You Know This!
Self-Improvement
About
This podcast is extracted from the radio feature Motivation Minute on Music Radio 97 in Trinidad and Tobago. Written, produced and presented by Garfield King (that’s me), the programme aired every weekday for 28 years - 1992 to 2020. The content served as a reminder of what most of us know or feel deep in our bones. The podcast was relaunched in early 2026 after a period of reflection. Having spent over four decades in radio and media across the Caribbean, an evolving perspective on life and family has deepened my approach to storytelling. Hundreds of people are still downloading the podcast. So, returning to the communication stream was inevitable. Moving forward, the show will continue to focus on ways to be real with ourselves and with each other. It’s not so far from you really. You already have it. It’s the allowing that usually makes the difference. But of course… You Know This! Theme music - Mike Alleyne
Episodes
- A small moment of listening can open doors
This episode of You Know This! discusses the frequent occurrence of people formulating their replies while someone else is still speaking, rather than actively listening. It highlights how this shift impacts the flow of conversation.
- There’s risk in taking a step and risk in standing still
This episode of You Know This! discusses the nature of risk, posing the question of which risks individuals choose to take and who might accompany them on their chosen path.
- If we haven't listened what are we responding to?
The episode explores how impatience negatively impacts communication by distorting our sense of time and urgency, causing individuals to prioritize their own schedules over effective listening and interaction with others.
- Hiding From Ourselves Rarely Resolves Anything
This episode discusses how the initial response to feeling trapped is often an internal conversation. Changing the tone of this inner dialogue from complaint to curiosity can reveal a greater sense of personal power.
- Engagement via Connection
The episode discusses the importance of communicating the "why" behind actions, not just the "what". It emphasizes that true human connection involves being present, active listening, noticing unspoken cues, and making others feel included…
- Language That Embraces Possibility
In moments of uncertainty, people don’t necessarily need certainty. They need steadiness. They need someone who can acknowledge the darkness without declaring it permanent. If we find ourselves in a tunnel with others, each time we choose…
- The End or Just a Pause
A tunnel, by definition, has two openings. That is not vague optimism. It’s structure. If you are in a tunnel, there is an exit, even if you cannot see it at this time. What creates suffering is not the darkness itself. It’s the story that…
- The Power of Independent Thinking
Independent thinking requires courage and a willingness to confront uncomfortable truths. It also brings freedom. Among other things it frees you from carrying someone else’s anger. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: ga…
- New Episodes on The Way
You must have noticed there have been no new uploads for quite a while. As I age, I become aware of a shift in my perspective on several aspects of life. That shift is not a different road; it’s more a clearer view of the path. Seeing thin…
- Feeling the pressure to change can block your progress
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- Is negative news more real than positive news?
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- Making time to listen makes a difference.
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- Acceptance does not mean surrender
Acceptance of the facts as they are right now, provides a solid foundation on which to build your strategy for moving ahead. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfi…
- There’s always an opportunity for improvement.
Belief in our ability to make a difference, to be part of something bigger than ourselves helps to focus on what needs to be done. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https:/…
- Solutions are worth the energy.
Once you decide something must be done to get back on track, energy should go into solutions. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com https://inkingstt…
- Awareness of just how interconnected we are.
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com https://inkingstt.com
- Speak for your voice to be heard.
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- Your ideas - do you want praise or action?
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- For your voice to be heard you may need to speak up
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- Time well spent feels like money well spent
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- Listening can improve learning
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- Even painful lessons can aid the healing
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- Stuff happens and then we learn. Well, that’s the hope.
Sometimes all you can say about bad stuff that happened in the past is that you learnt a useful lesson. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com https:/…
- You have a right to be you, even in a relationship.
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- Try and try again, but only if you’re still interested
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- The education of experience.
Experience can only be a teacher is we’re prepared to be its student. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com https://inkingstt.com
- Deadlines don’t have to drain the life out of you.
Having a deadline can be very useful, but a job rushed due to an unrealistic time limit can have negative consequences. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldki…
- Crossing the line
Even if we can see the line, should we be controlled by it, move it or draw a new one? Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com https://inkingstt.com
- A year is made up of moments upon moments.
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- Public opinion is just an opinion.
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- Experience teaches, do we learn?
Experience is always keen to share wisdom and teach valuable lessons, but are we willing to be students? Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com https:…
- Voices are not heard if they are silent
If we don’t speak up time and time again, how can our voices be heard? Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com https://inkingstt.com
- Different doesn’t make it wrong
Lack of understanding can lead to fear or persecution. Getting reliable information and allowing a little understanding, can bring the light and clarity to remove the fear. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@in…
- Perhaps the only one you can change is yourself.
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- For your voice to be heard you need to speak up.
If we don’t take the actions necessary for improvements, how can things get better? Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com https://inkingstt.com
- After the dream comes the action
In order to live your dream, you must wake up and take the necessary action. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com https://inkingstt.com
- Creativity often springs from the uncommon.
Creativity often comes when we take the uncommon path, break from routine and take the uncomfortable risk. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: https://garfieldkingtt.com http…
- Being a little different can be really cool.
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- Waiting for someone to slip up can hijack your peace
Sometimes our preconceived notion of what someone is capable of, prevents us from recognising the valuable continuation they have made. Always great to hear from you. Feel free to reach out: garfield@inkingstt.com Or visit the websites: ht…
- Negotiation starts with Communication.
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- Courage to take a stand and stand by it.
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- Their opinion or your reality?
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- Listening may beat speaking.
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- The big picture has many angles.
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- Minor inconvenience or major disaster?
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- A vulnerable moment when stepping forward
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- The job or the family?
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- More than ever, what we do matters.
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- I forgot to walk the talk.
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- You lose power when blaming others.
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