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The Charles Kovess Show11 Wonderful Ways In Which Industrial Hemp Will Save Our PlanetToday’s Show is different from the usual 4 step format.We will revert to that format in our next Show.This Show is inspired by my need to prepare a submission to the Victorian Government Industrial Hemp enquiry that is currently underway.I am CEO of Textile & Composite Industries. I started consulting to that company in Oct 2012, and became CEO when its founder, Adrian Clarke, died in Oct 2015. TCI supplies the world’s best hemp decorticator, a picture of which can be seen on the screen.I am Secretary of AIHA, Australia’s peak...2023-08-1321 min

The Charles Kovess ShowOur legal systems are collapsing.In this week's Episode, I bring to your notice the facts and the trends showing the collapse of our legal systems in many countries. Such collapses will lead to losses of freedoms, economic collapse, and totalitarianism. It is the legal systems in each country that protect people and protect their assets and protect their freedoms. It is courageous, competent and honest judges and adjudicators in all parts of a legal system that protect and preserve your rights. It is such judges and adjudicators that create respect for the law and trust in t...2023-08-0630 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe minefield of children's education. In this week's Episode, I discuss children's education and the question of who is responsible for that education. I say it's not the government's responsibility. I say, education of children is the responsibility of the parents or the guardians of the children. I attended the book launch of 'Your Children - Take the lead on their education' by a friend of mine, Cheryl Lacey - a lifelong educator. Her book is an excellent manual on how to take responsibility for the education of your children, your grandchildren or your nieces or nephe...2023-07-3029 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWake 'em up! Save ourselves!In this week's Episode, I urge you to wake others up, if you are awake, because we have to save ourselves and our future.Governments and politicians will not save us. We cannot rely on them. They have already sold out to the 'global agenda'. The 'global agenda' includes the goals of the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the World Health Organization, (also called the World Holocaust Organization), and the New World Order amongst many others. The goal of the 'global agenda' is this: you will own nothing and you will be ha...2023-07-2327 min

The Charles Kovess ShowDiscipline leads to freedom.In this week's Episode, I want to remind you again of the crucial principle that discipline leads to freedom. You know I'm a freedom warrior via passion, via health, via legal strategies, via industrial hemp and via freedom of speech, particularly through comedy. If you want freedom, I say you need to adopt, review and commit to disciplines that serve you. I give you five specific examples of how discipline leads to different freedoms that you can have in your life. I then suggest seven different disciplines that may help you to c...2023-07-1628 min

The Charles Kovess ShowSpeak up against the Climate Emergency Scam.In this week's Episode, I consider the issues around climate: is there a climate emergency or not? If there is an emergency, then steps need to be taken and I urge you to speak up. If there is no emergency, then we need to speak up against the planned and deliberate destruction of our current lifestyles, of our current living standards. If you don't know whether there is an emergency or not, then I strongly suggest that it's time that you learn. The threats to your current life and your living standards are ver...2023-07-0931 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe horrible costs of Government bureaucracies.In this week's episode, I uncover the horrible costs of Government bureaucracy and unaccountable governmental behaviour. You and I pay a huge price for the bureaucrats working in government instrumentalities, of all descriptions, who are unaccountable to their masters, namely us, and who refuse to answer our questions or our complaints or to deal properly with the problems that we, their masters, have!I specifically dig into the disgraceful performance of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in Australia, and use it as a metaphor for hundreds of other bureaucracies and statutory authorities that are making o...2023-07-0236 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWhy bother getting up in the morning?In this week's episode, I consider the problem and challenge of getting up in the morning. It's hard to get out of bed. Bed is so warm and lovely and comfortable, and easy to stay in. So, why should you bother? Why not just stay in bed and let the world go by? This is where the power of the purpose and meaning of your life becomes clear. When who decide what your purpose is, getting out of bed becomes much easier. In this episode, I give you 11...2023-06-2528 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow to find great employeesIn this week's episode, I explode the myth that there is a skills shortage, that it is very difficult to find great employees. The truth is that there is over 10% unemployment and underemployment in Australia and most Western countries. It is a lie that unemployment levels are 3%, 4% 5%. This number is an artificial figure established in 1954 by the International Labour Organization. It says that if a person has been employed for just one hour in the past two weeks, they are officially not unemployed. You see the LIE? To find the team memb...2023-06-1833 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWhy passion makes such a difference! In this week's episode, my big idea, my big topic, is to share additional insights with you on why passion makes such a difference. I believe that nothing great was ever achieved without passion.Ralph Waldo Emerson said "nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm". They are pretty similar words! I explore five big global challenges that I'm passionate about, to inspire you to discover your own passions. I demonstrate the wonderful resources that become available to you when you discover and harness your passions.I urge you t...2023-06-1129 min

The Charles Kovess ShowShould you have in-person meetings or virtual meetings?In this week's episode, I consider whether you should have in-person meetings and events or whether they should be virtual. We learned to use Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams and lots of other ways during lockdowns to get together to share ideas over the internet. It was incredibly convenient and it solved the problem of lockdowns, of not being able to get together in person. But there are seven big reasons why in-person meetings are preferable to virtual meetings. I discuss those seven reasons. Overall, the key difference between a virtu...2023-06-0425 min

The Charles Kovess ShowGuard your thoughts!In this week's episode, I explore the challenge of crappy thoughts that come into our heads and then slow us down, depress us, and drive up our anxiety and worry levels. I find myself being asked by more and more people: "What suggestions do you have to overcome these tendencies?" The key strategy is this: "Guard your thoughts!"I explore the discipline that is needed to do this.And I discuss six common classes of crappy thoughts and how to shift them. Crappy thoughts are like constipation of the min...2023-05-2833 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWhy pursuing passion solves mental health problems.In this week's episode, I want to unpack why pursuing passion can solve mental health problems. I say that pursuing passion can lead to a reduction in mental health medication. I say that finding and pursuing passion is much better than taking pills. I explore some common types of mental disorders and mental health problems. I discuss the DSM-V manual from the American Psychological Society and problems with the DSM-V. I share five big reasons why pursuing passion solves many mental health problems. And, I share some ideas...2023-05-1431 min

