17 Raw Lessons About Human Nature - Steven Bartlett - #688

Modern Wisdom

10/02/23

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125m

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Steven Bartlett is the Founder of Social Chain, an entrepreneur, a podcaster and an author.

How to become a functioning human is a difficult skill to work out. Should I focus on achieving goals or inner peace? Can I become confident without being arrogant? Thankfully Steven has spent the last 2 years distilling a ton of lessons into his new book, and today we get to go through my favourites.

Expect to learn Steven’s equation for unbreakable discipline, the biggest lesson from dealing with mainstream media pile-ons, why there are so few actual practitioners in the world, how to stop being your biggest critic, why your weirdness is the ultimate competitive advantage, how Steven discovered he was riddled with fake ambition and much more...⁣⁣

Timestamps:

(00:00) The Frame Matters More Than the Picture (07:33) You Don’t Get to Choose What You Believe (21:29) Why Self Respect is So Important (35:12) Most People Strategise Instead of Executing (47:51) Are You Driven or Being Dragged? (58:54) The Loneliness & Hedonism of Elite Achievers (1:06:30) Why You Need to Sweat the Small Stuff (1:15:09) Do the Thing (1:19:28) Pressure is a Great Privilege (1:25:02) Steven’s Experience Becoming a Person of Public Interest (1:35:49) Do Our Beliefs Limit Us? (1:41:42) Context Is Worth More Than Skills (1:46:25) How to Avoid the Trap of Mono-Thinking (1:58:12) Fame Changes Everybody Around You (2:06:20) Where to Find Steven

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The Most Dangerous Stories From A Professional Card Counter - Steven Bridges - #687

September 30, 2023

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59m

Steven Bridges is a professional gambler and mostly-legal card counter.

If you've seen the movie 21, you'll know that it's possible to count cards while playing Blackjack in a casino to beat the house. But this isn't just limited to the movies, Steven is part of a team who takes on the biggest casinos in the world using hardcore maths, disguises and secret signals to win big.

Expect to learn the details of how a team of players is needed to take on a casino, how Steven chooses which casinos to count at, what are the best and worst places to play Blackjack in Vegas, the most amount of money Steven has made and lost in a single session, how he deals with losing absurd amounts of money, just how difficult it actually is to count cards and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) What Does Steven Do For Work? (07:29) The Dynamics of a Card-Counting Team (15:30) Is Card-Counting Legal? (19:30) Getting Recognised & Kicked Out of Casinos (23:59) Is Card-Counting Fun or Stressful? (34:58) The Feeling of Losing Significant Money (38:12) Some of Steven’s Best Games Played (40:50) The Challenges of Carrying Huge Amounts of Cash Around (48:14) How to Not Be Recognised When You Are Well-Known (56:04) Building Relationships with Dealers (59:35) Where to Find Steven

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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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Next Episode

The Terrifying Impact Of Single-Parent Households - Melissa Kearney - #689

October 5, 2023

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88m

Melissa Kearney is a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, and an author known for her research in the field of economic demography.

Declining marriage and birthrates frequently dominate discussions about the future of society, but what is the impact of separated parents on the kids who grow up in these homes? Melissa has spent years assessing the data, and her findings are absolutely terrifying.

Expect to learn how single-parent households are massively worsening class divides, what happens to kids who grow up with only one parent, what is driving the decline in American marriage rates, what Melissa is hearing from both men & women who don’t want to marry, just how many of the problems we’re seeing in the modern world are downstream from single-parent households, whether the decline in marriage and birthrate are at all correlated, what can be done about this issue and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Response to Melissa’s Book (02:27) What Has Been Happening to Marriage Rates? (07:46) How College Degrees Are Influencing Childbirth & Marriage Rates (14:52) Are Women Misjudging What Men Want? (25:30) Why Are Declining Marriages a Bad Thing? (30:20) Differences in Kids Raised in Two-Parent & One-Parent Homes (41:35) Cohabiting Vs Marriage (50:25) The Lack of Substitute Father Figures for Boys (58:30) Consequences of Eroding Chivalrous Norms (1:08:24) How Many of Societal Problems Are Due to Single-Parent Households? (1:10:10) The Connection Between Marriage Rates & Birth Rates (1:20:25) Melissa’s Interventions to Increase Marriage Rates (1:28:30) Where to Find Melissa

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

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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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