2.5M Q&A - Naval Ravikant, Quitting Alcohol & Having Kids - #835

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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I hit 2.5 million Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, so here’s another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. Expect to learn who I’m thinking of bringing on as guests on the left and right, how to learn to trust your decisions and how to be aware of the biases that can influence them, my advice for getting out of a Rut, how to ask critical questions, what it’s like living with a giraffe and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM20) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Timestamps: (00:00) Appreciating Traditional Journalism (02:28) People Who Said Chris Wouldn’t Make it (03:44) How to Support Chris Better (04:39) How Much of the Show is Edited? (05:55) Wearing Shorts With Tulsi Gabbard (06:47) Living With Zack (07:40) Engaging With the Mainstream (09:28) Does Chris Pay Guests? (12:17) Getting Better at Asking Questions (14:31) Has Chris Shaved His Head Completely? (14:52) When is Chris Having Children? (16:05) Dreaming Big Without Fear of Failure (17:38) Was Chris the Secret Donor of CJI (18:28) More Thoughts on No Alcohol (22:11) Has Chris Read All of Red Rising? (23:08) Being Adopted By Mike Israetel (23:49) Anxiety About Getting Olde (24:49) Having Progressives on the Sho (25:45) Has Chris Hired New People? (26:26) What Are the Podcaster’s Podcasts? (28:36) Visiting Florence (28:53) Does Being Articulate Come Naturally? (30:41) Sports Mode or Regular in Crocs? (31:10) Experience With Lasik (32:19) When Chris Works Out (32:52) Cricket in Australia (33:44) Should Alex O’Connor Shave His Moustache? (34:38) Ben Shapiro on the Show (34:50) Would Chris Still Be Doing the Pod If it Wasn’t Successful? (36:40) Naval on the Sho (37:30) Tim Dillon on the Show (38:06) When to Have a Drink & When to Say No (39:40) How is Chris Doing? (42:52) A Dark Matter, Alternate Chris (43:27) Hardest Part of Being Chris (47:14) Mel Robbins on the Sho (47:44) Being Newly Single (49:07) Why Chris Respects Dan Bilzerian (50:19) Chris’s Biggest Music Recommendations (52:34) Being a Better Decision-Maker (56:52) Current Gym Goals (58:10) How to Get Out of a Rut (01:01:58) Advice to Rising Public Figures (01:03:44) Raising the Bar When Life Feels Good (01:07:41) Favourite Cologne to Wear (01:08:45) Feeling Well-Rested in the Morning (01:10:20) Balancing Grind Mode & Zen Mode (01:13:38) Why Chris Didn’t Release the Andrew Tate Episode (01:16:53) Books for Male Adolescent Development (01:18:39) Chris’s Writing Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/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-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is me again. I hit 2.5 million subscribers
0:08.1	on YouTube and as is tradition to celebrate I ask for questions from YouTube community and
0:13.0	Twitter and Instagram so here is another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as
0:17.7	many as possible including what's happening with bringing naval ravicant on the
0:21.6	show my reflections on the best ways to take a break from alcohol,
0:25.6	and when I want to have kids.
0:28.2	Expect to learn who I'm thinking of bringing on as guests from the left and the right over the next few months, the best ways
0:34.4	to learn to trust your decisions, my advice for getting out of a rut, whether I respect Dan Bilzarian,
0:40.2	what it's like, living with a giraffe and much more.
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