The Charles Kovess ShowShould you be speaking out? In this week's episode, I aim to provoke your thinking in new ways by asking you whether you should be speaking out against matters that you oppose.Are you staying silent through fear? Are you staying silent because you think your views, your opinions, don't matter?Are you staying silent because you think there's no point in opposing the many challenges today in Australia, and all around the world, to truth, to justice, to logic, to reason, to ethics, to tradition, and to many joys of life?If you're not happy wi...2023-05-0732 min

The Charles Kovess ShowYou can't have above average results with average behaviour.In this week's episode, I urge you to adopt the principle that you can't have above-average results with average behaviours. Abandon the idea that you can be extra-ordinary whilst being ordinary. I invite you to consider what average results really are in the areas of mind, body and spirit, and whether or not that's where you want to stay. Are you happy being average? What would your life be like if you decided to behave in above-average ways? What would you need to change to be above average in your behaviours? 2023-04-3024 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe ANZACS: they gave their lives for YOUR freedom.In this week's episode, my big idea is to commemorate Anzac Day that is celebrated in Australia and New Zealand on 25 April each year. I commemorate Anzac Day and all those who gave their lives to fight for freedom. Countries go to war for various reasons, but the wars that Australia has fought in have mainly been to preserve freedom, to fight for freedom. Freedoms such as:Freedom to live life on their own terms. freedom from property being taken from you.Freedom to live as people wish. Freed...2023-04-2329 min

The Charles Kovess ShowI'm from the Gov't & I'm here to help.In this week's episode, I want to explore one of the three Big Lies that feature in a well-known joke: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you". The other two big lies I cover in the show. I'm sad that the times are changing and that the government is not here to help you, certainly nowhere near as much as it used to do. In today's show, I share with you 15 current factors that lead me to this sad conclusion. I'm sure when you hear these 15, you'll be able to ide...2023-04-1631 min

The Charles Kovess ShowI love our planet and there is NO 'climate emergency'. In this week's episode, I give you the reasons why we have plenty of emergencies, but no climate emergency. Climate emergency is a fraudulent, misleading religion, designed to enrich the elites at the expense of the rest of us. Since the 70s, when I started University, we have had climate cooling, climate warming climate change and now climate emergency!Can you see the pattern? Every few years, the wording changes because the fraud is shown to be a fraud. Do your own thinking, invest your precious time in understanding this issue: your fut...2023-04-0228 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow to raise kids & grandkids who pursue their passion.In this week's episode, I want to share with you seven practical ideas for raising kids and grandkids, or, at least influencing them more effectively, so that they grow in ways that enable them to be passionate, successful and happy for the rest of their lives. Wouldn't you want that to be the case? The seven ideas are as follows. There is no one way to raise kids. The amazing impact of feeling loved as a child. Using the 80/20 rule, the Pareto Principle. "Who you are speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you say".H...2023-03-2627 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe trap of convenience. In this week's episode, I want to raise your awareness around the trap of convenience. It's wonderful to have convenience. It's convenient to have bank credit, to have schools, to have fast food, or may I call it junk food. However, are you aware of how you may be compromising your principles, your philosophies or your values when you choose the convenient path?And, what is the impact on your mind and your spirit when you don't follow your principles? I say you pay a big price. You pa...2023-03-1928 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe Order of St John of JerusalemIn this week's episode, my big idea Is to remind you of the crucial importance of fighting for Christian principles, and/or other principles, that are important to you. I joined the Order of St John of Jerusalem to improve my effectiveness in fighting for Christian principles. Christianity is under major attack in the mainstream media and in many other places. I say this is a deliberate and concerted attack to weaken and destroy the foundations of Western Civilization. I have studied history in some depth and I can clearly see and understand the attack st...2023-03-1226 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe Victim IndustryIn this week's episode, my big idea is to explore the victim industry. It's seemingly attractive to be a victim. You get sympathy, you get attention and sometimes you get lots of money. Other times, you might get a little bit of money. However, I say you pay a big price when you play the victim game. So, I urge you to be aware of that price. Don't jump into the victim industry unthinkingly. The alternative to being a victim is to take responsibility for your life and everything that...2023-03-0534 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThat's what friends are for.In this week's episode, I consider friendship. And the basis on which you make, keep, build and leave friendships.Who are your friends? How did these friendships happen? Do all of your friends add to you and multiply you?Or, do some of your friends divide you and take away from you?They're the four basic mathematical symbols: +, -, x and ./. !I say that consciously thinking about your friends and your friendships can help you to find hidden gold where you least expect it. I...2023-02-1929 min

