Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero

Part 5 of 13 in a Rock study guide to the novel The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Episode 5 of Sermons In Rock walks you through the 5th of 13 scenes chosen from the book, in which Howard Roark explains The Essence of the concept of psychological Ownership and what it requires to Gail Wynand - in front of Dominique. Mark Michael Lewis sets the context in the book and examines the lyrics to the song, "The Essence Of Ownership - Roark to Wynand." This song is the 5th track on the progressive rock concept-album "Sermons In Rock - A Tribute To The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand" by the band Heroic Lullabies. You can listen to the album directly at https://soundcloud.com/HeroicLullabies/sets/sermons-in-rock Each of the 13 songs on the album focus on a pivotal scene from the book, using the actual text written by Ayn Rand as the lyrics for the songs. I selected essential parts from a speech or conversation given by Roark, Dominique, Wynand, or Toohey, reorganized them into lyric form, and performed them using ai music generation (Suno.com). The songs move chronologically through the book from The Stoddard Trial to The Cortland Trial and capture many of the central themes from the book. The song titles are as follows: 1. The Temple of The Human Spirit - Dominique to The Court 2. My Answer - Dominique to Roark 3. The Only Way - Roark to Dominique 4. Life As Exaltation - Wynand to Dominique 5. The Essence of Ownership - Roark to Wynand 6. My Work Done My Way - Roark to Keating 7. Second Handers - Roark to Wynand 8. Kill Man's Soul - Toohey to Keating 9. The Man Who Wanted Power - Wynand To The Mob 10. Now I'm Not Afraid - Dominique to Roark 11. The Reasoning Mind - Roark to The Court 12. The Code of The Creator - Roark To The Court 13. My Terms - Roark to The Court The Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero podcast - http://AynRandHero.com - applies the ideas of Ayn Rand to guide people to create a life and a lifestyle with the qualities of an Ayn Rand Hero. Mark Michael Lewis has been a Business and Relationship coach and consultant for over 30 years, focusing on empowering and inspiring people to consciously create more Prosperity, Purpose, and Pleasure in their lives. You can learn more about his various Self-Development courses at: http://TheProfitabilityCoach.com - 1-on-1 Business and Relationship Coaching http://HeroicMeaning.com - The Game of Heroic Meaning - An Adventure in Personal Responsibility - A video coaching course. http://ThrivingPartnerships.com - A Guide To Creating Thriving Partnerships - a 24-hour audio course including - The Advanced Romance Course - Conflict to Co-Creation - and The 5 keys To Thriving Partnerships http://TheEntrepreneurLeader.com - a 7-hour business video training that expands on Alon Braun's model The Entrepreneur's Journey.

Part 3 of 13 in a Rock study guide to the novel The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Episode 3 of Sermons In Rock walks you through the 3rd of 13 scenes/apeeches chosen from the book, in which Howard Roark responds to Dominuque after she told him why she just married Peter Keating (which is song/episode #.2 - "My Answer") Mark Michael Lewis sets the context in the book and examines the lyrics to the song, "The Only Way - Roark to Dominique." This song is the 3rd track on the progressive rock concept-album "Sermons In Rock - A Tribute To The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand" by the band Heroic Lullabies. You can listen to the album directly at https://soundcloud.com/HeroicLullabies/sets/sermons-in-rock Each of the 13 songs on the album focus on a pivotal scene from the book, using the actual text written by Ayn Rand as the lyrics for the songs. I selected essential parts from a speech or conversation given by Roark, Dominique, Wynand, or Toohey, reorganized them into lyric form, and performed them using ai music generation (Suno.com). The songs move chronologically through the book from The Stoddard Trial to The Cortland Trial and capture many of the central themes from the book. The song titles are as follows: 1. The Temple of The Human Spirit - Dominique to The Court 2. My Answer - Dominique to Roark 3. The Only Way - Roark to Dominique 4. Life As Exaltation - Wynand to Dominique 5. The Essence of Ownership - Roark to Wynand 6. My Work Done My Way - Roark to Keating 7. Second Handers - Roark to Wynand 8. Kill Man's Soul - Toohey to Keating 9. The Man Who Wanted Power - Wynand To The Mob 10. Now I'm Not Afraid - Dominique to Roark 11. The Reasoning Mind - Roark to The Court 12. The Code of The Creator - Roark To The Court 13. My Terms - Roark to The Court The Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero podcast - http://AynRandHero.com - applies the ideas of Ayn Rand to guide people to create a life and a lifestyle with the qualities of an Ayn Rand Hero. Mark Michael Lewis has been a Business and Relationship coach and consultant for over 30 years, focusing on empowering and inspiring people to consciously create more Prosperity, Purpose, and Pleasure in their lives. You can learn more about his various Self-Development courses at: http://TheProfitabilityCoach.com - 1-on-1 Business and Relationship Coaching http://HeroicMeaning.com - The Game of Heroic Meaning - An Adventure in Personal Responsibility - A video coaching course. http://ThrivingPartnerships.com - A Guide To Creating Thriving Partnerships - a 24-hour audio course including - The Advanced Romance Course - Conflict to Co-Creation - and The 5 keys To Thriving Partnerships http://TheEntrepreneurLeader.com - a 7-hour business video training that expands on Alon Braun's model The Entrepreneur's Journey.

