Modern Wisdom

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Synopsis

Deconstructing life lessons, fitness, mindset and interesting people - with Chris Williamson.

Episodes

  • #070 - Tim Briggs - How To Eat For Performance

    09/05/2019 Duration: 01h28min

    Tim Briggs is a nutritionist, CrossFit coach and the owner of WeDominateNutrition.com Most people with a gym membership have an idea of how to eat to facilitate weight change, but eating to maximise performance output is a another beast entirely. Today, expect to learn how to use diet to boost your strength, endurance or recovery, Tim's favourite protocols for eating around training & competitions, why the FODMAP diet is probably right for almost all of us and whether he's ever fully going to grow a topknot. Extra Stuff: Follow WDN on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wedominatenutrition/ Check out WDN's Website - https://www.wedominatenutrition.com/ Warrior Programming - https://www.warriorprogramming.com/ The Protein Works Supplements - https://bit.ly/TPWChrisWillx The FODMAP Diet - https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/low-fodmap-diet Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop

  • #069 - George MacGill - Mental Models 101 - How To Make Better Decisions

    06/05/2019 Duration: 01h17min

    I'm joined by long time friend of the show and all round interesting individual George MacGill to break down how we can make better decisions in all areas of our lives by using Mental Models. If you imagine that your mind is an operating system, Mental Models are the apps you install into it which improve your ability to effectively make decisions. Today we are upgrading our minds by thinking about thinking, as we delve into some of mine & George's favourite mental models along with a mass of our best examples and resources. Huge thank you to Social Chain for letting me record in their beautiful studio and Video Guy Ollie from SC HQ for filming everything. Extra Stuff: Follow George on Twitter - https://twitter.com/george__mack Farnam Street Blog - https://fs.blog/ Farnam Street's 109 Mental Models - https://fs.blog/mental-models/ The Great Mental Models Book by Shane Parrish - https://amzn.to/2VijWDE Shane Parrish on Art Of Manliness - https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/mental-models-decision-making/ Th

  • #068 - Rachel Kleinfeld - Fixing The Most Violent Countries On Earth

    02/05/2019 Duration: 41min

    Rachel Kleinfeld is a senior fellow of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the founding CEO of the Truman National Security Project. How can the world's deadliest countries fall apart? From electoral violence to organised crime, it's not difficult to tear a society to pieces. And then how can these decimated countries be put back together again? Rachel proposes a fascinating framework for governments to follow, framed by historical examples from the mob in Sicily vs Naples, Nigeria vs Mexico and the US South vs The Wild West. Extra Stuff: A Savage Order - https://amzn.to/2LfVwGj Rachel's Website - http://www.rachelkleinfeld.com Follow Rachel on Twitter - https://twitter.com/RachelKleinfeld Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel

  • #067 - Inside Tracker - The Largest Database Of Healthy People In The World

    29/04/2019 Duration: 01h05min

    Inside Tracker are a company from Boston MA who provide bloodwork analysis to athletes and the general public. The world is increasingly moving toward a focus on inner health, micro gains and a higher resolution view of our body's internal state. Inside Tracker are at the forefront of this analytical movement. After sitting down with Professor David Sinclair at Harvard Medical School I went straight to meet with Inside Tracker HQ Execs Jonathan Levitt & Carrie Kolb to talk through the trends they're seeing worldwide from thousands of bloodwork samples. Extra Stuff: Inside Tracker - https://www.insidetracker.com Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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.c

  • #066 - Professor David Sinclair - Can Humans Live For 1000 Years?

    22/04/2019 Duration: 01h17min

    David Sinclair is a Professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and co-Director of the Paul Glenn Centre for the Biological Mechanisms of Ageing. Today we hear from a scientist at the cutting edge of longevity research as Professor Sinclair gives us a fascinating insight into the world of anti-ageing. Expect to learn how and why we age, why stabilising the epigenetic landscape may enable a human to live for 1000 years, exactly what tactics Professor Sinclair is using himself to try and extend his life and how fasting, Sirtuins and NAD can be used to promote health and reduce diseases. Extra Stuff: David’s New Book - http://lifespanbook.com/ Follow David on Twitter - https://twitter.com/davidasinclair Inside Tracker - https://www.insidetracker.com Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like mi

  • #065 - Chris Hutchins - The Basics Of Money Management

    18/04/2019 Duration: 55min

    Chris Hutchins is the CEO of HelloGrove.com, former Entrepreneur In Residence at Google Ventures and a serial money-optimiser. Effective money management is something which everyone should know but no one is taught. Chris has spent a large portion of his career trying to educate people to be skillful with their finances and today we get to learn many of his favourite tips. Extra Stuff Follow Chris On Twitter - https://twitter.com/hutchins Chris's Website - https://chrishutchins.com/ Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your

