156. The Man Who Couldn't Show Weakness
The Greg McKeown Podcast
Greg McKeown
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, I'm your host Greg McEwan and I am here with you on this journey to learn. |
| 0:09.6 | Have you ever met a person who just wouldn't show weakness? |
| 0:15.7 | Today I will share an intriguing story, something counterintuitive I've learned and some actionable |
| 0:21.7 | advice. |
| 0:22.7 | By the end of this episode, you will be able to see how perfectionism is making it harder |
| 0:28.6 | for you to make progress on what's essential. |
| 0:32.9 | Let's begin. |
| 0:54.9 | Charlie Munger said, I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes |
| 1:01.1 | not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. |
| 1:06.2 | They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does |
| 1:10.7 | that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you. |
| 1:15.8 | So, teach something you learn in this episode with someone else within the next 24-48 hours. |
| 1:29.2 | This episode is sponsored by Factor Meals. |
| 1:32.2 | The season is a bit ironic, I think, because on the one hand it's a time that can be peaceful, |
| 1:38.7 | and it helps us to think about higher, better things, and at the same time it can become |
| 1:46.4 | reactive, it can be the busiest time of the year, and in that intensity, it can be hard |
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| 2:00.1 | flavorful meal despite being stretched a bit too thin. |
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