Part 1 of 13 in a Rock study guide to the novel The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. This first episode introduces the series and walks you through the first of 13 scenes chosen from the book, in which Dominque Francon takes the witness stand at The Stoddard Trial. Mark Michael Lewis sets the context in the book and examines the lyrics to the song The Temple of The Human Spirit, which consist of Dominque's testimony to the court. The song The Temple of The Human Spirit comes from the progressive rock concept album "Sermons In Rock - A Tribute To The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand" by the band Heroic Lullabies. Each of the 13 songs on the album focus on a pivotal scene from the book, using the actual text written by Ayn Rand as the lyrics for the songs. You can listen to the album directly at https://soundcloud.com/HeroicLullabies/sets/sermons-in-rock Each song selects key parts from a speech or conversation given by Roark, Dominique, Wynand, or Toohey, reorganizes them into lyric form, and performs them using ai music generation (Suno.com). The songs move chronologically through the book from The Stoddard Trial to The Cortland Trial and capture many of the central themes from the book. The song titles are as follows: 1. The Temple of The Human Spirit - Dominique to The Court 2. My Answer - Dominique to Roark 3. The Only Way - Roark to Dominique 4. Life As Exaltation - Wynand to Dominique 5. The Essence of Ownership - Roark to Wynand 6. My Work Done My Way - Roark to Keating 7. Second Handers - Roark to Wynand 8. Kill Man's Soul - Toohey to Keating 9. The Man Who Wanted Power - Wynand To The Mob 10. Now I'm Not Afraid - Dominique to Roark 11. The Reasoning Mind - Roark to The Court 12. The Code of The Creator - Roark To The Court 13. My Terms - Roark to The Court The Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero podcast - http://AynRandHero.com - Applying the ideas of Ayn Rand to create a life and a lifestyle with the qualities of an Ayn Rand Hero. Mark Michael Lewis has been a Business and Relationship coach and consultant for over 30 years, focusing on empowering and inspiring people to consciously create more Prosperity, Purpose, and Pleasure in their lives. You can learn more about his various Self-Development courses at: http://TheProfitabilityCoach.com - 1-on-1 Business and Relationship Coaching http://HeroicMeaning.com - The Game of Heroic Meaning - An Adventure in Personal Responsibility - A video coaching course. http://ThrivingPartnerships.com - A Guide To Creating Thriving Partnerships - a 24-hour audio course including - The Advanced Romance Course - Conflict to Co-Creation - and The 5 keys To Thriving Partnerships http://TheEntrepreneurLeader.com - an 8-hour business video training that expands on Alon Braun's model The Entrepreneur's Journey.

