#558 - Tim Urban - How To Take Charge Of Your Life's Direction
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Tim Urban is one of the internet's most popular writers and the founder of Wait But Why.
When we look to our past, many of us believe that we could have behaved differently, perhaps that we should have behaved differently. Yet when we look to the future we believe that our path is locked in and genuine change is difficult, this couldn't be more backward and Tim explains it in a number of obvious, face-palm-inducing ways.
Expect to learn what Tim thinks about Elon's takeover of Twitter, why leisure time when you're not supposed to be having leisure time is a curse, why you should absolutely not marry the wrong person, Tim's best advice for dealing with procrastination, how he copes with criticism from strangers and peers, how to avoid dwelling on decisions you didn't make and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Tim Urban, he's one of the internet's |
| 0:05.9 | most popular writers and the founder of Weight But Why. When we look to our past, many of us believe |
| 0:11.5 | that we could have behaved differently, perhaps that we should have behaved differently. Yet when we |
| 0:16.3 | look to the future, we believe that our path is locked in and genuine change is difficult. |
| 0:21.2 | This couldn't be more backward, and Tim explains it in a number of obvious face palm-inducing ways |
| 0:26.7 | today. Expect to learn what Tim thinks about Elon's take over of Twitter. Why leisure time when |
| 0:32.7 | you're not supposed to be having leisure time is a curse. Why you should absolutely not marry |
| 0:37.4 | the wrong person. Tim's best advice for dealing with procrastination, how he cubs with criticism |
| 0:42.7 | from strangers and peers, how to avoid dwelling on decisions that you didn't make, and much more. |
| 0:50.3 | Tim is an absolute legend and he's got a book that's coming out in a few months, so he should |
| 0:55.2 | be back on to that. If you're not familiar with his writing, I highly, highly recommend you go and |
| 1:00.2 | check out Weight But Why. It's super accessible, really funny. There's tons of cute little illustrations |
| 1:04.9 | that really drive the point home. The guy is a genuine, the original thinker, very, very glad |
| 1:10.4 | to have had him on today. Also, over the next month, I've got the most intense schedule of |
| 1:16.4 | huge name guests that I think I've ever had on the show. So, if you want to make sure that you |
| 1:20.8 | don't miss those episodes when they go up, go and press subscribe. It supports the show, |
| 1:24.3 | and it makes me happy, and it ensures that you don't miss these episodes when they go up. |
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