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#789 - Neil Strauss - Why The World’s #1 Pickup Artist Left The Game Behind

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Neil Strauss is a journalist, writer, and an author. Neil was the world's most famous pickup artist who kickstarted much of the modern dating discourse. So looking back 20 years later, what has he come to realise about what really matters in life and how to find love and connection? Expect to learn the trajectory of Neil’s views on relationships over the years, how Neil reflects on his book The Game, why Neil is having a baby with his ex-wife, what went wrong with the world of pickup, why faking status is not such a great idea, how to measure success in a relationship, how to rid yourself of other people’s expectations and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/wisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://www.shopify.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get up to 32% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) 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: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: http://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: http://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: http://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - 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 guess today is Neil Strauss, he's a journalist, writer, and an author.

0:07.4

Neil was the world's most famous pickup artist who kick-started much of the modern dating discourse.

0:13.7

So looking back 20 years later, what has he come to realize about what really matters in life

0:19.4

and how to find love and connection?

0:21.2

Expect to learn the trajectory of Neil's views on relationships over the years, how Neil

0:25.5

reflects on his book The Game, why Neil is having a baby with his ex-wife, what went wrong

0:31.9

with the world of pickup artistry, why faking status is not such a great idea,

0:36.7

how to measure success in a relationship, how to rid yourself of other people's expectations,

0:41.8

and much more.

0:44.0

Neil is a really fascinating human.

0:46.5

He is also the guy that wrote Rick Rubin's book that broke the entire world over the last

0:51.6

like two years. He wrote the truth. He's

0:53.8

ghost-written a ton of best-selling books. I think he did Kevin Hart's biography or

0:57.6

autobiography. He is a very insightful guy and I very much appreciated speaking to him today and getting to hear his

1:04.1

insight as someone who's been at the forefront of the world of dating commentary for

1:08.4

like two decades. Very very interesting. Lots to take away from today.

1:17.0

But now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Neil Strauss. Oh, Talk to me about your trajectory of perspective on relationships over the last few years.

1:42.6

What's the story arc that you've gone through there?

1:46.4

Yeah, I mean, there's, I have like my private story arc and the public story arc,

1:49.6

and they're kind of the same.

1:51.1

And so I'll just tell you the arc I, the best I can, which is basically, basically what I do is I just try to, I do the same thing you do, I just try to figure out things in life and when I get stuck I just do all the research and talk to all the people as well as have all the experience that I need to to learn.

2:08.0

And so the first place I got stuck in my life was just dating and as a guy who is writing for the New York Times

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