Modern Wisdom

This episode was originally recorded on Sean Spooner's podcast Life and Lessons. I enjoyed this discussion so much, I figured I'd put it on Modern Wisdom too. Lots more talking by me on this one, which you'd better enjoy, or else. Expect to learn why identity change is so hard, what being club promoter without nightclubs for a year has been like, why going sober is still a red pill everyone needs to take, my thoughts on cancel culture, what chapters I would include in my book, why social justice warriors fundamentally hate themselves and much more... Sponsors: Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Book a Free Consultation Call with ActiveLifeRX at https://www.activelifeprofessional.com/modernwisdom  Extra Stuff: Check out Sean's Podcast Life and Lessons - https://apple.co/32CkfKR Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.p

Gabrielle Bluestone is the Executive Producer of the FYRE Documentary, an author & journalist. From failed festivals to fake blood tests, the grifters and scammers of the world seem to be having their time in the spotlight right now. Expect to learn how Billy McFarland the founder of Fyre Festival has got himself into even more trouble since he's been in jail, why Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos made her voice lower, what we learned from Mike Bloomberg's Presidential Campaign, whether you can influence your way to a best selling product, why we're so obsessed with these car crash individuals and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) Get 20% discount on Reebok’s entire range including the amazing Nano X1 at https://geni.us/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy Hype - https://amzn.to/3amiUvR Follow Gabrielle on Twitter - https://twitter.com/g_bluestone  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 1

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode. Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life. Expect to learn Jonny's favourite music to lift heavy to, why I'm a YouTube Premium convert, the best type of MyProtein Whey, how to fix torn hands when lifting, how I redeliver my Kindle highlights every day, how to optimise Apple Photos and much more... Extra Stuff: Survival of the fittedest - Clothing Evolution YouTube Premium - https://www.youtube.com/premium Live version of music for training Architects Live at Reading - https://youtu.be/CZssq0DXtag  Optimise your Alfred & use IIna video player - https://iina.io/ https://typefully.app/ WOD Welder - https://amzn.to/3e3Amqj Block And Bottle - https://blocknbottle.com/ Re Fry Fatty Steak Cuts Readwise.io Check your calendar & photos when doing a review Learn to leverage Apple Photos Have a shared album with your partner “Don’t practise what you do not wa

Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist an author. Humans are not transparent to ourselves. We are complex creatures who operate on ancient programming. Having spent years and years as a practicing psychotherapist for men, women and couples, Adam has come to learn some insights about us which he put into an epic Twitter thread and that's what we go through today. Expect to learn why women are disgusted when they learn how the male sex drive works, why having an asshole for a child is your fault, why performative sex stops a woman from orgasming, why depressed men probably don't need medication, the truth about overcoming sexual trauma, how your brain stops you from having sex with your sister and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get perfect teeth 70% cheaper than other invisible aligners from DW Aligners at http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom  Extra Stuff: Check out Adam's original Twitter Thread -

Graeme Tomlinson is an evidence based diet coach and an author. Let's face it, pretty much everyone is fat right now. If lockdown has left us with anything, it's pasty skin which is a bit softer than usual. As the world gets back into a fitness regime, it's important to learn the fundamentals around how dieting and weight loss actually work. Expect to learn the principles of dieting and losing weight, whether juicing or detoxes work, what low carb & keto actually do, how intermittent fasting works, why slimming clubs don't work, how to keep your fat loss sustainable and much more... Extra Stuff: Follow Graeme on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thefitnesschef_  Check out Graeme's Website - https://www.fitnesschef.uk  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW You

Brian Greene is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, an author and the Director of Columbia University’s Centre for Theoretical Physics. Nothing short of fascinating stuff today with one of the most popular public physicists of our age. Brian is an absolute titan. Expect to hear answers to some of the biggest and most fundamental questions we have. What happens if the universe is infinite? When will time end? What is time? What is the relationship between entropy and evolution? What do people get wrong about the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum physics? Just how finely tuned for life is our universe? Why does the Planck Scale exist? Is there such a thing as meaning in a universe which doesn't care if we live or die? How will ultra-advanced civilisations behave in the future? Sponsors: Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on Reebok’s entire range including the amazing Nano X at https://geni.us/modernwisdom (u

