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Article 5 - "Show That You Care" Written and narrated by Yunus Skeete https://www.pdproject.co.uk/pdposts/5

Article 4 - "Who are you being?" Written and narrated by Yunus Skeete https://www.pdproject.co.uk/pdposts/4

Article 3 - Attention Management Written and narrated by Yunus Skeete https://www.pdproject.co.uk/pdposts/3

Article 1 - Emotional Assumptions Written by Eloise Wroe-Wright, narrated by Yunus Skeete https://www.pdproject.co.uk/pdposts/2

SHOW NOTES: "A drastic change in perspective" - Helping a homeless man taught me the most about what is important and creating the life I want. It presented me with insights into what drives me, where I derive my fulfilments and how I can most effectively live my identity. -   (00:07:37) "I can't choose my life based off of impulses and snap responses" - Surely, at some point, I need to start listening to myself, however? -   (00:14:55) "Knowing your internal narrative and finding an external narrative that sits well with that" - Even if we know who we are and what drives us, we still have to find somethin we can follow which aligns with our identity. -   (00:23:19) "How do you know that you're doing the right thing?" - When it comes to creating the life we want and following our paath, there is no correct answer. That doesn't mean w shouldn't search for one.  -   (00:34:57) "Knowing your internal narrative and finding an external narrative that sits well with that" - Even if we know who w

Article 1 - Emotional Assumptions Written and narrated by Yunus Skeete https://www.pdproject.co.uk/pdposts/1

SHOW NOTES: "EQ vs IQ" - there is real value in our emotions. They need not merely be the recoil against life that we often give them credit for, if we can learn to read and understand them in ourselves and others, they can provide us with the ultimate clarity, meaning and direction. Ultimately, this requires us to develop our EQ - our emotional intelligence. (00:02:53) "Resilience isn't feeling less emotion, it is feeling the emotion and just knowing what to do with it" - For many of us as students, our emotional development has only been a journey a handful of years long. It is very easy to yearn for the days where everything was easier, and nothing affected us as much. Our emotions cannot go away however, and this should not be our ideal for resilience. (00:08:36) "Personal politics and emotional significance" - it is the relationship we have with our emotions that defines how our life feels. (00:13:35) "Expression, emotional silence and perspectives" - When we adopt the councillor’s role, we often

SHOW NOTES: Episode 10 - Personal Politics Episode 10 discusses a feeling of political paralysis; new year, different vote, same problems. When our vote is one of millions, it is easy to feel like we lack influence over our lives when  we deal with politics on national scales. This fortnight, we explore finding ourselves and uur path through investing in more local and personal contributions to regain a sense of control in a seemingly stagnant political system.  How we seek to uphold our civic duty - in a democracy, the power lies in the hands of the people, so it is partially up to us to run the country. Many of us do that with a vote, but how do we seek to engage with these duties on a daily basis within our sphere of immediate influence? What can we fix ourselves rather than wait for things to change around us? Is this a domain which we can influence? - common is the feeling that our contribution is drowned out by the noise of the nation.  In a world of six degrees of separation, the potential for

SHOW NOTES: Looking to our past for context - Our upbringing defines the person we are and how we connect and develop. Awareness of vastly different dynamics - It takes constant contact and effort to sustain familial relationships optimally. A lack of contact changes everything. Attachment types - For the closely attached, distance can be painful, for the distant, distance can be fatal. Distance will often strain relationships and magnify their problems. Shifting landscapes - What we come back to may seem similar but the clock was still ticking whilst you were away. Often, landscapes have shifted drastically and a lack of appreciation of this can leave us tactless and prone to stirring conflict. Show that you care - The times we have together are  fewer and hence more important. Opportunities not taken to show that you care represent much greater losses. Managing conflict and fleeing to independence - Leaving things on a bad foot can leave a sour tone festering for a long time. We don't get to choose o

SHOW NOTES: Quote 1: "Time, the potential to get things done? " - We often adopt incredibly selfless attitudes towards time which leave us constantly scrambling to get things done on other people's schedules. Surely the focus of our time should be on adding value to ourselves? Quote 2: "What is on your time is on your mind " - Our emotional and physical energy is invested on the things we spend our time on. A visualisation of how little we focus on ourselves comes from our calendars; how many of our events are self-focussed? Quote 3: "What is on your mind should also be on your time " - With pressing responsibilities and a rigid calendar, we often have to block out our lingering thoughts to get everything done. The pathways for emotional expression need to be pathed, open and well-travelled. As inappropriate as it may seem, sometimes the time for that is now. Quote 4: "Pressure - what gets things done. " - Loading up that task-list is often treated as inconsequential, especially if it is the tasks we don't m