The Charles Kovess ShowComplexity leads to stability; simplicity leads to instability.In this week's episode, I explore the complexity of living systems and living things, and the tendency to simplify.But simplicity often leads to instability; in fact, most times it leads to instability. We want simplicity to make our lives easier, to make our lives easier to understand. However, this rush to simplicity often ends up in disaster and death. Human cells are complex. The functioning of human cells in your body is complex. Soil is complex. The world's climate is complex. Killing termites to save m...2023-02-1229 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWhy isn't our team thriving?This episode deals with the challenge of teams and groups that are not thriving. It is inspired by the conflicts that are emerging between freedom-loving groups of people and within such groups. There are mega attacks being launched, and have been launched, against human freedoms, against justice, against the sharing of truth and against proper and lawful and ethical behaviours. These attacks are being defended by newly created groups of people. But their success is being hampered in a number of ways.Today, I share the five crucial elements that need to...2023-02-0529 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThoughts on current challenging issuesWell, something different for you today, particularly for regular viewers, and regular listeners, whether you are watching on YouTube or via podcast!In this week's episode, my big idea is to provoke your thinking about a range of issues to help you to decide more clearly upon the role you wish to play in your community, in your country.For years, via my role in the Global Energy Network Institute and based on the work of Buckminster Fuller, I have known that the foundational difference between richer and poorer countries is one word: "electricity". 2023-01-2930 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWhy the fight for freedoms is so crucial TODAY!In this week's episode, I aim to strongly rekindle in you, your personal commitment to fighting for your freedoms. I say your freedoms are at grave risk and the threats to your freedoms are increasing. Do you want to sacrifice your freedoms for the illusion of security? You can lock yourself away in a physical, or mental jail and think you are safe, but that's not what being a human being is all about. In this week's show, I share with you seven big current threats to your freedoms that are movi...2023-01-2229 min

The Charles Kovess Show7 Choices that will make your 2023 happy indeed!My big idea this week is to welcome you to 2023. And I set out for you 7 choices that will make your 2023 a very happy one indeed. These choices are clear and simple but they are not easy. Making these choices consciously gives you great personal power. And, power is your ability to create your life in 2023 according to your terms. I want you to live a successful life and to have a successful year. These 7 choices you make will ensure you achieve such a year. I urge you to make...2023-01-0829 min

The Charles Kovess ShowChristmas: a reminder to choose love before fearIn this week's episode, I consider the empowering message of Christmas: choose love ahead of fear, in the way that you live your life. I say governments love to have power over you. Governments love to control you. And they do this by promoting fear in many ways. But, if you embrace the Christmas message of love, you will not live a life of fear. You will not be swayed by government fear-mongering. In today's Show, I explore eight ways that your governments are deliberately choosing to make you fearful, to make you "ful...2022-12-1835 min

The Charles Kovess ShowRefuse to be anxious about overpopulation.In this week's episode, I urge you to refuse to be anxious about global overpopulation warnings. The UN, the United Nations, predicts that by 2050, just 27 years from now, the global population will be 9.7 billion from today's population of 8 billion. And, will then be 10.7 billion in 2100, in 77 years. I say this is seriously misleading and probably BS! You need to know that almost every developed country in the world has a naturally reducing population right now. And, there is a clear pathway forward to ensure that overpopulation does not occur. Today...2022-12-1125 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWhy do good people sell out their values for money?In this week's episode, I explore a range of areas of life where good people are selling out their principles for the attraction of lots of cash.What makes people do this? Are you able to resist the temptation of cash in favour of your values, your principles and your philosophy of life?Founders of charities have been in the news many times for their misuse or stealing of cash. Casinos ignore the law governing their operations so that executives who are paid lots of money can keep their jobs and ke...2022-12-0425 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow do you decide whether to keep persisting?In this week's episode, I invite you to consider your persistence in pursuing anything. How persistent are you? Or do you give up too quickly at the first signs of difficulty? However, there are times when it makes no sense to keep persisting. As the saying goes, "there's no point in flogging a dead horse". One of those classic truisms. I agree with this saying. But there are many situations that are not so clear. And perhaps your horse is not dead but hibernating (heh heh!) Today's episode of the S...2022-11-2725 min

The Charles Kovess ShowMarriage, for better or worse!This week's episode is inspired by a beautiful wedding Julie and I were privileged to attend recently. We observed vows being declared. Marriage vows are important. Vows of any description are important. What vows have you made in the past? And, to what extent have you observed them after you made them? Marriage is said to be "for better or worse". Isn't this the case with all experiences? That they contain good and bad? That they contain joy and sorrow? Vows that we make help us get...2022-11-0629 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe Sword of Truth, and why you must use it!In this week's episode, I explore the power of truth and why the Sword of Truth is such a good metaphor. If you don't speak up and share your truth, then minority voices will set the agenda for your country, for your nation, for your community. This agenda includes woke craziness. White privilege. Black lives matter. Transgender radicalism, and soaring energy costs because of a fake climate emergency that will prevent you from even heating your home. Of course, the wealthiest won't have a problem in paying such s...2022-10-3025 min

The Charles Kovess ShowTaking responsibility, in a world that seduces you to blame others.In this week's episode, my big idea is to remind you of the power of taking responsibility for whatever happens in your life and never blaming others for such events. When you take responsibility, you are in control of your life. You are not relying on others, points of view of others, or judgments of others. Taking responsibility liberates you to do what is best for you in whatever circumstance has occurred.In this episode, I discuss three quite common situations where taking responsibility is almost counterintuitive, almost shocking; however, it is the wi...2022-10-1623 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe 7 Heavenly Virtues of contributing to your community.In this week's episode, my big idea is to explore the 7 Heavenly Virtues of contributing to your community, with a particular focus of contributing through service clubs, such as Lions International or Rotary or some other type of service clubs.I identify seven heavenly virtues that you will experience when you join such clubs, regardless of your age. If you're looking for a life partner, joining such a club might just be a perfect step! You might, like many people say, "I don't have time to contribute to my community, to contribute to my...2022-10-0926 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow to change the habit of being yourself!In this week's episode, I explore the challenges of changing the habit of being yourself!As the well-known quote goes (ignoring grammatical correctness), "if you keep doing what you've always done, you're gonna keep gettin' what you've always gotten!" You can be a better version of yourself. You can change the habit of being yourself.From my 29 years of executive coaching experience, of team building programs with some great global teams, I know the five simple, but not easy, steps that will enable you to become a better version of yourself. 2022-10-0226 min

