Why Are Young Men Struggling So Much? - Connor Beaton - #692

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10/12/23

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Connor Beaton is a men’s life coach, founder of ManTalks and an author focusing on men’s wellness and personal growth.

Men are often told that their problems would be fixed if they stopped being so stoic. If only they ceased hiding their emotions and started being more vulnerable, their mental health would improve. But is this actually the case? Does the world actually want vulnerable men?

Expect to learn whether men actually can show their vulnerability to the world, why a man’s pain is so important for his growth, whether modern therapy is failing men, why men have so many surface level relationships, how men can embrace anger and take back control of their minds, why so many men gauge their worth on how their business and relationship are doing, and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) The One Rule of Men (09:39) Why Is So Much Expected of Men? (13:26) Men’s Roles in Competition & War (23:14) The Double Standard of Aggression & Vulnerability (33:39) The Huge Rise of Internet Men’s Advice (45:12) Vacancy of Father Figures & Friends for Boys (58:19) How Does Fatherlessness Actually Impact Young Men? (1:06:54) Vulnerability Around Men Discussing Sex (1:15:15) Increasing Testosterone Improve’s Men’s Capacity (1:25:36) Advice to Men Who Want to Open Up More (1:32:30) Where to Find Connor

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What It Means To Live A Fulfilled Life - Jimmy Carr - #691

October 9, 2023

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163m

Jimmy Carr is a comedian, television host and an author.

Jimmy is known as one of the best one-line comics in history, but this episode goes way deeper than you’re probably expecting. It's far less about jokes and far more about Jimmy’s obsession with human psychology, frameworks and thinking tools.

Expect to learn what the most important question to ask yourself is, why you have probably been thinking about luck incorrectly, what the two great myths in life are, the most common misconceptions about being famous, how to survive a cancellation attempt, what kind of relationship we should have with our inner-critic, how to enjoy the passage of time in a graceful way and much more...

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(00:00) Ask Yourself ‘What Do You Want?’ (10:57) The Intense Schedule of a Popular Comedian (16:15) Are Comedians Ahead of the Curve on Society’s Issues? (25:14) Our Obsession With Ourselves & Individualism (33:40) The Internet’s Culture of Cynicism (41:39) Hidden Vs Observable Metrics (53:25) Using Useful Delusions to Make Life Better (1:06:32) The Rise of Andrew Tate in the Silent Crisis of Young Men (1:16:45) The Experience of Being Cancelled (1:26:47) Our Personas Crave Praise (1:35:37) Fear of What Other People Will Think of Our Failure (1:42:46) Jimmy’s Thoughts on Kindness (1:49:45) Do Men Have a Quarter-Life Crisis? (1:54:45) How We Value Things At Different Stages of Life (2:01:45) How Should We Respond to Critics? (2:08:45) Should We Be Worried About China, AI & Existential Risks? (2:24:09) Going from the Easy Life to Having Children (2:36:04) The Beauty of Flow States in the Passage of Time (2:41:07) What’s Next for Jimmy

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The Shocking New Science Of How To Manage Your Stress - Dr Robert Sapolsky - #693

October 14, 2023

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101m

Dr Robert Sapolsky is a Professor at Stanford University, a world-leading researcher, and an author.

Stress is an inevitable part of human life. But what is stress actually doing to the human body when it happens for such a prolonged period of time? And what does science say are the best interventions to defeat it?

Expect to learn the crucial difference between short term and long term stress, how stress actually impacts the human system, the neurodevelopmental consequences of stress and poverty, how to detrain your dopamine sensitivity, what everyone doesn't understand about how hormones work, whether believing in free will is a useful world view, why there is a relationship between belief in free will and obesity and much more...

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(00:00) What Robert Wished People Knew About Stress (06:00) Where is the Threshold of Short-Term Stress Becoming Long-Term? (12:29) How Brain Development is Influenced by Mother’s Socioeconomic Status (25:50) Does Your Stress Impact Your Descendants? (29:00) Finding Solutions to Manage Stress (35:52) How to Better Enjoy the Good Things in Life (42:50) Can You Actually Detox from Dopamine? (53:18) Why Robert Wanted to Study Our Lack of Free Will (1:01:46) How Having No Conscious Agency Impacts Justice (1:11:10) The Myth of the Self-Made Man (1:32:43) How to Acknowledge Your Lack of Agency & Not Feel Depressed (1:40:22) Where to Find Robert

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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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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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