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The Outlier Health Podcast

Are We Improving Ourselves too Much?

The Outlier Health Podcast

Matt Frazier

Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

It's no secret that we like self improvement strategies here at NMA Radio. We like to set big goals and create habits that help with performance, productivity, and effectiveness. But at what price? After reading a recent article in the New Yorker, and following it up with a few not-so-hip-on self improvement books, Matt has found himself in a place where he's no longer sure if focusing on self improvement is a good thing. Let's discuss...

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0:00.0

Hi this is karaim kara from Washington DC and you're left to know me

0:05.7

athlete radio So Matt, you came over to my house the other day for a beer who brought the family.

0:18.0

You were coming back from a soccer game, one of Holden soccer games, and he was wearing his soccer jersey and everything,

0:24.5

but looking a little scraggly on his head.

0:27.1

And then Katie yesterday was like, did you see Holden?

0:30.3

What are you talking about he said?

0:32.3

She said that she saw a picture and he got

0:34.4

some fancy new stylish haircut.

0:37.8

He did.

0:38.8

So he has, I don't know if people have seen pictures of him probably not too much,

0:42.3

but he has this big mop of curly blonde hair and you know it's kind of in his kid hair it's just been like his trademark look forever, but it's not an

0:55.6

He's in second grade and I just want him to like I just been wanting him to cut it. I keep encouraging I like I like change like seeing things be different and

1:02.2

Just try a new thing so I keep encouraging him to get something different like get a buzz cut or something and finally he was going again and I told him he's really as I mentioned before he's really into soccer and Christiano Ronaldo in

1:14.2

particular who I think even non soccer fans know my sister knew him when I

1:18.2

mentioned him she says she sees him in like people magg whatever these gossip

1:22.1

things are,

1:23.0

he's like out and about in those things.

1:25.0

So anyway, he, just like I, just like a few,

1:28.0

a few months ago I brought a,

1:30.0

I brought a screenshot picture into my haircut.

1:32.0

Yeah, that was, that was of a video game soccer. about a screenshot picture into my haircut.

1:32.8

That was of a video game soccer guy.

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