16 Lessons From 700 Episodes - #702

Modern Wisdom

11/04/23

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To celebrate 700 episodes of Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes.

Expect to learn how your expectations define your happiness more than your circumstances, what monothinking is, why the Abilene Paradox is my favourite new idea, the problem of taking advice from super successful people, how to actually achieve enlightenment, my favourite mindset hack for doing the right thing and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:53) Expectations Define Happiness (06:15) The Increase of Mono-Thinking (09:42) The Abilene Paradox (12:28) Stop Taking Advice From the Super-Successful (15:34) Realistic Path to Enlightenment (20:33) Make Decisions For Tomorrow’s You (24:44) Let Go of Fear & Ego (28:55) Why People Lack Empathy For Men (39:38) How to Measure When a Story Goes Truly Mainstream (40:52) Why More Women Support Body Positivity (46:10) Productivity Dysmorphia (51:11) The Problem with Monk Mode (58:35) Post-Content Clarity (1:03:48) Would You Consume Your Own Content? (1:08:13) Be Willing to Be Disliked (1:09:05) Choose Your Suck

Extra Stuff:

Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/

To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom

Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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Why Is Everyone Choosing To Stay Single? - Alex DatePsych - #701

November 2, 2023

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99m

Alexander DatePsych is a Neuroscience and Behavioural Science researcher whose work focuses on attractiveness and dating.

The modern dating world is a difficult universe to navigate, which has led a lot of people to check out of it completely. But does this make people happier to elect loneliness rather than risk heartbreak?

Expect to learn why 50% of men have not approached a woman in the last year, the biggest struggles everyone faces when dating, what misconceptions the world has when it comes to dating apps, whether women actually prefer dad bods, why women initiate more divorces, why the normal guy is actually more likely to get the girl and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Why Have Men Stopped Approaching Women? (04:10) Do Men Need to Be So Risk-Averse? (09:37) Takeaways From Alex’s Survey on Dating Struggles (15:26) Trying to Correct the Ideology of Incels (19:11) Why Competence is Sexy (25:01) What People Misunderstood About Online Dating (34:45) Women’s Preferences For Dad-Bods (44:50) The Gap in Libido Between Sexes (48:43) Is It Important to Ask About Body Count? (51:30) Sexual Double Standards Between Sexes (55:54) What the Red Pill is Doing to Marriage (1:11:00) Why the Normie Gets the Girl (1:20:39) Do Women Prefer Short-Term Partners? (1:31:22) Why Age Gaps Are Taboo (1:38:40) What’s Next for Alex (1:39:45) Where to Find Alex

Extra Stuff:

Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/

To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom

Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

Get in touch.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast

Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Next Episode

Why Does No One Trust The Media Anymore? - Patrick Bet-David - #703

November 6, 2023

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142m

Patrick Bet-David is an entrepreneur, founder of Valuetainment, podcaster and author.

Given that the world is in chaos, we would usually turn to our institutions and news organisations to make sense of what's happening. But trust in these institutions is at an all time low, so what can we do about it?

Expect to learn why it’s actually important to have enemies, Patrick's thoughts on Ben Shapiro's new Snow White movie, what he thinks about Dana White's life philosophy, what it takes to actually impress people, why immigrants have such a strong work ethic, who actually runs the world, whether Tucker Carlson is going to break the internet and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Why You Need an Enemy (09:03) The Importance of Using Your Pain (17:13) The Difference Between Competitors & Enemies (32:57) Reacting to Ben Shapiro & Daily Wire (46:07) Why Current Dating Culture is a Mess (52:38) Is Society Focusing on the Wrong Things? (1:02:33) Patrick's Opinion on Dana White (1:09:32) How People Deceive Themselves (1:16:19) Is Chris Obliged to Have an Opinion on Everything? (1:27:50) Rising Scepticism of Institutions & Media (1:41:01) How to Grow Out of a Lazy Mentality (1:49:30) Giving Your Child the Best Opportunities for Success (1:59:10) Are the Benefits of Paranoia Worth it? (2:03:35) Who Really Runs the World? (2:13:30) Desire For More Vs Self-Love (2:21:47) Where to Find Patrick

Extra Stuff:

Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books

Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom

Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

Get In Touch:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast

Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact