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What can we do to improve our lives? Two things: 🧠💪 Aim for a healthy mind in a healthy body! I read at least 12 books and run at least 12 marathons per year just to make sure 📚🏃.
Whenever there’s a particularly interesting topic, book, or running race, I have been blogging about it extensively since 2011 on this website. The podcast is narrated versions of those posts so you can take them with you on your next run!
Episode 19: For the Record: Training for and Trying a Sub-3 Hour Marathon
17th of May · 66 Minutes
Some people think that running is just the same every time. That’s not true, there’s lot of variation possibilities to it, for example, you can do speed training and go for a Sub-3 hour marathon. What that’s like, I’ll tell you in this episode.
ListenEpisode 18: Grüner Ring 200: Organizing and Supporting a 200 Kilometer Running Race
16th of May · 35 Minutes
It’s a humongous task to run for 200 kilometers straight. But organizing an event of this sort also requires quite some effort. Here you can find out how something like this can go down and what’s it like to witness it first hand.
ListenEpisode 17: Book – Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
13th of May · 26 Minutes
A practical philosophy which has stood the test of time for well over 2000 years now, is Stoicism. In this book, all it’s helpful pieces of wisdom are neatly sorted by topic and explained in an easy way.
ListenEpisode 16: Book – Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
12th of May · 16 Minutes
A collection of the words of advice and wisdom which successful investor Naval Ravikant has put out into the world. There are a few gems in here!
ListenEpisode 15: Book – Rou Reynolds, A Treatise on Possibility
11th of May · 25 Minutes
We have maneuvered ourselves into a socioeconomic cul-de-sac and are facing lots of existential problems. Human behavior needs to change for us to make it through the next few hundred years, and Rou Reynolds explains it well.
ListenEpisode 14: New Quarter, Theme, Goals, Intents! (Spring 2022)
10th of May · 26 Minutes
The first quarter of 2022 is history. I had made a bunch of plans for it, so it’s time for a review, and an outlook about what’s coming in this next quarter.
ListenEpisode 13: Book – Hans Rosling, Factfulness
9th of May · 22 Minutes
The world is not as bad as we think and it’s improving in many regards. Rosling helps us understand our own biases in order to make our worldview more facts-based and therefore improve our decision making.
ListenEpisode 12: Book – Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
5th of May · 12 Minutes
A psychiatrist who has spend three years in the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Dachau as a Jewish prisoner writes about the mental state and the meaning of life derived from the suffering
ListenEpisode 11: Book – Mike Monteiro, Ruined by Design
2nd of May · 11 Minutes
The type of work used to create this modern world is called design. Everything which is broken is because of bad and unethical design decisions. We’re all responsible and this book helps us realize that we need to step up and be the change.
ListenEpisode 10: Educational Project: How to Become a Better Manager
29th of April · 28 Minutes
Learning how to become a better manager is an exercise in trial and error for most people. But there are shortcuts, for example the brilliant book “The Making of a Manager” by Julie Zhou. I tried to make it more accessible and documented the process.
ListenEpisode 9: Book – Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
28th of April · 15 Minutes
It doesn’t have to be super tough to reach wealth and happiness in life. Morgan Housel gives us a lot of guidance on how to behave in order to feel and be content with our financial situation.
ListenEpisode 8: Book – Patrick Lange, Becoming Ironman
27th of April · 4 Minutes
One of the best triathletes in the world has written an autobiography. After watching his career from the outside, it’s quite interesting to learn how it felt from the inside, meaning from his own perspective.
ListenEpisode 7: Book – Jared Beasley, In Search of Al Howie
27th of April · 3 Minutes
Al Howie was a truly exceptional human being in many regards. His stand-out ability was long distance running and he defied what most people would think is humanly possible. But his life was tragic.
ListenEpisode 6: Book – Robert B. Cialdini, Influence
26th of April · 20 Minutes
A book which offers a lot of knowledge about how we make our day-to-day decisions. It’s helpful to understand and always remember its seven core principles: Reciprocity, Liking, Social Proof, Authority, Scarcity, Commitment/Consistency, and Unity.
ListenEpisode 5: Announcement – New Book Out, The Story of my EU Marathon Runs
25th of April · 3 Minutes
That’s right, I wrote a book! It’s about the 28.5 official marathon races I did in all capital cities of the European Union. And you can read it for free, or buy it.
ListenEpisode 4: Book – Matze Hielscher, Die Schule meines Lebens
25th of April · 17 Minutes
One of the most successful German podcast hosts, Matze Hielscher, has compiled the knowledge and wisdom his many guests have shared with him over the years. Why not profit from that?
ListenEpisode 3: Book – Vicki Robin, Your Money or Your Life
22nd of April · 20 Minutes
Your money or your life? It doesn’t have to be either or, if you play it wisely and listen to what Vicki Robin can teach you. This is a book summary containing her most impactful truth-bombs.
ListenEpisode 2: My Intentions For 2022
20th of April · 18 Minutes
What to do with the time given to us? For the last few years, I have been making and then even following concrete plans. These are my plans for 2022, especially the first quarter of it.
Listen20th of April · 30 Minutes
What an unusual year. For me it contained lots of highs and lows, and in this episode I'm going through all of them with a special emphasis of all the marathons I ran.
ListenEpisode 0: Teesche Podcast Trailer
11th of April · 2 Minutes
I’ve started a podcast for everyone who wants to read my blog posts but can’t find the time for it. It’s about cultivating a healthy mind in a healthy body. Enjoy!
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