A no-holds barred conversation exploring a rational spirituality with Executive Coach Kim Sawyer from TheWealthSource.com. — For more information goto http://AynRandHero.com Mark Michael Lewis is The Profitability Coach – guiding leaders to dramatically increase their bottom line in business, relationships, happiness, meaning, and life itself. http://TheProfitabilityCoach.com — Mark is also the author of the Creating Thriving Partnerships, a 20-hours audio course to create fun, intimacy, and teamwork in your relationships – http://ThrivingPartnership.com, and the Advanced Romance course to experience passionate, fulfilling, and transcendent sexual partnerships. http://Advanced-Romance.com. — The Game Of Heroic Meaning is an free online video course that teaches you how to approach your your projects, your relationships, and your life as a whole like a Sacred Game – where the goal of the Game is to experience increasingly Heroic Meaning in your life – more Prosperity, more Pleasure, more Purpose – for Yourself, Other people you care about, and the Environment in which you live – in the Present moment, in the Short-Term future, and the Long-Term future. Join us in this Adventure In Personal Responsibility and Make Your Deepest Happiness Your Highest Priority. For extra lessons, coaching exercises, discussion, Q&Aa, AMAs, and community, goto HeroicMeaning.com – – Twitter @AynRandHero Instagram @AynRandHero The post Rational Spirituality 2 – An Exploration with Kim Sawyer – Ayn Rand Hero appeared first on Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero.

A passionate, no-bullshit / no-apologies introduction to the philosophy of Ayn Rand – and how to use it to create an optimal life – a life of Human Thriving. Mark Michael Lewis lays out the 5 key ideas at the heart of Ayn Rand’s moral philosophy, showing how all 5 work together to multiple one another’s effectiveness and create a life and a lifestyle of an Ayn Rand Hero. It also details the 2 central reasons that people dislike Ayn Rand and her philosophy (outside of the fact they haven’t read her work or understood the 5 Traits of the Ayn Rand Hero). It isn’t pretty, but it is clear as night and day. For more information goto http://AynRandHero.com Mark Michael Lewis is The Profitability Coach – guiding leaders to dramatically increase their bottom line in business, relationships, happiness, meaning, and life itself. http://TheProfitabilityCoach.com Mark is also the author of the Creating Thriving Partnerships, a 20-hours audio course to create fun, intimacy, and teamwork in your relationships – http://ThrivingPartnership.com, and the Advanced Romance course to experience passionate, fulfilling, and transcendent sexual partnerships. http://Advanced-Romance.com. The Game Of Heroic Meaning is an free online video course that teaches you how to approach your your projects, your relationships, and your life as a whole like a Sacred Game – where the goal of the Game is to experience increasingly Heroic Meaning in your life – more Prosperity, more Pleasure, more Purpose – for Yourself, Other people you care about, and the Environment in which you live – in the Present moment, in the Short-Term future, and the Long-Term future. Join us in this Adventure In Personal Responsibility and Make Your Deepest Happiness Your Highest Priority. For extra lessons, coaching exercises, discussion, Q&Aa, AMAs, and community, goto HeroicMeaning.com Twitter @AynRandHero Instagram @AynRandHero The post A No-BS Introduction To Ayn Rand – The 5 Traits of the Ayn Rand Hero appeared first on Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero.

