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Here at GYST podcast, we love to explore different cultures. Heck, every single person in this podcast is from a different culture! But, if you dig deep down, what exactly is culture? How do you define culture?

There is no easy way to define culture as you can see in everything. We often associate culture with religion, but in fact, there’s a whole world out there where we don’t see it as a culture. In today’s episode, Rohit asks us a very important question to define culture within ourselves what can you do to enrich your life? And, what are the finer things in life?

In Kamal’s eyes, culture is about the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, and arts. It’s the deeper meaning of passing knowledge from generation to generation. It’s about gaining the knowledge on how information and stories were being passed to different generations through plays, symphonies, movies and etc.

What’s interesting about culture is that there’s no specific way to define culture. Cristina De Rossi, an anthropologist believes “Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage, music, what we believe is right or wrong, how we sit at the table, how we greet visitors, how we behave with loved ones, and a million other things.”

Culture can be defined in million ways. We are no experts, but what we can say is that a good way to sum up culture is by experiencing experiences that are not in your norm and being outside your comfort zone, but growing yourself by understanding each other.

The only way you are going to experience it is by going outside your comfort zone. So get out there, define what culture is to YOU, explore, and GET YOUR SH*T TOGETHER!

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Ever wondered how come your savings account isn’t growing? Or how you are always living from paycheck to paycheck? In today’s podcast, Rohit Rohilia, Kyle Reed, Samnang Tea, and Kamal Kalra talk about how your lifestyle tells you whether you are poor or broke.

Poor is unconditional or you were born into it. Broke is when you are in a mindset of being broke which is caused by yourself or a situation. People are often broke rather than poor and they are in this state because they are in the mentality of spending money or spending money to impress other people. This gets you in a situation where you are constantly living in a world where the money comes in, money goes out.

Experts suggest we live by the 70-10-10-10 rule where 70% of your paycheck goes to living expenses, 10% of your paycheck goes to charity. 10% goes to short term investment and last 10% goes to long-term investment. Start treating all the 10% are already gone, because once you get into that mentality you will stop thinking about that money which is essentially helping you grow and invest in yourself. Once you get into this mentality, it shifts your priority which limits your spending.

Here are some other tips that will help you get into that mentality:

• Whenever you are at a store and they ask you for donation; get excited and say yes! Give a $1 or $2, but if you start giving charity, not only you will feel good about it, but you will be making other people happy. This alone is a huge investment in yourself.
• Start by 10-10-10 rule where you start by putting 10% of your paycheck to long-term, short-term investment, and charity and then use the 70% of your paycheck for your living expense. This will help you realize your expenses which you can prioritize.
• Save your direct deposit to savings and then transfer it to checking to pay bills. This way you are conscious of how much money you are transferring from your savings to checkings which will help you realize how much are you spending.

Lastly, ask your yourself before buying anything does it add value to you or your closed ones? If no, then do you really want it or need it?

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We all have things that bothers us most, but most times they are just small little things that’s so important to us, but might not be to others. Little things big headaches. That might be best way to describe pet peeves. So, how do we recognize our pet peeves?

Pet Peeves are very specific things that bothers us the most which might not mean anything to others. `It’s challenging to point out behaviors in yourself, but it can be easy by evaluating what are your pet peeves. Behaviors are easier to see and analyze, but a lot of times on a day to day basis we don’t think about how it might affect other people or you don’t think enough about it so it doesn’t play a huge role anymore. One of the way to improve yourself is hold up a mirror. A lot of things that a behavior is annoying you is in yourself and the anger is really directed toward yourself. List all your pet peeves and that should give you a good indication about yourself that you need to fix.

Another way to recognize your pet peeves is to ask yourself: are you right? A lot of times a pet peeve of yours is because you think your way is the best way, but for others it might be the right way. There is not only one way of doing things. So, ask yourself are your pet peeves reflecting in yourself?

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Summer is a great time to enjoy your life. It’s the time where you see clear blue skies, birds chirping in the park, wedding bells going off at the church, but how much of that summer are you actually enjoying?

In today’s podcast, GYST crew talk about how we can enjoy our summer more. Most of us are reactive where our calendar is filled with things that we don’t want to do and then we regret not having a good summer, but just by tweaking how you plan your summer, you can have an unbelievable experience.

Local Events – Check out websites like Events12.com or your local city website for events around you. There are plenty of sources where you can find things to do that you might find interesting.

Pets – For pet owners, take advantage of the sunny days! Usually, we are pent up inside the house with our pets when it’s cold outside, but summer is a great time to go out and be active with your pets. Take your pet along with you to explore the city, hiking, parks or whatever you and lovely pets might enjoy!

Say NO! – We always get sucked into doing things that we don’t want to do. This is how our calendar gets filled and we become reactive. Say no and plan out an activity that you would love.

Be Free –There’s so much out there in this world – be active and go explore! Be open minded and you will find things that you love that you never even would have thought of before. Who knows you might even find you magic.

In the end, find out what you like. Do you like to be indoors or outdoors? What are the activities that attract you? Find things that you like, find people that like the same things, find your pets and go enjoy the summer!

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