www.pdproject.co.uk SHOW NOTES: Episode 7 - Career Development Quote 1: "That will look good on your CV" - As important as our career considerations are, we cannot allow them to take precidence over experiences inspired by genuine interest. Quote 2: "You cannot sacrifice the person you are today for the person you want to be tomorrow" - We need to remain loyal to ourselves. As much as that represents being loyal to our long-term interests and striving to our potential, it also reperesents being loyal to the person you are today. That means not sacrificing the now for the person you want to be because they don't exist (yet). Quote 3: "Assume no, not yes" - When it comes to following any sort of prescribed path it is easy to seek comfort in having a pre-fouraged, tried and tested path laid out for us. What may prove helpful is assuming we are not progressing. This allows for a reorientation reflective of the path we would choose for ourselves today rather than one we foresaw a number of years ago. For

www.pdproject.co.uk SHOW NOTES: Episode 6 - Personal Pursuits Episode 6 discusses the guest speakers' journeys through university within the context of managing their support networks. In an unedited format to aid transparency, we discuss our psychologies, social vulnerabilities, experiences and ways in which we can help ourselves whilst helping others. Quote 1: "I think all of your friends should be your counsellors." - Although we cannot replace professional support, the aim should be to create a proximal network of support in which those around you can be along for the ride. Quote 2: "What if pride is wanting to control others' perspectives of you?" - How much more would we share if we weren't concerned with preserving our image? We could all benefit from unpacking our personal blend of pride. Quote 3: "We are our own professionals, there is a vantage point that professionals don't have; our experience" - When it comes to mental health, we should not ignore the person going through it and how imp

www.pdproject.co.uk SHOW NOTES: Episode 5 - Progressive Extremism/The Snowball Effect Episode 5 discusses  the topics of Progressive Extremism/The Snowball Effect. Guest speakers talk about their experiences with working towards large goals, as well as identifying the motives driving them towards them. The episode also touches on how things can snowball, positively or negatively, from the smallest and least expecting of places and managing this, such that your current trajectory remains in alignment with your needs and wants. Quote 1: "Optimise for happiness" - The PDProject Team Quote 2: "What is pulling you? What is pushing you?" - Tom Purves Quote 3: "Passion without a handbrake gets you nowhere." - Tom Purves Quote 4: "If you are not 80% sure that you will be able to achieve your next step, peg it back" - The PDProject Team 

www.pdproject.co.uk SHOW NOTES: Episode 4 - Personal Finances A minimalists approach to finance - Matt D'Avella "...what you deserve is to not be in debt, what you deserve is financial freedom" - Matt D'Avella Be aware of "lifestyle creep"  - increased income should not necessarily always correlate to increased spending. Finding a comfortable level of living and maintaining that, regardless of pay rises, allows us to build the financial buffer needed to absorb those rainy days or build towards a better financial future. Knowing when you are most vulnerable financially and protect yourself. Be it from pay day, student finance incoming or the winter sales. Viewing money as an enabler, what doors are you shutting further down the line with your spending habits today?. From the most basic investment that ticks the boxes, does this extra expenditure really provide any additional value, or would extra value be achieved by having more money in your bank account further down the line? University of Bristol S

www.pdproject.co.uk SHOW NOTES: Episode 3 - The Personal Development Mindset "My Personal Development Mindset was born from tying to make me better suited to the life I am currently living, and since that is constantly changing, there is always room for personal growth" - Yunus Skeete Comparisons can be a blessing, but more often than not they manifest as a curse. A common pitfall is drawing comparisons with us when we are at our weakest. Not too often do we look down the ladder, at those less fortunate than us. Rather we only focus on those who appear to be doing better than we are. This can lead to an immense amount of pressure and a negatively skewed perception of where we sit amongst our peers. "We could all benefit from living a life for the person you are today. Investments in our future are crucial, but make sure you optimise for today's happiness as well as tomorrow's" - The PDProject Team "It is what it is" - Mali Gunter. Seeking comfort in our current situation affords us a degree of rest

www.pdproject.co.uk SHOW NOTES: Episode 2 - Productivity Trello - smart tasks and lists Matt D'Avella - Six books that changed my life Quote 1: "Productivity is not necessarily about increasing output" - The PDProject Team Quote 2: Stop-Start lifestyle - "You are not busy because of the amounts of tasks you start, you are busy because of the amount of tasks you never get around to finishing." - The PDProject Team Quote 3: "There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and that secret is this; It is not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is resistance." - The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

www.pdproject.co.uk Disclaimer: This episode discusses the  first year journey of Charlie (a university student). This journey covers topics including depression, anxiety and sexual assault.  Although details are omitted, this may not make for comfortable listening for some.  If you have experienced similar or would like to know more, we would encourage you to consider consulting one of the support networks available, links to which can be found here. SHOW NOTES: Episode 1 - An Introduction to the PDPodcast Bristol Futures - Personal Development Planning Bristol Futures - Time Management Bristol Futures - Study Skills Charlie's Blog - Heartbroken Dropout Quote 1: "If you don't create your own definition of success, someone else will do it for you" - The PDProject Team