brand new series Jez explores the many different ways we show up at work, at home, with different groups of friends, when on our own - and how we may be in danger of being further from knowing who we really are than ever before. This is a podcast about challenging what we know...