Podcasts, Books & Social Media Are Making You WEAK
Sports Motivation Podcast
Niyi Sobo
4.9 • 767 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
You're not lacking information.
You're drowning in it.
Every time you hit a problem, you reach for something external...another podcast, another book, another scroll session, hoping it'll give you the answer. And sometimes it does.
But here's the truth…
You've trained yourself to depend on outside information instead of developing your own.
That's the weakness.
Because real growth doesn't come from how much you consume, it comes from how well you can observe, understand, and lead yourself.
In this episode, I break down:
- Why most "learning" is actually just consumption
- How podcasts, books, and social media create dependency
- The difference between knowledge and real wisdom
- A simple daily system to start learning from your own life
- How to track your patterns, emotions, and behaviors to create real change
If you've been "learning" but not seeing results, this episode will shift everything.
CALL TO ACTION
If you're ready to stop consuming and start becoming...
If you want structure, accountability, and a system to actually apply what you know…
Apply for coaching:
👉 imnotyou.com/coaching
This is for those who are done playing student… and ready to become a Killa.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the sports motivation podcast. |
| 0:05.2 | It's your host, Nees Showball. |
| 0:09.8 | I wonder when's the last time you read a physical book. |
| 0:14.4 | It's crazy, too, because as early as, I mean, some of you guys have been listening to me for a long time. |
| 0:20.4 | So you remember episodes back in 2016 or 17, 18. |
| 0:27.2 | Reading books was actually a lot more popular than it is now. |
| 0:31.2 | You know what's popular now? |
| 0:34.9 | Listening to people on Instagram. |
| 0:37.6 | Watching 60-second clips of people who claim to be experts, |
| 0:41.7 | and then imagining that you just learn something from it. |
| 0:45.7 | You know what's more popular now? |
| 0:48.6 | Watching YouTube videos halfway through, |
| 0:51.4 | imagining that you learn something from it. |
| 0:54.5 | So reading books isn't even trending anymore, which is crazy. |
| 1:00.3 | And it's shown, you know, let's just say, |
| 1:06.0 | not all advancements advances forward, right? |
| 1:12.1 | But that's the reality. |
| 1:14.2 | But that's, I'm not doing, I'm not recording this episode today to complain about the way that things have changed or, you know, any of that. |
| 1:25.3 | The reality is, if you're listening to me right now, through podcasts, |
| 1:29.4 | right, you're likely someone who likes to consume information. Whether it be books, |
| 1:37.7 | some of you might listen to audiobooks, which is good, right? It's a different exercise than |
| 1:42.5 | actual reading, but it is valuable it's good to be podcast |
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