The Charles Kovess ShowLessons from a football Grand FinalIn this week's episode, I extract five key lessons from the Australian Rules Football Grand Final that was played last Saturday between Geelong and Sydney. One team from Melbourne, one team from Sydney. Whilst Geelong won by a huge margin, and some say they were disappointed by the fact that it wasn't close, there are still great lessons to learn, great lessons to be reminded of.The Charles Kovess Show aims each week to give you usable ideas and reminders that can counter the vast amount of negative news and negative comment that assails us e...2022-09-2528 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHonesty & Integrity in Medicine, and in our departed QueenIn this week's episode, I discuss honesty and integrity in medicine and in the late Queen Elizabeth II. And honesty and integrity in our leaders of all descriptions. Over the weekend, I attended a face-to-face Conference, organised by the newly-formed Australian Medical Professionals Society ("AMPS"), the overriding theme of which was "Honesty & Integrity in Medicine"; the sub-theme was "Reclaiming Medicine".Honesty and integrity is such a crucial factor in leadership, and I suggest in the behaviour of Queen Elizabeth. And she was certainly a real leader for 70 years. In fact...2022-09-1125 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow did you choose your lawyer, your accountant, your dentist, or your electrician?In this week's episode, I provoke you to think about how you chose your current lawyer, your dentist, your accountant or your electrician. On what basis did you choose them? I suggest it's most often referrals from your friends or advice from your friends or people whom you trust when you choose these providers. It is trust that governs the decisions that we make when we employ people to solve our problems, particularly on an ongoing basis. Sometimes, of course, trust can be misplaced and sometimes we hold on to providers of solutions to...2022-09-0428 min

The Charles Kovess ShowPeople who upset you are your teachers!The big idea that I discuss in this episode is to understand the value of people who upset you.And, I'm sure there are many.But, such people are actually your teachers.I know that sounds shocking but I know that it's true.Look on these people as gifts from God, as gifts from the Universe.They give you insights about yourself.They give you insights about your beliefs.They give you increased awareness about your principles.They give you direction for your...2022-08-2829 min

The Charles Kovess ShowMistakes of others: how do you know they're really 'mistakes'?This week's big idea that I discuss in this episode is the many public apologies being made by politicians, bureaucrats, health officers, chief health officers, footballers, lovers and defendants in many court cases. These people are claiming in many circumstances "I made a mistake. Please forgive me." "I made a mistake. I'm sorry." But, I say they often are not speaking the truth when they say this. They did not make a mistake. They acted badly or criminally or fraudulently or corruptly. They want you to think it was just a mistake. It's val...2022-08-2126 min

The Charles Kovess ShowInspiring the love of ongoing learningIn today's Episode, I discuss the need for ongoing lifelong learning and how to inspire this in your children, in your grandchildren, in your work colleagues, in others.Times are changing: if you aren't learning, you are falling behind, you will become less and less able to add value.Life rewards us when we add value to others.In this episode. I share seven strategies that will help reignite the love of learning that every one of us had when we were two years old. So start acting like a child a...2022-08-1427 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow to access and harness the spiritual side of your teamIn today's Episode, I venture more deeply into the needed steps to create and expand the spirit elements in a team; because it's these spiritual elements that makes a great team. There are five key spiritual elements that great teams strive for: trust, caring, truth, acceptance and passion. It's easy to say these elements, and easy to say 'yes, I know', but it's hard to achieve.And I promise you when you achieve it that the rewards and the results will, indeed, be 'great'. They will qualify as 'w...2022-08-0728 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe Magic of Great TeamsIn this Episode, I remind you of the magical experience of being part of a great team; of being a team member in a great team, or even the magical experience of being a supporter of a great sporting team, a fan, a passionate fan, of a great sporting team. Great teams are difficult to build. I have been a member of great teams and I've led great teams. I have run numerous team-building programs for small, medium and large organisations in Australia and seven countries around the world, a number of which hav...2022-07-3126 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWho do you admire? Who are your heroes?In this Episode, I am challenging you to become more consciously aware of whom you admire, of who your heroes are. From this process, you can gain deeper insights into the next steps in your development, in your learning journey. There's also a valuable insight to be learnt. Those you admire have qualities that are admirable inside you. You have the qualities of those whom you admire. Isn't that an empowering and inspiring concept? So this episode aims to provoke you and inspire you to spend more time learning about...2022-07-1028 min

The Charles Kovess ShowIndependence & Freedom: The Great LessonIn this Episode, I honour and celebrate the 56 men who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, or the American Declaration of Independence, in 1776, that is commemorated on the fourth of July each year.The courage, passion, inspiration and commitment to making America independent of England is a salutary reminder to all of us today of the importance of liberty, of freedom, of independence. Remember, the most powerful sanction that Government can impose in most countries against people who don't observe the law is to send them to jail. In other words, a deprivation of f...2022-07-0320 min

The Charles Kovess ShowIf you avoid doing hard things in your life, your life will become harder!In this Episode, I explore our amazing tendency to avoid doing hard things. I explore aspects of the big lie that our society keeps sharing with us: "the good life is the easy life!"I show you why that is such a big lie. If you avoid hard, your life will become harder; but if you embrace hard, then seemingly magically, your life will become easier! This episode will help you not to be seduced by the big lie. Not to be seduced by the idea of a life of ease and...2022-06-2633 min

The Charles Kovess ShowTruth in advertising and other Aspects of Truth.In this Episode, my big idea is to dig into truth about advertising. What is true advertising? What is the truth about what you need?What is the need to research truth?And what are the rewards for you when you bother to do the work of discovering the truth, when you bother to do the work to be a Truth Seeker?As Jesus Christ in the Bible said: "the truth will set you free." There are so many aspects, wonderful ideas and elements that flow from thi...2022-06-1926 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe amazing benefits of having your Strong IdentityIn this Episode, I explore the amazing benefits for you of articulating your 'Strong Identity'. When you craft your identity, you are clear about who you are. When you craft your identity, you are clear about your present capabilities and characteristics.And, you are clear about who you are becoming whilst deeply appreciating who you are now. I share with you how to craft your strong identity.I share five big benefits of doing so, one of which is a reduction in the trap of procrastination, a deadly enemy of y...2022-06-1223 min