Enjoy the ride of a conversation about how to use Reason to understand Reality so that you can take Responsibility to Realize your highest values – in true Respect for others.Join Mark Michael Lewis and Zach Doctor as they explore HOW to create authentic, productive, and rewarding relationships by using the core principles of Ayn Rand in everything you do. 1:00 – Defining meta-modernism 9:15 – How OUGHT we treat others? Politics (at the personal level) relative to the 5 traits of the Ayn Rand Hero? 13:25 – An Ontological exporation of what has relationships go well or poorly 19:40 – Relating interpersonally in a way that we “do God’s work” 21:40 – Thriving – Heroic Meaning, Beautiful Profit, Sacred Joy more Heaven, less Hell 24:25 – Unequal distribution of capacities between people, organizations, and communities 29:15 – Creating a community of authentic and rational people 31:11 – Mark’s history and the context that lead to his work with Authentic Relating 35:39 – Turning philosophical clarity into practical real-world relationships to make them Thrive 37:23 – Approaching relating like a Game – so we can clarify our rules/expectations 38:25 – The greatest challenge in relating – Right/Right Relating vs Right/Wrong Thinking and Victim Self-Righteousness 45:12 – Mark and Bryan and Decker – Soul2Soul and the 5 Dimensions of Authenticity 48:27 – The Foundation of the 5 Traits of the Ayn Rand Hero – and Aiming For Better 51:00 – The most important move to make in relationship – Respect 54:55 – The mindset of Psychodynamic Therapy vs. Agency – different dimensions of Self-Realization 58:15 – The Self is the Agent – the Chooser with Free Will 1:01:01 – How Ought Agents interact with one another – Rational Self-interest 1:03:16 – The Principle of The Trader – Respecting the autonomy of the other 1:07:27 – The idea and championing of Dignity 1:07:53 – How Ayn Rand gives Mark so much value – and how people are willfully ignorant of it. 1:10:05 – Exploring ideas about why people don’t like Ayn Rand 1:14:02 – How we apply AYn Rand to individual relationships – trade and mutual agreements 1:16:05 – 2 reasons people don’t like Ayn Rand – 1. People don’t want to take personsl respnsilibilty 1:17:53 – Ayn Rand fans who do not treat people with dignity – don’t recognize the disparity in their power/capacitiies 1:19:45 – What is Power in the postmodern/marxist sense? An example. 1:22:19 – Postmodern and Objectivity analysis of power. 1:26:25 – is Ayn Rand’s idea a Utopia? and/or are people unreflexive and lazy and non-creative and bureaucratic. 1:33:04 – Ayn Rand says that free market capitalism is the only moral system – but in that system, problems occur. BUT there is not system in which problems don’t occur. – Does meta-modernism solve this? 1:37:10 – critiquing something for NOT being a utopia is not a valid critque – you must compare to alternatives – if it is the best possible, the fact that it has problems is an inappropriate criticism UNLESS it is put in context 1:39:53 – A critique of meta-modernism is pro socialist (democratic socialism) 1:41:06 – Exploring parts of the meta-modern political platform Mark Michael Lewis is The Profitability Coach – guiding leaders to dramatically increase their bottom line in business, relationships, happiness, meaning, and life itself. http://TheProfitabilityCoach.com Mark is also the author of the Creating Thriving Partnerships, a 20-hours audio course to create fun, intimacy, and teamwork in your relationships – http://ThrivingPartnership.com, and the Advanced Romance course to experience passionate, fulfilling, and transcendent sexual partnerships. http://Advanced-Romance.com. For more information goto http://AynRandHero.com http://TheProfitabilityCoach.com http://ThrivingPartnership.com http://HeroicMeaning.com Twitter @AynRandHero Instagram @AynRandHero Android: https://subscribeonandroid.com/www.aynrandhero.com/feed/podcast/ The post Relationships, Authenticity, and Metamodernism Oh My! with Zach Doctor appeared first on Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero.

Join Mark Michael Lewis, John Yokela and Brishon Martin on an epic journey into the land of meta-ethics and the philosophy of Ayn Rand. SHOWNOTES 4:00 how do we build an epistemology that’s based in ethics? 6:00 Rand’s idea of an evolving definition of a concept – knowledge is contextual 9:00 Rand’s model of the self from 3 different frameworks 12:00 the ‘biological self’ and Rand’s definition of the ‘psychological self’ 15:00 Aristotle’s perspective on ‘flourishing’ 16:00 flourishing vs happiness 20:00 the cycle of the self maintaining the self 32:00 what does Ayn Rand mean when she speaks about the ‘self’? 24:00 insanity as psychological death 26:00 shifting how we think about Rand’s work as we refine what she means by ‘self’ 27:00 Rand’s fiction vs her nonfiction 29:00 The Fountainhead & Howard Roark 30:00 how Rand’s characters make Heroic Choices 33:00 integrating Rand’s concepts via her novels 34:00 contradictions between Rand’s novels and her nonfiction work 38:00 what is the difference between ‘rational’ and ‘objective’? 40:00 Terrence Deakin 44:00 Leanard Peikoff 50:00 egoism vs egotism 58:00 the false self 1:07:00 a central critique of Ayn Rand 1:08:00 how we can reintegrate emotions into morality without losing objectivity 1:15:00 Brishon’s story 1:32:00 resolving the problem between Moral Intuitionists and Objectivists 1:50:00 the ‘Big 5’ 1:54:00 AI might replace our physical work – but we need humans to make art 2:05:00 Existentialism and meaning To subscribe to the podcast: itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/b… Android: http://subscribeonandroid.com/www.ayn… The post Ayn Rand Hero: Meta-Ethics with John Yokela and Brishon Martin – Ego As Organism appeared first on Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero.