  • #064 - James Clear - How To Build Habits That Last

    15/04/2019 Duration: 01h35s

    James Clear is an author, entrepreneur and speaker focused on habits, decision-making and continuous improvement. James' new book Atomic Habits has been my most recommended of 2019 (and probably 2020 too). I honestly can't describe how impactful, actionable and brilliant it is and I'm beyond excited to share some key learnings from it in today's episode with you. Our successes or failures in life are lagging measures of the actions we take on a daily basis. The often unseen force driving these actions are our habits, and today we're going to learn how to build & break habits from one of the foremost authorities in the field. From stopping smoking to starting meditating, tying your shoes to becoming a world champion basketball player, learning how habits work will assist you in achieving whatever your goals are in life. Also expect to learn how to discover your passion and connect with your purpose. Don't sleep on this episode. Extra Stuff: Buy Atomic Habits - https://amzn.to/2Uhym1x James' Website - https://j

  • #063 - Robin Dreeke - How To Read Behaviour Like An FBI Agent

    11/04/2019 Duration: 01h06min

    Robin Dreeke is the ex Head of the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Program and an author. Robin worked as a counterintelligence agent for the FBI recruiting spies, assets and gathering intelligence for 21 years. From being in the New York Field Office in Manhattan on the day of 9/11 to creating the FBI's elite Counterintelligence Behavioural Analysis program, he's had a fascinating career. Expect to learn the verbal and non-verbal cues which you can use to help earn trust and make your communication more effective with others. We'll also learn to be able to detect deception in others and hear some amazing stories from Robin's time in the most advanced intelligence agency on the planet. Extra Stuff: Robin's Website - http://www.peopleformula.com/ Check out Robin's book It's Not All About Me - https://amzn.to/2Z39wWY Follow Robin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/rdreeke Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https:/

  • #062 - Catch Up 102 - Rome, Greggs & Flat Earth

    08/04/2019 Duration: 01h08min

    Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me again as we continue our Catch Up series. No agenda, no specific topics for us to cover, just us talking about what we've been watching, reading & experiencing in our lives. This week we're talking about my holiday to Rome, Yusef's disaster in Greggs, Jonny nearly being abducted, Flat Earth and lots more. Extra Stuff: https://propanefitness.com/ Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • #061 - Christie Aschwanden - The Truth About Sports Recovery

    04/04/2019 Duration: 53min

    Christie Aschwanden is a journalist and author of "GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery". From fancy foam rollers to cryo-therapy, sleep optimisation to compression pants... Today Christie is going to take us through every recovery method you've tried yourself or seen on Instagram, and give us the bottom line regarding their effectiveness. - Extra Stuff: GOOD TO GO Book - https://amzn.to/2YJ7mM5 Follow Christie on Twitter - https://twitter.com/cragcrest Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

  • #060 - Robbyn Swan & Anthony Summers - The Disappearance Of Madeleine McCann

    01/04/2019 Duration: 01h10min

    Robbyn Swan and Anthony Summers are investigative journalists, authors & experts in the Madeleine McCann case. The disappearance of Madeline McCann is the world’s best known missing child case, and the recent Netflix series has reignited interest. From messy investigations to libellous press accusations, missing evidence and thousands of worldwide sightings, this case has fascinated and perplexed the public. Today, Robbyn & Anthony will take us through the most important elements of the case, tell us what the status of the investigation is now, and tell us their opinions on what really happened to Madeleine McCann. Extra Stuff: Submit Information - www.findmadeleine.com Looking For Madeleine Book - https://amzn.to/2YDXpiR Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the M

  • #059 - Relationships 104 - How To Be Single

    25/03/2019 Duration: 01h17min

    Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me again for the final instalment in our Relationships Series as we tackle the most murky topic of all - how to be single. Expect to learn our top red flags to look out for in a potential partner, why Tinder is a waste of time and how demonstrating value through dance moves can be just as good as having an impressive Instagram account. With great power comes great responsibility - please use The Funnel with the respect it deserves. Extra Stuff: Relationships 101 - https://youtu.be/Sm4lIGLmYEE Relationships 102 - https://youtu.be/O9FA4uJj_pM Relationships 103 - https://youtu.be/8KPoKkNty-A Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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: h

  • #058 - Professor Paul Steinhardt - A New Kind Of Matter

    18/03/2019 Duration: 01h09min

    Professor Paul Steinhardt is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist at Princeton University, Director of the Princeton Centre for Theoretical Science and an author. Despite Professor Steinhardt's resume reading like a scientist, today's story is closer to that of a crime detective novel than a research project. Join us on a rollercoaster tale as we travel across the world with Professor Steinhardt and his team in search of a new kind of matter. Expect to meet some crafty Russians, an old lady in Amsterdam, a Romanian man called Tim and an asteroid that no one ever new existed. More Stuff: The Second Kind Of Impossible - https://amzn.to/2CqhiQX Professor Steinhardt's Website - https://paulsteinhardt.org/ Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel

  • #057 - Alexander Cortes - Skills For The 21st Century

    14/03/2019 Duration: 01h12s

    Alexander Cortes is a trainer, writer and speaker. Expect to learn what skills Alex would give a human if he was designing them for the 21st century, why we think Gary Vaynerchuk might have been pressing on the CEO of Fyre Festival's amygdala and our strategies for reading more throughout 2019. Extra Things: Sign up to Alex's Newsletter - https://cortes.site/newsletter/ Follow Alex on Twitter - https://twitter.com/AJA_Cortes (he tweets some GREAT stuff) Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm

  • #056 - Life Hacks 107

    11/03/2019 Duration: 01h55min

    Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Life Hacks episode as we detail our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life. Expect to learn... Why is a dog one of the most crucial happiness decisions you can make? How can an Italian tomato make you more productive? Can you get Instagram on your computer? What books are we reading right now? And much more. This episode is brought to you by The Protein Works, head to https://bit.ly/TPWChrisWillx to check out their full range. Resources:  Get a dog. Get your phone out during road rage. Scissors for chopping everything in the kitchen. Plastic bottles for separating eggs. Gousto Food Boxes (with £25 off your first order) - https://www.gousto.co.uk/refer/Rebecca/REBEC18585938 3 small things every day, 1 big thing per week. Eisenhower Matrix - https://xwavesoft.com/focus-matrix-for-iphone-ipad-mac.html The Pomodoro Technique - https://xwavesoft.com/be-focused-pro-for-iphone-ipad-mac-os-x.html TabWrangler - https://chrome.google.com

  • #055 - Jordan Hall - How Do You Redesign Civilisation?

    07/03/2019 Duration: 46min

    Jordan Hall is the Co Founder of Neurohacker Collective, the Co Founder of DivX and a writer. What is the game that our civilisation has been playing for the last era? And where has that brought us to? Today we take a birds' eye view of society and civilisation as a whole as we work out whether we can play a better game than this. Extra Stuff: Follow Jordan on Medium - https://medium.com/@jordangreenhall/ Jordan's Company Neurohacker Collective - https://neurohacker.com A Glitch In The Matrix Documentary - https://youtu.be/zQCTeGKHsVc Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: http

  • #054 - Catch Up 101

    04/03/2019 Duration: 01h27min

    Welcome to a brand new series, featuring the long awaited return of Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com These Catch Up episodes will have no agenda, no topics for us to focus on, it's just me, Jonny & Yusef talking about what we've been watching or read in the news or what's going on in our lives. This week we're talking Liam Neeson, Fyre Festival, Meditation Retreats, Jonny appearing on Pointless, Yusef being rear ended and much more. Extra Stuff: https://propanefitness.com/ Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your ad ch

  • #053 - Garrett J. White - What Does It Mean To Be A Man? Wake Up Warrior

    25/02/2019 Duration: 51min

    Garrett J. White is the founder of Wake Up Warrior, Creator of Warrior Week & Author of Warrior Book. There is turmoil for both men & women on what our gender roles demand of us in modern society with one of the primary questions being "What does it mean to be a man?" Today I'm turning to Garrett for answers as a coach who has helped thousands of men to become an upgraded version of themselves. Raw and unfiltered, Garrett has a very intense view of what masculinity means and how men should behave, but behind the brutish delivery is a focus on truth being paramount and taking charge of your personal sovereignty. I'd love to hear your opinions, so drop me a message and let me know your thoughts. Extra Stuff: Wake Up Warrior - http://wakeupwarriormovie.com/ Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners

  • #052 - Leon Scott - How To Use Your Influence

    18/02/2019 Duration: 58min

    Leon Scott is a Semi-Professional Footballer, Model, Influencer and Online Coach. The worlds of modelling, football and Instagram aren't often extolled for their virtue or commitment to mindfulness, but Leon is a non-typical member of these groups and is using his platform to promote mental wellbeing to the thousands who follow him. Great to sit down with a kindred spirit today. We finally got to discuss how we both feel about having a desire to promote mental wellbeing through our channels and the requirement to balance that with the "game playing" which is needed to be successful online.  Extra Stuff: Follow Leon on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/leon3scott Leon's Website - http://www.leon-scott.com Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Chan

  • #051 - Dr Brian Keating - Losing The Nobel Prize

    11/02/2019 Duration: 01h06min

    Brian Keating is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Centre for Astrophysics & Space Sciences at University of California. How would it feel to almost receive the Nobel Prize and have it torn from your grasp? Today we're going to find out, albeit at Professor Keating's expense. Expect to learn what it takes to build a telescope that can detect the farthest regions of space in the Antarctic, what the Nobel Prize originally set out to achieve and how the politics of the physics community can often get in the way of progress. Extra Stuff: Brian's Website - https://briankeating.com/ Losing The Nobel Prize - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Losing-Nobel-Prize-Cosmology-Ambition/dp/1324000910/ Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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...

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