The Charles Kovess ShowTwo great tools to ensure you do what you say you'll do!In this Episode, I explore the challenge of why we don't do what we say. We will explore how to be more disciplined. Would you like that? I share two great tools that will help you to be more disciplined. These tools are stimulus and support. Stimulus is the tool that gets you to say, "I will do that", "I will behave like that".Support is the tool that helps you to keep being driven by the stimulus or stimuli you have chosen. Support can be both intern...2022-06-0525 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow to leave a job you hate when you can't afford to do so!In this week's Episode, I discuss two practical ways that you can leave a job you hate even when you don't believe you can afford to do so.I urge you not to be stuck in a job or career that you hate. You pay a really big price if you leave yourself in such a state. These two alternative ways have lots of nuances and alternatives, depending on your special circumstances. And, they can be applied in many, many different ways. Of course, if you do leave a job or car...2022-05-2932 min

The Charles Kovess ShowRevisiting value judgments: do you decide by choosing comfort over ethics?In this week's Episode, my big idea is to explore the tough and challenging situations that arise these days and the roles that values, ethics, conscience and your moral compass play. I consider five common examples to help you dig in deeply into the factors that come into play when making decisions. One of these examples is your good friend who has lost his or her job, or his or her career, as a consequence of decisions made around health issues. He or she has no income and needs your help. Do you help...2022-05-2231 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow is it that I have what I want but I am depressed?In this week's Episode, I explore those who seem to have it all but they're not happy. They are often depressed. How can this be? What was the point of all that hard work that led to having it all or having almost all, and yet not being happy?Did these people sacrifice their purpose, their meaning, for security? For the illusion of having it all, so that there'll be security?They get security. They have plenty of food, clothing and shelter; but no purpose. Living without purpose, living wit...2022-05-1529 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWhat other people think of you is none of your business.In this week's Episode, I unpack the challenge of handling people who don't love you. Of people who don't admire you. Of people who don't want to be with you. Of people who tell others how bad you are or how incompetent you are. Or, indeed, how to handle people who throw such accusations directly into your face. The powerful mantra I'm sharing with you in this episode had a big impact on me when I first heard it way back in 1993. It's a wonderful, wonderful usable mantra: "What other people think of me is...2022-05-0830 min

The Charles Kovess ShowIs it wise for you to decide to fly overseas?In this week's Episode, I explore how you make decisions in your life, and whether you want them to be 'wise' decisions.What's the benefit of making 'wise' decisions?By way, of example, I explore 11 relevant factors that you can take into account in making the decision on whether or not you fly overseas again. Then I explore how you take these relevant factors into account when coming to your decision. If you choose unwisely, there can be a big price to pay. And that applies to whether or not you fly overseas, w...2022-05-0132 min

The Charles Kovess ShowANZAC Day and the fight for freedomIn this week's Episode, I recall and remember Anzac Day and why we in Australia remember it, honour it and indeed make it a public holiday on 25 April each year.Anzac Day is remembered because it was all about a fight for freedom way back in 1915, on the 25th of April, in 1915, in Gallipoli, part of Turkey. Why is it worth fighting for Freedom? Would you give your life to fight for freedom? Many Australians did in World War One and World War Two. Are you willing to fight for your fre...2022-04-2429 min

The Charles Kovess ShowAre you holding on to 'stuff' you should be letting go?In this week's Episode, I explore and consider why we hold onto 'stuff' that we should be letting go. I explore how we trap ourselves in our current situation and limit our opportunities for growth and learning. Why do we hold on so long? Why don't we move on? This is part of the self-awareness journey, being able to answer difficult questions like this, crucial questions like this. Your increasing self-awareness increases your ability to give better answers for your life. Should you stop holding on to your j...2022-04-1026 min

The Charles Kovess Show"I've gotta be me...And others gotta be them!"In this week's Episode, I unpack the lyrics of the famous song, "I gotta be me" written by Walter Marks.Marks wrote the tune in 1968.Sammy Davis Jr made this song very famous indeed, as did many other singers following Sammy Davis Jr.In fact, Sammy Davis Jr made it 'his' song.Note the powerful words; "I gotta be me. I gotta be free. I just gotta be free. Daring to try, to do it or die. I gotta be me."As regular viewers or listeners would know, I'm a...2022-04-0333 min

The Charles Kovess Show12 Rules for Optimum HealthIn this week's episode, my big idea is to explore Health. To explore 'health' more deeply, and to explore your health in particular. I share 12 Rules for Optimum Health. I am 'healthy'. How do I know this? I've adopted a clear and usable definition of being healthy and it's based on the Hungarian word 'egeszseg', meaning 'wholeness'. I'm 'whole' to a very large degree. And whole is, in my view, the unique Optimum balance for me, and for you, of mental, physical, and spiritual elements. It is all about balan...2022-03-2731 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow to handle, and remove, your useless fears!In this week's episode, I explore your fears. I explore my fears.And, how to handle them.And, how to get rid of them in some circumstances, particularly when they are useless fears. And, many of them are useless.Living with useless fears is like having an anchor out on your boat while you are trying to sail.Or, it's like swimming in the ocean and dragging a bucket behind you, which I've done in training which is a very hard way to swim.Or, it...2022-03-2030 min

The Charles Kovess ShowSome perspectives on 'Reality'!In this week's episode, my big idea is to explore perspectives on reality.On what is 'real'. On what it means to be 'realistic'. Each one of us attaches different meanings to any given event. It's quite remarkable. That meaning is what each one of us calls reality, but it actually isn't.When you embrace this idea, you can change your experience of your life. You will have less fear. You will be willing to explore new possibilities for yourself, to allow new possibilities for yourself. 2022-03-1332 min

The Charles Kovess ShowCharles Kovess interviews Prof. Ian Brighthope for TNT RadioIn this week's episode, I have something new for you, after 98 episodes! I am making my interview of Professor Ian Brighthope on TNT Radio the key message.The good Professor is an amazing expert on health, on nutrition, and on fighting medical regulatory bullies. There are great ideas and information in this Episode. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did during the interview.And we will be back to our usual format for our Centenary Episode. Visit either one or both of my websites.2022-02-2754 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThoughts about Australia for Australia DayWelcome to this week's episode of the Charles Kovess Show, whether you're watching on YouTube or listening via podcast. In this week's episode, I explore Australia Day, and what it means to celebrate the nation that I'm a part of and to explore whether you celebrate your nation.Australia. Day falls on January 26. Whilst every country has problems, I reckon Australia is a great place to be; it certainly has been to date. I must say it's not so great as it was when I was growing up. The nation you live in is...2022-01-2329 min

The Charles Kovess ShowAre New Year resolutions needed by you?Whether you're watching on YouTube or listening via podcast, Happy New Year for 2022. In this week's episode, I explore whether you need to make New Year resolutions. New Year's resolutions are renowned for failing. People make New Year's resolutions, we're bombarded by email saying, "make your New Year resolutions!", and yet, so many of us are failing in implementation. Why would you bother? However, the resolutions that you make can be life-changing. So, making resolutions can be a very powerful thing. 2022-01-0927 min

The Charles Kovess ShowCharles' Happy New Year MessageHappy New Year. Welcome to 2022. This is a truncated edition of The Charles Kovess Show.Why?Because, I want you to have a bit of a break.But, I did want to wish you a happy New Year and to provoke you with a thought or two...Click this link to register for Charles's next Masterclass (dates will be updated regularly): https://www.passsionquest.com/kovess-...Visit either one or both of my websites.For individual work and to start your Se...2022-01-0206 min

The Charles Kovess ShowEmbarrassment at Christmas!In this week's episode, I'm going to explore embarrassment at Christmas. Imagine being embarrassed at Christmas! Does it ever happen to you?I'm going to explore how loudly you are willing to sing your Christmas carols. I also explore embarrassment generally and how it can stop you from being who you truly want to be. Fear of embarrassment can be debilitating. But if you're too far out there, you can make a real fool of yourself. Where do we draw the line? When do we speak up? W...2021-12-1925 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe fleeting nature of lifeIn this week's episode, I consider the fleeting nature of life. And how what you have today can be so easily gone tomorrow. Since March of 2020, so many dramatic changes have happened to our lives, imposed by government decisions, in the disguise of protecting us. But people have lost their jobs. Businesses have been destroyed. Relationships have been hampered and broken. Schools have been dramatically disrupted and education of children has been disrupted. But there are some wonderful benefits from all of these changes and I want to sha...2021-12-1226 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHave you changed your mind recently?In this week's episode, I invite you to reflect on times in your life when you have changed your mind on matters of importance, on matters of substance, on matters of significance. How did that happen? What new information did you get? What happened to you? And what views and beliefs do you have today that you won't have next year? It's very convenient to make up your mind. Once I've made up my mind on something, it saves a lot of time. But I say you may be taking a huge risk whe...2021-12-0528 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow to handle the hits to our self-confidence in these troubling C19 times.In this week's episode. I explore how our self-confidence can take 'hits' in these troubling CI9 times. You have potential hits if you buy into the government narrative, if you don't buy into the government narrative, or if you're sitting on the fence. Whether you buy or don't buy the government narrative, you can be excluded, you can be made to feel foolish. You can lose your job. You can lose your friends. You can be ostracized from your family. How do you continue to feel confident about yourself? How do you continue to...2021-11-2827 min

The Charles Kovess ShowA great movie: 'A Few Good Men', with a few great lessons.In this week's Episode, I explore lessons that we can learn from a great movie; movies can be a great source of lessons and insights. A Few Good Men is a great movie. Julie, and I watched it recently. When I first watched it many years ago when it was first released in 1995, I fell in love, or perhaps I should say 'lust', or maybe I won't say anything about Demi Moore! Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson, and Tom Cruise were fantastic. Also, as a former lawyer and now doing work as a legal strategy consultant am...2021-11-2129 min

The Charles Kovess Show7 Strategies to handle the 'no jab-no job' challenge!In this week's Episode, I share with you seven practical strategies to handle the 'no jab-no job' challenge. I'm advising a significant number of people on the ultimatums and the coercion that's being put on them to have the jab or they lose their jobs.There are people suffering significant trauma. They are stressed. They are depressed. Their career paths are being destroyed. Their future prospects, they deeply fear, are being destroyed. There is great sadness and grief. There is significant depression amongst them. 2021-11-1429 min

The Charles Kovess ShowBetter to be a Crackpot than a Conformist.In this week's Episode, I consider Tom Watson's well-known quote. Tom Watson was the founder of IBM. I have this quote on my wall and it also features on the front cover of my corporate brochure. Tom said this: "Follow the path of the unsafe independent thinker; expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind, and fear less the label of crackpot than the stigma of conformity".You may know that I'm not a conformist! Today, I explore this challenge of doing your own thinking. I give you 11 big...2021-11-0729 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe Game of Politics & your part in the GameIn this week's Episode, I explore aspects of the game of politics, and your part in it, the role that you might play in it. It's a complex game and working out what part you are meant to play in it can be quite difficult. And so you might choose not to play any part at all. Today's Show is designed to help your thinking about politics and a way that you might decide to change what you do about politics. I also explore the difference between 'conviction politicians' and 'career politicians'. I...2021-10-3130 min