Join Mark Michael Lewis in a conversation with Ed Hudgins, founder of the Human Achievement Alliance, an author, political pundit, lover of technology, and transhumanist. Ed is a passionate force of nature. We explore a variety of topics about how Ayn Rand plays a role in various aspects of lives, including technology, epistemology, ethics, politics, and creative human endeavors. Enjoy the ride! On The Fountainhead. [6:00] How donuts can teach you about your hierarchy of values [11:00] A technique for determining values through ‘rational consideration’ [13:00] How to develop objective ethics [16:00] Donald Trump and dealing with reality [19:00] Idiots and assholes: how not to be either [23:00] Practicing reason and creating good intellectual habits [29:00] Environment vs Humanity – which comes first? [37:00] How to be proud of your achievements [40:00] The values of Roark and the politics of Galt (and how to develop them both) [45:00] Implanting memories in mice, and other awesome breakthroughs [50:00] The consequences of inaction: Precaution vs Proaction [58:00] Why the Elves in Lord of the Rings were tired (and how to plan for a 100-year career) [1:03:00] Are over-eating and altruism related? [1:14:00] Is it altruistic to enjoy playing with your dog? [1:17:00] Why we voted for Trump [1:23:00] Ed [aht] EdwardHudgins.com https://atlassociety.org/search?q=edward+hudgins https://www.facebook.com/edward.hudgins.7 Subscribe to the podcast on Itunes or Android The post Ayn Rand Hero: Ed Hudgins – A Moral Technology appeared first on Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero.

Join Mark Michael Lewis and the CEO of The Atlas Society Jennifer Anju Grossman as they talk about how to bring the ideas of Ayn Rand to the wider culture – especially our youth. We especially discuss her thinking behind her provocative choice to write an op ed in The New York Times about how […] The post Ayn Rand Hero: Jennifer Grossman – CEO Atlas Society Social Strategy appeared first on Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero.

Join Mark Michael Lewis and philosophy Professor Stephen Hicks in a conversation about an honest approach to knowledge and human thriving. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why you should always take arguments at their best [10:15] The reason why many philosophers are ‘left’ [16:00] How Objectivism is an ‘outlier’-philosophy [19:00] 3rd Generation Postmodernism and the […] The post Ayn Rand Hero: Postmodernism and Making Work Beautiful with Professor Stephen Hicks appeared first on Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero.

This episode, I invited composer and author Matthew Zachary Johnson to discuss the ‘moral power of music’. We discuss the power that certain kinds of music have to integrate (or frustrate) certain emotional experiences in real-time. There are some powerful tips and insights into how you can use music to your benefit that I highly recommend […] The post The Moral Power of Music – Matthew Zachary Johnson appeared first on Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero.

This conversation with Asa Idoni – music producer and composer – is part of the Integral Ayn Rand series of Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero. In it, we get into the nitty gritty of human development, rationality, optimal human values and rational self interest. Some of the highlights: The art of rationality and skillful ‘synthesis’ (or […] The post Ayn Rand Hero: Rational Self Interest with Asa Idoni appeared first on Becoming An Ayn Rand Hero.