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How To Stop Feeling So Burned Out - Chris Bailey - #569 Dec 26, 2022

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Chris Bailey is a productivity consultant, researcher and best selling author.

Being productive is great. Everyone wants to get more done in less time and achieve their goals. But overshooting your tolerance for work can result in misery, fatigue, loss of creativity and days in bed. Finding a balance between the grind and being calm is vital.

Expect to learn the scientific theory explaining why burnout exists, why calmness and productivity are intrinsically linked, how being dopamine-driven is a dangerous motivator, how to slow down without feeling idle and lazy, the science of savouring life, why people who watch the news get more PTSD than people who experienced a bombing attack and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (02:56) Pressure of Being a Productivity Expert (06:01) What Chris Has Learned About Burnout (10:01) How to Recognise Burnout (15:06) Danger of Repetitive Burnouts (20:04) Evolutionary Benefit of Burnout (24:00) Strategies to Overcome Chronic Stress (32:16) Relationship of Calm & Anxiety (42:35) Can You Be Calm & Driven? (54:34) Self-Care Myths (59:12) How to Down-Regulate Dopamine Craves (1:09:13) Where To Find Chris

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How To Deal With The Shortness Of Life - Dean Rickles - #568 Dec 22, 2022

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Dean Rickles is Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics at the University of Sydney and a Director of the Sydney Centre for Time.

Life doesn't last that long. The ever present spectre of death looms large, even if you life to be 100. This can feel like a tragedy in many ways. What use are our efforts if they'll all be turned to dust eventually? A philosopher is needed here, to give us a fresh perspective.

Expect to learn why keeping your options open is a path to an early grave, how you can remind yourself of the miracle that you're alive at all, the solution to living a listless, unintentional life, whether death is actually the only thing that gives life any meaning, the danger of being a sailor without a journey or a route and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:24) Is Life Actually Short? (05:20) Seneca’s Thoughts on Living (11:29) The Paradox of Choice (18:25) How Does Accepting Mortality Make Life Better? (24:16) Why Goals Bring Balance (33:20) Danger of ‘Bulletproofing’ Yourself (38:43) Allowing Society to Destroy Your Personality (48:12) Practical Tools to Live Better (58:46) Where to Find Dean

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14 Psychoanalytical Concepts To Understand Yourself - Dr Jonathan Shedler - #567 Dec 19, 2022

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Dr Jonathan Shedler is a psychologist, author, master clinician and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California.

We do not understand ourselves. Almost all of what is inside of our minds is obscured from us. We don't need to exclusively despair though. With a little work and some good insights from psychoanalysis, the view can be made a little clearer.

Expect to learn why people believe that their suffering makes them more moral than others, how you can create a false identity without realising, the ruthless danger of projective identification, how come it's easier for us to see people as either good or bad, how extreme envy can manifest, the manipulative strategies we all enact without thinking and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:48) The Need for Psychoanalytic Psychology (06:11) What is Moral Masochism? (15:32) Developing a False Self (21:16) The Relationship Pattern of Transference (27:49) How Projective Identification & Splitting Works (46:11) Everyone Engages in Repetition & Enactment (50:50) Using Reaction Formation as a Defence (54:22) The Sub-conscious Act of Displacement (1:00:46) One Thing Dr Shedler Wished People Knew (1:03:21) How to Choose the Right Therapist (1:16:01) Where to Find Dr Shedler

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The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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Insights From History's Greatest Thinkers - David Senra - #566 Dec 17, 2022

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David Senra is a podcaster and a writer.

Many of the most important insights you need to learn to improve your life have already been discovered in the past. Thankfully David spends all his time reading biographies of the greatest thinkers, founders, entrepreneurs and inventors from history and has synthesised those lessons so you can remember them too.

Expect to learn how Steve Jobs came to think about time, what Kobe Bryant believed about the dangers of success making you soft, how the Rockefellers created their fortune, why crossing the Vanderbilts may result in you being very dead, whether anyone with extreme success managed to master a work-life balance, why you have to start reading Paul Graham's work, David's most recommended books and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:35) The Mental Athleticism of E-Sports (05:40) Studying How Paul Graham Thinks (11:40) The Hardest Workers of All-Time (21:08) Optimising for Optionality (26:37) Most Common Traits of High Performers (35:14) Are the People David Studied Generally Happier? (43:55) Do the Ends Justify the Means of Success? (1:00:35) The Most Ruthless Entrepreneurs (1:16:57) Founders’ Ability to Deal with Discomfort (1:34:51) How to Retain Important Information Better (1:44:25) David’s 3 Recommended Books (1:47:12) Where to Find David

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The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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16 Lessons From 2022 - Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson & Jocko Willink - #565 Dec 15, 2022

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It's the end of 2022 and to celebrate I thought I'd run through some of the best lessons I've picked up over the last 12 months.

This year has had over 10,000 minutes of episodes produced so there was a lot to choose from but I ended up settling on 16 insights from some of my favourite conversations, articles and books, both inside and outside of the podcast.

Expect to learn why Jocko Willink thinks that most people overcomplicate motivation, what Joe Rogan taught me about difficult and valuable things, why Douglas Murray makes a mean manhattan cocktail, how Jordan Peterson highlighted the price you pay for inaction, how Rob Henderson predicts the news cycle with amazing accuracy, how Rick from Rick & Morty can help you be more confident and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (01:19) Joe Rogan - Value & Difficulty (03:40) Jordan Peterson - The Price of Inaction (07:18) Roy Baumeister - Women Set the Price of Sex (11:49) Ryan Holiday - Do the Thing (14:59) Rob Henderson - The Goal of Propaganda (18:33) Gurwinder Bhogal - Theory of Bespoke Bullshit (21:56) How to Deal with Critics (30:20) Jocko Willink - Discipline Eats Motivation for Breakfast (33:18) Douglas Murray - You Choose Your Regrets (38:47) Russell Kennedy - Lessons on Anxiety (45:22) Robert Wright - Being Conscious of Your Mental Afflictions (47:40) Greg McKeown - Decide What You Will Suck At (51:25) Alex Hormozi - Outwork Your Self-Doubt (1:02:29) Conclusion

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The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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Surviving The Cancellation Apocalypse - Andrew Schulz - #564 Dec 12, 2022

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Andrew Schulz is an actor, comedian and a podcaster.