The Charles Kovess ShowMusings on FreedomIn this week's Episode, I reflect on aspects of freedom. I share my musings on freedom. Whilst in previous episodes I have talked about freedom, I think it's essential that we are constantly discussing Freedom. We need to be constantly on our guard, to protect our freedoms, to be willing to fight for our freedoms, to share ideas about freedom, to write about freedom, to express your true feelings about freedom. It is so important because I consider that without Freedom we are no different to animals. Freedom is the key factor that makes us hum...2021-10-2432 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow do you decide?In this week's Episode, I aim to provoke you to raise your awareness about how you decide.How you decide anything. I ask you 12 questions that are guaranteed to raise your awareness about how you decide.You might be surprised by the answers. I hope so. Useful questions can help us to break existing patterns of thinking.When you change your pattern of thinking, you change your behaviour. You change your life. That is, of course, if you want to change your life.I'm confident thi...2021-10-1730 min

The Charles Kovess ShowReady for anything!In this week's Episode, I urge you to be ready for anything!The Times They Are a-changin' and they're changing very quickly; you can become more ready for whatever way that they change. Predicting the future is becoming ever more difficult, so don't bother trying to do so. Work on becoming ready for whatever happens. Major changes have already happened under the guise of a pandemic. And who knows what's going to happen under the World Economic Forum's 'Great Reset' and New World Order. Financial instability is rife. Australia's indebtedness is going through the roof, l...2021-10-1024 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow do you handle the 'haters' who disagree with your health decisions?In this week's episode, I share ideas and insights with you on how to handle the 'haters' who disagree with your health decisions. You might be losing relationships with too many family members, friends, work colleagues, and sporting colleagues. You might be losing them because you refused to go along with the majority view on certain health matters. You might be refusing to go along with 'the mob'. There are great ways to handle the haters and to act in such a way that you don't burn bridges permanently with those whom...2021-10-0342 min

The Charles Kovess ShowGreat team lessons from a great footy final.In this week's episode, I examine some key lessons from a wonderful Grand Final in Australia last night that you can apply to any team of which you're a part. Great teams become great because the team members are having a great time. The lessons I share here will help you to build, maintain and improve any team that you're a part of, any team that you are leading. And I assure you that your ability to lead and build teams is going to be crucial to your success in your life. Stick around. I pro...2021-09-2631 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWhy I love the law!In this week's episode, I'm going to share with you why I love the law and why it matters that you do so too. I explore what happens if we lose respect for the law and how our politicians these days, all around the world, are causing us to lose that respect. Law is such a crucial foundation for the way you and I are able to lead our lives. Imagine living life before the Magna Carta was passed in the 13th century. Being at the whim of kings, being at the whim of...2021-09-1930 min

The Charles Kovess ShowDo what you see needs to be done!In this week's episode, I explore a key aspect of your role on this planet while you are alive. You are meant to do what you see needs to be done and the truth is that nobody can precisely see what you can see. Your unique and 'weird' background enables you to see what others cannot see. What is it that you are meant to be doing? What contribution are you meant to be making? What problem are you meant to be solving that you can precisely see? When...2021-09-1228 min

The Charles Kovess ShowOn Father's Day, I predict...In this week's episode, on Father's Day, I predict some startling things that are going to happen. I predict things just like I had to do when I first became a father of five children, one at a time, of course, except when I had twins. There are consequences of decisions that we make as fathers, and there are consequences for decisions being made by governments, by large corporations, by technocrats and by bureaucrats. I predict some of those consequences. These predictions hopefully will make you think about the consequences of what might happen in th...2021-09-0528 min

The Charles Kovess ShowLet's Innovate! And, 'stuff up' in the process.In this week's episode, I explore Innovation. You were born Innovative. Have a look at any two-year-old kid. You can see the amazing innovation that lies within each one of us. It's time to access that innovation. Your ability to access your Innovation and act on it is going to be a key to your future. We live in incredibly challenging times with this virus stuff. Your ability to change how you think, act and behave is going to be the key to your future. You nee...2021-08-2928 min

The Charles Kovess ShowWill you believe it when you see it? Or, will you see it when you believe it?In this week's episode, I'm going to explore two key questions: Will you believe it when you see it? Or, will you see it when you believe it? Most people say the former. I put to you that the latter is the more important question. This is a crucial idea that governs your experience of your life and your experience of what's going on in your town, in your city, in your country, on your planet. I explore the relevance of Cognitive Dissonance, and the need to be awa...2021-08-2225 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow old will you be when you die of old age?In this week's episode, I invite you to explore your beliefs about your ageing. About you getting old and about others getting old. How old will you be when you die of old age? If you do have an accident, that's a different matter. But what does 'old age' mean to you? And when is it going to "do you in", as Eliza Dolittle famously said in My Fair Lady? Your beliefs and actions around 'old age' are crucial to your longevity. I aim to live and be healthy until I'm at least 120 yea...2021-08-1528 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHow do I build confidence in me, and those around me?In this week's episode, I explore the crucial skill of confidence, both in yourself and confidence in the future in tough times. And, we are certainly in tough times. Although, I reckon at least 60% of people in Australia are NOT struggling: they are the public servants, politicians, and big businesses whose lives are NOT being destroyed through lockdowns! Loss of self-confidence disempowers you and kills your hope for the future. That loss of hope leads to hopelessness. That is one of the worst spaces to be in. It's a lousy way to live.To...2021-08-0832 min

