#638 - Kevin Kelly - 22 Habits To Follow For A Happy Life

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Kevin Kelly is the founder of Wired Magazine, a futurist, author, and public speaker known for his insights on technology’s impact on society. Working out how to live a good life is complex. However, having rules from someone much older and wiser than you can make this a lot easier. Kevin has condensed a lifetime of insights into a few hundred sentences in his new book, and today we get to go through some of my favourites. Expect to learn why you should do everything you can to avoid being a billionaire, how to have a more optimistic outlook on life, whether you can trust websites with the word ‘truth’ in them, why you are more likely to be defeated by blisters rather than mountains, how to understand yourself better, the best way to turn bad days into good ones, why what irritates you in other people is a lesson about you and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://bit.ly/sharkwisdom (use code: MW10) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy Kevin's new book - https://amzn.to/3IOFVck Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - 00:00 Intro 05:38 Why Should We Be Optimistic About the World? 10:23 ‘Don’t Be the Best, Be the Only’ 17:06 Dealing with Bad Days is the Secret to Moving Forward 20:27 How Your Weirdness Will Bring You Success 23:52 A Great Way to Understand Yourself 26:53 Why You Should Ignore Websites That Have ‘Truth’ in the URL 29:40 Ask Stupid Questions 36:14 How to Prototype Your Life 44:38 ‘Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Optional’ 46:22 How to Reason with People Better 49:11 What’s Really Behind Conspiracy Theories 53:09 Importance of Attending to the Small Things 54:22 What Kevin Learned About Leadership from Steve Jobs 57:34 Celebrate the Present 01:00:42 Why You Can Never Be Too Kind 01:05:18 Where to Find Kevin - 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/

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Kevin Kelly, he's the founder of
0:05.0	Wide Magazine, a futurist, author and a public speaker known for his insights on technology's
0:09.6	impact on society. Working out how to live a good life is complex, however, having rules from
0:15.3	someone much older and wise at the new can make this a lot easier. Kevin has condensed a lifetime
0:20.4	of insights into a few hundred sentences in his new book, and today we get to go through
0:25.2	some of my favourites. Expect to learn why you should do everything you can to avoid becoming
0:30.3	a billionaire, how to have a more optimistic outlook on life, whether you can trust websites with
0:34.5	the word truth in the title, why you are more likely to be defeated by blisters than mountains,
0:40.0	how to understand yourself better, the best way to turn bad days into good days, why what irritates
0:44.9	you in other people is a lesson about you, and much more. Very, very cool stuff from Kevin here,
0:52.9	little aphorism, me, sort of maxims, quote things, and we get to break them down, and I get to
0:59.1	ask him questions, and it is very, very cool. The guy is super, super smart, and I love digging into
1:05.6	the insights that someone has taken an entire life to accumulate. I really, really hope that you
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