The world seems to be losing its mind. No one is sure what the rules for acceptable conduct are any more. From virtue signalling to moral grandstanding, the incentives to take down others are stronger than ever. So why are some people immune to these laws of cancellation and is it a solution that the rest of us can steal for ourselves?

Expect to learn whether Elon Musk is a hero or a villain, whether True Geordie's cancellation was appropriate, why Schulz thinks that a marriage with a prenup is not a real marriage, how come people don't sleep with their sisters, why the word "uncircumcised" is totally pointless, why the body positivity movement might just be girls reducing their competition from the dating market, what Schulz learned from Mr Beast and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (01:30) Reflecting on True Geordie’s Cancellation (10:59) Elon Musk: Hero or Villain? (18:56) Andrew’s Thoughts on The Manosphere (28:05) Schulz Reviews Marriage (39:22) Will Jake Paul Vs Andrew Tate Happen? (47:59) Why You Don’t Have Sex with Your Siblings (57:29) Culture of Circumcision in America (1:03:07) Should Short Women be Allowed to Date Tall Men? (1:11:20) The Body Positivity Movement (1:22:04) What MrBeast Learned from Mr Beast (1:29:44) Benefits & Challenges of Being Famous (1:43:08) Schulz's Opinion on Joe Rogan (1:50:47) Dealing with the Perils of Fame (1:58:39) Predicting the Future of Media & Comedy (2:05:38) The Joys of Florida (2:10:14) Where to Find Andrew

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Why You Feel So Anxious All The Time - Dr Russell Kennedy - #563 Dec 10, 2022

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Dr Russell Kennedy is an MD, Neuroscientist, author and an anxiety specialist.

Anxiety is one of the most common challenges faced by people in 2022. In small doses it makes sense evolutionarily, but why is it running so rampant in the modern world, where does it come from and what methods can limit its impact on our lives?

Expect to learn what most people misunderstand about anxiety, the relationship between anxiety and trauma, why most existing treatments don't create lasting improvements to anxiety, the relationship between anxiety and a victim mindset, whether it's possible to have an anxious body as well as an anxious mind and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:21) How Your Childhood Influences Your Anxiety (06:05) The Body’s Role in Anxiety (10:30) Why is Modern Society Plagued with Anxiety? (18:39) How to Uproot Decades-Old Trauma (31:29) The Human Intolerance to Uncertainty (34:29) Is Anxiety Manifested Differently in Men & Women? (44:12) How Many People Misdiagnose Anxiety? (51:14) Things to Do to Begin Healing (1:06:42) Where to Find Dr Kennedy

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How To Offend Everyone - Mark Normand - #562 Dec 08, 2022

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Mark Normand is a podcaster, an actor and a comedian.

Mark grew up in a rundown New Orleans bed & breakfast with a cross-dressing manager. Fertile ground for becoming one of the most popular, hardest working and fastest growing comics in America then. But why is it so important to have a pursuit that you care about if you're going to do other, seemingly unrelated hard things?

Expect to learn the price that you pay for being a famous comedian, why Mark's life would fall apart if he didn't have a passion to care about, whatever happened to that lady who tweeted about AIDs, whether Cocaine Bear will be given the Oscar nomination it deserves, whether bombing on stage changes your personality and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (02:13) Cancellations Through the Ages (10:08) Mark’s Home & Childhood (15:37) The Reasons People Visit New Orleans (23:47) Lessons from Failing On Stage (27:54) The Lifestyle of a Working Comedian (36:15) Applying Rules & Rigidity to Life (41:44) Covid Protests in China (44:42) Phrogging & Robberies (55:25) What’s Next for Mark (1:05:11) Where to Find Mark

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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-Huberman⁠⁠

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Inside The Liver King's Lie - More Plates More Dates - #561 Dec 05, 2022

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Derek is a YouTuber, founder of Gorilla Mind and a fitness expert.

The Liver King has seen one of the fastest rises to internet fame ever. Documenting his ancestral lifestyle generated millions of followers and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for his businesses, but it turns out that the physique he displayed in his content was built on massive amounts of performance enhancing drugs, despite him denying it on many occasions.

Expect to learn what Derek thinks of the Liver King's apology video, just how extreme the number of drugs he was talking were, whether there is more information still to come out, the risks for anyone of taking TRT, Derek's thoughts on NoFap, how to develop confidence when approaching someone you like and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (01:11) How the Public Reacted to the Documentary (10:47) What Information did Derek Hold Back? (15:42) Thoughts on the Apology Video (19:55) What Drugs was Liver King on? (30:32) The Future for Liver King (39:31) Health Risks of Taking TRT (48:45) Should We Be Worried About Men’s Testosterone Levels? (1:02:46) Derek’s Opinion of Andrew Huberman (1:13:15) What Chris Learned from an E-Sports Coach (1:17:28) Health Impacts of Modern Bodybuilding (1:24:45) Derek’s Opinion on NoFap (1:29:26) Risks of Going Too Long without Ejaculating (1:34:34) How To Gain Confidence Around Girls (1:42:55) Where to Find Derek

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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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