The Charles Kovess ShowIs it time yet for your Civil Disobedience?In this Episode, I ask you whether it's time for your Civil Disobedience.If your government is acting improperly or unlawfully or unethically or immorally, do you just accept it? Or, are you going to push back? Do you know that YOU are responsible for the future of the country in which you live.I'm Australian. I am personally responsible for the future of this country and I'm personally responsible for the future of the planet. If you just accept whatever government says, and act like a doormat, don't be surprised th...2021-08-0131 min

The Charles Kovess ShowMaintaining your equilibrium in tough timesIn this Episode, I explore ideas on how to maintain your equilibrium if times are tougher for you than normal. If times are getting tougher for you, if times are tough, this means you have problems and I discuss Einstein's well-known quote: "No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it".So how can you use this idea to raise your consciousness to handle your problems better, more elegantly and to get rid of them?I've got some ideas for you.Click this link to register for C...2021-07-2528 min

The Charles Kovess ShowAre your habits making you or breaking you?In this week's episode, I urge you, I ask you, I provoke you to raise your consciousness and awareness around your habits. Are they making you or are they breaking you? How conscious are you about your habits? If I asked you 'what are your habits?', could you tell me? The right habits for you enable you to become all that you dream of, to successfully build the life of your dreams. So it's wakey wakey time. Stick around and watch or listen to the Show; I'll give you s...2021-07-1828 min

The Charles Kovess ShowPsychological buzzwords that can destroy your work teamsIn this week's episode, I explore psychological buzzwords that can destroy your work teams and your business or your organisation.Buzzwords like, "I'm not feeling safe. I don't feel respected, I'm feeling psychologically unsafe, I'm feeling bullied, I'm feeling harassed, I'm feeling sexually harassed, some unwanted glances have made me feel uncomfortable," and so on. You need to learn how to handle comments like this and discern the truth from BS, discern what's real from crap. What are the principles for being able to do that?I have six of them fo...2021-07-1128 min

The Charles Kovess ShowDo you love or merely endure the reality you are creating?In this week's episode, I explore reality. And particularly, the ways in which you are creating your reality. Your own special reality. Are you aware that you are creating it?Do you love your reality? Or are you only enduring it, just putting up with it, just enduring your life? You aren't stuck with it, you know. You can wake up. You can change it.I've got some ideas for you.Click this link to register for Charles's next Masterclass (dates will...2021-07-0430 min

The Charles Kovess ShowThe joys of learning.In this week's episode, my big idea that I explore is understanding how to create the joys of learning.I share with you a useful and perhaps new framework for thinking about your learning and your ongoing education. If you use this framework, it will inspire you to shift your thinking around learning, to raise your self-awareness around learning and then to be able to inspire your children, your family, your colleagues, to shift their thinking around learning. I give you a whole bunch of reasons why it is time to shift attitudes to...2021-06-2728 min

The Charles Kovess ShowProvocative thoughts on mental healthIn this week's episode, I explore the tsunami of mental health issues that are dominating and almost swamping Australia, the USA and Western countries. I share my provocative views on these mental health issues and share eleven strategies that will help you get out of bed and get unstuck.We live in an analgesic Society in the West. If you've got something wrong, take a pill and dull the pain. I reject that solution. I reject that model for health.Do you realise how little science lies behind the dia...2021-06-2040 min

The Charles Kovess ShowHandling your disappointments: a crucial skill to developIn this episode, I explore disappointment.Have you ever been disappointed? I'm sure you have. I've been disappointed, time and time and time again. It's difficult to live life without being disappointed.This week, I'm going to share with you 8 ways to handle disappointment. I think handling disappointment is a crucial skill that will make a massive difference in your life and the lives of those around you. Click this link to register for Charles's next Masterclass (dates will be updated regularly): https://www.passsionquest.com/kovess-passion-quest46709834?inf...2021-06-1330 min

The Charles Kovess ShowBut it's so seductive to play the victim game.In this week's episode, I explore how seductive it is to play the victim game. I explore how we are surrounded by victims, everywhere, in so many fields of life. It's an easy road to take to play the victim game, but you pay a big price when you choose to play that game. What is that price? That's what I explore. And, your awareness of their price is crucial in your decision-making. I also explore how your self-awareness is so relevant to the decisions you make around...2021-06-0627 min

The Charles Kovess ShowIs it YOUR responsibility?In this week's episode, I ask whether it's your responsibility. Is it your responsibility to take a jab of an experimental injection for the good of the country?The government says that it is. I say that it's not. I explore what responsibility actually means. I urge you to do your own thinking about this issue of responsibility and I urge you to resist mob violence, mainstream media and government calls that you should do "your bit for the country". Click this link to register for Charles's next Masterclass (dates will...2021-05-3029 min

The Charles Kovess ShowYour biggest mistakes: what are you doing with them?Don't waste these precious assets!In this week's show, I explore your mistakes. That's a scary thought, isn't it? I explore the value of your mistakes and why they are precious assets. Every skill you currently have, you only developed through mistakes and failures. Every single skill. Don't hide from your mistakes. Use the lessons from those mistakes. They are precious valuable, resources. Changing times...incredibly fast-changing times, require you and me to have new skills. We cannot possibly create th...2021-05-2325 min

The Charles Kovess ShowIndustrial hemp, sustainability & Your magnificent future!In this week's show, I discuss industrial hemp, sustainability and your magnificent future. I discuss the creative juices that you need to access to create your magnificent future. I discuss why your capabilities are your greatest security and your greatest protection, particularly against governments that seem hell-bent on borrowing money endlessly, spending, and then expecting us to go, "Oh, yes, governments can just go on borrowing money". Relying on the government is not a great way to create your future.I hasten to add, that when I use the word sustainability, I don't mea...2021-05-1630 min