Your Refresher Course in Awesomeness

Aziza Binti

Your Refresher Course in Awesomeness is your go-to space for navigating the challenges of high achievement in an unpredictable world and ways to increase your mental fitness each day. Whether it's breaking down current events and their impact on your emotional well-being, optimizing your performance, or deepening your self-awareness, this podcast has you covered. Featuring practical meditations and affirmations grounded in real-world experiences, you'll gain actionable insights to manage uncertainty, reduce stress, and show up as your best self—both professionally and personally.

  1. 03/03/2025

    YRCIA: 45 Are Trump Supporters Stupid?

    Resources from the Urban Triage Article: THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse: That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent University, intent on scamming poor people, you thought "Fine." (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/04/10/trump-university-settlement-judge-finalized/502387002/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1FBOBuhlK4fiPQHyR1SN5cpwTwmvs-vKLXiL4nghLA5qzm0HgPGjgOh-E_aem_EKv2c-iBiB9kZu0NFRKuBQ) That when you saw a man who had made it his business practice to stiff his creditors, you said, "Okay." (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hotel-paid-millions-in-fines-for-unpaid-work?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2goZQenNCmRdLV639iUhAurCVrujIHVW9TeQky356qFyk6eNN5IUY_4ko_aem_ZrgYV_E4BPht05sZnRJjeg) That when you heard him proudly brag about his own history of sexual abuse, you said, "No problem." (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/list-trumps-accusers-allegations-sexual-misconduct/story?id=51956410&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3oqqs9dAKDqriHrQiJ68qG5bB-wtUot-YhUEol1dM9Bw5GvF_hJeg3Glg_aem_o1QH62TUYIJBIarmm9E3tQ) That when he made up stories about seeing Muslim-Americans in the thousands cheering the destruction of the World Trade Center, you said, "Not an issue." (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Ffact-checker%2Fwp%2F2015%2F11%2F22%2Fdonald-trumps-outrageous-claim-that-thousands-of-new-jersey-muslims-celebrated-the-911-attacks%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3gmawezVKVHiKaVDm4bzJ97U7Ng6PfaLYwWJuDBWTwiJgbXTAVIwzZqrk_aem_EmxG_MFp-C2uS2Zv7jgrgA&h=AT2I9aqwjOonYcaPvEzVs7JOPM1Z8jdOwCiBCzK3d4XcleNVTzbA2Jxga_OzhQNghEk89iz88l9rqYCMMETYDkZzPxWyTjFrPCnOyQJV7Eb0i3HQkIDlDgA3OL8hz-Xbl1RqIDSRTwyecW6B-iJ8&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT3cpMB7REThto3hR2hQO0G0FRsksCOoMjA6-MWqLhqNepLCs-9uZ4oebrGRDG_7AfyOI2lLu_G3KFI8DmgBIsnUhorw6SQ1v1zHNCZois1RiwFetaYTXKF23t7uzncZykphXahk01FaDmnrjwiAPXKCcxzhttcwIl9JdMd1fKImFKjpbw-wmeBi00QtqLmTL3Flqh1vcPn9OTwDAsWmRsEyxbuaAyahGItw9NOVNUtrNMjiltU) That when you saw him brag that he could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue and you wouldn't care, you exclaimed, "He sure knows me." (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/23/president-donald-trump-could-shoot-someone-without-prosecution/4073405002/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0YyiwUeFgZ3EmBeRfkOp_b5I7aOMUusz8XlJePYZxNSQOb2mabUSr-S-A_aem_UaUF0_smy4ImoyT3ijK0VQ) That when you heard him relating a story of an elderly guest of his