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and an author. The last year has been incredibly challenging. It's times like this when we need one of the most popular and insightful voices of our generation to come and give us some advice, welcome to the show Dr Jordan B. Peterson. Expect to learn how to deal with the pain of unlived potential, Jordan Peterson's thoughts on the productivity movement, his reaction to being featured in Marvel's Captain America Comic, how to add a sense of urgency to your life, why losing friends as you grow is desirable, what Jordan is going to do next and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy Beyond Order - https://amzn.to/3d4eKdX Fo

Thomas Moynihan is a historian and an author. Humans may have only had the ability to destroy ourselves for the last hundred years or so, but thinkers have been hypothesising about the potential end of existence for thousands of years. Today Thomas explains the history of how humanity came to realise its potential for extinction. Sponsors: Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Follow Thomas on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nemocentric Buy X-Risk - https://amzn.to/2PzTYKx  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me..

Steven Kotler is a peak performance expert, entrepreneur and an author. The mystery of achieving peak performance is what many people are striving toward in life. Steven is a world expert in Flow and through years of cutting edge research, has finally created the recipe. Expect to learn how to break & build your motivation, the best way to hack your creativity, why Salvador Dali literally WAS drugs, the universal triggers you can use to drop yourself into flow, how to integrate peak performance protocols into your routine and much more...  Sponsors: Book a Free Consultation Call with ActiveLifeRX at https://www.activelifeprofessional.com/modernwisdom  Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 3.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Check out the Flow Research Collective - https://www.flowresearchcollective.com/ Check out Steven's website - https://www.stevenkotler.com/  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehack

Victor Wooten is one of the greatest bass players of all time and a 5-times Grammy Award Winner. After a career of writing, teaching and performing at the highest levels on earth, Victor has come to gain some insights around how music affects us and what we might be losing if we don't properly nurture it. Expect to learn how Victor deals with his internal critic, what he does to open up his students' creativity, what fast food and modern music have in common, how Victor overcomes nerves when performing and much more... Extra Stuff: Check out Victor's Website - https://www.victorwooten.com/ Follow Victor on Instagram - https://www.victorwooten.com/  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswil

Chrissie Mayr is a comedian and a podcaster. A lot of success in life can be achieved by simply avoiding failure. I wanted to bring Chrissie on to discuss all the lessons she'd give her younger self from her years of dating, family life, career prospects and oestrogen in general. Expect to learn why no one under 60 years old should write relationship advice columns, why "you deserve it all" is a dangerous ideology, the biggest challenges Chrissie sees women facing in their careers, how to stop being single, why dating multiple men to learn the same lesson is a waste of time and much more... Extra Stuff: Follow Chrissie on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChrissieMayr Check out Chrissie's Website - https://www.chrissiemayr.com/  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW

Ryan Bush is systems designer and an author. Redesigning your mind is hard because there are a lot of influences at play. A very comprehensive approach is needed to really impact our mindset. Today I think I might have found someone who has all the tools. Expect to learn how to design your mind to work with you not against you, how to cultivate meta-cognition, how to rewire your mental biases, how to restructure your emotions, how to modulate your desires, how to build self control and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) Get 20% discount on Reebok’s entire range at https://geni.us/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy Designing The Mind - https://amzn.to/3tR3189 Complete Ryan's Survey - https://designingthemind.org/survey  The 9 Levels Of Increasing Embrace - http://www.cook-greuter.com/Cook-Greuter%209%20levels%20paper%20new%201.1'14%2097p%5B1%5D.pdf  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List

Steven Bartlett is the Founder of Social Chain, an entrepreneur and an author. Building a business, buying fast cars and becoming a millionaire is the peak of some people's dreams. But does achieving that actually satisfy you and create success? Or does it leave you hollow inside? And is it possible to achieve material success alongside meaningful fulfilment? Expect to learn why £13 in chicken shop feels more satisfying than Social Chain being listed on a stock exchange, why Steven's billionaire friends are miserable, how to develop the skill of quitting, why Steven left dinner to do a bodyweight workout in his hotel room and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy Happy Sexy Millionaire - https://amzn.to/3chanMf  Follow Steven on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/steven/  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To supp

