Modern Wisdom - Chris Williamson

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What Is Happening With Patreon, Gillette and Brexit? - Sargon Of Akkad - #048 Jan 21, 2019

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Sargon Of Akkad, also known as Carl Benjamin, is a YouTuber and Political Commentator.

Today we're talking hot topics, including Carl's recent removal from Patreon and Jordan Peterson & Sam Harris's subsequent exits from the platform, Gillette's new advert & it's implications for the future of manhood, and the current state of Brexit & Theresa May's government.

More Stuff:

Sargon Of Akkad on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/SargonofAkkad100

Gillette's Advert - https://youtu.be/koPmuEyP3a0

The Eyes To The Right & The Nose To The Left In Parliament - https://twitter.com/ChrisWillx/status/1085908179572215808

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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-Huberma

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How To Develop A Resilient Mind - Dr Rick Hanson - #047 Jan 14, 2019

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Dr Rick Hanson is a psychologist and New York Times Best Selling Author.

We are often told that the world is a vicious place, with this in mind, how do you grow an unshakeable core of calm, strength and happiness to help weather the inevitable storms? This is the topic of Rick's new book Resilient.

I loved this discussion, finding someone who bridges practical application of psychological techniques & research with an understanding of the esoteric view of the mind is very rare, a sequel episode will likely be coming soon.

More Stuff:

Resilient: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451498844/

Rick's Website: https://www.rickhanson.net/

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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-Huberma

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Endure; Finding The Limits Of Human Performance - Alex Hutchinson - #046 Jan 07, 2019

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Alex Hutchinson is a journalist, athlete and author of "Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance".

What makes some of us quit while others can continue? Just how much of human performance is dictated by the mind and how much by the body? These are fundamental questions which all of us have contemplated, today we find the answers.

Alex takes us through the fascinating research that went into his book. I was blown away by the insights as he breaks down the components that make up "endurance" and gives us some fantastic tools to improve our own.

More Things:

Follow Alex on Twitter - https://twitter.com/sweatscience

Endure The Book - http://amzn.eu/d/f19Ihzf

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

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-Huberma

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A Physicist And A Boxer Walk Into A Bar - Ed Latimore - #045 Dec 31, 2018

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Ed Latimore is a writer, Physicist and Professional Heavyweight Boxer.

Out of Ed's eclectic mix of interests comes a unique perspective as we discuss his background, the world of professional boxing, his journey through sobriety, alcohol in society and how to be successful on Twitter.

Extra Stuff:

Ed's Website - https://edlatimore.com/

Follow Ed On Twitter - https://twitter.com/edlatimore

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

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-Huberma

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Christmas Special - Hacks, Fails & New Year Plans - #044 Dec 21, 2018

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Join us for a special Christmas Episode as we roll around in festive cheer, reflecting upon 2018 and reviewing our best hacks & fails from the last 12 months before setting some goals for the coming year.

Discover why a chestnut didn't kill Jonny, what our individual approaches to new year's resolutions are, and why Yusef decided to take his pants off halfway through this recording (for real).

Extra Stuff:

6 Minute Diary - http://amzn.eu/d/0hz6JJH

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

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-Huberma

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Relationships 103 - Cheating, How To Get Over Someone & How To End A Relationship - #043 Dec 17, 2018

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Relationships 101 & 102 both landed in the Top 50 Chart Worldwide on Apple Podcasts, here we go again.

Jonny & Yusef join me as we delve into the murky depths at the end of a relationship. We explain our views on why we have cheated in the past, our strategies for getting over a partner and the best approaches we've found for delivering breakups.

Discover what research says men & women fear most in relationships, why cheating is just parabolic discounting at it's finest and why saying "I'm not attracted to you, at all" is a suboptimal approach for justifying a breakup.