country club, an 80-year old man, who fell off a stage and hit his head, to Trump replied: “‘Oh my God, that’s disgusting,’ and I turned away. I couldn’t—you know, he was right in front of me, and I turned away. I didn’t want to touch him. He was bleeding all over the place. And I felt terrible, because it was a beautiful white marble floor, and now it had changed color. Became very red.” You said, "That's cool!" (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq.com%2Fstory%2Fdonald-trump-howard-stern-story%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR35oxalegvTJsueDqrpUIjYeC3Tkj7MPBLpmJ3Btv0RjCyxTmBgyMi_Kbo_aem_yh3bPnppskY38NnVRa3D8A&h=AT1V-3y1xZFgEyvM3s9O58_1yjj_dQdIg_vqpia6NHTejMPTgO1-8bDd4uuCda7VX4jATq-eKPaDZ06t9IZn95ys58cDgOqQFziLyhrhcDSArDRLkQ5qij71Gs316WLYDhCFFy7GC3wWO41gQDMD&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT3cpMB7REThto3hR2hQO0G0FRsksCOoMjA6-MWqLhqNepLCs-9uZ4oebrGRDG_7AfyOI2lLu_G3KFI8DmgBIsnUhorw6SQ1v1zHNCZois1RiwFetaYTXKF23t7uzncZykphXahk01FaDmnrjwiAPXKCcxzhttcwIl9JdMd1fKImFKjpbw-wmeBi00QtqLmTL3Flqh1vcPn9OTwDAsWmRsEyxbuaAyahGItw9NOVNUtrNMjiltU) That when you saw him mock the disabled, you thought it was the funniest thing you ever saw. (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2016-election%2Fdonald-trump-criticized-after-he-appears-mock-reporter-serge-kovaleski-n470016%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1FBOBuhlK4fiPQHyR1SN5cpwTwmvs-vKLXiL4nghLA5qzm0HgPGjgOh-E_aem_EKv2c-iBiB9kZu0NFRKuBQ&h=AT2R4Wg3btgUXZXyqedxHP44KqXqdEIY3Nm7b7xgIVONIDb9mF3lEvRF0orlGtcakjsLNpLS-uNtaLm09kadTehKoySfdX2M97jWUtlqPIHNGG2xdyOwcx5-Bm3CPBmuNqfYo4CNm9Q2hf7iKvIO&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT3cpMB7REThto3hR2hQO0G0FRsksCOoMjA6-MWqLhqNepLCs-9uZ4oebrGRDG_7AfyOI2lLu_G3KFI8DmgBIsnUhorw6SQ1v1zHNCZois1RiwFetaYTXKF23t7uzncZykphXahk01FaDmnrjwiAPXKCcxzhttcwIl9JdMd1fKImFKjpbw-wmeBi00QtqLmTL3Flqh1vcPn9OTwDAsWmRsEyxbuaAyahGItw9NOVNUtrNMjiltU) That when you heard him brag that he doesn't read books, you said, "Well, who has time?" (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fpolitics%2Farchive%2F2018%2F01%2Famericas-first-post-text-president%2F549794%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3gmawezVKVHiKaVDm4bzJ97U7Ng6PfaLYwWJuDBWTwiJgbXTAVIwzZqrk_aem_EmxG_MFp-C2uS2Zv7jgrgA&h=AT1YOGBkXf40aZDCpjpMUokDagLgd4e9UYZtAZ5qDnXLBnMISSupFRbxLABD5IqsA30ieig2posN1ZHEt8OAvh3NbiCjkR7u4XzC1BWnG0tFPI2yBidaK8_c8Df4oCfAPmGWSNUhj1anIIEHr0BG&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT3cpMB7REThto3hR2hQO0G0FRsksCOoMjA6-MWqLhqNepLCs-9uZ4oebrGRDG_7AfyOI2lLu_G3KFI8DmgBIsnUhorw6SQ1v1zHNCZois1RiwFetaYTXKF23t7uzncZykphXahk01FaDmnrjwiAPXKCcxzhttcwIl9JdMd1fKImFKjpbw-wmeBi00QtqLmTL3Flqh1vcPn9OTwDAsWmRsEyxbuaAyahGItw9NOVNUtrNMjiltU) That when the Central Park Five were compensated as innocent men convicted of a crime they didn't commit, and he angrily said that they should still be in prison, you said, "That makes sense." (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2019%2F06%2F19%2Fwhat-trump-has-said-central-park-five%2F1501321001%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR35oxalegvTJsueDqrpUIjYeC3Tkj7MPBLpmJ3Btv0RjCyxTmBgyMi_Kbo_aem_yh3bPnppskY38NnVRa3D8A&h=AT0u72OB-UTjfcvtxrQfjKApH4RemJwgVeO-6OGfQDCP_QXqnVw-3HiNf0H9muYZyJ9pq_fGYxnxeTaWwKcZCxKGRzs8vvIWiQF54rSEuAsGhDFmstG-Tl0-_ZPNlAt0v1LtDjfkyvcgNDKIFkx1&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT3cpMB7REThto3hR2hQO0G0FRsksCOoMjA6-MWqLhqNepLCs-9uZ4oebrGRDG_7AfyOI2lLu_G3KFI8DmgBIsnUhorw6SQ1v1zHNCZois1RiwFetaYTXKF23t7uzncZykphXahk01FaDmnrjwiAPXKCcxzhttcwIl9JdMd1fKImFKjpbw-wmeBi00QtqLmTL3Flqh1vcPn9OTwDAsWmRsEyxbuaAyahGItw9NOVNUtrNMjiltU) That when you heard him tell his supporters to beat up protesters and that he would hire attorneys, you thought, "Yes!" (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fpolitics%2Fla-na-trump-campaign-protests-20160313-story.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR241eV1iTnbjBF_TqEFl2AWIANJnM0GCtxEnoQpYamSXbU45ZzeYdr0xmg_aem_i2FyCr20SKpRB2wHdzhjtA&h=AT2P1SzFLu0_A7YSd8a1yGyfRW50IQwW2i8IgvAfAI8WzT0W8mA7UTiyoCHeC3gzQj-_58PKBNnQfn9IKw9Q2AJZrKTPa78g6M93dFFnuon_EHBI7Tw2ii-Q9IAWIRcstJ2WWG0uB14StXFPd-9v&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT3cpMB7REThto3hR2hQO0G0FRsksCOoMjA6-MWqLhqNepLCs-9uZ4oebrGRDG_7AfyOI2lLu_G3KFI8DmgBIsnUhorw6SQ1v1zHNCZois1RiwFetaYTXKF23t7uzncZykphXahk01FaDmnrjwiAPXKCcxzhttcwIl9JdMd1fKImFKjpbw-wmeBi00QtqLmTL3Flqh1vcPn9OTwDAsWmRsEyxbuaAyahGItw9NOVNUtrNMjiltU) That when you heard him tell one rally to confiscate a man's coat before throwing him out into the freezing cold, you said, "What a great guy!" (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/donald-trump-orders-protesters-coat-is-confiscated-and-he-is-sent-into-the-cold-a6802756.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3gmawezVKVHiKaVDm4bzJ97U7Ng6PfaLYwWJuDBWTwiJgbXTAVIwzZqrk_aem_EmxG_MFp-C2uS2Zv7jgrgA) That you have watched the parade of neo-Nazis and white supremacists with whom he curries favor, while refusing to condemn outright Nazis, and you have said, "Thumbs up!" (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fpolitics%2Farchive%2F2018%2F08%2Fwhy-cant-trump-just-condemn-nazis%2F567320%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1FBOBuhlK4fiPQHyR1SN5cpwTwmvs-vKLXiL4nghLA5qzm0HgPGjgOh-E_aem_EKv2c-iBiB9kZu0NFRKuBQ&h=AT0cqtjvYjlHlS1RAW7sLtOgf9M_T82d4jssVWXEhYVuvsCY4FtEBXaHWu1IyCdHSoxQAcMHU3MbymBirudcWbhkhSpwZcuMywb12hukrfKBjaqb1tLA_WXKS4345o0EHmsObdHoUqAaEkh9hWYS&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT3cpMB7REThto3hR2hQO0G0FRsksCOoMjA6-MWqLhqNepLCs-9uZ4oebrGRDG_7AfyOI2lLu_G3KFI8DmgBIsnUhorw6SQ1v1zHNCZois1RiwFetaYTXKF23t7uzncZykphXahk01FaDmnrjwiAPXKCcxzhttcwIl9JdMd1fKImFKjpbw-wmeBi00QtqLmTL3Flqh1vcPn9OTwDAsWmRsEyxbuaAyahGItw9NOVNUtrNMjiltU) That you hear him unable to talk to foreign dignitaries without insulting their countries and demanding that they praise his electoral win, you said, "That's the way I want my President to be." (

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Your Refresher Course in Awesomeness is your go-to space for navigating the challenges of high achievement in an unpredictable world and ways to increase your mental fitness each day. Whether it's breaking down current events and their impact on your emotional well-being, optimizing your performance, or deepening your self-awareness, this podcast has you covered. Featuring practical meditations and affirmations grounded in real-world experiences, you'll gain actionable insights to manage uncertainty, reduce stress, and show up as your best self—both professionally and personally.