Greg Everett is a weightlifting coach and an author. We're in the middle of a toughness revolution. From David Goggins motivational videos to cold showers, it seems like becoming tough is a skill many people want to develop right now, but what IS toughness and how do you cultivate it? Expect to learn how character, capacity, capability and commitment combine to create a truly tough human, how you can develop your resilience to adversity, why Greg says confidence can be built like any other physical pursuit, how to become more disciplined and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D & Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on all pillows at https://thehybridpillow.com (use code: MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy Tough - https://amzn.to/39cbTgF  Check out Greg's Website - https://www.catalystathletics.com/ Check out Greg's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/CatalystAthletics  Get my free Ultima

Chris Baber is a Chef and a Marks & Spencer food ambassador. The cells in our body are made up of what we put in our mouth. Although we all cook for ourselves, most people have no idea what they're doing in the kitchen. Chris is coming to the rescue. Expect to learn how to meal prep healthy fitness food in no time, how spices work and which ones you need, what Chris says every stock cupboard needs, what the best minimal kitchen equipment setup is, how to plan your shopping and your meals to never waste anything and much more... Sponsors: Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) Extra Stuff: Follow Chris on Instagram for recipes - https://www.instagram.com/chrisbaber  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): http

Polina Pompliano is a writer, author & founder of The Profile. Polina spends her time assessing the world's highest performing & most interesting individuals. Today we break down some of the common traits of her favourite subjects. Expect to learn how David Goggins used post-it notes to change himself, why Elon Musk is able to have truly unique thoughts, what Polina learned from The Rock, how the highest performers on earth spend their time wisely and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 3.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Follow Polina on Twitter - https://twitter.com/polina_marinova Check out The Profile - https://theprofile.substack.com  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom

Brian Christian is a programmer, researcher and an author. You have a computer system, you want it to do X, you give it a set of examples and you say "do that" - what could go wrong? Well, lots apparently, and the implications are pretty scary. Expect to learn why it's so hard to code an artificial intelligence to do what we actually want it to, how a robot cheated at the game of football, why human biases can be absorbed by AI systems, the most effective way to teach machines to learn, the danger if we don't get the alignment problem fixed and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) Get perfect teeth 70% cheaper than other invisible aligners from DW Aligners at http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Buy The Alignment Problem - https://amzn.to/3ty6po7 Follow Brian on Twitter - https://twitter.com/brianchristian  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://c

Kalle Sauerland is one of the most successful promoters in world boxing, Co-Founder of Sauerland Events and Co-Founder of the World Boxing Super Series. Boxing is a legendary sport which captures global attention, but the entire industry is held together by the promoters who make the matches and create the events we love to watch, how does it all work? Expect to learn Kalle's thoughts on Jake & Logan Paul's YouTube boxing careers, his wildest stories from press conferences, how terrifying Derek Chisora really is, when he's been most nervous before an event, what he thinks about Dana White and much more... Sponsors: Get 19% discount, 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Follow Kalle on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SauerlandBros Follow Kalle on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sauerlandbros  Check out the WBSS - https://worldboxingsuperseries.com/  Get my free Ultimate Life

Ben Bergeron is a CrossFit Coach and the Owner of CrossFit New England. As far as we know, we only get one shot at life, so we'd better make it count. Fulfilling our potential and making the most of our abilities is the name of the game, but how do you do this? Expect to learn why core values are so important to achieving your goals, how Ben focusses on maximising his minutes, how to embrace adversity in your life, why intentionality and focus are so crucial and much more... Extra Stuff: Check out CompTrain - https://comptrain.co/ Follow Ben on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/benbergeron  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube:

John Vervaeke is an Associate Professor at the University Of Toronto. There is a meaning crisis upon us. People are revisiting Stoicism and Buddhism and mindfulness and psychedelics in an attempt to understand themselves and connect with the world around them. John joins me today to try and give us a route out of this trench. Expect to learn the different types of learning, how John would construct a person who is ready to become wise and find meaning, the daily practises that John uses to continue to grow every day, what the relation is between being too cerebral and lacking wisdom and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount on all pillows at https://thehybridpillow.com (use code: MW20) Extra Stuff: Check out John's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/johnvervaeke/  Follow John on Twitter - https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john  Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom -