#964 - Simon Sinek - How To Find Meaning When Life Feels Overwhelming

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Simon Sinek is a speaker, founder, and an author. We live in an age of uncertainty, where finding purpose in your life feels harder than ever. So, how do you find a purpose that moves you and trust that it’s worth pursuing? How can you be sure your purpose serves both yourself and the world? In a world starved for meaning, finding yours might be the most important thing you ever do. Expect to learn if we are in a crisis of purpose, how to deliberately cultivate meaning in your life, how to find your Why and and what makes for a good Why, which struggles Gen Z can learn from millennials mistakes, why men are specifically are struggling with directionlessness in the modern world, if loneliness the cost of leadership, how you can apply an infinite mindset to your personal life and not just business, and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular Flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (00:00) Are We In A Crisis Of Purpose? (09:32) Why It's Important To Sit In 'The Mud' With Someone (22:24) Simon's Definition of Friendship (35:45) Everyone Thinks They Are On The Side Of Good (44:04) Reverse Frankl Law & How Maslow Got It Wrong (53:40) Success Is Learning Failure Can Be A Good Thing (1:04:19) How To Stop Feeling Guilty When You Take A Day Off (1:10:41) Don’t Confuse Your Goals With Life Purpose (1:22:38) Reflecting On The “Millennial Question” 10 Years Later (1:36:03) Advice For Someone Paralyzed By Fear (1:41:21) What’s Next For Simon 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: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://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	Do you think we're in a crisis of purpose right now?
0:03.7	I mean, I think it's pretty obvious that we are.
0:06.1	I mean, it's embarrassing that I have a career, right?
0:08.8	There should be no demand for my work.
0:12.5	Yeah, I think that in general, I think people would admit it.
0:15.9	I think that, you know, who can say whether it's a, that it's the first time it's ever happened?
0:20.6	But I think people are more open to say that they either wanted or were missing it.
0:25.3	So, um, but I think, uh, we've definitely seen the workplace change over the past few decades.
0:32.4	Um, we've definitely seen the decline in church membership over the past few decades.
0:36.5	We've definitely seen,
0:38.9	you know, increased rates of loneliness and anxiety and depression. So, and I think there's a lot of,
0:46.6	and the significant rise of sort of retreats and purpose, you know, events and things like that.
0:53.9	So yeah. Yeah, well, yeah. So I think there's a, I think it events and things like that. So yeah.
0:54.2	Yeah.
0:55.0	Well, yeah.
0:55.6	So I think there's a, I think it's safe to say yes.
0:58.1	Yeah.
0:59.5	Where, what are the areas that have fallen away?
1:03.1	You mentioned work.
1:04.0	You mentioned church, community.
1:05.6	Yeah.
1:06.2	These are things that perhaps 50 years ago, 100 years ago would have been more prevalent.
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