I love to psychoanalyze billionaires as a hobby.

But when I saw that viral video of Mark Andreessen

explaining how he practices zero introspection or as little as possible,

it was like the spirit of Jack Welsh's ex-wives took over my body

and wrote an email to today's guest, Therapy Jeff.

And I ask him to talk to me about what the actual hell is going on inside the busted brains of billionaires. And we had a really great

conversation and I think you guys will enjoy. And let me tell you a little more about Jeff.

If you haven't heard of him, Jeff Gunther or Therapy Jeff is a licensed professional

therapist with over 20 years of experience in private practice. He is the creator of the Therapy

Jeff accounts on TikTok and Instagram. He's also got a podcast. It's called Problem Solved and a book

called Big Dating Energy. He has been on NPR, Times, CNN, Rolling Stone, Business Insider,

Morning Brew, and Slate, among a bunch of other places. Okay, here's our conversation and we pick up

talking about Mark. I don't like to think too hard, Andresen.

Thank you. Welcome to the podcast Therapy Jeff. I'm so excited to have you here.

So you just put out a video recently and that's when I dropped

everything and emailed you immediately, which was your take on Mark Andreessen's, I don't know what you would call it. I mean, just smug, gross take that introspection is new and stupid and he doesn't do it at all and he's happy about that

he's happy about it yeah you don't have any levels of introspection yes zero as little as possible

why move forward go yeah i don't i don't know i just i found people who dwell in the past get stuck

in the past it's just it's a real problem and it's a problem at, and it's a problem at work, and it's a problem at home.

And you probably know if you go back, before 100 years ago, it never would have occurred anybody to be introspective.

Like, it's the whole idea, I mean, just all of the modern conceptions around introspection and therapy and all the things that kind of result from that are, you know, kind of a manufacturer of the 1910s, 1920s.

Say more about that.

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