Extra Stuff:

Relationships 101 - https://youtu.be/Sm4lIGLmYEE

Relationships 102 - https://youtu.be/O9FA4uJj_pM

How To Get Over Someone - https://youtu.be/tAsH_LXT9P0

Stay In Or Leave A Relationship - https://youtu.be/YGV5o6UHjxM

How To End A Relationship - https://youtu.be/VPXIzJcfAMk

The Worst & Best Ways to Tell Someone It’s Over - https://youtu.be/f4d6UcRCQDc

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

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-Huberma

Get in touch.

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What Makes Us Curious? - Dr Mario Livio - #042 Dec 10, 2018

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Dr. Mario Livio is an internationally known astrophysicist, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a best-selling author, and a popular speaker.

In his new book “Why? What Makes Us Curious”, Dr Livio delves into the subtleties and nuances of what constitutes our human capacity for curiosity and uses examples from Leonardo Da Vinci, Richard Feynman & many more to demonstrate the manifestation of curiosity throughout history.

Expect to learn the different types of curiosity and their roles in our lives, how you can cultivate a more curious mindset for yourself & those around you, and who Dr Livio considers to be the most curious individual ever to have lived.

Further Reading:

Why? What Makes Us Curious - http://amzn.eu/d/i0VNbPW

Follow Dr Livio on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Mario_Livio

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

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-Huberma

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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The Social Leap; How We Evolved From Tree Swinging to Human Being - William Von Hippel - #041 Dec 02, 2018

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William Von Hippel is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland and Author of The Social Leap.

Today is nothing short of fascinating as we learn the story of how our ancestors went from being chimps in trees to bipedal apes out on the plains and why we took that dangerous step in our development.

We discover why our brains more than trebled in size and how that benefited us, what tools and tactics enabled these early humans to survive in a perilous new environment and what the implications are for our modern day minds dealing with primitive motivations.

Further Reading:

The Social Leap - http://amzn.eu/d/iFGKgsg

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

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-Huberma

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Life Hacks 106 - #039 Nov 20, 2018

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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.

What’s our best product for beginning a journalling habit? How can you dispense with every USB plug in your bedroom? What’s the most efficient way to pack for a holiday? And how much would we have to be paid to put someone else’s poo in our bums?

Below you will find links to everything we reference, including as many referral & discount codes as we could find! Enjoy.

Resources:

Throw One Thing Away Every Day

Pull-Up Bar - http://amzn.eu/d/jeAOVL1

Anker USB Hub - http://amzn.eu/d/2w3ge0R

Get A Monthly Massage

Shoehorn - http://amzn.eu/d/6x2JGPM

Tell Your Friends You Miss Them

Be The Person Who Organises Things For Your Friends

Self Monetise As A Side Project

Alarmed - Reminders + Timers by Yoctoville - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/alarmed-reminders-timers/id371886784?mt=8

Pregnancy Pillow - http://amzn.eu/d/aMrQ6JP

Give Up Coffee For A Month

Automate Fuel Filling By Wedging The Cap Under The Handle

Plan Your Holiday Outfits In Advance

Spend Time By Yourself

Try Grounding (stand on grass or ground in bare feet)

Pocket Article App - https://getpocket.com/

The 6 Minute Diary - http://amzn.eu/d/fPoCZuj

NeilMed Sinus Rinse - http://amzn.eu/d/aDVFlxA

Skyr Yoghurt

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

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-Huberma

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

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The Hidden Motives in Everyday Life - Robin Hanson - #038 Nov 12, 2018

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Robin Hanson is associate professor of economics at George Mason University, author, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University.

Our decisions may feel like our own choice, but how much do our primitive brains play a part in determining the hidden motives of our everyday actions? Quite a lot according to Professor Hanson.

This is a fantastic introduction to evolutionary psychology as we uncover the hidden motives behind gossip, laughter, charity, cheating, social norms, body language and an awful lot more.

Resources:

Elephant In The Brain The Book: http://amzn.eu/d/eOMBylr

Robin's Blog: http://www.overcomingbias.com/

Robin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinhanson

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

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-Huberma

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

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

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